bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Les mécanismes de gestion des flux d’informations : quelle incidence sur la performance logistique des entreprises au Cameroun ?
Authors: Tsapi Victor , Assene Marie-Noël , Hapsatou Hapsatou
Published: July 2021

Réussir à synchroniser les flux d’informations entre les différents partenaires de la Supply Chain demeure un impératif pour assurer la disponibilité des bons produits, aux bons endroits, au moment opportun, à la bonne cible et au coût le plus raisonnable (Samii, 2004). Dans un environnement où certaines variables contextuelles et culturelles freinent encore le plein usage des potentialités des TIC dans les entreprises, nous nous intéressons aux pratiques locales de pilotage des flux d’informations entre partenaires de la Supply Chain. Les résultats d’une étude empirique menée auprès de 60 entreprises au Cameroun révèlent que les mécanismes de gestion des flux d’informations mis en place par celles-ci ont une incidence significative sur leur performance logistique.
Existence and multiplicity for Hamilton-Jacobi-Bellman equation
Authors: Yang Bian-Xia , Gu Shanshan , Dai Guowei
Published: July 2021

This paper is concerned with the existence and multiplicity of constant sign solutions for the following fully nonlinear equation

   \begin{document}$ \begin{equation*} \left\{ \begin{array}{l} -\mathcal{M}_\mathcal{C}^{\pm}(D^2u) = \mu f(u) \ \ \ \ \text{in} \ \ \Omega,\\ u = 0 \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \text{on}\ \partial\Omega, \end{array} \right. \end{equation*} $\end{document}

where \begin{document}$ \Omega\subset\mathbb{R}^N $\end{document} is a bounded regular domain with \begin{document}$ N\geq3 $\end{document}, \begin{document}$ \mathcal{M}_\mathcal{C}^{\pm} $\end{document} are general Hamilton-Jacobi-Bellman operators, \begin{document}$ \mu $\end{document} is a real parameter. By using bifurcation theory, we determine the range of parameter \begin{document}$ \mu $\end{document} of the above problem which has one or multiple constant sign solutions according to the behaviors of \begin{document}$ f $\end{document} at \begin{document}$ 0 $\end{document} and \begin{document}$ \infty $\end{document}, and whether \begin{document}$ f $\end{document} satisfies the signum condition \begin{document}$ f(s)s>0 $\end{document} for \begin{document}$ s\neq0 $\end{document}.
Solitary wave solutions and integrability for generalized nonlocal complex modified Korteweg-de Vries (cmKdV) equations
Authors: Zhang Wen-Xin ,   School of Applied Science, Beijing Information Science and Technology University, Beijing 100192, China, Liu Yaqing
Published: July 2021

In this paper, the reverse space cmKdV equation, the reverse time cmKdV equation and the reverse space-time cmKdV equation are constructed and each of three types diverse soliton solutions is derived based on the Hirota bilinear method. The Lax integrability of three types of nonlocal equations is studied from local equation by using variable transformations. Based on exact solution formulae of one- and two-soliton solutions of three types of nonlocal cmKdV equation, some figures are used to describe the soliton solutions. According to the dynamical behaviors, it can be found that these solutions possess novel properties which are different from the ones of classical cmKdV equation.
El segundo conde de Revillagigedo, su carrocero Joaquín de Castro y la implantación neoclásica en los coches novohispanos al final del virreinato
Authors: Recio Mir Álvaro
Published: July 2021

El virrey segundo conde de Revillagigedo produjo en la carrocería novohispana, que desde inicios del siglo XVIII vivía un rico desarrollo barroco, un cambio hacia los modelos carroceros ingleses de signo neoclásico. El virrey fue esencial en ello, tanto por el uso de coches ingleses, como por dictar una inédita legislación que trató de articular el ámbito del carruaje. Junto a Revillagigedo, destacó su carrocero, Joaquín de Castro, del que haremos un primer esbozo profesional que evidencia el enorme desarrollo del coche en Nueva España al final del virreinato.
Conjugalidades Longevas: os vínculos amorosos de casais homoafetivos
Authors: Berttran Déa E.
Published: July 2021

Este artigo objetivou compreender como casais homoafetivos longevos, com mais de 30 anos de vida em comum, um masculino e um feminino, com a assunção de suas homossexualidades e lesbiandades em contexto social patologizante, conseguiram construir suas conjugalidades independentemente dos apoios familiares e institucionais, tidos como fundamentais para o casal se estabelecer. Ao analisar a conjugalidade homoafetiva na meia idade, procurou-se conhecer como seus integrantes vivenciaram o legado heteronormativo que receberam, bem como as dinâmicas psíquicas que estruturaram a díade. A pesquisa foi exploratória, com enfoque clínico-qualitativo, com entrevistas semiestruturadas feitas com a díade, com inferências a partir da análise de discurso, sob a psicanálise vincular e de casal. Os resultados mostraram um vínculo com característica fusional no casal de mulheres, porém com desenvolvimento individual de ambas, enquanto o masculino apresentou respeito às diferenças, com períodos alternados de fusionalidade e alteridade. Nos dois casais, havia similaridade de investimentos e cumprimentos de acordos. A análise demonstrou que as alianças amorosas homoafetivas podem ser construídas e permanecerem estáveis mesmo quando vivenciadas no anonimato e sem apadrinhamento social. A pertinência desta pesquisa está na atualização de conceitos clínicos e de manejo, para que se possa ter uma clínica inclusiva aos novos modelos amorosos.
Sentimentos e Percepções Maternas sobre a Internação de Bebês Pré-Termo e a Termo: estudo comparativo
Authors: Gomes Raissa Taiane Alencar , Pereira Veronica Aparecida , Rodrigues Olga Maria Piazentin Rolim
Published: July 2021

Mães que vivenciam a internação de seus filhos após o parto relatam sentimentos negativos e necessitam de práticas de acolhimento que favoreçam a vinculação diádica e a recuperação da saúde materno-infantil. Nesse estudo, buscou-se descrever e comparar a percepção de mães de bebês pré-termo e a termo quanto aos sentimentos vivenciados durante a internação do bebê e diante da expectativa de sua alta. Participaram do estudo 60 mães, 30 de bebês nascidos pré-termo (G1) e 30 de bebês a termo (G2), ambos internados após o parto. As mães responderam a uma entrevista semiestruturada, com dados sociodemográficos e antecedentes gestacionais, e o Protocolo de Avaliação de Sentimentos e Percepções Maternas. As mães de G1 relataram expectativa de mais tempo de internação (p=0,02), maior confiança na equipe hospitalar (p=0,05) e menor necessidade de serviço especializado após a alta (p=0,04). Para G2, observou-se maior frequência de sentimentos negativos diante da notícia da internação e positivos diante da expectativa de alta; maior gravidade quanto ao estado de saúde de seus filhos (p=0,03) e reações paternas mais negativas frente à notícia da internação (p=0,00). Os dados indicaram que as mães de ambos os grupos precisam de cuidados profissionais e de uma rede de apoio.
“Trigêmeos de Idades Diferentes”: a experiência da maternidade por meio da adoção de irmãos
Authors: Stefanini Machemer Roberta , Bitencourt Frizzo Giana
Published: July 2021

A experiência da maternidade por adoção de um grupo de irmãos pode se configurar como um desafio no pós-adoção, mas a literatura sobre o assunto é escassa. Pensando nisso, o objetivo do presente estudo foi compreender como se construiu a relação mãe-filhos, em um caso de adoção de grupo de irmãos, ao longo de dez sessões de psicoterapia de referencial teórico psicanalítico e da teoria do apego. Utilizou-se a Análise Temática nas transcrições das sessões para buscar aspectos específicos da adaptação mãe-três filhos e identificar padrões de temas e subtemas. Os resultados ressaltaram um período de idealização dos filhos mais novos, sustentado por dificuldades na adaptação com o filho mais velho. Essas dificuldades iniciais foram superadas na medida em que a mãe pode ver com os filhos mais novos de forma menos idealizada e pode construir uma identificação com o mais velho. Foi necessário um período de intensa disponibilidade emocional materna às necessidades individualizadas dos seus três filhos, como se fossem trigêmeos de idades diferentes. Ressaltou-se a importância prévia da preparação da família para a adoção de irmãos e a necessidade de um cuidado maior com o filho que desempenhou o papel parental com o grupo de irmãos antes da adoção.
Percepção do Tamanho e Forma Corporal em Estudantes de Psicologia
Authors: Nogueira de Almeida Ribeiro Graziela Aparecida , Fagundes Vieira de Melo Kássia Helena , Gama da Silva Rodrigues Lucas , Soares de Oliveira Milena
Published: July 2021

A percepção de um indivíduo sobre seu corpo não se relaciona apenas à forma objetiva, mas também à subjetividade, envolvendo sentimentos e atitudes. Objetivou-se avaliar o sentimento de satisfação com o corpo e a percepção de tamanho e forma corporal de estudantes dos 1º e 5º anos de Psicologia de uma instituição privada do interior do estado de São Paulo. Foram avaliados 129 alunos, utilizando-se a Escala de Desenhos de Silhuetas em três fases: Fase 1, antes da apresentação de imagens; Fase 2, após apresentação de uma imagem de pessoa “magra”; Fase 3, após apresentação de uma imagem de pessoa “obesa”. Foram realizadas análises descritivas e comparativas através do teste Mann-Whitney, SPSS-19. Após análise dos resultados, observou-se a presença de indicadores de distorção e insatisfação com o corpo, especialmente entre os alunos do sexo feminino. Ressalta-se a força das interferências externas sobre a auto avaliação corporal, e a necessidade de reconhecimento de valores pessoais que vão além do corpo.
Delirium em CTI: ansiedade e depressão como possíveis fatores de risco na população idosa
Authors: Hofmeister Marta Velo , Pfeifer Paula Moraes , Marques Samanta Fanfa , Lohmann Michele Pereira , Ruschel Patricia Pereira
Published: July 2021

As doenças cardiovasculares, quando agravadas, podem requerer cuidados hospitalares específicos em Centro de Tratamento Intensivo (CTI). As características desta unidade podem potencializar o afastamento do paciente de sua subjetividade, aumentando a vulnerabilidade para desenvolvimento de delirium – uma das síndromes mais comuns no ambiente hospitalar, especialmente na população idosa. Frente a isso, foram avaliados 94 pacientes com idade igual ou superior a 60 anos, a fim de identificar se existe relação entre a ansiedade e depressão no momento da internação em CTI de um hospital cardiológico e o desenvolvimento de delirium nas 48 horas seguintes. Foram utilizadas a Escala Hospitalar de Ansiedade e Depressão (HADS) e a Confusional Assessment Method in Intensive Care Unit (CAM-ICU). Foi possível observar uma tendência de que pacientes com sintomas de ansiedade e, principalmente, de depressão têm maior probabilidade de desenvolver delirium. Entre os pacientes com depressão, 18.8% apresentaram delirium e, daqueles sem depressão, 4.2%. Em relação à ansiedade, 11.1% dos que apresentaram ansiedade tiveram também delirium, comparado a 4.1% entre aqueles sem ansiedade. Observa-se a importância de se identificar o impacto de sintomas psicológicos na evolução clínica do paciente, tendo em vista a associação de delirium a desfechos clínicos desfavoráveis.
Intervenções para Autolesão Não Suicida: uma revisão sistemática da literatura
Authors: Kamazaki Daniely Fernandes , Dias Ana Cristina Garcia
Published: July 2021

A autolesão não suicida (NSSI) é o dano deliberado e autoinfligido ao tecido corporal com ausência de intenção suicida e sem fins sociais ou culturalmente aceitos. A autolesão tem uma alta prevalência entre adolescentes e adultos jovens, gerando preocupações entre cuidadores e instituições nas quais esses indivíduos estão inseridos. Entretanto, no Brasil, as intervenções e tratamentos eficazes para essa condição ainda são escassos. Este estudo teve o objetivo de identificar as intervenções e abordagens psicológicas utilizadas para o tratamento da autolesão não suicida. Trata-se de uma revisão sistemática da literatura que utilizou o protocolo PRISMA e a técnica “bola de neve” para realizar o levantamento dos dados. Foram utilizadas quatro combinações de descritores para a busca nas bases: Portal de Periódicos Capes, PubMed, Lilacs, SciELO e PsycInfo. Ao total, esse estudo analisou 16 artigos. A terapia comportamental dialética e a terapia cognitivo-comportamental foram os referenciais teóricos mais utilizados, sendo o treinamento de habilidades a partir de módulos a técnica mais usada nas intervenções. Os resultados sugerem que tanto a terapia cognitivo-comportamental quanto a terapia comportamental dialética apresentam evidências moderadas de eficácia para o tratamento de autolesões.
Metodologias ativas de aprendizagem aplicadas ao ensino técnico: modelo adotado pelo Senac em Divinópolis (MG)
Authors: Espíndola Marcelo Agenor , Mafra Pereira Frederico Cesar
Published: July 2021

Este artigo teve como objetivo geral analisar como as metodologias ativas de aprendizagem (MAA) têm sido percebidas como contributivas para a formação dos alunos. Realizou-se estudo de caso descritivo, de caráter quantitativo e qualitativo, no SENAC Divinópolis-MG, via documentos técnicos pedagógicos, entrevistas semiestruturadas com docentes e questionários estruturados com discentes. Utilizou-se análise quantitativa via estatística descritiva básica, e qualitativa pela análise de conteúdo. O estudo evidencia alinhamento entre a proposta do MPS e o desenvolvimento dos discentes e docentes, e as MAA como diferencial na construção das suas marcas formativas. Destaque para as metodologias de 'Aprendizagem por Jogos' e 'Estudo de Caso'. Contribui para a academia ampliando estudos sobre MAA e para a gestão das instituições de ensino brasileiras. Demonstra a importância do SENAC como instituição referência em educação técnica e do Sistema S para o desenvolvimento do país.
Perceber e sentir a paisagem: uma abordagem à Educação Ambiental
Authors: Siqueira André Boccasius , Mendonça Ana Waley , Marcomin Fatima Elizabeti , Plá Gilmar Pezzopane
Published: July 2021

A pesquisa fenomenológica, sob a perspectiva Merleau-Pontyana, objetivou desvelar o universo perceptivo de estudantes (da área rural, urbana e litorânea) e a potencialidade da paisagem à Educação Ambiental (EA). Entrevistas junto a estudantes do sexto e nono ano do Ensino Fundamental de Osório e Tramandaí (Rio Grande do Sul) subsidiaram os “achados” da pesquisa. Dentre eles: os elementos naturais, a beleza da paisagem, a relação de cuidado/descuido foram pontuados; o lixo como o que há de pior. Emergiram potencialidades de abordagem à EA pela interpretação da relação do sujeito-paisagem sob o prisma da corporeidade; da experiência vivificada do corpo; do sensível; das relações com o belo; em processos formativos em/para uma EA crítica, emancipatória, amorosa, poética, ética, espiritualista e sustentada na Fenomenologia Merleau-Pontyana.Palavras-chave: Percepção socioambiental; Paisagem; Educação Ambiental.
Relationship Between Physical Activity Participation and Recovery Outcomes in College-Aged Adults With a Concussion
Authors: Petit Kyle M. , Kuenze Christopher M. , Pfeiffer Karin A. , Fitton Nathan , Saffarian Mathew , Covassin Tracey
Published: July 2021

Context

Previously, the most common treatment for a concussion was prolonged physical and cognitive rest. Recently, researchers have suggested that earlier physical activity (PA) may be better at promoting recovery. Researchers have not evaluated the relationship between free-living PA (eg, walking) and symptom reporting or recovery duration.

Objective

To assess the relationship between free-living PA participation and 2 recovery outcomes in college-aged adults with a concussion.

Design

Prospective cohort.

Setting

National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I and III universities.

Patients or Other Participants

Thirty-two college-aged adults (68.8% female, age = 19.8 ± 1.4 years) with a concussion.

Main Outcome Measure(s)

Participants completed a postconcussion symptom evaluation at visits 1 (<72 hours from concussion) and 2 (8 days later). Between visits, each participant's PA was monitored using an Actigraph GT9X Link PA monitor and expressed as total PA (counts per minute) and percentage of PA time spent in moderate-to-vigorous intensity (%MVPA). Recovery time was the number of days from injury occurrence to medical clearance. With separate hierarchical multiple regressions, we evaluated the relationship between total PA and each recovery variable (visit 2 symptom severity, recovery time). Additionally, with separate exploratory hierarchical multiple regressions, we evaluated the relationship between %MVPA and each recovery variable. Statistical significance was set a priori at P ≤ .05.

Results

Participants averaged 2446 ± 441 counts per minute and spent 12.1% ± 4.2% of their PA performing MVPA. Participants yielded median (interquartile) symptom severities of 28 (24) and 2 (8) for visit 1 and 2, respectively. Average recovery time was 14.7 ± 7.5 days. Total PA did not significantly contribute to the model for visit 2 symptom severity (P = .122) or recovery time (P = .301). Similarly, %MVPA had little contribution to the model for visit 2 symptom severity (P = .358) or recovery time (P = .276).

Conclusions

We suggest that free-living PA may not be enough to reduce symptoms or shorten recovery. Thus, clinicians may need to provide patients with more structured PA protocols mimicking findings from previous researchers.
Support Systems and Patient Care Delivery for Nonnative English-Speaking Patients: A Study of Secondary School Athletic Trainers
Authors: Stanton Brea M. , Rivera Matthew J. , Winkelmann Zachary K. , Eberman Lindsey E.
Published: July 2021

Context

Nonnative English speakers (NNESs) in the United States have more than doubled since 1990, increasing the likelihood of their seeking health care and experiencing language barriers. Language barriers in health care result in ineffective communication, a decreased level of care, and a reduction in overall provider satisfaction.

Objective

To investigate the experiences of secondary school athletic trainers (ATs) who provided care to patients who were NNESs or communicated with their NNES support systems.

Design

Qualitative study.

Setting

Semistructured interviews.

Patients or Other Participants

Fifteen secondary school ATs with experience communicating with NNES patients or their support systems.

Data Collection and Analysis

Participants were interviewed, and the interviews were transcribed. A 3-person data-analysis team used the multiphase, consensual qualitative research approach to develop a consensus codebook with domains and categories. Trustworthiness was established through member checking, multiple-researcher triangulating, and auditing.

Results

Four domains emerged from the data: (1) communication, (2) welcoming environment, (3) cultural agility, and (4) resourcefulness. Participants enhanced communication by relying on nonverbal communication, translated resources, and interpreters. The ATs discussed a difference in care delivery based on fluency. Respondents explained efforts to create a welcoming environment by speaking in the NNES's native language, increasing comfort, and serving as an advocate within the health care system. Acknowledging customs, demonstrating respect, and understanding potential fear, shame, or both associated with language barriers were discussed as ways to increase cultural agility. The ATs identified a lack of formal training, which increased their on-the-job training and health information technology use. Participants perceived spending increased amounts of initiation, effort, and time on adaptability while caring for and communicating with NNESs.

Conclusions

The ATs perceived that they had little formal training and, therefore, became more resourceful and increased communication strategies to provide equitable care. Participants indicated that adapting their care to meet cultural needs and creating a welcoming environment for NNESs were important when cultivating a patient-centered experience.
CO2 as an exhaust emissions surrogate in small dieselized mines
Authors: Gangal M , Dainty E D , Kunchur G
Published: July 2021

This paper presents a validation of CO2 as a single surrogate measurement for other diesel-emitted pollutants in multi-diesel-machine operations typical of small underground mines. This means that the simple measurement of CO2 alone can be used to estimate the
concentrations of other components of diesel exhaust in the mine environment.
The linear relationship of CO2 concentration with other diesel-emitted pollutants was indicated by the results of simultaneous real-time monitoring of CO2 with CO, NO, NO2, SO2, Respirable Combustible Dust (RCD), and Air Quality Index (AQI) in several small underground mines. The SO2 was not
directly measured but calculated from the measured CO2 concentration and diesel fuel analysis for carbon, hydrogen and sulphur. The measurements were made in the return air drift under various mining conditions involving a number of diesel LHDs and haulage trucks.
The statistical analysis and mathematical representation of the several components of diesel pollutants with CO2 are presented. Regression analysis shows that at the 1 percent level of significance there is a strong linear relationship of these diesel pollutants with CO2.
This relationship is discussed in detail. It is concluded that CO2 measurement alone is a good indicator of overall mine air quality and can be used as a control parameter.
Study of prevalence of preventable keratitis, seasonal variation, and microbiological etiology along with quack practice in a Tertiary Eye Care Center in Maharashtra - Central India
Authors: Kabra Namrata , Mussaji Sakina , Hande Supriya Govind
Published: July 2021

Purpose:

The purpose of the study is to evaluate the prevalence of preventable keratitis, seasonal variations, and microbiological etiology along with quack practices presented at a Tertiary Eye Care Center in Maharashtra (Central India), over a period of 1 year.

Materials and Methods:

A retrospective study of microbiology of corneal scraping reports in infectious keratitis cases from July 17, 2017 to June 17 2018. Incidence of bacterial and fungal keratitis and culture growth were analyzed for seasonal pattern. Type and frequency of quack practice in the patients were analyzed as well.

Results:

Among the 795 infectious keratitis cases, culture growth was positive in 322 (40.5%) samples; 258 (80.1%) and 64 (19.9%) were of fungal and bacterial etiology, respectively. The predominant fungal organism was Fusarium Spp. (61.2%) and the predominant bacteria organisms were Streptococcus spp. and Nocardia with (28.1/%) each. Seasonal statistics showed peak in infectious keratitis in rainy seasons with higher incidence of fungal keratitis. It was seen that in 50% of the participants, trauma was the predisposing factor. Six percent of the patients had a history of quack practice from which 53% removed the foreign body with the tip of the tongue.

Conclusions:

Infectious keratitis is a common problem in central India, with fungal being the most common etiology with surge in rainy season. A significant number of patients still prefer traditional ways of treatment hence awareness and basic knowledge can prevent blindness caused by preventable infectious keratitis.
Ocular crystals in chronic uveitic eye
Authors: Das Dipankar , Kuri Ganesh Chandra , Soibam Ronel , Bhattacharjee Harsha , Tayab Shahinur , Deka Hemalata , Das Bidhan Chandra , Das Mohapatra Shyam Sundar , Gupta Tanvi , Deka Apurba
Published: July 2021

Intraocular crystals are seen in chronic uveitis. We present a case of a young man with clinical presentation of refractile crystals in the anterior chamber (AC) with right painful blind eye secondary to uveitic glaucoma, which had earlier retinal detachment surgery. AC tap revealed the crystals in cytology, and further, enucleation of the eyeball showed those crystals in the anterior and posterior segments of the eye. Intraocular crystals at multiple sites were rare occurrence.
Is there a nonnegligible effect of maximum standardized uptake value in the staging and management of prostate cancer with 68Ga-prostate-specific membrane antigen positron emission tomography/computerized tomography imaging? A single-center experience
Authors: Ekmekcioglu Ozgul , Yavuzsan Abdullah Hizir , Arican Pelin , Kirecci Sinan Levent
Published: July 2021

Purpose:

Prostate-specific membrane antigen (PSMA) positron emission tomography/computerized tomography (PET/CT) has been shown to have significant success in detecting local and distant metastases that cannot not be detected by conventional imaging. Initial staging in intermediate- and high-risk patients with prostate cancer is important for management. In addition, PSMA uptake has been shown to have a relation with grade of disease, and thus could be considered a separate noninvasive prognostic factor. In this study, we aimed to investigate the effect of PSMA PET/CT in the staging and management of prostate cancer patients as well as the relation to maximum standardized uptake value (SUVmax).

Methods:

The patients referred to our department for staging prostate cancer were evaluated retrospectively (n = 65). Patients were grouped as positive for lymph node or distant metastatic disease. Primary tumor SUVmax data were compared with the prognostic factors of the disease. In addition, decisions about treatment protocol before and after PSMA PET/CT imaging were noted.

Results:

All the patients except one were accepted as positive for primary tumor. Of the patients, 46.2% were positive for lymph node and 24.6% for distant metastases. After evaluation by PSMA PET/CT, the clinical choice of treatment changed for 43.1% of our patients. Primary tumor SUVmax and tumor-to-background SUVmax ratios were found to have a significant relation with D'Amico risk classification. We found a positive correlation between SUVmax and prostate-specific antigen, Gleason scores, and age.

Conclusion:

PSMA PET/CT images have a nonnegligible effect on staging, clinical decisions, and change in treatment protocol. SUVmax data have a positive correlation with risk classification and could be identified as a potential independent and non-invasive prognostic factor.
Effect of Nurse-Led Screening Linked Brief Psycho-education for Improving Adherence to Antipsychotic Medications among Clients with Mental Illness
Authors: Ghatwal Hemlata , Joseph Jaison , Jangid Purushottam
Published: July 2021

Background:

Despite the significant improvements in pharmacotherapy, nonadherence to antipsychotic medication is consistently reported in the literature. Many studies evaluated the side effects of antipsychotic medications but there is scanty evidence regarding screening linked intervention.

Aim:

The study investigated the effect of nurse-led screening linked brief psycho-education in improving adherence to antipsychotic medication among treatment-seeking clients with mental illness.

Materials and Methods:

This study is a quasi-experimental study in which a total of 80 subjects were consecutively recruited as per the sampling criteria. The side effect of antipsychotic medication was measured using the Udvalg for Kliniske Undersøgelser Side Effect Rating Scale (UKU-SERS). A trained nurse delivered a 30-minute individual-based screening linked brief psychoeducation for the management of side effects as per the standard module. The outcome measures were changes in adherence to medication measured as per the medication adherence rating scale (MARS-5©Professor Rob Horne) during a 1-month follow-up.

Results:

Anxiety (40%), reduced duration of sleep (40%), reduced salivation (36%) were the most common moderate-to-severe side effects as per UKU-SERS. Overall, the study observed a significant improvement of self-reported medication adherence in the intervention group as compared to the control group during the 1-month follow-up (F = 46.49; P < 0.001).

Conclusion:

The nurse-led screening linked brief psychoeducation may be an effective strategy for improving adherence to antipsychotic medication in this setting. More studies should be conducted in similar settings for an evidence base to advocate the role of the nurse as a brief intervention therapist in the routine mental health care setting.
Evaluation of Association of Impairment of Attention with Other Symptoms of Delirium
Authors: Grover Sandeep , Mehra Aseem , Chakrabarti Subho , Sahoo Swapnajeet , Avasthi Ajit
Published: July 2021

Aim:

To evaluate the association of impairment of attention with other symptoms of delirium.

Methodology:

Eighty-six patients with delirium as per the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual, 5th Revision seen in the consultation-liaison psychiatry setup of a tertiary care hospital were cross-sectionally assessed on the short informant questionnaire on cognitive decline in the elderly (Retrospective), montreal cognitive assessment (MoCA), and delirium rating scale revised-98 (DRS-R98) version.

Results:

The mean age of the study participants was 46.6 (standard deviation [SD] – 16.4) years. All the patients had impairment in attention with the altered sleepwake cycle, acute onset of illness, with the fluctuating course and underlying physical disease. In terms of severity, the severity score was the highest for the item of sleep-wake cycle disturbances, followed by motor agitation. The mean noncognitive symptoms domain of the DRS-R98 domain were more than the mean score of the cognitive symptom domain of DRS-R98. The mean total score on MoCA was 11.9 (SD: 7.5). Higher attention impairment was associated with more severe noncognitive and cognitive symptoms and higher delirium severity as assessed by DRS-R98. Higher severity of attention deficit was also associated with higher impairment in other domains of cognition of MoCA. Cognitive symptoms, as evaluated by DRS-R98, had more significant correlations with various domains of MoCA except for language and abstraction.

Conclusion:

Attention deficits are the core symptom of delirium and have a significant impact on other cognitive and noncognitive symptoms of delirium.
О совместной универсальности дзета-функции Римана
Authors: Laurinčikas Antanas
Published: July 2021

В статье получена теорема о приближении набора
аналитических функций в коротких интервалах
набором сдвигов дзета-функции Римана
$(\zeta(s+a_1\tau),…,\zeta(s+a_r\tau))$, где
$a_1,…,a_r$ - алгебраические числа, линейно
независимые над полем рациональных чисел.
Библиография: 16 названий.
О целых решениях одного класса
алгебраических дифференциальных уравнений второго порядка
Authors: Yanchenko Aleksandr Yakovlevich
Published: July 2021

В работе для алгебраических дифференциальных уравнений
второго порядка, которые имеют выделенную линейную часть,
описаны все их возможные решения,
являющиеся целыми функциями конечного порядка.
Библиография: 8 названий.
Подгруппы веера силовских подгрупп и
сверхразрешимость конечной группы
Authors: Vasilyeva Tatiana Ivanovna
Published: July 2021

Используется введенное в 1979 г. З. И. Боревичем понятие
веера подгруппы группы для доказательства
сверхразрешимости конечной группы. Установлено,
что конечная группа $G$ сверхразрешима тогда и только тогда,
когда любая базисная подгруппа веера каждой силовской подгруппы
либо совпадает с $G$, либо может быть соединена
с $G$ цепью подгрупп с простыми индексами.
Также доказана сверхразрешимость конечной группы
со сверхразрешимыми базисными подгруппами веера
каждой силовской подгруппы группы.
Библиография: 22 названия.
Unsettled Issues in Advanced Air Mobility Certification
Authors:   Bob McQueen and Associates Incorporated, McQueen Bob
Published: July 2021

Advanced air mobility (AAM) refers to urban transportation systems that move people and goods by air. This has significant implications for reducing traffic congestion in cities and for providing an integrated approach to urban mobility. With the emergence of drone technology and the possibility of more autonomous aircraft, interest has grown considerably in AAM. Unsettled Issues in Advanced Air Mobility Certification discusses the impact of AAM on private sector solution providers including aerospace and technology companies and goes into solutions for urban planners and transportation professionals for better integration across all AAM modes.
A Comparative Corpus-Based Content Analysis of Head of Government Addresses in Response to the Covid-19 Pandemic: Japan and Western Countries
Authors: Moritoki Škof Nagisa
Published: July 2021

Addresses made by heads of government reflect their views and opinions. This article presents a quantitative content analysis of public addresses made by heads of government of the five countries, namely Japan, the USA, New Zealand, Germany, and Slovenia, which were done in response to the novel coronavirus (Covid-19). Word frequency analysis and hierarchical cluster analysis were used to identify the content specifics of these addresses.  The comparative analysis of speeches concerning the novel coronavirus enables us to determine how these addresses reflect the speakers’ perspectives and political orientation and what they attempted to convey to the public.
Multimodal Dependent Type Theory
Authors: Gratzer Daniel , Kavvos G. A. , Nuyts Andreas , Birkedal Lars
Published: July 2021

We introduce MTT, a dependent type theory which supports multiple modalities.
MTT is parametrized by a mode theory which specifies a collection of modes,
modalities, and transformations between them. We show that different choices of
mode theory allow us to use the same type theory to compute and reason in many
modal situations, including guarded recursion, axiomatic cohesion, and
parametric quantification. We reproduce examples from prior work in guarded
recursion and axiomatic cohesion, thereby demonstrating that MTT constitutes a
simple and usable syntax whose instantiations intuitively correspond to
previous handcrafted modal type theories. In some cases, instantiating MTT to a
particular situation unearths a previously unknown type theory that improves
upon prior systems. Finally, we investigate the metatheory of MTT. We prove the
consistency of MTT and establish canonicity through an extension of recent
type-theoretic gluing techniques. These results hold irrespective of the choice
of mode theory, and thus apply to a wide variety of modal situations.
Search for the Optimal Model of Institutional Capacity to Counteract Infectious Threats in the Modern World
Authors: Zyma Oleksandr T. , Soloviova Olha M. , Boiko Iryna V. , Somina Valentyna A. , Mekh Yuliia V.
Published: July 2021

Epidemiological surveillance of public health is an important tool for protection against viral and infectious diseases, both at the national and international levels. Its key role is played by such components as prevention, sanitary protection, compulsory vaccination, audit of the epidemic situation, special anti-epidemic measures, etc. Their implementation requires a systematic approach, which can only be ensured by professional, balanced, and scientifically sound public administration in the field of public health, including on the international scale. The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed a number of issues related to public administration in healthcare and epidemiological surveillance. In this article, the authors analyse the world experience of building systems that ensure sanitary and epidemiological well-being, and try to assess its impact on the effectiveness of counteracting epidemiological threats. In the course of the study, the authors investigated the structure of the system of anti-epidemic and sanitary bodies of more than forty countries of the world. The authors have left out countries with a small population (because they are characterised by universalisation, multifunctionality of public administration entities) and countries whose statistics on the spread of COVID-19 are questionable. For others, it was possible to identify three main approaches to building a system of sanitary and anti-epidemic bodies and to propose appropriate models of the institutional mechanism of public administration in the field of epidemiological well-being.
Return Prediction Based on Discriminating market-styles with Reinforcement Learning
Authors: Bao Zhiguo , Wang Shuyu
Published: July 2021

For hedge funds, return prediction has always been a fundamental and important problem. Usually, a good return prediction model directly determines the performance of a quantitative investment strategy. However, the performance of the model will be influenced by the market-style. Even the models trained through the same data set, their performance is different in different market-styles. Traditional methods hope to train a universal linear or nonlinear model on the data set to cope with different market-styles. However, the linear model has limited fitting ability and is insufficient to deal with hundreds of features in the hedge fund features pool. The nonlinear model has a risk to be over-fitting. Simultaneously, changes in market-style will make certain features valid or invalid, and a traditional linear or nonlinear model is not sufficient to deal with this situation. This thesis proposes a method based on Reinforcement Learning that automatically discriminates market-styles and automatically selects the model that best ﬁts the current market-style from sub-models pre-trained with different categories of features to predict the return of stocks. Compared with the traditional method that training return prediction model directly through the full data sets, the experiment shows that the proposed method has a better performance, which has a higher Sharpe ratio and annualized return.
An Infrared Image Target Segmentation Based on Improved Threshold Method
Authors: Ma Manzeng , Liu Dan , Zhang Ruirui
Published: July 2021

In recent years, infrared images have been applied in more and more extensive fields and the current research of infrared image segmentation and recognition can’t satisfy the needs of practical engineering applications. The interference of various factors on infrared detectors result in the targets detected presenting the targets of low contrast, low signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) and fuzzy edges on the infrared image, thus increasing the difficulty of target detection and recognition; therefore, it is the key point to segment the target in an accurate and complete manner when it comes to infrared target detection and recognition and it has great importance and practical value to make in-depth research in this respect. Intelligent algorithms have paved a new way for infrared image segmentation. To achieve target detection, segmentation, recognition and tracking with infrared imaging infrared thermography technology mainly analyzes such features as the grayscale, location and contour information of both background and target of infrared image, segments the target from the background with the help of various tools, extracts the corresponding target features and then proceeds recognition and tracking. To seek the optimal threshold of an image can be seen as to find the optimum value of a confinement problem. As to seek the threshold requires much computation, to seek the threshold through intelligent algorithms is more accurate. This paper proposes an automatic segmentation method for infrared target image based on differential evolution (DE) algorithm and OTSU. This proposed method not only takes into consideration the grayscale information of the image, but also pays attention to the relevant information of neighborhood space to facilitate more accurate image segmentation. After determining the scope of the optimal threshold, it integrates DE’s ability of globally searching the optimal solution. This method can lower the operation time and improve the segmentation efficiency. The simulation experiment proves that this method is very effective.
Citizens ‘participation in the fight against criminal offences: political and legal aspects
Authors: Leheza Yevhen , Dorokhina Yuliia , Shamara Oleksandr , Miroshnychenko Serhii , Moroz Vita
Published: July 2021

The aim of the research is to reveal political and legal aspects at international level in the field of citizens' participation in the fight against crime. Attention is paid to the most common forms of public participation: patrolling; provide information on criminals or criminal acts committed; participation in anti-corruption measures; assistance in the resocialization of offenders; aiding victims of crime; strengthening the security of one's own property; participation in information on anti-criminal measures. Methodologically it is a documentary research. In conclusion, the benefits of public participation in crime prevention, based on international crime prevention, can be divided into two groups: basic and additional. The main advantages are reduction of crime and delinquency; improve security in relevant areas of cities; reducing citizens' fear of crime; strengthening the service function of the police forces in relation to the inhabitants of territorial communities; improve police partnerships with the public.
National Security: Theoretical-Legal Research
Authors: Anyushina Marina A. , Bestaeva Elena V. , Suyazov Viacheslav V. , Shiryaeva Svetlana V. , Shutikova Nataliya S.
Published: July 2021

The study is relevant as the category of "national security" is multilevel. The work reveals the characteristics and components of this system. The concept of national security exists all over the world. It is one of the most important types of security and is studied by academics from different countries. Furthermore, the concept of national security means a set of scientific and theoretical ideas, opinions and views that dominate in each society and is a subjective reflection of objective ties and national security relations in the public consciousness. From a documentary methodology the article aims to study the legal nature and essence of national security. It is concluded that the genesis of this concept tracks the dialectical interaction of objective and subjective factors. The legal regulation of national security is a comprehensive and multifaceted process based on a complex system of legal rules and regulations. The most significant ones are analyzed in this study. However, academics have not considered all the legal components of national security.
Signs of a Legal Entity of Public Law under the Legislation of Ukraine
Authors: Poddubnaya V. F. , Yevkov A. M. , Filonova Yu. M.
Published: July 2021

The article examines the legal status of legal entities of public law as participants in civil circulation. Both general and special research methods were used, which were determined by the purpose of the article, taking into account the object and subject of the research. To study the above-mentioned civil law relations in their interconnection and development, the dialectical method was used. The comparative legal method was used to analyze the world experience of legal regulation of the status of legal entities of public law in foreign legislation and the doctrine of law, in particular, in the legislation of the CIS countries. Results showed that legal entities of public law are organizations; as legal entities; have the characteristics of a legal entity: organizational unity, the presence of separate property, acting in circulation on their own behalf, independent civil liability. In addition to the general features of a legal entity, legal entities of public law also have special features that characterize them as participants in civil turnover. It was concluded that legal entities of public law are a type of legal entity, are created in the administrative order by the state and have targeted legal capacity.
Current Trends in the Development of International Terrorism: A Current Understanding of the Problem
Authors: Svoboda Ivo , Loskutov Tymur O. , Severinova Oleksandra B. , Peresada Olha M. , Shulha Andriy O.
Published: July 2021

The study examines the development of international terrorism and the problem of its definition. Consequently, the objective of the study was to generate a systemic view of international terrorism and to identify current trends in its development. A structural and functional analysis of international terrorism as a political phenomenon was used. Based on the analytical model provided, the development of international terrorism was divided into periods based on political and geographical zoning. Three consistent principles determine the key characteristics of international terrorism as a rational strategy of unconventional political struggle: the transition to asymmetrical actions, attacks on symbolic objects, and influencing public opinion as the main objective. This triality of characteristics linked to a model of the political process defines the existence of international terrorism as a phenomenon and provides a key to understanding its dynamics. It is concluded that there are four periods in the development of international terrorism, divided into two cycles with breaking points, ascending, and descending phases. The proposed periodization of the development of international terrorism is based on the identification of the centers as political-geographical areas, where contradictions are configured and the political struggle that is part of the logic of the terrorist strategy.
Rule of law in the context of judicial reform as a direction of ensuring the accessibility of administrative proceedings
Authors: Tylchyk Vyacheslav , Riabchenko Olena , Yarmaki Khrystofor , Riabchenko Yurii , Leschynsky Viktor
Published: July 2021

The objective of the study is to analyze the rule of law in the context of the implementation of reforms of the judiciary, the judiciary, and related legal institutions as a direction to ensure the accessibility of administrative justice in Ukraine, revealing its relationship and interdependence. The study found that the availability of administrative procedures is provided by the requirements of all these generic subsystems of the principles that determine modern standards of activity in European countries. The methodology includes a comprehensive analysis and generalization of the available scientific and theoretical material, as well as the formulation of relevant conclusions. During the research, scientific cognition methods were used: terminological, logical-semantic, functional, system-structural, logical-normative, comparative. They highlight in the conclusions that the study found that the amendments to the Constitution of Ukraine in the context of judicial reform made it possible to revise the classical principles of the judiciary, but there are still important unresolved aspects to ensure full compliance with the rule of law, its specification in the constitutional provisions and legislative acts of Ukraine of substantive and procedural content, among other aspects.
Legal regulation of practices of the police as an entity in charge of preventing and combating corruption in Ukraine
Authors: Tovpyha Lina M. , Pastukh Igor D. , Tarasevych Tetiana Yu. , Bondar Serhii V. , Ilina Oksana V.
Published: July 2021

This article deals with the legal regulation of the practices of the police as an entity responsible for preventing and combating corruption. The study shows that corruption is becoming increasingly widespread, creating major obstacles to the comprehensive development of the economy and national security of any state. The objectives of this study were to clarify the problematic aspects of the legal regulation of police practices as an entity responsible for preventing corruption, to identify positive international experience in this area and to clarify its implementability in Ukraine. The corruption perceptions index regression analysis method was applied in 12 different countries around the world for 2018 and 2019. On the basis of the analysis, the authors propose to amend Ukrainian legislation with regard to the definition of the legal status of police practices as an entity responsible for preventing and combating corruption at the level of Ukrainian legislation, detailing the powers of the National Police as a specially authorized entity in the field of preventing and combating corruption in the Ukrainian Law "On the National Police".