bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
ESTUDO BIBLIOMÉTRICO SOBRE A PRÁTICA DE PROFESORES DE LÍNGUA PORTUGUESA NO ENSINO MÉDIO E O LETRAMENTO DIGITAL
Authors: Barroso Roberta , Luquetti Eliana , Silva Cristiana , Oliveira Fábio 
Published: July 2021

O presente estudo constitui em um levantamento de pesquisas na base de dados Scopus, no qual tem como finalidade uma análise bibliométrica para investigar a relevância da questão-problema que se levanta acerca do desenvolvimento do Letramento Digital na prática docente na construção de competências dos estudantes do Ensino Médio. Seu objetivo principal é fornecer insumos para legitimação da proposta e realização de um levantamento do referencial teórico para dar fundamento à pesquisa de dissertação de Mestrado. Assim, a utilização de métodos quantitativos auxiliará a busca das considerações a respeito de quais são os atuais desafios referentes ao letramento digital diante da produção científica.
Water Study of Physical, Chemical and Heavy Metals Parameters in River Indus and its Tributaries, Sindh, Pakistan
Authors: Ahmad Waqar , Zubair Arif , Abbasi Haq Nawaz , Nasir Muhammad Imran 
Published: July 2021

This study was conducted to investigate the water quality of the Indus river, Sindh, Pakistan. A total of 41 locations were selected along the Indus river and its tributaries for the collection of surface water samples. Twenty-one physico-chemical parameters and heavy metals were analyzed and the data were interpreted through different statistical techniques. In the current study, eleven parameters including iron, copper, zinc, electrical conductivity (EC), total dissolved solids (TDS), pH, potassium, sodium, nitrate, sulfate, and chloride with an average value 0.13 mg/L, 0.04 mg/L, 0.16 mg/L, 733 µS/L, 211.2 mg/L, 7.6,
8.9 mg/L, 107.4 mg/L, 8.01 mg/L, 102 mg/L, 140 mg/L respectively and were within permissible limits set by the World Health Organization (WHO) for drinking water. Whereas, average values of cadmium, mercury, lead, total alkalinity (TA), chemical oxygen demand (COD), total hardness (TH) and turbidity were found 0.004 mg/L, 0.007 mg/L, 0.02 mg/L, 920 mg/L, 103 mg/L, 262 mg/L and 186.2 NTU respectively, higher than permissible limits. Pearson correlation matrix and cluster analysis were used to understand similarities and differences between variables. The variation in the correlation of different parameters shows the complexity of the water quality.
Integration of Sentinel-2 Derived Spectral Indices and In-situ Forest Inventory to Predict Forest Biomass
Authors: Imran Areeba Binte , Ahmed Samia , Ahmed Waqar , Zia-ur-Rehman Muhammad , Iqbal Arif , Ahmad Naveed , Ullah Irfan 
Published: July 2021

Forest biomass estimation is the central part of sustainable forest management to assess carbon stocks and carbon emissions from forest ecosystem. Sentinel-2 is state-of-art sensor with refined spatial and recurrent temporal resolution data. The present study explored the potential of Sentinel-2 derived vegetation indices for above ground biomass prediction using four regression models (linear, exponential, power and logarithmic). Sentinel-2 indices includes Global environmental monitoring index, transformed normalized difference vegetation index, normalized difference water index, normalized difference infrared index and red-edge normalized difference vegetation index. The performances of Sentinel-2 indices were assessed by simple single variable (index) based regression for GEMI, TNDVI, NDII, NDWI and RENDVI versus AGB values. Further, stepwise linear regression was also developed in which used all indices entered into stepwise selection and the best index was selected in the final model. Results showed that linear model of all indices performance best compared to the rest three models and R2 values 0.12, 0.39, 0.46, 0.44 and 0.37 for Global environmental monitoring index, transformed normalized. Vegetation index, normalized difference water index, infrared index and red-edge vegetation index, respectively. Normalized difference water index was considered the best index among five computed indices in simple linear as well as in stepwise linear regression, whereas rest of the indices were removed because they were not significant under the stepwise criteria. Further, the accuracy of normalized difference water index model was determined by root mean square error and final prediction model has 28.27 t/ha error for both simple linear and stepwise linear regression. Therefore, normalized difference water index was selected for biomass mapping and resultant biomass showed up to 339 t/ha in the study area. The resultant biomass map also showed consistency with global datasets which include global forest canopy height and global forest tree cover change maps. The study suggest that Sentinel-2 product has great potential to estimate above ground biomass with accuracy and can be used for large scale mapping in combination with national forest inventory for carbon emission accounting.
“Differing in Status, but one in Spirit”: Renegotiating the Boundaries of St. Brigit’s Double Monastery at Kildare
Authors: Bacola Meredith A. 
Published: July 2021

Abstract
The double monastery at Kildare, Ireland, developed from a confluence of holy sites and legends associated with St. Brigit into a major metropolitan center in the seventh century. One of the most interesting sources for this development’s apex remains Cogitosus’s Life of Saint Brigit, a collection of miracle stories immersed in the local landscape that reflect her community’s interests. A reassessment of the last three chapters of his Life, in conjunction with surviving material evidence in the landscape, will emphasize the ways in which hagiographical boundaries shaped Kildare’s development into a City of Refuge. It will argue that Cogitosus did not use ekphrasis, but delineated liminal boundaries functional to the dichotomies that Kildare was negotiating (male and female; lay and consecrated; community and pilgrims; Irish and Roman). Cogitosus’s Life provides a lens through which to view Kildare’s development into a major pilgrimage center.
“For-soþe I had leuar se ȝow be slayn”: Margery Kempe and the Biblical Susanna
Authors: Stavsky Jonathan 
Published: July 2021

Abstract
This article documents several unrecorded allusions to Susanna and the Elders (Dan. 13) in The Book of Margery Kempe, analyzes their function, and compares them with similar undetected echoes of the story in the Vita Offae Primi, attributed to Matthew Paris, John Whethamstede’s Registrum, Chaucer’s Franklin’s Tale, Hoccleve’s Series, the fabliau “Auberee,” and the chantefable Aucassin et Nicolette. Whereas some passages in the Book implicitly liken Kempe to Susanna, others contrast them. Yet the irony that emerges from the latter, for which her second scribe and confessor is probably responsible, does not turn her into a caricature of failed biblical virtue. On the contrary, it humanizes her and provides a glimpse of their intricate relationship.
The Reception of The Resisting Reader, Early and Late
Authors: Avallone Charlene 
Published: July 2021

ABSTRACT
An analysis of the reviews of The Resisting Reader and of early academic responses shows that literary and feminist scholars quickly welcomed the work, while reader studies came more slowly to a positive appreciation of it. Judith Fetterley's theory of feminist resistant reading has extended across multiple fields and outside of the academy to become newly relevant today.
Still Resisting after All These Years
Authors: Davidson Cathy N. 
Published: July 2021

ABSTRACT
The impact of Judith Fetterley's The Resisting Reader on the development of feminist literary criticism, particularly of the American literary canon, is well known. The parallels between Fetterley's late 1970s call for women to become resistant readers and the work of literary historians invested in the actual reading practices of women reading women's writing (in novels of the early American period) are at the heart of this personal reflection.
Publieke waarden en het gebruik van genetische gegevens
Authors: Verhoef Petra , Willems Yayouk , Groenen Marc 
Published: July 2021

Public values and the use of genetic data
Three developments – technological advances in sequencing DNA data, the booming market for commercial DNA tests, and internationalization of collecting and sharing DNA data – are accelerating the use of DNA data worldwide. The authors discuss the impact of the increase in international and commercial use of DNA data and the way it puts public values (like privacy, autonomy, fairness) under pressure. When collecting, analyzing, and translating DNA data, privacy should be guarded, genetic discrimination has to be prevented, digital citizenship could be strengthened, and responsibilities for those applying DNA data should be strongly defined. By doing so, we can thrive for a future in which we make valuable use of DNA data.
Contramapas del Camino. Memorias del habitar
Authors: Freire Estella , Franco Vázquez Carmen , Rajal Alonso Candela 
Published: July 2021

El siguiente artículo pone de manifiesto la importancia de educar en el contexto y en la vida en común para la construcción de una memoria colectiva, restableciendo los vínculos identitarios, preservando el pasado de nuestras comunidades y reformulando el presente. A través del proyecto educativo Contramapas del Camino. Memorias del habitar llevado a cabo en diferentes contextos rurales pertenecientes al Camino de Santiago, se proponen una serie de acciones y metodologías artísticas que implican a los habitantes en los procesos de recuperación de la memoria vinculada a estos lugares. Este proyecto, desarrollado desde el Departamento de Didáctica de la Expresión Plástica de la Universidad de Santiago de Compostela, forma parte del programa O teu Xacobeo impulsado y financiado por la Xunta de Galicia. El objetivo principal es el de potenciar y hacer más visible el papel de la Educación Artística y de los procesos creativos como herramientas de análisis en el desarrollo de propuestas interdisciplinares. Los paneles presentados como Cartografías de la Memoria Popular sintetizan la documentación gráfico-visual generada a partir de los diferentes talleres y de las producciones y narrativas analizadas.
The following article highlights the importance of educating in the context and in common life for the construction of a collective memory, reestablishing identity bonds, preserving the past of our communities and reformulating the present. Through the educational project Contramapas del Camino. Memories of the way of living, carried out in different rural contexts belonging to the Camino de Santiago, we propose a series of artistic actions and methodologies that involve the inhabitants in the processes of recovery of memory linked to these places. This project, developed by the Didactics of Visual Expression Department of the University of Santiago de Compostela, is part of the O teu Xacobeo programme promoted and financed by the Xunta de Galicia. The main objective is to empower and make more visible the role of Artistic Education and creative processes as tools of analysis in the development of interdisciplinary proposals. The panels presented as Cartografías de la Memoria Popular (Cartographies of Popular Memory), synthesize the graphic-visual documentation generated from the different workshops and from the productions and narratives analyzed.
¿De qué se viste el cuerpo en el arte de acción? Performance y memoria a través de la indumentaria
Authors: Sánchez-Guzmán Eva , Nicolás Martínez Violeta 
Published: July 2021

El presente texto está motivado por las inquietudes artísticas que mantienen las autoras ante la performance por un lado y la indumentaria por otro. Por ello, asumiendo la función simbólica del vestirse, el objetivo general ha sido entender la vestimenta como parte simbólica de la acción. Para ello, hemos visionado y consultado las obras clave en la historia de la performance además de otras más contemporáneas para centrar el estudio en acciones en las que vestirse posee también un carácter de reparación de la memoria. Concluimos observando que este tipo de acciones ha permitido a mujeres artistas reclamar la posesión de su propio cuerpo, revisar la historia patriarcal, y reivindicar un lugar propio en la sociedad. El texto recoge, así mismo, dos acciones de las autoras pues entendemos que nuestra investigación artística parte, tal como hemos indicado, de nuestra propia práctica.
The following text originates in the artistic inquisitiveness the authors share with respect to performance, on one hand, and clothing on the other. Hence, presuming a symbolic function within attire, our general goal has been to understand clothing as a symbolic part of the action. With this purpose, we have watched and accessed the most meaningful works in the history of performance art, as well as others more attuned to contemporaneity, to focus the analysis on actions in which clothing also has a veneer of memory reparation. We conclude by observing that this type of actions allowed women artists to claim ownership of their very bodies, to amend patriarchal history, and to stake their place in society. In addition, the text gathers two actions by the authors of this essay, since we understand that our artistic research, as we have specified, begins in our own artistic practice.
A community-based drop-in service for NHS health checks: evaluation of uptake
Authors: Chapman Jacob , Whittaker Paula Jane 
Published: July 2021

Background: A community-based drop-in service aimed to deliver cardiovascular health checks to people living in areas of high socioeconomic deprivation. Methods: Retrospective cohort study using data collected from 1092 cardiovascular health checks performed across a one-year time period in community venues across the city of Manchester. Participants were adults aged between 40–74 years, with no pre-existing cardiovascular disease who were registered with a primary care centre within the intervention catchment area.Results: Of the total eligible population in Manchester across the study period 110194, it was found 7025(6.4%) had a cardiovascular health check, of these 1092(29%) were performed by the community-based service. Attendance was highest in younger females aged 40-45. Most patients were either in a managerial/professional occupation or unemployed. The higher risk population of cardiovascular disease (CVD were in highest attendance. Amongst the registered attendees, the checks discovered 129 new cases of hypertension, 64 new cases of type 2 diabetes, the vast majority of patients required an additional form of intervention, be that lifestyle or behaviour. Conclusions: A community-based cardiovascular check service is a viable method of delivering CD prevention intervention in areas of high socioeconomic deprivation.
Mendelian randomization analysis provides causality of smoking on the expression of ACE2, a putative SARS-CoV-2 receptor
Authors: Liu Hui , Xin Junyi , Cai Sheng , Jiang Xia 
Published: July 2021

Background:To understand a causal role of modifiable lifestyle factors in angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2) expression (a putative severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 [SARS-CoV-2] receptor) across 44 human tissues/organs, and in coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) susceptibility and severity, we conducted a phenome-wide two-sample Mendelian randomization (MR) study.Methods:More than 500 genetic variants were used as instrumental variables to predict smoking and alcohol consumption. Inverse-variance weighted approach was adopted as the primary method to estimate a causal association, while MR-Egger regression, weighted median, and MR pleiotropy residual sum and outlier (MR-PRESSO) were performed to identify potential horizontal pleiotropy.Results:We found that genetically predicted smoking intensity significantly increased ACE2 expression in thyroid (β=1.468, p=1.8×10−8), and increased ACE2 expression in adipose, brain, colon, and liver with nominal significance. Additionally, genetically predicted smoking initiation significantly increased the risk of COVID-19 onset (odds ratio=1.14, p=8.7×10−5). No statistically significant result was observed for alcohol consumption.Conclusions:Our work demonstrates an important role of smoking, measured by both status and intensity, in the susceptibility to COVID-19.Funding:XJ is supported by research grants from the Swedish Research Council (VR-2018–02247) and Swedish Research Council for Health, Working Life and Welfare (FORTE-2020–00884).
Prognostic factors and treatment of neuroendocrine tumors of the uterine cervix based on the FIGO 2018 staging system: a single-institution study of 172 patients
Authors: Chen Jian , Sun Yang , Chen Li , Zang Lele , Lin Cuibo , Lu Yongwei , Lin Liang , Lin An , Dan Hu , Chen Yiyu , He Haixin 
Published: July 2021

Objective
This study aimed to explore the prognostic factors and outcomes of patients with neuroendocrine tumors (NETs) of the cervix and to determine appropriate treatment.

Methods
A single-institution retrospective analysis of 172 patients with NETs was performed based on the new International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics (FIGO 2018) staging system.

Results
Among the 172 eligible patients, 161 were diagnosed with small cell neuroendocrine carcinoma (SCNEC), six with large cell neuroendocrine carcinoma, four with typical carcinoid tumors and one with SCNEC combined with an atypical carcinoid tumor. According to the FIGO 2018 staging guidelines, 31 were stage I, 66 were stage II, 57 were stage III, and 18 were stage IV. The 5-year survival rates of patients with stage I–IV disease were 74.8%, 56.2%, 41.4% and 0%, respectively. The 5-year progression-free survival rates of patients with stage I–IV disease were 63.8%, 54.5%, 30.8% and 0%, respectively. In the multivariate analysis, advanced FIGO stage, large tumor and older age were identified as independent variables for 5-year survival in patients with stage I–IV disease. FIGO stage, tumor size and para-aortic lymph node metastasis were independent prognostic factors for 5-year progression-free survival in patients with stage I–IV disease. For the patients receiving surgery (n = 108), tumor size and pelvic lymph node metastasis were independent prognostic factors for 5-year survival, and pelvic lymph node metastasis for 5-year progression-free survival. In stage IVB, at least six cycles of chemotherapy (n = 7) was associated with significantly better 2-year OS (83.3% vs. 9.1%, p < 0.001) and 2-year PFS (57.1% vs. 0%, p = 0.01) than fewer than six cycles of chemotherapy(n = 11).

Conclusion
Advanced FIGO stage, large tumor, older age and lymph node metastasis are independent prognostic factors for NETs of the cervix. The TP/TC and EP regimens were the most commonly used regimens, with similar efficacies and toxicities. Standardized and complete multimodality treatment may improve the survival of patients with NETs.
Evaluation of Factor Viii and Factor IX Activity among Primary School Children in Owerri, Imo State, Nigeria
Authors: Okoroiwu I. L. , Obeagu Emmanuel Ifeanyi , Egbuobi Lilian Nneka , Ibekwe Adaobi Maryann , Vincent C. C. N. , Unaeze Bright Chukwuebuka , Adike Calista Ndidi , Chijioke Udunma Olive , Okafor Chukwuma J. , Soremi Ayomide Olusiji , Chukwurah Ejike Felix , Ifionu Bart I. , Anyanwu Confidence Ogechi 
Published: July 2021

The values of factor VIII (FVIII) and factor IX (FIX) were evaluated among some primary school children in Owerri zone Imo State. The aim was to assess deficiency state or reduction in activity among these children. A total of two hundred and ten (210) venous blood samples were collected from primary school pupils whose parents consented to, and whose answers to the distributed questionnaires suggested symptoms of haemophilia. The samples were collected from pupils between the ages of five and thirteen years, and from different primary schools to represent different areas of Owerri (Works Layout Area, Nekede Area, Trans Egbu Area, and Akwukuma Area). Samples were preserved using trisodium citrate anticoagulant and transported to the haematology unit of the Federal Medical Centre Owerri within 3 hours for analysis which was done using Rayto semi auto coagulation analyzer RT 2204C with its normal ranges for factor VIII and IX activities as (50% - 200% and 70% - 200%) respectively. Out of the 210 samples collected, 16(7.6%) have <50% of factor VIII activity and 14(6.7%) have <70% of factor IX activity. Akwakuma area produced highest occurrence of factor VIII deficiency (14.8%, 8 pupils) while Works Layout and Trans Egbu Areas produced the least incidence (3.8%, 2 pupils) each. Factor IX deficiency was most prevalent at Trans Egbu Area 6(11.5%) and least at Works Layout 0(0.0%). Six children between the ages of 5 and 7 years had the highest incidence of FVIII deficiency (23.1%), while eight pupils between the ages of 11-13 years showed the highest incidence of FIX deficiency. Eight Females were found to have the highest incidence of both FVIII and FIX deficiencies (8.2% for both defects ), while the males presented a lower incidence of the same defects (7.1%, 8 pupils and 5.4%, 6 pupils respectively). The mean levels of FVIII and FIX in all the pupils evaluated are 78.61 and 89.98 respectively while the standard deviation of the results from the mean are 2.584 and 1.473 for factor VIII and IX respectively. These data show that haemophilia A and B exist in Owerri and considering the danger it portends to lives of the citizenry, Government should provide facilities in our hospitals to take care of the affected pupils to ensure a healthy society.
Antihyperglycemic Activity of Syzygium cumini (Jamun) in Diabetic Rats
Authors: Mulkalwar Sarita , Kulkarni Vishwanath , Deshpande Teja , Bhide Harshavardhan , Patel Abhi , Tilak A. V. 
Published: July 2021

Background: Recently with the changes in population lifestyle, prediabetes is constantly on the rise. Management of prediabetes currently is with lifestyle modifications like weight loss, exercise and diet control. Better drugs with acceptable safety profile are needed for better control of prediabetes. This study was thus designed to evaluate the antihyperglycaemic effect of one such potential compound Syzygium cumini (SC) (Jamun)in comparison to conventional antidiabetic drug Metformin.
Methods: Rats were divided into four study groups (SC 100mg/kg and 200 mg/kg, metformin 90 mg/kg and SC 200 mg/kg with metformin 90 mg/kg). The glycaemic changes were followed up for a period of 8 weeks.
Results: Streptozotocin (STZ) induced significant rise in blood glucose levels in the rats. SC100 mg/kg and 200 mg/kg caused a reduction in BSL (192.50 ± 6.189 & 175.00 ± 6.782 respectively). SC 200 mg/kg alone and in combination with metformin caused a significant reduction in HbA1C levels at the end of 8th week (8.84 ± 0.65 &6.86 ± 0.40 respectively) as compared to their baseline levels. Increase in dose had led to more significant reduction in BSL at the end of 8th week in groups A & B (p < 0.05). However, reduction of BSL was superior with Metforminalone (159.17 ± 13.060) compared to Syzygium cumini administered alone. Also antihyperglycemic effect of Syzygium cumini administered along with metformin was significant (p < 0.05) compared to either doses of Syzygium cumini given alone.
Conclusions: Syzygium cumini demonstratedantihyperglycemic activity in diabetic rats but less significant when compared to metformin. Antihyperglycaemic effect of Syzygium cumini with metformin was significantly better than either drugsgiven alone. In prediabetic or diabeticindividuals Syzygium cumini seed powdercan be suggested as a potential add-on therapy with conventional antidiabetic drugs. However more non-clinical and clinical studies need to be conducted to confirm the findings.