bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Efektivitas Kinerja Pejabat Pembuat Akta Tanah Dalam Pendaftaran Hak Atas Tanah Di Masa Pandemi Covid-19
Authors: Oktaviyano Rahmad Sesar
Published: October 2022

Land registration as the implementation of Article 19 of the UUPA is one of the Government's efforts to provide legal certainty. At the beginning of 2020, the world was faced with the Covid-19 pandemic. The Indonesian government responded to the pandemic by issuing Presidential Decree No. 2011 of 2020 regarding the Establishment of a Covid-19 Public Health Emergency, Social Distancing Policy, Psychological Distancing, Work From Home, Work From Office and social restrictions. The policy affects services to the community who want to manage land rights at the National Land Agency office. Service becomes hampered or takes a very long time. Likewise, PPAT must follow the new procedure. The formulation of the problems are first, what is the urgency of registering land rights? Second, how is the effectiveness of PPAT's performance in the implementation of land rights registration during the Covid-19 Pandemic? This is a normative research with statutory and conceptual approaches. The results of the study concluded that land is very important in people's lives and the registration of land rights can provide benefits for the community and the government, namely providing legal certainty and legal protection to the holders of rights to a plot of land. The existence of Covid-19 has resulted in the National Land Agency having to work on finding suitable innovations or steps and adjusting a good work system so that services do not become increasingly hampered by digital or electronic systems.
Analisis Terhadap Hak Waris Anak Yang Dilahirkan Dari Perjanjian Inseminasi Buatan Melalui Sewa Rahim
Authors: Putra Randhitya Manggala
Published: October 2022

This study examines the inheritance rights of children born from artificial insemination agreements through uterine rental (a review according to Indonesian positive law and Islamic law). There are 2 (two) problem formulations, namely, first, how is the legal status of children born from artificial insemination agreements through uterine rental in terms of Indonesian positive law and Islamic law? Second, how is the inheritance rights of children born from artificial insemination agreements through uterine rental in terms of positive Indonesian law and Islamic law? This is a normative legal research, using a statutory approach. The results of this study conclude that first, if the status of the woman who rents her womb is a woman who is not in a marriage bond or does not have a husband, then the child born is considered a child out of wedlock which is a child who is considered to be born due to adultery. If the status of the woman who rents out her womb is a woman who is in a legal marriage or has a husband, then the child born is the legal child of this woman whose womb is rented with her husband. The legal status of a child born from artificial insemination through uterine rental according to Islamic law is that the child belongs to the pregnant mother. Second, if the parent who entrusted the seed wants to have the child, then what they should do is to adopt the child. The share of inheritance for adopted children according to civil law can be done by will for the appointment of an heir, or by a testamentary grant. According to Islamic law, adopted children are entitled to a maximum of 1/3 of the inheritance of the heir as a mandatory will, which has been regulated in the compilation of Islamic law.
Kedudukan Sertipikat Elektronik Sebagai Alat Bukti Dan Tanggung Jawab Pejabat Pembuat Akta Tanah Serta Kantor Pertanahan
Authors: Widyastuti Erna Ferika
Published: October 2022

The purpose of this study is to determine the position of electronic certificates as evidence in civil procedural law in Indonesia, as well as to find out the responsibility of the Land Deed Maker Official and the Land Office for the validity of the data when land registration is carried out by the Land Deed Maker Official. This research was conducted using normative research methods, namely research focused on analyzing the application of rules or norms in positive law. Primary data is sourced from laws, government regulations and ministerial regulations and so on. The results of the study conclude that the position of electronic certificates in civil procedural law can be accepted as perfect evidence as an extension of the evidence in procedural law that has been in effect. The PPAT's responsibility in data validity is solely to check the certificate electronically on the page that has been determined by the land office, while for the land office if there is a difference in the data verification process there will be confirmation by the system and at the time of inputting it is checked repeatedly to minimize errors
Application of Local Gauge Theories to Fluid Mechanics Part 1 - Fluid Mechanics as a Local Gauge Theory and Relation to Navier-Stokes Equations
Authors: Merz Thomas
Published: October 2022

The problem of fluid dynamics can be greatly simplified if, for every point in space, the strain-rate tensor is diagonalized. This tensor is introduced into the Navier-Stokes equations via material law and divergence of the stress tensor. This article shows that local SO(3)xU(1) gauge fields can be used to locally diagonalize the diffusion components of the strain-rate tensor. The gauge fields resulting from the connection can be interpreted as convection components of the flow, they show properties of quasiparticles and can be interpreted as elementary vortices. Thus, the proposed approach not only offers new insights for the solution and situative simplification of the Navier-Stokes equations, it also uncovers hidden symmetries within the flow convection, allowing - depending on boundary conditions - further interpretation.
An implementation of the electron particle method on a hybrid cluster with graphic processor units
Authors: Berezin Andrei Vsevolodovich , Zalozhnyy Nikita Vladimirovich , Kosarev Oleg Sergeevich , Markov Mikhail Borisovich , Tarakanov Ilya Alekseyevich
Published: October 2022

The effective variant of particle method algorithm for modeling surface generation, propagation and scattering of electrons in a self-consistent electromagnetic field is presented. An implementation of the algorithm on a hybrid cluster with graphic processor units (GPU) is worked out. Solutions to the problems of synchronization of recording results and data exchange are considered. The implementation is oriented on problems of electron emission and self-consistent electromagnetic field modeling in apparature blocks.
Machine Learning Powered Thermal Model Prediction for Optimised Geothermal Exploration: A Case Study on the Utah Forge Field
Authors: Wassil Nabila Zahra , Joebhaar Diya Tabina , Widyanatha Wayan Rezaldi , Paramudya Atwin , Sudarwoto Rinaldi , Ardikani Nadia
Published: October 2022

Geothermal exploration poses as the stage with the highest risk of failure, due to its high technical uncertainty and limitations of expense. A substantial part of it is locating prospective reservoir, where in the conventional approach of physics-based modelling, geothermal data limitations are prone to be ignored with simplifying assumptions. In a stage when achieving technical accuracy while also maintaining cost-effectiveness is very crucial, this work is proposed to maximize both aspects by leveraging Machine Learning (ML) models to address the shortcomings of physics-based model and significantly cut down the cost incurred in the exploration stage.

This paper will discuss the proposed novel methodology of ML utilization in generating high resolution temperature-at-depth map used to locate prospective geothermal reservoir, with less time and resource than the conventional approach. The result and impact are studied and evaluated using the dataset of the UTAH Forge project.
Validation study of a nomogram for predicting probability of low risk of MammaPrint results in women with clinically high-risk breast cancer
Authors: Hwang Young Sol , Kim Hwa Jung , Kim Jisun , Chung Il Yong , Ko Beom Seok , Kim Hee Jeong , Lee Jong Won , Son Byung Ho , Ahn Sei-Hyun , Lee Sae Byul
Published: October 2022

Background
MammaPrint (MMP) helps clinicians identify the ideal time for adjuvant treatment for patients with early HR+/HER2- breast cancer. We aimed to externally validate a nomogram designed to predict probability of low risk of MMP results and to evaluate the difference in survival outcome between two groups stratified by nomogram score.
Methods
In this retrospective cohort study, we evaluated 172 patients from Asan Medical Center, Seoul, Korea, who underwent breast cancer surgery and MMP during 2020–2021. We internally validated the nomogram by calculating the area under the curve (AUC) and using calibration. With the data of 1,835 T1-3N0-1M0 HR+/HER2- patients from Asan Medical Center during 2010–2013, we compared the disease-free survival (DFS), overall survival (OS), and breast cancer-specific survival (BCSS) rates by Kaplan-Meier analysis between the two groups divided by nomogram total point (TP) for externally validation.
Results
The AUC calculated by internal validation of 172 patients was 0.73 (95% confidence interval [CI], 0.77–0.87). The discrimination and calibration of the prediction model were satisfactory following external validation. The high-risk and low-risk groups had different 5-year OS (97.9% vs 98.1%, p = 0.056), DFS (98.6% vs 99.4%, p = 0.008), and BCSS rates (98.6% vs 99.4%, p = 0.002).
Conclusions
For treatment decision-making among clinically high-risk patients with HR+/HER2- and node-positive disease, the nomogram showed satisfactory performance in predicting patients with low genomic risk. Survival outcome significantly differed between two groups divided by nomogram TP. More studies are needed to validate this model in international cohorts and large prospective cohorts from other institutions.
In-silico design of a multi-epitope recombinant vaccine against SARS-CoV-2 targeting the receptor-binding domain
Authors: Pande Harshawardhan , Aranha Michelle
Published: October 2022

The COVID-19 pandemic caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus has posed several challenges in the development of efficacious epitope-based vaccines. While multiple bioinformatic studies have attempted to predict epitopes, they have focused on the whole spike protein without considering antibody-mediated enhancement or Th-2 immunopathology, and some have missed some important but less antigenic epitopes in the receptor binding domain. Therefore, this study used in-silico methods to design and evaluate a potential multiepitope vaccine that specifically targets the receptor-binding domain due to its critical function in viral entry. Immunoinformatic tools were used to specifically examine the receptor-binding domain of the surface glycoprotein for suitable T cell and B cell epitopes. The selected 5 B cell and 8 T cell epitopes were then constructed into a subunit vaccine and appropriate adjuvants along with the universal immunogenic PADRE sequence were added to boost efficacy. The structure of the vaccine construct was predicted through a de-novo approach and molecular docking simulations were performed which demonstrated high-affinity binding to TLR 5 receptor and appropriate HLA proteins. Finally, the vaccine candidate was cloned into an expression vector for use as a recombinant vaccine. Similarities to some recent epitope mapping studies suggest a high potential for eliciting neutralizing antibodies and generating a favorable overall immune response.
Topological breakdown influenced by both disorder and
electron-electron interaction probed by real-time bulk and edge
measurement
Authors: Huang Jian , Hoai Anh Ho , Tarquini Vinicio , Knighton Talbot , Wu Zhe , Pfeiffer Loren , West Kenneth
Published: October 2022

Quantum properties associated with topology [1, 2] are distinguishable in their immunity to a range of variations. The extent of this range, which is found to vary ubiquitously in real systems, marks a robustness fundamental to all topological orders. The underlying mechanisms that potentially obscure topological protection are usually associated with effects of disorders either inherent to the systems or imperfections introduced during sample fabrications [3]. Suppression of the influence of disorders is an essential challenge facing realistic precision quantum applications. So far, relevant works concentrate mostly on the dissipationless edge states (i.e. in the integer quantum Hall effect (IQHE) [4, 5]) in the context of the ability of sustaining the absence of backscattering [6]. The findings of the edge effects [7] alone, however, are insufficient to address the more general phenomena of topological breakdown which necessarily involves the bulk effects. In this study, simultaneous measurements of the bulk and edge responses are carried out independently in an IQHE, hosted in a Corbino two-dimensional system, brought to the verge of a topological breakdown. Accurately measured insulating and conducting responses reveal exceptional topological robustness in a strongly correlated limit where the cause of the breakdown is identified as back-scatterings arising between dissipationless current paths of opposite chirality facilitated by rare local resonant tunnelings. A unique "staircase" bulk feature, captured in real-time correspondence with the emergence of edge dissipation and deviation from Hall quantization, indicates a dielectric reconstruction effect influenced by enhanced impurity screening due to strong electron-electron interaction. These findings provide insight on suppressing disorder effects as an important means of reaching topological robustness.
Massive and massless plasmons in germanene nanosheets
Authors: Pisarra Michele , Gomez Cristian Vacacela , Sindona Antonello
Published: October 2022

Atomically thin crystals may exhibit peculiar dispersive electronic states equivalent to free charged particles of ultralight to ultraheavy masses.
A rare coexistence of linear and parabolic dispersions yields correlated charge density modes exploitable for nanometric light confinement.
Here, we use a time-dependent density-functional approach, under several levels of increasing accuracy, from the random-phase approximation to the Bethe-Salpeter equation formalism, to assess the role of different synthesized germanene samples as platforms for these plasmon excitations.
In particular, we establish that both freestanding and some supported germenene monolayers can sustain infrared massless modes, resolved into an out-of-phase~(optical) and an in-phase~(acoustic) component.
We further indicate precise experimental geometries that naturally host infrared massive modes, involving two different families of parabolic charge carriers.
We thus show that the interplay of the massless and massive plasmons can be finetuned by applied extrinsic conditions or geometry deformations, which constitutes the core mechanism of germanene-based optoelectronic and plasmonic applications.
A novel approach for the reconstruction of complex fractures of the zygomatic arch
Authors: Torres Iván , Gonzalez Luis Vicente , López Juan Pablo , Gómez-Delgado Andrés
Published: October 2022

Purpose
This study aims to suggest a new, simple and safe approach to reduce isolated unstable fractures of the zygomatic arch, allowing rigid fixation with direct vision.
Patients and Methods
Data of patients treated for facial trauma between January 2009 and January 2019 at the Craniomaxillofacial Service, Hospital La Orinoquia, Casanare Colombia, were included. As inclusion criteria, zygomatic arch fractures were considered, either isolated or involving other facial bones. Patients who presented facial nerve injury before the surgery were excluded. The minimum follow-up was six months, and the maximum one year.
Results
Data of 210 patients were retrieved. Of which 82.3% were men and 17.6% were women. The left side was the most affected (65.1%). The most frequent causes were motor vehicle accidents (52.8%), followed by physical aggression (29.5%). The most frequent postoperative complication was the paresis of the temporal branch of the facial nerve, which was observed in 10.4% of the cases; however, it was reversible in all cases, with an average recovery of 12.5 days.
Conclusion
This is a simple and safe approach, which offers a wider visibility of the operative field, and allows the reduction and rigid fixation of the fractures in a precise way.
Dicentric chromosome assay using a deep learning-based automated system
Authors: Jeong Soo Kyung , Oh Su Jung , Kim Song-Hyun , Jang Seungsoo , Kang Young-Rok , Kim Hyo-Jin , Kye Yong-Uk , Lee Seong Hun , Lee Chang Geun , Park Moon-Taek , Kim Joong Sun , Jeong Min Ho , Jo Wol Soon
Published: October 2022

The dicentric chromosome assay is the “gold standard” in biodosimetry for estimating radiation exposure. However, large-scale deployment is limited due to its time-consuming nature and requirement for expert reviewers. Therefore, a recently developed automated system was evaluated for dicentric chromosome assay. A previously constructed deep learning-based automatic dose-estimation system (DLADES) was used to construct dose curves and calculate estimated doses. Blood samples from two donors were exposed to cobalt-60 gamma rays (0–4 Gy, at 0.8 Gy/min). DLADES efficiently identified monocentric and dicentric chromosomes but showed impaired recognition of complete cells with 46 chromosomes. We estimated the chromosome number of each “Accepted” sample in DLADES and sorted similar-quality images by removing outliers using the 1.5IQR method. We confirmed that 11 of the 12 data points followed the Poisson distribution. Blind samples were prepared for each dose to verify the accuracy of the estimated dose generated by the curve. The estimated dose was calculated using Merkle’s method. The actual dose for each sample was within the 95% confidence limits of the estimated dose. Sorting similar-quality images using chromosome numbers is crucial for automated dicentric chromosome assay. We successfully constructed a dose-response curve and determined the estimated dose using DLADES.
Electronic coupling between perovskite nanocrystal and fullerene modulates hot carrier capture
Authors: Li Yusheng , Jiang Junke , Wang Dandan , Liu Dong , Yajima Shota , Li Hua , Fuchimoto Akihito , Li Hongshi , Shi Guozheng , Hayase Shuzi , Tao Shuxia , Shi Jiangjian , Meng Qingbo , Ding Chao , Shen Qing
Published: October 2022

Finding schemes for capturing hot carrier is crucial for designing photovoltaic device that more efficiently converts light into electricity. Currently, utilizing fullerene to enhance the cold electron capture from halide perovskite is remarkably prevalent, however, to date, capturing hot carrier in this system remains unlocked. Here, we demonstrate tuning their electronic coupling drives highly efficient hot carrier capture in inorganic perovskite nanocrystal and fullerene hybrid by transient absorption spectroscopy. The formation of state coupled complexes creates new hot carrier transport channels in their binding sites and reverses the originally forbidden hot carrier capture. Moreover, appropriately controlling phonon bottleneck and Auger heat effects in perovskite nanocrystal is demonstrated to enable more efficient hot carrier capture. Finally, we realizes ~ 84% of maximum hot carrier capture efficiency. The findings advance the modulation of hot carrier dynamics in doner-acceptor heterostructures and are essential for the development of practical hot carrier photovoltaics.
Infection Status, Parasitization Rate, and Parasitoids of Dacineura oleae Angelini (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) in Olive Orchards in the North Aegean Region of Turkey
Authors: Sakin Gonca Vatansever
Published: October 2022

The study was carried out in olive orchards of Edremit, Havran and Burhaniye districts of Balıkesir province, located in the west of Turkey, between 2019 and 2021 to determine the infection rate, parasitization rate and parasitoids of Olive leaf gall midge, Dacineura oleae Angelini (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae). During the study, the infection status of D. oleae, decreasing from the highest rate, was determined as 55.3% in Edremit, 52.0% in Burhaniye, and 50.7% in Havran. The lowest rate of parasitization was determined in Edremit district with 44.7%, and the highest in Havran district with 49.3%. In Burhaniye, this figure was 48.0%. 10 species belonging to 4 families from the order Hymenoptera parasitizing D. oleae were determined. Of these species; Zeytinus balikesirensis Doğanlar and Sakin, Z. edremitensis Doğanlar and Sakin, and Z. marmarae Doğanlar and Sakin (Eulophidae) were firstly described in this study. Platygaster oleae Szelenyi, 1940 (Platygasteridae) (30.2%) was the most common, Torymus phyllireae Ruschka, 1921 (Torymidae) (1.3%) was the least common species.
Distributed Arithmetic RNS-based FIR Filter Design using Pipelining and Retiming Methods for High-Speed DSP Systems
Authors: M Balaji , N Padmaja
Published: October 2022

This work presents a way to increase the throughput and energy efficiency of finite impulse response (FIR) filters through the efficient application of retiming and two-level pipelining. It is a challenge to increase the filter's throughput and energy efficiency while reducing latency and hardware complexity. The operations of addition and multiplication are divided using two-level pipelining. The break addition procedure is retimed. The architecture of m-tap filter (4-tap, 8-tap, 16-tap, 32-tap, and 64-tap) with n-bit input word length (4-bit, 8-bit, 16-bit, and 32-bit) Pipelined Retiming delay generation Filters (PRF), were designed. The proposed distributed arithmetic-based FIR Filter with pipelining has produced the least delay of 2.564ns for 4-tap with 8-bit input, and the maximum delay of 56.040ns for 64-tap with 32-bit word length. The proposed distributed arithmetic-based FIR Filter with retiming method has produced the least delay of 0.687ns for 4-tap with 8-bit input, and the maximum delay of 4.535ns for 64-tap with 32-bit word length. When compared with the pipelining method, the delay has been decreased by 73.20% for 4-tap with 8-bit input and 91.90% for 64-tap with 32-bit word length.
Prognostic value of TMEM147 in hepatocellular carcinoma correlates with immune infiltration of hepatocellular carcinoma
Authors: zhu jiang , kong yunfei , li jun , song xu , zhang jin
Published: October 2022

Purpose
At this stage, liver cancer has a poor prognosis and short survival, and there is no clear treatment for this purpose. Therefore, we explored potential future clinical molecular therapeutic targets and biomarkers for survival prognosis prediction that are important for the diagnosis and improved prognosis of patients with hepatocellular carcinoma.
METHODS
We used multiple databases to analyse genes differentially expressed in hepatocellular carcinoma tissue and normal liver tissue, and also analysed the relationship between genes and clinical features, prognosis and immune infiltration.
RESULTS
TMEM147 expression levels were significantly higher in hepatocellular carcinoma tissues than in normal liver tissues, and TMEM147 expression levels were strongly associated with pathological stage, body weight, BMI, pathological grade, adjacent liver tissue inflammation, AFP, and vascular infiltration. Survival analysis showed that high TMEM147 expression had a poor survival rate. Also, NK CD56 + cells, TFH cells, Th2 cells, B cells, CD8+, CD4+, macrophages, and dendritic cells were significantly increased and cytotoxic cells, DC cells, neutrophils, Tcm cells, Th17 cells, and TReg cells were significantly decreased in hepatocellular carcinoma patients in the TMEM147 high expression group.
Conclusion
TMEM147 may be a potential molecular therapeutic target and a biomarker for survival prognosis prediction in the future clinical setting of patients with hepatocellular carcinoma.
Forecast of Global Solar Radiation on a Horizontal Surface By Fuzzy Logic For The City of Batna Algeria
Authors: yahiaoui samah , assas ouarda
Published: October 2022

Solar energy is one of the oldest renewable sources in the world. It is freely available and could be easily harnessed to reduce reliance on hydrocarbon-based energies. Data on solar radiation play a very important role in the design, sizing and performance of energy systems and renewable energies. However, these data are not always available, especially in isolated areas. As a result, predicting solar radiation values is often the only practical way to acquire this data. In fact, the measured sequences of radiation values are only available for few localities or regions of each country. Fuzzy logic is classified among the techniques of artificial intelligence, it is characterized by its simulation of human reasoning,
fuzzy logic has contributed in the development of several fields, In estimation, fuzzy logic is used to solve complex problems of the prediction .In this work, six solar radiation fuzzy models have been implemented to estimate daily global solar radiation on a horizontal surface based on two parameters : ration between duration sunshine (S) and daylight hours (S0) and the astronomical season (winter, spring, summer and autumn). Batna city is selected for this study. Its meteorological data sets of ten years (1996–2005) have been collected from the database HelioClim1 (HC1). The obtained results show that the new fuzzy models are adept to predicting the daily global solar radiation with a good measuring accuracy (the model 6 provided the best results MBE = 0.472, RMSE =1.750 and MAE = 1.395) in this city
Association between nonalcoholic fatty liver disease status changes and antiviral efficacy in chronic hepatitis B
Authors: Tang Yanhua , Fan Rong , Xie Qing , Zhang Jiping , Liang Xieer , Wang Hao , Tan Deming , Cheng Jun , Chen Shijun , Ning Qin , Bai Xuefan , Xu Min , Chen Xinyue , Niu Junqi , Shi Junping , Ren Hong , Gao Zhiliang , Wang Maorong , Dou Xiaoguang , Hou Jinlin , Sun Jian
Published: October 2022

Background & Aims: Data on the dynamic changes in chronic hepatitis B (CHB) patients with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) during antiviral therapy are scarce. To investigate the evolution of concurrent NAFLD in CHB patients treated with nucleos(t)ide analogues (NAs) and its influence on antiviral efficacy.
Methods: We enrolled 164 HBeAg-positive CHB patients from a randomized controlled trial who were treated with NAs for 104 weeks and underwent paired liver biopsies. Histological evaluation was performed at baseline and week 104. The patients were divided into four groups according to NAFLD status changes.
Results: From baseline to week 104, the overall percentage of CHB patients with concurrent NAFLD increased from 17.1% to 26.2% (P = 0.044). Among them, seven of 28 patients (25.0%) with NAFLD at baseline showed NAFLD remission at week 104, while 22 of 136 patients (16.2%) without NAFLD at baseline developed new-onset NAFLD. In subgroup analyses, the new-onset and sustained NAFLD groups showed significantly lower rates of biochemical response (BR) at week 104 as compared to the sustained non-NAFLD group (77.3% and 55% vs. 93.9%, respectively; all P < 0.05), as well as fibrosis improvement (31.8% and 45.0% vs. 69.3%, respectively; all P < 0.05). NAFLD status changes did not influence the virological response, HBeAg seroconversion, and necroinflammation improvement (all P > 0.05).
Conclusions: In HBeAg-positive CHB patients receiving NAs therapy, new-onset and sustained NAFLD may counteract the benefits of antiviral therapy, reducing the rate of BR and fibrosis improvement.
Filed Study on the Severity of Photovoltaic Potential Induced Degradation
Authors: Badran Ghadeer , Dhimish Mahmoud
Published: October 2022

Photovoltaic systems can be affected by different types of defects, faults, and mismatching conditions. In the last couple of years, the PV industry caught upon a severe problem in PV systems, so-called potential induced degradation (PID). The PID appears over time (months or even years); it may be undetectable at an early installation stage of the PV system. However, over time, it becomes apparent as it might lead to a significant drop in the output power. This paper conducts a field study of PV modules affected by PID over two successive years. With the support of thermal and electroluminescent imaging, the PID was discovered. Furthermore, it was found that the PID emerged in the PV modules after being in the field of different timing 4 to 8 months and led to a drop in the output power in the range of 27–39%. An anti-PID box was fitted during the second year of the PV operation to recover the PID. Accordingly, it has stabilized the power degradation, but it could not restore the performance of the affected PID as compared with healthy/non-PID modules.
Stabilization of Sodium Silicate with Polyacrylate in Wood Concerning Fire Resistance
Authors: Mohebby Behbood , Hajialian Marzyeh
Published: October 2022

Any effects of polyacrylate on sodium silicate stabilization, improvement of fire resistance as well as physical and mechanical properties of fir wood (Abiessp.) was investigated in the current research work. Impregnation of the wood samples was done using a vacuum-pressure method. The samples were prepared according to the related standards methods and then they were impregnated with sodium silicate (concentration of 60%; S60) and polyacrylate (concentration of 50%; Pa50) as sole and mixed ones with different ratios (S60:Pa50 ratios as 2:1 and 1:2) under a vacuum of 0.5 bar for 30 minutes and a pressure of 6 bar for 3 hours. After impregnation, weight gain percentage (WPG), leaching, water absorption, volumetric swelling, anti-swelling efficiency (ASE), FTIR spectroscopy, impact load strength as well as fire resistance were determined in the treated samples. The results revealed that using polyacrylate reduced sodium silicate leaching from wood. While, sodium silicate treated wood samples showed sever leaching problem (> 16%). The least the leaching occurred in polyacrylate treated samples (almost 2%). Any presence of the polyacrylate in mixed treatments reduced the leaching; up to 10% for S60-Pa50- (2:1) and 8% for S60-Pa50- (1:2). Similarly, swelling was reduced in the samples due to addition of polyacrylate. However, ASE was reversely increased up to 39.80% and 30.10% in S60-Pa50- (1:2) and S60-Pa50- (2:1) after soaking in water for 144 hours. Any combination of the sodium silicate and polyacrylate provided proper fire resistance of the samples versus the polyacrylate treated samples. Those samples treated with sodium silicate the best protection against fire. However, the high the leaching of the sodium silicate was sever limiting problem. The impact load resistance was increased in the samples treated with a mixed sodium silicate and polyacrylate due to presence of the sodium silicate.
Role of robotic approach in ileal pouch-anal anastomosis (IPAA)- A systematic review of the literature
Authors: Khawaja Zeeshan , Jamal Zohaib , Zafar Nowera , Adnan Naqqash , Haider Muhammad Ijlal , Zafar Ahmad , Siddiqi Najaf Nawaz
Published: October 2022

Restorative proctocolectomy with ileal-pouch anal anastomosis (IPAA) has become standard surgical treatment of choice in patients with ulcerative colitis (UC) and familial adenomatous polyposis (FAP) in which the medical management fails. Despite the wide use of laparoscopic method, the enhanced and innovative features that come with the robotic platform such as endo-wrist technology, 3D visualization, surgeon-controlled camera and motion scaling makes it an appealing choice. This study aims to investigate then feasibility and safety of robotic approach for proctectomy or proctocolectomy with IPAA as compared to conventional laparoscopic approach. A systematic review was done to for the studies done between 2010 and 2022 comparing the robotic approach with the laparoscopic approach and 9 studies were finally found to be feasible to be included in this review. In terms of the outcomes, although the mean operating time was slightly higher than the laparoscopic approach, the other outcomes such as mean blood loss, return of the bowel movement, mean hospital stay, and conversion to open were found to be significantly lower. Despite the overall increased rate of complications combined from all the studies, the rate of significant complications such as anastomotic leaks requiring readmission and return to theater was also found to be substantially less. This study concludes that although robotic approach is in its initial stages for pelvic surgeries, it can be safely employed due to improved dexterity and visibility.
Coronary artery bypass grafting planning based on hemodynamic simulation
Authors: Dong Yihang , Duan Mengyao , Zhang Xiaoqing , Li Bao , Li Gaoyang , Wei Minghui , Fang Mingyuan , Guo Yuting , Liu Youjun , Mao Boyan
Published: October 2022

Purpose
A common surgical methods for the treatment of coronary heart disease is coronary artery bypass grafting ( CABG ). The most important concern is the graft patency. When restenosis or occlusion occurs on the graft, the blood supply to the downstream will be reduced, and serious myocardial ischemia will occur again. Hemodynamics are the key factors affecting the graft patency. If the hemodynamic results of the graft under different surgical methods can be known before coronary artery bypass grafting, it can help doctors to choose the optimal operation method.
Methods
In this study, the modeling and simulation method of multi-scaled model of coronary had been designed. The 3D model of the bypass surgery region is constructed by the 3D reconstruction of the patient's medical imaging and the virtual bypass surgery. The individuation lumped parameter model is constructed by the basic physiological information of the patients. Finally, the two models are connected by a special boundary surface coupling algorithm to construct a 0D-3D coupled multi-scaled model that can be used to calculate the hemodynamic environment. Through calculation, the flow waveform, wall shear stress(WSS), oscillating shear index(OSI) and other hemodynamic parameters in the graft under different bypass methods were compared, and the optimal operation method with the best hemodynamic environment was selected.
Results
The method was used to calculate two clinical cases, and the effectiveness of the method was proved by the comparison of calculated graft flow and real graft flow, and the comparison of hemodynamic environment and graft outcomes after one year.
Conclusion
This method can realize preoperative evaluation of the hemodynamic environment of the graft under different bypass methods, and then select the optimal operation method for the patients and improve the graft patency after operation.
Industry-scale microfluidizer: A novel technology to improve physiochemical qualities and volatile flavor of whole mango juice
Authors: Ke Yingying , Chen Jun , Dai Taotao , Xiao Min , Chen Mingshun , Liang Ruihong , Liu Wei , Liu Chengmei , Du Liqing , Deng Lizhen
Published: October 2022

Industry-scale microfluidizer system (ISMS) is a novel equipment for producing filtered-free whole beverages. This study investigated the color, nutrition and flavor changes of whole mango juice (WMJ) treated by ISMS under various pressure (0-120 MPa). Results showed that ISMS well maintained the total soluble solid content, pH value, and yellow color of WMJ. The carotenoids were not destroyed with treatment pressure below 90 MPa, and the carotenoids bioaccessibility of all the WMJ samples was no change. More importantly, ISMS promoted the release of ascorbic acid and total polyphenols by disrupting cellular integrity, thus improving antioxidant activities of WMJ. Volatile compounds analysis found that WMJ samples had more terpenes and aldehydes when treated at 90 MPa, and possessed more esters at 120 MPa. These results demonstrated that ISMS might offer new opportunities to produce WMJ with excellent qualities at an industrial level.
Identification of faunal indicators of climate in a Himalayan transect to assess climate change
Authors: Ma
Published: October 2022

The consequences of climate change on species and ecosystems are evident, and the landscape of Nepal does not remain unaffected. As the Himalayan region is climate sensitive, even a tiny fluctuation in climate can markedly affect numerous species and their habitats. Moreover, the Himalayan region is inhabited by some of the most threatened and endangered biodiversity on Earth, including habitat specialists and endemic species, which may accelerate the extinction of some species. Hence, species affected by climate change should be monitored and identified as faunal indicators of climate change. We compared studies conducted by the National Trust for Nature Conservation (NTNC) and World Wildlife Fund for Nature (WWF‒Hariyo Ban Program). First, we identified the common and overlapping species. Second, we identified the critical species for climate monitoring based on habitat range, elevation, role as habitat specialist/generalist, and impact observed in previous studies. We examined the relationships of mammals and birds with their habitat. Species with a long-life span, specialist habitat type, and short home range are exposed to climate change for extended periods, making them more vulnerable. In particular, our results demonstrate that the one-horned rhinoceros, snow leopard, and pika, being habitat specialists, experience a high impact owing to climate change and can be used as indicators of climate change. Similarly, migratory birds, such as the large-billed leaf warbler and blue-capped rock thrush, and residential birds (e.g., pheasant) can signal climate change because of their home range being at higher elevations. Despite these analyses, specific species-based study regarding the impact of climate change is still lacking. Therefore, every species must be assessed for climate change sensitivity to facilitate global wildlife protection.
Lesão de Stener: Avaliação Funcional após Tratamento Cirúrgico com Âncoras
Authors: Neder-Filho Antonio Tufi , Lopes Carlucci Martins , Rezende Luis Guilherme Rosifini Alves
Published: October 2022

Objetivo: O objetivo desse estudo é avaliar os resultados funcionais de pacientes submetidos a tratamento cirúrgico de lesões completas do ligamento colateral ulnar do polegar (LCU) com âncoras. Método: estudo retrospectivo por meio da avaliação funcional de 15 pacientes submetidos a tratamento cirúrgico de lesões completas do LCU com âncoras. Foram avaliados idade, gênero, ocupação, mão dominante, tempo entre a lesão e a cirurgia, mecanismo de trauma e tempo de seguimento, amplitude de movimento, forças de pinça e preensão e teste de estabilidade em valgo. Foi aplicado questionário DASH (Disabilities of the Arm, Shoulder and Hand) para avaliar disfunções e sintomas dos pacientes submetidos ao tratamento cirúrgico. Resultado: Nenhum paciente apresentou instabilidade após o tratamento cirúrgico. O tempo de seguimento médio foi de 52 meses. Em comparação com a literatura, observamos maior força de pinça do polegar e menor valor de amplitude de extensão da metacarpo-falangeana, sem diferença estatisticamente significativa entre os valores da força de preensão e flexão. Conclusão: O tratamento cirúrgico das lesões de Stener do polegar com âncoras é uma opção segura, que fornece estabilidade e boa recuperação funcional. A recuperação das forças de pinça e preensão foram adequadas, promovendo boa função do polegar. O nível de dor e satisfação dos pacientes no seguimento pós-operatório foram considerados, em geral, bastante satisfatórios.
Trigger Finger Release by Retinaculotome Pushing Knife: Technique and Case Report
Authors: Rezende Luis Guilherme Rosifini Alves , Shimaoka Filipe Jun , Shimabukuro Gunter Shin Iti Takamori , Mandarano-Filho Luiz Garcia , Mazzer Nilton
Published: October 2022

The trigger finger is a common affection commonly in the daily hand surgeon attending. The management began with non-operative methods. The absence of improvement could appoint to different operative techniques, such as open release, mini-open approaches, and percutaneous needle approaches. With respect to the open surgical approach, there are many alternatives to release the A1 Pulley, such as scalpel, pushing knives, or scissors. This study aims to present a Retinaculotome designed as a Modified Pushing Knife, to release the A1 Pulley for the management of the trigger finger.
Merlerium: Mermaids, mythology, desire and madness in Robert Eggers’ The Lighthouse (2019)
Authors: Hayward Philip
Published: October 2022

Robert Eggers’ 2019 film The Lighthouse provides an idiosyncratic representation of the mermaid as a Jungian anima in a film that revolves around the homoerotic tension between two lighthouse keepers on a remote, windswept island. While the mermaid theme is essentially a minor aspect of the film, juxtaposed with other mythological motifs, it is significant for the intensity of passions it catalyses in one of the film’s two male leads. Analysing the film, its script and statements of directorial intent, this article first discusses aspects of the interaction of the masculine characters and their relation to mythic figures, before going on to discuss the role and design of the mermaid, and of the sex scene she appears in. Additional consideration is given to the role of music and sound design in building nuance and thematic intensity within the film.
On the Borderline of the Worlds: Swamps in the mythopoetic world picture of the peoples of Russia
Authors: Lavrenova Olga
Published: October 2022

This article analyses the ethnic and linguistic world vision of the peoples of Russia with the aim of revealing the most representative mythologemes connected with swamps and defining their meaning and place in the cultural landscape. Swamps are dangerous areas for humans and, at the same time, they are also a source of food and biological diversity. In the boreal and circumpolar areas, swamps are seen as a separate world that has been perceived as a chaos that exists beyond the control of human beings. The range of meanings of the swamp manifests itself in the archaic pagan world picture as a primordial space. Swamps can be seen as chthonic or liminal spaces on the threshold of the ‘upper’ and ‘lower’ worlds, providing connection between them. In the Christian – and partly in the Muslim – world pictures, the swamp is infernal space where the deities of the ancient world live disguised as devils. The city dwellers who travel to the countryside to pick berries and mushrooms or to go hunting reveal an archaic tendency to depersonalise swamp spirits and other natural forces by avoiding names and precise definitions.
From a Fishing Village to Tourist Destination: Hongjia Village in Northeastern China
Authors: Sa Haoxuan , Fabinyi Michael
Published: October 2022

Economic transitions from fishing into coastal tourism are common in many contemporary coastal communities globally, and particularly in the case of China. Drawing on interviews from a village in Liaoning province in Northeastern China, we use a political economy framework to more systematically understand the drivers and outcomes associated with the transition from fishing to tourism. We find that while state policies and market forces have encouraged shifts away from fishing and into tourism, tourism is currently governed largely by informal institutions informed by social relations and culture. Our findings emphasise how economic transitions from fishing to coastal tourism are mediated by these inter-related and shifting relationships between state, society, and markets.
$T\bar{T}$ in JT Gravity and BF Gauge Theory
Authors: Ebert Stephen , Ferko Christian , Sun Hao-Yu , Sun Zhengdi
Published: October 2022

JT gravity has a first-order formulation as a two-dimensional BF
theory, which can be viewed as the dimensional reduction of the
Chern-Simons description of 3d3d
gravity. We consider {T\overbar{T}}TT¯-type
deformations of the (0+1)(0+1)-dimensional
dual to this 2d2d
BF theory and interpret the deformation as a modification of the BF
theory boundary conditions. The fundamental observables in this deformed
BF theory, and in its 3d3d
Chern-Simons lift, are Wilson lines and loops. In the
3d3d
Chern-Simons setting, we study modifications to correlators involving
boundary-anchored Wilson lines which are induced by a
{T\overbar{T}}TT¯
deformation on the 2d2d
boundary; results are presented at both the classical level (using
modified boundary conditions) and the quantum-mechanical level (using
conformal perturbation theory). Finally, we calculate the analogous
deformed Wilson line correlators in 2d2d
BF theory below the Hagedorn temperature where the principal series
dominates over the discrete series.
The Exclusionary Nature of Hyperdensity: Hong Kong's Volumetric Urban Compaction as Liveability Model for Exclusionary Interiorized Settings
Authors: Bruyns Gerhard , Endemann Henry , Ching Lee Veronica , Nel Darren
Published: October 2022

East Asian urbanization is characterized by complex processes of extensive densi fication. Fuelled by rapid economic growth, Asian cities' size, scale, and physical dimensions remain incomparable to any Western se ing. During the past thirty years alone, various concepts have a empted
to de fine hyperdensity, layering, and intensity as core principles of Asian urban development. Although these concepts explore the physical properties of development, few examples provide insights into the behavioural and social dimensions of such complex morphological se ings. This paper
examines the eff ects of urban compaction and volumetric urbanism on liveability in East Asian cities. Hong Kong exempli fies an extreme scale and rate of densi fication. Podium developments – commercial plinths elevated above street level that connect large residential towers to commercial
complexes – are one of the city's most common development types. The hypothesis is that the combination of diff erent types of podium development results in the interiorization of the urban realm, which compresses public services, social engagements, and behavioural conditions into diverse
privatized and fragmented 'public interiors'. To explore these conditions, this paper first outlines the conceptual premise of reading urban se ings through the lens of volumetric urban compaction. This framework combines urban compaction and volumetric urbanism. Second, the paper discusses
theories that deal with the links between spatial se ings and behavioural traits. Privatization is of particular interest here, including those processes in which the private and the public become interchangeable conditions or where the temporary occupation of functions occurs. The diff erent
concepts – volumetric urban compaction and interiority – are studied within Olympian City, a podium development in Kowloon (Hong Kong). Through fi eldwork, the case is investigated in terms of the elements that make up Olympian City's spatial con figuration and how diff erent groups
use space at diff erent times of the day and week. The case study shows that Hong Kong's development follows an economically driven model of volumetric urban compaction; it supports a larger privatization strategy that depends on the interiorization of the city to the extent that makes the
overall structure highly exclusive, static, and controlled.