bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
The Effect of Dynamic Neuromuscular Stabilization Exercises on Balance and Fear of Falling in Female Elderly
Authors: Mohseni Gazizeh , Nasab Firouzjah Ebrahim Mohammad Ali
Published: July 2023

Introduction: The present study was an attempt to investigate the effect of a course of dynamic neuromuscular stabilization (DNS) exercises on balance and fear of falling in female elderly with a history of falling.
 
Methods: In this quasi-experimental study, 30 female elderly people with a history of falling based on entry and exit criteria were purposefully selected as a sample of study. Then, they were randomly assigned into two control and exercise groups. The variables related to static balance and dynamic balances were assessed by sharpened Romberg Test and Standing Up and Walking Test, respectively. Also, Falls Efficacy Scale International was used to measure the fear of falling. The exercise group performed DNS exercises for 8 weeks, 3 sessions, and 50 minutes per session. Data were analyzed by using paired t-test and analysis of covariance in SPSS24 software at the significant level of p < 0.05.
 
Results: A significant difference between pretest and posttest in static balance with open eyes (p = 0.0001, t = -7.19), static balance with closed eyes (p = 0.0001, t = -8.02), dynamic balance (p = 0.0001, t = 6.49) and fear of falling (p = 0.0001, t = 7.29) in DNS exercise group. Also, there were significant differences between DNS and control groups in static balance with open eyes (p = 0.0001, F = -14.67), static balance with closed eyes (p = 0.0001, F = 14.002), dynamic balance (p = 0.0001, F = 20.12) and fear of falling (p = 0.006, F = 09.07).
 
Conclusion: It is recommended that therapists use dynamic neuromuscular stabilization exercises in female elderly to improve balance and reduce the fear of falling.
The Role of Errors based on the Complexity in Learning a Motor Sequential Task in Elderly Women
Authors: Askarinejad Faeghe , Samadi Hossein , Ayatizadeh Tafti Farahnaz
Published: July 2023

Introduction: One of the most important topics in the field of movement behavior is the acquisition of movement sequences, which is an important part of every person's life and the basis of many intelligent human behaviors. The aim of the study was to investigate the effectiveness of errorfull and errorless training based on complexity in the acquisition, retention and transfer of a motor sequential task in elderly women with emphasis on processing needs.
 
Methods: This semi-experimental study was conducted on 30 healthy elderly women over 60 years of age that were selected and randomly allocated into errorless and errorful groups. Then, they performed a sequence motor task assigned by the Serial Reaction Time Task software in the three phases of acquisition, retention, and transfer. In order to analyze the data, ANOVA with repeated measures, Wilcoxon test, Mann-Whitney U test and the independent samples t-test were conducted.
 
 
Conclusion: Errorfull and errorless training are effective on reaction time and amount of errors in the retention and transfer stages of a motor sequential task in elderly women.  However, It is suggested that trainers use errorfull training methods in motor sequential tasks in order to reduce the error rate and provide a more optimal learning environment.
Impact of Exercise on Fall and Its Consequences among Elderly People
Authors: Kushkestani Mehdi , Parvani Mohsen , Baradaran Raheleh , Rezaei Alireza , Pourhamzeh Hamed
Published: July 2023

Falls are a threat to the health of older adults and can reduce their ability to remain independent. Furthermore, fall is known as one of the geriatric syndromes and is more common in older people and about 20 to 40 percent of older people have reported a history of falling per year. It should be noted that fall or fear of falling causes immobility in the elderly and immobility is linked with various non-communicable diseases, geriatric syndromes development, and mortality in the long term. As a result, finding a cost-effective, safe, and proper approach to prevent, control, and even treat of falls is absolutely crucial. Regarding the exercise benefits in all ages especially in the elderly, we supposed that various types of exercise such as aerobic, balance, and resistance training with different intensities have variant advantages in these subjects. Therefore, in this review study, we investigated the charter of different types of exercise in preventing and controlling fall based on recent evidence, providing involved mechanisms, as well as the effects of exercises on fall-related risk factors.
Evaluatin of Association of rs4986790 and rs4986791 Single-Nucleotide Polymorphisms in TLR4 with Febrile Neutropenia in Childhood Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia
Authors: Delkhah Mona , Arasteh Javad , Koochakzadeh Leili , Rostami Shahrbano
Published: July 2023

Background: Infections cause significant complications and, in severe cases, death in patients with childhood Acute Lymphoid Leukemia (ALL). Toll-like receptors (TLRs) play a crucial role in initiating innate immune responses. Previous studies indicate the role of TLR4 gene polymorphisms in the increased risk of infection in adults and children. This study investigated the potential association between Asp299Gly (rs4986790) and Thr399Ile (rs4986791) polymorphisms in the TLR4 gene with febrile neutropenia, as a hallmark of infection, in children with ALL.
Material and Methods: This cross-sectional study was performed on 51 ALL child patients, with age (mean±s.d.) 5.2 ± 3.4 years.  Genotype analysis of rs4986790 and rs4986791 polymorphisms in the TLR4 gene was evaluated by ARMS- PCR and PCR-RFLP, respectively. Statistical analysis was performed using SPSS software. P-values <0.05 were considered significant.
Results: The rs4986790 and rs4986791 polymorphisms were detected in 5.8% and 7.8% of ALL patients, respectively. The mean of recurrence of febrile neutropenia in patients without TLR4 rs4986790 and TLR4 rs4986791 polymorphisms was 3.1 ±2 and 3 ±1.9, respectively, while in patients with TLR4 rs4986790 and TLR4 rs4986791 polymorphisms, they were 4.6 ± 3 and 5.2 ±2.8, respectively (P = 0.09). No association was found between TLR4 rs4986790 and rs4986791 polymorphisms and the number of febrile neutropenia recurrences (P = 0.4).
Conclusion: Although rs4986790 and rs4986791 polymorphisms were detected in ALL patients, these polymorphisms were not associated with febrile neutropenia. It is suggested to investigate other polymorphisms in immune system-related genes and their role in febrile neutropenia.
Evaluating the effects of chemotherapy drugs and thiosemicarbazone complexes on the alteration of SNHG16 expression in Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia
Authors: Erfanipour Fatemeh , Ghorbani Fatemeh , Mirzaahmadi Sina , Asaadi Tehrani Golnaz
Published: July 2023

Background: Acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) is a malignant disease that afflicts both children and adults. It starts from the bone marrow (soft and spongy tissue inside the bone) where immature white blood cells or lymphocytes are formed. This study aims to compare chemotherapy drugs, methotrexate (MTX), cyclophosphamide, cytarabine (Ara-C) and mercaptopurine (6mp) with nickel (Ni) and copper (Cu) complexes of thiosemicarbazone (TSCZ) in terms of their effects on the changes of Small Nucleolar RNA Host Gene 16(SNHG16) long non coding RNA (lncRNA) expression in the ALL cell line.
Materials and Methods: this experimental study was conducted on various concentrations of chemotherapy drugs including MTX, CP, Ara-C, 6mp and Ni and Cu complexes of TSCZ. The Jurkat E6.1 cell lines were subjected to passage in different groups and times (24, 48, and 72h) and then treated with the chemotherapy drugs. After RNA extraction and cDNA synthesis, the SNHG16 gene expression was evaluated by Real-Time PCR, and the results were analyzed by the Rest software.
Results: As the results indicated, within 24h, MTX (0.77, 0.72), CP (0.61, 0.7), ara-C (0.78, 0.87), Cu (0.91, 0.95) and Ni (0.94, 0.79) complexes as well as complex 1(0.73) and 2 (0.94) decreased the expression of SNHG16 gene significantly (P<0.001). Furthermore within 48h, under the influence of CP (0.86, 0.89) and   Ara-C (0.94, 0.97) as well as Cu (0.96) and Ni (0.98) complexes, the gene expression continued to decline(P<0.001).The greatest effect of chemotherapy drugs belonged to the combination of 1μM of ara-C and 5μM of 6mp.(P<0.001).      
Conclusion: It was found that gene expression analysis is a feasible method to identify the pathways affected by the standard induction chemotherapy in ALL patients. This finding promotes the development of novel targeted drugs and biomarkers to categorize disease aggressiveness and evaluate treatment responses.
The management and approach to osteosarcoma in children: A mini-review article
Authors: Yazdanparast Maryam Sadat , Ghilian Mohammad Mahdi , Sheikhpour Elnaz
Published: July 2023

Osteosarcoma (OS) is the most common type of primary malignant bone tumor. The onset of OS is associated with local pain and swelling as well as joint dysfunction, occasionally. The most common location for OS is around the knee joint.  These patients often tend to receive medical attention following physical exercise and trauma. The affected population is mainly teenagers, children, and young adults with age range of 10-30 years.
OS can be diagnosed via different approaches. The main serum markers for pediatric OS are insulin‑like growth factor (IGF‑1 and IGFBP‑3), anti‑ki57 antibody, tumor necrosis factor (TNF)‑β and sTNF‑R, T3, CD44, vascular endothelial growth factor, serum amyloid A, CXC chemokines, bone alkalin phosphatase, Interleukin (IL‑2, IL‑4, IL‑8), interferon gamma (IFN-γ), TNF‑α, and free polyamines.
Given that there is no comprehensive review literature regarding OS management in our country, this study aimed to assess a survey on the management and approach of OS in children. In this regard, we have discussed the epidemiology, etiology, type, clinical feature, diagnosis, and OS therapy.
Climate Change As a Significant Factor to the Aggravation of Coronary Artery Disease Among Elderly: A Basis for Emphasizing Community-based Self-care Measures
Authors: Gumabay Eladio Martin , Alcantara Karen Mae , Ugaddan Jaylord , Centeno Dexter
Published: July 2023

Background: This research study explored the lived experience of the elderly with coronary artery disease (CAD) relevant to the effects of climate change as a basis for enhanced and strengthened community-based self-care measures.
Methods: A descriptive phenomenological design was employed in the study. Consented face-to-face interview sessions with audio recordings were conducted to gather rich information. The data collected from 28 participants were analyzed using the modified Stevick-Colaizzi-Keen method.
Results: Three themes emerged upon a thorough analysis of the results: (1) elucidating the elderly’s perception of climate change; (2) unveiling the effects of climate change on CAD; and (3) managing health-related behaviors in a changing environment. Evidence has revealed that climate change causes and aggravates this disease. CAD manifestations worsen when an elderly person is exposed to sudden changes in weather conditions, where various signs and symptoms are evident.
Conclusion: In conclusion, elderly clients have an awareness of the concept of climate change and its physiologic effects on CAD; hence, employment of practical self-care measures and practices in managing manifestations, significantly helps them adapt and cope with the adverse effects climate change brings.
Exploring Work-related Anxiety Among Newly Graduated Nurses in the Riyadh Region
Authors: Alrashedi Kholoud , Boshra Amira
Published: July 2023

Background: Work-related anxiety among nurses has been linked to various issues, including a heavy workload, work-related conflict, a lack of resources, and stress. This research aims to explore work-related anxiety among recently graduated nurses in Saudi Arabia’s Riyadh region.
Methods: A descriptive, cross-sectional, and relational research design examined work-related anxiety among newly graduated nurses. A sample of 400 nurses was recruited from five Saudi hospitals in the Riyadh region. This study used the job anxiety scale ( JAS) as a study tool. The tool is a self-rating scale of 70 items for assessing job anxiety but only 25 items were applied to this research. A self-administered questionnaire was used to gather demographic information.
Results: This study revealed that there was, overall, low work-related anxiety among the nurse participants. On the one hand, age, gender, educational qualification, job experience, workplace, and work scheduling (hours per week) were found to impact work-related anxiety substantially. On the other hand, work position, nationality, unit of care, and marital status were found to play no significant role in work-related anxiety.
Conclusion: The study’s findings indicate the importance of paying more attention to workplace anxiety. As anxiety may affect nurses’ ability to attend to the needs of patients in their care units, addressing it can reduce burnout and the desire to quit. Changes in work processes, care models, and leadership may be effective in creating a supportive environment that decreases stress and anxiety, promote learning, and provides patients with optimal and safe nursing care. Health policymakers and nurse managers in Saudi Arabia should develop particular intervention programs to reduce work-related anxiety among newly graduated nurses. Managers must seek techniques that help to adapt the present environment to the needs of nurses, as well as approaches that offer newly graduating nurses essential assistance, such as clinical supervision.
"CRAZY" STORY-TELLING (F. M. DOSTOEVSKY, V. M. GARSHIN, A. P. CHEKHOV)
Authors: Molnar Angelika
Published: July 2023

Not only the general theme of madness, but also the features of the narrative allow us to compare the Garshin’s "A Red Flower" with "The Dream of a Ridiculous Man" by Dostoevsky and "Ward No. 6" by Chekhov. It turns out that the storytelling process creates similar problems, the solution of which each writer provides in his own way: see personalisation, dual narrative and apparent objectivity. Motifs along with metaphorical constructions (f.e. dream, luminaries, illness) are also have common features. In Dostoevsky's story, the concept of the "fantastic" becomes a form of path to the personal narrative of the subject of the text, who analyzes the story, develops new linguistic and semantic means for the presentation of history, in which laughter-madness is becoming the generative principle. Consequently, both the parable character and the transformation of the short story into a short novel by Dostoevsky are realized, despite the fact that there is a first-person narrator. In "A Red Flower" there is also the mission of saving the world as a "crazy man", but the narrator in the third person and the narrative does not turn into a story-parable. The story seems to reproduce an anecdote about the adventures of the hero. At the same time, the uniqueness of Garshin's work lies in the way the world is renamed "illy", i. e. metaphorical language. In Chekhov's short novel, the metaphorical plan unfolds the comprehension of the hero, giving the corpus of "crazy narratives" a new touch thanks to completely non-random details – reminiscent of Garshin's. As a result of the analysis, it becomes clear that "Ward No. 6" implements the parable beginning, even if it does not unfold into a personal narrative similar to "The Dream of a Ridiculous Man".
TAXIS AND ASPECTUALITY IN THE FOCUS OF INTERCATEGORIAL INTERACTIONS (based on the material of the German language)
Authors: Arkhipova Irina V.
Published: July 2023

The article deals with the issue of intercategorial interactions between the categories of taxis and aspectuality in the context of modern functional-semantic studies. In the course of the study, such general scientific and linguistic methods as hypothetical-deductive, inductive, descriptive, contextual, as well as the method of interpreting and generalizing linguistic facts were used. The purpose of this article is to describe the intercategorial interaction of the categories of taxis and aspectuality from the standpoint of a «focused» or «centered» approach. The scientific novelty of this study is due to the insufficient development of the issue of taxi-aspect interaction in the German language. As a result of the study, it was revealed that the general categorial language units of taxis and aspectuality, which are various aspectual quantifiers, act as explicators and determinants of conjugate primary-taxis categorial meanings of simultaneity, precedence and following in German statements with temporal prepositions bei, in, mit, während, seit, bis, nach, vor. Durative quantifiers (attributes, adverbials) determine durative-primary-taxis categorial meanings. Iterative adverbials and attributes specify the actualization of iterative-primary-taxis meanings, and phasic verbs determine the speech realization of various phase-primary-taxis meanings (inggressive-phase-taxis, egressive-phase-taxis and mid-phase-taxis).
THE IMAGE OF ROSTOV-ON-DON IN A. SOLZHENITSYN’S POEM “DOROZHENKA”
Authors: Belopolskaya Elena V.
Published: July 2023

The article for the first time examines the image of Rostov-on-Don, captured in the third and fourth chapters of A.I. Solzhenitsyn’s autobiographical poem “Dorozhenka”. The city is given in the perception of the lyrical hero Sergei Nerzhin, who recalls his childhood and adolescence. When describing Rostov in the late 1920s and early 1930s, the poem carefully restores the lost historical outlook of the city and tells readers about churches and temples destroyed under Soviets, the forced change of names of the streets, etc. Special attention is paid to memories of home and close people with whom the lyrical hero passed his childhood. A bright tangible image of the city with its unique sounds, smells, colors, and socio-cultural atmosphere of those years appear before the reader. Depicting Rostov-on-Don during the NEP period, Solzhenitsyn draws attention to the key feature of that time: on the one hand, there is an illusion of the return of prerevolutionary life, on the other – the pressure of the totalitarian state is increasing. This finds artistic embodiment in the image of a city with a vertically oriented structure. On the high there is a light–flooded, warm, cheerful, dynamic Rostov, below, in the “damp shadow” of the GPU – a city, which is cold, frozen, dull and gloomy, hostile to men. The world of the Gulag grows imperceptibly for the townspeople into a familiar, outwardly calm space. Unlike most, Sergey Nerzhin tries to comprehend his personal experience in a general historical context, to understand himself and the world around him. The autobiographical hero’s memories of his childhood and adolescence spent in Rostov-on-Don become an important step on the way to his spiritual rise.
EVENT: HISTORY BEYOND THE PLOT
Authors: Oleynikov Andrey A.
Published: July 2023

The author is looking for an opportunity to analyze the nature of a historical event, free from deterministic and constructivist premises of scientifical thinking, and not reducible to the logic and pragmatics of the structuralist and narrativist approaches. It starts from Heidegger’s understanding of it as “un-overpassed” (das Unumgängliche) scientific historiography and the so-called “unhidden” truth (aletheia). Since within the Heideggerian “being-historical thinking” the event reveals its derivative from the narrative structure of the “history of being”, an attempt is made to clarify the properties of the historical event with the help of its neopragmatist interpretation proposed in the works of R. Rorty. The latter sees the merit of Heidegger in the discovery of the contingency of any human project. However, Heidegger, according to Rorty, was not up to the mark of his discovery. He lacked the self-irony to refrain from presenting his own, finite and contingent, history of Western thought in terms of the “history of being” and the “event” of his truth. At the same time, Rorty does not hide his skepticism about the ability of philosophers to do without the “fateful” historical meaning. Rorty does not provide for any specificity of the historical event, reducing it without a trace in favor of private “selfcreation” carried out by means of fictional narrative. Therefore, the author finds the work “The Effect of Reality in Historical Writing” by F. Ankersmit more suitable for clarifying the contingent nature of a historical event, according to which the “non-functionality” of the details of ekphrasis can radically change the meaning of the historical narrative and even abolish the distance separating the past from the present. The text ends with a brief overview of the conceptions of historical event, which are developed in modern historical theory independently of Ankersmit, but reveal a similar view of the contingency of this event.
LIMINAL NARRATHOLOGY OF ALEXEY SLAPOVSKY’S DRAMA
Authors: Merkushov Stanislav F.
Published: July 2023

In the dramaturgical work of A. Slapovsky, realistic and unrealistic artistry is synthesized, revealed in a wide representational field of various stadium states and situations. At the same time, the balance between the different semantic and emotional components of the studied poetics is clearly visible. Heterogeneity of motivation and plot, “simultaneity” of characters, recursiveness of chronotope are signs of liminal narratology of A. Slapovsky. All the plays of the book “The Truest Love” are classified by the playwriter himself – “plays for large theaters” and “plays for small theaters” – which is due to their duration. However, it is the ambiguity and a certain illusory nature of what is happening on the stage that seems important. The material for this research is the play “The Poor Millionaire”, characterized by deliberate schematism and determinism. The unity of the “liminal” multicomponence is achieved, among other things, by the introduction of the integrating action of the leading character, which becomes an element of the paratext with the corresponding coordinating functionality and is usually correlated with the figure of the author. The general idea of isomorphism of language, text and the world in the process of analysis suggests the idea of a possible project comparison of representational systems of different, but related, dramatic epochs. Slapovsky’s oeuvre as a phenomenon is characterized by a complex of liminality in its binary, discrete and, at the same time, heterogeneous artistry. This complex correlates with the narratology of the image, with characterology, the study of which leads the author to generalizations of universal significance.
A.P. CHEKHOV AND “WARTS-AND-ALL BIOGRAPHIES”: GENESIS, ALGORITHMS OF MAKINGS AND SPECIFICITY OF THE GENRE
Authors: Zaitsev Viktor S.
Published: July 2023

The article is devoted to the phenomenon of “desacralizing” biography at the example of several studies of A.P. Chekhov’s life and works, and to the reasons of popularity of such biographies among the mass readers. This way to describe Chekhov’s life is partly connected with the memoir tradition, in particular, with the essay by N.M. Yezhov “Anton Pavlovich Chekhov (An attempt of characteristics)” (1909). N.M. Yezhov tried to create an objective yet creative psychological portrait of the writer, based on the experience of personal communication with A.P. Chekhov. The attempt was reduced to a many unprovable invectives and was perceived by the majority of contemporaries with a lot of skepticism. Today this genre of Chekhovian studies and literary criticism can be considered as an example of a postmodern approach to culture, which is characterized by de-canonizing of studies and depiction of classical cultural heritage. A book, which demonstrates all peculiar treats of the postmodern “desacralizing” way of cultural research, is the book written by D. Rayfield “Anton Chekhov: a life”. On the example of D. Rayfield’s book, we can see all the specific features of the phenomenon of “warts-and-all biography” (as the author describes the essence of this approach in one of his interviews): polemical references to the Chekhovian studies researches, quasi-scientific way of the presentation of the facts, the illusion of an objective presentation, combination of proven facts with the biographer’s unprovable assumptions. A careful analysis of all the components of desacralizing biographies allows us to conclude that the main target audience of their creators is the popular readers, which perceive de-canonizing works (pretending to be academic books) as a fully scientific evidence-based new look at certain aspects of Chekhov’s biography. In D. Rayfield’s work, this impression is also formed by the purposeful transformation of some ordinary facts of Chekhov’s biography into the crucial events in the writer’s life. The study of such works and the reaction of the wide readers to them is necessary for academic science to approach theoretically the contemporary cultural trends.
METAMODERNISM IN I. McEWAN’S NOVEL “ENDURING LOVE” (1997)
Authors: Khabibullina Liliya F.
Published: July 2023

The concept of “metamodernism” arose in science to determine the current state of literature, the specifics of perception and representation of reality by writers of the new century. The term is not fully established yet and is being revised, and the methodology of studying metamodernist texts in Russian literary studies is at its starting point. The article analyzes one of Ian McEwan's early novels, which can be recognized as metamodern, from the point of view of oscillation (in terms of Akker and Vermeulen) between modernist and postmodern ways of depicting reality and forming a metamodern worldview. A thorough display of every detail of the daily existence of the characters refers to the works of M. Proust and J. Joyce. The desire to analyze the very course of the narrative and discuss it with the reader is characteristic of both modernist and postmodernist texts, including McEwan himself at an early stage of his work. The acute sense of reality, the emphasis on physicality as evidence of the vulnerability and fragility of each individual person indicates the “structure of feeling” of metamodernism. The novel “Enduring Love” can be attributed to such a kind of modern novel as “neuronovel”, since the specificity of human mental activity, as well as mobility and instability of the subjective worldview become the main subject of the author's artistic research. A detailed analysis of the human psyche activity, the medicalization of discourse, the use of techniques from the “stockpile” of modernism and postmodernism, with a completely different artistic “ideology” of the novel compared to previous trends – all this demonstrates new ways of reproducing reality in the literature of metamodernism.
Variables socio-organizacionales y demográficas que influyen en la sostenibilidad organizacional agroecológica
Authors: Álava Atiencie Nubia Gabriela , Peralta Vallejo Ximena Katherine , Sigüenza Orellana Sonia Catalina , Pinos Ramón Lucía Daniela
Published: July 2023

La sostenibilidad organizacional agroecológica ha tomado especial importancia para mejorar la resiliencia de los sistemas agrícolas y promover sistemas alimentarios más justos y sostenibles. En este contexto, el presente artículo comprende un estudio cuantitativo de 131 asociaciones agroecológicas en la provincia del Azuay, permitiendo analizar la incidencia de tres variables clave en su sostenibilidad organizacional: antigüedad, número de socios y, ubicación geográfica. Se adoptó una metodología cuantitativa que permitió determinar el nivel de incidencia de estas variables en las dimensiones ambiental, social y económica de la sostenibilidad organizacional agroecológica. Los resultados evidencian una incidencia significativa de las tres variables en la sostenibilidad de las organizaciones en estudio. En conclusión, la información obtenida es de utilidad para diseñar e implementar estrategias que contribuyan a la creación de redes y alianzas entre asociaciones, lo que podría aumentar su impacto y mejorar la promoción de prácticas agroecológicas y alimentarias sostenibles en la región y el país.
Capillary model – complex geological and petrophysical representation of the deposit when calculating geological reserves of hydrocarbons
Authors: Egorova Alena D. , Isakova Tatyana G. , Dyakonova Tatyana F. , Kristya Еlena Е. , Bronskova Еlena I. , Dorofeev Nikita V. , Konortseva Elizaveta A. , Kalmykov Georgii A.
Published: July 2023

The basis for solving almost all geological problems are models, which are a reflection of the structure of deposits. This places high demands on the detail and accuracy of the models.
One of the most important parameters in the calculation of reserves is the oil saturation factor, observed in most cases using Dakhnov-Archie models. Despite the widespread use of this technique, it has a number of significant limitations. An alternative way to assess oil saturation in this case is to use a capillary model obtained from the results of capillary measurements of the core.
The capillary model is a continuous multidimensional function of the dependence of the water saturation coefficient on the free water level, porosity and permeability. A well-compiled capillary model is a reflection of the geological model of the reservoir – with information about the water saturation of the reservoirs by the altitude of the structure, the levels of fluid contacts, fluid densities, surface and reservoir properties.
This paper discusses the capabilities of capillary models, which are widely used in three-dimensional modeling of the degree of saturation of the interwell space, the calculation of the volume of oil-saturated rocks, geological reserves of hydrocarbons, as well as dynamic characteristics in the construction of hydrodynamic models.
First radiometric dating of tonsteins from coal-bearing succession of the Kuznetsk Basin: U-Pb geochronology of the Tailugan Formation
Authors: Silantiev Vladimir V. , Gutak Yaroslav M. , Tichomirowa Marion , Kulikova Anna V. , Felker Anastasia S. , Urazaeva Milyausha N. , Porokhovnichenko Lyubov G. , Karasev Evgeniy V. , Bakaev Aleksandr S. , Zharinova Veronika V. , Naumcheva Maria A.
Published: July 2023

Tonsteins, predominantly solid kaolinite clay interbeds, are widespread in the coals of the Kuznetsk Basin and usually contain idiomorphic zircon grains of magmatic origin in quantities suitable for uranium-lead (U-Pb) radiometric dating. For the first time, tonstein zircons from coal seam 78 of the Tailugan Formation (Fm) are dated by two methods: Laser Ablation Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry (LA-ICP-MS) and Chemical Abrasion Isotope-Dilution Thermal Ionization Mass Spectrometry (CA-ID-TIMS). The CA-ID-TIMS datings of 257.0 ± 1.3 Ma and 256.6 ± 0.4 Ma determine the age of the lower boundary of the Tailugan Fm and the Tailuganian Regional Stage at 257.0 Ma. We estimate the duration of the Tailuganian to be around 4.22 million years. The dating results make it possible to directly correlate the Tailuganian of the Kuzbass with the upper half of the Wuchiapingian and with most of the Changhsingian of the International Chronostratigraphic Scale. The accumulation rate of total sediments of the Tailugan Fm, calculated without considering the compaction index, is approximately 0.13–0.18 mm/year, and the rate of coal accumulation is 0.024 mm/year. Such values are comparable to the accumulation rates of the Late Paleozoic coal-bearing strata of the Donetsk Basin and Western Australia. The rate of peat accumulation during the Tailuganian, calculated at a compaction index of 10:1, has been estimated at 0.24 mm/year. This value is comparable to the rates of peat accumulation in the Holocene bogs of the Kuznetsk Alatau in Siberia and the European part of Russia. The presence of tonsteins in the coal seams of the Tailugan Fm suggests that the upper surface of the peat at the time of its accumulation was below the water level, serving as a protective screen for the thin volcanic deposits and preventing its erosion. The assemblages of macroflora, ostracods, conchostracans and bivalves considerably vary through the section of the Tailugan Fm. This variation makes it possible to identify in Kuzbass the stratigraphic level that corresponds to the boundary between the Wuchiapingian and Changhsingian stages in the future.
Сomposition and structure features of the Vikulov productive deposits (Krasnoleninsky arch) and their influence on reservoir properties
Authors: Korobova Nataliya I. , Shevchuk Nadezhda S. , Karnyushina Evgeniya E. , Sautkin Roman S. , Krasnova Elizaveta A.
Published: July 2023

Both sedimentological factors and secondary processes of lithogenesis influenced the formation of porosity and permeability properties of the reservoir rocks of the Vikulov suite of the Krasnoleninskoe field. The former includes the conditions of sedimentation of the deposits of the Vikulov suite, which at the initial stages of its formation were controlled by the development of a system of incised river valleys, the stages of filling of which, like their composition, have their own characteristics. Also, various genetic types of deposits were formed here. The formation of the upper part of the Vikulov suite took place in a shallow-marine setting, in conditions of storm and wave shallow water, which affected the thin-layered structure of the VK1-3 reservoir. On the other hand, in the sections of a number of wells, dense interlayers are noted, the formation of which is associated with both sedimentation and superimposed processes in lithogenesis, including the formation of hydrocarbon deposits. Therefore, the prediction of the distribution of productive reservoir rocks is the main task when creating a petrophysical model of the field, and to solve this problem, the methods of lithofacies and staged core analysis are used in the work.
Structure, formation conditions, oil and gas potential of Domanicoid high-carbon formation in the Central and South-Eastern Parts of the Volga-Ural basin
Authors: Zavyalova Anna P. , Karpushin Mikhail Yu. , Stoupakova Antonina V. , Kalmykov Anton G. , Chupakhina Vitaliya V. , Korobova Nataliya I. , Borisova Mariya S. , Radchenko Kristina A.
Published: July 2023

The article discusses the structure and formation conditions of the domanicoid high-carbon formation (VUF) within the central and southeastern parts of the Volga-Ural basin. The presented results of the analysis of the structure, conditions of formation and oil and gas content of domanicoid deposits are a generalization of the accumulated knowledge obtained during the research of the authors in certain regions and areas. The regional geological model of the formation of the domanicoid complex was created based on the results of seismostratigraphic and cyclostratigraphic analyzes. In the structure of the Middle Frasnian – Tournaisian domanicoid deposits, three different areas are distinguished, differing in composition, structure, thickness, and formation conditions –the carbonate platform, the intrashelf depression and its slopes. The revealed cyclicity in the structure of the complex showed that the section consists of 4 large cyclites, the accumulation of which occurred at the stage of changes in the relative sea level. An analysis of the material composition of the deposits made it possible to identify various sedimentation environments and their characteristic strata, which unite lithological units, within each large cyclite. Geochemical and petrophysical studies of the rocks of the domanicoid VUF made it possible to assess the oil and gas potential, identify the intervals containing the largest amount of organic matter, and intervals of reservoir rocks in the context of the studied deposits.
A Comparison between TTR and FIR as a Measure of the Quality of Anticoagulation in Patients with Atrial Fibrillation
Authors: Parbhoo Priya , Jacobson Barry
Published: July 2023

Background: Atrial fibrillation (AF) is a growing concern worldwide. In order to prevent AF-related adverse vascular events, adequate oral anticoagulation with warfarin is essential. The Rosendaal method has long been used to calculate time in therapeutic range (TTR) in clinical trials to assess the quality of anticoagulation but now suffers dwindling popularity due to its tedious method of calculation and inability to account for the duration spent in an out-of-range international normalized ratio (INR). Frequency in range (FIR) is being reassessed as to its value as it is easier to calculate.

Objectives: We aimed to compare FIR and TTR (using the Rosendaal method) as a measure to assess the quality of anticoagulation with warfarin in a cohort of 102 consecutive patients with valvular and non-valvular AF at a tertiary South African hospital. Secondary objectives were to assess the predictive ability of FIR to categorize patients with a TTR ≥ 65% as well as to compare the CHA2DS2VASc and HASBLED scores with TTRs and FIRs.

Methods: We retrospectively analysed the INR values for all patients over a 2-year period and calculated both individual and overall mean TTR and FIR and assessed the agreement between these parameters.

Results: The mean overall TTR was 58.1% ± 16% and the mean FIR was 50.8% ± 16.7%. The mean TTR was significantly higher than the mean FIR (p < 0.0001). At the individual level, FIR was positively correlated with TTR in a linear fashion (
r
= 0.93, p < 0.001). However, the Bland–Altman method plot indicated lack of agreement between TTR and FIR, with a bias of 7.4% (95% CI: 6.1%–8.6%) and limits of agreement −4.6% to 19.3%, standard deviation (SD) = 6.1%. A cut-off value of FIR ≥ 53.3% was found to be a good predictor of TTR ≥65%.

Conclusion: Our study shows that although TTR and FIR are highly correlated with the individual INR levels, they are not equal. The two methods cannot be used interchangeably to assess warfarin control, and TTR should probably remain the gold standard.
Assessment of dental caries among children and adults inhabiting Starorypin (11th–12th c.) compared to other Early Medieval populations from Poland
Authors: Tomczyk Jacek , Myszka Anna , Lewandowska Jadwiga , Zalewska Marta , Niemiro Wojciech , Olczak-Kowalczyk Dorota
Published: July 2023

Dental caries testing provides information about diet, hygiene and eating habits. This information can be useful in reconstructing the living conditions of historical populations. The aim of this study was to determine the frequency of dental caries in adults and children in the Early Middle Ages population from Starorypin (Poland) and compare the results with other early medieval populations from Poland.
A total of 346 adult permanent teeth and 131 deciduous teeth were included in the study. Both the macroscopic method and imaging methods (X-ray and a light-induced fluorescence technique) were applied in the study.
Dental caries were recorded in 33% (115/346) of the permanent teeth and in 10% (13/131) of the deciduous teeth. In permanent teeth, dental caries were diagnosed on the approximal surface, while dental caries in deciduous teeth are most often diagnosed on the occlusal surface. Early childhood caries (ECC) were mainly diagnosed on the teeth of individuals within the 3.0–5.5 years age group.
The frequency of dental caries seemed to be high compared to other early medieval populations. The obtained results may have been influenced by ‘broadband’ odontological research methods, not limited to the macroscopic method alone. However, it can be also argued that the frequency of dental caries observed in this study might have been influenced by a highly varied diet, as indicated by archaeozoological and archaeobotanical studies. The surfaces affected by dental caries correspond to findings of other studies showing that in adults, these were the approximal surfaces, while they were the labial/occlusion surfaces on the deciduous teeth.
Knowledge and Awareness Regarding Breast Cancer among a Sample of the Educated Women in Karbala Provenance
Authors:   Technical Institute of Karbala, Al-Furat Al-Awsat Technical University- Kufa, Iraq, Al-Aaragi Ali Neamah Hasan
Published: July 2023

Background: Breast cancer is the most frequent cancer among women, its impacting 2.1 million new cases each year, contributing about 11.6% of the total cancer incidence burden worldwide. Methodology: A descriptive cross-sectional study was carried out among a sample of 582 educated women from Karbala Technical Institute to assess their Knowledge and Awareness regarding breast cancer (B.C.). A self-administered questionnaire was used to achieve the aim of the study, which contained two parts: the first part was demographic characteristics, and the other part was used to assess Knowledge and awareness; the researchers designed this questionnaire form according to WHO criteria. The sample was classified into three categories: student 349 (60%), teaching staff 92 (15.8%) and administrative staff 141 (24.2%). Results: 77.7 % of the participants believed that the best way to prevent breast cancer was "Early detection". Regarding signs and symptoms, most of the participant's answers (71.5%) agree with the "appearance of a Painless lump in the breast or the underarm". On the other hand, (57.2 %) of represented believe that the most risk factor was "Family history of breast cancer". As an overall assessment, 50.2% had a good and acceptable knowledge of B.C. Conclusion: This study revealed unsatisfactory Knowledge of breast cancer among educated women in Karbala Provenance.
Educación : la mejor herencia, decisiones educativas y expectativas de los padres de familia. Una aproximación empírica
Authors: Ansión Juan , Lazarte Alejandro , Matos Sylvia , Rodríguez José , Vega Centeno Sara Lafosse Pablo
Published: July 2023

La idea de que la escuela es un requisito indispensable en el camino hacia el progreso ha movilizado grandes energías en el Perú del presente siglo. Esa idea fue como el alma que acompañó y dio sentido a las grandes migraciones campesinas hacia las ciudades y a la construcción de los barrios populares en éstas. En el Perú, más que en ninguna otra parte tal vez, el enviar a los hijos a la escuela ha sido la gran palanca de una transformación social que no es sólo movimiento colectivo sino pasa por los esfuerzos y sacrificios individuales de cada uno de los padres y madres que confían que la escuela dará a sus hijos oportunidades para la vida que ellos mismos no han tenido.
Diluvios andinos : a través de las fuentes documentales
Authors: Huertas Vallejos Lorenzo
Published: July 2023

Esta obra es una valiosa contribución para comprender de forma discrónica la recurrencia de las alteraciones de la naturaleza que, directa o indirectamente, influyen en la economía, demografía y la ideología y, de igual manera, en la conformación del espacio social.
Historia, razón, libertad : una introducción al pensamiento político y filosófico de Eric Weil
Authors: Guibal Francis
Published: July 2023

Eric Weil (1904-1977) alemán nacionalizado francés tras haber huido del nacionalsocialismo, autor cuyo pensamiento es analizado en este libro, ha dejado una obra en que reflexiona en torno de la Lebenser-fahrung del hombre moderno, tomándola en su integridad y llevándola a la coherencia sensata de una auto-conciencia filosófica. Se ofrece aquí, por primera vez en castellano, una introducción al conjunto de sus ideas, poniéndose especial énfasis en la actualidad de su problemática: después de la gran totalización especulativa, Weil se esfuerza por pensar los retos de una globalización o mundialización alternativa, sin recursos absolutos, pero orientada y rectificada de manera más controlada y justa. La complejidad de esta historia invita a la filosofía a tomar una nueva conciencia de sí misma y a recoger de otro modo las profundas lecciones de la sabiduría crítica, pues le toca a la libertad irreductible de la existencia finita reconocerse capaz, al mismo tiempo, de violencia y de razón.
Exploring students’ online self-regulated learning on writing skills at Pesantren Education in the pandemic era
Authors: Aziz Imam Nur , Setyosari Punaji , Widiati Utami , Ulfa Saida
Published: July 2023

Several theoretical findings have revealed that self-regulated Learning strategies can contribute to making good writers. This study focuses on using an online SRL strategy to improve the writing skills of pesantren students. A self-regulated Learning strategy is used for learners to set a goal, plan, and integrate their learning independently. Data are collected from 131 university students of Pesantren for 16 (sixteen) weeks. Two groups: experimental and control are the same duration, but only the experimental group receives the intervention. All groups get pre-and post-test writing as well as the SRL questionnaire. The findings demonstrate that when learners use SRL in writing skills on metacognitive, social behavior, and motivational control tactics, they are more engaged and driven. Furthermore, the SRL method can raise the level of linguistics.
Keywords: Academic writing; online learning; self-regulated learning; Pesantren education
Corrective oral feedback on students’ errors in speaking courses
Authors: Rochma Anis Firdatul
Published: July 2023

It is considered essential to improve students' speaking abilities in order to communicate in English. Unfortunately, students face a variety of difficulties in acquiring their speaking skills. Despite the fact that corrective feedback is claimed to have an influence on students' performance, particularly in speaking courses, research focused explicitly on the perceptions of students and lecturers on corrective feedback in speaking courses is still rare. Employing descriptive study including observation and survey methods, the findings revealed three results: the length of oral corrective feedback given by the lecturer, the forms of oral corrective feedback offered by lecturer in speaking courses, and the types of oral corrective feedback most desired by students during speaking courses particularly students taking courses of Speaking for Social Intercultural Communication and Speaking for Academic Purposes. The present study indicates that the teachers should be able to recognize which errors to correct and which sorts of corrective feedback to employ in their speaking classes.
THE PERSPECTIVE OF ISLAMIC PHILOSOPHY, SUFISM, ISLAMIC JURISPRUDENCE AND JAVANESE TRADITION ON WOMEN
Authors: Soleh Achmad Khudori , Rahmawati Erik Sabti , Camila Humaida Ghevira Syavia , Buang Ahmad Hidayat
Published: July 2023

Islamic philosophy, Sufism, Islamic jurisprudence and Javanese traditions have their views on women. Some regard women as subordinate to men, some groups position women as equal to men, and others accept women as male leaders. This study aims to analyse the views of Islamic philosophy, Sufism, Islamic jurisprudence and Javanese traditions on women. This study is a literature review using qualitative methods. The data source was taken from the literature using primary sources as the main reference. The results indicated that Islamic philosophy represented by al-Fârâbî (870-950) and Sufism by Ibn Arabi (1165-1240) placed women in an equal position with men. Nevertheless, Islamic jurisprudence studies tend to place women below men. Meanwhile, the Javanese tradition encapsulates both views. On the one hand, the Javanese tradition places women as an important part of men, but on the other hand, it places women as men's assets. However, the Javanese tradition can accept women's leadership over men. Regarding this, this study recommends that Islamic philosophy and Sufism's perspectives on women should be socialized more to strengthen a balanced view of the relationship between women and men.