bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
FOUR Score sebagai Alternatif dalam Menilai Derajat Keparahan dan Memprediksi Mortalitas pada Pasien Cedera Otak Traumatik yang Diintubasi
Authors:   Department of Anesthesiology and Reanimation, Faculty of Medicine Universitas Airlangga/Dr.  Soetomo General Hospital Surabaya, Indonesia, Surya Airlangga Prananda , Hamzah Hamzah , A. Santosa Dhania , Subiantoro Andri ,   Department of Anesthesiology and Reanimation, Faculty of Medicine Universitas Airlangga/Dr.  Soetomo General Hospital Surabaya, Indonesia
Published: November 2021

The ideal consciousness scoring scale must be linear, reliable, valid, and user-friendly. There is a need to develop and validate a scale to quickly evaluate the level of consciousness, the severity of the disease, and the prognosis of morbidity and mortality. Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) is the most commonly used tool to assess the level of consciousness and is considered the gold standard. However, GCS has several limitations, such as inability to evaluate verbal components in intubated patients. To overcome these challenges, researchers developed the Full Outline of UnResponsiveness (FOUR) score. FOUR scores is a clinical grading scale to assess the altered state of consciousness. FOUR scores is simpler and able to provide better information, especially in intubated-traumatic brain injury (TBI) patients. Some studies showed that GCS and FOUR scores have the high predictive value in predicting not only the mortality of trauma patients but also the outcome of discharged patients. A multicentre study showed that FOUR scores and GCS do not differ in predicting inpatient mortality. This study suggested that the FOUR scores could be a better diagnostic tool for assessing brainstem reflexes and breathing patterns. Unfortunately, some studies have found conflicting results between GCS and FOUR scores in predicting patient outcomes. These contradictions suggest the need to conduct more studies. Therefore, this literature review will compare GCS and FOUR scores in predicting mortality of TBI patients.
Understanding whether Air Filtration from Air Conditioners Reduces the Probability of Virus Transmission in the Environment
Authors:   Mechanical Engineering Department, C.E.C. Jhanjeri, Punjab, India, Akhai Shalom
Published: November 2021

As the COVID-19 global pandemic continues to remain severe, people tend to spend more time in an indoor dwelling and, much of the time in the summer, people choose to sit at air-conditioned homes, offices, or travel in air-conditioned vehicles. In order to reduce the occurrence of health-care-related diseases, cleaning and disinfecting of such environment is critical as polluted air posed threat to human wellbeing, reduces the life expectancy due to cardiovascular and respiratory diseases, including asthma and pulmonary disease. People are less aware of disease transmission through air circulation in the air-conditioned environment. In particular, in the current times, virus particles, in addition to the various technological advancements such as the use of HEPA filters, appear to pass through the air from a person to the other. The present work examines the indexed publications in this area. The authors in this report have attempted to collect reports and studies on the HVAC system and the virus in order to get its illustration. The air filtration devices i.e. High Efficiency Particulate Air (HEPA) filters were found to play an important role in damping the rate of transmission of viruses.
Administrative Perspective on Violence in School Environment in Official High Schools (Sample of Bursa Province)
Authors: Güngör Halime , Değirmendere Muammer , Gürbüz Suat
Published: November 2021

In this study; it is aimed to determine the opinions of school administrators about the situation, time, place, the groups and the reasons of the violence incidents experienced in the level of students, teachers, administrators and parents in official high schools in Bursa. Phenomenological design, one of the qualitative research methods, was used in the study. The research sample consists of 54 official high school administrators. A semi-structured interview form developed by the researchers was used as a data collection tool in the study. Interviews were held with 54 school administrators. The data were analyzed with categorical content analysis and frequency analysis, which are among the types of content analysis. Results have been obtained based on the research findings. It can be said that, the fact that violence is experienced more intensely in vocational and technical high school because students experience more intense uncertainty about determining goals for the future and in sports high schools may be due to the fact that students participate more in physical activities, have more physical strength and have difficulty controlling their physical strength when they get angry because they have difficulty in controlling their anger as of their age.
Reasons for reperfusion delay in ST-elevation myocardial infarction and their impact on mortality
Authors: Rubartelli Paolo , Bartolini Davide , Bellotti Sandro , Fedele Massimiliano , Iannone Alessandro , Masini Marta , Crimi Gabriele
Published: November 2021

Aims

The impact of reperfusion delay in ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) is well known. We aimed to describe the specific reasons for delay to primary percutaneous coronary intervention (pPCI), and their impact on mortality after adjusting for confounders, using the first-medical-contact-to-device (FMCTD) time to measure the delay.

Methods

Between January 2006 and December 2019, 2149 STEMI patients underwent pPCI at our centre. Delayed pPCI was defined as FMCTD > 90 min or > 120 min in the case of inter-hospital transfer. The causes of delay were classified as system-related (related to the network organization) or patient-related (related to the clinical condition of the patient). Primary outcome was 1-year all-cause mortality.

Results

The pPCI was timely in 69.9% of patients, delayed for system-related causes in 16.4% or for patient-related causes in 13.7%. Different patient-related causes induced variable median FMCTD time (from 114 min for technically difficult pPCI to 159 min for ECG and/or symptom resolution). By multivariable Cox-regression models, the main independent risk factors for mortality were delay due to comorbidities [hazard ratio (HR) 2.19 (1.22–3.91)], or hemodynamic instability [HR 2.05 (1.25–3.38)], after adjusting for Global Registry of Acute Coronary Events risk score tertiles and angiographic success. The difference in risk of mortality is maintained over the entire spectrum of time from symptom onset.

Conclusions

Different causes of delay had different impacts on mortality, generally more important than the length of the delay. Causes of delay such as hemodynamic instability and comorbidities should prompt specific programs of performance improvement. Timely pPCI maintains prognostic advantages after several hours from symptom onset, mandating prompt reperfusion also in late-presenter patients.
Akkermansia muciniphila – obiecujący kandydat na probiotyk nowej generacji
Authors: Markowska Emilia , Kiersztan Anna
Published: November 2021

Abstrakt

W ostatnich czasach można zaobserwować duży wzrost zainteresowania relacjami między człowiekiem a mikroorganizmami zasiedlającymi jego organizm. Licznie występują w oraz na ciele człowieka, a ich liczba przekracza liczbę komórek ludzkiego organizmu. Udoskonalenie technik badawczych pozwala lepiej zrozumieć molekularne podłoże tych oddziaływań, co być może pozwoli na wykorzystanie w terapiach tych mikroorganizmów, które korzystnie wpływają na organizm człowieka. W artykule podsumowano dotychczasową wiedzę na temat fizjologii licznie występującej w przewodzie pokarmowym bakterii Akkermansia muciniphila i jej wpływu na organizm gospodarza. Opisano właściwości A. muciniphila, jej funkcjonowanie w środowisku przewodu pokarmowego oraz relacje (zarówno antagonistyczne jak i symbiotyczne) z innymi tam bytującymi mikroorganizmami. Przedstawiono także mechanizmy oddziaływania A. muciniphila na barierę jelitową, układ immunologiczny oraz metabolizm energetyczny gospodarza. Ponadto opisano jej rolę w patogenezie i terapii chorób, w tym m.in. cukrzycy typu 2, nieswoistego zapalenia jelit, zaburzeń neurologicznych, astmy, a także jej wpływ na odpowiedź pacjenta na terapie przeciwnowotworowe oparte na działaniu układu odpornościowego. Duże zainteresowanie tą bakterią, a także przytoczone wyniki badań, w tym tych sprawdzających bezpieczeństwo jej stosowania, wskazują, że A. muciniphila może być obiecującym kandydatem na probiotyk nowej generacji. Niewątpliwie jednak przed dopuszczeniem A. muciniphila do powszechnego stosowania konieczne są dalsze badania z udziałem ludzi, a także wnikliwa ocena bezpieczeństwa jej stosowania.
Potencjalne możliwości wykorzystania berberyny w przeciwdziałaniu insulinooporności i w cukrzycy typu 2
Authors: Mróz Michalina , Pastusiak Katarzyna , Bogdański Paweł
Published: November 2021

Abstrakt

Insulinooporność to stan zmniejszonej wrażliwości tkanek docelowych na działanie insuliny, mimo jej prawidłowego lub podwyższonego stężenia w surowicy krwi. Jest ważnym czynnikiem w patogenezie zespołu metabolicznego, w tym stanu przedcukrzycowego i cukrzycy typu 2, a także chorób sercowo-naczyniowych oraz zespołu policystycznych jajników. Wzrasta zainteresowanie wykorzystaniem środków pochodzenia roślinnego w leczeniu pacjentów z chorobami metabolicznymi. Jednymi z nich są rośliny z rodziny berberysowatych zawierające alkaloidy izochinolinowe, takie jak berberyna. Sugeruje się, iż berberyna może wpływać na zmniejszenie insulinooporności, gospodarkę węglowodanową oraz metabolizm lipidów. Naukowcy wykazali, że ten roślinny alkaloid może tłumić różnicowanie adipocytów i wspomagać redukcję masy ciała. Inne właściwości berberyny obejmują działanie hipotensyjne oraz ochronne wobec śródbłonka naczyniowego. W artykule skoncentrowano się przede wszystkim na przedstawieniu potencjalnych możliwości wykorzystania berberyny w przeciwdziałaniu insulinooporności w cukrzycy typu 2.
Thermomechanical Slip in Elastic Contact Between Identical Materials
Authors: Streliaiev Yurii , Martynyak Rostyslav , Chumak Kostyantyn
Published: November 2021

The contact problem for interaction between an elastic sphere and an elastic half-space is considered taking into account partial thermomechanical frictional slip induced by thermal expansion of the half-space. The elastic constants of the bodies are assumed to be identical. The Amontons–Coulomb law is used to account for friction. The problem is reduced to non-linear boundary integral equations that correspond to the initial stage of mechanical loading and the subsequent stage of thermal loading. The dependences of the contact stress distribution, relative displacements of the contacting surfaces, dimensions of the stick and slip zones on temperature of the half-space are studied numerically. It was revealed that an increase in temperature causes increases in the shear contact stress and the relative shear displacements of the contacting surfaces. The absolute values of the shear contact stress reach their maximum at the boundaries of the stick zones. The greatest value of the moduli of the relative shear displacements are reached at the boundary of the contact region. The stick zone radius decreases monotonically according to a nonlinear law with increasing temperature.
Design of Decoupled Pi Controllers for Two-Input Two-Output Networked Control Systems with Intrinsic and Network-Induced Time Delays
Authors: Vall Ould Mohamed Mohamed
Published: November 2021

Proportional integral controller design for two-input two-output (TITO) networked control systems (NCSs) with intrinsic and network-induced time delays is studied in this paper. The TITO NCS consists of two delayed sub-systems coupled in a 1-1/2-2 pairing mode. In order to simplify the controller design, a decoupling method is first applied to obtain a decoupled system. Then, the controllers are designed based on the transfer function matrix of the obtained decoupled system and using the boundary locus method for determining the stability region and the well-known Mikhailov criterion for the stability test. A comparative analysis of the designed controllers and other controllers proposed in previous literature works is thereafter carried out. To demonstrate the validity and efficacy of the proposed method and to show that it achieves better results than other methods proposed in earlier literature works, the implementation in simulation of Wood–Berry distillation column model (methanol–water separation), a well-known benchmark for TITO systems, is carried out.
A Review of Compressed Air Engine in the Vehicle Propulsion System
Authors: Korbut Michal , Szpica Dariusz
Published: November 2021

Engines powered by compressed air as a source of propulsion are known for many years. Nevertheless, this type of drive is not commonly used. The main reason for not using commonly is the problem with the low energy density of the compressed air. They offer a number of advantages, primarily focusing on the possibility of significantly lowering the emissions of the engine. Their emissivity mainly depends on the method of obtaining compressed air. This also has an impact on the economic aspects of the drive. Currently there are only a few, ready to implement, compressed air powered engine solutions available on the market. A major advantage is the ability to convert internal combustion engines to run with compressed air. The study provides a literature review of solutions, focusing on a multifaceted analysis of pneumatic drives. Increasing vehicle approval requirements relating to their emissions performance are encouraging for the search of alternative power sources. This creates an opportunity for the development of unpopular propulsion systems, including pneumatic engines. Analysing the works of some researchers, it is possible to notice a significant increase in the efficiency of the drive, which may contribute to its popularisation.
Seasonal dynamics of bird assemblages in commercial plantations of Pinus radiata in southern-central Chile
Authors: Zúñiga Alfredo H. , Sandoval Rodolfo , Fuenzalida Víctor
Published: November 2021

Forest plantations are a relatively new environment in Chile, with impacts of different magnitude on different taxa. Birds are one of the taxa mostly used as ecological indicators to evaluate the effect of different types of disturbances, due to their level of specialization in the use of different microhabitats. We assessed the effect of the age of Pinus radiata plantations (2 sites of 8 and 12 years, respectively) and seasonal (three seasons) on the diversity of bird assemblages. The abundance of species from both sites was assessed through acoustic and visual survey records, which were also compared at trophic guild level. Differences were observed at both sites, with higher diversity calculated for Cerro Ñielol (8 years) compared to Rucamanque (12 years). In seasonal terms, diversity was not affected in Cerro Ñielol, while in Rucamanque significant differences were observed during fall. Guild composition of both localities also showed differences, resulting in higher diversity for Cerro Ñielol in most cases. Despite the fact that the younger plantation presented the highest diversity, elements associated with the landscape are discussed, as well as particularities in the use of space by the species.
Population density, habitat preference, and breeding biology of Chukar Partridge (Alectoris chukar) in Malakand division, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
Authors: Ullah Atta , Khan Khurshaid
Published: November 2021

The field biology of Chukar Partridge (Alectoris chukar) was studied in Malakand division, which is an important range of its distribution in Pakistan. The abundance of the species at different altitudes was studied using both transect trails of various lengths and point counts at certain spots. The average monthly population density was estimated to be 1.448±0.466 birds/ha. The population density in August, September, and October 2020 was significantly (P<0.05) higher, as compared to the rest of the months. Chukar Partridge sightings were the lowest in December, with mean±SD = 0.996±0.147 birds/ha and the highest in October 2.333±0.202 birds/ hae in all the study sites. At each study site, maximum activity habitats were marked and selected for breeding ecology study. Data was collected on breeding time, nest site selection, nest size, incubation period, and hatching success. The breeding season in this species starts in February, with the peak months being March and April, when calls are frequently heard. The frequency of calls varied from 0.15 to 0.3 per minute. Throughout the breeding season, twelve nests were observed using binoculars and camera traps from a distance to avoid disturbance, wherever possible and without disrupting the species. Nesting sites were mostly on slopes under the eaves of Dodonea viscosa, Calotropis procera and Zizyphus oxyphylla. Dry leaves of Poa annua, Cynodon dactylon, Dichanthium annulatum, small twigs of bushes, and downy feathers were used as nesting materials. The average diameter of nest (n=12) was 25.43±3.4 (mean±SD) cm. Overall, the mean clutch size was 94.5±30.187 egg/nest with an incubation period of 22–24 days. The hatching success rate was 82% with 315 successfully hatched chicks, while the fledging rate was 83% (265 fledged out of 315 hatched in, n=42 nests).
The wing phalanges (Phalanx proximalis digiti majoris) of European Accipitriformes and Falconiformes
Authors: Horváth Ida , Kessler Jenő Eugen , Pecsics Tibor
Published: November 2021

The authors compared the first phalanx of the second wing finger of 33 European diurnal raptors. The importance of studying this bone lies in the fact that, although it has diagnosable characteristics, it was practically neglected by osteologists and paleontologists. Thus, fossil materials can be identified through them, as well as those from owl pellets. The comparison was made possible by the comparative avian skeleton collection of the Hungarian Natural History Museum. In a preliminary investigation we examined the morphological diversity of the first phalanx of the second wing finger among the different species. We used principal component (PC) analyses on measurements. The PC described the curvature of the anterior surface of the bone and the relative size of the distal and proximal epiphyses. The principal component analysis showed slightly overlapping in shape between the taxons but the accipitriform and falconiform birds diverged in the morphospace. The attributes and geometry of the first phalanx of the second wing finger reflects more on taxonomic background than flying behaviour. The avian wing is a complex and highly modulable structure, therefore, probably body mass and size affect flying performance than the other morphological features of this bone. The text is supplemented by 6 figures and one size table.
Breeding phenology of Common Redstart (Phoenicurus phoenicurus) and its reproduction biology with artificial nests in Northeastern Ukraine
Authors: Yarys Olena , Chaplygina Angela , Kratenko Roman
Published: November 2021

The paper describes investigations on the reproduction biology (nesting, clutching, hatching, fledglings` departure) of the Common Redstart (Phoenicurus phoenicurus) in artificial nest boxes (AN) in Northeastern Ukraine. There were three sites of research: Hetman NNP, NPP “Gomilshansky Forests”, and RLP “Feldman Ecopark”. The research was performed during the nesting period from the first week of April to the first week of July in 2015‒2020. Annually, 5‒8 bird counts were conducted at each site. The first complete egg clutches at Hetman NNP were observed from 08.05 to 17.05 (2015‒2020) and at NPP “Gomilshansky Forests” from 02.05 to28.05 (2017‒2020). Dates of the first egg laying, at various conditions, had inter-annual variability because of unstable weather conditions in May. The average parameters of nests in AN at Hetman NNP were the following: diameter of nests (D) ‒ 124.1±6.3 mm; diameter of trays (d) ‒ 61.5±1.7 mm; nest height (H) ‒ 63.5±9.4 mm; depth of trays (h) ‒ 48.6±2.7 mm; nest mass (m) ‒ 43.7±3.8 mm. The size of complete clutches in Northeastern Ukraine was calculated when eggs were incubated. According to the average indicators, during 2015‒2020, the average size of the clutch was 6.9±0.3 (5‒8) eggs at Hetman NNP, 6.2±0.4 (6‒8) eggs at NPP “Gomilshansky Forests” and 8.5±0.5 (8‒9) eggs at RLP “Feldman Ecopark”. Incubation period of Ph. phoenicurus lasted on average for 15‒20 days.
Migration of Firecrest (Regulus ignicapilla) in Hungary
Authors: Bozó László , Csathó András István , Gyurácz József , Huber Attila , Csörgő Tibor
Published: November 2021

The Firecrest (Regulus ignicapilla) is a regular, but small-number breeder in spruce and coniferous forests in the mountainous and hilly areas of Hungary, but is found in all parts of the country during migration. Despite this, only sporadic field observation data and ringing results in Western Hungary have been published so far. The aim of this study was to investigate the migration of this species on a national scale. In our work, we processed field observation data collected on the Csanádi-hát and capture-recapture data from three bird ringing stations (Szalonna, Tömörd and Ócsa) from the second half of the 1980s to 2021. We also used archive published field observation data from different parts of Hungary. Our results show that the spring migration of the species in the study areas took place between mid-March and late April – early May, and its timing did not differ significantly between regions. In contrast, the autumn migration was earlier in mountainous areas than in lowland areas. The small numbers and short duration of recaptured birds suggested a rapid migration in both periods. In autumn, we obtained a significant difference between the annual number of birds captured in Tömörd and Szalonna. In both periods, males were caught in greater numbers than females. In southern Hungary, the timing of migration in spring has not changed, but in autumn the species migrated earlier than a few decades ago.
Sports Diplomacy Research in Poland, Czechia and Slovakia. Emerging Field of Study?
Authors: Zákravský Jiří , Kobierecki Michał Marcin , Štulajter Ivan
Published: November 2021

Sport is a complex phenomenon that academics across many social sciences are focusing on. The interest in sports has been observable for a long time by historians, anthropologists and sociologists. Scientists in the field of international relations are no exception. A typical way sport is studied in international relations is by paying attention to sports diplomacy. The study of sports diplomacy has become a pretty popular part of the research since the second decade of the 21st century and it is possible to observe the dominance of the authors from the American and British universities in sports diplomacy research. Based on the Web of Science dataset, at first sight, the study of sports diplomacy is not seen as a popular field of research in the Central European countries. On the other hand, this statistical measure does not describe a complex situation of what the sports diplomacy research looks like, how it is formed or how it reflects the thinking of the politicians on national public/sports diplomacy. Thus, the article aims to map sports diplomacy research in the Central European states, specifically in Poland, Czechia and Slovakia.
The economic analysis of the impact of grand challenges on sustainability and continuity of business entities’ activities
Authors: LYUBUSHIN Nikolai P. , BABICHEVA Nadezhda E. , KUPRYUSHINA Ol'ga M. , KHANIN Dmitrii G.
Published: November 2021

Subject. The article addresses the need to develop new methodological tools for assessing threats to and opportunities of sustainable development of business entities, enabling to adequately reflect their activities in the analysis of their interaction in rapidly changing economic conditions.
Objectives. The aim is to underpin a methodological approach to the formation of indicators for assessing the sustainable development of business entities in the face of grand challenges, which rests on the grouping of indicators according to the type of economic development.
Methods. The study draws on resource-oriented approach, which we developed and tested in the economic analysis of sustainable development of business entities, and statistical methods.
Results. Based on the methods of cognitive and resource-oriented analysis, we defined a set of basic indicators, characterizing the intellectual capital. The implementation of the methodological approach enabled to identify two baseline indicators of intellectual capital involved in the formation of a Grand Challenge, i.e. the number of computers with access to global information networks and the cost of patents and licenses for inventions, industrial designs, utility models. We developed and evaluated integrated indicators of intellectual capital to determine the possibilities of sustainable development of economic entities of the Russian Federation.
Conclusions. The offered approach helps define a set of indicators of different types of capital to be included in the integrated reporting and analysis of possibilities of economic entities’ sustainable development in the face of grand challenges. The produced set of indicators is basic and may change.
The problem of optimizing the schedule of perishable agricultural products processing
Authors: BALANDIN Dmitrii V. , KUZNETSOV Yurii A.
Published: November 2021

Subject. The article addresses the economic, scientific, technological, and production activities of processing plants within the agri-industrial complex.
Objectives. The study aim to analyze and describe the specifics of storing perishable agricultural products, and the impact on both the further processing and final results of a processing enterprise.
Methods. We employ methods of analysis and synthesis, grouping and comparison, abstraction, generalization, and analogy. We provide a mathematical model that describes the sugar beet processing, taking into account the level of sugar content, based on methods of mathematical modeling and optimization theory.
Results. Our analysis of the influence of storage time of perishable agricultural products on their further processing showed that this factor can have a serious impact on the results of processing enterprises. We investigated the issue, using the case of such an important technical culture as sugar beet. We highlight an important factor, which can significantly improve the results of economic activity of enterprises, i.e. the formation of a schedule for the order of processing of sugar beet with different levels of sugar content.
Conclusions. To maximize the final output, the sugar beet processing should start with batches of maximum sugar content. We provide assessments, characterizing the level of final output, should this rule be violated. The findings may serve as a basis for developing more general mathematical models, which describe the sugar beet processing and consider other factors, including the dynamics of the process of beet pile fields replenishment with sugar beet of various sugar content.
The impact of adaptability on the competitiveness of non-State pension funds
Authors: YAROVAYA Ekaterina S.
Published: November 2021

Subject. This article deals with the analysis of competitiveness, which is an important component of the strategic management of a non-State pension fund.
Objectives. The article aims to study the existing approaches to the analysis of competitiveness, determine the role of the indicator of adaptability of competitiveness of non-State pension funds in conditions of high variability of the external environment, and formulate recommendations for drawing up criteria for the enterprise competitiveness taking into account the specifics of the activities of the funds.
Methods. For the study, I used analysis, and the systems, and structural and functional approaches.
Results. The article defines and classifies the factors affecting the competitiveness of non-State pension funds in modern market conditions. It substantiates the influence of the indicator of adaptability on the competitiveness of non-State pension funds. The article also proposes an approach to ranking this indicator, which can be applied regardless of the chosen method for assessing the competitiveness of non-State pension funds.
Conclusions. The article concludes that the testing of the assessment of the non-State pension fund competitiveness using the author-proposed adaptability indicator helps determine the level of non-State pension fund competitiveness at the current time, track the changes, and identify the existing problems, the causes of their occurrence, and thereby ensure the conditions under which the non-State pension fund has the opportunity to promptly respond and adapt to external changes thus ensuring its stability in the market.
Investment mortgage as an innovative banking product in the real estate financing market
Authors: RUBLEVA Tat’yana A.
Published: November 2021

Subject. This article discusses the role of investment mortgage in overcoming the crisis of attracting deposits by credit institutions and stimulating the investment activity of households in the real estate financing market.
Objectives. The article aims to define particularities of investment mortgage and prospects for its development in the real estate funding market, and ways to improve the quality of mortgage bonds in the investment mortgage segment using artificial intelligence technologies in underwriting.
Methods. For the study, I used the systems approach, comparative and logical analyses.
Results. The article presents an author-developed definition of the Investment Mortgage category, its basic elements, and it describes the investment mortgage life cycle and risks. It also proposes to supplement the scoring through using the gradient boosting technique when underwriting a credit application for investment mortgage.
Conclusions and Relevance. The investment mortgage segment, including mortgage deposit and mortgage loan, has a life cycle and risks that differ from the ones of the mortgage programs implemented in the banking services market. Using the gradient boosting technique can help improve the efficiency of underwriting applications for mortgage lending and investment mortgage. The results of the study can be used by credit organizations when developing a product line of mortgage lending programs in the investment mortgage segment, and digitizing credit underwriting of mortgage borrowers.
ТОПОС ЯК ОБРАЗ ПРОСТОРУ РЕФЛЕКСІЇ В ЕСЕЇСТИЦІ ВАСИЛЯ МАХНА («УЗДОВЖ ОКЕАНУ НА РОВЕРІ»)
Authors: ШЕВЧЕНКО Тетяна
Published: November 2021

У статті проаналізовано топологічні особливості збірки Василя Махна «Уздовж океану на ровері». Дослідження відбувалося з огляду на методологію топологічної рефлексії, запропоновану філософом В. Савчуком. Суть топологічної рефлексії полягає в рекон- цептуалізації простору, котрий усвідомлюється одночасно і як носій соціальних і символічних значень, і як культурно навантажена категорія. Усі вони причетні до практик самоіденти- фікації того, хто їх осмислює, а у випадку з митцем – ще й художньо відтворює. Доведено, що В. Махно створює образ суміжної пам’яті й суміжних територій, котрі не передбача- ють центрування а пріорі. Митець не вибудовує жодних топологічних ієрархій, бо для нього й Україна, й Америка однаковою мірою важливі. В. Махно шукає власну дотичність до двох таких відмінних територій через образи й есеми, а есеїстичні техніки самоідентифікації як суб’єктивного письма щонайкраще підходять для цього. Проаналізовано практики індивіду- алізації простору, серед яких основні такі: відтворення географічних локацій через синесте- зійні образи; посутня роль деталі й подробиці; украй обмежена кількість описів упізнаваних місць, концентрація уваги на предметах, фрагментах, які є здебільшого своєрідним резуль- татом перетвореної свідомості; відсутність ієрархії в презентації топосів; полідискурсив- ний характер самих текстів; доповнення есеїв світлинами, котрі розширюють асоціативне поле читача тощо. Також проаналізовано структуру збірки й зроблено висновок, що 92 її есеї вільно укладено в умовну систему: сюжетної чи хронологічної послідовності тут не просте- жуємо. Єднають усі твори практики індивідуалізації простору, засоби перетворення відомих місць на «свої» через активізацію пам’яті. Основні з них – процеси феноменології пам’яті як оповідь про себе як такого, процес самоусвідомлення передусім як митця, homo faber.
Say what? A Guided Virtual Level I Fieldwork for Occupational Therapy Assistant (OTA) Students
Authors:   Radford University, Wix Amy M
Published: November 2021

Life experience is what makes us who we are. I started my career in academia as a fieldwork coordinator in fall 2013, so I learned quickly that securing traditional fieldwork sites can be difficult. I am certainly a fan of faculty led fieldwork and have used this approach. In spring 2017, I was excited to find out that I was expecting my first baby however in the summer of 2017, at the 20-week anatomy ultrasound, my excitement turned to tears as we found out our baby had a Neural Tube Defect (NTD) and the most severe type of spina bifida (myelomeningocele). I was then introduced as to what I call the “spina bifida underworld” private pages for moms who were considering fetal surgery, moms who had fetal surgery, moms who had post-natal repair, pages called united by spina bifida, blogs from various individuals with spina bifida etc., I have personally found these pages to be a wealth of knowledge and have made many friends in unexpected places.
Refractory Hypotension Related to Systemic Mastocytosis Diagnosed After Cytoreductive Therapy for Acute Myeloid Leukemia
Authors:   Albert Einstein College Of Medicine, Bronx, United States, Ferastraoaru Denisa
Published: November 2021

Systemic Mastocytosis (SM) can be associated with Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML) and mast cells can be masked on bone marrow biopsy by the high burden of blast cells. Most of the SM-AML patients have associated translocation t(8;21) and mutation of D816V KIT gene which were not present in the reported case. None of the SM-AML cases described in the literature had systemic symptoms secondary to SM. This is the first reported case of life-threatening symptomatic SM in a patient with SM-AML. Checking
Asbestos Fibre and Mineral Counts from Filtered Dust Collected in Human Settlements Asbestos Mine Dumps in Mpumalanga Province, Republic of South Africa
Authors:   University Of South Africa, P O Box X6, MG Kwata
Published: November 2021

Dust generation sources come from mining sites including mine dumps, crushing, hauling, grinding and offloading of waste material from open pit and underground operation and non-operations, movement of trucks on unpaved roads, etc. Many mine dumps in South Africa are not rehabilitated due to the possibility of re-mining in the case of asbestos dumps or have been abandoned by previous owners for different reasons. Some of the reasons for abandonment include bankruptcy, ineffective enforcement, lack of financial assurance, minimal penalties for non-compliance and commodities like gold, asbestos and coal are affected. Historically, only long asbestos fibres were used for manufacturing purpose. While short fibres were unwanted
Pathological Findings in Neck Dissections of Head and Neck Cancer, and their Associations with outcome
Authors: Y Shiner
Published: November 2021

Importance: Consensus has not been reached regarding the prognostic value of various pathological factors, including extranodal extension (ENE), in patients with head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC). Objective: To evaluate associations of pathological findings in neck dissection on survival rates of HNSCC Design: A retrospective study of patients with HNSCC treated during 2009-2017, either surgically (Surgery Group) or with radiotherapy or chemotherapy, followed by neck dissection (Organ Preservation Group). The respective mean follow-up periods were 50.1±44.1 and 43.3±27.4 months. Setting: A tertiary care university-affiliated medical Patients: 135 patients were selected consecutively. After excluding 36 with oropharyngeal cancer, nasopharyngeal carcinoma, or an unknown primary, the cohort comprised 72 patients in the Surgery Group and 27 in the Organ Preservation Exposure: Surgical treatment or the combination of radiotherapy/chemoradiotherapy and neck dissection. Main outcomes: Five-year overall survival and associations of demographic and nodal Characteristics with Results: The Surgery Group comprised 53/72 males, mean age 71.6±12.96 years. The Organ Preservation Group comprised 26/27 males, mean age 71.3±10.5 years. For the respective groups, the mean values of nodal yield were 30.54±13.09 and 18±9.33, and the mean numbers of pathological lymph nodes were 2.09±3.7 and 0.88 ± 1.8; ENE was detected in 39% and 22%, respectively. In the Surgery Group, the AJCC 8th edition guidelines upstaged 28/53 patients (53%) with nodal metastases. The 5-year overall survival rate was 44.7%: 31% vs 55% for patients with without ENE (p=0.037). In a multivariate Cox proportional-hazard model, age and the number of pathological nodes were associated with overall survival. In the Organ Preservation Group, the 5-year overall survival rate was 44%. In a multivariate Cox model, ENE and the number of pathological nodes were associated with overall survival. None of the patients with ENE in the last group survived at 5 years. Conclusion: Among patients with HNSCC, the number of positive nodes in neck dissection was associated with overall survival, both in those for whom surgery was first-line treatment and those who underwent surgery following chemoradiotherapy. However, ENE was associated with overall survival in the latter group only, with fatal outcome.
Artes y región: producción artística, cultura y territorio
Authors: Galicia Rocío , Mijares Enrique , Figueroa Hernández Rafael , Godínez Rivas Gloria Luz , Rivera Krakowska Octavio , Marina Heloisa , Castro Ortigoza Gustavo Rafael , Uribe Cruz Ana , Palacios Ramírez Lilia , Anaya Yosi , Prieto Stambaugh Antonio , Fediuk Elka , González Linaje María Teresa
Published: November 2021

En las últimas décadas la expansión del paradigma de la complejidad en sus más variadas orientaciones teóricas puso en cuestionamiento los conceptos y las prácticas de la investigación. La pregunta ¿cómo investigar las artes? está cruzada con la que indaga la delimitación territorial, espacial y cultural. La regionalización, otrora eminentemente geográfica, económica y administrativa, se vuelve un concepto mutante en el interés por focalizar en el estudio de los fenómenos, movimientos, creadores y obras su pertenencia regional. El libro reúne los trabajos de varios autores en torno al teatro, la música la danza, las artes plásticas y las artes populares, poniendo un acento en Veracruz como región, espacio y territorio.
Sonrisas de piedra y barro: Iconografías prehispánicas de la Costa del Golfo de México
Authors: Ladrón de Guevara Sara
Published: November 2021

La diversidad cultural que hoy se expresa en territorio veracruzano es apenas un reflejo de la diversidad que lo ocupó en los tiempos previos a la llegada de los europeos a nuestro continente. A lo largo de tres milenios, las civilizaciones asentadas en lo que hoy es nuestra entidad desarrollaron códigos gráficos que guardaban vínculos de semejanza con los del resto de Mesoamérica, pero que presentan particularidades dignas de ser consideradas. Este volumen reúne una serie de trabajos incluidos en libros y en revistas o presentados en reuniones académicas, y tienen en común la interpretación del pensamiento mesoamericano a través de discursos gráficos que constituyen verdaderos mensajes de nuestros antepasados precolombinos. Olmecas, culturas del Centro, Tajín y Huastecas, a través de períodos sucesivos, son visitados por una mirada que procura dotar al lector del contexto que rodeó a los emisores. Se devela así un mensaje de antaño dirigido a otros interlocutores con referentes olvidados, con pensamientos expresados a través de imágenes plasmadas en diversos soportes y con variadas técnicas y estilos. Las imágenes revisadas de piedra de barro o sobre los muros dan rostro al imaginario colectivo que rodeó y produjo estos añejos diseños, hoy visitados bajo miradas nuevas.
Los Raros. La escritura excluida en México
Authors: Castillo Hernández Estela , Fernández Ángel José , Pavón Alfredo , Viveros Anaya Luz América , Velasco Raquel , Cajero Vázquez Antonio , Rangel Asunción , Ugalde Quintana Sergio , Cuevas Velasco Norma Angélica , Mora Perdomo Leticia , Chavarín González Marco Antonio , Higashi Alejandro , Pulido Antonio Alejandro , Duque Hernández Miguel Ángel , López Vera Elvia Estefanía
Published: November 2021

More than a decade ago, the Literary Studies Program of El Colegio de San Luis and the Institute of Linguistic and Literary Research of the Universidad Veracruzana joined forces to undertake the study, rescue and dissemination of writers, works, and literary phenomena that could be called "rare", due to the lack of knowledge or neglect that both academia and literary critics have had towards them. The 14 articles in this book are the result of a genuine interest in settling this debt with the literary tradition in Mexico. In these pages, a group of specialists from prestigious higher education institutions, approach from a philological, literary criticism, historiography, cultural studies or intellectual biography perspective, to the analysis of singular texts, either for their style, or for the peculiar treatment of their themes, or simply because in their time they were ahead of generic determinations, aesthetic trends or group editorial processes, covering a broad period from the late eighteenth century to the twilight of the twentieth. As a whole, the gaze of these 14 study proposals focuses on the writing excluded from the Mexican canon, in search of the exceptional detail, the seed of that which opposes the norm, or the subjectivities that stand out as an anomaly in the great cultural processes that our country has experienced. Observed in their particularity, the works that integrate this corpus reveal themselves as a sort of refutation to the impositions of the literary histories of the preceding centuries, by recognizing that also those who advanced along falsely marginalized itineraries were involved in negotiations, transgressions, influences and important variants in the field of tradition. Prior to this academic effort, there was no specific bibliography in the academy on many of the topics, authors or perspectives discussed here, which makes Rare. The excluded writing in Mexico a rigorous compendium, as well as a guide to search for the other names that made up the ranks of Mexican literature.
Estridentópolis y la vanguardia
Authors: Mata Rodolfo , Rashkin Elissa , Escalante Evodio , Pappe Silvia , Hernández Palacios Ester , Martínez Rodríguez José Luis , Mora Perdomo Leticia , Ortiz Domínguez Efrén , Zurián de la Fuente Carla , Rodríguez Alberto , Padilla Enrique , Pillot Rueda Pablo , Sandoval Toledo Biaani , Téllez Daniel , Méndez Alejandra , Fernández Ángel José , Castillo Hernández Estela
Published: November 2021

La mañana del 31 de diciembre de 1921 inició una de las propuestas estéticas más singulares e innovadoras del arte moderno, con la aparición en las calles de la Ciudad de México de la hoja volante Actual no. 1, comprimido estridentista firmado por el papanteco Manuel Maples Arce. El Estridentismo fue un movimiento polémico, de batalla cultural, artística e intelectual; un estado sintomático de su situación histórica, tanto en el terreno de la estética como de la política y la moral; un acervo de ideas, actitudes e instintos, dentro del cual, si bien no claramente, se expresaba la necesidad de ser modernos, lo mismo en materia de literatura que de pintura, escultura o fotografía. Hacia 1926, con el ingreso de Maples Arce a las filas de Heriberto Jara Corona en el gobierno de Veracruz, el Estridentismo hizo de Xalapa su casa, llamó a esta mítica ciudad Estridentópolis y se quedó a habitarla. El libro que tenemos entre manos es resultado del V Congreso Internacional de Investigadores de Poesía, organizado por el Instituto de Investigaciones Lingüístico-Literarias de la Universidad Veracruzana en octubre de 2012. En sus páginas se congrega a 16 voces de distintas generaciones que, a partir de la investigación literaria, integran una suerte de homenaje a la primera vanguardia mexicana, al poner nuevamente sobre la mesa de discusión el estudio de algunos temas, imágenes, poéticas, revistas, programas de grupo e individualidades, que integraron la casa estridentista. Si como afirmaba con ironía Xavier Villaurrutia, sería falta de oído no dedicar un pequeño juicio a los sonoros propósitos del Estridentismo, este volumen aspira a escuchar más allá del ruido de la polémica, la mística que el movimiento creó en torno a una ciudad, a una época y a la literatura mexicana.
La novela corta en conflicto: Cinco ensayos alrededor de la incertidumbre
Authors: Velasco Raquel
Published: November 2021

Literary genres are elusive; we cannot pretend to pass through them, attributing one classification or another to literary works; but they are useful, especially now that we are beyond the rigid conceptions of gender inherited from traditional studies. The reader has in his hands a serious analysis, documented, that approaches literary works from the category of the short novel without imposing absolute visions, precisely because its starting point is that it is the genre of uncertainty. Mariano Azuela, Juan Rulfo, Rodolfo Walsh, Julio Cortázar, Roberto Bolaño, Juan Pablo Villalobos, are some of the memorable writers of short novels that have given a particular profile and destiny to the genre in Latin America. Raquel Velasco studies these authors to cast a new light on the way these works exist in a convulsive and chaotic world.
Flexible Aircraft Simulation Validation with Flight Test Data
Authors: Guimarães Neto Antônio B. , Barbosa Guilherme C. , Paulino Juliano A. , Bertolin Rafael M. , Nunes Jéssica S. M. , González Pedro J. , Cardoso-Ribeiro Flávio L. , Morales Maurício A. V. , da Silva Roberto G. A. , Bussamra Flávio L. S. , Silvestre Flávio J. , Moreira Fernando J. O. , Cesnik Carlos E. S.
Published: November 2021

The challenges of modeling flexible aircraft include appropriate fidelity capturing and validation with experimental data. In fact, the validation of formulations and models for the flexible flight dynamics is indispensable to ensure that all the important phenomena are correctly captured. With this objective, two high-aspect-ratio flexible aircraft have been flight-tested, and coupled aeroelastic–flight dynamics data have been collected to support model validation. Additional ground vibration and static tests were carried out to fully characterize the structural dynamic properties. Numerical models were built based on a linear structural representation but with geometrically nonlinear aerodynamics. Low Reynolds number effects were included in a simplified way with lookup tables of two-dimensional airfoil data. Wing-tip effects were considered via the vortex- and doublet-lattice methods. Propulsive data were obtained with wind-tunnel tests. This paper describes the numerical models, the two aircraft, and their instrumentation and presents the data collected from the aircraft sensors during flight tests. Numerical and experimental results are compared for angular velocities, accelerations, and strains measured at different points of the aircraft. Despite its limitations and simplifications, the numerical model captures the real aircraft main aeroelastic and flight dynamic behaviors.