bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
A Comprehensive Review and Open Challenges on Visual Question Answering Models
Authors: Shaik Fasi Ahamad , Koshti Dipali , Gupta Ashutosh , Kalla Mukesh , Sharma Arvind 
Published: February 2024

Users are now able to actively interact with images and pose different questions based on images, thanks to recent developments in artificial intelligence. In turn, a response in a natural language answer is expected. The study discusses a variety of datasets that can be used to examine applications for visual question-answering (VQA), as well as their advantages and disadvantages. Four different forms of VQA models—simple joint embedding-based models, attention-based models, knowledge-incorporated models, and domain-specific VQA models—are in-depth examined in this article. We also critically assess the drawbacks and future possibilities of all current state-of-the-art (SoTa), end-to-end VQA models. Finally, we present the directions and guidelines for further development of the VQA models.
Gamification as an innovative tool in classroom teaching: Does it enhance learning outcomes and student participation in nursing?
Authors: John Bindu , Thomas Rintu 
Published: February 2024

Gamification has been introduced in the nursing curriculum as one of the newest and most innovative teaching methods by blending the games with the concepts. In this method, they are applying the game elements in a non-game environment. Evidence cited in the empirical research shows that it increases students' class engagement, motivation, problem-solving ability, and competencies to a large extent. However, not many research studies have been conducted exploring the impact of gamification on the teaching and learning of nursing subjects. 1) Identify the application of gamification as an innovative teaching-learning strategy in nursing curriculum 2) Explore the student satisfaction, motivation, and class engagement while using gamification as a learning method 3) Impact of gamification on the academic performance of nursing students.A literature search was conducted using online databases available in Google Scholar, PubMed, Medline, Science Direct, and ProQuest. The studies included were descriptive surveys, systematic reviews, quasi-experimental, and mixed research methods. The key search concepts explored were ‘Gamification and nursing education’, ‘gamified as a learning tool in nursing education’, ‘gamification and academic outcomes of nursing students', and 'gamification as a teaching strategy in nursing education'. The available evidence from the research studies indicates positive results in using gamification can be a used as a learning strategy and shows that it can bring about increased class engagement, clarification and understanding of difficult concepts, and improve interaction and communication in nursing courses. However, challenges remain in terms of lack of clarity on the competencies to be examined the learning outcomes and the efficacy of its application in the professional field, and the underlying costs. Gamification can be introduced as an innovative technology in the teaching-learning process. Further studies are required to provide more evidence in its application to various nursing courses and the learning outcomes to be examined.
Enhancement of quality in students and teachers through improved curriculum and faculty development programmes based on ancient Indian teachings and yogic lifestyle
Authors: Bhavanani Ananda Balayogi , Nilachal Padmashanti 
Published: February 2024

: Quality improvement and development are crucial for the growth of teachers and students. Despite advancements in technology and resources, human life is becoming increasingly unhappy, with a lack of meaningfulness and a focus on money and luxury. The quality of life is declining, and while the number of educated people is increasing, there is a lack of understanding of the application of human values in modern education. Integrating education with human values is necessary to uncover the divine potential of a quality life. Ancient Indian teachings have the potential to bridge gaps in the modern educational system, and incorporating human values and yogic lifestyles is essential for a brighter future for upcoming generations. : The method used is the evaluation of the practices and teachings mentioned in various ancient and recent texts.: Indian traditional wisdom places a strong emphasis on moral principles and human values that still hold true today. They provide special attention to the higher goals of life, such "moksha," and impart a variety of life skills to teachers as well as students. Students learn about lifestyle management, study management, relationship management, communication skills, character building, personality grooming, and self-excellence. To be a quality teacher, one must possess creative excellence, leadership, team building, and spiritual excellence. These principles support people's development on all levels of their lives, not only in the workplace.: The Ancient Indian teachings are a wonderful source of motivation for strengthening the quality of both teachers and students. These teachings may help both students and teachers in their holistic development.
Impromptu yet effective conduct of Jigsaw to teach a topic in biochemistry for first MBBS students
Authors: Agrawal Poonam , Devi Pooja , Jamatia Elvia 
Published: February 2024

Jigsaw technique as a teaching modalities is an important and fascinating mode of teaching students a particular topic in an effective and interesting manner. Though the effectiveness of Jigsaw implementation is documented by many researchers, not only for medical science subjects but also for various topics in chemistry, engineering and nursing courses, it’s application and feasibility is often being questioned. Many researchers find the implementation of Jigsaw a daunting task, which requires a lot of time, planning and number of resource person. This article emphasises upon feasibility of Jigsaw implementation and its effectiveness in spite of all odds like limitation of resource faculty, time, space etc.In this study Jigsaw planning was done impromptu for revision of the topic “Enzyme” for students of biochemistry in first MBBS. 49 out of total 62 students of batch A reported for tutorial session. They were divided into 6 experts groups[EG1-EG6]. Each EG was given one sub topic out of above. They were instructed to discuss it among their peers in EG. Later one student from each EG was mobilised to create home group[HG].Total 8 HG were thus created and the students were asked to discuss their subtopic in HG in sequential manner; which means first of all student from EG-1 discusses the sub topic to rest of the members of his/her own HG, next the student from EG 2 explains the sub topic to rest of the members of his/her own HG. This fashion all the sub topics were sequentially discussed in all the HG parallelly and the whole topic of enzyme was discussed in each HG in peer assisted learning fashion. Students were later asked to write reflection on this activity.Same activity was repeated for batch B students.During analysis of reflection it was found that this exercise was appreciated by majority of students, and they perceived this activity as an interesting and effective modality of teaching learning. They even wanted repetition of Jigsaw activity in future for various other topics.It is concluded that in-spite of limitation of time and limited faculty backup, Jigsaw can be effectively implemented for benefit of students in a short notice.
Effectiveness of mesenchymal stem cell therapy in cats with chronic gingivostomatitis
Authors: Nekouei Omid , Tung Wong San , Ka Yi Leung Tiffany , An Ngai Qi , Sum Wong Wing , Almendros Angel 
Published: February 2024

PICO Question
In cats with chronic gingivostomatitis, does using intravenous mesenchymal stem cell therapy, compared to not using it, lead to the improvement of clinical signs?

Clinical bottom line
Category of research
Treatment.
Number and type of study designs reviewed
Five interventional studies (clinical trials).
Strength of evidence
None.
Outcomes reported
The reviewed studies indicate intravenous mesenchymal stem cell (MSC) therapy is safe to administer and can be effective in remission or alleviating the clinical signs of refractory, chronic gingivostomatitis in cats that have undergone full-mouth tooth extraction.
Conclusion
The collective evidence supports the intravenous administration of mesenchymal stem cell (MSC) therapy in cats with chronic gingivostomatitis following dental extraction. However, conducted clinical trials are prone to different degrees of bias due to the lack of independent control groups, the small number of subjects, and enrolling subjects with various severity of the disease. Therefore, more robust evidence can be obtained through well-designed randomised controlled trials to confirm the observed positive effects of the treatment in cats with a broader range of characteristics.

How to apply this evidence in practice
The application of evidence into practice should take into account multiple factors, not limited to: individual clinical expertise, patient’s circumstances and owners’ values, country, location or clinic where you work, the individual case in front of you, the availability of therapies and resources.
Knowledge Summaries are a resource to help reinforce or inform decision making. They do not override the responsibility or judgement of the practitioner to do what is best for the animal in their care.
The Literacy We Teach Today
Authors: Van der Weel A. 
Published: February 2024

The article discusses the issues of text culture transformation, literacy and reading. The purpose of the article is to explore the modern interpretation of the concept of "literacy" and determine its place in creating the shape of tomorrow’s world. The author analyzes the changes in the culture of reading and literacy education that resulted from the introduction of massive educational reforms in Western Europe. The author reminds us that literacy and our reading culture are not givens but that they constantly evolve under the influence of new text technologies. The author tries to comprehend the consequences of the current digital media revolution for intellectual development and the future structure of society; to identify new features that reading and literacy have acquired in modern culture. Besides, considerable attention is paid to the place of text in the digital age. The author concludes that the parallel presence of all mediums on the same screen suddenly showed the real place of text in people’s affections. Being cognitively more demanding, text clearly takes second position to auditory and visual media for entertainment and as a vehicle of cultural experience. Meanwhile the social use of text in the meantime is a different matter: text is still very important in social media – although in an ever more rudimentary form. Author concludes that none of the new mediums were ever regarded as a serious threat to books and other text forms. Reading and writing had as it were simply “got their first”. Books could pride themselves on a centuriesold tradition, and when film, radio and television came along, all subjects had already been properly described in (text-) books. The author highlights that the “screen effect” leading to the demotion of such more demanding forms of reading clearly shows once again the contingent nature of literacy. What follows is a plea to give back to literacy its original aura as a major intellectual achievement: a means to shape future minds, and thus the society in which our children will live. Based on previous research, the author draws our attention to the fact that digital media revolution is already having the effect of devaluing reading as a cultural technique. It has been generally accepted that schools should include “digital literacy” in the curriculum - even though there is little agreement what position it should take (purely practically and philosophically). In conclusion, the author emphasizes that the future of the literacy project still comes down to overcoming the social and digital divide.
Forest site and stand structure affecting the distribution of Emerald Ash Borer, Agrilus planipennis Fairmaire, 1888 (Coleoptera: Buprestidae) in Eastern Ukraine
Authors: Meshkova Valentyna , Borysenko Oleksandr , Kucheryavenko Tetiana , Vysotska Natalia , Skrylnyk Yuriy , Davydenko Kateryna , Holusa Jaroslav 
Published: February 2024

Emerald ash borer (EAB), Agrilus planipennis, an invasive phloem-boring beetle, was detected in the Luhansk Region of Ukraine in 2019. In the following years, it expanded to a large part of the Kharkiv region and the parks of Kyiv. Previous research proved that the climate in Luhansk and neighboring regions is favorable for EAB, and the lack of a host plant (Fraxinus sp.) cannot prevent pest expansion in Ukraine. Considering the necessity to detect inhabited trees in time, our current research aimed to identify the most attractive EAB forest subcompartments considering forest site conditions and stand structure. MaxEnt model predicted the potential distribution of EAB with high accuracy (AUC = 0.842). The most significant five variables provided 82.9% to the model, particularly «Age of trees, years», «Area of forest subcompartment, ha», «Mean height of trees, m», «The proportion of Fraxinus excelsior in the stand composition, %», and «Hygrotope index (humidity level), point». A very high probability of EAB expansion in the Luhansk region (&amp;gt;90 %) is predicted at 20 % of the forest area with Fraxinus sp. in the stand composition. The probability of EAB spread above 30% is predicted for 75 % of such area. To improve the forecasting accuracy, it could be necessary to consider the data on road localization along which the pest can spread passively, as well as dominate wind speed.
Kesiapan Sekolah dalam Melaksanakan Pendidikan Inklusif di Sekolah Dasar Inklusi Kabupaten Pacitan Wilayah Timur
Authors: Aminulloh Alfan Saifut , Purnamasari Mega Isvandiana , Erviana Lina 
Published: February 2024

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk 1) mengetahui kesiapan fisik dan sarana prasarana dalam proses pelaksanaan pendidikan inklusi, 2) mengetahui kesiapan sumber daya manusia dalam proses pelaksanaan pendidikan inklusi, 3) mengetahui hambatan dalam penyelenggaraan pendidikan Inklusi. Teknik pengumpulan data yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini adalah observasi, wawancara, dan dokumentasi. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa 1) persentase kesiapan sarana dan prasarana mencapai 62,5%, mengindikasikan bahwa kedua sekolah siap melaksanakan pendidikan inklusi. 2) kesiapan sumber daya manusia juga terpenuhi dengan adanya lebih dari 2 Guru Pendamping Khusus yang terlatih di kedua sekolah, 3) hambatan yang dihadapi dalam penyelenggaraan pendidikan inklusif meliputi kurangnya beberapa fasilitas pendukung seperti media pembelajaran dan belum adanya aksesbilitas bagi anak berkebutuhan khusus serta kurangnya atensi dari orangtua siswa.
Di-n-butyl phthalate regulates insulin sensitivity in human skeletal muscle cell line through the PI3K-AKT-GLUT4 signaling pathway
Authors: Shan Dan , Chen Yan , Zhou Kunyan 
Published: February 2024

Abstract
Background: Dibutyl phthalate (DBP) exposure is a serious environmental problem causing human health threats in China and is closely related to the development of insulin resistance, but its mechanism is unclear. Skeletal muscle tissue is one of the important tissues involved in insulin resistance, and its molecular mechanisms may involve various links of the insulin signaling cascade in muscle cells.
Methods: In this study, the mRNA and protein expression of the above signaling gene were detected and quantified by Real-time quantitative PCR (RT-qPCR) and Western blotting in human skeletal muscle cell line HSkMC cells, and the InsR-IRS1-PI3K-AKT-GLUT4 signaling pathway as the entry point.
Results: The mRNA levels of InsR, IRS-1, PI3K, AKT2, and GLUT4 were reduced after DBP treatment compared with control cells.DBP and PI3K inhibitor BKMl20 or DBP transfected with PTEN overexpression lentivirus further reduced the mRNA expression levels of PI3K, AKT2, and GLUT4. In addition, DBP treatment also reduced the expression of InsR, IRS-1, PI3K, AKT2, and GLUT4 and the phosphorylation of AKT2, but both DBP with BKMl20 or DBP was transfected with PTEN overexpression.
Conclusions: Based on the above results, this study is the first to find a possible molecular mechanism of DBP in skeletal muscle insulin resistance through regulating the PI3K-dependent insulin signaling pathway of skeletal muscle cells, providing a rationale for the pathophysiological changes in the initiation and progression of insulin resistance caused by DBP.
Should pain be allowed or avoided during shoulder rehabilitation exercises for patients with chronic rotator cuff tendinopathy? Study protocol for a randomized controlled trial – the PASE trial.
Authors: Kjær Birgitte Hougs , Cools Ann M. , Johannsen Finn E. , Trostrup Jeanette , Bieler Theresa , Siersma Volkert , Magnusson S. Peter 
Published: February 2024

Abstract

Background: Rotator cuff (RC) tendinopathy is the most reported shoulder disorder in the general population with highest prevalence in overhead athletes and adult working-age population. A growing body of evidence support exercise therapy as an effective intervention, but to date there are no prospective randomized controlled trials addressing pain as an intervention variable.Methods: A single-site, prospective, pragmatic, assessor-blinded randomized controlled superiority trial. Eighty-four patients aged 18-55 years with chronic (symptom duration over 3 months) RC tendinopathy are randomized 1:1 to receive shoulder exercise during which pain is either allowed or avoided. The intervention period lasts 26 weeks. During that period participants in both groups are offered 8 individual on-site sessions with an assigned sports physiotherapist. Participants perform home exercises and are provided with a pain and exercise logbook and asked to report completed home-based exercise sessions and reasons for not completing sessions (pain or other reasons). Patients are also asked to report load and the number of sets and repetitions per sets for each exercise session. The logbooks are collected continuously throughout the intervention period. The primary and secondary outcomes are obtained at baseline, 6 weeks, 26 weeks, and 1 year after baseline. The primary outcome is patient reported pain and disability using the Shoulder PAin and Disability Index (SPADI). Secondary outcomes are patient reported pain and disability using Disability Arm Shoulder and Hand shortform (Quick DASH), and shoulder pain using Numeric Pain Rating Scale. Objective outcomes are shoulder range of motion, isometric shoulder muscle strength, pain sensitivity, working ability and structural changes in the supraspinatus tendon and muscle using ultrasound.Discussion: The results of this study will contribute knowledge about the treatment strategies for patients with RC tendinopathy and help physiotherapists in clinical decision-making. This is the first randomized controlled trial comparing the effects of allowing pain versus avoiding pain during shoulder exercises in patients with chronic RC tendinopathy. If tolerating pain during and after exercise proves to be effective, it will potentially expand our understanding of 'exercising into pain' for this patient group, as there is currently no consensus.Trial registration: ClinicalTrials.gov NCT05124769. Registered on August 11, 2021. URL https://clinicaltrials.gov/search?cond=NCT05124769
HAR-ViT:A human activity recognition method based on ViT
Authors: Han Huiyan , Zeng Hongwei , Kuang Liqun , Han Xie , Xue Hongxin 
Published: February 2024

Abstract
Human activity recognition has a wide range of applications in various fields, such as video surveillance, virtual reality, and human-computer intelligent interaction. It has emerged as a significant research area in computer vision. Key algorithms utilized include P-LSTM (partial sensing LSTM), ST-GCN (Spatiotemporal graph convolutional networks), and 2s-AGCN (two-flow adaptive graph convolutional networks). Despite the remarkable achievements made by these algorithms, there are still some challenges to address, including unsatisfactory recognition accuracy, convergence difficulties, and limited generalization ability. To tackle these issues, this paper proposes HAR-ViT - a human activity recognition method based on Vision Transformer architecture. The enhanced AGCN (eAGCN) map filter is employed to assign weights to human skeleton data, highlighting key nodes and promoting model convergence. The position encoder module captures precise timing information while the transformer encoder efficiently compresses sequence data features to enhance calculation speed. Human activity recognition is accomplished through multi-layer perceptron (MLP) classifiers. Experimental results demonstrate that the proposed method achieves an accuracy of 91.06% for cross-subject and 96.73% for cross-view human behavior recognition on the NTU60 dataset respectively; similarly achieving accuracies of 87.61% and 89.02% on the NTU120 dataset for the same task respectively compared to state-of-the-art algorithms with an improved accuracy of approximately 1%, while reducing total parameter count by 57.24%.
Effect of Ce on the acidity of LaMnO3 / Fe2O3 catalyst in NH3-SCR at low temperature
Authors: hao wencong , luo siyi , ren dongdong , xu yongchao , zuo zongliang , sha haohan 
Published: February 2024

Abstract

A series of La1 − xCexMnO3/Fe2O3 catalysts were prepared by citric acid method, and their catalytic denitration efficiency and water and sulfur resistance were tested., XRD, BET, H2-TPR, NH3-TPD, XRF, TG and In situ DRIFTS are used to characterize the crystal structure redox properties of the catalysts. The results show that Fe2O3 catalyst loading LaMnO3 can significantly enhance the catalytic denitrification ability of the catalyst at low and medium temperatures. When the doping amount of LaMnO3 is 40%, the catalyst effect is the best, and the maximum efficiency is 94% at 240℃. The optimal temperature activity window is expanded by 30.8% compared with Fe2O3 catalyst at 240℃ to 330℃. The flue gas temperature corresponding to the optimal catalytic denitration efficiency is reduced by 30℃. Ce doping can improve the distribution of active substances on the catalyst surface and further improve the catalytic denitration efficiency at low temperature. La0.6Ce0.4MnO3/Fe2O3 has the highest catalytic denitrification efficiency, reaching the highest efficiency of 96% at 240℃, which is about 4% higher than that of undoped catalyst. In addition, Ce doping significantly weakened the formation of sulfate on the catalyst surface, and La0.6Ce0.4MnO3/Fe2O3 catalyst showed excellent sulfur resistance and water resistance.