bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Capacidades de los sistemas educativos latinoamericanos para la aplicación de las herramientas digitales como el aula invertida
Authors: Gamarra Juan Herber Grados , Escalante Carlos Andrés Canales , Rivas Abilio Bernardino Cuzcano , Apaza Fernando Mendoza , Apaza Antenor Leva , Zamata Jessica Rosario Meza
Published: August 2023

En Latinoamérica, la introducción de las TIC en la educación ha sido parte de un esfuerzo más amplio para modernizar el sistema educativo y preparar mejor a los estudiantes para el futuro. Sin embargo, no todos los docentes han querido o han podido adaptarse a estos cambios, y algunos se han aferrado a los métodos de enseñanza tradicionales, lo que dificulta aprovechar plenamente el potencial de las TIC en el aula. A lo largo del tiempo, la sociedad ha pasado por diversos cambios en diferentes ámbitos, incluyendo el político, económico, social e informativo. El surgimiento de las Tecnologías de la Información y la Comunicación (TIC) en el siglo XXI también ha provocado cambios en la forma en que se transmite el conocimiento y se imparte la educación. En respuesta a esto, las escuelas han tenido que transformarse para convertirse en espacios dinámicos y adaptables que puedan mantenerse al día con las demandas de la sociedad moderna. Esto ha requerido un nuevo enfoque de la enseñanza y el aprendizaje, y el papel de los docentes y los estudiantes también ha tenido que evolucionar para hacer frente a estos nuevos desafíos. A pesar de estos desafíos, está claro que las TIC tienen el potencial de revolucionar la educación de muchas maneras. Al proporcionar a los estudiantes acceso a una gran cantidad de información y recursos, y al permitirles aprender de formas nuevas e innovadoras, las TIC pueden ayudar a crear una generación de estudiantes más comprometida, empoderada e informada. Sin embargo, esto requerirá un esfuerzo concertado de educadores, legisladores y la sociedad en su conjunto para aprovechar el potencial de las TIC y trabajar juntos para construir un futuro mejor para la educación.Hernández, (2017) encontró que había una tendencia a asumir que todos los estudiantes dentro de un conglomerado eran iguales en base a criterios como la edad y el sexo. Esto llevó a que los docentes trataran la clase como una suma de iguales con los mismos mecanismos de aprendizaje. Sin embargo, este enfoque no tuvo en cuenta las diferencias individuales y los estilos de aprendizaje únicos de cada estudiante. Como resultado, los estudiantes se desconectaron y desinteresaron en aprender, ya que no fueron desafiados o alentados a pensar críticamente. Estos problemas se vieron agravados por pedagogías obsoletas que han prevalecido en el sistema educativo colombiano. La continua dependencia de los métodos de enseñanza tradicionales ha creado una desconexión entre los estudiantes y su realidad. A los estudiantes se les enseña a través de explicaciones y presentaciones, que no les permiten aplicar sus conocimientos en situaciones del mundo real.
Star Trek and San Francisco; the Cinderella book (Supplement III:10)
Authors: Akmut Camille
Published: August 2023

(Supplement to the History of computer science and technology)
The Multi-fold Theory - Draft Raw Compendium of Research Papers (till August, 2023)
Authors: Maes Stephane
Published: August 2023

This book presents a compilation of the research papers published as papers, preprints or early result web pages, covering the multi-fold theory. It is an early draft of future books that compiles all research papers published on or before August 12, 2023, preprints, and web publications, as well as associated web comments, updates, errata and discussions of related topics. In a multi-fold universe, gravity emerges from Entanglement through the multi-fold mechanisms. As a result, gravity-like effects appear in between entangled particles, whether they be real or virtual. Long range, massless gravity results from entanglement of massless virtual particles. Entanglement of massive virtual particles leads to massive gravity contributions at very smalls scales. Multi-folds mechanisms also result into a spacetime that is discrete, with a random walk fractal structure, and non-commutative geometry that is Lorentz invariant and where spacetime nodes, and particles can be modeled with microscopic black holes. All these recover General relativity at large scales and semi-classical model remain valid till smaller scale than usually expected. Gravity can therefore be added to the Standard Model; it is the SMG, the standard model with gravity effect non-negligible at its scales.. This can contribute to resolving several open issues with the Standard Model without new Physics other than gravity. These considerations hint at an even stronger relationship between gravity and the Standard Model.
Minimizing experimental errors for microwave photonic transversal filter signal processors based on integrated optical microcombs
Authors: Moss David
Published: August 2023

Microwave photonic (MWP) transversal signal processors offer a compelling solution for realizing versatile high-speed information processing by combining the advantages of reconfigurable electrical digital signal processing and high-bandwidth photonic processing. With the capability of generating a number of discrete wavelengths from micro-scale resonators, optical microcombs are powerful multi-wavelength sources for implementing MWP transversal signal processors with significantly reduced size, power consumption, and complexity. By using microcomb-based MWP transversal signal processors, a diverse range of signal processing functions have been demonstrated recently. In this paper we provide a detailed analysis for the errors induced by experimental imperfections processors. First, we investigate the errors arising from different sources including imperfections in the microcombs, the chirp of electro-optic modulators, chromatic dispersion of the dispersive module, shaping errors of the optical spectral shapers, and noise of the photodetector. Next, we provide a global picture quantifying the impact of error sources on the overall system performance. Finally, we introduce feedback control to compensate the errors caused by experimental imperfections, achieving significantly improved accuracy. These results provide a guide for optimizing the accuracy of microcomb-based MWP transversal signal processors.
SK CPNS Maria Magdalena Dwi Wahyuni
Authors: Wahyuni Maria Magdalena Dwi
Published: August 2023

SK CPNS. Maria Magdalena Dwi Wahyuni menjadi CPNS di Undana dari tahun 2008
Cơ chế tâm lý của quá trình xử lý thông tin trên internet đối với đánh giá sau điều trị
Authors: Tri Nguyen Phuong
Published: August 2023

Chăm sóc sức khỏe kỹ thuật số đã và đang mang lại lợi ích to lớn cho hệ thống y tế công cộng, đặc biệt là trong đại dịch COVID-19. Trong chăm sóc sức khỏe kỹ thuật số, truyền thông thông tin qua Internet là rất quan trọng.
Control of RBBP5 by NOD2.
Authors: Mamoor Shahan
Published: August 2023

We provide evidence here from loss-of-function studies in mice and gain-of-function studies in human cells (1, 2) which demonstrate control of retinoblastoma-binding protein 5, RBBP5, by the NLR (nucleotide-binding oligomerization domain-like receptor) family protein NOD2.
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Authors: Cong-Lem Ngo
Published: August 2023

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When religious leaders champion gender equity and religion is a strength: Empowering women and men to collectively mitigate gender-based violence
Authors: Warren Meg Aum , Torjesen Karen , Wamue-Ngare Grace , Warren Michael Thomas , Sam Adrianna
Published: August 2023

Cha and Roberts (2019) suggest that marginalized groups can leverage identity-based strengths as resources to achieve desirable organizational outcomes. Scaling this up, we suggest that for a marginalized community, leveraging their cultural strengths as resources can also be an effective strategy to combat large, complex, and entrenched societal problems. In the aftermath of decades of war, gender-based violence (GBV) is a pressing concern in the Democratic Republic of Congo. To combat this, an intervention aimed to leverage the most influential cultural strengths in the region – religion and religious leadership - to energize social change. We tested whether such an approach was impactful in three critical areas: 1) GBV within marriage; 2) gender roles in the family; and 3) activism and male allyship in the community. Individuals from cities and rural areas in North Kivu and South Kivu who attended the year-long intervention (n = 100) and a matched control group (n = 100) completed a survey 4 years later. Results showed that compared to the control group, the intervention attendees reported significantly lower experience of emotional abuse, physical violence and sexual violence behaviors, endorsed more egalitarian gender roles and power sharing within the family. Finally, they exhibited activism in the community, and male allyship, grounded in positive masculinity. Findings demonstrate that interventions that emphasize and leverage cultural strengths offer a useful approach to combat entrenched social problems, even in extreme environments.
The Use of Bibliometrics in Understanding Psychological Paradigms
Authors: Tanaya Virawati
Published: August 2023

The use of bibliometrics offers a multifaceted approach to understanding psychological paradigms. By quantitatively analyzing publication and citation patterns, researchers gain a deeper insight into the historical development, trends, and interrelationships within the field of psychology. As bibliometric techniques continue to evolve, they will undoubtedly play an increasingly significant role in advancing our comprehension of psychological paradigms and their impact on society.
Prosecution for Services: How the Blending of Coercion and Care Shapes Prosecutors’ Decisions
Authors: Packard Chiara Clio
Published: August 2023

Scholarship at the intersection of punishment and welfare has revealed how the penal and welfare systems in the United States are increasingly intertwined. However, there has been little empirical investigation into how this entangling of coercion and support shapes the decisions of the people working within the criminal legal system. This article examines how prosecutors, actors with enormous discretion, consider the supportive services within the criminal legal system in their decision-making. Drawing on data from an ethnographic study of two midwestern District Attorney’s offices, I find that prosecutor decisions about whether to charge an individual with a crime or offer a probation recommendation are often based on the belief that the accused needs supportive services, a phenomenon I call prosecution for services. These prosecutors either think of the criminal legal system as one of the only avenues for people to receive these services or believe a defendant must be coerced into using them. This study reveals the on-the-ground consequences of a retrenchment of the welfare state and expansion of the penal state, where access to social support for the poor becomes contingent on criminal justice involvement.
Inquiry Into the Preservation of Cultural and Natural Heritages in Nepal
Authors: Adhikari Mukunda , Dahal Kabita
Published: August 2023

No abstract available.
Unbodying and Rebodying the Self in BP Koirala’s Sumnima
Authors: Phuyal Komal Prasad
Published: August 2023

The self can realize its presence only through the material body that physically grounds in the self in the world. However, the stoic understanding of life negates the existence of body since it is the source and goal of pleasure. In the East, the Vedic knowledge implies that one arrives at the awakening of critical rationality through the negation of materiality of the existence, thereby reaching the depth of meaning in human existence. In other words, the self attains the enlightenment through continual denial of the body to the soul. BP Koirala’s Sumnima (1969) argues against the stoic claims of the Brahministic scriptures of the Orient by depicting troublesome conjugal life of a renowned Vedic scholar and practitioner. Still searching for the remedies of childless conjugal life in the Vedic rituals, Somdatta and Puloma simply pass their days in their futile attempt to have a child. The indigenous Kirat people have a solution to such a situation that requires the person to value the body. Learning from Sumnima, Somdatta rebodies his unbodied self and embraces the pleasures of life as the basic ingredient and impetus as such. Koirala aesthetically synthesizes both the Brahministic and indigenous ways of approaching the body in quest of equilibrium between the masculine and the feminine impulses of unbodying and rebodying the self respectively. This study employs Julia Kristeva’s theory of abjection to read the novel and explores Koirala’s vision of the golden mean.
Intravascular ultrasound to aid in the diagnosis and revision of an intra-aortic pedicle screw: illustrative case
Authors: Ehlers Landon D. , Opperman Patrick J. , Mordeson Jack E. , Thompson Jonathan R. , Surdell Daniel L.
Published: August 2023

BACKGROUND

Pedicle screw impingement on vessel walls has the potential for complications due to pulsatile effects and wall erosion. Artifacts from spinal instrumentation create difficulty in accurately evaluating this interface. The authors present the first case of intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) used to characterize a pedicle screw breach into the aortic lumen.

OBSERVATIONS

A 21-year-old female with surgically corrected scoliosis underwent computed tomography angiography (CTA) 3 years postoperatively, which revealed a pedicle screw within the thoracic aorta lumen. Metal artifact distorted the CTA images, which prompted the decision to use intraoperative IVUS. The IVUS confirmed the noninvasive imaging findings and guided final decisions regarding aortic endograft size and location during spine hardware revision.

LESSONS

For asymptomatic patients presenting with pedicle screws malpositioned in or near the aorta, treatment decisions revolve around the extent of vessel wall penetration. Intraluminal depth can be obscured by artifact on computed tomography or magnetic resonance imaging or inadequately evaluated by a transesophageal echocardiogram. In our intraoperative experience, IVUS confirmed the depth of vessel lumen violation by a single pedicle screw and no wall penetration by two additional screws of concern. This was useful in deciding on thoracic endovascular aortic repair graft size and landing zone and facilitated safe spinal instrumentation removal and revision.
Краєзнавчий аспект у навчальній і науково-дослідній роботі в закладах освіти в умовах воєнного стану
Authors: Добржанський Олександр , Дутчак Інна
Published: August 2023

У сучасних умовах зростає роль краєзнавства в освітньому процесі. Історичне краєзнавство передбачає внесення цікавого матеріалу до вивчення курсу історії у закладах освіти. Це здійснюється шляхом використання різноманітних форм роботи. Найпопулярнішою серед них є екскурсія. Поглибленню краєзнавчих знань сприяє виконання письмових робіт: рефератів, літописів історичних об’єктів, науково-дослідних робіт. Отримання теоретичних знань і набуття практичних навиків одночасно відбувається на факультативних заняттях, у гуртковій роботі. Результативність дослідницько-пошукової роботи учнів тісно пов’язана з тим, наскільки сам педагог уміє її здійснювати та занурюється в цей процес. Уся система краєзнавчої роботи в закладі освіти дає можливість зібрати значний масив матеріалу для створення на його основі власного краєзнавчого музею, який є центром навчальної, науково-дослідної і виховної роботи. Активна участь школярів у краєзнавчій роботі дає можливість поглибити власні знання, сприяє громадянському та духовному розвитку, формуванню інтелектуального потенціалу України, вихованню справжнього патріота та захисника своєї рідної землі, що дуже важливо в умовах воєнного часу.
Діяльність Просвіти на Волині у міжвоєнний період
Authors: Макар Юрій
Published: August 2023

Після завершення Першої світової війни внаслідок розпаду двох імперій – Габсбургів і Романових – на карті Європи з'явилися нові держави, точніше відновили свою незалежність. Таку спробу здійснили й українці. Проте через внутрішні причини та вплив зовнішніх чинників Україна, як суверенна держава не втрималась. Більшою частиною її теренів заволоділа більшовицька Росія, створивши згодом СРСР. Частина ж західноукраїнських земель потрапила під панування сусідніх країн. Власне, сказане стосується й західної частини історичної Волині, яка у міжвоєнне двадцятиліття перебувала у складі Польщі. Тепер – це Волинська, Рівенська і частина Тернопільської областей.У статті розглядається діяльність українських просвітницьких організацій того часу на Волині. Мова зокрема про Просвіту, яка ще за часів Австро-Угорщини виникла в Галичині і поширила свою діяльність на інші українські землі. Польська влада на Волині побачила у діяльності Просвіти загрозу полонізації краю, намагалась обмежити її діяльність, а згодом сприяла утворенню лояльного до себе Волинського українського об'єднання, яке й могло замінити заборонену Просвіту. Проте більшість жителів краю складали українці і ВУО по суті продовжило справу Просвіти, хоч формально іншими методами. Слід зазначити, що з початком Другої світової війни і включенням Західної Волині до складу СРСР, влада останнього, керуючись засадами своєї політико-ідеологічної доктрини, ліквідувала тут не лише польське панування, але й ґрунтовно руйнувала суспільно-культурні організації – і українські і польські, що на багато десятиліть відкинуло розвиток громадянського суспільства.
Effect of Recruitment Maneuvers on Oxygen Saturation, End Tidal Carbon Dioxide and Lung Mechanics in Pressure Control Ventilation Versus Volume Control Ventilation for Patient Undergoing Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy
Authors: Al Saad Sabah N.
Published: August 2023

Background: Atelectasis occurs regularly after induction of general anesthesia in bariatric surgery, persists postoperatively, and may contribute to significant postoperative morbidity. Intraoperative recruitment maneuver improve lung ventilation, oxygenation and lung mechanics.
Objectives: The aim of this study was to compare the effects of recruitment maneuver on oxygen saturation, end tidal carbon dioxide and lung mechanics in two Groups; the volume control group and pressure control group with fixed level of PEEP.
Patient and Method:  Forty patients, BMI >35 kg/ m2, who have no major obstructive or restrictive respiratory disorders where allocated in two groups (volume group and pressure group). In both groups we tested the effect of recruitment maneuver on SpO2, ETCO2 and lung mechanics  (The volume group of 20 patients and the pressure group of 20 patients).
Results: We found that alveolar recruitment effectively decreased Intraoperative EtCO2  in pressure group ( P.value <0.05) while ( P.value was>0.05 ) for volume group and increase Intraoperative SpO2in BOTH groups ( P.value < 0.05) with more effect seen in pressure group. BUT, soon after extubation SpO2 decreases again and P.value  was >0.05 for both groups.
Also we found that pulmonary mechanics (PIP, EXPvt) were significantly improved after recruitment (BOTH P.value < 0.05).
Conclusions:  our data suggest that the use of alveolar recruitment maneuver may be an effective mode of improving intraoperative oxygenation in morbidly obese patients. Our results showed that the effect is to be short lived and end after extubation. with significant improvement in lung mechanics.
Role of atropine in prevention of reflex bradycardia in response to awaked intubation in neonatal anesthesia
Authors: Ramadhan Saeed G. , Salman Iyad A. , Jabbar Mohammad A.
Published: August 2023

Background:  Neonates (0–1 months) have different anesthetic requirements. Safe anesthetic management depends on full appreciation of the physiological, anatomic, and pharmacological characteristics of this age group. One  of important difference in neonates is easy development of reflex bradycardia and cardiac standstill during anesthesia. These characteristics, differentiate them from adults, and necessitate modification of anesthetic equipment, medications, and techniques.
Objectives: To evaluate the role of atropine in prevention of reflex bradycardia in neonatal anesthesia.
Patients and methods: This is a prospective study done on 30 neonate patients in  Baghdad  teaching hospital/Baghdad /Iraq during the period from January - July/ 2009. Neonates that underwent major surgical operations, were randomly allocated into two groups, group (A) received atropine(0.015mg/kg) 5 minutes before awake intubation and group (B) (control group) received no atropine. Heart rate was recorded at pre-induction and during intubation then anesthesia was maintained in a similar way in both groups.
Result: the results reported in this study indicate that the pre-induction with i.v. atropine was associated with a statistically significant decrease in the incidence rate of reflex bradycardia (below 100 beat/min or reduction in HR > 20% of basal heart rate) during intubation from 96.65% in the group (B) (control group) to 26.6 % in the group (A) (atropine group) In addition the magnitude of reduction in heart rate was lower by a mean of 22% in the atropine group compared to the mean reduction 41% in group (B
Conclusion: Pre-induction with IV atropine decrease in the incidence of reflex bradycardia during intubation from 96.65% in the control group (B) to 26.6% in the atropine group (A). Pre-induction of atropine reduces the magnitude of heart rate reduction during intubation by a mean of 22% compared to 41% in control group.
Congenital lobar emphysema surgical versus conservative management
Authors: Hussein Abdulameer M. , Nemat Mohammed H. , Abood Laith S.
Published: August 2023

Back ground: Congenital lobar Emphysema (CLE) is a rare yet serious condition which requires early detection and management, and usually present during infancy.
Patients and methods: This retrospective study aimed to review and evaluate methods adopted for the management of congenital lobar emphysema cases and it aimed to report and to document any observation which might need further research. The study retrospectively reviewed medical records of 53 cases whom were admitted to the department of thoracic surgery-medical city teaching complex over a period of 4 years (from June 2005 to June 2010). All of them had been diagnosed and managed as cases of congenital lobar emphysema based on their clinical picture and radiologic examination.Objectives:
Results: The commonest age group affected were infants in the second month of life(40 patients) (75.47%), 10 patients (18.86%) within the next 3 months, 2 cases (03.77%)were over 6months old and only one case (01.88%) was over 1y. The number of male patients in this study was higher than the female patients (38 versus 15) with a male to female ratio was 2.53:1. The affected lobes were left upper lobe in 39 patients (73.60%), right middle lobe in 9 patients (16.98%), right upper lobe in 3 cases (5.66%), and right upper and middle lobes in 2 cases (3.77). Postoperative complication encountered in 6 patients; chest infection (2 patients), bronchopleural fistula and empyema (2 patients), wound infection (1 patient), and postoperative atelectasis (1 patient). Each treated accordingly. No intraoperative mortality was recorded, yet postoperative mortality happened in 3 cases, two cases due to respiratory failure and other one due to septicaemia. The significant finding in this review was that, 8 cases out of the 53, during the period of observation and conservative management, they eventually developed complete clinical improvement of their signs and symptoms and complete resolution of their radiologic findings. All other patients (45) required surgical resection, were lobectomy was the commonest type of surgical resection (39 patients), combined lobectomy and wedge resection performed in (6) patients.
Conclusions: A group of cases diagnosed with CLE can benefit from a period of observation and monitoring aiming for conservative management
Effect of ureteric stone location on the success rate of ureteroscopic Holmium laser lithotripsy
Authors: Ahmed Mohamed F. , Othman Asaad I. , Mohammad Uday H.
Published: August 2023

Background: Ureteral stone can cause obstructive uropathy and subsequent deterioration of renal function. There are four treatment options for ureteral calculi: lithotripsy, ureteroscopy, laparoscopic ureterolithotomy, and open stone surgery. Holmium YAG laser is an excellent intracorporial lithotripter for all kinds of stones. Accordingly, there is steady increase in number of ureteroscopic laser lithotripsy operations in the managmant of Ureteral stone.
Objectives: this study was designed to demonstrate the effect of ureteric stone location on the success rate of ureteroscopic Holmium laser lithotripsy in the management of ureteric stones.
Patients and Methods: Ninety middle-aged patients of either sex (35.9 ± 10.8 years) with ureteric stone (9.5 ± 3 mm) were treated with semiregid ureteroscopy using Holmuim: YAG laser as an intracorporial lithotripter. In 32 patients (35%) the stone were located in the lower ureter, 22 patients (24%) in middle ureter and in 36 patients (40%) in the upper ureter. Then all the patients were followed up on day 1 and 4 weeks for clearance of stone by plain abdominal radiography and abdominal ultrasonography.
Results: the stone free rates 4 weeks after the treatment were 66% for upper, 75 % for middle and 87.5% for lower ureteric stones.  In 12 patients (13%)cannot be possible to  reach the stone, six patients (6.6 %) had proximal stone migration and treated later on by extracorporeal lithotripsy after double-J stent placement. Ureteral perforation occurred in 7 patients (7.7%), all managed by double-J stent placement except 1patient needed an open surgical treatment..
Conclusion: YAG laser lithotripsy is efficacious modality of treatment for ureteric stones especially in lower ureter and it is a safe and technically feasible and in early experience, it is preferred to start with more distal stones.
The Problems of the Allocation of Revenues from Sale of Real Estate to the Proper Source of Revenues for the Purposes of PIT
Authors: Bobrus-Nowińska Ewelina
Published: August 2023

The aim of this article is to present the controversy of the allocation of revenues from sale of real estate to the proper source of revenues for the purposes of PIT – to income from paid disposal or to income from business activity. The correct classification of a benefit determines the tax base, revenue recognition timing, tax-deductible costs, principles for settlement of amounts due. The significance of this problem is even greater because the recognition of the sale of real estate as an activity within the taxpayer’s business activity affects not only the taxation rules, but also in many cases determines whether such taxation will occur at all. The assumption that the sale of real estate did not occur as part of business activity gives the opportunity to take advantage of the non-taxation preferences in the event of 5 years from the end of the calendar year of purchase or construction. The provisions, however, does not allow for the introduction of a clear and precise border between these two sources of revenues, which in consequence causes numerous disputes between taxpayers and tax authorities.
Slow science and “caring” research – the transformative power of collaborative research with hard of hearing youths
Authors: Mihók Barbara , Juhász Judit , Gébert Judit
Published: August 2023

In our paper we explore the transformative power of a collaborative research on our own academic perceptions and functions. We have been working with hard of hearing youths since the autumn of 2021 in Szeged (Hungary) in a social citizen science case study within the YouCount project to increase social inclusion in the city. During the process, we, authors of this paper, as senior hearing academics, identified significant aspects where our academic functions led to inner transformations. These experiences led us to recognize the overwhelming importance of relational aspects and caring, the perceived and fostered “slowness” of the research. Inclusion can be viewed as a joint and interdependent transformation of all actors involved towards the defragmentation of community.
Patient experience, functional and quality of life outcomes in patients receiving surgical and non-surgical treatment for residual, recurrent, or new oropharyngeal cancer in a previously irradiated field: A systematic review
Authors: Brady Grainne , Roe Justin , Paleri Vinidh , Lagergren Pernilla , Wells Mary
Published: August 2023

BACKGROUND: National guidance recommends counselling on functional (swallowing/ speech/ voice) and quality of life outcomes (QoL) for patients with recurrent, residual or new primary head and neck cancer (HNC) in a previously irradiated field (ReRuNeR). AIM: To investigate the measurement and reporting of function and QoL outcomes and patient/carer experience for ReRuNeR, focussing exclusively on oropharyngeal cancer (OPC). METHODS: Systematic narrative review of quantitative/qualitative studies. RESULTS: Seventeen articles reporting functional/ QoL outcomes following surgery were included. Gastrostomy dependence was the primary method of reporting function. Previously validated outcome measures (OMs) were used for reporting swallowing in four, speech in one and QoL in two trials. Qualitative data or non-surgical studies reporting function/QoL outcomes specific to ReRuNeR OPC were not identified. Methodological issues and heterogeneity noted across studies including absent baseline data, varying/ undefined timepoints for outcome measurement and the use of unvalidated tools. Patient-reported swallowing outcomes were mixed. Whereas instrumental assessment of swallowing showed a deterioration in safety/ efficiency. A post-surgical decline in speech was noted. Stable overall HR-QoL was reported but an increase in specific symptoms including speech, saliva and swallowing were noted. Pooled long term gastrostomy feeding rate was 23.42% (95% CI 10.2 to 36.6) (n = 108). CONCLUSION: A core dataset of patient and clinician-rated OMs is required to provide a comprehensive understanding of functional and QoL complications with ReRuNeR OPC. In combination with patient/carer experience data, these data can be used to inform pre-treatment counselling, rehabilitation and future clinical trial design.
Factoring textual reviews into user preferences in multi-criteria based content boosted hybrid filtering (MCCBHF) recommendation system
Authors: Rajalakshmi Sivanaiah , Sakaya Milton R. , Mirnalinee T.T.
Published: August 2023

Recommendation systems help customers to find interesting and valuable resources in the internet services. Their priority is to create and examine users’ individual profiles, which contain their preferences, and then update their profile content with additional features to finally increase the users’ satisfaction. Specific characteristics or descriptions and reviews of the items to recommend also play a significant part in identifying the preferences. However, inferring the user’s interest from his activities is a challenging task. Hence it is crucial to identify the interests of the user without the intervention of the user. This work elucidates the effectiveness of textual content together with metadata and explicit ratings in boosting collaborative techniques. In order to infer user’s preferences, metadata content information is boosted with user-features and item-features extracted from the text reviews using sentiment analysis by Vader lexicon-based approach. Before doing sentiment analysis, ironic and sarcastic reviews are removed for better performance since those reviews inverse the polarity of sentiments. Amazon product dataset is used for the analysis. From the text reviews, we identified the reasons that would have led the user to the overall rating given by him, referred to as features of interest (FoI). FoI are formulated as multi-criteria and the ratings for multiple criteria are computed from the single rating given by the user. Multi-Criteria-based Content Boosted Hybrid Filtering techniques (MCCBHF) are devised to analyze the user preferences from their review texts and the ratings. This technique is used to enhance various collaborative filtering methods and the enhanced proposed MCKNN, MCEMF, MCTFM, MCFM techniques provide better personalized product recommendations to users. In the proposed MCCBHF algorithms, MCFM yields better results with the least RMSE value of 1.03 when compared to other algorithms.
Fully Automated Neural Network Framework for Pulmonary Nodules Detection and Segmentation
Authors: Xiong Yixin , Zhou Yongcheng , Wang Yujuan , Liu Quanxing , Deng Lei
Published: August 2023

Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer death worldwide, and most patients are diagnosed with advanced stages for lack of symptoms in the early stages of the disease, leading to poor prognosis. It is thus of great importance to detect lung cancer in the early stages which can reduce mortality and improve patient survival significantly. Although there are many computer aided diagnosis (CAD) systems used for detecting pulmonary nodules, there are still few CAD systems for detection and segmentation, and their performance on small nodules is not ideal. Thus, in this paper, we propose a deep cascaded multitask framework called mobilenet split-attention Yolo unet, the mobilenet split-attention Yolo(Msa-yolo) greatly enhance the feature of small nodules and boost up their performance, the overall result shows that the mean accuracy precision (mAP) of our Msa-Yolo compared to Yolox has increased from 85.10% to 86.64% on LUNA16 dataset, and from 90.13% to 94.15% on LCS dataset compared to YoloX. Besides, we get only 8.35 average number of candidates per scan with 96.32% sensitivity on LUNA16 dataset, which greatly outperforms other existing systems. At the segmentation stage, the mean intersection over union (mIOU) of our CAD system has increased from 71.66% to 76.84% on LCS dataset comparing to baseline. Conclusion: A fast, accurate and robust CAD system for nodule detection, segmentation and classification is proposed in this paper. And it is confirmed by the experimental results that the proposed system possesses the ability to detect and segment small nodules.
Semilinear hyperbolic inequalities with Hardy potential in a bounded domain
Authors: Jleli Mohamed , Samet Bessem
Published: August 2023

We consider hyperbolic inequalities with Hardy potential [Formula: see text] where [Formula: see text] is the unit ball in [Formula: see text], [Formula: see text], [Formula: see text], [Formula: see text], [Formula: see text] and f is a nontrivial [Formula: see text]-function. We study separately the cases: [Formula: see text], [Formula: see text] and [Formula: see text]. For each case, we obtain an optimal criterium for the nonexistence of weak solutions. Our study yields naturally optimal nonexistence results for the corresponding stationary problem. The novelty of this work lies in two facts: (i) To the best of our knowledge, in all previous works dealing with nonexistence results for evolution equations with Hardy potential in a bounded domain, only the parabolic case has been investigated, making use of some comparison principles. (ii) To the best of our knowledge, in all previous works, the issue of nonexistence has been studied only in the case of positive solutions. In this paper, there is no restriction on the sign of solutions.
GLIS2 and CCND1 expression levels in breast cancer patients
Authors: Sadeghi Minoosh , Gholizadeh Majid , Safataj Neda , Tahmasebivand Mahsa , Mohajeri Gholamreza , Lotfi Hajie , Bostanabad Saber Yari , Safar Behnaz , Salehi Mansoor
Published: August 2023

BACKGROUND: Breast cancer (BC) is the most prevalent cancer in women, with increasing incidence and death rates in recent years. Disruptions of different signaling pathways partially cause breast cancer. Hence, different genes through particular pathways are involved in BC tumorigenesis. METHODS: In this study, we evaluated the expression level of GLIS2 and CCND1 genes in 50 patients. Also, in-silico analyses were used to enrich related signaling pathways involving the mentioned genes. RESULTS: The results showed an increased expression level of Cyclin D1 and decreased expression level of GLIS2 in BC patients. Moreover, a relationship between aberrant expression levels of GLIS2 and CCND1 and BC development was determined. CONCLUSION: These observations could help uncover new therapeutic targets for treating patients with BC in the progressive stage.
Initial description of the novel handheld wireless ultrasound device TE Air with Doppler and Color Duplex imaging
Authors: Jung Ernst Michael , Jung Friedrich , Dong Yi , Kaiser Ulrich
Published: August 2023

OBJECTIVE: To test and initially describe a new handheld wireless ultrasound technique (TE Air) for clinical use. METHODS: In this pilot study, the new ultrasound device TE Air from Mindray was used to examine the hepatic and renal vessels of healthy volunteers for first impressions. The probe has a sector transducer with a frequency range of 1.8–4.5 MHz. The B-mode and color-coded doppler sonography (CCDS) scanning methods were used. A high-end device from the same company (Resona 9, Mindray) was used as a reference. The results were evaluated using an image rating scale ranging from 0 to 5, with 0 indicating not assessable and 5 indicating without limitations. RESULTS: Altogether, 61 participants (n = 34 female [55.7%], n = 27 male [44.3%]), age range 18–83 years, mean age 37.9±16.5 years) could be adequately studied using TE AIR and the high-end device. With one exception, the image quality score for TE Air never fell below 3 and had a mean/median scored of 4.97/5.00 for the B-mode, 4.92/5.00 for the color flow (CF) mode, and 4.89/5.00 for the pulse wave (PW) mode of the hepatic vein, 4.90/5.00 for the portal vein, 4.11/4.00 for the hepatic artery, and 4.57/5.00 for the renal segmental artery. A significant difference in the assessment of flow measurement of the hepatic artery and renal segmental arteries was found between TE AIR and the high-end device. CONCLUSIONS: TE Air represents a new dimension in point-of-care ultrasound via wireless handheld devices. Especially, its flow measurement ability offers a relevant advantage over other available handheld models. TE Air provides a formally sufficient image quality in terms of diagnostic significance.
A bibliometric analysis of a top field journal in the economics of education
Authors: Karantali Maria , Panagiotidis Theodore
Published: August 2023

Bibliometric analysis, an approach introduced by the library and information sciences, attempts to unravel the relationships between a large number of scientific literature by using quantitative methods. Economics of Education Review was founded in 1981 to meet the needs of a growing number of research in the economics of education. The journal has evolved to become a top field journal that focuses on high quality research in an interdisciplinary field that combines educational studies and economics. It specializes in human capital production and the returns to human capital as well as in education policy and finance. We examine collaboration patterns using an approach introduced by the library and information sciences. The current research shows hidden patterns among scientific actors to offer a comprehensive understanding of the knowledge structure of this top field journal by employing network analysis such as bibliographic coupling, co-authorship and co-citation analysis. It also presents a thematic overview by analyzing author keyword co-occurrence and by classifying articles into six thematic clusters to highlight past themes and current trends in the field of economics of education. Our results suggest a shift in the focus of research, with more topics on measuring the impact of preschool programs, quality education, higher education attainment, gender, race and peer effects playing an important role in this area of scientific research.
Functional characterization of small and large alveolar macrophages in sarcoidosis and idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis compared with non-fibrosis interstitial lung diseases
Authors: El Fakihi Sara , El Allam Aicha , Tahoune Hicham , Najimi Nouhaila , Kadi Chaimae , Ibrahimi Azeddine , Bourkadi Jamal-Eddine , Seghrouchni Fouad
Published: August 2023

BACKGROUND: Sarcoidosis is a granulomatous disease that mostly affects the lungs. Advanced tissue injury caused by this disease can progress to pulmonary fibrosis with similar characteristics shared with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF). The initial presentations of both sarcoidosis and IPF may be shared with other interstitial lung diseases (ILDs). Two populations of macrophages have been described in the alveolar space: small alveolar macrophages (AMs) and large alveolar macrophages. Despite their protective function, these cells may also play a role in the initiation and maintenance of inflammation leading to fibrosis. OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was the functional characterization of small and large AM subpopulations in sarcoidosis and IPF as a pathology with respectively mild and advanced tissue injury causing fibrosis, in comparison with non-fibrosis ILDs. METHODS: Activation and adhesion surface markers as well as functions of small and large AMs isolated from bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) were assessed by Flow Cytometry within patients with confirmed sarcoidosis (n= 14), IPF (n= 6), and non-fibrosis ILDs (n= 9). RESULTS: Our results showed that small AMs are immunologically more active, which may be important for airway inflammation. They are also proportionally more abundant in IPF, and therefore they may be more involved in a fibrosis process associated with the down-regulation of HLA-DR, LeuCAM, and CD62L expression. In Sarcoidosis, the inflammatory process appears to be associated with up-regulation of CD38 expression and oxidative burst activity. CONCLUSION: A relevant potential of the activation and adhesion markers as well as oxidative burst activity expressed on small and large AMs, in the perspective of differential diagnosis of sarcoidosis and IPF.
Robust And Discriminant Local Color Pattern (RADLCP): A novel color descriptor for face recognition
Authors: Karanwal Shekhar
Published: August 2023

In [1] Karanwal et al. introduced the novel color descriptor in Face Recognition (FR) called as Fused Local Color Pattern (FLCP). In FLCP, the RGB color format is utilized for extracting features. From R, G and B channels, the MRELBP-NI, 6 × 6 MB-LBP and RD-LBP are imposed for feature extraction and then all are integrated to form the FLCP size. FLCP beats the accuracy of various methods. The one major shortcoming observed in [1] is that the basic format RGB is used for extracting features. Literature suggests that other hybrid formats achieves better recognition rates than RGB. Motivated from literature, the proposed work uses the hybrid color space format RCrQ for feature extraction. In this format R channel is taken from RGB, Cr channel is taken from YCbCr and Q channel is taken from YIQ. On R channel, MRELBP-NI is imposed for extracting features, On Cr channel 6 × 6 MB-LBP is imposed and on Q channel RD-LBP is imposed for extracting features. Then all channel features are joined to build the robust and discriminant feature called as Robust And Discriminant Local Color Pattern (RADLCP). Compression and matching is assisted from PCA and SVMs. For evaluating results GT face dataset is used. Results proves the potency of RADLCP in contrast to gray scale based implemented descriptors. RADLCP also beats the results of FLCP. Several literature techniques are also outclassed by RADLCP. For evaluating all the results MATLAB R2021a is used.
Human management control systems on construction firms amidst COVID-19
Authors: Soto-Ferrari Milton , Chams-Anturi Odette
Published: August 2023

BACKGROUND: The COVID-19 pandemic continues to endure in the construction industry. While many businesses worldwide have adapted to working from home or home-based offices, this is impractical in this sector as building activity is conducted on-site, which creates difficulties for employees in adapting to the post-pandemic setting. OBJECTIVE: This article analyzes how the pandemic has changed and affected construction firms’ human management control systems dimensions. We addressed, amidst the pandemic, how work is being performed and its effects on employees and businesses. METHODS: In this analytical research, we used chain referral sampling to perform an in-depth interview study with top administrators of different construction firms in Colombia, and we used inferential statistics for our data analysis. RESULTS: Results showed potential sources of low efficiency and minimal control of resources, including lack of communication with employees, lack of recognition systems, centralized decision-making, and disconnection between business objectives and financial requirements. CONCLUSIONS: Construction firms must ensure workers understand the project goals adequately and be empowered to make on-site decisions provided a training program is offered. Organizations ought to connect their strategic business goals with financial requirements; these must be regularly updated and modified as the economic and labor force scenario evolves.
Improving landslide prediction by computer vision and deep learning
Authors: Guerrero-Rodriguez Byron , Garcia-Rodriguez Jose , Salvador Jaime , Mejia-Escobar Christian , Cadena Shirley , Cepeda Jairo , Benavent-Lledo Manuel , Mulero-Perez David
Published: August 2023

The destructive power of a landslide can seriously affect human beings and infrastructures. The prediction of this phenomenon is of great interest; however, it is a complex task in which traditional methods have limitations. In recent years, Artificial Intelligence has emerged as a successful alternative in the geological field. Most of the related works use classical machine learning algorithms to correlate the variables of the phenomenon and its occurrence. This requires large quantitative landslide datasets, collected and labeled manually, which is costly in terms of time and effort. In this work, we create an image dataset using an official landslide inventory, which we verified and updated based on journalistic information and interpretation of satellite images of the study area. The images cover the landslide crowns and the actual triggering values of the conditioning factors at the detail level (5 [Formula: see text] 5 pixels). Our approach focuses on the specific location where the landslide starts and its proximity, unlike other works that consider the entire landslide area as the occurrence of the phenomenon. These images correspond to geological, geomorphological, hydrological and anthropological variables, which are stacked in a similar way to the channels of a conventional image to feed and train a convolutional neural network. Therefore, we improve the quality of the data and the representation of the phenomenon to obtain a more robust, reliable and accurate prediction model. The results indicate an average accuracy of 97.48%, which allows the generation of a landslide susceptibility map on the Aloag-Santo Domingo highway in Ecuador. This tool is useful for risk prevention and management in this area where small, medium and large landslides occur frequently.