bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Bioecological and phytocenological assessment of Equisetum arvense L. populations in the Great Caucasus of Azerbaijan
Authors: Ibadullayeva Sayyara J. , Salmanova Narmin R. , Movsumova Nuri V. , Shiraliyeva Gulnara S. , Ahmadova Sevda Z. 
Published: December 2019

<p class="abstract"><strong>Background:</strong> The use and reproduction of natural resources that are interested in improving the living standards of the population is based studing of scientifically complex. Studying the biodiversity of medicinal plants based on cenological assesments are depending on their ecological diversity is always relevant. This study was aimed to estimate population of <em>Equisetum arvense</em> L. phytocenologically and ecologically and registrations during in different years.</p><p class="abstract"><strong>Methods:</strong> Ontogenetical descriptions of <em>Equisetum arvense</em> species have been shown according to form of ontogenetically periods. It has been used discrete descriptive conception of ontegenese and development stages of the individuals have been charactered. Results have been analysed by χ<sup>2</sup> comparison of criteria. </p><p class="abstract"><strong>Results</strong> Three natural cenopopulations and cenological state of <em>E. arvense</em> were assessed during 2017-2019 years. It is defined that, 1<sup>st </sup>and 3<sup>rd</sup> cenopopulations were transitions and 2<sup>nd</sup> was mature in 2017, in 2018 1<sup>st</sup> was young, 2<sup>nd</sup> and 3<sup>rd </sup>were mature, in 2019 1<sup>st</sup> and 2<sup>nd</sup> were young and 3<sup>rd</sup> was mature. Restoration of 1<sup>st</sup> and 2<sup>nd</sup> cenopopulations were higher in 2019 than in 2017-2018.</p><p class="abstract"><strong>Conclusions:</strong> Properties of soil-climate condition in <em>E. arvense</em> formation has been a cause for a determining development rhythm feature in the Equiseta vegetation. Important changes in ecology temperature, dampness and other factors influence on strongly seasonal dynamism of grasses in the Zagatala territory, but semi-shrubs tier that <em>E. arvense</em> dominates is constant. Seasonal distribution of the atmosphere rainfalls influences on development dynamism of populations. For this reason restoration parameters of some populations were high in compared to previous years.</p>
Role of coblation in reducing pain and morbidity of adenoidectomy
Authors: Thomas George , Thekkethil Jathin Sam , Thomas Sumin Mariyam , Ramesh Shary , Varghese Ann Mariam 
Published: December 2019

<p class="abstract"><strong>Background:</strong> Adenoidectomy is one of the most commonly performed paediatric surgical procedure by otorhinolaryngologists. Over the past few decades, adenoidectomy has evolved and different techniques have been proposed to reduce morbidity and surgical risk. Controlled ablation or Coblation® is capable of low temperature molecular disintegration within soft tissue causing its dissolution. In this study, we report our experience of adenoidectomy using Coblation®, and its role in reducing pain, morbidity and its significant outcomes are discussed.</p><p class="abstract"><strong>Methods:</strong> A total number of 25 children aged 3-15 years, who underwent coblation adenoidectomy between March 2017 and April 2018 were included in this study.</p><p class="abstract"><strong>Results:</strong> The mean age was 7.8 years (males 7.79 years and females 7.81 years). Pre operatively 100% patients had sleep disturbance and after coblation adenoidectomy only 12% patients have disturbed sleep and the rest 88% patients have comfortable sleep. 80% patients did not have pain in immediate post-operative period and 88% had no pain when they visited hospital for first review. 76% patients had less than one day of hospital stay and 24% patients had more than one day of hospital stay. 68% patients had no episode of upper respiratory tract infection (URTI) within the first one year after surgery.</p><p class="abstract"><strong>Conclusions:</strong> Over the years, many different adenoidectomy techniques have evolved and is surgeon specific or centre specific. Endoscopic-assisted coblation adenoidectomy is a safe and effective method of adenoidectomy.</p><p> </p>
Transnasal endoscopic eustachian tube balloon dilation: a review
Authors: Swain Santosh Kumar , Das Alok , Acharya Satyabrata , Mohanty Jatindray Nath 
Published: December 2019

<p class="abstract">Eustachian tube (ET) dysfunction is a common clinical entity which often provides challenges to Otorhinolaryngologists. Patients with ET dysfunction typically present with fullness in the ear, hearing loss or plugging in the ear, which impair quality of the life. It can lead to cholesteatoma formation and severe morbidity in the life. There are limited treatment options for ET dysfunction in clinical practice. Presently transnasal endoscopic balloon dilation of ET is a promising treatment for its dysfunction. This technique causes inflation of a balloon in the cartilaginous portion of the ET which leads to local dilation. This procedure helps in reduction of the clinical symptoms and reduces the severity of the ET dysfunction such as hearing loss and cholesteatoma formation. This review article will discuss the effectiveness of transnasal endoscopic balloon dilatation of eustachian tube for treatment of chronic eustachian tube dysfunction.</p><p class="abstract"> </p>
“GENERALS DON’T CRY...”: A COMPREHENSIVE ANALYSIS OF THE REASONS FOR THE DEFEAT OF THE WHITE MOVEMENT
Authors: Nikolayevna Edigarova Gayane , Vadimovna Krat Marina , Victorovna Doronina Natalia , Sergeevna Sibirko Nadezhda , Anatoliyevna Chernousova Yuliana 
Published: December 2019

Purpose of study: The purpose of this research is to carry out a comprehensive analysis of the military-strategic, ideological and theoretical, foreign policy and socioeconomic reasons for the defeat of the White movement.
Methodology: The methodology is based on the principles of historicism and objectivity with the involvement of archival material, documentary sources, memoirs and biographical literature.
Result: The main message of the article is to show the lack of unanimity and coordination in the actions of the internal and external forces of counter-revolution during the Russian Civil War. Significant attention is paid to the characterization and estimation of the military and ideological leaders of the counter-revolution, such as A.I. Denikin, P.N. Wrangel, I.P. Romanovsky and G.V. Florovsky, V.V. Shulgin.
Originality/Novelty: The authors conclude by defining the main peculiarities of the historical development of Russia which contributed to the outbreak of the Civil War and led to the complete failure of the White Guard.
THE INVASION OF THE BORANS INTO THE BOSPORUS IN THE 3RD CENTURY A.D.
Authors: Vladimirovich Yartsev Sergey , Gennadievich Zubarev Viktor , Lvovich Smekalov Sergey 
Published: December 2019

Purpose of the study: The article is devoted to the complex topic of the invasion of the barbarians, known as the Borans, into the territory of the Bosporan Kingdom in the 3rd century A.D. However, the circumstances of the appearance of these barbarians in the North-Eastern Black Sea Region continue to arise numerous disputes. The main goal of the research is the ethnic identification of the Borans and determination of the exact route of their movement to the Bosporus, which does not contradict other types of sources.
Methodology: The leading method of research is the method of source analysis. It consisted not only in the selection but also in a thorough study of all the features of the source that are important for deciphering information about the past and identifying historical facts, which are important for the study. When working with found ancient coins, the method of numismatic research was used; it included determining the place and time of issue, as well as the weight and size of a coin.
Main Findings: The main results of the study consist of the identification of the Borans with ethnically mixed insurgent detachments of the Latrones type, which were active in the middle of the 3rd century A.D., including the sea and the border areas of the Roman Empire. A new route was also developed for the movement of the Borans to the Bosporus from the Lower Danube to Tanais at the mouth of the Don aboard small vessels, i.e. exclusively by water.
Applications of this study: The practical significance of the study lies in the fact that it can be used to write summarizing works on the history of the states and peoples of the Northern Black Sea Region of the first centuries A.D., textbooks, as well as for developing special courses for students of higher education institutions on the subject "History of Ancient Rome", in order to study the experience of interaction between the ancient civilization and the barbarian world.
Novelty/Originality: The novelty of the research is determined by the fact that for the first time an explanation is given of the organization of unusual sea crusades of the barbarians against the Roman Empire on the ships of the Bosporan fleet in the second half of the 3rd century A.D. The fact is that at that time the Latrones were the only barbaric force on the Lower Danube that was actively operating, including on ships. It was precisely in such a barbaric environment that the idea of the sea plunder of the Greco-Roman world could have arisen.
SOCIO-CULTURAL ACTIVITIES AS AN INSTRUMENT OF SOCIAL POLICY
Authors: D. Zharkov A. , V. Dolosa A. , I. Anufrieva N. , V. Tsarev D. , P. Efremenko A. 
Published: December 2019

Purpose of the study: The article is devoted to the analysis of the possibilities of reconstruction of socio-cultural activities in the direction of solving social problems through the involvement of various groups of people in a variety of mass cultural services. The main focus of this analysis is a differentiated approach to working with various age groups that have their own pressing social problems. The authors consider ways to solve the most acute social problems of Russian society, which are directly related to the social well-being and physical self-preservation of the majority of Russian citizens.
Methodology: As a first step in solving this problem, it is necessary to study the traditional spiritual values of the Russian people, which formed the basis of their mentality and cultural identity. Knowledge of the spiritual life of the inhabitants of Russia should be drawn, first of all, from historical sources, as well as modern socio-cultural practices. Spiritual values of contemporaries are explored both by traditional methods of testing, interviewing, observing and analyzing mathematical-statistical data, as well as new methods. For example, reflexive methods are used as the main tool for studying A. Heger’s relevant values. The work also utilized M. Smirnova’s methods and psychometric research results.
Main Findings: The main results of the research are the determination of reference points for further improvement of skills and increasing the level of professionalism in the work of specialists in the social and cultural sphere in a broad social context. The main reference point is the mastery of social scientific knowledge and social technologies of working with the population as the main content of the training of personnel of modern social and cultural activities demanded by society.
Applications of this study: The results of the study are useful in the development of educational programs for training specialists in the socio-cultural sphere, the system of advanced training and retraining. The revealed new spiritual and value orientations necessitate the search for new organizational and pedagogical technologies of social and cultural activities, the study which is an important research problem of today.
Novelty/Originality of this study: The novelty of the research lies in identifying ways to solve social problems, in particular, further rapprochement of socio-cultural activities and social work, where the main common interests of relevant specialists are to support members of society in acquiring life meanings and cultural values in everyday life, the absence of which generates the majority emerging social problems.
DISCOURSE AND DISCOURSE ANALYSIS IN THE CONCEPT OF SOCIOHUMANITARIAN KNOWLEDGE
Authors: S. Makarova Tatiana , A. Khlybova Marina 
Published: December 2019

Purpose of the study: The aim of the scientific work is to develop a new theory of interdisciplinary discourse based on social and humanitarian knowledge. Today, there are many interpretations of the concept of discourse. This causes certain difficulties in its interpretation. Presentation of the discourse within the multidimensional socio-humanitarian category will allow us to generalize and systematize various approaches to its study, to reveal the sociolinguistic features of the mental-linguistic product in the future integration of social and humanitarian disciplines.
Methodology: The integrative socio-humanitarian theory of discourse analysis highlights the subjective-objective nature of discourse and actualizes the structuralist, poststructuralist, cognitive approaches and its study. The sociolinguistic concept of discourse analysis focuses on the method of synchronous diachronic study of discourse, a descriptive method of discourse analysis, and a comparative historical discourse analysis method.
Main findings: The study found that the theory of discourse, based on a number of humanitarian disciplines (philosophy, sociolinguistics, linguistics), indicates a transformation of the concept of discourse, as well as methods of discourse analysis. A multi-faceted humanitarian concept of discourse analysis is positioned in the post-structuralist, logical-philosophical, sociolinguistic vein.
Applications of this study: The presented integrative interdisciplinary theory of discourse will serve as an impetus for scientific research carried out in the framework of sociolinguistic knowledge. The ontological methodology of discourse analysis, combining the features of structuralism, post-structuralism, cognitivism, is of great practical importance in philosophy, linguistics of the text, communication theory, sociolinguistics, cognitive linguistics.
Novelty/Originality of this study: In the social sciences, there is no single understanding of the concept of discourse. Due to the variability of this concept, various theories of discourse analysis are put forward. For the first time in scientific work, the theory of discourse analysis summarizes the socio-humanitarian theories of discourse (structuralism, poststructuralism, cognitivism). It is demonstrated as a comprehensive research method that allows you to explicate a single utterance, text, as well as cognitive-communicative (speech-cognitive) activity.
DETECTION OF PLANT LEAF DISEASES IN AGRICULTURE USING RECENT IMAGE PROCESSING TECHNIQUES – A REVIEW
Authors: Singh Rajput Arpan , Shukla Shailja , S. Thakur S. 
Published: December 2019

Purpose: Agricultural productivity is something on which the economy highly depends in India as well in all over the world. India is an agriculture-dependent country; wherein about 70% of the population depends on agriculture.
Methodology: This is one of the main reasons that disease detection in agriculture plays an important role, as having the disease in plant leaf is quite natural. If proper observations are not taken in the agriculture field then it causes serious effects on plants due to which respective product quality and productivity are affected. Detection of plant leaf disease through effective and accurate automatic technique is beneficial at the starting stage as it reduces a large work of monitoring in big farms of crops.
Result: This paper presents the review on the state of the art disease classification techniques presently used using image processing that can be used for plant leaf disease detection in agriculture.
Risk Factors for Periprosthetic Joint Infection Following Primary Total Hip Arthroplasty
Authors:   The McMaster Arthroplasty Collaborative (MAC)1 a
Published: December 2019

Background:Periprosthetic joint infection (PJI) is one of the most devastating complications following total hip arthroplasty. The purposes of this study were to determine risk factors for PJI after primary total hip arthroplasty for osteoarthritis using a Canadian population-based database collected over 15 years and to determine the incidence of PJI, the time to PJI following primary total hip arthroplasty, and whether the PJI rate had changed over 15 years.Methods:We performed a population-based cohort study using linked administrative databases in Ontario. We included all primary total hip arthroplasties performed for osteoarthritis in patients who were ≥55 years of age. We used a Cox proportional hazards model to analyze the effect of surgical and patient factors on the risk of developing PJI. We calculated 1, 2, 5, and 10-year PJI rates. We used the Cochran-Armitage test to assess the evidence of trends in PJI rates over time.Results:A total of 100,674 patients who were ≥55 years of age underwent a primary total hip arthroplasty for osteoarthritis. The cumulative incidence for PJI at 15 years was 1.44% (95% confidence interval [CI], 1.38% to 1.50%). Risk factors associated with the development of PJI include male sex (hazard ratio [HR], 1.43 [95% CI, 1.30 to 1.51]), type-2 diabetes mellitus (HR, 1.51 [95% CI, 1.31 to 1.70]), and being discharged to convalescent care (HR, 1.36 [95% CI, 1.05 to 1.77]). Sixty-two percent of PJI cases occurred within 2 years after the surgical procedure and 98% occurred within 10 years. The rate of PJI following primary total hip arthroplasty did not change over the 15 years of our study period.Conclusions:The risk of developing PJI following primary total hip arthroplasty did not change in 15 years, despite improvements in other arthroplasty outcomes. Male sex, type-2 diabetes mellitus, and discharge to convalescent care were associated with an increased risk of PJI. The surgical approach, income quintile, and use of bone-grafting or cement were not significantly associated with increased risk of infection in our cohort.Level of Evidence:PrognosticLevel III. See Instructions for Authors for a complete description of levels of evidence.
An empirical analysis of mobile banking adoption in Vietnam
Authors: Nhat Vuong Bui , Thi Hieu Vo , Thi Thuy Trang Ngo 
Published: December 2019

Mobile phones with banking technology are becoming more readily available in Vietnam. Similarly, many financial institutions and mobile phone service providers are teaming up to provide several banking services to customers via the mobile phone. However, the number of people who choose to adopt or use such technologies is still relatively low. Therefore, there is a need to assess the acceptance of such technologies to establish factors that hinder or promote customer’s intention to use mobile banking. Survey data collected from 452 consumers in was analyzed to provide evidence. Results from the partial least squares structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM) using the SmartPLS 3.0 program indicated that perceived easy to use, perceived credibility, usefulness, attitude, perceived behavioral control and subjective norm are significant with respect to the customer’s intention to use mobile banking services. The results of the data analysis contribute to the body of knowledge by demonstrating that the above factors are critical in intention to use mobile banking in a developing country context. The finding of this study can also help marketers in the banking sector offer more suitable marketing strategies in their field in order to make higher attractiveness with mobile banking services
Bayesian-Based Approach for Hydraulic Flow Unit Identification and Permeability Prediction: A Field Case Application in a Tight Carbonate Reservoir
Authors: D'Windt Adolfo , Quint Edwin , Al-Saleh Anwar , Dashti Qasem 
Published: December 2019

Summary
Flow zonation and permeability estimation is a common task in reservoir characterization. Typically, integration of openhole log data with a conventional and special core analysis solves this problem. We present a Bayesian-based method for identifying hydraulic flow units in uncored wells using the theory of hydraulic flow units (HFUs) and subsequently compute permeability using wireline log data.
We use a nonlinear optimization scheme on the basis of the probability plot to determine pertinent statistical parameters of each flow unit. Next, we couple these results with the F-test and the Akaike's criteria with the purpose of establishing the optimal number of HFUs present in the core data set. Then, we allocate the core data into their respective HFUs using the Bayes’ theorem as clustering rule. Finally, we apply an inversion algorithm on the basis of Bayesian inference to predict permeability using only wireline data.
We illustrate the application of the procedure with a carbonate reservoir having extensive conventional core data. The results show that the Bayesian-based clustering and inversion technique delivers permeability estimates that agree with the core data and with the results obtained from a pressure transient analysis.
Regulatory Roles of Differentially Expressed MicroRNAs in Metabolic Processes in Negative Lens-Induced Myopia Guinea Pigs
Authors: Guo Dadong , Ding Meihua , Song Xiaoli , Sun Yuanyuan , Li Guoping , Li Zonghong , Wei Huixia , Wu Jianfeng , Jiang Wenjun , Bi Hongsheng 
Published: December 2019

Abstract
Myopia is one of the most common vision defects worldwide. microRNAs can regulate the target gene expression, influencing the development of diseases. In order to investigate the alterations of microRNA profiling in negative lens-induced myopia (NLIM) guinea pigs and to explore the regulatory role of microRNAs in the occurrence and the development of myopia, we first established the NLIM guinea pig model after induction for 2 weeks. Further, we isolated sclera to purify total messenger RNA (mRNA) in both NLIM and NLIM fellow sclera. Using next generation sequencing technique and bioinformatics analysis, we identified the differentially expressed microRNAs in NLIM guinea pigs, performed the bioinformatics annotation for the differentially expressed microRNAs, and validated the expression of differentially expressed microRNAs. As a result, we successfully established an NLIM model in guinea pigs, identified 27 differentially expressed microRNAs in NLIM guinea pig sclera, including 10 upregulated and 17 downregulated microRNAs. The KEGG annotation showed the main signaling pathways were closely associated with PPAR signaling, pyruvate and propanoate metabolisms, and TGF-beta signaling pathways. In summary, our findings indicate that the development of myopia is mainly involved in the disorder of metabolic processes in NLIM guinea pigs. The PPAR signaling, pyruvate and propanoate metabolism pathways may play roles in the development of myopia.