bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Evaluating the efficiency of medical care for children with diabetes mellitus in different regions of Ukraine over the past 20 years (2002–2021) of peacetime
Authors: Mityuryayeva-Korniiko I.O. , Volosovets O.P. , Kryvopustov S.P. , Polukhina M.O. , Burlaka Ie.A. , Kryvonos Y.M. , Kovalchuk I.V. 
Published: January 2024

Background. The growing number of children with diabetes creates a global economic problem, including a financial burden on the country’s health care system and economic stress for families of children with diabetes. The purpose was to assess the effectiveness of medical care for children with diabetes in different regions of Ukraine over the last 20 years (2002–2021) of peacetime. Material and methods. The article presents the results of statistical evaluation and epidemiological analysis of data from the Center for Medical Statistics of the Ministry of Health of Ukraine on the rates of disability, hospitalization, and inpatient care among the pediatric population in 2002–2021. Statistical processing of the results was carried out using MS Excel, XLSTAT-Pro. Results. During 2002–2021, an increase in the rate of primary disability due to diabetes mellitus was highest among adolescents — by 4.1 times and lowest among primary schoolchildren — by 3.4 times; among children 0–6 years old, it increased by 3.6 times. The proportion of children with disabilities due to diabetes as of 2017 is 12 % among the age group of 0–6 years, and 25 % in adolescents (15–17 years). In 2013–2021, the hospitalization rate among children with diabetes increased from 1.27 to 1.35 per 1,000 of the relevant population, and the average length of hospital stay decreased by 19 %. The rate of mortality due to diabetes complications among hospitalized children varies and does not have a specific trend (in 2021, it was 0.02 per 100 in-patients). Conclusions. The analysis of the efficiency of medical care for children with diabetes during 2002–2021 in the context of increasing prevalence and incidence of diabetes showed stable trends towards a huge increase in the level of primary and general disability, a slight increase in hospitalization rates, and a decrease in the average length of hospital stay. These results call for a detailed study of the causes, control, and revision of protocol documents for the management of such patients.
Chronic traumatic encephalopathy: predictors of the development of cognitive disorders and functional disability
Authors: Duve K.V. , Shkrobot S.I. , Salii Z.V. 
Published: January 2024

Background. Predicting the individual risk of developing cognitive impairment and functional disability in everyday life among patients with chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) will allow timely and adequate treatment to prevent dementia. Therefore, the study aimed to develop a mathematical model for predicting the risk of cognitive disorders and functional disability in patients with CTE based on the analysis of polymorphic variants of the ACE, AT2R1, eNOS, ePON1, IL-1β, IL-10, TNF-α genes, as well as cofactors (gender, age group, follow-up, presence/absence of somatic comorbidity). Materials and methods. We examined 145 individuals with CTE who were undergoing inpatient treatment in the Communal Non-Profit Enterprise “Ternopil Regional Clinical Psychoneurological Hospital” in 2021–2022 and were included in the retrospective analysis. The molecular and genetic testing was performed for 26 patients. The molecular and genetic differentiation of the studied polymorphic variants of genes was carried out in the molecular and genetic laboratory of the State Institution “Reference Centre for Molecular Diagnostics of the Ministry of Health of Ukraine” in Kyiv. Cognitive functions were studied using the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA), activities of daily living — with the Barthel index. Statistical analysis was done using Microsoft Excel and Statistica 13.0 computer software. A logistic regression analysis was performed to determine the likelihood of cognitive impairment and functional disability in patients with CTE. Results. When analyzing polymorphic variants of the ACE, AT2R1, eNOS, ePON1, IL-1β, IL-10, TNF-α genes, as well as such cofactors as gender, age group, follow-up, presence/absence of somatic comorbidity in the context of the development of cognitive disorders in patients with CTE, it has been found that the I/D polymorphism of the ACE gene has the most significant prognostic value (in the presence of the D/D genotype, the probability of cognitive impairment is 83.33 %). At the same time, patients with CTE who were carriers of the D allele of the ACE gene had a significant decrease in the MoCA score compared to the group of those who didn’t carry this allele. Regarding the development of functional disability in patients with CTE, the C108T polymorphism of the PON1 gene has the most significant prognostic value (in the presence of the T/T genotype, the risk of functional disability is 41.49 %, with significantly lower Barthel index compared to the C/C homozygotes). Conclusions. It was found that the I/D polymorphism of the ACE gene and the C108T polymorphism of the PON1 gene are likely associated with the development of cognitive impairment and functional disability in patients with CTE that indicates the feasibility of further studies involving a larger sample of patients.
Modern methods for assessing compensation of diabetes mellitus. Effect of continuous glucose monitoring on glycemic control in patients with type 2 diabetes
Authors: Pasyechko N.V. , Naumova L.V. , Krytskyy T.I. , Savchenko I.P. 
Published: January 2024

Background. An integral part of diabetes mellitus (DM) management is its timely diagnosis. The reference method to study the quality of glycemic control is evaluating the level of glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c) as one of the most accessible and informative tools. However, the introduction of novel technologies, namely the use of continuous glucose monitoring (CGM), has given patients with DM, their relatives and healthcare professionals an access to new indicators of glycemic control such as time in range (TIR), time above range and time below range. These indicators are criteria for compensation of carbohydrate metabolism according to the 2023 American Diabetes Association guidelines. The purpose of the study was to compare the effectiveness of using glucometers and the FreeStyle Libre system for flash glucose monitoring in patients with DM. Materials and methods. An examination of 60 patients with type 2 DM who received insulin therapy was conducted. They were aged 45–65 years, with DM duration of 5 ± 2 years. All participants were divided into two equal groups of 30 people each. The first group consisted of patients with CGM devices, the second group used glucometers for daily glycemic control. Additional CGM parameters were used: glucose coefficient of variation, glucose management indicator, which shows the probable level of HbA1c. Results. When evaluating the data obtained from patients who used CGM, it is important to note their high adherence to the use of flash glucose monitoring. The use of CGM made it possible to achieve compensation of carbohydrate metabolism faster compared to patients who used glucometers to correct glycemia. Discontinuation of CGM resulted in poorer glycemic control. The obtained results prove that the compensation of patients depends primarily on their motivation, willingness to follow medical prescriptions, careful glycemic control, and compliance with medical recommendations. Conclusions. For better control of the DM course, patients should use CGM. In order to assess diabetes compensation, it is not enough to consider only TIR. Time below range indicating hypoglycemia, time above range indicating hyperglycemia, glucose management indicator should also be taken into account. Discontinuation of CGM resulted in a loss of approximately half of the initial TIR gain achieved while using CGM. CGM is more favored among patients than a 7-point self-monitoring of blood glucose.
Commodifying Java Coffee: An Analysis using Spivak’s Planetarity toward Dee’s Filosofi Kopi
Authors: Apristia Lelu Dina 
Published: January 2024

This research aims to analyze how and why Java coffee depicted by Kopi Tiwus in Dee’s Filosofi Kopi is commodified after Dutch colonialism which is inseparable from Eurocentrism ended in 1945 when Indonesia gained its independence. After applying qualitative research method with a post-colonial approach which involves collecting data in the form of words and analyzing the data by using Spivak’s planetarity as a post-colonial theory, it is found that the coffee is commodified through interaction between global agents depicted by Ben and Jody as owners of a coffee shop in Jakarta, namely Filosofi Kopi, and planetary subjects depicted by a middle-aged man with a strong Javanese accent who makes Ben and Jody know the coffee and by Pak Seno who sells it in a rickety hut in a rural area which is not far from Klaten, Central Java. Through the interaction, knowledge of features of Java coffee which is produced in smallholder coffee plantations on Java Island, Indonesia suggesting the country to enlarge its coffee plantations and to provide information and assistance of coffee cultivation technology to raise competitiveness of its coffee in the world market can be exchanged. The features are well-grown in a fertile land, the highest quality type of coffee, and brewed in a simple way which lead Java coffee to become a commodity to generate capital which can be globalized as well as European coffee depicted by Ben’s Perfecto as Ben’s creation together with a variety of popular espresso drinks. Made with espresso method and machine found and developed by Europeans along with other coffee brewing equipment and tools being homogenized in numerous cafes around the world, including in Indonesia, European coffee can be juxtaposed with Java coffee which does not require use of the machine and thus regarded as a different one. Novelty of the research is commodifying Java coffee without alienation of labor as Spivak states that planetarity keeps homogenization and differentiation in alterity which makes planetarity “in excess” of globalization of capital.
Self-System in the Mental Regulation of Mental States
Authors: Prokhorov Aleksandr , Chernov Albert , Kartasheva Madina 
Published: January 2024

The study’s theoretical basis was the concepts of the central role of the self-regulatory system in mental regulation of mental states. The mental regulatory system is a structure of relations between characteristics of consciousness: representation, reflection, experiences, semantic structures, mental (subjective) experience, whereas the self-system serves as an integrator in stipulating the regulation of one’s states by the structures of consciousness. The researchers used 24 techniques of diagnostics of mental structures and personality characteristics, as well as an originally developed questionnaires. In their study of mental states and their self-regulation efficiency the authors used as an example students’ various educational activity: classes, workshops, and exams.
The research revealed that a high level of self-esteem and self-assessment are connected with constructive coping strategies, which contributes to the overall efficiency of the students’ self-regulation of their states. The study revealed the specifics of how the components of the self-system interrelate with reflexive, meaningful structures affecting regulatory processes: students with high self-esteem achieve the maximum self-regulation efficiency if they combine a high level of meaningful-life orientations and retrospective reflection. The authors gained data that a person’s psychological qualities and the self-system are connected: the res­pondents with a high level of self-concept typically have such personality traits as sociabi­lity, emotional stability, expressiveness and effective self-control. The authors found that the correlation between the structures of consciousness, indicators of regulatory processes, and personality traits are different in different situations depending on the stress: in the everyday classroom situation, the indicators of the current mental state and self-regulation efficiency are mostly connected with the self-system components, while at exams the role of the perso­nal self-actualization strengthens.
XVIII Symposium of the International Dostoevsky Society (Nagoya, Japan, 24–28 August 2023)
Authors: Zakharov Vladimir 
Published: January 2024

The XVIII Symposium of the International Dostoevsky Society commemorated the 150th anniversary of the publication of the novel Demons. Participants reviewed a wide range of textology and poetics materials, presented their views of the novel, and discussed the worldwide and national significance of Dostoevsky’s legacy.
The Symposium attendees talked about the ‘Dostoevsky boom’ in China and Japan.
To mark Dostoevsky’s 200th birthday, the Russian Foundation for Basic Research/Russian Scientific Information Centre held a research project competition titled Studying Dostoevsky’s Legacy in Russian and World Culture: Sources and Methods. The competition resulted in the publication of thirty research works. A landmark event in global philosophy and criticism was the release of the Jubilee Library and the annotated catalogue A Trace Left for Ages honouring Dostoevsky’s 200th birthday.
Theoretical Heritage of Leningrad / St. Petersburg Philosophy
Authors: Osipov Igor , Rybas Aleksandr 
Published: January 2024

The analysis of the theoretical heritage of philosophical science in Leningrad / St. Petersburg appears relevant for a better understanding of the characteristics of how philosophy was formed and shaped in Russia. There were various philosophical schools and trends (philoso­phy of science and culture, social philosophy and history of philosophy) in the city, which had a signi­ficant impact on the national philosophical science. Of crucial value is the concrete analysis of institutional and socio-cultural aspects of the development of philosophical culture in St. Petersburg, as well as the study of the most important results of the philosophers who worked in Leningrad/St. Petersburg, the forms and methods of how they mastered the world’s philosophical thought – thereby significantly expanding the understanding of the theoretical and axiological features of Russian philosophy and culture.
The paper primarily focuses on the philosophy of science and culture in Leningrad/St. Petersburg in the latter half of the 20th and early 21st centuries, as these philosophical subjects were the ones that caused the significant transformation of philosophical knowledge from dogmatic Marxism to a multitude of different philosophical products. The authors analyse the ideas of members of the Leningrad school of philosophy of science: Vladimir Svidersky, Vladimir Bransky, Vasily Tugarinov, and Victor Stoff; these figures, through the synthesis of scientific and philosophical concepts relevant in Europe of the 20th century and the original interpretation of Marxism, produced solutions to other philosophical problems, thus initiating the emergence of new philosophical subjects. Also, the authors study how philosophy of culture was developing in St. Petersburg, as represented in the studies of: Moisey Kagan, Yury Solonin, Evgeny Sokolov, Valery Savchuk, Andrey Demichev, Elmar Sokolov, Vyacheslav Sukhachyov; as well as the establishment and development of the history of Russian philosophy through the works of Anatoly Galaktionov, Pyotr Nikandrov, Alexander Zamaleev.
A Importância da experimentação na introdução à temática de soluções
Authors: Neves Ana Vitória Barbosa , Camargo Neto Albérico Lemos , Souza Luiz Filipe Santana de , Gromboni Caio Fernando , Lima Luiza Renata Félix de Carvalho 
Published: January 2024

A importância da experimentação como ferramenta de ensino é evidenciada em muitos estudos da área de química, por permitir uma melhor articulação entre teoria e prática, facilitando assim a compreensão dos conceitos pelos alunos. Diante desta realidade, os bolsistas do Programa Institucional de Bolsas de Iniciação à Docência (PIBID) elaboraram uma atividade experimental com o intuito de proporcionar uma experiência de aprendizagem diferente aos discentes do Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia da Bahia (IFBA) no contexto relacionado ao assunto de soluções químicas. O experimento teve como base o preparo de diversas soluções com sulfato de cobre II, para que os alunos vissem na prática conceitos como soluto, solvente, concentração e diluição. Com intuito de analisar o processo de aprendizado e as experiências adquiridas ao longo da participação na atividade experimental, foi aplicado um formulário com questões relacionadas à atividade proposta, percebeu-se então que os estudantes conseguiram articular os conceitos de soluções, a partir dos experimentos realizados, além disso, foi perceptível também a participação e as interações argumentativas entre os estudantes, a fim de explicar os fenômenos observados.
“Envejecer en Cuba”: reflexiones desde la literatura, las artes visuales y la sociología
Authors: Simal Monica 
Published: January 2024

This research paper explores the portrayal of aging in Cuba through artistic and literary projects driven by social science, operating outside of Cuban official channels. The focus lies on the efforts of the “Cuido60: Observatory of Aging, Care, and Rights,” an initiative led by Cuban sociologist Elaine Acosta. Within this initiative, Acosta has organized literary and photography contests. The primary objective of this study is to analyze how these artistic endeavors capture the vulnerabilities and challenges faced by the elderly in Cuba, offering insights into the socio-economic decline and the disillusionment of a once-utopian aspiration.
The themes of the body, aging, vulnerability, and illness are intricately woven into a comprehensive framework intertwined with migratory processes, neglect, and abandonment. In this contextual structure, family dynamics and adversities traverse the domains of politics and society. My aim is to underscore the extent to which these artistic projects facilitate discourse that extends beyond the confines of Cuban officialdom. This extension serves as a call for a set of policies that advocate for dignified aging in Cuba. Furthermore, can this intermedial language provide an alternative narrative regarding Alzheimer’s, memory loss, and vulnerability? Can it go beyond merely presenting these corporeal experiences and delve into their deeper implications? Guided by the works of philosophers such as Jean Améry, Simone de Beauvoir, Rita Levi-Montalcini, and Victoria Camps, this research seeks to unveil the multifaceted implications of these artistic expressions for the conversation surrounding aging in Cuba, its representation, and its broader societal significance.
Beneficio de la aplicación de las pausas activas para la disminución de estrés académico en estudiantes de Fisioterapia
Authors: Javier-Rivera Leidy Sofía , Barceló-Rodríguez Valeria , Canté-Cuevas Xóchitl Candelaria , Kent-Sulú Martha Patricia , Vásquez-Gutiérrez Mauricia Guadalupe 
Published: January 2024

El estrés académico es el efecto colateral generado debido a diversas exigencias y demandas a las que los estudiantes universitarios se enfrentan. Por eso, el objetivo general del estudio fue conocer y explicar el beneficio de la implementación de un programa de pausas activas para la disminución del estrés académico en los estudiantes de la licenciatura en Fisioterapia durante el periodo escolar de enero a diciembre del 2022. La investigación fue mixta y se aplicó el inventario SISCO-VS 21, así como un programa de pausas activas. La muestra estuvo conformada por 107 estudiantes, mientras que el muestreo fue no probabilístico a conveniencia. El estudio estuvo apegado a los códigos y lineamientos deontológicos de investigación, por lo que se requirió el consentimiento informado.
Los resultados demuestran que el 70.1 % de los participantes son del género femenino y el 29.9 % masculino, con una media de 24.3 años de edad. Además, el 99 % presentaron estrés académico, con una media de 3.5 de una escala de uno al cinco. En cuanto a los estresores, predominan la sobrecarga de tareas y trabajos escolares (38.8 %), así como el nivel de exigencia de los profesores/as (38.3 %). En lo relacionado con las manifestaciones, predomina el desgano por realizar las labores escolares (32.7 %) y la somnolencia o mayor necesidad de dormir (29.9 %), mientras que las estrategias de afrontamiento son escuchar música o ver televisión (32.7 %). La aplicación del programa de pausas activas tuvo el 95.66 % de disminución de estrés y ansiedad, así como un aumento de la concentración. La actividad propuesta fue calificada como agradable (30.4 %), muy agradable (26 %) y excelente (39.1 %).
Upacara Adat Huluwotan: Antara Komoditas dan Keberlanjutan Tradisi Lokal
Authors: Merlina Nina , Ramdhani Suciyadi 
Published: January 2024

This article discusses the Huluwotan ceremony in Mekarsari Village, Bandung Regency, which is studied through commodification theory. The Huluwotan ceremony is seen as a commodity formed through economic and political interests, regardless of the positive and negative values caused. This research was designed using a qualitative method. This method involves the researcher in direct experience with informants in the field, as well as a data collection design that provides more space for informants. The results showed that the huluwotan ceremony experienced commodification through the DesaWisata program which had an impact on the economic and political dynamics in Mekarsari Village. The economic impact can be seen in the orientation of traditional ceremonies developed into tourism commodities so that ritual procedures develop dampen event funds at least also change to corporate sponsorship. While the political impact is seen when the management of the huluwotan ceremony becomes the responsibility. Village Head. The power to appoint the traditional leader of the huluwotan ceremony lies with the Village Head. These economic and political dynamics also produce new meanings among the community because the current customary leader reconstructs the history and symbols of the huluwotan ceremony, causing opposition from the previous customary leader. Nevertheless, it is the new meaning that complements the uniqueness of the huluwotan ceremony to become a tourist commodity so that the huluwotan ceremony continues to survive and develop in Mekarsari Village.