bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Empowering Marginal Group during Covid-19 Pandemic: a Lesson from SIGAB and Rifka Annisa
Authors: Rahmawati Dian Eka , Puspitasari Chandra Dewi 
Published: December 2023

The aim of this research is to analyze the role of NGO SIGAB and NGO Rifka Annisa in empowering people with disabilities, women and children affected by the Covid-19 pandemic. These two groups received less treatment from the government during the Covid-19 pandemic due to limited government resources. This research uses qualitative methods with data collection techniques using interviews and documentation. The research results found that these two NGOs carried out an empowerment and advocacy role. Empowerment is carried out by SIGAB by collecting data to channel the aspirations of people with disabilities and providing policy input to the government, educating the public and people with disabilities about Covid-19 through media that can be accessed by people with disabilities. Meanwhile, Rifka Annisa protects and advocates for groups of women affected by COVID-19, especially those experiencing violence, while providing education. The pandemic conditions which were feared to paralyze civil society during the Covid-19 pandemic, on the contrary were able to strengthen it in a spirit of solidarity. The advantages these two NGOs have are the wide network they have built and the strong group solidarity.Tujuan penelitian ini untuk menganalisa peran LSM SIGAB dan LSM Rifka Annisa dalam pemberdayaan penyandang disabilitas, perempuan dan anak terdampak pandemi Covid-19. Kedua kelompok tersebut kurang mendapatkan penanganan dari pemerintah di masa pandemic Covid-19 karena keterbatasan sumberdaya pemerintah. Penelitian ini menggunakan metode kualitatif dengan teknik pengumpulan data menggunakan wawancara dan dokumentasi. Hasil penelitian menemukan bahwa kedua NGO ini menjalankan peran pemberdayan dan peran advokasi. Pemberdayaan dilakukan oleh SIGAB dengan mengumpulkan data untuk menyalurkan aspirasi penyandang disabilitas serta memberikan masukan kebijakan kepada pemerintah, mengedukasi masyarakat dan penyandang disabilitas tentang Covid-19 melalui media yang dapat diakses oleh penyandang disabilitas. Sedangkan Rifka Annisa melindungi dan mengadvokasi kelompok perempuan terdampak COVID-19, khususnya yang mengalami kekerasan, sekaligus memberikan pendidikan. Kondisi pandemi yang dikhawatirkan melumpuhkan civil society pada masa pandemic Covid-19, justru sebaliknya mampu menguatkannya dalam semangat solidaritas. Keunggulan yang dimiliki kedua LSM ini adalah luasnya jaringan yang mereka bangun dan soliditas kelompok yang kuat.
The Flue Gas Desulfurization Gypsum Applications in Production of Eco-Friendly Cementitious Matrices
Authors: Bibiano R. H. N. , Izidoro Juliana de Carvalho , Fungaro Denise Alves 
Published: December 2023

Portland cement is one of the most manufactured materials in the world. The worldwide cement industry accounts for at least 5-8% of the anthropogenic CO2 emissions and therefore is an important sector for CO2-emission mitigation strategies to limit global warming. One of the strategies for reducing the carbon footprint of the cement industry is replace traditional Portland cement with other solid wastes. In the present study, the influence of the application of flue gas desulfurization gypsum (FGD gypsum) generated from coal-fired power plant in construction mortar was investigated. Cylindrical specimens were molded with Portland cement type CPII-F 32, sand and 0%, 25%, 50% and 75% amounts of FGD gypsum. After curing time of 1, 3, 7, 28 and 91 days, the cementitious materials were characterized mechanically by axial compressive strength, setting time and slump. The pastes in the age of 28 days were further characterized by X-ray diffraction with Rietveld analysis. Results showed that FGD gypsum can be used as a substitute for cement as a setting retarder in an amount of up to 25%, and as an accelerator in an amount of 75%, being necessary dosage of the specific traces of the materials depending on the purpose of its use.
Analisis Kinerja Sistem Modulasi Downlink LTE dan 5G pada Kanal AWGN Berbasis MATLAB
Authors: Rakhmania Amalia Eka , Harvinanda Akhmad Mukhibuddin , Hudiono Hudiono , Hariyadi Aad , Hadiwiyatno  , Taufik Mochammad 
Published: December 2023

Pada penelitian ini dilakukan analisis performansi downlink LTE dan 5G dengan menggunakan MATLAB. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menganalisis perbandingan kinerja teknik modulasi QPSK, 16-QAM, dan 64-QAM yang digunakan pada downlink LTE dan teknik modulasi QPSK, 16-QAM, 64-QAM, dan 256-QAM pada downlink 5G yang melalui kanal AWGN untuk mengetahui nilai BER pada teknik modulasi yang digunakan. Teknik multiplexing yang digunakan adalah OFDM dan CP-OFDM untuk downlink LTE dan CP-OFDM untuk downlink 5G dengan variasi cyclic prefix yang digunakan adalah kategori ”normal”. Pada downlink LTE, kinerja modulasi QPSK lebih baik dari 16-QAM dan 64-QAM. Pada OFDM, BER QPSK diperoleh 10-19 pada Eb/No 16 dB, BER 16-QAM diperoleh 10-19 pada Eb/No 20 dB dan BER 64-QAM diperoleh 10-8 pada Eb/No 20 dB. Pada CP-OFDM, BER QPSK diperoleh 10-20 pada Eb/No 16 dB, BER 16-QAM diperoleh 10-19 pada Eb/No 20 dB dan BER 64-QAM diperoleh 10-9 pada Eb/No 20 dB. Pada downlink 5G CP-OFDM, kinerja modulasi QPSK lebih baik dari 16-QAM, 64-QAM dan 256-QAM, BER QPSK diperoleh 10-24 pada Eb/No 16 dB, BER 16-QAM diperoleh 10-23 pada Eb/No 20 dB, BER 64-QAM diperoleh 10-14 pada Eb/No 20 dB, dan BER 256-QAM diperoleh 10-7 pada Eb/No 20 dB.
Melaninas fúngicas aplicadas à biorremediação de efluentes industriais
Authors: Eduardo Bacurau Carlos , Ferri Laura , Henrique Martins Marlon , Heloisa da Costa Yoem Rita 
Published: December 2023

As melaninas fúngicas são pigmentos presentes em diversas espécies de fungos, cujas propriedades vêm sendo estudadas para serem aplicadas em diferentes usos do cotidiano. Esta revisão bibliográfica apresenta inicialmente os quatro tipos de melaninas fúngicas já estudadas até o momento (neuromelanina, feomelanina, piomelanina, eumelanina e alomelanina), além de suas respectivas vias de síntese melanótica - é válido informar que as melaninas fúngicas também podem ser sintetizadas em laboratório, o que proporciona maiores meios de aquisição deste pigmento.
Neste artigo também são abordadas as diversas propriedades e aplicações das melaninas fúngicas, a exemplificar: atividade radioprotetora, atividade quelante de metais pesados, caráter termorregulador e antioxidante, entre outras características significantes. Também são citados alguns dos setores industriais mais poluentes para o ecossistema global e a maneira com que as melaninas fúngicas são capazes de tratar estes efluentes, consequentemente beneficiam o meio ambiente. A aplicação destes pigmentos fúngicos no tratamento de efluentes industriais é um assunto emergente e são abordados cinco tipos de grandes setores industriais que podem usufruir dos benefícios da utilização das melaninas fúngicas: indústria petroquímica, indústria de pesticidas, indústria têxtil, indústria metalúrgica e de mineração.
Para a elaboração desta revisão literária, foram utilizados os seguintes sites de pesquisa como: Google Scholar e PubMed.
Morbidité et facteurs de risque de mortalité du nouveau-né à terme au Togo
Authors: Akolly D.A.E. , Guedenon K.M. , Chabi C. , Djadou K.E. , Douti N.K. , Azoumah K.D. , Gbadoe A.D. , Atakouma Y.D. 
Published: December 2023

Introduction : Le premier mois de vie représente la période la plus vulnérable pour la survie de l’enfant. Les principales causes de décès à cette période de la vie sont la prématurité, le sepsis néonatal et l’asphyxie périnatale. Mais quelles sont les causes précises d’hospitalisation et de décès des nouveau-nés à terme ?
Objectif : Décrire la morbidité du nouveau-né eutrophe à terme et identifier les facteurs liés à la mortalité au Togo.
Patients et méthode : Une étude transversale a été menée du 1er mars au 31 août 2019 dans le service de pédiatrie du centre hospitalier universitaire Sylvanus-Olympio de Lomé au Togo. Le recueil des données a été prospectif. L’échantillonnage était exhaustif. Les données recueillies ont été traitées à l’aide du logiciel SPSS version 25. Le seuil de signification de p était de 0,05.
Résultats : La fréquence de l’hospitalisation pour une pathologie néonatale était de 23,5 %. Les mères étaient âgées en moyenne de 28 ans. Le nombre moyen de consultations prénatales (CPN) réalisées était de quatre. Le nombre moyen de doses de sulfadoxine–pyriméthamine prises au cours de la grossesse était de 3,3. La goutte épaisse était positive au Plasmodium falciparum dans 35,2 %. L’âge médian des nouveaunés était d’un jour. La sex-ratio garçon/fille de 1,6. Les nouveau-nés avaient été référés dans 46 % des cas. Le poids moyen à l’admission était de 3071,6 g. Les principaux motifs d’hospitalisation étaient une fièvre, des difficultés respiratoires et une hypotonie. Les principales morbidités observées étaient le sepsis précoce, l’asphyxie périnatale et le paludisme dans respectivement 57,8, 26,2 et 4,3 % des cas. La durée médiane d’hospitalisation était de cinq jours. Le taux de mortalité était de 17,8 %. L’asphyxie périnatale et le sepsis néonatal précoce étaient les principales causes de décès, alors que la létalité était plus importante dans le syndrome hémorragique, l’asphyxie périnatale et les malformations congénitales. Aucun facteur maternel n’était associé au décès des nouveau-nés. Le nombre de CPN inférieur à quatre était le seul facteur obstétrical significativement associé au décès (p = 0,005). Les facteurs néonatals significativement associés au décès étaient l’admission au cours des 24 premières heures de vie (p = 0,001), le lieu de naissance en dehors du CHU (p = 0,002) et la durée de la réanimation initiale supérieure à dix minutes (p = 0.000*).
Conclusion : Les principales pathologies conduisant à l’hospitalisation du nouveau-né eutrophe à terme au Togo sont représentées par les sepsis précoces, l’asphyxie et le paludisme. La mise en place de stratégies visant à contrôler les facteurs associés à la mortalité devrait permettre de réduire celle-ci.
Protective effect of Lactobacillus plantarum against Salmonella typhimurium in mice.
Authors: Salih Shahlaa M. , Zedan Zahraa K. 
Published: December 2023

Background: Probiotics are defined as living microbial food supplements that beneficially affect the host by improving its intestinal balance. In recent years there is a great interest for viable microorganisms that promote or support a beneficial balance of microbial population of gastrointestinal tract. Probiotics may be consumed in different forms, comprising foods, mainly in fermented state and pharmaceutical products, mainly as capsules or in microencapsulated forms.Methods: Twelve albino mice were divided into four groups designated as 1, 2, 3 and 4. Each group consists of 3 mice, and subject to the followings treatments: Group 1: This group was used as a control. Group 2: This group was dosed with 0.1ml. of 0.5 × 105 cfu/ml of Lactobacillus plantarum culture. Group 3: This group was dosed with 0.1ml. of 0.5 × 105 cfu/ml Salmonella typhimurium culture. Group 4: this group was dosed with 0.1ml of 109cfu/ml Lactobacillus plantarum culture, and infected with 0.1ml of 0.5 × 105cfu/ml culture of Salmonella typhimurium, then histological sections were made from intestine and examined to evaluate protective effect of Lactobacillus plantarum.Results: Histopathological study exhibited that intestinal sections of mice infected with Salmonella typhimurium showed a necrosis, degenerative changes and inflammatory cells infiltration as compared with normal sections taken from uninfected mice, while treating with Lactobacillus plantarum prevented the histopathological effect of Salmonella typhimurium on mice intestine.Conclusion: Probiotic L. plantarum had a protective effect on intestine sections of mice infected with Salmonella typhimurium
Urolithiasis: from past to present
Authors: Nikitin Oleg , Samchuk Pavlo , Krasiuk Oleksii , Korytskyi Andrii , Nasheda Serhii 
Published: December 2023

Urolithiasis is a polyetiological disease associated with metabolic disorders and charac-terized by the formation of stones in the urinary tract. Today, it has become a global problem. The inci-dence and prevalence of urolithiasis have been on the rise, it depends on geographical, climatic, ethnic,
dietary and genetic factors. Upper urinary tract stones affect mainly men (approximately 3 times more
often than women). The lifetime risk of stone formation is on average 5 to 10%. The prevalence of uri-nary stones in different regions ranges from 1% to 20%. In countries with a high standard of living, such
as Sweden, Canada, or the United States, the prevalence is more than 10%. In some regions, there hasbeen an increase in rates of more than 37% over the past 20 years. In Ukraine, urolithiasis ranks secondamong all urological diseases, with more than 52 thousand patients registered annually for the first time,and the incidence ranges from 30 to 45% among all urological pathologies. Mostly young people areaffected, and the disease is associated with acute and chronic pyelonephritis and frequent recurrenceof urinary stones (30-80%). This course of urolithiasis leads to renal failure, disability, and mortality.The stone formation is a complex and polyetiological process that includes endogenous (age, gender,and heredity) and exogenous factors (geographical conditions, climate, and nutrition). It is known thathumanity has been suffering from this disease for over 7000 years. Urolithiasis has been well known for
centuries. It is clearly confirmed by various archaeological findings, as well as scriptures about pain-ful calculi and therapeutic procedures that were performed to remove them. Given the importance and
prevalence of urolithiasis, this article reviews the historical development of the diagnosis and treatmentof this disease in different regions of the world. A review of the methods of diagnosis and treatment fromearly antiquity to the most modern ones that are in use today.
The comprehensive assessment of the prevalence of metabolic syndrome in obese children and adolescents
Authors: Aliusef Maiia , Churylina Alina 
Published: December 2023

childhood obesity is recognized as a significant health concern by the WHO, but not all
obese individuals face the same risk of cardiometabolic disorders. This study aims to diagnose meta-bolic syndrome (MetS) in obese children according to various known definitions and to determine the
influence of all five definitions of MetS on insulin resistance using logistic regression models. The obser-vational cross-sectional study on 82 children aged 12 to 17 with obesity was conducted at the Children’s
Clinical Hospital No.6 in Kyiv. MetS was established according to five main definitions. All biochemicalanalyses were performed using the enzymatic colorimetric method by Cobas 6000, Roche Diagnostics(Switzerland). The prevalence of MetS among children with obesity was higher using the de Ferranti etal. (76.8%) definition and the lower using Viner et al. definition (29.3%), p=0.023. The construction of
a logistic regression model showed that having all the components of MetS according to different defini-tions, children and adolescents are likely to have a HOMA-2 above 2.26 (AUC more significant than 0.5,
p<0.05). Different prevalence of MetS was found, depending on the different approaches to diagnosis.The construction of a logistic regression model showed that the parameters of the metabolic syndromeinfluence the risk of high HOMA-2 IR using four of five definitions.
The influences of alkaloids of Chelidonium majus L., Colchicum autumnale L, Catharanthus roseus (L.) G.Don and Vinca minor L. on malignant neoplasms, the review of modern researches.
Authors: Pavlenko Oleksii , Strokina Iryna 
Published: December 2023

natural alkaloids of Chelidonium majus L., Colchicum autumnale L. and Catharanthus
roseus (L.) G.Don are anticancer agents. Some of them, such as colchicine, vincristine and vinblas-tine, are used in modern medicine, as chemotherapy medicines against malignant neoplasms, some of
them are effective supplement to conventional methods or works to prevent cancer onset (chelidonine,
sanguinarine, chelerythrine, protopine and allocryptopine). The effect of mitotic poisons that are al-kaloids of Colchicum autumnale colchicine, Catharanthus roseus vincristine and vinblastine against
malignant neoplasms began to be studied in the last century, the fact of mitotic spindle violation is giv-en in a large number of works. However, the mechanisms of apoptosis under their influence have been
little studied. The alkaloids of Chelidonium majus and Vinca minor L. have been much less studied,
both in clinical studies and experimental ones, including insufficiently researched their anti-prolifera-tive action, the ability to cause apoptosis and its possible mechanism. The research of apoptosis mech-anisms caused by natural antitumor agents, will allow creating more effective and saving medicines
based on the active ingredients of plant raw materials in the future. The aim of the paper was the anal-ysis of the effect of the main alkaloids of Chelidonium majus, Colchicum autumnale, Catharanthus
roseus and Vinca minor on malignant neoplasms and the mechanisms of such an influence with thehelp of analytic review of foreign and Ukrainian literature for the period 2002-2023 using medicaldatabase PubMed. The researched data obtained on cell lines, laboratory animals (in vitro) and clinicstudies were analyzed. According to the analysis of the literature of recent years, the cytotoxic and
anti-proliferative effects of natural alkaloids of Chelidonium majus chelidonine, Colchicum autum-nale colchicine, Catharanthus roseus vincristine and vinblastine and Vinca minor vincamine on ma-lignant neoplasms can be considered proven. Colchicine caused apoptosis in high doses, chelidonine,
on the contrary, caused apoptosis of malignant cells in relatively low doses; in large doses it causedautophagy. The signaling pathways of apoptosis mechanisms of malignant cells under the influenceof chelidonine, colchicine, vincristine, vinblastine and vincamine are much less studied and requireadditional research. Most of the results support the mitochondrial pathway, but there is a view in favorof the receptor-mediated pathway. The medicine, which contained alkaloids of Chelidonium majus, showed a positive effect when used in combination with conventional antitumor therapy. Chelidoniummajus and Vinca minor alkaloids are candidates for their use in antitumor therapy, but clinical studiesof these agents are insufficient.
Antisynthetase syndrome: a case report and review of the literature.
Authors: Fiialkovska Olesia , Karasevska Tetiana , Ivashkivskyi Oleksiy , Potomka Ruslana , Novytska Hanna , Dzhus Marta 
Published: December 2023

antisynthetase syndrome is a rare autoimmune disease characterized byinterstitial lung disease, non-erosive arthritis, myositis, Raynaud&#39;s disease, and/or &quot;mechanichand&quot; when autoantibodies directed against aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases are detected.Antisynthetase syndrome belongs to the group of idiopathic inflammatory myopathies and isthe so-called overlap myositis. The article provides the latest literature data on the diagnosticvalue of myositis-specific autoantibodies based on a literature review for the period from2013 to 2023 using the scientometric databases MEDLINE/ PubMed, Wiley Online Library,and Scopus. Data from the literature show that certain myositis-specific autoantibodies,namely anti-PL-7 and anti-PL-12, can affect the risk of developing interstitial lung disease,and determine the course and prognosis of the disease. The presence of interstitial lungdisease in patients with myositis correlates with increased morbidity and mortality. Thearticle describes a clinical case of the debut of the antisynthetase syndrome from interstitiallung disease, which was falsely diagnosed as a coronavirus disease. The patient&#39;s condition
improved only because of using glucocorticoids, which the patient stopped taking over time,which led to the worsening of pulmonary symptoms, the appearance of new clinical signs ofdamage to the joints and skin, progressive decrease in muscle function, and dysphagia. Afteran examination in the rheumatology department, based on the presence of interstitial lungdisease in the patient - fibrotic alveolitis, which was confirmed by computer tomography,myositis, arthritis, characteristic skin changes, the presence of antinuclear antibodies, anti-SS-A/Ro52, specific antisynthetase antibodies (Jo-1, Pl-7, Pl-12), the diagnosis of theantisynthetase syndrome was established. A detailed laboratory and instrumental examinationmade it possible to rule out a paraneoplastic process at the time of examination. Theprescribed treatment included pulse therapy with methylprednisolone and cyclophosphamide,which led to improvement in the patient&#39;s condition. The work carried out emphasizes theneed for interdisciplinary interaction of pulmonologists, rheumatologists, and infectiousdisease specialists at the stage of verification of the final diagnosis and the therapyappointment. Achieving clinical and laboratory remission of the disease requires long-termmonitoring by a rheumatologist.
Approach to lymphadenopathy: how to diagnose tuberculosis lymphadenitis
Authors: Tanisha  , Melnychuk Iryna , Sharayeva Maryna 
Published: December 2023

lymphadenopathy is considered as abnormal finding local or generalized that can becaused by neoplasm or infection, as tuberculosis lymphadenitis. Cervical localization has prevalence
in the variety of disorders, can has a similar kind of clinical presentation and to differentiate them be-comes extremely difficult. We provided a case report of the new onset of extrapulmonary tuberculosis
lymphadenitis in 42-year-old Indian man. The patient complained of multiply enlarged painful lymphnodes on left anterior neck and was also concerned about sore throat persistent for a year. Objectiveexamination and analysis were without evident inflammatory signs. Previous ultrasound, pulmonaryand abdominal CT-scan investigations also revealed conglomerate of left mediastinal lymph nodes,moderate splenomegaly. The preliminary diagnosis of lymphoma was excluded due to confirmationof typical tuberculosis lymphadenitis with specific testing and morphological changes of the resected
lymphatic node. Sputum microscopy was found to be negative, which meant that the patient was neg-ative for social transmission of tuberculosis. Affected lymph nodes resolved completely after appro-priate therapy during one-year treatment. This case report of extrapulmonary tuberculosis highlights
the importance of tissue diagnosis in unclear situations. We used clinical protocol for unspecifiedlymph node enlargement as complete history taking and physical examination that is preliminary fordiagnosis, while laboratory tests, imaging diagnostic methods and tissue samplings are gold standardevaluation for definite lymphadenopathy. Tuberculosis lymphadenitis is popularly known as collarstud abscess and is the most common benign cause of cervical lymphadenopathy in endemic areas.This observation determined the details of the immunocompromised state of the patient, conclusionwas supported by the evidence of Pseudomonas putida associated pharyngitis. The main differentialsigns between lymphoma as immunoproliferative disorder and infectious tuberculosis lymphadenitiswere provided.