bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
The Impact of Culture, Identity and Intergenerational Connections on Indigenous Youth Mental Health: Qualitative Findings from a Longitudinal Digital Health Community Trial
Authors: Walker Susannah , Kannan Prasanna , Bhawra Jasmin , Foulds Heather , Katapally Tarun Reddy
Published: October 2021

Background: Indigenous youth in settler nations are susceptible to poor mental health due to complex inter-generational systemic inequities. The purpose of this study is to assess the impact of a culturally-responsive, land-based, active living initiative on the mental health of Indigenous youth. Methods: This study is part of Smart Indigenous Youth (SIY), a mixed-methods 5-year longitudinal digital citizen science initiative. SIY embeds culturally-responsive, landbased active living programs into the curricula of high schools in rural Indigenous communities in the western Canadian province of Saskatchewan. In year-1 (Winter 2019), 76 Indigenous youth citizen scientists (13-18 years) from 2 schools participated in the study. At the beginning of the term, each school initiated separate 4-month landbased active living programs specific to their culture, community, geography, and language (Cree and Saulteaux). Before and after the term, focus groups were conducted with the 2 Youth Citizen Scientist Councils, which includes students from both participating schools. This study includes data from focus groups of one participating school, with 11 youth citizen scientists (5 boys, 6 girls). Focus group data were transcribed and analyzed by two independent reviewers using Nvivo to identify themes and subthemes. Both reviewers discussed their thematic analysis to come to a consensus about final findings. Results: Baseline focus group analyses revealed themes demonstrating the importance of Indigenous culture, identity, history, and language. Youth emphasized the impact of loss of language and culture, the importance of being a helper, and the necessity of intergenerational knowledge transfer. Follow-up focus group analyses indicated that cultural school programming led to students expressing positive mental health benefits, increased interest in ceremonies, increased participation in physical activity, and greater knowledge of culture, identity, and ceremonial protocol. Conclusions: Land-based active living can play a critical role in improving Indigenous youth mental health. This study highlights the importance of linking active living with culture and the potential of leveraging citizen-owned ubiquitous tools in implementing interventions in rural communities. Digital citizen science shows promise for supporting Indigenous youth mental health initiatives.
A Computational Study On The Optimization of Transcranial Temporal Interfering Stimulation With High-Definition Electrode Using Unsupervised Neural Network
Authors: Bahn Sang-kyu , Kang Bo-Yeong , Lee Chany
Published: October 2021

Transcranial temporal interfering stimulation (tTIS) can focally stimulate deep parts of the brain, which are related to specific functions, by using beats at two high AC frequencies that do not affect the human brain. However, it has limitations in terms of calculation time and precision for optimization because of its complexity and non-linearity. We aimed to propose a method using an unsupervised neural network (USNN) for tTIS to optimize quickly the interfering current value of high-definition electrodes, which can finely stimulate the deep part of the brain, and analyze the performance and characteristics of tTIS. A computational study was conducted using 16 realistic head models. This method generated the strongest stimulation on the target, even when targeting deep areas or multi-target stimulation. The tTIS was robust with target depth compared with transcranial alternating current stimulation, and mis-stimulation could be reduced compared with the case of using two-pair inferential stimulation. Optimization of a target could be performed in 3 min. By proposing the USNN for tTIS, we showed that the electrode currents of tTIS can be optimized quickly and accurately, and the possibility of stimulating the deep part of the brain precisely with transcranial electrical stimulation was confirmed.
Breastfeeding, Relactation, and High Impact Factors in Treating Moderately and Severely Malnourished Children Under Two Years of age in Colombia: A Mixed Community Study Protocol
Authors: Valencia Omaira , Rueda-Guevara Paola
Published: October 2021

Background: The prevalence of acute malnutrition in Columbia was 1.6% in 2015, which was significantly higher than that found in 2010 (0.9%). Further, the distribution by age shows a higher prevalence of malnutrition in children under 2 years of age. Low rates (36.1%) of exclusive breastfeeding (BF) were found in these children, and adequate BF rates (45.5%) were found for children between 6 and 23 months. These percentages were low compared to the world average of 46%. The objective was to evaluate breastfeeding practices, relactation and feeding processes related to the recovery of children between 0 and 24 months of age with a diagnosis of moderate or severe acute malnutrition (SAM) treated at prioritized health service provider institutions and in the Nutritional Recovery Centers of the Instituto Colombiano de Bienestar Familiar (ICBF).Methods: This research was a mixed-type observational descriptive design in the community with a quantitative and qualitative component in three phases. The first phase characterized the practices of breastfeeding and relactation among mothers seeking help for their infants through the Nutritional Recovery Centers of the Instituto Colombiano de Bienestar Familiar ICBF and health service provider institutions during the study period. In the second phase, a technical strengthening intervention will be carried out aimed at health professionals, and in the third phase, the care processes will be reviewed before and after the intervention. In addition, anthropometric variables and practices of breastfeeding on admission and discharge from care facilities were reviewed to identify potential factors related to the nutritional recovery process.Discussion: This research aims to provide a characterization of breastfeeding and relactation in the population treated for infants with severe acute malnutrition in the CRN and IPS, improve health professionals’ care processes for children with SAM, contribute to the achievement of relactation in mothers of children with moderate and severe acute malnutrition that graduate from the IPS and CRN and identify the potential factors related to the nutritional recovery of these children.Trial registration: Not aplicable
Chemical Composition and Screening of Aflatoxin M1 in Cows’ Milk in Gadarif Town, Sudan
Authors: Abdalmahmoud Kamal M. A. , Shuiep El Tahir S. , Zubeir Ibtisam E El , Arabi Omer H. M.
Published: October 2021

Background: Milk is a perfect complete perishable food that could be adulterated or contaminated by wide varieties of substance throughout the chain of its production. Of these aflatoxins M1 was considered as an important health risk associated with the milk. The objectives of this study are to analyse milk samples, for chemical composition and detection of aflatoxin M1. Method: One hundred milk samples were collected from different sources randomly; 35 samples from farms, 35 samples from sale points and 30 samples from groceries in Gedarif town. Milk-Kana was used for determination of chemical composition (fat, solids not fat, lactose and protein and analysis of freezing point, density and added water) and Unisensor kits were used as screening method for detection of aflatoxin M1 in milk. Results: The chemical composition of milk samples collected from farms, sales points and groceries showed lower content of the fat (3.4±1.3%, 3.4±1.3% and 3.5±1.25%), solids not fat (7.7±1.1%, 8.1±1.7% and 8±1%), lactose (4.2±0.6%, 4.4±0.8% and 4.3±0.5%) and protein (3±0.4%, 3±0.5% and 3±0.4%). The freezing point of milk samples revealed -.503±.079, -.524±.007 and -.522±.099 °C, while the density showed 0.025±0.003, 0.026±0.005 and 0.026±0.003 gm/cm3, respectively. Moreover the added water was found as 10.6±11.6%, 10.6±10.4% and 8.7±8.2% in the samples collected from farms, sale points and groceries, respectively. The occurrence of aflatoxin M1 in raw milk samples were found in 22(27.50%) of the samples. The presence of aflatoxin contamination was high in milk samples collected from sales points (15.0%) followed by farms (11.25%) compared to those obtained from groceries (1.25%). Conclusion: The lower chemical composition of milk ns the high added water suggested adulteration of milk. Moreover the presences of aflatoxin M1 in the milk samples might indicate that the cow milk was contaminated with aflatoxins through feed. Hence this study recommended that good hygienic practices should be considered in Gadarif town. Similarly regulations and lows for selling the milk should be implemented by the official authorities.
Tradition and Trade: Culture and Exploitation of Avian Fauna by a Rural Community Surrounding Protected Areas in the South of Bahia’s State, Northeastern Brazil
Authors: Neto Antonio Iderval Sodré , Fraga Ricardo Evangelista , Schiavetti Alexandre
Published: October 2021

Background: Illegal capture and trade of wild birds are some of the most present types of wildlife trade in Brazil, and are often associated with cultural and socioenvironmental aspects. Those habits are particularly present in rural communities, where bird trade can be a source of income in dire economic situations and bird-keeping is a cultural trait passed from generations. Methods: We conducted a series of direct interviews with bird-keepers and traders within the surrounding region of the Parque Nacional de Boa Nova regarding wild bird trade and socioenvironmental aspects, then associated the collected information using different exploratory analysis.Results: A total of 21 avian species was mentioned as being used as pets and in commercialization, contests and breeding, most of the occurring naturally in the surrounding region. Most respondents were men possessing low levels of education and income. Bird-keeping was surrounded by practices regarding the captive individual’s health and singing abilities. Mentioned methods used to capture wild birds often involved specialized traps and were mostly conducted within the national park’s area. Bird trade was said to occur mostly in urban settlements, and the value of captive birds was said to vary based on species and beforehand training. The official establishment of the protected area impaired all practices related bird-keeping and trade, mostly as a result of increased surveillance by environmental agencies.Conclusion: The collected information presents a series of specialized habits and practices involved in bird-keeping, bird capture and bird trade, many of them being associated with the local avifauna surrounding the region. Our study also points the efficiency of protected area surveillance to contain practice’s related to illegal wildlife trade.
Longitudinal RNA sequencing of skin and DRG neurons in mice with paclitaxel-induced peripheral neuropathy
Authors: Cirrincione Anthony M. , Reimonn Cassandra A. , Harrison Benjamin J , Rieger Sandra
Published: October 2021

Paclitaxel-induced peripheral neuropathy is a condition of nerve degeneration induced by chemotherapy, which afflicts up to 70% of treated patients. Therapeutic interventions are unavailable due to an incomplete understanding of the underlying mechanisms. We previously discovered that major physiological changes in the skin underlie paclitaxel-induced peripheral neuropathy in zebrafish and rodents. The precise molecular mechanisms are only incompletely understood. For instance, paclitaxel induces the upregulation of MMP-13, which when inhibited prevents axon degeneration. To better understand other gene regulatory changes induced by paclitaxel, we induced peripheral neuropathy in mice following intraperitoneal injection either with vehicle or paclitaxel every other day four times total. Skin and dorsal root ganglion neurons were collected based on distinct behavioural responses categorized as “pain onset” (d4), “maximal pain” (d7), “beginning of pain resolution” (d11) and “recovery phase” (d23) for comparative longitudinal RNA sequencing. The generated datasets validate previous discoveries and reveal additional gene expression changes that warrant further validation with the goal to aid in development of drugs that prevent or reverse paclitaxel-induced peripheral neuropathy.
Prevalence of and risk factors for depressive and anxiety symptoms in a large sample of Chinese adolescents in the post-COVID-19 era
Authors: Zhang Xiaobin , Yang Haidong , Zhang Jing , Yang Man , Yuan Nian , Liu Junjie
Published: October 2021

Background
Depressive and anxiety symptoms are widespread among adolescents today, creating a large social problem. However, few previous studies have addressed depression and anxiety among adolescents in Chinese cohorts. The aim of this study was to evaluate the prevalence of and risk factors for depressive and anxiety symptoms among Chinese middle school adolescent students in the post-COVID-19 era.
Methods
A total of 22380 middle school students from Jiangsu Province were surveyed online, and their general demographic data were collected. The Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9) was used to assess depressive symptoms, and the seven-item Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD-7) scale was used to measure anxiety symptoms.
Results
Of these participants (aged 12–17 years), 25.6% had depressive symptoms, 26.9% had anxiety symptoms, and 20.6% had a combination of depression and anxiety symptoms. The prevalence of depressive symptoms was higher in female adolescents (27.6%) than in male adolescents (23.7%; χ2 = 45.479, P=0.000), and the proportion with anxiety symptoms was higher among female adolescents (28.6%) than among male adolescents (25.4%; χ2 = 29.390, P=0.000). Furthermore, binary logistic regression analysis showed that gender, region, and parental relationship were significantly associated with depressive symptoms among adolescents, while age, gender, region, and parental relationship were significantly associated with anxiety symptoms.
Conclusions
Our findings demonstrated that the prevalence of depression and anxiety symptoms in Chinese adolescents are high. Female gender, urban region, and poor parental relationship may be risk factors for depressive and anxiety symptoms. Furthermore, policy makers, schools, and families should pay more attention to the psychological health of adolescents.
Extraordinary Ethnographic Encounters in Extraordinary Times.
Authors: Liburkina Ruzana
Published: October 2021

This contribution reconsiders ethnographic encounters with mainstream market actors in light of the ever-intensifying ecological crisis caused by prevalent patterns of economic activities. Effective experimental interventions in hegemonic configurations of capitalism are hitherto hard to realize due to fundamental incompatibilities between the logic of academic ethnographic work and that of conventional business operations. Viewing the private sector as comprised of interconnections of economic activities and knowledge production diminishes the epistemic pitfalls of such encounters. Based on empirical insights into the food sector, this paper suggests discarding the view of collaborations with economic actors as dyadic. Instead, it makes a case for approaching more-than-business networks that inextricably link knowledge and business practices. Such experimental interventions may tackle three constitutive pillars of contemporary capitalism: relations between localized knowledge practices and overarching discursive forms; relations between formalized expertise and market operations; and relations among conflicting truth claims and value arguments.
Ensuring Public Health: Monitoring of Hormone Residues in Poultry Meat
Authors: Berhilevych Oleksandra , Chechet Olha , Kasianchuk Victoria , Smiianov Vladyslav , Fritsak Maksym
Published: October 2021

The study’s main purpose of addressing the problem of hormone content in poultry meat is to analyze the literature and such an official approach as state monitoring for 2017-2020. Research has shown that hormones have not been used in poultry farming for more than 50 years in the EU, the USA, Canada and other countries. In addition, there are strict international laws, including in Ukraine, on the control of the use of hormones in poultry to ensure public health. The urgency of solving the scientific problem is that despite the above, in the literature for the last decades there are reports based on consumer surveys (from 40 to 60%) on the negative impact of poultry meat on the content of hormones on their health. This negatively affects the consumption and image of poultry producers. Such trends are observed, including in Ukraine. This encourages the provision of scientifically sound information on this issue. The study of the content of hormones in poultry meat in the article is carried out in the following logical sequence: the analysis of international scientific literature on the content of hormones in poultry meat, as well as data from the State Statistics Service of Ukraine on the trend of poultry consumption and increased demand among consumers for this type of meat. In addition, the article analyzes the official data of state monitoring of residual hormones in poultry meat. The following methods became the methodological tools of the conducted research: analysis of literature sources for 10 years, the period of research of the state monitoring is chosen 2017-2020. The object of the study was the biased attitude of some consumers to the safety of poultry meat in terms of hormones, which arose as a result of the spread of the myth of the use of hormones in poultry. The subject of the research was the analysis of current literature data and the results of official national monitoring of the content of hormones in poultry meat. Research shows that as a result of constant strict official controls on the use of hormones in poultry and the inefficiency of their use for poultry producers, the latter amount of hormones is at a minimum physiological level that does not harm public health. Our state monitoring studies show proper state control and provide guarantees to consumers in the consumption of safe poultry meat. The results of this study can be useful for consumers, scientists, and students in the field of food safety and our country as a whole to disseminate scientifically sound information in the field of state control over food safety.
Transformation of the Restaurant Business as a Result of the COVID-19 Pandemic: Improving the Security of Service and Maintaining the Health of Human Capital
Authors: Matsenko Oleksandr , Kubatko Oleksandra , Bardachenko Volodymyr , Demchuk Kateryna
Published: October 2021

The study identified socio-economic problems in the restaurant business, analyzed the dynamics of its decline and recovery during the pandemic COVID-19, considered innovative trends in the transformation of restaurant management. Systematization of literature sources and approaches to the study of the impact of epidemics and pandemics on restaurant activities showed that until 2019, cases of infection of restaurant visitors occurred. However, they were isolated or local (regional) in nature and attracted the attention of most medical researchers. The COVID-19 pandemic is global in heart and has affected all economic areas, including the restaurant industry. Therefore, the number of scientific papers in this field is proliferating. The urgency of solving the scientific problem is that during the COVID-19 pandemic, restaurant customers’ behavior and a significant increase in the number of online orders. This encourages restaurants to respond and transform their business models, business strategies and diversify sales channels. The research method is based on the statistical analysis of restaurant business performance indicators at the global level and the level of Ukraine and the analysis of innovative modern trends in the transformation of the restaurant business. The study results showed that the restaurant industry’s main problems in the period of quarantine restrictions and lockdowns are mass layoffs, declining sales, inability to adapt and transform to the new conditions of the restaurant business. Accordingly, the directions of transformation of the restaurant business based on breakthrough innovations to increase customer service safety during the pandemic are proposed. The article focuses on the possibilities of restaurants to promote the health of human capital by diversifying the menu for vulnerable groups, such as children, people with chronic diseases, members of certain racial and ethnic minorities, the elderly. The results of this study can help build a policy in the restaurant industry to overcome the crisis in this area and improve public health. Also, the results can be used by restaurants to increase their competitiveness based on specific transformation measures.
The influence of leadership styles on employee performance in construction firms
Authors: Kalambayi Jean Luc , Onojaefe Darlington Peter , Kasse Sophie Nguepi , Tengeh Robertson K.
Published: October 2021

Currently, there is a dearth of research, examining how project managers' leadership styles influence the performance of construction company workers in Cape Town. Other research has discussed this subject on a national or international level. Still, comprehensive data on Cape Town construction firms is lacking. This has prevented local enterprises from understanding the role of their project managers’ leadership styles on employee performance outcomes. This article sought to ascertain how leadership styles influence employee performance in construction firms and to develop a conceptual framework for improving leadership and performance. Through quantitative techniques, 456 questionnaires were distributed at construction sites across Cape Town. Responses were then analysed using an ANOVA test (with the descriptive and regressive methods) and a post-hoc test (using the Bonferroni Method) and correlation analysis. The results reveal a statistically significant positive relationship between project managers’ leadership styles and the performance of subordinate employees. These findings have subsequently been used to develop a conceptual framework of leadership quality development tools, including training, empowerment, coaching, participation, and delegation. The research contributes to new knowledge that will promote local project managers’ leadership development, improve employee performance, and in doing so, increase successful project outcomes across the city.
The South African Development Community (SADC) and Covid-19: revisiting security community in SADC
Authors: Joseph Juliet Eileen
Published: October 2021

The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic remains a global security challenge for humanity. The COVID-19 pandemic, a non traditional security threat has exposed how regions respond to non traditional and emerging security threats. Similarly, the South African Development Community (SADC) region remains confronted with security ramifications due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The peace and security of the region has been disturbed due to an upsurge of conflicts in countries, such as South Africa (South Africa’s unrests, protests and the Phoenix Massacre), Lesotho (Eswatini protests) and Mozambique’s (Carbo Delgado insurgency), all amidst the coronavirus global pandemic. Further to this, SADCs human security challenges that have transpired and, in some cases, have been further exacerbated by the Covid-19 pandemic, include economic decline, job losses, food insecurity and the loss of life to mention a few. Prior to the Covid-19 pandemic, SADC Member Stateshave had to exercise greater regional pandemic management with diseases, such as Malaria, Human Acquired Immune (HIV/AIDs) and Tuberculosis (TB). SADCs efforts in combatting these human security threats have been progressive and notable. The study will analyse and build on the challenges, identified in Landsberg’s (2012) study The Southern African Development Community decision-making architecture, where he suggests that at the heart of SADCs progress is the need for greater implementation of their set goals and aspirations. The study will analyse recent efforts, undertaken by the SADC region, in order to determine the successes and challenges, faced by the sub-regional bloc. It is analysing peace and security of SADC under the Covid-19 pandemic through an upsurge of conflicts in the region and the early securitisation and cooperation of the Covid-19 pandemic. The article suggests, SADC strengthened regional cooperation efforts, such as early warning systems and regional execution methods, have fostered advanced regional security outcomesin the region.
Social injustice in learning of the second language among immigrant children in Finland: conventional narratives and perceptions
Authors: Ojwang Frank
Published: October 2021

This is a comparative ethnographic research, comparing the primary school level migrant learners’ performance in the learning of the national language of the host countries in Finland and Tanzania. A response from nine teachers, drawn from Tanzanian International Schools, attended by expats’ children, was collected through structured interviews. Additionally, two In-Depth Interviews, targeting Tanzanian Swahili teachers at the international schools, was conducted using the narration approach. The study uses MAXQDA to comparatively analyze the findings of fourteen research articles on immigrant pupils’ learning challenges of the Finnish language as a second language in Finland, and gathered information from this study’s survey is used to analyze the use of Kiswahili as a second language in Tanzania. The research focuses on a comparative analysis of the learning and use of official languages of the host countries as second languages, used in facilitating learning among primary school learners. In Finland, the official language analyzed is Finnish, whereas in Tanzania, the official language analyzed is Kiswahili. The International schools in Tanzania offer Kiswahili lessons to all learners in primary school as guided by national education policy, whereas all public and international schools in Finland offer Finnish lessons for all learners under the education policy. The responses in both Finland and Tanzania are deconstructed qualitatively to illuminate the similarities and differences between European migrant learners and African migrant learners using a second language for learning, and to further deconstruct the nuanced epistemological injustice against minorities. The theories in this research are derived using the grounded theory approach.
Immune response and phagocytosis of children with streptococcal tonsillitis and infected with the herpes virus type 6.
Authors: Olkhovska Viktoriia , Olkhovska Olga , Yeloyeva Zalina
Published: October 2021

The aim of the work is to study the indicators of cellular and humoral immune response and FAN of patients with tonsillitis in children infected with HHV-6 type.

Materials and methods of research. In 72 children aged 3–15 years (mean age 8.42±1.44 years), patients with streptococcal tonsillitis of moderate severity, the levels of the main subpopulations of blood lymphocytes were determined using monoclonal antibodies by solid-phase enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay, phagocytic activity of neutrophils (FAN) using the nitrosine tetrazolium reduction test (HCT test) and serum IgA, IgM, IgG levels by radial immunodiffusion. The studies were carried out in the acute period and in the period of convalescence. Mathematical and statistical processing of the data obtained was carried out using Microsoft Excel 2003 and Statistica 6.0 programs. The significance of differences between the mean values was determined using the Student's test (t).

Results. Different mechanisms of formation of pathological process at streptococcal tonsillitis at children depending on the concomitant HHV-6 type infection are revealed. In patients with mixed infection in the acute period of tonsillitis determine the signs of deficiency of the cellular immune system with the maximum deviation of CD-lymphocytes (t=3.13 vs. t=2.16 in mono-infection), the tension in the humoral link of the immune response Ig deviation (t=1.63 against t=0.91 in mono-infection) on the background of phagocytosis violation in terms of FAN deviation (t=3.22 against t=2.01 in mono-infection). By the period of convalescence, the restoration of the imbalance of specific and non-specific protection factors does not occur. Increased IgG content in the acute period is one of the features of streptococcal tonsillitis in children on the background of HHV-6t infection.

Conclusions. Concomitant VGL-6 type infection in children with streptococcal tonsillitis affects the mechanisms of formation of the inflammatory process and the reactivity of patients, forming the preconditions for adverse outcomes of the disease. The obtained results can be the basis for early detection of herpes virus infection in patients with tonsillitis, will help to optimize the management of patients in different periods of the disease.
New varieties of wheat, triticale and spelt grains:Comparative characteristics of milling properties
Authors: Kandrokov R. K. , Begeulov M. S. , Tkach A. N. , Igonin V. N. , Porechnaya E. S.
Published: October 2021

Triticale and spelt grains are non-traditional types of plant raw materials that are promising for expanding the range of everyday products, healthy foods, as well as for the manufacture of food additives. A promising and relevant direction of scientific and practical research is the use of methods of biomechanical impact on the products of processing grain triticale and spelt grain in the form of flour, crumbs and bran to obtain food for general, functional and therapeutic purposes. The aim of the research is a comparative characteristic of the milling properties of new varieties of grain of wheat, triticale and spelt and the possibility of theit using for grinding into flour at existing grain processing enterprises. A comparative characteristic of the cereal-forming ability of new varieties of wheat, triticale and spelt has been carried out and it is revealed that the best cereal-forming ability belongs to the spelt grain of the "Gremme 2 U" variety, equal to 79.8 %, which is 4 % more than that of the wheat grain of the "Timiryazevskaya Jubilee" and 4.8 % of triticale grain of the "Timiryazevskaya 155" variety. It has been found that the highest flour yield under the same grinding regimes is obtained when grinding the grain of a new type of spelt "Gremme 2 U" amounted to 79.3 %. The largest amount of triticale flour of the highest grade T-60 is obtained from triticale grain of the "Timiryazevskaya 155" variety. The grain of wheat "Timiryazevskaya Jubilee" occupies an intermediate position both in terms of the total yield of flour and its quality compared to spelt and triticale. All three given new varieties of various crops have good flour-grinding properties and can be recommended for processing into high-quality bakery flour at flour mills when making grinding mixtures.
GROSSESSE GEMELLAIRE EXTRA- UTERINE : A PROPOS DUN CAS
Authors:   Service De Gynecologie Obstetrique, CHU Mohamed VI, Marrakech, Maroc., Aboubacar Sidiki Sidibe , Cheick Bouhebeini ,   Service De Gynecologie Obstetrique, CHU Mohamed VI, Marrakech, Maroc., Harou Karam ,   Service De Gynecologie Obstetrique, CHU Mohamed VI, Marrakech, Maroc., Soumani Abderaouf ,   Service De Gynecologie Obstetrique, CHU Mohamed VI, Marrakech, Maroc.
Published: October 2021

Lentite grossesse extra uterine gemellaire reste exceptionnelleavec une incidence de 1/200 grossesses extra-uterines. Sa prise en charge est dans la majorite des cas chirurgical. Nous exposons un cas exceptionnel de GEU gemellaire evolutive au sein de notre structure. Presentation du cas : Une femme de 40 ans multipare,avec comme antecedents pathologiques les infections genitales hautestraitees Ã repetition qui sest presentee aux urgences obstetricales pour des douleurs pelviennes et metrorragies evoluant depuis 24 heures avec retard des rÃ¨gles de deux mois,son etat hemodynamique etait stable avec TA : 11/06 mmhg, FC : 75bpm.Le compte-rendu de levaluation echographique a fait etat dune grossesse gemellaire extra-uterine droite evolutive, avec un epanchement peritoneal de moyenne abondance. Nous avons realise une laparotomie en urgencedurant laquelle les sacs gestationnels furent evacues et ainsi quune salpingectomie droitevu letat de la trompe. Conclusion : la strategie de prevention afin de diminuer le taux de decÃ¨s maternels lie Ã la GEU passe par laprevention primaire : campagne de promotion des preservatifs, campagne de depistage des Chlamydias, campagne antitabac.
A CLINICAL STUDY ON THE PROPHYLACTIC EFFECT OF VIRECHANA IN PRIMARY DYSMENORRHOEA
Authors:   Department of Panchakarma, Government Ayurveda College, Trivandrum, Kerala India., Krishna Ambili , Kumar Vinod ,   Department of Panchakarma, Government Ayurveda College, Trivandrum, Kerala India., Laila A.S. ,   Department of Panchakarma, Government Ayurveda College, Trivandrum, Kerala India.
Published: October 2021

Primary dysmenorrhoea is the most common gynaecological disease in menstruating women. It is a symptom complex with cramping lower abdominal pain radiating to the back and legs often accompanied by gastro intestinal and neurological symptoms as well as general malaise. In conventional system of medicine there is no permanent cure for primary dysmenorrhoea. In order to find out a permanent remedy for preventing the recurrence of primary dysmenorrhoea and to evaluate the effect of virechana in reducing the symptoms of primary dysmenorrhoea, this particular study has been under taken. In Ayurveda gynaecological pathologies are explained under the heading of yonirogas. Clinical features of primary dysmenorrhoea are having similiarities with that of udavartha yoni roga. Apanavatavaigunya is the main causative factor for udavartha yoni roga. In the treatment principle of apanavatavaigunyasnigdhavirechana is indicated. An Interventional type of Quasi Experimental study that is before and after study without control was conducted in Govt Ayurveda College Panchakarma Hospital, Poojapura and Govt Ayurveda College Hospital Thiruvanathapuram. One group of thirty patients fulfilling the inclusion criteria and diagnostic criteria were recruited for the study. Intervention administered were rookshana with takra, snehapana with sukumaraghritha, sarvangaabhyanga and avagahasweda with vataharapatra and virechana was done using sukumaraerandamThaila followed by samsarjanakrama based on suddhi obtained after virechana. Subjective parameters were assessed before and after treatment for three consecutive cycles. Pain the major parameter was recorded as per visual analogue scale and associated symptoms using verbal descriptive scale. Pain and associated symptoms were reduced immediately after the treatment which showed treatment was effective in pacifying the disease. Moreover, in the consecutive follow ups symptoms got reduced remarkably which showed treatment had sustained and progressive effectiveness in reducing the symptoms of disease and on statistical evaluation p value was found to be highly significant.
SIMPLE R TOOLS FOR GENETIC MARKERS RESEARCH
Authors: Sitnic Victor , Stratan Valentina , Tutuianu Valeri , Popa Cristina , Balan Veronica
Published: October 2021

R is a free licensed programming language which presents a big interest as a tool for bioinformatics data analysis. It is essential in research activities related to the analysis of molecular-biological data and the identification of molecular markers. In this article we describe two simple techniquesof using FASTA type sequences and genomic data for the research of genetic markers. In order to apply the functions described below it is necessary to have installed the R language, the seqRFLP&Maftoolspackages, and optionally - the Integrated Development Environment Rstudio.
DISTAL FEMUR FRACTURES FIXATION BY LOCKING COMPRESSION PLATE-ASSESSMENT OF OUTCOME BY RASMUSSENS FUNCTIONAL KNEE SCORE
Authors:   Professor and Head of the Department., Singh Manjeet
Published: October 2021

Background: The choice of distal femur locking plate in distal femur fractures has been a topic of debate. This study was performed to evaluate theresults of distal femur locking plate in distal femur fractures. Material and Methods: A prospective randomized study of 30 patients with distalfemur fracture was conducted at Department of Orthopaedics, Maharishi Markandeshwar Institute of Medical Sciences and Research, Mullana(Ambala), Haryana from January 2020 to July 2021 and followed up from 6months to 18 months for a minimum of 6 months duration. Implants used: The distal femur locking compression plate. Classification system: AO Classification. Results & Observations: Clinical and functional outcomes were assessed using Rasmussens functional knee score.Complications of fractures and operative treatment were assessed. The results of entire study group showed 18 excellent, 10 good, 1 fair and 1 poor. Conclusion: We observed and recommend that the distal femur LCP is an optimal tool of good fixation for fractures of distal femur.
POST COVID EFFECTS OF BLACK FUNGUS MUCORMYCOSIS: A REVIEW
Authors:   School of Life Sciences, JSSAHER, Ooty., Babu Nandhini , Devi R. Nikkila ,   School of Life Sciences, JSSAHER, Ooty., V. Dhisha ,   School of Life Sciences, JSSAHER, Ooty., Benny Lidiya ,   School of Life Sciences, JSSAHER, Ooty.
Published: October 2021

Mucormycosis is a disease caused by the fungi belonging to the order mucorales which affects mainly the immunocompromised patients. These fungi are mainly found in soil and in the decomposition of plants and animals from which the sporangiospores are released in the air which are then inhaled resulting in infection based on the host resistance. The cases are increasing in conditions with malnutrition, diabetes, steroid therapy and acidosis. After aspergillosis and candidiasis, mucormycosis is the third most common invasive fungal infection.The common genera that has been identified include mucor, rhizopus, Rhizomucor, Absidia, Apophysomyces, Cunninghamella and sakhsanaea. Five major forms of infection include rhino-orbito-cerebral, pulmonary, disseminated, cutaneous and gastrointestinal.There is a difference in epidemiology of mucormycosis between developed and developing countries. In developed countries even though the disease is uncommon, they are found in patients with diabetes mellitus and hematological malignancies undergoing chemotherapy. While in developing countries they are seen in patients withdiabetes and trauma.
Technological perspectives of a balanced scorecard for business incubators: Evidence from South Africa
Authors: Lose Thobekani , Khuzwayo Sebenzile
Published: October 2021

This study was deemed relevant in the current epoch given the need for rebuilding enterprises that were devastated by the Covid-19 pandemic. To ensure economic restoration, particular interest in small business start-ups and incubators has become especially important. In addition, measurements for effectiveness are critical since, without them, progress cannot be ascertained. The aim of this study was to assess the balanced scorecard and its applicability to business incubators in the context of the present technological explosion. Specifically, the study assessed the technological dimension of the balanced scorecard with the particular intention of establishing how technological tools affect the balanced scorecard. The study was based on phenomenological interviews to provide data that were relevant to the study objectives. A thematic analysis of the data collected supported literature perspectives that technological tools and platforms such as social media, robotics, expert systems, online as well as web platforms strengthen and improve the measurement of both financial and non-financial criteria for measurement on the balanced scorecard. Technological tools were found to improve data collection, management, and analytics thereby improving the quality and credibility of balanced scorecard measurement. The study recommends the accelerated adoption of technological tools for use within the balanced scorecard among incubators. It also recommends that the government should support incubators in their technological adoption measures as this has the potential of increasing economic development.
A globalizációs nyitás és a migrációs szintek emelkedése - Lépések egy globális történeti magyarázat felé
Authors: Melegh Attila, Csányi Zoltán
Published: October 2021

Fő kérdésfelvetésünk a globalizációs nyitásnak és a kapcsolódó társadalmi változásoknak a vándorlásra, illetve a vándorlási szintek és minták alakulását érintő hatásaira vonatkozik. Egy 77 országból álló globális mintán úgy végeztünk loglineáris regressziókat, hogy ezekből az 1990 és 1995 közötti időszak gazdasági- társadalmi változásainak, a nemzetközi migráció 1995–2000, 1995–2005 és 1995–2010 közötti alakulására gyakorolt hatásainak tekintetében vonhassunk le következtetéseket. Három elméleti megközelítést teszteltünk, mint a kumulatív okság, a modernizációs és a világrendszer-elmélet. Az egyes paradigmákhoz kötődő modellek mellett egy teljes, minden felhasznált jellemzőt tartalmazó, sokváltozós modellben is vizsgáltuk a folyamatokat. Kutatásunkat az időbeliséggel, a történetiséggel kapcsolatos kettős megközelítésünk teszi különlegessé. Egyrészt nem pusztán az egyes tényezők „azonnali” (keresztmetszeti) migrációs hatásaira voltunk kíváncsiak, hanem – korábbi irodalom alapján feltételezve, hogy e hatások időben eltolódva jelentkeznek – a vizsgálatunkat 5, 10 15 éves időtávokon végeztük el. Másrészt – az eddigi kutatásoktól eltérően – az egyesváltozók adott időpontra vonatkozó abszolút értékei helyett azok különböző időintervallumokra vonatkozó növekményei kerültek kutatásunk középpontjába. Eredményeink szerint a kumulatív mechanizmusok (a migráció útfüggősége), a modernizációs folyamatok (a migrációs képesség növekedése) és a globalizációs nyitás egyes tényezőinek sokszor meglepő együttállása, konstellációja a meghatározó, miközben e tényezők hatása időben is változik, amely összefüggéseket egy több ponton módosítandó világrendszer-elmélet tud a legjobban integrálni.
Origami as a Means of Geometric Modeling: Environmental Approach to Self-Organization in Young Childhood
Authors: Sokolova Galina
Published: October 2021

Origami is a means of geometric modeling and self-organization formation in young children. As a part of preschool education, it serves as propaedeutics of basic geometry. One of the tasks of modern education is to improve the social status of mathematics because of its ability to encourage self-development in children. The research was based on the synergetic paradigm which defines a young child as an open nonlinear system capable of self-development. The article gives a theoretical and conceptual justification of origami as a means of self-organization development through the nonlinear educational environment that introduces preschoolers to mathematical culture. Origami proved to be able to enrich preschool education as this activity concentrates the educational resources of the structure-forming environment.
Postclassical Understanding of Causation in Law: Civil and Criminal Liability
Authors: Radov Vladislav
Published: October 2021

Causation is the most difficult legal issue. For every theory of causation, there is a case that breaks it. Meanwhile, doctrinal disputes are aggravated by the increasingly complicated contradictions of judicial practice in civil and criminal cases. Attorneys tend to give the matter of causal link between the behavior of the offender and the resulting consequences to experts, thereby shifting their responsibility for resolving the legal issue (corpus delicti). Researchers still refuse to use the achievements of postclassic philosophy in legal causation. Even modern publications often feature out-of-date examples and arguments that postulate necessity and objectivity of legal causality. The author used the postclassical theory of law to illustrate the structure of the causal relationship for legal responsibility. The present article covers various issues of terminology, discrepancies, causality and guilt, casuistry and its formalities, common sense, etc. Based on the latest domestic and foreign research in civil and criminal law, the key thesis reads as follows: "a causal relationship is a legal construct".
VOLUNTEERING AS A MANIFESTATION OF THE YOUNG PEOPLE’S SOCIAL ACTIVITY
Authors: КICHEROVA Маrina N. , SURNINA Viktoriia М. , SURNINA Veronika М.
Published: October 2021

The article presents the results of an organized study and spontaneous volunteer activities of young people, reveals the specificity of social practices and the peculiarities of “detachment” motivation and “spontaneous” volunteering. Volunteer activity of young people is seen as a manifestation of social activity, including individual / personal and group / collective forms. The empirical study was carried out using the methodological technique of triangulation — a combination of quantitative and qualitative strategies for collecting and analyzing data: a questionnaire survey of young volunteers (N = 131) and in-depth semi-formalized interviews (18 informants).
Based on the data analysis results, the main motives of volunteers, key areas of volunteering, changes related to the pandemic and the role of volunteers in this period, the prospects for the development of detachment volunteering are revealed. The advantages and limitations of organized (detachment) and spontaneous volunteering, barriers in the development of young people’s social activity are revealed. The Russian and foreign experience of youth involvement in volunteering is presented, an analysis of trends in the development of youth volunteering, institutional conditions and limitations manifested in the practice of volunteering is presented. The study showed that the key advantages of squad volunteering are the presence of an organizer coordinating the work, the ability to do more good deeds, the presence of like-minded people, access to events closed to other volunteers, the opportunity to become a leader of the volunteer squad. The main barriers in the implementation of volunteer activities are associated with the registration procedure for applications for events, lack of resources, excessive formalization. As a recommendation based on the results of the study, in order to support the positive social activity of young people, it was proposed to create resource centers that would allow coordinating the work of volunteers and ensuring continuity in volunteering.
EXISTING OPPORTUNITIES FOR DIGITAL ASSESSMENT OF UNIVERSITY STUDENTS’ COMPETENCIES
Authors: PESHA Anastasiya V. , SHAVROVSKAYA Marina N. , NIKOLAEVA Marina A. , SHRAMKO Nelly V.
Published: October 2021

The need to implement systems for digital interaction between multiple stakeholders in the educational process is now more urgent than ever. The development and strategic priorities of higher education justify the need to develop technical solutions for assessing supra-professional competencies that are built into the educational process and meet the requirements of the highly competitive industry of educational technologies. This article presents the results of the technical capabilities analysis of university students’ assessing the competencies.
The purpose of the paper is to analyze the existing possibilities of automating the process of evaluating the supra-professional (universal, key) competencies of students of higher educational institutions. As the key research methods, the authors conducted an expert survey and a series of focus groups on the problems of digital technologies for assessing competencies. Based on the results of the analysis, the authors identified a number of developed areas of existing tools for assessing competencies used on various platforms, in terms of functional variability and integration into individual plans and trajectories of student development. The obtained results will form the basis for the development of an online platform for the assessment and development of supra-professional competencies of university students.