bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Pola Sebaran Siput Sumpil (Planaxis sulcatus) di Perairan Pulau Nyamuk, Desa Mensanak Kabupaten Lingga
Authors: Azhari Sarah , Lestari Febrianti , Susiana Susiana 
Published: December 2021

Siput Planaxis sulcatus merupakan spesies gastropoda yang umumnya ditemukan di daerah pasang surut (intertidal) dan perairan pantai berbatu. Spesies ini termasuk hewan herbivora yang memakan mikroalga yang tumbuh di substrat tempat hidupnya. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui tingkat kepadatan dan pola sebaran siput Planaxis sulcatus. Penentuan titik sampling menggunakan metode random sampling yang terdiri dari 30 titik. Pengambilan data siput Planaxis sulcatus menggunakan transek kuadran 1x1 m. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan nilai rata-rata kepadatan siput Planaxis sulcatus sebesar 147,37 ind/m2 dengan pola sebaran secara umum yaitu mengelompok.
Quality of Life and Health State Utilities in Bladder Cancer
Authors: Smith Angela B. , McCabe Sean , Deal Allison M. , Guo Amy , Gessner Kathryn H. , Lipman Robert , Chisolm Stephanie , Ahlschlager Lauren , Gore John L. 
Published: December 2021

BACKGROUND: Bladder cancer treatments may variably impact health-related quality of life (QOL). OBJECTIVE: To characterize the quality of life of patients with bladder cancer at various time points across the continuum of bladder cancer care from non-muscle-invasive disease to metastatic bladder cancer and develop utility scores to inform cost-effective analyses. METHODS: We performed a cross-sectional survey of bladder cancer patients in the Bladder Cancer Advocacy Network Patient Survey Network. Participants were classified into mutually exclusive health states based upon non-muscle invasive (NMIBC), muscle-invasive (MIBC), or metastatic bladder cancer and completed surveys of generic cancer and bladder cancer-specific quality of life, financial toxicity, and work impairment. We constructed generalized linear mixed models to identify patient, clinical, and treatment factors associated with quality of life over time and derived health state utilities. RESULTS: Among 911 self-identified patients with bladder cancer, overall QOL scores and function domains were worse among those with advanced cancer. Financial toxicity was similar among non-metastatic disease states. Work and activity impairment increased with advancing disease (13%and 12%among non-recurrent NMIBC to 63%and 31%for metastatic disease respectively; p < 0.01). On multivariable analysis, bowel-related QOL was diminished among patients with MIBC, with urinary symptoms and physical function most diminished among patients with metastatic disease. Patients with metastatic and MIBC experienced worse emotional functioning ( p = 0.04; p = 0.048). Health state utilities were calculated, highest among those with non-recurrent NMIBC and lowest among those with metastatic disease. CONCLUSION: Generic and bladder cancer-specific QOL diminishes with advancing disease. Health state utility estimates derived from this study can inform shared decision making with patients and may be used to inform future cost-effective analyses.
Active advanced arousal system to alert and avoid the crepuscular animal based vehicle collision
Authors: Munian Yuvaraj , Martinez-Molina M.E. Antonio , Alamaniotis Miltiadis 
Published: December 2021

Animal Vehicle Collision (AVC) is relatively an evolving source of fatality resulting in the deficit of wildlife conservancy along with carnage. It’s a globally distressing and disturbing experience that causes monetary damage, injury, and human-animal mortality. Roadkill has always been atop the research domain and serendipitously provided heterogeneous solutions for collision mitigation and prevention. Despite the abundant solution availability, this research throws a new spotlight on wildlife-vehicle collision mitigation using highly efficient artificial intelligence during nighttime hours. This study focuses mainly on arousal mechanisms of the “Histogram of Oriented Gradients (HOG)” intelligent system with extracted thermography image features, which are then processed by a trained, convolutional neural network (1D-CNN). The above computer vision – deep learning-based alert system has an accuracy between 94%, and 96% on the arousal mechanisms with the empowered real-time data set utilization.
Could black anti-hail net have an extra role as an amelioration agent against heat stress in kiwifruit?
Authors: Roussos Peter A. , Tsafouros Athanassios , Ntanos Efstathios , Denaxa Nikoleta-Kleio , Kosta Anna , Bouchagier Pavlos 
Published: December 2021

BACKGROUND: Kiwifruit plants are extremely sensitive to hail storms. Black anti-hail nets are the most frequently used in kiwifruit culture, to protect both the plant and current as well as future production. OBJECTIVE: The present trial aimed to assess if the black hail net could also serve as an amelioration agent against high temperature and irradiance during the summer months. METHODS: The photosynthetic capacity, the yield, and fruit quality (carbohydrates, organic acids, phenolic compounds, and antioxidant capacity) of “Hayward” kiwifruit cultivar, both at harvest and after three months of storage were evaluated. RESULTS: Photosynthetic capacity under the net was slightly higher compared to control, while leaf temperature was always lower during the summer and autumn. The yield was significantly enhanced under the net, while the fruits exhibited higher titratable acidity, organic acids, and ascorbic acid concentration. After the storage, fruits produced from vines grown under net still had higher organic acid content, as well as total soluble solids but lower antioxidant capacity compared to control. CONCLUSIONS: Net installation above kiwifruit canopy seems to alleviate the effects of high temperature and heat load on kiwifruit vines, under saturating light intensity, inducing higher yields with good fruit quality.
A new approach to vague soft toplogical structures concerning soft points
Authors: Mehmood Arif , Al Ghour Samer , Abdullah Saleem , Park Choonkil , Rye Lee Jung 
Published: December 2021

This paper concerns the study of the notion of vague soft β-open set and vague soft separation axioms in vague soft topological spaces. By using such notions and that of the vague soft pints, we study the separation axioms βi (with i = 0, 1, 2, 3, 4) in vague soft topological spaces. We give some peculiar examples about them and we prove some relationships between them. The relationship of βi (with i = , 1, 2, 3, 4) spaces with the closer of vague soft β-open set by means of soft points, vague soft countable spaces and their relationship with βi (with i = , 1, 2) spaces by means of soft points are addressed. In continuation, vague soft topological, vague soft inverse topological spaces properties, Bolzano Weirstrass Property(BVP) and its topological characteristics, compact spaces and sequentially compact spaces and their relationship with separation axioms by means soft points are addressed in vague soft topological spaces.
Zinc Serum Maternal Levels as a Risk Factor for Preeclampsia
Authors: Martadiansyah Abarham , Peby Maulina  , Putri Mirani  , Tia Kaprianti  , Theodorus  
Published: December 2021

Background. Preeclampsia is defined as gestational hypertension and proteinuria which can be measured by the elevation of liver transaminases to twice normal concentration, and the symptoms of increased intracranial pressure such as dizziness, blurred vision, and seizures. Zinc is an essential mineral for many biological functions and one of the trace elements that is directly involved in the oxidative/antioxidant balance, a pathogenesis process in preeclampsia that is highly dependent on dietary habits and supplements. This study was aimed to assess the association between serum zinc level with preeclampsia (PE).
Methods: This observational, case-control study was performed on 90 women with singleton pregnancies at 28 to 42 weeks of gestation which were referred to the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Dr. Mohammad Hoesin General Hospital, Palembang, between August 2020 to November 2020. 30 pregnant women with PE were selected as cases and 60 healthy pregnant women were selected as controls. Maternal serum zinc samples were collected. The collected data were entered into the master table. Tabulation, coding, and statistical data analysis were performed using SPSS version 20.0 for Windows.
Results: The mean serum zinc levels in the case group and control group were 43,90 ± 15,79 µg/dL (ranged from 15 to 86 µg/dL) and 48,77 ± 10,54 µg/dL (ranged from 22 to 83 µg/dL), respectively. A value of serum zinc levels with the best sensitivity and specificity was 45,5 µg/dL.
Conclusion: There was a significant association between maternal serum zinc level with PE. The risk of PE was 3,2 times higher in pregnant women with serum zinc levels of ≤45,5 mcg/dL compared to pregnant women with serum zinc levels of >45,5 mcg/dL. In this case it is necessary to supplement zinc earlier in pregnancy to reduce the risk of preeclampsia.
Clinical Efficacy of the Use of Honey as Wound Treatment in Surgical Site Infection due to Hysterectomy Patient with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus
Authors: Hartati  , Mufida Muzakkie  , Yusuf Effendi  , Ferry Yusrizal  , Ramzi Amin  , Cindy Kesty  , Vicela Patricia Virgyna  
Published: December 2021

Introduction: Honey is believed to be used in the topical treatment of wounds and burns due to its anti-bacterial and wound healing promotion activities. The sugar content in honey is high enough to inhibit microbial growth. This case report reports the clinical efficacy of using honey as a postoperative hysterectomy wound dressing with type 2 diabetes mellitus complications.
Case Presentation: A woman, 40 years old, lived in Palembang, housewife, came with complaints of open surgical scars and smelling pus. The patient is a postoperative patient with cesarean section with indications of a prolonged latent phase and macrosomia. The patient also had a history of uncontrolled diabetes mellitus since 8 years ago. Intraoperatively, a wound dehiscence is obtained in the lower uterine segment and adhesions between the anterior uterine body and the omentum and transverse colon. The patient finally underwent a supracervical hysterectomy and the surgical secretions were examined for bacterial culture and antibiotic resistance. During wound care, the patient's surgical wound was treated using honey dressings. Patient experienced improvement after treatment for 12 days post-operation.
Conclusion: Honey has antibacterial and tissue regeneration ability which is high enough to heal surgical wounds. Further studies are needed for the application of honey to postoperative wounds more widely
The Relationship between Plasma Hypocretin Levels and Sleep Disorders in Patients with Parkinson's Disease
Authors: Afdal Ahmad , Syarif Indra  , Hendra Permana  
Published: December 2021

Introduction: There are many areas of brain degeneration in people with Parkinson's disease. The dopaminergic degeneration process in the midbrain causes early symptoms of sleep disturbances. Hypocretin produced by the hypothalamus is involved in the pathophysiology of Parkinson's disease. Some research results regarding the relationship between plasma hypocretin levels and sleep disorders in patients with Parkinson's disease are still controversial.
Method: This research is a cross sectional study in Neurology Polyclinic Dr. M. Djamil Padang and Network Hospital. All research subjects measured hypocretin levels and sleep disorders using the Epworth Sleepiness Scale. Statistical analysis was performed on a computerized basis using IBM SPSS statistics version 23.0 for windows.
Result: A total of 60 patients with Parkinson's disease were included in this study, 30 subjects experienced sleep disorders and 30 others had no sleep disorders. There was a significant difference in lower plasma hypocretin levels in the Parkinson's group with sleep disorders, namely 81.817 ± 22.770 and in the group without sleep disorders, plasma hypocretin levels were found to be 255.416 ± 226.590 (p = 0.000). There was no statistical difference in clinical degree, age, duration of illness between the Parkinson's group with sleep disorders and the group without sleep disorders p > 0.05.
Conclusion: There is a significant difference in hypocretin levels against the sleep disorder group in people with Parkinson's disease. In this study, there was no association between age, clinical degree of Parkinson's disease, and duration of Parkinson's disease and sleep disturbances. Degeneration in the olfactory bulb area, hypothalamus, and brainstem can precede dopaminergic degeneration in the midbrain and cause sleep disturbance symptoms.
Do We Go Back to Where We Came From? Mullā Ṣadrā's Philosophical Exegesis on the Paradise of Adam and the Promised Paradise of the Afterlife
Authors: Rastin Toroghi Amir , Hosseini Shahrudi Seyyed Mortaza , Pooyanejad Shima 
Published: December 2021

The cosmological location and identity of the Paradise in which Adam and Eve dwelled and from which, we are told in Q. 7:22 and 24, they were sent down to earth after giving in to Satan’s temptation and approaching the forbidden tree, has long been a controversial issue among exegetes and theologians. Ṣadr al-Dīn Muḥammad b. Ibrāhīm b. Yaḥyā Qawāmī Shīrāzī Mullā Ṣadrā (d. 1050/1640), a flag-bearer for the philosophical and mystical exegesis of the Qur’an, is one of those who has engaged with this question. The subject is important because it is closely connected with several important anthropological Qur’anic topics: the philosophy of the creation of humankind and their earthly abode; the states of human existence before earthly life on this world, and in the descending journey to it; as well as the connections between these states and those following death and in the ascending journey. An analysis of Ṣadrā’s approach to the issue of Adam’s Paradise has implications for both our appreciation of his philosophical understanding of the Qur’an and his methodology, as well as a clearer understanding of his contribution to Islamic philosophical thought.Mullā Ṣadrā took the view that the location of one Paradise on the descending arc of the circle of being, and a second on the ascending arc of this circle, indicate the stages of human existence before and after this world. He believed that these two Paradises suggest the same reality, though from two different aspects; the first shows the inward and indistinct aspect of the human soul while the second represents its outward and distinct side.
Swimming Phase-Based Performance Evaluation Using a Single IMU in Main Swimming Techniques
Authors: Hamidi Rad Mahdi , Aminian Kamiar , Gremeaux Vincent , Massé Fabien , Dadashi Farzin 
Published: December 2021

Comprehensive monitoring of performance is essential for swimmers and swimming coaches to optimize the training. Regardless of the swimming technique, the swimmer passes various swimming phases from wall to wall, including a dive into the water or wall push-off, then glide and strokes preparation and finally, swimming up to the turn. The coach focuses on improving the performance of the swimmer in each of these phases. The purpose of this study was to assess the potential of using a sacrum-worn inertial measurement unit (IMU) for performance evaluation in each swimming phase (wall push-off, glide, stroke preparation and swimming) of elite swimmers in four main swimming techniques (i.e. front crawl, breaststroke, butterfly and backstroke). Nineteen swimmers were asked to wear a sacrum IMU and swim four one-way 25 m trials in each technique, attached to a tethered speedometer and filmed by cameras in the whole lap as reference systems. Based on the literature, several goal metrics were extracted from the instantaneous velocity (e.g. average velocity per stroke cycle) and displacement (e.g. time to reach 15 m from the wall) data from a tethered speedometer for the swimming phases, each one representing the goodness of swimmer’s performance. Following a novel approach, that starts from swimming bout detection and continues until detecting the swimming phases, the IMU kinematic variables in each swimming phase were extracted. The highly associated variables with the corresponding goal metrics were detected by LASSO (least absolute shrinkage and selection operator) variable selection and used for estimating the goal metrics with a linear regression model. The selected kinematic variables were relevant to the motion characteristics of each phase (e.g. selection of propulsion-related variables in wall push-off phase), providing more interpretability to the model. The estimation reached a determination coefficient (R2) value more than 0.75 and a relative RMSE less than 10% for most goal metrics in all swimming techniques. The results show that a single sacrum IMU can provide a wide range of performance-related swimming kinematic variables, useful for performance evaluation in four main swimming techniques.
Analysis of Salivary Microbiome and Its Association With Periodontitis in Patients With Obstructive Sleep Apnea
Authors: Chen Yanlong , Chen Xuehui , Huang Xin , Duan Ying , Gao He , Gao Xuemei 
Published: December 2021

ObjectivesThis study aimed to analyze the periodontal conditions of patients with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) in relation to the salivary microbiome.Materials and MethodsIn total, 54 male adults (27 with OSA, 27 controls) completed this cross-sectional study. All participants were monitored by overnight polysomnography (PSG) and underwent full-mouth periodontal examination. Saliva samples were then collected, and the microbial 16S ribosomal RNA gene was sequenced. The data were analyzed to determine the microbial distribution and the community structure of the two groups.ResultsDemonstrated by alpha and beta diversity, the OSA group had a lower microbial richness and a lower observed species than the controls. There was no significant difference in the microbial species diversity or evenness between the OSA and the non-OSA groups. The OSA group had fewer operational taxonomic units (OTUs), and the distribution of microbiome showed that several gram-positive bacteria had higher abundance in the OSA group. As for periodontal pathogens, the relative abundance of Prevotella was significantly increased in the OSA group. No significant difference was observed in the relative abundance of other pathogens at either the genus or species level.ConclusionsThe salivary microbial community structure was altered in patients with OSA in terms of species richness and trans-habitat diversity, along with an increase in Prevotella, a specific periodontal pathogen. These findings might explain the high prevalence of periodontitis in OSA patients.
Characteristics of Aerosol Size Distributions and New Particle Formation Events at Delhi: An Urban Location in the Indo-Gangetic Plains
Authors: Jose Sandhya , Mishra Amit Kumar , Lodhi Neelesh K. , Sharma Sudhir Kumar , Singh Sachchidanand 
Published: December 2021

Accurate information about aerosol particle size distribution and its variation under different meteorological conditions are essential for reducing uncertainties related to aerosol-cloud-climate interaction processes. New particle formation (NPF) and the coagulation significantly affect the aerosol size distribution. Here we study the monthly and seasonal variability of aerosol particle size distribution at Delhi from December 2011 to January 2013. Analysis of aerosol particle size distribution using WRAS-GRIMM reveals that aerosol particle number concentration is highest during the post monsoon season owing to the effect of transported crop residue and biomass burning aerosols. Diurnal variations in number concentration show a bimodal pattern with two Aitken mode peaks in all the seasons. Monthly volume size distribution also shows bi-modal distribution with distinct coarse and fine modes. NPF events are observed less frequently in Delhi. Out of 222 days of WRAS data, only 17 NPF events have been observed, with higher NPF frequency during summer season. Growth rate of the nucleation mode of NPF events vary in the range 1.88–21.66 nm/h with a mean value of ∼8.45 ± 5.73 nm/h. It is found that during NPF events the Aitken and nucleation mode particles contribute more to the number concentration. Simultaneous measurement of UV flux and particulate matter (PM10and PM2.5) have also been done along with particle number size distribution measurement to understand the possible mechanisms for NPF events over the study location.
Establishing a Luminescence-Based Chronostratigraphy for the Last Glacial-Interglacial Cycle of the Loess-Palaeosol Sequence Achajur (Armenia)
Authors: Lomax Johanna , Wolf Daniel , Wolpert Urs Tilmann , Sahakyan Lilit , Hovakimyan Hayk , Faust Dominik , Fuchs Markus 
Published: December 2021

The loess-palaeosol section Achajur is part of the Sevkar loess area in north-eastern Armenia and comprises three prominent pedocomplexes with intercalated loess units, probably spanning at least three glacial-interglacial cycles. With its central position between the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea, the Sevkar loess area serves as important bridge between loess sections in southeastern Europe and Central Asia. Establishing a numerical chronology of the Achajur loess section enables correlation with other loess-palaeosol sections and a palaeoenvironmental reconstruction of the region. In this paper, we focus on the chronology of the last glacial-interglacial cycle using luminescence dating on fine grain (4–11 µm) material. We compare two post-IR-IRSL protocols on polymineral fine grain using different stimulation temperatures, in order to evaluate the influence of fading and potential unbleachable residuals on our samples. For a backup of the younger ages (&lt;50 ka), we also applied a single aliquot protocol on the quartz fine grain fraction. The results indicate that the upper loess unit was deposited during MIS3 and 4, while MIS2 ages are not present. The underlying pedocomplex and loess unit fall into MIS5 and MIS6, respectively. This confirms that the loess was deposited during dry phases and pedocomplexes formed during wetter phases, as is also shown by comparison with other palaeoenvironmental proxies from the area.
Fast High-Resolution S-PTHA Along the Western Mediterranean Sea Coastlines. Application to the Bay of Cannes
Authors: Souty Viviane , Gailler Audrey 
Published: December 2021

Probabilistic Tsunami Hazard Assessment (PTHA) is a fundamental framework for producing time-independent forecasts of tsunami hazards at the coast, taking into account local to distant tsunamigenic earthquake sources. If high resolution bathymetry and topography data at the shoreline are available, local tsunami inundation models can be computed to identify the highest risk areas and derive evidence-based evacuation plans to improve community safety. We propose a fast high-resolution Seismic-PTHA approach to estimate the tsunami hazard at a coastal level using the Bay of Cannes as test site. The S-PTHA process is firstly fastened by performing seismic and tsunami hazards separately to allow for quick updates, either from seismic rates by adding new earthquakes, or from tsunami hazard by adding new scenarios of tsunamis. Furthermore, significant tsunamis are selected on the basis of the extrapolation of a tsunami amplitude collected offshore from low-resolution simulations to an a priori amplitude nearshore using Green’s law. This allows a saving in computation time on high-resolution simulations of almost 85%. The S-PTHA performed in the Bay of Cannes exhibits maximum expected tsunami waves that do not exceed 1 m in a 2500-year period, except in some particular places such as the Old Port of Cannes. However, the probability to experience wave heights of 30 cm in this same period exceeds 50% along the main beach of Cannes and these results need to be considered in risk mitigation plans given the high touristic attraction of the area, especially in summer times.