bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Rola tożsamości narodowej i religii w budowaniu opozycji antykomunistycznej. Przykład Polski i Niemiec
Authors: Brzezińska Monika Maria 
Published: November 2023

Niniejsze opracowanie porusza problematykę związku zachodzącego między tożsamością narodową a religią oraz zdolnością budowania przez społeczeństwo opozycji wobec systemów komunistycznych. Podjęta w pracy analiza dotyczy narodu polskiego czasu Polskiej Rzeczpospolitej Ludowej i niemieckiego okresu Niemieckiej Republiki Demokratycznej jako dwóch odmiennych przykładów postaw społecznych.
Analiza dowodzi, że Polacy i Niemcy w sytuacji historycznie trudnej, jaką było wprowadzenie systemu komunistycznego, wykazali tendencję do konsolidacji tożsamości narodowej wokół dwóch odmiennych koncepcji: naturalistyczno-kulturalistycznej i konstruktywistycznej. Pierwsza polegała na silnym odwołaniu się Polaków do etnosu, wraz z całym jego wymiarem duchowości i religijności, jako elementu scalającego społeczeństwo, a Niemców do demosu, rozumianego jako podporządkowanie się prawu i władzy stanowiących gwarancję porządku publicznego.
Ten zróżnicowanie skonstruowany rdzeń tożsamości stał się kluczowy w budowaniu postaw antykomunistycznych w obu społeczeństwach. U Polaków skutkował sprzeciwem i silną strukturą opozycyjną, u Niemców skłonnością do akceptacji i legitymizacji działań władz komunistycznych. Zjawiska te, szczególnie zauważalne u przywódców Kościoła katolickiego w Polsce i Kościoła ewangelickiego w Niemczech (Evangelische Kirche in Deutschland), dodatkowo wzmacniała zdywersyfikowana spójność religijna – silna u Polaków i słaba u Niemców.
The effectiveness of McDonald Transvaginal Cerclage in preventing preterm labor
Authors: Pribadi Adhi 
Published: November 2023

HIGHLIGHTS

Cervical cerclage has a well effectiveness to prevent preterm birth.
Suture material can use silk threads (monofilament) or ribbons, well successful in maintaining pregnancy.

ABSTRACT
Objective: To determine the success and effectiveness of the use of McDonald's transvaginal cerclage techniques and the thread material used to prevent premature labor in cases of uterine cervical incompetence.
Case Report: This study is retrospective; data for 13 patients was taken from the medical records of Dr. Hasan Sadikin Hospital Bandung and private clinics from the years of 2009 to 2021. The procedure used is a McDonald's cerclage technique with material suture using Silk No 1 and Mersilene tape thread. Indications are used based on a previous history of obstetrics preterm, abortion beyond 13 weeks or based on cervical length. The criterion for cerclage success is when achieving pregnancy at 36 weeks. Adjuvant therapy using tocolytics is administered intermittently in all patients. The patient is advised to douch the vagina using an antiseptic if there is excessive vaginal discharge. According to the success criteria, 92% of elective McDonald cerclages were able to maintain a pregnancy well up to 36 weeks. A total of 11 elective cases used Silk No 1, while Mersilene was used in 1 case. The No. 1 silk thread material was used in the elective cases with 91% success. One case using mersilene tape was able to maintain pregnancy until delivery by cesarean section at 38 weeks of age with bicornuate uterine pathology. One case of emergency cerclage with silk no. 1 failed to maintain pregnancy until 36 weeks.
Conclusion: The use of cerclage in conjunction with adjuvant therapy and antiseptic douching efforts has resulted in good success in maintaining pregnancy at the cervix incompetent with a history of obstetric preterm and recurrent abortus. When there is no tape-shaped thread material suture, the use of silk thread or other monofilamentary threads with a larger diameter can be considered.
Protocol for subcutaneous implantation of polyethylene tubes containing endodontic reparative materials in 12-week-old Wistar rats
Authors: Pelepenko Lauter Eston , Hewitt Benjamin , Janini Ana Cristina Padilha , Moraes Brenda Fornazaro , Pereira Jennifer Santos , Leutz Anna Carolina Neves , Marciano Marina Angélica 
Published: November 2023

Abstract
The subcutaneous implantation of filled polyethylene tubes is traditionally used to investigate local biological responses to a material placed within this type of tube. An extensive report regarding this implantation technique in the 1960’s validated this type of implantation since their results indicated that “after 60 days of implantation the tubes were surrounded by a noninflamed connective tissue capsule”. Thus, a potential tissue reaction (i.e., inflammation) to an implanted filled tube could be attributed to the material/substance within the tube. However, it is crucial to include in the experimental setup empty tubes to be implanted similarly, serving as controls. Here, we describe a protocol for tube implantation used to investigate in vivo the tissue response to implanted polyethylene tubes containing calcium silicate-based materials. The expected results following these implantations include qualitative histological analysis and, additionally, quantitative data from score analysis are also obtainable.
Behçet's disease in pregnancy:A case report and literature review
Authors: li xiangyue , huang Xuemei , Yu Xiaolan 
Published: November 2023

Abstract

Background：Behçet's disease (BD) in pregnancy is a relatively rare disease,and there are no guidelines for it. It is such a rare disease that obstetricians have not enough experience in diagnosis and treatment. Herein,we introduce the process of diagnosis and treatment of a patient with BD in pregnancy.
Case presentation：A 20 years old woman, gravida 2, para 1,presented in our inpatient department with recurrent oral and genital ulcers at 28 weeks and 3 days of gestation. Considering the specility of the patient,we started the first multidisciplinary consulation to make sure treatment regimens. However,the initial treatment was not effective, and the patient had a fever for four days. So we initiated the second multidisciplinary consulation. The final treatment regimen included azithromycin, hydroxychloroquine,prednisone,low-molecular heparin calcium. The clinical symptoms were gone and the female neonate was delivered successfully. No relapse was found during 4-month follow-up.
Conclusions：The critical issues in the treatment are medication safety in pregnant women and avoidance of adverse pregnancy outcomes. Multidisciplinary consulation is a effective way to solve the treatment regimens. Obstetricians should closely monitor disease progression and pay attention to complications in time to minimize adverse pregnancy outcomes.
The Incidence of Forced Migration and Access to COVID-19 Services in West Africa
Authors: Targba Aondowase 
Published: November 2023

Abstract

Background
The paper focuses on the accessibility of COVID-19 services to forced migrants in selected countries in West Africa. The selected countries are Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger and Nigeria. The work is also focused on the risk of forced migrants to the contraction of the COVID-19; and the integration of forced migrants into COVID-19 national response programmes in West Africa.
Methods
The study was by desk research based on secondary sources of data from the United Nations, government and nongovernmental organizations, and other relevant publications.
Results
Findings revealed that forced migrants in conflict-stricken areas have no or little access to COVID-19 services. It was also discovered that forced migrants are not adequately included in COVID-19 national response plans.
Conclusion
COVID-19 response strategies at both sub-regional and national levels are not targeted at forced migrants or hard-to-reach populations. Poor living conditions are one of the many factors that make forced migrants vulnerable to the contraction of COVID-19 and other communicable diseases in IDP and refugee camps.
Data-driven Simulations For Training AI-Based Segmentation of Neutron Images
Authors: Sathe Pushkar S. , Wolf Caitlyn M. , Kim Youngju , Robinson Sarah M. , Daugherty M. Cyrus , Murphy Ryan P. , LaManna Jacob M. , Huber Michael G. , Jacobson David L. , Kienzle Paul A. , Weigandt Katie M. , Klimov Nikolai N. , Hussey Daniel S. , Bajcsy Peter 
Published: November 2023

Abstract
Neutron interferometry uniquely combines neutron imaging and scattering methods to enable characterization of multiple lengthscales from 1 nm to 10 μm. However, building, operating, and using such neutron imaging instruments poses constraints on theacquisition time and on the number of measured images per sample. Experiment time-constraints yield small quantities ofmeasured images that are insufficient for automating image analyses using supervised artificial intelligence (AI) models. Oneapproach alleviates this problem by supplementing annotated measured images with synthetic images. To this end, we createa data-driven simulation framework that supplements training data beyond typical data-driven augmentations by leveragingstatistical intensity models, such as the Johnson family of probability density functions (PDFs). We follow the simulationframework steps for an image segmentation task including Estimate PDFs → Validate PDFs → Design Image Masks →Generate Intensities → Train AI Model for Segmentation. Our goal is to minimize the manual labor needed to execute the stepsand maximize our confidence in simulations and segmentation accuracy. We report results for a set of nine known materials(calibration phantoms) that were imaged using a neutron interferometer acquiring four-dimensional images and segmented by AI models trained with synthetic and measured images and their masks.
Exploring Quantum Systems for Pseudo-Random Number Generation
Authors: Cruz Luis José Mantilla Santa , Faina Luis F. , Pereira João Henrique de Souza 
Published: November 2023

Abstract
Quantum realizations have opened a new ways for computer science. The new characteristics and phenomenons allow us to create new algorithms for general proposes. An interesting topic is random number generation. There are two perspectives for this proposes. True random numbers generator (TRN) and pseudo random numbers generator (PRNG). True Random Number Generators has four significant characteristics: randomness, long Period, insensitivity to seeds, repeatability. Additionally, Pseudo Random Number Generators is a fascinating topic that leverages the principles of computer science to craft deterministic algorithms, enabling the creation of a sequence of pseudo-random numbers. A crucial element in this process is the 'seed', which serves as the initial value to generate the entire sequence. This document proposes a algorithm based on a quantum system and the quasi-probability of its possible states to generate a long set of numbers which has pseudo random properties. The quantum system is compound by n qubits, its initial conditions and a small set of rotation gates with a fixed angle. The tests were realized using the battery test called NIST SP800-22, and alpha=0.01 as a threshold to ensures 99\% of precision. The results demonstrate that it is possible generate a long set of pseudo numbers with random characteristics using a quantum simple operation. However, the experiments reveal that a real world implementation require a quantum system with at least 10-9 precision order.
The association of the expression of RBX1 and BAMBI in polycystic ovarian syndrome patients' cumulus cells and oocyte maturation
Authors: Monshizadeh Kimia , Tajamolian Masoud , Anbari Fatemeh , Mehrjardi Mohammad Yahya Vahidi , Kalantar Seyed Mehdi , Dehghani Mohammadreza 
Published: November 2023

Abstract
Background
As a prevalent endocrine illness, polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS) affects 6–20% of women who are at reproductive age. Follicular development can be impaired by hyperandrogenism, which is a PCOS symptom. Follicular growth disruptions in PCOS patients cause problems with oocyte development and embryonic growth. Nevertheless, the cause of PCOS remains ambiguous. By exploring the expression pattern of cumulus cells, which are important for the maturation and quality of oocytes, it might be possible to identify the genes that are associated with PCOS as well as oocyte maturation. A multi-subunit proteasome that includes RBX1 can indirectly activate APC/Cdc20, enabling oocytes to bypass the GV stage and advance to the MII stage. The WNT signaling pathway is critical for development, healthy ovarian function, and fertility. This pathway can be favorably activated by the BAMBI gene. This study seeks to examine how RBX1 and BAMBI relate to the development of PCOS and oocyte maturation.
Methods
In this experiment, we gathered the cumulus cells of mature (38 case and 33 control) and immature (38 case and 33 control) oocytes from women with/without PCOS. Besides, quantitative RT-PCR was used to assess the semi-quantitative expression of BAMBI and RBX1.
Results
According to our research, the expression of RBX1 and BAMBI in PCOS patients was significantly lower than that in non-PCOS patients. There also emerged a significant difference of expression between these two genes when they were considered in terms of their maturation stage.
Conclusion
This research raises the possibility of RBX1 and BAMBI involvement in oocyte quality in PCOS women.
Clinical outcomes of patients with mut-type methylmalonic acidemia identified through expanded newborn screening in China
Authors: Ling Shiying , Wu Shengnan , Shuai Ruixue , Yu Yue , Qiu Wenjuan , Wei Haiyan , Yang Chiju , Xu Peng , Zou Hui , Feng Jizhen , Niu Tingting , Hu Haili , Zhang Huiwen , Liang Lili , Wang Yu , Chen Ting , Xu Feng , Gu Xuefan , Han Lianshu 
Published: November 2023

Abstract

Background
Isolated methylmalonic acidemia, an autosomal recessive disorder of propionate metabolism, is usually caused by mutations in the methylmalonyl-CoA mutase gene (mut-type). Because no universal consensus was made on whether mut-type methylmalonic acidemia should be included in newborn screening (NBS), we aimed to compare the outcome of this disorder detected by NBS with that detected clinically and investigate the influence of NBS on the disease course.
Design & Methods
In this study, 168 patients with mut-type methylmalonic acidemia diagnosed by NBS were compared to 210 patients diagnosed after disease onset while NBS was not performed. Clinical data of these patients from 7 metabolic centers in China were analyzed retrospectively, including initial manifestations, biochemical metabolites, the responsiveness of vitamin B12 therapy, and gene variation, to explore different factors on the long-term outcome.
Results
By comparison of the clinically-diagnosed patients, NBS-detected patients showed younger age at diagnosis, less incidence of disease onset, better responsiveness of vitamin B12, younger age at start of treatment, lower levels of biochemical features before and after treatment, and better long-term prognosis (P < 0.01). Onset of disease, blood C3/C2 ratio and unresponsiveness of vitamin B12 were more positively associated with poor outcomes of patients whether identified by NBS. Moreover, the factors above as well as older age at start of treatment were positively associated with mortality.
Conclusions
This research highly demonstrated NBS could prevent major disease-related events and allow an earlier treatment initiation. As a key prognostic factor, NBS is beneficial for improving the overall survival of infants with mut-type methylmalonic acidemia.
Generative Adversarial Networks with Gramian Angular Field for Handling Imbalanced Data in Specific Emitter Identification
Authors: Zhang Yezhuo , Zhou Zinan , Li Xuanpeng 
Published: November 2023

Abstract
Specific Emitter Identification (SEI) is a methodology employed to identify emitters by exploiting the hardware impairments inherent in transmitting devices. In the real world, there are challenges in performing SEI on radiation source signals, such as serious imbalance among samples, leading to low model accuracy, poor generalization, and limited practical application. These challenges widely occur in modern military, security, and other fields, but related research works have been conducted relatively late. In this paper, we propose a Generative Adversarial Network (GAN) with the Gramian Angular Field (GAF) method to address few-shot case data. Specifically, the proposed method employs GAF transformation to convert temporal radar data into a two-dimensional image format and utilizes an enhanced GAN to improve the classifier for imbalanced data based on the characteristics of GAF through training on both augmented and original samples. The experiments were conducted on real-world Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) signals, demonstrating the effectiveness of the proposed method. The method could significantly improve the performance of the SEI model in inter-class imbalanced scenarios.
Understanding Neural Networks withLogarithm Determinant Entropy Estimator
Authors: Zhouyin Zhanghao , Liu Ding 
Published: November 2023

Abstract
Measuring entropy and entropy based informative functionals plays a vital role in many aspects of modern machine learning. However, recent practices often comes across problems such as ineffective of high-dimensional samples, or expensive computation and storage. These challenges in measuring could limit the implementation of machine learning methods based on information theory. To address, we proposed LogDet estimator – a reliable matrix-based entropy estimator based on the logarithm determinant of the distance matrix. We construct informative functionals of multivariate samples and design tests to ensure it is free from saturation problems in high dimensions. Besides, our method scales linearly in storage with the same computation complexity as the recently proposed α-Rényi entropy, which makes it more suitable for real-world practices of modern machine learning,such as neural network analysis, feature selection and design optmization objectives. For application, we utilize this method to analyze theinformative behaviour of neural networks, which gives a novel empirical interpretation of neural networks’ Information Bottleneck Theory.
Study of entanglement in symmetric multi-quDits systems through information diagrams
Authors: Guerrero Julio , Sojo Antonio , Mayorgas Alberto , Calixto Manuel 
Published: November 2023

Along this paper, we analyze the entanglement properties of symmetric multi-quDits systems in a special type of states created from the generalization to U(D) of the usual spin coherent states. By means of parity operators, we define what we call multicomponent Schrödinger cat states as parity adapted coherent states. Introducing the tool of information diagrams, i.e. representations of pairs of entropy measures, we analyze the correlation structure of this type of states and their M-wise reduced density matrices.
SO(1,3) Yang-Mills solutions on Minkowski space via cosets
Authors: Kumar Kaushlendra 
Published: November 2023

We present a novel family of Yang-Mills solutions, with gauge group SO(1,3), on Minkowski space that are geometrically distinguished into two classes, viz. interior and exterior of the lightcone. We achieve this by foliating the former with SO(1,3)/SO(3) cosets and the latter with SO(1,3)/SO(1,2) cosets and analytically solving the Yang-Mills equation of an SO(1,3)-invariant gauge field. The resulting fields and their stress-energy tensor, when translated to the Minkowski space, diverge at the lightcone, but we demonstrate how this stress-energy tensor could be regularised due to its unique algebraic structure.
Cognitive impairment and depression
Authors: Preobrazhenskaya I. S. 
Published: November 2023

The commonality of cognitive impairment and depression is discussed. Cognitive symptoms are the main symptoms of depressive disorder and, most often, it is cognitive impairment that reduces the performance and quality of life of depressed patients. The most common cognitive disorders in depressed patients are: attention deficit (both visual and auditory), decrease in the level of short-term and operative memory, difficulties in processing information of any modality, a decrease in the speed of information processing, as well as difficulties in building an activity program and monitoring her execution. A cognitive symptom that requires further discussion is the so-called cognitive distortion – a shift in focus from positive to negative stimuli, as well as incorrect reactions to negative feedback and decision making. A depressive episode develops against the background of dysmetabolic and dysfunctional cerebral changes in the amygdala, cingulate cortex, hippocampus, orbitofrontal and mediobasal frontal cortex. Cognitive impairment in patients who have had depression persists after recovery from depression; according to the figurative expression adopted in the scientific community of specialists studying cognitive impairment in depression, each depressive episode forms permanent “cognitive scars”. Presumably, cognitive dysfunction may be one of the risk factors for the development of a depressive disorder; depression, in turn, is a risk factor for the development of dementia, including in Alzheimer’s disease and cerebrovascular disease: studies have shown that the transformation of severe cognitive impairment associated with depression into dementia in elderly patients can reach 70% in five years. The undoubted commonality of depression and cognitive dysfunction is emphasized by the frequency of depression in patients with cognitive impairment.
Association of serum chemerin levels with complications and comorbidity in rheumatoid arthritis
Authors: Papichev E. V. , Akhverdyan Yu. R. , Polyakova Yu. V. , Sivordova L. E. , Zavodovsky B. V. 
Published: November 2023

Introduction. Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a systemic autoimmune disease as well as a typical inflammatory process. Chemerin is a fat tissue cytokine, which specific receptors were discovered on the surface of the innate immune cells. It is of interest to study the association of chemerin with the complications and comorbidity in RA.Aim. To study the association between serum chemerin levels with complications and comorbidity in rheumatoid arthritis.Materials and methods. 88 women with RA were enrolled in our study. ll patients undergone standard clinical and laboratory examination. Serum chemerin, high-sensitive C-reactive protein (hsCRP), anti-citrullinated protein antibodies, insulin and C-peptide levels were determined using ELISA. X-ray absorptiometry was performed. Statistical analysis was performed using conventional methods with a software package Statistica 10.0.Results. Median chemerin concentration was 463.5 [366–576.5] ng/ml. Chemerin concentration correlated with the age (ρ = 0.232; р = 0.030), weight (ρ = 0.254; р = 0.017) and body mass index (BMI) (ρ = 0.212; р = 0.047), but wasn’t associated with the RA classification criteria. Positive correlation between chemerin concentration and number of painful joints (NPJ) (ρ = 0.213; р = 0.046) and hsCRP (ρ = 0.273; р = 0.010) was observed. Patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM2) had higher chemerin concentration (598.0 ng/ml vs 479.5 ng/ml, Z = -2.68; p = 0.007) and patients with cholecystectomy in anamesis had lower (359.0 ng/ml vs 479.0 ng/ml, Z = 2.02; p = 0.043). Chemerin concentration correlated with systolic and diastolic blood pressure (BP) (ρ = -0.41; р < 0.001 and ρ = -0.27; р = 0.028, respectively).Conclusions. Chemerin concentration in women with RA correlates with age, weight, BMI, NPJ and hsCRP. Chemerin concentration in patients with comorbid DM2 was higher and in patients comorbid with cholecystectomy in anamnesis was lower. Chemerin concentration correlates negatively with a systolic and diastolic BP.