bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Principle and design of clinical efficacy observation of extracorporeal cardiac shock wave therapy for patients with myocardial ischemia-reperfusion injury: A prospective randomized controlled trial protocol
Authors: Li Xianbin , Zhang Chaoyue , Liu Changzhi , Ma Yiming , Shi Yunke , Ye Yujia , Ma Xuejuan , Liu Yixi , Luo Xiang , Lin Fanru , Wang Jincheng , Tao Jifa , Lun Jinping , Cai Hongyan , Hu Zhao
Published: December 2023

Background

Acute ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) remains a serious life threatening event with a poor prognosis due to myocardial ischemia/reperfusion injury despite coronary revascularization. Extracorporeal cardiac shock wave (ECSW) is a safe, effective and non-invasive new method for the treatment of cardiovascular diseases. The current results show that extracorporeal cardiac shock wave provides a new treatment option for patients with severe and advanced coronary heart disease. However, there are relatively few clinical studies on the application of in vitro cardiac shock waves in patients with myocardial ischemia-reperfusion injury. We hypothesized that extracorporeal cardiac shock therapy would also be effective in reducing clinical endpoints in patients with STEMI reperfusion.

Objective

This study is order to provide a new therapeutic method for patients with myocardial ischemia-reperfusion injury and reveal the possible mechanism of ECSW for ischemia-reperfusion injury.

Methods and materials

CEECSWIIRI is a single-center, prospective randomized controlled trial that plans to enroll 102 eligible patients with acute ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction reperfusion. Eligible patients with STEMI reperfusion will be randomly divided into external cardiac shock therapy (ECSW) trial group and blank control group. The blank control group will receive optimal drug therapy, and the experimental group will receive optimal drug therapy combined with ECSW. The shock wave treatment plan will be 3-month therapy, specifically 1 week of treatment per month, 3 weeks of rest, 3 times of ECSW in each treatment week, respectively on the first day, the third day and the fifth day of the treatment week, lasting for 3 months and follow-up for 2 years. The primary endpoint will be to assess the 2-year improvement in all-cause death, re-hospitalization due to cardiovascular disease, major unintentional cerebrovascular events, including cardiogenic death, myocardial infarction, heart failure, arrhythmia, emergency coronary revascularization, and stroke in patients with STEMI reperfusion. Secondary endpoints will include improvements in angina pectoris, quality of life, cardiac structure and function, coronary microcirculation, and endothelial progenitor cell-derived miR-140-3p in relation to survival outcomes.

Trial registration number

ClinicalTrial.gov.org PRS:NCT05624203; Date of registration: November 12, 2022.
Impacts of visual impairment on pragmatic impairment: A systematic review and meta-analysis
Authors: Lulu Cheng , Xie Hong , Wang Peng , Zhang Ting
Published: December 2023

Background

Consideration for patients with visual impairment, from low vision to blindness, is an important part of building a barrier-free society. Some authors have elaborated that visual impairment can indeed lead to delayed development in theory of mind, thereby causing pragmatic knowledge deficiency. Verifying whether those with eye conditions have pragmatic impairment is an essential way for their clinical evaluation, intervention and rehabilitation.

Objective

We primarily carry out a meta-analysis of visual impairment from low vision to blindness and pragmatic impairment in people with low vision or blindness to verify visual impairment may cause pragmatic impairment.

Data sources

Electronic databases Pubmed, Medline, MesH, Psychinfo, Ovid, EBSCO and CNKI and the reference sections of previous reviews.

Study eligibility criteria

Studies were included when they built on primary data from clinical questionnaire surveys or field trials anywhere in the world, and when they reported impacts of visual impairment on social cognition, communication, skills, behavior and intelligence. In total, 25 original studies were included, in which 25735 people were evaluated.

Results

Statistically, visual impairments and pragmatic impairment exist correlation due to the significant p value(p = 0.0005 < 0.05) in group and the subgroup sorted in the light of 18 years old (p < 0.0001 and p = 0.003 < 0.05). Psychologically, because people with visual impairment can not normally get non-verbal information, they can not get a complete pragmatic knowledge system. Pragmatic knowledge deficiency leads to abnormal in executive functions and development delay from the perspective of theory of mind, inducing pragmatic impairment. Therefore, visual impairment has an impact on pragmatic impairment.

Conclusion

The meta-analysis reveals robust evidence on the relationship of vision impairment and pragmatic impairment in children or adults. Such evidence may help to gradually improve the clinical evaluation, intervention and rehabilitation of these people.
Bioinformatics analysis-based screening of circRNA gene with mainstream expression trend in colorectal cancer and construction of a coexpression regulatory network
Authors: Xu Lei , Zhang Hongqiang , Shao Yu , Fu Zan
Published: December 2023

Objective

Since circRNA can be utilized as a potential diagnostic marker for cancer, to explore the regulatory mechanism of colorectal cancer (CRC) using bioinformatics, the public database of circRNA was mined.

Methods

CRC differentially expressed miRNAs were screened in the Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) database, CRC differentially expressed circRNAs were searched in the Gene Expression Omnibus (GEO) database, the two databases were combined to identify CRC differentially expressed mRNAs, and a circRNA-miRNA‒mRNA regulatory network was constructed by combining a plurality of target prediction databases to identify key genes. The upstream circRNA and regulatory axis of the key genes were identified for gene ontology (GO) and Kyoto encyclopedia of genes and genomes (KEGG) enrichment analysis to explore the biological functions of circRNA in CRC using the regulatory axis.

Results

After the screening of the GSE21815 dataset, a total of 22 differentially expressed circRNAs were obtained, with 12 upregulated and 10 downregulated genes. Similarly, the GSE126094 dataset yielded 104 differentially expressed circRNAs, comprising 56 upregulated and 48 downregulated genes. Among the differentially expressed circRNAs, five were identified, with VDAC3 and SETD2 showing downregulated expression, while RAD23B, RPPH1, and MYBL2 exhibited upregulated expression. Following the selection process, five DEcircRNAs, eight target miRNAs, and 105 target DEmRNAs were identified. The protein-protein interaction (PPI) network revealed close relationships among the mRNAs, with E2F2, E2F3, CCND1, TNRC6A, and KAT2B identified as key genes. Notably, CCND1 emerged as a critical gene in the PPI network. Through the upregulation of has-circ-0087862, which binds to miR-892b, the translation inhibition of CCND1 by miR-892b was attenuated, leading to enhanced CCND1 expression. Functional enrichment analysis indicated that CCND1 was involved in protein binding and positive regulation of cellular processes, among other functions.

Conclusion

The differentially expressed genes (DEGs) in CRC markedly affected the survival time of patients. CircRNAs could be utilized as diagnostic markers of CRC, and the key genes in CRC could be screened out by bioinformatics, which would be helpful to understand the drug targets for the treatment of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-related CRC patients.
RBD-specific antibody response after two doses of different SARS-CoV-2 vaccines during the mass vaccination campaign in Mongolia
Authors: Batmunkh Burenjargal , Otgonbayar Dashpagma , Shaarii Shatar , Khaidav Nansalmaa , Shagdarsuren Oyu-Erdene , Boldbaatar Gantuya , Danzan Nandin-Erdene , Dashtseren Myagmartseren , Unurjargal Tsolmon , Dashtseren Ichinnorov , Dagvasumberel Munkhbaatar , Jagdagsuren Davaalkham , Bayandorj Oyunbileg , Biziya Baasanjargal , Surenjid Seesregdorj , Togoo Khongorzul , Bat-Erdene Ariunzaya , Narmandakh Zolmunkh , Choijilsuren Gansukh , Batmunkh Ulziisaikhan , Soodoi Chimidtseren , Boldbaatar Enkh-Amar , Byambatsogt Ganbaatar , Byambaa Otgonjargal , Deleg Zolzaya , Enebish Gerelmaa , Chuluunbaatar Bazardari , Zulmunkh Gereltsetseg , Tsolmon Bilegtsaikhan , Gunchin Batbaatar , Chimeddorj Battogtokh , Dambadarjaa Davaalkham , Sandag Tsogtsaikhan
Published: December 2023

The SARS-CoV-2 vaccination campaign began in February 2021 and achieved a high rate of 62.7% of the total population fully vaccinated by August 16, 2021, in Mongolia. We aimed to assess the initial protective antibody production after two doses of a variety of types of SARS-CoV-2 vaccines in the Mongolian pre-vaccine antibody-naïve adult population. This prospective study was conducted from March-April to July-August of 2021. All participants received one of the four government-proposed COVID-19 vaccines including Pfizer/BioNTech (BNT162b2), AstraZeneca (ChAdOx1-S), Sinopharm (BBIBP-CorV), and Sputnik V (Gam-COVID-Vac). Before receiving the first shot, anti-SARS-CoV-2 S-RBD human IgG titers were measured in all participants (n = 1833), and titers were measured 21–28 days after the second shot in a subset of participants (n = 831). We found an overall average protective antibody response of 84.8% (705 of 831 vaccinated) in 21–28 days after two doses of the four types of COVID-19 vaccines. Seropositivity and titer of protective antibodies produced after two shots of vaccine were associated with the vaccine types, age, and residence of vaccinees. Seropositivity rate varied significantly between vaccine types, 80.0% (28 of 35) for AstraZeneca ChAdOx1-S; 97.0% (193 of 199) for Pfizer BNT162b2; 80.7% (474 of 587) for Sinopharm BBIBP-CorV, and 100.0% (10 of 10) for Sputnik V Gam-COVID-Vac, respectively. Immunocompromised vaccinees with increased risk for developing severe COVID-19 disease had received the Pfizer vaccine and demonstrated a high rate of seropositivity. A high geometric mean titer (GMT) was found in vaccinees who received BNT162b2, while vaccinees who received ChAdOx1-S, Sputnik V, and BBIBP-CorV showed a lower GMT. In summary, we observed first stages of the immunization campaign against COVID-19 in Mongolia have been completed successfully, with a high immunogenicity level achieved among the population with an increased risk for developing severe illness.
Evaluation of the QoS policy model of an ordinary 5G smart city cluster with predominant URLLC and eMBB traffic
Authors: Kovtun Viacheslav , Grochla Krzysztof , Altameem Torki , Al-Maitah Mohammed
Published: December 2023

A typical element of the smart city’s information and communication space is a 5G cluster, which is focused on serving both new and handover requests because it is an open system. In an ordinary 5G smart city cluster, Ultra-Reliable Low-Latency Communications (URLLC) and enhanced Mobile BroadBand (eMBB) traffic types prevail. The formation of an effective QoS policy for such an object (taking into account the potentially active slicing technology) is an urgent problem. As a baseline, this research considers a Quality of Service (QoS) policy with constraints for context-defined URLLC and eMBB classes of incoming requests. Evaluating the QoS policy instance defined within the framework of the basic concept requires the formalization of both a complete qualitative metric and a computationally efficient mathematical apparatus for its calculation. The article presents accurate and approximate methods of calculating such quality parameters as the probability of loss of typed requests and the utilization ratio of the communication resource, which depend on the implementation of the estimated QoS policy. At the same time, the original parametric space includes both fixed characteristics (amount of available communication resources, load according to request classes) and controlled characteristics due to the specifics of the implementation of the basic QoS concept. The paper empirically proves the adequacy of the presented mathematical apparatus for evaluating the QoS policy defined within the scope of the research. Also, in the proposed qualitative metric, a comparison of the author’s concept with a parametrically close analogue (the well-known QoS policy scheme, which takes into account the phenomenon of reservation of communication resources), determined taking into account the reservation of communication resources, was made. The results of the comparison testify in favour of the superiority of the author’s approach in the proposed metrics.
Understanding the One Belt One Road Initiative (BRI) influence on exportations of Chinese smartphones: The moderating role of the GDP per capita
Authors: N’da Karamoko , Ge Jiaoju , Ji-Fan Ren Steven , Wang Jia
Published: December 2023

The One Belt One Road Initiative (BRI) has been the subject of multitudinous studies from various angles. Most previous studies have focused on BRI’s economic, geopolitical, or commercial implications for China. However, the few studies that focused on BRI’s influence on the exportations or importations of Chinese products via the Chinese Cross-border Electronic Commerce Market (CCBECM) have been carried out based only on authors’ opinions rather than on empirical evidence. Therefore, the actual effect of BRI on the exportations of Chinese product brands via CCBECM in BRI countries still needs to be discovered. Utilizing B2C exportation data of Chinese smartphones and a Difference-in Difference Model (DIDM), we have first examined the actual and direct impact of BRI policy on Chinese smartphone brands exportations via the Chinese Cross-border Electronic Commerce Market (CCBECM) from 2012 to 2019 in BRI countries. Secondly, we assessed the moderating role of GDP per capita (GDP) and Internet Access Rate (IAR) between BRI policy and exportations of Chinese smartphone brands. The results showed that the impact of BRI remains insignificant on the exportations of Chinese smartphones via CCBECM in BRI countries. However, it could be significant if BRI includes more developed and economically strong countries. The study also highlighted a negative moderating role of GDP per capita between BRI policy and exportations, showing that the higher the BRI effect is, the less GDP per capita will influence Chinese smartphone exportations in BRI countries.
Improved brain community structure detection by two-step weighted modularity maximization
Authors: Guo Zhitao , Zhao Xiaojie , Yao Li , Long Zhiying
Published: December 2023

The human brain can be regarded as a complex network with interacting connections between brain regions. Complex brain network analyses have been widely applied to functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) data and have revealed the existence of community structures in brain networks. The identification of communities may provide insight into understanding the topological functions of brain networks. Among various community detection methods, the modularity maximization (MM) method has the advantages of model conciseness, fast convergence and strong adaptability to large-scale networks and has been extended from single-layer networks to multilayer networks to investigate the community structure changes of brain networks. However, the problems of MM, suffering from instability and failing to detect hierarchical community structure in networks, largely limit the application of MM in the community detection of brain networks. In this study, we proposed the weighted modularity maximization (WMM) method by using the weight matrix to weight the adjacency matrix and improve the performance of MM. Moreover, we further proposed the two-step WMM method to detect the hierarchical community structures of networks by utilizing node attributes. The results of the synthetic networks without node attributes demonstrated that WMM showed better partition accuracy than both MM and robust MM and better stability than MM. The two-step WMM method showed better accuracy of community partitioning than WMM for synthetic networks with node attributes. Moreover, the results of resting state fMRI (rs-fMRI) data showed that two-step WMM had the advantage of detecting the hierarchical communities over WMM and was more insensitive to the density of the rs-fMRI networks than WMM.
Evaluation of laser power stability of repeatedly used SubCyclo probe in micropulse transscleral cyclophotocoagulation for glaucoma: A step towards sustainable ophthalmic surgery
Authors: Suvannachart Pukkapol , Rujkorakarn Ploysai , Watha Thanita , Srihatrai Parinya
Published: December 2023

Purpose

To evaluate the laser power stability of the SubCyclo probe for micropulse transscleral cyclophotocoagulation after repeated use.

Materials and methods

This experimental study involved 6 new probes. Each probe was connected to the SubCyclo mode (2,000 mW power, 31.3% duty cycle, and 100 seconds duration) of the Vitra 810 laser delivery system (Quantel Medical, France). Laser power measurements were taken using a calibrated laser power meter (Nova, Ophir Optronics Solutions, Israel) every 10 seconds from 10 to 90 seconds during each of the 40 cycles. Intra-rater reliability was assessed using intraclass correlation (ICC). A linear mixed model for repeated measures and pairwise comparisons with Bonferroni adjustment were used for the analysis.

Results

The mean (SD) power outputs of all probes for the first cycle and all cycles were 421.9 (19.7) mW and 436.7 (16.1) mW, respectively. During the first cycle, the mean (SD) laser power gradually decreased from 444.3 (13.4) mW at 10 seconds to 407.3 (17.0) mW at 90 seconds (Fig 3). For all cycles, the power was 446.0 (13.6) mW at 10 seconds and gradually declined to 426.8 (21.0) mW at 90 seconds. Pairwise comparisons revealed significant differences in mean laser power outputs after 16 cycles of repeated use compared to the first cycle. The ICC estimate (95% CI) for intra-rater reliability was 0.96 (0.89, 0.99).

Conclusions

The SubCyclo probe maintains stable laser power outputs throughout repeated use for up to 16 cycles, with a significant increase observed after 16 cycles.
Comparing estimates of psychological distress using 7-day and 30-day recall periods: Does it make a difference?
Authors: Chilver Miranda R. , Burns Richard A. , Botha Ferdi , Butterworth Peter
Published: December 2023

Self-report measures are widely used in mental health research and may use different recall periods depending on the purpose of the assessment. A range of studies aiming to monitor changes in mental health over the course of the COVID-19 pandemic opted to shorten recall periods to increase sensitivity to change over time compared to standard, longer recall periods. However, many of these studies lack pre-pandemic data using the same recall period and may rely on pre-existing data using standard recall periods as a reference point for assessing the impact of the pandemic on mental health. The aim of this study was to assess whether comparing scores on the same questionnaire with a different recall period is valid. A nationally representative sample of 327 participants in Australia completed a 7-day and 30-day version of the six-item Kessler Psychological Distress Scale (K6) and a single-item measure of psychological distress (TTPN item) developed for the Taking the Pulse of the Nation survey. Linear mixed models and mixed logistic regression models were used to assess whether altering the recall period systematically changed response patterns within subjects. No substantive recall period effects were found for the K6 or the TTPN, although there was a trend towards higher K6 scores when asked about the past 30 days compared to the past 7 days (b = 1.00, 95% CI: -0.18, 2.17). This may have been driven by the “feeling nervous” item which was rated higher using the 30-day compared to the 7-day recall period. Neither the K6 nor the TTPN item were significantly affected by the recall period when reduced to a binary variable of likely severe mental illness. The results indicate that altering the recall period of psychological distress measures does not substantively alter the score distribution in the general population of Australian adults.
Quantitative proteomics and metabolomics analysis reveals the response mechanism of alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.) to o-coumaric acid stress
Authors: Xu Xiaoyang , Geng Feilong , Sun Weihong
Published: December 2023

O-coumaric acid (OCA), as a significant phenolic allelochemical found in hairy vetch (Vicia villosa Roth.), that can hinder the growth of alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.), particularly the growth of alfalfa roots. Nonetheless, the mechanism by which OCA inhibits alfalfa root growth remains unclear. In this study, a liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS)-based quantitative proteomics analysis was carried out to identify differentially accumulated proteins (DAPs) under OCA treatment. The findings indicated that 680 proteins were DAPs in comparison to the control group. Of those, 333 proteins were up-regulated while 347 proteins were down-regulated. The enrichment analysis unveiled the significance of these DAPs in multiple biological and molecular processes, particularly in ribosome, phenylpropanoid biosynthesis, glutathione metabolism, glycolysis/gluconeogenesis and flavonoid biosynthesis. The majority of DAPs reside in the cytoplasm (36.62%), nucleus (20.59%) and extracellular space (14.12%). In addition, phenylalanine deaminase was identified as a potential chemical-induced regulation target associated with plant lignin formation. DAPs were mainly enriched in flavonoid biosynthesis pathways, which were related to plant root size. Using the UPLC-ESI-MS/MS technique and database, a total of 87 flavonoid metabolites were discovered. The metabolites were predominantly enriched for biosynthesizing naringenin chalcone, which was linked to plant lignin formation, aligning with the enrichment outcomes of DAPs. Consequently, it was deduced that OCA impacted the structure of cell walls by mediating the synthesis of lignin in alfalfa roots, subsequently inducing wilt. Furthermore, a range of proteins have been identified as potential candidates for the breeding of alfalfa strains with enhanced stress tolerance.
Non-infectious diseases in infectious disease consultation: A descriptive study in a tertiary care teaching hospital
Authors: Hadano Yoshiro , Matsumoto Takanori
Published: December 2023

In this retrospective study, we aimed to investigate the frequency, trend, and nature of non-infectious diseases (non-IDs) as the final diagnosis for patients during an infectious disease (ID) consultation in an acute care hospital in Japan. This study included adult inpatients who underwent ID consultations between October 2016 and March 2018. The demographic data, clinical manifestations, and final non-ID diagnoses of cases were explored. Among the 502 patients who underwent ID consultations, 45 (9.0%) were diagnosed with non-IDs. The most common diagnoses were tumors (22.2%, n = 10), connective tissue and collagen vascular diseases (13.3%, n = 6), other inflammatory diseases (8.9%, n = 4), and drug-induced fever (8.9%, n = 4). Multiple logistic regression analysis showed that the presence of consultations for diagnosis (odds ratio [OR], 22.0; 95% confidence interval [CI], 10.1–48.2; p<0.01), consultations from the internal medicine department (OR, 2.5; 95% CI, 1.2–5.2; p = 0.02), and non-bacteremia cases (OR, 5.2; 95% CI, 1.4–19.3; p = 0.01) were independently associated with diagnosed non-IDs. Non-IDs after ID consultations were mainly tumor-related, inflammatory diseases, and drug fever. The presence of consultations for diagnosis, consultations from the internal medicine department and non-bacteremia cases were related to non-IDs among ID consultations. Further research is needed to explore the frequency and pattern of non-IDs to improve the quality of ID consultations in daily practice.
Dissecting the cytomegalovirus CC chemokine: Chemokine activity and gHgLchemokine-dependent cell tropism are independent players in CMV infection
Authors: Eletreby Marwa , Thiessen Lena , Prager Adrian , Brizic Ilija , Materljan Jelena , Kubic Lucie , Jäger Katharina , Jurinović Križan , Jerak Josipa , Krey Karsten , Adler Barbara
Published: December 2023

Like all herpesviruses, cytomegaloviruses (CMVs) code for many immunomodulatory proteins including chemokines. The human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) CC chemokine pUL128 has a dual role in the infection cycle. On one hand, it forms the pentameric receptor-binding complex gHgLpUL(128,130,131A), which is crucial for the broad cell tropism of HCMV. On the other hand, it is an active chemokine that attracts leukocytes and shapes their activation. All animal CMVs studied so far have functionally homologous CC chemokines. In murine cytomegalovirus (MCMV), the CC chemokine is encoded by the m131/m129 reading frames. The MCMV CC chemokine is called MCK2 and forms a trimeric gHgLMCK2 entry complex. Here, we have generated MCK2 mutant viruses either unable to form gHgLMCK2 complexes, lacking the chemokine function or lacking both functions. By using these viruses, we could demonstrate that gHgLMCK2-dependent entry and MCK2 chemokine activity are independent functions of MCK2 in vitro and in vivo. The gHgLMCK2 complex promotes the tropism for leukocytes like macrophages and dendritic cells and secures high titers in salivary glands in MCMV-infected mice independent of the chemokine activity of MCK2. In contrast, reduced early antiviral T cell responses in MCMV-infected mice are dependent on MCK2 being an active chemokine and do not require the formation of gHgLMCK2 complexes. High levels of CCL2 and IFN-γ in spleens of infected mice and MCMV virulence depend on both, the formation of gHgLMCK2 complexes and the MCK2 chemokine activity. Thus, independent and concerted functions of MCK2 serving as chemokine and part of a gHgL entry complex shape antiviral immunity and virus dissemination.
Understanding contemporary challenges for water security in Ulaanbaatar, a semi-arid region in Mongolia
Authors: Gordillo Fuertes Elena
Published: December 2023

Water security is one of the biggest challenges of the 21stcentury. Understanding context-specific challenges and opportunities around this issue is key to improving water systems globally. This paper explores the current state of urban water security in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia’s capital city. Ulaanbaatar is home to more than 40% of the country’s population and 60% of its national GDP. The city is located in the Tuul River basin and relies almost entirely on groundwater aquifers of the Tuul River for its supply of clean drinking water. In recent years, socio-economic stressors resulting from rapid urbanisation and environmental pressures have intensified the levels of degradation of the Tuul River and intensified the risks of water insecurity for the population of Ulaanbaatar. First, this paper draws from an extensive literature review and document analysis to provide an overview of the current state of urban water security in Ulaanbaatar. Secondly, the discussion is substantiated with information from key informant interviews which aim to explain the ongoing challenges for water security in Ulaanbaatar and suggest paths for improvement. This study finds that the main challenges for water security in Ulaanbaatar are data unavailability, limited human and financial resources across public water sector agencies, exacerbating flood risk and ongoing water quality disparities between the central city area and peri-urban ger districts.
Documenting Chinese homecomings: Reflexive aesthetics and cinematic memories in Four Springs (2017) and The Reunions (2020)
Authors: Zhu Zhaoyu
Published: December 2023

This article examines two contemporary Chinese films that document the filmmakers’ homecoming journey during the Chinese New Year: Sige chuntian (Four Springs) () and Jixiang ruyi (The Reunions) (). It argues that both films have the characteristic of being reflexive documentaries exploring and expanding the boundaries of documentary films. According to Meunier’s three types of filmic identifications – the documentary attitude, the home-movie attitude and the fiction attitude – the two films challenge documentary norms and combine the documentary attitude with the other two types of attitude. Four Springs combines documentary and home movie by closely capturing the four journeys of homecoming confined in the private sphere of the filmmaker’s home, whilst The Reunions combines documentary and fiction, and even actuality and performance, through actor Liu Lu’s portrayal of the director Da Peng’s cousin in the presence of his real family. By challenging these documentary forms, these two films reflect the directors’ uses of documentary to memorialize their personal experiences with their families, more than merely reflecting the cultural phenomenon of the Chinese New Year homecoming.
OTHER ANGLES
Authors: Biato Emília Carvalho Leitão , Oliveira Laudimar Alves de
Published: December 2023

Health practices are related to how workers have consolidated, used, and set the concepts that establish the Health Sciences and the teaching-learning methods and strategies in the field and that these concepts are theoretically and practically composed in training and continuing education. This essayistic study aims to discuss the contributions of elements of Nietzsche’s perspectivism to rethink classroom health education. Therefore, it proposes establishing a vision on the subject, based on three topics of discussion: 1. Education and Research in Health; 2. The classroom scene and the plague; 3. From perspectivism to the artistic didactics of translation.
OLHAR BIOECOLÓGICO COM/PARA AS ARTES NA EDUCAÇÃO INFANTIL
Authors: Oliveira Kellen Alves , T Bersch Ângela Adriane Schmid
Published: December 2023

O objetivo deste estudo foi analisar os conceitos e as concepções da teoria Bioecológica articuladas às artes como potência do desenvolvimento humano das crianças da Educação Infantil. Evidenciamos que os processos proximais são as molas propulsoras no desenvolvimento humano, em especial quando nos referimos a contextos educacionais como a escola. As práticas educativas a partir das artes podem motivar as crianças a um mundo de criação, de sensibilidade e de experiências que são capazes de potencializar seu desenvolvimento.
Usos e impactos da pesquisa GEM para o empreendedorismo
Authors: Lopes Rose Mary Almeida , Lima Edmilson de Oliveira , Greco Simara Maria de Souza Silveira , Gimenez Fernando Antonio Prado , Bedê Marco Aurélio
Published: December 2023

Objetivos: (1) descrever a pesquisa GEM (Global Entrepreneurship Monitor), (2) mapear seus usos em publicações brasileiras e (3) exemplificar seu uso em políticas públicas e outras formas de favorecimento do empreendedorismo em diferentes países. Metodologia: levantamento bibliográfico de estudos brasileiros complementado por exemplos do uso do GEM em outros países. Principais resultados: Alguns tipos de uso de dados e resultados do GEM predominam: suas citações no referencial teórico ou na introdução/contextualização dos estudos publicados; sua inclusão na lista final de referências, mas não no texto principal; e como referência indireta pela citação de estudos anteriores que utilizaram o GEM. Repetiu-se o achado de Gimenez e Inácio Júnior (2017) de menor presença de uso dos dados do GEM para estudos específicos nos artigos levantados. Relevância/originalidade: Apresenta-se o histórico da realização do GEM no Brasil, a atualização dos resultados nos estudos brasileiros de empreendedorismo e exemplos de impactos do GEM na formulação de ações e políticas públicas em diversos países. Contribuições teórico-metodológicas: Indica-se a escassez nos estudos brasileiros dos usos mais sofisticados da base de dados do GEM. Recomenda-se, então, a exploração de seus dados longitudinais e a multiplicação dos estudos explorando o GEM na abordagem de temas específicos de empreendedorismo, além de mais usos dos dados do GEM para nortear a formulação e o acompanhamento de políticas públicas.
On Social Scientific Approaches to the Concept of Climate Change
Authors: Tóth Benedek
Published: December 2023

Climate change, both as a natural and a social phenomenon, represents a defining theme and challenge for contemporary global scientific, economic, political and cultural life. In my study, I would like to present an approach to the issue that does not primarily focus on the specific social effects of climate change, but tries to model how the phenomenon is thematised in social communication networks. According to my assumption, as a discursive node that thematizes social knowledge, the concept of climate change also participates in the definition of meaning systems that are much broader than the specific topic. The study presents the concepts of climate change created in social communication processes, reviews the structure and different layers of these concepts, and also the discourses of social communication related to climate change. The study also addresses the problems indicated by the concepts of ‘agency’ and ‘anthropocene’, which, through the interpretation of climate change as a natural and social phenomenon, point to a new thematisation of the relationship between nature and society within the system of social knowledge.
Characteristics of national enculturation and awareness of national symbols among young people in Hungary
Authors: Balatoni Monika
Published: December 2023

The civic values of a 21st century man, the acquisition of the traditions and symbols of his own national culture are changing. The sustainability of the process of national enculturation and the significant impact exerted by the media pose serious challenges for the leaders of states, the creators of school systems and methodologies, as well as the representatives of arts. One of the most effective and dominant actors in enculturation can be the state, which maintains the institutions shaping their methodology, gives direction for and often specifies the content through funding, and provides public law definitions of the symbols that can be decisive for citizens in this process of enculturation. The younger generation’s openness for cultural traditions and their historical memory are of particular interest here. The concept of enculturation was introduced by M. J. Herskovits (1962). Enculturation is a most comprehensive learning process. This means the acquisition of basic skills which are indispensable for all human beings. These skills are gained through the help provided by the institutions and forms of activity established by the society and through education. To continue this idea, these skills are indispensable in the Hungarian society, where they are gained through the help of the institutions and forms of activity established by the society, such as language, religion, technology, art, and sport, and through education. Education is the most important means of reproducing the culture of a society in the individual and passing it on to each generation. My study was designed to briefly represent the results of a micro-survey, which paved the way for a collection of nation-wide data. I collected the presented research data during a small sample survey to prepare a questionnaire (pending) to gain a deeper understanding of the national memory of university students. The form of the study is a research paper. It reflects a state at a given point of the research, commenting on the relevant findings of literature, and raising new dilemmas in a changing youth scenario, which I would like to analyse in their deeper patterns later.
Hungarian cultural-ethnic heritage in Brazil
Authors: Maes Fernanda Lucia
Published: December 2023

It is known that the colonization process in the Southern region of Brazil started through the immigration of several European groups that went to Brazil between the 19th and 20th centuries. In 1891 the settlement that today is the city of Jaragua do Sul began to be occupied through the arrival of many groups, from different ethnicities. Approximately 230 families, coming mainly from Veszprém County, and from Székesfehérvár region, settled down around the bank of the Jaraguá river. This paper focuses on the history of the colonization process of the Hungarians, through the review of the documentation found on the last visit to the research location. This paper describes how the Hungarian cultural road developed until today, based on the narratives of Hungarian descendants and pictures of the main architecture and the landscape found and built by the diaspora. This occupation is connected with the assimilation process with the other ethnic groups that also composed the mosaic of the occupation of Jaragua do Sul. The main question surrounding this work is about the main cultural elements of Hungary that are still present in their lives, through the architecture, the cultural landscape, and how the visual memory is helping to shape their identity.
The role of technology in early modern utopias
Authors: Kádár Zoltán
Published: December 2023

Science and its by-product, modernization through technology, are perhaps the most powerful strands of the European spirit and culture. Technological advance is one of the most dominant motives of the utopian works from the dawn of the modern age. The theories of the 16th and 17th centuries, which in many respects can be traced back to Plato’s State, were greatly aided by technological developments, including the advent of the printed book. Thus utopian ideas, the desire to improve society, and confidence in technological progress were mutually reinforcing each other.
Investigating the patterns of cooperation and role of embeddedness in EU defence projects
Authors: Balogh Péter
Published: December 2023

Social capital and cooperative behaviour could play an important role in the modern societies seeking to achieve socio-economic development and integration. Additionally, in times when facing remarkable challenges trust and interstate cooperation might enhance the countries involved to make fruitful efforts against the potential negative consequences of the emerging threats. Accordingly in this paper we propose that since the middle of the 2010’s possible challenges emerged in the European Union, which necessitated common reactions and coordinated measures, thus it seems interesting to investigate the patterns of cooperation and role of social embeddedness in the defence sector. Applying a quantitative approach with social network analysis methods we explore and characterize the EU-level defence cooperation projects in the light of other relevant factors.
Adoption/adaptation of universal principles and mutual influences of organizational models among ethno-nationally biased cooperative networks inside inter-war Romania
Authors: Hunyadi Attila Gábor
Published: December 2023

This paper identifies those elements that were common in all cooperative networks around the world by presenting the process of adoption of universal cooperative principles inside the provinces that were reunited in interwar Romania, while observing the mutual adaptation of organizational models among different ethno-cultural entities defined as minorities and the actual ethnic national majority. We operate methodologically according to a methodic circle that helped us to distinguish the historical sources of nationalist/nation-building rhetoric and the pragmatically achieved goals (balances). In case of cooperatives, we observed that constructive/interactive community-building goals and routine overwhelmed negative, reactive or even destructive nationalist goals. The latter did not reach the cooperative sector effectively or only remained dead letter on political manifestos and propaganda (boycott or sabotage) both in the prewar constituent period and the interwar era. Nevertheless, there was a continuous mutual (incongruent) influence among the neighboring networks, both in strategies, technics, architecture and organizational forms. This study tries to contribute to the research of the economic institutionalization and mobilization phase of nation-building as theorized by Anthony D. Smith and Miroslav Hroch by identifying those modern institutions, including savings banks and cooperative networks that assembled ethno-national entities into modern economic and market economy framework, while verifying the legitimacy or anachronism of using national ‘bias’ in case of these modern financial-economic institutions and cooperative networks.
Internet as a helping tool or does it make you a fool?
Authors: Vincze Anikó
Published: December 2023

Our paper presents first results from an interview based qualitative research among students on the relationship between ICT use and learning, as well as school performance. The interviews were coducted among secondary education students in the academic year 2019-2020, which was influenced by the switch to digital education due to COVID-19 measurements. The interview explored students’ perceptions about the effects of the Internet on their generation, the modes of use for learning and the relationship between ICT use and school perfomance. Based on the narratives we suggest that the Internet is mostly considered useful and helpful in learning for students, but only when being aware of how to use it effectively for enhancing learning and school performance.
Can the experience be experienced?
Authors: Dominek Dalma Lilla
Published: December 2023

What makes a cultural institution modern in the 21st century? How can they adapt to a changed and constantly moving society and conditions dominated by social media? Due to the questions above, the appearance of experiential pedagogy and the flow-based pedagogical model (Dominek 2022) in the cultural institutional environment is an important area.
DWELLINGS AND OUTBUILDINGS OF THE NOVOSELISHCHENSKOYE SETTLEMENT (WESTERN PRIMORYE)
Authors: Ya. ANZULIS
Published: December 2023

The article presents the results of studies of three dwellings of the Mohe archaeological culture, located in the Novoselishchenskoye settlement in western Primorye. The dwellings differ in area and design features, in addition, two of them are located inside the city rampart, and one outside it. According to the author, the presence of such different buildings on one site is associated with the economy of the population: the need for the construction of winter and summer dwellings and outbuildings. The location of the Mohe dwellings outside the fenced part of the site may be due to various circumstances that do not exclude both a rather complex social structure of the society and the growth of the population of the settlement and the transfer of buildings outside it.
ABOUT THE NUMBER OF DEER ON THE SURFACE OF DEER STONES FROM UUSHIGIIN OVOR
Authors: A. VARENOV
Published: December 2023

The article is devoted to the calculation of the exact number of deer figures on the surface of each of the well-preserved deer stones of the Uushigiin Ovor site from the Khovsgol aimag (province) near Moron city in Northern Mongolia. The idea of the research is that each deer stone of the Mongol-Transbaikalian style personified the primordial ancestor of the ancient collective (tribe?) that erected it, and at the same time its universe (macrocosm), and individual figures of deer corresponded to the social (most likely tribal) groups included in this collective. If the society that created the deer stones had a dual-exogamous tribal organization, then the number of deer (each of which symbolized a separate clan) on each stele should be even, and often a multiple of four. A calculation based on drawings of deer stones published by a Japanese expedition led by Takahama Shu confirmed our assumption.
METHODOLOGY FOR STUDYING ARCHAEOLOGICAL OBJECTS, DEEPENED INTO HOMOGENEOUS SANDY SOILS
Authors: P. MANDRYKA
Published: December 2023

The article presents the author's method of detecting deep objects left on settlements and burial grounds in the forest zone of the Angara and Yenisei river valleys in homogeneous alluvial and Aeolian sandy soils. The methods of collecting evidence of the presence of structural details in deep objects are considered: pits, corners, “shelves”, pillars, poles, hearth, entrance, etc. For this purpose, data from planography and microstratigraphy, observations of microstructure, comparison and comparison of adjacent areas, application of objects from parts are used. The conditions for recording observations through photo and video shooting with uniform illumination are given. The analysis of such objects is carried out with archaeological tools - shovels, shovels, knives, palette knives, needles, brushes, air pears with soil sifting.
SPECIFICITY OF CULTURAL AND HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE POPULATION OF THE STEPPES OF MONGOLIA AND SOUTHERN TRANSBAIKALIA IN THE BRONZE AGE AND THE EARLY IRON AGE
Authors: A. TSYBIKTAROV
Published: December 2023

The article shows the specifics of the historical development of the population of the steppes of Southern Transbaikalia, Eastern and Central Mongolia in the Bronze Age and the Early Iron Age. During the transition to the early Iron Age, there was no transformation of material and spiritual culture, which in the areas to the west of these areas was expressed in the formation of new cultures of the Scythian-Siberian type. The reasons for this feature are revealed. The aridization of the climate in these regions in the 2nd quarter of the 2nd millennium BC led to the transformation of the economy of the Selenga-Daurian culture of the early Bronze Age into nomadic cattle breeding and the formation of a nomadic culture of tiled graves. It continued to exist in the Scythian time. The proposed position reveals the specifics of the development of these regions of Mongolia and Transbaikalia: the nomad material culture and the funeral rite of the population of the culture of tile graves, which developed in the middle of the 2nd millennium BC, continued to retain their characteristics with minor changes in the 9th/8th -3rd centuries BC. This explains the Karasuk appearance of the bronze inventory and the absence, with rare exceptions, of the inventory of the Scythian-Siberian forms in the tiled graves.
DIAGNOSTICS OF MOBILITY BASED ON STRONTIUM ISOTOPY ANALYSIS: OPPORTUNITIES AND LIMITATIONS
Authors: A. EPIMAKHOV
Published: December 2023

Currently, 87Sr/86Sr analysis is the basic method to research migrations and mobility. Solving the main problems is impossible without creating basemaps of background values. Despite the differences in approaches, this work necessarily includes determination of strontium isotopic values in samples; statistical analysis; map interpolation, and analysis of the strontium spatial distribution. The study of archaeobiological materials should be focused on the creation of samples that include different types of materials and species of organisms. This provides an opportunity to check the internal consistency of the series and allows us to evaluate the influence of diagenetic processes. The resulting interpretation is probabilistic, so different explanatory hypotheses should be tested.
MEDIEVAL IRON METALLURGY IN THE LIGHT OF EXPERIMENTAL DATA
Authors: V. ZAVYALOV , N. TEREKHOVA
Published: December 2023

At present, the principles of direct reduction of iron, which dominated in metallurgy for more than three millennia, are well known. However, it is not always possible to successfully carry out experimental modeling of the bloomery process. We have carried out 35 experiments. A fully preserved bloomery furnace, excavated at the Kolesovka-4 settlement was chosen as a prototype of the pyrotechnic structure. As a result of the experiments, it was found that during the roasting of the ore, not only the burnout of organic impurities occurred, but also the concentration of silica and alumina decreased, and thus the content of iron oxide increased. The crushing of ore is essential. It can be stated with all certainty that theoretical knowledge is not enough to implement a successful process of obtaining iron by the bloomery method.