bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Sombra e riso: a comicidade no Teatro de Sombras
Authors: Freitas Filho Welerson
Published: March 2023

Esse estudo tem como intuito instigar as discussões acerca das relações entre o Teatro de Sombras e a comicidade. Identificamos, a partir da análise de cenas, espetáculos e performances de/com sombras produzidos nas últimas quatro décadas em nosso país, que poucas são as experiências de Teatro de Sombras calcadas na derrisão. Seria a sombra e o riso fenômenos opostos? Para refletir sobre tal questionamento inicialmente discorremos sobre experiências artísticas de Teatro de Sombras no Brasil e no mundo que apresentem vínculos ou se fundamentem na comicidade e em seguida elencamos algumas hipóteses que justificariam o porquê de a relação sombra e riso ser pouco explorada em nosso país.
Corpos vestidos de tecnologias eletrônicas ou digitais em performances de artistas brasileiros
Authors: Pires Rafaela Blanch
Published: March 2023

O presente trabalho trata dos primeiros trabalhos artísticos que podem ser entendidos como "mascaramentos" dos corpos ou figurinos feitos com tecnologias eletrônicas ou digitais. Sobre as "tecnologias vestíveis" podemos compreendê-las como próteses e extensões não só de nossas capacidades físicas (como os óculos ou uma bengala), mas também como as cognitivas, a extensão da memória e da subjetividade como forma de expressão artística. A investigação se baseou em entrevistas realizadas em 2015 com Luisa Paraguai a respeito do seu trabalho "Vestis" (2005) e Otávio Donasci sobre seus figurinos-máscaras dinâmicos "Videocriaturas" (1980). Em ambos os trabalhos se reconhece as dificuldades e obstáculos com relação aos procedimentos técnicos, bem como, uma expressão extremamente atual nos debates contemporâneos. Dentre eles, o papel de itens inanimados (como as tecnologias eletrônicas e digitais) com importante papel agenciador que modula as relações entre nossos corpos, a sociedade e o ambiente.
Adversarial Machine Learning:
Authors: Oprea Alina , Vassilev Apostol
Published: March 2023

This NIST AI report develops a taxonomy of concepts and defines terminology in the field of adversarial machine learning (AML). The taxonomy is built on survey of the AML literature and is arranged in a conceptual hierarchy that includes key types of ML methods and lifecycle stage of attack, attacker goals and objectives, and attacker capabilities and knowledge of the learning process. The report also provides corresponding methods for mitigating and managing the consequences of attacks and points out relevant open challenges to take into account in the lifecycle of AI systems. The terminology used in the report is consistent with the literature on AML and is complemented by a glossary that defines key terms associated with the security of AI systems and is intended to assist non-expert readers. Taken together, the taxonomy and terminology are meant to inform other standards and future practice guides for assessing and managing the security of AI systems, by establishing a common language and understanding of the rapidly developing AML landscape.
Workshop on incorporating climate change data in U.S. building codes and standards
Authors: Averill Jason D , McAllister Terri , Persily Andrew K , Weaver Scott , Whetstone James , Kuperberg Michael , Nigam Sumant , Ruiz-Barradas Alfredo
Published: March 2023

NIST hosted a workshop to advance the availability of climate information sought by organizations developing standards, model building codes, and voluntary certifications by convening interactions between the building codes and climate science communities.
La discussion à visée philosophique : un nouveau paradigme d’autorité éducative et d’éthique relationnelle
Authors: Budex Christian
Published: March 2023

La formation des enseignants à la conduite de Discussion à Visée Philosophique avec les enfants les initie à un nouveau paradigme d’autorité éducative qui modifie et bonifie leur posture, tant sur le plan éthique qu’épistémique. Cette pratique contribue au bonheur d’enseigner et d’apprendre pour trois raisons principales : elle redonne du sens aux apprentissages en cultivant un rapport au savoir heuristique et collaboratif ; elle forge une éthique relationnelle qui tisse des relations plus confiantes entre enseignants et élèves ; elle initie les enseignants à des gestes professionnels transférables dans d’autres situations éducatives qui contribuent à l’amélioration du climat scolaire.
Le bonheur du métier. Le cas des enseignants du primaire en France
Authors: Marcel Jean-François
Published: March 2023

Dans le contexte d’une école française en crise, l’article défend une idée force : l’exercice professionnel, aussi dégradé et cabossé soit-il, ne peut « tenir » que s’il existe entre l’enseignant et son métier un lien allant bien au-delà des contingences du travail au quotidien. C’est ce lien, qui subsiste malgré tout, que nous identifierons comme le « bonheur du métier » de l’enseignant du primaire. La problématisation mobilise les réflexions de Kant et d’Osty pour circonscrire l’objet en positionnant le bonheur du côté du métier (et pas du travail réalisé). Elle est prolongée par une théorisation du « bonheur du métier », qui s’appuie sur Freire et Jullien pour le définir comme une potentialité, une promesse inaccessible. Elle est ensuite opérationnalisée par la fréquentation des recherches sur des notions voisines dans le cas des enseignants qui se traduisent dans le choix méthodologique d’un questionnaire. Administré par les réseaux et comporte un volet quantitatif (l’appréciation de la potentialité de 45 situations concrètes au « bonheur du métier ») et un volet qualitatif (une définition ouverte et spontanée rédigée par les répondants). Les résultats de l’enquête développent les 10 composantes du « terreau du bonheur du métier » (approche quantitative) et le triptyque de la définition de ce bonheur (approche qualitative).
La relation enseignant-élève dans le bien-être à l’école et les bonheurs d’apprendre et d’enseigner : la rencontre des perspectives d’élèves et d’enseignants
Authors: Espinosa Gaëlle , Rousseau Nadia , St-Vincent Lise-Anne
Published: March 2023

Situant d’abord les concepts de bien-être et de bonheur à l’école, nous explorons ensuite le bien-être à l’école sous l’angle de la relation enseignant-élève, tant du point de vue des élèves que de celui des enseignants. Pour ce faire, les principaux résultats de deux recherches menées en 2019 et 2020, surtout au Québec, sont évoqués. Enfin, les deux perspectives, celle des élèves et celles des enseignants, sont mises en relation. Les fruits de notre analyse mettent en évidencel’importance de la relation enseignant-élève tant dans l’expérience scolaire de l’élève que dans la pratique professionnelle de l’enseignant. Le caractère affectif de la relation semble occuper une place centrale. Des pistes et des recommandations pour optimiser la qualité de la relation enseignant-élève, pour le bonheur d’apprendre ou d’enseigner, sont proposées.
Les habiletés relationnelles chez les enseignantes à la maternelle au Québec : un domaine de compétences socio-émotionnelles à développer pour favoriser leur bien-être
Authors: Pelletier Marie-Andrée , Goyette Nancy
Published: March 2023

Cet article présente les résultats d’une recherche qualitative menée auprès de 16 enseignantes à la maternelle. L’objectif général était de déterminer les besoins de formation continue qui sont perçus prioritaires en ce qui a trait au développement des compétences socio-émotionnelles. Pour approfondir les données recueillies, les enseignantes ont été rencontrées en entrevues semi-dirigées. Les résultats révèlent entre autres des besoins liés aux habiletés relationnelles, l’un des domaines définis dans plusieurs travaux de la Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning [CASEL] (Zins et al., 2004). Ces résultats permettront de formuler des hypothèses de réflexion et d’action pouvant être mises en oeuvre dans le cadre de la formation continue des enseignantes de la maternelle, et ce, pour assurer non seulement leur bien-être, mais surtout, des relations interpersonnelles positives avec tous les partenaires impliqués dans ce travail dit relationnel.
Ozonucleolysis in cervical radiculopathy – Pakistan experience.
Authors: Chaudhry Umair Rashid
Published: March 2023

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE
Direct injection of Oxygen-Ozone in the cervical discs has proved to be the effective alternative to surgery in patients with cervical disc herniation in many countries around the world. We report our experience with ozonucleolysis with patients effected by pain incervical region (brachialgia)due to disc herniation including post-operative recurrence or disc prolapse.

METHODS
6000 patients were treated with single session of Oxygen-Ozone therapy from 2005-2020. All the patients had CT or MRI evidence of cervical disc prolapse with clinical signs of cervical nerve root compression. The procedure was performed under angiofluoroscopy using 22/23 G spinal needle without anesthesia. All the patients received intradiscal injection n of Oxygen-Ozone mixture at Ozone concentration of 30 µgm/ml. Among these patients 4500 were males and 1500 were females between the ages of 20-70 years. Therapeutic outcome was assessed 8 week after treatment by using modified MacNab method.

RESULTS
A satisfactory therapeutic outcome was obtained. 60% of the patients showed complete recovery with resolution of symptoms. 20% of the patients complained of occasional episodic neck pain and arms pain with no limitation of occupational activity. 5% of cases showed some improvement. 5% of cases had insufficient or noimprovement and went for surgery. 10% of cases never turned up after the first visit.

CONCLUSION
Intradiscal injection of Ozone for herniated cervical disc has revolutionized percutaneous approach to nerve root diseases making it safer, cheaper and easier to repeat than treatments currently in use.
Comparative analysis of 2 groups of people according to age and sex, vaccinated triple versus covid-19, were subjected to quantitative analysis of antibodies and B lymphocytes after ozone therapy.
Authors: Medina Jose German
Published: March 2023

This is a retrospective work that analyzes the behavior of two groups of people of different sex who received triple doses of Vaccine Anti Covid19, being object one of those two groups of application of Ozone therapy via blood (AHTMy and IR), and blood samples were taken, after these cycles of ozone application, and the titles of IgG antibodies and level of B lymphocytes were quantified by the immunofluorescence method. Both groups were analyzed by covid19 test, observing that in the group that received Ozone Therapy did not develop disease and the numbers of antibody titles and B lymphocytes were much higher than the group (also being triple vaccinated) that did not receive Ozone Therapy and which in its 98% developed disease at the time of transmission of Omicron.
Ozone-high-doses ACC. to Dr. Lahodny and the latest scientific results.
Authors: Lahodny Johann
Published: March 2023

Self-funding his own work on the so-called therapeutic effects of medical ozone with respect to its alleged potential impacts on mitochondria and stem cells, he has been focusing since 2010 on an innovative form of ozone therapy called OHT—“Ozonhochdosistherapie”— commonly known as “10 pass” in the USA. Through a specific process involving 10 repeated interactive transits incurred via autohemotherapy, the blood is “fused” with 200 ml of ozone gas respectively brought to a concentration of 70 mcg/ml, thus providing a cumulative ozone intake of 140,000 mcg.
The evolution of the ozonotherapeutic treatment promoted by Lahodny would then consist, in a way, in breaking the restrictive rules relating to pragmatic dosage which tended to prevail until now with regard to a usual protocol which still remains well anchored in traditional customs and habits. Indeed, any former procedure usually involved a single injection of ozonated autologous blood therapy containing 200 ml of ozone at a concentration of 40 mcg, after which the session would end. This conceptual limit was based on an arbitrary credo that exceeding
this dose boundary—in terms of both quantity and concentration administered—would be likely to result in cell bursting by blood dissolution, a supputive risk whose consequences had previously been considered hypothetically lethal.
In 2014, he discovered and refined a new dosage—L1—that he believes would activate the growth of stem cells and the production of adenosine triphosphate (ATP). Its application can be summed up as a major autologous blood therapy combined with massive doses of ozone injections both in terms of concentration — up to 70 mcg/ml in ozon IV or even 80 mcg/ml in rectal insufflation - and quantity: which generally implied 140,000 mcg, but sometimes up to 280,000 mcg in the treatment of more complex conditions. Thanks to this innovative approach, Lahodny claimed to obtain therapeutic results that he described as “exceptional” in the treatment of a number of chronic pathologies as well as several other morbid conditions which are generally considered difficult to treat.
Diabetic foot treatment using oxygen-ozone therapy.
Authors: Dragomir Marcela
Published: March 2023

Diabetic, arteriopathic and/or neuropathic foot, either ulcerated or not, is a major problem for any health system, requiring significant allocations of funds. The diabetic patient often gets complications, through an inadequate lifestyle or by giving up treatment, most often due to polypragmasia. Oxygen-ozone treatment has remarkable effects in patients with diabetic foot (DFN or DFU).
A retrospective study of 50 patients with type 2 diabetes (25 with DFU and 25 with DFN), treated with oxygenozone mixture for a minimum duration of 3 months, showed the positive effect of treatment with accelerated wound healing, 70% of them having a skin lesion for more than one year. Decreased glycosylated hemoglobin, blood pressure regulation and increased distal skin sensitivity were added to the healing of skin lesions, using only oxygen-ozone therapy (systemic and local) combining personalized diet, physical activity and the correction of vitamin D levels. Most patients avoided amputation or it was minimal, only in the case of necrotic tissues without vascularization.
The results obtained recommend the use of oxygen-ozone therapy, especially in the case of patients proposed for amputation, but especially in the prevention of the dreaded complications of diabetes.
Ozone applications in veterinary oncology
Authors: Gayon-Amaro Susana Gabriela
Published: March 2023

PURPOSE.
To evaluate the clinical improvement of 6 patients –three dogs, two cats and a Panthera leo krugerii diagnosed with neoplasic patologies treated with ozonetherapy under adjusted protocols for each patient.

CASE PRESENTATION
Six patients were presented to veterinary consultation for the diagnose of different injuries using citology, blood examination and imagenology in some cases. According to the diagnose (a female dog with an ulcerated mammary adenocarcinoma, another with vaginal adenocarcinoma, a male dog with basal cells tumour in the scrotum, a male cat with low grade linfoma and hepatic injury, another male cat with squamous cells carcinoma (SCC) and a male white lion with a melanoma in the lower eyelid) the ozone protocol was established using combinations of local infiltration, topic instillation of ozonized oil, major and minor autohemotherapy, ozonized drinking water, rectal insuflations and bagging technicque. The results showed an improvement of general state of the patients: increase of appetite and activity in all of them, decrease size of tumour in two patients, healing of ulcers, total remission of the basal cells tumour. Ozone therapy is the elective linfoma treatment due to the hepatic injury in this patient, who remains stable in terms of linfoma but his hepatic injury presents evidence of improving. In patient 6 –the lion with melanoma- zookeepers report absence of exudate and pruritus.

DISCUSSION.
There are not enough reports of the use of ozone in oncological veterinary patients (1) but there are many preclinical papers and human case reports about ozone for cancer treament (2,3,4,5).

CONCLUSION.
Based on that, it is posible to conclude that established protocols were capable of improve quality of life of the patients avoiding methastasic process and tumoral growth.
Actual Problems of Normative Legal Regulation of State Registration of Vehicles (Self-Propelled Vehicles) in the Russian Federation
Authors: Lomov Ivan Sergeevich
Published: March 2023

2022 has become a defining period for fundamental changes in the legislation of our country. It became not only an impetus for global reform, but also fully determined the main stages of the forthcoming work to reshape the country's regulatory system as a whole. The special military operation gave a premature impetus to the final understanding of the most important and priority areas of our country's life. One of these areas, of course, is the transport sector. First of all, the life and health of people, the safety of property and safety for the environment depend on full transparency in this area. Our article is intended to identify the key problems of regulatory legal regulation of the state registration of vehicles (self-propelled vehicles) in the Russian Federation and offer their solution. The relevance of our topic is related to the strengthening of state control over the processes associated with the use of vehicles or self-propelled vehicles by citizens for personal, industrial, agricultural and other purposes.The main objective of our article is to make a proposal for a radical change in the regulatory legal approach to actions related to state registration by the authorized bodies of the Russian Federation of vehicles and self-propelled vehicles.The uniqueness of the work and its scientific novelty lies in the fact that the problems identified by us in the field of state registration of vehicles and self-propelled machines are proposed for the first time to be solved by amending the whole complex of regulatory legal acts of the Russian Federation, as well as by changing the already established procedural principles of the work of registration authorities.
Assessment of digital literacy of civil servants
Authors: Ovchinnikov Svyatoslav Sergeevich
Published: March 2023

In the modern social world, there are various trends associated with digitalization, aimed primarily at the development and implementation of digital technologies in various spheres of society. Civil servants as a socio-professional group are developing, adapting to new unknown digital technologies. Currently, there is a problem of insufficient development of digital literacy among civil servants. This is evidenced by ongoing research, regulatory documents. The purpose of the study is to assess the level of digital literacy of civil servants, the subject of the study is the features of digital literacy in public administration. The scientific article used the methods of empirical sociological research: analysis of documents, the purpose of which is to study currently possible studies, scientific publications on the topic of digital literacy of civil servants and testing, the purpose of which is to assess the level of digital literacy among civil servants of the Government and the Presidential Administration of the Russian Federation. The results of the study are as follows: the analysis of respondents' responses showed that the respondents' most pronounced competence is "The ability to collect, process and analyze information data" (71.03%). The reason for this was the forced work with a large volume of incoming information in government agencies. The competence "The ability to use digital tools to ensure the cybersecurity of state structures" was the least important (38.11%). This suggests that most government employees are not familiar enough with the tools of using antivirus programs, two-factor authentication systems, password protection and do not take the existing threats to government systems seriously enough. The following recommendations are proposed based on the results of the study: to include in the programs and plans for the professional development of civil servants of a practice-oriented nature aimed at the formation and development of digital literacy, to develop competency models for specific categories of civil servants, to develop a special motivation system for civil servants, including material incentives, as well as non-material motivation.
Updating the distribution data of the Red squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris Linnaeus, 1758) in the province of Málaga (southern Spain)
Authors: Duarte Jesús , Rubio Pablo J. , Barroso Laura , Farfán Miguel Ángel
Published: March 2023

Between 2019 and 2022 we carried out a survey to update the distribution data of the red squirrel in the province of Málaga. Fifteen years after the last elaboration of the distribution atlas, it was likely that this forest species had expanded in step with the increase in forest mass in the province. The results show that the species has expanded in the province, increasing its distribution range between 24.8% and 27.7% and almost tripling the number of UTM grid squares. The species has colonised the region of Antequera, the mountains of the Arco Calizo Central and the banks of the Genil River in the north of the province. To the south it has expanded towards the urban environments of the city of Málaga and has begun its expansion towards the west. In the extreme northeast, the species has made less progress, colonising some new areas just beyond the limits of the Sierra Tejada, Almijara and Alhama Natural Park. Most of the new populations are geographically closer to the population at Montes de Málaga, which seems to have served as the main source population. In the eastern area, subtropical crops seem to function as a barrier limiting further expansion. We propose and discuss a series of hypotheses regarding the origin of the population and the need to undertake future studies of historical, genetic, and epidemiological distribution models.
Contrary neuronal recalibration in different multisensory cortical areas
Authors: Zeng Fu , Zaidel Adam , Chen Aihua
Published: March 2023

The adult brain demonstrates remarkable multisensory plasticity by dynamically recalibrating itself based on information from multiple sensory sources. After a systematic visual–vestibular heading offset is experienced, the unisensory perceptual estimates for subsequently presented stimuli are shifted toward each other (in opposite directions) to reduce the conflict. The neural substrate of this recalibration is unknown. Here, we recorded single-neuron activity from the dorsal medial superior temporal (MSTd), parietoinsular vestibular cortex (PIVC), and ventral intraparietal (VIP) areas in three male rhesus macaques during this visual–vestibular recalibration. Both visual and vestibular neuronal tuning curves in MSTd shifted – each according to their respective cues’ perceptual shifts. Tuning of vestibular neurons in PIVC also shifted in the same direction as vestibular perceptual shifts (cells were not robustly tuned to the visual stimuli). By contrast, VIP neurons demonstrated a unique phenomenon: both vestibular and visual tuning shifted in accordance with vestibular perceptual shifts. Such that, visual tuning shifted, surprisingly, contrary to visual perceptual shifts. Therefore, while unsupervised recalibration (to reduce cue conflict) occurs in early multisensory cortices, higher-level VIP reflects only a global shift, in vestibular space.
Generalized relational tensors for chaotic time series
Authors: A. Gromov Vasilii , Beschastnov Yury N. , Tomashchuk Korney K.
Published: March 2023

The article deals with a generalized relational tensor, a novel discrete structure to store information about a time series, and algorithms (1) to fill the structure, (2) to generate a time series from the structure, and (3) to predict a time series. The algorithms combine the concept of generalized z-vectors with ant colony optimization techniques. To estimate the quality of the storing/re-generating procedure, a difference between the characteristics of the initial and regenerated time series is used. For chaotic time series, a difference between characteristics of the initial time series (the largest Lyapunov exponent, the auto-correlation function) and those of the time series re-generated from a structure is used to assess the effectiveness of the algorithms in question. The approach has shown fairly good results for periodic and benchmark chaotic time series and satisfactory results for real-world chaotic data.
Microbial diversity and abundance in loamy sandy soil under renaturalization of former arable land
Authors: Kacergius Audrius , Sivojiene Diana
Published: March 2023

The abundance and taxonomic diversity of different physiological groups of bacteria and fungi and yeasts in the fields of the long-term experiment of renaturalization of infertile arable soils were studied. The experiment involved four land conversion methods: conversion of arable land to cultivated meadow, soil and forest, leaving the experimental area of arable land. With these studies, we have begun to fill research gaps related to the taxonomic and functional diversity of soil microorganisms. The greatest changes in the abundance of cultivable organotrophic, diazotrophic and nitrifying bacteria were found to be observed in those areas where anthropogenic activities took place, i.e. in the cultivated field and in the cultural grassland. The abundance of bacteria was relatively lower and that of fungi was higher in the soil and in the cultivated area. It was also found that the higher jumps in the abundance of diazotrophs and nitrifiers during the respective stages of vegetation were caused by the applied agrotechnical measures and the cultivation of the respective plants. The abundance of cultivable bacteria was up to 105, and the number of fungi was 103 CFU in 1 g of dry soil. The taxonomic structure was determined by Next Generation Sequencing. The taxonomic groups of Actino- and Proteobacteria had the highest abundance. The highest number of fungal OTU was distinguished by Ascomycota fungi (37–42% of the total number of fungi). Comparing the taxonomic structure of all studied samples, the area planted with pines stands out, where an increase in the taxonomic group of Basidiomycota fungi (up to 24%) is observed at the expense of Ascomycota fungi. In order to have a balanced, fully rich soil, efforts must be made to maintain a stable structure of microbial communities, which can only be achieved through targeted research.
Oral health related quality of life and the prevalence of ageusia and xerostomia in active and recovered COVID-19 Patients
Authors: Saleem Mahnoor K.M. , Lal Abhishek , Ahmed Naseer , Abbasi Maria S. , Vohra Fahim , Abduljabbar Tariq
Published: March 2023

Background

Salivary disturbance is associated with patients who either have an active coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) or have recovered from coronavirus infection along with loss of taste sensation. In addition, COVID-19 infection can drastically compromise quality of life of individuals.

Objective

This study aimed to analyze xerostomia, ageusia and the oral health impact in coronavirus disease-19 patients utilizing the Xerostomia Inventory scale-(XI) and the Oral Health Impact Profile-14.

Methods

In this cross-sectional survey-based study, data was collected from 301 patients who suffered and recovered from COVID-19. Using Google Forms, a questionnaire was developed and circulated amongst those who were infected and recovered from coronavirus infection. The Xerostomia Inventory (XI) and Oral Health Impact Profile-14 were used to assess the degree and quality of life. A paired T-test and Chi-square test were used to analyze the effect on xerostomia inventory scale-(XI) and OHIP-14 scale scores. Ap-value of 0.05 was considered as statistically significant.

Results

Among 301 participants, 54.8% were females. The prevalence of xerostomia in participants with active COVID-19 disease was 39.53% and after recovery 34.88%. The total OHIP-14 scores for patients in the active phase of infection was 12.09, while 12.68 in recovered patients. A significant difference was found between the mean scores of the xerostomia inventory scale-11 and OHIP-14 in active and recovered COVID patients.

Conclusion

A higher prevalence of xerostomia was found in COVID-19 infected patients (39.53%) compared to recovered patients (34.88%). In addition, more than 70% reported aguesia. COVID-19 had a significantly higher compromising impact on oral function of active infected patients compared to recovered patients.
The first record of chigutisaurid amphibian from the Late Triassic Tiki Formation and the probable Carnian pluvial episode in central India
Authors: Chakravorti Sanjukta , Prasad Sengupta Dhurjati
Published: March 2023

A new, partially preserved skull of chigutisaurid amphibian (temnospondyli) has been reported for the first time from the Late Triassic Tiki Formation of India. Chigutisaurids are now known to occur in Australia’s Early and Late Triassic, the Late Triassic in India, Argentina, and Brazil, the Jurassic of South Africa and Australia, and the Cretaceous of Australia. In India, the first appearance of chigutisaurids marks the Carnian—middle Carnian/Norian Boundary. This work also attempts to correlate, again for the first time, the advent of chigutisaurids and the occurrence of Carnian Pluvial Episodes (CPE) in the Late Triassic Maleri and Tiki Formation of Central India. The new specimen belongs to the genusCompsoceropsprevalent in the Late Triassic Maleri Formation occurring 700 km south. However, the chigutisaurid specimen recovered from the Tiki Formation is a new species when compared to that of the Maleri Formation. It has the presence of an inward curved process of the quadratojugal as opposed to the straight downward trending process of the quadratojugal, the presence of vomerine foramen, shorter and wider interpterygoid vacuities, wider subtemporal vacuities, and the base of the interpterygoid vacuities at the same level with the base of the subtemporal vacuity. It proves that the Tiki Formation is coeval with the Lower Maleri Formation and a part of Upper Maleri.
Hydrocarbon Profile of Oil-Spill-Impacted Soils from Ogoni in Rivers State, Nigeria
Authors: Azuka Menkiti, Nora , Leo C. Osuji, , M. C. Onojake,
Published: March 2023

This research examined the total extractable hydrocarbon content comprising of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), total petroleum hydrocarbons (TPHs), total hydrogen carbon (THC) and total organic nitrogen (TON) of an oil-spill-impacted site in Ogoni land, Okenta Alode, Eleme local government area, Rivers state, Nigeria. Sediment samples of crude oil hydrocarbon contaminated soils were randomly collected from different points at the study sites. Samples were collected between 0 - 15cm (surface m level) and 15 - 30cm (in-depth level) with soil auger and thereafter bulked to obtain composite sample. Bio remediated soil, obtained at about 200 m away from the contaminated site was also collected making a total of twelve (12) samples, with the coordinates of the locations recorded with a GPS device. The samples collected in sterile non-reactive polythene bags and transported using icepacks to the laboratory for analyses and the sediments stored at 6°C and extracted within 14 days of collection. The result of the study revealed among others that the oil-spill-impacted sites contain high concentration of TPH, as the highest concentration obtained from the different sites was 298.57 mg/kg and the lowest was 100.80 mg/kg. Also, the in-depth samples contain higher concentrations than the surface level samples, while similar results were also observed for PAHs and THC. The THC values for surface level samples are in the order of P3/S/O2 (129.000 mg/kg) > P5/S/O1 (229.300 mg/kg) > P1/S/O1 (232.200 mg/kg) > P4/S/O1 (256.111 mg/kg) > P2/S/O1 (303.100 mg/kg). The PAHs concentration in the sediment were within the acceptable limits and showed trend of DBA > Chr > BbFL > Ind > BaA > BkFL > Pyr > Fl > Flu > Ant > AcPY > Phen > AcP > NaP. There was no non-carcinogenic and carcinogenic risk posed to the populace as a result of PAHs contamination. Thus, the result suggest that these sediments may be contaminated with PAHs, TPH and THC and has reduced TON due to hydrocarbon contamination which may reduce plant growth in the study area. It recommends that these contaminations resulting from hydrocarbons be contained to prevent it from resulting to deleterious health effects to the exposed populace.
Efficacy of Rhizobacteria in Weed Dynamics of Crop Production Rhythm
Authors: Dantata I. J. , Dauda W. P. , Philip H. J. , Adetunji C. O.
Published: March 2023

Weeds plague food crop agriculture of regions of the world. This continued with no adequate and most cost-effective control measures available. Weedicides, for sure, are the leading solution to challenges posed by weeds in the food crop agriculture; however, high costs and the underlying environmental and health repercussions have prompted many works in biological strategies to tackle weeds. The current work gives an overview of rhizobacteria's (RB) efficacy evaluation in tackling weeds dynamics in the crop production system. RB, as free-living soil microorganisms detrimental to weeds in nature; colonize plant roots, suppresses and inhibits the growth of seeds and seedlings in various pathways and mechanisms involving a spectrum of biosynthesized toxins as phytogenic compounds or metabolites. However, RB's efficacy is a constraint due to many reasons such as low activity, a limited spectrum of activities, reduced survival rates, persistence of the suppressive and inhibitive compounds, and complexity of the interactions between the RB and the target weeds. It is imperative to understand the interaction between the weeds and rhizospheres ecological systems to improve the RB approach's efficacy and effectiveness. Hence, advances in microbial genetics, microorganism-plant interactions, and community-level analysis of microbial organisms, including microbe-host relationships that include various biological agents and their potential hosts with higher susceptibility virulence, are essential. Treatments that really can guarantee a longer shelf life, effectiveness, and continued existence of microbial agents, microbial population structure and function that can accelerate microbial weed suppression systems and molecular characterization are essential. Likewise, fatty acid profiling of the targeted weeds suppression strategy, nucleic acid tools, an array pyrosequencing. All these as paradigm shifts to precisely control weeds in cropping systems to increase yield and boost productivity.
Climate Based Smart Agriculture: Need for Food Security and Sustainability
Authors: Dev Pushkar , Khandelwal Suman , Yadav S. C. , Arya Vikas , Mali H. R. , Poonam
Published: March 2023

A variety of climate-smart agriculture technologies, practices, and services have been introduced in climate-smart villages as adaptation strategies to cope with climate risks and ensure stability and sustainability in agricultural production. Farmers who utilize climate-smart agriculture adaptation strategies have been shown to achieve higher output, yield, and return compared to those who do not. There are promising opportunities to scale out these strategies and immense potential to enhance crop yields and farm incomes while reducing greenhouse gas emissions.

Strengthening agricultural extension services and agricultural finance by linking climate finance to traditional agricultural finance could play a significant role in scaling out climate-smart agriculture practices and technologies. This would make agriculture more sustainable and climate-resilient, thereby becoming a viable source of livelihood and food security for millions of farmers in the country. Zero budget natural farming is a climate-resilient farming system that can enhance food and nutritional security while allowing farmers to improve soil fertility and yields at lower costs, risks, and irrigation requirements. This system protects the ecosystem by improving soil organic matter, water retention, and biodiversity, while reducing air and water pollution as well as greenhouse gas emissions.
A Comparative Study on Nutritional and Biochemical Characterization of Banana Cultivars of Assam, India
Authors: Baruah Sudeshna , Kotoky Utpal , Saikia Sewali , Gogoi Ashok Kamal , Sarma Ramendra Nath , Das Kaushik
Published: March 2023

An experiment was conducted in the Department of Horticulture, Assam Agricultural University, Jorhat to evaluate the huge diversity among the different banana germplasm in the state of Assam. The experiment comprised of 24 banana (Musa spp.) genotypes, of which the fruits were collected for precise biochemical characterization of the variations present in the collection. This analysis had created a database of the biochemical characterization of the fruits of different indigenous banana genotypes of Assam from which, it can be concluded that, there exists great genotype diversity among the Musa germplasm of Assam considering the fruit biochemical aspects and considerable amount of genetic variations are present even among the closely related genotypes within the same genomic group.
Low-level Expression of Enzyme from Marine Bacillus Species for Detergents
Authors: Durga V. , Ahmad Syed Shahab
Published: March 2023

Proteases are a varied and ancient family of enzymes that play a part in every aspect of an organism's functioning. As a member of the hydrolytic enzyme family, they help break down proteins into smaller peptides and amino acids. Proteases carry out a nucleophilic attack on the carbonyl carbon of the scissile bond to facilitate the addition of water. Because of the wide range of variances in their characteristics, such as substrate selectivity, active site composition, and catalytic mechanism, it is impossible to make generalizations regarding their stability and activity. Peptide synthesis, meat tenderization, cheese production, soy sauce production, silk industry organic syntheses, pharmaceutical industry waste treatment, protein hydrolyzation, and silver recovery from the waste photographic film are just some of the many applications of proteases, which have broad substrate specificity. Around 60% of all enzymes sold in the world are proteases derived from plants, animals, and microorganisms.
Finite‐time fuzzy command filter control for permanent magnet synchronous motor stochastic systems with iron losses
Authors: Song Sijia , Yu Jinfei , Yu Jinpeng , Liu Jiapeng , Zhao Lin
Published: March 2023

In this article, aiming at the problems of stochastic disturbance and iron losses for the position tracking of permanent magnet synchronous motors (PMSMs), a finite‐time adaptive fuzzy command filter control (CFC) method is proposed. First, the fuzzy control method is applied to dispose of the stochastic nonlinear function in the motor model. Second, the problem of “explosion of complexity” in backstepping control is solved by using CFC technology, and the compensation signal is introduced to eliminate filtering error. Moreover, the finite‐time control method is applied to the stochastic nonlinear system of PMSMs to improve the convergence speed of the system, tracking accuracy, and anti‐interference ability. At last, the simulation results are given to verify the method can achieve fast tracking of the desired signal.
Adapting Shot Peening for Surface Texturing Using Customized Additive Manufactured Shots
Authors: Heydari Astaraee Asghar , Bagherifard Sara , Rajme López Emilio Alfredo , Guagliano Mario
Published: March 2023

Surface textures in engineering materials not only affect the reflective properties and aesthetics but if properly designed can modulate surface‐related properties such as wettability, fatigue, wear, corrosion, and scratch resistance. Herein, a new surface texturing method is introduced based on the conventional shot peening process. Custom shots are designed, and their surface texturing capability is investigated on acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (ABS) polymer substrates. A finite‐element model is developed to bombard the substrate using AISI 316 stainless steel customized shots. The generated unique textures are compared qualitatively by visual examination and quantitatively using the standard surface roughness parameters. As a proof of concept, preliminary experiments are performed using a candidate custom shot and a spherical shot to treat the ABS sheets. The results highlight the high potential of the shot peening technique paired with additive manufacturing for customizing the peening media to be used for surface texturing polymeric materials.
Emerging Functional Metals in Additive Manufacturing
Authors: Moghimian Pouya , Poirié Thomas , Kroeger Jens , Marion Frédéric , Larouche Frédéric
Published: March 2023

Additive manufacturing (AM) is a disruptive technology which continues to challenge conventional manufacturing methods. New generations of materials for metal AM are sought to enable components with new functionalities and to save costs. However, many within the AM industry are primarily focused on metal alloys such as titanium alloys, cobalt alloys, nickel superalloys, aluminum alloys or stainless steels. This article presents a detailed overview of emerging non‐ferrous metals in the AM industry and their recent development. The potential and challenges of these materials and their adoption by AM are highlighted and compared to those of conventional materials. Furthermore, qualification pathways and supply issues for newly developed materials are discussed. This perspective is based on literature review and a thorough analysis of the metal AM industry.
Anti‐Quenching NIR‐II J‐Aggregates of Benzo[c]thiophene Fluorophore for Highly Efficient Bioimaging and Phototheranostics
Authors: Lee Ka‐Wai , Gao Yijian , Wei Wei‐Chih , Tan Ji‐Hua , Wan Yingpeng , Feng Zhe , Zhang Yuhuang , Liu Ying , Zheng Xiuli , Cao Chen , Chen Huan , Wang Pengfei , Li Shengliang , Wong Ken‐Tsung , Lee Chun‐Sing
Published: March 2023

Molecular fluorophores with the second near‐infrared (NIR‐II) emission hold great potential for deep‐tissue bioimaging owing to their excellent biocompatibility and high resolution. Recently, J‐aggregates are used to construct long‐wavelength NIR‐II emitters as their optical bands show remarkable red shifts upon forming water‐dispersible nano‐aggregates. However, their wide applications in the NIR‐II fluorescence imaging are impeded by the limited varieties of J‐type backbone and serious fluorescence quenching. Herein, a bright benzo[c]thiophene (BT) J‐aggregate fluorophore (BT6) with anti‐quenching effect is reported for highly efficient NIR‐II bioimaging and phototheranostics. The BT fluorophores are manipulated to have Stokes shift over 400 nm and aggregation‐induced emission (AIE) property for conquering the self‐quenching issue of the J‐type fluorophores. Upon forming BT6 assemblies in an aqueous environment, the absorption over 800 nm and NIR‐II emission over 1000 nm are boosted for more than 41 and 26 folds, respectively. In vivo visualization of the whole‐body blood vessel and imaging‐guided phototherapy results verify that BT6 NPs are excellent agent for NIR‐II fluorescence imaging and cancer phototheranostics. This work develops a strategy to construct bright NIR‐II J‐aggregates with precisely manipulated anti‐quenching properties for highly efficient biomedical applications.
Perylene Diimide (PDI) based Flexible Multifunctional Sensor Design for Personal Healthcare Monitoring‐ A Complementary Approach Involving Experimental and Theoretical Investigations
Authors: Adepu Vivek , Tathacharya Manav , Fernandes Rikitha S , Tiwari Aditya , Siraj Sohel , Kanungo Sayan , Dey Nilanjan , Sahatiya Parikshit
Published: March 2023

This work demonstrates the Perylene Diimide (PDI) based multifunctional sensor for breath‐sensing and Geriatric Emergency Signalling applications fabricated by an economically viable vacuum filtration deposition technique. The deposition of PDI molecules on the flexible substrate forms a moderately conducting percolating molecular network, exhibiting superior pressure and breath‐sensing performance. The pressure sensor displays a sensitivity of 2.42198 kPa−1 with response and recovery times of ≈191 and ≈166 msec. Also, the sensor displays response and recovery times of ≈211 msec and ≈2.651 sec for breath sensing. The durability of the sensor is evaluated using a pressure‐tapping machine, and the sensor displayed a negligible performance drop over ≈10 000 cycles. The experimental findings are complemented by an ab‐initio calculation‐based comprehensive theoretical analysis of the underlying transduction mechanism for pressure and breath sensing in the context of the percolating molecular network. The theoretical analysis reveals that applied pressure and molecular adsorption significantly influence the molecular conductivity as well as the inter‐molecular quantum mechanical tunneling component, which primarily contributes to the observed increase in conductivity with pressure and exposure to breath. An Android/iOS application is developed to wirelessly receive data via Bluetooth from the sensors connected to a microcontroller.
A Multilevel Optical Anticounterfeiting System Based on Color Space‐Correlated Raman Spectroscopy of Diamond
Authors: Yiu Yau Chuen , Chu Zhiqin
Published: March 2023

Optical anticounterfeiting certifies the authenticity of goods using optical information coding units. A Raman tag with Raman peaks serving as copious optical information coding units is optimal for optical anticounterfeiting. However, complex manufacturing conditions, the use of toxic materials/pollutants, and the request for cross‐reference with fluorescence and/or Rayleigh scattering limit its actual application. Herein, these drawbacks are tackled by proposing the color space‐correlated Raman spectroscopy of diamonds, which are recognized as an extraordinary material in many respects. Specifically, diamond is utilized as a Raman tag because the 1332 cm−1 Raman peaks generate unlimited information coding states with excitation wavelengths and excitation powers. The diamond Raman spectra with excitation wavelength and excitation power in color space and grayscale space to access a 6D (R, G, B, Alpha, excitation wavelength, and excitation power) information coding space are swept. The design's implementation with a diamond is first showcased. Then, the corresponding information coding capacities in grayscale, color space and the dependencies of red, green, blue (RGB) color filters are investigated. Finally, a practical application of the method is proposed. This work opens up a new pathway for publicizing Raman‐based optical anticounterfeiting by an infinitely scalable information coding strategy with diamond photonics.