bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Characterization and Hygroscopic Behavior of Mentha crispa Powder Obtained by Foam-Mat Drying
Authors: Leite Ana Carolina Nóbrega , Cavalcante Josilene de Assis , Costa Nagel Alves , Pinheiro Williane Silva , Silva Paloma Benedita da 
Published: October 2024

Objective: Characterize and determine the hygroscopic behavior of Mentha crispa powder by obtaining adsorption isotherms and fitting nonlinear regression mathematical models.

Theoretical Framework: Mentha crispa is an economically important species in the industry that, due to its perishability, is subjected to drying to increase its shelf life. Hygroscopicity is linked to physical, chemical and microbiological stability and it is necessary to understand its behavior to enable the use of biological products in regions with different climatic characteristics.

Method: The powder was characterized according to water content, yield, water solubility index, pH, soluble solids, particle size and color. The adsorption isotherms were obtained by the indirect static method at a temperature of 25 °C. The BET, linear BET, Chung and Pfost, GAB, Halsey, Henderson, Langmuir, Oswin and modified Peleg models were adjusted to the experimental data.

Results and Discussion: The results obtained revealed that the increase in drying temperature caused a darkening and degradation of the green hue of the powder. The powder isotherms presented type III behavior, with a sigmoidal shape common to food products. The Oswin and Henderson models are the ones that best represent the adsorption isotherms of Mentha crispa powders under the conditions studied.

Research Implications: The research contributes to the literature with practical information on the hygroscopic behavior of the material.

Originality/Value: Highlights the importance of adjusting nonlinear regression models to the adsorption isotherms of biological products. The models help to predict the behavior of a material during storage, informing the water content under a given environmental condition.
ANALISIS FINANSIAL USAHATANI TANAMAN TARUM (Indigofera tinctoria)
Authors: Linda Linda mahdalina 
Published: October 2024

The Indigo plants have the potential as fodder for Pasundan cattle and can also be cultivated on dry land, as a land use and maintain soil erosion and stability to improve soil quality. This research was conducted in Bantarkalong District on land owned by Mr. Ijaj. This method uses a case study using primary data, namely interviews with respondents to get related data to support research. The amount of Tarum farming costs is IDR. 13,596,000/ha/season, with details consisting of fixed costs of IDR. 2,523,500/ha/season and the amount of variable costs is IDR. 11,072,500/ha/ planting season. While the amount of revenue is IDR. 44.000,000, so that when juxtaposed with the amount of costs, tarum crop farming earns an income of IDR. 30,076,000/ha/season. And obtained an R / C value of 3.2 The R / C value of the tarum plant cultivation business is more than one, so the tarum plant cultivation business carried out by the respondent farmers can be said to be feasible to be cultivated. This means that every IDR. 1 cost incurred by the respondent will generate revenue of IDR. 3,2 and get a profit of IDR. 2.2 This value is quite large and shows that this farm is feasible to run.

Kata kunci : Farm viability, case study, tarum plant
UJI APLIKASI PUPUK PATEN TERHADAP PERTUMBUHAN BIBIT KARET (Hevea brasiliensis Muell.Arg)
Authors: Iin Arsensi  , Purwati  
Published: October 2024

ABSTRAK
Permasalahan yang sering muncul dalam pembibitan tanaman karet terletak pada aspek pemupukan. Pemilihan jenis pupuk yang tepat, dosis yang sesuai, dan jadwal aplikasi yang benar menjadi tantangan utama. Keberhasilan pemupukan dipengaruhi oleh beberapa factor seperti dosis pupuk, jenis pupuk, waktu dan frekuensi pemupukan, cara pemupukan dan pengendalian gulma. Penelitian ini dilakukan bertujuan untuk mengetahui respon pertumbuhan bibit karet (Hevea brasiliensis Muell.Arg) pada aplikasi berbagai dosis pupuk PATEN. Penelitian ini dilaksanakan di lahan percobaan Fakultas Pertanian Universitas Widya Gama Mahakam Samarida. Menggunakan Rancangan Acak Kelompok (RAK) faktor tunggal dengan 4 perlakuan dan 5 ulangan, sehingga total pengamatan adalah 20 unit tanaman. P0 (Kontrol = tanpa aplikasi PATEN); P1 (aplikasi PATEN 5 gram/tanaman); P2 (aplikasi PATEN 10 gram/tanaman); P3 (aplikasi PATEN 15 gram/tanaman). Hasil penelitian menunjukan tidak adanya pengaruh yang nyata berbagai dosis pupuk PATEN terhadap pertambahan tinggi tanaman, pertambahan diameter batang serta jumlah daun tanaman karet dalam usia 30, 60, dan 90 HSP.
Kata kunci : aplikasi, karet dan pupuk paten
Postmodern and postmodernism: catastrophe and/or new harmony
Authors: Akulova Taisia A. 
Published: October 2024

The text of the work presents an analysis of some of the world's phenomena in the era of postmodern from a psychological standpoint. A person can feel uncertainty and anxiety due to changes in the postmodern world. Along with reality, there is a virtual version of it, real objects and events are replaced by their signs, or simulacrum. There are catastrophic phenomena at different levels of human life. Art also undergoes changes, which, on the one hand, reflect the state of reality and the inner world of the person-creator, and on the other hand, they construct the present and the future, influencing the perception of the viewer. The article raises questions about what is art in current time, what are the characteristics of art perception, and how artworks can affect a person in the postmodern world.
Neurodiversity as a paradigm and as a counterculture
Authors: Pervushin Nikolay S. 
Published: October 2024

The ideas of neurodiversity are more and more popular today and could be considered at different levels of analysis. At first, neurodiversity is the original idea that the characteristics of an individual`s brain structure affect the features of his way of thinking and behavior.Secondly, it is the neurodiversity paradigm. Its proponents believe that many psychiatric diagnoses are socially constructed. The neurodifferent brain is considered not as a pathology, but as a feature that causes problems only because of the cruelty and inappropriateness of the world of neurotypical. The paradigm is especially widely used by individuals with ASD. Researchers note logical contradictions in the paradigm. It is a socio-cultural construct which is demanded by modern society and mass culture. Different movements against oppression are spreading to ever wider contexts. The media image of individuals with ASD is associated with the demand for traits of individualism, specificity, distinction and non-systemic in modern society. Consequently, the media create a romanticized image of the autistic, which leads to the popularity of the paradigm of neurodiversity.Finally, active supporters of the neurodiversity paradigm are representatives of a specific culture that has a special language, symbols, identity, values, communicative preferences, etc. Analyzing features and manifestations of this community, author comes to the conclusion that the culture of neurodiversity is opposed to the dominant one. There is a paradox: the paradigm of neurodiversity is in line with trends of modernity, while the neurodiversity culture acts as a counterculture.
Influence of the COVID-19 on the Time Perspective
Authors: Dorosheva E. A. , Kudinov V. N. , Krutikov Ya. D. 
Published: October 2024

Influence of getting over a new coronavirus infection on the time perspective is considered. The sample included 111 respondents, 60 of which had coronavirus infection (recovery no later than 3 weeks ago), 51 – had no coronavirus-19 and to the last two months had no sharp diseases. The Zimbardo Time Perspective Inventory (ZTPI) and the Semantic Time Differential (L. I. Wasserman, E. A. Trifonova, K. R. Chervinskaya) were used. It is shown that the recovered COVID-19 are inclined to more negative past perspective, than conditionally healthy respondents, have more fatalistic present perspective and less focused on the future and see him more negative. Least the disease affected present perspective.
Double Bind in Russian Media during the COVID-19 Epidemic
Authors: Pervushin N. S. 
Published: October 2024

The COVID-19 pandemic is an unexpected event for mankind, as a result of which people experienced a prolonged situation of uncertainty, self-isolation and faced a number of unique restrictive measures. Researchers note a deterioration of the psychological health of population during the pandemic. In this case, a special role is played by media, which activity leads to infodemic and aggravation of negative psychological effects among the population.This study focuses on the activity of Russian media during the COVID-19 epidemic through the lens of G. Bateson’s concept. The dynamics of the publication activity of Russian media in the first and second wave of the spread of coronavirus in relation to the dynamics of the epidemic is analyzed. In addition to this, news content and discourse were studied.The first wave of the epidemic was significantly higher in media coverage than the second, although in terms of scale, the second wave of COVID-19 was more devastating. It was revealed that both state and independent media decrease their activity as the epidemic in Moscow declines. Thus, in the summer of 2020 in regions with an increasing number of newly diagnosed cases of COVID-19, the audience receives a double bind: “the epidemic does not deserve the former attention, although the risk of infection increases”.State media broadcast a calming discourse, though restrictive measures are unprecedented, especially in the first wave of the epidemic. Here we face another double bind: “you shouldn’t be afraid of COVID-19, but you can’t leave home unnecessarily and you have to change your lifestyle and adapt to the situation”. Double binds from media are considered regarding masks, gloves, necessary quarantine measures, teleworking, online study, statistics, actions in case of infection, vaccination, etc.Prolonged exposure in the set of media double binds regarding COVID-19 leads to various manifestations of schizophrenic symptoms. In the first wave of the epidemic hebephrenic manifestations are noticeable: messages are ridiculed without taking into account the context; a specific language is created. Another way is a spread of conspiracy theories. The last option is an escape from the topic, which is noticeable when comparing the publication activity, interest and emotional reaction of the media sphere during the first and second wave. The obtained results mean the necessity of reflection on the work of media in potential similar periods in the future. This leads to a dilemma between liberty and security.
COVID-19 Pandemic: A Review of the First Publications
Authors: Pervushina O. N. , Shabalin A. P. 
Published: October 2024

The COVID-19 pandemic has put humanity in conditions of an enormous global experiment which would have been impossible to conduct in a laboratory. Humanity as a whole and each person individually have found themselves in a situation of uncertainty concerning the level of threat, its duration, ways to deal with it (i.e., protection, prevention and treatment), prospects etc. The whole world has been following the situation with the pandemic intently since the very outbreak while trying to estimate the risks of the infection and the spread of the virus. The said situation has also awoken unprecedented interest in the scientific community. Virologists, biologists, physicians, sociologists, psychologists, economists, philosophers were in the extensive list of specialists who presented the research findings on different aspects of the pandemic during its first months. The goal of this review is to consider the main topical areas of the publications in order to identify the most important problems caused by the COVID-19 pandemic as well as the possible strategies and ways to solve these problems. It is shown that the first reactions to the threat (namely, an increase in the level of anxiety, stress reactions, depressive states, and a decrease in the level of subjective well-being) are connected with the uncertainty of the situation and the lack of guidance on developing relevant behavioral strategies. The data on the influence of quarantine measures on the psychological state of affected people are presented. The role of the media, the responsibility and possible strategies of the authorities are shown. The state and reactions to the pandemic of the most vulnerable groups of the population are analyzed. The guidelines for effective measures of the authorities in the current situation are indicated. Possible strategies and resources for the most effective solution of the problems that have arisen or have manifested themselves during the pandemic are identified.
Práxis do método canguru na percepção dos profissionais de enfermagem
Authors: Albuquerque Letícia Kessia Souza , Feijão Alana Mara Lima , Alves Carlos Natanael Chagas , Braga Filho Francisco Marcelo Alves , Sousa Rosalice Araújo de , Freitas Vanessa Cavalcante Colares de , Alves Karine Sales Braga , Noronha Rômulo de Sousa , Araujo Jéssica Cristina Moraes de , Carneiro Luziana de Paiva 
Published: October 2024

Objetivo: Analisar a Práxis do Método Canguru na Percepção dos profissionais de enfermagem. Métodos: Trata-se de um estudo exploratório descritivo com abordagem qualitativa, desenvolvido no Serviço de Cuidados Intermediários Neonatais no Hospital Regional do Norte. Participaram do estudo 8 Enfermeiras e 12 Técnicas em Enfermagem. Para a coleta de informações foi utilizada uma entrevista semiestruturada e para análise das informações a Análise Temática de Minayo. Resultados: Os resultados foram divididos em três categorias: Compreensão dos profissionais de enfermagem sobre o Método Canguru, onde estes compreendem o Método como assistência humanizada dividida em três etapas; Desafios encontrados pela equipe de enfermagem para a realização do Método Canguru, como principais desafios a ausência materna, condições clínicas do RN, ausência de informações sobre os benefícios e comodismo de alguns profissionais; e o Seguimento do Método Canguru, que tem inúmeros benefícios para à mãe e bebê, entre eles, ganho de peso, estímulo ao aleitamento materno, formação de vínculo. Conclusão: Considera-se que o Método Canguru surgiu com o intuito de prestar uma assistência humanizada completa ao RN, mãe e seus familiares, para que assim possa diminuir a mortalidade neonatal.
Trends in Acute Kidney Injury Related Deaths in the US from 1999 to 2020
Authors: Mirza Daayl Naim , Butt Neha , Mahmood Asma , Jamshed Romesa , Imran Habiba , Nihan Khuld , Baig Muhammad Usman , Azam Hafsa , Shabbir Muhammad Raffey , Suchwani Diksha , Hussain Tooba , Ladhwani Naresh Kumar , Ahmed Jawad 
Published: October 2024

Background
Acute kidney injury requiring dialysis is linked to long-term care demands, higher hospital mortality, and increased healthcare expenses. We aim to assess nationwide trends and regional variations in acute kidney injury-related mortality in the US.

Materials and Methods
We used death certificates from the CDC WONDER database (1999-2020) to calculate age-adjusted mortality rates (AAMRs) and annual percent change (APC). The data were stratified by year, gender, race/ethnicity, and geographic region.

Results
From 1999 to 2020, there were a total of 4,599,652 deaths attributed to acute kidney injury. The AAMR for acute kidney injury-related deaths surged from 11.4 in 1999 to 20.1 in 2020. Men consistently exhibited higher AAMRs than women throughout the study period (overall AAMR in men: 20.1; women: 13.2). When examining average AAMRs by race/ethnicity, Black/African Americans recorded the highest rates at 21.9, followed by American Indian or Alaskan Native (16.4), Whites (15.6), Hispanics (14.5), and Asian/Pacific Islander (10.7). Significant regional disparities were observed, with the southern region reporting the highest AAMR (17.2) and non-metropolitan areas having higher AAMRs than metropolitan areas (18.3 vs. 15.6). States in the top 90th percentile for acute kidney injury deaths included Indiana, Kentucky and South Carolina, which had nearly double the AAMR compared to states like New York, Utah, and Vermont.

Conclusion
In the last two decades, the United States has experienced a troubling increase in acute kidney injury-related deaths, emphasizing the urgent need for targeted and equitable healthcare interventions to address persistent disparities in gender, race, geography, and urbanization.
Intracranial pressure monitoring and treatment practices in severe traumatic brain injury between low-and middle-income countries and high-income countries: Data or dogma?
Authors: Ajoku Uchenna , Hawryluk Gregory , Kullmann Marcel 
Published: October 2024

Background:
Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a major cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. Intracranial pressure (ICP) monitoring forms the cornerstone of most severe TBI (sTBI) management guidelines, yet treatment practices vary between high income countries (HIC) and low/middle-income countries (LMICs). We sought to find the reasons for variation in ICP monitoring and treatment practices between neurosurgeons in low- and high-income countries.

Methods:
We developed a 34-item anonymous survey questionnaire on ICP monitoring and treatments, which was emailed to neurosurgeons of various neurosurgical societies (Africa, Asia, Europe, and North America) who manage TBI.

Results:
One hundred and six respondents from 23 countries completed the questionnaire. Sixty-nine were from Africa, 16 were from North America, 12 were from Western Europe, and 8 were from Asia. About 48.72% of respondents from LMICs versus 96.43% from HICs have had training on ICP use. Among practitioners who monitor ICP invasively in <50% of patients that need it, 41.6% and 37.5% from LMIC cited availability and cost as the major constraints, versus 3.3% and 6.67%, respectively, in HIC. Only 7 (8.97%) from LMIC follow Brain Trauma Foundation guidelines all the time compared to 17.86% from HIC. When asked about their knowledge of randomized controlled trial(RCT), 78.57% of respondents from HIC versus 11.54% from LMIC knew about RCTs that tested the role of ICP monitoring in sTBI.

Conclusion:
Significant differences exist in ICP monitoring and treatment in patients with sTBI between high and LMICs. Cost and availability are the main determinants of ICP monitor usage. Practice pattern among the respondents was not completely supported by evidence.
Primary and metastatic cerebral Ewing’s sarcoma: A case report about a rare entity and literature review
Authors: Mhiri Mariem , Abbes Amal , Ben Dhia Rihab , Gouta Narjes , Frih Ayed Mahbouba 
Published: October 2024

Background:
Ewing’s sarcoma (ES) is a rare malignant tumor primarily affecting young individuals, with cranial localization being particularly uncommon. While intracranial metastatic ES is infrequent, only four cases of intracranial metastatic ES are reported in the literature; it presents unique diagnostic and therapeutic challenges.

Case Description:
We present a distinctive case of ES to delineate its clinical, radiological, and histopathological characteristics. Our patient, a 33-year-old, manifested symptoms of intracranial hypertension and gait disturbance. Neurological examination revealed a static and kinetic cerebellar syndrome. Imaging studies and stereotactic biopsy confirmed the diagnosis of primary and metastatic cerebral ES. The treatment regimen encompassed chemotherapy and radiation therapy.

Conclusion:
Our case underscores the importance of considering ES in the differential diagnosis of dural-based lesions exhibiting cystic components and heterogeneous contrast enhancement, particularly in young individuals. Early recognition and intervention hold promise for optimizing patient outcomes.
A pituitary gland squeezed upward by intrasellar kissing carotid arteries: Mimicking a pituitary microadenoma
Authors: Inoue Eri , Fujio Shingo , Hosoyama Hiroshi , Yoshimura Shinichiro , Moinuddin FM , Hanaya Ryosuke , Arita Kazunori 
Published: October 2024

Background:
Intrasellar kissing carotid arteries are a rare variant in which bilateral internal carotid arteries run very near each other at their cavernous sinus portion. We encountered a woman with the pituitary gland mimicking a pituitary microadenoma because the pituitary gland was compressed bilaterally by intrasellar kissing carotid arteries.

Case Description:
A 61-year-old woman with a chronic headache underwent magnetic resonance imaging, which revealed a sellar mass measuring 10.2 mm in height, 8.2 mm in length, and 4.0 mm in width at the midintercarotid level. Blood levels of all pituitary and target-organ hormones were within normal range. The height and superior convex shape of the sellar mass suggested that it was a nonfunctioning microadenoma, which was monitored over the past 16 years. A recent three-dimensional reconstruction of magnetic resonance angiography clearly showed that the pituitary gland was squeezed upward, compressed bilaterally, and extended superiorly by intrasellar kissing carotid arteries.

Conclusion:
The pituitary gland can be squeezed upward by intrasellar kissing carotid arteries and mimic pituitary tumor.
Exclusion of echo-lucent plaque using superb micro-vascular imaging: A case report
Authors: Yokoya Shigeomi , Kurimoto Akinori 
Published: October 2024

Background:
In the carotid bulb (CB), the vascular morphology can cause a decrease in blood flow velocity near the vessel wall. In addition, the CB is a common site for plaque formation. Particularly, echo-lucent plaques (ELPs) are known to pose a risk for cerebral embolism, requiring careful attention. In carotid ultrasonography (CU), ELPs may be difficult to distinguish from blood flow within the vessel using only B-mode imaging; thus, the use of color Doppler imaging (CDI) is recommended. However, when blood flow is extremely slow, even CDI may fail to differentiate between ELPs and the flow. We encountered a case where superb micro-vascular imaging (SMI) successfully detected extremely low-velocity blood flow, thereby excluding the presence of an ELP that CDI could not discern.

Case Description:
A 64-year-old male with a history of smoking, hyperlipidemia, and percutaneous coronary intervention for myocardial infarction presented for an atherosclerosis screening. CU with CDI indicated a lesion showing a flow void near the wall of the CB, raising suspicions of significant blood flow stasis or the presence of an ELP or thrombus. He had no neurological findings or carotid bruits. A head magnetic resonance imaging revealed no findings suggestive of cerebral embolization. Using SMI during additional CU, we detected extremely low-velocity blood flow near the wall of the CB, allowing us to exclude an ELP.

Conclusion:
When a flow void is observed with CDI in CU, and it is difficult to differentiate between an ELP and extremely low-velocity blood flow, the application of SMI can sometimes detect the extremely low-velocity blood flow. This approach may help avoid invasive examinations such as CU with contrast agents or cerebral angiography.
Tethered cord syndrome in an adult with filum terminale lipoma: A case report
Authors: Hashimoto Jun , Kawasaki Toshinari , Kobayashi Tamaki , Ioroi Yoshihiko , Takayama Motohiro 
Published: October 2024

Background:
Filum terminale lipomas (FTLs) are congenital lumbosacral anomalies that can cause tethered cord syndrome (TCS). Most patients with TCS caused by FTL are children, and these are only rarely present in adults.

Case Description:
A 64-year-old male presented with long-standing bilateral lower-limb weakness and bladder dysfunction. The lumbar magnetic resonance imaging revealed an FTL of the conus, which was not displaced. Following sectioning, the patient’s bilateral lower limb weakness resolved, and his bladder function improved.

Conclusion:
TCS caused by an FTL in late middle-aged patients is rare. After undergoing untethering with resection of the lipoma, the patient sustained resolution of his motor deficit and improvement in his bladder function.