bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Характеристика доноров ооцитов в Республике Казахстан
Authors: Чалова Л.Р. , Киян В.С. , Турдалиева Б.С. , Кинжибаев А.А.
Published: July 2022

Аннотация
Актуальность: По данным Всемирной организации здравоохранения, в 2013 году в мире было около 48,5 млн бесплодных пар, из них 19,2 млн сталкивались с трудностями рождения первенца. В настоящее время женщины откладывают замужество и рождение ребенка на более поздний срок, что, в свою очередь, приводит к проблемамзачатия, в том числе в результате отсутствия собственных яйцеклеток. Развитие репродуктивной медицины дало возможность применять донорские половые гаметы длялечения бесплодия. Как следствие, привлекаются доноры половых гамет, которые становятся важным звеном программ экстракорпорального оплодотворения.Цель исследования – изучение медико-социального портрета доноров ооцитов в РК, в период 2020-2021 гг.Методы: Проведен анализ репродуктивного анамнеза доноров ооцитов, их отношение к процедуре донации, вопросам ведения учета за использованием их генетического материала, соблюдению анонимности.Результаты: 82,86% доноров были в возрасте 26-35 лет. 58,8% доноров – этнические казашки. В 80% случаев мотивацией являлось получение финансовой компенсации. При этом 53,13% доноров не были удовлетвореныразмером полученной компенсации. 79,41% были согласны стать донорами повторно, а 58,8% уже были донорами неоднократно. Треть респондентов переживали по поводу своего здоровья, другая треть не испытываланикаких особых чувств перед донацией. 52,94% доноров задумывались, что дети, рожденные с использованием их ооцитов, могут в будущем встретиться. Около 60% респондентов видели свое донорство анонимным и не хотели бы, чтобы информация о них хранилась в единомрегистре доноров половых гамет, опасаясь нарушения их конфиденциальности.
Заключение: Результаты исследования показывают, что у 80% доноров ооцитов в РК основной мотивацией является финансовая заинтересованность. Опасения доноров ооцитов за свое здоровье ожидаемы, так как сама процедура стимуляции и получения ооцитов связана с определенными рисками как анестезиологическими, так и операционными. Несмотря на это, большая половина респондентов согласна быть донорами повторно по разным причинам. Более половины доноров видят свое донорство анонимным и не желали бы, чтобы велся учет с помощью электронной базы регистра донорских половых гамет.
DEEPER UNDERSTANDING OF CUSTOMER NEEDS UTILIZING CUSTOMER RELATIONSHIP MANAGEMENT
Authors: Riyanto Darwin Yuwono
Published: July 2022

Customer relationship management (CRM) helps firms adjust goods and services to customer needs. This article attempts to analyze narratively how a company's ability to maintain customer loyalty affects its financial health. Businesses must cultivate client loyalty and retention. Customer service may distinguish a company's offerings, keep consumers delighted, and improve sales and profits. Companies with loyal, satisfied customers do well. Loyal clients are inclined to speak positively about the firm and may try to recruit new customers. Customer satisfaction helps both the organization and the consumers. Businesses provide additional incentives and prizes for recurrent purchases to maintain consumer loyalty and reliability. This article finds that CRM is one of the most significant business tools since it helps companies better understand their customers and establish effective CRM systems. A customer-driven company strategy may be a response to mass advertising. Businesses respond to each customer's needs and preferences. CRM is the practice of a company actively pursuing customer relationships. Existing customers must be kept. CRM aims to enhance profitability and sales while also increasing a company's reputation with customers. Customer and corporate advantages will be explored. Repeat consumers are more likely to get long-term relationship advantages. Customers who like an organization's goods and services spend a lot of money on them.
Cardiovascular mortality in Central and Eastern Europe: differences and similarities
Authors:   Department of Social Medicine and Management, “Nicolae Testemitanu” State University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Chisinau, Republic of Moldova, Penina Olga
Published: July 2022

Objective. To identify differences and similarities in trends and patterns of cardiovascular mortality in Central (Romania and Poland) and Eastern (Moldova and Ukraine) European countries before and after the political transition. Material and methods. The mortality series reconstructed according to ICD-10 since 1970 for Moldova, Ukraine and Poland and since 1980 for Romania were used. Directly standardized death rates by sex, age and detailed cardiovascular disease were computed. Results. After a long period of stagnation or rise, cardiovascular mortality started declining after 1991 in Poland, 1995 in Moldova, 1997 in Romania and 2005 in Ukraine. The progress in Romania and Poland was associated with both heart diseases and cerebrovascular diseases. In Moldova and Ukraine, the recent improvements were primarily related to cerebrovascular diseases. Compared to Central Europe, the quality of codification of heart diseases was found poor in Eastern Europe. Conclusions. The lack of effective control of mortality from heart diseases is the major public health problem in Moldova and in pre-war Ukraine. Romania and Poland follow very similar mortality patterns and trends, though with a certain time lag.
科学思维的理论模型与量化评估
Authors: Bao Lei , Koenig Kathleen , Xiao Yang , Fritchman Joseph Fritchman , Zhou Shaona , Chen Cheng
Published: July 2022

科学思维能力一直被各种教育改革举措强调为一个核心领域，如“下一代科学标准（NGSS）”或美国大学理事会制定的“大学科学成功标准（CBSCSS）”等等，这些标准侧重于当代学生在未来所需的技能。虽然已有丰富的文献研究这些能力是如何在不同年级的学生身上发展的，但学界还未就其定义、模型或评估方式达成共识。为推进这一重要领域的研究，需要一个连贯的科学思维理论模型来指导实践教学和评估。几十年来，唯一可用于大规模应用的工具是“劳森科学思维课堂测试（LCTSR）”，但该工具已经被证明在有效性和可测量上限等层面存在一定短板，且其设计缺乏一个明确的建模框架来自证其所包含之技能的合理性。因此，当前迫切需要开发一个全面的科学思维建模框架和有效的科学思维评估工具，以满足“21世纪的学习者”更为多样的能力需要。本文报告了一种新创立的科学思维理论模型框架及相应的科学思维评估工具，推动这一亟需领域的研究发展。该理论框架整合了科学思维和因果思维方面的研究从而建立一个完整融合的理论模型，并从操作上定义了在科学探究的过程中为达到知识发展的目标所需的思维技能和子技能。随后，该框架被用于指导科学思维能力评价量表的开发，并在大规模测试的基础上对量表的信效度进行了讨论。
Roya anaranjada: Hemileia vastatrix Berk. y Br.
Authors: Gil Vallejo Luis Fernando
Published: July 2022

Por su distribución mundial, los daños económicos que ocasiona y la capacidad del hongo /Hemileia vastatrix/ para sobreponer la resistencia de materiales mejorados, hacen que esta enfermedad sea catalogada como la principal del cultivo del café en el Mundo. En este capítulo se presentan los síntomas, organismo causante, epidemiología, efecto sobre la producción y recomendaciones para su manejo.
CAN CLIMATE-SMART AGRICULTURE HELP TO ASSURE FOOD SECURITY THROUGH SHORT SUPPLY CHAINS? A SYSTEMATIC BIBLIOMETRIC AND BIBLIOGRAPHIC LITERATURE REVIEW
Authors: Morkūnas Mangirdas , Rudienė Elzė , Ostenda Aleksander
Published: July 2022

Purpose – This paper aims to reveal potential research possibilities for enhancing climate-smart agriculture through short supply chains. Research question – How can short supply chains assure food security and the promotion of climate-smart agriculture? Research methodology – Bibliographic and bibliometric coupling techniques were employed using data from 1990–2022. The raw data was processed using the VOSviewer 1.6.18 software version. Findings – The results confirm the positive effect of the systemically important relationship between the short supply chain and food security. Research limitations – Climate-smart agriculture is a complex and multifaceted phenomenon. Additional variables may have moderating and mediating effects on the impact of short supply chains on food security. Practical implications – The results establish the importance of having a short supply chain for food security in different aspects of the process from the harvest to the table. Originality and value – This study confirms the rationale for developing shorter food supply chains to assure food security and climate-smart agriculture when possible.
Maintaining laboratory cultures of cave-dwelling and surface-dwelling isopod crustaceans
Authors: Kuharić Nikolina , Lukić Marko , Bedek Jana , Jovović Lada , Rožman Tin , Fong Daniel , Bilandžija Helena
Published: July 2022

Many aspects of cave animal biology cannot be understood through field observations alone. Access to some subterranean habitats is often technically challenging, rendering long-term monitoring of cave-dwelling species or investigating some aspects of their biology difficult. Also, contemporary research questions and methods require sampling individuals at certain life stages, and most cave adapted species have lengthy life spans or are not accessible in their natural habitats year-round. Therefore, we have established an animal facility in our laboratory where we keep cave-dwelling and related surface-dwelling crustacean species under controlled conditions. This allows us to study physiological and behavioral adaptations and the role of phenotypic plasticity in the evolution of these traits in cave dwellers. We are culturing freshwater, marine, and terrestrial isopods from three different families (Asellidae, Sphaeromatidae, and Trichoniscidae), among others. To date, we have established breeding colonies of several different cave and surface species pairs of aquatic asellids, and our most successful colonies have lived for two years and three generations. We have also established colonies of cave (freshwater) and surface (marine) sphaeromatids with varying degrees of success. Among terrestrial trichoniscids, colonies of cave species have persisted for more than two years, but without successful reproduction. Our repeated attempts to maintain surface species of Trichoniscus have been unsuccessful. Here we present our experiences to provide guidance for other researchers making similar attempts. We discuss general care practices such as decontamination of equipment and tools, quarantine, good and bad practices for small aquarium and terrarium design, housing, water treatment and conditioning, various food sources, and breeding approaches. We also review some of the problems we have encountered with our colonies and describe our attempts to solve them with varying degrees of success.
A cryptic species of the Amolops ricketti species group (Anura, Ranidae) from China–Vietnam border regions
Authors: Wang Jian , Li Jing , Du Lingyun , Hou Mian , Yu Guohua
Published: July 2022

It was supposed that the current records of Amolops ricketti might be a species complex composed of multiple species. In this study, on the basis of wide sampling, we found that the records of A. ricketti from Yunnan, China, and northern Vietnam actually represent a cryptic species based on morphological and molecular evidence. Amolops shihaitaoisp. nov. can be distinguished from other members of the A. ricketti species group by its moderate body size (SVL 35.5‒37.3 mm in males and 39.2‒45.7 mm in females); white spines on the temporal region, loreal region, snout, and lips in breeding males but absent in females; overlapping heels; tibiotarsal articulation reaching tip of snout; indistinct longitudinal glandular folds on the skin of the shoulders; presence of supernumerary tubercles below the base of fingers II‒IV, distinct pineal body; presence of vomerine teeth; and absence of vocal sacs. Phylogenetic analysis supports that the new species is sister to Amolops yatseni and the populations from Jingxi, Guangxi and Lào Cai, Vietnam previously reported as A. yatesni also belong to it. Additionally, our results indicate that more cryptic species may exist within the A. ricketti species group, implying that more studies are needed to achieve a complete understanding of the species diversity of this group.
Lettre ouverte à ceux qui aujourd’hui mettent au monde les bébés
Authors: Ben Soussan Patrick
Published: July 2022

L’auteur, praticien de la périnatalité de longue date, livre ici un vibrant plaidoyer pour une écoute et une attention prévenantes à l’égard des parturientes du xxi e  siècle. Si l’obstétrique moderne veut réussir son passage dans cette nouvelle ère, qu’elle oublie son arrogance et quelques-uns de ses catéchismes archaïques, sexistes et paternalistes. Si la libération des femmes est un vieux combat, que la libération des mères commence donc !
Soins et violence institutionnelle auprès des femmes migrantes
Authors: Mestre Claire
Published: July 2022

L’état des femmes migrantes et étrangères en période périnatale révèle des indices de morbidité importante, signe de l’inégalité de cette population en matière de santé. Les études épidémiologiques sont confortées par les études sociologiques. Les causes de cette inégalité sont le résultat de plusieurs facteurs sociaux et culturels intriqués. La part propre de l’hôpital est examinée à la lumière de sa réalité actuelle et d’études sociologiques : il en résulte qu’il peut être excluant du fait d’un racisme latent, fait de préjugés, et d’une pression managériale qui ne laisse pas le temps au soignants d’appréhender la complexité des situations.
Association of Ultrasound Features in Uveal Melanoma With Metastatic Risk as Defined by Preferentially Expressed Antigen in Melanoma Status
Authors: Rusakevich Alexander M. , Schefler Amy C. , Zhou Brenda , Brown Alex , Robe Charee , Bretana Maria E.
Published: July 2022

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE:

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the association between clinical and ultrasound features of uveal melanoma and preferentially expressed antigen in melanoma (PRAME), given its role as a biomarker for metastatic mortality.

MATERIALS AND METHODS:

Ultrasonographic characteristics and PRAME expression status of patients with uveal melanoma (2016 to 2021) were retrospectively analyzed using univariate and multivariate regression.

RESULTS:

Of the 81 eyes included, 49 (60%) were PRAME negative and 32 (40%) were PRAME positive. Univariate analysis showed that only largest basal diameter (LBD) was significantly associated with PRAME positivity (
P
= .006). There was a borderline association between shape and PRAME positivity (
P
= .054), whereas height, internal reflectivity, vascularity, and location showed no effect. Multivariate regression identified LBD as the sole significant predictor of PRAME positivity (odds ratio, 1.196; 95% CI, 1.055 to 1.379;
P
= .008).

CONCLUSION:

In this cohort, ultrasonographic LBD was significantly associated with PRAME status. No other clinical or ultrasound variables were predictive of molecular testing results. The results of this PRAME analysis are like prior reports, which suggested a strong association between gene expression profiling class 2 and increasing LBD.

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Ophthalmic Surg Lasers Imaging Retina
2022; 53:374–378.]
A Novel Approach to Subretinal Fluid Drainage in Coats'-Related Exudative Retinal Detachment
Authors: Blyden K'Mani , Levine David A. , Craven Caroline , Hubbard G. Baker
Published: July 2022

Laser is effective at treating exudative retinal detachment (ERD) in Coats' disease. However, with severe ERD, the retina may be in contact with the lens. In such cases, laser can result in cataract formation. This case report of two patients treated at an academic medical center for Coats'-related ERD describes a technique of minimally invasive subretinal fluid drainage to create space between the lens and retina to avoid cataract. Transconjunctival unguarded needle drainage allowed for complete treatment of telangiectatic vessels and resulted in favorable anatomical outcomes in the patients. Transconjunctival unguarded needle drainage is a useful technique for treating severe, Coats'-related ERD, when a bullously detached retina is in contact with the lens.

[Ophthalmic Surg Lasers Imaging Retina2022; 53:407–409.]
Callogenesis and somatic embryogenesis of Oryza sativa L. (cv. MARDI Siraj 297) under the influence of 2, 4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid and kinetin
Authors: Sidek Noorhazira , Nulit Rosimah , Kong Yap Chee , Yien Christina Yong Seok , Sekeli Rogayah , EL-Barghathi Mariam F.
Published: July 2022

Callogenesis and embryogenesis are integral parts of many tissue culture procedures for genetic manipulation in rice. However, the efficiency of both processes is largely dependent on the media constituent especially the plant growth regulators (PGRs) due to the genotype-dependent nature of in vitro culture protocols. Therefore, this study investigates the effect of two PGRs; 2, 4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid (2, 4-D) and kinetin (Kin) on callus growth and somatic embryogenesis of an important Malaysian rice cultivar (Oryza sativa L. cv. MARDI Siraj 297). Mature rice seeds explants were inoculated in Murashige & Skoog (MS) medium supplemented with different combinations of 2, 4-D (0 to 3.5 mg/L) and Kin (0 to 0.5 mg/L) to induce callogenesis. Parameters for callus growth such as fresh weight (FW), callus induction frequency (CIF), embryogenic callus frequency (ECF), regeneration frequency (RF), number of plantlets per callus (PPC), callus texture and callus color were observed after 35 days of inoculation. The results show that the maximum callus growth was achieved in MS medium supplemented with combination of 2.0 mg/L 2, 4-D and 0.2 mg/L Kin, represented by the highest FW (211 mg), CIF (95%), ECF (90%), RF (100%) and PPC (22 plantlets); along with friable callus texture. Low concentration of 2, 4-D (0 to 0.5 mg/L) in the presence or absence of Kin promotes root growth instead of callus, while high concentrations (above 3.0 mg/L) retard the callus formation. The embryogenic calli from this optimized PGRs combination were successfully formed shoots in MS medium supplemented with 2 mg/L BAP and 1 mg/L NAA, followed by rooting in PGRs-free MS medium. This finding provides an efficient protocol for callogenesis and somatic embryogenesis of MARDI Siraj 297, since this is the first published report regarding somatic embryogenesis induction of this cultivar.
Closed relations with non-zero entropy that generate no periodic points
Authors: Banič Iztok , Erceg Goran , Kennedy Judy
Published: July 2022

The paper is motivated by E. Akin's book about dynamical systems and closed relations [1], and by J. Kennedy's and G. Erceg's recent paper about the entropy of closed relations on closed intervals [9].

In present paper, we introduce the entropy of a closed relation \begin{document}$ G $\end{document} on any compact metric space \begin{document}$ X $\end{document} and show its basic properties. We also introduce when such a relation \begin{document}$ G $\end{document} generates a periodic point or finitely generates a Cantor set. Then we show that periodic points, finitely generated Cantor sets, Mahavier products and the entropy of closed relations are preserved by topological conjugations. Among other things, this generalizes the well-known results about the topological conjugacy of continuous mappings. Finally, we prove a theorem, giving sufficient conditions for a closed relation \begin{document}$ G $\end{document} on \begin{document}$ [0,1] $\end{document} to have a non-zero entropy. Then we present various examples of closed relations \begin{document}$ G $\end{document} on \begin{document}$ [0,1] $\end{document} such that (1) the entropy of \begin{document}$ G $\end{document} is non-zero, (2) no periodic point or exactly one periodic point is generated by \begin{document}$ G $\end{document}, and (3) no Cantor set is finitely generated by \begin{document}$ G $\end{document}.
The informative value of central banks talks: a topic model application to sentiment analysis
Authors: Priola Maria Paola , Molino Annalisa , Tizzanini Giacomo , Zicchino Lea
Published: July 2022

Central banks communication has lately become an important tool to guide expectations and its impact on the economy has been acknowledged by the literature. Nowadays central banks speeches face an increasing variety of topics, which are not discriminated by text analysis. In this paper we build a topic-weighted central bank sentiment index as a combination of machine learning and text analysis techniques to investigate large datasets. First, we develop a methodological framework to grid search the best Latent Dirichlet Allocation (LDA) model to uncover the latent topics in central banks' speeches and releases published between 2000 and 2021. Then, we build a topic-specific sentiment index based on dictionary techniques. Next, we summarise the results in a topic-weighted Central Bank Sentiment Index (CBSIw) for the Bank of Canada (BoC), the Bank of England (BoE), the European Central Bank (ECB) and the Federal Reserve (Fed). We find that the main common driver of the CBSIw is the monetary policy topic, followed by macroprudential policy and payments and settlements. We also uncover bank-specific topics and topics related to new challenges, for example innovation and climate change. Moreover, we find that the CBSIw decreases after the Great Recession, signalling a worsening in sentiment, as well as during the COVID-19 crisis. Finally, we employ a probit regression to further assess the predictive power of our monetary policy topic-specific index. We find that the indicator helps predicting future changes in policy rate, corroborating the evidence that central banks communication signals future monetary policy decisions.
Compressive hard thresholding pursuit algorithm for sparse signal recovery
Authors: Geng Liping , Zhou Jinchuan , Sun Zhongfeng , Tang Jingyong
Published: July 2022

Hard Thresholding Pursuit (HTP) is one of the important and efficient algorithms for reconstructing sparse signals. Unfortunately, the hard thresholding operator is independent of the objective function and hence leads to numerical oscillation in the course of iterations. To alleviate this drawback, the hard thresholding operator should be applied to a compressible vector. Motivated by this idea, we propose a new algorithm called Compressive Hard Thresholding Pursuit (CHTP) by introducing a compressive step first to the standard HTP. Convergence analysis and stability of CHTP are established in terms of the restricted isometry property of a sensing matrix. Numerical experiments show that CHTP is competitive with other mainstream algorithms such as the HTP, Orthogonal Matching Pursuit (OMP) and Subspace Pursuit (SP) algorithms both in the sparse signal reconstruction ability and average recovery runtime.
Effects of co-infection on vaccination behavior and disease propagation
Authors: Li Kelu , Yang Junyuan , Li Xuezhi
Published: July 2022

Coinfection is the process of an infection of a single host with two or more pathogen variants or with two or more distinct pathogen species, which often threatens public health and the stability of economies. In this paper, we propose a novel two-strain epidemic model characterizing the co-evolution of coinfection and voluntary vaccination strategies. In the framework of evolutionary vaccination, we design two game rules, the individual-based risk assessment (IB-RA) updated rule, and the strategy-based risk assessment (SB-RA) updated rule, to update the vaccination policy. Through detailed numerical analysis, we find that increasing the vaccine effectiveness and decreasing the transmission rate effectively suppress the disease prevalence, and moreover, the outcome of the SB-RA updated rule is more encouraging than those results of the IB-RA rule for curbing the disease transmission. Coinfection complicates the effects of the transmission rate of each strain on the final epidemic sizes.
Hegel & Freud
Authors: Pagès Claire
Published: July 2022

Quoi de commun entre une philosophie idéaliste qui fait de l’inconscience un moment de la conscience, qui est une philosophie de la liberté, un travail de synthèse, qui exhibe les déterminations universelles de l’action des hommes, d’une part, et, d’autre part, une théorie psychanalytique, matérialiste et assez déterministe, qui pose l’existence d’un inconscient en soi, dispositif d’analyse, œuvrant à dégager les mobiles psychologiques individuels profonds des actes ?
Ces deux grandes pensées ne partageraient-elles pas une certaine entente de la négation comme négativité ? Alors que leurs critiques respectives les plus sérieuses en font des instruments de pensées où tout fait sens, où le sens y serait toujours plein, un et mien, Claire Pagès, relisant et confrontant les textes, esquisse et déploie une autre approche.
C’est en faisant droit et place à tout ce qui ne fonctionne pas (dyfonction), à ce qui diffère (dis-fonction) et à ce qui marche tout seul (automatisme) que se découvre une certaine communauté entre ces deux penseurs.
Une relecture des textes hégéliens et freudiens qui invite à découvrir ce qui en eux donne à penser les « intermittences du sens ».
Cartographie clandestine et religion de contrebande dans la Corée du Chosŏn : André Kim Taegŏn (1821-1846) et sa Carte de la Corée
Authors: Roux Pierre-Emmanuel
Published: July 2022

André Kim Taegŏn est associé dans la mémoire collective coréenne à la figure du premier prêtre catholique autochtone et d’un martyr pour sa foi. Cette perception masque cependant la trajectoire plus complexe de ce personnage en tant qu’intermédiaire et guide-passeur. C’est ce dont témoigne notamment la Carte de la Corée (Carta Coreæ) que Kim Taegŏn dressa peu avant son ordination à la prêtrise en 1845. Notre article s’interroge sur la nature hybride de cette carte, ni pleinement asiatique ni totalement occidentale, et cherche à dépasser la question de l’adoption ou du rejet d’une cartographie européenne moderne aux dépens d’une cartographie coréenne traditionnelle. Nous explorons ici la fabrique d’une cartographie missionnaire clandestine à travers la réappropriation de savoirs coréens officiels, et démontrons comment des figures d’intermédiaires possédant une maîtrise des codes linguistiques et culturels façonnèrent l’histoire du catholicisme au-delà d’une simple contribution religieuse. Ce faisant, notre article montre comment la Carte de la Corée nous éclaire aussi bien sur les adaptations européennes de cartes asiatiques que sur l’évolution historique de la cartographie coréenne à la fin de la période du Chosŏn (1392-1897).
« The age of » et ses problèmes. Du phasisme matériel dans l’écriture de l’histoire
Authors: Fressoz Jean-Baptiste
Published: July 2022

L’idée de transition énergétique repose sur une certaine histoire de l’énergie : par le passé, capitalisme et innovation auraient réalisé des transitions et, confrontés à la crise climatique, nous devrions maintenant inciter les entrepreneurs à en accomplir une nouvelle, à distance des énergies fossiles. Cet article montre comment cette manière de penser ensemble l’énergie, la matière et le temps s’est imposée à la fin du xixe siècle, quand les industriels et les intellectuels à leur suite ont envisagé le passé comme une succession de phases matérielles. Qu’il s’agisse d’occulter la force musculaire humaine, de prôner la réforme sociale ou de revendiquer le pouvoir pour les ingénieurs, le phasisme matériel (ou « ageofism ») a toujours eu des conséquences politiques problématiques. Mais avec le changement climatique, sa persistance est devenue réellement catastrophique.
The GeoScenario
Authors: García de la Vega Alfonso
Published: July 2022

The geographical scenario (geoscenario) is considered a methodological resource in geography teaching. The geoscenario may be defined as the minimal significant landscape framework unit in landscape teaching that embodies a synthetic representation of a real-world acute issue involving a particular geographical problem. The application of geographical abilities and skills and the selection of real global issues in the geographical scenarios promotes lifelong learning. A broadly-based planning is needed for an integrated and interdisciplinary curriculum in geography. PBL method is aligned with the fundamentals of the constructivist approach and promotes collaborative and cooperative learning in small group work. BPL implementation involves six steps and three progression levels for problem-solving in relation to cognition processes, classroom dynamics, and the identification degree of features and events in the geoscenario. Experiential knowledge and analogical thinking are applied to problem formulation and solving in the geoscenario.
Importance and Educational Possibilities of the Place-Based Education Through Virtual Fieldtrips
Authors: Yoon Okkyong
Published: July 2022

This chapter deals with the possibilities of place-based education through virtual field trips and strategies to realize them. These are based on the environmental educational value of the experience in a certain place, the geography of the field trip, and the merits of an environmental education method. In video content production, the selection of a place and the composition of the story is very important. In addition to the story of the place, the narration of the content can supplement the actual field trip by including the fieldwork skills of the outdoors. Video content has the effect of combining various types of media so it can be effectively used along with field trips. Virtual field trips using video content have inherent limitations compared to outdoor field trips, but they can be used for place-based education by preparing a plan and support system for more effective blended learning.
Landscape and Heritage
Authors: Jericó María Casas , Erneta-Altarriba Luis , Ballarín Ana Villarroya
Published: July 2022

The growing technical, political, social, and cultural interconnectedness of our world helps advance societies. However, globalization also entails some negative environmental and cultural effects, which are usually intertwined. For example, the spread of Western consumption models accelerates ecological and social degradation worldwide. A sustainable development model is necessary to face these problems, which needs a conscious and competent society. This chapter explores how heritage and landscape are, at the same time, integrative concepts and didactic resources that promote interdisciplinary learning. Both aspects have great potential for advancing sustainability education. The chapter presents some didactic proposals that use diverse strategies and resources related to heritage and landscape, adopting a local focus whenever possible to make the learning experience more significant. Some of these activities address environmental and social challenges described in the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.
River Landscape
Authors: Muñoz Espinosa Elena María , Mora Celia Laguna
Published: July 2022

This educational proposal is built up from a varied set of disciplines with different viewpoints which manage different approaches to rivers: hydrology, ecology, land uses, cultural heritage, or fluvial landscape. Nowadays, traditional approaches are misleading, and they promote conflicts between the required knowledge and what society demands. Thus, didactic innovation on an integrated base is required from early educational ages. Here are presented some didactic strategies that could be implemented from elementary schools, with students from 6 to 12 years old. The aim is to establish an approach and procedures for river teaching and help to develop proposals for teachers, which eventually could be used in class. The development of these guidelines is implemented by the identification of fluvial functions along specific items suggested.
Resource optimized Region Based Image Encryption Using Chaotic Maps
Authors: Kiran P.  , Parameshachari B. D.  , Sudheesh K.V.  , Sunil Kumar D.S.
Published: July 2022

Securing medical images becomes a major concern to avoid leaking confidential data. This problem motivated the development of many low computational complexity methods to encrypt these medical images. In this research work, block cipher-based region of interest medical image encryption with multiple maps is proposed. Primarily, region of interest (ROI) regions and region of background (ROB) are extracted with the help of Laplacian edge detection operator. Further, important ROI regions are permuted in a circular fashion with the help of Arnold cat map and angle value. Then permuted ROI part is encrypted using the duffling system and unimportant regions are unchanged. The advantage of the work is that it encrypts only selected/important parts and that will achieve fast execution speed and reduction in computation complexity. The approach presented here enables the storage and transmission of medical image data within an open network. These results show that the security in the proposed method is much better than many chaotic encryption algorithms proposed in the recent times.
MirrorMe@work
Authors: Rusman Ellen , Storm Jeroen
Published: July 2022

Novice teachers are often discouraged by the problems they encounter in their daily professional practices and they (still) feel unable to cope with. This is also reflected in high drop-out rates in the early stages of teachers’ careers. In this paper a theory-informed methodology to support novice teachers’ individual and collective professional development at the workplace is proposed. This methodology, called MirrorMe@work, strives to reduce teachers professional loneliness, increase their confidence and reduce stress, through technology-enhanced support of self- and co-regulation, (collective) reflection and knowledge co-creation processes, informed by (shared) memorable moments and critical incidents that teachers experience in their practices. Future and further research is needed to determine whether the MirrorMe@work method supports novice teachers as intended and whether this indeed reduces novice teachers’ drop-out rates.
Hybrid Optimization-Based Structural Design of Deep Q Network With Feature Selection Algorithm for Medical Data Classification
Authors: Patra Radhanath , Khuntia Bonomali , Panda Dhruba Charan
Published: July 2022

In the area of medical informatics, the medical data classification is considered a complicated job. However, accurate classification of medical data is a complex task. Therefore, a robust and effective hybrid optimization-based deep learning method for classifying the medical data is developed in this research. The input data is pre-processed using data normalization method. Then, the features are selected using the proposed Henry Sea Lion Optimization (HSLnO), which is the combination of Henry Gas Solubility Optimization (HGSO) and Sea Lion Optimization (SLnO). The classification process is achieved using an optimized Deep Q Network (DQN). The DQN is optimized using the proposed Shuffled Shepherd Whale optimization Algorithm (SSWOA). The proposed SSWOA is developed by the integration of the Shuffled Shepherd Optimization Algorithm (SSOA) and Whale Optimization Algorithm (WOA). The developed technique achieves better performance of testing accuracy, sensitivity, and specificity with values of 95.413%, 95.645%, and 95.364%, respectively.
Venous wall graft in the eyelid reconstruction: observations drawn from 64 cases
Authors: Barbera Cesare , Manzoni Roberto , Dodaro Lucio , Ferraro Monica , Paolo Pella
Published: July 2022

The aim of this report is to illustrate the venous wall graft and to present the observations drawn from a large series of eyelid reconstructions performed with this method. 64 patients underwent venous wall grafts, mostly after resection of invasive carcinomas of the eyelids and in only one case after traumatic injury. All patients had good functional and cosmetic results. The average follow-up time was 6.5 years. Few negligible complications were observed. Only two cases (3.1%) needed further surgical treatment. Vein graft is a reliable alternative to traditional procedures in replacing tarsus-conjunctival layer, achieving satisfactory results. A single surgical session is required, usually without complications.
Agreement on classification of clinical photographs of pigmentary lesions: Exercise after a training course with young dermatologists
Authors: Cazzaniga Simone , De Ponti Lucia , Baratelli Giorgio Maria , Francione Salvatore , La Vecchia Carlo , Di Landro Anna , Carugno Andrea , Di Mercurio Marco , Germi Lerica , Trevisan Giampaolo , Fenaroli Mirko , Capasso Claudia , Pezza Michele , Dri Pietro , Castelli Emanuele , Naldi Luigi
Published: July 2022

Smartphone apps may help promoting the early diagnosis of melanoma. The reliability of specialist judgment on lesions should be assessed. Hereby, we evaluated the agreement of six young dermatologists, after a specific training. Clinical judgment was evaluated during two online sessions, one month apart, on a series of 45 pigmentary lesions. Lesions were classified as highly suspicious, suspicious, non suspicious or not assessable. Cohen’s and Fleiss’ kappa were used to calculate intra- and inter-rater agreement. The overall intra-rater agreement was 0.42 (95% confidence interval - CI: 0.33-0.50), varying between 0.12-0.59 on single raters. The inter-rater agreement during the first phase was 0.29 (95% CI: 0.24-0.34). When considering the agreement for each category of judgment, kappa varied from 0.19 for not assessable to 0.48 for highly suspected lesions. Similar results were obtained in the second exercise. The study showed a less than satisfactory agreement among young dermatologists. Our data point to the need for improving the reliability of the clinical diagnoses of melanoma especially when assessing small lesions and when dealing with thin melanomas at a population level.
Neutrophil-to-lymphocyte and platelet-to-lymphocyte ratios as inflammatory markers in psoriasis: a case-control study
Authors: Nguyen Hao Trong , Vo Long Dinh Hoang , Pham Nguyen Nhat
Published: July 2022

Our case–control study of 60 patients with PsV, 20 patients with PsA, and 34 healthy control participants in Ho Chi Minh City Hospital of Dermato-Venereology from October 2019 to September 2020 aimed to evaluate the neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (NLR), platelet-to-lymphocyte ratio (PLR), and associated factors in patients with psoriasis vulgaris (PsV) and PsA. Results showed that in the PsV group, significant correlations of NLR with PASI and the hs-CRP level was noted (r=0.374 and r=0.352, respectively; p=0.003 and p=0.006, respectively). NLR was also related to PsA (p=0.007, OR=1.57). The area under the curve (AUC) for NLR in predicting PsA was 0.7554 (cut-off, 2.239; sensitivity, 85%; specificity, 61.67%). PLR was also related to PsA (p=0.008, OR=1.01). The AUC for PLR was 0.6513 (cut-off, 159.6; sensitivity, 55%; specificity, 88.33%). Thus, complete blood count parameters can reflect the inflammatory status of patients with PsV and PsA. NLR and PLR may be potential diagnostic markers for PsA in patients with psoriasis. Future studies should aim to assess the value and usage of these parameters.
A protocol for a randomized trial on pain neuroscience education vs. routine physical therapy in people with chronic neck pain
Authors: Soleiman Farzaneh , Kouhzad Mohamadi Hosein , Saadat Maryam , Derisfard Fateme , Nassadj Gholamhossein
Published: July 2022

The aim of this study is to investigate the effects of combining routine physical therapy with pain neuroscience education (PNE) on psychosocial factors, physical performance, and the experienced pain in patients with chronic neck pain (CNP). This study is a double-blind randomized clinical trial in which patients will be randomly allocated to two groups, routine physical therapy with and without PNE. Patients will be assessed at the baseline, post intervention, and three months later. The results of this research will be used to establish effectiveness of treatment strategies for CNP. Due to the rigorous scientific methods used in this research, the suggested interventions would be clinically applicable in the health care systems.
Challenges with the pursuit of ISO 15189 accreditation in a public health laboratory in Ghana
Authors: Attoh Seth , Tetteh Francis K.M. , McAddy Mary , Ackah Kingsley , Kyei Richmond , Moroti Marcus , Boateng Cynthia , Adusu-Donkor Laurinda , Boafo Joseph , Yakubu Alhassan , Kwao Sarah , Sarkodie Emmanuel , Koranteng Nana-Banyin , Addo Monica A. , Hobenu Frederick , Agyeman-Bediako Kwasi , Fatchu Raymond D.
Published: July 2022

Background: Accreditation is important for all medical laboratories, particularly public health laboratories in developing countries. Several laboratories in Ghana implemented the requirements of the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) 15189 but were unable to proceed to accreditation. This article describes the challenges faced by the Pathology Division Laboratory of the 37 Military Hospital, Accra, Ghana, during the acquisition of ISO 15189 accreditation and suggests solutions for a better approach.Intervention: Following ISO 15189 accreditation in 2017, an online survey was conducted between 01 and 30 March 2020 among the laboratory staff. Respondents were required to grade, on a scale of 0 (least) to 5 (most), the extent to which 16 key challenges influenced the process of obtaining accreditation. Key informant interviews were also held with laboratory personnel who were directly involved in the establishment of the quality management system in the laboratory and the accreditation acquisition process.Lessons learnt: Documentation, laboratory safety measures, laboratory management support, and reagent unavailability were estimated as the challenges that most affected the acquisition of laboratory accreditation. Challenges such as poor communication, staff apathy and workload had the least effect on the accreditation process. There was no difference in challenges identified between persons who worked in the laboratory before or after accreditation (p = 0.11).Recommendations: To surmount the anticipated challenges, there is the need for national strategic direction for laboratory accreditation, hospital and laboratory management support for the accreditation acquisition and maintenance processes, and sufficient technical assistance in the form of training and mentorship.
Domestic workers in Nigerian Christian families: A socio-rhetorical reading of Ephesians 6:5–9
Authors: Adewale Olubiyi A.
Published: July 2022

The erosion of traditional work roles which had been male biased has led to the increase of women in the workplace. Although a welcomed development, it has an attendant problem – a vacuum in the homestead. Consequently, families are filling this vacuum by employing various hands (houseboys and girls, maids and nannies) to handle the house chores in the absence of parents. Being part of the society and mostly affected by female personnel (as Islamic conservativeness is reducing female personnel), many Christian parents are now faced with the issue of relating properly with their ‘servants’ and vice versa. In fact, there are many cases of maltreatment of these helps and pampering their own children while the helps are overstretched, on the one hand, and cases of outrageous and negative behaviours on the part of the ‘servants’. This article is aimed at giving a biblical guideline on domestic workers and masters relationship via a socio-rhetorical reading of Ephesians 6:5–9. It examines the Graeco-Roman household codes between servants and masters and provides a comparative analysis of these ethical codes with the Nigerian situation to emphasise the contemporary relevance of the passage.Contributions: The article holds that rather than being treated as domestic workers, these servants should be treated as part of the family. They should be sent to school, properly clothed, and fed and treated equally with the children of the home. They are human beings created and loved by God before whom we are all equals.
Studying the role of Islamic religious beliefs on depression during COVID-19 in Malaysia
Authors: Iswanto Acim Heri , Gustina Zainal Anna , Murodov Adkham , A. Baker El-Ebiary Yousef , G. Sattarova Dildora
Published: July 2022

Depression is one of the most common psychological disorders and many people in the world suffer from this disorder. Every year, thousands of suicides occur because of depression. Whilst anxiety is considered a common phenomenon of our era, it has existed throughout human history. Nevertheless, there have always been signs of religion and religious beliefs in the study of human communities and the history of civilisations. Despite rapid advancements made in solving the physical problems of human beings, the science of medicine has not taken an effective step toward solving humans’ psychological issues, although they play a considerable role in the emergence of physical diseases. Religion can affect the mental health of individuals and society through various mechanisms. In general, the role of religion and religious beliefs on the health of the individual and society is very important. A great deal of peace of mind can be achieved based on faith and moral beliefs and practices. People with religious beliefs have an optimistic viewpoint towards life, and their religious beliefs turn a dark life into a bright one even when all hopes are lost in the battle of life. Given the importance of this issue, the present study aimed to evaluate the role of Islamic religious beliefs of Muslim students on depression during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic in Malaysia. A field study was performed on 3500 Muslim students of Kuala Lumpur in 2021 by simple random sampling method. Data were collected using standardised questionnaires, and data analysis was performed in SPSS (Statistical Package for the Social Sciences). According to the results, people with a higher level of religious beliefs suffered less from depression, which confirmed the negative and significant relationship between Islamic religious beliefs and depression. According to the results of multiple regression analysis related to the components of the independent variable in SPSS, all components of Islamic beliefs had a significant role in reducing COVID-19-induced depression. Meanwhile, action required (t-value: 2.30; beta: 0.55) and religious activities (t-value: 2.24; beta: 0.54) had the most effect on reducing depression induced by COVID-19 disease.Contribution: The findings of this study could be used to treat people’s depression during the COVID-19 pandemic by taking their Islamic religious beliefs into account.
The relationship between procedural justice and person–organisation fit: The mediating role of organisational trust
Authors: Williamson Mervywn K. , Perumal Kressantha
Published: July 2022

Background: The effects of person–organisation (P–O) fit on key work outcomes has been the subject of a plethora of research in the last few decades. However, scant attention has been given to exploring the antecedents of P–O fit in the workplace. This study addressed this gap in the literature.Aim: The aims of the study were to determine if there was a relationship between procedural justice and P–O fit, and whether organisational trust could be considered a potential mediating variable in this relationship.Setting: The research was conducted among permanent employees representing a range of businesses in KwaZulu-Natal.Methods: In order to address the study objectives, a quantitative survey and cross-sectional design were used. Data were collected from a convenience sample of 118 permanent employees who were registered for degrees in commerce and business administration and attended part-time classes at a university in the province of KwaZulu-Natal.Results: The results of the statistical analysis revealed a significant and positive association between procedural justice and employees’ perceived P–O fit. Organisational trust was found to partially mediate this relationship.Conclusion: The results make a significant contribution to P–O fit theory and the management of P–O fit in the workplace.