bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
A Que Virão as Conferências Nacionais na Pós-Democracia?
Authors: Souza Clóvis Henrique Leite de
Published: March 2023

Atualizando questões que apareceram em reflexões anteriores (Souza, 2012a), o autor desta vez lança seu olhar para os futuros possíveis, sob a perspectiva das teorias sobre pós-democracia. Nesse contexto de impedimento da ação política, as conferências nacionais, em uma visão agonística, podem desempenhar um papel fundamental de evidenciar conflitos e promover diálogos públicos, se conseguirem desenvolver diretrizes metodológicas para “estimular padrões democráticos de conversas sobre as diferenças” (Souza, no prelo).
TD 2842 - Custo social do desmatamento nos biomas brasileiros
Authors: Campoli Jessica Suarez , Stivali Matheus
Published: March 2023

Estabelecer o custo social do desmatamento dos biomas brasileiros é uma tarefa importante para subsidiar políticas públicas e o processo decisório do governo. Este estudo consolida as estimativas de valoração econômica da cobertura vegetal dos diferentes biomas brasileiros existentes na literatura. Para tanto, se realizou uma revisão sistemática de literatura (RSL), de modo a identificar os valores estimados pelo método do valor econômico total (VET) para cada bioma brasileiro. Para os casos em que não foram identificadas na literatura estimativas específicas (Cerrado e Pampa), foram estimados custos seguindo metodologia comum à literatura. Em seguida, consolidou-se um intervalo para a valoração econômica de cada bioma brasileiro, em US$ por hectare (US$/ha) a preços de 2020. Esse exercício resultou em um intervalo de valores para a Amazônia (655,20- 5.238,33), o Cerrado (426,02-4.795,07), a Mata Atlântica (3.504,41-6.565,24), a Caatinga (3.239,81-3.505,97), o Pampa (426,02-4.795,07) e o Pantanal (9.830,52-10.196,17), em US$/ha. A consolidação das valorações, além de subsidiar políticas governamentais e estratégias da agenda ambiental, pode contribuir para promover um aprimoramento das tomadas de decisão, de modo a destacar o custo implícito dos danos aos diferentes biomas.
Effects of Therapeutic Calf Massage on Cardiac Autonomic Function in Healthy Volunteers—a Pilot Study
Authors: Siva Kumar A. V. , Krishna Sri Lahari A , K. N Maruthy , Sk Kareem , K Maheshkumar
Published: March 2023

Background: Calf massage is a therapeutic intervention that improves circulation and relieves us from pain & tightness. The calf massage also improves autonomic performance by modulating the vagal tone of the cardiovascular system. Therefore, the current study was intended to determine therapeutic calf massage on cardio autonomic activity in healthy subjects.
Objective: To assess the immediate effect of a single 20-min session of calf massage on cardiac autonomic modulation through heart rate variability (HRV) measurement.
Materials & Methods: In this study, 26 apparent healthy female participants aged between 18 and 25 years participated. Massage over the calf muscles on both legs for 20 min was performed, and resting cardiovascular parameters and HRV parameters were measured at baseline, immediately after the massage, and during the recovery periods (10 and 30 min after the massage). Data were analyzed using one-way ANOVA followed with post hoc analysis.
Results: Immediately after the massage intervention, heart rate (HR), systolic (SBP), and diastolic (DBP) blood pressure were decreased (p < .01), and the reduction was persisted at 10 min and 30 min of the recovery period (p < .01). In HRV parameters, the root mean square of successive differences (RMSSD) and high-frequency normalized unit (HF n.u.) increased, and low frequency (LF n.u.) decreased after the massage, and at the 10 and 30 min of the recovery period.
Conclusion: The present study reports suggest a significant reduction in heart rate and blood pressure after the massage therapy. A drop in sympathetic tone and raise in parasympathetic tone can also attribute to the therapeutic effect.
Comparative Effectiveness of Gua Sha, Cryostretch, and Positional Release Technique on Tenderness and Function in Subjects with Plantar Fasciitis: a Randomized Clinical Trial
Authors: Baburao Jadhav Aditi , Gurudut Peeyoosha
Published: March 2023

Background: Plantar fasciitis (PF) can be treated effectively with manual techniques like cryostretch (CS) and the positional release technique (PRT). Although Gua Sha (GS) has been suggested in the literature for PF, its efficacy has not been studied in the research.
Objective: To determine and compare the effectiveness of GS, CS, and PRT in subjects with PF in terms of pain intensity, pain pressure threshold, and foot function.
Methods/Design: Thirty-six patients with PF (n=36) were randomly allocated to three study groups (12 in each group)—group GS, group CS, and group PRT, respectively.
Settings: A randomized clinical trial was conducted at physiotherapy OPD in a tertiary health center.
Participants: Subjects of all genders with plantar fasciitis of the age group 20-60 years. Thirty-six subjects with plantar fasciitis out of whom 12 were males and 24 females. There were no dropouts in this study.
Intervention: The interventions included the Gua Sha technique (1 session), the cryostretch technique with a frozen tennis ball (3 sessions), and the positional release technique (7 sessions), along with common exercises for all three groups.
Outcome Measures: Pain intensity, foot functions, and pain pressure threshold were assessed using the Numerical Pain Rating Scale, Foot Function Index, and pressure algometer, respectively, on day 1 (pre-intervention) and day 7 (post-intervention).
Results: Between group analyses showed that group GS was more effective than CS and PRT for pain (p=.0001), group CS was more effective than GS and PRT for foot function (p=.0001) whereas group PRT was more effective than GS and CS for pain pressure threshold (p=.0001).
Conclusion: Although all three groups showed improvement, Gua Sha was superior in terms of reducing pain, cryostretch for improving foot functions, and PRT for reducing tenderness. The interventions used in this study are cost-effective and have proved to be simple and safe techniques.
Applying Scientific Rationale to the Current Perceptions and Explanations of Massage and Miscarriage in the First Trimester
Authors: Fogarty Sarah , Werner Ruth , James Joanna L.
Published: March 2023

Miscarriage is a relatively common occurrence, impacting 8–15% of clinically recognised pregnancies, and up to 30% of all conceptions. The public perception of the risk factors associated with miscarriage does not match the evidence. Evidence indicates that there are very few modifiable factors to prevent miscarriage, and the majority of the time little could have been done to prevent a spontaneous miscarriage. However, the public perception is that consuming drugs, lifting a heavy object, previous use of an intrauterine device, or massage can all contribute to miscarriage. While misinformation about the causes and risk factors of miscarriage continues to circulate, pregnant women will experience confusion about what activities they can (and cannot) do in early pregnancy, including receiving a massage.
Pregnancy massage is an important component of massage therapy education. The resources that underpin pregnancy massage coursework consist of educational print content that includes direction and caution that massage in the first trimester, if done ‘incorrectly’ or in the ‘wrong’ location, can contribute to adverse outcomes such as miscarriage. The most common statements, perceptions and explanations for massage and miscarriage cover three broad areas: 1) maternal changes from massage affects the embryo/fetus; 2) massage leads to damage of the fetus/placenta; and 3) aspects of the massage treatment in the first trimester initiate contractions.
The goal of this paper is to use scientific rationale to critically consider the validity of the current perceptions and explanations of massage therapy and miscarriage. Whilst direct evidence from clinical trials was lacking, considerations of physiological mechanisms regulating pregnancy and known risk factors associated with miscarriage provide no evidence that massage in pregnancy would increase a patient’s risk of miscarriage. This scientific rationale should be addressed when teaching pregnancy massage courses.
Treasure Maps for Detections of Extreme Energy Cosmic Rays
Authors: Globus Noémie , Fedynitch Anatoli , Blandford Roger D.
Published: March 2023

The origin of ultra-high-energy cosmic rays is a 60 yr old mystery. We show that with more events at the highest energies (above 150 EeV) it may be possible to limit the character of the sources and learn about the intervening magnetic fields. Individual sources become more prominent, relative to the background, as the horizon diminishes. An event-by-event, composition-dependent observatory would allow a “tomography” of the sources as different mass and energy groups probe different GZK horizons. A major goal here is to provide a methodology to distinguish between steady and transient or highly variable sources. Using recent Galactic magnetic field models, we calculate “treasure” sky maps to identify the most promising directions for detecting Extreme Energy Cosmic Rays doublets, events that are close in arrival time and direction. On this basis, we predict the incidence of doublets as a function of the nature of the source host galaxy. Based on the asymmetry in the distribution of time delays, we show that observation of doublets might distinguish source models. In particular, the Telescope Array hotspot could exhibit temporal variability as it is in a “magnetic window” of small time delays. These considerations could improve the use of data with existing facilities and the planning of future ones such as Global Cosmic Ray Observatory (GCOS).
First biological report on the genus Cantonius (Buprestidae, Agrilinae, Aphanisticini), with descriptions of two new species from China
Authors: Shi Xiao-Di , Wu Zhi-Ming , Dai Xiao-Hua , Xu Jia-Sheng , Song Hai-Tian
Published: March 2023

The genus Cantonius Théry, 1929 is a small group with two subgenera and 12 species. However, the biology of this genus is still unknown.

In this paper, three species of the genus Cantonius Théry, 1929 were found on bamboo leaves, revealing for the first time that Cantonius species are also leaf-miners. Two new species were recorded from Jiangxi Province and are described here: Cantonius (Cantonius) anjiensis sp. n. (host plant: Pleioblastus amarus) and Cantonius (Procantonius) qiyunensis sp. n. (host plant: Bambusa blumeana) followed by C. (P.) austrisinicus Kalashian, 2021 (host plant: Oligostachyum paniculatum) recorded from Guangxi Province. Including habitats, photos of three species together with C. (P.) qiyunensis sp. n. pupa, host plants, and leaf mines of the three species are presented. Moreover, the bionomics and habits of the genus are discussed for the first time, and a hypothesis for the distribution of Cantonius is provided.
Closely related invasive species may be controlled by the same demographic life stages
Authors: Molofsky Jane , Thom Dominik , Keller Stephen R. , Milbrath Lindsey R.
Published: March 2023

Invasive species that are closely related to each other may have similar population dynamics and, therefore, be controlled by targeting similar life stages. We studied two invasive knapweed species, spotted knapweed (Centaurea stoebe subsp. micranthos) and the hybrid meadow knapweed complex (Centaurea × moncktonii) in New York, USA, to determine their individual population growth rates (λ) across several sites over three years. Both knapweed species had growth rates that were greater than 1 (spotted knapweed λ ranged from 1.005–1.440; meadow knapweed λ ranged from 1.541–2.408), but there was high variability between years and sites. One study population of meadow knapweed was composed primarily of individuals of black knapweed ancestry (C. nigra), a species that, while introduced, is not invasive. For this population, the projected dynamics were stable (λ approximately 1). Elasticity analysis showed that the flowering-to-flowering stage contributed the most to population growth rate for six of seven sites and three additional transitions were also influential for four of seven sites of spotted and meadow knapweed: the seedling-to-vegetative stage, vegetative-to-flowering stage and flowering-to-seedling stage. We simulated how increasing vital rates would affect population growth and found that both spotted and meadow knapweed followed the same pattern. The vital rate of established seedlings maturing to flowering plants had the greatest effect on population growth, followed by the survival of new and established seedlings. In all cases, the responses were non-linear, with small initial changes having a large effect. Increases in the vital rates of later stages also tended to have a positive effect on growth rate, but the effects were more modest. Although the sensitivity analysis indicated that early vital rates had the largest effect on population growth, targeting these stages is not practical for management. Rather, reducing older life stage survival or delaying maturation of vegetative individuals would be more effective. The similarity between the population dynamics and how each life stage contributes to population growth provides support that protocols developed for one species should be effective for the other species with the caveat that any biological control agent should be directly tested on the target species before being utilised.
Androctonus tihamicus sp. nov. from the Mecca Province, Saudi Arabia (Scorpiones, Buthidae)
Authors: Alqahtani Abdulaziz R. , Yağmur Ersen Aydın , Badry Ahmed
Published: March 2023

We describe and illustrate a new scorpion species,Androctonus tihamicussp. nov., from the Mecca Province of southwestern Saudi Arabia. The new species is compared to the genusAndroctonusEhrenberg, 1828, which is distributed throughout the Middle East, and especially toA. australis(Linnaeus, 1758). We provide the molecular phylogeny for this species.
Multinationales : en finir avec l’impunité ?
Authors: Abdallah Maha , Hérion Maurice
Published: March 2023

La politique israélienne vis-à-vis du territoire et du peuple palestinien fait régulièrement l’objet de condamnations internationales. Cela n’empêche pourtant pas de nombreux États et entreprises, en particulier en Europe, d’entretenir des relations économiques étroites avec l’État d’Israël et ses colonies de peuplement illégales.
Mobility issues and multidimensional inequalities: exploring the limits of the National Strategy for Immigration and Asylum during the COVID-19 pandemic in Morocco
Authors: Santus Daniela , Ansaloni Sara
Published: March 2023

In December 2019, the severe respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 was discovered in China. The virus spread rapidly and, by March 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared COVID-19 to be a global pandemic. Scientists expected the African continent to be among the worst affected by the sanitary emergency in terms of prevalence, incidence and mortality. This prediction was refuted by evidence, considering that Africa reported the least number of cases and deaths compared to Europe, Asia and America. The first case in Africa was registered in Egypt on February 14, 2020. By the end of 2021, the continent recorded a cumulative of 7,110,817 cases and 155,505 deaths. Nonetheless, estimates are likely to be distorted due to the lack of available data about the impact of COVID-19 and the limited documentary capacity of most African countries. There are several theories to explain why, contrary to the expected trend, Africa had the fewest COVID-19 incidences compared to other continents. Africa is characterized by a young population, which is notoriously less susceptible to COVID-19, with an average age of 19.7 years. In addition, most of the Africans (59%) live in rural areas, with few opportunities to travel or get in contact with outsiders. Moreover, governments enforced outstanding measures to contain the spread of the virus and safeguard the national economy, such as strengthening their documentary capacity and enforcing effective social safety nets. However, most of these policies have aggravated entrenched patterns of discrimination, making certain populations uniquely vulnerable. Indeed, mobility restrictions and border closures severely affected people with mobile livelihoods. In Morocco, the emergency measures compromised the resilience capacity of sub-Saharan migrants, particularly women and girls. To study the phenomenon of African migration to Morocco, we conducted fieldwork research from October to December 2021, interrupted by the closure of the kingdom's borders, and continued remotely thanks to key informants.
Evaluation of a Virtual Sub-internship Experience for Senior Medical Students Applying to Otolaryngology During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Authors: Farlow Janice L , Marchiano Emily J , Neevel Andrew J , Moyer Jeffrey S , Thorne Marc C , Bohm Lauren A
Published: March 2023

BackgroundThe COVID-19 pandemic limited in-person medical experiences for senior medical students. To address the lack of visiting sub-internships, we created a one-day virtual overview of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, incorporating discussion of important trainee topics and an introduction to our residency program.MethodsA one-day virtual event was hosted by a tertiary academic medical center. Sessions were structured as interviews with faculty and residents, with real-time question and answer sessions. A guide with presenter information and resident-curated resources for each sub-specialty was given, as well as a document of frequently asked questions. The event was advertised to senior medical students through online forums. Data were collected via registration and post-event anonymous surveys. ResultsThere were 327 participants representing 138 institutions, 34 states and territories, and 10 countries, with 90% of participants consisting of senior medical students. The event spanned 5 content hours, and participants were signed in for 4.1 hours on average. Participants (n = 102, 31% response rate) found the event helpful for learning about the field (96%), residency program (97%), and specialty-specific resources (86%). Hearing from residents (43%) and faculty (41%) were cited as the most helpful parts of the program. Getting to know residency programs remotely (28%), participating in virtual interviews (26%), and not having away rotations (20%) were most often noted as the biggest student concerns for the 2020–2021 application cycle. Finally, participants identified getting to know an institution’s culture (76%) as the most difficult aspect of a program to evaluate remotely.ConclusionsWe demonstrate that a virtual event can be valuable in the transition to residency by supplementing or partially substituting visiting sub-internships.
Raphaëlle Décloître, Le récit allégorique de la fin du Moyen Âge : poétique d’un effacement inévité
Authors: Décloître Raphaëlle
Published: March 2023

La présente thèse porte sur les récits allégoriques écrits entre 1453 et 1510, qui constituent les derniers représentants directs de l’importante tradition allégorico-narrative popularisée par le Roman de la Rose. Dans la mesure où ils s’ancrent par rapport à un avant et dans l’absence d’un après, ces textes ont développé une poétique tardive qui leur est propre, fondée sur le respect de l’héritage littéraire plus que sur la rivalité, sur la préservation des procédés d’écriture plus que sur leur rénovation. Se dissociant de la filiation critique inaugurée par Jean de Meun, ils renouent ainsi avec les propositions allégorico-narratives non conflictuelles de Guillaume de Lorris, qu’ils honorent par un certain conservatisme. Si l’étude des dernières manifestations d’un genre nécessite, en plus de s’attarder aux considérations poétiques, de replacer les œuvres tardives dans l’histoire littéraire (pour comprendre leur état de postérité et de finalité), il semble que, dans le cas des derniers récits allégoriques, la poétique des textes soit révélatrice de leur positionnement : au-delà des bouleversements culturels du tournant du xvie siècle, le rapport paisible de ces œuvres à leur filiation paraît en effet avoir peu encouragé le renouvellement de la pratique.
Financing Terrorism With FinTechs in West Africa?
Authors: Tompihe Jean Gondo
Published: March 2023

Despite FinTech's considerable financial inclusions in West Africa, its unintended criminogenic features cannot be overlooked. While the region rises as the continental FinTech hub, many countries have collapsed under terrorism. It faces a unique vulnerability to terrorism financing for having a high rate of joblessness among its FinTech-savvy millennials, which overlaps another high rate of joblessness among young terrorist recruits. But by highlighting the difference between the “operational” and “networking” motives of terrorism financing, this chapter demonstrates that the natures of assaults occurring in West Africa are operational financing using rudimentary cash flow carriers across borders. But given the ingenuity with which cybercriminals operate, it conducts a comprehensive analysis of the legislative measures implemented in West Africa to prevent FinTech's terrorism financing risks. It explores futureproofing, cutting-edge, and dynamic technology-based strategy, designed explicitly on cryptocurrencies and virtual assets to anticipate and combat terrorism financing.
Digital, Programmable Euro
Authors: Kaur Guneet , Vishwakarma Devesh Kumar
Published: March 2023

The financial system has been changing rapidly with the recent advancements in technologies underlying the money and payment systems. With the increase in the involvement of technology in the financial world and the emergence of new technologies like distributed ledger technologies (DLT), there has been a rising trend of creating private cryptocurrencies and stablecoins to replace existing currencies and assets. The increasing influence of big-tech companies in the financial systems and the usage of unregulated cryptocurrencies and stablecoins pose many challenges for financial authorities worldwide, generating the need for government intervention. As a result, numerous central banks worldwide are looking for possibilities to change their monetary systems by including central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) like the digital euro in their offerings. However, it is uncertain how these CBDCs and other digital money initiatives will impact the existing systems and provide solutions to existing problems and benefit the citizens and other stakeholders.
Adolescent Cyberbullying
Authors: Hong Jun Sung , Navarro Raúl , Wright Michelle F.
Published: March 2023

Adolescent cyberbullying continues to be a global public health concern, which has garnered the attention of scholars around the world. Cyberbullying is concerning for adolescents as adolescents have increasingly relied on social media, which increases their risk of cyberbullying victimization. This article aims to review the existing research literature on cyberbullying. The article focuses specifically on the definition and conceptualization of cyberbullying, the prevalence of cyberbullying around the world (Europe, Asia-Pacific, North America, Central/Latin America, and Africa), and how cyberbullying has been addressed in Europe, Asia-Pacific, North America, Central/Latin America, and Africa. The article then discusses solutions and recommendations for practice and policy and future research directions.
Big Data Issues
Authors: Darwish Dina
Published: March 2023

Big data is a well-known concept today, as most of the data on the internet is considered big data. Also, big data is concerned with data with a huge size, velocity, variety, and veracity. Big data presents many challenges, especially for companies on how to deal with it, regarding benefiting from it through the use analytics and at the same time preserving its security. So, this chapter covers many of the challenges that big data brings regarding analytics and security and how to find solutions to these two issues. And these solutions can be applied in real-life use cases.
Preservice Teacher Voices on Increasing the Numbers and Retention of Black Teachers to Improve Student Educational Opportunity in Public Schools
Authors: Etim James Sunday
Published: March 2023

Research has shown that Black teachers are instrumental in improved Black student achievement and assist immensely in mitigating the rising exclusionary tendencies Black students find themselves in in public schools. Yet, the percentage of Black teachers in public schools is either not improving or remains stagnant at about 7%. The purpose of this study therefore was to find out why we have a very low percentage of Black teachers in public K-12 school environments and what can be done to increase the percentage of Black teachers in public K-12 environments. Forty-six pre-service teachers completed questions related to the three areas. The study found that issues of teacher salaries, Black students not completing college, and poor working conditions were some of the reasons for the low percentage of Black teachers in public education. As policy makers explore strategies to bringing more minority individuals into teaching, this research offers some insights on what needs to be done to increase the numbers.
Instructional Design With a Language Lens
Authors: Heineke Amy J. , Guo Wenjin , Carman Luke , McTighe Jay
Published: March 2023

Classrooms are more diverse than ever before with increasing numbers of multilingual students who are developing English proficiency while simultaneously being expected to learn and perform in English in literacy and the content areas. In the context of the United States, previous efforts to prepare teachers for the heterogeneous population of students have led to simplified curriculum that limits children's equitable access to rigorous disciplinary learning. This chapter probes one project's efforts to build capacity in schools by holistically preparing educators across grades and disciplines to provide equitable instruction for students labeled as English learners. Using a framework that added a language lens to the understanding by design framework already used in partner schools, participants developed understandings and practices that facilitated curricular design that maintained focus on language across instruction.
A Personalized Course Resource Recommendation Method Based on Deep Learning in an Online Multi-Modal Multimedia Education Cloud Platform
Authors: Zhang Ruiping
Published: March 2023

Aiming at the problem that unstructured text in online multi-modal multimedia education is easy to cause error propagation, this paper proposes a personalized course resource recommendation method using deep learning in online multi-modal multimedia education cloud platform. First, the word vector of the text is obtained from the course data set by using the BERT pre-training model, and its semantic information in different contexts is analyzed. Then, the more complex representation of each word is extracted through the long short-term memory network (LSTM), in which the multi-head attention layer adds different weights to different word vector to better capture the key information in the sentence. Finally, the CRF layer is used to identify sentence entities, and the Sigmoid layer is used to extract relations, thus completing personalized course resource recommendation, which is significantly improved compared with other models. Experimental analysis shows that the algorithm is effective in personalized course resource recommendation.
International Perspective on Securing Cyberspace Against Terrorist Acts
Authors: Khater Maya Hasan
Published: March 2023

This research reviews the legal framework for protecting the security of cyberspace from terrorist acts, using the following approaches: the legal approach, the descriptive approach, and the analytical approach. This is achieved by gathering knowledge and data on the protection of cybersecurity and analyzing the different tools and methods that terrorist organizations use to implement their cybercrimes. The goal is to find ways to overcome the various challenges that terrorists pose to regional (Arab-wide) and international cybersecurity systems to find mechanisms and solutions to deal with this phenomenon effectively and to reduce its increasing risks to people and the security, stability, and economies of nations. The most significant conclusion that was reached is the need to continue international efforts to strengthen the fight against cyberterrorism and to establish a binding legal treaty in this regard so as to prevent further harm to the safety of the international community.
Mobile Based Mosquito Larvae Recognition from Photo Image Using Convolutional Neural Network
Authors: Fariza Arna , Yuwono Wiratmoko , Akbar Reesa , Asmara Rengga , Aryawan I Gede Kresna Putra
Published: March 2023

The high number of dengue fever in Indonesia is a severe problem that affects the health of the Indonesian people. Coupled with the pandemic conditions that limit all movements of various groups due to social distancing, starting from health volunteers who must serve the community related to Covid-19. Routine inspection of mosquito larvae in every household must still be conducted to avoid the breeding of these mosquito larvae. Thus, an automatic and independent mosquito larva recognition system is needed from images taken via mobile devices that make it easier for each family head to identify areas of the home environment whether there are mosquito larvae or not. This paper proposes a new approach to larva recognition using convolutional neural network based on the TensorFlow library. The TensorFlow Serving and TensorFlow Lite were evaluated to get the best model with limited memory so that it can be used on mobile devices. The system classifies photo images into 2 labels, namely larvae or not. The result of this system is the presence or absence of mosquito larvae from the image. The TensorFlow Serving model produces an average testing accuracy of 96.1%, which is better than TensorFlow Lite of 90.1% in testing various conditions. The developed convolution neural network model produces a better model than the previous method.
Marine and Fishery Big Data System Model: A Knowledge Management System Perspective
Authors: Fitriasari Novi Sofia , Arifin Willdan Aprizal , Armelita Ayang , Anzani Luthfi , Dzikrillah Afrizal , Rahmah Aulia Maulida , Sujana Abdillah Aditama , Kisty Hilda Maela , Fahriza Salsabila Putri
Published: March 2023

The need for data on marine resources is increasing, Indonesia as one of the world's maritime countries plays a big role in this. The successful application of big data on marine resources is not only seen from the technology used in it but it is also must related to other system components. A qualitative approach is used in this study to produce a big data model that can be applied to marine resources. This research produces a big data model from the perspective of a Knowledge Management System (KMS) which consists of four elements or layers, namely organization, Big Data Process and Technology Information, and people as users. The integration of these four elements is expected to promote economic transformation and knowledge in the marine and fishery sectors.
Intracorporeal vs extracorporeal ileocolic anastomosis in laparoscopic right hemicolectomy
Authors: De Silva K. P. V. R. , Sasapu K. , Rekhraj S. , Senevirathne R. W. , Kumara M. M. A. J. , Kumarasinghe J. P. M. , Gunawardana R. , Kasthuri R.
Published: March 2023

Introduction: Anastomotic leak after ileocolic anastomosis influences morbidity and mortality of a patient. Therefore, protection of ileocolic anastomosis is of paramount importance in laparoscopic right hemicolectomy.
Methods: A retrospective study of seventy-nine patients who belong to American Society of Anaesthesiologists physical status classification class 1 and 2 who had undergone laparoscopic right hemicolectomy due to caecal or ascending colonic pathologies were selected for the study. A comparison between the two groups of patients who had undergone intracorporeal vs extracorporeal ileocolic anastomosis was done with regards to occurrence of anaestomotic leaks, paralytic ileus, duration of hospital stay and duration taken to tolerate a soft tissue.
All patients were managed in high dependency units with optimum facilities under fast-track category. Every patient was under patient-controlled analgesia for pain control.
Results: Of the 79 patients studied, 40 had intracorporeal anastomosis (ICA) whereas 39 had extracorporeal anastomosis (ECA). Age range of the patients was 40 - 75 years. Out of the 40 patients who had ICA, only one patient developed anastomotic leak and out of those who had ECA, 3 patients had anastomotic leaks (p=0.36). Two out of 3 patients who had anaestomotic leaks following the ECA, underwent lower midline laparotomies to rectify the leak. Four (4/40, 40%) patients in ICA group and 6 (6/39, 60%) patients in the ECA group had developed post op paralytic ileus (p=0.52). Average durations of hospital stay were 4 and 5 respectively for ICA and ECA groups and both groups were able to tolerate a soft diet on post operative day 2.
Conclusions: ICA has improved the outcome of ileocolic anastomosis in the studied group of patients compare to ECA, although the observed differences between the two groups were not statistically significant.
Thoracoscopic excision of a thymoma situated in an aberrant anatomical location
Authors: Paramanathan V. , Dayaratne D. H. M. , De Silva U. , Perera R. , Udupihilla V. Pinto J. , Siththique F. , Darmapala A. , Galketiya K. B.
Published: March 2023

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AMI-KMNP dataset: Occurrence records of aquatic macroinvertebrate species from a 10-year-long biodiversity survey in SE Hungary
Authors: Boda Pál , Móra Arnold , Csabai Zoltán
Published: March 2023

We outline a 100% georeferenced dataset of aquatic macroinvertebrate occurrence records collected from the operational area of the Körös-Maros National Park Directorate (SE Hungary) between 2012 and 2021. The species-level dataset includes 25,935 records of 644 taxa from 625 localities of wide variety of freshwater habitats from soda pans to lowland marshes and small watercourses to medium-sized and larger rivers. Four non-biting midge species are reported for the first time from the Hungarian fauna. The dataset is available through the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).
Doen metodologies wat akademies verkondig word: Ontwikkelings en geleenthede vir homiletiek in SA
Authors: Wepener Cas J. , Nell Ian A.
Published: March 2023

Bringing methodology and theory closer: Development and challenges in South African homiletics. The homiletic landscape in South Africa is rich and varied. In this contribution, we attempt to paint with broad brushstrokes this landscape. We write as practical theologians with a shared love for homiletics, but also with an interest in doing what we preach in terms of research and teaching. Put differently, we argue in the light of existing literature that there should be congruence between theories we advance, and methodologies we employ. We dwell on themes such as decolonisation, justice and reconciliation, poverty and inequality that are characteristic of our homiletical landscape. We conclude with the thought that as Christianity in South Africa grows and preachers increase in number, so do the opportunities for empirical academic involvement in preaching. However, the occasion also poses a challenge for academics engaged in homiletics, namely, to practise what they preach by bringing theory and method in a closer relationship.Contribution: The article engages current homiletical research in South Africa by means of a literature study, specifically highlighting the challenges and opportunities posed to the discipline of Homiletics within a postcolonial South African context, and at ecumenical faculties of Theology. These challenges and opportunities are especially important for a discipline such as Homiletics in South Africa with its strong Protestant and Reformed roots, to reflect on future methodologies pertaining to research and teaching.
The association between clinical and laboratory characteristics on the short-term outcome of acute promyelocytic leukaemia patients at a central South African tertiary hospital
Authors: Naicker Wriothesley , Kloppers Jean , Van Rooyen Francois C. , Van Marle Anneke , Barrett Claire
Published: March 2023

Background: Targeted therapies combined with anthracycline chemotherapy have improved the survival of patients with acute promyelocytic leukaemia (APL). High short-term mortality has been demonstrated in low- and upper-middle-income countries, with limited local data.Aim: This study aimed to describe the demographic variables, clinical characteristics and laboratory features associated with the short-term mortality of patients with APL.Setting: The Division of Clinical Haematology, Universitas Academic Hospital (UAH), Bloemfontein, South Africa.Methods: Demographic and clinical data were obtained from the patients’ files and the MEDITECH electronic filing system. Laboratory data were retrieved from TrakCare, the National Health Laboratory Service (NHLS) electronic database. Data were analysed to report the demographic variables, clinical characteristics and laboratory features, and the short-term mortality of all newly diagnosed patients treated for APL during the 5-year period, 2015–2019.Results: Twenty-seven patients were included in this study. The 7-day mortality rate was 18.5%, and the 30-day mortality rate was 33.3%. Sanz and modified Sanz scores were significantly associated with 7-day mortality but not 30-day mortality. Creatinine ≥ 105 µmol/L was significantly associated with both 7- and 30-day mortalities. Patients who died within the first 30 days of admission had significantly higher median white cell counts and partial thromboplastin times. Hypogranular APL was identified in 55.6% of patients.Conclusion: The short-term mortality of APL at UAH is in keeping with findings at other treatment centres in middle-income countries. Despite being considered rare, hypogranular APL was the predominant type in this cohort.Contribution: This study highlights the need for practices pertaining to peripheral smear utility and interpretation to be reviewed outside of tertiary centres.
Oxidative status and its relationship with glycemic state in children with type 1 diabetes mellitus
Authors: El-Din Elshalkami Nada M.M. , Salem Nanees A.-B. , ElShabrawy Walaa O. , Abou-Elhassan Samir M.
Published: March 2023

Background

Diabetes represents one of the most common diseases in school-aged children. Poor glycemic control in type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM) usually leads to more oxidative stress, increased production of oxygen-free radicals, and more diabetic complications. Oxidative stress plays a pivotal role in the development of diabetes complications, both microvascular and cardiovascular. The metabolic abnormalities of diabetes cause mitochondrial superoxide overproduction in endothelial cells of both large and small vessels and also in the myocardium.

Aim

The aim of the current study was to assess the oxidative status and its relationship with glycemic state of T1DM in children.

Patients and methods

This was a case–control study conducted on 50 children. The first group enrolled 30 children aged 2–12 years of both sexes with T1DM selected from patients attending the outpatient clinic of endocrinology unit of Mansoura University Children’s Hospital in the period between December 2020 and December 2021 and were compared with 20 age-matched and sex-matched children who served as healthy controls.

Results

The malondialdehyde (MDA) and MDA/total antioxidant capacity ratio were significantly increased among cases compared with the control group. MDA and MDA/total antioxidant capacity ratio could be used as reliable predictors for differentiating between cases and controls with high sensitivity and specificity. However, they could not be used as a reliable indicator for differentiation between cases with microalbuminuria from case without. Oxidant/antioxidant status seemed to be significantly increased among cases with poor diabetic control followed by controlled diabetic group and lastly the healthy control group.

Conclusion

Cases with T1DM were associated with a significant increase in oxidative stress, especially in poor controlled ones. Additionally, oxidative stress markers could be used as valid markers for T1DM.
Exploring the path to pathos “Lived experiences of parents of children with autism spectrum disorder”: An interpretative phenomenological analysis
Authors: Ranjan Rajeev , Jain Meha , Kumar Pankaj , Sethi Gabby , Singh Jai
Published: March 2023

Background:

Children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) require lifetime support by the family, thus posing a great amount of stress among parents. Understanding lived experiences of parents who provide lifelong support will guide in planning effective treatment for children with ASD. In view of this, the study was aimed to depict and understand the lived experiences of parents of children with ASD and making sense of it.

Methods:

This interpretative phenomenological analysis research design was carried out on 15 parents of children with ASD coming to the tertiary care referral hospital of eastern zone of India. In-depth interviews were conducted to understand the lived experiences of parents.

Results:

The current study identified six themes: major symptom recognition; myths, beliefs, and stigma related to children with ASD; help seeking behavior; coping with challenging experiences; support system; uncertainties, insecurities, and gleam of hope.

Conclusion:

Lived experiences were found to be predominantly difficult for most of the parents of children with ASD, and inadequate services pose a major challenge to them. The findings highlight the need for involving the parents in the treatment programs as early as possible or extending appropriate support to the family.
Clinical profile, predisposing risk factors for urinary tract infections and its outcome in diabetics and nondiabetics
Authors: Rajendran Judah R. , Ramya S.R. , Anandhalakshmi S. , Kanungo Reba
Published: March 2023

Background:

Diabetics are more prone to urinary tract infections (UTIs) than nondiabetics ranging from dysuria to pyelonephritis. Diabetics have a higher prevalence of both asymptomatic bacteriuria and symptomatic UTI, additionally, recurrent complications. The objective of this study was to determine the clinical and microbiological characteristics of UTI in diabetics and nondiabetics and to determine the pathogens and antimicrobial resistance patterns in diabetic patients with UTI.

Methodology:

This was a retrospective case-control study conducted at the clinical laboratory of the department of microbiology. The study included all the UTI patients diagnosed from January 2018 to December 2018. They were subsequently divided into diabetic and non-diabetic patients. All patients who had >126 mg/dl of fasting blood sugar and >200 mg/dl postprandial blood sugar were diagnosed positive for diabetes mellitus and the remaining were grouped under nondiabetics. Of these, 151 subjects were selected by simple random sampling from each group, respectively. Clinical data, microorganisms isolated, antibiotic susceptibility patterns, and clinical outcomes were recorded.

Results:

There was equal sex predisposition among the diabetics, while there was female preponderance in the case of nondiabetics who developed UTI (P = 0.036). Fever was the most common presenting symptom among diabetics P < 0.0001. Pyelonephritis was more common among diabetics with P < 0.0001. Diabetics were more prone to sepsis compared to nondiabetics P = 0.036.

Conclusions:

The prevalence of pyelonephritis and urosepsis is significantly higher in diabetics than in nondiabetics. Antibiotic susceptibility pattern was similar among both diabetics and nondiabetics.
Early Plasma Circulating Tumor DNA as a Potential Biomarker of Disease Recurrence in Non-metastatic Prostate Cancer
Authors: Fei Xiaochen , Du Xinxing , Gong Yiming , Liu Jiazhou , Fan Liancheng , Wang Jiayi , Wang Yanqing , Zhu Yinjie , Pan Jiahua , Dong Baijun , Xue Wei
Published: March 2023

Purpose In non-metastatic prostate cancer (nmPCa) setting, it is important to early identify the patients at risk of biochemical recurrence (BCR) for immediate postoperative intervention. Our study aimed to evaluate the potential clinical utility of circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA) for predicting disease recurrence.Materials and Methods This real-world observational study evaluated 161 cases of nmPCa undergoing next-generation sequencing at our institution. A total of 139 ctDNA samples and 31 biopsied tumor tissue underwent genomic profiling. The study endpoint was BCR after radical prostatectomy. Relationships between the ctDNA status and the biochemical progression-free survival (bPFS) were analyzed by log-rank test and multivariate Cox regression.Results Of 161 enrolled patients, 19 (11.8%) harbored deleterious alterations in NCOR2, followed by BRCA2 (3.7%), ATR (2.5%), and CDK12 (2.5%). Of available pre-operative blood samples (n=139), ctDNA was detectable in 91 (65.5%). Until last follow-up, 56 of 68 patients (85.3%) with detectable ctDNA had achieved BCR, whereas only eight of 39 patients (20.5%) with undetectable ctDNA had achieved BCR. Patients who had undetectable ctDNA experienced significantly longer bPFS compared with those who had detectable ctDNA (not available vs. 8.2 months; hazard ratio, 0.14; p < 0.01). Pre-operative ctDNA status was a significant prognostic factor of disease recurrence.Conclusion Pre-operative ctDNA detection could identify patients at high risk of recurrence and has the potential to inform immediate postoperative interventions, but these approaches remain to be validated in prospective studies. ctDNA studies can provide insights into accurate monitoring and precise treatment rather than simply following routine clinical care.
Functors for Long dimodules and Yetter–Drinfeld modules in a weak setting
Authors: Álvarez José Nicanor Alonso , Rodríguez Ramón González
Published: March 2023

In this paper, for two weak Hopf monoids

H

and

B

with invertible antipode, we define a functor between the category of left-left

H\otimes B

-Yetter–Drinfeld modules and the category of

H

-

B

-Long dimodules. We also show that, if moreover

H

is quasitriangular and

B

is coquasitriangular, this functor is a retraction of the well-known injective functor between left-left

H

-

B

-Long dimodules and left-left

H\otimes B

-Yetter–Drinfeld modules.
Rethinking the Way We Move Beyond COVID-19
Authors: Chang Annie , Miranda-Moreno Luis
Published: March 2023

As the world grapples to combat the spread of COVID-19, our city streets have nearly
emptied. Unprecedented community mitigation interventions have been applied in efforts to
“flatten the curve” and slow the transmission of the virus. Social distancing measures have
dramatically altered our daily behavior; notably, in the ways we do or do not move. This report
seeks to identify emerging trends in urban mobility and road safety in respect to COVID-19.
This is followed by a discussion of how we could shape our mobility future as communities
begin to reopen.