bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
TRANSTORNO MENTAL E COMPORTAMENTAL NO ESTADO DE SÃO PAULO: VARIAÇÕES DA MORTALIDADE E MORBIDADE DE 2017 A 2020
Authors: Ramos Giovanna Scudeler Lima , Silva Giovana Mota Marques da
Published: January 2022

Mental and behavioral disorders are influenced by a combination of factors that affect an individual's emotional balance and affect people of all ages, sex and social classes, although each group has its specificities. The present study aims to determine the prevalence of hospitalizations caused by Mental and Behavioral Disorders (CMD), considering an age group, gender and an ICD-10 morbidity list in the State of São Paulo between the years 2017 to 2020. This research was an ecological study on the prevalence of cases of mental and commercial disorders in the State of São Paulo. Data were collected on the DATASUS platform, where the number of admissions according to gender, age and ICD-10 morbidity list in the 2017-2020 period were surveyed. The results obtained revealed a growing increase in CMD cases in the state, especially from 2018 to 2019 with a subsequent fall in 2020, with, from 2017 to 2020, approximately 58.81% prevalence of CMD in sex and approximately 41.19% prevalence in sex female, mainly affecting people aged 30 to 39 years, higher prevalence of mood in females (67.18%) and CMD due to alcohol use in females (87.89%). It is concluded that amidst the pandemic against COVID-19, several patients considered without a diagnosis of Mental and Behavioral Disorders, because of this, it is possible that after the pandemic there are a greater number than expected of patients with more advanced conditions due to the absence of an early diagnosis.
Um Estudo Experimental de Avaliação de Armazenamento em Memória Secundária com Foco em Alto Desempenho
Authors: Silva Fernando de Almeida , Dantas Mario Antonio Ribeiro
Published: January 2022

Este trabalho de pesquisa apresenta um esforço experimental que tem por objetivo elaborar e apresentar um estudo com foco na modicidade do custo para transferência e armazenamento de dados em dispositivo de armazenamento secundário, focando na utilização nas camadas de fog, com foco em alto desempenho. Nossos resultados experimentais iniciais ilustram a viabilidade técnica da proposta e o efeito diferencial da mesma, inclusive em computadores que não seriam considerados como ambientes computacionais adequados.
Aerosol Spray Pyrolysis Synthesis of Doped LiNi0.5Mn1.5O4 Cathode Materials for Next Generation Lithium-Ion Batteries
Authors: Ganas George , Karagiannakis George , Eguia-Barrio Aitor , Bengoechea Miguel , de Meatza Iratxe , Kastrinaki Georgia
Published: January 2022

The autonomy of next generation Electric Vehicles relies on the development of high energy density automotive batteries. LiMn1.5Ni0.5O4 (spinel structure) is a promising active cathode material in terms of charge rate capability, theoretical capacity, cost and sustainability being a cobalt-free material. In the current study pristine and doped (Fe, Al, Mg) LiMn1.5Ni0.5O4 particles were synthesized by an Aerosol Spray Pyrolysis pilot scale unit in a production rate of 100 gr. h−1 and were evaluated for their electrochemical activity in Half Coin Cell form. The doped particles were characterized in terms of their surface area, particle size distribution, crystallite size, morphology and ion insertion of the doping element into the LiNi0.5Mn1.5O4 lattice by Raman spectroscopy. The mixed oxide particles had homogeneous composition which is an inert characteristic of aerosol spray pyrolysis synthesis. The electrochemical activity of the material is attributed both to the nanoscale structure, by successful dopant ion insertion into the spinel lattice as well as to optimization of carbon and spinel particle interface contact in the microscale for increase of electrode conductivity.
Dyslexia, Dysgraphia and Dyscalculia: A Response to Intervention Approach to Classification
Authors: Potter Charles
Published: January 2022

This chapter provides a model for classification of dyslexia, dysgraphia and dyscalculia through analysis of the response of children to treatment. The model is discussed with reference to the types of multivariate treatment applied in a particular programme which works interactively online using an electronic data-base for linking functional difficulties in learning to treatment, and through this to firm diagnosis and classification. In applying the model, initial diagnosis of learning disabilities is treated as provisional, based on functional indicators as well as test data. Firm classification becomes possible through longitudinal assessment, analysis of response to multivariate intervention as well as response to specific programmes. Diagnosis can then be linked both to concessions as well as ongoing treatment.
Neural Circuits and Some New Factors Involved in Hippocampal Memory
Authors: Jing Ruiying , Cai Qiujie , Li Wen , Zhang Xinhua
Published: January 2022

Humans and other primates have memory, and the hippocampus plays a critical role in this process. The neural circuitry is one of the structural foundations for the hippocampus in exerting memory function. To understand the relationship between the hippocampus and memory, we need to understand neural circuits. Past research has identified several classical neural circuits involved in memory. Although there are challenges with the study of hippocampal neural circuits, research on this topic has continued, and some progress has been made. Here, we discuss recent advances in our understanding of hippocampal neural circuit mechanisms and some of the newly discovered factors that affect memory. Substantial progress has been made regarding hippocampal memory circuits and Alzheimer’s disease. However, it is unclear whether these novel findings regarding hippocampal memory circuits hold promise for human memory studies. Additional research on this topic is needed.
Molecular Docking of Phytochemicals against Streptococcus mutans Virulence Targets: A Proteomic Insight into Drug Planning
Authors: Romário da Silva Diego , Duda Deps Tahyná , Akira Souza Sakaguchi Otavio , Maria Melo de Brito Costa Edja , Alberto Oliveira dos Santos Carlus , Paolla Raimundo e Silva Joanilda , Dantas da Silva Bruna , Favaro Ribeiro Frederico , Jaime Bezerra Mendonça-Júnior Francisco , Cristina Barbosa da Silva Andréa
Published: January 2022

Streptococcus mutans (S. mutans) is the most prevalent and most associated with dental caries. Here we aim to identify, through an in silico study, potential bioactive molecules against S. mutans. Twenty-four bioactive molecules with proven action against S. mutans were selected: 1-methoxyficifolinol; 5,7,2′,4′-tetrahydroxy-8-lavandulylflavanone (sophoraflavanone G); 6,8-diprenylgenistein; apigenin; artocarpesin; artocarpin; darbergioidin; dihydrobiochanin A; dihydrocajanin (5,2′,4′-trihydroxy-7-methoxyisoflavanone); erycristagallin; Erystagallin; ferreirin; fisetin; kaempferol; licoricidin; licorisoflavan A; licorisoflavan C; licorisoflavan E; luteolin (3′,4′,5,7-tetrahydroxyflavone); malvidin-3,5-diglucoside; myricetin; orientanol B; quercetin; and quercitrin. Moreover, we selected nine important target proteins for the virulence of this microorganism to perform as drug targets: antigen I/II (region V) (PDB: 1JMM); Antigen I/II (carbox-terminal region) (PDB: 3QE5); Spap (PDB: 3OPU); UA159sp signaling peptide (PDB: 2I2J); TCP3 signaling peptide (PDB: 2I2H); ATP-binding protein ComA (PDB: 3VX4); glucanosucrase (PDB: 3AIC); dextranase (PDB: 3VMO), and Hemolysin (PDB: 2RK5). Five molecules were revealed to be the best ligands for at least three target proteins, highlighting the following compounds: 11 (erystagallin), 10 (erycristagallin), 1 (methoxyficifonilol), 20 (malvidin-3,5-diglucoside), and 2 (sophoraflavanone G), which indicates a possible multi-target action of these compounds. Therefore, based on these findings, in vitro and in vivo tests should be performed to validate the effectiveness of these compounds in inhibiting S. mutans virulence factors. Furthermore, the promising results of these assays will allow the incorporation of these phytoconstituents in products for oral use for the control of tooth decay.
Evaluation and Management of Ocular Traumas
Authors: Taskiran Comez Arzu , Ozbas Mehmet
Published: January 2022

Ocular trauma affecting the anterior segment of the eye including conjunctiva, cornea, sclera, iris, and lens may be chemical, mechanical, or thermal. Although the eyelids and tear film layer act as a barrier for mild traumas, severe traumas need thorough evaluation and prompt management to prevent catastrophic complications, such as vision or globe loss. The initial treatment approaches to chemical injuries of the eye, abrasion, foreign body and lacerations in the conjunctiva, cornea and sclera, hyphema, secondary glaucoma, and traumatic cataract along with the examination with imaging techniques and history taking tips are going to be discussed in this chapter.
Water Quality and Anthropogenic Pressures in a Changing Environment: The Arges River Basin, Romania
Authors: Dunea Daniel
Published: January 2022

The objective of this work was to present several benchmarks regarding the water quality at hydrological basin level under increasing anthropogenic pressures. The first part briefly describes the sources of water pollution, the hydromorphological pressures, and the main water quality parameters widely used for the assessment. The second part presents as an example the dynamics of several water quality parameters recorded between 2007 and 2014 downstream of Argeș River, Romania, near the confluence with the Danube River. Argeș River supplies water for several important Romanian cities including Bucharest, and from here comes the rationale of the work, which envisages characterizing water quality status to substantiate proper water management. The following parameters were statistically analyzed: water temperature, suspended solids, pH, dissolved oxygen, biochemical oxygen demand, ammonium, nitrates, nitrites, and dissolved heavy metals. The factor analysis results showed that the first factor contains temperature and dissolved oxygen, the second has the heavy metals, the third groups have the ammonium and pH, the fourth contains the TSS and nitrites, while the fifth is formed by BOD5 and nitrates. Water quality plays a significant role in promoting socioeconomic development and maintaining viable ecosystems. The protection of water quality requires improved monitoring and reliable watershed management plans.
Catalytic Enantioselective Reactions of Biomass-Derived Furans
Authors: Guk Nam Dong , Woon Yang Jung , Hyun Ryu Do
Published: January 2022

In this chapter, recent developments with regard to catalytic enantioselective reactions of furans, derived from biomass such as unsubstituted furan, 2-methylfuran, 2,5-dimethylfuran, and furfural are described. Although several review articles have dealt with the Diels-Alder reactions of furans, there have been no articles highlighting enantioselective versions. The resulting products derived from the catalytic enantioselective reaction of furan are often found as core structures in natural products and pharmaceuticals with important pharmacological activities. After recognizing the valuable skeleton of chiral furan derivatives, numerous attempts have been made to synthesize them by utilizing enantioselective cycloaddition reactions, Friedel-Crafts reactions, and nucleophilic addition reactions. Enantioselective cyclization reactions using furans as the 4π diene component provided chiral dihydrofuran derivatives. On the other hand, Friedel-Crafts and nucleophilic addition reactions served various furan derivatives with a chiral carbon atom in the α-position.
Transabdominal Preperitoneal (TAPP) Inguinal Hernia Repair
Authors: Caruso Giovambattista , Evola Giuseppe , Antonio Maria Benfatto Salvatore , Gangemi Mariapia
Published: January 2022

The inguinal hernia repair is one of the most frequent surgical procedures: in the world, even year, at least 20.000.000 inguinal hernia repair procedures are performed. Although the laparoscopic approach is widely recognized as a valid treatment for many diseases and some laparoscopic surgical procedures have become gold standard techniques (e. g. cholecystectomy, appendectomy, gastro-esophageal junction surgery), the minimally invasive approach for groin hernia treatment is still very controversial today, but in the last few years, it tends to become the standard practice for 1 day surgery. We present here the technique of laparoscopic Transabdominal Preperitoneal approach (TAPP). The surgical technique is described step-by-step, including surgical details and the new concept of “inverted Y” to achieve the “critical view of safety” for laparoscopic inguinal hernia repair.
Chikungunya Neurological Manifestations: A Systematic Literature Review
Authors: Gonçalves Júnior Jucier , de Oliveira Bringel Marília , Rodrigues de Morais Leonardo , Fernando de Castro Malinverno Luiz , Vasconcelos Liberato Giselle , Maria de Morais Pereira Myllena , Leite Rolim Neto Modesto , de Oliveira Cavalcante Leonardo , Lima Cândido Estelita
Published: January 2022

Although the most common Chikungunya (do not capitalize the disease unless it is named after a proper noun such as Zika, Ebola or Carrion’s Disease) manifestations are osteoarticular, those which bring the most morbidity and mortality are neurological, where thorough mapping through studies with a methodological outline have not yet been well structured. Therefore, the objective was to review the literature to identify neurological manifestations of CHIKV. We used the Virtual Health Library (VHL) and PubMed with the following descriptors: #1 “Chikungunya” [MeSH]; #2 “neurological manifestations” [MeSH] and their equivalents in the Portuguese language, selecting literature published between July 2007 to January 2018. From the 180 studies that were found, 30 were selected. Findings were divided into two subcategories: “Chikungunya: Typical Neurological Manifestations” and “Chikungunya: Severe Neurological Manifestations”. The studies show that headaches were characterized as the most common symptom in adult patients affected by CHIKV, followed by meningeal involvement. Meningeal involvement is also a more serious clinical scenario associated with encephalitis, convulsions, polyneuropathies such as Guillain-Barré syndrome and death. CHIKV is a public health problem for many reasons including its chronic potential complications. Given the neurological symptoms, this disease is concerning in age extremes, for patients with comorbidities and for patients with more than one viral infection by arboviruses, in whom the most severe neurological manifestations are more common.
Complicated Appendicitis: A Surgical Controversy Concerning Risk Factors, Diagnostic Algorithm and Therapeutic Management
Authors: Mekakas Athanasios , Nagorni Eleni-Aikaterini , Tablaridis Theodoros
Published: January 2022

By surgeon’s perspective, complicated appendicitis is defined as perforated appendicitis, periappendicular abscess, gangrenous appendicitis or peritonitis, noted on radiological studies upon hospital admission, operative reports or pathology results of the surgical specimen. Despite that this clinical condition is truly common in everyday surgical routine, its causes and risk factors are still unclear. Some parameters have been associated with complicated appendicitis, like older age, type 2 diabetes, symptoms for longer duration, appendicoliths/fecaliths, delays in surgery after onset of symptoms and after admission. Furthermore, currently, there is no standard diagnostic algorithm for complicated appendicitis. To be specific, radiological findings lack sensitivity, intraoperative assessment may overestimate it while, histopathological examination is regarded as more specific diagnostic method. In addition, the optimal treatment for complicated appendicitis remains controversial between an immediate surgical operation (laparotomy/laparoscopy) or a trial of nonoperative management. Hereby, by reviewing the current literature, we would aim to clarify the risk factors and the diagnostic procedure of complicated appendicitis as well as to compare the operative management with the conservative one according to the type of complicated appendicitis, the success rate and the postoperative complications.
Designing Disease-Specific mHealth Apps for Clinical Value
Authors: Keshavjee Karim , Johnston-Jewell Dustin , Lee Brian , Kyba Robert
Published: January 2022

mHealth apps for patient use are promising but continue to face a plateau in usage. Current apps work for a limited segment of the patient population, i.e., those who enjoy tracking for intrinsic rewards. There are many opportunities to support patient care in between health care provider visits that are not currently being met for many diseases and patient types (personas). This is an area of great potential growth for mHealth apps and could contribute greatly to patient health and wellness. In this chapter, we propose a framework for how to think about the between-visit needs of patients that would motivate continued use of mhealth apps. We view the app design process from the following perspectives: 1) disease-specific needs, 2) non-disease specific needs, 3) behavioral theoretical aspects of app usage and 4) app-intrinsic usage motivators. Myasthenia gravis serves as the use case for illustrating these perspectives and how to use them in designing a disease-specific mHealth app.
Nivní malakofauna Ploučnice (Severní Čechy) [The floodplain mollusc fauna of the Ploučnice River (North Bohemia)]
Authors: Horáčková Jitka , Juřičková Lucie
Published: January 2022

This paper presents a research of the floodplain mollusc communities of the Ploučnice River (Elbe tributary, North Bohemia, Czech Republic). Altogether, 66 mollusc species (65 species of gastropods, one species of bivalve) were recorded in the 35 floodplain forest sites during the research between 2007 and 2011, representing 27% of the total Czech malacofauna. More than a half of all species represents the common forest species (52% of all recorded species) with some rare woodland species as Aegopinella nitidula, Daudebardia rufa, Macrogastra ventricosa, Oxychilus depressus, O. glaber and two endangered species Clausilia bidentata and Daudebardia brevipes. Rare wetland species protected by the NATURA system Vertigo angustior and vulnerable V. antivertigo were also found. The occurrence of these rare species (two of them endangered, three vulnerable, and 11 near threatened) makes the Ploučnice river alluvium as an important mollusc refugium of prime conservation importance in this fragmented Czech landscape of long-term agricultural land use.
Fate of Ideas: Some Reflections on the Enduring Significance of Manfred Frings’ Rejected Translation of Edmund Husserl’s Ideas II
Authors: Barrette Andrew ,   Southwestern Philosophical Society
Published: January 2022

This paper investigates a moment in the history of the phenomenological movement and offers an argument for its enduring significance. To this end, it brings to light, for the first time in a half-century, Manfred Frings’ rejected and so unpublished translation of Edmund Husserl’s Ideas II. After considering the meaning of the term Leib, which Frings renders ‘lived-body’ and to which the editor suggests ‘organism,’ a brief argument for the living tradition of phenomenology is given. It is claimed that the enduring significance of the document is found in the elucidation of the need to renew the phenomenological tradition through a collaboration across generations. Thus, even in its supposed “failure,” Frings’ translation gives data to future thinkers for insight into both their own life and the life of the ideas of phenomenology itself.
Retrospective Attitudes and Non-Identity
Authors: Sars Nicholas ,   Southwestern Philosophical Society
Published: January 2022

Many philosophers think the non-identity problem undermines the ability for future generations to have been wronged by past ones. This problem has prompted a number of responses, some of which purport to vindicate the relevant claims of wrongdoing. However, I argue that a closely related issue remains even for those convinced by these responses. It is commonly thought that wrongdoing makes certain retrospective attitudes, such as resentment, fitting toward the wrongdoer. In this paper, I shift a familiar problem of future generations from wrongdoing to the fittingness of retrospective attitudes, and I show that a narrative sense of identity provides one means of addressing the puzzle of how these attitudes can be fi tting in non-identity cases.
Role of ultrasound in cardiopulmonary resuscitation: Ultrasound CPR
Authors: Jovanović Isidora , Ratković Sanja , Hadžibegović Adi , Todorčević Tijana , Komnenović Snežana , Milenković Marija
Published: January 2022

Ultrasound has predictive value of identification and management of reversible causes of cardiac arrest on the outcome after applied CPR, in terms of ROSC (return of spontaneous circulation) and the hospital discharge and neurological findings after applied CPR measures. Ultrasound is used in all phases of resuscitation including period before cardiac arrest, during cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), and in the period after that. Ultrasound use during CPR offers numerous advantages including non-invasiveness, easiness, the short time for examination and a safe possibility for a repeat test whenever it is needed. Focused Echocardiography Examination in Life support (FEEL) and Focused Echocardiographic Evaluation in Resuscitation (FEER) protocols are mostly used when we talk about heart examination in cardiopulmonary resuscitation.
Methylprednisolone therapy in acute spinal cord injuries
Authors: Zagorac Slaviša
Published: January 2022

Spinal cord injuries represent a major challenge in terms of current concepts of treatment. This condition is frequently associated with long term therapy in addition to a greater incidence of early and late complications. The goal of treatment is to alleviate pressure on the spinal cord caused by hematomas or bone fragments, in the shortest time possible. Hence, surgical decompression of the spinal cord is the first line of treatment, in cases where this approach is indicated. Apart from invasive methods, treatment also consists of the use of various pharmacological agents, whose therapeutic goal is to decrease edema and inflammation, especially in the first several days following injury. One of the most commonly administered drugs in such cases is methylprednisolone, however, controversy with regards to the timing of its administration and proper dosing, still exists. This drug has been in use for decades in the treatment of spinal cord injuries with various protocols having been introduced and revised overtime. The aim of this article is to showcase the current understanding of the use of corticosteroids in acute spinal cord injuries. The most significant protocols in use today for the administration of methylprednisolone (National Acute Spinal Cord Injury Studies-NASCIS I, II and III), along with a brief overview of pertinent literature, are discussed in this paper. Analysis of the available data suggests that the use of methylprednisolone in spinal cord injuries is still highly controversial due to the inconclusive relationship between the therapeutic benefits and the risk of side effects. The current understanding is that the use of the drug is justified in the first eight hours following injury, especially in cases involving incomplete neurological deficits, more specifically quadriparesis and paraparesis.
Cardiac magnetic resonance imaging in early diagnostics of myocardial inflammation after COVID-19: Case series and literature review
Authors: Zdravković Marija , Klašnja Slobodan , Popović Maja , Đuran Predrag , Manojlović Andrea , Brajković Milica , Marković Olivera , Jovanović Igor , Branković Marija , Popadić Višeslav
Published: January 2022

Although, in the beginning, it was considered a respiratory infection with bilateral pneumonia as its main manifestation, COVID-19 is more of a multisystemic disease with various extrapulmonary manifestations. Cardiovascular manifestations are caused by direct viral involvement or by the effects of different cytokines on the myocardium and can occur during the acute phase of the disease or in the post-acute stadium. The most common cardiovascular symptoms in the post-acute COVID-19 stadium are fatigue, shortness of breath, chest pain, and palpitations. Routine cardiovascular diagnostics in these patients is usually without significant findings, although underlying myocardial inflammation may be present. Myocardial damage can also be the substrate for the worsening of heart failure and different potentially life-threatening arrhythmias, which is extremely important for further treatment and prognosis. Cardiac magnetic resonance imaging is a sophisticated, non-radiating imaging modality that can provide important information regarding left and right ventricle volumes and function, tissue characterization, and scar quantification. It is the golden standard in non-invasive diagnostics of myocarditis. In patients with prior COVID-19 infection and cardiovascular symptoms, typical signs of myocarditis, including myocardial edema, necrosis, and myocardial scarring, may be seen in cardiac magnetic resonance. Also, there are sophisticated cardiac magnetic resonance imaging modalities that can register subtle changes in the myocardium, in terms of myocardial inflammation, without visible signs in standard sequences. We present a case series of patients with different myocardial inflammation patterns, followed by a comprehensive review of potential pathophysiological mechanisms, complications, treatment and prognosis of patients with myocarditis or pericarditis after COVID-19.
Perspectives for More Inclusive and Impactful Fair Trade. Analysis of the Handloom Industry in Nepal
Authors: Osterczuk Karolina
Published: January 2022

Fair trade movement is keeping evolving and developing new, more impactful practices, dedicated to multi-faceted support of producers and protection of natural environment. Hand looming is a disappearing craft of a high cultural value and a traditional profession providing income to a significant amount of people from the global south. The industry relies on a support of local non-profit organizations, the same as the artisans who hand wave. The article explores the possibilities for international, fair collaboration within the global community of conscious fashion and sustainable design, which benefits both sides: the craftsmen and the designers.
The Future of Corporate Bonds - Collateral, Risks, New Legal Regulations
Authors: Ciborowska Ewa
Published: January 2022

The following article presents corporate bonds as one of the important ways for entrepreneurs to obtain financing. There were presented the risks of corporate bonds investors i.e. disproportion of information and significant risks occurring mainly on the retail investors. Besides the author presented the new regulations of Act on Bonds which ensure greater security of trading on the bond market. The Act is intended to strengthen control over the bond market through dematerialization and registration of all bond issues in the National Depository for Securities (KDPW), which until now existed only for public offers. The research study results included in the article should contribute to filling the significant gap in the literature of the subject and facilitate conducting analysis of corporate bonds market in Poland.
Main Barriers of the Implementation of the Blockchain Technology
Authors: Zadrożny Jan
Published: January 2022

Blockchain is a decentralized and distributed database, where participants can exchange the value of, i.e. information or financial resources without the participation of a trusted third party. Despite of a number of positive features, this technology is not free of defects. The aim of the article is to present the barriers of the discussed technology, which prevent the discussed technology from further dissemination. Therefore, in a first step, the review of basic concepts related to blockchain was conducted. It includes a discussion of key characteristics as well as dominant types of blockchain. Afterwards, the author presents barriers of the implementation of the blockchain technology: technical, socio-organizational and legal. Blockchain gained its popularity thanks to the bitcoin cryptocurrency, which was launched in 2009 as a consequence of the global financial crisis. Since then, the technology has gone a long way of evolution and development, and its use goes far beyond only the financial sector. Therefore, the article is not focused on the strengths and weaknesses of the bitcoin blockchain network, as this has already been the subject of many other publications (i.e. Yli-Huumo et al., 2016; Koteska et al., 2017), but aims to highlight barriers of its deployment. Consequently, the limitations faced by bitcoin blockchain or, more broadly, the world of cryptocurrencies, have been passed in this article advisedly.
Rasmussen’s Aneurysm, Rare yet Acknowledged Cause of Massive Hemoptysis: Retrospective Review of 16 Cases
Authors: Chung Seungwoo , Heo I Re , Kim Tae Hoon , Ju Sun Mi , Yoo Jung-Wan , Lee Seung Jun , Cho Yu Ji , Park Sung Un , Jeon Kyung Nyeo , Kim Ho Cheol
Published: January 2022

Objectives Rasmussen’s aneurysm may cause life-threatening hemoptysis. We investigated the clinical characteristics and outcomes of patients with hemoptysis and Rasmussen’s aneurysm. Methods We retrospectively investigated patients who clinically presented with hemoptysis and were diagnosed with a Rasmussen’s aneurysm on spiral chest computed tomography (CT). Results Our study included 16 patients (men:women, 12:4; mean age, 65.25 ± 13.0 years). Massive hemoptysis was observed in nine patients (56%) and blood-tinged sputum in four patients (25%). Ten patients (62.5%) had a history of pulmonary tuberculosis, and three patients (18.7%) had underlying lung cancer. Chest CT revealed coexisting fungal balls in seven patients (43.7%). Bronchial artery embolization (BAE) was performed in 12 patients (75%). One patient died of uncontrolled massive hemoptysis. Conclusions Patients with Rasmussen’s aneurysm showed hemoptysis during the course of the disease; however, bleeding can be controlled with conservative therapy and radiological interventions, such as BAE.
Efficacy of Hepatic Arterial Infusion Chemotherapy and Radiofrequency Ablation against Hepatocellular Carcinoma Refractory to Transarterial Chemoembolization and Vascular Variation: A Case Study
Authors: Moon Sang Yi , Han Sang Young , Baek Yang-Hyun
Published: January 2022

Transarterial chemoembolization is often the first-line treatment for multiple hepatocellular carcinomas. However, hepatic arterial infusion chemotherapy is a treatment option for hepatocellular carcinoma refractory to multiple sessions of transarterial chemoembolization. Hepatic arterial infusion chemotherapy requires implantation of an appropriate port into the hepatic artery. However, it may be impossible to implant a port due to hepatic artery variation. We report a case of hepatocellular carcinoma refractory to transarterial chemoembolization and hepatic artery variation treated successfully with hepatic arterial infusion chemotherapy and radiofrequency ablation with complete response after implantation of ports in both liver lobes.
Hemangioma in Renal Pelvis
Authors: Chu Myeong Su
Published: January 2022

Hemangioma in the renal pelvis is a very rare benign tumor that may be mistaken for renal cell carcinoma. We present, herein, a case of a 59-year-old woman with a renal mass that was diagnosed as a cavernous hemangioma in the renal pelvis. The patient underwent intravenous pyelography, urine cytology, retrograde pyelography, kidney dynamic computed tomography (CT), and surgical excision.
Refractory Ascites with Intrahepatic Portal Thrombosis after Living Donor Liver Transplantation Successfully Treated by Splenic Artery Embolization and Apixaban (Case Report)
Authors: Moon Hyung Hwan
Published: January 2022

Refractory ascites is a rare complication after liver transplantation, and its incidence ranges from 5% to 7%. A 56-year-old man diagnosed with HBV-LC with massive ascites underwent living donor liver transplantation. After transplantation, more than 1000 ml/day of ascites was steadily drained until two weeks after LT. CT showed intrahepatic Rt. portal vein thrombosis and many remnant collaterals with splenomegaly. We decided to embolize the proximal splenic artery and use apixaban to reduce portal flow and resolve the intrahepatic portal thrombosis. One day after splenic artery embolization, the patient’s ascites dramatically decreased. Three days later, he was discharged from the hospital. Three months later, a follow-up liver CT showed resolution of thrombosis and no ascites. Splenic artery embolization was an effective and safe procedure for portal flow modulation in portal hyertension. Apixaban was effective for partial portal vein thrombosis in a liver transplant recipient.
A Ruptured Blood Blister-Like Aneurysm that Experienced Regrowth with Coil Compaction Twice in a Month : Case Report
Authors: Park Jung Hyun
Published: January 2022

Unlike other aneurysms, blood blister-like aneurysms(BBA) occur at non-branching sites, are commonly located at the dorsal wall of the supraclinoid internal carotid artery (ICA), and are suspected to arise from dissecting aneurysms. They are typically diagnosed after a bleed because of their small size and unusual site. Therefore, lesions exist after brain computed tomography or magnetic resonance imaging, but they are often not found. In the case of BBA, which have a high risk of recurrence, the treatment is difficult, and selecting the treatment method is also challenging. This paper describes the treatment of a BBA with internal trapping of the ICA that eventually recurred despite performing coil embolization twice.
ONO Epistemologies—Resounding the “Bleeding Haints”
Authors: Riley Shannon Rose , travis  , Grego P. Michael
Published: January 2022

To resound means not only to make a loud, prolonged sound but also to send the soundings back—whether to their source(s) or other listeners, as if in a kind of dialogical loop. In this article, P. Michael, travis, and Shannon Rose Riley engage in a resounding conversation on the performance practices of the sonic subaltern as exemplified in their work as ONO. They discuss “bleeding haints,” “ghosted tracks,” and how their work resounds/re-members erased histories. They also begin to flesh out what travis calls “the colors of Noise” regarding how the Black body is always already a kind of “Noise upon the USAmerican landscape.” These are ONO epistemologies.
Entre regards et territoire. Composition d’atlas paysagers selon une approche perceptive territorialiste, Salluit et Inukjuak
Authors: Avarello Mathieu
Published: January 2022

Des atlas paysagers – des recueils photographiques présentant des adéquations entre territoire et habiter – peuvent engager les populations locales dans un processus participatif et contribuer à l’aménagement de l’habitat. Suivant une approche perceptive empruntée à l’école territorialiste, deux méthodes exploratoires de collecte de photographies ont interpelé des acteurs aux connaissances contextuelles et expertes pour l’assemblage d’atlas. Ils illustrent des informations déterminantes pour un aménagement local approprié : l’état de « l’enregistrement inachevé » qu’est le paysage – la « manifestation tangible du territoire ». Les photographies issues d’un concours en ligne et d’excursions par l’auteur permettent d’identifier des caractères paysagers qui ajoutent à la compréhension de l’urbanité des communautés du Nunavik. Ces caractères, observés de façon synchronique, concernent des aspects formels et syntaxiques qui émanent de pratiques du territoire dans le contexte local. Complétées par des observations diachroniques et une approche morphotypologique, ces connaissances permettraient d’adapter des pratiques actuelles en design urbain pour s’adjoindre à un « urbanisme inuit » informé des règles de formation inhérentes à la phase actuelle d’occupation du territoire. Les méthodes explorées ici, croisées d’activités de cartographie communautaire, pourraient constituer le rôle de comités citoyens dans la production de l’habitat et la formulation de scénarios stratégiques autodéterminés, partagés et co-construits.
Savoir-faire locaux et auto-construction dans la toundra. Une lecture des cabanes du fjord de Salluit (Note de recherche)
Authors: Demeule Pierre-Olivier
Published: January 2022

Considérées comme informelles du point de vue occidental, les cabanes du Nunavik marquent l’évolution d’un mode de vie hérité de la tradition inuit et révèlent un savoir-faire riche de solutions face à la crise du logement des communautés. Composées d’objets et de matériaux pour la plupart recyclés, détournés ou acquis aléatoirement, ces cabanes se déploient ingénieusement au coeur de la toundra d’une manière aussi admirable qu’est la résilience de leurs bâtisseurs. À l’égard de l’architecture, deux questions se posent : comment sont construites ces cabanes et comment une meilleure connaissance de leur composition pourrait-elle enrichir une vision partagée de l’architecture nordique ? La rencontre avec des auto-constructeurs locaux et l’observation in situ de cabanes le long du fjord de Salluit (Nunavik), en août 2018, suggèrent une réponse tangible abordant à la fois les processus conceptuels et constructifs des cabanes. Formulé tel un retour réflexif sur ces rencontres et ces observations, cet article propose une lecture des cabanes toundriques par une « déconstruction graphique » de leurs composantes. En étudiant chacun des éléments couche après couche, ce procédé ouvre les perspectives d’une compréhension détaillée des modes de fabrication, d’occupation et de transformation des cabanes. L’étude propose enfin une catégorisation des divers types de cabanes repérées dans le fjord de Salluit. Par leurs caractéristiques respectives, ces types traduisent les variantes d’une relation au territoire toujours centrale dans la culture des Nunavimmiut.
Unsettling Ground: Arctic Urbanism on Fluid Geology
Authors: McMillan Jason , Sheppard Lola
Published: January 2022

Ground is the transition across the surface and subsurface of the land, mediating environmental change and the stability of geological time. In the Canadian Arctic, dramatic seasonal cycles and warming trends are reshaping increasingly unstable ground. Inuit in communities such as Arviat, in southern Nunavut, have always dealt with geological instability using their traditional knowledge of climate and territory. However, the North has been aggressively shaped by systematic spatial interventions of resource-based economies, militarization, and administration. Federal building programs across the Territory have imposed visions of efficiency and modernity, transforming the land inhabited by Inuit into a settled ground. To “unsettle ground” is understood here as strategies to address gaps between the imposed stability and singularity of modernist, Northern master planning and housing and the richness and fluidity of the Indigenous landscape. Two trips to Arviat and extensive meetings with community members and housing advocates revealed numerous instabilities, including geological changes, adaptation of the Community Plan, and uncertain economics of public housing. Housing has failed to engage the land on a perfunctory technical level, in its ability to create a communal “social ground”, and on a larger scale the ongoing failure of community planning disregards community relationships to landscape. Conversations on the ground revealed community-centered building practices reclaiming spaces imposed by the strictures of modern colonial architecture and planning. Our research thus examines the multiple identities of ground and posits the possibility for new, respectful ways for architecture to inhabit the land in Nunavut while unsettling ground.
Speaking Out: Housing Issues of Youth in Nunavik
Authors: Ikey Olivia
Published: January 2022

Conference retranscription “Living in Northern Quebec,” 1 special session “Arctic Housing and Community Planning”2 organized by Mylène Riva and Geneviève Vachon. Arctic Change 2017 Conference, Quebec City, Convention Centre, December 14th, 2017.
De la COVID-19 à l’acte électronique à distance : réflexions sur les enjeux de l’authenticité dématérialisée
Authors: Chikoc Barreda Naivi
Published: January 2022

La distance est le maître-mot du contexte pandémique auquel la planète est confrontée depuis mars 2020. Elle s’est installée dans les relations humaines en conquérant les secteurs d’activité les plus divers. L’acte notarié, traditionnellement fondé sur le rapport présentiel entre les parties et le notaire, qui permet à ce dernier l’accomplissement de son devoir d’authentification personnelle, n’a pas échappé à un tel bouleversement. L’admission de la comparution des parties devant le notaire par visioconférence met à l’épreuve la notion d’authenticité jusque-là uniforme au sein du notariat latin. Le présent texte propose une réflexion sur les principaux enjeux de l’authenticité dématérialisée du point de vue de ses fondements et de la reconnaissance internationale de ses effets juridiques.
Virtual Prototyping: Evaluating the Digital Twin Based Virtual Factory for New Product Introduction
Authors: Yildiz Emre , Møller Charles , Bilberg Arne , Rask Jonas
Published: January 2022

Shortening lifecycles and increasing complexity make product and production lifecycle processes more challenging than ever for manufacturing enterprises. Virtual Prototyping (VP) technologies promise a viable solution to handle such challenges in reducing time and physical builds as well as increasing quality. In previous studies, the Digital Twin (DT) based Virtual Factory (VF) concept showed significant potential to handle co-evolution by integrating 3D factory and product models with immersive and interactive 3D Virtual Reality (VR) simulation technology as well as real-time bidirectional data synchronisation between virtual and physical production systems. In this article, we present an extension to the paper “Demonstrating and Evaluating the Digital Twin Based Virtual Factory for Virtual Prototyping” presented at CARV2021. The study presents an evaluation by industry experts of the DT based VF concept for VP in the context of New Product Introduction (NPI) processes. The concept is demonstrated in two cases: wind turbine blade manufacturing and nacelle assembly operations at Vestas Wind Systems A/S. The study shows that the VF provides an immersive virtual environment, which allows the users to reduce the time needed for prototyping. The industry experts propose several business cases for the introduced solution and find that the phases that would have the most gain are the later ones (production) where the product design is more mature.
An Empirical Research on Study Success in Times of COVID-19 Pandemic – a Case Study
Authors: Voigt Christin , Kötter Jonas , Kukharenka Natallia
Published: January 2022

The COVID-19 pandemic and measures to contain it pushed many universities to switch to online learning in the spring of 2020. The changes took place very quickly and it became clear that the long-term consequences of such a transformation are uncertain and require more detailed study. This research attempts to analyze the impact of online learning on study success. This research makes use of triangulation with quantitative and qualitative methods. Quantitatively, it contains a path diagram with various factors that have an impact on the study success at a German university, which is based on a quantitative online survey with 1.529 participants. Qualitatively, 49 interviews were analyzed in order to identify reasons for the risk of failing to achieve study success. The relevance of technology becomes evident in the quantitative analysis, as it manifests itself in almost all categories that affect study success. Moreover, a new influencing factor appeared, the “adaption to digital teaching”, which was often considered important qualitatively.
Open Innovation Process for Inter-Organizational Projects
Authors: Marx Susanne
Published: January 2022

Open Innovation (OI) research has covered various organizational forms in dimensions of durability (permanent versus temporary organizing) and organizational scope (intra- or inter-organizational). Inter-organizational forms - both temporary and permanent – are regarded mainly as modes of OI. However, these organizational forms also act as initiators of OI activities to extend knowledge transfer across the inter-organizational consortium borders, which is hardly researched. To address this gap, the research presented in this article develops an OI process for inter-organizational projects (IOP) as initiators of OI. The initial model is developed by action research with an IOP of museums and educational institutions implementing a series of hackathons. The model’s applicability is then evaluated for other IOPs by a survey, indicating the model’s suitability for practitioners. Findings point to the importance of collaborative activities for aligning the OI initiative with both individual partners’ and common project goals, while outbound activities are regarded least important despite the time-limitation of the project. The research is limited by its focus on the specific IOP environment of EU-funded projects and the small scope of the survey.
Legal regulation of the use and protection of the Arctic Zone of the Russian Federation: certain relevant issues
Authors: Samonchik Olga Anatolevna
Published: January 2022

The subject of this research is a set of legal norms regulating social relations that arise in the context of use and protection of the Arctic zone of the Russian Federation. The goal lies in formulation of the conclusions and recommendations for the improvement of legal regulation in this sphere. The relevance of the selected topic is substantiated by interest of the state in the development of Arctic Zone as a strategic resource base for accelerating the economic growth of the Russian Federation. Among the priority national interests are also the environmental protection of region, conservation of the native habitat and traditional way of living of the indigenous small-numbered peoples. This emphasizes the importance of intensification of use and preservation of the vulnerable areas of the region. The author dwells on the current issues of the formation of territories of traditional management of natural resources and legal status of their lands; rights of the indigenous peoples to land in their native habitat and traditional economy; provision of land plots to entrepreneurs who are the residents of the Arctic Zone; protection of the Arctic lands, etc. The conclusion is made on the existence of gaps and contradictions in legislation of the indicated sphere, which requires revision and improvement. This pertains to the questions of formation of the territories of traditional management of natural resources, maintenance and modification of their boundaries, establishment of the special protection regime in the federal law, etc. The scientific novelty lies in the fact that the adopted simplified procedure for providing entrepreneurs who are residents of the Arctic Zone with land plots aimed at expansion of the development of natural resources of the Arctic, may negatively affect the status of lands and overall fragile environment of the Arctic Zone, and thus, lead to infringement upon the interests of the local population, including the indigenous peoples. The author formulates a number of recommendations for the improvement of legislation, among which is the amendments to the Paragraph 2 of the Article 39.34 of the Land Code of the Russian Federation on the establishment of highly restricted cases of termination of permits using the land plots by the indigenous small-numbered peoples.