bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Clinical Utility of Preoperative Assessment in Ovarian Cancer Cytoreduction
Authors: Koirala Pratistha , Moon Ashley S , Chuang Linus
Published: August 2020

Ovarian cancer is the deadliest gynecologic cancer, in part due to late presentation. Many women have vague early symptoms and present with disseminated disease. Cytoreductive surgery can be extensive, involving multiple organ systems. Novel therapies and recent clinical trials have provided evidence that, compared to primary cytoreduction, neoadjuvant chemotherapy has equivalent survival outcomes with less morbidity. There is increasing need for validated tools and mechanisms for clinicians to determine the optimal management of ovarian cancer patients.
An Approach to the Paleoceanographic Characteristics of the Sea-Surface at the Western Mediterranean (Balearic Area) during the Pliocene and Gelasian
Authors: Serrano Francisco
Published: August 2020

From the study of the planktonic foraminifer assemblages of the sediments of the Ocean Drilling Program (ODP)-Site 975 (Baleares), sea-surface temperature, seasonality and salinity for the Pliocene and Gelasian of the Western Mediterranean were estimated. The estimates were carried out by the modern analog technique (MAT) using PaleoUma, a calibration dataset of 735 North-Atlantic and Mediterranean core-tops. In order to compare Pliocene–Gelasian and present-day analog assemblages, the necessary reduction of the taxonomic variables leads to statistically insignificant increases in estimation error, assessed on the calibration dataset itself. In addition, the correlation with δ18O results as an independent proxy, supports the use of MAT in order to establish the dominant paleoceanographic frameworks during the Pliocene and Gelasian. The SST curve shows an increase trend of the average value since the Early Zanclean (19.7 ± 1.8 °C) to the Late Piacenzian (20.9 ± 1.7 °C) and a decrease until the Late Gelasian (18.1 ± 1.4 °C). The seasonality offers permanently lower estimates than the current value (9.8 °C), reaching the closest values during the Late Gelasian (8.6 ± 0.8 °C). The salinity estimates are overall slightly lower during the Zanclean (36.7‰ ± 0.5‰) than today (37.3‰), whereas they reach up to more than 38.5‰, in the Early Piacenzian. The paleoceanographic frameworks deduced from the combination of the paleoceanographic parameters suggest that the current water-deficit regime in the Mediterranean was clearly predominant throughout the Pliocene and Gelasian. However, since the Piacenzian this regime alternates with stages of water surplus, which are especially frequent in the late Piacenzian. By the middle of the Early Gelasian the regime becomes more predominantly in deficit again.
Short-Term Effects of Air Pollution on Coronary Events in Strasbourg, France—Importance of Seasonal Variations
Authors: Vaudrey Baptiste , Mielcarek Marie , Sauleau Erik , Meyer Nicolas , Marchandot Benjamin , Moitry Marie , Robellet Pierre , Reeb Thierry , Jesel Laurence , Ohlmann Patrick , Bourdrel Thomas , Morel Olivier
Published: August 2020

The aim of this study, is to investigate the effects of a short-term exposure to air pollutants, as assessed by Nitrogen dioxide (NO2), Particulate Matter PM2,5 and PM10 concentrations, on coronary event onsets in Strasbourg, France. An observational, analytical, retrospective, epidemiological study was conducted in Strasbourg between 1 January 2012 and 31 December 2014. Higher daily coronary events rates were evidenced when NO2 concentrations were measured above 40 µg/m3 (1.258 (95% CI 1.142–1.374) vs. 1.110 (95% CI 1.033–1.186); p = 0.015). The NO2 concentration was higher than 30 µg/m3 for 677 days (61.8%). Higher daily coronary events rates were evidenced when NO2 concentrations were measured above 30 µg/m3 (1.208 (95% CI 1.128–1.289) vs. 1.067 (95% CI 0.961–1.172) p = 0.009). A marked seasonality of NO2, PM2.5, and PM10 concentrations characterized by an increase during winter and a decrease during the summer could be established. The seasonality of coronary events was evidenced simultaneously. After adjustments were made to account for the time and the month, no independent impact of NO2, PM2.5 or PM10 on daily coronary events could be demonstrated.
Technical and Economic Evaluation of WWTP Renovation Based on Applying Ultrafiltration Membrane
Authors: Bai He , Lin Yakai , Qu Hongbin , Zhang Jinglong , Zheng Xiaohong , Tang Yuanhui
Published: August 2020

Nowadays, the standards of discharging are gradually becoming stricter, since much attention has been paid to the protection of natural water resources around the world. Therefore, it is urgent to upgrade the existing wastewater treatment plant (WWTP), to improve the effluent quality, and reduce the discharged pollutants to the natural environment. In this paper, taking the “Liaocheng UESH (UE Envirotech) WWTP in Shandong province of China” as an example, the existing problems and the detailed measures for a renovation were systemically discussed by technical and economic evaluation, before and after the renovation. During the renovation, the ultrafiltration membrane was added as the final stage of the designed process route, while upgrading the operation conditions of biochemical process at the same time. After the renovation, the removal rates of chemical oxygen demand (CODcr), biochemical oxygen demand (BOD5), total phosphorus (TP) and other major pollutants were improved greatly, and the results fully achieved the standards of surface water class IV. The ultrafiltration system performs a stable permeability around 1.5 LMH/kPa. Besides, the economic performance of the renovation was evaluated via the net present value (NPV) method. The result reveals that the NPV of the renovation of the WWTP within the 20 year life cycle is CNY 72.51 million and the overall investment cost can be recovered within the fourth year after the reoperation of the plant. This research does not only indicate that it is feasible to take an ultrafiltration membrane as the main technology, both from technical and economic perspectives, while upgrading the biochemical process section in the meantime, but also provides a new strategy for the renovation of existing WWTPs to achieve more stringent emission standards.
The Effects of Severe Plastic Deformation and/or Thermal Treatment on the Mechanical Properties of Biodegradable Mg-Alloys
Authors: Ojdanic Andrea , Horky Jelena , Mingler Bernhard , Fanetti Mattia , Gardonio Sandra , Valant Matjaz , Sulkowski Bartosz , Schafler Erhard , Orlov Dmytro , J. Zehetbauer Michael
Published: August 2020

In this study, five MgZnCa alloys with low alloy content and high biocorrosion resistance were investigated during thermomechanical processing. As documented by microhardness and tensile tests, high pressure torsion (HPT)-processing and subsequent heat treatments led to strength increases of up to 250%; as much as about 1/3 of this increase was due to the heat treatment. Microstructural analyses by electron microscopy revealed a significant density of precipitates, but estimates of the Orowan strength exhibited values much smaller than the strength increases observed. Calculations using Kirchner’s model of vacancy hardening, however, showed that vacancy concentrations of 10−⁵ could have accounted for the extensive hardening observed, at least when they formed vacancy agglomerates with sizes around 50–100 nm. While such an effect has been suggested for a selected Mg-alloy already in a previous paper of the authors, in this study the effect was substantiated by combined quantitative evaluations from differential scanning calorimetry and X-ray line profile analysis. Those exhibited vacancy concentrations of up to about 10−3 with a marked percentage being part of vacancy agglomerates, which has been confirmed by evaluations of defect specific activation migration enthalpies. The variations of Young’s modulus during HPT-processing and during the subsequent thermal treatments were small. Additionally, the corrosion rate did not markedly change compared to that of the homogenized state.
Research on Shape Control Characteristics of Non-oriented Silicon Steel for UCMW Cold Rolling Mill
Authors: Tao Hao , Li Hongbo , Shao Jian , Zhang Jie , Liu Yujin , You Xuechang
Published: August 2020

In order to analyze the flatness control characteristics for a certain UCMW (Universal Crown Mill with Work roll shifting) cold rolling mill, combined with the actual parameters in the field, a static simulation model of the quarter roll systems of the UCMW cold rolling mill was established by the ANSYS finite element software. The bearing roll gaps under the factors of the unit width rolling force, the roll bending force and the roll shift were calculated, which reflects the shape control characteristics and has a great influence on the friction and lubrication characteristics between the roll gaps. Additionally, the shape control strategy of the process parameters in the field was put forward. The results show that, at first, the work roll shift is the most effective shape control means, while the current-used range of the intermediate roll shift cannot make full use of the roll end contour of the intermediate roll, so the intermediate roll negative shift should be considered for shape control. At second, the excessive rolling force goes against the shape control, so the rolling force of each stand should be reasonably distributed. Finally, the shape control ability of the bending force is relatively weak, so the range of the work roll bending force should be appropriately increased.
Core-Shell Beads as Microreactors for Phylogrouping of E. coli Strains
Authors: Gorgannezhad Lena , Sreejith Kamalalayam Rajan , Christie Melody , Jin Jing , Ooi Chin Hong , Katouli Mohammad , Stratton Helen , Nguyen Nam-Trung
Published: August 2020

Multiplex polymerase chain reaction (PCR) is an effective tool for simultaneous detection of target genes. Nevertheless, their use has been restricted due to the intrinsic interference between primer pairs. Performing several single PCRs in an array format instead of a multiplex PCR is a simple way to overcome this obstacle. However, there are still major technical challenges in designing a new generation of single PCR microreactors with a small sample volume, rapid thermal cycling, and no evaporation during amplification. We report a simple and robust core-shell bead array for a series of single amplifications. Four core-shell beads with a polymer coating and PCR mixture were synthesized using liquid marble formation and subsequent photo polymerization. Each bead can detect one target gene. We constructed a customised system for thermal cycling of these core-shell beads. Phylogrouping of the E. coli strains was carried out based on the fluorescent signal of the core-shell beads. This platform can be a promising alternative for multiplex nucleic acid analyses due to its simplicity and high throughput. The platform reported here also reduces the cycling time and avoids evaporation as well as contamination of the sample during the amplification process.
Synthesis and Characterization of Amorphous Iron Oxide Nanoparticles by the Sonochemical Method and Their Application for the Remediation of Heavy Metals from Wastewater
Authors: Yadav Virendra Kumar , Ali Daoud , Khan Samreen Heena , Gnanamoorthy Govindhan , Choudhary Nisha , Yadav Krishna Kumar , Thai Van Nam , Hussain Seik Altaf , Manhrdas Salim
Published: August 2020

Nanoparticles have gained huge attention in the last decade due to their applications in electronics, medicine, and environmental clean-up. Iron oxide nanoparticles (IONPs) are widely used for the wastewater treatment due to their recyclable nature and easy manipulation by an external magnetic field. Here, in the present research work, iron oxide nanoparticles were synthesized by the sonochemical method by using precursors of ferrous sulfate and ferric chloride at 70 °C for one hour in an ultrasonicator. The synthesized iron oxide nanoparticles were characterized by diffraction light scattering (DLS), Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), Raman spectroscopy, X-ray diffraction (XRD), field-emission scanning electron microscopy (FESEM), electron diffraction spectroscopy (EDS), high-resolution transmission electron microscopy (HRTEM) and vibrating sample magnetometer (VSM). The FTIR analysis exhibits characteristic absorption bands of IONPs at 400–800 cm−1, while the Raman spectra showed three characteristic bands at 273, 675, and 1379 cm−1 for the synthesized IONPs. The XRD data revealed three major intensity peaks at two theta, 33°, 35°, and 64° which indicated the presence of maghemite and magnetite phase. The size of the spherical shaped IONPs was varying from 9–70 nm with an average size of 38.9 nm while the size of cuboidal shaped particle size was in microns. The purity of the synthesized IONPs was confirmed by the EDS attached to the FESEM, which clearly show sharp peaks for Fe and O, while the magnetic behavior of the IONPs was confirmed by the VSM measurement and the magnetization was 2.43 emu/g. The batch adsorption study of lead (Pb) and chromium (Cr) from 20% fly ash aqueous solutions was carried out by using 0.6 mg/100 mL IONPs, which exhibited maximum removal efficiency i.e., 97.96% and 82.8% for Pb2+ and Cr ions, respectively. The fly ash are being used in making cements, tiles, bricks, bio fertilizers etc., where the presence of fly ash is undesired property which has to be either removed or will be brought up to the value of acceptable level in the fly ash. Therefore, the synthesized IONPs, can be applied in the elimination of heavy metals and other undesired elements from fly ash with a short period of time. Moreover, the IONPs that have been used as a nanoadsorbent can be recovered from the reaction mixture by applying an external magnetic field that can be recycled and reused. Therefore, this study can be effective in all the fly ash-based industries for elimination of the undesired elements, while recyclability and reusable nature of IONPs will make the whole adsorption or elimination process much economical.
Learn Today–Apply Tomorrow: The SMART Pharmacist Program
Authors: Rouse Michael J , Meštrović Arijana
Published: August 2020

The SMART Pharmacist Program was initiated by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE) and Pharma Expert in 2014. It was designed to introduce a new continuing education model for pharmacists for the Turkish Pharmacists’ Association, and to support development of competencies for future practice. After successful implementation in Turkey, the Program spread to 16 additional countries. To assure quality, globally adopted and validated tools and best practices were used, respecting the national context. National competency frameworks and quality indicators for pharmaceutical care delivery were developed. Pharmacists’ learning portfolios were introduced and patient care modules created. Under the sub-title “Learn Today—Apply Tomorrow,” the changes in practice were introduced under the leadership of national host organizations. The Program showed an impact on the patient level in several countries, especially in areas of patient care in Asthma and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), Hypertension and Dyslipidemia, Diabetes, and the patient care process in general (e.g., identifying drug-related problems, improving patient safety, collaborating with medical doctors). Changes are visible at the individual (pharmacists) and organizational levels. Barriers and facilitators to the change-management process during Program implementation are identified. In some countries, the Program is recognized as one of the most important initiatives in pharmacy education and practice, with visible support of national medicines agencies, academia, government, and WHO regional offices.
Study on the Capacity Fading Effect of Low-Rate Charging on Lithium-Ion Batteries in Low-Temperature Environment
Authors: Wu Xiaogang , Wang Wenbo , Sun Yizhao , Wen Tao , Chen Jizhong , Du Jiuyu
Published: August 2020

By taking a cylindrical LiFePO4 power battery as the research object, the cycle performance test was conducted under different charging current aging paths in a preset low-temperature environment and combined with EIS results to analyze the dynamic characteristics of the battery during the aging process, using the PDF (Probability Density Function) curve to analyze the change of battery energy storage characteristics, and analyze the aging mechanism of the power battery by analyzing the change in the lithium precipitation energy difference. The experimental results showed that under a low-temperature environment, the effect of increasing the charge rate is mainly reflected in slowing down the phase transformation reaction. From the analysis of lithium precipitation of the battery, it can be seen that the main mechanism of the aging of the battery is the loss of active lithium under the conditions of low-rate cycling at sub-zero temperature. The products from the side reaction between the lithium plating and the electrolyte build up on the SEI (Solid Electrolyte Interphase) film, which significantly increases the battery impedance late in the cycle. The work in this paper complements the mechanistic studies of lithium-ion batteries under different aging paths and is also useful for capacity estimation models and research on battery health.
Reframing the Orphan Mandate
Authors: Goodwin Bonni , Pharris Angela , Pettigrew Dallas
Published: August 2020

Caring for the orphan is a biblical mandate for those who follow the Christian faith tradition. Yet, far too often, this charge has led to coercion and exploitation of marginalized populations. This manuscript will examine this phenomenon through the adoption of Indigenous people starting in colonial America, when Christian missionaries from Europe believed it was their spiritual obligation to “save” young Indigenous children from their “heathen” culture. This belief still shapes many adoption practices today. The Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA) is presented as a step towards legal reparations for the harm done to Indigenous people during this time period. The idea of reparations is discussed as a vital step towards another Christian biblical mandate calling for active repair of broken relationships. Ultimately, this manuscript concludes with an application of the model of praxis from liberation theology to reframe how Christian social workers may approach caring for the orphan.
The Community Empowerment Framework: A Benchmark for Christian Social Work
Authors: Stoeffler Stephen W. , Joseph Rigaud , Creedon Ezra
Published: August 2020

Despite being a key concept in social work practice, community empowerment has been largely overlooked in the Christian social work literature. One potential explanation for the paucity of publication is arguably a lack of theoretical guidance from scholars who embrace both Christianity and social work. This paper sought to expand the literature by proposing, among other things, the Community Empowerment Framework (CEF) to guide practice within the Christian social work realm. The CEF contains the following nine principles: unit, purpose, power dynamics, needs assessment, inductive reasoning, solidarity, legacy, accountability, democracy, and identity. From these principles arise nine corresponding assumptions. This paper holds major implications for theory, research, and community practice.
Conflictos, violencias y delitos en perspectiva de género
Authors:   , Cabral Paz
Published: August 2020

La presente investigación se dedica a analizar, desde una perspectiva de género, diversas conflictividades, delitos y violencias que protagonizan y/o experimentan jóvenes –principalmente varones y mujeres cisgénero– de la periferia de la ciudad de La Plata. Se interesa por reconstruir ciertas dinámicas de la vida cotidiana de lxs jóvenes en el contexto barrial, explorar en profundidad sus relaciones y sociabilidades, y acercarse a las perspectivas de lxs propixs actorxs para conocer los sentidos que ellxs les otorgan a sus prácticas, así como también los recursos disponibles para gestionar distintas conflictividades y violencias. Así, problematiza cómo se articulan ciertas violencias con los modos situados de ser mujer y ser varón joven en los barrios estudiados; en qué forma varones y mujeres experimentan estas violencias, las significan y las gestionan; cómo las especificidades en torno a la manera de experimentar el género producen relaciones distintas con las violencias y conflictos que atraviesan en sus cotidianeidades. En definitiva, se pregunta por el rol que el género ocupa en ciertas experiencias sociales –particularmente en las violencias– así como también el lugar que éstas tienen en la construcción social del género. De este modo, busca indagar en una serie de cuestiones que han sido poco exploradas por el campo de estudios de los delitos y las violencias de jóvenes de sectores populares brindando nuevas miradas para la interpretación de estos fenómenos.
Factors That Affect Finance in Pre-Owned Two-Wheeler Market
Authors:   Department of Management, Amrita School of Business, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Amritapuri Campus, Kollam, Kerala, India., V R Eknath
Published: August 2020

This paper focus in identifying the important factors that affects finance in pre-owned two wheeler market. The study shows that there is so much of enquiry for finance in the pre-owned two wheeler segment. This paper also shows the market condition in the used two wheeler segment at Thrissur and Ernakulam districts of Kerala. The customer profiling, customer’s preference in vehicles, market potentiality and so on. For this purpose primary data is collected from the dealers of the used two wheelers from the Thrissur and Ernakulam districts of Kerala. The used two wheeler segment is not organized and hence the data is procured from each dealer from their respective location in the mode of interview. Even though the customers can get a brand new vehicle on finance, most of them do not prefer the new vehicle on finance and look for used vehicle on finance as per the dealers. It’s seen that sales for the dealers with finance availability for customers is more than the dealers who do not have finance facility. But in the market there are only few financers and the present financers charge too much of rates, which hit the sales for the dealers. Most of the financers in this segment have withdrawn from the market as the legal requirements and terms and conditions in providing finance to the customer changed. Thus, the market availability for the financers are high and in through this paper we will identify the factors that affect finance in pre-owned two wheeler market.
Fatigue Behavior of Epoxy Bonded Composite Lap Joints
Authors:   School of Mechanical Engineering, MITWPU, Pune Maharashtra, India., Khaliq Suhail , Ghadge R.R ,   School of Mechanical Engineering ,MITWPU, Pune Maharashtra, India.
Published: August 2020

Laminated composites are rapidly finding uses in different engineering applications like Aviation, Sports equipment, Marine technology, Aerospace and Electronics. This is due to their versatile engineering properties. Bolting and Bonding are the widely used joining techniques in composites. However bonding has added advantages over bolting in terms of weight reduction and strength .This paper explores the fatigue strength of single lap epoxy bonded joint between composite laminates. The experimental results are compared with FEA (Finite Element Analysis) results.
Analyses and Modeling of Neural Machine Translation for English-to-Khasi
Authors:   Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Vellore Institute of Technology, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India., Nonghuloo Mark S. , Rao A. Nagaraja ,   Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Vellore Institute of Technology, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India.
Published: August 2020

Language barrier is a common issue faced by humans who move from one community or group to another. Statistical machine translation has enabled us to solve this issue to a certain extent, by formulating models to translate text from one language to another. Statistical machine translation has come a long way but they have their limitations in terms of translating words that belongs to an entirely different context that is not available in the training dataset. This has paved way for neural Machine Translation (NMT), a deep learning approach in solving sequence to sequence translation. Khasi is a language popularly spoken in Meghalaya, a north-east state in India. Its wide and unexplored. In this paper we will discuss about the modeling and analyzing of a NMT base model and a NMT model using Attention mechanism for English to Khasi.
E -Patient Deidentified Record Integration using Cloud Computing
Authors:   Professor, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Jeppiaar Institute of Technology, Sriperumpudur, Kanchipuram, India., merlin Mrs. Gladiss , Kumar.D Vinoth ,   Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Jeppiaar Institute of Technology, Sriperumpudur, Kanchipuram, India., M Hariharan ,   Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Jeppiaar Institute of Technology, Sriperumpudur, Kanchipuram, India., R.S Aswath ,   Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Jeppiaar Institute of Technology, Sriperumpudur, Kanchipuram, India.
Published: August 2020

With the development of science and technology, the design of modern architecture is becoming more and more attractive. Now a days the medical fields become more wide development in machinery the same way the data storage also developed higher . The main reason for proposing the paper is to store the patient data into the cloud. The patient can access the data from anywhere at any time. . The delivering of public health solutions can lead to increased efficiency in health related data. Many nations across the globe have launched aggressive stimulus programs aimed at solving public health care problems in efficient way .This paper proposed for maintain the patient health record in cloud computing.
Modification in Braking Technology of Ships
Authors:   Marine Engineering, Marine Engineering and Research Institute (Indian Maritime University), Kolkata, West Bengal, India., Kumar Ritbik , Karmakar Sourin ,   Marine Engineering, Marine Engineering and Research Institute (IMU), Kolkata, West Bengal, India., Asrar Wamiq ,   Marine Engineering, Marine Engineering and Research Institute (IMU), Kolkata, West Bengal, India., Ranjan Raju ,   Marine Engineering, Marine Engineering and Research Institute (IMU), Kolkata, West Bengal, India.
Published: August 2020

This paper aims to draw people’s attention towards one of the major cause of accidents at sea, its impact and the methods we can adopt to reduce the chances of accidents considerably. The paper finds slow braking rate as the key cause of maximum accidents and suggests two systems designed to increase the deceleration rate of the ships. A detailed explanation about the working and the setting up of our proposed systems ECDS (Emergency Cargo Drop Stop) and EBP (Emergency Braking Propellers) has been provided in the course of the paper. It also draws a comparison between the pros and the cons of these systems. The study’s conclusion indicates the significance of these two systems and how it paves the way for further study on the application and benefits of these systems.
Ammazza, che caldo!
Authors: D'Achille Paolo , Thornton Anna M.
Published: August 2020

Ci scrive M.C., da Velletri: “mi ha sempre incuriosito l’uso a Roma [...] dell’espressione ammazza! o ammazzate! per indicare meraviglia, stupore, sia riferito a una situazione sia a qualcosa relativo all’interlocutore. L’origine? Mi è sconosciuta. Ma mi sto convincendo che potrebbe esser entrata nell’uso [da quando i] soldati americani [...] circolavano per Roma nel periodo della liberazione. Potrebbe essere il caso che una generazione di bambini e ragazzi romani, accompagnandosi ai militari, ne abbia acquisito il gergo, e in particolare l’uso dell’espressione amazing!, romanizzandola. Immagino che dei soldati americani, ventenni, per la prima volta all’estero, catapultati a Roma, ne dicessero un bel po’ di amazing! Secondo voi?”
Major Causes of Child Labour Among School Childern in the Kete-Krachi District
Authors: Patrick Yeyie
Published: August 2020

In Ghana, about 20% of school children are involved in some form of child labor. In the Oti Region of Ghana, the Kete-Krachi district has the highest prevalence rate of about 39% compared to 33.2% for the whole region. This paper investigates the major causes of child labor among School children in the Kete-Krachi district of the Oti Region. The study examined 145 respondents through questionnaire and interviews. The research design for the study was both quantitative and qualitative. The respondents comprised 60 JHS social studies teachers, 60 Victims of child labor, 15 parents or guardians of the victims of child labor and 10 stakeholders of education. Data analysis showed that 67% of the victims were from large families of five or more. It was found out that some of the victims worked to contribute to their own welfare. Others worked due to poverty. Some victims also work to promote their education. It was also observed that teachers, opinion leaders, NGOs and the Government should help in the eradication of the menace in Kete-Krachi area.
Influence of the Prominent Representations of Domestic Products Advertisements in Kass TV on to Kipsigis Consumers in Belgut Sub-County, Kericho, Kenya
Authors: Chephirchir Judith , Mwangi Peter Muhoro
Published: August 2020

Marketing and trade advertising are part of our day to day lives. This study, therefore, intended to study television (TV) advertisements. Television advertisements come in both visual and verbal modes of communication. Meaning is achieved by sounds and images, which in turn influence the viewers’ choice. This study sought to investigate how adverts in Kass TV use music, textual and visual images to create meaning and its influence on Kipsigis consumer. The objective of this study was to determine the influence of prominent representations of domestic products advertisements in Kass TV on Kipsigis Consumer in Belgut Sub-county, Kericho, Kenya. This study aimed at analysing the verbal and visual modes of communication in TV advertisements in order to determine their influence on Kipsigis viewers. The study adopted a descriptive survey research design. The target population for the study was Kass TV viewers in Belgut sub-county because it is among the Kass TV coverage areas and also due to the fact that a wide population in the sub-county is Kipsigis speakers. Simple random sampling was used to identify the subjects. Descriptive research was carried out amongst Kass TV viewers and consumers of the advertised products in Belgut sub-county. The researcher designed a structured questionnaire which was self-administered to the Kass TV viewers and buyers of the advertised domestic products. The research used 186 respondents and related questionnaires were administered to collect data. Data was analysed using content analysis with the use of Frith’s table for the analysis of layers of meanings (surface meaning, advertiser’s intended meaning and cultural meaning) by employing descriptive statistics. The study will hopefully make some contributions to the studies of Multimodal Discourse Analysis (MDA). It also makes consumers be aware of the multiple modes that television advertisement producers use to influence their buying behaviour.
Secondary hyperparathyroidism. An update and literature review.
Authors: Alcaide Lucena M , Hernández García E , Reyes Lartartegui S , Gallart Aragón T , García Rubio J , Sánchez Barrón MT , Torné Poyatos P
Published: August 2020

El hiperparatiroidismo secundario es una complicación frecuente en la enfermedad renal crónica (ERC). La indicación quirúrgica ha disminuido de forma considerable debido a los recientes avances en el tratamiento médico dirigido tanto por la mejora de los fármacos orales ya conocidos, como por la introducción de fármacos intravenosos que, además de aumentar su efectividad, contribuyen a la adherencia terapéutica administrándolos en el hospital asociados a terapia renal sustitutiva. En pacientes refractarios al tratamiento médico, la paratiroidectomía continúa siendo una herramienta adecuada. Con el presente artículo realizamos una revisión en el tratamiento médico, así como de las indicaciones quirúrgicas actuales.
Indocyanine green fluorescence-guided primary hyperparathyroidism parathyroidectomy
Authors: Gila Bohórquez A , Suárez Grau JM , Gómez Menchero J , Guadalajara Jurado JF
Published: August 2020

Introducción: la utilidad de la fluorescencia en cirugía es un fenómeno expansivo en los últimos años, constituyendo un gran impulso a la revolución tecnológica en el campo quirúrgico con nuevos dispositivos que se adaptan a dicho procedimiento tanto en el campo laparotómico, laparoscópico y robótico. La cirugía guiada por fluorescencia en el campo de la cirugía endocrina igualmente está ligada a esta expansión con numerosos trabajos que describen su uso en la cirugía de las glándulas tiroides, paratiroides y suprarrenal, si bien, con baja evidencia en los mismos. Entre las áreas donde más se emplea, destacan el uso de la fluorescencia con verde de indocianina en cirugía suprarrenal, la identificación y predicción de la perfusión paratiroidea con verde de indocianina, y la autofluorescencia de las glándulas paratiroides. Evaluamos la facilidad y la utilidad de la angiografía por fluorescencia con verde de indocianina para la localización intraoperatoria de las glándulas paratiroides.

Métodos: la angiografía por fluorescencia verde de indocianina se realizó durante dos paratiroidectomías por hiperparatiroidismo primario. El verde de indocianina se administró por vía intravenosa utilizando un sistema de obtención de imágenes por fluorescencia.

Resultados: en los dos pacientes se pudo completar la técnica con éxito, corroborando que los adenomas paratiroideos extirpados correspondían con los localizados preoperatoriamente y con un análisis anatomo-patológico posterior. Los niveles de parato-hormona (PTH) se normalizaron en el análisis posterior a la cirugía.

Conclusión: la angiografía con verde de indocianina capacita a los cirujanos para identificar rápidamente las glándulas paratiroides con un riesgo mínimo, siendo una técnica fácilmente reproducible y económica.
Middle raphe ciliated cyst such as differential diagnosis of perianal tumor
Authors: Gómez Sánchez J , Zurita Saavedra M , Ramos Sanfiel J , Gutiérrez Sainz J
Published: August 2020

Las lesiones perianales son unas de las patologías más frecuentes y con mayor variedad de espectros clínicos en cirugía. El quiste ciliado del rafé medio es una lesión congénita benigna muy rara que se presenta principalmente en el pene, pero puede desarrollarse en cualquier lugar de la línea media entre el meato uretral y el ano. Se presenta un caso de quiste ciliado del rafé medio de localización perianal dada su escasa incidencia y descripciones en la literatura, reseñando sus características principales y diagnósticos diferenciales.
أثر تمرينات بجهاز تدريبي مقترح لتنمية القدرة الانفجارية والمرونة للعضلات العاملة في مرحلة الدوران لرمي المطرقة للنساء
Authors: Taher Fatima Raheem , Alhasani Ahlam Shaghati
Published: August 2020

تكمن مشكلة البحث في ضعف القدرات البدنية خصوصا القدرة الانفجارية والمرونة  للعضلات العاملة لمرحلة الدوران وقلة استعمال الوسائل والادوات التدريبية المساعدة الحديثة وتكمن اهمية البحث لتطوير صفتي القدرة الانفجارية والمرونة للعضلات العاملة لمرحلة الدوران باستخدام جهاز تدريبي مبتكر و كانت اهداف الدراسة  تصميم جهاز مبتكر تدريبي وأعداد التمرينات بما يلائم الجهاز لبيان تأثير هذه التمرينات لتطور القدرة الانفجارية والمرونة للعضلات العاملة لمرحلة الدوران لدى لاعبات فعالية رمي المطرقة واستخدمت الباحثتان المنهج التجريبي ذو المجموعة التجريبية الواحدة  وتم تحديد عينة البحث بالطريقة العمدية والمتمثلة بخمس لاعبات رمي المطرقة للنساء واستعملت الباحثتان الحقيبة الاحصائية الجاهزة (SPSS) للحصول على نتائج البحث ومن الاستنتاجات التي توصلت اليها الباحثتان من مناقشة النتائج التي توصلت اليها اهمها ان التمرينات باستخدام الجهاز التدريبي المبتكر لقد اثرت بتطوير القدرة الانفجارية والمرونة تأثيراً واضحاً لدى افراد عينة البحث وان التمرينات المعدة على الجهاز المبتكر ساعدت في تطور مرونة الجذع والكتفين وعضلات الظهر والعمود الفقري والقدرة الانفجارية للذراعين والرجلين .
Nonadiabatic superconductivity in a Li-intercalated hexagonal boron nitride bilayer
Authors: Szewczyk Kamila A , Domagalska Izabela A , Durajski Artur P , Szczęśniak Radosław
Published: August 2020

When considering a Li-intercalated hexagonal boron nitride bilayer (Li-hBN), the vertex corrections of electron–phonon interaction cannot be omitted. This is evidenced by the very high value of the ratio λωD/εF≈ 0.46, where λ is the electron–phonon coupling constant, ωDis the Debye frequency, and εFrepresents the Fermi energy. Due to nonadiabatic effects, the phonon–induced superconducting state in Li-hBN is characterized by much lower values of the critical temperature (TLOVCC∈ {19.1, 15.5, 11.8} K, for μ* ∈ {0.1, 0.14, 0.2}, respectively) than would result from calculations not taking this effect into account (TMEC∈ {31.9, 26.9, 21} K). From the technological point of view, the low value ofTClimits the possible applications of Li-hBN. The calculations were carried out under the classic Migdal–Eliashberg formalism (ME) and the Eliashberg theory with lowest-order vertex corrections (LOVC). We show that the vertex corrections of higher order (λ3) lower the value ofTLOVCCby a few percent.
PECULIARITIES OF THE GEOLOGICAL EVOLUTION OF SEMI-ANADROMOUS FISHES OF SIBERIAN RIVERS DURING THE MIDDLE AND UPPER PLEISTOCENE
Authors: Gaydenok Nikolay
Published: August 2020

This paper describes the evolutionary, ecological, and geological peculiarities of the muksun continuum's structure in the rivers of Siberia during the Middle and Upper Pleistocene.
LA TEATRALIDAD EXTERNA DE EL TROVADOR
Authors: Ribao Montserrat
Published: August 2020

Sin información.
Análise de parâmetros de humanização para espaços públicos
Authors: Bussolaro Maikieli , Da Silva Fernandes Gislaine , Kunen Adriana , Gonçalves Scatola Mônica Aparecida
Published: August 2020

Com cada vez mais pessoas vivendo no perímetro urbano, a cidade de Coronel Vivida, Paraná, possui um centro público e administrativo que não atende à demanda devido às más condições de uso e dimensionamentos dos espaços. Portanto, este trabalho tem como objetivo identificar e avaliar parâmetros de humanização para espaços públicos e administrativos, abordando como estudo de caso a Praça, a Prefeitura e a Câmara Municipal da cidade. Para isso, é realizada uma revisão bibliográfica, identificando os parâmetros e organizando-os em cinco grupos de atributos: elementos naturais, estrutura, acessibilidade, identidade e legibilidade. Posteriormente, os parâmetros são avaliados por meio da aplicação de uma avaliação pós-ocupação, do ponto de vista técnico e dos usuários. Como resultado observou-se que grande parte dos usuários se sente insatisfeita com os espaços e percebem a necessidade de um novo projeto arquitetônico, urbanístico e paisagístico, que valorize a importância do centro urbano administrativo integrado à comunidade. As contribuições visam à importância da comunicação pública e política, por meio da relação ambiente/comportamento, como forma de inclusão e representatividade social.
Em busca da casa perdida: a cabana primitiva segundo Laugier e Semper
Authors: De Oliveira Viana Alice
Published: August 2020

O presente trabalho pretende cotejar duas investigações teóricas sobre a casa primordial, que renovaram as discussões sobre o tema em Arquitetura:  a de Marc-Antoine Laugier e a de Gottfried Semper. Em ambos, a habitação primitiva é uma cabana, produto humano, pensado e fabricado pelos homens e, com isso, sujeito à reflexão teórica. Insatisfeitos com a condição contemporânea da Arquitetura, avaliando o momento como uma época de desvirtuamento na prática arquitetônica, Laugier e Semper, cada um em sua época, usaram essa casa imaginada como estratégia discursiva para propor modificações em seu meio. Nesses autores, a imagem da cabana e o discurso sobre ela serviram, em grande medida, como um expediente para tempos percebidos como de crise.
Por uma lista de projetos e obras de Oscar Niemeyer: uma compilação de seu trabalho pré-Brasília (1934 – 1957)
Authors: Piccolo Figueiredo Rolando
Published: August 2020

Apesar da visibilidade e relevância da obra do arquiteto Oscar Niemeyer (1907 – 2012), existe uma carência de lista detalhada que apresente sistematicamente seus projetos e obras. As tentativas anteriores, incompletas, não oferecem suporte adequado àqueles que buscam informações sobre ampla produção. Este texto embasa a criação de uma lista parcial de trabalhos do arquiteto, com recorte definido entre seu primeiro projeto conhecido (1934) e o início de seu envolvimento com Brasília, em 1957. A partir de uma pesquisa junto à hemeroteca digital da Biblioteca Nacional, vários projetos inéditos são apresentados e discutidos, juntamente com outros pouco conhecidos e nunca inclusos da lista da Fundação Oscar Niemeyer (FON). Em decorrência da complexa atribuição de autoria a certas obras, resultante da forma de trabalho do arquiteto, foi decidido por também criar uma lista anexa de forma a registar casos suspeitos, duvidosos ou mesmo com sabido pouco envolvimento de Oscar Niemeyer. O resultado obtido, embora não completo mesmo dentro do recorte proposto, reúne grande número de dados que permite mais claras análises quantitativas e temporais, tal como novas percepções a respeito de parcelas específicas de seu trabalho, como o caso do Centro Técnico de Aeronáutica, e do mercado imobiliário do Rio de Janeiro.
A Low-velocity Bipolar Outflow from a Deeply Embedded Object in Taurus Revealed by the Atacama Compact Array
Authors: Fujishiro Kakeru , Tokuda Kazuki , Tachihara Kengo , Takashima Tatsuyuki , Fukui Yasuo , Zahorecz Sarolta , Saigo Kazuya , Matsumoto Tomoaki , Tomida Kengo , Machida Masahiro N. , Inutsuka Shu-ichiro , André Philippe , Kawamura Akiko , Onishi Toshikazu
Published: August 2020

The first hydrostatic core, the first quasi-hydrostatic object formed during the star formation process, is still the observational missing link between the prestellar and protostellar phases, mainly due to its short lifetime. Although we have not established a clear method to identify this rare object, recent theoretical studies predict that the first core has millimeter continuum emission and low-velocity outflow with a wide opening angle. An extensive continuum/outflow survey toward a large number of “starless” cores in nearby star-forming regions works as a pathfinder. We observed 32 prestellar cores in Taurus with an average density of ≳105 cm−3 in 1.3 mm continuum and molecular lines using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array–Atacama Compact Array (ALMA–ACA) stand-alone mode. Among the targets, MC35-mm centered at one of the densest “starless” cores in Taurus has blueshifted/redshifted wings in the 12CO (2–1) line, indicating that there is a deeply embedded object driving molecular outflow. The observed velocities and sizes of the possible outflow lobes are 2–4 km s−1 and ∼2 × 103 au, respectively, and the dynamical time is calculated to be ∼103 yr. In addition to this, the core is one of the strongest N2D+ (3–2) emitters in our sample. All of the observed signatures do not conflict with any of the theoretical predictions about the first hydrostatic core so far, and thus MC35-mm is unique as the only first-core candidate in the Taurus molecular cloud.
Lessons on Star-forming Ultra-diffuse Galaxies from the Stacked Spectra of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey
Authors: Rong Yu , Zhu Kai , Johnston Evelyn J. , Zhang Hong-Xin , Cao Tianwen , Puzia Thomas H. , Galaz Gaspar
Published: August 2020

We investigate the on-average properties for 28 star-forming ultra-diffuse galaxies (UDGs) located in low-density environments, by stacking their spectra from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey. These relatively isolated UDGs, with stellar masses of

, have the on-average total stellar metallicity [M/H] ∼ −0.82 ± 0.14, iron metallicity [Fe/H] ∼ −1.00 ± 0.16, stellar age t
* ∼ 5.2 ± 0.5 Gyr, α-enhancement [α/Fe] ∼ 0.24 ± 0.10, and oxygen abundance 12+log(O/H) ∼ 8.16 ± 0.06, as well as central stellar velocity dispersion 54 ± 12 km s−1. On the star formation rate versus stellar mass diagram, these UDGs are located lower than the extrapolated star-forming main sequence from the massive spirals, but roughly follow the main sequence of low-surface-brightness dwarf galaxies. We find that these star-forming UDGs are not particularly metal-poor or metal-rich for their stellar masses, as compared with the metallicity–mass relations of the nearby typical dwarfs. With the UDG data of this work and previous studies, we also find a coarse correlation between [Fe/H] and magnesium-element enhancement [Mg/Fe] for UDGs: [Mg/Fe] ≃ −0.43(±0.26) [Fe/H] −0.14(±0.40).
Étale groupoid algebras with coefficients in a sheaf and skew inverse semigroup rings
Authors: Gonçalves Daniel , Steinberg Benjamin
Published: August 2020

Given an action${\varphi }$of inverse semigroupSon a ringA(with domain of${\varphi }(s)$denoted by$D_{s^*}$), we show that if the ideals$D_e$, withean idempotent, are unital, then the skew inverse semigroup ring$A\rtimes S$can be realized as the convolution algebra of an ample groupoid with coefficients in a sheaf of (unital) rings. Conversely, we show that the convolution algebra of an ample groupoid with coefficients in a sheaf of rings is isomorphic to a skew inverse semigroup ring of this sort. We recover known results in the literature for Steinberg algebras over a field as special cases.
KAJIAN MAJAS PADA ARTIKEL JURNALISME WARGA SERAMBI INDONESIA
Authors: Hendra Kasmi
Published: August 2020

This research is about the majas reviewing of the citizens Journalism Articles’ in Serambi Indonesia. The problem of this study is to potray the ideas of the majas citizens Articles’ in Serambi Indonesia Journalism. The purpose of this study is to describe the figurative language aspects of the majas in form of the rubric articles in Serambi Indonesia Journalism. The method used is a descriptive analytical method by using a structural approach technique. The data were collected from the articles in the Journalism Citizens of Serambi Indonesia newspaper. The data were analyzed by using qualitative analysis technique. The results of this study indicated that the articles which is found in the citizen journalism in the Indonesia Serambi newspaper contain a lot of figurative languages, such as the experiences of the writer that is written in a free language style. Then, the dominant of the figurative language used in the citizen journalism articles were the personification and metaphorical majas.

Abstrak

Penelitian ini berjudul Kajian Majas pada Artikel Jurnalisme Warga Serambi Indonesia. Masalah yang ingin ditelaah  adalah tentang gambaran majas pada artikel Jurnalisme Warga Serambi Indonesia. Penelitian ini bertujuan  mendeskripsikan aspek bahasa kiasan yang terdapat pada artikel-artikel rubrik Jurnalisme Warga di Serambi Indonesia.  Metode yang digunakan adalah metode deskriptif analitis dengan pendekatan struktural. Sumber data penelitian ini adalah  artikel-artikel rubrik Jurnalisme Warga koran Serambi Indonesia. Data dianalisis dengan menggunakan teknik analisis kualitatif. Hasil penelitian ini menunjukkan bahwa artikel-artikel yang terdapat dalam jurnalisme warga di koran Serambi Indonesia banyak mengandung bahasa kiasan karena tulisan-tulisan artikel tersebut berisi pengalaman penulis yang tentu saja ditulis dengan gaya bahasa bebas. Majas yang dominan terdapat dalam artikel-artikel jurnalisme warga tersebut yakni majas personifikasi dan metafora.

Kata Kunci : Majas, Jurnalisme Warga