bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Occurrence of the birds of the Middle Volga Region (South-East of the European part of Russia)
Authors: Klenina Anastasia , Ruchin Alexander , Bykov Evgenii
Published: November 2021

Birds are the most numerous and widespread group of higher vertebrates. Due to the peculiarities of their biology, birds play an important role in nature and in human life.

Ornithological studies described in this publication were conducted in seven regions of the Middle Volga Region (Chuvashia, Mordovia, Tatarstan, Samara, Nizhny Novgorod, Ulyanovsk and Penza Regions) from 1978 to 2021. Visual and acoustic methods were used to study the species composition during field studies. In total, 5065 birdoccurrences belonging to 157 species, 48 families and 19 orders were registered. All occurrences have a geographical reference. The large volume of data collected, the wide geographical coverage and the long-term nature of the observations determined the value of their inclusion in the GBIF and the need for publication in the Biodiversity Data Journal.

We are publishing our original data on the coordinates of bird occurrences in the Middle Volga Region for the first time. Most of the original information about bird occurrences was contained in field diaries and was not available to a wide range of researchers. All 5065 occurrences are new to GBIF.
Adapter l’utopie au réel ?
Authors: Grapperon Laudine
Published: November 2021

Face à la place croissante occupée par les considérations techniques et tactiques dans le débat sur le revenu de base en France, cet article entend montrer que les freins à la progression de l’idée se situent au moins autant du côté de sa désirabilité que de sa faisabilité. À partir d’une analyse des limites rencontrées par le revenu de base partiel proposé par Philippe Van Parijs et Yannick Vanderborght dans Le revenu de base inconditionnel : une proposition radicale (La Découverte, 2019), il est montré que dans pareil contexte, les stratégies gradualistes, lorsqu’elles consistent à adapter la proposition radicale idéale aux exigences du réel, tendent à s’avérer contre-productives. L’article conclut sur l’intérêt que présenterait le réinvestissement du débat par la pensée utopique, et sur une façon d’envisager le gradualisme qui lui ferait toute sa place.
Le revenu de base inconditionnel : raisonnablement radical, radicalement raisonnable
Authors: Van Parijs Philippe , Vanderborght Yannick
Published: November 2021

Notre proposition est radicale au sens où le modèle qu’elle défend est irréductible aux composantes existantes de nos États-Providence. Elle l’est aussi au sens où sa réalisation est destinée à induire des transformations profondes en matière de travail. Mais elle ne l’est pas dans la mesure où elle s’accommode d’une progression graduelle et de compromis découlant d’une pluralité d’objectifs légitimes. Elle ne l’est pas non plus au sens où, dans l’immédiat, elle concerne principalement le niveau national et ne s’attaque donc pas à l’injustice la plus massive, qui est globale. Notre proposition se veut donc raisonnablement radicale. En même temps, s’inscrivant dans la perspective d’une gauche libertaire, elle se prétend aussi radicalement raisonnable.
L’intérêt des vivants contre l'honneur des morts ? Retenir les corps ennemis à des fins de négociation
Authors: Dignat Étienne
Published: November 2021

L’article prend pour point de départ une décision de la Cour suprême de l’État d’Israël en 2019, qui autorise officiellement la rétention de dépouilles d’individus ayant commis des attentats. Afin d’en comprendre à la fois l’origine et la visée selon l’optique israélienne, il restitue d’abord le contexte politique de ce jugement, marqué par les concessions récurrentes octroyées par l’État hébreu pour le retour des restes de ses propres soldats retenus par le Hamas et le Hezbollah. Au travers d’une mise en exergue d’une économie politique de l’échange, il cherche ensuite à mieux comprendre les débats éthiques qui traversent la nation, entre fermeté sécuritaire et devoir envers ses morts, ainsi que la manière dont se consolide une politique contre-terroriste du moindre mal. Ce travail illustre enfin l’importance prise par l’utilisation du droit face aux stratégies asymétriques déployées par les groupes armés.
An update on genotoxic and epigenetic studies of fumonisin B1
Authors: Molina-Pintor I.B. , Rojas-García A.E. , Medina-Díaz I.M. , Barrón-Vivanco B.S. , Bernal-Hernández Y.Y. , Ortega-Cervantes L. , Ramos A.J. , Herrera-Moreno J.F. , González-Arias C.A.
Published: November 2021

Fumonisins (FBs), a widespread group of mycotoxins produced byFusarium spp., are natural contaminants in cereals and foodstuffs. Fumonisin B1 (FB1) is the most toxic and prevalent mycotoxin of this group, and it has been reported that FB1 accounts for 70-80% of FBs produced by the mycotoxigenic strains. The mode of action of FB1 depends on the structural similarity with sphinganine/sphingosine N-acyltransferase. This fact causes an accumulation of sphingoid bases and blocks the sphingolipid biosynthesis or the function of sphingolipids. Diverse toxic effects and diseases such as hepatocarcinogenicity, hepatotoxicity, nephrotoxicity, and cytotoxicity have been reported, and diseases like leukoencephalomalacia in horses and pulmonary oedema in horses and swine have been described. In humans, FBs have been associated with oesophageal cancer, liver cancer, neural tube defects, and infantile growth delay. However, despite the International Agency for Research on Cancer designated FB1 as a possibly carcinogenic to humans, its genotoxicity and epigenetic properties have not been clearly elucidated. This review aims to summarise the progress in research about the genotoxic and epigenetics effects of FB1.
Existence and regularity results for stochastic fractional pseudo-parabolic equations driven by white noise
Authors: Thach Tran Ngoc , Kumar Devendra , Luc Nguyen Hoang , Tuan Nguyen Huy
Published: November 2021

Solutions of a direct problem for a stochastic pseudo-parabolic equation with fractional Caputo derivative are investigated, in which the non-linear space-time-noise is assumed to satisfy distinct Lipshitz conditions including globally and locally assumptions. The main aim of this work is to establish some existence, uniqueness, regularity, and continuity results for mild solutions.
Some approximation results for the new modification of Bernstein-Beta operators
Authors: Cai Qing-Bo , Sofyalıoğlu Melek , Kanat Kadir , Çekim Bayram
Published: November 2021

This paper deals with the newly modification of Beta-type Bernstein operators, preserving constant and Korovkin's other test functions $ e_i = t^i $, $ i = 1, 2 $ in limit case. Then the uniform convergence of the constructed operators is given. The rate of convergence is obtained in terms of modulus of continuity, Peetre-$ \mathcal{K} $ functionals and Lipschitz class functions. After that, the Voronovskaya-type asymptotic result for these operators is established. At last, the graphical results of the newly defined operators are discussed.
Investigating a generalized Hilfer-type fractional differential equation with two-point and integral boundary conditions
Authors: Redhwan Saleh S. ,   Department of Mathematics, Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University Aurangabad, 431001 (M.S.), India, Shaikh Sadikali L. , Abdo Mohammed S. , Shatanawi Wasfi , Abodayeh Kamaleldin , Almalahi Mohammed A. , Aljaaidi Tariq ,   Department of Mathematics, Maulana Azad College of arts, Science and Commerce, RozaBagh, Aurangabad 431004 (M.S.), India,   Department of Mathematics, Hodeidah University, Al-Hodeidah, Yemen,   Department of Mathematics and General Sciences, Prince Sultan University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia,   Department of Medical Research, China Medical University, Taichung 40402, Taiwan,   Department of Mathematics, Faculty of Science, The Hashemite University, P.O. Box 330127, Zarqa 13133, Jordan,   Department of Mathematics, Hajjah University, Hajjah, Yemen
Published: November 2021

In this paper, we investigate a nonlinear generalized fractional differential equation with two-point and integral boundary conditions in the frame of $ \kappa $-Hilfer fractional derivative. The existence and uniqueness results are obtained using Krasnoselskii and Banach's fixed point theorems. We analyze different types of stability results of the proposed problem by using some mathematical methodologies. At the end of the paper, we present a numerical example to demonstrate and validate our findings.
Renegotiation of long‐term contracts as part of an implicit agreement
Authors: Kostadinov Rumen
Published: November 2021

I study a repeated principal–agent game with long‐term output contracts that can be renegotiated at will. Actions are observable but not contractible, so they can only be incentivized through implicit agreements formed in equilibrium. I show that contract renegotiation is a powerful tool for incentive provision, despite the stationarity of the environment. Continuation contracts are designed to punish deviations in noncontractible behavior. If the equilibrium actions are observed, these contracts are renegotiated away. This form of anticipated renegotiation results in welfare improvements over outcomes attainable by one‐period contracts or by long‐term contracts that are not renegotiated. When the principal is not protected by limited liability, first‐best outcomes are attainable regardless of the impatience of the players. Equilibrium strategies are shown to satisfy various concepts of renegotiation‐proofness.
Bilateral trade with a benevolent intermediary
Authors: Eilat Ran , Pauzner Ady
Published: November 2021

We study intermediaries who seek to maximize gains from trade in bilateral negotiations. Intermediaries are players: they cannot commit to act against their objective function and deny, in some cases, trade they believe to be beneficial. This impairs their ability to assist the parties relative to conventional mechanisms. We analyze this limited commitment environment as a standard mechanism design problem with an additional “credibility” constraint, requiring that every outcome be interim‐optimal conditional on available information. We investigate how such intermediaries communicate with the parties, analyze the tradeoffs they face, and study the bounds on what they can achieve.
Sustainable debt
Authors: Bloise G. , Polemarchakis H. , Vailakis Y.
Published: November 2021

We show that debt is sustainable at a competitive equilibrium based solely on the reputation for repayment; that is, even without collateral or legal sanctions available to creditors. In an incomplete asset market, when the rate of interest falls recurrently below the rate of growth of the economy, self‐insurance is more costly than borrowing, and repayments on loans are enforced by the implicit threat of loss of the risk‐sharing advantages of debt contracts. Private debt credibly circulates as a form of inside money, and it is not valued as a speculative bubble. Competitive equilibria with self‐enforcing debt exist under a suitable hypothesis of gains from trade.
Bayesian privacy
Authors: Eilat Ran , Eliaz Kfir , Mu Xiaosheng
Published: November 2021

Modern information technologies make it possible to store, analyze, and trade unprecedented amounts of detailed information about individuals. This has led to public discussions on whether individuals' privacy should be better protected by restricting the amount or the precision of information that is collected by commercial institutions on their participants. We contribute to this discussion by proposing a Bayesian approach to measure loss of privacy in a mechanism. Specifically, we define the loss of privacy associated with a mechanism as the difference between the designer's prior and posterior beliefs about an agent's type, where this difference is calculated using Kullback–Leibler divergence, and where the change in beliefs is triggered by actions taken by the agent in the mechanism. We consider both ex post (for every realized type, the maximal difference in beliefs cannot exceed some thresholdκ) and ex ante (the expected difference in beliefs over all type realizations cannot exceed some thresholdκ) measures of privacy loss. Applying these notions to the monopolistic screening environment of Mussa and Rosen (1978), we study the properties of optimal privacy‐constrained mechanisms and the relation between welfare/profits and privacy levels.
Hippocrate et les autres
Authors: Jouanna Jacques
Published: November 2021

L’étude comprend trois parties : 1. La division du temps de l’année par les saisons : le problème du nombre des saisons et de l’existence de l’automne depuis Homère et Hésiode jusqu’à Hippocrate, en passant par le poète Alcman. 2. Les dénominations de l’automne dans la Collection hippocratique et les catégories de traités hippocratiques désignant l’automne de façon différente. 3. La division du temps de l’année par le mouvement apparent des astres et du soleil : continuités et innovations d’Homère et Hésiode à Hippocrate. L’innovation majeure dans la Collection hippocratique n’est pas la création de l'automne, mais la mise en pratique de l’équinoxe en utilisant une littérature technique perdue. Une partie du savoir des médecins hippocratiques, notamment sur le double lever des astres, ne se comprend véritablement que par référence à leurs prédécesseurs.
Jeûne, restrictions alimentaires et perte d’appétit dans la Collection hippocratique
Authors: Demont Paul
Published: November 2021

Le vocabulaire de la restriction alimentaire et les représentations mentales qui lui sont associées sont décrits. Ses occurrences sont réparties d’une façon remarquable dans la Collection hippocratique. Le symptôme de l’absence d’alimentation y est souvent considéré comme extrêmement dangereux et il apparaît dans des contextes variés. La Phèdre de l’Hippolyte d’Euripide peut être rapprochée de cas hippocratiques. Du point de vue de la thérapeutique, où la séquence jeûne + potion ou « cycéon » pour guérir ou, dans le cas des femmes, faire concevoir est fréquente, et a fait l’objet de controverses attestées dans le traité du Régime des maladies aiguës, sont mis en évidence certains points de contact entre rituels religieux et traitements médicaux des traités nosologiques et, surtout, gynécologiques.
Il De Medico e gli ‘altri trattati’ ippocratici
Authors: Ecca Giulia
Published: November 2021

Il De medico mostra numerose affinità di contenuto con testi ippocratici di età classica, affinità che talvolta si traducono in espliciti richiami ad “altri trattati”. Ai fini della datazione dell’opera, questi riferimenti sono stati interpretati in modi nettamente divergenti tra Ottocento e Novecento. Il presente contributo si propone di riesaminare la questione dei rapporti che legano il De medico agli altri trattati ippocratici. Dopo una breve panoramica sul contenuto e sulla tradizione dell’opera, viene proposta un’analisi comparativa dei paralleli (espliciti o sottintesi) con i testi ippocratici canonici. Da questa indagine si evince che l’autore del De medico usò tali richiami per riassumere, a mo’ di promemoria, temi solitamente attribuiti a Ippocrate, probabilmente con lo scopo di rendere più autorevole la sua opera. Considerata la varietà e la disposizione dei trattati a cui si riferisce, è possibile ipotizzare che l’autore avesse a disposizione una delle prime edizioni di testi ippocratici.The work De medico shows many similarities in content with Hippocratic treatises of the Classical period, similarities that in some cases are marked by explicit references to “other texts”. Between the 19th and the 20th century, scholars have differently interpreted these parallels. This paper aims to re-examine the question of the relationship between De medico and other Hippocratic treatises. After a short overview of the content and the manuscript tradition of the text, I provide a comparative analysis of those passages that refer (either explicitly or tacitly) to some canonical Hippocratic treatises. From this investigation, we can infer that the author of De medico used these references in order to summarise, in a sort of memorandum, topics usually ascribed to Hippocrates, probably with the aim of making his work more authoritative. In view of the variety and the order of the treatises he refers to, it is possible to suppose that the author had at his disposal one of the first editions of the Hippocratic treatises.
Ippocrate nella tradizione alchemica siriaca e araba
Authors: Martelli Matteo
Published: November 2021

Ippocrate, mai menzionato negli scritti alchemici greco-egiziani e bizantini, è presentato nelle vesti di un eroe alchemico nelle antologie siriache di scritti sulla trasmutazione metallica, che tramandano due opere attribuite al medico di Cos: un ricettario tràdito in due codici di Londra (Egerton 709 e Oriental 1593) e un trattato conservato in un codice di Cambridge (Mm 6.29), in cui Ippocrate, padre della medicina e dell’alchimia, è contrapposto ad Omero, corruttore dei popoli. Nel mio contributo presento un’analisi dettagliata di questi scritti, che si soffermi sugli aspetti più caratteristici e innovativi delle dottrine e delle pratiche attribuite a Ippocrate. Si tenterà di comprendere e contestualizzate tali elementi, considerando vari aspetti della ricezione di Ippocrate in epoca tardo antica e in fonti siriaco-arabe: l’associazione con Democrito, la competenza farmacologica, e il ruolo che gioca in opere alchemiche arabe attribuite ad alchimisti greco-egiziani.
Business Executives' Perceptions of Responsible Leadership and Corporate Social Responsibility for Stakeholders' Health and Wellbeing
Authors: Stål Frida , Marttila Anneli , Macassa Gloria
Published: November 2021

Over the past decade, and especially after the scandals that occurred during the last economic recession, there has been a call for business leaders to pay attention not only to maximization of profit but also to corporate social responsibility (CSR). It is argued that responsible leadership can be an appropriate response to the diverse needs and challenges of a complex stakeholder society. The purpose of this explorative study was to investigate top business executives’ understanding of responsible leadership and their perceptions of CSR for stakeholders’ health and wellbeing. Key informant interviews were conducted with ten business executives representing a variety of sectors in East Central Sweden. Content analysis was conducted to detect patterns and categories in the data. business executives understood the role of a responsible leader to involve contribution, inclusiveness, and the creation of community and structure. They viewed CSR and stakeholders’ health and wellbeing largely from an organizational point of view, including their own.
Non-Probabilistic Sampling in Quantitative Clinical Research
Authors: Asiamah Nestor , Mensah Henry Kofi , Oteng-Abayie Eric Fosu
Published: November 2021

Quantitative researchers need a probabilistic sample to generalise their findings, but research constraints often compel them to use non-probabilistic samples. The use of non-probability sampling methods in quantitative studies has therefore become a norm. Interestingly, even studies published in top-quality journals compromise best practices that the use of non-probabilistic samples requires. Based on a thorough review of relevant studies, we developed a typology of non-probability sampling methods used in quantitative health studies. An attempt was made to discuss the limit of inference under each type of non-probability sampling method. Non-probability sampling in quantitative research was also delineated as a way to maximise response rate. This study is expected to guide students and early career epidemiologists to understand how to apply non-probabilistic sampling methods in quantitative approaches and plausibly document or report their chosen methods.
Improvement of Data Stream Decision Trees
Authors: Bahloul Sarah Nait , Abderrahim Oussama , Amar Aya Ichrak Benhadj , Bouhedadja Mohammed Yacine
Published: November 2021

The classification of data streams has become a significant and active research area. The principal characteristics of data streams are a large amount of arrival data, the high speed and rate of its arrival, and the change of their nature and distribution over time. Hoeffding Tree is a method to, incrementally, build decision trees. Since its proposition in the literature, it has become one of the most popular tools of data stream classification. Several improvements have since emerged. Hoeffding Anytime Tree was recently introduced and is considered one of the most promising algorithms. It offers a higher accuracy compared to the Hoeffding Tree in most scenarios, at a small additional computational cost. In this work, the authors contribute by proposing three improvements to the Hoeffding Anytime Tree. The improvements are tested on known benchmark datasets. The experimental results show that two of the proposed variants make better usage of Hoeffding Anytime Tree’s properties. They learn faster while providing the same desired accuracy.
Air Bubbles Activate Complement and Trigger Hemostasis and C3-Dependent Cytokine Release Ex Vivo in Human Whole Blood
Authors: Storm Benjamin S , Christiansen Dorte , Fure Hilde , Ludviksen Judith K , Lau Corinna , Lambris John D , Woodruff Trent M , Brekke Ole-Lars , Braaten Tonje , Nielsen Erik W , Mollnes Tom Eirik
Published: November 2021

Venous air embolism, which may complicate medical and surgical procedures, activates complement and triggers thromboinflammation. In lepirudin-anticoagulated human whole blood, we examined the effect of air bubbles on complement and its role in thromboinflammation. Whole blood from 16 donors was incubated with air bubbles without or with inhibitors of C3, C5, C5aR1, or CD14. Complement activation, hemostasis, and cytokine release were measured using ELISA and quantitative PCR. Compared with no air, incubating blood with air bubbles increased, on average, C3a 6.5-fold, C3bc 6-fold, C3bBbP 3.7-fold, C5a 4.6-fold, terminal complement complex sC5b9 3.6-fold, prothrombin fragments 1+2 (PTF1+2) 25-fold, tissue factor mRNA (TF-mRNA) 26-fold, microparticle tissue factor 6.1-fold, β-thromboglobulin 26-fold (all p < 0.05), and 25 cytokines 11-fold (range, 1.5–78-fold; all p < 0.0001). C3 inhibition attenuated complement and reduced PTF1+2 2-fold, TF-mRNA 5.4-fold, microparticle tissue factor 2-fold, and the 25 cytokines 2.7-fold (range, 1.4–4.9-fold; all p < 0.05). C5 inhibition reduced PTF1+2 2-fold and TF-mRNA 12-fold (all p < 0.05). C5 or CD14 inhibition alone reduced three cytokines, including IL-1β (p = 0.02 and p = 0.03). Combined C3 and CD14 inhibition reduced all cytokines 3.9-fold (range, 1.3–9.5-fold; p < 0.003) and was most pronounced for IL-1β (3.2- versus 6.4-fold), IL-6 (2.5- versus 9.3-fold), IL-8 (4.9- versus 8.6-fold), and IFN-γ (5- versus 9.5-fold). Antifoam activated complement and was avoided. PTF1+2 was generated in whole blood but not in plasma. In summary, air bubbles activated complement and triggered a C3-driven thromboinflammation. C3 inhibition reduced all mediators, whereas C5 inhibition reduced only TF-mRNA. Combined C5 and CD14 inhibition reduced IL-1β release. These data have implications for future mechanistic studies and possible pharmacological interventions in patients with air embolism.
Management of Pregnancy and Childbirth in a Cervical Dystonia Patient with an Implanted Deep Brain Stimulation System
Authors: Ozturk Gulsah , Kadiroğulları Pınar
Published: November 2021

Deep brain stimulation (DBS) can lead to psychosocial and functional improvement in medically refractory cervical, segmental, or generalized moderate to severe dystonia. After treatment with DBS in women with dystonia, pregnancy can be planned. However, in the literature, there are no standardized clinical guidelines for the management of movement disorder treated with DBS during pregnancy. Herein, we report a 24-year-old female patient with cervical dystonia (CD) who have an implanted bilateral globus pallidus interna (GPi)-DBS. The patient got pregnant during the 5-year follow-up period after DBS surgery and then delivered a healthy baby via cesarean section under general anesthesia. A patient with CD who have a DBS system with a rechargeable battery could be managed safely during pregnancy and childbirth.
MRI-guided stereotactic ablative radiation therapy for liver metastasis from pancreatic cancer
Authors: Hama Yukihiro , Tate Etsuko
Published: November 2021

A 69-year-old man with a history of pancreatic cancer was referred to our hospital for a newly developed solitary liver metastasis. Since the liver metastasis was in contact with the small intestine, it was necessary to perform radiation therapy while simultaneously monitoring the small intestine and liver metastasis, and then, MRI-guided stereotactic ablative radiation therapy (SABR) was performed. There were no radiation-induced adverse events during the treatment and 6 months of follow-up. MRI showed complete regression of the tumor at 6 months after SABR. It seems feasible to perform SABR safely by using MRI-guided radiation therapy system even if liver metastasis developed near the intestinal tract after surgery for pancreatic cancer.
Diagnostic Accuracy of Hysteroscopic Scoring System in Predicting Endometrial Malignancy and Atypical Endometrial Hyperplasia
Authors: Harika Bhukya , Subbaiah Murali , Maurya Dilip Kumar
Published: November 2021

Aims and Objectives:

The aim of this study was to determine the diagnostic accuracy of a hysteroscopic scoring system in predicting endometrial cancer and endometrial hyperplasia with atypia.

Materials and Methods:

This is a prospective study involving 95 peri and postmenopausal women with abnormal uterine bleeding who underwent hysteroscopic-guided endometrial biopsy. After the calculation of hysteroscopic score, biopsy was obtained and sent for histopathological examination. Hysteroscopic diagnosis of carcinoma endometrium was made when the total score was ≥16 and a score ≥7 supported a diagnosis of endometrial hyperplasia with atypia.

Results:

Out of the 95 women, 46 (48.4%) women had postmenopausal bleeding. The mean age of women was 50.4 ± 10.3 years. Eight women were diagnosed to have endometrial cancer and eight had endometrial hyperplasia with atypia on histopathological examination. Using a hysteroscopy score ≥16, the sensitivity and specificity were found to be 62.5% and 90.8%, respectively, for diagnosing endometrial cancer. Hysteroscopy score ≥9 was found to be a better cutoff for diagnosing endometrial cancer using Youden index. The sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value (PPV), and negative predictive value (NPV) for diagnosing endometrial cancer with score ≥9 was 100%, 67.8%, 22.2%, and 100%, respectively. The sensitivity, specificity, PPV, and NPV for diagnosing endometrial hyperplasia with atypia with score ≥7 was found to be 75%, 58.6%, 14.3%, and 96.2%, respectively.

Conclusion:

The hysteroscopic scoring system has a good diagnostic performance when a cutoff score ≥9 is used in predicting endometrial cancer. However, the scoring system has lower diagnostic accuracy in predicting endometrial hyperplasia with atypia.
Relationship between Anthropometric Parameters, Neck Circumference, and Intraocular Pressure among Normal Adults in Ile-Ife
Authors: Feyijimi Adetola O. , Adegbehingbe Bernice Oluwakemi , Adeoye Adenike O. , Ihemedu Chidi
Published: November 2021

Aim:

To determine the relationship between anthropometric parameters, neck circumference (NC), and intraocular pressure (IOP) among the adult population in Ile-Ife, Nigeria

Method:

A descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted among 450 randomly selected nonglaucoma subjects from the students and staff population of Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospitals Complex, Ile-Ife, Nigeria. Ethical clearance for the study was obtained from the institution and written informed consent was obtained from subjects. The demographic profile of subjects was documented and measurements of anthropometric parameters, NC, and IOP were carried out. Data were analyzed using statistical software SPSS 23.0. The bivariate linear regression model was used for correlation analysis and the level of statistical significance was set at P < 0.05.

Results:

Four hundred and fifty subjects were examined comprising 194 males (43.1%) and 256 females (56.9%). The mean age was 34.26 ± 11.78 years. The mean values for height, weight, body mass index (BMI), and NC were 1.67 ± 0.09 m, 70.7 ± 14 kg, 25.49 ± 4.91 kg/m2, and 34.65 ± 2.79 cm, respectively. The weight and height were significantly higher in males than in females but BMI was higher in females. The mean IOP for all the subjects was 14.40 ± 3.26 mmHg. Weight, BMI, and IOP significantly increased with age, and mean IOP also significantly increased with increasing height (P = 0.045), weight (P = 0.005), NC (P = 0.0005), and BMI (P = 0.0001).

Conclusion:

Increased weight, BMI, and NC were found to be significantly associated with IOP elevation, which is a risk factor for glaucoma
Acute suppurative thyroiditis
Authors: Das Dipratim , Chakraborty Partha , Ganguly Madhurima , Halder Pankaj Kumar
Published: November 2021

Acute thyroiditis is rare and usually subsides with medical therapy. An abscess arising due to it is even rarer. Sometimes, surgical drainage is required to control ongoing infection and sepsis. We report a case of a 4-year-old girl who had acute suppurative thyroiditis. The swelling was not resolving after 9 days of administering intravenous antibiotics and eventually compressing the esophagus and trachea which was relieved leading to a speedy recovery on emergency surgical drainage.
Noncommutative partially convex rational functions
Authors: Jury Michael , Klep Igor , Mancuso Mark E. , McCullough Scott , Pascoe James Eldred
Published: November 2021

Motivated by classical notions of bilinear matrix inequalities (BMIs) and partial convexity, this article investigates partial convexity for noncommutative functions. It is shown that noncommutative rational functions that are partially convex admit novel butterfly-type realizations that necessitate square roots. A strengthening of partial convexity arising in connection with BMIs –

xy

-convexity – is also considered. A characterization of

xy

-convex polynomials is given.
Selenocysteine in Trypanosoma evansi: Identification of the Genes selb, selc, seld, pstk, seltryp and the Selenophosphate Synthetase Protein
Authors: Tavares Kaio Cesar Simiano , Casagrande Dambrós Maria Gabriela , Antunes André Saraiva Leão , Danziato Pietro Martin , Stoco Patricia Hermes , Schlindwein Aline Daiane , Moreira Renato Simões , Miletti Luiz Claudio
Published: November 2021

Selenoproteins have been described in all three domains of life and their function has been mainly associated with oxidative stress defense. Canonical elements required for selenoprotein production have been identified in members of the kinetoplastid group supporting the existence of a complete selenocysteine synthesis pathway in these organisms. Currently, nothing is known regarding the selenocysteine pathway in Trypanosoma evansi. In this study, we identified the expression of the elements selB, selC, selD, PSTK and selTRYP at the mRNA level in T. evansi. All translated proteins (selD, PSTK, selTRYP and selB) have the domains predicted and higher identity with Trypanosoma brucei. gambiense. The selenophosphate synthetase protein was localized in the cytoplasm. Our results support the existence of an active selenocysteine pathway in T. evansi.
Heraldické a epigrafické pamiatky domov v Spišskej Novej Vsi a ich pramenná hodnota pri identifikácii ich majiteľov
Authors: Števík Miroslav
Published: November 2021

Autor príspevku sa na základe porovnania výsledkov vlastného archívneho výskumu majiteľov domov historického centra Spišskej Novej Vsi v 18. a 19. storočí so stavebno-historickým výskumom Jana Muka (1981) a genealogickým výskumom Mártona Szluhu šľachty na Spiši (2013) pokúsil o identifikovanie heraldických a epigrafických pamiatok domov historického centra Spišskej Novej Vsi, ktoré vznikli v období od 17. storočia do začiatku 20. storočia.

Heraldic and epigraphic memorials of the houses in Spišská Nová Ves and their source value when identifying their owners
The author of the paper attempted to identify the heraldic and epigraphic memorials of the houses in the historical center of Spišská Nová Ves, which originated from the 17th century until the beginning of the 20th century. This attempt is based on the comparison of the results of his own archival research of the owners of the houses in the historical center of Spišská Nová Ves in the 18th and 19th centuries, with the construction and historical research of Jan Muk (1981) and the genealogical research of Márton Szluha of the nobility at Spiš (2013).
Propagandowa działalność komitetów powiatowych PZPR na Lubelszczyźnie w świetle działalności bibliotek partyjnych 1948–1952
Authors: Czerwińska Magdalena
Published: November 2021

Niniejszy artykuł ma na celu ukazanie propagandowej działalności Polskiej Zjednoczonej Partii Robotniczej w pierwszych latach jej funkcjonowania (1948–1952) przez pryzmat organizacji bibliotek komitetów powiatowych. Biblioteki stanowiły bardzo istotny element wewnątrzpartyjnego systemu oświatowego, będąc wsparciem dla tak istotnego z perspektywy partii samokształcenia. Zarówno ich zasób, jak i fachowy personel miały zachęcać do częstego korzystania z biblioteki, a tym samym pozytywnie wpływać na intelektualny rozwój członków partii. Bazując na sprawozdaniach bibliotecznych autorka przedstawiła stopień przygotowania partii do prowadzenia działań oświatowych i propagandowych w terenie, a także poziom jej zorganizowania.

Propaganda Activity of District Committees of the Polish United Workers’ Party in Lublin Province in the Light of the Activity of Party Libraries in 1948–1952
The aim of the article is to show the propaganda activity of the Polish United Workers’ Party during the first years of its functioning (1948-1952) through the prism of the organization of the district committee libraries. The libraries constituted a very important element of the internal party education system; they Propagandowa działalność komitetów powiatowych PZPR… 207 constituted a support self-education, so important from the party’s perspective, Both their holdings and professional staff were expected to encourage people to frequently use the libraries and at the same time to positively influence the intellectual development of the party members. The author, basing on libraries reports, presented the level of the party’s preparation for educational and propaganda activities in the field and also the level of its organization.
Inwentarz rzeczy pozostałych po stolniku przemyskim Jerzym Wołodyjowskim z 1674 roku
Authors: Kus Józef
Published: November 2021

W księgach grodzkich grabowieckich, przechowywanych w Archiwum Państwowym w Lublinie, znajduje się rejestr rzeczy pozostałych po stolniku przemyskim Jerzym Wołodyjowskim, który był pierwowzorem Sienkiewiczowskiego „Małego Rycerza” – obrońcy Kamieńca Podolskiego w 1672 r. W artykule przedstawiono tradycję związaną z legendą pułkownika Wołodyjowskiego, podstawowe fakty z jego życia oraz okoliczności powstania inwentarza pośmiertnego, wykorzystanego w trakcie procesu przeciwko osobom, które bezprawnie zagarnęły nieruchomości zmarłego. Autor artykułu stwierdza w konkluzji, że autentyczny Wołodyjowski tylko pod pewnymi względami przypominał swój literacki, Sienkiewiczowski, portret. Był istotnie świetnym zagończykiem i zginął w Kamieńcu Podolskim, tak jak „pan Michał”, chociaż jego śmierć była przypadkowa. Był również pułkownikiem, lecz nie dowodził chorągwią laudańską. Nie był też najprawdopodobniej nigdy na Litwie, gdzie region etnograficzno-historyczny Lauda się znajdował. Artykuł zawiera edycję inwentarza sporządzonego po śmierci Jerzego Wołodyjowskiego.

The 1674 Inventory the Belongings Left by Przemyśl Pantler Jerzy Wołodyjowski
The register of things left by Przemyśl Pantler (Steward) Jerzy Wołodyjowski, who was a model for Sienkiewicz’s “Small Knight” – the defender of Kamieniec Podolski in 1672 – can be found in the Grabowiec municipal records, which are kept in the State Archives in Lublin. The article presents the tradition connected with the legend of Colonel Wołodyjowski, basic facts from his life, and the circumstances of the compilation of the posthumous inventory used during the lawsuit against persons who illegally seized the real estates of the deceased. The author of the article concludes that the real Wołodyjowski resembled his literary, Sienkiewicz-created image only in some respects. He was indeed an excellent soldier and was killed in Kamieniec Podolski (like Michał Wołodyjowski, his book counterpart) but his death was an accidental one. He also was a colonel but he was not in charge of the Lauda cavalry company. He had probably never been to Lithuania, where this ethnographic-historical region Lauda (Liaude) was situated. The article contains the edition of the inventory made after the death of Jerzy Wołodyjowski.
Propinae, dona honoraria, kontentacje, przywitania i dary w siedemnastowiecznym Lublinie. Korupcja czy element kultury?
Authors: Kus Józef
Published: November 2021

Problematyka artykułu dotyczy obdarowywania przez mieszczan lubelskich króla, urzędników królewskich, dowódcom wojsk, przystawów poselstw zagranicznych, duchownych, w okresie staropolskim. Podstawowym źródłem, z którego korzystał autor, były księgi rachunkowe oraz opublikowane przez Jana Riabinina w 1935 r. lauda miejskie.

Propinae, dona honoraria, Contentment, Greetings, and Presents in the 17th century Lublin
The subject of the article concerns those spheres of town life which favored corruption in the form of repeatedly handing over money, gifts, funding lavish parties for king’s officials, military leaders, guard officers of foreign diplomatic mission, or priests in return for desisting from functions of executing the town obligations from the towns. The basic source which the author used were the account books and city resolutions (lauda) published by Jan Riabinin in 1935. Summing up, the author pointed to the popular old Roman principle of reciprocity do, ut des (I give so that you may give) used in the 17th century Lublin.
Some remarks to the legal status of platform workers in the light of the latest European jurisprudence
Authors: Naumowicz Kamila
Published: November 2021

The COVID-19 pandemic has had a negative impact on the working conditions of so-called platform workers that have faced the lack of labour and social protection deriving from their formal status of independent contractors. Seeking for protection, numerous claims have been filed by the riders and drivers of digital platforms that were asking for a recognition of the subordinate work. The aim of the present article is to give a critical and brief overview of the latest European jurisprudence regarding the legal status of platform workers. The article focuses on the methodology and criteria applied by the judges in order to examine the particularities of the new forms of work and new forms of surveillance as well. Special attention is paid to on-location work performance by low-skilled individuals conducting services for the digital platforms operating in food delivery and transportation sectors.
Buddhist Indian Loanwords in Sogdian and the Development of Sogdian Buddhism
Authors: Lurje Pavel B.
Published: November 2021

Buddhist Sogdian texts contain about 300 loanwords of Indian origin excluding the ones that are known also in Manichaean, secular, or Christian Sogdian texts. About sixty percent of these can easily be seen to be borrowed from Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit. A further twenty percent or so are not so easily recognized as from that source because they also reflect linguistic developments within Sogdian. Another twenty percent are from a Prakrit or show the intermediation of another language, such as Parthian (probably including pwty ‘Buddha’), Tocharian, or Chinese. About one percent has unclear sources. The Indian loanwords in Manichean, Christian and secular Sogdian texts, in contrast, are in the majority from a Middle Indian source. In Buddhist Sogdian, the narrative texts like the Vessantara Jātaka feature more of the less regular loan shapes, which suggests a different path of transmission and probably an earlier date. An appendix discusses the role of Buddism in Sogdiana from finds there: personal names reflect the divinity of the Buddha; a wooden plaque with a devotional scene was recently discovered in Panjakent; a seal from Kafir-kala depicts a Turkish noblewoman rather than a Boddhisatva. A study of place names indicates the presence of Vihāras (Nawbahār, Farxār) at the gates of several main cities in and around Sogdiana.
Da li je pravo vreme za izgradnju velike solarne elektrane u Srbiji?
Authors:   University of Belgrade, School of Electrical Engineering, Rajaković Nikola
Published: November 2021

According to almost all estimates, significant investments in new renewable energy sources in Serbia are needed. Serbia has economically viable potentials of renewable energy sources (RES) (solar energy, wind energy, hydropower, biomass energy, geothermal energy, etc.), so the structure of the production mix in the electricity system should increasingly be based on renewable sources. In this paper, an attempt is made to answer the following questions: does Serbia need new production capacities, does Serbia need new production capacities from RES, and finally, which of the RES would be the most suitable at the moment? The paper assesses whether this is exactly the right moment to accelerate the process of energy transition in Serbia, as well as the opportunity to ensure a more sustainable growth and development through a faster transition to RES. It starts from the fact that increasing the production of electricity from RES, together with measures to increase energy efficiency and decarbonize energy production and consumption, is the backbone of the energy transition and at the same time the essence of Serbia's commitments by joining the Energy Community and accepting international climate agreements. The paper assumes that by increasing the efficiency of the energy sector and use of RES, European policy goals can be achieved in Serbia and that energy sector can be positioned as an engine of stability and sustainable economic development. Secondary effects will lead to increased sustainable employment, reduced public debt and increased competitiveness of the sector. Therefore, the energy transition should be seen as a development opportunity. The construction of large RES plants, especially large solar power plants in Serbia and joining the EU Green Deal, is certainly a signal that Serbia is well on its way to developing a modern, environmentally friendly, competitive and regionally integrated energy system. This will trigger the necessary investments in the modernization of the energy sector and enable the attraction of foreign direct investments. Achieving this vision requires decisive political action at the national and regional levels. Solar projects have the lowest levelized costs of produced kWh of electricity, they are the fastest to implement and they have the least environmental and social impact. Also, large installed capacity can be achieved through a series of large and medium-sized projects that would be territorially distributed in order to reduce the simultaneity of production.
Nаdоgrаdnjа sistеmа zа hlаđеnjе vоdоm sа mоgućnоstimа ispirаnjа
Authors:   “Ss. Cyril and Methodius” University, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Skopje, Stojkovski Valentino , Iliev Viktor , Stojkovski Filip
Published: November 2021

This paper presents an analysis of the operating parameters of a water cooling system of the structural part of a furnace for rolling mills preparation. The structural solution of the cooling system is performed as flow, with a constant inflow of fresh water and drainage from the system. Four longitudinal pipes are installed, which are supported by vertical girders. Vertical girders should provide thermal stability to ensure pipe- plate horizontality. The vertical girders are regularly connected to the cooling system by placing pipes direct into the vertical girder, which engages the part of the water supply that cools the vertical girder, and the same water is returned to the cooling system and continuously transferred to the next girder. During operation, due to the quality of cooling water that is not chemically treated, calcium carbonate is formed; the presented impurities clog the flow channels of the cooling system in the vertical girders. The application of CFD analysis reveals the conditions of water flow in the cooling system of vertical girders. From the analysis of the obtained results, it is proposed to upgrade the existing system by installing a flushing system, which will ensure a directed and controlled inflow in the zones of the cooling system. The conceptual solution for the flushing system and the effects of its operation are given in this paper.
TÜRKİYE’DE MERKEZ SAĞ PARTİLERİN GELİŞİMİ, ÖRGÜTLENİŞİ VE AYRIŞMASI (1960-2002)
Authors: Özdemir Ali Ulvi
Published: November 2021

Türkiye’de siyasi partiler yelpazesinin en önemli parçalarından birini “Merkez Sağ” diye nitelendirebileceğimiz partiler oluşturur. Bu ayrım, Osmanlı-Türk modernleşmesinin başlangıcına kadar götürülebilecek önemli bir ayrımın devamıdır. Merkez Sağ, özellikle modernleşmeci ve bir anlamda yukarıdan aşağıya doğru biçimlenen ve Cumhuriyet sonrası büyük ölçüde Cumhuriyet Halk Partisi (CHP) ile temsil olunan bir değişimci/devrimci devlet geleneğinin karşısında konumlanan, daha çok sivil siyasetin ve akımların ana gövdeyi oluşturduğu daha muhafazakar çevreleri içine alan bir siyasi akım ve bu akımı işaret eden kavram olarak karşımıza çıkar. 1950 -1960 arası Demokrat Parti (DP)ile temsil edilen bu akım, 1960 sonrası siyasi hayatta Adalet Partisi (AP) ile karşılık bulmuş, sonrasında bu ana akımın çevresinde yer alan sağ siyasetin diğer partileri ile çeşitlenmiştir. 12 Eylül 1980 Askeri Darbesi sonrası Türk siyasal hayatı yeniden Merkez-sol ve Merkez–sağ gibi iki ana eksen etrafında şekillense de Anavatan Partisi (ANAP) ve Adalet ve Kalkınma Partisi (AKP) ile birlikte Merkez-Sağ kavramına karşılık gelen alanın giderek daralması olgusu, Türk siyasal hayatında yeni bir dönemin kapısını açmıştır.
KUZEYDOĞU ANADOLU’NUN İSKÂN TARİHİ ÜZERİNE BAZI GÖZLEMLER
Authors: Ünsal Veli
Published: November 2021

Türkiye’nin Kafkaslara açılan kapısı olan Kuzeydoğu Anadolu Tarih Öncesi Çağlardan günümüze kadar yerleşime sahne olmuştur. Kuzeydoğu Anadolu’nun tarih öncesi ve tarihi çağları ile ilgili olan bu çalışma, bölgenin sahip olduğu coğrafi konumundan dolayı ayrı bir önem kazanmaktadır. Bölge coğrafyası, tarih öncesi çağlarda insanların yaşaması için gerekli olan tarım alanları, su kaynaklarını bünyesinde barındırmaktadır. Çalışma Erzincan, Erzurum ve Kars illeri ile sınırlandırılmıştır. Kuzeydoğu Anadolu’daki ilk çalışmaları Kökten yapmıştır. Bu çalışmalar sonucunda bölgenin Paleolitik, Epipaleolitik, Kalkolitik ve İlk Tunç çağlarında iskân gördüğü anlaşılmıştır. Kuzeydoğu Anadolu’da özellikle de Son Kalkolitik ve Son Tunç Çağı boyunca varlığını sürdüren Karaz kültürünün etkileri görülmektedir. Çalışma sahamıza giren ve Kuzeydoğu Anadolu bölümünde yer alan Erzurum’da Paleolitik Çağ aletlerine, Kars’ta Paleolitik, Mezolitik ve Neolitik döneme tarihlenen yerleşmelere ve bu döneme ait buluntulara rastlanılmıştır. Erzincan’da ise Kalkolitik Çağ ve sonrasına tarihlenen yerleşme yerlerine ve buluntulara rastlanılmıştır.