bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Comparative analysis of pre-Covid19 child immunization rates across 30 European countries and identification of underlying positive societal and system influences
Authors: Cellini Marco , Pecoraro Fabrizio , Rigby Michael , Luzi Daniela
Published: August 2022

This study provides a macro-level societal and health system focused analysis of child vaccination rates in 30 European countries, exploring the effect of context on coverage. The importance of demography and health system attributes on health care delivery are recognized in other fields, but generally overlooked in vaccination. The analysis is based on correlating systematic data built up by the Models of Child Health Appraised (MOCHA) Project with data from international sources, so as to exploit a one-off opportunity to set the analysis within an overall integrated study of primary care services for children, and the learning opportunities of the ‘natural European laboratory’. The descriptive analysis shows an overall persistent variation of coverage across vaccines with no specific vaccination having a low rate in all the EU and EEA countries. However, contrasting with this, variation between total uptake per vaccine across Europe suggests that the challenge of low rates is related to country contexts of either policy, delivery, or public perceptions. Econometric analysis aiming to explore whether some population, policy and/or health system characteristics may influence vaccination uptake provides important results—GDP per capita and the level of the population’s higher education engagement are positively linked with higher vaccination coverage, whereas mandatory vaccination policy is related to lower uptake rates. The health system characteristics that have a significant positive effect are a cohesive management structure; a high nurse/doctor ratio; and use of practical care delivery reinforcements such as the home-based record and the presence of child components of e-health strategies.
Nutritional condition affects tergal gland secretion and courtship success of male cockroaches
Authors: McPherson Samantha , Wada-Katsumata Ayako , Hatano Eduardo , Silverman Jules , Schal Coby
Published: August 2022

An integral part of the courtship sequence of the German cockroach (Blattella germanica) involves the male raising his wings to expose tergal glands on his dorsum. When a female cockroach feeds on the secretion of these glands, she is optimally positioned for mating. Core chemical components have been identified, but the effect of male diet on the quality of the tergal gland secretion remains unexplored. After validating the pivotal role of tergal feeding in mating, we starved or fed reproductively mature males for one week. We then paired each male with a sexually receptive female and observed their interactions through an infrared-sensitive camera. While starvation had no effect on male courtship behavior, it did influence the duration of female tergal feeding and mating outcomes. Females fed longer on the gland secretion of fed males, and fed males experienced greater mating success than starved males (73.9% vs. 48.3%, respectively). These results suggest that the quality of the tergal gland secretions, and by association mating success, are dependent on the nutritional condition of the male.
Sensitivity and specificity of microRNA-204, CA125, and CA19.9 as biomarkers for diagnosis of ovarian cancer
Authors: Ali Fahmy T. , Soliman Reham M. , Hassan Nahla S. , Ibrahim Ahmed M. , El-Gizawy Mayada M. , Mandoh Abd Allah Y. , Ibrahim Ehab A.
Published: August 2022

Background

Ovarian cancer is usually detected at later stages and no effective screening approach, has been identified. Therefore, sensitive and specific biomarkers for detecting ovarian cancer are urgently needed.

Objective

This study aimed to investigate the efficacy of six biomarkers for the early clinical diagnosis of ovarian cancer.

Subjects & methods

The study included 120 patients (benign ovarian tumors and early and late ovarian carcinoma) and 30 control healthy volunteers. MiRNA-204, CA125, CA19.9, hepcidin, microfibril-associated glycoprotein 2, and ferroportin levels were determined in all patients and control volunteers.

Results

The combined area under the receiver operating characteristic curves for miRNA-204, CA125, and CA19.9 were 0.938, 1.000, and 0.998 for benign tumors and early and late ovarian carcinomas, respectively. The sensitivities of miRNA-204, CA125, and CA19.9 were 98.04%, 100.00%, and 96.19% and the specificities were 58.33%, 62.50%, and 57.78%, respectively.

Conclusion

The positive predictivity of miRNA-204, CA125, and CA19.9 for ovarian cancer is high (59.57%, 58.24%, and 61.67%, respectively). Thus, the combination of these three biomarkers is a good diagnostic tool for ovarian cancer.
Does aquatic physical therapy affect the rehabilitation of breast cancer in women? A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials
Authors: Wang Juzi , Chen Xiaoyu , Wang Lili , Zhang Caiyun , Ma Ji , Zhao Qian
Published: August 2022

To determine and evaluate the benefits of aquatic physical therapy as a rehabilitation strategy for women with breast cancer on health outcomes. Electronic databases including PubMed, Web of Science, Embase, Cochrane Library and China National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI), Weipu (VIP) and Wanfang database were systematically searched until June 2021. Randomized controlled trials were included if they evaluated the effects of aquatic physical therapy in breast cancer patients. The quality of the trials included was assessed by the two independent researchers according to the Cochrane Collaboration Handbook recommendations. Outcome measures were fatigue, waist circumference and quality of life (QoL). The study was registered under PROSPERO (CRD42021157323). Totally, five studies comprising 356 participants were included in the study. Meta-analyses showed that aquatic physical therapy interventions significantly reduced the fatigue score (MD = -2.14, 95%CI: -2.82, -1.45, p<0.01) compared with usual care; In addition, we also observed that, compared with land-based exercise, aquatic physical therapy greatly improved the QoL (MD = 2.85, 95%CI: 0.62, 5.09, p = 0.01). However, aquatic physical therapy cannot improve physical index (waist circumference) compared to usual care (MD = -3.49, 95%CI: -11.56,4.58, p = 0.4). Consequently, aquatic physical therapy had a positive effect on the fatigue and QoL. The results of this meta-analysis can provide a reliable evidence for evaluating the interventional effectiveness of aquatic physical therapy.
The insulin sensitivity Mcauley index (MCAi) is associated with 40-year cancer mortality in a cohort of men and women free of diabetes at baseline
Authors: Moshkovits Yonatan , Rott David , Chetrit Angela , Dankner Rachel
Published: August 2022

Background

The association between insulin resistance and cancer-mortality is not fully explored. We investigated the association between several insulin sensitivity indices (ISIs) and cancer-mortality over 3.5 decades in a cohort of adult men and women. We hypothesized that higher insulin resistance will be associated with greater cancer-mortality risk.

Methods

A cohort of 1,612 men and women free of diabetes during baseline were followed since 1979 through 2016 according to level of insulin resistance (IR) for cause specific mortality, as part of the Israel study on Glucose Intolerance, Obesity and Hypertension (GOH). IR was defined according to the Mcauley index (MCAi), calculated by fasting insulin and triglycerides, the Homeostatic Model Assessment (HOMA), the Matsuda Insulin Sensitivity Index (MISI), and the Quantitative Insulin Sensitivity Check Index (QUICKI), calculated by plasma glucose and insulin.

Results

Mean age at baseline was 51.5 ± 8.0 years, 804 (49.9%) were males and 871 (54.0%) had prediabetes. Mean follow-up was 36.7±0.2 years and 47,191 person years were accrued. Cox proportional hazard model and competing risks analysis adjusted for age, sex, country of origin, BMI, blood pressure, total cholesterol, smoking and glycemic status, revealed an increased risk for cancer-mortality, HR = 1.5 (95% CI: 1.1–2.0, p = 0.005) for the MCAi Q1 compared with Q2-4. No statistically significant associations were observed between the other ISIs and cancer-mortality.

Conclusion

The MCAi was independently associated with an increased risk for cancer-mortality in adult men and women free of diabetes and should be further studied as an early biomarker for cancer risk.
Building Extraction from Lidar Data Using Statistical Methods
Authors: Sadeq Haval Abdul-Jabbar
Published: August 2022

In this article, a straightforward, intuitive method for lidar data classification and building extraction, based on statistical analysis, is presented. The classification of the point cloud into ground and nonground is begun by individually testing each point within the point cloud
using the statistical mean height. In this operation, various window sizes are specified, and the mean is obtained at each size. The points that are above the mean are saved and divided by the number of windows to obtain the proportion. Points are considered non-ground if their proportion
is higher than the assigned threshold, and otherwise ground. An algorithm for classifying the obtained nonground point cloud into buildings and trees is also illustrated in this article. First the nonground points are labeled, then each label is tested individually. The process begins with
segmenting each label. Then comes testing of whether each segment of points can be fitted within a specific plane. The label of the point cloud is considered a building if the number of segments considered as planes is larger than those considered as nonplanes; otherwise it is classified as
a tree.
An Improved Approach Based on Terrain-dependent Mathematical Models for Georeferencing Pushbroom Satellite Images
Authors: Moradi Behrooz , Zoej Mohammad Javad Valadan , Yaghoobi Sayad , Yavari Somayeh
Published: August 2022

Recently, linear features in remotely sensed imagery have gained much attention because of their unique characteristics compared to other control features. For georeferencing high-resolution satellite images, the observations in the mathematical equations (slope and y-intercept) of the corresponding control lines in the two spaces are considered the same based on recent studies. However, the use of such assumptions causes error and reduces the accuracy of registration. The aim of this article is to present a methodology based on a quasi-observation assumption in the mathematical equations in the process of georeferencing. Experimental results for IKONOS and GeoEye images over two different cities of Iran indicate that the quasi-observation assumption can increase the average registration accuracy up to 48.96% and 24.77% using 3D-affine and rational function models, respectively. This improvement in accuracy increases the processing time by 31.48% over traditional approaches; however, the proposed methodology can be regarded as an efficient solution.
Monitoring Work Resumption of Wuhan in the COVID-19 Epidemic Using Daily Nighttime Light
Authors: Shao Zhenfeng , Tang Yun , Huang Xiao , Li Deren
Published: August 2022

This study analyzes the characteristics of nighttime light (NTL) radiance variation, aiming to demonstrate the possibility of using NTL to monitor work resumption and evaluate the impact of COVID-19 on economic activities in Wuhan, China. The results show that NTL radiance generally
decreased during the epidemic. Despite the fact that increased NTL radiance was observed after lifting the lockdown, it was still lower than normal, indicating that socioeconomic activities have been largely resumed but the production scale has not been fully restored, and the decrease in
nitrogen dioxide concentration verified this phenomenon. We find that central urban areas and distant suburban areas present different modes of NTL radiance variation. We further observed a decrease in NTL radiance from different urban functional areas, including industrial parks, airports,
business districts, loop lines, and residential area, that corresponds to the impact of the COVID-19 epidemic on both industrial production and the service sector.
crise entre Theodor Adorno e o movimento estudantil alemão no final dos anos 60
Authors: Rodrigues Placido Daniel
Published: August 2022

Resumo: Neste artigo abordaremos a crise entre Theodor Adorno e movimento estudantil alemão do final dos anos 60, crise esta que causa espanto a princípio, pois Adorno, um filósofo de influência marxista e referência para a esquerda da época, chegou a recorrer à polícia contra os estudantes. O presente artigo visa contextualizar melhor esse conflito, tanto política quanto teoricamente, e por isso vamos analisar a visão de Adorno sobre as possibilidades de emancipação; o papel de Adorno no movimento estudantil; um texto de Hans Jurgen Krahl, ex-aluno de Adorno engajado no movimento estudantil, sobre a posição político-intelectual de seu antigo mestre; e, por último, uma importante entrevista de Adorno revolvendo estes fatos e o contexto da época.
Palavras-chave: Teoria Crítica; Emancipação; Theodor Adorno; Movimento Estudantil.
The crisis between Theodor Adorno and the german student movement in the late 60s
Abstract: In this article, we will address the crisis between Theodor Adorno and the german student movement of the late 1960s, a crisis that is startling at first, as Adorno, a marxist-influenced philosopher and a reference to the left at the time, even resorted to the police against students . This article aims to better contextualize this conflict, both politically and theoretically, and that is why we will analyze Adorno's vision of the possibilities of emancipation; Adorno's role in the student movement; a text by Hans Jurgen Krahl, a former student of Adorno engaged in the student movement, on the political-intellectual position of his former teacher; and, finally, an important interview by Adorno revolving around these facts and the context of the time.
Key-words: Critical Theory; Emancipation; Theodor Adorno; Student Movement.
Uso de Técnicas Geomorfométricas para Identificação dos Padrões de Relevo na Bacia do Rio Preto, no Planalto Ocidental Paulista
Authors: Araújo João Paulo Carvalho , Silva Francisco Assis Dourado , Nazar Thallita Isabela Silva Martins
Published: August 2022

A ciência geomorfológica muito se beneficia dos avanços tecnológicos, das ferramentas SIG disponibilizadas por meio de softwares livres e de uma maior acessibilidade às bases de dados planialtimétricas globais ou quase-globais em escala de semidetalhe. Consequentemente, é crescente o uso da geomorfometria aplicada à cartografia geomorfológica e otimização das rotinas de mapeamento utilizando métodos digitais semi-automatizados. O presente trabalho aplica uma classificação geomorfométrica parametrizada a partir de um Modelo Digital de Elevação para compartimentar os padrões de relevo da bacia do Rio Preto (BRP). São três os principais parâmetros morfométricos utilizados na definição dos padrões de formas de relevo, a saber, a densidade de drenagem (DD), o índice de concentração de rugosidade (ICR) e a elevação relativa (ER) - uma aproximação da amplitude altimétrica. As classes do mapa de dissecação global (DDxICR) e a ER foram usadas para criar uma chave de classificação dos modelados e tipos de relevo com base nos conhecimentos teórico e de campo. Apesar da aparente simplicidade e monotonia de um relevo predominantemente colinoso, característico do planalto ocidental paulista, os resultados demonstram riqueza nos padrões de formas, com topos aplainados e colinas suaves (65% da área de estudo), topograficamente favoráveis à expansão agrícola regional; colinas onduladas (9% da área de estudo), associadas a um maior grau de dissecação, onde predominam os processos morfodinâmicos em detrimentos dos processos pedogenéticos; relevos dissecados associados aos fundos de vale (18% da área de estudo), onde predominam processos de dissecação de natureza fluvial; e planícies fluviais (8% da área de estudo), que são feições deposicionais quaternárias localizadas nos fundos dos vales. Para além de uma caracterização morfográfica da área de estudo, este trabalho lança luz sobre alguns aspectos metodológicos do mapeamento e se pretende aplicado à avaliação da vulnerabilidade ambiental em atividades futuras.
Molecular Docking Study of IPBCC.08.610 Glucose Oxidase Mutant for Increasing Gluconic Acid Production
Authors: Alimah Shobiroh Nuur' , Sumaryada Tony Ibnu , Nurcholis Waras , Ambarsari Laksmi
Published: August 2022

Glucose oxidase (GOD) is an oxidoreductase enzyme that catalyzes the oxidation of glucose to gluconolactone and hydrogen peroxide. Then, gluconolactone will be hydrolyzed to gluconic acid. The wide application of gluconic acid in various industries has increased production demand. However, glucose concentrations higher than 40% (w/w) inhibited the conversion of glucose to gluconic acid due to a decrease in the oxygen solubility concentration at pH 6, 30℃, and 1 bar pressure. Therefore, decreasing the value of Km is predicted to reduce saturation and enhance gluconic acid production. This study aimed to analyze the interaction between the IPBCC.08.610 GOD mutant with β-D-Glucose in improving gluconic acid production by decreasing the Km value. Mutations were performed in silico using Chimera and then docked using AutoDock Vina. The mutations resulted in distinct ligand poses in the binding pocket, different -OH conformations of the ligands, and changes in the T554M/D578P mutant’s hydrophobicity index (554 mutated from threonine to methionine, and 578 mutated from aspartate to proline), and decreased ΔG and Km values in the H559D mutant (559 mutated from histidine to aspartate), D578P and T554M/D578P. This decrease might strengthen the ligand-receptor interaction, increasing gluconic acid production. The H559D was the best mutant to increase production based on the ΔG, Km value, and stability due to the addition of hydrogen bonds.
Green Synthesis of Silver Nanoparticles using Kayu tulak Leaf (Schefflera Elliptica Harms) Infusion as a Bio-reductant and Its Antibacterial Activity
Authors: Aryasa I Wayan Tanjung , Artini Ni Putu Rahayu
Published: August 2022

Metal nanoparticles and exploration of green synthesis can be applied to lung tissue therapy, cancer, and even vaccines. Additionally, due to the rise in microbial resistance or the demand for novel antibiotics, the use of NPs as an antibacterial agent has expanded. Meanwhile, using methods to produce metal nanoparticles based on the abundance of biodiversity as a green-reducing agent will be safer. In the present study, Kayu tulak leaves extract served as the green-reducing agent. The synthesized silver nanoparticles were characterized using a UV-Vis spectrophotometer, PSA (Particle Size Analyzer), and TEM (Transmission Electron Microscope). The results showed that the silver nanoparticles synthesized using Kayu tulak leaf extract at concentrations of AgNO3 1 and 2 mM had absorbance peaks at 436.5 nm and 467 nm, respectively. The average particle size distributions of the two silver nanoparticles were 88.2 and 16.9 nm, respectively. The characterization of silver nanoparticles using TEM obtained a mixture of spherical, hexagonal, and triangular shapes. The silver nanoparticles synthesized using Kayu tulak as a bio-reductant exhibited antibacterial activity. At AgNO3 solutions of 1 and 2 mM, silver nanoparticles showed antibacterial activity against Escherichia coli with inhibition zone diameters of 6.39 ± 0.30 mm and 8.28 ± 0.19 mm (moderate inhibition), while against Staphylococcus aureus were 4.30 ± 0.24 mm (weak inhibition) and 6.39 ± 0.27 mm (moderate inhibition).
Intra-language: the study of L2 morpheme productivity as within-item variance
Authors: Rastelli Stefano
Published: August 2022

This article suggests a method to appraise L2 morphemes productivity in longitudinal learner data. Traditionally, morpheme productivity is believed to depend on type frequency and on proportion between inflected and uninflected lexemes. However, such measures cannot distinguish between rote-learning and rule-learning of target-like forms. In contrast, the association measure ΔP (delta pi) can quantify the extent to which a morpheme is contingent upon a limited number of lexemes. Decreasing contingency might parallel learners’ increasing awareness of asymmetrical morpheme-lexeme distribution in the input and this might be a cue of developing L2 grammatical competence beyond appearances. The paper presents the rationale and procedure for analyzing within-item variance – or the ‘intra-language’ – and illustrates a case-study concerning the perfective morpheme in L2 Italian.
On split twisted inner derivation triple systems with no restrictions on their 0-root spaces
Authors: Cao Yan , Luo Fang
Published: August 2022

The aim of this paper is to study the structure of arbitrary split twisted inner derivation triple systems. We obtain a sufficient condition for the decomposition of arbitrary twisted inner derivation triple system

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Approximate bounding of mixing time for multiple-step Gibbs samplers
Authors: Spade David
Published: August 2022

Markov chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) methods are important in a variety of statistical applications that require sampling from intractable probability distributions. Among the most common MCMC algorithms is the Gibbs sampler. When an MCMC algorithm is used, it is important to have an idea of how long it takes for the chain to become “close” to its stationary distribution. In many cases, there is high autocorrelation in the output of the chain, so the output needs to be thinned so that an approximate random sample from the desired probability distribution can be obtained by taking a state of the chain everyhsteps in a process calledh-thinning. This manuscript extends the work of [D. A. Spade, Estimating drift and minorization coefficients for Gibbs sampling algorithms, Monte Carlo Methods Appl. 27 2021, 3, 195–209] by presenting a computational approach to obtaining an approximate upper bound on the mixing time of theh-thinned Gibbs sampler.
Crystal structure of N,N'-bis(4-fluoro-salicylaldehyde)-3,6-dioxa-1,8-diaminooctane, C20H22F2N2O4
Authors: Zhao Ji-Xing , Wang Xiao-Jun
Published: August 2022

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Good Life, Brave Death, and Earned Immortality: Features of a Neglected Ancient Virtue Discourse
Authors: Yli-Karjanmaa Sami , Uusimäki Elisa
Published: August 2022

This article examines early Jewish ideas of virtue that are usually ignored in presentations of the history of virtue discourse. We analyze the use of the Greek term ἀρετή in the Apocrypha of the Septuagint; all the occurrences of the term are in texts that were originally composed in Greek. We argue that the discussion on virtues – ideal human qualities and ways of living – in the Apocrypha has three thematic foci: (1) training, (2) courage, and (3) suffering and itspostmortemrewards. Virtue prepares one to live well, encounter grave difficulties and even death with courage, and, finally, earn eternal life. We argue that it is implicit that virtuous Jews surpass, in ways that differ depending on the text, their more-or-less openly Greek antagonists who fail the virtue ideals that they would culturally be expected to uphold. Through their words and deeds, the exemplary Jews demonstrate that true virtue comes from a steadfast commitment to the Jewish tradition and the Mosaic law. Being a good Jew involves training that manifests itself in various desirable traits, but it also means acknowledging the divinity of the Jewish law as the basis of both the good life and thepostmortemconsequences of virtue.
Animal Oil, Animal Blood: Energy, Metabolism, and Protecting the Seal Hunt in the North American Arctic as an Act of Colonial Resistance
Authors: Freeburg Sage
Published: August 2022

Interrogating dominant conceptions of energy is an important practice in diversifying the field of the energy humanities. By including various understandings and definitions of energy in the field’s discussions, we can strive to reach a more culturally inclusive understanding of energy. This article proposes that emphasizing a singular conception of energy (petroleum) is socially harmful and leads to inconsistent policies surrounding the trade of energy sources. Specifically, the essay examines the 2009 European Union trade ban on seal products, which continues to adversely affect Inuit communities in the Canadian Arctic by limiting the financial viability of the subsistence seal hunt. The ban occurs while the potential of oil development in the waters surrounding Nunavut is consistently reviewed and examined by the Canadian government, demonstrating bias in which voices are amplified in discussions of energy-related policy during the early twenty-first century. To fully demonstrate the connection between subsistence sealing and oil development, the essay interrogates dominant conceptions of energy and reframes energy narratives. This reframing is compared to historical formations of energetic sources that proved more fluid and less centered on a single source. The discussion identifies Alethea Arnaquq-Baril’s 2016 film Angry Inuk as a central activist text that supports a reinsertion of Inuit perspectives into policy decisions regarding the seal hunt. Furthermore, the film aids in understanding the impact of unilateral energy formations by contesting the 2009 seal trade ban and discussing the subsequent cultural harm. Throughout the essay, the reader is asked to consider in what forms energy appears, as well as the importance of acknowledging the many forms through which energy arises. This leads us to understand that energy formations are reflective of the culture in which they are built, and that restricting the trade of energy is harmful to cultures and communities.
A Field Guide to Oil in Santa Barbara: Pedagogy and Practice for Environmental Media Studies
Authors: Roehl Emily , Gerson Sage
Published: August 2022

During fall 2018, a multidisciplinary cohort of graduate students participated in a course conducted by professors Javiera Barandiarán and Mona Damluji as part of the Mellon Sawyer Seminar on Energy Justice in Global Perspective at the University of California, Santa Barbara. For their final project, the students worked in groups to conduct place-based, site-specific research on the history and politics of oil in Santa Barbara County. Each group led a tour of a site significant to the history of oil in the region and produced a digital portfolio that contained contemporary and archival images, scans of archival documents, and observational site descriptions. The digital portfolios they compiled were then used to create the multimedia narrative and map A Field Guide to Oil in Santa Barbara. This essay contextualizes the Field Guide within the dominant narratives of oil in the Santa Barbara region, which attempt to contain oil as a naturally occurring substance of the past and not an ongoing part of the area’s role in global systems of oil extraction and capital.

This collaboratively written introductory essay is at once a pedagogical reflection and a critical assessment of the field guide as a form of practice in environmental media studies. Over the past decade, field guides of various kinds have emerged across the humanities as hybrid artistic/academic projects, as outcomes of activist scholarship, and as provocations for site-responsive knowledge production. Field guides have also been used by governments and extractive industries to survey, categorize, and lay claim to resources. While acknowledging its experimental nature, this essay explores how the Field Guide is a model for interdisciplinary pedagogy and practice in environmental media studies.
Modeling ensuring demand-supply balance of the power system in conditions of significant renewable generation
Authors:   Institute of General Energy of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, 172 Antonovycha str., Kyiv, 03150, Ukraine, Nechaieva T.P.
Published: August 2022

The problems of functioning of the IPS of Ukraine at fast growth in its structure the renewable energy source (RES)capacities such as wind and solar power plants are considered. In existing conditions, the presence of a significant share of basic nuclear generation, a small maneuverable range of TPP power units, and a limited amount of highly maneuverable hydro generation of the existing flexibility of the power system is not enough to ensure demand-supply balance of the power system with surplus RES electricity generation. The solution to this problem is currently performed by using hydro-pumped storage during uncharacteristic daytime hours of the day and limiting of electricity supply of wind and power plants into the power system. A modern solution is the use of to the battery storage systems to transfer the surplus of electricity from these RES in hours of increased consumption. The article presents the developed approach to modeling the participation of wind and solar capacities in load coverage balances of the optimization model of the forecast structure of power system generating capacities, that takes into account both curtailment and accumulation of excess generation of these RES. The modeling results showed that with significant of wind and solar power capacities, providing balance coverage load during spring floods with a significant share of nuclear generation capacity and the need for water supply is carried out as using hydro-pumped capacity during daytime hours of surplus capacity, grid battery storage systems so and battery storage systems, working together with RES, and their power curtailment. Keywords: power system, balance reliability, mathematical model, battery energy storage system, load curve, power curtailment
Evaluation of the parameters of optimized coating of load graphs in the modes of synchronous operation of the power systems of Ukraine and Poland for characteristic days on the example of the actual values of the established power and load graphs
Authors:   Institute of General Energy of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, 172 Antonovycha str., Kyiv, 03150, Ukraine, Denysov V.A.
Published: August 2022

A mathematical model is proposed for optimizing the modes of using the generating capacities of the national energy system in the conditions of competition and interstate agreements and requirements, which has the advantages of adequately modeling the modes of using hydroelectric units and power units, for the mode of synchronous operation of the power systems of Ukraine and Poland for characteristic days, using the example of actual values of installed capacity and load schedules. The model belongs to the class of optimization problems with the criterion of minimizing the costs of production and import of electricity. It is implemented in the SolverStudio optimization package in the MathProg algebraic modeling language using the COIN-OR PuLP modeling language. The use of the model made it possible to explore the possibilities of optimized dispatching of generating capacities, as well as reserve capacities of large-capacity storages, the limits of permissible values for the parameters of generating and storage capacities, and cross-border flows, in which stable balanced operation of the unified energy system is possible. Model calculations of the parameters that provide optimized coverage of load curves for a typical day are performed using the example of actual values of installed capacity and load curves in 2018. The specific features accounting of the operation of generating, reserve and storage capacities of power systems in the model made it possible to determine and explore the possibilities of optimized dispatching of the components, the boundaries of permissible values of the parameters of generating and storage capacities, under which stable balanced operation of energy systems in synchronous operation modes is possible. The simulation results can be applied in the tasks of forming predictive balances for covering daily schedules of electrical loads to study the prospects for short- and long-term development of storage and generating capacities, the optimal achievable volumes of cross-border electricity flows between the energy systems of Ukraine and neighboring countries included in ENTSO-E, which is relevant in conditions of connection to these power systems. Keywords: load schedules, modes of synchronous operation of power systems of Ukraine and Poland
Investigation of metrological characteristics of indirect measurements of emissivity and temperature by linear method
Authors:   Institute of General Energy of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, 172 Antonovycha str., Kyiv, 03150, Ukraine, Zhukov Leonid , Petrenko Dmytro ,   Physico-Technological Institute of Metals and Alloys of NAS of Ukraine, 34/1, Vernadskogo Boulevard, 03142, Kyiv, Ukraine
Published: August 2022

The article is devoted to metrological characteristics increase of two-color compensative thermometry by clarifying its adjustment using the linear method of indirect measurements of emissivity. The aim of the article is to investigate the influence of radiative characteristics (determinative factors) of the thermometered object on methodical errors of indirect emissivity and temperature measurements. The formulae and graphic representations of complex influence of object radiative characteristics on errors of indirect emissivity and temperature measurements have been obtained. Higher metrological characteristics of two-color compensative thermometry with clarified adjustment by linear method, compared with apriori averaged adjustment, have been established. Thus, in the case of linear emissivity spectral distributions the errors of emissivity and temperature measurements are excluded. At the values of object factors that correspond to tungsten, the linear method, in comparison with limit conditions at averaged apriori adjustment, allows the emissivity measurement error to be reduced 3,8 times, and the temperature error – by 4,8 times. Two-color compensative thermometry with clarified adjustment widens the application field of non-alternative for the most effective resource-saving continuous high-temperature thermal control optical thermometry in the conditions of unknown and randomly variable optical characteristics of objects of control in energetics, metallurgy, glass, refractory, and other industries. Developed thermometry methods can also be utilized for aerospace research and control. Keywords: two-color compensative thermometry, linear method, equation and nonlinearity coefficient of emissivity spectral distribution, temperature, methodical error
Evidence for Global Health Care Interventions for Preterm or Low Birth Weight Infants: An Overview of Systematic Reviews
Authors: Edmond Karen , Strobel Natalie
Published: August 2022

CONTEXT

Twenty-four research questions (framed as population, intervention, comparator, and outcomes) for global health care interventions for preterm and low birth weight (LBW) infants were identified at a World Health Organization guideline development group expert meeting in December 2020.

OBJECTIVE

To describe which systematic reviews had addressed these research questions in the last 3 years.

DATA SOURCES

Medline (Ovid); the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews; the Cochrane Database of Systematic Review Protocols; and the PROSPERO International prospective register of systematic reviews databases from January 1, 2019 to December 31, 2021 were used.

Randomized controlled trials or observational studies. Two reviewers independently extracted data.

RESULTS

We found 9 systematic reviews. Eight reviews of 121 studies and 25 465 preterm or LBW infants published in the last 36 months “fully” addressed 8 of our 24 research questions (donor human milk, multicomponent fortifier, formula milk, probiotics, emollients, continuous positive airways pressure [CPAP] any, CPAP early, CPAP prophylactic); and 1 systematic review found no trials (mother’s own milk). All received a “high” AMSTAR quality rating. Fifteen research questions (kangaroo mother care, early initiation, responsive feeding, advancement, exclusive breastfeeding duration, iron, zinc, vitamin D, vitamin A, calcium and phosphorous, multiple micronutrients, CPAP pressure source, methyl xanthines, family involvement, and family support) had no systematic review. Limitations include that we restricted our search to those interventions identified as a priority at a World Health Organization scoping meeting. Other interventions that may be of importance to preterm or LBW infants were not able to be considered.

CONCLUSIONS

Almost a third of our research questions were addressed by high quality systematic reviews. We found gaps in thermal care, feeding, and familysupport interventions, which need to be addressed.
Fast Feed Advancement for Preterm and Low Birth Weight Infants: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis
Authors: Yang Wen-Chien , Fogel Alexandra , Lauria Molly E. , Ferguson Kacey , Smith Emily R.
Published: August 2022

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES

Fast feed advancement may reduce hospital stay and infection but may increase adverse outcomes in preterm and low birth weight infants. The objective of this study was to assess effects of fast feed advancement (≥30 ml/kg per day) compared with slow feed advancement (<30 ml/kg per day) in preterm and low birth weight infants.

METHODS

Data sources include Medline, Scopus, Web of Science, CINAHL, and Index Medicus through June 30, 2021. Randomized trials were selected. Primary outcomes were mortality, morbidity, growth, and neurodevelopment. Data were extracted and pooled using random-effects models. The Cochrane Risk of Bias 2 tool was used.

RESULTS

A total of 12 RCTs with 4291 participants were included. At discharge, there was moderate certainty evidence that fast advancement likely slightly reduces the risk of: mortality (relative risk [RR] 0.93, 95% confidence interval [95% CI] 0.73 to 1.18, I2 = 18%, 11 trials, 4132 participants); necrotizing enterocolitis (RR 0.89, 95% CI 0.68 to 1.15, I2 = 0%, 12 trials, 4291 participants); sepsis (RR 0.92, 95% CI 0.83 to 1.03, I2 = 0%, 9 trials, 3648 participants); and feed intolerance (RR 0.92, 95% CI 0.77 to 1.10, I2 = 0%, 8 trials, 1114 participants). Fast feed advancement may also reduce the risk of apnea (RR 0.72, 95% CI 0.47 to 1.12, I2 = 0%, low certainty, 2 trials, 153 participants). Fast feed advancement decreases time to regain birth weight (mean difference [MD] −3.69 days, 95% CI −4.44 to −2.95, I2 = 70%, high certainty, 6 trials, 993 participants,) and likely reduces the duration of hospitalization (MD −3.08 days, 95% CI −4.34 to −1.81, I2 = 77%, moderate certainty, 7 trials, 3864 participants). Limitations include heterogeneity between studies and small sample sizes.

CONCLUSIONS

Fast feed advancement reduces time to regain birth weight and likely reduces the length of hospital stay; it also likely reduces the risk of neonatal morbidity and mortality slightly. However, it may increase the risk of neurodevelopmental disability slightly. More studies are needed to understand the long-term effects of fast feed advancement.
Adaptation and Evaluation of a German Sign Language Test
Authors: Haug Tobias
Published: August 2022

Despite the current need for reliable and valid test instruments to monitor the sign language acquisition of Deaf children in different countries, very few tests offering strong evidence for their psychometric properties are commercially available. A German Sign Language (DGS) test that focuses on linguistic structures acquired in preschool- and school-aged children (4–8 years old) is urgently needed. The present study uses as a template a test which has sound psychometric properties and has been standardized on another sign language as a starting point for tests of sign languages that are less documented, such as DGS.
This book makes a novel contribution to the field by examining linguistic, cultural, methodological, and theoretical issues in the process of the adaptation from the source language test to the target language test, and by providing a model for future test adaptations. It also includes concrete steps for the test development and adaptation process.
Adaptation and Evaluation of a German Sign Language Test addresses students and researchers alike who are involved in sign language test development and adaptation. It also provides a comprehensive summary in German.
Praxistransfer in der tertiären Bildungsforschung
Authors: Ditzel Benjamin , Steinhardt Isabel , Gaebert Désirée-Kathrin , Herzog Marius , Meyer-Siever Katja , Meier Stefan , Bergner Nadine , Koenen Jenna , Wohlers Johannes , Wohlers Katrin , Heins Jochen , Masanek Nicole , Lüders Maren-Kristina , Martin Alexander , Hodapp Bastian , Röhl Sebastian , Schorcht Sebastian , Hiller Jan , Krosanke Nadine , Orschulik Anna Barbara
Published: August 2022

Für die tertiäre Bildungsforschung ist das Thema Transfer von Wissenschaft in die Praxis – und zurück – ein grundlegendes. Zu spezifizieren ist dabei jedoch, um welche Art von Praxis es sich handelt, welches Begriffsverständnis dem Transfer unterliegt und unter welchen Bedingungen, Zielvorstellungen und Erfolgskriterien Transfer betrachtet wird. Dieser Band vereinigt verschiedene Beiträge zur Beschreibung von Gelingensbedingungen, Modellen und Nachhaltigkeit von Transfer im Bildungsbereich. Forscherinnen und Forscher aus Hochschuldidaktik, Lehreraus- und -weiterbildung und Schulentwicklung blicken jeweils aus ihren unterschiedlichen Perspektiven gemeinsam auf das Thema. Die Beiträge entstammen einer fachübergreifenden Tagung für Nachwuchswissenschaftlerinnen und -wissenschaftler zum Thema Praxistransfer in der tertiären Bildungsforschung an der Universität Hamburg im November 2017.
Europäische Dimensionen des „Don Quijote“ in Literatur, Film, Kunst und Musik
Authors: Neuschäfer Hans-Jörg , Niemeyer Katharina , Ingenschay Dieter , Hartau Johannes , Esquival-Heinemann Bárbara P. , Lolo Begoña
Published: August 2022

Wie kein zweiter Roman zieht der "Don Quijote" von Miguel de Cervantes seit nunmehr vier Jahrhunderten Generationen von Lesern immer wieder neu in seinen Bann. Abgefasst im Spanien des frühen 17. Jahrhunderts, das zu jener Zeit die Geschicke Europas wesentlich mitbestimmte, wurde der Roman bald zum Inbegriff der spanischen Literatur und Kultur. Von Madrid aus hat er auf den Rest Europas ausgestrahlt und Denker, Dichter, Künstler, Komponisten und später auch Filmemacher zur Auseinandersetzung mit ihm angeregt. Die acht Beiträge des Bandes erkunden zentrale Aspekte des cervantinischen Romans und gehen seiner Rezeption und Verarbeitung in Literatur, Kunst, Film und Musik im europäischen Kontext nach.
Análisis bibliométrico de las revistas latinoamericanas de Business, Management and Accounting en SCOPUS
Authors: Maz-Machado Alexander , Tzima Syrmoula , Gutiérrez-Rubio David , Rodríguez-Faneca Cristina
Published: August 2022

El desarrollo constante de la ciencia hace necesario realizar estudios que permitan conocer su desarrollo global y por campos o sectores geográficos. Se presenta un estudio bibliométrico sobre la producción científica publicada en las revistas latinoamericanas de la categoría Business, Management and Accounting (BMA) del Scimago Journal Rank y con información almacenada en la base de datos SCOPUS. Para llevar a cabo este estudio, se descargaron de SCOPUS los datos relativos a los documentos indexados en dicha base de datos; posteriormente, y a partir del recuento de frecuencias, se identificaron los patrones de producción de documentos por revista y por año, los países más productivos, los indicadores de colaboración en la autoría y el tipo de colaboración. Se halló un incremento en la coautoría y los índices de colaboración, así como en la colaboración internacional. La producción ha tenido un considerable aumento en el periodo comprendido entre los años 1996 y 2010. Si bien los índices de colaboración han aumentado, esta colaboración se efectúa, principalmente, entre países latinoamericanos.
Clinical and epidemiological characteristics of probable cases of congenital Zika syndrome and dengue antibody levels, Tuxtla Gutierrez, Chiapas, Mexico.
Authors: Cardenas Victor Manuel , Moreno-Perez Jazmin , Cabrera-Besares Karla , Moreno-Lara Iris F , Morales-Arias Sabino , Salvatierra-Izaba Benito Ernesto , Gomez Victor De Dios , Palermo Pedro , Obergozo Jeanette , Watts Douglas M.
Published: August 2022

A case series of suspected cases of congenital Zika syndrome in a maternity hospital in Tuxtla Gutierrez, Chiapas, Mexico was assembled to assess why they were not reported and explore the hypothesis of dengue antibody dependent Zika disease.  Clinical and imaging records, and interviews of a total of 13 of the cases revealed that only one of them was laboratory confirmed because appropriate specimens were not collected from the newborns as required by the case definition. 1) Microcephaly, 2) hypoplasia/hypogeneses, thinning or absence of brain structures, 3) multiple birth defects, 4) calcifications, and cysts, 5) meningocele/encephalocele and 6) hydrocephalus were found in 100%, 76.9%, 38.5%, 38.5%, 30.8%, and 23.1%, respectively. They clustered geographically, and 77% occurred within May 2016 to March 2017, and recalled or were told by a doctor they Zika fever. Using as referent a group of mothers who delivered normal newborns in the same hospital, and an 80% plaque reduction neutralization test for dengue virus 1 and 2, there was a four-fold increased risk of congenital Zika syndrome among those with dengue 1 antibody as compared to those with dengue 2 antibody (odds ratio = 3.6; 95% confidence interval: 0.7, 20.5), reaching only borderline statistical significance.  The case definitions of congenital Zika syndrome used during the pandemic probably needed to be simpler to gain sensitivity.
Carolinensis minutus (Dujardin, 1845) Travassos 1937 (Nematoda, Heligmonellidae) in Microtus agrestis in the United Kingdom
Authors: Jackson Joseph A. , Friberg Ida M.
Published: August 2022

The heligmonellid nematode Carolinensis minutus (Dujardin, 1845) Travassos, 1937 is recorded for the first time in Microtus agrestis (Linnaeus, 1761) in the United Kingdom. Small heligmosomoid specimens were recovered from a M. agrestis vole inhabiting mole (Talpa europaea Linnaeus, 1758) tunnels in mid Wales. The identity of these specimens was confirmed as C. minutus by >99% nucleotide identity with internally transcribed spacer (ITS) 1 and ITS 2 sequences in French C. minutus. 