bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
New Terminology and Methodology for the Assessment of the Vitreous, Its Floaters and Opacities, and Their Effect on Vision: Standardized and Kinetic Anatomical and Functional Testing of Vitreous Floaters and Opacities (SK VFO Test)
Authors: Stanga Paulo Eduardo , Valentin Bravo Francisco Javier , Reinstein Ursula Inge , Stanga Sebastian Francis Eduardo , Marshall John , Archer Timothy J. , Reinstein Dan Z.
Published: May 2023

Objective:

To introduce VFO and SK VFO Test: new, more representative terminology for symptoms of vitreous floaters/opacities (VFO) and new standardized kinetic (SK) anatomical-functional assessment.

Materials and Methods:

Eight eyes underwent before-after limited vitrectomy (LV): best-corrected visual acuity, low-luminance visual acuity, Minnesota Low Vision Reading Chart near visual acuity in logMAR, contrast sensitivity function (CV1000E), and straylight measurements (SM) (HDA/LDA/C-Quant). SK infrared confocal scanning laser ophthalmoscopy (SK IRcSLO) and swept-source widefield optical coherence tomography (SS-WF-OCT) identified VFO and posterior vitreous detachment (PVD). SK IRcSLO was performed with gaze directed towards the extreme superior, inferior, and lateral directions.

Results:

Anatomical-functional results after LV improved in 7 eyes (87.5%): objective scatter index (27.34%), disturbance index (47.97%) and C-Quant Log units (2.26%). Pre-LV SK IRcSLO and SS-WFOCT imaging identified dynamic well-defined VFO and PVD status (100%). A residual asymptomatic anterior cortical vitreous-induced shadowing ripple effect was detected post-LV.

Conclusions:

This is the first objective-standardized test accounting for VFO kinesis and intermittent effect. There is potential for personalizing treatment and establishing best candidates for laser or surgery.

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Ophthalmic Surg Lasers Imaging Retina
2023;54:306–315.]
On the offensive alliance number for the zero divisor graph of $ \mathbb{Z}_n $
Authors: Morales José Ángel Juárez , Valencia Jesús Romero , Morales Raúl Juárez , Hernández Gerardo Reyna
Published: May 2023

A nonempty subset $ D $ of vertices in a graph $ \Gamma = (V, E) $ is said is an offensive alliance, if every vertex $ v \in \partial(D) $ satisfies $ \delta_D(v) \geq \delta_{\overline{D}}(v) + 1 $; the cardinality of a minimum offensive alliance of $ \Gamma $ is called the offensive alliance number $ \alpha ^o(\Gamma) $ of $ \Gamma $. An offensive alliance $ D $ is called global, if every $ v \in V - D $ satisfies $ \delta_D(v) \geq \delta_{\overline{D}}(v) + 1 $; the cardinality of a minimum global offensive alliance of $ \Gamma $ is called the global offensive alliance number $ \gamma^o(\Gamma) $ of $ \Gamma $. For a finite commutative ring with identity $ R $, $ \Gamma(R) $ denotes the zero divisor graph of $ R $. In this paper, we compute the offensive alliance (global, independent, and independent global) numbers of $ \Gamma(\mathbb{Z}_n) $, for some cases of $ n $.
Her Story Is Like a Weed: Censoring the Vulnerability in Women’s Writing
Authors: Kārkla Zita , Eglāja-Kristsone Eva
Published: May 2023

The aim of this article is to broaden feminist scholarship on women writers by exploring the relationship between women’s writing, intimacy, vulnerability and censorship, and the rediscovering and canonization of women’s writing in Latvian literary culture. In the early twentieth century, intimacy and motherhood as a source of vulnerability in women’s writing was closely linked to censorship, which revealed enduring patriarchal attitudes. The disclosure of vulnerability associated with a woman’s embodied experience was “a weed” which critics wanted to weed out. Focusing on the example of Anna Rūmane-Ķeniņa (1877–1950), whose literary texts create experimental journeys into intimacy, exploring the inner states of female characters, family relationships and particular situations (death and grief that bring her characters into intimate contact with others and change the shape and experience of intimacies), the article examines the censoring attitude of literary criticism towards the openness with which women’s experiences are discussed.
Double-Censored Freedom? Cultural Memory’s Censorship of Intimacy Writing in Moj život by Maga Magazinović
Authors: Panas Natalia
Published: May 2023

Maga Magazinović (1882–1968) was a Serbian dancer artist and teacher. In this article, I analyse her little-known ego-document Moj život (2000), considering it as an example of first-person narrative due to her strategies of presenting intimacy in literature through genres such as diary and confession. I use cultural memory to research Magazinović’s contribution to the cultural life of Serbia (memory object), what she transferred to her intimate description (memory medium), and then has been deliberately excluded by censorship from collective memory as inconsistent with the canon of Serbian cultural memory. Magazinović’s intimacy writing broke all cultural taboos by describing close relationships and emphasizing the romantic ones, through her free thinking, blatantly advocating for feminism, and exposing the female private realm so far isolated against both the prudish nature of patriarchy and the new socialist reality. Therefore, I show the emancipatory perspective of a woman’s body that frees itself from censorship limitations and its unconventional expression of intimate emotions through modern dance and writing. Moreover, I underline that this perspective in cultural memory was regulated by two censorship systems: that of moral/erotic nature in Kingdom of Yugoslavia and ideological/political one in socialist Yugoslavia.
Introduction to the Finite NeutroGeometries
Authors: Caballero Erick González
Published: May 2023

NeutroGeometries generalize geometries in the same way that NeutroAlgebras generalize universal and partial algebras. NeutroGeometry is not one kind of classical geometry, but it can be a combination of some of them in the same space. For the first time, this chapter introduces notions of NeutroGeometry for finite geometries. Finite geometries consist of incidence structures where the set of points has finite cardinality. Usually, they are either projective or affine geometries. In this chapter, the author is mainly focused on the definition of the mixed projective-affine geometry (MPA geometry), which is a NeutroGeometry that follows the line of Smarandache's ideas of defining mixed geometries. The properties of the MPA spaces are studied, especially the one related to the satisfaction of parallelism for some lines and the no satisfaction for others. Additionally, other approaches to this theory are introduced, where elements of Neutrosophy are combined with the incidence matrices obtained from finite geometries. The chapter explores the advantages to use MPA in cryptography.
Neutro Geometric Topology and Its Examples
Authors: Debnath Somen , Singh Prem Kumar
Published: May 2023

Neutro geometric topology is obtained by combining the neutro topology and the neutro geometry. Similarly, the hybridization of anti-topology and the anti-geometry produced anti-geometric topology. Considering this knowledge, in this chapter, neutro geometric topology is studied. Undoubtedly the classical geometric topology provides the foundation for introducing the neutro geometric topology. Also, some basic properties and results associated with neutro geometric topology are obtained and proved. Moreover, to justify the proposed study, some examples are given. The future direction of the proposed study is mentioned at the end of the chapter.
“NeutroGeometry Laboratory”
Authors: Caballero Erick González
Published: May 2023

Mixed projective-affine-hyperbolic (MPAH) planes belong to both the branches of NeutroGeometries and mixed or Smarandache geometries. This kind of plane is a geometric structure containing a finite number of points. Some lines of the MPAH satisfy the axioms of projective planes, other lines satisfy the axioms of affine planes, and others satisfy the axioms of hyperbolic planes. Therefore, each of the axioms of parallelism is partially satisfied. This chapter describes version 1.0 of a new software called “NeutroGeometry Laboratory” coded in Python by the author that is used for the calculation and visualization related to MPAH planes. This software is easy to use by users once they know the theory of finite mixed projective-affine-hyperbolic planes, and particularly, it supports the study of this topic and finite planes in general.
A Constructive Introduction to Finite Mixed Projective-Affine-Hyperbolic Planes
Authors: Caballero Erick González
Published: May 2023

NeutroGeometry is the axiomatic approach to geometry from the neutrosophic theory. Neutrosophy is the branch of philosophy that studies neutrality. NeutroGeometry is a geometric structure based on at least one axiom, concept, definition, among others, which is only partially satisfied by the elements of the structure, so they are indeterminate since their definition. In AntiGeometry one of these entities is not satisfied by any element. This chapter introduces the theory and concepts of finite NeutroGeometry, which is geometry based on a finite set of points within the subject of NeutroGeometries in the plane. The author calls them finite mixed projective-affine-hyperbolic planes. Here, finite planes are defined so that lines are divided into three subsets; either they satisfy the axioms of projective planes, the axioms of affine planes, or the axioms of Bolyai-Lobachevsky (also called hyperbolic) planes. They demonstrate the main properties of these planes.
Disruptions From Personal Delivery Devices
Authors: Masterson James R.
Published: May 2023

This chapter examines the use of app-based personal delivery devices (PDDS) in communities and on college campuses in the US. The chapter analyzes the state and local rules and regulations in place to accommodate the usage of such devices. Furthermore, the chapter discusses liability issues arising from incidents and accidents with vehicles and pedestrians and security issues made vulnerable from usage of these devices. Last, the chapter addresses how campuses and surrounding communities can respond to these new delivery systems in an effort to maintain public safety while also allowing consumers access to meals at a time when people faced a greater risk than ever before when visiting grocery stores and restaurants.
Taxonomy of Industry 4.0 Technologies in Digital Entrepreneurship and Co-Creating Value
Authors: Ali Mohammed
Published: May 2023

This chapter proposes a taxonomy of Industry 4.0 (I4.0) technologies in the context of digital entrepreneurship and co-creating value. The I4.0 taxonomy ranges from cyber-physical systems and the internet of things (IoT) to big data and cloud computing, among others, which are key enabling technologies (KETs) of I4.0. The chapter examines how these technologies are utilised in digital entrepreneurship and co-creating value, and how they can be integrated to create innovative business models and enhance business operations. The taxonomy offers a comprehensive framework for understanding the different Industry 4.0 technologies and their applications in the rapidly evolving landscape of digital entrepreneurship and co-creating value.
Multi-Perspectives of Contemporary Digital Transformation Models of Complex Innovation Management
Authors: Ali Mohammed , Wood-Harper Trevor , Kutar Maria
Published: May 2023

Within the past decade there has been a paradigm shift in complex innovation in organisations through the adoption of contemporary technologies, which has brought us into the age of digital transformation (DT). The authors adopt a conceptual approach to analysing complex innovation models based on bibliographic analysis and integrate existing concepts and theories related to complex innovation in the DT context. The main innovation models (e.g., 4Ps and open/closed) are analysed through the lens of DT and multiple perspective theory. The outcome of this chapter is the categorization of modern innovation models in DT from multiple perspectives (technical, organisational, and personal), which has revealed that DT is the foundation of the modern innovation ecosystem. The chapter's uniqueness is its conceptual nature, which does not rely on empirical data collection but instead integrates pre-existing concepts and theories such as DT, complex innovation, and multiple perspective theory.
Developing an Innovation-Based Framework of Digital Entrepreneurship Strategy for Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises
Authors: Manishimwe Theoneste , Raimi Lukman
Published: May 2023

Although digital entrepreneurship (DE) emerged in the early 1990s because of digital technologies and entrepreneurship, current researchers consider it a recent phenomenon. This chapter proposes to extend the concept of DE to include the concept of dimensions of DE. Using literature in the areas of digital knowledge base and ICT market, digital business environment, digital skills and e-leadership, corporate culture, and access to finance, the chapter proposes a conceptual model for digital entrepreneurship, identifying the components of such a model as well as specific indications of size overlaps in different domains. This model implies that digital transformation in SMEs is intertwined with other activities and entrepreneurial behaviours in small firms, and it argues that understanding digital transformation or the adoption of digital technologies in SMEs requires an understanding of its context, particularly in relation to diffusion innovation theory, innovation system theory, and entrepreneurial approaches to the digital transformation towards digital corporate success.
Shifting Paradigms in the Rapidly Developing Global Digital Ecosystem
Authors: Ali Mohammed
Published: May 2023

Despite growing scholarly interest in the impact of the digital economy on economic recovery in the midst of the current global crisis and regional development situations, research on the effects of the global crisis on developing digital economies in the Gulf Cooperation Council Region (GCC) and the resulting future uncertainty is limited. Thus, this chapter examines the developing GCC countries' digital infrastructure, openness, innovation environment, competitiveness, and digital divide to determine how the digital economy affects economic growth during a global crisis. This chapter demonstrates how the GCC economies are still developing and attempting to diversify away from oil, with the digital economy serving as a major driving force in achieving the region's goals. Furthermore, while the recent pandemic has harmed GCC digital industries, it has also increased demand, creating an excellent opportunity to develop the region's digital infrastructure to compete with developed digital economies. Policy implications have been proposed as a potential impact mechanism.
(Re)Considering Virtual Encounter
Authors: DeHart Jason D.
Published: May 2023

In this chapter, the author/researcher details the ways in which an in-person literacy assessment course had to be reshaped as a virtual course. This ethnographic account includes examples from the 2020-2022 time period and shares particular design features and ingredients necessary for what is termed an instructional “encounter.” In addition, the author/researcher notes the social and emotional needs of the time and the ways in which the course allowed for the continuation of literacy instruction for elementary students.
Memory CD4 T Cell Distribution and Recall Function in Nonlymphoid Organs
Authors: Farber Donna L
Published: May 2023

This Pillars of Immunology article is a commentary on the following two seminal articles: “Visualizing the generation of memory CD4 T cells in the whole body,” an article written by R. L. Reinhardt, A. Khoruts, R. Merica, T. Zell, and M. K. Jenkins, and published in Nature, in 2001. https://www.nature.com/articles/35065111, and “Protection from respiratory virus infections can be mediated by memory CD4 T cells that persist in the lungs,” by R. J. Hogan, W. Zhong, E. J. Usherwood, T. Cookenham, A. D. Roberts, and D. L. Woodland, and published in the Journal of Experimental Medicine, in 2001. https://doi.org/10.1084/jem.193.8.981.
Uno sguardo complesso al fenomeno della violenza nelle relazioni intime: specificità di genere e risvolti metodologici
Authors: Feroleto Valentina
Published: May 2023

Il paradigma della complessità, grazie alla sua capacità di ampliare gli spazi esplorativi, fa da cornice a una lettura del fenomeno della violenza nelle relazioni intime che, andando oltre i contenuti, ne ricerca le origini nelle difficoltà dei partner di accedere alla dimensione intersoggettiva dell’esperienza amorosa. Al centro della riflessione vi è il soggetto, inteso come referente unitario e organizzatore implicito dell’esperienza, il quale, in virtù della qualità specie-specifica della coscienza, è in grado di porsi in dialogo riflessivo con sé stesso e con l’altro, in direzione di uno sguardo qualitativamente sempre più comprensivo circa la propria esperienza. Vengono inoltre prese in esame le radici culturali della violenza nelle relazioni intime, evidenziate nell’approccio di genere, mettendo in luce alcune delle criticità legate alle prassi operative attuate nei centri antiviolenza. La qualità dell’intervento viene posta in relazione allo spessore teorico riservato al soggetto, in assenza del quale a mancare è la promozione di uno sguardo riflessivo sulla complessità della propria esperienza.
Violenza di che genere? Dalla violenza della semplificazione alla complessità della violenza. Uno sguardo teorico al di là dei contenuti
Authors: Formaggi Federica
Published: May 2023

A partire da una critica del concetto di violenza di genere come lente privilegiata per la comprensione della violenza nei rapporti, e con l’obiettivo di aprire interrogativi utili all’intervento clinico, viene proposta l’ipotesi di un legame intimo tra la vita e la violenza, che diviene condizione psicopatologica quando si attesta come modalità rigida ed esclusiva di sopravvivenza della propria struttura identitaria. Nella nostra società, la negazione della differenza, della femminilità, dell’heteros, prodotta da una cultura di stampo patriarcale e gli sforzi reattivi per farvi fronte, come l’intervento del politicamente corretto, ne sono un esempio. In tal senso, obiettivo dell’intervento psicoanalitico che si confronta con “il violento” dovrebbe essere quello di favorire il processo di complessificazione della soggettività – sia essa del paziente o della nostra cultura. Come analisti abbiamo allora il compito di lavorare psichicamente – dentro di noi e nella relazione con l’altro – per mantenere la violenza in tensione dialettica con il suo opposto: la tenerezza. Far sì che la tenerezza accada implica investire, con amore e dedizione, i momenti di sosta – uno spazio potenziale tra la tensione a complessificarsi e quella a mantenere la propria identità. Significa, in altri termini, assumere i vissuti che la violenza evoca come termini del dialogo continuo con sé e l’altro, mantenendo vivo un pensare simbolico che possa accompagnarci nell’accoglierla e trasformarla.
Commento al caso clinico: Liberami dalla rabbia, Amen
Authors: Rovaris Daniele
Published: May 2023

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Categorie interpretative, rappresentazioni implicite e resistenze di fronte alla violenza nelle relazioni. Una lettura di genere situata al maschile
Authors: Ciccone Stefano
Published: May 2023

Il confronto con la violenza nelle relazioni di intimità richiede categorie interpretative e approcci in grado di misurarsi con la complessità del fenomeno e la pervasività della cultura che ne è all’origine. Una riflessione critica sulla costruzione sociale della mascolinità può evitare una neutralizzazione della violenza o la sua naturalizzazione: due aspetti della più generale tendenza a espungerla dalla nostra ‘normalità’. Un’analisi del discorso pubblico sulla violenza mostra come anche gli interventi istituzionali di contrasto e le narrazioni mediatiche, pur condannando comportamenti abusanti e violenti, riproducano e veicolino rappresentazioni stereotipate che sono il substrato su cui questi crescono. In questo contesto è necessaria una riflessione sulla responsabilità sociale della riflessione psicoanalitica come ‘sapere esperto’ a cui la società ricorre per interpretare conflitti e contraddizioni la cui vulgata propone spesso modelli basati sulla complementarietà tra funzioni attribuite ai due sessi, irrigidendo le esperienze, i conflitti e le percezioni del cambiamento.
Editoriale
Authors: Fedeli Alessia , Fini Viviana
Published: May 2023

Non disponibile.
La violenza come sintomo: risposta ai commenti al caso clinico
Authors: Bernetti Andrea
Published: May 2023

Non disponibile.
Commento al film: Tutto parla di te
Authors: Durante Francesca
Published: May 2023

Non disponibile.
Seminario. Essere in un gesto. Adolescenti in adozione e lavoro clinico. Parma, 4 settembre 2022
Authors: Nico Giuliana
Published: May 2023

Non disponibile.
Effects of Aqueous Saffron Extract on Glucoregulation as Well as Hepatic Agt and TNF-α Gene Expression in Rats Subjected to Sub-Chronic Stress
Authors: Yazdani Yeganeh , Radahmadi Maryam , Roustazade Roshanak
Published: May 2023

Background:

Stress and saffron seem to affect glucoregulation mechanisms and insulin resistance in different ways. Impacts of the aqueous saffron extract were investigated on serum glucose levels, serum insulin levels, the homeostatic model assessment of β-cell function (HOMA-B), the homeostatic model assessment of insulin resistance (HOMA-IR), adrenal weight, and hepatic gene expression of angiotensinogen (Agt) and tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α) in rats under sub-chronic stress.

Materials and Methods:

Forty-two male rats were divided into six groups: control, restraint stress (6h/day for seven days), saffron (30 and 60 mg/kg) treatments for seven days, and post-stress saffron (30 and 60 mg/kg) treatments for seven days. The serum glucose and insulin levels, hepatic gene expressions of Agt and TNF-α, HOMA-IR, HOMA-B, and adrenal gland weight were measured.

Results:

One-week recovery following sub-chronic stress led to non-significant hyperglycemia, hyperinsulinemia, and insulin resistance. The hepatic Agt and TNF-α mRNA levels increased significantly in this group. Saffron administration led to enhanced hepatic Agt mRNA in the non-stressed subjects. In addition, serum glucose levels, insulin resistance, and hepatic Agt gene expression significantly increased in stress-saffron groups. The hepatic TNF-α gene expression was reduced only in the stress-saffron 60 group.

Conclusion:

Saffron treatment after sub-chronic stress not only did not improve glucose tolerance but also enhanced insulin resistance. It indicated the interaction of saffron and sub-chronic stress to promote renin-angiotensin system activity. In addition, the saffron treatment decreased TNF-α gene expression after sub-chronic stress. The synergistic stimulating effect of saffron and sub-chronic stress on gene expression of hepatic Agt led to insulin resistance and hyperglycemia.
Transmastoid Titanium Mesh Assisted Extra Dural Layered Closure of Tegmen Defect: Case Report in a 10 Year Old
Authors: Kumar Pradeep , Venkitaraman Lakshmi , Jayaraj T K
Published: May 2023

The study aimed to describe our experience with a case of tegmen defect that was approached transmastoid and was closed extradurally with titanium mesh. This was a retrospective review of surgical steps with cross reference to the clinical and radiological data collected. Two-year follow-up of the patient showed successful closure of the defect. Transmastoid approach can be considered even in a moderately large-sized tegmen defect and can thus avoid craniotomy which is a procedure with far superior morbidity.
Spurious Thrombocytopenia in an Automated Platelet Quantitation: A Dilemma with the Regular Laboratory Tasks
Authors: Bashir Mohammed Bashir Abdrhman
Published: May 2023

Spurious thrombocytopenia is a very rare condition, in which the actual number of platelets circulating in the body is substantially lesser than the number of platelets that automated cell counters record. It is crucial to be aware of this event since spurious thrombocytopenia might result in the incorrect diagnosis of thrombocytopenia, which would then necessitate additional expensive and time-consuming testing in the laboratory and the wrong course of treatment. In this article, actual knowledge of this uncommon event and the clinically significant laboratory will be compiled and reviewed based on the literature that has been published. The pathophysiological and laboratory aspects, important information on the identification and avoidance of false thrombocytopenia, and potential methods for determining the corrected platelet count were discussed.
Effectiveness and Safety of Direct-Acting Antiviral in Hemodialysis Patients with Chronic Hepatitis C: A Real Clinical Experience
Authors: Elhaddad Ahmed B , Elhassi Ahmed F , Elbarasi Sabah M , El Kharraz Sahar G , Badr Zainab , Abdal Jalil Mohammed Y , Bohasan Wael A , Bashir Faiza A , Mahmmed Asma M , Elzouki Abdel-Naser
Published: May 2023

Background and Aims:

Several clinical studies using direct-acting antivirals (DAAs) in maintenance hemodialysis (MHD) patients with chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection have reported excellent antiviral efficacy and tolerability. Our study aimed to assess both the effectiveness and safety of DAAs in MHD patients complicated with HCV in a “real-life” clinical setting.

Materials and Methods:

A multicenter retrospective analysis of five dialysis centers included 155 patients of age >18 years with chronic HCV on MHD treated with various DAAs regimens for 12-week duration. The primary endpoint was sustained viral response and the secondary was the frequency of adverse effects (AEs).

Results:

Among the studied cohort, 96 (61.9%) were males and the mean age was 48.2 ± 12.6 years. Sustained virological response (SVR) was achieved in 153/155 (98.7%) patients. Normalization of liver enzymes was observed in patients with SVR (P < 0.05). None of the patients demonstrated deterioration in renal function. The minor AEs were reported in 12 patients - 8.1%. There were no severe AEs, dropouts, or deaths.

Conclusion:

DAAs are well tolerated and effective in our MHD patients. Strategies to eradicate HCV from dialysis units should consider DAA as treatment along with the practice of standard precautions to prevent nosocomial HCV infection.
Anabolic Androgenic Steroids-Induced Acute “Tombstone” ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction
Authors: Baghi Mohamed Abdunasser M. , Abujalala Salem M.
Published: May 2023

Anabolic-androgenic steroids (AAS) are frequently used to treat a wide variety of pathological medical conditions including but not limited to hypogonadism, aplastic anemia, and metastatic breast cancer. Nonetheless, the abuse of AAS continues to rise among professional and recreational athletes despite their deleterious adverse effects. Here, we report a 34-year-old male, with a history of nonmedical use of AAS for 2 months, who had persistent severe retrosternal chest pain. His electrocardiogram was suggestive of acute anteroseptal ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction. He underwent urgent coronary angiography which revealed a thrombotic burden in the left anterior descending artery without underlying atherosclerosis.
Case Report: Lepromatous Leprosy Masquerading as Acute Suppurative Lymphadenitis
Authors: Meena Mahadev , Joshi Rajnish , Yadav Vaibhav , Singh Prachi , K Shreya , Pandey Garima
Published: May 2023

Leprosy is a chronic cutaneous infection. It is usually characterized by thickened nerves and maculo-anesthetic patches. Leprosy often has an unusual presentation, which is a diagnostic challenge. In this case report, we present a case of an elderly male who presented with fever and chronic pus-draining axillary, cervical, and inguinal lymph nodes. He also had a weak left foot for the previous 5 months. During his hospital stay, he developed additional papular lesions over his extremities. We performed fine needle aspiration from the lymph nodes and skin biopsy, which were suggestive of lepromatous leprosy. We initiated him on antileprosy medication. On follow-up, he was responsive to therapy. Although skin and nerve involvement in leprosy is common, this case had an atypical presentation of discharging lymph nodes.
Improving Access to WHO Formulations of Alcohol-Based Hand Rub in Healthcare Facilities: A District-Wide Approach
Authors: Tusabe Fred , Nanyondo Judith , Lozier Matthew J. , Kesande Maureen , Tumuhairwe Olive , Watsisi Martin , Twinomugisha Fred , Medley Alexandra , Mutoro Julius , Lamorde Mohammed , Berendes David
Published: May 2023

Alcohol-based hand rub (ABHR) is an effective hand hygiene measure to mitigate and prevent infectious disease transmission in healthcare facilities (HCFs); however, availability and affordability in low- and middle-income countries are limited. We sought to establish centralized local production of ABHR using a district-wide approach to increase provider access at all public HCFs in Kabarole and Kasese Districts in Western Uganda. Partner organizations worked with district governments to adapt and implement the WHO protocol for local ABHR production at the district scale. These groups identified and upgraded sites for ABHR production and storage to ensure recommended security, ventilation, and air conditioning. District governments selected technicians for training on ABHR production. Raw materials were sourced within Uganda. Alcohol-based hand rub underwent internal quality control by the production officer and external quality control (EQC) by a trained district health inspector before distribution to HCFs. We assessed ABHR production and demand from March 2019 to December 2020. All ABHR batches (N = 316) met protocol standards (alcohol concentration: 75.0–85.0%) with a mean of 79.9% (range: 78.5–80.5%). Internal quality control measurements (mean alcohol concentration: 80.0%, range: 79.5–81.0%) matched EQC measurements (mean: 79.8%, range: 78.0–80.0%). Production units supplied ABHR to 127 HCFs in Kasese District (100%) and 31 HCFs in Kabarole District (56%); 94% of HCFs were small (dispensary or next higher level). This district-wide production met quality standards and supplied ABHR to many HCFs where facility-level production would be unfeasible. Low- and middle-income countries may consider district models to expand ABHR production and supply to smaller HCFs.
The Image of the Violator of Ethno-Cultural and Ethno-Racial Identity Borders as Reflected by Xenopejorative Lexemes of the English and Russian Languages
Authors: Romanin Evghenii V.
Published: May 2023

The article examines how English and Russian speakers perceive going beyond the boundaries of ethno-cultural and ethno-racial identity, specifically in relation to pejorative vocabulary related to the conceptual field of hybrid identity, which includes pejorative names for subjects and results of hybridization. The study used the online Racial Slur Database (rsbd.org) as the source of English-language material, while the Russian-language material was collected empirically due to the lack of a corresponding database on the World Wide Web.

The article attempts to identify the main models for naming subjects and results of hybridization in order to compare the image of this phenomenon in the English and Russian collective worldviews, and to understand the origins of a negative attitude towards violators of the boundaries between “Own” and “Alien”.

The study concludes that while there are some similar models used in constructing pejoratively marked vocabulary of this kind, there is also a significant difference between the schemes for constructing such names in the analyzed languages. Finally, the article attempts to understand the linguistic, historical, and cultural reasons for the quantitative disproportion between the English and Russian xenopejorative lexical fund belonging to the conceptual field of hybrid identity.
Uyskaya Fortification Line of the 18th – 19th centuries According to the Materials of Field and Archive Research
Authors: Korshunova Nadezhda V. , Stromov Pavel A.
Published: May 2023

This article aims to provide an analysis of the basic fortification constructions that formed the Uyskaya Fortification Line during the 18th and 19th centuries, such as fortresses, redoubts and outposts, based on newly found archive documents. These documents have made it possible to research the construction of these fortifications and compare the standard plans to the fortifications that were actually built, taking their function into consideration. The research aims to characterize Uyskaya Fortification Line as the foundation for the state building of the Russian Empire, the final element of the outer frontier.

This article features the results of field observations aimed at studying the fortification monuments on the Uyskaya Fortification Line of the 18th and 19th centuries along the Rivers Kidysh, Uy, and Tobol. The intensity of exploration in this region was one of the lowest ever in Russian history. One of the major reasons is the lack of proper engineering provision of the Uyskaya Fortification line. In fact, the military authorities delegated all their duties concerning the fortresses and redoubts to the local people without payment or providing them with necessary tools. Mediocre fortifications or somewhere the lack of them didn’t contribute to forming the authority of the Russian Government among the locals which influenced a wide range of integration processes in Orenburg Krai. The results obtained in the research may be of interest to both experts in fortification and those who research the issues of state building.
Forbidden Mourning. Szolyva (Svaliava) – From Zone of Oblivion to Zone of Remembrance
Authors: Bódi Ferenc
Published: May 2023

From the autumn of 1944, Hungarians in Kárpátalja fell victim to the ferocious atrocities. Tens of thousands of civilians were taken hostage and deported by Soviet authorities to Russian labor camps. Mentioning the victims of “malenky robot” was forbidden, as it was adverse to the interests of the ruling communist elite in Hungary. It was only 45 years later, in 1989, that the process of unearthing the truth began. The Szolyva Memorial Park was established in the 1990s. In this study, we analyze an ideal type: the reconstruction of the collective memory of now minority Hungarians in Kárpátalja is a unique story, yet it can be interpreted on a universal level, that of mankind. From Szolyva’s story, it becomes abundantly clear that preserving collective memory is crucial in any community, especially for minority ethnic groups. Since Vico’s axiom states that a common higher truth reflects what is basically human, the fate of Hungarian communities in Kárpátalja represents themselves on a universal level. Freeing the ways to reconstruct the community’s collective memory had an impact on the process of regaining long-lost freedoms. While older generations finally regained the right to grieve, mourn, and remember their own past, younger generations had the chance to integrate the once-forbidden past into the pillars of their future, hence helping the re-emergence of Hungarian identity and reshaping the framework of the community’s existence from 1990 onwards.
Geopolitical Discourse in Contemporary Latvian and American Travel Narratives
Authors: Ozola Diana , Burima Maija
Published: May 2023

The concept of geopolitics has become a subject for research in a number of scientific disciplines, including literary studies with a special focus on travelogue, which is the most multipresentative genre of travel writing. Travelogue, being a literary genre, the thematic dominant of which highlights the aspect of mobility, represents numerous geographical locations through the prism of geopolitics. Countries, territories, and regions, may acquire associative changes in the context of historically-political shifts.

The present article focuses on the common political influences on the Siberian chronotope reflected in the contemporary Latvian and American travel narratives. It reveals not just the travellers’ subjective receptions of the place, but also indicates numerous political influences, which created a stereotypical image of Siberia as a place of marginality, forced power and exile.

After considering and analysing the Siberian chronotope through the comparative perspective, it becomes obvious that American travellers tend to perceive this region basing on their general knowledge of historical processes and on the established stereotypes, while Latvian travellers trace a piece of their own history in Siberia, where hundreds of Latvians suffered repressions in the late 1930s under the influence of the Soviet regime.
Development of empathy and ethical values through role-playing games as innovation for education in values
Authors: Carnicero Pérez Jose David , Moreno-Rodríguez Ricardo , Felgueras Custodio Nerea
Published: May 2023

For some authors, the development of empathy is a central aspect of the development of ethical values. Role-playing games can be the ideal vehicle to transfer learning from fiction to reality. The present study analyzes in an exploratory and descriptive way the scores obtained in the Test of Cognitive and Affective Empathy (TECA) of a total sample of 208 participants. Although no major differences were found between those who had previously participated in role-playing games and those who had not, there was a tendency to obtain higher mean scores than those obtained by the TECA through its scales.
Three continents, three countries
Authors: Tadeu Pedro , Ribeiro Maria do Céu , Kaya Mehmet , Takunyacı Mithat , Rosa da Fonseca Janete , Carmona David Arenas
Published: May 2023

The epidemiological situation on a global scale caused by the COVID-19 pandemic has led to the general confinement of the population and the need to close the physical spaces of schools of all levels of education. To overcome this, it was necessary to adopt emergency measures, including Emergency Remote Education (ERE), using technologies to interact synchronously with students. Besides, it was also required to reconfigure educational practices and develop skills in digital literacy to enable the continuity of educational experiences, respecting isolation but maintaining the interaction of teachers and students. This situation has not met borders, so we consider it essential to collect information about the degree of student satisfaction with the (ERE) caused by the COVID-19 pandemic in three countries (Portugal, Brazil and Turkey), located on three continents (Europe, America and Asia). Data were collected in 2019/2020 and 2020/2021 by the researchers who are conducting the study from different countries. The authors use a survey created on Google Forms to collect data, assuring the confidentiality of the data collected. We obtained 566 valid responses in the three countries: Portugal 140, Turkey 359 and Brazil 67. From this collection and subsequent statistical analysis, we can show, from the results obtained, that the models chosen in the three countries did not please in a unanimous way all the students involved. There are significant differences in access, knowledge of the platforms used and even in the methodologies used by different teachers concerning countries. On the contrary, about the possibility of moving to a permanent online model, there is unanimity, verifying from the opinions that face-to-face education is not replaceable by the model that has been used over the last two years.
Pembuatan Produk Bika Ubi Jalar Ungu dan Tapioka Di Desa Tanjung Kecamatan Koto Kampar Hulu Kabupaten Kampar
Authors: Hamzah Faizah , Hanum Farida , Harun Noviar , Hamzah Nirwana , Angga Angga
Published: May 2023

Desa Tanjung termasuk Kecamatan Koto Kampar Hulu Kabupaten Kampar yang memiliki luas areal pertanian sebesar 1.500 hektar dengan produksi data sementara 9000 ton/tahun.  Hasil pertaniannya berupa umbi-umbian (ubi kayu dan ubi jalar), sedangkan umbi-umbian yang lain diantaranya bawang merah, bawang putih, kentang, keladi, talas informasi yang didapat tidak begitu jelas data yang pasti. Maka oleh sebab itu, umbi-umbian tersebut seperti ubi jalar dan ubi kayu dalam bentuk segar harganya murah. Untuk meningkatkan pendapatan petani maka perlu penanganan khusus dijadikan produk olahan salah satunya kue bika. Tujuan Pengabdian Kepada Masyarakat yaitu meningkatkan partisipasi masyarakat dalam pembangunan Desa Tanjung dengan cara memanfaatkan berbagai jenis umbi-umbian berupa produk komersil untuk dijadikan produk yang bernilai jual, selain itu membudidayakan teknologi pengolahan untuk meningkatkan pendapatan rumah tangga masyarakat Desa Tanjung
Pendampingan Peningkatan Partisipasi Perempuan Dalam Pemanfaatan Dana Swakelola Desa di Desa Talibeng Kecamatan Sidemen Kabupaten Karangasem
Authors: Supriliyani Supriliyani , Prabawati Prabawati , Winaya Winaya
Published: May 2023

Peran Perempuan dalam pembangunan nasional sangat dibutuhkan dalam mempengaruhi kemajuan pembangunan Nasional, Dengan diimplemntasikan kebijakan tentang Desa memberi ruang partisipasi dalam pembangunan ditingkat desa baik penyelenggaraan pembangunan maupun pengelolaan keuangan. Sesuai dengan kebijakan tentang Desa mendorong dalam pelaksanaan Pemerintah Desa lebih mandiri dalam pembangunan Desa. Sehingga Undang-Undang tersebut sudah dijelaskan mengenai kesetaraan gender untuk terwujudnya Pembangunan yang Demokratis dalam pemerintahan Desa. Tujuannya dalam pembangunan desa dengan kesetaraan Gender. Manfaat Kegiatan dalam pelaksanaan pengabdian ini dapat memberikan kegiatan peranan perempuan dalam partisipasi pengelolaan anggaran, dan memberdayakan potensi perempuan melalui kegiatan pengelolaan anggaran. Hasil dari pelaksanaan pengabdian ini menunjukkan bahwa kaum perempuan di Desa Talibeng mampu meningkatkan partisipasinya dalam hal perencanaan anggaran terkait Dana Desa sehingga kaum perempuan juga mampu menyampaikan aspirasinya untuk membentuk kegiatan-kegiatan program desa yang berorientasi kepada kebutuhan kaum perempuan, selain itu pihak Desa yang mana dalam hal ini berperan sebagai wadah penyalur aspirasi masyarakat juga mampu memberikan wadah atau kesempatan seluas-luasnya untuk melibatkan partisipasi perempuan pada saat musyawarah rencana pembangunan
Edukasi Kesehatan Bahaya ISPA dan Pencegahanya Di Desa Tapung Jaya Kabupaten Rokan Hulu
Authors: Sagala Debora , Fauziah Anisa , Mahyuni Mahyuni
Published: May 2023

Pengabdian kepada masyarakat Edukasi Kesehatan Bahaya ISPA dan Pencegahanya Di Desa Tapung Jaya Kabupaten Rokan Hulu dilaksanakan pada Agustus 2018 di Posyandu Desa Tapung Jaya. ISPA  merupakan  penyakit  yang  sering  terjadi  di  masyarakat.  Dampak ISPA  bagi  kesehatan masyarakatsangat besar. Diperlukan upaya promotif dan preventif oleh petugas kesehatan untuk mengatasi ISPA. Salah satu upaya promotif dengan penyuluhan dan pencegahan. Berdasarkan hasil survei di Desa Tapung Jaya banyak ditemukan penderita ISPA. Tujuan pengabdian ini adalah untuk meningkatkan ilmu pengetahuan dan  pemahaman masyarakat khususnya kepada ibu-ibu PKK Desa Tapung Jaya mengenai dampak penyakit ISPA terhadap kesehatan  masyarakat. Metode  yang  digunakan adalah ceramah  interaktif,  tanya jawab, dan evaluasi. Hasil  penyuluhan  terdapat  peningkatan  pengetahuan dan  pencegahan masyarakat mengenai penyakit  ISPA. Perlunya  dilakukan  edukasi kesehatan berupa penyuluhan  dan  sosialisasi secara berkesinambungan dari pihak puskesmas setempat tentang kesehatan sistem pernapasan/respirasi.
Pembuatan Orange Marmalade Di Pulau Belimbing 1 Desa Kuok Kecamatan Kuok Kabupaten Kampar Sebagai Produk Khas Oleh – Oleh Desa Kuok
Authors: Pramana Angga , Hamzah Farida , Gultom Priscila Manuella , Reval Okri , Rahmayani Suci , Mutiara Syawatul
Published: May 2023

Kuok adalah sebuah kecamatan di Kabupaten Kampar, Riau, Indonesia yang memiliki luas wilayah 6.000 Ha. Mayoritas penduduk di desa Kuok bermata pecaharian sebagai petani, dimana komiditas pertanian yang paling banyak dibudidayakan yaitu tanaman jeruk. Hasil pertanian jeruk ini masih dikelola dalam bentuk segar karena itu dilakukan diversifikasi produk turunan jeruk yaitu berupa pembuatan produk orange marmalade oleh tim pengabdian masyarakat UNRI. Tujuan dilakukannya pengabdian masyarakat ini adalah untuk membuat produk diversifikasi turunan pada buah jeruk yaitu orange marmalade sehingga jeruk tidak hanya dikonsumsi dalam bentuk segar dan dapat meningkatkan pendapatan masyarakat. Metode yang digunakan adalah survei, sosoalisasi dan pelatihan. Hasil yang diperoleh yaitu orange marmalade memiliki rasa manis dan sedikit pahit karena pengaruh penambahan pada kulitnya, teksturnya kental dan warna nya kuning kehijauan. Orange marmalade umumnya hampir sama dengan selai hanya saja perbedaannya terdapat penambahan kulit jeruknya.
Pemberdayaan Kampung Bebas Asap Rokok Di Kecamatan Rumbai Barat Kota Pekanbaru
Authors: Dipuja Diah Anugrah
Published: May 2023

Rokok merupakan pembunuh nomer satu bagi manusia, sangat banyak korban dari keganasan rokok dan sudah tidak terhitung korban yang meninggal akibat rokok. Kondisi ini diperparah dengan semakin banyaknya pabrik-pabrik rokok ditanah air. Akhir-akhir ini pemerintah mempunyai strategi baru untuk menekan jumlah perokok di Indonesia dengan cara menyisipkan gambar-gambar korban dari keganasan rokok pada bungkus rokoknya. Organisasi kesehatan dunia alias world health organization (WHO) menyebut Indonesia menjadi negara ketiga dengan jumlah perokok terbesar di dunia. Tentu saja peringkat tersebut bukan satu hal yang patut dibanggakan. Pasalnya, hampir tidak ada manfaat yang bisa didapatkan dari merokok. Pencanangan kampung tangguh adalah sebagai upaya serta apresiasi dari Pemerintah atas apa yang telah diupayakan masyarakat dalam mencegah dan tangguh dalam menanggulangi pandemi Covid-19. Warga harus tangguh secara jasmani dan rohani dimana harus selalu dispilin dalam penerapan protokol kesehatan. Kampung tangguh memiliki beberapa aspek, meliputi tangguh secara keamanan, tangguh secara kesehatan, tangguh secara pendidikan, tangguh secara ekonomi, tangguh secara informasi dan kreatifitas.
Pengolahan Daun Pepaya Dalam Pembuatan Pakan Ikan Nila
Authors: Syahreza Satrio
Published: May 2023

Pengabdian ini merupakan pengolahan daun pepaya untuk menjadi pakan ikan nila, pakan merupakan salah satu faktor penting produksi alam suatu kegiatan budidaya ikan, terutama pada sistem intensif. Secara fisiologis, pakan akan berpengaruh terhadap pertumbuhan dan perkembangan ikan, juga sebagai sumber energi, gerak dan reproduksi, sedangkan daun papaya mengandung tocophenol, senyawa alkaloid dan getah berwarna putih. Getah daun pepaya mengandung enzim papain, suatu enzim yang berfungsi untuk memecah protein atau bersifat proteolitik, sedangkan daun papaya yang tua lebih banyak mengandung senyawa fenolik, daun pepaya mampu memperbaiki pemanfaatan protein sehingga lebih efisien atau disebut sebagai efisiensi pemanfaatan protein sehingga dapat memperbaiki pertumbuhan, sintasan dan konversi pakan. Hal ini disebabkan karena ekstrak daun pepaya dapat memperbaiki kecernaan serta pemanfaatan pakan oleh ikan.
Pemanfataan Blondo Menjadi Resep Olahan Makanan Sebagai Peluang Usaha Masyarakat
Authors: Sujaryanti Sujaryanti
Published: May 2023

Buah kelapa dan minyak kelapa telah menjadi bahan makanan pokok masyarakat Asia selama ribuan tahun. Berbagai macam bentuk olahan makanan yang disajikan dari bahan minyak kelapa. Minyak kelapa murni atau Virgin Coconot Oil (VCO) yang dikenal oleh masyarakat Indonesia dengan nama Blondo. Blondo merupakan salah satu produk dari olahan minyak kelapa murni. Blondo memiliki berbagai manfaat yang berkhasiat untuk kesehatan tubuh. Blondo mengandung bakteri yang menguntungkan dibidang kesehatan, mengandung serat yang bermanfaat bagi tubuh, serta memperlancar proses metabolisme. Namun saat ini sedikit sekali masyarakat yang mengetahui manfaat dan kegunaan blondo. Oleh karena itu, Tim Kukerta Terintegrasi Universitas Riau memberikan pemahaman tentang manfaat dan cara pengelolaan blondo sebagai bahan makanan kepada masayarakat. Tim kukerta terintegrasi memberikan pemahaman kepada masyarakat beberapa bentuk pemanfaatan blondo baik untuk makanan maupun untuk bahan kesehatan seperti pembuatan Hand Sanitizer. Tim kukerta terintegrasi juga memberikan pemahaman beberapa resep serta cara pengolahan blondo menjadi bahan makanan yang bisa membuka peluang usaha sehingga dapat meningkatkan perekonomian masayarakat.