bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Mutual Information–Based Medical Image Registration and Color Ultrasound Imaging in Analysis of Subclinical Diabetic Peripheral Vascular Lesions: Algorithm Development and Validation Study (Preprint)
Authors: Jia Nailong , Fan Long , Li Chuanzi , Nie Zhongshi , Wang Suihuang , Lin Changkun , Yao Shaoxin , Beverlyd Molly
Published: June 2020

BACKGROUND

At present, the incidence of diabetes is on the rise. When doctors diagnose and treat patients, they often need to image patients to provide complementary information on patient anatomy and functional metabolism.

OBJECTIVE

The aim of this study was to understand the morphological features of peripheral blood vessels of diabetes more accurately and explore its risk factors for the occurrence of lesions for early diagnosis and early prevention.

METHODS

We selected subclinical diabetes patients admitted to our hospital from October 2013 to October 2018 for inclusion. After performing color Doppler ultrasonography on peripheral blood vessels, images of ultrasound images were taken. A multimode medical image registration method based on hybrid optimization algorithms for the multiextreme problem of mutual information functions was used; mutual information was used as the similarity measure, and the hybrid optimization algorithm was used to search for the best registration exchange parameters. The quasi-color ultrasound was used to make the ultrasound color more accurate.

RESULTS

The experimental results show that the hybrid optimization algorithm can accurately analyze color ultrasound images of the peripheral blood vessels in subclinical diabetes, while avoiding falling to the local optimal value, and the accuracy of the registration result reaches the subpixel level.

CONCLUSIONS

With the rapid development of imaging technology, the increasing image resolution, and the increasing amount of image data, parallel performance is high. The quasi-method has a very important significance for multimodal medical image registration. The parameters in this algorithm can be further optimized.
Application of Medical Information Support Platform based on Nursing Intervention on Inflammatory Bowel Disease (Preprint)
Authors: Zhang Suyan , Jiang Xuemei , Liu Aihua , Cansoni Jane
Published: June 2020

BACKGROUND

Background: Enteritis inflammatory disease is a common multiple disease in the intestine. And the number of patients with enteritis in China has increased year by year.

OBJECTIVE

Objective: In order to study the effect of information services on inflammatory bowel disease under medical information support platform, the patients with enteritis were selected as the research subject.

METHODS

Method: The effects of nursing intervention on inflammatory bowel disease based on information support platform were studied by experimental methods such as antidiarrheal time, elimination of flatulence time, Escherichia coli, lactobacillus, SlgA (secretory immunoglobulin A) content in stool samples and colonoscopy.

RESULTS

Results: The results showed that the nursing intervention based on the information support platform had a significant improvement effect on inflammatory bowel disease. The time of diarrhea and flatulence was significantly reduced compared with the blank group, and other indicators were also developing in a favorable direction.

CONCLUSIONS

Conclusion: Compared with the blank group, the patients in the experimental group had significant improvement in the recovery of a large number of indicators. Not only that, patients have improved physical or intellectual aspects, so information intervention can be promoted clinically.
Objectifying processes: The use of geometric morphometrics and multivariate analyses on Acheulean tools
Authors: García-Medrano Paula , Maldonado-Garrido Elías , Ashton Nick , Ollé Andreu
Published: June 2020

Nowadays, the fruitful discussion regarding the morphological variability of handaxes during the Middle Pleistocene has reached a decisive moment with the use of more accurate statistical methods, such as geometric morphometrics (GM) and multivariate analyses (MA). This paper presents a preliminary methodological approach for checking the utility of these new approaches on the analysis of the tools’ shape. It goes beyond the simple description of morphology and isolates the variables which define the final morphology of a tool. We compared two Middle Pleistocene sites, Boxgrove and Swanscombe, which are morphologically very different. Then, we applied the GM analysis on 1) 2D images, with two semi-landmark distributions: 28 semi-landmarks, specially concentrated on the tip and butt, and 60 equally spaced points; and 2) on 3D models using new software (AGMT3-D Software) including 5000 semi-landmarks. The more points used to define the tool’s outline, the more accurate will be the interpretation of the variables affecting shape. On the other hand, if the semi-landmarks are localized on specific sectors of the tool, a bias is created, by concentrating on those sectors, rather than the general tool shape. The 3D models offer a new dimension on the shape analysis, as their results mean the combination of plan-shape, profile-shape and the tool’s topography.
“I Want to be More Hong Kong Than a Hongkonger”
Authors: Chan Charlene Peishan
Published: June 2020

The years leading up to the political handover of Hong Kong to Mainland China surfaced issues regarding national identification and intergroup relations. These issues manifested in Hong Kong films of the time in the form of film characters’ language ideologies. An analysis of six films reveals three themes: (1) the assumption of mutual intelligibility between Cantonese and Putonghua, (2) the importance of English towards one’s Hong Kong identity, and (3) the expectation that Mainland immigrants use Cantonese as their primary language of communication in Hong Kong. The recurrence of these findings indicates their prevalence amongst native Hongkongers, even in a post-handover context.
Sí, cualquier cosa… ¡pero que viva el fútbol!
Authors: Quintero Suárez Santiago
Published: June 2020

Editorial.
Libros y edición
Authors: Serna Salazar Isabel Cristina
Published: June 2020

Editorial.
Una reflexión sobre las cadenas productivas
Authors: Berdugo Gutiérrez Jesús Alfredo
Published: June 2020

Desde que se creó la ley 811 del 2003 donde se definió la formación de las cadenas productivas el MADR se dio a la tarea de apoyar el establecimiento de las mismas, con la convicción que ese modelo de integración de los interesados pudiera ser la solución para el desarrollo del campo colombiano, entendiendo que ese sistema es la respuesta al proceso de industrialización de la producción de alimentos para los seres humanos. “Originalmente, la palabra cadena se ha utilizado para referirse a un objeto constituido por una serie de eslabones, generalmente metálicos, enlazados entre sí”. La cadena de la que hablamos los eslabones son personas naturales o jurídicas que intervienen directa o indirectamente en el producción de alimento.
Characterization of solvable spin models via graph invariants
Authors: Chapman Adrian , Flammia Steven T.
Published: June 2020

Exactly solvable models are essential in physics. For many-body spin-1/2systems, an important class of such models consists of those that can be mapped to free fermions hopping on a graph. We provide a complete characterization of models which can be solved this way. Specifically, we reduce the problem of recognizing such spin models to the graph-theoretic problem of recognizing line graphs, which has been solved optimally. A corollary of our result is a complete set of constant-sized commutation structures that constitute the obstructions to a free-fermion solution. We find that symmetries are tightly constrained in these models. Pauli symmetries correspond to either: (i) cycles on the fermion hopping graph, (ii) the fermion parity operator, or (iii) logically encoded qubits. Clifford symmetries within one of these symmetry sectors, with three exceptions, must be symmetries of the free-fermion model itself. We demonstrate how several exact free-fermion solutions from the literature fit into our formalism and give an explicit example of a new model previously unknown to be solvable by free fermions.
In This Issue
Authors: Sinitsyn Fedor L.
Published: June 2020

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The 220th Anniversary of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR in the Victorious 1945: A Scenario of Celebration in the Sociocultural Context of the Era
Authors: Korzun Valentina P. , Gruzdinskaya Victoria S.
Published: June 2020

In June 1945, the 220th anniversary of the USSR Academy of Sciences was celebrated on a grand scale. An academic anniversary is a polysyllabic commemorative action that can be described in diverse contexts. The authors focused directly on the holiday scenario in the corporate-ritual dimension, as well as its communicative potentialities. The source of the research was published and unpublished clerical materials of the USSR Academy of Sciences, periodicals and popular science publications, ego-sources of participants in the science festival. The methodological optics of the article consisted of developments in the field of intellectual history, the social history of science, and the history of memory. In the festive scenario, the authors identified the following components: 1) actually scientific, 2) ritual and welcoming, 3) concert and entertainment, and 4) banquet. During the study, it was concluded that the scenario for celebrating the 220th anniversary of the USSR Academy of Sciences is multilayered and at the same time integral and indivisible. It organically combined heterogeneous social entities - power sharpened by rigid forms of social engineering and repressive regulation, scientists trying to remove themselves from excommunication from pre-revolutionary and world science, foreign guests who became their own for a short historical moment. The scenario of the anniversary correlates with the contextual background of the anniversary celebrations, which was distinguished by a special atmosphere of expectation of a new life after the Great Patriotic War. In the communicative plan, jubilee celebrations are considered as practices of intensive communication. The conclusion is made that the idea of a unified world science will be revived for a short moment.
Transformation of Soviet Ideological Attitudes in the Works of A.N. Yakovlev in 1985-1991
Authors: Sivov Anatoly N.
Published: June 2020

The present article studies the views of the godfather of Glasnost, CPSU Central Committee Secretary Alexander N. Yakovlev (1923-2005), and how they evolved during the Perestroika period in the second half of the 1980s. The author analyzes Yakovlev's positions on issues of Soviet ideology at the beginning of Perestroika, arguing that at that time his statements on the need for radical improvement of ideological work did not differ from the views of other party leaders. Yakovlev's personal biography shaped his interpretation of important events of twentieth-century Russian history; he had fought in the Great Patriotic war and participated in the work of the 20th Party Congress and in the Commission of the CPSU Central Committee for the rehabilitation of victims of political repression. Yakovlev became the target of critique from the leaders of the newly created Communist party of the RSFSR, as well as from conservative CPSU members, in particular during the XVIII Party Congress in the summer of 1990; they criticized Yakovlev's work in the Central Committee of the CPSU and the extent of his influence on M.S. Gorbachev. The article traces changes in Yakovlev's assessments of the socialist formation, of Marxism, and of the political and legal structure of the CPSU. The author identifies a direct link between the problems of social and political life in the Soviet Union and changes in Yakovlev's public statements. This analysis leads to the conclusion that Yakovlev's influence on the President of the USSR, M.S. Gorbachev, was not as big as sometimes assumed. Since the beginning of 1991, Yakovlev's influence was gradually declining, and on the eve of the August putsch it reached its lowest point. The article is based on Yakovlev's published articles and public speeches as well as on archival materials from his personal fund that is preserved in the State Archive of the Russian Federation.
The Past for the Future: A History of the Russian Civil War in Narratives of the 1930s
Authors: Golubinov Iaroslav A. , Porshneva Olga S. , Surzhikova Natalya V.
Published: June 2020

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Russia in the World. The Phenomenon of Russian Abroad: Institutions and Personalities. International Scientific Conference. Moscow. September 26-27, 2019
Authors: Mironova Elena M. , Volodko Anna V.
Published: June 2020

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DETERMINANTS OF THE ADOPTION OF GOOD GOVERNANCE: EVIDENCES FROM ZAKAT INSTITUTIONS IN PADANG, INDONESIA
Authors: Wahyuni Ika Sari
Published: June 2020

Zakat is one of the fundamental principles of Islam and central to develop an economic system by enhancing socio-economic development. The importance of proper management and governance are challenges for these institutions. This study examined the determinants of the adoption of good governance practices in Zakat institutions in Padang, Indonesia. A total of 51 questionnaires were analyzed out of 135 that had been distributed. The data were analyzed using the Statistical Package for the Social Science (SPSS) for descriptive statistics and the hypothesis testing. The results showed that only size of Zakat institutions was related positively and significantly to the adoption of good governance principles in Padang, Indonesia. The age of the Zakat institution also had a positive, significant relationship with performance. The study also found that the level of adoption of good governance practices in Zakat institutions in Padang was quite low.

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Faktor-faktor Penentu Implementasi Tata Kelola Pemerintahan yang Baik pada Lembaga-lembaga Zakat di Padang, Indonesia_________

Zakat merupakan salah satu prinsip dasar dalam Islam dan sentral untuk mengembangkan sistem ekonomi dengan meningkatkan pembangunan sosial ekonomi. Pentingnya pengelolaan dan tata kelola yang tepat adalah tantangan bagi institusi-institusi saat ini. Studi ini menguji faktor-faktor penentu penerapan praktik tata pemerintahan yang baik di lembaga-lembaga zakat di Padang, Indonesia. Sebanyak 51 kuesioner dianalisis dari 135 yang telah didistribusikan. Data dianalisis dengan menggunakan Statistical Package for the Social Science (SPSS) untuk statistik deskriptif dan pengujian hipotesis. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa hanya ukuran lembaga zakat yang terkait secara positif dan signifikan terhadap penerapan prinsip tata kelola pemerintahan yang baik di Padang, Indonesia. Zaman lembaga Zakat juga memiliki hubungan positif dan signifikan dengan kinerja. Studi tersebut juga menemukan bahwa tingkat penerapan praktik tata pemerintahan yang baik di lembaga-lembaga zakat di Padang cukup rendah.
A SHARIAH PERSPECTIVE ON ENVIRONMENTAL PUBLIC POLICY MAKING FOR THE ISLAMIC ECONOMIC SYSTEM: EVIDENCE FROM MALAYSIA
Authors: Masahina Sarabdeen , Kijas A.C. Muhammadu , Afroz Rafia , Duasa Jarita
Published: June 2020

As a vicegerent of Allah Subhanahu wa taala, human beings are entrusted to pursue revealed teachings, rights, and preserve order and harmony of nature with other forms of life and physical elements. This study investigates the awareness, attitude, and behaviour of households to suggest policies and economic incentives to improve the air quality in Klang Valley, Malaysia. The results show that the level of awareness and attitude towards air pollution is high among the household respondents. However, the behaviour of the respondents is very low. The public policymakers should focus on developing policies to encourage the environmental behaviour of Malaysians. The beliefs of man need to be changed to protect the environment. An Islamic way of life that includes environmental consciousness, simplicity, planning, legislation, monitoring, and resource development are crucial institutions to keep track of developments for environmental public policymaking in the Islamic economic system. ========================================================================================================Kebijakan Publik tentang Lingkungan untuk Sistem Ekonomi Islam dalam Perspektif Syariah: Studi di Malaysia. Sebagai khalifah Allah Subhanahu wa ta'ala, manusia diperkenankan untuk mengikuti wahyu, mengejar hak-hak dan pertapaan yang diwahyukan dan harmoni alam dengan bentuk kehidupan dan elemen fisik lainnya. Studi ini menyelidiki kesadaran, sikap, dan perilaku rumah tangga untuk menyarankan kebijakan dan insentif ekonomi untuk memperbaiki kualitas udara di Klang Valley, Malaysia. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa tingkat kesadaran dan sikap terhadap polusi udara tinggi di kalangan responden rumah tangga. Namun, perilaku responden sangat rendah. Pembuat kebijakan publik harus fokus pada pengembangan kebijakan untuk mendorong perilaku lingkungan orang Malaysia. Keyakinan manusia perlu diubah untuk melindungi lingkungan. Cara hidup Islami yang mencakup kesadaran lingkungan, kesederhanaan, perencanaan, legislasi, pemantauan dan pengembangan sumber daya merupakan institusi penting untuk melacak perkembangan pembuatan kebijakan publik lingkungan dalam sistem ekonomi Islam.
PANCA JIWA AS SOCIAL CAPITAL APPROACH: AN ALTERNATIVE STARTEGY FOR ISLAMIC ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
Authors: Syamsuri Syamsuri , Saputro Yuwan Ebit
Published: June 2020

The economic issue is considered as a universal issue; one of the major problems in economy is the backwardness of economic development in rural areas. This study aims at seeking solutions using panca jiwa concepts of Pondok Gontor (sincerity, simplicity, self-sufficiency, Islamic brotherhood and freedom) as a social capital of the economic development in underdeveloped areas. This research employed a qualitative method as it is relevant in revealing details on the phenomenon. Data was gathered through interview, observation, and documentation. The collected data was then analyzed inductively and presented descriptively. The finding shows that the study area has a potent of panca jiwa, a potential to become an economic development strategy in solving poverty and underdevelopment which remained unsolved for decades.============================================================================================Pendekatan Panca Jiwa sebagai Modal Sosial: Suatu Strategi Alternatif dalam Pembangunan Ekonomi Islam. Masalah ekonomi dianggap sebagai masalah universal; salah satunya adalah keterbelakangan pembangunan ekonomi di daerah pedesaan. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mencari solusi terhadap permasalahan tersebut dengan menggunakan pendekatan panca jiwa dari Pondok Modern Gontor (keikhlasan, kesederhanaan, berdikari, ukhuwah Islamiyyah dan jiwa bebas) sebagai modal sosial dalam pembangunan ekonomi di daerah tertinggal. Metode kualitatif dipilih dalam penelitian ini karena relevansinya dalam mengungkapkan rincian tentang fenomena di lapangan. Data-data penelitian dikumpulkan melalui wawancara, observasi, dan dokumentasi. Data tersebut kemudian dianalisis secara induktif, dan disajikan secara deskriptif. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa wilayah studi memiliki potensi panca jiwa yang sangat kuat untuk menjadi strategi dalam pembangunan ekonomi untuk memecahkan kemiskinan dan keterbelakangan yang selama ini menjadi masalah yang belum terselesaikan.
RETRACTED: A CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF ISLAMIC ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES IN GLOBALIZATIONAL ERA
Authors: Maulidizen Ahmad , Mohammad Mohammad Taqiuddin
Published: June 2020

This manuscript HAS BEEN RETRACTED on request of the author due to development of a reported case (plagiarism). Therefore, a reasonable effort should be made to remove all references that links to this article.
FACTORS INFLUENCING THE PRICE OF INDONESIA SOVEREIGN SUKUK IN SECONDARY MARKET
Authors: Al Aziz Muhammad Fatih , Beik Irfan Syauqi , Firdaus Achmad
Published: June 2020

The paper analyses four influencing factors toward the Indonesian sovereign sukuk price in the secondary market during the period January 2015 to June 2018, namely liquidity, coupon, maturity and the Indonesia composite index (ICI). The model used is multiple linear regression analysis with time series data obtained from the Ministry of Finance of Indonesia. The results of the analysis show that liquidity had a significant positive effect on the sovereign sukuk price in the secondary market, that coupon also had a significant positive effect; maturity had a significant negative effect, while the Indonesia composite index had a significant positive effect.==============================================================================================Faktor-faktor yang Mempengaruhi Harga Sukuk Indonesia di Pasar Sekunder. Makalah ini menganalisis empat faktor yang mempengaruhi harga sukuk Indonesia di pasar sekunder selama periode Januari 2015 hingga Juni 2018, yaitu likuiditas, kupon, jatuh tempo dan indeks harga saham gabungan (IHSG). Model yang digunakan adalah analisis regresi linier berganda dengan data deret waktu diperoleh dari Kementerian Keuangan Indonesia. Hasil analisis menunjukkan bahwa likuiditas berpengaruh positif signifikan terhadap harga sukuk negara di pasar sekunder, kupon juga berpengaruh positif signifikan, maturitas berpengaruh negatif signifikan, sedangkan indeks harga saham Indonesia berpengaruh positif signifikan terhadap harga sukuk Negara di Pasar Sekunder
FACTORS INFLUENCING THE INTENTION TO STOCK INVESTMENT AMONG MUSLIM INVESTORS IN LANGSA
Authors: Hamid Abdul , Mardhiah Ainun , Midesia Shelly
Published: June 2020

This study aims to examine the effect of knowledge, income and risk perceptions on the intention in stock investment intention among Muslim investors in the city of Langsa, Aceh, as of 2017. The data used in this study are primary, data derived from questionnaires, interviews, and observations. This study utilized a sample of 100 people, using a random sampling technique. The results of the study show that knowledge, income, and risk perceptions simultaneously influence the stock investment intention in Langsa society. Whereas in partial income and risk perceptions also affect the intention to stock investment, knowledge does not show the same effect. Respondents, who have the knowledge, are still not intentioned in stocks investing. This could be caused by low income from the community which makes the society of Langsa afraid to start investing in stocks. The low level of understanding of respondents about risk has special implications, which can reduce the intention of respondents to invest stocks in the capital market.==============================================================================================Faktor-faktor yang Mempengaruhi Intensi terhadap Investasi Saham di Kalangan Investor Muslim di Langsa. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menguji pengaruh pengetahuan, pendapatan dan persepsi risiko terhadap minat investasi saham pada masyarakat Muslim di Kota Langsa, Aceh, pada tahun 2017. Data yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini adalah primer yaitu data berasal dari kuesioner, wawancara dan observasi. Sebanyak 100 sampel dipilih dengan menggunakan teknik random sampling. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa pengetahuan investasi, pendapatan, dan persepsi risiko secara simultan mempengaruhi minat investasi saham di pasar modal. Secara parsial, hnaya pengetahuan investasi yang tidak mempengaruhi minat investasi terhadap saham, sedangkan persepsi pendapatan dan risiko mempunyai pengaruh yang signifikan. Hal ini menunjukkan bahwa walaupun memiliki pengetahuan yang cukup, responden tetap kurang meminati investasi dalam saham. Salah satu alasan adalah adanya kekhawatiran akan hasil yang tidak akan mencukupi kebutuhan sehari-hari sedangkan pendapatan mereka sendiri masih tergolong rendah. Selain itu, rendahnya pemahaman responden tentang risiko berimplikasi terhadap menurunnya minat responden untuk berinvestasi saham di pasar modal.
Effect of thermal radiation on natural conviction of a nanofluid in a square cavity with a solid body
Authors: Qasem Sayyedah , Sivasankaran Sivasankaran , Siri Zailan , Othman Wan
Published: June 2020

This investigation is to concentrate on the effect of thermal radiation on free convection of a Cu-water nanofluid in a differentially heated cavity containing a solid square block placed in the middle. The upper and lower dividers of the cavity are kept as thermally protected; The coupled equations of mass, momentum, and energy are governed the mathematical model. Finite difference method is used to solve the governing equations. All internal surfaces of the cavity are deemed as a diffused emitters and reflectors for radiation. The impacts of relevant parameters, the Rayleigh number (103?Ra?106), volume fraction of nanoparticles (0.0???0.04) and thermal radiation (Rd = 0, 1, 5, and 10), are explored. For various values of the flow parameters, the values for local and average Nusselt number are calculated. It is observed that the local and averaged Nusselt numbers are increased with an increase in the Rayleigh number and volume fraction of nanoparticles. Also, the temperature distribution of the fluid increases with an increase in the radiation parameter.
Thermogravimetric study on the pyrolysis kinetic mechanism of waste biomass from fruit processing industry
Authors: Jankovic Bojan , Radojevic Milos , Balac Martina , Stojiljkovic Dragoslava , Manic Nebojsa
Published: June 2020

The detailed kinetic analysis of slow pyrolysis process of apricot (Prunus armeniaca L.) kernal shells has been estimated, under non-isothermal conditions, through thermogravimetric analysis and derivative thermogravimetry. Thermal decomposition was implemented using four different heating rates (5, 10, 15, and 20?C per minute), with consideration of how this parameter effects on the process kinetics. The higher heating rates provoke the shift of thermoanalytical curves towards more elevated temperatures. Using isoconversional differential method, the variation of activation energy, Ea, with conversion fraction, ?, was detected, and pyrolysis reaction profile was discussed. After resolving the pyrolysis rate curves of individual biomass constituents, the temperature and conversion ranges of their thermal transformations were clearly identified. In the latter stage of analysis, every identified reaction step was considered through mechanistic description, which involves selection of the appropriate kinetic model function. The comparison of the results as well as discrepancies between them has been discussed. The corresponding rate-law equations related to thermal decomposition reactions of all biomass constituents present in the tested agricultural waste material have been identified.
Effects of linagliptin on cardiovascular and kidney outcomes in people with normal and reduced kidney function: secondary analysis of the CARMELINA randomized trial
Authors: Perkovic Vlado , Toto Robert , Cooper Mark E , Mann Johannes FE , Rosenstock Julio , McGuire Darren K , Kahn Steven E , Marx Nikolaus , Alexander John H , Zinman Bernard , Pfarr Egon , Schnaidt Sven , Meinicke Thomas , Eynatten Maximillian von , George Jyothis T , Johansen Odd Erik , Wanner Christoph , investigators CARMELINA®
Published: June 2020

Objective

Type 2 diabetes is a leading
cause of kidney failure, but few outcome trials proactively enrolled
individuals with chronic kidney disease (CKD). We performed
secondary analyses of cardiovascular and kidney outcomes across baseline eGFR
categories (≥ 60, 45-<60, 30-<45 and < 30 ml/min/1.73 m2) in
CARMELINA, a cardio-renal placebo-controlled outcome
trial of the DPP-4 inhibitor linagliptin (NCT01897532).

Research Design and Methods

Participants
with cardiovascular disease (CVD) and/or CKD were included.
The primary outcome was time to first occurrence of cardiovascular death,
non-fatal myocardial infarction, or non-fatal stroke (3P-MACE), with a secondary
outcome renal death, end-stage kidney disease, or sustained ≥40% decrease in
eGFR from baseline. Other endpoints included progression of albuminuria, change
in HbA1c and adverse events (AEs) including hypoglycemia.

Results

6979 subjects (mean age 65.9
years, eGFR
54.6 ml/min/1.73m2, 80.1% albuminuria) were followed for 2.2 years. Across
eGFR categories, linagliptin as compared to placebo did not affect the risk for
3P-MACE (HR.1.02 [95% CI, 0.89, 1.17]), or the secondary kidney outcome (1.04
[0.89, 1.22]) (interaction p-values > 0.05). Regardless of eGFR,
albuminuria-progression was reduced with linagliptin, as was HbA1c, without
increasing risk for hypoglycemia. AEs were balanced between groups overall and
across eGFR categories.

Conclusions

Across
all GFR categories, in participants with type 2 diabetes and CKD and/or CVD,
there was no difference in risk for linagliptin versus placebo on CV and kidney
events. Significant reductions in risk for albuminuria progression and HbA1c,
and no difference in AEs was observed.
Social support, social network size, social strain, stressful life events and CHD in women with type 2 diabetes – a cohort study based on the Women’s Health Initiative
Authors: Jonasson Junmei Miao , Hendryx Michael , Shadyab Aladdin H. , Kelley Erika , Johnson Karen C , Kroenke Candyce H , Garcia Lorena , Lawesson Sofia , Santosa Ailiana , Sealy-Jefferson Shawnita , Lin Xiaochen , Cene Crystal W. , Liu Simin , Valdiviezo Carolina , Luo Juhua
Published: June 2020

Objectives

We
studied associations between social support, social network size, social strain
or stressful life events and risk of coronary heart disease (CHD) in postmenopausal
women with type 2 diabetes.

Research Design
and Methods

From the Women’s Health Initiative, 5,262 postmenopausal
women with type 2 diabetes at baseline were included. Cox proportional hazards
regression models adjusted for demographics, depressive symptom, anthropometric
variables, and lifestyle factors were used to examine associations between
social factors and CHD.

Results

A
total of 672 cases of CHD were observed during an average 12.79 (SD 6.29) years
of follow-up. There was a significant linear trend toward higher risk of CHD as
number of stressful life events increased (p for trend=0.01; HR [95% CI] for the
third and fourth quartiles compared with first quartile = 1.27 [1.03-1.56] and
1.30 [1.04-1.64]). Being married or in an intimate relationship was related to
decreased risk of CHD [HR and 95% CI 0.82 (0.69-0.97)].

Conclusion

Among postmenopausal women with type 2
diabetes, higher levels of stressful life events were associated with higher risk
of CHD. Experience of stressful life events might be considered as a risk
factor for CHD among women with type 2 diabetes.
Experimental Investigation on Performance Parameters Affecting the Efficiency of Water Type PV/Thermal Collectors with Modified Absorber Configurations
Authors: DAĞ Halil İbrahim , KOCAR Günnur
Published: June 2020

In this study, efficiency of water-type photovoltaic/thermal (PV/T) modules that convert solar energy into both electrical and thermal energy were investigated. By using identical photovoltaic (PV) cells, one PV module and five PV/T modules differed in thermal structure with different diameters, amount and layout of absorber tubes, and type of absorber sheets were fabricated with lamination technique. Firstly, the electrical efficiency of all samples under Standard Test Conditions was tested by a sun simulator. Efficiency values were between 12.56% and 12.68% under STC. Furthermore, outdoor tests were carried out to investigate the effect of temperature on PV modules in ambient conditions using PV/T samples. In order to determine the efficiency of the units, parameters such as solar irradiation, voltage and current values, inlet and outlet water temperature and flow rate of PV/T modules and ambient temperature were measured. It was observed that the electrical performance of PV/T modules was higher than that of the PV module due to the cooling effect of water circulation over the cells. PV/T module with the highest thermal efficiency was also determined. Total efficiency value of PV/T modules in outdoor conditions were attained between 60.68% and 67.14%.
Keyhole mapping to enable closed-loop weld penetration depth control for remote laser welding of aluminum components using optical coherence tomography
Authors: Sokolov Mikhail , Franciosa Pasquale , Al Botros Rehab , Ceglarek Dariusz
Published: June 2020

Remote laser welding (RLW) combines the positive features of tactile laser welding with additional benefits such as increased processing speed, reduced operational cost and service, and higher process flexibility. A leading challenge preventing the full uptake of RLW technology in industry is the lack of efficient closed loop in-process (CLIP) monitoring and weld quality control solutions. This underpins the need to fuse multiple sensor technologies and data analytics with predictive engineering simulations. Although the development and integration of a variety of sensors covers the radiation spectrum from ultraviolet to far-infrared, the flawless deployment of CLIP solutions is still challenged by the need for the following: signal denoising in the case of process instability; real-time data analytics; and adaptive control engineering architecture to cope with process variations induced by manufacturing tolerances. This paper focuses on the aspect of weld penetration depth control using optical coherence tomography (OCT) as a necessary step to enable adaptive penetration depth control during RLW of aluminum components in the fillet lap joint configuration with consideration to part-to-part gap variation. The approach entails decoupling the welding process parameters in two subsets: (1) in-plane control of the heat input on the upper part to facilitate the droplet formation; and (2) out-of-plane heat management to achieve the desired level of penetration control in the keyhole mode. This paper presents the results of finding the optimal placement of the OCT beam with variable part-to-part gap conditions. Results have shown that statistical signal processing of the raw OCT signal gives insight not only into the depth of the keyhole but can infer the shape of the keyhole itself. Current limitations and next phases of research and development are highlighted based on the experimental study.
Högskolans språk och mitt eget. En studie av nyantagna lärarstudenters förhållningssätt till skrivande, skriftspråket på högskolan och den egna skrivkompetensen
Authors: Aldrin Emilia Sturm , Eklund Monica , Peter Heike
Published: June 2020

This article explores how a heterogenous group of first year university students perceive writing in general, academic writing in specific, as well as their own writing proficiency. A questionnaire (n 93) was created basing on theories on academic literacy and writing psychology. The results show varying attitudes among the students which highlight questions of the dimensions of writing, identity and group affiliations. Gender was of little importance, whereas age and self-stated writing skills correlated to some extent with the results. The small scale of the study does not permit far-reaching conclusions, but the results indicate attitudes that could have importance for the development of academic literacy. The study can be used as a start of departure for interventions that facilitate for groups with different backgrounds to participate in higher education.
Increasing Teachers’ Work Engagement Through Servant Leadership, Organizational Culture, and Job Satisfaction
Authors: Hidayat Dylmoon , Maitimo Vinsensius V. S. , Suwu Selvi Ester
Published: June 2020

As an educational institution that teaches Christian values, Christian schools can play a role in building the character of the nation through education and science in accordance with Christian values. For those role it is necessary for the schools to employ committed human resources. Most of previously done research on work engagement involved factors of leadership style and job satisfaction, yet, very few included organizational culture. This research aimed to determine the effect of servant leadership, organizational culture and job satisfaction on work engagement. The research subjects were 63 teachers at junior high and senior high Christian schools located in West Jakarta. The research design used the path analysis through PLS-SEM method. The results showed that the servant leadership and organizational culture have a positive effect on job satisfaction and work engagement, but lacking evidence to prove the job satisfaction effects the work engagement. Therefore, to improve the teachers’ work engagement, one need to pay attention on two key factors: the leadership style that serves from the principal and conducive organizational culture.
Practice of Abstinence: Evaluating Gandhi in Retrospect
Authors: Mishra Dr. Charu C
Published: June 2020

(International Seminar on Making of Gandhi, 10-12 March 2011, Shivaji Univ. Kolhapur) Abstinence is a voluntary act of restraint from indulging in bodily activities that are widely experienced as giving pleasure. Most frequently, the term refers to Sexual abstinence or abstention from alcohol or food. The practice can arise from religious prohibitions or practical considerations. Abstinence has diverse forms. Commonly it refers to a temporary or partial abstinence from food, as in fasting. Because the regimen is intended to be a conscious act, freely chosen to enhance life, abstinence is sometimes distinguished from the psychological mechanism of repression. The latter is an unconscious state, having unhealthy consequences. Freud termed the channeling of sexual energies into other more culturally or socially acceptable activities through “sublimation”. Abstinence may also arise from an ascetic element, present in most faiths, or from a subjective need for spiritual discipline. In its religious context, abstinence is meant to elevate the believer beyond the normal life
R. K. Narayan’s The Vendor of Sweets: A Study in the Dialectic of Being and Becoming
Authors: Kumar Raman
Published: June 2020

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Rasipuram KrishnaswamiIyerNarayanaswami (1906-2001) popularly known as R. K. Narayan, an award winning novelist, essayist and storywriter is generally considered one of the greatest Indians writing in English. He shares this honour with Mulk Raj Anand and Raja Rao. D. S. Maini has observed in this regard: “Mulk Raj Anand, Raja Rao, and R. K. Narayan- brought the Indian novel to the point of ripeness”.But R. K. Narayan enjoys a place of rare distinction among these great writers too and it is partly because of the rare setting of his novels, his close association with the traditional Indian society, his simple language, his humour and irony, and his characterization, which is so varied and colourful. Many critics have praised R. K. Narayan for his literariness and for his aestheticism. V. Y. Kantak has observed, “…when we come to weigh Indian writing of fiction in English to date, Narayan with his penny whistle seems to have wrought more than most others with their highly pretentious and obstreperous brass” (21). R. K. Narayan has fourteen novels to his credit along with a large number of short stories. Narayan’s The Guide (1958) won him great fame and was widely acknowledged as a masterpiece by the world’s literary community. It also won him the much-coveted SahityaAkademi Award in 1960. Another novel which is considered one of his much acclaimed novels is his The Vendor of Sweets(1967).
Identity Crisis in Jhumpa Lahiri’s The Namesake
Authors: Macwan Hiral Joseph
Published: June 2020

The world has become a global village due to fast developing technology. It has reduced oreliminated the boundaries as well, which in turn may have escalated cultural openness and cooperation.The quest for a better life has always enforced man to move from one place to another,often leaving his homeland. Such movements have turned into kinds of exile as dislocation fromthe homeland has always remained severe and painful. When the migration is voluntary, Facebook, Whats App, Sky pe and other such means of communication serve a kind of closeness. Butthat remains in the realm of ideals for migrants and their descendants. Of course homesickness islessened but issues like homelessness, settlement, identity, life style, etc. remain on the verge.The present paper is an effort to understand the conflicts of the second generation of IndianDiaspora with special reference to The Namesake, a novel by Jhumpa Lahiri. Jhumpa Lahiri,herself has been the child of Indian immigrants- middle class Bengali parents, born in London andgrown up in Rhodes Island, America. The Name sake, therefore, is a kind of auto biography asLahiri authentically portrays her diaspora experiences as a second generation immigrant in thebook.
The Effects of Two Grammar Teaching Options on Learning Complex Grammatical Structures
Authors: Gardaoui Nasser , Farouk Bouhadiba
Published: June 2020

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This study compared the relative effectiveness of two instructional options -explicit instruction (EI) in conjunction with input enhancement (IE) vs. IE alone- on students’ learning of tense and grammatical aspect in the Algerian EFL situation. The treatment conditions were implemented with thirty-eight young adult EFL learners in two intact classes at the university level. The first group received instruction through input enhancement only, while the second group was exposed to explicit instruction prior to input enhancement. All participants had to participate in a pretest and a posttest. The tests consisted of three tasks: (1) a grammaticality judgment task and (2) a written gap-filling task, and (3) a picture description task. The results ‘descriptive results indicated that the EI + IE group outperformed the IE group while the statistical analysis (Anova) revealed that the instructional effect did not amount to statistically significant learning gains. These limited findings imply that, pedagogically, combining implicit and explicit instructional treatments is a better choice for teachers than focussing on implicit and less intrusive techniques in grammar classes.
Postcolonial Ecocritical Reading of Death of a River Guide and Gould’s Book of Fish
Authors: S Sreelekshmi
Published: June 2020

“Boy’s brother George would lay a piece of wet bark down the side of the logs burning in the fire to allow the ants to escape, and only shot just what was needed for his pot (Death of a River Guide 69).”

Animals have always remained in the periphery of the human world and literature. Eco critics have also focused on animals only to some extent. That is mainly because animals are used as human food. The paper is a postcolonial Eco critical reading of   Death of a River Guide and Gould’s Book of Fish. Flanagan has given due importance to animals in all his novels. Animals are also part of culture of a nation. Australia has vast variety of Flora and Fauna. Flanagan writes about animals peculiar to Australian mainland. The Australian aborigines have lived in close approximation with animals. When the land was colonized, even animals of the land were affected. The paper aims to fill the gap left by Eco critics by analyzing the relationship between animals, nature and characters of the select novels.
Ernest Hemingway’s The Sun Also Rises: An Image of Optimism and Light
Authors: Solanki Dr. Mayur Kumar Mukund Bhai
Published: June 2020

Ernest Heminway was interested in the delineation of characters as well as different facets of man’s life through the characters of the novels. Hemingway’s first novel, The Sun Also Rises is about ups and down of man’s life. The novel gives an image of emptiness and futility of life.  As the novel progresses, Hemingway presents a light picture of man’s life in the heavy odds of life. Hemingway tries to assert the fact that there is always light after darkness and joy after sorrow. This research paper is a sincere effort to justify Hemingway’s philosophy of optimism and light.
The Concept of Liberation in Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni’s The Palace of Illusions
Authors: M. Ambili
Published: June 2020

The great Indian Epic Mahabharata celebrates the battle between Pandavas and Kauravas and signifies Draupadi as the fundamental cause of it. Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni unwrapped this belief and made Draupadi a powerful woman with great determination and courage. The Epics all over the world has portrayed woman as pale shadows of men, and men as great warriors. This silence of women has triggered Divakaruni to retell the epic in female voice. Literature always tried to share the changes in society. Unveiling the perfect lady images to the woman, modern female writers made their own literature. This paper goes through the life of an epic woman who has strong cravings of liberation. Also tries to find out whether a female protagonist can undergo inclinations in the life of Male characters who always hold the seal of divine figure, who always live for the warfare.
Mahasweta Devi’s Rudali: Wailing Motherhood
Authors: Ghosh Dr. Arpita
Published: June 2020

Mahasweta Devi’s Rudali has gained critical responses for raising the voice on behalf of the silenced subaltern individuals and communities. However, this paper attempts to analyse the text through the gendered lens of ‘motherhood’. Rudali not only delineates the struggles and exploitations of the lower caste people and the outcastes, but the text also divulges the condition of mothers and their struggles of mothering. Mahasweta Devi, true to her strong writing agendas, has not written in favour of the mothers belonging only to the subaltern communities; she has taken into account of those mothers who are wealthy and belong to respected families as well as those who are defamed and disrespected and belong to the marginalized, red-light areas of the society. All the ‘mothers’ portrayed in Rudali have undergone similar ecstasy, agony, humiliation, dejection and rejection. The text leads us through motherhood as a ‘community’ and not just a biological attribute conferred with a namesake social status.
Alice Walker’s Perspective of Empowerment of Black Women as Revealed in her Novel “The Third Life of Grange Copeland”
Authors: Lakshmi K. Srividya
Published: June 2020

Alice Walker is a Black American novelist, essayist, short story writer, poetic, critic, biographer, editor and Pulitzer Prize laureate. Alice Walker captures the experience of Black women in her works as a series of movements from women who are victimized by the society to women who have taken control of their lives consciously. She has explored the lives of Black women in depth even questions their fate. She has courage to see through the seeds of time and declares that in future black women would no longer live in suspension. “The Third Life of Grange Copeland” (1970) was the first novel of Alice Walker. The focus is on Black women characters in The Third Life who empower themselves through education and economic independence. This novel introduces the domination of powerless women by equally powerless men. The novel challenges African Americans to take a scrutinizing look at them. Mary Margaret Richards observes that “The Oldest generation represented by Grange finds itself trapped in a share cropper system… a form of slavery (African –American Writers, p.744). The novel introduces many of her prevalent themes, particularly the domination of powerless women by equally powerless men.