bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Early cancer detection by serum biomolecular fingerprinting spectroscopy with machine learning
Authors: Dong Shilian , He Dong , Zhang Qian , Huang Chaoning , Hu Zhiheng , Zhang Chenyang , Nie Lei , Wang Kun , Luo Wei , Yu Jing , Tian Bin , Wu Wei , Chen Xu , Wang Fubing , Hu Jing , Xiao Xiangheng
Published: July 2023

Label-free surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) technique with ultra-sensitivity becomes more and more desirable in biomedical analysis, which is yet hindered by inefficient follow-up data analysis. Here we report an integrative method based on SERS and Artificial Intelligence for Cancer Screening (SERS-AICS) for liquid biopsy such as serum via silver nanowires, combining molecular vibrational signals processing with large-scale data mining algorithm. According to 382 healthy controls and 1582 patients from two independent cohorts, SERS-AICS not only distinguishes pan-cancer patients from health controls with 95.81% overall accuracy and 95.87% sensitivity at 95.40% specificity, but also screens out those samples at early cancer stage. The supereminent efficiency potentiates SERS-AICS a promising tool for detecting cancer with broader types at earlier stage, accompanying with the establishment of a data platform for further deep analysis.
Grape Polyphenols May Prevent High-Fat Diet–Induced Dampening of the Hypothalamic–Pituitary–Adrenal Axis in Male Mice
Authors: Mezhibovsky Esther , Tveter Kevin M , Villa-Rodriguez Jose A , Bacalia Karen , Kshatriya Dushyant , Desai Nikhil , Cabales Alrick , Wu Yue , Sui Ke , Duran Rocio M , Bello Nicholas T , Roopchand Diana E
Published: July 2023

Context 

Chronic high-fat diet (HFD) consumption causes obesity associated with retention of bile acids (BAs) that suppress important regulatory axes, such as the hypothalamic–pituitary–adrenal axis (HPAA). HFD impairs nutrient sensing and energy balance due to a dampening of the HPAA and reduced production and peripheral metabolism of corticosterone (CORT).

Objective

We assessed whether proanthocyanidin-rich grape polyphenol (GP) extract can prevent HFD-induced energy imbalance and HPAA dysregulation.

Methods

Male C57BL6/J mice were fed HFD or HFD supplemented with 0.5% w/w GPs (HFD-GP) for 17 weeks.

Results

GP supplementation reduced body weight gain and liver fat while increasing circadian rhythms of energy expenditure and HPAA-regulating hormones, CORT, leptin, and PYY. GP-induced improvements were accompanied by reduced mRNA levels of Il6, Il1b, and Tnfa in ileal or hepatic tissues and lower cecal abundance of Firmicutes, including known BA metabolizers. GP-supplemented mice had lower concentrations of circulating BAs, including hydrophobic and HPAA-inhibiting BAs, but higher cecal levels of taurine-conjugated BAs antagonistic to farnesoid X receptor (FXR). Compared with HFD-fed mice, GP-supplemented mice had increased mRNA levels of hepatic Cyp7a1 and Cyp27a1, suggesting reduced FXR activation and more BA synthesis. GP-supplemented mice also had reduced hepatic Abcc3 and ileal Ibabp and Ostβ, indicative of less BA transfer into enterocytes and circulation. Relative to HFD-fed mice, CORT and BA metabolizing enzymes (Akr1d1 and Srd5a1) were increased, and Hsd11b1 was decreased in GP supplemented mice.

Conclusion

GPs may attenuate HFD-induced weight gain by improving hormonal control of the HPAA and inducing a BA profile with less cytotoxicity and HPAA inhibition, but greater FXR antagonism.
“The Truth Is in the Soil”
Authors: Buthpitiya Vindhya
Published: July 2023

This chapter examines the political work of photography in northern Sri Lanka in the aftermath of the island's civil war (1983–2009). Here, everyday “photographing” and the vibrant personal and political recontextualization and rematerialization of photographic images illuminate the effects of war and the lingering political frictions and grievances of the postwar. Within diverse ethnographic contexts spanning commemoration, activism, and state surveillance, the making and moving of photography play a significant role in improvisations to imagine and secure personal and collective political futures. Where Tamil citizenship is defined as one of complexity and impairment against a backdrop of ethno-nationalist conflict, photography serves as a means to claim and make visible what is suppressed in the wake of war and enduring violence. The medium reveals, importantly, its potential for cultivating borderless political socialities and solidarities that foreground possibilities for self-determination.
Visual Citizenship in Cambodia
Authors: Young Sokphea
Published: July 2023

The chapter opens with an autobiographical account that entangles the absence and presence of media with Cambodia's political history. The historical scarcity of photography in Cambodia is documented. The proliferation of images is a recent phenomenon. The Khmer Rouge genocide coded photographs as signs of bourgeois identity and led to the burying of many photographs. Photographs remain politically charged in the present, their talismanic and magical properties being recognized by both government supporters and protestors. However, photographic effects are paradoxical: they proliferate the presence of the ruler but also render his distributed personhood vulnerable to defacement by hostile citizens. Current digital practices may seem to proffer the utopia of “borderless” images but in practice open the citizenry to state surveillance. Photography emerges as a key facilitator of the current authoritarian regime's reworking of the Khmer Rouge's “Angkar,” the “pineapple eyes” metaphor that underpins obedience to the state.
Insurgent Archive
Authors: Selejan Ileana L.
Published: July 2023

This chapter analyzes the ways in which photography has been used within the context of the protest movement that began in April 2018 in Nicaragua. It discusses how the phone camera and social media became tools for demanding justice as well as for witnessing and documenting “live” history. The sudden appearance of new images in the public sphere manifested itself as an overflow of content against a backdrop of prolonged silence due to censorship. Correspondences with well-known photographs from the 1978–79 popular insurrection were tested, as the memory of the historic Sandinista Revolution was actively engaged with in the streets. The chapter revisits theoretical notions concerning the proliferation of images via photographic technologies in a revolutionary context, reflecting on what makes images particularly powerful and effective in an activist sense, spurring audiences into action.
The maximal contrast-enhanced range of CT for differentiating the WHO pathological subtypes and risk subgroups of thymic epithelial tumors
Authors: Yu Chunhai , Li Ting , Yang Xiaotang , Xin Lei , Zhao Zhikai , Yang Zhao , Zhang Ruiping
Published: July 2023

Objective:

To explore the value of maximal contrast-enhanced (CEmax) range using contrast-enhanced CT (CECT) imaging in differentiating the pathological subtypes and risk subgroups of thymic epithelial tumors (TETs).

Methods:

The pre-treatment-CECT images of 319 TET patients from May 2012 to November 2021 were analyzed retrospectively. The CEmax was defined as the maximum difference between the CT value of the solid tumor on pre-contrast and contrast-enhanced images. The mean CEmax value was calculated at three different tumor levels.

Results:

There was a significant difference in the CEmax among the eight main pathological subtypes [types A, AB, B1, B2, and B3 thymoma, thymic carcinoma (TC), low-grade neuroendocrine tumor (NET) and high-grade NET] (p < 0.001). Among the eight subtypes, the CEmax values of types A, AB, and low-risk NET were higher than those of the other subtypes (all p < 0.001), and there was no difference among types B1–B3 and high-risk NET (all p > 0.05). There was no difference for CEmax values between NET and TC (p = 0.491). For the risk subgroups, the CEmax of TC (including NET) was 35.35 ± 11.41 HU, which was lower than that of low-risk thymoma (A and AB) (57.73±21.24 HU) (P < 0.001) and was higher than that of high-risk thymoma (B1–B3) (27.37±8.27 HU) (P < 0.001). The CEmax cut-off values were 38.5 HU and 30.5 HU respectively (AUC: 0.829 and 0.712; accuracy, 72.4% and 67.7%).

Conclusion:

The tumor CEmax on CECT helps differentiate the pathological subtypes and risk subgroups of TETs.

Advances in knowledge:

In this study, an improved simplified risk grouping method was proposed based on the traditional (2004 edition) simplified risk grouping method for TETs. If Type B1 thymoma is classified as high-risk, radiologists using this improved method may improve the accuracy in differentiating risk level of TETs compared with the traditional method.
Comparative evaluation of platelet rich fibrin matrix (PRFM) membrane and platelet rich fibrin (PRF) membrane using the vestibular incision subperiosteal tunnel access (VISTA) approach technique for the treatment of multiple gingival recession in humans: A double-blind, parallel-group, randomized controlled clinical trial
Authors: Hassan Safiya , Dhadse Prasad , Bajaj Pavan , Sethiya Kiran , Subhadarsanee Chitrika , Oza Ranu
Published: July 2023

Background: In this evolutionary era of dentistry, newer techniques have evolved for complete coverage of multiple recession defects (MRDs). Since 2012, MRDs have been treated using the vestibular incision subperiosteal tunnel access (VISTA) approach and a variety of regenerating membranes with varying degrees of success. Platelet‑rich fibrin matrix (PRFM) membrane has shown a robust release of growth factors and was known to enhance the healing process. Thus, in this study we have evaluated the effectiveness of platelet-rich fibrin matrix (PRFM) with that of platelet-rich fibrin (PRF) membrane using the vestibular incision subperiosteal tunnel access (VISTA) technique in Miller Class I and II multiple gingival recession defects.

Methods: This randomized, parallel designed, controlled, clinical study was conducted in 20 subjects (10 male and 10 female) having class I/II MGR defects either buccally or labially. The test group was treated with VISTA and PRFM membrane while the control group was treated with VISTA and PRF membrane. The clinical measurements such as plaque index, papillary bleeding index, probing pocket depth, relative attachment level (RAL) and relative gingival marginal level (R-GML), width of keratinized gingiva (WKG), gingival recession (REC) and gingival thickness (GT) were measured at baseline, three and six months. A Student’s paired t-test was utilized to analyse data from the day of surgery to six months.

Results: Ten patients in the test group (89.23±15.04) and 10 patients in the control group (85.06±17.71) showed marked root coverage compared to baseline.

Conclusions: Both test and control groups showed statistically significant enhancement in root coverage. However, no statistically significant difference was found when a comparison was made between the two groups in terms of PD, relative RAL, R-GML and REC reduction, gain in WKG, and increase in GT.

Trial registration: CTRI/2021/07/035240, registered 29 July 2021.
The revitalization of endangered heritage buildings in developing countries: A decision-making framework for investment and determining the highest and best use in Egypt
Authors: Selim Mohanned , Abulnour Adham , Eldeeb Sally
Published: July 2023

Background: Egypt's major cities have been losing heritage and historical buildings due to neglect and misuse, prompting non-governmental organizations, academic institutions, and researchers to advocate for adaptive reuse strategies to preserve the cities' heritage and identity. Adaptive reuse involves changing, modifying, or reusing a space based on community needs, business model, location, and proximity to facilities and services. Heritage buildings offer many tangible and intangible benefits that enhance financial returns, making them challenging but feasible and attractive for investors who value authenticity, uniqueness, and sustainability.

Methods: This study examines how market value, acquisition opportunities, target clients, age groups, and socioeconomic status affect decision-making. A comparative analysis of three buildings in the Egyptian cities of Alexandria and Cairo is utilized to establish development guidelines and decision-making parameters that significantly impact project design and building functions to determine the highest and best use. In order to complete this study, AutoCAD by Autodesk was used for 2D drawings, SketchUp by Trimble for 3D models, Adobe Photoshop for diagram presentation, and Microsoft Office for tables and diagrams.

Results: The comparative analysis provided valuable insights into the adaptive reuse of heritage buildings in developing countries. Findings highlighted how cultural heritage preservation could foster socioeconomic development. Key success factors included stakeholder and community engagement, financial viability, and architectural compatibility. The decision-making framework provides a practical tool for evaluating heritage building reuse.

Conclusions: The analysis illustrates successful reuse strategies and considerations. Decision-making frameworks and tools offer practical guidance for future investments and decisions. These findings affect heritage conservation and urban development policymakers, planners, and investors. Stakeholders can make informed decisions and implement strategies to preserve cultural and environmental value by realizing challenges and opportunities. This study hopes to inspire more research and help preserve and revitalize heritage buildings in developing countries, preserving their cultural and socioeconomic value.
Linking policy and practice in monitoring socially responsible research and innovation (RRI): A conceptual framework to evaluate progress through the UNESCO-led Recommendation on Science and Scientific Researchers
Authors: Jensen Eric Allen
Published: July 2023

This paper sets out a high-level conceptual framework for monitoring the development of socially responsible research and innovation (RRI) systems linked to the global policy instrument called ‘the Recommendation on Science and Scientific Researchers’ (RSSR). RRI is an umbrella concept, rooted in EU policy and research, that encompasses a range of topics that overlap directly with the RSSR. These topics include social inclusion in scientific research, improved scientific transparency and governance and expanded public engagement with science. The RSSR is an international accord ratified by 195 United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Member States in 2017, updating an earlier version of the instrument. This UNESCO-led initiative offers a globally inclusive and agreed structure for advancing RRI-related principles. A key feature of the RSSR initiative is its permanent structure of quadrennial monitoring to assess implementation of its principles. Here, a conceptual framework is presented to clarify the specific dimensions of RRI embedded in the 10 key priority areas for this quadrennial monitoring process. The paper explicates these dimensions and the underpinning policy language from the 2017 recommendation with the aim of supporting UNESCO Member States and research stakeholders globally to design appropriate evaluation methods. This conceptual framework is intended to support development of globally aligned measurement of RRI policy and practice that allows research and policy stakeholders from each world region to learn from each other. Fostering mutual learning on a global scale will help to enable evidence-based practice in the context of RRI to improve outcomes and mitigate the limitations of well-meaning but ineffective policies and practices.
Towards equality: gender representation at the Royal College of Radiologists’ Annual Scientific Meeting 2014-2021
Authors: Gibson Lorna M. , Wood Kayleigh L. , Wardlaw Joanna M.
Published: July 2023

Background: Conferences facilitate career advancement, but gender imbalances in public fora may negatively impact both women and men, and society. We aimed to describe the gender distribution of presenters at the UK’s 2014-2021 Royal College of Radiologists’ (RCR) Annual Scientific Meeting.

Methods: We extracted data on presenter name, role and session type from meeting programmes. We classified gender as male or female using names, records or personal pronouns, accepting the limitations of these categories. We classified roles by prestige: lead, other (speakers and workshop faculty), proffered paper or poster presenters. We calculated odds ratios (OR) and 95% confidence intervals (CI) for associations between gender and binary outcomes using logistic regression. 

Results: Women held 1,059 (37.5%) of 2,826 conference roles and presented 9/27 keynotes. Compared to men, women were less likely to hold other roles such as speakers and workshop faculty (OR 0.72 95% CI 0.61-0.83), and more likely to present posters (OR 1.49 95% CI 1.27-1.76). There were 60 male-only and eight women-only multi-presenter sessions. Sessions led by women had higher proportions of women speakers. The odds of roles being held by women increased during online meetings during COVID in 2020 and 2021 (OR 1.61, 95% CI 1.36-1.91) compared to earlier years.

Conclusion: The proportion of women presenters and keynote speakers reflects that of RCR membership, but not of wider society. Disadvantage starts from the earliest career stages, prejudicing career opportunities. Efforts to improve inclusion and diversity are needed; focusing on lead roles and hybrid online/in-person formats may accelerate change.
Fairy Tale Motifs in the Slavic Universe of Marta Krajewska
Authors: Ługowska Jolanta
Published: July 2023

Marta Krajewska’s series of novels forming the so-called Slavic universe (Idź i czekaj mrozów, 2016, Zaszyj oczy wilkom, 2017 Wezwijcie moje dzieci, 2021) is characterized by noticeable generic syncretism, with fairy tales playing an important role in the construction of the presented world. In her trilogy, the author draws on the most popular, universal fairy tale motifs recorded in international catalogues as well as in Polska bajka ludowa w układzie systematycznym (The Systematic Catalogue of the Polish Folk Tale) by Julian Krzyżanowski, using as the basis of her own story. Krajewska applies the plot patterns of these fairy tales (T. 400A “Urvasi”, T. 333 “Little Red Riding Hood”, T. 425 “The Quest for a Lost Husband”) in the construction of the fates of her protagonists; they also appear by way of folkloric quotes, present, for example, in dialogue replies of the characters. In the narratives of the novels, the writer also devotes a lot of space to the phenomenon of oral transmission of fairy tales, characteristic of folk tradition, and the function of this phenomenon in the life of the local community. However, the numerous references to folk tradition do not mean that Krajewska recreates the logic of selected motifs established in the folk tradition, with their characteristic intentionality and moral messages. The main novelty of the literary approach to traditional tales (especially the story of Little Red Riding Hood) lies in the author’s departure from the fairy tale’s warning role and in her focus on the ambivalence of fascination and horror evoked in the heroine by the figure of the wolf, which in the narrative structure initiates a complex love story with dramatic complications and frequent plot twists, leading, however, towards a happy ending.
Logical Forms: Validity and Variety of Formalizations
Authors: Brun Georg
Published: July 2023

Formalizations in first-order logic are standardly used to represent logical forms of sentences and to show the validity of ordinary-language arguments. Since every sentence admits of a variety of formalizations, a challenge arises: why should one valid formalization suffice to show validity even if there are other, invalid, formalizations? This paper suggests an explanation with reference to criteria of adequacy which ensure that formalizations are related in a hierarchy of more or less specific formalizations. This proposal is then compared with stronger criteria and assumptions, especially the idea that sentences essentially have just one logical form
Crecimiento y diversificación de usos en los puertos pesqueros. El papel de la Política Pesquera Común en los puertos de Galicia en el siglo XXI.
Authors: Felicidades-García Jesús , Piñeiro-Antelo María de los Angeles , Piñeira-Martiñan María José
Published: July 2023

Desde la finales del XX, a pesar de la crisis del sector pesquero en España, se ha producido un importante crecimiento de los puertos de esta actividad. Esto se debe en parte a que la recualificación de los puertos es un objetivo de la Política Pesquera Común (PPC) desde mediados de los años 1990. El objetivo del trabajo es analizar el impacto de esta política, así como observar la integración entre puerto y ciudad vinculada a la demanda social que posibilita la convivencia de los usos pesqueros con otros recreativos, deportivos o comerciales. El estudio de caso se centra en los puertos de Muros y Ribeira (Galicia), a partir de un análisis combinado cuantitativo y cualitativo, utilizando fuentes estadísticas, cartográficas (programa SIOSE y fotointerpretación) y trabajo de campo. Los resultados muestran un importante crecimiento y diversificación de los usos portuarios, al mismo tiempo que una reducción del número y potencia de la flota pesquera (SGP, 2021). Los autores destacan la ausencia de un plan director que oriente las inversiones a escala regional, y, en general, de instrumentos de planificación sectorial y urbana que armonicen estos procesos.
Inmigración y codesarrollo. Aproximaciones para el cálculo de la riqueza imputable.
Authors: Montaño- Garcés Mónica , Carrero-Carrero Antonio José , Márquez-Domínguez Juan Antonio
Published: July 2023

Los procesos migratorios no son asépticos para los territorios. Influyen, de forma notable en la economía y la vida local. Desde una perspectiva tradicional, el codesarrollo ha planteado cómo la migración transforma y cambia la vida del país emisor. Sin embargo, suele quedar velada la influencia de los migrantes en los países y territorios de destino. Desde este contexto, el artículo plantea como reto analizar la riqueza imputable a la inmigración y demostrar su importancia y trascendencia, en unos momentos en que en Europa y España empiezan a aparecer corrientes xenófobas. Desde planteamientos generales para España y Andalucía, se tomó como espacio de exploración los municipios de Lepe y Moguer en la provincia de Huelva, donde la población inmigrante real sobrepasa el 22 y 37% de la población total respectivamente, conformando gran parte de la población activa y manteniendo la agricultura de vanguardia.
Rumpel-Leede phenomenon following radial artery catheterisation
Authors: Pirtle Floyd A. , Maldonado Dylan , Yingchoncharoen Pitchaporn , Thongpiya Jerapas , Leelaviwat Natnicha , Cavazos Annia , Stetson Cloyce L.
Published: July 2023

Rumpel-Leede phenomenon is a rarely diagnosed entity that can be seen in patients following the application of tourniquet-like forces to the extremities. This phenomenon describes petechiae and purpura secondary to venous compression and congestion, with its underlying aetiology involving the fragility of capillary vessels within the dermis. This condition is associated with chronic medical conditions such as diabetes mellitus, hypertension, dyslipidemia, peripheral vascular disease and systemic inflammatory diseases, including infections. In addition, patients with coagulopathy including thrombocytopenia or platelet dysfunction from antiplatelet use, or those with thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura and idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura, are predisposed to capillary haemorrhage and petechiae formation. In this report, we present a case of a patient who developed Rumpel-Leede phenomenon following catheterisation of the right radial artery with spontaneous resolution – where only five cases have been reported to date – with the aim to make clinicians aware of this condition and to avoid unnecessary interventions.
Addressing Linguistic disadvantage in writing articles for International English Medium Journals
Authors: Abdelhadi Amina
Published: July 2023

The study at hand aims to investigate Algerian researchers’ perceptions of the importance of writing research articles for publication in international English medium journals, along with the incentives and disincentive influencing this process, and the challenges they encounter. To reach these aims, a survey is conducted with twenty six Algerian researchers from three different fields of study using an online questionnaire created in Google Forms. The vast majority of the participants rate writing research in English as of great importance and they opt for different incentives influencing their decision to publish in international English medium journals, but they perceive themselves to be disadvantaged by their non-native status as the degree of their perceived difficulty of writing scientific articles in English is very high. This study highlights the correlation between the mastery of English as a principal prerequisite in the respondents’ fields of study and the use of English as an indispensable key to communicate their research results to the global scientific community. It then ends up with some strategies to be taken by higher education institutes to address this issue from different standpoints.
Framing analysis on Luwuk Post on the news of regional head election campaign (Pilkada) Banggai Regency in 2020
Authors: Ridha risma yunita Ridha Risma Yunita , Suanti tunggala Suanti Tunggala , Ken amasita Ken Amasita Saasdjad
Published: July 2023

This research aims to find out the framing and construction of Luwuk Post media reality to the news of the 2020 Banggai Regency regional head election. To collect data is done by identifying the overall news document published in the Daily Luwuk Post newspaper during the campaign period based on PKPU No. 13 of 2020 which began from November 22, 2020 to December 5, 2020. The research method used in this research is to use a qualitative descriptive approach. The data sources used in this study are primary data and secondary data. In this study, the data analysis technique used is an analysis tool using Nvivo, Nvivo as an analysis tool that displays data in the form of text and images through the process of coding data. The sample in this study is textually the title of the news of campaign activities in Banggai Regency in the 2020 Election in The Luwuk Post Newspaper Daily period of November 22, 2020 to December 5, 2020 into a sample of research. With the results of the study that the framing of Luwuk Post media on the news of the 2020 Banggai District Regional Election Campaign with the highest percentage consisted of Define problems with a news point of view of 66%, Diagnose Causes with 75% news issues, make moral judgment with a positive frame of 76%, and the last Treatment recommendation with 88% source suggestions. Data coding results through NVIVO 12 Plus show the candidate pair H. Herwin Yatim – H. Mustar Labolo (WINSTAR) packages his interests by making the agenda of government or government policy as the object of news and efforts to influence the lives of readers in the sense of making choices to WINSTAR candidate pairs.
Visual narrative of the pandemic as a form of health communication in the digital age
Authors: Sabri Sabri , Adiprabowo Vani Dias Adiprabowo
Published: July 2023

Many disease information problems are caused by a lack of knowledge and public misunderstanding of health information. Health communication includes disseminating health information to the public to achieve healthy living behaviours, creating awareness, changing attitudes and providing motivation for individuals to adopt recommended healthy behaviours to be the main objectives of health communication. This study aims to analyze the use of visual narratives in health promotion during a pandemic that focuses on non-technical aspects. In addition, knowing the health promotion strategy includes visuals, communication, and media. The research method used is qualitative. This research tries to understand phenomena in their natural setting and context, namely that researchers do not try to manipulate the observed phenomena. The data collection method in this study is observation and literature study. In this research procedure, the first stage is planning, the second stage is field data study and data analysis, and the third stage is drawing conclusions. The results showed that the Ministry of Health, through the Directorate of Health Promotion and Community Empowerment, has prepared integrated promotional facilities, including publication, print, and audiovisual media. This promotional tool is a website that can be accessed to view and download promotional media. Visual narratives are selected very comprehensively based on field data obtained from regions in Indonesia. The ignorance of health promotion workers causes the error in the use of narratives in the health promotion media in making promotional means for information of a local nature. Due to the lack of knowledge of the health promotion team in the region in choosing the right narrative for the promotional media used.
Isolated periodontal pockets: a clinical review
Authors: Ramachandra Srinivas Sulugodu , Gupta Vivek Vijay , Woodford Valerie , Malhotra Neeraj
Published: July 2023

An isolated periodontal pocket is a perplexing clinical entity that usually poses a diagnostic challenge to the oral health professional. Although periodontal pockets are easy to detect, they can be easily missed during a routine clinical examination. The broad range of aetiological factors that can result in an isolated periodontal pocket makes identifying the cause difficult. The aetiology can be as simple as an overhanging restoration or food impaction due to open interproximal contacts, to more complex and uncommonly occurring presentations, such a palato-radicular groove or cemental tears. Although previous classifications proposed by the American Academy of Periodontology and European Federation of Periodontology have discussed this topic under different headings, an explicit classification on isolated periodontal pockets based on aetiology is currently missing. Isolated periodontal pockets are easily undiagnosed, with associated cases presenting with substantial destruction necessitating complex multidisciplinary treatment. This article highlights the various causes of an isolated periodontal pocket, and provides a systematic and easy clinical aetiology-based classification. The proposed classification categorizes isolated periodontal pockets into those occurring due to: (1) developmental anomalies of the teeth; (2) iatrogenic causes; and (3) pathological conditions. Further studies are essential to validate this classification.

CPD/Clinical Relevance: Early detection of easily missed isolated periodontal pockets is of clinical value during initial screening to avoid delayed diagnosis and treatment.
Efficacy of silver-coated urinary catheters for reducing urinary tract infection in dogs
Authors: Vercesi Ilaria , O'Byrne Lyn
Published: July 2023

Indwelling urinary catheters are frequently used in practice, however urinary catheters have been associated with catheter-associated urinary tract infections in dogs. Antimicrobial coating of urinary catheters can reduce catheter-associated urinary tract infections through the initial prevention of bacterial attachment. Historical studies have identified the benefit of silver in reducing bacteriuria in humans. This knowledge summary concluded that no study was able to demonstrate that the use of silver-coated urinary catheters is superior to silicone urinary catheters in reducing the incidence of urinary tract infections in dogs. Further investigation in vivo, with a large sample size, is required to verify the statistical significance of the effect of the silver-coating of urinary catheters in the reduction of urinary tract infections.
O DESENHO NO COURO DO ARTESÃO FÁBIO SELA: CORPO E CULTURA.
Authors: Alexandre de França Gabriele , Santos de Queiroz Lilian Quelle
Published: July 2023

Preservar a “memória técnica” e as habilidades de Fábio Sela, Artesão do couro no Centro de Abastecimento de Feira de Santana – Bahia, que ao desenhar no couro, através de seu próprio corpo, emprega toda a sua bagagem cultural de sua trajetória carregado saberes e valores, por meio de seus gestos e ações. Valorizar a tradição local, garantindo às gerações vindouras uma memória que afirme sua identidade foram questões que levaram ao registrado por meio de entrevista semiestruturada dos elementos diversos incorporados pelo artesão no seu ofício, analisados e observados, por meio da fenomenologia, ou seja do uso técnico do próprio corpo em seu ofício para a produção dos artefatos em couro.
OLHARES SOBRE A FEIRA LIVRE DE CONCEIÇÃO DO JACUÍPE- BA
Authors: de Jesus de Lemos Jaqueline , Dias Ferreira Edson
Published: July 2023

Este artigo procura apresentar o estado atual da pesquisa em andamento no Programa de Pós-Graduação em Desenho, Cultura e Interatividade (PPGDCI), com a qual buscamos estabelecer o desenho que representa esta feira livre de Conceição do Jacuípe – BA. Assim, nada como recorrer aos próprios feirantes, participantes ativos desse objeto de estudo para buscar alcançar tal intento.
Desenhos e redesenhos da rua Sales Barbosa em Feira de Santana – BA: Projeto “Novo Centro” (2013 a 2021)
Authors: Karolynne de Souza Nery Bárbara , Dias de Azevedo Lívia
Published: July 2023

Ao longo da história da cidade de Feira de Santana-Ba suas ruas sofreram modificações significativas em suas paisagens alterando as suas imagens. Desde 2020 essas mudanças vêm ocorrendo de forma mais intensa com o desenvolvimento do Projeto “Novo Centro” que afirma promover a revitalização do centro da cidade, consequentemente trazendo para algumas vias um novo arranjo espacial, um novo desenho, uma nova imagem da cidade. O objetivo deste artigo é realizar uma leitura visual da paisagem urbana a partir das modificações realizadas pelo projeto “Novo Centro”. A discussão que fundamenta este trabalho tem como base a análise sobre as relações espaciais e as diferentes formas de expressões visuais que interferem na dinâmica da cidade e na constituição da memoria dos sujeitos. Conclui-se que as modificações visuais da via que está sendo inserida no processo chamando de uniformização dos espaços, pode desencadear o apagamento dos símbolos locais, da memória bem como pode promover a padronização de comportamentos dos transeuntes. É preciso pensar neste redesenho englobando e valorizando os elementos que constituem a memória visual e afetiva desse lugar.
Perspectivas socioculturais das charges sobre o ‘‘corre’’: Uma imersão no trabalho de Gilmar Machado Barbosa
Authors: Zorzo Francisco Antônio , Oliveira de Sousa Jamilson , Andrade Sousa Vinícius
Published: July 2023

Os recorrentes desafios enfrentados pelos trabalhadores no mercado de trabalho frente ao desempregoganham, na contemporaneidade, significativa atenção no meio artístico na forma de crítica e de reivindicação. Esteartigo busca enfatizar o trabalho do chargista Gilmar Machado Barbosa, destacando sua trajetória e experiêncialaboral, analisando algumas das suas obras políticas sobre a precarização do trabalho. A pesquisa parte da premissae da importância sociocultural das charges para luta política trabalhista, além da abordagem psicossocial dotrabalho para sinalizar possibilidades de valorização e ressignificação do corre popular urbano. A partir de umarevisão bibliográfica e de uma entrevista de cunho qualitativa com o chargista, foram constatados elementos deidentidade, de criatividade e de adequação no trabalho autônomo, apesar das dificuldades do ofício. Sobressai aquestão da identidade em detrimento de atividades mecanizadas e robotizadas, cujo único objetivo é prover apoiotécnico-administrativo, despersonalizando o indivíduo. A charge é elemento fundamental para solidificação desseprocesso, ao passo que o corre pode ser, ao mesmo tempo, ofício do artista, e objeto de trabalho na arte,possibilitando a comunicação com a classe trabalhadora, conscientizando-a sobre temas sumários do mundo dotrabalho.
LEVANTAMENTO E MODELAGEM TRIDIMENSIONAL DE EDIFICAÇÕES TOMBADAS PARA DOCUMENTAÇÃO DO PATRIMÔNIO HISTÓRICO: PRIMEIROS RESULTADOS
Authors: Leal Santos Rosangela , Soares de Oliveira Selma , Souza Santos Bethsaide , Nobre André , Fernandes Santos Isabel
Published: July 2023

Este trabalho aborda a técnica da Fotogrametria Digital como ferramenta para auxílio nadocumentação de patrimônio arquitetônico. Utilizou-se programas computacional, surgida a partir dodesenvolvimento da tecnologia digital e da ampliação de novos produtos e softwares de restituiçãofotogramétrica, para a obtenção da geometria da arquitetura de uma edificação histórica e a produção de seuregistro gráfico e documental. O estudo de caso baseia-se no levantamento fotogramétrico digital e restituição deimagens da Igreja São José dos Campos de Itapororocas, localizado no Distrito de São José, em Feira deSantana. Uma análise deste processo e de seus resultados obtidos permitiu avaliar questões de custo, agilidade,qualidade, e precisão do produto final.
HISTÓRIA, MEMÓRIA E DESENHO PARA A EDUCAÇÃO NA PERSPECTIVA DA PERFORMANCE CULTURAL
Authors: Lima Ferreira Carlos Augusto , Oliveira de Sousa Jamilson
Published: July 2023

Neste trabalho será promovida a reflexão teórica sobre o Desenho a História e a Memória nos contextos das performances percebidas por meio das manifestações culturais e a contribuição destas áreas de conhecimento para a educação, com uma breve menção ao grupo As caretas de papelão de Acupe 3e uma reflexão mais focada na manifestação cultural Nego Fugido4, estabelecendo o diálogo entre a cultura da tradição popular e o registro visual como possibilidade de perpetuação destas memórias na História. Aqui, se a presenta o Desenho de performances e manifestações culturais, com foco nas tradicionais manifestações de Acupe5, e seus caráteres políticos e educacionais, como temas de processos metodológicos em contribuição para a Educação Patrimonial e para a lei 10639/036, de acordo com a unidade temática de Patrimônio Cultural da BNCC
Paisagem, memória e retratos dos territórios reais e imaginários
Authors: Ana Marina Costa
Published: July 2023

A narração e o retrato (seja ele estático ou dinâmico), como formas de expressão artística e reflexão crítica, são importantes aliados para a investigação social e cultural dos espaços reais e imaginários em que a existência humana se desenvolve. Expoentes dessas áreas são o escritor brasileiro João Guimarães Rosa (1908-1967) e o escritor e fotógrafo mexicano Juan Rulfo (1917-1986). A partir da análise de suas criações poéticas, textuais e imagéticas, mergulhamos no lugar Sertão (de simbiose entre o homem e a paisagem), reconhecemos certas raízes da modernidade dos dois países e reivindicamos as memórias dos povos-nações ali estampadas. A partir de suas narrativas, nas quais a paisagem não aparece como mero cenário, mas sim como maneira de pensar, viver, resistir, buscamos contribuir para a visibilidade desses Sertões e de suas geografias humanas; e também colaborar com a ampliação do conhecimento estruturado no que tange aos métodos de intervenção projetual e preservação.
Desenho de observação
Authors: Jamilson Oliveira de Sousa
Published: July 2023

Aqui documenta-se, em síntese, os processos teóricos-reflexivos sobre as práticas que envolvem o desenho de observação, compreendendo a percepção e a representação como dois eixos fundamentais desta prática, apresentando os objetivos que compreendem as abordagens prático-teóricas sobre a percepção visual e a representação gráfica por meio do desenho de observação, bem como versa sobre a metodologia do minicurso que ocorreu na Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana, em junho de 2022, com o propósito de mobilizar a comunidade acadêmica. A metodologia dialética que atravessou a aula do minicurso, possibilitou o desenvolvimento de discussões sobre teorias como a Educação do Olho (MIRANDA, 2021) e a semiologia (BARTHES, 1964). Na conclusão são apresentadas as considerações sobre algumas discussões promovidas na ocasião, em que os cursistas relataram as suas experiências nos ambientes educacionais em que estão atuando.
The Sports, Ultrasound, Biologics, and Arthroscopy Protocol in the New Era of Orthopaedic Sports Injuries Treatments
Authors: Pedro Bernáldez Domínguez , Ignacio Dallo Lazzarini
Published: July 2023

In the new era of sports traumatology, the union of anatomical, biomechanical, and functional knowledge, together with an adequate clinical examination and complemented with ultrasound studies, arthroscopic surgery, and conventional surgery, makes us understand the pathology, in a new and modern way, of the locomotor system, such as the muscle, tendon, ligament, menisci, capsule, synovial membrane, as well as bone and cartilage pathologies. Biological therapies have shown a good result for soft tissue in chronic pathology that can be applied in an ultrasound guided manner to treat tendinopathy of the Achilles, patellar, and quadriceps tendons, also at the elbow and shoulder level. It is striking to highlight the good results of this biological therapy with platelet-rich plasma for degenerative joint diseases in patients with moderate osteoarthritis. In cases in which conservative or biological therapies have not had their effect, we will generally indicate surgery, in most cases arthroscopically if it is joint pathology. This indication will be mandatory, especially in joint instability cases where we will require stabilizing surgery. We emphasize the importance of multidisciplinary teams where there must be a sports doctor, a sports traumatologist, a physiotherapist, a functional trainer, a podiatrist, biomechanics specialist, and other professionals that surround the athlete, such as the nutritionist, the psychologist so that the athlete has comprehensive assistance and is always well cared for. Together, these concepts make a personalized approach named the Sports, Ultrasound, Biologics, and Arthroscopy protocol to improve clinical results, shorten recovery times, and considerably reduce healthcare costs. Keywords: Sports, Ultrasound, Biologics, Arthroscopy protocol, Sports medicine, Ultrasound-guided therapies, Biological therapies, Arthroscopy.
EFFECT OF WASTE POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATE BOTTLE FIBERS ON THE MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF RECYCLED CONCRETE
Authors:   University of Lahore, Department of Engineering &Technology, 54000, Lahore, Pakistan, Aslam Hafiz M Shahzad , Noshin Sadaf ,   University of Lahore, Department of Engineering &Technology, 54000, Lahore, Pakistan, Riaz Khurram ,   University of Lahore, Department of Engineering &Technology, 54000, Lahore, Pakistan, Rehman Atteq Ur ,   University of Lahore, Department of Engineering &Technology, 54000, Lahore, Pakistan, Joyiaa Farooq Mustafa ,   University of Lahore, Department of Engineering &Technology, 54000, Lahore, Pakistan, Adnan Muhammad ,   University of Lahore, Department of Engineering &Technology, 54000, Lahore, Pakistan, Aslam Hafiz M Usman ,   Bhauddin Zikriya University, Department of Civil Engineering, 60800, Multan, Pakistan, Ahmad Abrar ,   NTDC Department, WAPDA House, 55110, Lahore, Pakistan, Yasin Mazhar ,   University of Lahore, Department of Engineering &Technology, 54000, Lahore, Pakistan, Hamza Ali ,   University of Lahore, Department of Engineering &Technology, 54000, Lahore, Pakistan, Hussain Shabeer ,   University of Lahore, Department of Engineering &Technology, 54000, Lahore, Pakistan
Published: July 2023

The use of beverage containers, most of which are made of polyethylene terephthalate bottles, results in several problems with regard to sustainability. The purpose of this study was to evaluate and contrast the impact on the mechanical characteristics of concrete caused by the incorporation of polyethylene terephthalate bottle fibres in varying amounts. These fibres were generated by cutting bottles into precise dimensions (width of 5 mm and length of 25 mm), and they were used in various concentrations such as 0,25 %; 0,5 % and 1,0 % by volume of concrete with different amounts of recycled aggregate. To verify the reliability of the outcomes of the experiment, a statistical analysis was performed. According to the results, the concrete that contained 0 % recycled coarse aggregate and varying amounts of plastic fibres had a greater degree of workability compared with concrete that had either 50 % or 100 % recycled coarse aggregate. The comprehensive test findings demonstrated that the addition of polyethylene terephthalate fibres decreased compressive and split tensile strength. The study concluded that certain parameters, such as plastic fibres, curing days, and recycled aggregate, interacted together in a synergistic manner to impact the compressive and splitting tensile strengths of the concrete, with proposed equations for their prediction.
Effect of lycopene and metformin combination on phagocytosis, glycemic control, and oxidative stress in rats with type 2 diabetes
Authors: Sianturi Medina , Susilaningsih Neni , Nugroho Heri , Suci Nyoman , Kristina Tri Nur , Suryani Maria
Published: July 2023

BACKGROUND Hyperglycemia and oxidative stress cause phagocytosis dysfunction in patients with diabetes. A combination of lycopene and metformin can reduce oxidative stress and blood glucose. This study aimed to determine the effect of combined lycopene and metformin on phagocytosis function, glycated hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c), nitric oxide (NO), reactive oxygen species (ROS), and advanced glycation end products (AGEs).

METHODS A randomized controlled study was conducted in rats at the Center for Food and Nutrition Studies, Universitas Gadjah Mada, Yogyakarta, Indonesia, from August to September 2022. 30 rats were divided into control (n = 5) and type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) (n = 25) groups. Rats in the T2DM group were induced by a high-fat diet combined with streptozotocin-nicotinamide. The 25 rats were then divided into five subgroups: 1 ml coconut oil (DM), 250 mg/kg metformin in 1 ml coconut oil (DMet), 250 mg/kg metformin + 10 mg/kg lycopene in 1 ml coconut oil (DML-10), 250 mg/kg metformin + 20 mg/kg lycopene in 1 ml coconut oil (DML-20), and 250 mg/kg metformin + 40 mg/kg lycopene in 1 ml coconut oil (DML-40). Treatments were administered daily for 4 weeks. The macrophage phagocytosis index (PI), HbA1c levels, ROS, NO, and AGEs serum were evaluated.

RESULTS There was a significant difference in the PI, HbA1c, NO, ROS, and AGEs between the groups (p<0.001). The DML-20 and DML-40 groups had significantly increased PI and decreased NO, ROS, and AGEs levels than metformin alone (p<0.05).

CONCLUSIONS Lycopene combined with metformin could improve phagocytosis function, glycemic control, and oxidative stress.