bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Efficient production of clerodane and ent-kaurane diterpenes through truncated artificial pathways in Escherichia coli
Authors: Li Fang-Ru , Lin Xiaoxu , Yang Qian , Tan Ning-Hua , Dong Liao-Bin
Published: July 2022

The clerodane and ent-kaurane diterpenoids are two typical categories of diterpenoid natural products with complicated polycyclic carbon skeletons and significant pharmacological activities. Despite exciting advances in organic chemistry, access to these skeletons is still highly challenging. Using synthetic biology to engineer microbes provides an innovative alternative to bypass synthetic challenges. In this study, we constructed two truncated artificial pathways to efficiently produce terpentetriene and ent-kaurene, two representative clerodane and ent-kaurane diterpenes, in Escherichia coli. Both pathways depend on the exogenous addition of isoprenoid alcohol to reinforce the supply of IPP and DMAPP via two sequential phosphorylation reactions. Optimization of these constructs provided terpentetriene and ent-kaurene titers of 66 ± 4 mg/L and 113 ± 7 mg/L, respectively, in shake-flask fermentation. The truncated pathways to overproduce clerodane and ent-kaurane skeletons outlined here may provide an attractive route to prepare other privileged diterpene scaffolds.
Structure and local structural defects influence on the magnetic properties of cobalt nanofilms
Authors: Vakhrushev Аlexander , Fedotov Aleksey , Severyukhina Olesya , Sidorenko Anatolie
Published: July 2022

The paper considers a mathematical model describing the time evolution of spin states and magnetic properties of a nanomaterial. We present the two variants of nanosystems simulations results. In the first variant, cobalt with a structure close to the hexagonal close-packed crystal lattice was considered. In the second case, the volume of the same size cobalt nanofilm formed in the previously obtained computational experiment of multilayer niobium-cobalt nanocomposite deposition was investigated. For both simulations, it is obtained that, after pre-correction and significant jumps in the initial time moments, the change in spin temperature occurs in a small range of values near the average value. The system with a real structure has a less stable behavior of the spin temperature and a larger scatter of instantaneous values. For all cases of calculations for cobalt, the ferromagnetic character of the behavior is preserved. Defects in the structure and the local arrangement of the atoms can cause a deterioration of the magnetic macroscopic parameters, such as a decrease in the magnetization modulus.
Gastropericardial Fistula as a Life-Threatening Complication after Intragastric Balloon Insertion
Authors: Kramer Sven , Wolf Sebastian , Wasserberg Susanne , Brieschenk Gerhard , Schrempf Matthias , Anthuber Matthias , Vlasenko Dmytro
Published: July 2022

Laparoscopic bariatric surgery, while highly effective, is an invasive method for sustainable weight loss [1]. Less than 1% of patients with clinically severe obesity undergo bariatric surgery [2], in part because of concerns regarding surgical complications [3].
What has changed in the Opinions and Behaviors of Patients Admitted to the Pulmonology Outpatient Clinic during the Pandemic Period in one year? A Case Study in Turkey
Authors: Zorlu Duygu
Published: July 2022

Introduction and Purpose: Although the information on many aspects of COVID-19 was limited and the long-term consequences were not clear, our knowledge and experience regarding transmission, disease course, virus pathogenicity, treatments, complications, and vaccines increased. In the process, our social life, opinions, and behavior changed. In this study, we evaluated the pandemic period from the point of view of the patients. For this, the opinion and behavior of patients who were admitted to the chest diseases outpatient clinic were analyzed. Although the time of the end of the process could not be predicted, some predictions were reported. The study might be useful to plan for the pandemic, considering that the effects and course of the COVID-19 disease are not known. Materials and Methods: Between April 2020 and March 2021, 362 patients admitted to the chest diseases outpatient clinic at the Education Research Hospital were included in the study. The opinion and behavior of 176 patients were recorded in April 2020, and those of 186 patients were recorded in March 2021. The opinions, behaviors, and differences were evaluated in both periods; these characteristics were analyzed for variables such as age, sex, and occupation. Results: The mean age of the patients who participated in the study at the beginning of the pandemic was 46.1 ± 16.1 years and, in the 12th month of the pandemic, was 45.1 ± 15.1 years. There was no significant difference between the groups regarding the education level and sex. The most common symptoms of patients admitted to the clinic in the second period were chest pain and weakness. The smoking cessation rate was higher in the first period of the pandemic. Compliance with social isolation rules decreased in the 12th month. The rate of patient recovery was 36%, and the drug use rate was 82.1%. Patients found the management of the pandemic to be insufficient in our country in the 12th month, while Turkish physicians evaluated it as successful in both periods. The number of people considering vaccination decreased after 12 months. Discussion and Conclusion: Social living rules, isolation, and the use of masks decreased over time. Informal social gatherings increased by the end of the first year compared to the first period of the pandemic. Young people paid less attention to the rules of social life and did not stop smoking. In the group of patients with a low education level, compliance with the drugs used in the treatment of COVID-19 and the smoking cessation rate decreased. Thus, strict restrictions should be imposed on individuals below 65 years. Current data on vaccines, along with the information on their effects and side effects, should be shared. This study showed that managing and controlling a crisis is easier when the level of education in the community is high.
Drinking Water Containing Platinum-Palladium (Functional Nutrient Water) Improved Interstitial Pneumonia and COPD: A Case Report
Authors: Kawakami Satoshi , Shirakawa Taro , Sakabe Kou , Sato Tsutomu , Ide Takaharu , Wajima Shoichi , Suma Ryutaro , Fukuzawa Yoshitaka
Published: July 2022

In this case, when a patient with interstitial pneumonia was given platinum palladium, improvement in respiratory function was observed. Generally, various treatment methods are used for interstitial pneumonia, but conservative therapy has been the main focus and no curative solution has been reached. In this case, there was a tendency for improvement in patients who took platinum palladium, so we reported it. Since it is only drunk, it is not invasive and has great benefits for patients. It has also been reported that COPD, which is also a respiratory disease, showed an improvement tendency by drinking platinum palladium. Although the mechanism is still unknown, it is considered that it is largely due to the antioxidant action by platinum palladium and the activation of AMPK. In the future, we would like to examine further cases and improve the mechanism.
Effects of Flywheel Resistance Training on Sprinting and Change of Direction Performance in Elite Adolescent Football Players
Authors: J Page , JA Moody , JI Esformes , PJ Byrne
Published: July 2022

Background: Numerous studies have reported accelerated muscle hypertrophy, strength, and power adaptations following chronic bouts of isoinertial Flywheel Resistance Training (FRT). These factors contribute to Change of Direction (CoD) speed and sprinting performance, which are key determinants of performance in football. Progression through to the senior elite level dictates the necessity to develop these qualities in adolescent populations. Aim: To determine whether ≥ 4 weeks' FRT enhances CoD and sprinting performance in adolescent football players versus traditional strength training. Methods: PubMed and SPORT Discus electronic databases were used in February 2021. The search strategy identified randomised controlled trials, randomised crossover trials, and controlled non-randomised, full-text peer-reviewed publications written in English. Study quality was assessed by conducting a modified Downs and Black checklist. Results: A total of 21 studies were found, and following the removal of duplicates and studies based on title and abstract screening, eight studies remained. Following eligibility screening, three studies were included in the systematic review. A total of 67 subjects participated in the included studies. FRT training provides evidence that sprint performance over distances from 10 to 40-m can be improved (effect sizes: 10m = -1.8 ± 2.4%); 20m (ES = 0.37); 30m (ES = -1.5 ± 1.1%); 40m (ES = -1.1 ± 1.0%); and flying 10m (ES = 0.77) and that FRT induces significant improvements in CoD (different distances and for dominant and non-dominant limbs) compared to a control condition where subjects continued with their football training. Conclusion: Although the included studies suggest that 10-27 weeks' FRT may improve CoD and sprint performance in adolescent football players, paucity in the available literature makes such a conclusion premature. Further research in the area would ideally account for the device, moment of inertia, and transfer mechanism.
Development of a Novel Anti-SARS-CoV-2 Antiviral: Effective Inhibitory Activity of Brilacidin
Authors: Ndoutoume Zelia Nelly , Kombe Kombe Arnaud John , Nsole Biteghe Fleury Augustin
Published: July 2022

The race to develop effective therapeutics/therapies against SARS-CoV-2 infections and COVID-19 is ongoing as the pandemic is still far from being controlled. Recently, three groups of scientists including Bakovic, et al. [1], Xu, et al. [2]and Hu, et al. [3] respectively, reported a promising and highly attractive antiviral activity of a new drug, named brilacidin, against SARS-CoV-2 infections.
An Overview of Furunculosis
Authors: Izadi Faeze , Vajargah Mohammad Forouhar
Published: July 2022

The aquaculture industry is currently growing faster than other sectors of human protein production. However, every year, diseases inflict irreparable damage on this growing industry, which inevitably uses antibiotics. In the last two decades, vaccination as a preventive method against various bacterial pathogens in the aquatic industry Cultivation known and has reduced the use of antibiotics. Fish diseases can be caused by several factors, one of which is bacteria. Furunculosis, the most destructive bacterial disease of fish, is now almost distributed worldwide. Furunculosis is a debilitating and deadly disease that affects numerous species of breeding fishes.
RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ORGANIZATIONAL COMMITMENT AND ORGANIZATIONAL CITIZENSHIP BEHAVIOUR AN ANALYSIS OF INDIAN OIL CORPORATION LIMITED, (PANIPAT)
Authors: Sharma Tripti
Published: July 2022

A lot of people have done numerous researches on the organization behavior. This study attempts fill the gap by studying the relationship between organizational citizenship behavior and organizational commitment. The sample derived from questionnaire survey of 390 respondents of Indian Oil Corporation limited, Panipat. The aim of the study is to find out the relationship between organizational commitment and organizational citizenship behaviour in Indian Oil Corporation limited, Panipat. Primary data collected through quantitative as well as qualitative procedure. The result of the study suggests that there is a positive relation of organizational commitment and organizational citizenship behavior in Indian Oil Corporation limited, Panipat. Keywords: Organizational commitment, Organizational Citizenship Behaviour,. Dimensions of Organizational commitment and Organizational Citizenship Behaviour.
IMPLEMENTASI KEBIJAKAN PROTOKOL KESEHATAN : PENERAPAN BUDAYA NILAI “IPK” IMAN,PENGHARAPAN DAN KASIH SEBAGAI UPAYA PENCEGAHAN COVID-19 DI STIKES RS BAPTIS KEDIRI
Authors: Wahyuningsih Aries
Published: July 2022

WHO telah  menyatakan Corona  Virus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) sebagai sebuah pandemi.   Pemerintah  membuat serangkaian kebijakan untuk menanganinya.  Kebijakan (policy) adalah prinsip atau cara bertindak yang dipilih untuk mengarahkan pengambilan keputusan. Permenkes RI. No. HK. 01. 07/ MENKES /382 /2020 mengatur tentang  tentang Protokol Kesehatan Bagi Masyarakat di Tempat dan Fasilitas Umum Dalam Rangka Pencegahan dan Pengendalian Covid-19. Tujuan  penulisan  adalah  menggambarkan  penerapan implementasi kebijakan protokol kesehatan melalui penerapan nilai dasar IPK (Iman,Pengharapan dan Kasih) untuk menangani pandemi Covid-19di STIKES RS Baptis Kediri.Desain penelitian deskriptif  survey dengan  melakukan studi pustaka.  Sumber data primer yang digunakan adalah mengumpulkan data kebijakan Tim Satgas Covid 19 yang berlaku dan dilaksanakan di STIKES RS Baptis Kediri. Selanjutnya data dan informasi yang diperoleh dilakukan secara induksi, reduksi untuk kemudian disajikan dalam bentuk sederhana sehingga mudah untuk dipahami. Implementasi kebijakan Protokol Kesehatan Covid-19 di STIKES RS Baptis Kediri dilaksanakan menggunakan  siklus  Input, proses dan Out Put daan telah dilaksanakan sesuai dengan standar yang berlaku di STIKES RS Baptis Kediri.
XMM-Newton and NuSTAR Observations of the Compact Millisecond Pulsar Binary PSR J1653–0158
Authors: Long Jane SiNan , Kong Albert K. H. , Wu Kinwah , Takata Jumpei , Han Qin , Hui David C. Y. , Li Kwan Lok
Published: July 2022

We have presented the first joint XMM-Newton and NuSTAR analysis of the millisecond pulsar (MSP) binary PSR J1653−0158. The 75 minute orbital period inferred from optical and gamma-ray observations together with the 1.97 ms pulsation in the gamma-rays indicate that this system is the most compact Black Widow MSP system known to date. The orbital period was not detected in the XMM-Newton and NuSTAR data, probably due to insufficient photon counts obtained in the observations. Fitting the joint X-ray spectrum of PSR J1653−0158 with a power law gives a photon index Γ = 1.71 ± 0.09. The X-ray luminosity of the source in the (0.2–40) keV band is deduced to be 1.18 × 1031 erg s−1, for an adopted distance of 0.84 kpc. We have shown that the broadband X-ray spectrum can be explained by synchrotron radiation from electrons accelerated in the intrabinary shock, and the gamma-rays detected in the Fermi data are curvature radiations from electrons and positrons in the pulsar magnetosphere. Our kinematic analysis of the Tidarren systems PSR J1653–0158 and PSR J1311–3430 indicates that the two Tidarren systems are likely to have originated in the Galactic disk.
A redefinition of Umbrageocoris with new species and new combinations (Heteroptera, Lygaeoidea, Geocoridae)
Authors: Kóbor Péter
Published: July 2022

The geocorine (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Lygaeoidea: Geocoridae) true bug genus Umbrageocoris Kóbor, 2019 is redefined based on new morphological information from newly acquired specimens. Two new species are described: U. booneisp. nov. from continental Indomalaya and U. malipatilisp. nov. from Australia; two new combinations are proposed: U. elegantulus (Distant, 1904), comb. nov., and U. woodwardi (Malipatil, 1994), comb. nov. (both transferred from Geocoris Fallén, 1814). Keys, diagnoses, and distribution data to the discussed species are provided. Hypotheses on the origin of Umbrageocoris and its relationship to other geocorine genera in the region are formulated. New country records: U. elegantulus (Papua New Guinea), U. maai maai (Thailand, Laos) and U. woodwardi (Papua New Guinea).
La stratégie nationale pour un numérique inclusif : quelles déclinaisons pour les quartiers politique de la ville ?
Authors: Gislais Léa
Published: July 2022

Pour répondre aux enjeux de l’inclusion numérique, l’État déploie depuis 2018 la stratégie nationale pour un numérique inclusif. Léa Gislais, directrice du programme « Emploi, formation, développement économique » à la direction déléguée politique de la ville de l’Agence nationale de la cohésion des territoires, explique comment et avec quels objectifs cette politique se décline dans les quartiers prioritaires de la politique de la ville, notamment dans le champ de l’insertion professionnelle.
Lever les freins au numérique : un atout pour les femmes en recherche d’emploi
Authors: Rougeon Stéphane , Fromentin Marjorie
Published: July 2022

Pour accompagner les habitants dans la dématérialisation, le Pimms Médiation Agglomération Villefranche Beaujolais Saône conduit plusieurs projets dont un, depuis septembre 2020, s’adresse spécifiquement aux femmes résidant dans les quartiers prioritaires caladois. Entretien avec Stéphane Rougeon, gérant de la société Forma-Tic (spécialisée dans la formation numérique), qui assure l’animation de cette action.
Revenu minimum national : un moyen de lutte contre la pauvreté en demi-teinte
Authors: Vincent Catherine
Published: July 2022

La pauvreté est un problème structurel en Espagne, en partie du fait du nombre élevé de travailleurs pauvres sur le marché du travail et de la dégradation des prestations chômage depuis 20 ans. Pourtant, l’Espagne était le seul pays de l’UE à ne pas avoir de revenu minimum national jusqu’à la création en 2020 de l’Ingreso mínimo vital (IMV) par la coalition gouvernementale conclue entre le Parti socialiste (PSOE) et Unidas Podemos (UP). La mise en place rapide de ce dispositif a toutefois fait l’objet de peu de concertation avec les organisations syndicales et soulève de nombreuses critiques, notamment sur la faible couverture des populations vulnérables.
Deux victoires syndicales historiques chez Starbucks et Amazon. Et après ?
Authors: Sauviat Catherine
Published: July 2022

Deux évènements majeurs marquent l’histoire syndicale récente aux États-Unis : une vague ininterrompue d’implantations syndicales au sein de la chaine de cafés Starbucks depuis décembre 2021 et l’implantation en avril 2022 d’un syndicat indépendant dans l’un des plus gros entrepôts d’Amazon à New York. Ces évènements confirment l’émergence d’un renouveau de l’activisme syndical, animé par une nouvelle génération de militantes et de militants soucieux de prendre eux-mêmes en charge leur destin sur les lieux de travail. Mais suffiront-ils à enrayer le déclin du syndicalisme ?
Événements collaboratifs d’innovation et entrepreneuriat territorial : une étude exploratoire
Authors: Henrion Camille
Published: July 2022

La recherche sur les événements collaboratifs d’innovation, événements courts, intenses, festifs, visant à créer des solutions (Hackathon, Start-up Weekend…) est émergente. Un état des lieux montre des effets en matière de mobilisation, d’apprentissage, de créativité, etc. et des limites liées à l’aboutissement de projets d’innovation, dans différents contextes empiriques. Nous proposons une connexion entre ces événements et la création d’une dynamique d’entrepreneuriat territorial. Quels seraient les effets et limites spécifiques ? Nous explorons cette question à travers une étude longitudinale de cas unique : « Start-up de Territoire » animé à Lons-le-Saunier par une Société Coopérative d’Intérêt Collectif, Clus’Ter Jura. Nous montrons le décalage entre l’objectif de création d’emplois affiché et les effets principaux d’ordres symboliques (visibilité, crédibilité) et pédagogiques et le potentiel en termes d’apprentissage et de transformation d’un ECI pour contribuer à créer une dynamique d’entrepreneuriat territorial. Code JEL : R00
L’Antarctique, une région dans le prolongement de la zone indopacifique
Authors: Samaran Stéphan , Nony Charlotte
Published: July 2022

L’Antarctique dispose d’un régime juridique permettant une coopération internationale civile. Or, cet espace est convoité à des fins géopolitiques et économiques. La Chine y est de plus en plus active et pourrait remettre en cause le statu quo, d’où une réaction de l’Australie et l’affirmation d’une ambition française à y être présente.
Viêt Nam – Chine : cybersécurité et contrôle social
Authors: de Tréglodé Benoît
Published: July 2022

Le Viêt Nam entretient des liens complexes avec la Chine, mais bénéficie de l’assistance de Pékin, particulièrement pour anticiper d’éventuels désordres sociaux. Il s’agit aussi de préserver la souveraineté nationale du régime de Hanoi, tout en ménageant ses partenaires, que ce soit la Chine ou les États-Unis.
Tout s’effondre. Le complexe culturel à l’époque contemporaine
Authors: Morgan Hélène , Raguet Christian
Published: July 2022

Ces mois tout à fait singuliers, avec le COVID-19 et les manifestations du mouvement Black Lives Matter , sur fond d’une urgence climatique de plus en plus inquiétante, ont suscité peur, angoisse et discorde dans le monde entier. Mais nous avons également approfondi notre prise de conscience de notre interdépendance, protesté contre l’injustice, exprimé des préoccupations sociales et demandé des changements. Le concept de complexe culturel, développé par Singer & Kimbles (2004), offre un moyen utile de relier la psychologie de l’individu et le thème politique des relations de pouvoir. À l’aide d’un exemple illustrant comment cela pourrait fonctionner au niveau local, je suggère qu’un changement radical est en train de se produire, faisant émerger d’intenses anxiétés enfouies, tandis que nous passons du connu à l’inconnu. La nature bipolaire de ce complexe explique que les extrêmes font surface, et l’on peut craindre la réelle possibilité que des attaques plus virulentes contre la démocratie viennent de l’extrême-droite, et qu’on se retranche derrière des frontières armées. Mais nous pouvons espérer que d’autres façons de vivre ensemble puissent se développer à partir de la base, des façons enracinées dans le sentiment d’interdépendance – les uns avec les autres et avec notre maison planétaire.
A Challenging Case of Treatment-Resistant Autoimmune N-methyl-D-aspartate Receptor Encephalitis Induced Delirium
Authors: Goecke Shiloh C. , Griffin Carah M. , Miller Michael
Published: July 2022

A 19-year-old African-American male was brought by his family to the emergency department because of altered mental status. Symptoms began with headache and forgetfulness, which progressed to the inability to form complete sentences. His baseline consisted of playing video games regularly with the knowledge level of a high school graduate with honors. The patient's family denied any history of drug or ethanol use. Negative test results, resistance to treatment, and the time taken to retrieve results of an autoimmune panel made the case difficult to diagnose and treat accordingly.

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Peculiar Paliperidone – A Case of Neutropenia Despite Previous Uneventful Use of a Similar Antipsychotic
Authors: Qing Elsa Wee Yun , Basu Sutapa
Published: July 2022

Schizophrenia is commonly treated with antipsychotic medications. Among the atypical antipsychotics, routine full blood count investigations are only recommended with the use of clozapine, due to a known risk of agranulocytosis. The objective of this index case is to present a patient who experienced leukopenia and neutropenia with the use of injectable paliperidone, despite previous successful treatment with risperidone. Paliperidone is the metabolite of risperidone and similar in structure. A patient with schizophrenia was treated with oral risperidone for 5 years, without adverse events. He was then given depot paliperidone for better compliance. In the subsequent months of follow-up, he was observed to have leukopenia and neutropenia despite only switching from oral to injectable therapy. Lithium carbonate was used to treat his hematological side effects. Treatment with antipsychotic medications can potentially lead to adverse outcomes, such as leukopenia and neutropenia. Apart from clozapine, routine screening of hematological profiles is not performed. Although hematological side effects from other antipsychotics are rare, they represent serious consequences. As such, there may be value in full blood count monitoring when switching to a new oral antipsychotic, or when switching from oral to injectable antipsychotic therapy.

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Effect of nitrogen and potassium application on growth, total phenolic, flavonoid contents, and antioxidant activity of Eleutherine palmifolia
Authors: Marlin Marlin , Simarmata Marulak , Salamah Umi , Nurcholis Waras
Published: July 2022

Eleutherine palmifolia is one of the medicinal plants widely used by the Dayak and Kutai tribes in Borneo Island, Indonesia as traditional medicines that can treat various diseases. Identification of the phytochemical content of E. palmifolia is very important to determine its potential as a medicinal plant. A significant factor in the success of the growth of E. palmifolia is the amount of fertilizer applied as a source of nutrients. In this study, the influence of various amounts of nitrogen (N) and potassium (K) fertilizers on the growth, total phenolic and flavonoid content (TPC and TFC), and antioxidant activity was investigated in different extracts of E. palmifolia. The treatments included 0, 46 or 92 kg/ha of N combined with 12.5 kg/ha of K, and 0, 25 or 50 kg/ha of K combined with 46 kg/ha of N. Using water, ethanol, or n-hexane as solvents, each sample was extracted with sonication method. TPC and TFC of the bulb extracts were quantified using Folin-Ciocalteu and aluminum chloride assays, respectively. Antioxidant activity was analyzed using 2, 2′-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH) and ferric reducing antioxidant power (FRAP) assays. Results showed that combining N and K had no significant effects on plant height, the number of tillers, leaves, or bulbs, and bulb diameter, while the chlorophyll reading value, total plant weight, and fresh bulb weight were significantly increased. The results indicated that the availability of N and K has a substantial effect on TPC, TFC, and antioxidant activity. The aqueous extract had the highest TPC and DPPH scavenging activity, whereas the ethanol extract exhibited the highest TFC and antioxidant FRAP activity. Therefore, to improve fresh bulb weight, phenol and flavonoid content, and antioxidant properties of E. palmifolia aqueous and ethanol extracts, supplementation of 46 kg/ha N and 12.5 kg/ha K is recommended.
Improved intelligent clonal optimizer based on adaptive parameter strategy
Authors: Zhang Jiahao , Gao Zhengming , Li Suruo , Zhao Juan , Song Wenguang
Published: July 2022

The intelligent clonal optimizer (ICO) is a new evolutionary algorithm, which adopts a new cloning and selection mechanism. In order to improve the performance of the algorithm, quasi-opposition-based and quasi-reflection-based learning strategy is applied according to the transition information from exploration to exploitation of ICO to speed up the convergence speed of ICO and enhance the diversity of the population. Furthermore, to avoid the stagnation of the optimal value update, an adaptive parameter method is designed. When the update of the optimal value falls into stagnation, it can adjust the parameter of controlling the exploration and exploitation in ICO to enhance the convergence rate of ICO and accuracy of the solution. At last, an improved intelligent chaotic clonal optimizer (IICO) based on adaptive parameter strategy is proposed. In this paper, twenty-seven benchmark functions, eight CEC 2104 test functions and three engineering optimization problems are used to verify the numerical optimization ability of IICO. Results of the proposed IICO are compared to ten similar meta-heuristic algorithms. The obtained results confirmed that the IICO exhibits competitive performance in convergence rate and accurate convergence.
Determination of Pareto Exponents in Economic Models Driven by Markov Multiplicative Processes
Authors: Beare Brendan K. , Toda Alexis Akira
Published: July 2022

This article contains new tools for studying the shape of the stationary distribution of sizes in a dynamic economic system in which units experience random multiplicative shocks and are occasionally reset. Each unit has a Markov‐switching type, which influences their growth rate and reset probability. We show that the size distribution has a Pareto upper tail, with exponent equal to the unique positive solution to an equation involving the spectral radius of a certain matrix‐valued function. Under a nonlattice condition on growth rates, an eigenvector associated with the Pareto exponent provides the distribution of types in the upper tail of the size distribution.
Engendering European alternative food networks through countertopographies
Authors: Blumberg Renata
Published: July 2022

Recent interventions in scholarly literature have revealed how alternative methods of food production and provision are empowering for women farmers. This literature has been largely based on the historical trajectory of agriculture in the US and Western Europe, where women have been marginalized and excluded as farmers. In contrast, in post-Soviet space in Eastern Europe, women have not encountered the same forms of exclusion, but they face different challenges maintaining agricultural livelihoods. Drawing upon research with women farmers engaged in sustainable forms of agriculture and alternative food networks in Latvia, I demonstrate that although women are not marginalized in agricultural spaces, farm and marketing work remains gendered. Using the concept of countertopographies, I draw connections between the evidence from scholarly literature and my case study sites in order to identify how similar processes have shaped gender relations and produced diverging outcomes, but also to provide a framework for organizing and bridging differences across space.
La parure préhistorique : dimensions technique et économique
Authors: Chauvière François-Xavier
Published: July 2022

L’étude contextuelle des techniques liées aux objets de parure préhistoriques rend compte de discontinuités économiques qui structurent les ensembles archéologiques. Celles-ci sont perceptibles tant dans les modalités d’acquisition et de transformation des matériaux-supports que dans les modalités de circulation des objets finis.
Revisiting the Umbrian retro-choir
Authors: Cooper Donal
Published: July 2022

Recent research has clarified many aspects of the pre-Tridentine mendicant church interior, notably the importance of tramezzo rood screens, the elevated display of large-scale painted panels and – the focus of the present book – the location of choir precincts. It has, however, also revealed the complexity and diversity of liturgical furniture and spatial arrangements. This degree of flexibility cautions against reading Renaissance church interiors in crudely functional terms. The introduction of apsidal choir precincts or so-called “retro-choirs”, once regarded as a fundamental characteristic of Tridentine rearrangements, is now understood as an extended process responding to a number of distinct factors. This paper examines some of the earliest evidence for mendicant retro-choirs associated with Franciscan churches in Umbria, stretching back into the thirteenth century. I first highlighted this anomalous phenomenon in an article published in 2001 in the Journal of the Warburg and Courtauld Institutes: I can now introduce additional archival material to both consolidate and nuance those findings. The ambiguous case of Sansepolcro – in the modern region of Tuscany but falling within the medieval Franciscan province of Umbria – suggests that the adoption of the retro-choir respected the Order’s provincial boundaries. Despite sharing an identical liturgical framework, friars in the Tuscan and Umbrian provinces developed very different modes for arranging their church interiors. These differences are reflected in both the architecture of the churches and the artworks commissioned for them. This paper reassesses the evidence for provincialism in Franciscan church configuration in central Italy, asks how this was possible, and considers what such distinctions might have signified for a contemporary audience.
Franciscan choir location as a model in Umbrian context
Authors: Gromotka Michael G.
Published: July 2022

The chapter presents a reconstruction of the successive spatial layouts in the Benedictine church of S. Pietro in Perugia, between the fourteenth and the seventeenth century. The reasons for the individual transformations varied greatly and ranged from liturgical and representational motivations to changing aesthetic principles. The original spatial disposition of S. Pietro was changed greatly in the 1330s, when a retro-choir disposition was introduced: in doing so, the Benedictine monks of S. Pietro copied a local decidedly Franciscan spatial disposition. In 1436, this relatively open disposition was removed by the reform congregation of S. Giustina: the altar was transferred to the east end of the apse, and the choir district was closed off by both lateral and frontal choir screens. New wooden stalls were commissioned in the 1530’s without changing the pre-existing spatial layout; new celebrant benches were added in 1555, flanking the high altar in the centre of the apse. Around 1591-1609, the retro-choir disposition was re-introduced to S. Pietro. The high altar was newly erected in the middle of the elevated sanctuary area, and the frontal choir screen was transferred to the inner western wall of the church. The choir benches mainly remained in their previous position, but the celebrant benches and the choir stalls in the western area exchanged their places.
Semi-Supervised Sentiment Classification on E-Commerce Reviews Using Tripartite Graph and Clustering
Authors: Lu Xin , Gu Donghong , Zhang Haolan , Song Zhengxin , Cai Qianhua , Zhao Hongya , Wu Haiming
Published: July 2022

Sentiment classification constitutes an important topic in the field of Natural Language Processing, whose main purpose is to extract the sentiment polarity from unstructured texts. The label propagation algorithm, as a semi-supervised learning method, has been widely used in sentiment classification due to its describing sample relation in a graph-based pattern. Whereas, current graph developing strategies fail to use the global distribution and cannot handle the issues of polysemy and synonymy properly. In this paper, a semi-supervised learning methodology, integrating the tripartite graph and the clustering, is proposed for graph construction. Experiments on E-commerce reviews demonstrate the proposed method outperform baseline methods on the whole, which enables precise sentiment classification with few labeled samples.
Minimization of Energy Holes With Lively Bonding and the Division of Coverage
Authors: Nayak Chinmaya Kumar , Das Satyabrata
Published: July 2022

Gathering the useful information or data from the sensor nodes is the main purpose of WSN. Consumption of energy varies from one node to another node since the data present in the network goes through one or many sensor nodes. As a result of this, the node containing excess load might lose its battery power supply and will cease to function. If the same scenario occurs to a group of neighboring nodes, then all the nodes fall into a stage of premature death which results in the formation of energy-hole within the network. Due to this, the network’s lifetime gets affected and might get over very soon. The above said issue is identified as the key problem in the work. The projected method aims maximization of coverage by enhancing the detection range of remaining nodes to minimize energy holes using the lively bonding and the division of coverage. The projected method increases the lifetime as compared to the existing protocols.
A Workflow Scheduling Strategy for Reasoning Tasks of Autonomous Driving
Authors: Liao Jianbin , Xu Rongbin , Lin Kai , Lin Bing , Chen Xinwei , Yu Hongliang
Published: July 2022

In different periods of time, the real-time reasoning tasks generated by autonomous vehicles are scheduled within the tolerance time, which is an important problem to be solved in autonomous driving. Traditionally, tasks are arranged on the on-board unit (OBU), which results in a long time to complete. Heuristic algorithm is widely used in task scheduling, which often leads to premature convergence. Task scheduling in the edge environment can effectively reduce the completion time of tasks. A workflow scheduling strategy in edge environment is designed. To optimize the completion time of reasoning tasks, this paper proposes a Q-learning algorithm based on simulated annealing (SA-QL). Moreover, this paper comprehensively reflects the performance of SA-RL and PSO algorithm from four aspects. Experimental results show that SA-RL algorithm and PSO algorithm have good performance in feasibility and effectiveness. TD(0) algorithms show better performance of exploration, TD(λ) algorithms show that of convergence.
Internet of Things-Based Personal Device for Diabetes Mellitus Treatment and Management
Authors: Salokhe Anurup , Krishnamoorthy Murugan
Published: July 2022

The importance of diabetes treatment in various conditions majorly included elder individuals and home patients with diabetes having very difficult conditions variables influence blood glucose levels in a patient. Symptoms like sickness, physical movement, drugs, intravenous liquids cause unusual and conceivably hazardous variances in glucose regimen glycemic list and by this way patients need to measurement prompting portion, which finishes in a partly scene of hyperglycemia and hypoglycemia. The glucose sugar level inside a human could be estimated by inserting IR radiations. For this purpose, a personal device was created to assist in the determination of insulin therapy dose and consider further factors. The arrangement proposed relies on the Internet of Things from one viewpoint of a patient dependent on close to home RFID cards and the doctor to give worldwide network between the individual gadget made for the patient dependent on 6LoWPAN, program for attendants/doctors to screen individual wellbeing cards, the glycemic file data framework and the patient web-based interface.
Parallel Maintenance of Materialized Views in Large-Scale Analytic Platforms
Authors: Sebaa Abderrazak
Published: July 2022

Speeding up queries processing is an important issue in database management. Materialized views are largely used to address this issue. They have been proven successful for query performance optimization. However, updating data sources of the corresponding view requires maintaining the related views. Therefore, a view maintenance strategy is required. This paper presents a novel approach for materialized view maintenance that overcomes the limitations of prior approaches using a parallel “Divide and Conquer” strategy. We modeled the view maintenance problem using a new concept called “Multiple-Views-Matrix” as a matrix that brings up all affected views and their corresponding base relations. Moreover, we introduce a new algorithm for performing maintenance of multiple views, the proposed algorithm is able to use multiple parallelism and recursivity; this allows it to maintain multiple views and to process several updates at the same time. We show that our method provides a significant improvement in terms of maintenance process cost.
ESREHO-MaxNet: Deep Maxout Network For Intrusion Detection And Attack Mitigation In Iot With Wrapper Based Feature Selection Approach
Authors: Deelip Mali Shrikant , Govinda K.
Published: July 2022

An effective intrusion detection method is developed using proposed ESREHO-based Deep Maxout network in the IoT environment. The plant images are captured by the sensor node and are routed to the sink node through CH that is selected by the method named Exponential SFO. The routed data is received at BS, where the intrusion detection strategy is done by undergoing the feature extraction, feature selection and intrusion detection phase. The log file data generated from the predicted data is fed to feature extraction phase, where the Bot-IoT features are acquired and then the unique features are optimally selected with wrapper model. The Deep Maxout network is employed to detect the intrusions from the data and if the detected user is considered as attacker then attack mitigation process can be done by reducing the data rate of packets. However, the proposed method achieves better performance with the measures of accuracy, TPR, energy, and throughput with the values of 0.9418, 0.942, 1.8004J, and 7662438bps for without attack.
Social Commerce Intention, Social Interaction, and Social Support
Authors: Wu Chih-Lun , Horng Shwu-Min
Published: July 2022

A higher number of socially anxious users were found as more users joined social network sites. Since social commerce has become an important issue, this study investigated the effect of social anxiety on online users’ social commerce intention. Online social interactions are hypothesized to influence social commerce intention directly or indirectly through online social support. 427 effective samples were collected from Facebook users, and the results confirmed most of the causal effects. The study also tested the moderating effect of social anxiety on the causal effects. Of the eight relationships, social anxiety significantly moderates six of them. The relationships between online social interaction and emotional support and between online social interaction and social commerce intention are stronger for users with higher social anxiety. For users with lower social anxiety, the relationship between social support and the receiving of social commerce intention is stronger. The research findings lead to significant theoretical contributions and managerial implications.
Recession coverage using coronally repositioned flap with bioresorbable collagen membrane
Authors: Pal Kirti , Aggarwal Priyanka , Bali Shweta , Nautiyal Aruna , Singhal Deepali
Published: July 2022

The Coronally Advanced flap is one of the most commonly used procedures for recession coverage because it is simple to perform and produces good results when compared to other techniques. In this case report, a 40-year-old male patient complained of receding gums and localized sensitivity to hot and cold in the upper left anterior tooth region, as well as aesthetic discomfort in the gingival recession site. The Coronally advanced flap with collagen membrane is used to treat the recession site, follow up of 3 months showed satisfactory results.
Correlation of dermatoglyphics patterns with skeletal malocclusion
Authors: Singh Rashi , Gupta Nidhi , Rana Meenakshi , Gambhir Natasha
Published: July 2022

Dermatoglyphic Patterns and Skeletal Malocclusion:

Dermatoglyphics is the study of the intricate dermal patterns found on the skin of the palmar and plantar surfaces of the hands and feet. The term dermatoglyphics means “skin carving.” He has proven to be of predictive value for both genetic and nongenetic diseases in the medical field. It has been noted that the period of embryonic development for oral and dermal tissues overlaps. Thus, any impact on the development of oral tissues during this period may also represent itself in the dermatoglyphic patterns.

Aim:

Keeping this in mind, the present study was designed to investigate the correlation between malocclusions and representation in dermatoglyphic patterns.

Materials and Methodology:

A total of 90 subjects were selected for the study. Thirty cases each of Class I, Class II, and Class III skeletal malocclusions were selected from the age group of 13–18 years of age with permanent molars present. Lateral cephalograms were taken and their dermatoglyphic patterns were recorded by rolling impression technique. The dermatoglyphic data were assessed for different finger ridge patterns and total ridge count (TRC).

Results:

On comparison of dermatoglyphic patterns between skeletal Class I, II, and III, the skeletal Class I group showed a markedly decreased number of loops and increased TRC. In the skeletal Class II group, we found markedly increased number of loops and markedly decreased TRC. In the skeletal Class III group, we observed a markedly decreased number of arches and increased TRC. Loops were found to be the most predominant pattern in the skeletal Class II and III groups. The mean TRC was found to be increased in the skeletal Class III group, followed by the Class I group and markedly decreased in the skeletal Class II group, which was statistically significant.

Conclusion:

It is concluded that dermatoglyphics can be used as a screening tool and for the early prediction of skeletal malocclusion at a younger age group. Dermatoglyphics have important practical and clinical implications which can be applied for preventive and interceptive orthodontics among pediatric patients and also for parent counseling.
On the Origin of the Hittite Particle -z(a)
Authors: Shields Kenneth
Published: July 2022

In the field of Hittite linguistic studies, recent scholarship has been especially interested in the nature and origin of the particles so frequently attested in this language. Among the most intriguing of these morphemes is -z( a), about which H.A. Hoffner (1969, 1973) has made important observations. He points out that, although the use of this particle in verbal sentences has long been correctly identified as "Reflexivum [ ... ], das [ ... ] fiir alle Personen verwendet wird" (Kronasser 1956: 145), "little is known today of the rules governing the occurrence or non-occurrence of -za in the nominal sentence" (1969: 225). His research has led him to conclude that "the first and second person pronouns, when they constitute the subject of the nominal sentence, demand -za or its oblique enclitic pronoun stand-in. Stated differently, when the subject of the nominal sentence is either the speaker or his addressee(s) or both ('inclusive "we"'), the reflexive pronoun is required. When the subject of the nominal sentence is a person or object not involved in the discourse as either addressor or addressee, no need is felt for the reflexive" (1969: 230); instead, "the enclitic -aš may appear for the 3rct person" (Hamp 1984: 58), cf. 11-an-za-wa-za e-eš 'be alive!' and ku-is-wa-ra-aš a-ši DUMU-aš 'who is he, this child?' In this paper 1 want to attempt an explanation of this distribution of -z( a) in nominal sentences by exploring the possible Indo-European etyma of the particle.
A lunguistica pour ses quarante ans
Authors: Horvat Le Doyen Ludvik
Published: July 2022

En tant que doyen de la Faculté des Lettres de l'Universite de Ljubljana, j'ai l'honneur d'introduire le volume qui celebre les quarante ans de publication de cette revue linguistique. La parution de la revue conçua à l' origine comme supplàment pour la linguistique non slave de la revue Slavistična revija (dont la renommée était déjà affirmée), eut lieu en 1958. Ses inspirateurs, ses fondateurs et ses premiers directeurs, auxquels nous gardons une profonde reconnaissance, furent l'italianiste Stanko Škerlj et le latiniste Milan Grošelj, professeurs de notre Faculté. Des sa quatrieme année ce modeste supplement devint revue autonome, telle que nous la connaissons aujourd'hui.