bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Pseudomonas mendocina bacteraemia secondary to cellulitis – a report and brief series of cases
Authors: Reis Jorge , Carmo Francisca , Soares Inês , Salvado Catarina , Fidalgo Mariana
Published: January 2025

Background: Pseudomonas mendocina is a rare cause of disease in humans with few cases described, but known to cause severe infections, mainly endocarditis and bacteraemia. Case description: An 86-year-old Caucasian male, with several vascular risk factors (type 2 diabetes, hypertension, dyslipidaemia, coronary heart disease and heart failure), who presented long-standing lower limb phlyctens for which he was being treated, developed lower limb cellulitis. When observed in the Emergency Department, he was septic and was admitted for treatment and surveillance. Blood cultures were positive for P. mendocina. He was treated with antibiotics and recovered, and was discharged home. Conclusion: Damage to the skin barrier as in cellulitis provides a point of entry for P. mendocina, a microorganism that lives in soil and water. The source of contamination is rarely identified, but immunocompromised people present a higher risk of infection and severe disease. The antibiotic susceptibility profile is different from the more common Pseudomonas aeruginosa, with fewer known resistances. Albeit rare, this is thought to be an underreported infection that clinicians should be aware of.
#StayWinterStrong
Authors: Palmer Nick
Published: January 2025

Nick Palmer highlights the difficulties that colder weather poses in the UK for patients with kidney disease and the resources that are available to help them
Managing behaviours that present challenges in a dialysis setting
Authors: McMillan Sarah , Spooner Helen , Jenkins Karen
Published: January 2025

This month ANN UK explores factors contributing to the exposure of staff to behaviours which present challenges in a dialysis setting and recommendations for practice
A guide in undertaking core clinical supervision: Supervisors' experiences in implementing core clinical supervision in general practice
Authors: Goode Sarah , Hodge Gemma , Cross Debbie
Published: January 2025

Background

Many practitioners have highlighted the value in being given protected time to undertake supervision practice as it offers the opportunity of sharing knowledge and provides feedback around good clinical practice leading to high quality patient care delivery ( Rothwell et al, 2021 & Goode et al, 2024 ). As healthcare policies evolve, supervision practices can adapt and become embedded as part of the regulatory requirement ( NHS England, 2022 ). However, many practitioners struggle to either embed and/or sustain core clinical supervision practices. If left to drift a workforce may become poor functioning and non-concordant with the latest regulations and standards in primary care. Therefore, general practice practitioners require guidance and support to be increasingly creative and resourceful whilst managing clinical demands.

Methodology/Methods

An explorative hermeneutic phenomenology approach, using semi structured interviews was utilised to explore themes and experiences around implementing and facilitating core clinical supervision in practice.

Findings

Four key themes arose from the study. Identifying resources needed to implement core clinical supervision; Leading and managing clinical sessions; professional and personal development and quality improvement indicators.

Recommendations and Conclusion

Several recommendations are offered from the study to initiate and embed core clinical supervision in practice with emphasis on quality indicators, utilising some change management strategies and ensuring core supervision is sustainable in practice.
The re-emergence of the peripatetic educator in general practice
Authors: Cross Debbie , Hodge Gemma , Barwick Claire
Published: January 2025

Peripatetic nursing roles have evolved due to need of flexibility to manage a workforce which aligns with any form or need for organisational change that involves a people strategy.

Background

Recently, the re-emergence of the peripatetic educator role in primary care has appeared through funding from NHS England to address the gap of practice assessors, particularly in primary care in accordance with The Ten Point Plan for General Nurse Practitioners (2021) has been applied at scale across the Humber and Yorkshire regions. Long standing evidence has justified that student nurses and staff can develop their knowledge and skills utilising the supervisory mechanisms to enable quality supervision and assessment within clinical environments ( Knight et al 2021 ).

Methods

A reflection on action process was utilised from peripatetic educators' reflections to investigate the quality and value of introducing a peripatetic educator to support and engage with student nurses and their supervisors and assessors in primary care networks (PCNs).

Outcomes and Effectiveness

The introduction of the peripatetic educator in general practice has had a positive impact in addressing general practice placements, specifically to enhance skill acquisition through nurse led clinics addressing key Quality and Outcomes Frameworks (QOF's); broaden placement capacity and complete proficiency assessments in a timely and successful way, by applying the long arm supervision process ( Karban 1999 ).

Implications and Summary

Peripatetic educators can cement the required consistency and proficiency in clinical placement learning and assessments by bridging gaps between primary care networks and universities; maximise the student tariff and provide high quality clinical placements within general practice.
RESEARCH ROUNDUP
Authors: Winter George
Published: January 2025

George Winter provides an overview of recently published articles that may be of interest to practice nurses. Should you wish to look at any of the papers in more detail, a full reference is provided.
Strategies to promote cervical screening for an aging demographic: a global insight
Authors: Mitchell Claire , Carlin Alexandra
Published: January 2025

Claire Mitchell and Alexandra Carlin use studies from around the world to explain how cervical screening can be boosted, and the role primary care nurses can play in doing so.

Cervical screening coverage, in the United Kingdom (UK), has been steadily declining year-on-year. Concurrently, the Human Papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination schedule excluded women born before 1990, therefore there is growing need to promote screening to those who were ineligible. Local data may help inform practices to identify non-attenders and allow development of targeted strategies to improve screening attendance with aim to meet the national target of 80%. NHS England aims to eradicate cervical cancer by 2040, however, much remains to be done to achieve this goal. Innovations such as self-sampling may be a vital tool to promote screening. This article will explore global targets, and the lessons learnt from countries with higher success rates, than the UK, in eradicating cervical cancer.
End of The Line
Authors: Ford Jason
Published: January 2025

A Welsh railway line that once carried nearly five million passengers in one year ran its last service in 1960
Enhanced angular misalignment resiliency in multimode fiber imaging leveraging deep learning
Authors: Gao Han , Pei Li , Wang Jianshuai , Hu Zhouyi , Bai Bing , Ning Tigang , Hu Kaihua , Xu Wenxuan
Published: January 2025

Multimode fiber (MMF) enables high-fidelity speckle imaging due to its densely loaded modes for carrying information, making it highly applicable in industrial inspection and medical diagnostics. Nevertheless, a slight misalignment in the angle of light incidence in the real environment directly affects the imaging quality, leading to changes in the excited mode number, orders, and coupling process. As the angular misalignment increases, the speckle pattern gradually becomes ring-like from circle-like, and features are mainly distributed at the edge areas. Existing works are typically designed for circular patterns where features are centered, and their performance is limited when facing cases with relatively large incidence angles. In this paper, to the best of our knowledge, we comprehensively investigate this phenomenon for the first time. We then propose a multi-residual Unet (MResUnet) deep-learning model to improve the imaging quality against the negative effects of increased incidence angular misalignment. The proposed scheme is realized by introducing multiple residuals so that the edge information is not completely masked by high-level features and more focusing on the relationship between the global and local speckle features. The results show that, compared to traditional methods, the accuracy of the test dataset is improved by 38% when the incident angle is even around 8°, and its structural similarity (SSIM) value reaches up to 0.96. All results indicate the great feasibility of the proposed MResUnet offering a steady way for high-quality MMF imaging.
Proteomic characterization and comparison of the infective and adult life stage secretomes from Necator americanus and Ancylostoma ceylanicum
Authors: Wong Yide , Rosa Bruce A. , Becker Luke , Camberis Mali , LeGros Graham , Zhan Bin , Bottazzi Maria Elena , Fujiwara Ricardo T. , Ritmejeryte Edita , Laha Thewarach , Chaiyadet Sujittra , Taweethavonsawat Piyanan , Brindley Paul J. , Bracken Bethany K. , Giacomin Paul R. , Mitreva Makedonka , Loukas Alex
Published: January 2025

More than 470 million people globally are infected with the hookworms Ancylostoma ceylanicum and Necator americanus, resulting in an annual loss of 2.1 to 4 million disability-adjusted-life-years. Current infection management approaches are limited by modest drug efficacy, the costs associated with frequent mass drug administration campaigns, and the risk of reinfection and burgeoning drug resistance. Subunit vaccines based on proteins excreted and secreted (ES) by hookworms that reduce worm numbers and associated disease burden are a promising management strategy to overcome these limitations. However, studies on the ES proteomes of hookworms have mainly described proteins from the adult life stage which may preclude the opportunity to target the infective larva. Here, we employed high resolution mass spectrometry to identify 103 and 57 ES proteins from the infective third larvae stage (L3) as well as 106 and 512 ES proteins from the adult N. americanus and A. ceylanicum respectively. Comparisons between these developmental stages identified 91 and 41 proteins uniquely expressed in the L3 ES products of N. americanus and A. ceylanicum, respectively. We characterized these proteins based on functional annotation, KEGG pathway analysis, InterProScan signature and gene ontology. We also performed reciprocal BLAST analysis to identify orthologs across species for both the L3 and adult stages and identified five orthologous proteins in both life stages and 15 proteins that could be detected only in the L3 stage of both species. Last, we performed a three-way reciprocal BLAST on the L3 proteomes from both hookworm species together with a previously reported L3 proteome from the rodent hookworm Nippostrongylus brasiliensis, and identified eight L3 proteins that could be readily deployed for testing using well established rodent models. This novel characterization of L3 proteins and taxonomic conservation across hookworm species provides a raft of potential candidates for vaccine discovery for prevention of hookworm infection and disease.
Higher magnesium depletion score increases the risk of all‑cause and cardiovascular mortality in US adults with diabetes
Authors: Zhang Hao , Kuang Liping , Wan Qiang
Published: January 2025

Background

Both dietary magnesium and serum magnesium are associated with the prognosis of diabetic patients. However, the impact of the magnesium depletion score (MDS), which assesses systemic magnesium deficiency, on the prognosis of diabetic patients remains unclear. This cohort study aims to explore the potential association between the MDS and all-cause and cardiovascular mortality in diabetic patients.

Methods

In this study, we analyzed data from 5,219 diabetic individuals from National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) 2003–2018. Participant mortality information was sourced from the National Death Index records. MDS was divided into lower MDS (0–1 points), middle MDS (2 points), and higher MDS (3–5 points) groups. Weighted multivariable Cox regression was utilized to explore the potential association between MDS and mortality in diabetic patients. Stratified analyses and sensitivity analyses were employed to validate the robustness of our findings.

Results

Among the 5,219 participants included in this study, 1,212 experienced all-cause mortality, and 348 experienced cardiovascular mortality. Weighted multivariable Cox regression indicated that higher MDS was strongly linked to a heightened risk of mortality in all models, including the fully adjusted model (all-cause mortality: HR = 1.58, 95% CI: 1.20–2.08; cardiovascular mortality: HR = 1.92, 95% CI: 1.28–2.88). In the stratified analysis, we found that the association between MDS and all-cause mortality was stronger among individuals aged <60 years. No significant differences were found in the relationship between MDS and mortality within other subgroups. In the sensitivity analyses, our results remained robust.

Conclusions

An increase in MDS is significantly correlated with a higher risk of all-cause and cardiovascular mortality in diabetic patients. The risk of all-cause mortality was higher in diabetic patients aged <60. Early monitoring and management of MDS, as well as optimizing magnesium nutritional status, may benefit diabetic patients.
Spanish essentialism and the far right: An interview with Ana Luengo
Authors: Kelly Deirdre
Published: January 2025

Professor Ana Luengo is a leading voice in the study of memory, violence and cultural representation in Spain and Latin America. Her latest book, Arqueología del esencialismo español: Leyes, geneologías y herencias (‘Archaeology of Spanish Essentialism: Laws, Genealogies and Inheritance’) (Editorial Comares, 2023), explores the roots and contemporary implications of Spanish essentialism – a timely topic given the rise of far-right movements in Spain and beyond. With an academic journey that spans from Germany, where she earned her doctorate at the University of Hamburg, to her current role at San Francisco State University, Professor Luengo has contributed significantly to the fields of memory studies, literature, film and media. Her earlier works, including La encrucijada de la memoria (‘The Crossroads of Memory’) (2004, 2nd edition 2012) and ‘Perpetradores y memoria democrática en España’ (‘Perpetrators and democratic memory in Spain’) (edited with Katherine O. Stafford, 2017), have established her as an authority on how Spain’s history, particularly the Civil War and Francoism, continues to shape cultural narratives. In this interview, Luengo discusses the major themes of Arqueología del esencialismo español and analyses how the far right in Spain draws from historical narratives and myths of national identity. Her incisive analysis of the ways in which the past is reconstructed, inherited and politicized offers critical insights into the ideological foundations of these movements, as well as the broader implications for Spain’s political and cultural future. Professor Luengo was interviewed on 19 July 2024 by Deirdre Kelly, a lecturer in Spanish at Technological University Dublin. This interview has been translated from Spanish and edited for length and clarity.
Estrada, O. (ed) (2023). "Rosa Beltrán: afectos literarios y el arte de narrar". Bonilla Artigas Editores.
Authors: Perez Medina Israel
Published: January 2025

Reseña del libro Estrada, O. (ed) (2023). "Rosa Beltrán: afectos literarios y el arte de narrar". Bonilla Artigas Editores. 362 pp. ISBN: 9786078838981.
Nóinui Jitóma y la enseñanza del "Fɨnórae", un canasto múrui-múina para la vida en el bosque
Authors: Vivas Hurtado Selnich
Published: January 2025

El estudio del arte verbal múrui-múina es un campo reciente dentro de las investigaciones literarias. Hasta ahora predominan las monografías antropológicas o etnográficas con resultados valiosos como la compilación de relatos y cantos orales, publicados en ediciones bilingües, mɨnɨ́ka-español o mɨnɨ́ka-alemán. No obstante, todavía no existe, por fuera de la comunidad, una comprensión amplia de la poética del pueblo múrui-múina. Al contrario, se llega a ideas equivocadas de que sus formas expresivas corresponderían a fábulas, mitos y leyendas o a cantos aburridos con agotadoras repeticiones. Para superar esta violencia epistémica colonizante comentaremos un canto danzado y cantado colectivamente, partiendo de la experiencia directa en el bosque y de su lengua ancestral mɨnɨ́ka. El canto elegido, Fɨnórae, hace parte de la ceremonia del yadíko, el ritual sobre la sabiduría del cosmos. En este caso la interpretación postula varios retos metodológicos. Entre otros, el aprendizaje de la lengua mɨnɨ́ka, la participación en sus ceremonias en calidad de cantador y danzador, el diálogo crítico con el maestro Nóinui Jitóma, uno de los mayores cantores de la comunidad, y la validación del peligroso proceso de textualización del canto oral empleando un sistema de escritura occidental. El abismo epistémico se evidencia en las formas occidentales de leer la poesía como un objeto puramente textual. Entre los múrui-múina la poesía, los onóra kɨrɨ́gaɨaɨ, canastos de conocimiento, se refiere menos a una actividad individual, por gusto, condena o pasatiempo, y más a un tejido de vidas, en el que el lenguaje guarda memoria ancestral de esas relaciones interespecies. Ninguna especie existe en sí misma y su origen, por el contrario, depende de la vida de millones de otras. Dejarse habitar por el bosque, por ejemplo, y convivir con sus seres son actos de rebeldía frente a la invasión de las máquinas, el alcohol y las drogas. Este ejercicio quiere aportar a la apertura de cursos en torno a la sostenibilidad en maestrías y doctorados en Colombia, para que no se siga aplazando el estudio de una tradición poética muy rica y diversa. Colombia sigue viendo con desdén el aporte científico de las lenguas ancestrales y todavía no se cuenta con programas que las enseñen en las universidades. Nuestro artículo puede ayudar a despertar interés en este campo de investigación en tiempos del calentamiento global.
Categorías políticas y violencia en dos poéticas amazónicas: Bíkut Sanchium y Tony Ramirez Nunta (Inin Rono)
Authors: Cabel Andrea , Lovon Cueva Marco Antonio
Published: January 2025

La Amazonía peruana ha sido imaginada como una despensa, desintegrada de la historia nacional, y utilizada, únicamente, para fines extractivos. En esa línea, sus habitantes han sido obliterados; no obstante, existe un corpus de jóvenes poetas indígenas amazónicos que complejizan la presencia indígena amazónica en la historia nacional y lo hacen en poemas que dan a conocer en medios tradicionales como revistas literarias y libros. El presente artículo analiza la mención y el desarrollo de las categorías políticas como ciudadanía, pueblo y patria en las poéticas de dos jóvenes poetas indígenas amazónicos peruanos: Bikut Sanchium y Tony Ramirez Nunta, llamado Inin Rono en el idioma shipibo-konibo. El objetivo es mostrar las maneras en que se construye un ciudadano amazónico a partir de la conciencia de la pertenencia y de la denuncia hacia diversos tipos de violencia dentro del ámbito poético. Este análisis es una propuesta ética y académica que espera contribuir a una mejor comprensión de las producciones y de las subjetividades amazónicas usualmente subestimadas en la literatura peruana y latinoamericana, para mostrar sus complejas formas de resiliencia a partir de su escritura.
Entre el río y la montaña: José María Arguedas, César Calvo y una mismidad de saberes en la Amazonía peruana
Authors: Torres Cinthya
Published: January 2025

Los Andes y la Amazonía han sido tradicionalmente percibidos como espacios separados y con tradiciones culturales distintas. Este artículo establece conexiones literarias y de pensamiento entre ambas regiones geográficas desde las obras de José María Arguedas y César Calvo Soriano. El punto de partida es una escena de Las tres mitades de Ino Moxo y otros brujos de la Amazonía de César Calvo, donde se rinde homenaje a José María Arguedas, probablemente el escritor peruano más importante del siglo pasado, cuya obra ha sido central para una concepción más heterogénea de la nación moderna. En el mosaico de voces y relaciones interétnicas que se despliega en las novelas de Arguedas, la selva es mencionada breve y ocasionalmente. Esta ausencia es significativa porque reitera la imagen de la Amazonía como un dominio colonial. En este artículo reviso la historia de esta división para luego explicar el lugar de la selva en la obra de Arguedas. En una segunda sección exploro la filiación entre Calvo y Arguedas desde tres temas compartidos: la legitimidad de las ontologías amerindias y otras formas de relacionamiento con el mundo natural, las posibilidades significativas de las textualidades amazónicas y la propuesta hacia una nación intercultural. El objetivo de este ensayo es establecer interrelaciones culturales entre los Andes y la Amazonía, así como apreciar la relevancia de la obra de Arguedas para pensar temas y tendencias en la literatura amazónica contemporánea.
Hacia una lingüística y filosofía del lenguaje shawi: sobre "nanan", su poder y la estructura icarística
Authors: Rojas Berscia Luis Miguel
Published: January 2025

En este artículo realizamos una primera y breve exploración en el repertorio epistemológico shawi/chayahuita en torno al fenómeno lingüístico. Siguiendo la línea propuesta en Favaron Peyón (2024) en aras de dar voz a distintas reflexiones poéticas, retóricas y teóricas en torno a la ‘palabra’ entre los pueblos amerindios, proveemos un primer acercamiento al concepto de nanan ‘palabra, lengua’, así como a una de las manifestaciones más íntimas de su arte y saberes, el icaro. Gracias a las reflexiones compartidas por el sabio y maestro Rafael Chanchari Pizuri, nos acercamos a la etimología, así como a la estructura discursiva del icaro. Es así que damos un primer paso hacia el diálogo entre la lingüística occidental contemporánea y lo que oso llamar una lingüística o filosofía del lenguaje shawi.
Morales Benito, L. (2022). La Habana textual. "Patafísica y OuLiPo en la obra de Guillermo Cabrera Infante". Bruselas: Peter Lang.
Authors: Kutasy Mercédesz
Published: January 2025

Reseña del libro Morales Benito, L. (2022). La Habana textual. Patafísica y OuLiPo en la obra de Guillermo Cabrera Infante. Bruselas: Peter Lang, 314 pp, IBSN: 9782875744708.
Wujud Nasionalisme Tokoh Modernis Islam: Kontribusi K.H. Mas Mansur dalam Mengantarkan Indonesia Merdeka
Authors: Miftahuddin Miftahuddin , Widiyanta Danar , Rafsanjani Adnan
Published: January 2025

This study aims to reaffirm the role of K.H. Mas Mansur in the context of Indonesia's struggle for independence from colonial rule. The research employs historical research procedures, including heuristics (source gathering), verification (criticism of the collected sources), interpretation (analysis of historical facts), and historiography (writing of history). The results of this study indicate that K.H. Mas Mansur's contributions to Indonesia's independence were realized both in the fields of social-religious movements to advance Islam and in politics. K.H. Mas Mansur viewed his involvement in social-religious affairs as important, seeing it as a means of empowering society in relation to understanding Islam as a way of life. Similarly, K.H. Mas Mansur believed that achieving an independent Indonesia required the development of political awareness, as resistance against the colonizers would not succeed without this consciousness. The development of the Indonesian Islamic Party (PII), for example, cannot be separated from Mas Mansur's role as a high-ranking leader of Muhammadiyah. In this context, it is clear that, alongside his active participation in the social-religious organization Muhammadiyah and his leadership within it, Mas Mansur was also deeply involved in politics.
Szkolnictwo baletowe w Polsce i na ziemiach polskich – zarys dziejów
Authors: Sadowska Katarzyna
Published: January 2025

The study aims to outline the history of ballet education in Poland and on Polish lands based on the method of analysis and criticism of literature within the qualitative research paradigm. Research on the research problem expressed in the question: “What is the outline of the history of ballet education in Poland?” belongs to the qualitative research paradigm. The topic of the history of ballet education in Poland can be considered important because although ballet has been present in Polish culture since the 16th century, in the Polish publishing market   there are still relatively few studies on artistic education in the field of dance, or they are outdated. To gradually change this situation, the study’s authors reflected on the key events in the history of Poland in shaping the tradition of professional education in the profession of dancers, expressing  the hope that this reflection will contribute to a broader discussion and an inspiration for further research analyses.
Idea kształcenia akademickiego w dobie AI. Wprowadzenie do zagadnienia – rozmowa z ChatGPT
Authors: Barańska Magdalena
Published: January 2025

The purpose of this article is to introduce the subject of the entry of artificial intelligence into every-day life and educational practice at the level of academic education. ChatGPT has become a world-wide phenomenon. It is used by everyone, laymen and professionals alike, including university students and staff. Artificial intelligence prompts, checks, and inspires. It can write credit papers and short essays for students and explain issues and concepts. For lecturers and researchers, it can be a significant aid and can accelerate their work. ChatGPT can generate texts of any complexity and subject matter, compose essays and reports, write a funny story, or suggest ideas for new projects. It can edit a summary for a 5-year-old, an explanation for a senior citizen, synthetic arguments or counterarguments for a subject matter expert, or trivia for an academic teacher. While it has a positive impact on the educational process, it also poses potential threats and will undoubtedly change the education environment. Studying and academic work at a university will never again be like it was before 2023. This article addresses the changes that may take place at universities due to artificial intelligence in the form of ChatGPT. The author is aware that because of the dynamic advances in the field of LLMs, the written text is only up-to-date at the time of writing. Furthermore, the study includes ChatGPT’s responses on the role it can, in its view, play in the academic learning process.
Kultura popularna i tożsamość – obraz Śląska w tekstach polskiego rapu
Authors: Stępień Patryk
Published: January 2025

Rap is one of the most popular music types in Poland. The content of the songs includes various descriptions of social life, the world of values, and cultural patterns presented from the perspective of the artists, who in their works usually describe what they experience. These bottom-up narratives become a source of inspiration for listeners, especially young people. This article contains content analysis results of rap lyrics and music videos concerning regional aspects in the Silesia district. The identified contexts and worldview elements can provide a basis for educators’ discussions with young people. Attempting to understand issues important to young people raised in works of popular culture can be an element of understanding them and seeing factors that may be important in identity formation, including regional identity.
Diagnoza zaburzeń ze spektrum autyzmu dawniej i dziś a możliwości wczesnego wspomagania rozwoju dzieci
Authors: Kostecka Adrianna
Published: January 2025

The diagnosis of autism spectrum disorders is based on various activities, e.g. the use of adequate diagnostic tools, conversations with parents, and observation of the child’s behavior. This enables the adoption of an appropriate therapy plan and is the key to making the final diagnosis. Early introduction of developmental support into a child’s life has a positive impact on the development of cognitive functions. The article is devoted to the diagnosis of autism spectrum disorders, various diagnostic tools, and early support for child development. I will present the characteristics and epidemiology of ASD, the diagnostic process of the disorder, the selection of an appropriate diagnostic tool, as well as the theory of early development support and the impact of early introduction of therapeutic activities on the child’s functioning.
Previously Unidentified Hurrian Words in Nuzi Texts
Authors: Planelles Albert
Published: January 2025

This article gathers a number of Hurrian words that can be found in Nuzi texts and that were not identified as such by previous research. Various attempts to understand these words within the framework of the Akkadian language have resulted in different, often diverging, suggestions for translation. Albeit still imperfect, the knowledge of the Hurrian language has increased significantly over the last few decades, thus allowing us to identify these words as belonging to Hurrian. Although in some cases their meanings remain unclear, the words gathered here slightly enhance the knowledge of the Hurrian lexicon and the distribution and number of attestations of some forms.

It is a pleasure to dedicate this short article to the memory of Johannes Friedrich. May it be a token of my admiration for such a remarkable scholar.
The effect of the difference in female body shapes on clothing fitting
Authors: Penko Tadeja , Rudolf Andreja
Published: January 2025

The aim of this study was to determine the frequency of body shapes of the studied group of women using different body shape classification methods. The objective was to investigate the fit of clothing for the average body shapes identified. Forty female participants from Slovenia, aged 20–30, were included in the analysis. Body shapes were classified using three methods: Visual assessment of body shape (VABS), female figure identification technique (FFIT), and body shape classification method (BSCM). For each classification method, ANOVA tests were performed to determine whether there were statistically significant differences in body measurements across the identified body shapes. A comparison of body shapes was carried out and also visualised by simulating 3D body shapes. The fit of clothing to body shapes was analysed with the help of virtual 3D prototyping. Four characteristic body shapes have been identified, namely triangle (pear, spoon), hourglass, rectangle and inverted triangle. The VABS method differs slightly from the other two (FFIT, BSCM), which give very similar results. When applying the FFIT and BSCM, the triangle body shape is the most representative, followed by the hourglass shape, the rectangle and the inverted triangle shape. Simulating the fit of the basic dress pattern design on 3D body shapes using the best match of dress size shows that the dress fits the hourglass shape best, while the fit for the other three shapes is inadequate. The latter indicates the need to make most of the garments for the triangle body shape and a corresponding number of garments for the hourglass and rectangle body shapes to ensure the correct fit of the garments.
Global Conversation on Sustainability
Authors: Carignani Elisa , Paci Augusta Maria , Borsacchi Silvia , Peruzzini Maurizio
Published: January 2025

Global Conversation on Sustainability (GCS) 2023 was enthusiastically welcomed by researchers of the National Research Council of Italy (CNR). Highly committed to international organizations such as IUPAC and ISC, the promoters participated to the 2023 edition of the Global Conversation on Sustainability hosting a local in person event held in one of the major CNR institute for chemistry research. The format was a round-table discussion involving colleagues of different age, gender, experience, and area of expertise, who participated to an informal dialogue with the aim of reflecting and sharing aspects of the respective research activities contributing to Sustainable Development Goals. From many chemistry research areas, it emerged a wide-ranging of subjects, which stimulated an interesting and purpose-oriented discussion. Therefore, GCS 2023 at CNR prompted a reflection on how improving chemists’ impact on sustainability including laboratories’ practises and on considering communication becoming part of scientific process.
Multi-scenario simulation and eco-environmental effect analysis of “Production–Living–Ecological space” based on PLUS model: A case study of Anyang City
Authors: Li Lei , Li Genming , Ji Guangxing , Li Qingsong , Zhang Zhihao , Chen Weiqiang
Published: January 2025

By simulating the layout of the “Production–Living–Ecological space” under various scenarios in the future and exploring the trend of future land use changes, it is of great significance to optimize the land use structure and ecological environment of the region. Based on the existing land use data and combined with the PLUS model, the article predicts the land demand and distribution of the PLES in the future 2040 and 2060 and then studies the contribution rate of the area changes of each land type to the change of regional ecological environment quality. The results show that (1) agricultural production land is the main type of land use in Anyang City from 1980 to 2020, and the conversion type of land use is mainly manifested as the conversion of agricultural production land to living land. (2) In all three scenarios, the main changes between 2020 and 2060 are the contraction of production land and the expansion of living land. The change rate of the ecological protection scenario is the smallest, and the decrease rate of the urban development scenario is the largest. (3) In 2060, all three scenarios show varying degrees of reduction in the Ecological environment quality index (EQI) compared to 2020. At the same time, the change in regional environmental quality is closely related to the change in agricultural land. (4) The regional ecological environment quality is the result of multi-factors, among which annual precipitation has the strongest explanatory power, and all factors show synergistic effects. The present study is intended to provide a reference for optimizing the pattern of the PLES in the region and improving the regional environmental quality.
Epoxy vitrimers: from essence to utility
Authors: Supriya H. , Tripathi Sandeep , Singh Neetika , Jain Mukesh , Bose Suryasarathi
Published: January 2025

Concerns about the effect on the environment and non-renewable nature of plastics have sparked a substantial field of study towards the creation of recyclable polymers. Vitrimers are a potential class of reusable polymers that have recently attracted a lot of interest. Like conventional thermosets in strength, durability, and chemical resistance, these materials offer the added benefit of being recyclable at the end of their useful life. Their chemical structure, which includes dynamic covalent crosslinks to provide stability while enabling reprocessing, is credited with this special characteristic. We lay out an overview of recent developments and their applications in epoxy based vitrimeric materials by using the different types of covalent adaptable networks (CANs) – single, dual and triple in this paper with a lot of attention on design tactics that make it easier to create circular materials of the future. Covalent Adaptable Networks (CAN), a novel polymer family that can bridge the gap between thermosets and thermoplastics, emerged in the recent years and uses dynamic covalent chemistry to crosslinked polymer networks. The field was enhanced in 2011 by Leibler and colleagues when they introduced the notion of vitrimers, which are crosslinked polymers that retain the integrity of their network even after heating and allow the covalent connections to be reallocated within them by associative exchange reactions. This review also demonstrates how the vitrimer community is paying attention to the need for sustainable material development by demonstrating the use of biobased building blocks in the synthesis of novel and high-performing vitrimers. Having outlined the primary characteristics of vitrimers, commercialization and development of vitrimers for different applications is emphasized to portray their benefits for self-healing, malleability, orthogonal processability, and various shape memories along with sustainable solutions to synthetic materials.
Comparing the therapeutic efficacy of endoscopic minimally invasive surgery and traditional surgery for early-stage breast cancer: A meta-analysis
Authors: Ma Qiyi , Shi Tingting , Wang Huan , Xing Jie
Published: January 2025

Background

Early-stage breast cancer requires effective surgical interventions. This meta-analysis compares the therapeutic efficacy of endoscopic minimally invasive surgery (EMIS) with traditional surgery, such as modified radical mastectomy.

Methods

Following Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses guidelines and the Patient, Intervention, Comparison, Outcome model, we systematically searched PubMed, Embase, Web of Science, and the Cochrane Library until July 19, 2023. We included comparative trials, focusing on randomized controlled trials, retrospective, and prospective studies. Metrics analyzed included operative time, blood loss, postoperative drainage volume, and lymph node harvest using Stata version 17.

Results

Out of 943 studies, six met the inclusion criteria. Endoscopic surgery had a longer operative time (weighted mean difference [WMD] = 1.03, P < 0.01) but significantly less blood loss (WMD = −1.48, P < 0.01). No significant differences were noted in drainage volume and lymph node harvest.

Conclusions

EMIS reduces intraoperative blood loss but requires more time than traditional surgeries. Both methods show comparable outcomes in postoperative drainage and lymph node harvest, supporting their efficacy in treating early-stage breast cancer.
Electro-optic frequency shift of single photons from a quantum dot
Authors: Kapoor Sanjay , Rodek Aleksander , Mikołajczyk Michał , Szuniewicz Jerzy , Sośnicki Filip , Kazimierczuk Tomasz , Kossacki Piotr , Karpiński Michał
Published: January 2025

Quantum dots (QDs) are a promising source of single photons mainly due to their on-demand operation. However, their emission wavelength depends on their size and immediate surroundings in the solid-state environment. By applying a serrodyne electro-optic phase modulation, we achieve a spectral shift up to 0.01 nm (3.5 GHz) while preserving the purity and indistinguishability of the photons. This method provides an efficient and scalable approach for tuning the emission wavelength of QDs without relying on nonlinear frequency mixing or probabilistic processes. Our results show that the electro-optic phase modulation enables stable and tunable spectral shifts, making it suitable for applications such as quantum communication, quantum key distribution, and primarily integrating remote quantum dot sources into large-scale quantum networks.
Recognition and classification of facial expression using artificial intelligence as a key of early detection in neurological disorders
Authors: Goudarzi Nooshin , Taheri Zahra , Nezhad Salari Amir Mohammad , Kazemzadeh Kimia , Tafakhori Abbas
Published: January 2025

The recognition and classification of facial expressions using artificial intelligence (AI) presents a promising avenue for early detection and monitoring of neurodegenerative disorders. This narrative review critically examines the current state of AI-driven facial expression analysis in the context of neurodegenerative diseases, such as Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s. We discuss the potential of AI techniques, including deep learning and computer vision, to accurately interpret and categorize subtle changes in facial expressions associated with these pathological conditions. Furthermore, we explore the role of facial expression recognition as a noninvasive, cost-effective tool for screening, disease progression tracking, and personalized intervention in neurodegenerative disorders. The review also addresses the challenges, ethical considerations, and future prospects of integrating AI-based facial expression analysis into clinical practice for early intervention and improved quality of life for individuals at risk of or affected by neurodegenerative diseases.
La gramática escolar de la Academia a debate en la prensa española de mediados del siglo XIX (1857–1874)
Authors: Gaviño Rodríguez Victoriano
Published: January 2025

This article focuses on the process of institutionalising academic school grammar in mid-19th century classrooms in relation to the social, political and educational context of the time. The central aim of this research is to analyse the economic, doctrinal or pedagogical reasons given by various authors in the contemporary press for rejecting the imposition of the Moyano Law of 1857, which mandated the teaching of grammar through academic texts. The different textual expressions in a medium such as the press will serve to gain a more precise understanding of the struggle and challenges faced by the academic institution and the government in achieving the widespread adoption of their teaching doctrine through their works Compendium and Epitome. The chronological framework of this analysis comprises two periods: the first begins in 1857, with the first publication of these two manuals, and ends in 1868, which coincides with the beginning of a second period during the six-year democratic period and the establishment of educational freedom, and ends in 1875, when the compulsory use of the Real Academia Española grammatical texts in schools was reinstated.
Purismo e identidad léxica en la Guatemala decimonónica: actitudes lingüísticas ante el indigenismo en los Vicios del lenguaje de Antonio Batres Jáuregui (1892)
Authors: Ramírez Luengo José Luis
Published: January 2025

From the point of view of a language purist, the presence of indigenous terms in Latin American Spanish is a very important dilemma, since they can be seen as a problem for the unity of the Spanish language, but at the same time they are also part of the national identity of the Central American people. In this sense, the aim of this paper is to describe the difficult and paradoxical attitude that Antonio Batres Jáuregui shows towards these words in his Vicios del lenguaje y provincialismos de Guatemala (Guatemala City, 1892). Thus, we will proceed to analyse the value judgments that he exposes in his dictionary, in order to detect the ideologems that define his linguistic thoughts. The results show that Batres Jáuregui’s thinking about indigenous terms is highly complex and ambiguous, so that he does not appear to be the linguistic purist that he has been portrayed in the academic literature.
Foucault, Clarice: as palavras, as coisas, a experiência¹
Authors: Bueno Fischer Rosa Maria
Published: January 2025

Este ensaio percorre alguns temas básicos da obra As palavras e as coisas, de Michel Foucault: o ser da linguagem, relações entre discurso e verdade, a descontinuidade histórica, a genealogia da representação, a potência da literatura, a emergência das ciências humanas. Com referência a algumas obras de Clarice Lispector, problematizo os principais tópicos do livro de Foucault enfatizando sua criativa proposta, a respeito da tensão entre visibilidades e enunciabilidades, entre o ver e o dizer, de modo a sugerir outras possibilidades criativas para a pesquisa em educação.
O Programa TEC NEP e sua implementação no Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia do Rio Grande do Norte – IFRN
Authors: Soares Gilvana Galeno , Lins Vieira de Melo Francisco Ricardo
Published: January 2025

O objetivo deste estudo foi avaliar a realidade em que se encontram os Núcleos de Atendimento às Pessoas com Necessidades Educacionais Especiais (NAPNEs), implantados no IFRN através do Programa de Educação, Tecnologia e Profissionalização para Pessoas com Necessidades Educacionais Especiais (Programa TEC NEP). Optou-se por uma pesquisa exploratória com uma abordagem qualitativa, caracterizada como estudo de campo. Os dados foram obtidos a partir de informações coletadas por questionários respondidos com 13 (treze) coordenadores dos NAPNEs de diferentes campi do IFRN e tratadas por meio da análise de conteúdo. Os resultados da pesquisa demonstram que a criação do Programa TEC NEP significou um grande avanço para as políticas de inclusão no IFRN. No entanto, dificuldades também foram apontadas.
Quem somos nós? Reivindicando um construto para as identidades docentes¹
Authors: Silva Patrícia Petitinga , Ribeiro Gabriel , Pereira de Oliveira Andréia Maria
Published: January 2025

À luz de perspectivas pós-modernas, o estudo busca discutir a polissemia que tensiona o conceito de identidade, fazendo pontes para entender a constituição identitária docente e sua implicação para a formação de professoras/es. A identidade pode ser entendida como um processo contínuo de estar no mundo, e cada pessoa é capaz de assumir identidades distintas em diferentes momentos. Assim como a identidade do sujeito não é monolítica, a identidade docente também está relacionada com aspectos multifacetados que criam múltiplas identidades, distanciando-se da noção de perfil ou papel profissional. A identidade das/os professoras/es, então, pode ser considerada uma combinação da sua biografia, das influências culturais e sociais e dos valores institucionais, podendo passar por mudanças conforme os papéis desempenhados e as circunstâncias
Jogo, prática corporal e processo de formação do sujeito/critico*
Authors: Rodrigues Prof. Dr. Rogério
Published: January 2025

O jogo é um fenômeno social praticado amplamente pelos sujeitos, independentemente da idade ou da posição social que estes ocupem na sociedade. Entretanto, na modernidade, ocorre uma intensificação do jogo como prática esportiva (jogos esportivizados), que será o nosso foco de análise. Os nossos resultados indicam que o gosto pela prática do jogo é algo que independe de idade ou posição que o sujeito ocupe na sociedade. Temos como conclusão que a escolha do jogo pelo sujeito pode ser algo consciente em razão do nosso gosto e, portanto, podemos optar por um determinado tipo de jogo. Contudo, nessa escolha estão presentes determinantes inconscientes, dos quais o sujeito nada quer saber. Essas escolhas realizadas pelo gosto dos sujeitos por determinados jogos é que lhe permitem investir em determinados afetos que possibilitariam ou não a elaboração de sua própria existência e a condição do seu eu – o processo de formação do sujeito/critico.
Produções discursivas de subjetividades surdas: entre piedade e reabilitação
Authors: Medeiros Daniela
Published: January 2025

Neste artigo, analisamos alguns artefatos culturais (panfletos de livre circulação social) com enunciados sobre a surdez, os surdos e a língua de sinais e perguntamos: como estes artefatos culturais discursivos produzem subjetividades surdas? Em nosso entendimento, a linguagem, as narrativas, os textos e os discursos não apenas descrevem ou falam sobre as coisas, mas, ao fazerem isso, instituem e produzem subjetividades. O argumento aqui desenvolvido é de que os panfletos ensinam determinados “modos de existência” surda e diferentes formas de se conduzir. A partir de uma análise discursiva, podemos dizer que os panfletos analisados põem em relevo uma produção de subjetividades surdas, desde surdos constituídos pelo princípio da compaixão, piedade, vitimização até reabilitação da surdez.