bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
A rare synchronous presentation of primary malignant melanoma in cervix and vagina
Authors: Pai Usha K. N. , Pillai Sreekumar , Arunkumar N. R.
Published: April 2022

Malignant melanoma, primarily a cutaneous malignancy, can also involve mucosal surfaces and constitutes 2% to 7% of all gynecological malignancies. Primary melanoma of the uterine cervix is an uncommon tumor and has poor prognosis. In the female genital tract, the synchronous occurrence of primary malignant melanoma in the cervix and vagina is rare. We report a case of a 48-year-old female patient who presented with a blackish vaginal mass and associated growth in the cervix. Biopsy from the vaginal mass was reported as malignant melanoma. Following this, she underwent radical surgery and adjuvant radiotherapy. After 12 months, the patient is doing well.
Significance of vasohibin 1 in cancer patients
Authors: Liu Shuai , Han Bing , Sun Meili , Wang Jingnan , Sun Yuping , Wang Yunshan
Published: April 2022

This study analyzed the role of vasohibin-1 (VASH1) in human cancer outcomes. Relevant original studies on VASH1 expression in cancers were searched from PubMed, ClinicalKey, and Cochrane Library databases. A meta-analysis was performed to evaluate the role of VASH1 in clinicopathological characteristics and overall survival (OS) of patients with tumors. Statistical analysis was performed using the RevMan v. 5.3 software. Our meta-analysis results showed that patients with high VASH1 expression experienced a significantly poor prognosis with a hazard ratio (HR) of 1.69 (95% confidence interval [CI], 1.16– 2.46, P = 0.006) for OS, and an HR of 2.21 (95% CI, 1.32–3.68, P = 0.003) for progression-free survival. Furthermore, the high expression of VASH1 was significantly relevant to advanced tumor node metastasis stages. Thus, VASH1 is a potential biomarker to predict unfavorable clinical outcomes, serving as a potential tumor treatment target.
A facial expression recognizer using modified ResNet-152
Authors: Xu Wenle , Cloutier Rayan S
Published: April 2022

In this age of artificial intelligence, facial expression recognition is an essential pool to describe emotion and psychology. In recent studies, many researchers have not achieved satisfactory results. This paper proposed an expression recognition system based on ResNet-152. Statistical analysis showed our method achieved 96.44% accuracy. Comparative experiments show that the model is better than mainstream models. In addition, we briefly described the application of facial expression recognition technology in the IoT (Internet of things).
Holomorphic semigroups and Sarason’s characterization of vanishing mean oscillation
Authors: Chalmoukis Nikolaos , Daskalogiannis Vassilis
Published: April 2022

It is a classical theorem of Sarason that an analytic function of bounded mean oscillation (BMOA) is of vanishing mean oscillation if and only if its rotations converge in norm to the original function as the angle of the rotation tends to zero. In a series of two papers, Blasco et al. have raised the problem of characterizing all semigroups of holomorphic functions

(\varphi_{t})

that can replace the semigroup of rotations in Sarason’s theorem. We give a complete answer to this question, in terms of a logarithmic vanishing oscillation condition on the infinitesimal generator of the semigroup

(\varphi_{t})

. In addition, we confirm the conjecture of Blasco et al. that all such semigroups are elliptic. We also investigate the analogous question for the Bloch and the little Bloch spaces, and surprisingly enough, we find that the semigroups for which the Bloch version of Sarason’s theorem holds are exactly the same as in the BMOA case.
Minimal angle spread in the probability simplex with respect to the uniform distribution
Authors: Bauschke Heinz H. , DiBerardino Peter A. V.
Published: April 2022

We compute the minimal angle spread with respect to the uniform distribution
in the probability simplex. The resulting optimization problem is analytically
solved. The formula provided shows that the minimal angle spread approaches
zero as the dimension tends to infinity. We also discuss an application in
cognitive science.
An examination of local strain fields evolution in ductile cast iron through micromechanical simulations based on 3D imaging
Authors: Navas Victor Manuel Trejo , Buljac Ante , Hild François , Morgeneyer Thilo F. , Bernacki Marc , Bouchard Pierre-Olivier
Published: April 2022

Microscopic digital volume correlation (DVC) and finite element
precoalescence strain evaluations are compared for two nodular cast iron
specimens. Displacement fields from \textit{in-situ} 3D synchrotron
laminography images are obtained by DVC. Subsequently the microstructure is
explicitely meshed from the images considering nodules as voids. Boundary
conditions are applied from the DVC measurement. Image segmentation-related
uncertainties are taken into account and observed to be negligible with respect
to the differences between strain levels. Macroscopic as well as local strain
levels in coalescing ligaments between voids nucleated at large graphite
nodules are compared. Macroscopic strain levels are consistently predicted. A
very good agreement is observed for one of the specimens, while the strain
levels for the second specimen presents some discrepancies. Limitations of the
modeling and numerical framework are discussed in light of these differences. A
discussion of the use of strain as coalescence indicator is initiated.
Gluing resource proof-structures: inhabitation and inverting the Taylor expansion
Authors: Guerrieri Giulio , Pellissier Luc , de Falco Lorenzo Tortora
Published: April 2022

A Multiplicative-Exponential Linear Logic (MELL) proof-structure can be
expanded into a set of resource proof-structures: its Taylor expansion. We
introduce a new criterion characterizing (and deciding in the finite case)
those sets of resource proof-structures that are part of the Taylor expansion
of some MELL proof-structure, through a rewriting system acting both on
resource and MELL proof-structures. We also prove semi-decidability of the type
inhabitation problem for cut-free MELL proof-structures.
Empirical Study on Essential Managerial Skills and Their Relative Importance for an Organization for Entry Level Managers
Authors: Manasa Gurana and Dr. Madhusmita Choudhury
Published: April 2022

The purpose of this paper is to analyze the essential skills required by professional course students which
address the needs of corporate in the dynamic world of the 21st Century which may serve the basis during the entry
to any organization. This paper uses various researches conducted in past on the essential management skills. It
identifies the attributes managerial skills needed at different levels
Implementation of Cognitive Radio using SDR and GNU Concepts
Authors: B Bini , Segu Ramgopal , N. Mahesh Kumar
Published: April 2022

The increased use of wireless transmission has increased the demand for wireless radio spectrum, which can be used for a variety of social and individual benefits. As a result, radio spectrum allocation and utilization are also critical tasks. Cognitive Radio (CR) is a cutting-edge technology that claims to overcome this problem by allowing unlicensed users to access the radio spectrum without interfering with licensed users.Cognitive radio is a new technique that uses an intelligent Software Defined Radio (SDR) mechanism to assist manage the impending spectrum issue through dynamic spectrum allocation and accommodate growing data traffic. With the use of software defined protocols, SDR avoids frequent changes to the hardware structure.The key innovation of this study is the practical implementation of CR on GNU radio for real-time transmission as a primary user utilizing an energy-based spectrum sensing approach. The goal of this project is to develop a spectrum sensing approach that is best suited for detecting white spaces during SDR transmission.
ACCESSIBLE EDUCATION: DESIGNING THE EDUCATIONAL ENVIRONMENT FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
Authors:   Institute for Strategy of Education Development, Russian Academy of Education, Dziatkovskaya Elena N. , Dlimbetova Gaini K. ,   Eurasian National University after named L. N. Gumilyov, Dziatkovsky Anton D. ,   Platinum Software Development Company
Published: April 2022

The problem of achieving accessible and quality education set by the Global Action Programme on Education for Sustainable Development (2014) is discussed. It reveals the connection between accessibility of education and making it inclusive in its broadest sense, as education for all. The author hypothesizes that many of the difficulties that arise in the organization of inclusive education could be eliminated at the stage of designing the educational environment. The requests of modern pedagogy for educational environments of general education are analyzed and it is concluded that they do not fully reflect the interests of inclusive education. The aim of the study was to the principles of designing an accessible educational environment of general education organizations that implement inclusion. The general and special approaches to designing an accessible educational environment in conditions of inclusion were considered. The role of health-saving and developing character of the educational environment, and also its cultural and natural appropriateness to provide accessibility of education for all students as subjects of educational activity and subjects of health is grounded.
ASSESSMENT OF THE INFLUENCE OF THE LEVEL OF MINERAL NUTRITION ON THE MORPHOLOGICAL PARAMETERS AND ACCUMULATION OF BIOGENOUS ELEMENTS IN THE BIOMASS OF THE FAST-GROWING WILLOOW
Authors:   International Sakharov Environmental Institute, Belarusian State University, Butsko Andrei A. , Rodzkin Aleh I. ,   Belarusian National Technical University, Rakovich Viacheslav A. ,   Institute of Nature Management, National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, Markitantov Nikolaj R. ,   Belarusian National Technical University
Published: April 2022

The article presents the results of studies for assessment of the influence of the level of mineral nutrition on the morphological parameters and accumulation of biogenic elements in the biomass of the fast-growing willow Salix alba, cv. Volmyanka. A vegetation experiment to study the dependence of the morphological parameters of willow and the accumulation of nitrogen and phosphorus in the biomass of plants on the level of mineral nutrition have been done at the experimental site (53°55’24.6 “N,27°40’04.7” E) of the Institute of Research institute of nature management Academy of science of Belarus. The vegetation experiment was based on the following options: control, without additional application of mineral fertilizers; option N50P50 (dose of application 0.5 g per vessel); option N100P100 (the dose of application is 3.0 g per vessel); option N150P150 (dose of application 4.5 g). In the vegetation experiments, the dependences of the content of total nitrogen (Ntot) and Р2О5 in the biomass of a willow plant from the doses of mineral fertilizers and the content of mineral nitrogen Nmin) and Р2О5 in the soil were obtained. The influence of the content of Nmin (N-O3 + NH4) in the soil on the content of Ntot in the plant biomass is expressed by a high degree of quantitative and qualitative characteristics of the correlation (R2 = 0.778). The influence of the content of mobile phosphorus in the soil (from 200 to 600 mg/kg) on the content of Р2О5 in the plant biomass is expressed by a moderate quantitative and qualitative characteristic of the correlation (R2 = 0.403); (from 600 to 900 mg/kg) - very high (R2 = 0.928). The influence of mineral fertilizers on the content of Р2О5 and Ntot in the aboveground plant biomass during the growing season has been established. The influence of the doses of mineral fertilizers on the productivity and morphological parameters of the aboveground biomass of willow plants has been determined. The research results confirm the assumption about the possibility of using the plantation of fast-growing willow (Salix alba), cv. Volmyanka, as a vegetative filter capable to accumulate nitrogen and phosphorus in the plant biomass, preventing their penetration into water bodies and reducing the risk of eutrophication.
IMPROVEMENT OF METHODOLOGICAL APPROACHES TO ACCOUNTING OF HOUSEHOLD WASTEWATER SUPPLIED TO TREATMENT FACILITIES IN SETTLEMENTS OF THE REPUBLIC OF BELARUS
Authors:   Central Research Institute for Complex Use of Water Resources, Holad Yuliya V. , Dubianok Sniazhana A. ,   Central Research Institute for Complex Use of Water Resources
Published: April 2022

Domestic wastewater is one of the main factors influencing the formation of wastewater flowing through centralized drainage systems (sewerage) to wastewater treatment plants in settlements of the Republic of Belarus. The centralized sewage systems (sewerage) of settlements receive domestic wastewater from consumers (population) and subscribers (legal entities, individual entrepreneurs), as well as their own domestic wastewater from enterprises of water supply and sewerage services and housing and communal services. At the same time, centralized sewerage systems (sewerage systems) are designed not only for the transportation of household, but also for industrial wastewater, which can also have a significant impact on the quantitative and qualitative composition of wastewater entering the treatment facilities of the settlement.Improvement of methodological approaches to the accounting of domestic wastewater includes an increase in the level of accounting for both quantitative and qualitative characteristics of domestic wastewater. Currently, there is no reliable accounting of household wastewater entering the treatment facilities of settlements: their volume from the population is determined by the non-routine (calculation) method - 100 % of the volume of water consumption, from subscribers - as a rule, it is also carried out by the non-instrumental method, which is often incomparable with the volumes of water used by subscribers and consumers for household and drinking needs. The quality control of domestic wastewater is not carried out due to the lack of requirements for standardization of domestic wastewater. It should be noted that the balance holders of centralized wastewater disposal (sewerage) systems cannot affect the quantitative and qualitative composition of domestic wastewater, and therefore it becomes necessary to develop a methodology for calculating the permissible concentrations of pollutants in wastewater, which, in addition to industrial wastewater , will take into account the quantitative and qualitative characteristics of household wastewater discharged to centralized wastewater disposal (sewerage) systems by subscribers and consumers, and then to wastewater treatment plants in settlements of the Republic of Belarus.
Supplementary material from: Genetic characterization of the ibuprofen degradative pathway of Rhizorhabdus wittichii MPO218
Authors: Aulestia Magaly , Flores Amando , Acosta-Jurado Sebastían , Santero Eduardo , Camacho Eva María
Published: April 2022

Ibuprofen is one of the most common drugs found as contaminants in soils, sediments and waters. Although several microorganisms able to metabolize ibuprofen have been described, the metabolic pathways and factors limiting biodegradation in nature remain poorly characterized. Among the bacteria able to grow on ibuprofen, three different strains belonging to Sphingomonadaceae and isolated from different geographical locations, carry the same set of genes required for the upper part of the ibuprofen metabolic pathway. Here, we have studied the metabolic pathway of Rhizorhabdus wittichii MPO218, identifying new genes required for the lower part of the ibuprofen metabolic pathway. We have identified two new DNA regions in MPO218 involved in the metabolism of ibuprofen. One is located on the MPO218 chromosome and appears to be required for the metabolism of propionyl-CoA through the methylmalonyl-CoA pathway. Although involved in ibuprofen metabolism, this region is not strictly necessary for growing using ibuprofen. The second region belongs to the pIBU218 plasmid and comprises two gene clusters containing aromatic compounds biodegradation genes, part of which are necessary to ibuprofen degradation. We have identified two genes required for the first two steps of the lower part of the ibuprofen metabolic pathway (ipfL and ipfM) and, based on our results, we propose the putative complete pathway for ibuprofen metabolism in strain MPO218.
Religion and Health Care in East Africa
Authors: Lloyd Robert , Haussman Melissa , James Patrick
Published: April 2022

This book is the first to investigate what role religion plays in health care in East Africa. Taking into account the geopolitical and economic environments of the region, the authors examine the roles played by individual and group beliefs, government policies, and pressure from the Millennium Development Goals in affecting health outcomes.
Childhood Experiences of Separation and Divorce
Authors: Kay-Flowers Susan
Published: April 2022

Drawing on the qualitative research findings, this book develops a new framework to provide a useful analytical tool for academics and practitioners working with children and families to make sense of young people’s experiences of parental separation and divorce and puts forward suggestions for improving support for children in the future.
Thinking Collectively
Authors: Spicker Paul
Published: April 2022

In this book, well-respected author Paul Spicker lends a complementary voice to his reclaiming individualism, reviewing collectivism as a dimension of political discourse. Taking a dispassionate and methodical approach, the author explores what collectivism means in social policy and what value it offers to the field.
High Precision And Resolution Chlorine Isotopic Analysis Of Apatite Using NanoSIMS
Authors: Wei Wei
Published: April 2022

This paper reports a high analytical precision method for measuring the Cl isotopic composition of apatite using a CAMECA NanoSIMS 50L with Faraday Cup detectors (FC). Six apatite standard samples were used for calibration. Three sets of focused Cs+ beams with currents of ~400 pA (~Φ 700 nm), 1 nA (~Φ 1μm), and 2 nA (~Φ 1.5 μm) were used with different raster sizes (4 × 4 μm2, 8 × 8 μm2, and 10 × 10 μm2, respectively). We performed depth effect experiments with three primary beam settings to optimize the instrument configuration. While using a primary beam of 2 nA with a raster size of ~10 μm, the external precision of each session varied from 0.06 to 0.48 ‰ (1SD) depending on the Cl concentration of the measured apatite. For standards with a Cl content higher than 0.5 %, the external precision was mostly higher than 0.2 ‰. Using 1 nA and 0.4 nA with spatial resolutions of ~8 μm and 5 μm, the external precision for standards with Cl contents >1 % ranged from 0.12 to 0.2 ‰ and 0.10 to 0.33 ‰, respectively. This technique enables high-precision measurements of chlorine isotopes with high spatial resolutions and can be applied to small apatite minerals in extraterrestrial samples.
High-Precision Fe Isotope Analysis On MC-ICPMS Using A 57Fe-58Fe Double Spike Technique
Authors: He Yongsheng
Published: April 2022

Herein we report procedures based on multi-collector inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (MC-ICPMS) for high-precision Fe isotopic analysis using a 57Fe-58Fe double spike technique. Iron purification was achieved using AG1-X8 in HCl media following previously or newly established procedures. In the new procedure, smaller columns with 4 mm diameter were used, containing 0.4 mL AG1-X8, thus greatly reducing the operation time and the amount of acid and resin consumed compared to the previously established method using 1 mL resin. Potential trace Ni interference on 58Fe was suppressed by increasing the total Fe ion intensity to ≥ 120 V. Measurements of GSB Fe solutions doped with mono-elements demonstrated that a mass bias correction by the 57Fe-58Fe double spike was robust if Ca/Fe ≤ 1.0, Al/Fe ≤ 1.0, Cu/Fe ≤ 1.0, Co/Fe ≤ 0.1, Ni/Fe ≤ 10-4, and Cr/Fe ≤ 10-4. Monitoring of pure Fe standard solutions, viz. IRMM-014 and NIST3126a, and geological reference materials, viz. JP-1, BHVO-2, W-2a, GSP-2, and COQ-1, over nine months yielded δ56Fe (relative to IRMM-014) values of 0.003 ± 0.013‰ (2 SD, N = 20), 0.368 ± 0.011‰ (2 SD, N = 30), 0.019 ± 0.018‰ (2 SD, N = 15), 0.109 ± 0.017‰ (2 SD, N = 30), 0.049 ± 0.018‰ (2 SD, N = 17), 0.155 ± 0.018‰ (2 SD, N = 14), and -0.066 ± 0.022‰ (2 SD, N = 20), respectively, consistent with the recommended values within quoted errors. Based on repeated analyses of the standards, the long-term precision of our double spike method is better than 0.02‰ for δ56Fe on average, proving its ability to distinguish small isotope fractionation among high-temperature samples.
Usluga visokog obrazovanja i problem vremenskog roka za završetak doktorskih akademskih studija
Authors:   University of Kragujevac, Faculty of Law, Đorđević Srđan
Published: April 2022

Legislative solutions to higher education in Serbia carry with them problems that may cause problems in practice. We have witnessed in recent years that, almost every start of the new academic year, tensions arise in the student public regarding the rules on the time limit for the completion of studies for those students who have enrolled in faculties the so-called old program. In the research conducted so far, regarding the temporal dimension of the validity of certain provisions of the Higher Education Law, no special attention was paid to the prescribed deadline for completion of PhD studies. In this paper, this is done on the basis of an analysis of the relevant provisions of the legal regulations, with a concluding opinion on the need for appropriate changes.The aim of such a conclusion is to ensure and protect the credibility of the PhD study program, as well as to protect the interests of PhD students.
Visoko obrazovanje u vanrednom stanju
Authors:   University of Kragujevac, Faculty of Law, Matić Dejan
Published: April 2022

The paper discusses the impact of the global crisis caused by the emergence of a pandemic caused by the new corona virus on service activities in the field of higher education. The measures that most countries have taken in limiting and curbing the consequences of the epidemic on the life and health of people and society as a whole, have led to a terrible blow to economic activities on a global level. This blow to the entire economic activity has fully reflected on the service sector as a whole, and thus on services, both in the field of education in general and in the field of higher education. For that reason, this paper is dedicated to a critical analysis of the declared measures, the ways of their application and the consequences they produced. In addition to the that, this paper is also dedicated to proposing possible new approaches so that service activities in this extremely important area, not only respond to existing challenges of the new age, but also represent the development engine of our society as a whole in the future.
Prigovor u upravnom postupku i zaštita prava korisnika javnih usluga
Authors:   University of Kragujevac, Faculty of Law, Rapajić Milan
Published: April 2022

The General Administrative Procedure Act of 2016 is a truly new law that introduced a number of innovations in the system of legal remedies as well as some new types of administrative actions, such as the adoption of guarantee acts, the conclusion of administrative contracts, the provision of public services. (Admittedly, these are not the only new things, and of these, the author only pays attention to some taking into account the topic of the title work.) In the article, the author touches on a new legal remedy - a complaint. The question arises whether it is at all substantive a legal remedy or an initial act to initiate administrative proceedings. It may also be questioned whether the complaint is a apropriated form of protection for public service users. When it comes to the provision of public services, the author points out that they are not performed in the administrative procedure, and if a less detailed analysis could lead to the conclusion that this is precisely the case. There are differences between the administrative procedure and the provision of public services. The provision of public services should not be regulated by a procedural law aimed at making a decision - an administrative act in this case. The administrative procedure gives legal protection to users of public services. The author doubts the effectiveness of legal protection.
PEMBUATAN SISTEM ALARM KEBAKARAN UNTUK MEMADAMKAN API DAN PENDETEKSI GAS BERBASIS ARDUINO UNO
Authors:   Universitas Harapan Medan, Dewi Nur Anisa , Sembiring Arnes , Chiuloto Kalvin
Published: April 2022

The house number becomes the index or identity of house, because every house in a neighborhood has a different number. To find a house number for humans is very easy, but it becomes difficult when the computer is doing it all. Artificial Neural Network (ANN) is a branching science of artificial intelligence. Artificial intelligence (AI) and Convolutional Neural Network (CNN) is one of the branches of ANN. The data was processed in the form of images sourced from the udfdl.stanford.edu page with a total of 73.257 training data and 26.032 testing data. The data is preprocessed and processed using CNN so that the house number in each image will be automatically tested try the result will appear.
IDENTIFIKASI NOMOR RUMAH PADA CITRA DIGITAL MENGGUNAKAN NEURAL NETWORK
Authors:   Universitas Singaperbangsa Karawang, Supiyani Iip , Arifin Nur
Published: April 2022

Fire is an unexpected natural occurrence, fire is caused by human negligence and natural factors, for example, lack of caution in using tools that cause fire, lack of knowledge about the dangers of fire, and lack of discipline. One of the causes of the fire is a gas cylinder leak. A fire disaster is a disaster that often occurs in Indonesia. In general, fires are known when the fire has started to appear and grow and the smoke has started to come out, therefore fires can appear at any time no time In trying to extinguish a fire in the event of fire, a fire alarm system was made using Arduino Uno, MQ-2 gas sensor, fire sensor, buzzer, mini water pump. The working method of this fire alarm system is that the MQ-2 gas sensor detects gas, the buzzer sounds, if the fire sensor detects fire and the MQ-2 gas sensor detects gas, the buzzer sounds and the mini water pump releases water simultaneously.
BUDGETS OF THE RUSSIAN REGIONS BEFORE AND AFTER THE INTRODUCTION OF THE TAX CODE OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION
Authors: Zotikov Nikolay Z. , Danilova Anna A.
Published: April 2022

In the conditions of a federal system, division of the budget into federal, regional and local levels is justified. For this reason, taxes are also distributed among the levels of the budget system. Each subject of the Russian Federation has its own budget, budget expenditure powers are regularized to it. For these purposes, the budget must have the financial resources necessary to cover its expenditures, as well as ensure the socio-economic development of the territories at a decent level. The article examines the revenues of regional budgets before and after the introduction of the Tax Code of the Russian Federation. Since 2005 to the present, the list of regional taxes including the transport tax, the corporate property tax and the gambling tax has been in force. Local taxes are also credited to the consolidated budget of the subjects of the Russian Federation; their list is limited to two taxes: the individual property tax and the land-value tax. Based on official data from Rosstat and the Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation for a period from 2003 to 2020, it is concluded that the taxes assigned to the regions are ineffective; they cannot ensure the progressive development of territories.
Artificial Neural Network and Their Applications in Food Materials: A Review
Authors:   Department of Chemical and Petroleum EngineeringFaculty of Engineering, University of Uyo, Nigeria, Inyang Uwem Ekwere
Published: April 2022

This paper is a review of artificial neural network technique for the prediction of drying parameters of food materials. The meaning of ANN, the importance, areas that ANN could be applied, future prospects and summary of previous researchers work using ANN for the prediction of drying parameters were considered. These drying parameters are not limited to the following: thickness, temperature, velocity, moisture content, drying rate that are used in the prediction. Thus, ANNs hold a great deal of promise for modeling complex tasks in process control and simulation and in applications for food safety, preservation and quality control. This method eliminates the need for manual calculations and the ANN representing more tools for prediction drying parameters of food materials. This technique is preferred for large data set for robust, accuracy and less time consuming benefits. The method/leaning algorithm mostly used was Levenberg-Marquardt back propagation and the coefficient of determination (R2) was above 0.9 and the moisture content was one of the key output parameter that was determined.
Toxicity and Antibacterial Activity of ascidian Eudistoma cf. purpuropuctatum
Authors:   Faculty of Fisheries and Marine Science, Sam Ratulangi University, Jl. Kampus Bahu, Manado, Indonesia, Bara Robert A.
Published: April 2022

Ascidians are invertebrates found in coral reef ecosystems that produce bioactive compounds for pharmacological purposes where these animals can associate with microbes and have a great deal of molecular potential due to their bioactive secondary metabolites that they produce. Using the ascidian extract Eudistoma cf. purpuropunctatum collected from Manado Bay, this study aims to determine its toxicity and antibacterial activity. Analyses showed the LC50 for ascidian Eudistoma cf. purpuropunctatum is 7.31 ppm and it is classified as extremely toxic. Further bioactivity testing of this ascidian shows that it has very strong activity against Gram-negative strain Escherichia coli DSM498 and Gram-positive strain Bacillus megaterium DSM32T. In addition, the related species has a Minimum Inhibitory Concentration (MIC) value against B. megaterium at a concentration of 1000 ppm, whereas the Minimum Bactericidal Concentration (MBC) was greater than 1000 ppm.
Unveiling the Most Common Social Media Platforms Used for Marketing in Higher Education Institutions in Zambia
Authors:   ZCAS Professional studies, Mukosa Francis
Published: April 2022

Social Media Marketing has become one of the most useful and popular means of marketing Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) globally. The main aim of this research was to investigate the most common Social Media platforms used in HEIs in Zambia and then determine the best combinations of Social Media platforms for marketing HEIs. The research used a structured questionnaire designed in Google forms to collect responses from 321 respondents which were analyzed in SPSS version 20 using descriptive analysis, Bivariate tools and QQ plots. The findings revealed that WhatsApp and Facebook are the most commonly used Social Media platforms in HEIs in Zambia. Additionally, the best combination of Social Media platforms for marketing HEIs are Facebook and Twitter followed by Twitter and WhatsApp. This research also brought out the findings that there is an association between Social Media platform signed up for and age range. The research brings out the best combination of Social Media platforms that professionals managing Social Media Marketing in HEIs can use to develop an effective Social Media Marketing mix.
Idiopathic Megacaecum: about a Rare Case Report
Authors:   Department of Radiology, AR-RAZI hospital, Mohamed VI university hospital, Marrakech, Morocco, O Benfaddoul
Published: April 2022

Megacaecum is a non-commonly observed and very difficult to diagnose condition. The pathogenesis is yet to be fully understood as there are very few cases documented in the literature, we report the case of a 23-year-old woman, who was suffering from a sub-occlusive syndrome along with an abdominal and pelvic pain, and in whom the diagnosis was determined by an immediate abdominopelvic CT scan. The aim of this article is to report an additional case to the literature and to highlight the pathogenesis, clinical and radiological findings, along with the potential treatment of this particular diagnosis.
An Atypical Presentation of Antiphospholipid Syndrome
Authors:   Hackensack Meridian Health Palisades Medical Center, 7600 River Rd, North Bergen, NJ 07047, Jurri Mohammad
Published: April 2022

Arterial thrombosis is a major cause of morbidity and mortality both in the United States and worldwide. Although the rate of strokes has fallen by a third each year, about 690,000 people experience a new or recurrent ischemic cerebral vascular accident (CVA). It is estimated that 1 in every 20 deaths in the United States of America is due to a CVA. There are various factors that increase the risk of developing arterial thrombosis. Classically, hypertension, elevated levels of low-density lipoprotein-cholesterol (LDL) and smoking are well-documented cardiovascular dependent risk factors implicated in thrombosis. Furthermore, diabetes, pregnancy, age, chemotherapeutics and infectious burden may also contribute to risk of arterial thrombosis. However, an often overlooked cause of thrombosis include autoimmune syndromes such as Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), rheumatoid arthritis, and antiphospholipid syndrome (APS). Specifically, antiphospholipid syndrome is a widely recognized autoimmune prothrombotic risk for both arterial and venous thrombosis. Female patients often present with a history of stillbirth as well as loss of multiple pregnancies which can increase the risk of ischemic stroke and MI. Nevertheless, men can have an atypical presentation of antiphospholipid syndrome. In this case report we are presenting a 31-year-old male with past medical history significant for white coat hypertension and obesity who was brought to the emergency department for evaluation of left arm weakness and sudden onset left facial droop
Incarcerated Amyand’s Hernia
Authors:   Department of General Surgery, Giuseppe Fornaroli Hosptial, Magenta, Italy, Gazmend Reshlani
Published: April 2022

A 66-year-old male patient went to the emergency room, he presented with abdominal pain in the right inguinal region. He was diagnosed with an incarcerated inguinal hernia and underwent elective surgery the day after. He had an acute appendicitis which was observed to have adhered to the right indirect hernia sac. An appendectomy and hernia repair without mesh were performed. We discuss the surgical management of this rare case and the relevant literature.
Prognostic Factors of the Overall Survival and Disease Progression in Advanced Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Patients in India: Mini Review
Authors:   Department of Pulmonary, Sleep and Critical Care Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Rishikesh, Uttarakhand, India, Kumar Arjun
Published: April 2022

Lung cancer is the most prevalent cancer among females and males, carrying the highest cancer-related mortality rates worldwide. Nearly two-thirds of patients present in the advanced stage at diagnosis requiring palliative therapy with chemotherapy and often radiotherapy, giving a variable response, too. Knowledge of prognostic factors might guide in tailoring the therapy in resource-limited countries. Hence, we reviewed the prognostic factors affecting overall survival and disease progression in advanced non-small-cell lung cancer patients.
Physiotherapy on Cardiorespiratory Rehabilitation PostConvalescence by COVID-19: A Review
Authors:   Physiotherapist, Centro Universitário Celso Lisboa, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil, de Morais Sonia Aparecida
Published: April 2022

COVID-19 could be defined as a infectious disease caused by the new coronavirus, identified in December of 2019, in Wuhan, China. The symptoms more common of the disease are: fever, fatigue and dry cough. Some patients could present pain, nasal congestion, headache, throat pain, diarrhea, taste or smell lost, cutaneous eruption in the skin or hand or feet fingers discoloration. These symptoms generally are light and begin gradually. Perhaps, according the Health World Organization 2021, one of each six infected persons by COVID-19 still seriously ill and develop cardiorespiratory diseases. The elderly people and ones that have other comorbidities as high pression, cardiac and lung problems, diabetes or cancer, have more risk of stay seriously ill. Perhaps, any person could take COVID-19 and remain ill. Persons of all ages that presented fever, associated cough to respiratory difficulty, chest pain or loss of the movements must search the health service more closely immediately. The asymptomatic patients and stable clinically don’t need hospitalization and intensive care. The physiotherapist must do part of the care team, give help in the treatment and recovering.
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder after Cardiomyopathy as an Adverse Effect of BNT162b2 mRNA Vaccine in Young Male
Authors:   Basaksehir Cam and Sakura City Hospital, Psychiatry, KURT Imren
Published: April 2022

A 19-year old man with no prior psychiatric history demonstrated psychiatric disorders like depression, anxiety, and sleep-wake disorder after the BNT162b2 mRNA vaccine and staying at ICU because of myocarditis related to the BNT162b2 mRNA vaccine. Based on the characteristic symptoms, a clinical diagnosis of PTSD was made. His symptoms were relieved with 20 mg/day of fluoxetine per oral (p.o.) treatment. BNT162b2 mRNA vaccine may have rare but severe indirect psychiatric side effects. According to that, an enlarged examination including vaccine history in our routine clinical psychiatric evaluation is important.
Haglund’s Syndrome: A Case Report
Authors:   Department of Radiology, Avicenne military hospital, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, Cadi Ayyad University, Marrakech, Morocco, O Benfaddoul
Published: April 2022

Haglund’s syndrome is a poorly understood mechanical condition resulting from a conflict between a prominent posterosuperior tuberosity of the calcaneus and the shoe responsible for inflammation of the retrocalcaneal bursa, supracalcaneal bursa, and Achilles’ tendon. Clinical evaluation and lateral radiographs of the ankle are usually sufficient to establish the diagnosis. Haglund’s disease is often treated conservatively, surgical excision of bony exostoses of the calcaneus is necessary only in resistant cases.
Multifocal Tuberculosis with Bilateral Adrenal Involvement: A Case Report
Authors:   Radiology Department, ARRAZI Hospital, university hospital center Mohammed VI of Marrakech, Morocco, Ayoub Zidani
Published: April 2022

Tuberculosis can affect all endocrine glands including the hypothalamus, pituitary gland, thyroid and adrenal glands. The endocrine gland most affected by tuberculosis is the adrenal gland. The adrenal location of tuberculosis accounts for less than 2% of adrenal incidentalomas. It is the most common infectious cause of adrenal insufficiency. We report the case of a 31-year-old patient hospitalized for confirmed tuberculous spondylodiscitis. The CT scan showed a discal-vertebral damage of the dorsal- lumbar-sacral spine with epiduritis and multiple abscessed prevertebral collections and of the iliac psoas muscle, complicated by a posterior wall recession considered as a dorsolumbar and sacral pott’s disease, considering the context, associated with the discovery of deep necrotic abdominal adenopathies with bilateral involvement of the adrenals involving the body and the internal arm of the left adrenal gland and the two arms of the right adrenal gland, which are the site of hypodense collections.
Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation Approaches to Premature Infants in Neonatal Intensive Care Units
Authors:   Başkent University, Faculty of Health Sciences, Department of Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation, Ankara, Ezgi Doğan İlknur
Published: April 2022

In addition to medical care and intervention, physiotherapy and rehabilitation practices are used for the health of premature babies in the neonatal intensive care unit. Thus, it is aimed to reach physiological stability of the premature baby, to maintain growth and development, to minimize the risk of complications due to preterm birth, and to support neuromotor and behavioral development. As a member of the interdisciplinary team in the neonatal intensive care unit, the neonatal physiotherapist plays an active role in family education and environmental regulations, as well as planning the physiotherapy program that includes pulmonary and neuromuscular physiotherapy applications customized according to the gestational age and needs of the baby. With physiotherapy approaches, the health of the premature baby is supported in terms of neuromotor and behavioral development, while contributing to parent-infant attachment. In this review, physiotherapy and rehabilitation approaches applied to premature babies in the neonatal intensive care unit are described.
Sezaryen Sonrası Vajinal Doğum Hakkında Gebelerin Görüşleri ve Bilgi Düzeyleri
Authors: DESDİCİOĞLU Raziye , ÇELEN Emine , YEGİN Gülin Feykan , SARIKAYA Esma , KESKİN Hüseyin Levent , MORALOĞLU TEKİN Özlem
Published: April 2022

Dünya genelinde giderek artan sezaryen oranlarını azaltmak amacıyla sezaryen sonrası vajinal doğum (ssvd) uygulamalarını artırabilmek önemlidir. Araştırmamızda gebelerin ssvd hakkında bilgi düzeylerini ve görüşlerini belirlemeyi amaçladık. Hastanemizin antenatal polikliniklerine başvuran 18-45 yaş arası gönüllü gebelere anket formumuzdaki sorular yöneltildi. Anket soruları ssvd hakkında genel bilgi, ssvd’ nin riskleri ve avantajlarını içermekte idi. Araştırmamıza 18-42 yaş aralığında 419 gebe katıldı. Sezaryen sonrası vajinal doğum olabilir mi? sorusuna gebelerden 162’si(%38.7) evet, 70’i hayır (%16.7) ve 187’si ise bilmiyorum cevabını (%44.6) verdi. Bu oran daha önce sezeryan ile doğum yapmış ve yapmamış kadınlar arasında farklılık göstermiyordu. Daha önce sezeryan ile doğuran kadınların sezeryan sonrası vajinal doğum düşünür müsünüz? sorusuna yalnızca %40.9 oranında ‘’evet’’ cevabını verdiği görüldü. Sezeryan sonrası vajinal doğum uygulanabilmesi için gebenin gönüllü ve bilgili olması en önemli faktördür. Tüm koşullar sağlanmış olsa dahi gebenin katılım sağlamak istemediği durumlarda ssvd uygulaması mümkün değildir. Bu katılım ise ancak bilgilendirme ile sağlanabilir. Bu konuda yapılacak bilimsel verilere dayalı eğitimlerle gebelerin bilgi düzeyi ve ssvd uygulamasına katılım oranları artırılabilir.
Ensinar en Tempos de Pandemia: (In)formações de Professores com Tecnologias
Authors: Nascimento Emerson dos Santos , Vasconcelos Carlos Alberto
Published: April 2022

Com o distanciamento social provocado pela pandemia do Covid-19 e em função da suspensão das aulas presenciais para milhares de estudantes, este estudo objetivou realizar investigação com professores do sistema público (municipal e estadual de Sergipe e Alagoas) da educação básica, frente ao contexto pandêmico, para saber como estão realizando atividades pedagógicas. Os dados foram coletados via questionário on-line, entregue por e-mail, enviado para o endereço particular de cada participante. A metodologia utilizada foi a pesquisa qualitativa, com a participação de 26 professores, sendo que algumas informações foram coletadas através de decretos e portarias publicadas pelos governos estaduais nos sítios oficiais das secretarias de educação. O estudo conclui que o ensino remoto é desafiador para os professores, mas enriquecedor para a prática pedagógica, já que várias interfaces utilizadas pelos professores nas aulas remotas servem como recursos pedagógicos para tornar as aulas mais dinâmicas e aproximar os alunos da modalidade virtual.
O Negacionismo: uma Crise Social da Relação com a “Verdade” na Sociedade Contemporânea
Authors: Charlot Bernard , Capua da Silva Charlot Veleida Anahi
Published: April 2022

Este artigo tem como objetivo esclarecer o conceito de negacionismo e o contexto socioepistemológico em que esse fenômeno está se produzindo. A noção de pós-verdade não passa de uma primeira abordagem do negacionismo e a análise epistemológica não é suficiente para entender o fenômeno. O negacionismo pode até procurar argumentos na  epistemologia contemporânea da ciência. O artigo propõe analisar o negacionismo a partir da teoria da relação com o saber de Charlot. Com base nessa teoria, o artigo interpreta o negacionismo como uma crise social da relação com a verdade. Essa crise decorre de um acúmulo de problemas ecológicos e sanitários ligados à ciência e de uma politização das questões de saúde. Algumas vezes, essa crise induz tentativas de reapropriação cidadã dessas questões, contra os "especialistas". Outras vezes, ela leva ao negacionismo, que se enraiza numa convicção que não se importa com a verdade da fala, mas com uma identidade de grupo. Desconfiando da Ciência, recusando o debate, construindo inimigos míticos, o negacionismo desvaloriza a educação e o pensamento crítico e, logo, é fundamentalmente antidemocrático. Ele é a forma epistemológica da barbárie contemporânea.
Diamonds from low-grade kimberlite
Authors: Zinchuk Nikolay , Bardukhinov Leonid
Published: April 2022

Based on exploration and sampling work on the Siberian

platform (SP) the uneven diamond content of

various diatremes was established. During the exploration

apart from the pipes with high or medium content

of a useful component also the diatremes with low to

very low diamond content were discovered. To obtain

representative data the diatremes of two kimberlite fields

of the Central Siberian (CS) and six kimberlite fields of

the Lena-Anabar (LA) diamondiferous sub-provinces

(DSP) were studied. A comprehensive study of diamonds

from low-grade pipes of the Alakit-Markhinsky and

Daldynskoye kimberlite fields of CSDSP was carried out.

16 kimberlite bodies from six kimberlite fields from the

LADSP were studied. Geology and mineral-petrographic

composition of kimberlites, crystal-morphological and

physical properties of diamonds from certain prospective

areas were investigated. In addition to classifying

diamonds into specific varieties according to Yu. L. Orlov

(1984), for many crystals, we examined impurity

centers, the ratio of the concentration of optically active

defects, spectra of absorption of diamonds IR and UV

for the visible regions. For many grains we determined

the isotopic composition of carbon; carried out analyses

using the electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) method;

measured the photoconductivity upon excitation

with visible light; analyzed photoluminescence spectra;

studied the internal structure and composition of the mineral

inclusions. The obtained results were compared

with similar materials for the known primary (and sometimes

alluvial) deposits of the region. Based on the

study of the typomorphic features of diamonds from lowgrade

kimberlite pipes from selected fields of the SP we

conclude that they are characterized by a high content

of typical rounded minerals of the Ural (Brazilian) type

with shagreen and plastic deformation bands. This indicates

a significant dissolution of the mineral in the

kimberlite of such diatremes, which distinguishes them

from similar bodies with high diamond content and makes

it possible to predict the grade already at the initial

stages of exploration work. Increased content of small

semitransparent smoky-brown rounded diamonds with

shagreen and plastic deformation bands for crystals from

veins was noted, which is also typical for low-grade pipes.