bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Fray José Lamana OP (ca. 1650-1715), cronista del Real Convento de Predicadores de Zaragoza en la época de los Austrias Menores
Authors: López Ribao Alejandro José 
Published: December 2020

Resumen: Fray José Lamana (Borja ca. 1650 - Zaragoza 1715) fue fraile dominico profeso del Real Convento de Predicadores de Zaragoza. Tras ocupar diversos cargos académicos, especialmente el de rector del Colegio de San Jorge y Santo Domingo de Tortosa, dedicó sus últimos años a ser el bibliotecario y cronista de su convento de filiación. En ese momento redactó dos Lumen Domus o crónicas conventuales de aquel cenobio. La primera se localiza en la Biblioteca de la Universidad de Zaragoza y la segunda, hasta ahora no identificada, en el Archivo Diocesano de la misma ciudad. Ambas permanecen inéditas. El estudio de su figura, su obra como cronista y la importancia de su aportación historiográfica es el objetivo de este artículo.Palabras clave: fray José Lamana, Real Convento de Predicadores de Zaragoza, dominicos, Lumen Domus, crónica conventualAbstract: Friar José Lamana (Borja ca. 1650 - Zaragoza 1715) was a dominican friar from the Royal Priory of Preachers of Zaragoza. After worked in different academic institutions, especially like rector of the College of San Jorge and Santo Domingo of Tortosa, dedicated his last years to being the librarian and chronicler of his convent. At that time, he wrote two Lumen Domus or convent chronicles. The first is preserved in the University Library of Zaragoza and the second, until now unidentified, in the Diocesan Archive of the same city. Both remain unpublished. The study of his figure, his work as a chronicler and the importance of his historiographical contribution is the main purpose of this article.Keywords: Father José Lamana, Royal Priory of Preachers, dominicans, Lumen Domus, conventual cronicle
Una nova proposta d’identificació de l’«alqueria mia per nom Xilvella» de la crònica de Ramon Muntaner: les Cases de Bàrcena, al nord de la ciutat de València
Authors: Baydal Sala Vicent , Esquilache Martí Ferran 
Published: December 2020

Resum: Tradicionalment s’ha identificat l’«alqueria mia per nom Xilvella» on comença la crònica de Ramon Muntaner amb l’actual municipi de Xirivella, al sud de la ciutat de València, tot i que alhora sempre s’han mantingut dubtes, atesa la manca de proves documentals que ho confirmaren i l’existència d’algunes que ho desmentien. En el present article proposem una altra localització per a l’alqueria de Ramon Muntaner: l’explotació rural que apareix al Llibre del Repartiment de Jaume I com a Xilvella al-Xarquia, en l’actual pedania de les Cases de Bàrcena, al nord de la mateixa ciutat de València. Diversos indicis documentals i paisatgístics així ho assenyalen.

Paraules clau: Ramon Muntaner, Xilvella, Les Cases de Bàrcena, Xirivella, cròniques

Abstract: “My farm called Xilvella” where Ramon Muntaner’s chronicle begins has been traditionally identified with the current municipality of Xirivella, south of the city of Valencia, although at the same time doubts have always remained, given the lack of documentary evidence to confirm it and the existence of some to disprove it. In this article we propose another location for the farm of Ramon Muntaner, that is, the rural area that appears in the Llibre del Repartiment of James I as Xilvella al-Xarquia, in the current term of Les Cases de Bàrcena, a district north of the same city of Valencia. Several documentary and landscape indications point this out.

Keywords: Ramon Muntaner, Xilvella, Les Cases de Bàrcena, Xirivella, chronicles
Neighbourhood and Sociocultural Values in the Lithuanian Ritual Year
Authors:   Department of Ethnology and Anthropology, Lithuanian Institute of History, Vilnius, Lithuania, Paukštytė-Šaknienė Rasa 
Published: December 2020

Research into the community customs in the second half of the 20th century and the early 21st century in villages, towns, and cities near Vilnius allowed to distinguish two types of neighbourhoods: distant (official) and close (informal) ones. The first one was determined by territorial proximity, the second is revealed in more than just territory. The former is exposed also as a group formed around common interests, people, who are free to choose to spend leisure time or celebrate special occasions together. The festive communication results in sort of a ritual year of the neighbours, covering the common neighbours’ celebrations of life cycle as well as calendric cycle festivals and holidays. A close neighbourhood based on spending leisure time and celebrating together in some cases determines certain differences between neighbours of different religions. I’ll look at this process analyzing different types of settlements, showing the development of neighbourhood relations during the last 60 years.
Trends in summer presence of fin whales in the Western Mediterranean Sea Region: new insights from a long-term monitoring program
Authors: Tepsich Paola , Schettino Ilaria , Atzori Fabrizio , Azzolin Marta , Campana Ilaria , Carosso Lara , Cominelli Simone , Crosti Roberto , David Léa , Di-Méglio Nathalie , Frau Francesca , Gregorietti Martina , Mazzucato Veronica , Monaco Clara , Moulins Aurelie , Paraboschi Miriam , Pellegrino Giuliana , Rosso Massimiliano , Roul Marine , Saintignan Sébastien , Arcangeli Antonella 
Published: December 2020

BackgroundThe Mediterranean subpopulation of fin whaleBalaenoptera physalus(Linnaeus, 1758) has recently been listed as Vulnerable by the IUCN Red List of threatened species. The species is also listed as species in need of strict protection under the Habitat Directive and is one of the indicators for the assessment of Good Environmental Status under the MSFD. Reference values on population abundance and trends are needed in order to set the threshold values and to assess the conservation status of the population.MethodsYearly summer monitoring using ferries as platform of opportunity was performed since 2008 within the framework of the FLT Med Network. Data were collected along several fixed transects crossing the Western Mediterranean basin and the Adriatic and Ionian region. Species presence, expressed by density recorded along the sampled transects, was inspected for assessing interannual variability together with group size. Generalized Additive Models were used to describe density trends over a 11 years’ period (2008–2018). A spatial multi-scale approach was used to highlight intra-basin differences in species presence and distribution during the years.ResultsSummer presence of fin whales in the western Mediterranean area showed a strong interannual variability, characterized by the alternance of rich and poor years. Small and large groups of fin whales were sighted only during rich years, confirming the favorable feeding condition influencing species presence. Trends highlighted by the GAM can be summarized as positive from 2008 to 2013, and slightly negative from 2014 to 2018. The sub-areas analysis showed a similar pattern, but with a more stable trend during the second period in the Pelagos Sanctuary sub-area, and a negative one in the other two sub-areas. Our findings further confirm the need for an integrated approach foreseeing both, large scale surveys and yearly monitoring at different spatial scales to correct and interpret the basin wide abundance estimates, and to correlate spatial and temporal trends with the ecological and anthropogenic drivers.
Comparative Study of Commercial Starter and Gum-producing Lactic Acid Bacteria Isolated from Palm-sap on Yoghurt
Authors: Governor Oniovosa Leonard Adamu- , Okolie Peter Nwabueze , Ikegwu Emmanuel Mmmaduabuchi , Obeten Ifedinma Henrietta , Abiona Christiana Oluwatoyin , Uzochukwu Sylvia Veronica Ajagugha 
Published: December 2020

Yoghurt remains a fermented milk of choice globally but its desirability is limited by quality attributes and syneresis. In this study, the effect of using exopolysaccharide (EPS) producing starter cultures and EPS on the quality attribute of yoghurt produced from cow milk was examined. Two starter cultures of EPS-producing LAB were used singly and in combination in three treatments portions (YEPSLa, Lactobacillus acidophilus yoghurt; YEPSLs, Leuconostoc suionicum; YEPSLa + YEPSLs, Lactobacillus acidophilus and Leuconostoc suionicum); Yxg, Streptococcus thermophilus and Lactobacillus delbrueckii subsp. Bulgaricus to produced yoghurt while reference yoghurt (RY) was obtained from the market and refrigerated stored at 4oC. Sensory, proximate composition, textural, rheological properties and whey separation were carried out after 1 and 28 days only, while physicochemical and microbiological were analyzed after 1, 7, 14 and 28 days. No significant difference (p ˂0.05) between RY (8.60 ± 0.60), (7.21±0.10) and YEPSLa + YEPSLs (8.54 ± 0.71), (7.25 ± 0.21) in overall acceptability for day 1 and 28. Moisture (82.45 ± 0.12 - 81.31 ± 0.06%), fat (3.46 ± 0.01 - 3.42 ± 0.03%) and carbohydrate (13.05 ± 0.11 to 12.51 ± 0.10%) contents decreased while total solids (17.57 ± 0.12 - 17.97 ± 0.12%), ash (0.56 ± 0.02 - 0.57 ± 0.02%) and protein (3.74 ± 0.01 - 4.30%) contents increased respectively across the yoghurts. The result showed that the highest cohesiveness and syneresis was observed in YEPSLa + YEPSLs (27.52 ± 0.63) and commercial yoghurt (29.10 ± 0.31), the lowest in Yxg (16.71 ± 0.21) and YEPSLa + YEPSLs (21.50 ± 0.51). The highest viscosity was observed in YEPSLa + YEPSLs across the rotation speeds. The pH and titratable acid ranged (4.28 – 4.50; 0.90 – 1.41) while the total bacteria colony count (5.5×108 – 11.0×108cfu/ml) during 28 days storage period. Overall, EPS produced by EPS-producing LAB both In-vitro and In-vivo improve texture, mouthfeel, viscosity and reduce syneresis in yoghurt. Combine cultures of Lactobacillus acidophilus and Leuconostoc suionicum and their EPSs competed favourably with conventional starter, and other stabilizing agents in cow milk yoghurt.
Women’s Perception of the Effects of Community and Social Development Project (CSDP) on their Livelihood Activities in Ondo State, Nigeria
Authors: Ajayi G. T. , Okunlola J. O. 
Published: December 2020

The study was carried out to investigate the women’s perception of the effects of Community and Social Development Project (CSDP) on their livelihood activities in Ondo State, Nigeria. A multi-stage sampling procedure was used to randomly select 120 respondents from three benefitting Local Government Areas in the state. Primary data were collected with the aid of interview schedule and analyzed using frequency counts, percentages, mean as well as Chi square. The mean age of the respondents was 42 years. Most (70.8%) of the respondents were married with mean household size of 6 persons, were ordinary members of social groups (73.3%) and were farmers (46.7%) with and a mean monthly income of ₦18,000.00. Most (60.2%) of the respondents had agricultural value chain activities as their livelihood activities. The study revealed that the respondents had positive perception of CSDP projects such as construction of; potable water supply project (4.01), road/bridge (4.04), health and maternity centre (4.01), community hall/viewing centre (4.06), skill acquisition centre (4.21), market (4.10). There was a significant association between CSDP micro-projects and selected livelihood activities such as crop production (χ2Cal =13.2), livestock production (χ2 Cal =39.8), farm produce processing (χ2Cal =4.3), gathering of wood (χ2Cal =5.4), petty trade (χ2Cal =21.0) and gathering of non-timber products (χ2Cal =4.6). Women’s perception of effects of CSDP projects on their livelihood activities was favourable. Therefore, the study recommends that development strategies and plan should be well structured by the government to improve the livelihood activities of women especially agriculture for improved income and livelihoods.
Impact of Working Capital Management on Firm’s Profitability: A Study on Listed Companies in Sri Lanka
Authors: Delima Vianny Jeniston 
Published: December 2020

Aims: The main aim of the study is to identify whether working capital management has an impact on firm’s profitability of listed companies in Sri Lanka.
Place and Duration of Study: Pooled panel data of 95 listed companies from 18 sectors are listed on the Colombo Stock Exchange (CSE) which comprised of 475 observations is used during the period of 2012/2013 to 2016/2017.
Methodology: Descriptive statistics, Pearson’s Correlation analysis, ANOVA, and Pooled Regression analysis were employed as measures of analysis. Working capital management components and working capital policies are used as independent variables which comprised of number of days of account receivable (DAR), number of days of inventories (DI), number of days of account payables (DAP), cash conversion cycle (CCC), working capital investment policies (WCIP), and working capital financing policies (WCFP). Current ratio (CR), firm size (SIZE), sales growth (GROWTH), and Debt ratio (DR) were employed as controlled variables. Gross operating profit (GOP) and Return on assets (ROA) were used as dependent variable.
Results: In the descriptive statistics, average of DAR, DI, DAP, and CCC are 64, 63, 97, and 29 days respectively. The average WCIP and WCFP are indicated as 40% and 27% of total assets. For control variables, the average CR, SIZE, GROWTH, and DR are indicated as 2.27, 14.50, 33% and 40%. In the Pearson correlation analysis, CCC has negative relationship with GOP and ROA. With regard to WCIP and WCFP, there are negative significant relationships with GOP and ROA. Regression analysis states that working capital management significantly impacts on firm’s profitability of listed companies in Sri Lanka.
Conclusion: These findings would be useful to consider on maintaining optimal working capital management components and policies to avoid corporate collapse and to maximize firm’s profitability.
Spiking Neural Network Learning Models for Spike Sequence Learning and Data Classification
Authors: Agebure Moses Apambila , Baagyere Edward Yellakuor , Oyetunji Elkanah Olaosebikan 
Published: December 2020

Supervised learning in Spiking Neural Network (SNN) is a hotbed for researchers due to the advantages temporal coded networks provide over that of rate-coded networks with respect to efficiency in information processing and transfer rates. Supervised learning in rate-coded networks though well established, it is difficult to directly apply such models to SNN due to difference in information coding schemes. In this paper, we seek to exploit the advantages of spiking neural networks for spike sequence learning in order to establish two (2) models; batch and sequential learning models for solving data classification tasks. The models are built using the least squares approach leveraging on its approximation abilities. The first set of experiments are on spikesequence learning in which an extensive evaluation of the model is performed using different inputoutput firing rates and learning periods. Results from these experiments show that the proposed model for spike sequence learning produced better performance than some existing models derived for spike sequence learning, particularly, at higher learning periods. The proposed models for data classification are also tested on some selected benchmark datasets most of which had imbalance class distributions and also on real-world road condition datasets for anomaly classification collected by the authors as part of a larger study. While the proposed models generalised very well to all datasets including those with the class imbalance problem where F1and Recall values above 0.90 were recorded, some well-know machine learning algorithms applied to the datasets yielded lower F1 and Recall values and in some cases recorded 0.0 Recall.
Malignant Course of Right Coronary Artery
Authors: Kalantri Piyush G. , Bodkhe Mahesh , Singla Rahul , Bansal Narender Omprakash 
Published: December 2020

Anomalous origin of a coronary artery is uncommon but clinically significant. Manifestations vary from asymptomatic patients to those who present with angina pectoris, myocardial infarction, syncope, arrhythmias, and sudden cardiac death. We herein describe a rare case of an anomalous origin of the RCA with malignant course between aorta and pulmonary artery. Angiography is invasive, have a relatively low cannulation success rate. Therefore, CT coronary angiography is the best method for imaging. Sudden death without symptoms occurs frequently in patients with anomalous RCAs, so surgical repair is recommended.
Review on Ethnomedicinal Claims of Erythroxylum moonii Hochr
Authors: Perera P. A. N. G. , Rabinarayan Acharya 
Published: December 2020

Introduction: Since ancient times, plants contributed in the treatment of multiple disease conditions due to their immense therapeutic claims and currently serve as the principal origin of various medicinal preparations. The aim of present study is to agglomerate all available ethnomedicinal information and research updates pertaining to Erythroxylum moonii Hochr. that is used by traditional health practitioners.
Materials and Methods: Reported ethnomedicinal uses of E. moonii were reviewed with the use of books and research articles with especial relevance to ethnobotany and ethnomedicine from December 2019 to September 2020. Information was categorized as per vernacular names, locality, used parts, therapeutic claims, type and mode of administration along with the ingredients and dosage forms of the preparations.
Results: Erythroxylum moonii is reported in 3 countries and 2 states of India for its presence and it is observed that the plant has been utilized for therapeutic purpose as food preparations and medicinal preparations only in Sri Lanka. Its leaves (majorly) and stem bark are used in 5 different disease conditions either internally or externally. Maximum number of claims are indicated in the management of worm infestation. Among them, the leaves have the maximum application on 4 disease conditions followed by stem bark which has only one. Resent research activities have revealed the presence of anti-fungal and anti-nematodal activities of E. moonii.
Conclusion: Conducting provable scientific studies (pharmacological and clinical) is needed for E. moonii to establish its multiple ethnomedicinal claims.
Correlation between Domestic Violence and Family Planning Attitude among Migrant Women in Turkey
Authors: Bolsoy Nursen , Sen Selma 
Published: December 2020

Background: This study was conducted for the purpose of determining the effect of violence against women upon the attitudes of immigrant women toward family planning.
Methods: It is a cross-sectional and descriptive study. The smallest number of study sample was determined as 383. Four hundred fifteen married women aged 15-49, who applied to the aforementioned FHCs and accepted to participate in the study, were included in the study. The research data were collected by using a “Women’s Information Form”, “Scale for Domestic Violence against Women (SDVW)” and “Family Planning Attitude Scale”.
Results: It was determined that 46.7% of women were in the age group of 21-30, 44.1% were primary school graduates, 46.5% had migrated at least eleven years before, 63.1% had migrated from the Eastern Anatolia Region and 37.3% had migrated due to family and relatives. The score averages of women were determined as 74.87±10.01 in the Scale for Domestic Violence against Women and 108.96±17.92 in the Family Planning Attitude Scale. As a result of the correlation analysis that was performed between the score averages of the Scale for Domestic Violence against Women and the Family Planning Attitude Scale; a negative, moderate and significant relationship was determined (r=-0.329, p<0.001).
Conclusion: It could be suggested that as violence against immigrant women increases, their attitudes toward family planning are affected negatively. As a result of this study; it was determined that violence against immigrant women negatively affected the attitudes of women toward family planning and their state of using reproductive healthcare services.
Overview of the Effect of COVID-19 Pandemic on Residency Training in Surgery and Related Specialties in North-Central Nigeria
Authors: Omolabake B. I. , Ugwu B. T. , Abiodun A. A. , Agbo C. A. , Akintayo A. J. , Olori S. , Alabi B. S. , Bamidele O. M. , Patrick T. M. , Okoh J. O. , Yau A. G. , Idrisu A. , Adighije P. F. , Ojo B. A. 
Published: December 2020

Background: The complete lockdown in Nigeria earlier this year as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic severely disrupted surgical care and training in all ramifications as mostly, only emergency cases were seen besides COVID-19 patients. After the lockdown, and gradual introduction of out-patient and elective surgical care and other medical services, measures to prevent transmission of the virus in our daily surgical practice as well as the introduction of virtual meetings and training are some of the new normal that will remain even after the pandemic.
Aim: The aim of this paper is to assess the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on residency training in surgical specialties in Northcentral Nigeria.
Methodology: The objective was achieved using an online questionnaire distributed to residency training tertiary centres in Northcentral Nigeria.
Results: We found that various aspects of training were affected differently by the pandemic, with novel strategies adopted to minimize the impact.
Conclusion: We conclude that although there was a reduction in core activities of surgical training, there were strategies in place to mitigate the negative impact of the pandemic by streamlining care to protect the surgical community, whilst adopting new methods to sustain learning. There is need to incorporate these new methods into mainstream surgical training in the sub-region even after this pandemic.
Practices, Attitude & Perceived Barriers of Dental Students in Substance Use Screening & Interventions in Dental Practice: A Cross-Sectional Study
Authors: Goyal Shree , Gupta Ritu , Menon Ipseeta , Das Dipshikha , Rohatgi Lavanya 
Published: December 2020

Context: Tobacco, the leading preventable cause of death including alcohol and illicit drug abuse, cause morbidity and mortality. Dentists deal with such patients & can/ should intervene, preventing any deleterious habits with apt knowledge and training.
Aims: The study assesses the knowledge, attitude and practices amongst dental students to manage patients with tobacco, alcohol and substance abuse in a clinical set up.
Methodology: A cross-sectional questionnaire (self-administered 22 items) survey was conducted among 300 dental students (Undergraduates, Interns, Postgraduates) in a dental college, North India to assess their knowledge, attitude and practices regarding substance abuse- tobacco, alcohol and other illicit drugs. Data were analyzed using SPSS version 16.0 and subjected to Chi-square test to determine the significant difference between the dental study groups (p≤ 0.05)
Results: There were 37.1% males and 62.9% of females. Final years (33.8%), interns (29.8%) and Post graduates (36.5%) completed the questionnaire. 85.5% Postgraduates, 74.3% final years and 71.9% interns knew where to refer the patients of substance abuse which was statistically significant (p≤ 0.05).A majority (91.1%) of interns prescribe or provide tobacco cessation, followed by 87.1% final years and 78.2% post graduates that were significant values.
Conclusions: Although there’s huge awareness on the management of patients with substance abuse habits, only a few practice it on patients correctly. Lack of training and its application due to many barriers have been discussed in detail pointing out the disparity in the number of patients with habit history being screened and to those being managed.