bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
The Beginning and the Narration of Ivan Slamnig’s Novel Bolja polovica hrabrosti
Authors: Ladányi István 
Published: July 2021

The study discusses Ivan Slamnig’s novel entitled Bolja polovica hrabrosti with focusing on the narrative features of the beginning of the novel. Using the results of the Croatian literary studies, the paper places the novel in the context of Croatian prose as the ﬁrst postmodern Croatian novel and an outstanding example of Beat literature in Croatia and Yugoslavia, which Aleksandar Flaker called jeans prose.The paper compares the narrative features and metapoetic meanings of the beginning of the novel with the narration of the whole novel and its closure. It establishes that the beginning of the novel gives a dominant role to eventuality, coincidence, and meaninglessness instead of causally motivated storytelling. The beginning of the novel does not make sense at the level of the story told in the whole novel, however, it is important at the metalevel of narration and in its possible readings.The main character of the novel called Flaks lands without a known aim aft er escaping from somewhere. At the end of the novel, he escapes again from the story prescribed for him. The “story within a story” structure has an important role in the novel. The novel thus has two narrators and two narrated stories. According to Genette’s classiﬁcation, the narrator of the whole novel (Flaks) is an extradiegetic-homodiegetic narrator of his own story. The other narrator (Aunt Matilda) is a character in Flaks’s story and ﬁctive author of the embedded story with its own heterodiegetic narrator. Flaks is an implied reader of Matilda’s short story. The two narratives are in a metadialogue wiTheach other. Flaks has no organized life and no organized story. Matilda’s life is well organized, and her written short story is well organized, too. Matilda tries to make sense to the random happenings of Flaks’s life in her own story. With the story she tells, she tries to bring both her own and Flaks’s life story to a meaningful end.The beginning of the novel is associated with the characteristics of the Yugoslavian version of Beat literature, the jeans prose: generational confrontation and the denial of conformism to the post-war Yugoslavian establishment. The protagonist’s drift ing without any plan, which is typical for the genre, is taken by Slamnig as a basis so that he can direct our attention to the activity of the implied author and to the fact that the events portrayed in the novel and also the implied author are constructed. This is reinforced by the “story within a story” structure. The novel shows that the beginning and the ending of the events in the narration is arbitrary, and the meaning of the story depends on the selection of the starting point and the end point.
Efficacy, safety and tolerability of bosentan as an adjuvant to sildenafil and sildenafil alone in persistant pulmonary hypertension of newborn (PPHN)
Authors: Vijay Kumar J.R. , Natraj Setty H.S. , Jayaranganath M. , Manjunath C.N. 
Published: July 2021

AbstractBackgroundPulmonary Arterial Hypertension (PAH) carries a poor prognosis in both adult and pediatric patients. It is a life-threatening condition in newborns. Current recommendations advocate the use of targeted monotherapy as a first-line approach for the treatment of Persistent Pulmonary Hypertension of the Newborn (PPHN). In case of an inadequate clinical response to treatment, an addition of a second or third agent is considered. PAH is usually managed with a phosphodiesterase 5 inhibitor or an endothelin receptor blocker. There are limited pediatric studies that address questions like which class of therapy should be initiated first or if a combination should be initiated together. With this background, the present study was initiated to compare the efficacy, safety, and tolerability of bosentan as an adjuvant to sildenafil and sildenafil alone in PPHN.ResultsA total of 40 patients were enrolled in the study. Out of them, 26 were males (65%) and 14 were females (35%). PPHN was most commonly seen in the 29 (72.5%) of participants with a history of first order birth. Mean duration of symptoms was 14.05 ± 2.06 days. The participants were randomized to two groups. Group A consisted of total 25 participants that received both bosentan and sildenafil and group B had 15 participants that received sildenafil alone. Both groups were comparable in terms of birth weight and present weight, consanguinity, and mode of delivery. Efficacy was determined by the reduction in mean baseline Pulmonary Artery Systolic Pressure (PASP). PASP in group A was 75.56 ± 10.62 mm Hg and in group B was 64.86 ± 12.25 mm Hg which was not statistically significant (P > 0.05). PASP on the third and seventh day in group A were 43.72 ± 8.63 and 24.47 ± 3.52 mm Hg compared to 42.28 ± 9.43 and 27.276 ± 8.38 respectively in group B which was statistically significant (P < 0.05).There were two deaths each in both groups. Two participants in Group A developed liver function abnormalities. None of the participants in Group B had adverse effects.ConclusionMost common clinical manifestations were nonspecific. Cardiovocal syndrome was common in PPHN. We conclude that oral sildenafil treatment is a safe, simple and effective treatment for persistent pulmonary hypertension in newborn. Combination of bosentan with sildenafil is more effective and safe in reducing pulmonary artery (PA) pressures in high-risk patients with PPHN.
Pulsation of catheter during coronary angiography: Is it a sign of severe aortic regurgitation?
Authors: Kahyaoglu Muzaffer , Gecmen Cetin , Candan Ozkan 
Published: July 2021

AbstractA 48-year-old male patient was admitted to our outpatient clinic with complaints of shortness of breath. He also had a holo-diastolic murmur at the right sternal border and an apical impulse being displaced laterally and inferiorly. Transthoracic echocardiography showed a severe aortic regurgitation without aortic valve stenosis and a mildly dilated left ventricle accompanied by an ejection fraction of 55%. The aortic regurgitation jet was eccentric and there were significant holodiastolic flow reversals in the descending thoracic aorta. Surgical management was advised for this patient because of symptomatic severe aortic regurgitation. Then, the patient underwent preoperative coronary angiography through the right femoral artery route. The left coronary ostium could be engaged with a 6 Fr Judkins left diagnostic catheter; however, the catheter jumped through the ascending aorta. Afterwards, the catheter was engaged and again jumped through the ascending aorta. Engagement and jumping cycles observed between successive systole to diastole. In our opinion, this catheter movement is explained by wide pulse pressure, like the severe characteristic physical findings of severe aortic regurgitation. Further studies are needed to understand whether this catheter movement is angiographically evidence of severe aortic regurgitation.
Player-avatar interactions in habitual and problematic gaming: A qualitative investigation
Authors: Green Raquel , Delfabbro Paul H. , King Daniel L. 
Published: July 2021

AbstractBackground and aimsPrevious studies have reported that stronger avatar identification and negative self-concept are associated with gaming disorder (GD). This study aimed to examine the value and significance of avatars based on firsthand accounts from regular and problematic gamers, and to identify any potential links between avatar-related experiences and excessive gaming.MethodsAn online survey of 993 adult gamers yielded 3,972 text responses. Qualitative analysis of 59,059 words extracted 10 categories of avatar-related perspectives.ResultsSome problem and non-problem gamers employed sentimental language (e.g., ‘dear friend’, ‘like a child’, ‘part of my soul’) to refer to their avatar. However, most participants perceived avatars as a means of achieving in-game goals and enabling greater interactivity (e.g., socializing). When asked to reflect on hypothetically losing their avatar, participants generally anticipated feeling temporary frustration or annoyance due to lost time and effort invested into the avatar. Although some participants reported that their avatar ‘mattered’, avatars were often considered as superficial (‘just pixels’) and peripheral to the primary reinforcement of achieving in-game rewards and objectives. Some broader psychological and identity issues such as gender dysphoria, rather than ‘addiction’, were cited as motivating persistent avatar-related interactions and attachment.Discussion and conclusionsParticipants reported diverse views on the psychological value and function of avatars, but the relationship between avatars and problematic gaming or GD was largely unclear or inconsistent, and refuted by some participants. Future research with clinical samples may lead to a better understanding of player-avatar processes, including whether avatar-stimuli facilitate the development of maladaptive gaming habits, particularly among psychologically vulnerable players. Future investigations should be mindful of ‘overpathologizing’ avatar-related phenomena and recognize their important role in socializing, storytelling, and creative expression among gamers.
Ophthalmic signs and complications of the COVID-19 infection
Authors: Nagy Z. Z. 
Published: July 2021

AbstractCoronavirus-19 infection caused a mysterious pandemic worldwide. Some people experienced flu-like symptoms, while others have died due to pulmonary complications. Besides droplet spread, other routes of infection started to be suspected, such as through eye contact. During the first phase of the pandemic, pulmonary symptoms were in focus, later other signs and symptoms were also published. Eyelid, anterior and posterior segment symptoms, neuro-ophthalmic complications, and orbital problems related to COVID-19 infections are discussed in this article. It is important to detect the serious signs and symptoms to prevent late, sight threatening complications of COVID-19 infection.
Juan Bautista Casabona, un indiano en la Zaragoza de la Ilustración: estudio de su casa-palacio (1768-1769), obra del arquitecto Agustín Sanz
Authors: Martínez Molina Javier 
Published: July 2021

Este artículo se ocupa de la casa-palacio de Juan Bautista Casabona en Zaragoza (1768-1769), un indiano enriquecido que regresó a su ciudad natal tras muchos años en América trabajando al servicio de José Antonio Manso de Velasco, virrey del Perú. El edificio fue diseñado y construido en la época de la Ilustración por el importante arquitecto aragonés Agustín Sanz Alós, siendo una de las obras más destacadas de su etapa de afianzamiento profesional, que se desarrolló entre 1762 y 1775. En este escrito, se estudian aspectos tales como: los antecedentes del inmueble, su proceso de encargo, diseño y construcción, o su devenir posterior. También se describe y analiza el edificio desde un punto de vista artístico. La biografía de Juan Bautista Casabona se estudia de manera breve al principio del artículo.PALABRAS CLAVEArquitectura, Ilustración, Barroco Clasicista, Zaragoza, casa-palacio, Juan Bautista Casabona, Agustín Sanz, indiano, Virreinato del Perú, José Antonio Manso de Velasco. This paper is about the Palace-house of Juan Bautista Casabona in Zaragoza (1768-1769), a prosperous Spanish-American who came back to his native city after having spent many years in America working at the service of José Antonio Manso de Velasco, Vice-King of Peru. The building was designed and constructed in the Age of Enlightenment by the well-known Aragonese architect Agustín Sanz de Alós and it is one of the most prominent works of his professional consolidation period, which has developed between 1762 and 1775. The paper addresses aspects such as the history of the building, its ordering, design, and construction processes, or its later evolution. The building is also described and analysed from an artistic viewpoint. The biography of Juan Bautista Casabona is briefly studied at the beginning of the paper.KEY WORDSArchitecture, Enlightenment, Classical Baroque, Zaragoza, Palace-house, Juan Bautista Casabona, Agustín Sanz, Spanish-American, Vice-Kingdom of Peru, José Antonio Manso de Velasco
Reconstrucción del canon poético en el ensayo de Feijoo
Authors: Olay Valdés Rodrigo 
Published: July 2021

Aunque ha pasado desapercibido, lo cierto es que la obra ensayística de Feijoo acoge en su seno un tratado de poética que, si bien fragmentado e incompleto, está todavía por sistematizar y merece atención. Punto de especial relevancia dentro de la poética feijoniana es el catálogo de poetas que cita, y que puede decirnos tanto de sus preferencias poéticas como sus propias aseveraciones sobre retórica y poética. En este trabajo, sometemos a un procedimiento bibliométrico la obra en prosa de Feijoo con vistas a esclarecer cuáles son los poetas que más cita y que implicaciones cabe extraer de ello.PALABRAS CLAVEFeijoo, Poética, Canon. Feijoo´s writings include in their own a treatise of poetics that has been unknown and disregarded. In spite of this fact, Feijoo´s ideas about poetry deserve more attention than criticism has given to them. Particularly, it is very interesting to know who are the poets that Feijoo uses to quote in order to recompose his preferences about poetics. Even more, to methodize the quotations that Feijoo does referred to his favourite writers can offer to us a complete catalogue of his poetic convictions. In this paper we use bibliometric strategies with the purpose of clearing up wthat authors Feijoo mentions the most and what does it mean about his aesthetic position.KEY WORDSFeijoo, Poetics, Canon.
El correo en Asturias durante la invasión francesa (1808-1813)
Authors: Pérez Torres Orlando 
Published: July 2021

Este artículo se ocupa de las marcas postales utilizadas por los correos español y francés desde el inicio de las hostilidades en Asturias, en el año 1809, hasta el abandono definitivo del Principado por el ejército francés en 1812. El autor describe las marcas de campo de los ejércitos franceses, así como los cuños españoles utilizados durante la ocupación francesa.PALABRAS CLAVEMarcas postales, correo, Guerra de Independencia, Asturias, ejército. This article deals with the postmarks used by both the Spanish and French posts, since the beginning of the hostilities in Asturias in 1809 until final abandonment of the Principality by the French army in 1812. The author describes the field markings of the French armies as well as the Spanish postmarks used during the French occupationKEY WORDSPostmarks, posts, Independence War, Asturias, Army.
Resortes y objetivos de la risa en una novela satírica sevillana anti-ilustrada de 1776: «El Siglo ilustrado. Vida de Don Guindo Cerezo»
Authors: Dubuis Michel 
Published: July 2021

Se analizan las escenas de El Siglo ilustrado, panfleto anti ilustrado, en que el protagonista, D. Guindo Cerezo, es objeto de la risa de los demás personajes o ha de provocarla del lector; lo cómico llega a lo grotesco. La risa del mismo Guindo, arma de exclusión social, se vuelve contra él.PALABRAS CLAVEDon Guindo Cerezo, sátira, Ilustración, risa, sociabilidad. El Siglo ilustrado est un pamphlet contre les Lumières. On analyse les scènes où le protagoniste, D. Guindo Cerezo, est visé par le rire d’autres personnages, ou doit provoquer celui du lecteur; le comique y atteint le grotesque. Le rire de Guindo lui-même, arme d’exclusion sociale, se retourne contre lui.MOTS-CLÉSDon Guindo Cerezo, satire, Lumières, rire, sociabilité
A importância de ser simpático. Duas releituras de Benito Feijoo no século XX: Pascoaes e Brocos
Authors: Malato Borralho María Luisa 
Published: July 2021

Talvez por ser por demais evidente, a receção de Frei Benito Feijoo em Portugal encontra-se ainda hoje poco estudada. Sairia en Coimbra uma tradução do seu Teatro Crítico, em 1746, no mesmo ano em que era publicado, anonimamente, O Verdadeiro Método de Estudar, de Luís António Verney, autor por vezes rotulado de «Feijoo portugûes». O própio Feijoo testemunharia, na Dedicatoria de um dos volumes das Cartas Eruditas, o grande êxito que sempre tiveram os seus escritos em Portugal. Mas se é evidente a influência do pensamento de Feijoo no iluminismo português, ela torna-se impercetível nos autores do século XIX e XX, até porque estes são invariavelmente estudados fora do contexto periodológico do Antigo Regime e da Idade Contemporânea. Este artigo procura contrariar tal visão, relançando a atualidade do P.e Benito Jerónimo Feijoo, ao cruzar a sua obra com a de dois autores da Literatura do século XX: Teixeira de Pascoaes (português) e Modesto Brocos (pintor brasileiro e galego), nomeadamente através de alguns conceitos dicotómicos que nortearam a obra de Feijoo: os de simpatia e antipatia, energia e imobilidade dos corpos, «paisanismo» e humanismo.PALAVRAS-CHAVEFeijoo, Pascoaes, Modesto Brocas, simpatia, energia, «paisanismo». Tal vez por resultar evidente, la recepción de Fray Jerónimo Benito Feijoo en Portugal ha sido poco estudiada. Existe una traducción del Teatro Crítico hecha en Coimbra en 1746, el mismo año en que se publicaba, anónimamente, O Verdadeiro Método de Estudar de Luís Antònio Verney, autor al que, en ocasiones, se ha denominado el «Feijoo portugués». El propio Feijoo manifestaría, en la dedicatoria de uno de los volúmenes de las Cartas Eruditas, el gran éxito que siempre había tenido su obra en Portugal. Pero, si la influencia del pensamiento de Feijoo resulta evidente en el iluminismo portugués, esta resulta imperceptible en los autores de los siglos XIX y XX, sobre todo porque generalmente son estudiados fuera del contexto histórico del Antiguo Régimen y la época contemporánea. Este artículo trata de contradecir tal visión, impulsando la actualidad de Feijoo y relacionando su obra con la de dos autores centrales de la literatura del siglo XX: Teixeira de Pascoaes (portugés) y Modesto Brocos (pintor brasileño y gallego); a través de algunos conceptos dicotómicos que orientaron el trabajo de Feijoo: los conceptos de simpatía y antipatía, energía e inmobilidad de los cuerpos, «paisanismo» y humanismoPALABRAS CLAVEFeijoo, Pascoaes, Modesto Brocas, simpatia, energia, «paisanismo».
Resistance of generative organs of sweet cherry to spring frosts after artificial freezing
Authors: Ozherelieva Z. E. , Gulyaeva A. A. 
Published: July 2021

Aim.The purpose of this research was to study the sustainability of Institute bred sweet cherry cultivars to spring frosts during flowering by the method of artificial freezing and to identify resistant cultivars.Material and Methods. Seven Institute bred sweet cherry cultivars were studied: 'Adelina', "Malysh", "Orlovskaya Rozovaya", "Orlovskaya Feya", "Podarok Orlu", "Siyana" and "Trosnyanskaya". Spring frosts were simulated in an "Espec" PSL-2KPH climate chamber in early May at -1°, -2°, -3° and -4°C. At each temperature regime, 100 pcs of flowers and buds of each cultivar were taken in 3-fold repetition. Temperature was lowered at the rate of 1°C per hour. The duration of exposure to negative temperatures was 3 hours.Results.Damage to the stamens and pistils was assessed by the darkening of the tissues. In buds and blooming flowers after frosts, the pistils were first damaged but the stamens were not. Resistance to spring frosts decreased with the phenological development of the cherry's generative organs. The beginning of damage to the flowers as a result of the artificial freezing was noted at a temperature of -1°C. At the same time, the high stability of cherry buds was noted. Modeling frosts of -2°...-4°C increased the number of dead flowers and buds. The resistance of sweet cherries to spring frosts was found to depend on the genotype and stage of development of reproductive organs. A different sum of active temperatures for the beginning of flowering and ovary formation was noted, indicating the onset of phenological phases in which generative organs are susceptible to spring frosts.Conclusion.The experiment made it possible to distinguish a medium-resistant cultivar "Malysh" which was resistant to spring frosts. Weakly stable genotypes were "Orlovskaya Rozovaya", "Orlovskaya Feya", "Trosnyanskaya" and "Siyana". Unstable cultivars were "Adelina", and "Podarok Orlu". During the formation of the ovary, the greatest potential for resistance to spring frosts was shown by "Podarok Orlu".
Ocena kompatybilności rop naftowych metodą pompową i filtracyjną
Authors:   Instytut Nafty i Gazu – Państwowy Instytut Badawczy, Szuflita Sławomir , Krasodomski Wojciech ,   Instytut Nafty i Gazu – Państwowy Instytut Badawczy, Kuśnierczyk Jerzy ,   Instytut Nafty i Gazu – Państwowy Instytut Badawczy, Wojnicki Mirosław ,   Instytut Nafty i Gazu – Państwowy Instytut Badawczy, Warnecki Marcin ,   Instytut Nafty i Gazu - Państwowy Instytut Badawczy
Published: July 2021

According to the National Bank of Poland, by the end of 2019, oil imports to Poland amounted to 26.3 million tonnes of crude oil, where the main volume came from Russia. The need to ensure greater energy security enforces the diversification of crude oil supplies, thus the largest domestic refineries are increasing the share of supplies from different sources each year. This entails the need for continuous information on the profitability of processing new types of crude oil and potential problems resulting in increased cost. Quality control of the crude oil offered on the market helps minimize the risk of purchasing incompatible oil types by ensuring that the proposed shipment meets the relevant quality requirements. Of particular importance is the fact that such tests should be performed prior to the decision to purchase a particular crude oil and introduce it to the refinery’s installation. It often happens, however, that detailed tests are performed only after the purchase. It is important to note that testing the physicochemical properties and determining the yield of individual fractions alone is not sufficient. Precipitation of sediments in the logistic chain of crude oil is a significant problem both in pipeline installations, storage depots, and refinery installations, where crude oil containing dispersed sediments is processed. In the previous stage of work, an effective filtration method was developed to determine the compatibility of crude oils and their mixtures. Now, attention was focused on developing a new method that allowed for a faster compatibility measurement capability along with reusing samples for another measurement. The developed new method of pump compatibility testing was tested for two crude oils from different supply directions. The measurements were performed for crude oils and their mixtures at 150°C under 25 bar pressure. Compatibility of crude oils with the filtration method was used for comparison, where based on the mass of sediment separated on special filters, the allowable concentrations where hydrocarbon mixtures were compatible were determined.