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Neutrophil-to-Lymphocyte Ratio (NLR) as An Inflammation Degree Marker in Tongue Cancer Patient
Authors: Lathifah Syakira Husna , Yohana Winny , Rodian Moch.
Published: January 2022

Tongue cancer is one of the most common malignancies of all oral malignancies. Cancer staging is induced by a systemic inflammatory response with one of the markers, one of them is neutrophil-lymphocyte ratio (NLR). This study aims to provide an overview of the NLR as a marker of the degree of inflammation in patients with tongue cancer. This systematic literature review was conducted online from January 2021 to March 2021 against articles reporting RNL as a marker of inflammatory action in patients with tongue cancer. The search for articles referred to Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Review and Meta-analysis (PRISMA) and conducted through PubMed, PMC, ScienceDirect, and EBSCOhost with the publication year 2015-2020. Selected articles met the criteria according to the PICO framework (Population, Intervention, Comparison, Outcome). Article screening is done by reading the title and abstract, checking for duplication, and reading the entire text. Sixteen in 841 research articles with observational study design were identified, the NLR cut-off value ranges from 2.04-2.95. Nine in ten research articles suggested a relationship between the NLR value and several clinicopathological characteristics of the patient. Twelve articles mentioned that there was the association of RNL with patient overall survival (OS), disease-free survival (DFS), and disease-specific survival (DSS). The NLR value can be an indicator of the degree of inflammation in patients with tongue cancer as assessed from the parameters of the clinicopathological assessment and can be a predictive factor for patient's prognosis or survival status.
Incidence Picture of Early Loss of Primary First Molar Teeth in 6-9 Year Old Children in Dental Hospital of Jember University
Authors: Baihaqi Ilham Nur Iman , Dwiatmoko Surartono , Setyorini Dyah
Published: January 2022

Premature loss of primary teeth is a condition where primary teeth are lost before the replacement teeth approach eruption due to caries, trauma and systemic conditions. Premature date can lead to a reduction in the length of the dental arch and migration of the opposing teeth leading to rotation, crowding and impaction of the permanent teeth. The purpose of the study: to describe the incidence picture of early loss of primary first molar teeth in 6-9 year old children in dental hospital of Jember University. The type of research carried out in this study was descriptive observational with a cross sectional approach. The research data showed that there were 42 medical records of pediatric patients aged 6-9 years. There are 5 medical records for patients aged 6 years, 15 data for medical colleagues for patients aged 7 years, 16 medical records for patients aged 8 years, and 6 medical records for patients aged 9 years. The percentage incidence of premature date of the maxillary right primary first molar was 11.9%, the premature date of the maxillary left first molar was 9.5%, while the mandibular left first primary molar had a premature date of 7.1%, and in the premature date of the mandibular right primary first molar was 19.05%. The conclusion from the results of this study is that the incidence of premature first molar dates in children aged 6-9 years at RSGM UNEJ in 2020 is most commonly found in the mandibular right first molar at 19.05%
Information System for Early Detection of Dental and Mouth Diseases in Pregnant Women
Authors: Sariyem Sariyem , Wiradona Irmanita , Sadimin Sadimin
Published: January 2022

AbstractProblems with dental and oral health are experienced by pregnant women, including 30-100% of pregnant women experiencing gingivitis. Dental and oral health checks in pregnant women include a dental and oral health assessment card that contains the habits of pregnant women that can affect the risk of dental and oral diseases. The use of the card is not maximal and has not been widely used, so that dental and oral diseases in pregnant women are still high and cannot be detected properly.Objective: To produce innovations in the effort of early detection of risk information for dental and oral diseases based on information to support dental and oral health of pregnant womenMethod: The research method used in this study is the Research and Development method or research planning and development. With a sample of 20 consisting of 5 dentists, 5 dental nurses, 5 midwives, and 5 pregnant women. The main field test uses quasi-experimental post-test only control group design. The research instrument used was a questionnaire to assess the feasibility of media and questionnaires to test testimonials using the chi-square test.Results: there is a significant value in the test testimony of the application of early detection of dental and oral diseases in pregnant women seen with a p-value of 0.05, which means the application of early detection of dental and oral diseases as a medium of information that is easily acceptedConclusion: the application of early detection of dental and oral diseases in pregnant women is more effective than the dental health examination card in pregnant women
Acceptability Test and Glucose Analysis of Non-Cariogenic Biscuit Based On Sorghum Flour and Xylitol Sugar
Authors: Subekti Ani , Siregar Irma H.Y , Sunarjo Lanny
Published: January 2022

Kasus karies gigi banyak ditemukan pada usia tumbuh kembang yaitu anak-anak prasekolah dan usia sekolah. Anak prasekolah dan sekolah sering mengkonsumsi jajanan makanan kariogenik yang menjadi salah satu penyebab terjadinya karies. Makanan kariogenik adalah makanan yang banyak mengandung glukosa dan bersifat lengket di gigi geligi. Anak-anak sangat suka dengan jajanan berupa biskuit yang manis. Tujuan dari penelitian ini adalah mengetahui uji analisa kandungan glukosa dan uji organoleptik pada biskuit nonkariogenik berbahan dasar shorgum terkandung gula xilitol.Jenis penelitian adalah eksperimen dengan 3 kelompok perlakuan dan 1 kelompok kontrol. Pengujian analisis meliputi uji organoleptik dan uji Luff scrool. Pengujian menggunakan metode hedonic scale test dengan analisa secara deskriptif kuantitatif.Hasil kandungan glukosa pada Biskuit  xilitol 50% adalah yang paling rendah 2,38%. Namun anak-anak paling tidak menyukai biskuit sorgum. Kesimpulan penelitian ini adalah biskuit xilitol 100% disukai oleh anak-anak. Uji organoleptik menunjukkan anak-anak menyukai biskuit xilitol 100% karena faktor rasa, aroma, mudah dikunyah, mudah digigit dan mudah ditelan dibandingkan dengan biskuit sorgum dan biskuit xilitol 50%.
PEMBERDAYAAN MASYARAKAT MELALUI PELATIHAN DIVERSIFIKASI PEMBERIAN MAKANAN TAMBAHAN (PMT) BALITA DI KAMPUNG SEHAT MENGUNHARJO TEMBALANG
Authors: Masrochah Siti , Murniati Emi , Katili Irwan , Rochmayanti Dwi , Jannah Marichatul
Published: January 2022

Kelurahan Mangunharjo Tembalang merupakan salah satu kelurahan di Kota Semarang yang memiliki keadaan geografis yang terdiri dari perbukitan sehingga sangat indah dan potensial menjadi hunian masyarakat karena cukup sejuk di wilayah kota Semarang. Akan tetapi, karena letaknya cukup jauh dari pusat kota, menjadikan kota ini menjadi wilayah pengembangan pemukiman sehingga sebagian besar wilayah digunakan sebagai perumahan baru. Untuk menciptakan lingkungan yang sehat di wilayah tersebut diperlukan upaya pemberdayaan masyarakat guna menciptakan kampung sehat di wilayah Mangunharjo. Salah satu bentuk kegiatan yang mendukung hal tersebut yaitu pemberdayaan masyarakat melalui pelatihan diversifikasi pemberian PMT. Metode yang dilakukan pada kegiatan ini adalah dengan pendekatan pelatihan, dilanjutkan dengan implementasi program dengan melakukan pendampingan dan selanjutnya setiap tahapan waktu akan dilakukan evaluasi untuk mendapatkan umpan balik dan upaya peningkatan selanjutnya. Secara umum kegiatan pengabdian masyarakat di Kampung Sehat Mangunharjo ini sudah berjalan dengan lancar dan dirasakan manfaatnya oleh kader.
Human-Health-Analysis Semantic Computing & 5D World Map System
Authors: Kiyoki Yasushi , Murakami Koji , Sasaki Shiori , Uraki Asako
Published: January 2022

Semantic space creation and computing are essentially significant to realize semantic interpretations of situations and symptoms in human-health. We have presented a semantic space creation and computing method for domain-specific research areas. This method realizes semantic space creation with domain-oriented knowledge and databases. This paper presents a semantic space creation and computing method for “Human-Health Database” with the implementation process for “Human-Health-Analytical Semantic Computing”. This paper also presents a new knowledge base creation method for personal health data for preventive care and potential risk inspection with global and geographical mapping and visualization in 5-Dimensional World Map System. This method focuses on the analysis of personal health and potential-risk inspection and realizes a set of semantic computing functions for semantic interpretations of situations and symptoms in human-health. This method is applied to “Human-Health-Analytical Semantic Computing” to realize world-wide evaluation for (1) multi-parameterized personal health data, such as various biomarkers, clinical physical parameters, lifestyle parameters, other clinical/physiological or human health factors, etc., for health monitoring, and (2) time-series multi-parameterized health data in the national/regional level for global analysis of potential cause of disease. This Human-Health-Analytical Semantic Computing method realizes a new multidimensional data analysis and knowledge sharing for a global-level health monitoring and disease analysis. The computational results are able to be visualized in the time-series difference of the values in each place, the difference between the values of multiple places in a focused area, and the time-series differences between the values of multiple places to detect and predict a potential-risk of diseases.
Improvement of Searching for Appropriate Textual Information Sources Using Association Rules and FCA
Authors: Menšík Marek , Albert Adam , Patschka Vojtěch , Pajr Miroslav
Published: January 2022

This paper deals with an optimization of methods for recommending relevant text sources. We summarize methods that are based on a theory of Association Rules and Formal Conceptual Analysis which are computationally demanding. Therefore we are applying the ‘Iceberg Concepts’, which significantly prune output data space and thus accelerate the whole process of the calculation. Association Rules and the Relevant Ordering, which is an FCA-based method, are applied on data obtained from explications of an atomic concept. Explications are procured from natural language sentences formalized into TIL constructions and processed by a machine learning algorithm. TIL constructions are utilized only as a specification language and they are described in numerous publications, so we do not deal with TIL in this paper.
Public Sentiment Towards Vaccination After COVID-19 Outbreak in the Arab World
Authors: Biswas Rafiul , Alam Tanvir , Househ Mowafa , Shah Zubair
Published: January 2022

Public perception about vaccines is imperative for successful vaccination programs. This study aims to measure the shift of sentiment towards vaccines after the COVID-19 outbreak in the Arab-speaking population. The study used vaccine-related Arabic Tweets and analyzed the sentiment of users in two different time frames, before 2020 (T1) and after 2020 (T2). The analysis showed that in T1, 48.05% of tweets were positive, and 16.47% of tweets were negative. In T2, 43.03% of tweets were positive, and 20.56% of tweets were negative. Among the Twitter users, the sentiment of 15.92% users shifted towards positive, and the sentiment of 17.90% users shifted towards negative. Public sentiment that have shifted towards positive may be due to the hope of vaccine efficacy, whereas public sentiment that have shifted towards negative may be due to the concerns related to vaccine side effects and misinformation. This study can support policymakers in the Arab world to combat the COVID-19 pandemic by utilizing tools to understand public opinion and sentiment.
ALLD: Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia Detector
Authors: Musleh Saleh , Islam Mohammad Tariqul , Alam Mohammad Towfik , Househ Mowafa , Shah Zubair , Alam Tanvir
Published: January 2022

Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL) is a life-threatening type of cancer wherein mortality rate is unquestionably high. Early detection of ALL can reduce both the rate of fatality as well as improve the diagnosis plan for patients. In this study, we developed the ALL Detector (ALLD), which is a deep learning-based network to distinguish ALL patients from healthy individuals based on blast cell microscopic images. We evaluated multiple DL-based models and the ResNet-based model performed the best with 98% accuracy in the classification task. We also compared the performance of ALLD against state-of-the-art tools utilized for the same purpose, and ALLD outperformed them all. We believe that ALLD will support pathologists to explicitly diagnose ALL in the early stages and reduce the burden on clinical practice overall.
Application of Natural Language Processing to Learn Insights on the Clinician’s Lived Experience of Electronic Health Records
Authors: Senathirajah Yalini , Cho Hwayoung , Fawcett Jaime , Mondejar Karla M. , Cato Kenrick , Broadwell Peter , Yoon Sunmoo
Published: January 2022

We interviewed six clinicians to learn about their lived experience using electronic health records (EHR, Allscripts users) using a semi-structured interview guide in an academic medical center in New York City from October to November 2016. Each participant interview lasted approximately one to two hours. We applied a clustering algorithm to the interview transcript to detect topics, applying natural language processing (NLP). We visualized eight themes using network diagrams (Louvain modularity 0.70). Novel findings include the need for a concise and organized display and data entry page, the user controlling functions for orders, medications, radiology reports, and missing signals of indentation or filtering functions in the order page and lab results. Application of topic modeling to qualitative interview data provides far-reaching research insights into the clinicians’ lived experience of EHR and future optimal EHR design to address human-computer interaction issues in an acute care setting.
Predicting the Risk Factors of Second Primary Cancer in Patients with Hepatocellular Carcinoma
Authors: Liao Hsien-Hua , Chang Chi-Chang , Wang Yu-Xiang , Cheewakriangkrai Chalong
Published: January 2022

Screening for cancer and improved treatments have not only improved treatment outcomes and patient survival but have also led to an increase in the number of second primary cancers (SPCs). Hepatocellular carcinoma has been a common occurrence in Taiwan over the past decade. The mortality rate is second only to malignant tumors of lung cancer, and it also represents the fourth highest cancer medical expenditure. This study aimed to use machine learning to identify the risk factors for Hepatocellular carcinoma survivors. Of 378,445 datasets, including 15,251 from patients with SPCs, were collected; 18 predictive variables were considered risk factors for SPCs based on the physician panel discussion. The machine learning techniques employed included support vector machine, C5 decision tree, and random forest. SMOTE (Synthetic Minority Oversampling Technique) sampling method was used to resolve the imbalance problem. The results showed that the top 5 risk factors for SPCs were tumor size, clinical stage, surgery, total bilirubin, and BCLC Stage. The support vector machine method had the highest predicted accuracy (0.7673). The risk factors extracted from the classification models and association rules will be used to provide valuable information for HCC therapy.
Factors for Individualization of Therapeutic Exercises for the Design of Health-Enabling Technologies
Authors: Elgert Lena , Steiner Bianca , Saalfeld Birgit , Marschollek Michael , Wolf Klaus-Hendrik
Published: January 2022

Designing health-enabling technologies (HETs) to support individualized physiotherapeutic exercises requires comprehensive knowledge of bio-psycho-social factors to be considered. Therefore, this review identified factors for individualization of therapeutic exercises in patients with musculoskeletal shoulder disorders in peer-reviewed articles searched in MEDLINE. The final full-text analysis included 16 of 335 search results and extracted nineteen main categories of individualization factors. The most frequently identified main categories include progression of exercises, exercise framework, and assessment. An iterative approach with constant reassessments represents the key principle for the process of individualization. Categories that are difficult to standardize were rarely mentioned, but should also be considered. The identified factors can improve the design-process of HETs by sensitizing developers, enable further formal modelling, and support communication between developers, physiotherapists, and patients.
Analyzing Topics and Sentiments from Twitter to Gain Insights to Refine Interventions for Family Caregivers of Persons with Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias (ADRD) During COVID-19 Pandemic
Authors: Yoon Sunmoo , Broadwell Peter , Alcantara Carmela , Davis Nicole , Lee Haeyoung , Bristol Amanda , Tipiani Dante , Nho Joo Young , Mittelman Mary
Published: January 2022

We randomly extracted Tweets mentioning dementia/Alzheimer’s caregiving-related terms (n= 58,094) from Aug 23, 2019, to Sep 14, 2020, via an API. We applied a clustering algorithm and natural language processing (NLP) to publicly available English Tweets to detect topics and sentiment. We compared emotional valence scores of Tweets from before (through the end of 2019) and after the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic (2020-). Prevalence of topics related to caregiver emotional distress (e.g., depression, helplessness, stigma, loneliness, elder abuse) and caregiver coping (e.g., resilience, love, reading books) increased, and topics related to late-stage dementia caregiving (e.g., nursing home placement, hospice, palliative care) decreased during the pandemic. The mean emotional valence score significantly decreased from 1.18 (SD 1.57; range -7.1 to 7.9) to 0.86 (SD 1.57; range -5.5 to 6.85) after the advent of COVID-19 (difference -0.32 CI: -0.35, -0.29). The application of topic modeling and sentiment analysis to streaming social media provides a foundation for research insights regarding mental health needs for family caregivers of a person with ADRD during COVID-19 pandemic.
Predicting Hospital Admission for Emergency Department Patients: A Machine Learning Approach
Authors: Feretzakis Georgios , Sakagianni Aikaterini , Loupelis Evangelos , Karlis Georgios , Kalles Dimitris , Tzelves Lazaros , Chatzikyriakou Rea , Trakas Nikolaos , Petropoulou Stavroula , Tika Aikaterini , Rakopoulou Zoi , Dalainas Ilias , Kaldis Vasileios
Published: January 2022

The objective of this study was to establish a machine learning model and to evaluate its predictive capability of admission to the hospital. This observational retrospective study included 3204 emergency department visits to a public tertiary care hospital in Greece from 14 March to 4 May 2019. We investigated biochemical markers and coagulation tests that are routinely checked in patients visiting the Emergency Department (ED) in relation to the ED outcome (admission or discharge). Among the most popular classification techniques of the scikit-learn library through a 10-fold cross-validation approach, a GaussianNB model outperformed other models with respect to the area under the receiver operating characteristic curve.
Contribution of Artificial Intelligence in Pregnancy: A Scoping Review
Authors: Abuelezz Israa , Hassan Asma , Jaber Bassam Ali , Sharique Mohamad , Abd-Alrazaq Alaa , Househ Mowafa , Alam Tanvir , Shah Zubair
Published: January 2022

For the past ten years, the healthcare sector and industry has witnessed a surge in Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies being used in many different medical specialties. Recently, AI-driven technologies have been utilized in medical care for pregnancy. In this work, we present a scoping review that explores the features of AI-driven technologies used in caring for pregnant patients. This review was conducted using the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic review and Meta-Analyses extension for Scoping Reviews. Our analysis revealed that AI techniques were used in predicting pregnancy disorders such as preeclampsia and gestational diabetes, along with managing and treating ectopic pregnancies. We also found that AI technologies were used to assess risk factors and safety surveillance of pregnant women. We believe that AI-driven technologies have the potential to improve the healthcare provided to pregnant women.
The Use of Robotics in Dementia Care: An Ethical Perspective
Authors: Wagner Evangeline , Borycki Elizabeth M.
Published: January 2022

Dementia and other related diseases are becoming increasingly diagnosed and are placing a serious strain on the healthcare system. Robotic technology research is currently underway to provide the much needed support to patients, caregivers, and health providers. This includes examining the ethical implications of robots use in healthcare. This scoping review explores the current state of the literature regarding robotics and dementia with a special lens on ethics. More specifically, this paper strives to gain an understanding of the current ethical considerations, and propose an intervention for evaluating ethical considerations prior to implementation. This research was conducted using PRISMA guidelines, extracting data from articles. Our findings revealed that further attention to policies and guidelines that are currently in place for general use of the technology should be utilized, and applied specifically to the context where the technology will be used.
Evaluation of Meditation Apps Available on Google Play and Apple Store: An App Review
Authors: Muhiyaddin Raghad , Abd-Alrazaq Alaa , Shah Zubair , Alam Tanvir , Househ Mowafa
Published: January 2022

Many meditation apps have been used to improve the mental wellbeing of individuals. However, little information is available regarding the quality of the applications. This study aims to evaluate meditation apps using the Mobile Applications Rating Scale (MARS). A systematic search for meditation apps was performed on both Android Google Play and Apple iOS Store. We used two keywords to search both app stores: meditation and mindfulness. Out of 623 apps identified, 334 apps were excluded due to language, containing only reminders to meditate, or for not being accessible. A total number of 289 apps remained, of which 280 apps were excluded for being information-only focused, containing religious practices, eating habits, exercises, or for not being free. Therefore, nine apps were included in this review for evaluation. The MARS ratings used in this app review were based on scores from a prior study conducted. The mobile app Headspace had the highest average (4), which is rated as ‘good’ based on MARS. The remaining apps were rated as acceptable with averages that ranged from 3.2–3.7.
Features of Meditation Apps: A Scoping Review
Authors: Muhiyaddin Raghad , Abd-Alrazaq Alaa , Alajlani Mohannad , Shah Zubair , Alam Tanvir , Househ Mowafa
Published: January 2022

This review aims to provide an overview of the features of meditation apps as described in empirical literature. Nine databases were searched for this review. Search terms were related to all types of meditation. Study selection and data extraction of the included studies were conducted by two reviewers. We included 93 studies in this review. Headspace was the most common app among studies and the most common type of meditation was mindfulness. Stress was the most targeted health condition by the studies. Future research needs to focus on different mental conditions other than stress to understand the effect of meditation apps on mental health.
A Resilience Model for Moderating Outcomes Related to Electronic Medical Record Downtime
Authors: Walsh Joseph M. , Borycki Elizabeth M.
Published: January 2022

The objective of this scoping review is to develop a model to understand the factors that influence clinical downtimes or clinical activities in a healthcare organization. To report on the results of searches preformed using seven bibliographic databases, using the logical search criteria of (downtime AND (EMR OR Electronic Medical Record OR EHR OR Electronic Health Record). After a title, abstract and full-text review 26 articles remained. The articles were coded and analyzed for themes. Downtime planning activities mitigate the effects of disasters on patient safety outcomes and clinical delays. A model was developed representing the relationships between disasters, the moderating variable of downtime planning activities and patient safety as well as clinical outcomes. Disasters can have significant impact on patients and health professionals. Downtime planning activities can be enacted when a disaster occurs to moderate the effects of the downtime on patients and clinical activities and can improve safety.
Healthcare Professionals’ Perceptions of Adoption of EHRs in Primary Care in Saudi Arabia
Authors: Alanazi Bander Dowahi , Naptsok Bella
Published: January 2022

EHRs are crucial for the provision of high-quality healthcare. However, their adoption and utilization are influenced by several factors, including users’ perceptions. This study evaluated the perceptions of Saudi healthcare professionals towards the adoption of EHRs in primary care. All healthcare professionals working in primary care centers in Riyadh city were surveyed, resulting in a 65.9% response rate. Overall, the respondents had a positive perception of EHRs, as demonstrated by high agreement levels across all benefits and low with obstacles. There was also a positive relationship between perceived benefits and satisfaction with EHRs but negative with obstacles to adoption.
Co-Designing Smartphone Notifications According to the Clinical Routine of Cancer Patients
Authors: Bonotis Panos , Schera Fatima , Karamanidou Christina , Scarfo Lydia , Pontikoglou Charalambos , Maramis Christos
Published: January 2022

Although smartphone-based notifications offer a promising tool to support patient engagement and data collection via mobile health apps, attention must be given to the burden caused by frequent notifications and notification timing. This study presents a personalized mobile notification scheme, designed and developed to optimize reachability, and thus data collection from patients. Engineers, psychologists, oncologists, and patients were involved in various stages of a co-design approach and the presented implementation is currently used in the context of a clinical study.
Scientific Model Application “Smart Personalized Telecare Approach in Primary Healthcare”
Authors: Alexandri Danae , Tsirintani Maria
Published: January 2022

This research endeavor is based on the theoretical model of smart personalized telecare approach. As a research hypothesis, the model has the potential to develop utility during the mass crisis effect of Covid-19 pandemic. It will be tested for its applicability in two parallel dimensions for the utilization of the properties of the Delphi research method by tele-monitoring mild cases of Covid-19, because during the pandemic the meaning of holistic health has been shown as a supplementary good to every human activity and the technology of information and communication converts the healthcare into a generally sufficient service with the appropriate cost-management.
STUDY REGARDING ETHICAL VERSUS GENERIC PRESCRIPTION OF STATINS
Authors: Atwal Shilpa , Thakur Jitender
Published: January 2022

Background: To study the ethical versus generic prescription of statins

Methods: Study was conducted on Patients with indications for statins presenting to cardiology OPD,Medicine OPD and Endocrinology OPD and started on statins at PGIMER, Chandigarh, within a period of 9 months.

Results: In our study population, amongst the primary prevention group, a larger percentage about 56% were receiving generic prescription of statins and about 44% were receiving ethical prescription of statins .Whereas in secondary prevention group, about 45.5% of patients were receiving generic prescription and 54.5% were receiving ethical prescription .

Concluded: In our study population patients were equally prescribed on ethical (49.8%) and generic prescriptions (50.2%).

Keywords: Statin, Ethical, Generic
A Comprehensive Survey of Ecocritical Studies in Turkish Academia
Authors: TAN Cenk
Published: January 2022

Ecocritical theory began to be studied in Turkish academia during the late 1990s by pioneer scholars, Ufuk Özdağ and Serpil Oppermann. However, it was after 2000 that ecocritical studies started to gain popularity among Turkish scholars of the humanities. Although nature-oriented research dates back to earlier times in Turkish academia, research on a wide variety of genres and issues within the scope of ecocriticism created change by a re-evaluation of nature and human relationships. This research aims to provide a comprehensive survey of ecocritical studies of the last two decades, and explore Turkish ecocritical scholarship under two major headings: published books/articles, and unpublished dissertations. The ultimate purpose of this research is to introduce Turkish ecocritical studies to international scholars, to determine the least and most scrutinised ecocritical subfields, and to establish a framework for Turkish researchers of ecocritical theory. This article also strives to become a guide for future Turkish scholars of the humanities who are just stepping into ecocritical theory.
The effect of heavy metals on the enzymatic activity of the soils of Sumgait
Authors: Bagirova Ch. Z.
Published: January 2022

The article is devoted to the study of the effect of heavy metals on the enzymatic activity of gray-brown soil in Sumgait. It was found that soil contamination with heavy metals leads to a significant decrease in the activity of microorganisms, including cellulosedecomposing ones. According to the inhibitory effect on the number of cellulosedecomposing microorganisms, metals can be arranged in a row: Рb < Сu < Zn. The decrease in cellulose-decomposing activity under the influence of high doses of Сu was 51%, Zn – 45%, Pb – 54%. A significant decrease in enzymatic activity was found in the presence of heavy metal contamination. With an increase in the amount of lead in the soil, a decrease in the activity of invertase was observed, at the same time, the greatest response to soil contamination with lead was found in the catalase enzyme. Thus, in comparison with the control, an increase in the activity of the catalase enzyme in the presence of lead in the soil occurs at a concentration of 1 MAC, which is more than 33%. A further increase in the values of catalase activity by more than 2.0 times is detected when the lead content in the soil is about 4 MAC. This allows the catalase activity of soils to be used as an indicator of soil contamination of the city of Sumgait with heavy metals, including lead.
Particular qualities of mineral metabolism in sika deer (Cervus nippon) in a limited area of the National Park «Losiny Ostrov»
Authors: Ananiev L. Yu. , Kryukovskaya G. M. , Maryushina T. O. , Davydov E. V. , Matveeva M. V. , Maryushina A. V. , Yutkin I. A.
Published: January 2022

Preserving animal populations and improving the quality of life of individual animals largely depends on monitoring their health. This task is especially important in isolated area under the harmful influence of man. The goal of the work was to analyze the mineral composition of the sika deer blood to identify the features of mineral metabolism in isolated area, under conditions of high anthropogenic load. During this research the type of soil on which the habitat of animals is located was taken into account. The object of the study was 59 individuals of sika deer (Cervus nippon) of different sex and age groups living in the territory of the Losiny Ostrov National Park in natural and semifree conditions. The level of serum calcium, phosphorus (and their ratio), magnesium, potassium, iron and chlorides was determined in animal subjects. Biochemical studies of blood samples were carried out on a biochemical analyzer HTI Biohaem SA, using reagents manufactured by ZAO Diacon-DS (Russia). The research results showed that almost all macro and microelements in male sika deer of the younger age group have higher average values relative to those in adult animals. Analysis of mineral metabolism indices in female sika deer revealed that with the same average calcium value in young and adult individuals, the spread between the maximum and minimum levels for this element is more pronounced in the group of adult females (1.7–3.4 mmol/l). Abnormalities of Ca/P metabolism were found in a small number of young males; single deviations in calcium and phosphorus were also observed in males of the older age group. A considerably low magnesium level was found in 31% of the older female deer, while the iron level was 21% higher among the young females. In general, the content of mineral elements in the blood serum of young animals was found to be higher due to the accelerated metabolism and intensive growth. In the course of the work, the indicators of mineral metabolism in sika deer of the Losiny Ostrov National Park were determined, which makes it possible to use this information to observe changes or diagnose metabolic disorders.
Livestock and environment
Authors: Ibragimov A. G. , Borulko V. G. , Lukyanova I. А.
Published: January 2022

Relevance.With the development of the application of the achievements of scientific and technological progress in agricultural production, agriculture began to take more from nature, and instead throw in there a huge amount of waste generated as a result of activities. Therefore, the problem of environmental protection in agricultural production, especially in industrial animal husbandry, has become urgent. Livestock and poultry farming with their manure, dung, greenhouse gases and other wastes have begun to pollute the environment more. These pollutants reduce soil fertility and productivity, and deteriorate the quality of water and atmospheric air. As a result, agricultural production itself suffers, agricultural products are received in less amount and the quality of products deteriorates.

Materials and research methods.The material of the study was the data of environmental statistical reporting of the Russian Federation and its subjects over the last 10 years, as well as materials of periodical scientific publications on environmental problems. In the course of the research, abstract-logical, monographic, computational-constructive, comparative analyzes and statistical methods were used.

Results.According to the state reports “On the state and protection of the environment of the Russian Federation”, the agro-industrial complex in modern conditions continues to be the main pollutant of land and other elements of the environment. More than 45 types of pollutants are emitted into the environment from livestock farms and complexes and poultry farms. Atmosphere air is contaminated with microorganisms, dust, ammonia and other animal waste products. Large volumes of manure and droppings generated in the course of the activity of livestock enterprises, the complexity of their processing and disposal indicate the need to use a variety of ways to solve the problem of effective treatment of manure and droppings. In this sense, the chinese waste disposal technology is of particular interest. China is now took the leading positions in the world in the biological disposal of food and agricultural waste with the help of black lion fly larvae.
Brief results and prospects of apple breeding at VNIISPK
Authors: Sedov E. N. , Yanchuk T. V. , Korneyeva S. A.
Published: January 2022

As a result of 65 years of intensive large-scale apple breeding work, the Russian Research Institute of Fruit Crop Breeding (VNIISPK) created and included in the State Register of Breeding Achievements 56 apple cultivars of different fruit ripening periods. Some of them are already widely known and occupy large areas in industrial and amateur gardens. Among these cultivars, Venyaminovskoye, Veteran, Rozhdestvenskoye and Sinap Orlovsky are approved for use in four regions of the Russian Federation; Kandil Orlovsky, Kulikovskoye, Orlik and Orlovskoye Polosatoye are grown in three regions; 10 cultivars are zoned in two regions of Russia; the remaining 37 cultivars are allowed for use so far in one region of the country. For the first time in Russia and in the world, 17 triploid apple cultivars were created from intervalent crosses. These cultivars are characterized by more regular fruiting and more beautiful and larger fruits. Some of them are immune to scab. In total, more than 20 apple cultivars immune to scab have been created, including the first domestic scab-immune cultivar Imrus (immune russian). The long-term work has shown that only a large interdisciplinary team can create apple cultivars that meet the ever-increasing production requirements. The disadvantage in our breeding work with apples, as well as in other breeding institutions, is that it usually takes too much time to create a cultivar (often more than 25 years). As our experience shows, it took no more than 20 years to create individual cultivars: Rozhdestvenskoye – 16 years, Priokskoye – 18 years, Imrus and Poesia – 19 years, to create Alexandr Boyko, Venyaminovskoye, Kandil Orlovsky, Maslovskoye, Solnyshko, Stroevskoye, and Pamyaty Khitrovo it took 20 years. The greatest number of years was spent on the creation of the following cultivars: Pepin Orlovsky – 48 years, Orlovskaya Zarya – 45 years, Pamyat Voinu and Radost Nadezhdy – 38 years, Kulikovskoye – 37 years, Sinap Orlovsky – 34 years, Den Pobedy – 33 years. This article presents techniques that accelerate the selection process in apples. In the coming years, the goal is to obtain triploid cultivars that are immune to scab and have columnar habit (“three in one”).
Le paradigme du pastorat féminin dans l’église évangélique aujourd’hui
Authors: Sá Danielle Mendonça de , Ghedini Robson Maurício
Published: January 2022

Actuellement, il y a des Églises qui choisissent de limiter la contribution des femmes dans l’exercice de leur ministère dans certains secteurs ecclésiastiques, voire de la réduire au silence. Par conséquent, cette recherche est basée sur la question suivante: comment l’analyse du rôle des femmes dans le contexte biblique aide-t-elle à accepter la légitimité du pastorat féminin dans l’Église évangélique aujourd’hui? Ainsi, l’objectif de cette étude est de fournir un nouvel horizon dans la compréhension du thème du direction ecclésiastique féminin, afin de contribuer à la résolution de ce problème et à la rupture des paradigmes, à la lumière de la Sainte Bible, décrivant les principales difficultés rencontrées par les femmes dans l’exercice ministériel, tout en cherchant à comprendre la pensée dérivée des aspects du contexte social, politique, historique, économique et religieux depuis l’époque où les textes bibliques ont été écrits. À cette fin, la recherche bibliographique et l’approche qualitative ont été utilisées comme présupposé méthodologique descriptif, car il était nécessaire de présenter des éléments et des faits extraits de l’histoire concernant ces aspects, car la combinaison de tous permettait de traduire la façon dont les hommes et les femmes de cette époque se comportaient, pensaient et ressentaient. Il est également entendu que cette pensée a imprégné la tradition de l’Église au cours des siècles, cependant, il est souligné que la tradition culturelle de l’époque n’a pas les mêmes éléments socioculturels d’aujourd’hui. En ce sens, des informations sont recueillies sur les difficultés rencontrées par les femmes dans le domaine social et religieux, la fonction féminine dans le judaïsme, leur participation au christianisme, depuis la façon dont Jésus les a traitées; à leur participation à l’Église primitive, en plus d’offrir un espace pour l’analyse de textes bibliques qui éclairent la vision biblique des ministères féminins, un récit de l’histoire de Débora, une pasteure dans la pratique, bien qu’elle ne porte pas le titre, ainsi que des discours sur le ministère pastoral comme un don donné par Dieu. On en conclut qu’aujourd’hui, il est appelé à des femmes plus intrépides, courageuses, fidèles à Dieu, pieuses, obéissantes, loyales, pasteurs d’âmes, telles que Débora, Marie, Hulda, entre autres. Après tout, pour les hommes et les femmes, il n’y a qu’un seul Dieu, une seule mission (la sienne), une seule vision et une seule cible, Jésus.
The paradigm of the female pastorate in the evangelical church today
Authors: Sá Danielle Mendonça de , Ghedini Robson Maurício
Published: January 2022

Currently, there are churches that choose to limit the contribution of women in the exercise of their ministry in some ecclesiastical sectors, or even to silence her. Therefore, this research is based on the following question: how does the analysis of the role of women in the biblical context help in accepting the legitimacy of the female pastorate in the evangelical church today? Thus, the objective of this study is to provide a new horizon in the understanding of the theme of female ecclesiastical leadership, in order to contribute to the solvement of this problem and to the breaking of paradigms, in the light of the Holy Bible, describing the main difficulties faced by women in the ministerial exercise, while seeking to understand the thought derived from aspects of the social context, political, historical, economic and religious from the time when the biblical texts were written. For this purpose, bibliographic research and the qualitative approach were used as a descriptive methodological presupposition, because it was necessary to present elements and facts extracted from history regarding these aspects, since the combination of all made it possible to translate the way men and women of that time behaved, thought and felt. It is also understood that this thought permeated the tradition of the Church over the centuries, however, it is emphasized that the cultural tradition of the time does not have the same sociocultural elements of today. In this sense, information is gathered about the difficulties faced by women in the social and religious field, the female function in Judaism, their participation in Christianity, since the way Jesus treated them; to their participation in the Early Church, in addition to offering space for analysis of biblical texts that shed light on the biblical view of female ministries, an account of the history of Deborah, a pastor in practice, although she does not bear the title, as well as, addresses on pastoral ministry as a gift given by God. It is concluded that today it is called for more fearless, courageous, faithful to God, godly, obedient, loyal women, pastors of souls, such as Deborah, Miriam, Huldah, among others. After all, for men and women there is one God, one mission (his), one vision and one target, Jesus.
Base for drilling fluids. From import substitution to export prospective
Authors:   SLAVNEFT-YANOS PJSC, Yaroslavl, Karpov N. V. , Vakhromov N. N. ,   SLAVNEFT-YANOS PJSC, Yaroslavl, Dutlov E. V. ,   SLAVNEFT-YANOS PJSC, Yaroslavl, Bubnov M. A. ,   SLAVNEFT-YANOS PJSC, Yaroslavl, Gudkevich I. V. ,   SLAVNEFT-YANOS PJSC, Yaroslavl, Borisanov D. V. ,   SLAVNEFT-YANOS PJSC, Yaroslavl
Published: January 2022

The method for production of hydrocarbon base for drilling fluids implemented at slavneftyanos PJsC and the relevance of product production increase for the purpose of import substitution are described. a large-scale technology for the product production increase has been developed using a diesel fuel dewaxing unit. Organization of product production with the use of new technology will fully meet russian demand and move on to the study of export opportunities. In recent years, oil production has made a big step towards modern technologies. First place is taken by such concepts as efficiency and safety, and only modern methods of oil production are prospective, which require constant development of the technological base and use of the latest high-quality products. one of these products that allows the development of complex oil fields and increase the productivity of formations is hydrocarbon-based drilling fluid. Until recently, the overwhelming majority of such hydrocarbon base were imported, which put such an important industry for our country in a vulnerable position.
Study of fractional composition change during hydrotreatment of light coker gasoil at high pressure
Authors:   SLAVNEFT-YANOS PJSC, Yaroslavl, Toptygin A. A. , Gudkevich R. I. ,   SLAVNEFT-YANOS PJSC, Yaroslavl, Morozov A. L. ,   SLAVNEFT-YANOS PJSC, Yaroslavl, Burov E. A. ,   Gubkin Russian State University of Oil and Gas, Moscow
Published: January 2022

Slavneft-YANOS PJSC plans to commission delayed coking unit in 2025, and the key task is to increase the depth of oil refining and increase the share of high-margin petroleum products. As a result of evaluating the change of 95% of the diesel fuel boiling point during hydrotreatment at high hydrogen pressure, it was concluded that it is possible to expand the fractional composition of light coker gasoil at expense of heavy coker gasoil.
Determination of octane number in the range from 100 to 110 without use of tetraethyl lead
Authors:   SLAVNEFT-YANOS PJSC, Yaroslavl, Lebedev M. N. , Rumyantsev S. V. ,   SLAVNEFT-YANOS PJSC, Yaroslavl, Kopanskova T. V. ,   SLAVNEFT-YANOS PJSC, Yaroslavl
Published: January 2022

The reasons for the choice of toluene and isooctane blends to determine the octane number according to the research method in the range from 100 to 110 are reviewed. The data of experimental verification of operation with these blends are presented.
Laboratory unit for evaluation of hydrogen sulfide additives-absorbers efficiency
Authors:   SLAVNEFT-YANOS PJSC, Yaroslavl, Rumyantsev S. V. , Orlov A. Yu. ,   SLAVNEFT-YANOS PJSC, Yaroslavl, Kharchenko Ya. A. ,   SLAVNEFT-YANOS PJSC, Yaroslavl, Smirnov N. V. ,   SLAVNEFT-YANOS PJSC, Yaroslavl, Cherniy D. V. ,   SLAVNEFT-YANOS PJSC, Yaroslavl, Chubarov G. B. ,   SLAVNEFT-YANOS PJSC, Yaroslavl
Published: January 2022

The article describes a method for efficiency determination of hydrogen sulfide additives-absorbers used to reduce its concentration in the production of commercial fuel oil (mazut). The diagram and design of the labo-ratory unit are proposed. The method can be implemented in any refinery laboratory.
Energy efficiency is the future
Authors:   SLAVNEFT-YANOS PJSC, Yaroslavl, Egorov S. L. , Balyuk D. S. ,   SLAVNEFT-YANOS PJSC, Yaroslavl
Published: January 2022

The share of energy costs in the structure of specific costs for the production of oil refining enterprises comprises about 25–30%, which means that increasing energy efficiency is a real opportunity to significantly reduce costs and, accordingly, increase competitiveness. Therefore, the implementation of the energy saving program at such a large industrial enterprise as Slavneft-YANOS PJSC saves hundreds of millions of rubles a year.