bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
In adults with obesity, copeptin is linked with BMI but is not associated with long-term exposure to cortisol and cortisone
Authors: van der Valk Eline S , van der Voorn Bibian , Iyer Anand M , van den Berg Sjoerd A A , Savas Mesut , de Rijke Yolanda B , van den Akker Erica L T , Melander Olle , van Rossum Elisabeth F C
Published: September 2020

Context

Obesity and cardiometabolic diseases are associated with higher long-term glucocorticoid levels, measured as scalp hair cortisol (HairF) and cortisone (HairE). Cardiometabolic diseases have also been associated with copeptin, a stable surrogate marker for the arginine-vasopressin (AVP) system. Since AVP is, together with corticotropin-releasing hormone (CRH) an important regulator of the hypothalamic-pituitary adrenal axis (HPA axis), we hypothesize that AVP contributes to chronic hypercortisolism in obesity.

Objective

To investigate whether copeptin levels are associated with Higher HairF and HairE levels in obesity.

Design

A cross-sectional study in 51 adults with obesity (BMI ≥30 kg/m2).

Methods

Associations and interactions between copeptin, HairF, HairE, and cardiometabolic parameters were cross-sectionally analyzed.

Results

Copeptin was strongly associated with BMI and waist circumference (WC) (rho = 0.364 and 0.530, P = 0.008 and <0.001, respectively), also after correction for confounders. There were no associations between copeptin and HairF or HairE on a continuous or dichotomized scale, despite correction for confounders.

Conclusion

In patients with obesity, AVP seems not a major contributor to the frequently observed high cortisol levels. Other factors which stimulate the HPA axis or affect cortisol synthesis or breakdown may be more important than the influence of AVP on long-term glucocorticoid levels in obesity.
Ligustrazine-induced microRNA-16-5p inhibition alleviates preeclampsia through IGF-2
Authors: Yuan Yuan , Zhao Ling , Wang Xiaoying , Lian Feng , Cai Yan
Published: September 2020

Preeclampsia (PE), a serious complication of pregnancy, is associated with abnormal trophoblast cell differentiation and autophagy. Herein, we investigated the molecular mechanism underlying the function of ligustrazine (2,3,5,6-tetramethylpyrazine, TMP), a constituent of the traditional Chinese plant medicine Ligusticum wallichii, in PE. Lipopolysaccharide (LPS) was applied to induce a PE rat model, followed by tail vein injection of TMP or lentiviral vector overexpressing microRNA-16-5p (miR-16-5p). Human trophoblast cell line JEG3 was cultured in vitro to construct a PE cell model, followed by t he treatment with different concentrations of TMP, miR-16-5p mimic/inhibitor, or shRNA (shRNA) against insulin growth factor-2 (IGF-2) (sh-IGF-2). Formation of autophagosomes and autophagy-related proteins were then examined. Cell counting kit-8 (CCK-8) and Transwell assays were applied to measure trophoblast cell viability and migration. The binding affinity between miR-16-5p and IGF-2 was verified by dual luciferase report assay. After TMP treatment, autophagosome formation was reduced in trophoblast cells of placental tissue of PE rats, along with downregulation of autophagy-related proteins Light Chain 3 (LC3)-II/LC3-I, Beclin1 (BECN1), and SQSTM1. Moreover, TMP repressed JEG3 cell autophagy, promoted viability and migration concentration-responsively. MiR-16-5p was upregulated in PE, and TMP inhibited miR-16-5p expression. Besides, miR-16-5p downregulated IGF-2 expression to promote cell autophagy and inhibit the viability and migration of JEG3 cells. Further, in vivo experiments validated that TMP impeded PE progression in rats by regulating the miR-16-5p/IGF-2 axis. In summary, TMP inhibits trophoblast cell autophagy and promotes its viability and migration in PE rat model through regulating the miR-16-5p/IGF-2 axis.
Liquefaction of crop residues for polyol production
Authors: Liang Lingyun , Mao Zhihuai , Li Yebo , Wan Caixia , Wang Tipeng , Zhang Lianhui , Zhang Lingyan
Published: September 2020

The liquefaction of crop residues in the presence of ethylene glycol, ethylene carbonate, or polyethylene glycol using sulfuric acid as a catalyst was studied. For all experiments, the liquefaction was conducted at 160 ° C and atmospheric pressure. The mass ratio of feedstock to liquefaction solvents used in all the experiments was 30:100. The results show that the acid catalyzed liquefaction process fit a pseudo-first-order kinetics model. Liquefaction yields of 80, 74, and 60% were obtained in 60 minutes of reaction when corn stover was liquefied with ethylene glycol, a mixture of polyethylene glycol and glycerol (9:1, w/w), and ethylene carbonate, respectively. When ethylene carbonate was used as solvent, the liquefaction yields of rice straw and wheat straw were 67% and 73%, respectively, which is lower than that of corn stover (80%). When a mixture of ethylene carbonate and ethylene glycol (8:2, w/w) was used as solvent, the liquefaction yields for corn stover, rice straw and wheat straw were 78, 68, and 70%, respectively.
Precipitated calcium carbonate (PCC) - cellulose composite fillers: Effects of PCC particle structure on the production and properties of uncoated fine paper
Authors: Subramanian Ramjee , Fordsmand Henrik , Paulapuro Hannu
Published: September 2020

This work examines the precipitation of PCC – pulp composite fillers with varying crystal habits and their effects on the papermaking properties of printing and writing paper. Colloidal (c-PCC), rhombohedral (r-PCC), and scalenohedral types (s-PCC) of composite PCCs were produced and compared with commercial reference PCCs. Scanning electron micros-copy showed the c-PCC to be a high-surface-area nano-structured PCC. The rhombohedral composite was formed in clusters like a spider-web structure. Under similar experimental conditions, composite PCC was formed as individual ellipsoidal crystals and some of the particles had malformed structure, in contrast to the structured reference s-PCC. The co-precipitation and the structure of PCC significantly influence the forming, consolidation, and properties of paper, as well as its perform-ance in printing. Composite c-PCC showed the highest retention during forming. At higher filler contents, dewatering was reduced significantly with handsheets containing s- and r-PCC composite fillers. Colloidal composite hand-sheets showed the lowest tensile index and internal bond strength, while the rhombohedral composite gave the highest z-directional bond strength. Compared with the traditional reference samples containing commercial PCCs, paper with s- and r-composites had significantly higher density but similar light scattering ability. Addition of fibrillar fines to fine paper increased print rub fastness significantly in both laser and inkjet printed samples.
Long-term Cognitive, Psychological, and Health Outcomes Associated With Child Abuse and Neglect
Authors: Strathearn Lane , Giannotti Michele , Mills Ryan , Kisely Steve , Najman Jake , Abajobir Amanuel
Published: September 2020

Potential long-lasting adverse effects of child maltreatment have been widely reported, although little is known about the distinctive long-term impact of differing types of maltreatment. Our objective for this special article is to integrate findings from the Mater-University of Queensland Study of Pregnancy, a longitudinal prenatal cohort study spanning 2 decades. We compare and contrast the associations of specific types of maltreatment with long-term cognitive, psychological, addiction, sexual health, and physical health outcomes assessed in up to 5200 offspring at 14 and/or 21 years of age. Overall, psychological maltreatment (emotional abuse and/or neglect) was associated with the greatest number of adverse outcomes in almost all areas of assessment. Sexual abuse was associated with early sexual debut and youth pregnancy, attention problems, posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms, and depression, although associations were not specific for sexual abuse. Physical abuse was associated with externalizing behavior problems, delinquency, and drug abuse. Neglect, but not emotional abuse, was associated with having multiple sexual partners, cannabis abuse and/or dependence, and experiencing visual hallucinations. Emotional abuse, but not neglect, revealed increased odds for psychosis, injecting-drug use, experiencing harassment later in life, pregnancy miscarriage, and reporting asthma symptoms. Significant cognitive delays and educational failure were seen for both abuse and neglect during adolescence and adulthood. In conclusion, child maltreatment, particularly emotional abuse and neglect, is associated with a wide range of long-term adverse health and developmental outcomes. A renewed focus on prevention and early intervention strategies, especially related to psychological maltreatment, will be required to address these challenges in the future.
Arquivos de experiência: entre encontros narrativos com juventudes e as aventuras do trabalhar nas políticas publicas
Authors: Genesini Ana Paula , Lazzarotto Gislei Domingas , Tittoni Jaqueline
Published: September 2020

Este estudo discute o trabalho em ações de formação e atenção a jovens usuários/as de políticas públicas de educação, saúde e direitos humanos, na cidade de Porto Alegre. Analisa os modos de enunciação da vida juvenil no encontro com os saberes gerados nas práticas profissionais, a partir da problematização das noções de poder, afeto, corpo e encontro. Esta experiência, assim como a atual situação das políticas públicas na sociedade brasileira, colocou importantes reflexões  sobre as relações de poder que governam estas políticas e os modos de intervir no âmbito da psicologia. A partir da cartografia, produzimos narrativas no acompanhamento do percurso de experimentação de nosso trabalho com jovens, enfatizando o que chamamos de encontro narrativo, como forma de   contar a experiência  de disputa  entre a vida e morte,  com afetações  que contagiam, narram e resistem entres saberes, fazeres e modos de ser.
Crouania mageshimensis Itono, 1977 (Ceramiales, Rhodophyta) and three other species new to the Eastern Tropical Pacific
Authors: Rincón-Díaz Natalia , Gavio Brigitte , Sánchez Muñoz Juliana Valentina , Chasqui Luis
Published: September 2020

We report new records of four macroalgae species in the Eastern Tropical Pacific, specifically from the rocky reefs of northern Chocó, Colombian Pacific. Among them, three species of Rhodophyta are included—Crouania mageshimensis Itono, 1977; Monosporus indicus Børgesen, 1931; Jania articulata N’Yeurt & Payri, 2009—and one species of Chlorophyta—Ulothrix subflaccida Wille, 1901. The new records increase the knowledge of tropical marine algae in the Pacific, open the discussion about possible dispersal mechanisms, and recall the importance of conducting molecular studies to define phylogenetic and biogeographic aspects of macroalgae.
Fishes from the Río Alvarado drainage, Upper Río Magdalena Basin, Colombia
Authors: Albornoz-Garzón Juan G. , Conde-Saldaña Cristhian C. , López-Delgado Edwin O. , García-Melo Jorge E. , Villa-Navarro Francisco A.
Published: September 2020

An annotated list of the freshwater fishes of the Río Alvarado drainage, Upper Río Magdalena Basin is presented. Fishes were captured from nine localities, quarterly sampled between September 2012 and July 2013. A total of 36 species belonging to 14 families, distributed in five orders were collected. The most abundant species was Trichomycterus banneaui (Eigenmann, 1912) (19.4%), followed by Creagrutus affinis Steindachner, 1880 (13%), Chaetostoma thomsoni Regan, 1904 (9.1%), Trichomycterus mogotensis Ardila-Rodríguez, 2017 (7.7%), Astroblepus homodon (Regan, 1904) (6.6%), Creagrutus dulima Albornoz-Garzón, Conde-Saldaña, García-Melo, Taphorn & Villa-Navarro, 2018 (5.9%), Poecilia sphenops Valenciennes, 1846 (5.7%) and Argopleura magdalenensis (Eigenmann, 1913) (5.6%). An identification key and a complete photographic catalog of all fish species recorded in the drainage are presented.
Analysis of the socio-psychological adaptation of foreign students at medical universities in the Southern Federal District
Authors: Smirnov Vadim , Boluchevskaya Valentina , Mikhailova Lyudmila , Abdrakhmanova Radmila , Kilikaeva Evgeniya
Published: September 2020

The article presents the results of a psychodiagnostic study of the
socio-psychological adaptation of foreign students at medical schools in the Southern Federal District. Socio-psychological adaptation is a dynamic aspect of involving an individual's personality in a system of socially significant relationships, socio-psychological and professional-activity communications, in the implementation of the corresponding role functions. It has been established that medical students are exposed to many risk factors that violate the harmonious process of socio-psychological adaptation. Among the leading factors, the following are distinguished: the study of one of the most complex languages – Russian; differences in the cultural, communicative and linguistic characteristics of foreign students and residents of Russia; the risk of early emotional burnout during the acquisition of practical skills and intensive on the duration of classes in junior courses in a pandemic of new coronavirus infection. The study revealed that students in both samples have a normative level of
socio-psychological adaptation, despite studying in different regions and in different languages (Volgograd State Medical University students study in English, ASMU students in French and Russian as a foreign language). At the same time, it was established that the most preferred strategies for behaviour in stressful situations in both groups are distance, positive reassessment, flight-avoidance and confrontation. The authors presented a statistical analysis of the data, which indicates that there are no statistically significant differences in the socio-psychological adaptation between the two samples for any of the tests performed. The results of this study can be used by the teaching staff, focused on the adaptation support of foreign students in medical universities, tutors and teachers of biomedical orientation for motivational and correctional activities of the pedagogical process. Also, these results will be useful for individual psychological correction of respondents with high maladaptation rates, low sociability indicators, and those who have problems with self-assessment of their capabilities.
PANKREASIN NEOPLASTİK KİSTİK TÜMÖRLERİNDE PRATİKLER, BİR EĞİTİM ve ARAŞTIRMA HASTANESİ DENEYİMİ
Authors: ÇAKIR Mikail , AKTURK Okan Murat
Published: September 2020

ÖZET

Amaç: Çoğunlukla insidental olarak rastlanan ve malign olma ihtimalinden dolayı pankreasın neoplastik kistik lezyonlarının, Amerikan Gastroenteroloji Derneğinin 2015 kılavuzu örnekliğinde, pratik noktalarını ortaya koymayı amaçladık.

Gereç ve Yöntem: Pankreas neoplastik kistik tümörlü 25 hasta retrospektif olarak incelendi. Hastaların yaşları, cinsiyetleri, ilk ön tanılarını aldıklarında insidental mi semptomatik mi olduğu, ilk yönlendirici radyolojik tetkikikin USG, BT, MR (+/- MRCP) veya diğer yönlendirici faktörler ve takiplerinde EUS bulguları ( aspirasyon sıvısında amilaz, CEA, CA 19-9, ince iğne hücre aspirasyon sonuçları) değerlendirildi. Tüm hastaların yönlendirme sonrası eksikleri giderilerek MR-MRCP ve EUS’ları tamamlandı. Hastaların takip ve cerrahisi değerlendirildi.

Bulgular: 25 hastanın 18(%72)’si kadın, 7(%28)’i erkekti. Ortalama yaş 57,3 olup 30-77 aralığında değişmekteydi. Seröz kistik tümörlü 10(%40), Müsinöz kistik tümörlü 6(%24), intraduktal papiller müsinöz tümörlü 8(%32), solid psödopapiller tümörlü 1(%4) hasta değerlendirildi. MR-MRCP ve EUS bulguları tanı koymada uyumlu ve tamamlayıcıydı. Ameliyat edilen 7(%28) hastanın patoloji sonuçları uyumlu olup 1(%4) hastada invaziv kanser tesbit edildi.

Sonuç: Pankreasın neoplastik kistik tümörleri çoğunlukla insidental olarak tesbit edilir. Malign potansiyel taşıyabileceğinden dolayı ileri tetkikler MR-MRCP ve EUS (sıvı ve hücre aspiratı incelemeleri dahil) ile yapılmalı; tanı, takip ve cerrahi kararı uygun ve pratik yönlendirmeleri nedeniyle AGA 2015 kılavuzuna göre verilmelidir.
Different narration, same history: The politics of writing ‘democratic narratives’ in Zimbabwe
Authors: Barure Walter Kudzai , Manase Irikidzayi
Published: September 2020

Over the past five decades, Zimbabwe’s political trajectories were characterised by a historiographic revision and deconstruction that revealed varying ideological perceptions and positions of political actors. This article reconsiders the current shifts in the Zimbabwean historiography and focuses on the politics of positioning the self in the national narrative. The article analyses three Zimbabwean political autobiographies written by political actors from the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC), particularly Michael Auret’s From Liberator to Dictator: An Insider’s Account of Robert Mugabe’s Descent into Tyranny (2009), Morgan Tsvangirai’s At the Deep End (2011), and David Coltart’s The Struggle Continues: 50 Years of Tyranny in Zimbabwe (2016). It also discusses how writing in Zimbabwe is a contested terrain that is bifurcated between oppositional and dominant imaginaries of politics, the revolutionary tradition, and past performances of power.
Winterbach’s Spyt and Scholtz’s production: An expression of a postmodern impasse
Authors: Krüger Lida
Published: September 2020

Some scholars have declared metamodernism to be postmodernism’s successor, and Afrikaans novelist Ingrid Winterbach’s work has been argued to be an example of this distinct move away from the postmodern paradigm. However, in this article I present the alternative interpretation that Winterbach’s play, Spyt (Regret), rather represents postmodernism’s inability to give way to its successor. An investigation from a postmodern perspective leads me to conclude that, in both the text and performance of this play (directed by Brink Scholtz), an escape from the postmodern paradigm entails the end of all representation. Winterbach reduces all of the characters’ endeavours to surfaces which become parodies. All their experiences are commodified and any attempt at uncovering a deeper meaning to life is undermined by ridicule. Winterbach furthermore draws attention to some of her characters’ limited vocabulary and reliance on English loanwords. This culminates in a powerful scene where the loanword ‘awesome’ is repeated to the extent that it becomes simultaneously meaningless and indispensable; a tension that she does not resolve. In addition, the crossing of the boundary between life and death, which has been described as postmodernism’s final frontier, is portrayed by relying on an obsolete narrative. The play therefore suggests a postmodern impasse, rather than a move towards a new paradigm. an a move towards a new paradigm.
Negación del ser para el reconocimiento del otro
Authors: Higuera Aguirre Édison Francisco
Published: September 2020

This article proposes the negation of being as a starting point for recognition of the Other. The author defines ontology and gives an overview of its history. He then explains the ambiguity and evasiveness that surrounds the terms being and Ontology today. He further points out the incompatibility of the answers given by traditional Ontology in the face of the paradigm shift. He holds that an “Ontology” of education is to reflect on concrete educational acts, thus abandoning abstract reflection on Being and focusing on reflection on the Other.
La construcción del ser en educación: una mirada desde el constructivismo
Authors: Moreno Cedeño María Carmen
Published: September 2020

The current education has to his post the arduous labor of forming the human beings that the company needs to develop. For this it needs of integrating all the areas of the human being that allow them to learn to know, to learn to make, learn to live united and learn to be. The constructivism has turned into the door of access of the educational system for the attainment of this aim, for this it is important to realize an analysis of the contributions of this one for the construction of the “being” in the process of education – learning, considering the experience to be the point of item and maximum of his methodology For the construction of the human integral being and that is demonstrated in the attitudes of this one by his environment and by it itself.
Firefly Energy
Authors: Cohen Gilad
Published: September 2020

Firefly Elegy uses a 12-note melodic theme, which through the course of the piece undergoes a series of transformations - mirroring the metamorphosis that takes place over a firefly's brief life span. The piece comprises four sections that reflect the four life stages of the firefly. During the motionless egg stage, some types of fireflies glow dimly; the opening section of the piece (following a short fanfare of flashing-light) is likewise static and calm, while at the same time features an internal motion hinting at subdued energy. The following groovy section is at times aggressive, not unlike the firefly during its larva stage, when it is hunting and digesting insects using special enzymes. The firefly hibernates through the pupa stage - reflected in the third section of the piece by seemingly everlasting sustained chords in the strings. Like a flash of light, each new phrase begins with an ascending scale, while the harp provides groups of repeated notes, recalling the synchronized flashes that are found in groups of tropical fireflies. Firefly Elegy ends with an elegy in which the now mature firefly looks back at its life. It has gone through such an extensive journey but only long enough to mate and lay eggs, sometimes without feeding during its adult stage. In the summertime, I often watch the firefly in his lonely flutter, flashing about and looking for a mate so he can complete the sole purpose of his short life before dying away. He must sometimes look back and wonder: was it all worth it?
The Post-politics of Recognition in Hegemonic Struggles
Authors: Feró Dalma
Published: September 2020

In the history of post-WWII Western emancipation movements, a marked shift took place from a liberation to a recognition paradigm. The latter embodies a distinctly post-political conceptualisation of social justice in its (re)formulation of the political with respect to the personal and with respect to social relations. As a result, recognition politics not only gives way to the fragmentation of justice claims, but also weaponises them against each other, as for instance ‘sexual and gender minority’ politics have expropriated crucial political arenas from feminist politics. These permutations of recognition politics are not the result of spontaneous, inevitable development, but that of political intervention devised to transform, neutralise, and absorb radical politics. Recognition politics has thus become a basic hegemonic strategy of transformism, consensus-building, and the forging of ‘common sense.’ Despite the mechanisms deployed to manage its internal contradictions (like the rainbow coalition and intersectionality), reinvigorated criticisms have blamed recognition politics for the crumbling of the current hegemony of liberalism. However, recognition seems to have been so deeply embedded in the social and cultural imagination that apparently neither internal critiques, nor the currently emerging counter-hegemonic projects can shake it off.
Respect My Right to Dominate
Authors: Csigó Péter , Zombory Máté
Published: September 2020

In this article, we present how the recognition framework of political and historic representation has enabled reactionary political forces, which increasingly recognize its inner contradictions and turn them against the basic principle of universal dignity, with the clear aim of corroding the whole recognition political edifice from the inside out. Taking the field of the symbolic construction of European identity as our main focus, we will reconstruct how the takeover of recognition politics has destabilized political and historic representation in Europe and ended up undermining European integration rather than enhancing it. Following one of the most important theorists of political and historic representation, Frank Ankersmit, we introduce the conceptual distinction between antifoundationalist vs. founda-tionalist representation in order to account for the series of decisive institutional changes that since the 1970s have contributed to the intersection of two separate fields into ‘memory politics’ and led to the rise of a new and inherently non-democratic foundationalism, of which recognition politics is one of the main symptoms.
The Educational Migration of Sub-state Ethnic Minorities on the Outskirts of the EU
Authors: Lendák-Kabók Karolina , Popov Stanislava , Lendák Imre
Published: September 2020

The goal of this paper is to present an analysis of the status and career choices of Hungarian, Slovak, and Romanian ethnic minority high school graduates in the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina, the northern province of Serbia. We implemented a purpose-built, paper-based-questionnaire process of data collection that involved 2,192 ethnic minority high school students who were finishing high school in their mother tongues in 16 municipalities in Vojvodina. The results of the analysis showed that almost 40 per cent of the sample of ethnic minority high school graduates planned to leave Serbia to study in their mother tongues in nearby European Union (EU) countries. While this brain drain is not a new trend, our research shows that there are new and different reasons for it and it was caused by the insufficiency of Serbian language skills of the ethnic minority studnets. The results of the research show that the main reason for this educational migration is thus the aspiration to obtain a diploma from an EU-based institution, which (1) grants immediate access to the EU’s integrated labor market, and (2) is perceived to improve social status compared to that of remaining in Serbia after graduating. Despite this new motive for educational migration, language barriers are still relevant determinants of the latter. A gender-sensitive analysis of the responses was undertaken that showed that there are gender-based differences in terms of which students continue their studies after high school, and in the reasons for staying in Serbia.
PMN- 06 - Culture of Human PMN - TNF-α production v1
Authors: Cosentino Marco , Storelli Elisa , Luini Alessandra , LM Legnaro Massimiliano , Rasini Emanuela , Ferrari Marco , Marino Franca
Published: September 2020

Published work using this protocol: - A Novel Standardized Cannabis sativa L. Extract and Its Constituent Cannabidiol Inhibit Human Polymorphonuclear Leukocyte Functions. Mabou Tagne A, Marino F, Legnaro M, Luini A, Pacchetti B, Cosentino M.Int J Mol Sci. 2019 Apr 13;20(8):1833. doi: 10.3390/ijms20081833
Protocol for mass capturing, handling, and fitting tracking devices and patagial tags on vultures v1
Authors: T. Hirschauer M. , Neser W. , Wolter K.
Published: September 2020

VulPro is a vulture conservation organization in South Africa which has contributed to vulture research and rehabilitation since 2007. The organization’s efforts focus on captive breeding, rehabilitation, and research of the Cape vulture (Gyps coprotheres). The paper describes in detail VulPro’s methods for mass capturing using a specially designed walk-in trap, handling, weighing, collecting blood samples, and fitting patagial tags and tracking devices on vulture species. These protocols were employed with four species of southern African vultures: Cape vulture (Gyps coprotheres), African White-backed vulture (Gyps africanus), Lappet-faced vulture (Torgos tracheliotos), and Hooded vulture (Necrosyrtes monachus), but may be applied with other similar species.
USE OF DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES IN VOTING AT THE GENERAL MEETING OF PARTICIPANTS (SHAREHOLDERS’) BUSINESS ENTITY
Authors: Elnikova E. V.
Published: September 2020

The article deals with issues related to the exercise of the right to participate in the General meeting of participants (shareholders) of economic companies through the use of digital technologies. The Russian corporate legislation provides for the possibility of voting at the General meeting using electronic means. The conclusion is made that it is necessary to expand the dispositive regulation, which provides corporations with more opportunities to determine the directions necessary for them to implement new technologies. The advantages of using electronic voting forms in joint-stock companies with a large number of shareholders are considered. The risks associated with the use of digital technologies when voting at the General meeting are highlighted. Attention is drawn to the need to develop ways to ensure the evidence base for the Commission member of the Corporation’s actions by voting in electronic form. It was suggested that the introduction of digital technologies in the voting procedures at the General meeting of participants (shareholders) leads to a gradual leveling of the differences between decision-making in face-to-face and absentee voting.
LEGAL FORMS OF ATTRACTING AND PROMOTING INVESTMENT
Authors: Otnyukova G. D.
Published: September 2020

The article deals with new legal forms of attracting private investment to the nation’s economy carried out by the state — special investment contracts and agreements on attracting and promoting investment. The author concludes that these agreements are organizational ones, and they are aimed at organizing the implementation of investment projects with the support of the state. The assignment of a special investment contract to a civil law contract is denied. The article analyzes the grounds for extending civil legislation to an agreement on the protection and promotion of capital investment. Investment protection and promotion agreement is characterized as multilateral. Each of the public legal entities is an independent party providing the investor with support measures provided for by legislation and municipal legal acts. The article shows the difference between the investor and the investor-organizer of the investment project. An investor-organizer is only a legal entity, but a Russian legal entity. The advantages of a project company acting as an organizer of the implementation of an investment project are shown.
PROBLEMS OF THE COURT’S RE-QUALIFICATION OF A COMMERCIAL CONTRACT FROM ONE TYPE TO ANOTHER
Authors: Darkina M. M.
Published: September 2020

The article discusses and analyses the procedure of reclassification of commercial contract from one view to another, identified the problems arising in judicial practice in the reclassification of the contract, defines the concept of commercial (trade) of the Treaty, the reasons for the conclusion of contracts with conditions that are not typical for statutory contracts and causes an intentional distortion of the parties to the contract in the terms and conditions in order to reduce the size of tax payments, and deliberate tradition of contract names, not under the civil code, such as "contract". The article analyzes the judicial practice of arbitration courts of the subjects of the Russian Federation on the problems of re-qualification of commercial contracts, namely, the re-qualification of a supply contract to a sales contract, an Agency contract to a delivery contract. Specifies the position of the Supreme Arbitration court of the Russian Federation in 2006, the problem of retraining one kind of contract to another, the position of the Supreme Court on this issue. And also examines on the application of the judicial authorities "recharacterization" of the Treaty stipulates norms of the procedural legislation (APC RF, CCP RF), on the order of proceedings in arbitration courts and courts of General jurisdiction are the relevant article (article 133 of the APC, article 148 GPK the Russian Federation) on the basis of which the court determines the legal relationship of the parties and the laws that apply to that established at the hearing circumstances.
Materials to the question of the gathering
Authors: Kakushkin N.
Published: September 2020

Unfortunately, this dissertation gives too little material to clarify the question of how far the nipple is really removed in the sense of castration.
Abdominal hysterectomy with treatment of the pedicle by the intraperitoneal method
Authors: Kaplyanskiy V.
Published: September 2020

All gynecologists currently agree with each other on the best method of caring for the leg after ovaryotomy, but they differ significantly in their opinions regarding caring for the leg after supravaginal amputation of the uterus.
About the action of urea accumulated in maternal blood on the uterus and fetus
Authors: Khazan S. Yu.
Published: September 2020

First of all, the author wanted to check the validity of the Liedke theory, according to which uterine contractions occur as a result of the overflow of maternal blood, which is formed in the fetus and at the end of pregnancy is not completely excreted by the mother's kidneys with urea.
Prevention of scoliotic spinal deformity in children with mild neuro-orthopedic pathology
Authors: Schekolova N. B. , Ladeischikov V. M. , Nenakhova Ya. V. , Likhacheva L. V.
Published: September 2020

Objective. To describe in details the prevention of scoliotic spinal deformity in children with mild neuro-orthopedic pathology.

Materials and methods. The health status of 125 children aged 3 to 15 years was studied. To investigate in details the neuro-orthopedic pathology and estimate the efficiency of treatment, the method of computed optic topography and electroneuromyography was used.

Results. Clinical and functional features in children with mild neuro-orthopedic disorders were characterized by the combination of vegetative, topographic and electromyographic changes. Scoliosis and spinal deformity progressed in children, who were not treated. Computer-topographic method of diagnosis determines the degree of severity of spinal state. Electroneuromyographic study is the method that permits to assess and predict the muscular dysfunction degree. All the children had conservative complex treatment at ambulatory-polyclinic rehabilitation institutions. The total efficiency of treatment was 95 %.

Conclusions. 1. Mild neuro-orthopedic pathology is formed and progresses against the background of neuro-muscular and vegetative disorders while a child is growing and developing. 2. Computed optic topography is a reliable early diagnostic and prognostic criterion for estimation of scoliosis in the therapeutic program. 3. Purposeful conservative treatment and follow-up of children and adolescents prevent the progression of neuro-orthopedic pathology.
Simulação por ENVI-met das Condições Higrotérmicas da Universidade de Cuiabá, Campus Barão
Authors: Novais Jonathan Willian Zangeski , Finger Dalmaso Sílvia , Daniela de Souza Roberta , Soares dos Santos Brito Naara
Published: September 2020

O crescimento mal planejado das grandes cidades acarreta o aparecimento das chamadas ilhas de calor urbano, que consequentemente geram desconforto nos cidadãos. Em um contexto universitário, o desconforto térmico pode prejudicar a concentração e desempenho de alunos, professores e funcionários. Assim simulou-se o microclima da Universidade de Cuiabá, campus Barão, com o objetivo de analisar as partes críticas desconfortáveis do campus e sugerir estratégias que possam melhorar o conforto térmico local. Para a simulação utilizou-se o software ENVI-met, que espacializa as variáveis temperatura do ar e umidade relativa do ar, sendo simulados os horários de 08, 14 e 20 horas no período chuvoso e seco, conforme a sazonalidade climática local. Encontrou-se como zonas críticas a entrada do Campus, Bloco A, a área de convivência nos intervalos dos alunos e o estacionamento, atingindo temperaturas máximas de 34 ºC. Outra questão que causa preocupação é a baixa umidade relativa do ar no período seco, em que as 14 horas chegou a mínima 23%. Conclui-se que a intensificação de áreas verdes no campus, como gramados e arborização, a substituição de pavimentos, substituindo parte da área asfáltica por pavimentos de calor específico menor, e a utilização de telhado verde, podem contribuir para a melhoria do conforto térmico do campus.
 
Palavras-chave: Conforto Térmico. Temperatura do Ar. Umidade Relativa do Ar. Telhado Verde. Arborização.
 
Abstract
The poorly planned growth of large cities leads to the appearance of the so-called urban heat islands, which consequently generate discomfort for citizens. In a university context, thermal discomfort can impair the concentration and performance of students, teachers and staff. Thus, the microclimate of University of Cuiabá, Barão campus was simulated, with the objective of analyzing the uncomfortable critical parts of the campus and suggesting strategies that can improve the local thermal comfort. For the simulation, the ENVI-met software was used, which spatializes the variables air temperature and relative air humidity, simulating the times of 08, 14 and 20 hours in the rainy and dry period, according to the local climatic seasonality. Critical areas were the entrance to Campus, Block A, the living area in the students’ break time and the parking, reaching maximum temperatures of 34ºC. Another issue that causes concern is the low relative air humidity in the dry period, when the 14 hours reached a minimum 23%. It is concluded that the green areas intensification at the campus, such as lawns and afforestation, the replacement of pavements, replacing part of the asphalt area with pavements with lower specific heat, and the use of a green roof, can contribute to the improvement of the campus thermal comfort.
 
Keywords: Thermal Comfort. Air Temperature. Green Roof. Afforestation.
Doğrusal Olmayan Temel Bileşenler Analizinin Tanıtımı ve Uygulanabilirliği
Authors: DEMİR Yıldırım , KESKİN Sıddık , ÇAVUŞOĞLU Şeyda
Published: September 2020

Nonlinear principal component analysis (NLPCA) is a descriptive dimension reduction method that examines the relationships between variables and displays the results numerically and visually in multivariate datasets that have a linear or nonlinear relationship between them. In this study, it was aimed to present the basic explanatory information about nonlinear principal components analysis (NLPCA) and to emphasize its usability by performing application. In the study, data obtained from 270 samples for 17 continuous variables concerning 3 pepper varieties were evaluated by Principal components analysis (PCA). With the 4 principal components obtained as a result of PCA, being 3 categorical variables Variety, storage time and Application were analyzed by NLPCA. In the analysis made with PCA, approximately 74% of the total variance was explained and in the analysis made with NLPCA, approximately 58% was explained as well. As a result of the analysis; it was observed that there was a strong relationship between PC1 and storage time and variety, and PC3 and PC2 variables, while the relationship between PC4 and application variables and all variables was low. As a result; by examining the linear and nonlinear relationships between the variables in the multivariate datasets, these relationships intended to be presented in an easily interpreted and easily understandable way in two-dimensional space; it was emphasized that NLPCA can be used alone and/or together with other multivariate analysis methods.
Characterizations of Three (2020) Introduced Discrete Distributions
Authors: Nezampour Shirin , Hamedani G. G.
Published: September 2020

The problem of characterizing a probability distribution is an important problem which has attracted the attention of many researchers in the recent years. To understand the behavior of the data obtained through a given process, we need to be able to describe this behavior via its approximate probability law. This, however, requires to establish conditions which govern the required probability law. In other words we need to have certain conditions under which we may be able to recover the probability law of the data. So, characterization of a distribution plays an important role in applied sciences, where an investigator is vitally interested to find out if their model follows the selected distribution. In this short note, certain characterizations of three recently introduced discrete distributions are presented to complete, in some way, the works ofHussain(2020), Eliwa et al.(2020) and Hassan et al.(2020).
The first experience with the fully-covered self-expandable nitinol stents in the management of anastomotic biliary strictures after orthotopic liver transplantation
Authors: Shabunin A. V. , Korzheva I. Yu. , Chechenin G. M. , Lebedev S. S. , Drozdov P. A. , Zhuravel O. S. , Astapovich S. A.
Published: September 2020

Background: Biliary anastomosis strictures after orthotopic liver transplantation (OLT) develop in 5–12% of patients. This complication significantly impairs the patients’ quality of life and can lead to graft loss.

Aim: To analyze the first experience in the use of coated self-expanding nitinol stents in patients with biliary anastomosis strictures after OLT.

Materials and methods: From December 2018 to January 2019, there were 5 patients with anastomotic strictures after OLT in the Department of Organ and/or Tissue Transplantation of the S.P. Botkin Municipal Clinical Hospital. All patients underwent endoscopic stenting of strictures with a self-expanding nitinol-coated stent. In all patients, the stent was removed at 3 months after its placement.

Results: No complications and deaths were recorded in this patient group. The median duration of the follow-up after stent removal was 14.15 ± 2.35 (3–17) months, with no cases of restenosis identified.

Conclusion: The use of coated nitinol stents in the management of patients with anastomotic strictures after liver transplantation is effective and safe. The possibility of their use in routine clinical practice requires confirmation in further studies.
Acerca de la contratransferencia: ¿obstáculo o instrumento?
Authors: Corveleyn Jozef
Published: September 2020

El artículo discute las distintas perspectivas que dentro del mismo psicoanálisis existen sobre el estatuto de la contratransferencia en el proceso terapéutico. Mientras que para unos (la tendencia clásica) ésta debe ser radicalmente reprimida para salvaguardar el ideal de una neutralidad aséptica, para otros (la tendencia humanista) ésta puede ser incorporada para consolidar los aspectos externos y reales de la alianza terapéutica. Junto con la postura clásica de Theodor Reik y la más moderna de Harold Searles, el autor plantea que los sentimientos y reacciones contratransferenciales pueden ser usados como un instrumento legítimo que oriente tanto la relación con el paciente como la labor interpretativa.
El estilo psicológico como estudio de la diversidad humana: un ejemplo basado en los estilos de vida
Authors: Sánchez López María Del Pilar
Published: September 2020

Este estudio considera el Estilo Psicológico (EP) como categoría supraordinal en la organización de la personalidad y como base del enfoque del cambio. El estilo organiza la conducta, tiene un carácter eminentemente global, es imprescindible para el mantenimiento adaptativo del individuo y puede considerarse como un conjunto de pautas de interpretación, donación de significados y respuestas. Dado su carácter globalizador, el EP es aplicable a muchos campos. Se presenta un trabajo empírico sobre estilos de vida (EV), proponiéndose su operativización mediante la distribución del tiempo. Se presenta el instrumento original creado (ADIT). Los datos indicaron que podemos utilizar la distribución del tiempo como operativización del EV, puesto que los perfiles encontrados tienen un claro sentido psicológico y las relaciones con las variables demográficas tienen también sentido psicológico.
Educación sexual y deficiencia visual : el diálogo del silencio por el silencio del diálogo
Authors: Bruns María Alves de Toledo
Published: September 2020

El objetivo de este estudio fue conocer y comprender la orientación sexual proveniente de madres de hijos portadores de deficiencia visual. Bajo la perspectiva fenomenológica, se analizan veinte discursos de madres de deficientes visuales. El recorrido por todos los discursos permite conocer que la desinformación sobre la sexualidad en general, impide el diálogo entre madre e hijo(a). Tales recorridos evidencian igualmente, que la represión sexual fundamenta los estigmas y los preconceptos en la educación sexual de los deficientes visuales.
Relaciones entre estilo de vida y satisfacción vital
Authors: Sánchez López María Del Pilar , Díaz Morales Juan Francisco
Published: September 2020

El análisis de la distribución del tiempo que realizan las personas durante la semana y el fin de semana proporciona una adecuada medida del estilo de vida. Se describen y estudian las características de diferentes grupos de personas en función del estilo de vida y la satisfacción en el ámbito laboral y familiar. A través del concepto Congruencia/Incongruencia se analiza la relación entre el entorno laboral y familiar, donde se comprueba que ambos, mundos no son independientes. A su vez, el estilo de vida y la satisfacción muestran determinadas relaciones con variables demográficas como sexo, tipo de pareja y ciclo vital (edad y tener/no tener hijos).
Salud mental infantil : tendencias actuales en la necesidad y provisión de servicios en los Estados Unidos
Authors: Johnson Grados Judy
Published: September 2020

Aún cuando en los Estados Unidos existe gran demanda de servicios de salud mental infantil, tradicionalmente muchos niños no han sido atendidos adecuadamente. Esto, en parte, se debe a los obstáculos en el acceso a los servicios y al resultado de un sistema de cuidado fragmentado y desorganizado. Sin embargo, en las últimas dos décadas se ha alcanzado un progreso sustancial en la manera de encarar estos problemas. Este artículo revisa la demanda de servicios de salud mental infantil que existe en los Estados Unidos y describe intentos recientes para mejorar la coordinación y el acceso al sistema de servicio de salud mental infantil. Se discuten la introducción de sistemas de cuidado, la expansión de servicios basados en la escuela y las innovaciones en la provisión de servicios a la comunidad.
Comportamientos de riesgo adolescente : una aproximación psicosocial
Authors: Peñaherrera Sánchez Edwin
Published: September 2020

Se presenta una discusión acerca del modo tradicional como se suele aproximar a la comprensión de los comportamientos de riesgo en adolescentes, planteando la necesidad de incorporar una perspectiva psicosocial del riesgo. Se encuentra que la aproximación biomédica está centrada en las consecuencias y en el daño, pero la salud y las situaciones de riesgo en adolescentes están relacionadas con una compleja telaraña psicosocial que las promueve. Se muestra la necesidad de analizar no solamente las consecuencias de las conductas sino los antecedentes de las mismas y las posibles funciones que estas conductas tienen en sus vidas y en el logro de las tareas del desarrollo presentes en cada sociedad. De esta manera será posible diseñar programas de prevención adecuados y eficaces.
Rosaspata: Una mirada al mercado cusqueño a través de la fotografía y el paisaje sonoro
Authors: Gonzales Parra Sharon
Published: September 2020

Rosaspata es un pequeño mercado ubicado muy cerca del Centro Histórico de Cusco y alberga, aproximadamente, a 50 productores y vendedores de la ciudad y de las zonas rurales. Cada sección se encuentra zonificada, por lo que sus ‘habitantes’ —la mayoría mujeres con hijos pequeños— construyen y afianzan sus lazos amicales a partir de la pertenencia a una determinada sección.