bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Egyes, antioxidáns mellékhatású „vérnyomás”gyógyszerek hatása magas vérnyomásban szenvedő és egészséges személyek vérsejtjeinek fagocitakemilumineszcenciájára in vitro
Authors: Sipka Sándor , Nagy Andrea , Szentmiklósi József , Kemény Ágnes , Kovács Judit 
Published: November 2020

Összefoglaló. Bevezetés: Az atorvasztatin (koleszterincsökkentő), nifedipin
(Ca2+-antagonista), kaptopril (angiotenzinkonvertáz-gátló)
vegyületek a magas vérnyomás komplex kezelésének „alap”gyógyszerei. Mindhárom
antioxidáns is. Célkitűzés: A tanulmány célja annak
megválaszolása volt, hogy e molekulák gátolhatják-e a vérsejtek
fagocitaműködését. Betegek és módszer: Magas vérnyomásos
betegek: 15 fő, 39–80 éves, nő: 6, férfi: 9. Egészséges kontroll: 7 fő, 30–75
éves, nő: 3, férfi: 4. A vizsgálat a téli hónapokban zajlott. A zimozán-
(Saccharomyces cerevisiae) részecskék fagocitózisa során
képződő kemilumineszcencia mérése perifériás vérben a gyógyszerek jelenlétében
történt luminométerrel. A gátlást a stimulációs index értékének csökkenésével
jellemeztük. Eredmények: Mindhárom vegyület gátolta a
kemilumineszcenciát (oxigénszabadgyök-képzést) a 65 év feletti, magas
vérnyomásos betegek többségében: 11/13 főnél. Főleg magasabb életkorban és
cukorbetegségben, de más társbetegségekben nőtt a gátlás.
Következtetés: Az idős, magas vérnyomásos betegek fokozott
orvosi figyelmet igényelnek a téli időszakokban, mivel antioxidáns hatással is
rendelkező „alap”gyógyszereiknek, egyéntől függően, lehetnek gátló hatásaik a
fagociták mikrobaölő, oxigénszabadgyök-termelő képességére. Orv Hetil. 2020;
161(45): 1908–1913.
Summary. Introduction: Atorvastatin (cholesterol synthesis blocker),
nifedipine (Ca2+ antagonist), captopril (angiotensin-convertase
inhibitor) are basic drugs in the therapy of hypertension. They are also
antioxidants. Objective: To investigate whether these molecules
can inhibit the phagocytic activity of peripheral blood cells. Patients
and method: Hypertension group: 15 patients with ages between 39–80
years (6 women and 9 men). Healthy control group: 7 individuals with ages
between 30–75 years (3 women and 4 men). The study was carried out in
wintertime. The measurement of phagocytic activity was carried out by
luminometry in peripheral blood samples. Chemiluminescence intensities were
determined by the engulfment of zymosan (Saccharomyces
cerevisiae) particles in the presence of drugs. The inhibitory
effects were characterized by the decreased values of the stimulation index.
Results: All three substances decreased the
chemiluminescence (reactive oxygen species production) in the majority of
samples from hypertensive patients over 65 years: in 11 of 13 patients. Stronger
inhibition was detected in older, diabetic patients with other co-morbidities,
too. Conclusion: Older patients with hypertension require a
special attention in wintertime. Antihypertensive drugs with antioxidant
capabilities may have individually different inhibitory effects on the
production of reactive oxygen species by phagocytes, which decreases their
antimicrobial potency. Orv Hetil. 2020; 161(45): 1908–1913.
Exploring the Mechanical Life in Literature through Marxist Theory
Authors: Guarneri Cristina 
Published: November 2020

The Victorian Era of writings of works such as Charles Dickens Hard Times used the social and environmental setting by which the characters live in; it is created by a philosophy that adds fuel to sustain the advancement of industrialization. The philosophy mirrors the mechanical characteristics of industrialization and how they are expressed is of great importance to the mechanical perceptions, such as objective utilitarianism. The mechanization that is found in the lives of the characters has an evil presence of depriving them of human dignity by living a mechanical lifestyle. It was the mechanical lifestyle that can be explained through Marxist theory to explain the key characteristics of the Industrial Era and its importance to materialism, as it represented political power. Marxism provides a theory for requiring the working class to concentrate on working in factories in Coketown and the “bourgeois” to separate themselves as competing agents of self-interest. It is a goal of the wealthy social class to maximize utility as a consumer and profit as a producer within the mechanical world.
Keywords: Victorian Era; Mechanical Thinking; Marxist Theory
The Teaching and Learning of Academic Writing Involving Critical Thinking in Higher Education
Authors: Imaniar Fahmy , Lestari Lies Amin , Munir Ahmad 
Published: November 2020

Academic writing and critical thinking are two things which strongly deal with higher education context, especially for EFL students. Unfortunately, the process of the teaching and learning which deals with the two aforementioned things was rarely researched. Hence, this current study aimed at revealing the process of teaching and learning of academic writing which involves critical thinking in higher education level. It was carried out through qualitative approach with non-participatory observation and interview as the data collection techniques. The participants were the subject teacher as the one who taught academic writing and also the students in the academic writing class. The result shows that the process of teaching and learning of academic writing consisted of several phases united into a set prevailing for each type of academic writing. Furthermore, critical thinking is engaged within almost all phases with different way of its existence. This study is expected to open eyes towards what occurs in the field, rather than to only value and judge.
The Effect of multimedia glosses on L2 reading comprehension and vocabulary production
Authors: Zarei Abbas Ali , Mahmoodzadeh Pershang 
Published: November 2020

The present study was conducted to investigate the effect of different multimedia glosses on reading comprehension and vocabulary production. To this end, 65 female students of a high school in Qazvin, Iran were selected for the treatment. They consisted of four groups, one comparison group and three multimedia gloss groups. Glossed groups included pictorial gloss group, textual gloss group, and textual-pictorial group. They were given a pre-test before the treatment and two post-tests of vocabulary production and reading comprehension at the end of the treatment. Data were analyzed using One-Way ANOVA procedure. The results of the data analyses indicated that multimedia glosses performed better than the comparison group on vocabulary production, and there was no difference among three glossed groups. Moreover, for reading comprehension no significant differences were found among the groups.
The White Tiger: A Sociopragmatic Response
Authors: Kumar Nagendra , Sharma Devendra Kumar 
Published: November 2020

The paper in the context intends to trace and examine the gradual growth of Balram Halwai, the protagonist of the novel, from an individual to a subject. The complex reality of Foucauldian ‘Governmentality,’Althusser’s ‘Interpellation’ and Zizek’s ‘Subjetivization’ have been elaborated and explained how they have contributed in Balram’s subjectivization and objectification. The present paper also provides us a critique of capitalist society and power structure.
Communicative Functions of Code Glosses in Students’ Handbook from a Ghanaian University
Authors: Akoto Osei Yaw 
Published: November 2020

In recent times, metadiscoursal devices are increasingly being studied by researchers in Applied Linguistics, Discourse Analysis and English for Academic and Specific Purposes because of their indispensable role in all forms of communication. Unfortunately, code glosses, one of the metadiscoursal devices, have not received much attention in metadiscoursal studies. To fill this gap, the present study draws on Hyland’s model of code glosses to explore the use of code glosses in the Students’ Handbook of University of Cape Coast. Qualitative content analysis was employed in analysing the data set. The analysis of the text revealed that code glosses helped clarify a proposition by defining, exemplifying, reformulating and simplifying it The findings have implications for the theory of metadiscourse, in general, and code glosses, in particular and institutional communication/discourse.
A Pip Into The Gulag: A Comparative Study of Incarceration In Alex La Guma’s The Stone Country And Zeleza’s Smouldering Charcoal
Authors: Ogbeide Victor Oijagbe 
Published: November 2020

This paper is a comparative study of incarceration in two African novels. The concept of the modern prison as a form of deterrence and rehabilitation can be traced to 18th century Europe. With the passage of time however, many authoritarian leaders have come to regard prison houses as veritable places to forcibly confine their political opponents in their bid to desperately remove them from the socio-political space. Apart from a few criminals in the two novels many of the prisoners are prisoners of conscience. Ironically, as observed in the two works, while the unforgiving circumstance in the prison and the brutality of the prison guards have conspired to deepen the depravity of the criminal elements in the prison, the political prisoners have become even tougher in their conviction to fight the evil regimes that confine them there. The paper contends that rehabilitation and deterrence can hardly take place for the genuine criminals in the two novels because these items seem to have vanished from the administrative guidelines of the prison officials. The way forward therefore, the paper concludes, lies in good governance which will not only prevent the need for political repression or imprisonment but also see prison as a genuine instrument of reform.
The Effects of Explicit Instruction on EFL Students’ Production and Perception of Requests
Authors: Abdallah Asma Ben 
Published: November 2020

As an exploratory study to expand the scope of pedagogical intervention to the teaching of pragmatics, the present research sought to examine the effects of explicit instruction on the learning of request forms. The effects were examined in two respects: the learners’ strategies in formulating request forms, and their perceptions of the pragmatic intervention. To this end, 50 third-year English students at the faculty of Arts and Humanities Sfax, Tunisia were exposed to explicit instruction in the form of awareness-raising tasks and written meta pragmatic feedback on the use of appropriate requests. They were required to take a pre-test, receive a one-month treatment, and take a post-test. In line with previous research, the study showed that learners’ production of requests benefited from the explicit instruction and the questionnaire data indicated that the explicit teaching has helped the learners understand the appropriate use of request strategies.
Celebrating the Feminine Self: An Understanding of Stephenie Meyer’s Twilight
Authors: Chakrabarti Reema , Singh Dr. Rajni 
Published: November 2020

The paper examines the celebration of the feminine self in Stephenie Meyer’s Twilight through the character- Bella. While most of women’s writings carry a feminist voice asserting women’s individuality, the writers of Gothic romances concentrate more on the celebration of the feminine self rather than challenging the binaries of gender. Stephenie Meyer, by putting her heroine Bella into a traditional feminine frame provides her full scope to exercise her freedom to choose even while carrying out the prescribed feminine roles. Through the analysis of the character, there will be an attempt to demonstrate that while enjoying one’s inequality how one can prove the uniqueness of one’s individuality.
The Use of Modified Word Analogy in Improving English Vocabulary Mastery of Seven Graders
Authors: Supa Halima 
Published: November 2020

Teaching vocabulary should exactly get big portion of concern in teaching English at elementary level due to the importance of vocabulary mastery in providing strong basis of mastering the four skills; listening, speaking, reading, and writing. Modified word analogy is a vocabulary teaching strategy combining between word analogy and other vocabulary activities that is supposed to build memory strength and ability to see relationship between two word pairs. This study aims to investigate the effectiveness of modified word analogy and to identify the way of modified word analogy helps the seven graders in improving their English vocabulary mastery.
A mixed methods research design is applied in this study. For getting quantitative data, a within-group experimental research design with pretest and posttest is conducted to the 29 seven graders. Then, for getting qualitative data, teaching-learning procedure and classroom observation are described.

The finding and analysis shows that the result of statistical analysis indicates that modified word analogy gives a significant effect on the students’ vocabulary mastery. The obtained eta squared value of paired sample t test for two kinds of test are 0.77 and 0.62. Each of the values indicates a large effect size which is greater than 0.13 according to Cohen’s guideline. While from qualitative side, the result comes from the observation notes of students’ involvement and some of their writing products. In writing product in terms of students’ lexical choices, except antonym, the three other types of word analogy i.e. classification, performer & action, and synonym are appeared on their works. Regarding to the observation notes of the four different types of word analogy (i.e. classification, performer & action, synonym, and antonym) after some preceding vocabulary activities, students’ participation and discussion generally shows the same upright level of excitement in all of the four types or word analogy. Meanwhile, the proportion of groups which is able to answer the exercises completely is fewer for the synonym and antonym than for classification and performer & action. The use of a full descriptive text and dealing with new cross-associated words (especially antonym) are two things that make students cannot finish the exercises on time. At last, the proportion of students who is able to find and explain some words having relationship by using word analogy is very few in all of the four word analogy types due to time limitation. Thus, text choice, cross-association, and time management are three points noted as some issues in this study. However, above all, the modified word analogy that combines both the initial step of introduction of new words and vocabulary reinforcement is ideal for vocabulary development in language teaching.
Perspectives on Benefits of Classroom Yoga and the Need for Innovation and Adaptation
Authors: Neely Dawn Wells , Gezon Lisa L. 
Published: November 2020

Abstract
Scholarship on the use of contemplative practices in educational settings is overwhelmingly positive: Theoretical and philosophical pieces tout the benefits of meditation, while research reveals many positive outcomes. Based on their practice of classroom yoga, the authors found that yoga, as a contemplative mind-body practice, helped students transition from busy lives to focus on the learning process and develop an academic mindset. Additionally, they observed that successfully offering yoga in the classroom requires a responsive and iterative approach that flexibly adapts to conditions and environments that are continuously in flux.
The Local Seismoacoustic Wavefield of a Research Nuclear Reactor and Its Response to Reactor Power Level
Authors: Marcillo Omar E. , Maceira Monica , Chai Chengping , Gammans Christine , Hunley Riley , Young Chris 
Published: November 2020

AbstractWe describe the seismoacoustic wavefield recorded outdoors but inside the facility fence of the High Flux Isotope Reactor (HFIR) at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (Tennessee). HFIR is a research nuclear reactor that generates neutrons for scattering, irradiation research, and isotope production. This reactor operates at a nominal power of 85 MW, with a full-power period between 24 and 26 days. This study uses data from a single seismoacoustic station that operated for 60 days and sampled a full operating reactor cycle, that is, full-power operation and end-of-cycle outage. The analysis presented here is based on identifying signals that characterize the steady, that is, full-power operation and end-of-cycle outage, and transitional, that is, start-up and shutdown, states of the reactor. We found that the overall seismoacoustic energy closely follows the main power cycle of the reactor and identified spectral regions excited by specific reactor operational conditions. In particular, we identified a tonal noise sequence with a fundamental frequency around 21.4 Hz and multiple harmonics that emerge as the reactor reaches 90% of nominal power in both seismic and acoustic channels. We also utilized temperature measurements from the monitoring system of the reactor to suggest links between the operation of reactor’s subsystems and seismoacoustic signals. We demonstrate that seismoacoustic monitoring of an industrial facility can identify and track some industrial processes and detect events related to operations that involve energy transport.
Volcano Crisis Management at Piton de la Fournaise (La Réunion) during the COVID-19 Lockdown
Authors: Peltier Aline , Ferrazzini Valérie , Di Muro Andrea , Kowalski Philippe , Villeneuve Nicolas , Richter Nicole , Chevrel Oryaelle , Froger Jean Luc , Hrysiewicz Alexis , Gouhier Mathieu , Coppola Diego , Retailleau Lise , Beauducel François , Gurioli Lucia , Boissier Patrice , Brunet Christophe , Catherine Philippe , Fontaine Fabrice , Lauret Frédéric , Garavaglia Luciano , Lebreton Jacques , Canjamale Kevin , Desfete Nicolas , Griot Cyprien , Harris Andrew , Arellano Santiago , Liuzzo Marco , Gurrieri Sergio , Ramsey Michael 
Published: November 2020

Abstract
In March 2020, the coronavirus disease 2019 outbreak was declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization and became a global health crisis. Authorities worldwide implemented lockdowns to restrict travel and social exchanges in a global effort to counter the pandemic. In France, and in French overseas departments, the lockdown was effective from 17 March to 11 May 2020. It was in this context that the 2–6 April 2020 eruption of Piton de la Fournaise (La Réunion Island, Indian Ocean) took place. Upon the announcement of the lockdown in France, a reduced activity plan was set up by the Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris, which manages the Observatoire Volcanologique du Piton de la Fournaise (OVPF). The aim was to (1) maintain remote monitoring operations by teleworking and (2) authorize fieldwork only for critical reasons, such as serious breakdowns of stations or transmission relays. This eruption provided an opportunity for the observatory to validate its capacity to manage a volcanic crisis with 100% remotely operated monitoring networks. We thus present the long- and short-term precursors to the eruption, and the evolution of the eruption recorded using the real-time monitoring data as communicated to the stakeholders. The data were from both continuously recording and transmitting field instruments as well as satellites. The volcano observatory staff remotely managed the volcano crisis with the various stakeholders based only on these remotely functioning networks. Monitoring duties were also assured in the absence of ad hoc field investigation of the eruption by observatory staff or face-to-face communications. The density and reliability of the OVPF networks, combined with satellite observations, allowed for trustworthy instrument-based monitoring of the eruption and continuity of the OVPF duties in issuing regular updates of volcanic activity in the context of a double crisis: volcanic and health.
The 23 June 2020 Mw 7.4 La Crucecita, Oaxaca, Mexico Earthquake and Tsunami: A Rapid Response Field Survey during COVID-19 Crisis
Authors: Ramírez-Herrera María-Teresa , Romero David , Corona Néstor , Nava Héctor , Torija Hamblet , Hernández Maguey Felipe 
Published: November 2020

Abstract
The 23 June 2020 La Crucecita earthquake occurred at 10:29 hr on the coast of Oaxaca in an Mw 7.4 megathrust event at 22.6 km depth and triggered a tsunami recorded at tide gauge stations and a Deep-ocean Assessment and Reporting of Tsunamis off the coast of Mexico. Immediately after the earthquake, a rapid response effort was coordinated by members of the Tsunami and Paleoseismology Laboratory, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. Despite the challenges posed by the Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic crisis, a postearthquake and post-tsunami field survey went ahead two days after the event. We describe here the details of the rapid response survey of the vertical coseismic deformation, tsunami, geologic effects, and lessons from working in the field during the COVID-19 crisis. We surveyed 44 km along the coast of Oaxaca. Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, some local communities enforced rules of confinement. We solved most of the challenges faced during this crisis by rapidly networking with local organizations prior to surveying. We assessed coseismic uplift by means of mortality caused by vertical displacement of intertidal organisms and resurveying of benchmarks, and we measured tsunami runup. Our results show coastal uplift of 0.53 m near the epicenter and decreasing farther away from it; uplift was up to 0.8 m in areas related to exposure of the coast. Of our values of coastal uplift, about 0.53 m fit well with the 0.55 m of uplift reported by tide gauge data at Huatulco. Coastal uplift and low tide at the time of the event limited the tsunami inundation and runup on the Oaxaca coast. Nevertheless, we found tsunami inundation evidence at four confined coastal sites reaching a maximum runup of 1.5 m. The enclosed morphology of these sites determined higher runup and tsunami inundation. Local coastal morphology effects are not detected in tsunami models lacking detailed bathymetry and topography. This issue needs to be addressed during tsunami hazard assessments.
Anti-inflammatory drugs prescription in the department of endodontics, university hospital centre of cocody, Abidjan
Authors: J Adou Akpé , N’Dré Jean , S Mobio Gnaba , GS Sika Wilfries 
Published: November 2020

Inflammation is the body’s common defense and adjustment process from any tissue attack. Administering anti-inflammatory drug may help define inflammatory responses. In endodontics they are increasingly administered topically and/or systemically.The objective of this study was to assess anti-inflammatory drug prescription patterns in endodontics at the University Hospital Center (UHC) of Cocody Abidjan.A descriptive retrospective study was carried out, analyzing 100 medical records of patients who had been at the department of Endodontic between January 2015 and December 2017.Systemically and/or topically anti-inflammatory drugs had been prescribed in 71% of cases following initial treatment, particularly in cases of acute pulpitis (35.20%). Moreover, although the obturation apical limits were normal and regardless of the quality of the filling, these prescriptions were still given (45%), and Ibuprofen was the most prescribed anti-inflammatory (51.70%).Prescribing anti-inflammatory drugs in endodontics is essential for defining inflammatory phenomena. However, it must be proper and controlled at the University Hospital of Cocody, Abidjan.