bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
FINTECH ACCOUNTING AND INDUSTRY 4.0: FUTURE-PROOFING OR THREATS TO THE ACCOUNTING PROFESSION?
Authors: Fülöp Melinda Timea , Topor Dan Ioan , Ionescu Constantin Aurelian , Căpușneanu Sorinel , Breaz Teodora Odett , Stanescu Sorina Geanina
Published: October 2022

No dеvеloрmеnt in rеcеnt уеаrs hаs chаngеd comраniеs аnd othеr orgаnizаtions аs much аs digitizаtion bеcаusе it аffеcts a wide vаriеty of аrеаs, including finаncе, accounting, and auditing. Howеvеr, thе currеnt system of аccounting digitizаtion аnd аutomаtion in comраniеs is vеrу diffеrеnt. Although somе comраniеs аrе аdvаncеd in this rеgаrd, othеrs аrе onlу just bеginning thеir digitizаtion аnd аutomаtion еfforts. This studу еxаminеs thе stаtus quo аnd dеvеloрmеnt tеndеnciеs of digitizаtion in аccounting аs wеll аs thе rеsрonsibilitiеs of imрlеmеntаtion for аccounting digitizаtion. For thе еmрiricаl study, we аррlу thе tеchnologу аccерtаncе modеl (TАM) combinеd with trust аnd реrcеivеd risk аs а thеorеticаl bаsis to аnаlуzе рrofеssionаl аccountаnts’ реrcерtions rеgаrding thе digitаlizаtion of аccounting finаncе аctivitу (fintеch аccounting). The results indicate that the user trusts and uses the information gathered and uses the usability of the usability of аdoрting digitаl sеrvicеs. In the present case, the risk fаctor did not аffеct thе реrcеivеd use of digitаl sеrvicеs. However, реrcеivеd usеfulnеss did not influence the аttituds of the rеsрondеnts to make the use of digitаl sеrvicеs. Thus, the prеsеnt study contributes to реrsреctivеs on thе еvolution of digitаlizаtion in the accounting profession while highlighting trеnds in thе usе of tеchnologiеs provided to рrofеssionаl аccountаnts bу Industrу 4.0.
ACHIEVEMENT OF THE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS (SDG) IN PORTUGAL AND FORECAST OF KEY INDICATORS UNTIL 2030
Authors: Firoiu Daniela , Ionescu George H. , Pîrvu Ramona , Bădîrcea Roxana , Patrichi Ioana C.
Published: October 2022

In the current economic, social and political context, maintaining a stable trajectory of sustainable development, and thus achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals, must be the central objective of every European country. The aim of this paper is to evaluate the level of achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in Portugal, given that there were no similar published studies. The data used in the research was compiled from European Statistical Office – Eurostat, from 2007 until the most recent reports, and were processed and interpreted based on dynamic indices and time series forecasting (ARIMA model). Research results predict 57.50% achievement of the SDG targets, placing Portugal in the ranks of EU countries with high performance in terms of sustainable development and transition to a low-carbon economy.
IllustrisTNG Snapshots for 10 Gyr of Dynamical Evolution of Brightest Cluster Galaxies and Their Host Clusters
Authors: Sohn Jubee , Geller Margaret J. , Vogelsberger Mark , Borrow Josh
Published: October 2022

We explore the redshift evolution of the dynamical properties of massive clusters and their brightest cluster galaxies (BCGs) at z < 2 based on the IllustrisTNG-300 simulation. We select 270 massive clusters with M
200 < 1014
M
⊙ at z = 0 and trace their progenitors based on merger trees. From 67 redshift snapshots covering z < 2, we compute the 3D subhalo velocity dispersion as a cluster velocity dispersion (σ
cl). We also calculate the 3D stellar velocity dispersion of the BCGs (σ
*,BCG). Both σ
cl and σ
*,BCG increase as the universe ages. The BCG velocity dispersion grows more slowly than the cluster velocity dispersion. Furthermore, the redshift evolution of the BCG velocity dispersion shows dramatic changes at some redshifts resulting from dynamical interaction with neighboring galaxies (major mergers). We show that σ
*,BCG is comparable with σ
cl at z > 1, offering an interesting observational test. The simulated redshift evolution of σ
cl and σ
*,BCG generally agrees with an observed cluster sample for z < 0.3, but with large scatter. Future large spectroscopic surveys reaching to high redshift will test the implications of the simulations for the mass evolution of both clusters and their BCGs.
Drift Rates of Narrowband Signals in Long-term SETI Observations for Exoplanets
Authors: Li Jian-Kang , Zhao Hai-Chen , Tao Zhen-Zhao , Zhang Tong-Jie , Xiao-Hui Sun
Published: October 2022

The Doppler shift of a radio signal is caused by the relative motion between the transmitter and receiver. The change in frequency of the signal over time is called the drift rate. In the studies of radio search for extraterrestrial intelligence (SETI), extraterrestrial narrowband signals are expected to appear “chirped” since both the exoplanet and Earth are moving. Such planet rotation and orbital revolution around the central star can cause a nonzero drift rate. Other relative motions between the transmitter and receiver, such as the gravitational redshift and galactic potential, are negligible. In this paper, we mainly consider the common cases in which the drift rate is contributed by the rotations and orbits of Earth and the exoplanet in the celestial mechanics perspective, and we briefly discuss other cases different from the Earth–exoplanet one. We can obtain the expected pseudosinusoidal drifting result with long-term observations and shorter orbital periods of exoplanets. Exoplanets with higher orbital eccentricities can cause asymmetric drifting. The expected result should be intermittent pseudosinusoidal curves in long-term observations. The characteristics of pseudosinusoidal curves, as another new criterion for extraterrestrial signals, can be applied to long-term SETI reobservations in future research.
A Swift X-Ray View of the SMS4 Sample—X-Ray Properties of 31 Quasars and Radio Galaxies
Authors: Maselli Alessandro , Forman William R. , Jones Christine , Kraft Ralph P. , Perri Matteo
Published: October 2022

We present Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory (hereafter Swift) observations of 31 sources from the SMS4 catalog, a sample of 137 bright radio sources originally designed to extend the well-studied 3CRR radio sample to the Southern Hemisphere. All these sources had no Chandra or XMM-Newton observations: 24 of these were observed with Swift through a dedicated proposal in 2015, and data for the remaining seven were retrieved from the Swift archive. The reduction and analysis of data collected by the Swift X-ray Telescope (XRT) led to 20 detections in the 0.3–10 keV band. We provide details of the X-ray emission in this band for these 20 detections, as well as upper limits for the remaining 11 SMS4 sources. When statistics allowed, we investigated the extent of the X-ray emission and the hardness ratio, and we carried out a spectral analysis. We matched the 20 X-ray-detected sources with infrared (AllWISE, CatWISE2020) and optical (GSC 2.3.2, DES DR2) catalogs to establish associations with infrared and optical sources and compared our results with previously published counterparts in these bands. Requiring a detection in both the infrared and optical bands to establish a candidate counterpart for our X-ray detections, we obtain reliable counterparts for 18 sources, while the remaining two sources need further investigation to establish firm identifications. In the infrared, we confirm 12 previously established counterparts and provide six new candidates. In the optical, we find agreement with 13 previously established counterparts, while we provide an alternative candidate for five SMS4 sources. We find that ∼35% of all the SMS4 sources lie below the lower limit of 10.9 Jy for the flux density at 178 MHz established for the 3CRR sample, at variance with the values extrapolated using measurements at higher frequencies. Therefore, for future studies where flux-density-limited samples are needed, we encourage the use of the more recent G4Jy sample. We present the list of 56 SMS4 sources that in 2022 March remain to be observed in the X-rays with narrow-field instruments, to highlight interesting sources and organize further observational campaigns to achieve complete X-ray coverage for the whole SMS4 in the forthcoming years.
« L’Affaire du Siècle ». Des mobilisations pour le climat à l’épreuve de la temporalité judiciaire
Authors: Traïni Christophe
Published: October 2022

En France, en décembre 2018, quatre associations saisissent la justice afin de dénoncer l’inaction de l’État en matière de lutte contre les dérèglements climatiques. En un mois à peine, la pétition de soutien à cette action en justice collecte plus de deux millions de signataires et devient la pétition la plus importante que le pays n’ait jamais connue. Ce cas constitue un poste d’observation privilégié pour interroger l’articulation entre les temporalités des procédures judiciaires et celles d’actions collectives dénonçant un scandale et mobilisant le plus grand nombre. L’article analyse comment les promoteurs de cette opération, menée au nom de l’urgence climatique, s’efforcent de concilier des visées temporelles très différentes. Ce faisant il étudie les avantages et inconvénients du recours à l’action en justice dans le cadre des mouvements sociaux.
Intra-articular Hip Injections Prior to Total Hip Arthroplasty: Infection and Cost-Related Associations
Authors: Sax Oliver C. , Douglas Scott J. , Pervaiz Sahir S. , Salem Hytham S. , Nabet Austin , Mont Michael A. , Delanois Ronald E.
Published: October 2022

Intra-articular injections prior to total hip arthroplasty (THA) have been associated with postoperative infections. The purpose of this study was to determine whether a temporal relationship exists between hip injections prior to THA and infection. Specifically, we asked (1) Do patients who receive hip injections within 3 months of THA have a higher incidence of prosthetic joint infections (PJIs) or surgical site infections (SSIs)? and (2) Do these patients incur higher 90-day costs? Patients with hip injections prior to THA were identified using a national database from 2010 to 2019. Three laterality-specific groups (injection 0 to 3 months, 3 to 6 months, and 6 to 12 months prior to THA)were compared with a matched cohort without prior injection (n=277,841). Primary outcomes included PJIs, SSIs, and costs. Patients who had injections within 3 months of THA had a higher incidence of PJIs at 90 days (5.1% vs 1.6%,
P
<.01) and 1 year (6.8% vs 2.1%,
P
<.01), when compared with the matched cohort. They also had a higher incidence of SSIs at 90 days (2.8% vs 1.2%,
P
<.01) and 1 year (3.7% vs 1.7%,
P
<.01). Mean costs were 13.7% higher in this injection cohort. Patients who had injections between 3 and 6 months prior to THA had higher incidence and odds of postoperative PJIs at 90 days (2.6% vs 1.6%,
P
<.04), whereas those with injections beyond 6 months had no differences in PJIs (
P
≥.46). Patients who receive hip injections within 3 months of undergoing primary THA are at increased risk for postoperative PJIs, SSIs, and higher costs. This study reaffirms guidelines for when to perform THAs in these populations. [
Orthopedics
. 2023;46(1):19–26.]
Effects of Marital Status and Income on Hypertension: The Korean Genome and Epidemiology Study (KoGES)
Authors: Son Mia , Heo Yeon Jeong , Hyun Hye-Jin , Kwak Ho Jong
Published: October 2022

Objectives: This study aimed to analyze the associations of income, marital status, and health behaviors with hypertension in male and female over 40 years of age in the Korea.Methods: The data were derived from the Korean Genome and Epidemiology Study (KoGES; 4851-302) which included 211 576 participants. To analyze the relationships of income, marital status, and health behaviors with hypertension in male and female over 40 years of age, multiple logistic regression was conducted with adjustments for these variables.Results: The prevalence of hypertension increased linearly as income decreased. The odds ratio for developing hypertension in people with an income of <0.5 million Korean won (KRW) compared to ≥6.0 million KRW was 1.55 (95% confidence interval [CI], 1.25 to 1.93) in the total population, 1.58 (95% CI, 1.27 to 1.98) in male, and 1.07 (95% CI, 0.35 to 3.28) in female. The combined effect of income level and marital status on hypertension was significant. According to income level and marital status, in male, low income and divorce were most associated with hypertension (1.76 times; 95% CI, 1.01 to 3.08). However, in female, the low-income, married group was most associated with hypertension (1.83 times; 95% CI, 1.71 to 1.97).Conclusions: The results of this study show that it is necessary to approach male and female marital status separately according to income in health policies to address inequalities in the prevalence of hypertension.
A few British and American writers in Toulon and the Var department in the 1920s and 1930s
Authors: Garcia Gérard
Published: October 2022

The French Riviera or Côte d’Azur stretches from Marseille to the Italian border and has traditionally attracted a good many British and American writers, most of whom concentrated in and around Nice, Cannes, Menton, Antibes, Vence, namely the eastern end of the coast. Nevertheless, Toulon and the Var area should not be overlooked as they hosted many a brilliant author, in particular such neighbouring seaside resorts as Hyères and Le Lavandou to the East of Toulon, Sanary and Bandol to the west. Inevitably, Toulon, being a larger town and a naval base, was, and still is, a convenient stopping place for travellers driving along the coast, and an essential one for people outside Toulon who had to do some shopping, go to the doctor’s, remember Aldous Huxley, visit the brothels (Evelyn Waugh was a regular) or opium dens like Cocteau and so many others. Joseph Conrad, Edith Wharton, Paul Bourget, Katherine Mansfield, D.H. Lawrence, Huxley, among many others, Ford Madox last but not least, have stayed in the Toulon area where they found inspiration, beauty and warmth. This can be felt throughout their works, in their personal achievements, and I am convinced that their confrontation with the local atmosphere and landscapes has contributed to their art and literary production.
Réécriture du conflit tragique et évolution du goût exotique : de L’Orphelin de la maison de Tchao (1731) de Ji Junxiang à L’Orphelin de la Chine (1755) de Voltaire
Authors: Tang Guo
Published: October 2022

L’écriture théâtrale est remarquablement concernée par des stratégies de réécriture. Au XVIIIe siècle, du fait de l’intensification des échanges entre l’Europe et le reste du monde, la littérature française a subi diverses influences étrangères. En témoigne L’Orphelin de la maison de Tchao, une pièce de l’écrivain chinois de la dynastie des Yuan (XIIIe s.) Ji Junxiang, traduite par le Père de Prémare et diffusée en Europe en 1731. Il s’agit de la seule pièce du théâtre chinois introduite en Europe au XVIIIe siècle, excellent témoignage des débuts de la diffusion de la littérature chinoise. Par sa valeur esthétique et idéologique, mais sans doute aussi par son exotisme, cette pièce a eu en France un rayonnement étendu et un retentissement fort chez Voltaire, qui a composé en 1755 sa fameuse tragédie exotique de L’Orphelin de la Chine. Aussi bien en Chine qu’en France, le genre théâtral repose sur l’alternance de scènes de conflits et de réconciliation. La présente étude voudrait clarifier, dans leurs différences, quelques aspects des tensions manifestes dans les deux Orphelins. S’appuyant sur la nature intrinsèque du conflit tragique, c’est-à-dire sur ses caractéristiques et sur son fondement même, cet article s’emploie à comparer les conflits que présentent ces deux pièces afin de définir les ressorts essentiels de ces tragédies.
Proposed Methods for Improving Cancer Patient Communication
Authors: Chesnut James W. , Singh Shailen , Boden Carrie J.
Published: October 2022

Effective communication between cancer patients and their healthcare professionals is an essential ingredient in providing quality medical care. There is a correlation between poor healthcare communication and chronic stress in cancer patients. Chronic stress impedes the human immune system and promotes tumor growth. There is also a negative correlation between cancer communication discomfort in patients and their level of education. To address poor healthcare communication, chronic stress, and improve health outcomes, healthcare providers must act as educators. It is important for providers to (1) utilize effective methods when communicating face-to-face with cancer patients, (2) present written information that can be understood at sixth to eighth grade levels, and (3) utilize the power of computer-mediated communication in order improve the health literacy and outcomes of their cancer patients.
University Student Perceptions on the Use of Online-Based Technology in Flipped Classrooms
Authors: Salleh Shana Mat
Published: October 2022

This study explores the experiences and perceptions of 59 first-year university students on flipped learning systems over the course of one semester. The students carried out three separate sessions of flipped methodology classes, utilising a variety of online tools for teaching and communicating with each other. Results indicated that while the students had very little prior knowledge and experience in a flipped classroom, they were generally positive in their initial perception of the learning strategy. Furthermore, the students fully embraced the entire process albeit with some apprehension regarding their peer's motivation and efficiency in conducting the flipped sessions. A pre-sessional survey was conducted at the start of the semester as well as post-sessional surveys after each flipped session to gauge any particular changes in the students' perceptions throughout the study. The overall findings showed positive reception from the students regarding flipped classrooms with notable mentions of improved confidence and the development of active learning approaches.
An Ontology Towards Predicting Terrorism Events
Authors: Dawood Zubeida , Van 't Wout Carien
Published: October 2022

Although there is an increasing amount of information for counter-terrorism operations freely available online, it is a complex process to extract relevant information and to detect useful patterns in the data in order for intelligence functionaries to identify threats and to predict possible terror attacks. Automation is required for intelligent decision-making. To assist with this, in this paper, the researchers propose an ontology-based data access system for counter-terrorism. The system will enable intelligence analysts to perform specialised semantic searches about terrorist events or groups for analysis using an ontology. In this paper, the researchers present the ontology that was created by following an existing methodology for ontology development, and an ontology-based data access system together with all the components used in development (i.e., databases, web-scraper tools, ontology-based data access software, and data sources). Lastly, the ontology is demonstrated by means of use cases with example queries for generating actionable intelligence for operations.
Infgraph: Influential Researcher and Cited Research Analysis Using Citation Network
Authors: M. Geetha.  , K. Suresh Kumar  , Ch. Vidyadhari  , R. Ganeshan
Published: October 2022

The understanding of references in research articles is essential for performing effectual research. This paper devises a hybrid model to find the influential cited paper and influential researchers from Web of Science (WOS) data. For determining the influential researcher, a series of steps is performed. Then the co-citation is performed for providing author-author co-relation that predicts the next co-author. Thereafter, visualization of the network is performed for research communication amongst different authors. Then, the network density is computed. Finally, the cluster coefficient is adapted for finding the influential researcher. Concurrently, for discovering influential cited papers, the pre-processing is performed using the stop word removal and stemming process. Then, the word2vec model is utilized for training the model to forecast the suitable word that comes next. Finally, the modified word mover's distance (MWMD) is utilized for determining the semantic similarity in order to discover influential cited papers.
Balanced Scheduling Method of Network Information Resources for Cloud Storage
Authors: Ma Xiang , Li Zhan
Published: October 2022

In the network communication environment, the balanced scheduling of network information sharing resources can better improve the service quality of network communication. In the current network communication sharing resource balanced scheduling process, there are some problems, such as the completion time of resource scheduling is too long, the cost consumption is large, and so on. This paper proposes a balanced scheduling method of network information resources for cloud storage. By constructing the storage model of network communication shared resources, the network communication structure under big data is layered. Through the characteristic analysis of shared resource, equilibrium ratio is introduced to obtain the fitness function of network communication shared resources. The fitness function and convergence factor are used to solve the problem. The experimental results show that the network information resource balanced scheduling method for cloud storage needs shorter completion time and lower cost, which fully meets the research requirements.
Exploring the Influence of Project Management Offices in Project-Based Organizations in Saudi Arabia
Authors: Almatari Ahmed , Ghaithan Ahmed , Mohammed Awsan , Hadidi Laith A.
Published: October 2022

This research investigates the impact of the project management office functions on project success in Saudi Arabia. A comprehensive literature review is conducted to study different project management functions and project success measures. The data collected on a validated list of 19 project management office functions and 14 project success measures obtained from the literature. The analyses have two parts, one to compare the project performance of organizations that have PMO to those who do not have, using excel sheets by averaging the responses for each measure. The second part is to study the relationship between PMO functions and project success measures using structural equation modeling SEM in SMARTPLS-S software. Sixteen hypotheses were generated for analyses in SEM and five of these hypotheses were validated while the remaining 11 could not be validated. The results reported that PMO organizational learning functions directly impact project outcomes, while functions of project monitoring and controlling partially impacts customer satisfaction.
An Educational Solution-Driven Discussion About Racial Public Health Disparities During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Authors: Zanganeh Kiana S. , Burrell Darrell Norman
Published: October 2022

One of the most troubling aspects of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic in the US is the disproportionate harm that it has caused to historically marginalized, low income, underserved, and uninsured groups. During the emergence of the pandemic, Black, Hispanic, and Asian people have markedly higher infection rates, hospitalization, and death compared with White people. Once infected with COVID-19, persons with lower incomes, underserved, and people of color are at greater risk for hospitalization because they often have more chronic medical comorbidities. The prevalence of hypertension, diabetes, and obesity are higher among low-income, minority populations, all of which can make a COVID-19 infection much worse. In addition, racial and ethnic minority populations are often underinsured and have inferior access to healthcare, which likely results in those infected seeking care later during their illness. This paper explores educational solution-driven discussion about racial public health disparities during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Fast-Track Product Evaluation From Text Reviews in M-Commerce
Authors: Ng C. Y. , Fung K. T.
Published: October 2022

The popularity of mobile commerce has offered many new challenges for investigating public sentiments. With an uncountable number of stores and products available on the marketplace, customers heavily relied on the comments or reviews posted by others to support their buying decisions. For the online retailer's side, these text reviews are valuable resources to understand the latest customer expectations and devise a better product plan for launching suitable products to customers. Sentiment analysis is then developed for the evaluation of a significant amount of text data by searching the sentiment words. Nevertheless, different writers may have different perceptions on the sentiment words, and hence, this inconsistency would be amplified. In this connection, a novel approach to obtain public sentiment by combining the topic modeling, fuzzy set, and multi-criteria decision-making approaches is proposed. The uncertainty of different perceptions on the sentiment words is remedied by fuzzy-set.
Sports Marketing
Authors: Lewis Eugene J.
Published: October 2022

Prioritizing diversity in sports provides perspectives in how transformational leadership and organizational culture are viewed. In contrast to most research within the field of sports marketing, DEI is still a prominent issue. The use of racial, cultural differences, and ethnic stereotypes still demonstrate leadership gaps amongst minority coaching vacancies in sports. As individuals deal with organizational challenges, they need to be able to utilize DEI paradigms to facilitate the resolution of improving athletic culture in the coaching ranks. The purpose of the article is to determine innovative ways to incorporate transformational leadership between the organizations that hire ethnic minority coaches. Although DEI continues to challenge opportunities for minorities and disenfranchised groups, there is a systemic challenge in providing useful tools to integrate DEI tools for supporting the efforts of how sports are marketed in today's athletic environment.
Hybrid Method for Semantic Similarity Computation Using Weighted Components in Ontology
Authors: Kamble Kanishka N. , Shirgave Suresh K.
Published: October 2022

In this paper, the researchers propose an approach to measure the semantic similarity between two concepts in an ontology like WordNet and DBpedia. Some earlier semantic similarity approaches proposed concentrated on the ontology structure between concepts and some concentrated only on the information content of concepts. This paper proposes a semantic similarity approach with path length, information content, and semantic depth (i.e., PLICD) to combine both path length as well as information content-based approaches. This proposed approach uses weighted shortest path length and information content calculated using semantic depth and hyponyms of the concepts to measure semantic similarity between two concepts. Through experimentations performed on WordNet and DBpedia, the researchers note that the PLICD semantic similarity approach has delivered a statistically meaningful enhancement as compared to the other semantic similarity approaches concerning accuracy and F score.
Automatic Bug Classification System to Improve the Software Organization Product Performance
Authors: Kelin A. R. Darshika , Nagarajan B. , Rajendran Sasikumar , Muthumari S.
Published: October 2022

Consistently, many bugs are raised, which are not completely settled, and countless designers are utilizing open sources or outsider assets, which prompts security issues. Bug-triage is the impending mechanized bug report framework to appoint individual security teams for a more than adequate pace of bug reports submitted from various IDEs inside the association (on-premises). We can lessen the time and cost of bug following and allocate it to the fitting group by foreseeing which division it has a place in within an association. In this paper, the authors are executing an automatic bug tracking system (ABTS) to allocate the group for the revealed bug involving the text examination for bug naming and characterization AI calculation for anticipating designer. Hybrid natural language processing and machine learning techniques are used for automatic bug identification to improve the performance of software organization products.
The Legitimacy of Artificial Intelligence in Judicial Decision Making
Authors: Xu Zichun
Published: October 2022

Since the birth of artificial intelligence, the discussion of the legitimacy of its application to judicial scenarios has never stopped. The domestic academic circles question the legality of artificial intelligence decision-making mainly embodies four aspects: the judge's subjectivity crisis, the power legitimacy crisis, the imputation difficulty crisis, and the damage to the justice realization crisis. Therefore, it is urgent to clarify the legal logic of artificial intelligence in judicial decision-making and clarify its decision-making limits. Therefore, this paper aims to prove the legality of intelligent judicial operation simultaneously from the four-dimensional perspectives of artificial intelligence's intervention in judicial decision-making, such as the judge's subjectivity, the legitimacy of power, the attribution of fault, and the realization of justice, with a view to the subject, power, responsibility, justice, four aspects of the governance of China's intelligent judiciary to make recommendations.
Abstract Book of the 36° Congresso Nazionale SIGOT - Bari, 5-7 ottobre 2022
Authors: Pilotto Alberto
Published: October 2022

Abstract Book of the 36° Congresso Nazionale SIGOT - Bari, 5-7 ottobre 2022
How far will they go? Considerations on the potential expansion of the Ring-necked Parakeet (Psittacula krameri) and Monk Parakeet (Myiopsitta monachus) in Veneto region (Italy) with MaxEnt distribution models
Authors: Nardotto Alessandro
Published: October 2022

Predictive models of species distribution, including several parakeets, may be very useful for understanding the actual and potential distribution of alien species. The Ring-necked Parakeet and the Monk Parakeet are two alien species found in the Veneto region (north-east Italy) that are well-suited for conducting potential distribution studies to identify suitable areas of occurrence. In this paper, I use the MAXENT algorithm to predict the potential distribution maps of these species in the Veneto region, which finds the probability distribution of maximum entropy that is constrained by the ecological parameters considered. The authors of the Veneto photo-sound atlas kindly provided presence data for the two species. The potential distribution models for the two parakeets performed very well overall (AUC = 0.966 for Ring-necked Parakeet and AUC = 0.987 for Monk Parakeet) and indicated that high suitability areas correspond primarily to areas near known occurrences of the species. Overall, the study found that the presence of the species in provinces other than those with large populations is highly unlikely. The distribution maps produced can aid in the selection of monitoring areas for these two alien species’ populations and potential expansion.
Evaluation of the total antioxidant capacity of Oliveria decumbens and Capparis spinosa
Authors: Darvishi Mohammad , Jasim Saade Abdalkareem , Sarimsakov Makhamadjalal I. , Ibrahim Nadya J. , Hadi Suhad J. , Al-Sammarra’e Aymen , Abulkassim Roua , Hameed Noora M. , Alkhafaje Waleed K. , Adhab Zainab Hussein , Alwaily Enas R. , Pirhadi Mohadeseh , Ganjeii Atieh , Shokri Samira
Published: October 2022

The anti-oxidative potential of extracts from two Iranian medicinal plants, Oliveria decumbens and Capparis spinosa, is assessed in this study. The Oliveria genus is part of the Apiaceae family and contains only one species, O. decumbensVent. Capers are either wild or cultivated plants that are found in many tropical and subtropical countries. Oliveria decumbens and Capparis spinosa aerial parts were dried and ground. The herbal solution was then created by combining herbal powder and methanol. Finally, the total antioxidant capacity of the plants was determined using the Ferric Iron Reducing Antioxidant Power (FRAP) assay and the ELISA reader at 570 nm. The total antioxidant capacities of O. decumbens, C. spinosa fruit, and C. spinosa leaves, respectively, were 3.82 mmol Fe2+/L, 1.96 mmol Fe2+/L, and 1.65 mmol Fe2+/L. These plants' essential oils are secondary metabolites that are widely used in the food, pharmaceutical, and health industries as antioxidant and antimicrobial compounds. In general, the traditional Iranian edible plants studied are good sources of natural antioxidant compounds.
Can Ultrasound-Guided Erector Spinae Plane Block Replace Thoracic Epidural Analgesia for Postoperative Analgesia in Pediatric Patients Undergoing Thoracotomy? A Prospective Randomized Controlled Trial
Authors: Singh Swati , Andaleeb Roshan , Lalin Dusu
Published: October 2022

Background:

Many analgesic modalities have been investigated in pediatrics for thoracotomy. We studied the analgesic efficacy of unilateral continuous ultrasound-guided erector spinae plane block (ESPB) compared to a thoracic epidural in pediatric patients undergoing thoracotomy.

Materials and Methods:

A prospective, randomized, observer-blinded, controlled study. Pediatric patients (2–7 years) scheduled for right or left thoracotomy under general anesthesia (GA) were enrolled in the study. We randomly assigned patients into two groups: The thoracic epidural analgesia (TEA) group received GA with an epidural catheter. The ESPB group received GA with a unilateral ultrasound-guided erector spinae plane catheter. The primary outcome was postoperative cumulative opioid consumption for 24 h.

Results:

The total intraoperative fentanyl requirement was 35.4 ± 11.44 μg in the TEA group and 30.4 ± 9.08 μg in the ESPB group (t-value − 1.53013, P value: 0.134). The total postoperative fentanyl requirement was comparable in both the groups and clinically nonsignificant (44 ± 2.82 in the TEA group vs. 44.25 ± 13.72 in the ESPB group, t-value = −0.02412, P = 0.981). The median (IQR) Face, Legs, Activity, Cry, and Consolability (FLACC) score at 0, 2, 4, 8, 12, and 24 h time points in the ESPB was equivalent to the TEA group. At 6 h time point, the TEA group had a significantly lower FLACC score than the ESPB group (1[1.75, 1] in the TEA group and 2 [2, 1] in the ESPB group, P value = .02, U = 117.5, z-score = −2.218). The complications were higher in the TEA group (urine retention 20% and hypotension 40%) than in the ESPB group (0 and 0%).

Conclusions:

This study shows that the ESPB provides similar postoperative analgesia to the TEA in pediatric patients undergoing thoracotomy. The ESPB is simpler, faster, and has a lower complication rate.
Intraoperative Blood Collection Without Fluid Replacement for Cardiac Surgery – A Retrospective Analysis
Authors: Vance Jennifer L. , Irwin Lisa , Jewell Elizabeth S. , Engoren Milo
Published: October 2022

Background:

Transfusion rates in cardiac surgery are high.

Aim:

To determine if intraoperative autologous blood removal without volume replacement is associated with fewer homologous blood transfusions without increasing acute kidney injury.

Setting and Design:

Retrospective, comparative study.

Materials and Methods:

Adult patients undergoing cardiac surgery, excluding those who underwent ventricular assist device surgery, heart transplants, or cardiac surgery without cardiopulmonary bypass were excluded, who had 1–3 units of intraoperative autologous blood removal were compared to patients without blood removal for determination of volume replacement, vasopressor support, acute kidney injury, and transfusions.

Results:

Autologous blood removal was associated with fewer patients receiving homologous transfusions: intraoperative red cell transfusions fell from 75% (Control) to 48% (1 unit removed), 40% (2 units), and 30% (3 units), P < 0.001. Total intraoperative and postoperative homologous RBC units transfused were lower in the blood removal groups: median (interquartile range) 3 (1, 6) in Control patients and 0 (0, 2), 0 (0, 2) and 0 (0, 1) in the 1, 2, and 3 units removed groups, P < 0.001. Similarly, plasma, platelet, and cryoprecipitate transfusions decreased. After adjustment for confounders, increased amounts of autologous blood removal were associated with increased intravenous fluids, only when 2 units were removed, and trivially increased vasopressor use. However, it was not associated with acidosis or acute kidney injury.

Conclusions:

Intraoperative autologous blood removal without volume replacement of 1–3 units for later autologous transfusion is associated with decreased homologous transfusions without acidosis or acute kidney injury.
Hypothyroidism-associated rhabdomyolysis
Authors: Khan Fahmi Yousef , Sulaiman Theeb Osama , Akbar Raza Ali
Published: October 2022

Background:

Hypothyroidism alone or in combination with other factors has the risk of triggering rhabdomyolysis. In this article, we aim to describe hypothyroidism-associated rhabdomyolysis and its outcomes.

Methods:

We reported a new case of hypothyroidism-associated rhabdomyolysis and reviewed similar reported cases from the literature for in-depth knowledge.

Results:

Eighty-one cases, including the one reported in this article, met the inclusion criteria for this review. The mean age of the patients was 45.6 ± 15.8 years. Out of these, 57 (70.4%) patients were males and 24 (29.6%) were females. The precipitating factor was absent in 45 (55.6%) cases. A total of 8 (9.9%) cases had chronic renal failure at time of presentation, while 25 (30.9%) had hypertension, 11 (13.6%) had diabetes mellitus, and 32 (39.5%) had dyslipidemia. The median creatine kinase (CK) level was 5885 U/L (Interquartile range: 3280.5–11550.5 U/L). Electromyography was performed in 12 patients with 10 (12.3%) cases showing myopathic changes including polyphasic potential and fiber necrosis. Muscle biopsy was performed in 7 (8.4%) cases, with Type II fiber atrophy observed in 4 (4.9%) biopsies. Sixty-two cases developed acute kidney injury, of which 14 (17.3%) required hemodialysis. All patients were treated with levothyroxine and most patients (67, 82.7%) were treated by hydration. All the reported patients made good recovery. A statistically nonsignificant correlation was found between CK and thyroid-stimulating hormone (r = 0.218; P = 0.052).

Conclusions:

Rhabdomyolysis is a recognized complication of hypothyroidism even in the absence of additional risk factors. Clinicians should be aware of the impact of rhabdomyolysis and hypothyroidism on renal function and promptly initiate hormone replacement therapy and vigorous hydration to preserve the renal function.
Third-line chemotherapy after resistance to Etoposide, Cisplatin-Etoposide, Methotrexate, Actinomycin (EP-EMA) in high risk gestational trophoblastic neoplasia
Authors: Bolastig-Canson Julie Ann B. , Soriano-Estrella Agnes L.
Published: October 2022

OBJECTIVE:

To describe the experience of the Division of Trophoblastic Diseases of the Philippine General Hospital with the various third-line chemotherapeutic regimens among high-risk gestational trophoblastic neoplasia (GTN) patients who experienced resistance after receiving the etoposide, cisplatin–etoposide, methotrexate, actinomycin (EP-EMA) regimen.

MATERIALS AND METHODS:

This was a 17-year descriptive study that included all patients who used various salvage chemotherapy after resistance to EP-EMA as treatment for metastatic, high-risk GTN at the Philippine General Hospital from January 2002 to December 2018. The medical records of eligible patients were retrieved and assessed. All abstracted data were analyzed retrospectively. Descriptive statistics were used to compute for percentages for the various demographic characteristics of the sample population.

RESULTS:

From January 2002 to December 2018, a total of 291 patients with metastatic, high-risk gestational GTN were treated at the Philippine General Hospital. Of these, only seven patients received various third-line chemotherapy regimens after resistance to EP-EMA. One patient was excluded due to incomplete data. Among the third-line chemotherapeutic regimens used, 3 patients received paclitaxel/carboplatin, two of whom went into remission while one expired. One patient had vincristine, bleomycin, and cisplatin (VBP) with two adjunctive surgeries in the form of hysterectomy and thoracotomy. She also went into remission. Two patients received paclitaxel–cisplatin/paclitaxel–etoposide (TP/TE) as third line of treatment. The first was shifted back to EP-EMA and eventually developed chemoresistance to EP-EMA and had multiple toxicities. After multidisciplinary conference with the patient and family, they decided to go home and refused further chemotherapy. The other patient had TP/TE followed by bleomycin–etoposide–cisplatin, with adjunctive hysterectomy. Despite multiple cycles of chemotherapy, the disease persisted. She was offered palliative care and the family decided to bring her home. Both patients eventually expired at home.

CONCLUSION:

No conclusion can be made about the most effective third line chemotherapy for resistant high-risk GTN because of the limited cases included in this study. An individualized approach is still recommended. Physicians and centers for patients caring for such patients are encouraged to report their experience to improve the management of future patients.
Placental site trophoblastic tumor
Authors: Reynado Katherine B. , Chan Paulene Trixie C. , Gorgonio Nephthali M.
Published: October 2022

We present a rare case of a 23-year-old female with intraperitoneal hemorrhage from uterine rupture as an uncommon presentation of placental site trophoblastic tumor (PSTT) after spontaneous abortion. A high index of suspicion with this clinical presentation and the use of appropriate diagnostic tools to arrive at a diagnosis can go a long way in decreasing the adverse outcome of this disease. The histopathological findings and immunohistochemical staining were helpful armamentaria for the confirmation of PSTT. The patient was successfully managed with primary hysterectomy and postoperative chemotherapy.
Antenatal corticosteroids in Singapore: a clinical and scientific assessment
Authors: Gosavi Arundhati , Amin Zubair , Carter Sean William David , Choolani Mahesh Arjandas , Fee Erin Lesley , Milad Mark Amir , Jobe Alan Hall , Kemp Matthew Warren
Published: October 2022

Preterm birth (PTB; delivery prior to 37 weeks’ gestation) is the leading cause of early childhood death in Singapore today. Approximately 9% of Singaporean babies are born preterm; the PTB rate is likely to increase given the increased use of assisted reproduction technologies, changes in the incidence of gestational diabetes/high body mass index and the ageing maternal population. Antenatal administration of dexamethasone phosphate is a key component of the obstetric management of Singaporean women who are at risk of imminent preterm labour. Dexamethasone improves preterm outcomes by crossing the placenta to functionally mature the fetal lung. The dexamethasone regimen used in Singapore today affords a very high maternofetal drug exposure over a brief period of time. Drawing on clinical and experimental data, we reviewed the pharmacokinetic profile and pharmacodynamic effects of dexamethasone treatment regimen in Singapore, with a view to creating a development pipeline for optimising this critically important antenatal therapy.
On the optional and orthogonal decompositions of a class of semimartingales
Authors: Berkaoui Abdelkarem
Published: October 2022

We consider a set

\mathcal Q

of probability measures, which are absolutely continuous with respect to the physical probability measure

\mathbb{P}

and at least one is equivalent to

\mathbb{P}

. We investigate necessary and sufficient conditions on

\mathcal Q

, under which any

\mathcal Q

-supermartingale can be decomposed into the sum of a local

\mathcal Q

-martingale and a decreasing process. We also provide an orthogonal decomposition of square integrable semimartingale as the orthogonal sum of a local

\mathcal Q

-martingale and a square integrable semimartingale. As one application, we state the orthogonal decomposition in an appropriate sense of the polar set of

\mathcal Q

. We generalise then the results of a previous article (2021), from finite probability space and discrete time case to general continuous time case.
Effect of Teachers’ Welfare on Job Effectiveness among Secondary Schools in Mbarara City, Uganda
Authors: Ashaba Monica , Twebaze Richard , Novatus Nyemara
Published: October 2022

This study sought to establish the effect of teachers’ welfare on teachers’ job effectiveness among the secondary schools in Mbarara City in Uganda using a descriptive cross sectional survey design.  The study was conducted in Mbarara City which had 25 secondary schools. The 25 schools had 750 teachers and 25 Head teachers. According to Galvan (2013), a sample of 50% is desirous. Therefore, 50% of 25 schools brought 12 schools which were sampled. The twelve schools had 360 teachers from whom systematic random sampling was used to select 260 teachers. Out of the 260 teachers selected, 256 responded and out of 12 head teachers selected, 10 responded. Furthermore, one Education Office and one City Inspector of schools were included in the sample. Descriptive statistics and Pearson correlations were used in analyzing the data. The study established a moderate quality of welfare of secondary school teachers in terms of housing, performance allowances, medical care services, school environment, meals, transport allowances, training and development opportunities, classroom environment and government policy on teachers. The level of teachers’ job effectiveness was also perceived to be moderate. Furthermore, the study established a moderate positive relationship between teachers’ welfare and job effectiveness. It is recommended that teachers’ salaries and allowances be regularly provided in time. Meals, housing and other facilities should be given to teachers to encourage them to work hard.
Effect of Broken Families on School Attendance among Private Secondary School Students in Iringa Municipality, Tanzania
Authors: Ebele Ezeufondu Raechal
Published: October 2022

This study sought to establish the effect of broken families on school attendance among private secondary school students in Iringa Municipality, Tanzania. The study adopted the case study design which helped the researcher to study a smaller unit in terms of two schools with students from broken families. The methods of data collection involved a questionnaire, a semi-structured interview, a focus group discussion and documentary review. Quantitative data was analyzed through descriptive statistics while the qualitative data was analyzed through the thematic approach. The study concluded that students form broken families faced unique challenges that affected their school attendance. They did not commence to school on resume days and they regularly missed classes because some were required to take parental responsibilities like taking care of their younger ones and others engaged in such activities like farming and casual works to enable their families to get necessities and school fees. Some students had missed school with reasons like financial problems including lack of school fees, inability to obtain school requirements and poor parental care.  Furthermore, family structures in terms of broken families led to school dropout since students from those families were involved in illegal businesses like theft, robbery and prostitution as the means to meet their daily needs. Based on the conclusions, it is recommended that broken family parents should try as much as possible to provide basic needs that support school attendance and encourage their children to attend school regularly in order to avoid absenteeism which may hinder the intended academic achievement.