bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
The Effect of Preoperative Anemia on Hiatal Hernia Surgery and Postoperative Complications
Authors: TAZEOĞLU Deniz , ESMER Ahmet Cem , ARSLAN Bilal , EDİZSOY Akay , GÖKÇEİMAM Mehmet , SAĞLAM Fazıl
Published: October 2022

Aim: Anemia is associated with increased mortality and morbidity in all patients undergoing surgery. This study aimed to reveal to what extent anemia caused postoperative complications before hiatal hernia surgery.
Material and Methods: One hundred and ninety-two patients operated for hiatal hernia in our clinic between 2015 and 2019 were analyzed retrospectively. Patients were compared according to demographics, preoperative laboratory values, preoperative Charlson comorbidity index score, hiatal hernia type, postoperative intensive care requirement, presence of postoperative complications, Clavien-Dindo score, blood transfusion need, and length of hospital stay.
Results: Of the patients, 109 were female and 83 were male. The mean age was 50.1±9.1 years. Fifty-four (28.2%) of the patients were in the anemic group, and 138 (71.8%) were in the non-anemic group. There was no statistically significant difference between the groups in terms of gender distribution (p=0.663). When the groups were compared in terms of age distribution, it was found that the anemic group was older than the non-anemic group and the difference was statistically significant (p<0.001). There was a significant difference between the groups in terms of the postoperative complications rate and it was more common in the anemic group (p<0.001). There was a significant difference between the groups in terms of the need for intensive care and blood transfusion in the postoperative period (p=0.020, p<0.001, respectively).
Conclusion: Preoperative anemia increases postoperative complications in hiatal hernia surgery. Therefore, the presence of anemia should be investigated before hiatal hernia surgery and patients with anemia should be followed up closely postoperatively.
Ischemic complications of dermal fillers
Authors: Mehta Preeya , Kaplan Julie Bass , Zhang-Nunes Sandy
Published: October 2022

Dermal fillers have become increasingly popular as a cosmetic treatment for facial rejuvenation. Although these injections are generally considered to be safe, as the number of injections has increased, so has the rate of complications. Ischemic complications of fillers is critical and include vision loss, ophthalmoplegia, skin necrosis, and cerebral infarction. Knowing the anatomy well to optimally prevent and manage these serious complications. Prevention includes knowledge of the vascular anatomy of the facial area, as well as certain injection techniques such as aspiration, use of a smaller needle, and adoption of a larger cannula. The use of ultrasound has been a recent innovation in preventing and treating filler complications as well. The reversibility of fillers should also be considered when choosing a filler. Some hyaluronic acid (HA) fillers, including the newer ones on the market, are difficult to reverse and non-HA fillers and fat are irreversible. This review aims to discuss facial anatomy, the various ischemic filler complications, the prevention and management of these complications, and the relatively recent use of imaging as an adjunct.
Analysis of Islamic Banking Efficiency in Indonesia in the Digital Bank Era during the Covid-19 Pandemic
Authors: Kaban Reny Fitriana , Setyawati Novita , Animatus Syafila Fayza Salsabilla , Soeminar Anisa Amelia , Amelia Mega Putri , Hanifa Aqila Marza , Dewi Pricintya
Published: October 2022

Industri perbankan syariah di Indonesia mengalami pertumbuhan yang cepat. Saat ini dunia sedang dilanda krisis ekonomi yang dipicu adanya pandemi virus Covid 19, termasuk Indonesia, khususnya perbankan syariah juga terimbas krisis. Layanan digital menjadi salah satu upaya bagi perbankan Syariah bertahan di era pandemi. Untuk bertahan dalam situasi seperti ini diperlukan efiensi input dan output faktor-faktor utama dalam perbankan syariah. Oleh karena itu perlu dikaji sejauh mana tingkat efisiensi perbankan syariah di era pandemi Covid agar dapat dirumuskan langkah-langkah perbaikan dan antisipasi akibat krisis. Dalam rangka membangun sinergi dengan dunia keuangan digital, Program Studi S1 Ekonomi Syariah memberikan penugasan kepada kami mengenai tema tersebut. Penelitian ini bersifat kuantitatif menggunakan data laporan keuangan tahunan Otoritas Jasa Keuangan yang dianalisa dengan metode CRS pendekatan input. Variabel input yang dianalisa dana pihak ketiga, biaya tenaga kerja, dan biaya administrasi umum, sedangkan variabel output yang dianalisa adalah pendapatan operasional dan total pembiayaan. Hasil penelitian ini menunjukkan bank yang efisien di tahun 2020 yaitu Bank NTB Syariah, Bank BTPN Syariah Tbk dan Bank Panin Dubai Syariah Tbk dan di tahun 2021 Bank Mega Syariah dan Bank Panin Dubai Syariah Tbk. Secara keseluruhan di era pandemi Covid nilai efisiensi perbankan syariah adalah 78, 05% dan masuk dalam kriteria sedang yang nilainya lebih kecil dibandingkan sebelum masa pandemi. Diperlukan upaya lebih serius lagi dari berbagai stakeholder untuk kembali meningkatkan efisiensi perbankan syariah dengan memanfaatkan benefit digitalisasi.
The Role of Islamic Microfinance Institutions in Poverty Reduction: A Study of Scopus Indexed Journal Literature
Authors: Saepul Rohman Pupun , Laila Nisful , Shofawati Atina
Published: October 2022

This study aims to reveal the development of research on the theme of Islamic microfinance institutions from reputable international journals. This study uses a qualitative approach, namely literature review. The literature search went through a series of stages to ensure that only papers sourced from reputable journals were featured in this study. The results of the study found that there were 181 papers with the theme of Islamic microfinance institutions from international journals indexed by Scopus. The development of research related to Islamic microfinance has increased, especially in the last three years (2019, 2020, 2021). The implication of this research is that this study proves in the literature the important role of Islamic microfinance institutions in alleviating poverty. This is a valuable input for related parties, especially the government, to pay more attention to the infrastructure required by Islamic microfinance institutions.
Compiling a Sharia Indicators of Wedding Organiser
Authors: Rahman Arip , Yusuf Ibrahim Muhammad , As-Salafiyah Aisyah , Hamka Lubis Rusdi
Published: October 2022

The sharia wedding organizer industry is starting to provide an alternative sharia version. However, no specific index can be used as a standard for sharia compliance of a wedding organizer. This study aims to compile a sharia wedding organizing index from the perspective of Maqashid Sharia. The sharia wedding organizer index can then be used as an indicator in viewing the sharia wedding organizer. By using a literature review method, this study will collect literature in the form of postulate and previous studies as a basis for compiling an index. In calculating the weights, this study uses the Simple Additive Weighting approach. The primary basis for compiling the index is the Maqashid Sharia index theory by Al-Ghazali. The findings show that 13 indicators are used as indexes that measure the sharia of the wedding organizer. The indicators are seclusion, tradition, pre-wedding, make-up artist, prayer time, eating etiquette, food, fashion style, contract form, package options, transaction medium, music, and marriage motivations. This study is the first to compile a list of sharia requirements and rules that sharia wedding organizers must meet.
The Influence of Islamic Marketing Ethics on Customer Interest in Using Mudharabah Savings Products at BMT Ar-Rahmah Arta Syariah Mojokerto
Authors: Amalia Anggraini Novarina , Sri Rahayu Yayuk
Published: October 2022

It intends to examine the effect of shiddiq, al-adl, al-Amanah, service, and piety on consumer interest in utilizing mudharabah savings products both partially and concurrently in scientific writing. BMT Ar-Rahmah Arta Syariah Mojokerto is the subject of this study, which will take place between 2021 and 2022. The method employed is multiple linear regression analysis, and the type of research used is a quantitative research using more than one variable. Classic assumption tests, multiple linear regression equation tests, and hypothesis testing are examples of multiple linear regression analysis methods. Siddiq (X1), Al-Adl (X2), Al-Amanah (X3), Service (X4), and Takwa (X5) were the five independent variables in this study (X5). The interest of customers in adopting the mudharabah deposit product is the dependent variable (Y). Siddiq, al-adl, al-Amanah, service, and take all had partial and simultaneous effects on customer interest in adopting mudharabah savings products, according to the findings
The Role of Amil Zakat Institutions in the Development of Economic Da'wah (Study on Distribution of Zis Funds through the Bankziska Program in Ponorogo)
Authors: Khusnul Rois Adib , Syukroni Azid , Abidin Nurul
Published: October 2022

The role of the Amil Zakat institution is very much needed in society, many Amil Zakat institutions have the passion to provide assistance to the community by making moral and material contributions. One of the Amil Zakat institutions in Ponorogo is Bank Ziska or stands for financial assistance from zakat funds, infaq-shodaqoh and other religious social funds. The funds obtained will eventually be used for the welfare of the people by using various distribution methods. Bank Ziska in Ponorogo is an example of an amil zakat institution that has provided various kinds of economic development programs for the people and community empowerment, including giving cash to people who have been entangled in usury debt and cannot pay it, another program is to create an UMKM village that has was inaugurated by the Regent of Ponorogo, Sugiri 'Kang Giri' Sancoko in the MSME Village of Moneylender-Free Empowerment and the Digitalization of Bank Ziska Lazismu in Jintab Hamlet, Wonokerto Village, Jetis District 2021. for the national amil zakat institution.
Preparing Future’s Community Empowerment: A Quantitative Study of The Correlation Between Empowerment And Human Resources In Ranu Pani And Sanan Tourism Village
Authors: Kusumaningtyas Menur , Zaki Irham , Herianingrum Sri , Nafik Hadi Ryandono Muhammad
Published: October 2022

Human resources are the main support system for managing tourist villages. The main support system should be managed well. Managing human resources can reflected by empowering them to develop new skills based on their need to elaborate on the region’s potency. The region potency consists of culture, tourism place, and heritage. The aim of the research is to know about the correlation between empowerment and human resources in Ranu Pani Tourist Village and Sanan Tourist Village. This study used quantitative research. The data was collected using questionnaire. Data analysis was performed using descriptive, quantitative data. The result of this research is that the test distribution is normal by 0.871. The data were normal with a significance level of 0.55. The distribution number was greater than or greater than the  significance number. The second was about ANOVA test.  Based on ANOVA, the result was F= 56.245. This mean that there was a significant correlation between empowerment and human resources. Empowerment does influence human resources and human resources may influence empowerment. Even though there is significant correlation between empowerment and human resources, empowerment is still important for people particularly around village tourists. Society will be change quickly, and they need readiness to face the fast changing. Fast changing and society reflecting where does they live. Empowerment includes  developing skills, abilities, knowledge and competency that need to be advanced around tourist villages. Human resources are the success or failure of tourist.
Learning Path Optimization based on Multi-Attribute Matching and Variable Length Continuous Representation
Authors: Zhang Yong-Wei , Xiao Qin , Song Ying-Lei , Chen Mi-Mi
Published: October 2022

Personalized learning path considers both learner and resource attributes. The evolutionary algorithm approach usually forms the learning path generation problem into a problem that optimizes the matching degree of the learner and the generated learning path. The proposed work considers the learner attributes as ability level, learning objective, learning style, and expected learning time. The learning path attributes include difficulty level, covered concept, supported learning styles, required learning time, and prerequisites. A variable-length representation of the learning path is adopted based on floating numbers, which significantly reduces the encoding length and simplifies the learning path generating process. An improved differential evolution algorithm is applied to optimize the matching degree of learning path and learner. The quantitative experiments on different problem scales show the proposed system outperforms the binary-based representation approaches in scaling ability and outperforms the comparative algorithms in efficiency.
A Study of AgNOR Scores on FNAC of Breast Lumps and Its Correlation with Histopathological Grading
Authors: Tasneem Rumana , M R Manjunath , Y Muralidhar Bhat
Published: October 2022

Background: Breast cancer is one of the leading cancers in women both in developed and developing countries. Nucleolar Organizer Regions (NORs) are loops of DNA related to protein synthesis and ribosomal activity. Argyrophilic Nucleolar Organizer Region (AgNOR) counts act as a reliable cell proliferative marker as they aid in identifying cell proliferation activity and aggressiveness of a lesion, and thereby helps in differentiating benign and malignant breast lesions.

Aim: To evaluate the role of AgNOR count in differentiating benign and malignant breast lumps.

Methods: All breast lump specimens collected for Fine Needle Aspiration Cytology (FNAC) and histopathology, for a period of one year, were included in the study. A total of 69 specimens were included. All FNAC and histopathology slides were stained with AgNOR stain, and the score was recorded.

Result: A total of 69 cases were studied, both non-neoplastic and neoplastic breast lesions. All FNAC cases correlated histologically. Out of the 69 cases, 38 were malignant. The mean AgNOR counts in non-neoplastic, benign and malignant breast lesions were found to be 2.19, 2.88 and 5.94 respectively (p<0.05). Other parameters such as proliferative AgNOR index, AgNOR size variation, AgNOR distribution within the nucleus and the Subjective AgNOR Pattern Assessment (SAPA) scores also showed statistically significant difference between benign and malignant lesions.

Conclusion: AgNOR scores showed good correlation in differentiating benign and malignant breast lesions, they can be used as a reliable tool to aid in the diagnosis.
Morphometric Approach to Angiogenesis In Acute Leukemia: An Attempt to Bring Objectivity
Authors: Verma Shipra , Mutreja Deepti , Dibyajyoti Boruah , S Venkatesan
Published: October 2022

Background:Angiogenesis is central to growth and development of all tissues, whether they are healthy or diseased. Angiogenesis has a key role in progression of tumor and in its metastasis and invasion. The role of angiogenesis in solid tumors is well established through various studies, but the same needs to be studied more extensively with respect to hematological malignancies. This could aid in prognostication and has therapeutic implications. The aim of the present study was to evaluate bone marrow microvessels in cases of acute leukemias by morphometry, for the purpose of providing objectivity, and study the angiogenic activity in these cases.

Methods:In this study, all retrospective and prospective cases of acute leukemias diagnosed on bone marrow biopsies over a period of two years, from 2018 to 2020, were included. A total of 46 cases and 27 controls were studied. Hematoxylin and Eosin (H&E) and CD34 stained bone marrow biopsies were reviewed. For quantification of microvessel density (MVD), three “hotspots” (areas with maximum number of microvessels) on bone marrow biopsy were identified by scanning at x100 power. Then, at x400 magnification, the field was set to cover the maximum number of microvessels within the hotspot, and microvessels were counted in one field in each of the three hotspots. MVD was reported as the mean of the three hotspots expressed as the number of microvessels per mm2. The mean values of the measurements in the three fields were used for statistical analysis.

Result: The cases of acute leukemia were found to have significantly higher MVD as compared to the control group. Present study also found significant correlation of MVD with marrow fibrosis and blast percentage in peripheral blood. However, the mean MVD did not show any significant correlation with the bone marrow cellularity. A significant reduction in MVD was found post therapy in the remission cases, while MVD was still high in case with relapse.

Conclusion: There is a definite role of angiogenesis in pathophysiology of hematological malignancies. Assessment of bone marrow MVD by morphometry can help in lending objectivity to angiogenesis, which can aid in prognostication and therapeutics in cases of acute leukemias.
Squamous Cell Carcinoma Arising from Remnant of Mullerian Duct With 47XYY Karyotype – Rare Case
Authors: Padmanabhan Anitha , Kadam Ashvini Dhondiram , Gadgil Nitin
Published: October 2022

Persistent Mullerian duct syndrome (PMDS) is a rare type of male pseudohermaphroditism characterized by the presence of Mullerian derivatives (uterus, fallopian tubes and upper vagina), cryptorchidism either unilateral or bilateral along with inguinal hernia in a phenotypically and genotypically male person. PMDS is rarely associated with malignancies, the most common being testicular germ cell tumours. Occasional case of Adenocarcinoma arising in the PMD remnant structure is reported.

We report an unusual case of male type of PMDS with squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) arising from PMD derivatives and presented with hematuria Also, this patient had karyotype of 47XYY (Jacob syndrome). Both these are hitherto unreported in English literature to the best of our knowledge.
Hepatitis E Virus Prevalence Amongst Blood Donors in Kenya
Authors: Mutai Alex Kiprotich , Songok E , Muna Kennedy K , Langat B , Borlang J , Andonov A
Published: October 2022

Introduction: Hepatitis E (HEV) is an emerging cause of viral hepatitis mainly transmitted through the fecal-oral and parenteral routes. It has greatly affected populations in many parts of Kenya due to declined sanitation practices.  The objective of the research was to determine IgM and IgG seroprevalence of HEV prevalence among blood donors in Kenya as well as its Anti-HEV sero-reactivity by demographic factors.

Material and Methods: Cross sectional research design was used to collect blood samples from six from regional blood collecting centers, with blood donors selected through proportionate stratified sampling. Serum were matched to the age and gender distribution of the blood donors and tested by IgM and IgG enzyme immunoassays (EIA). The screening was carried out using human MP Diagnostics (0721150096T-96 wells) HEV ELISA kit. To test for IgM and IgM anti-HEV antibodies, microplates with 96-well plate were used. Results were averaged to generate a signal-to-noise ratio with ≥1.0 designated as positive per the manufacturer’s recommended cutoff.

Result and Conclusion: On the analysis, IgM reactivity was associated with HEV (RR 1.66, 95%CI 1.07, 2.60; p = 0.024) while IgG reactivity was associated with increasing age (p < 0.001) and HIV (RR 1.93, 95%CI 1.52, 2.46; p < 0.001). AFI case-patients were more likely to be IgM (p = 0.002) and IgG (p<0.001) reactive compared to healthy residents. All the 19 hepatitis E virus IgM and/or IgG seropositive blood samples tested negative for HEV RNA since no bands were detected using RT-PCR technique. Serologic evidence for HEV in blood samples from selected areas suggests a high burden of infection, though age and gender exhibited no significant difference in prevalence of HEV among the blood donors in Kenya (p>0.05).
The role of angling-guides in promoting pro-environmental catch-and-release attitudes and behaviours in the recreational angling community
Authors:   , Farthing Matthew William
Published: October 2022

Are altruistic individuals more likely to cooperate when exploiting common resources? This research study asks whether or not rates of human altruistic behaviour expressed by individual recreational fishers in interpersonal contexts at the Somme River, Amiens mirror those rates of altruism expressed in collective contexts concerning local fisheries resources. In a natural resources context, altruism manifests as a willingness by fishers to incur personal cost for common-pool resource benefit. Accordingly, it is understood that altruistic behaviour reflected collectively expresses itself as cooperation. The research study takes place in Northern France with the stated objectives to: 1) observe individual fishers’ altruistic propensities in interpersonal contexts involving other fishers, 2) observe individual rates of altruistic behaviour in collective contexts involving common fisheries resources and compare with those expressed interpersonally, and 3) investigate whether or not a local (informal) management system existed in the town of Amiens to better understand if informal tenure of water space influences altruistic behaviour or not. The research design consists of two components, one quantitative and one qualitative. The former employs two economic games; a Dictators Games (DG) and a Public Good Game (PGG) in service of the first and second research objectives, and the latter employs cognitive mapping and free-listing exercises in service of the third. Here economic games stand as proxies for real-world situations involving individual (DG) and collective (PGG) decision-making whereas the exercises seek to uncover local ecological knowledge (LEK). The results found that while individual recreational fishers demonstrated lower rates of interpersonal altruism overall, in a collective setting involving local fisheries resources the rate was higher, implying a greater willingness to incur personal cost. Ecological knowledge was high among experienced fishers, yet no knowledge pertaining to parallel management and or informal rules of exclusion or resource subtraction were observed, suggesting an informal management system did not exist. The study additionally documents freshwater biodiversity, providing an index of fish species present in the river collected from the free-listing exercises, categorized into native and non-native as the latter can negatively affect trophic systems and ecosystem processes.
Alexithymia and Security Need Satisfaction in University Student Youth in the Pre-Covid Period and during the Pandemic
Authors: Belasheva I. V. , Oleksyuk M. E.
Published: October 2022

The study featured the impact of COVID-19 pandemic on the need for security in students with alexithymia. The authors compared indicators of alexithymia, subjective well-being, emotional intelligence, and emotional communication barriers 1) in students with alexithymia in the pre-COVID period and during the pandemic and 2) in students with alexithymia and control group during the pandemic. The research involved such mathematical statistics methods as Fisher’s angular transform (φ) and Student’s t-test. The data processing revealed an increase in the alexithymic manifestations and dissatisfaction with the need for security, especially in stability, predictability, and protection from the outside world against the background of deactualization of the need to be loved. Poor emotional intelligence associated with alexithymia reflected the level of understanding of one's own emotional states and the ability to control them. It resulted in a sense of global instability, associated with dissatisfaction with the need for security and a state of subjective distress. The pandemic had no significant impact on emotional competencies and skills but contributed to the development of subjective distress in alexithymics. The negative dynamics affected the cluster of social environment significance: students with alexithymia felt lonely, could not seek help, and avoided communication with family or friends.
Cognitive Behavioral Psychotherapy after COVID-19: Opportunities and Prospects
Authors: Solodukhin A. V. , Seryy A. V. , Varich L. A. , Bryukhanov Ya. I. , Zhikharev A. Yu.
Published: October 2022

This article reviews domestic and foreign studies on cognitive behavioral therapy techniques in treating cognitive disorders in former COVID-19 patients. Coronavirus-induced cognitive disorders include damage to the nervous system as a result of respiratory distress syndrome, cytokine storm, cerebral vascular thrombosis, direct exposure to SARS-Cov2, and inadequate immune response. Concomitant mental illnesses include autistic disorders, dementia, cognitive decline, eating disorders, suicidal behavior, anxiety, depression, post-traumatic stress, insomnia, etc. Diagnostic methods usually take into account a complex violation of mental activities, e.g., short memory span, attention deficiency, slow thinking, and various affective disorders. As a result, diagnostic methods can be divided into several areas: neuropsychological diagnostics of cognitive functions (MMSE, MOCA, FAB), identification of inadequate attitudes and behavior (WCQ, SPB, DAS), identification of violations of daily activity (The Barthel Scale), identification of psychological and psychiatric issues (Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale, State-Trait Anxiety Inventory, Hamilton Rating Scale for Depression). Psychological care for former COVID-19 patients relies on some basic principles. Cognitive behavioral psychotherapy techniques aim at correcting cognitive distortions, teaching relaxation and self-regulation, improving problem-solving skills, and restoring cognitive functions.
Temporal Aspects of Lifestyle in the Kamchatka Territory
Authors: Kulik A. A. , Mazurkevich A. V.
Published: October 2022

This article introduces lifestyle and temporality as subjective time that includes characteristics of all life activity processes. The research involved residents of the Kamchatka Territory in the Russian Far East. A regression analysis provided equations that revealed the common temporal specialties of time perspectives in conjunction with lifestyle. The parameter of the past in the time perspective structure lacked coordination and combined negative and positive characteristics. It reflected a certain predetermination in life path construction with a deficit of activity where the subjects would have to oppose themselves to the world and environment. The parameter of the present revealed hedonism and fatalism that blocked future life planning and a life predetermination forms (I cannot control my life). Hedonistic present and fatalistic present were essentially different. However, the equation analysis showed a common element in the lifestyle structure that connected hedonistic and fatalistic present and defined the vector of human life. In the present, respondents relied on their social contacts as a friendly resource, on compromise as a life strategy, and dependence of inner and outer parameters as an inevitability of the world. The Future appeared to be an unstable construct with predominating fatalism. The temporal specialties of lifestyle revealed inability to resist and oppose the world, which manifested itself in inflexibility and inability to change a preplanned set of action. Respondents organized their life space by following some instructions and relied on them to make their behavior rational and organize their life. Neurotic conflicts and lifestyle disharmony manifested themselves as polar and incompatible aspects of assessment and description.
Intergenerational Differences in Values and Volunteer Activity in Young and Senior Volunteers
Authors: Serova E. A. , Klyueva N. V.
Published: October 2022

The article describes and compares the values and preferences of volunteer activities in young and senior-age volunteers, i.e., Generation Z and Baby Boomers. It also contains a review of theoretical approaches to understanding the characteristics and values of different generations. The empirical study took place in 2022 and relied on the method of content analysis. It involved volunteers in the media (n=20, 10 – young volunteers, 10 – senior citizens). The study covered 260 empirical indicators of various categories: 152 by the type of values of volunteerism and 108 by the preferred types of volunteer activity. For the younger generation, volunteering depended on the values of the well-being of other people. The value of an active, emotional, and eventful life was equally important for both groups but slightly more so for the Baby Boomers. The values of life wisdom, maturity of judgment, and common sense achieved by life experience were highly significant for the representatives of the older generation. Only volunteering in the field of culture showed significant group differences.
Development and Psychometric Analysis of a Questionnaire of Social-Emotional Competence of the Personality (QSECP)
Authors: Vikhman A. A. , Galyuk N. A. , Gorbunova I. V. , Katkov V. L. , Charny B. M.
Published: October 2022

Competence is a popular research subject of foreign and domestic psychology, pedagogy, and sociology. Social, emotional, and socio-emotional competences are often considered as key ones. Although they usually associate with success in various spheres of human life, no tool for diagnosing socio-emotional competence has been developed yet. This article describes the problem of diagnosing social and emotional competence. It introduces new psychometric and psychodiagnostic tool that can be used to test socio-emotional competence and its structure. The questionnaire was based on the QSECP Item Response Theory (IRT) methodology that evaluates tests and their efficiency. The psychometric analysis made it possible to determine the validity and reliability of the new questionnaire, as well as to establish the main list of questions that reflect the structure of socio-emotional competence. The questionnaire can be used to study mental, pedagogical, and sociological phenomena of socio-emotional competence, as well as the structure of social and emotional reliability, their formation, professional performance, etc. Further research will feature of socio-emotional competence in various activities and personalities.
Disembodiment of Internet Users as a Consequence of Modern Information Technologies and Self-Efficacy Beliefs in Students
Authors: Kopteva N. V. , Kalugin A. Yu. , Dorfman L. Ya.
Published: October 2022

This article focuses on the concept of disembodied Internet personality. The Internet gives its users a special disembodied status because mental self of the Internet user has no physical manifestation. Although this concept appears in many studies, it remains practically unexplored in psychological terms. However, British existential psychologist R. Laing already described its varieties and consequences on clinical material. His The Divided Self: An Existential Study In Sanity And Madness became a theoretical foundation of virtual disembodiment and a questionnaire of the same name. In this article, R. Laing’s ideas were compared with the socio-cognitive concept of self-efficacy, which was developed by A.Bandura and then modified by R. Schwarzer and M. Jerusalem, who also designed the scale of general self-efficiency. This research used both the scale of general selfefficiency and the questionnaire of Internet disembodiment to establish the relationship between various aspects of the Self. The research featured the self-perception of technological disembodiment and the subjective sense of social vitality and capacity in university students during the development of their first integral form of identity. The artificial separation of the mental Self from the physical body in the virtual environment weakened their beliefs in personal efficacy outside the virtual space. Students with different severity of online disembodiment and general self-efficacy appeared to have different self-identification features.
Conceptual Thinking as Part of Psychological Readiness of Younger Schoolchildren for Secondary School
Authors: Sanzhaeva R. D. , Mironova T. L. , Shapkin N. S. , Gunzunova B. A. , Galsanova D. R.
Published: October 2022

Psychological readiness for secondary school requires new development tools. The article focuses on conceptual thinking as a factor in the psychological readiness of younger schoolchildren for secondary school. The research objective was to identify the effect of conceptual thinking on psychological readiness for secondary education. Conceptual thinking is a key factor for the development of academic knowledge, as well as for the formation of meta-subject competencies. In fact, it is regarded as a criterion for psychological readiness for academic activities in general. The article focuses on psychological readiness from different angles, e.g., as adaptation to the peculiarities of the academic process. It describes the difficulties that students face in the learning process, as well as analyzes the necessary competencies and neoplasms necessary for secondary school. The authors developed recommendations for effective psychological readiness. The results obtained can be used for pedagogical and psychological support.
Genetic diversity of rhizobial strains isolated from the relict legumes Gueldenstaedtia monophylla and G. verna growing in the republics of Altai and Buryatia (Russia)
Authors: Karlov Denis , Sazanova Anna , Guro Polina , Kuznetsova Irina , Verkhozina Alla , Belimov Andrey , Safronova Vera
Published: October 2022

For the first time, bacteria were isolated and identified from the root nodules of relict legumes Gueldenstaedtia monophylla Fisch. and G. verna (Georgi) Boriss. growing in the republics of Altai and Buryatia. The taxonomic position of the 29 obtained isolates was determined by sequencing the 16S rRNA gene (rrs). Showing a significant biodiversity, the isolates from G. monophylla and G. verna belonged to five genera of the order Rhizobiales: Mesorhizobium and Phyllobacterium (family Phyllobacteriaceae), Rhizobium (family Rhizobiaceae), Bosea (family Boseaceae), Bradyrhizobium (family Bradyrhizobiaceae). Three isolates which belonged to the species Bradyrhizobium valentinum and Rhizobium alamii showed 100 % of rrs-similarity with the type strains B. valentinum LmjM3T and R. alamii GBV016T, respectively. Six isolates of the genera Bosea and Rhizobium had a low level of rrs-similarity with the closest type strains (less than 99.5 %), which indicates that they may be assigned to new species. The data obtained can be used to itemise taxonomy within the order Rhizobiales, as well as to reveal the mechanisms of the formation of specific plant-microbial relationships during the evolution of symbiosis by studying the intermediate link between the extinct and modern rhizobia-legume symbiotic systems.
Isolation, culturing and 3D bioprinting equine myoblasts
Authors: Aimaletdinov Alexander , Abyzova Maria , Kurilov Igor , Yuferova Alina , Rutland Catrin , Rizvanov Albert , Zakirova Elena
Published: October 2022

Isolating and culturing myoblasts is essential for techniques such as tissue regeneration and in vitro meat production. This research describes a protocol to isolate primary myoblasts from skeletal muscle of an adult horse. The equine primary myoblasts expressed markers specific to myoblasts and had multipotent potential capabilities with differentiation into chondrocytes, adipocytes and osteoblasts in vitro. The horse myoblasts did not adhere to Cytodex 3 and grew poorly on CultiSpher-S microcarriers during in vitro cultivation. Our studies showed that the use of GelMa bioink and ionic cross-linking did not have negative effects on cell proliferation at the beginning of cultivation. However, cells showed reduced proliferative activity by day 40 following in vitro culturing. The population of primary equine myoblasts obtained from an adult individual, and propagated on microcarriers and bioink, did not meet the requirements of the regenerative veterinary and manufacturing meat in vitro regarding the quantity and quality of the cells required. Nonetheless, further optimization of the cell scaling up process, including both microcarriers and/or the bioreactor program and bioprinting, is still important.
Auxin sensitivity improves production of rosmarinic acid in transformed hairy roots of Lavandula angustifolia
Authors: Khadem Azadeh , Bagheri Abdolreza , Moshtaghi Nasrin , Keykha Akhar Fatemeh , Sharifi Ahmad
Published: October 2022

Hairy root culture is a promising approach to improve production of plant secondary metabolites. The genes, which are located in T-DNA of a root-inducing plasmid, regulate auxin sensitivity of hairy roots. Therefore, this study was aimed to improve the growth and rosmarinic acid production of Lavandula angustifolia hairy roots. Lateral branches of hairy roots were transferred to ½ MS and ½ B5 liquid media. To assess auxin sensitivity, indole-3-acetic acid (IAA) and indole-3-butyric acid (IBA) with four different concentrations (0, 0.1, 0.5 and 1 mg/l) were also applied. The growth of hairy roots in ½ MS medium was two-fold higher than in ½ B5 medium. In addition, both auxins were found to significantly improve the growth of hairy roots whereas non-transformed roots stopped growing in the presence of the auxins. The highest dry weight and rosmarinic acid production of hairy roots were obtained from ½ MS medium supplemented with IBA irrespective of its concentration. As a result, the hairy roots grown in ½ MS medium supplemented with IBA produced the maximum amount of rosmarinic acid (7.98 mg/g dry weight of hairy roots). This first report of rosmarinic acid production in L. angustifolia hairy roots provides new insights into the auxin sensitivity of L. angustifolia hairy roots.
Preferable and limiting conditions of trans-Palearctic Orthocephalus species (Heteroptera: Miridae)
Authors: Namyatova Anna
Published: October 2022

The environmental conditions limiting the distribution of trans-Palearctic species from various groups remain poorly studied. This work addresses the topic from three perspectives: (1) analysis of climatic variables, biomes and climate zones corresponding to the actual records; (2) assessment of environmental niches and contribution of biomes to those niches; (3) comparison of the distributional limits of trans-Palearctic and more local species. The genus Orthocephalus (Insecta: Heteroptera: Miridae) is used as a model taxon. The results have demonstrated that all trans-Palearctic species of this genus are known from numerous biomes and climate zones, but each of them has unique preferences. Biomes significantly contribute to the environmental niches of some of those species. None of the trans-Palearctic species were recorded from the hot steppe and desert climate zones, which occupy large areas in the Palearctic, although certain rare and local species inhabit those regions. This means that the trans-Palearctic species cannot easily adapt to those conditions.
Is recruitment of brown trout in a New Zealand river driven by parental spawning investment, density dependence, or environmental factors?
Authors: Mikheev Pavel , Matthaei Christoph , Ingram Travis , Jarvis Matt , Closs Gerard
Published: October 2022

This study addresses the primary factors driving young-of-the-year (YoY) brown trout Salmo trutta abundance and population dynamics through the Austral summer in an important spawning tributary of a large New Zealand river. We measured the key traits and spawning investment of spawners; YoY density and movement; and environmental characteristics important for juvenile trout. In comparison to their native European range, we found high rates of pre-spawning mortality, low density of deposited eggs and reduced spawning efficiency of adult brown trout. Parental spawning investment did not affect spring juvenile trout distribution, a result likely related to a mismatch between YoY abundance and densities of eggs deposited by adults at the sampled locations. Spatial differences in seasonal dynamics of YoY density were likely related to the diversity of environmental conditions affecting habitat suitability for post-larval brown trout along the stream. Significant correlations between juvenile trout loss rate and both YoY density and downstream migration were observed only for the lowland stream segments, which had the highest spawning investment from diadromous adults, indicating the importance of these locations for recruitment. This study highlights knowledge gaps in species-environment interactions and the reproductive ecology of brown trout in New Zealand.
New perspectives on treatment of gastrointestinal diseases: therapeutic potential of mesenchymal stromal cells
Authors: Payushina Olga , Tsomartova Dibakhan , Chereshneva Yelizaveta , Ivanova Marina , Pashina Nataliya , Tsomartova Elina , Kuznetsov Sergey
Published: October 2022

Mesenchymal stromal cells (MSCs) are a promising resource for cell therapy of different organs and systems, including the gastrointestinal tract (GIT). Therapeutic effect of MSC transplantation in GIT diseases may be partly due to their differentiation into various cellular components of the digestive tube. However, more significant is regulatory influence of MSCs on survival, proliferation, and differentiation of the gastric and intestinal epithelial cells, as well as their immunomodulatory, pro-angiogenic and antifibrotic effects. Data from experiments on animals and clinical trials indicate prospect of using MSCs in various diseases affecting any parts of GIT. However, effective and safe clinical use of MSCs requires an in-depth study of the mechanisms of their therapeutic effect, the development of optimal methods of administration, and risk assessment of adverse effects. This review analyzes MSC participation in regeneration of GIT and systematizes data on the potential of using MSCs in the treatment of gastroenterological diseases.
Metaproteomic comparison of cryoconite communities from Caucasian and Novaya Zemlya glaciers
Authors: Zainullina Bozhana , Babkina Irina , Lobov Arseniy , Tembotov Rustam , Abakumov Evgeny
Published: October 2022

Small cylindrical holes (cryoconites) appear in the early stages of glacier melt. While the microbiome of cryoconite is well described, differences in community compositions between various glaciers, especially between more or less polluted ones, still have not been fully understood. Here we performed the comparison of the cryoconite communities from the less polluted Caucasian (Kabardino-Balkaria) glaciers and from highly polluted glaciers in Novaya Zemlya by the shotgun metaproteomics approach which had not been used for cryoconite microbiome analysis previously. Metaproteomics has a whole range of limitations, but it is of great interest because it gains information about the functional state of communities. We identified 475 protein groups, a third of which were found in both glaciers. Proteins from Cyanobacteria dominated in both sites, but we found a slight shift to heterotrophic bacteria in the Caucasus.
Agar-based polyethylene glycol (PEG) infusion model for pea (Pisum sativum L.) — perspectives of translation to legume crop plants
Authors: Leonova Tatiana , Shumilina Julia , Kim Ahyoung , Frolova Nadezhda , Wessjohann Ludger , Bilova Tatiana , Frolov Andrej
Published: October 2022

Due to the oncoming climate changes water deficit represents one of the most important abiotic stressors which dramatically affects crop productivity worldwide. Because of their importance as the principal source of food protein, legumes attract a special interest of plant scientists. Moreover, legumes are involved in symbiotic association with rhizobial bacteria, which is morphologically localized to root nodules. These structures are critical for fixation of atmospheric nitrogen and highly sensitive to drought. Therefore, new drought-tolerant legume cultivars need to be developed to meet the growing food demand. However, this requires a comprehensive knowledge of the molecular mechanisms behind the plant stress response. To access these mechanisms, adequate and reliable drought stress models need to be established. The agar-based polyethylene glycol (PEG) infusion model allows a physiologically relevant reduction of soil water potential (Ψw), although it is restricted to seedlings and does not give access to proteomics and metabolomics studies. Earlier, we successfully overcame this limitation and optimized this model for mature Arabidopsis plants. Here we make the next step forward and address its application to one of the major crop legumes — pea. Using a broad panel of physiological and biochemical markers, we comprehensively prove the applicability of this setup to legumes. The patterns of drought-related physiological changes are well-interpretable and generally resemble the stress response of plants grown in soil-based stop-watering models. Thus, the proposed model can be efficiently used in the study of stress-related metabolic adjustment in green parts, roots and root nodules of juvenile and flowering plants.
Maryja jako "pełna łaski" w pismach św. Bernarda z Clairvaux
Authors: Noworyta Waldemar
Published: October 2022

Św. Bernard z Clairvaux jako wielki teolog i czciciel maryjny jest często uważanyza radykalnego przeciwnika prawdy o Niepokalanym Poczęciu NajświętszejMaryi Panny. Z drugiej strony, był wielkim zwolennikiem poglądu o otrzymaniuprzez Matkę Chrystusa przywileju szczególnej łaski. Autor artykułu stara sięwyjaśnić tę niespójność – mógłby sądzić współczesny czytelnik – w jego nauce,która wynika z krytyki poglądu o niepokalanym poczęciu i jednoczesnej akceptacjiposiadania przez Maryję pełnego uświęcenia. Wyjaśnienie tej kwestii jestkonieczne, by zobaczyć, iż oryginalna myśl mariologiczna św. Bernarda z Clairvauxjest mocno osadzona w pewnym kluczu teologicznym, a jego wizja miała wpływna późniejszą mariologię.
Communio w eklezjalnej duchowości sakramentalnej
Authors: Tatar Marek
Published: October 2022

Nieustanne odkrywanie pogłębianie tajemnicy życia sakramentalnegonależy do istoty nauczania i posłannictwo Kościoła. Toposłannictwo wynika z bezpośredniego nakazu Jezusa Chrystusa(por. Mt 26, 26-29; 28, 19). Sakramenty są zatem drogą komunijno--komunikatywnego działania Boga wobec człowieka a także wydarzeniami,w których On sam udziela się człowiekowi. Właśnie w tensposób urzeczywistnia się droga do zjednoczenia człowieka z Bogiem będąca istotą duchowości chrześcijańskiej. We współczesnym świecieprzenikniętym pragmatycznym empiryzmem oraz technicyzmemnależy na nowo wrócić do pojęcia ale także rzeczywistości misteriumoznaczającego niezwykle subtelną a także intymną więź człowiekaz Bogiem. Jednocześnie komunijna jedność z Bogiem prowadzi dojedności z drugim człowiekiem a także rodzi nowy porządek świataprzeniknięty duchem Ewangelii.