bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Fasciola spp. in Southeast Asia: A systematic review
Authors: Hoang Quang Vinh , Levecke Bruno , Do Trung Dung , Devleesschauwer Brecht , Vu Thi Lam Binh , Goossens Kathy , Polman Katja , Callens Steven , Dorny Pierre , Dermauw Veronique 
Published: January 2024

BackgroundFasciolosis is an emerging public health threat in a number of regions worldwide. To date, we lack an overview of both its occurrence and distribution in Southeast Asia across all actors involved in the life cycle, which impedes the development of disease control measures. Therefore, our objective was to collect recent information on the distribution and the prevalence ofFasciolaspp. and the associated risk factors for infection in humans, animals, snails and plant carriers in Southeast Asia.MethodologyBibliographic and grey literature databases as well as reference lists of important review articles were searched for relevant records published between January 1st, 2000, and June 30th, 2022. The systematic review was conducted according to the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) guidelines for reporting systematic reviews. A total of 3,887 records were retrieved, of which 100 were included in the final analysis.Principal findingsThe studies focused mainly on one host species (96.0%), withFasciolaspp. infection in animals being the most studied (72.0%), followed by humans (21.0%). Based on the used inclusion and exclusion criteria, reports were retrieved describing the presence ofFasciolaspp. infection in seven out of 11 countries in Southeast Asia. Depending on the diagnostic tool applied, the prevalence ofFasciolaspp. infection ranged between 0.3% and 66.7% in humans, between 0% and 97.8% in animals, and between 0% and 66.2% in snails. There were no studies reporting the presence of metacercariae on plant carriers.Conclusions/SignificanceOur study reconfirms thatFasciolaspp. infections are widespread and highly prevalent in Southeast Asia, but it remains difficult to accurately assess the true occurrence ofFasciolaspp. in absence of well-designed surveys covering all hosts. As next steps we propose to assess the occurrence of the infection across all actors involved in the transmission, to identify associated risk factors and to estimate the burden of the disease to support national and international decision makers.
Visual acuity improvement in children with albinism beyond the first decade of life
Authors: Yahalom Claudia , Navarrete Ana , Juster Atara , Galbinur Ayan , Blumenfeld Anat , Hendler Karen 
Published: January 2024

Purpose
To determine if visual maturation continues beyond the first decade of life in children with albinism and whether this is related to albinism type, presence of nystagmus, eye muscle surgery or refractive errors.

Design
Case series based on retrospective study of children with confirmed genetic diagnosis of albinism.

Methods
Clinical data were obtained from medical files of children examined during school years, including albinism type, visual acuity, eye muscle surgery, nystagmus, and others on different visits (Visit 1: ages 7–9; Visit 2: ages: 10–12; Visit 3: ages 13–16; Visit 4: ages >16).

Results
Seventy-five children with albinism were included in the study. Patients were divided into different groups according to the albinism type including OCA1A: 17; OCA1B: 28; OCA2: 26; HPS: 3; OCA4: 1. Follow-up ranged from 3–13 years. Progressive visual acuity improvement was seen in all three main groups. T-test paired samples showed a statistically significant improvement when comparing vision from Visit 1 and Visit 3 in both OCA1A and OCA2 groups, with a mean vision improvement of 2 lines. There was no correlation between visual improvement and refractive error, eye muscle surgery or nystagmus.

Conclusion
An improved visual performance was seen in a large percentage of children with albinism during the second decade of life. The reason for this late improvement in vision is not clear but may be related to late foveal maturation or improvement in nystagmus with time. This information is useful for clinicians of these patients and when counseling parents.
Multiple positive solutions for a fractional Kirchhoff type equation
with logarithmic and singular nonlinearities
Authors: Lei Jun 
Published: January 2024

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Formação em música na relação com o cotidiano: fragmentos dos últimos dez anos de pesquisas a partir de memorial
Authors: Louro Ana Lúcia 
Published: January 2024

Este relato é um recorte do memorial apresentado a minha instituição, como requisito parcial à promoção a professor titular. Nele destaco a segunda linha de pesquisa desenvolvida em meu grupo de pesquisa e seus desdobramentos nos últimos dez anos. Aponta a organização das publicações e orientações dentro dos subitens: Metodologia do ensino de Música no ensino superior (Disciplinas complementares de Graduação, Diálogos com os conhecimentos e experiências dos alunos, diários de aula e relatos autobiográficos); Diálogos extensionistas e olhando para o mundo da vida (Religiosidade Cristã e Instrumentistas- o caso dos acordeonistas). Ao final do texto reflito sobre a espiral do grupo de pesquisa junto a alguns apontamentos de Passeggi (2208) e Abrahão (2012). Considero estar dialogando com processos de socialização e trajetórias de formação. Memórias, narrativas, subjetividade e experiências em espaços educativos formais e informais relatados nas diferentes pesquisas. Espero contribuir para o debate sobre o papel da Educação Musical como atividade eminentemente humana nestes tempos pós-Pandemia. Assim como descrever algumas circunstâncias da música, e de seu ensino, no cotidiano.
Effect of novel mixed impeller on local bubble size and flow regime transition in pilot scale gas-liquid stirred tank reactor
Authors: Kumari Roushni , Kasina Bhaskar , Gupta Raghvendra , Pant Harish Jagat , Upadhyay Rajesh Kumar 
Published: January 2024

Abstract
The flow generated in a gas-liquid stirred tank reactor highly depends on the design of the impeller and sparger. To better understand the contact between the phases and the mass and heat transfer rates, especially when the mass transfer is the limiting step, it is crucial to investigate the hydrodynamics generated by the impellers and its impact on the bubble size and their distribution, and gas volume fraction. In this work, experimental and numerical studies are performed with a novel mixed impeller in a pilot scale (T = 0.486 m) gas-liquid stirred tank reactor. The Sauter mean diameter, mean bubble diameter and bubble size distribution is determined at the different radial and axial regions by using high-speed imaging technique. Further, Euler-Euler simulations are performed to find the detailed flow field of novel mixed impeller used in the current study. Finally, the gassed power to impeller swept volume ratio is determined from the CFD and correlated with the Sauter mean diameter measured in the experiment in the impeller discharge region. It is found that the novel mixed impeller used in current work shows the similar behavior as the Rushton impeller in the impeller discharge region and it also provide good axial mixing.
The consequences of delayed diagnosis and treatment in persons with multiple sclerosis given autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplantation
Authors: Pastelín-Martínez María de Lourdes , Gallardo-Pérez Moisés Manuel , Gómez-de-León Andrés , Olivares-Gazca Juan Carlos , Hernández-Flores Edgar Jared , Sánchez-Bonilla Daniela , Montes-Robles Merittzel , Robles-Nasta Max , Ocaña-Ramm Guillermo , Soto-Olvera Silvia , Gómez-Almaguer David , Ruiz-Delgado Guillermo J. , Ruiz-Argüelles Guillermo J. 
Published: January 2024

Abstract

Objectives
We have analyzed the association of delayed both diagnosis and treatment of persons with MS with the long-term results of patients given autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (aHSCT).

Methods
Patients with MS referred to the HSCT-Mexico program were included in the study; in 103, detailed pre- and post-transplant evolution could be recorded. Two groups of patients were analyzed according to the time of evolution between the onset of symptoms and the definite diagnosis of MS: more than 8 months (delayed diagnosis, DD), or less than 8 months (non-delayed diagnosis, NDD). The progression of MS was assessed by changes in the expanded disability status scale (EDSS).

Results
The time elapsed between the onset of symptoms and the correct diagnosis was lower for the NDD group (1.55 vs. 35.87 months, p<0.05). Both groups of patients showed a similar EDSS score at diagnosis (1.5 vs. 1.5); however, the EDSS at the time of the transplant was higher in the DD group (4.5 vs. 3.0, p=0.3) and the response of the EDSS score to the transplant was significantly better for the NDD group, the last EDSS scores being 2.5 vs. 4.25 (p=0.03). Both groups of patients responded to aHSCT by diminishing the EDSS, but the response was significantly better in the NDD group.

Conclusions
These data indicate that both the pre-transplant progression of the disease and the response to aHSCT were significantly worse in the DD group. An early diagnosis and an early aHSCT intervention are critical for a good prognosis, in terms of lowering and stabilizing the motor disability in MS patients given autografts.
Economic Growth in the Age of Ubiquitous Threats: How Global Risks are Reshaping Growth Theory
Authors: Gomes Orlando 
Published: January 2024

Abstract
One of the most outstanding accomplishments of the economic science over the last decades is the development of a sound and coherent theory of economic growth. Research in growth theory has demonstrated that significant and systematic increases in well-being are attainable whenever the right formula is implemented. When combined with efficiency, the ingredients of this formula – innovation, the diffusion of ideas, and human capital accumulation – can drive the economy toward a virtuous path of sustained growth. Notwithstanding, this is an overly optimistic view of growth that does not account for the many obstacles that the creation of wealth may encounter. The current essay surveys cutting-edge research on growth theory to conclude in favor of a paradigm shift: the main concern is no longer just with how to correctly combine production inputs, but with how their efficient use is eventually hampered by a large collection of worldwide risks and threats. Global risks come in many shapes (they can be classified as economic, environmental, geopolitical, societal, and technological) but, in any case, they call for a reexamination of growth theory.
Some mathematical assumptions for accurate transformation parameters between WGS84 and Nord Sahara geodetic systems
Authors: Kheloufi Noureddine , Dehni Abdellatif 
Published: January 2024

Abstract
The transformation of coordinates between different geodetic datums has been a common practice within the geospatial profession. Relating different geodetic datums mostly involves the use of conformal transformation techniques, which could produce results that are not very often satisfactory for certain geodetic, surveying, and mapping purposes. This has been attributed to the inability of the conformal models to resolve the lack (non-exhaustivity) and the heterogeneity of double points existing within the Algerian local geodetic networks. Indeed, the Algerian geodetic network is divided into two main zones completely different in accuracy and points exhaustivity. The North is better and well defined in precision; on the other hand, the South is poorly defined because of the lack of heterogeneity of the points. Mathematical algebraic methods give closed-form solutions to geodetic transformation problems, requiring a high-level computer programming background. In everyday usage, the closed-form solutions are much simpler and have a higher precision than earlier procedures. Thus, it can be predicted that these new solutions will find their place in practice. The present work deals with an important theoretical problem of geodesy: we are looking for a mathematical dependency between two spatial systems using common pairs of points whose coordinates are given in both systems. In geodesy and photogrammetry, the most often used procedure to move from one coordinate system to another is the 3D, seven-parameter similarity transformation (Bursa–Wolf, Molodensky–Badekas, and Helmert).
Thermal insulation properties of materials for fishing vessel coolboxes
Authors: Manik Parlindungan , Tuswan Tuswan , Azzam Muhammad Abdullah , Samuel Samuel , Prabowo Aditya Rio 
Published: January 2024

Abstract
Effective insulation is critical for traditional fishing boats because it helps to maintain the quality of the fish catch. Inadequate insulation can lead to significant economic losses for fishermen, as they may have to discard or sell the fish at a lower price. This study aimed to compare the thermal conductivity properties of three different insulation materials: Petung bamboo, polystyrene foam, and polyurethane foam. The experiment involved testing the density of the materials and conducting thermal conductivity tests. The results indicated that polyurethane foam is the best material for insulation because it has the lowest thermal conductivity value compared to laminated bamboo and polystyrene foam. The addition of more isocyanate mass fraction to the polyurethane foam material can increase its density and strength. This is because increasing the isocyanate concentration increases the cross-linking density of the foam, making it more durable and resilient. Moreover, higher density polyurethane foams exhibit lower heat conductivity, indicating better insulation qualities. This study highlights the importance of effective insulation to maintain the quality of the fish catch. The findings suggest that polyurethane foam, particularly with increased isocyanate concentration, is the most suitable material for insulation due to its superior insulation qualities.
Können wir dem Völkerrecht (noch) trauen? Die russische Aggression gegen die Ukraine und die diskursive Autorität internationaler Normen
Authors: Simon Hendrik 
Published: January 2024

ZusammenfassungDer russische Angriffskrieg gegen die Ukraine hat die Grundlagen der internationalen Ordnung zutiefst erschüttert. Können wir angesichts dessen noch auf die normative Autorität des Völkerrechts vertrauen? Oder hat die russische Aggression das Gewaltverbot nach Artikel 2(4) der UN-Charta nicht endgültig außer Kraft gesetzt? In diesem Beitrag argumentiere ich gegen sogenannte Realisten in der Lehre von den Internationalen Beziehungen, dass dies ein voreiliger Fehlschluss wäre, der auf einem Missverständnis der Funktionsweise des Rechts in der internationalen Politik beruht. Wie anhand der Reaktionen der internationalen Gemeinschaft deutlich wird, hat das Völkerrecht seine ordnende Funktion, zwischen legitimer und illegitimer Gewalt in der internationalen Politik zu unterscheiden, keineswegs verloren. Der Artikel entfaltet dieses Argument und zeigt auch, wie das Vertrauen in das Völkerrecht weiter gestärkt werden könnte. Denn der Krieg hat auch deutlich gemacht: Das Völkerrecht und die internationalen Institutionen sind nicht am Ende – bedürfen nach dem Krieg aber tiefgreifender Reformen.
The social organization of war: Ukrainian and Russian societies mobilized for war
Authors: Hayoz Nicolas , Stepanenko Viktor 
Published: January 2024

Abstract
This paper aims to tentatively analyze how Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine has changed Ukrainian and Russian societies. It looks at the social organization of war, at how Ukraine and Russia adapt and change under wartime conditions. Combining political science and sociological approaches, we interpret the war under organizational and communicative aspects in the context of opposite political regimes: dictatorial autocracy in Russia versus democracy in Ukraine. Opposite regimes imply opposite meanings and objectives of war, of warfare and the military. Big differences exist regarding organizing and mobilizing resources and support for the war – with considerable advantages for a dictatorship such as Russia controlling its societal space by the means of repression and propaganda. Societies at war need to be distinguished from an organized and highly militarized war society such as Russia which has imposed on its neighbor military, organizational and ideological constraints to which Ukraine must respond with its own militarization and organization of war and warfare. The social organization of war is understood as a complex multi-layered interplay of various institutional actors and spheres (the state, the military, NGOs, business, media, public and private spheres, etc.). Military mobilization in both societies also has different organizational and communicative effects as well as various, often contrasting, political, cultural and societal implications.
Die Konzentration in der zeitgenössischen Gesellschaft: Die chilenische Krise aus soziologischer Perspektive
Authors: Alvear Rafael 
Published: January 2024

ZusammenfassungDie Proteste in Chile, die am 18. Oktober 2019 begannen und seit der Coronakrise teilweise zum Stillstand gekommen sind, haben die Form einer sozialen Eruption, die bis heute bedeutende Konsequenzen zeigt. Wie ist aber dieses Ereignis soziologisch zu verstehen? – dies ist die leitende Frage des vorliegenden Artikels. Trotz des Risikos einer vorschnell entwickelten Betrachtung der Problematik sollen einige Reflexionen hierzu angestellt werden. Diese basieren auf einer heterodoxen Verbindung der theoretischen Ansätze von Karl Marx und Niklas Luhmann, welche die Entwicklung eines systematischen Beobachtungsrahmens ermöglicht, um die objektiven Auslöser der „Konzentrationskrise“ zu erfassen, in welche die Gesellschaft – in diesem Fall die chilenische – verwickelt ist und unter der die darin involvierten Personen leiden. Die hier vorgestellten Beobachtungen zielen darauf ab, die Form, die eine solche Konzentration annimmt, zu untersuchen, nämlich: die Konzentration der Partizipation an den Leistungen der verschiedenen gesellschaftlichen Systeme. Diese Art der Konzentration, die in Chile auf das Äußerste getrieben worden ist, trägt zur Erzeugung von Stratifikationsschemata bei, homogenisiert die Vielfalt der Optionen und Selektionen der Systeme und führt – sobald sie in Trägheitsspiralen verfangen bleibt – zu Krisenszenarien wie demjenigen, das in Chile festzustellen ist. Noch in dieser latenten kritischen Entwicklung steckend wird am Ende aber wohl klar werden, dass nur eine allgemeine Entscheidung, die sich gegen die Logik der Konzentration richtet, einen realen Ausweg aus dem beobachteten Konflikt bieten könnte.
Reticulated platelets and coronary slow flow: a study in stable coronary artery disease
Authors: Erdem Said Sami , Tezcan Hüseyin , Yıldırım Hasan Basri , Büyükterzi Zafer 
Published: January 2024

Abstract

Objectives
The coronary slow flow (CSF) phenomenon remains a clinical enigma, characterized by delayed opacification of coronary vessels despite angiographically normal or nearly normal arteries. This cross-sectional study explores the potential relationship between reticulated platelets (RPs) and CSF in stable coronary artery disease patients.

Methods
A total of 200 participants, meeting specific inclusion and exclusion criteria, underwent coronary angiography. Reticulated platelet levels were measured using Sysmex series hematology analyzers. Demographic data, laboratory parameters, and coronary flow velocities were assessed.

Results
The study comprised 100 individuals with CSF and 100 with normal coronary anatomy. The CSF group exhibited higher rates of diabetes (35 vs. 22 %, p=0.017) and smoking (62 vs. 45 %, p=0.021). Reticulated platelet rates were elevated in the CSF group. However, statistical significance was not reached (p=0.105).

Conclusions
This study provides insights into the interplay between reticulated platelets and the CSF phenomenon in stable coronary artery disease. Although reticulated platelet levels did not emerge as a major predictor for CSF in this stable phase, the findings contribute to ongoing efforts to understand the multifaceted mechanisms underlying CSF.
Un computo astrologico in volgare del secolo XII
Authors: Larson Pär , Rossi Maria Cristina 
Published: January 2024

Abstract
Now in the British Library, MS Harley 5402 is a collection of astrological treatises from different sources. It consists of two groups of texts, with the first, penned by a 12th-century professional Italian scribe, covering folios 1r-69r, and the second, added in the 14th century, running from folio 70r to 104v. Acting as a watershed between the two parts, folio 69 contains three short texts added by non-professional hands in a deplorable Latin, strongly influenced by the vernacular (Italian and Occitan). – A fourth text, in a variety of Old Italian, was inserted by yet another non-professional hand, with all elements pointing to the city of Pisa in the second half of the 12th century: this conclusion is supported by the palaeographic analysis carried out in this article. The Old Italian text, La rasione
dele littere Julii
inperator, discovered by professor Charles Burnett of the Warburg Institute in London, has resisted every attempt at interpretation until the present day: for instance, efforts to link this “method for calculating the letters of Emperor Julius” to the Julian calendar with its Dominical letters have proved fruitless. What is clear, however, is that we are looking at the oldest known specimen of Italian scientific prose.
Les ainsi nommées « reliques » lexicales d’origine latine des psautiers roumains du XVIe siècle
Authors: Moscal Dinu , Gînsac Ana-Maria 
Published: January 2024

Abstract
This paper discusses the hypothesis of a Latin source involvement in the process of translating and transmitting the sixteenth century Romanian Psalters. This hypothesis is based on a few words of Latin origin, called “lexical relics”, that might have been selected by etymological attraction under the influence of a Latin source. The methodological issues, arguments and examples referred to by the supporters of this theory are subjected to a critical analysis based on a textual comparison of the Romanian Psalters and their Slavonic and presumed Latin sources. The complete analysis of such lexemes shows that there are no arguments in favour of this view because: (1) among the “lexical relics” are included words inherited from Latin which do not etymologically overlap with their corresponding word in the Latin versions of the Psalter; (2) if there are etymological concordances between the Romanian and Latin versions, they are always doubled by semantic concordances with the Slavonic source(s), which points to the fact that the etymological concordances can be explained simply by choosing the Romanian semantic correspondent for the Slavonic word; (3) if there are minor semantic differences, they prove a semantic, even etymological, concordance with the Slavonic versions; (4) there is no case of semantic inconsistency between the Romanian lexemes and their corresponding words in the Slavonic sources which a Latin version of the Psalter might explain.