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Environmental microbiology and public health: Advanced strategies for mitigating waterborne and airborne pathogens to prevent disease
Authors: Aliu Olalekan Olatunji  , Janet Aderonke Olaboye  , Chukwudi Cosmos Maha  , Tolulope Olagoke Kolawole  , Samira Abdul  
Published: July 2024

Environmental microbiology is integral to understanding and controlling pathogens that affect public health. This paper discusses advanced strategies to mitigate waterborne and airborne pathogens, aiming to prevent disease outbreaks. Waterborne pathogens such as E. coli, Salmonella, and Giardia can contaminate water supplies, causing diseases like cholera, dysentery, and giardiasis. Mitigation strategies include advanced water treatment methods such as membrane filtration, ultraviolet (UV) disinfection, and the use of nanomaterials for contaminant removal. Real-time water quality monitoring using biosensors also enhances pathogen detection and response. Airborne pathogens, including viruses like influenza and SARS-CoV-2, as well as bacteria and fungal spores, can lead to respiratory diseases such as tuberculosis, influenza, and COVID-19. Strategies to mitigate airborne pathogens include improving indoor air quality through advanced filtration systems, such as HEPA filters and UV germicidal irradiation, which deactivate pathogens. Enhanced ventilation in buildings and public spaces also reduces the concentration of airborne pathogens. Public health initiatives play a crucial role in these strategies. Surveillance systems for early detection, rapid diagnostic tools, and vaccination programs are essential components. Integrated approaches that combine environmental microbiology and public health measures are necessary to address the complexity of pathogen transmission and to build resilience against future outbreaks. By employing advanced technologies and comprehensive public health strategies, it is possible to significantly reduce the prevalence of waterborne and airborne diseases. This holistic approach not only addresses immediate health threats but also ensures long-term sustainability and safety of environmental resources, ultimately protecting public health.
Keywords: Environmental Microbiology, Waterborne, Airborne, Strategies
Integrating electronic health records systems across borders: Technical challenges and policy solutions
Authors: Geneva Tamunobarafiri Igwama  , Janet Aderonke Olaboye  , Chukwudi Cosmos Maha  , Mojeed Dayo Ajegbile  , Samira Abdul  
Published: July 2024

This paper explores the challenges and solutions associated with integrating Electronic Health Records (EHR) systems across borders. Key challenges include interoperability issues, data security and privacy concerns, and infrastructure disparities. Policy barriers such as variability in health policies and legal constraints further complicate integration efforts. Proposed solutions involve developing universal interoperability standards, employing advanced technologies like blockchain, and harmonising health data regulations. The paper emphasises the importance of international cooperation and phased implementation frameworks. Future research should focus on refining standards and fostering global collaboration. This comprehensive approach aims to enhance patient care and improve health outcomes globally.
Keywords: Electronic Health Records (EHR), Cross-border Integration, Interoperability, Data Security.
Inverse spherical Bessel functions generalize Lambert W and solve similar equations containing trigonometric or hyperbolic subexpressions or their inverses
Authors: Stoutemyer David 
Published: July 2024

A strict integer Laurent polynomial in a variable x is 0 or a sum of one or more terms having integer coefficients times x raised to a negative integer exponent. Equations that can be transformed to certain such polynomials times exp(-x) = constant are exactly solvable by inverses of modified spherical Bessel functions of the second kind k_{n}(x) where n is the order, generalizing the Lambert W function when n > 0. Equations that can be converted to certain such polynomials times cos(x) or such polynomials times sin(x) or a sum thereof = constant are exactly solvable by inverses of spherical Bessel functions y_{n}(x) or j_{n}(x). Such equations include cos(x)/x = constant, for which the solution inverse_{1}(y_{0})(-constant) is the Dottie number when constant = 1, where subscript 1 is the branch number. Equations that can be converted to certain strict integer Laurent polynomials times sinh(x) and possibly also plus such a polynomial times cosh(x) are exactly solvable by inverses of modified spherical Bessel functions of the first kind i_{n}(x).
Abstract These discoveries arose from the AskConstants program surprisingly proposing the explicit exact closed form solution inverse_{1}(y_{0})(-1) for the approximate input 0.739085133215160642, because no explicit exact closed form representation was known for this Dottie number from approximately 1865 to 2022. This article includes descriptions of how to implement such multi-branched real inverses.
Barycentric Hermite Interpolation
Authors: Corless Robert 
Published: July 2024

The Hermite interpolation problem—defined in the article text—is more complicated than the Lagrange interpolation problem—also defined there—and occurs less frequently in practice. But it does occur, and solving it is occasionally useful. Solutions have been reinvented many times since the problem was first posed and solved in 1878 by Charles Hermite. This article shows how the barycentric forms of the solution, invented about a hundred years after Hermite, work. All one needs to do is to compute a partial fraction expansion by a numerically stable method, and this gives us numerically stable and efficient forms to evaluate the Hermite interpolational polynomial.
I describe the Maple program BHIP and some of its ancillary routines (available for download from the Maple Cloud, by clicking on the link below the link to the article PDF, to the right of this abstract), and mention the equivalent Matlab versions genbarywts and hermiteeval. I also compare to some less numerically stable and less efficient approaches.
I also show how to find the roots of a Hermite interpolational polynomial by constructing a companion matrix pencil with the routine CMP, which does not change the polynomial basis, and then using standard software to compute the generalized eigenvalues of the pencil, which then give us the roots of the polynomial.
My Mentor. Iosif Aleksandrovich Vaks
Authors: Мирзоян С.В. 
Published: July 2024

В этой статье отражена часть оригинального материала в неизменном виде, в соответствии с исходной стилистикой и орфографией автора: «Я родился», «Детство», «Февральская революция», «Политехнический институт», «Архитектура», «Свободные мастерские» и другие главы воспоминаний Иосифа Александровича Вакса, основателя Ленинградского художественного училища (ЛХУ 1943) и его первого директора, архитектора и художника, друга, современника, однокурсника и коллеги видных архитекторов, художников, скульпторов, искусствоведов, таких как Я.Н. Лукин, В.А. Петров, Л.С. Катонин, А.К. Барутчев, Н.Ф. Борушко, С.В. Васильковский, М.Е. Гизе и многих других. Убеждена, что представленные подлинные документы — статьи, написанные Иосифом Александровичем, подчеркнут «дух» того времени.
The text below reproduces in unaltered form, including the author’s initial style and orthography, part of the original material from the unpublished memoirs by my mentor, the architect and artist Iosif Aleksandrovich Vaks: “I Am Born”, “Childhood”, “The February Revolution”, “The Polytechnic Institute”, “Architecture”, “The Free Workshops” and other chapters. Vaks, the founder of Leningrad School of Arts (1943) and its first director, was a friend, a contemporary, a classmate and a colleague of many prominent architects, artists, sculptors, art experts, such as Ia. N. Lukin, V. A. Petrov, L.S. Katonin, A.K. Barutchev, N.F. Borushko, S.V. Vasilkovski and M.E. Gize among others. I am convinced that the reproduced text and the scanned images of the articles written by Iosif Aleksandrovich will emphasise the spirit of the time.
Incentives of Design
Authors: Вершинин Г.В. 
Published: July 2024

Дизайн возник как рефлексия на машинное производство, он использовал выразительный язык искусств (поэтику) и противостоял механистичности цивилизации. В его пространство пришло большое число проектировщиков, владеющих технологическим ремеслом, но не искусством проектирования. Сегодня важно осознать самобытное место дизайна как части культуры. На смену коммерческой безликости должен прийти новый дизайн, опирающийся на художественную по- этику и «сверхсознание» региональных культур. Творческая рефлексия, возвращение к художественной семантике, приемам синестезии позволят дизайну развиваться как искусству, выражающему смысл и ценности мира.
Design emerged as a reflection on mass production, using the expressive language of the arts (poetics) to counteract the mechanisation of civilization. It attracted a large number of designers skilled in technology, but not the art of design. Today, it is crucial to recognise the distinctive role of design as a part of culture. In place of commercial impersonality, a new design should embrace artistic poetics the “superconsciousness” of regional cultures. Creative reflection, a return to artistic semantics and synesthetic techniques will allow design to evolve as an art form expressing the meaning and values of the world.
“Held from the Mainland”: Political Deportation, Detention, and Immigrants’ Rights during the Cold War
Authors: Chen Michelle 
Published: July 2024

Abstract
Throughout the 1950s, as anti-communism shaped immigration law, the Los Angeles Committee for the Protection of Foreign Born developed a leftist rhetoric of immigration justice that cast the quest for equal justice for the foreign-born as a test for the integrity of democracy and the Bill of Rights. While the group was marginalized by the anti-communist crackdowns of the postwar era, it managed to create a unique multi-racial, multi-ethnic coalition and crafted a rhetoric that knitted together ideas of migration as a basic right, universal due process, free speech for all non-citizens, and deportation as an inhumane and politically repressive state intervention.
MATERNAL AND FETAL HEALTH CHALLENGES IN HEPATITIS E-INFECTED PREGNANCIES
Authors: HUSSAIN J , NOOR N , REHMAN F , ILYAS A , TOFAIL S 
Published: July 2024

The emergence of Hepatitis E virus (HEV) infection presents a mounting apprehension in less developed areas. When contracted during pregnancy, this infection instigates dire ramifications, posing grave threats to the well-being of both the expectant mother and the developing fetus. Notably, HEV accounts for a substantial fraction of maternal fatalities, encompassing a range of 19% to 25%, while also contributing to a noteworthy 7-13% of neonatal deaths. The primary objective of this study is to delve into the intricate relationship between HEV infection and the ensuing consequences for maternal and fetal health during pregnancy. Objectives: To explore the e maternal and fetal outcomes in pregnant women with Hepatitis E. Methods: A prospective study design was implemented, and 160 pregnant women were enrolled. The study was conducted at a tertiary healthcare facility over the period spanning from April 2021 to September 2022 after fulfilling the inclusion criteria and consent form. The collected data were entered and analyzed by using SPSS version 23. Results: A total of 160 pregnant women enrolled in this study, the mean age 30.90±7.323 (Age Range 18-44); gestational age was divided into two groups ≥ 36 weeks 77(48.1%) compared with ≥ 36 weeks as 83(51.9%).The frequency distribution of table -2 showed postpartum hemorrhage 82(51.2%), disseminated intravascular coagulation 70(43.8%) and hepatic encephalopathy 46(28.8%). The mode of pregnancy termination due to hepatitis E virus infection showed induction of labor 64(40%), hysterectomy 111(69.4%), and dilation and evacuation (D&E) 84(52.5%). While comparing maternal HEV infection with other research variables, it was observed that there was a significant difference found in HEV-positive pregnant women and low birth weight (< 2500g), fetal scalp monitors during delivery, and hysterectomy as p-value < 0.05. Conclusion: A high mortality rate was evident in hepatitis E virus infection-affected pregnancies in this study. There is a need to educate pregnant ladies regarding preventive measures to avoid fulminant consequences. Emphasis should be given to following hygienic practices during pregnancy, and proper antenatal visits should be mandatory to educate the women.
ENSINO NO BRASIL COLÔNIA E NO IMPÉRIO: UMA ANÁLISE HISTÓRICA
Authors: Sousa Laryssa Carvalho de , Oliveira Raimundo Matheus Costa , Silva Adria Pereira da , Silva Ellen Vanya de Sousa , Fontenele Leandro Laurindo , Moura Ivanaldo Ribeiro de , Lacerda Marlucia da Silva Bezerra 
Published: July 2024

Para o entendimento da situação atual do ensino no Brasil, é necessário o conhecimento de como ocorreu todo o seu desenvolvimento. Diante disso, o presente artigo tem como objetivo apresentar uma pesquisa bibliográfica sobre o desenvolvimento da educação do período colonial até o final do Império. Para isso, foram realizados levantamentos bibliográficos, síntese e construção da fundamentação teórica. Primeiramente, faz-se uma abordagem sobre a situação do ensino durante o período colonial. Posteriormente, trata-se sobre o ensino durante o primeiro reinado. Na sequência, comenta-se sobre o ensino durante o período regencial e, por fim, fala-se sobre o ensino durante o segundo reinado. Durante o percurso da leitura, concordamos que a organização escolar fundada pelos padres jesuítas no Brasil foi apropriada para o momento histórico vivenciado, levando-se em consideração os objetivos do projeto português, o projeto educacional jesuítico, a própria estrutura social brasileira da época e o modelo de homem necessário para a época colonial. Os problemas na educação vêm se perpetuando ao longo dos anos e todas as modificações observadas no sistema educacional tiveram como objetivo principal atender às necessidades do estado e estavam relacionadas ao momento histórico vivido no país. Devido à relevância desse tema, acha-se necessária a ocorrência de pesquisas mais aprofundadas sobre o assunto.
En torno a las prácticas de intercambio de conocimiento en las Humanidades Digitales: hablan seis humanistas
Authors: Adrián Sixta 
Published: July 2024

De acuerdo con el Digital Humanities Manifesto 2.0 (2009), las Humanidades Digitales (HD) son un conjunto de prácticas en las que el medio impreso ha dejado de ser el único canal para la difusión del conocimiento ya que las herramientas, técnicas y medios digitales han modificado las formas en las que se produce y difunde el conocimiento acerca de las artes y ciencias humanas y sociales. En esta actualidad tan implosiva, dinámica e inédita, a las HD se les atribuyen funciones de gestión de bases de datos, desarrollo de nuevas metodologías, promoción de la investigación y generación de nuevo conocimiento humanístico (Galina Russell, 2011). Comprendiendo que se le debe dar respuesta a estos (ir)reconocidos senderos, este trabajo tuvo como propósito conocer desde una perspectiva interpretativa, cuáles son las prácticas de intercambio de conocimiento entre humanistas académicos e identificar las habilidades y herramientas que se atribuyen. Se llevó a cabo el análisis de contenido de entrevistas semiestructuradas hechas a seis (6) profesores/investigadores de las facultades de humanidades y educación de la Universidad Central de Venezuela y la Universidad Católica Andrés Bello (Caracas). A los sujetos se les solicitó que identificaran sus prácticas y las contrastaran con los elementos del modelo Personal Knowledge Management (PMK) de Bedford (2012). Como hallazgos principales se describen las prácticas y rituales de trabajo colaborativo e intercambio de conocimiento encontrados, así como los elementos de Gestión Personal de Conocimiento que identifican como propios, todo ello utilizando las humanidades digitales como escenario.
Characterization of Multi Heavy Metal Tolerant Bacterial Isolate from Middle Gangetic Plains, India.
Authors: Singh Sunita , Dube Ruchi , Gupte Arpita 
Published: July 2024

The research focuses on antibiotic resistance profiles and bacterial compatibility in multi-heavy metal-tolerant bacterial strains. It reveals significant concerns about antibiotic resistance in these bacteria, including resistance to penicillin, streptomycin, tetracycline, ampicillin, and vancomycin. Notably, 96% of the isolates exhibited resistance to vancomycin. The study emphasizes the need for prudent antibiotic use to combat its resistance. Conversely, tetracycline and penicillin showed lower resistance levels at 85 and 77%, respectively, in line with previous research showing diverse resistance patterns among antibiotics and bacterial strains. This highlights the complexity of antibiotic resistance mechanisms, requiring a comprehensive approach. The research also explores bacterial compatibility, revealing that 23 out of 46 bacterial isolates exhibited complete compatibility, suggesting cooperative interactions. Some specific isolates displayed compatibility at 96%, while few had lower compatibility at 75%, indicating the potential for antagonistic interactions. In summary, this study underscores the complex dynamics of antibiotic resistance and compatibility in multi-heavy metal-tolerant bacteria, with implications for clinical antibiotic use and microbial interactions in natural environments. With advancement in microbial ecosystems research, it is essential to unravel these mechanisms and deliberate strategies for addressing antibiotic resistance as a sustainable approach.
Keywords: Heavy metal tolerant bacteria, Biocompatibility, Antibiotic Resistance
Comparative Analysis of Sequence, Chromosomal Arrangement and Cis-Regulatory Elements of SQS Genes Across Brassicaceae
Authors: Bangkim Rajkumar , Chaudhary Komal , Panjabi Priya 
Published: July 2024

Plant sterols are known to be involved in plant growth and development and also in plants' response to stress conditions. Squalene synthase (SQS) is an important enzyme for the biosynthesis of sterols and triterpenoids. Owing to their crucial role in plants, SQS genes have been identified and characterized in several plants, however not much is known about their cis-regulatory regions. In our previous study, we identified Brassicaceae specific duplications of the gene, providing an ideal opportunity to explore the diversification of the regulatory regions across the gene copies. In this study we identified 49 SQS genes from 12 species of Brassicaceae and analyzed their genomic distribution, physicochemical properties, subcellular localization, cis-regulatory element (CRE) landscape and sequence evolution (Ka/Ks ratios). The SQS proteins were predicted to be highly stable, dominated by aliphatic amino acids, hydrophilic in nature and localized within the endoplasmic reticulum. In-silico promoter analysis identified 50 types of CREs with the predominance of light-responsive (22), followed by hormone-responsive (9), stress-responsive (7) and plant growth and development (9) elements. We identified differences both in the type and distribution of CREs across the SQS duplicates suggestive of regulatory divergence of the paralogs. The Ka/Ks analysis depicted that all the SQS genes are under purifying selection pressure. The information generated in this study would provide a useful resource for further investigations in SQS genes in Brassicaceae.
Carbon Dynamics in Meghalaya: Modelling Current Stock and Future Sequestration Potential
Authors: Wahlang Raymond , Chaturvedi Shiva Shankar 
Published: July 2024

Soil organic carbon is the carbon contained within soil organic matter (2–10% soil mass) and has important physical, chemical and biological functions. Organic carbon influences many soil characteristics including colour, nutrient holding capacity, nutrient turnover and stability, which in turn influences water relations, aeration, workability and carbon sequestration. This study evaluates the soil organic carbon dynamics at 3 depths (0-15, 15-30 and 30-45 cm) from different land use types that were assessed for their physico-chemical properties. The main outcome of the study was the generation of soil organic carbon models of the present carbon stock in the soil as well as the sequestration potential using InVEST (Integrated Valuation of Ecosystem Services and Tradeoffs) carbon storage and sequestration model. InVEST is an open-source software with a suite of free models used in mapping the value of ecosystem services. InVEST enables decision makers to quantify tradeoffs associated with alternative management choices and to identify areas where investments can enhance human development and ecosystem conservation.
Revisão da literatura de: O papel da ressonância magnética no diagnóstico por imagem das espondilodiscites
Authors: Antunes Paulo Eduardo Hernandes , Antunes Roberta Machado Mirandola 
Published: July 2024

A infecção que atinge o disco intervertebral e as vértebras contiguas é denominada espondilodiscite ou espondilite. Alguns autores referem que os termos discite, espondiloartrite, inflamação\ infecção do espaço discal intervertebral, osteomielite vertebral benigna, espondilite inespecífica, e osteomielite vertebral piogênica se referem a mesma infecção. Espondilodiscites representam 2%-4% de todos os casos de infecções no esqueleto. Seu rápido diagnóstico e tratamento apropriado podem evitar complicações como compressão medular, colapsos vertebrais, evitando a realização de cirurgias. Seu diagnóstico é baseado em achados clínicos e radiológicos característicos , sendo confirmado por biópsia do disco ou da vértebra e hemoculturas. Em relação à etiologia, a espondilodiscite pode ser piogênica, causada por diversos tipos das bactérias, ou granulomatosa, causada por micobactérias, Brucella, espiroquetas ou fungos. As espondilodiscites mais prevalentes são as piogênicas e as associadas a infecção por tuberculose.
Nas espondilodiscites piogênicas a coluna lombar é o segmento mais envolvido, seguido pela dorsal e, menos comumente pelas colunas cervicais e sacral. A coluna é o local mais comum de infecção tuberculosa no aparelho osteo muscular ( cerca de 50% dos casos), com a coluna dorsal baixa e a lombar as mais acometidas .Os principais sinais sugestivos das espondilodiscites piogênicas são: acometimento segmentar; abscessos de limites pouco definidos; acometimento precoce do disco intervertebral; acometimento homogêneo dos corpos vertebrais e discos intervertebrais, enquanto os da espondilodiscite tuberculosa são: abscesso de paredes delgadas e bem definidas; envolvimento subligamentar multissegmentar; acometimento heterogêneo dos corpos vertebrais; discos intervertebrais relativamente poupados. O objetivo desta revisão de literatura é apresentar os principais aspectos das espondilodiscites nas imagens por ressonância magnética.