bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
ІНТЕНСИВНІСТЬ МАСОПЕРЕНОСУ ПРИ СУШІННІ КОЛОЇДНИХ РОЗЧИНІВ ТА РІДКИХ ГЕТЕРОГЕННИХ СИСТЕМ
Authors: Турчина Тетяна Яківна , Малецька Кіра Дмитрівна , Авдєєва Леся Юріївна , Макаренко Андрій Анатолійович 
Published: December 2023

Стаття присвячена аналітичним дослідженням інтенсивності масопереносу при зневодненні одиничних крапель різних за фізико-хімічним складом продуктів, одержаних у рідкій формі з зернової та плодово-овочевої сировини. Колоїдні розчини в дослідженнях представлені розчинами ячмінно-солодового екстракту з вмістом сухих речовин 25 % і 35 %, а колоїдні гетерогенні системи – томатним пюре з вмістом сухих речовин 18 % і томатною пастою – 27 %.
Мета роботи полягала у визначенні впливу двох факторів: температурних режимів сушіння та концентрації сухих речовин на інтенсивність масопереносу при зневодненні колоїдних розчинів та колоїдних гетерогенних систем за експериментальними даними кінетики сушіння одиничних крапель в системі «крапля – парогазове середовище».
Аналітичні дослідження показали, що при сушінні гетерогенних систем більший вплив на інтенсивність масопереносу чинить концентраційний фактор. Показано, як збільшення вмісту сухих речовин до 27% призводить до зменшення інтенсивності масопереносу при сушінні, що викликано значним зниженням дифузійної спроможності гетерогенної системи у більш концентрованій формі.
Встановлено, що температурний фактор чинить більший вплив на інтенсивність масопереносу в колоїдних розчинах, ніж в гетерогенних системах: при Тп=180 оС інтенсивність процесу на 20 % вища.
Порівняльним аналізом тепломасообмінних характеристик сушіння різних за фізико-хімічним складом рідинних продуктів близького вмісту сухих речовин визначено, що для більшої ефективності сушіння колоїдних гетерогенних систем з плодово сировини температурні режими мають бути дещо вищі за температурні режими сушіння колоїдних розчинів ЯСЕ. Показано, що інтенсифікації тепломасопереносу при сушінні гетерогенних систем можна досягти зменшенням вмісту сухих речовин, наприклад, до 18 %, як в пюре.
PERFORMANCE OF HEAT PUMP BASED ON COMPOSITE ADSORBENT ‘SILICA GEL – CRYSTALLINE HYDRATE’
Authors: Belyanovskaya Elena , Sukhyy Kostyantyn Mikhaylovich , Serhiienko Yana Oleksandrivna , Sukhyy Mikhaylo , Sukha Irina Valeriivna 
Published: December 2023

Performance of an adsorptive heat pump has been studied. The factors affecting the efficiency of its work have been analyzed. Operating parameters and efficiency of adsorptive heat pumps and adsorptive heat storage devices have been compared. An algorithm of calculating the basic operating characteristics of an adsorption heat pump in heat supply systems has been proposed. It involves calculating the mass transfer coefficient, final absolute humidity of the air flow passed though adsorbent layer, the water uptake or adsorption and the useful heat of adsorption and heat of condensation, determination of heat inputs for the operation of the device such as heating the adsorbent, case of the device, hydraulic circuit, the water in the tank and adsorbed water, heat of desorption and heat of evaporation, estimation the coefficient of energy performance. The evaluation criteria of the efficiency of adsorptive heat pumps and heat storage devices have been compared. It is shown that the operating parameters of the adsorptive heat pump and the adsorptive thermal energy storage device based on composite adsorbents ‘silica gel – sodium sulfate’ and ‘silica gel – sodium acetate’ are the same, i.e. airflow rate 0.08 - 0.1 m3/s and initial absolute humidity of airflow 0.03 – 0.04 kg/m3, which are corresponded with maximal efficiency of the device. The temperature of the humid air flow directed to the adsorbent layer is suggested to be set at 20 – 40 °C. The measures to increase the efficiency of the adsorptive heat pump are proposed. It is shown that ultrasonic air humidification allows to increase the coefficient of energy performance by almost 2 times compared to steam humidification. The obtained results can be used for developing energy-efficient heating systems of residential premises.
Librarians’ Civic Roles and Responsibilities: Issues in Information Crises and Information Disorders
Authors: YAP J. M. , HAJDU BARAT A. , KISZL P. 
Published: December 2023

Objective. Public libraries can be powerful advocates for civic engagement. They have a responsibility to rekindle civil society and educate and inform the public. Libraries must expand their role beyond physical and virtual space to promote civic practices in fighting fake news. Libraries can use their influence to help students and librarians identify misinformation and caution others against sharing it. This paper aims to introduce how librarians can activate their civic roles and define information disorders. Methods. Public librarians were interviewed using discourse analysis to identify the profession's information challenges and understand their civic roles. Results. Public librarians identified a variety of ways to perform their civic roles, and several constructs emerged in the definition of information disorders. Conclusions. This pilot study offers a glimpse into how public librarians interact with information and filter misinformation circulating on social media. Civic librarianship is evident, but librarians face professional challenges. Although this study focuses on public librarians, the authors believe that many aspects can be accustomed by all types of librarians.
PREMATÜRE RETİNOPATİSİ MUAYENESİNDE ÇOKLU DUYUSAL UYARIMIN YENİDOĞAN GİRİŞİMSEL AĞRISI ÜZERİNDEKİ ETKİSİ: RANDOMİZE KONTROLLÜ ÇALIŞMA
Authors: TAŞDEMİR Halil İbrahim 
Published: December 2023

Amaç
Prematüre yenidoğanlarda sıkça uygulanan girişimlerden
biri de prematüre retinopatisi muayenesidir. Bu
muayenenin yenidoğanlar için ağrılı bir işlem olduğu,
prematüre yenidoğanlarda ağrıya bağlı bir takım fizyolojik
ve davranışsal değişikliklere yol açabileceği
bilinmektedir. Bu çalışmada, prematüre yenidoğanlarda
prematüre retinopati taraması amacıyla uygulanan
göz muayenesi sırasında uygulanabilecek olan çoklu
duyusal uyarımın girişimsel ağrı üzerindeki etkisini ortaya
koymak amaçlanmıştır.
Gereç ve Yöntem
Bu çalışma uygulayıcı ve değerlendirici kör, randomize
kontrollü bir klinik çalışma olarak tasarlanmıştır.
Çalışma toplamda 60 prematüre yenidoğanla yürütülmüştür.
Müdahale grubuna göz muayenesi başlamadan
üç dakika önce çoklu duyusal uyarım programı
uygulanırken, kontrol grubuna ek bir girişim uygulanmaksızın
rutin bakım uygulanmıştır. Birincil sonuç
ölçütü için Yenidoğan Ağrı Profili kullanılmıştır. İkincil
sonuç ölçütleri ise kalp atım hızı ve oksijen doygunluğunu
içermektedir. Veriler SPSS yazılımı (sürüm 23)
kullanılarak analiz edilmiştir.
Bulgular
Çalışmada müdahale öncesi her iki grupta da ağrı
skorları istatistik olarak benzer bulundu (Kontrol grubu:
3,6 ± 1,7, Girişim grubu: 3,2 ± 1,4, p=0,401) Göz
muayenesi sırasında ve muayene sonrasında ağrı
skorları açısından iki grubun faklı olduğu saptandı
(p
Comparison of effects of curcumin and beta-carotene on ovarian damage caused by cisplatin
Authors: CEYHAN Ayşe , BARAN Münevver , ALİŞAN SUNA Pınar , CENGİZ MAT Özge , YAY Arzu 
Published: December 2023

Purpose: We aimed the potential protective effects of curcumin (CUR) and beta-carotene (BC) against cisplatin (CIS)-induced ovarian damage using histological and immunohistochemical methods.
Materials and Methods: We used 56 female Wistar albino rats, divided randomly into seven groups. Control rats did not receive any treatment; the sham group was administered 1 ml/kg sesame oil by gavage; the CIS group 5 mg/kg CIS; the CUR group 200 mg/kg CUR; the BC group 100 mg/kg BC; the CUR + CIS group, CIS after administration of CUR; the BC + CIS group was pretreated with BC, then administered CIS. The ovaries of all groups were excised five days after the last application. We assessed histopathology and counted and classified follicles. Expression of anti-Mullerian hormone (AMH) and nuclear factor-kappa B (NF-κB) was detected immunohistochemically. Apoptosis was evaluated using the TUNEL method.
Results: CUR and BC are protective against decreased numbers of primordial, primary, preantral, secondary, and tertiary follicles caused by CIS. Both Cur and BC reduced ovarian NF-κB levels in comparison to the control group, and AMH immunoreactivity was almost identical for the control and CUR + CIS groups. Apoptotic cell counts indicated that CUR exerts a stronger anti-apoptotic effect than BC.
Conclusion: CUR has a protective effect against ovarian damage brought on by CIS and greater antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties than BC.
Role of serum sodium on heart, anemia, and diabetes patients
Authors: Das Mahashweta , Medda Sunit Kumar , Banik Shipra , Das Rabindra Nath 
Published: December 2023

This article examines the role of serum sodium (SNa) on heart, anemia, and diabetes patients based on a real data set of 299 patients and probabilistic modeling. It is derived herein that mean SNa is positively associated with the marginal effects of platelets count (PLC) (P = 0.0019), anemia status (ANS) (P = 0.1053) (partially), creatinine phosphokinase (CRP) (P = 0.0462), smoking habit (SMH) (P= 0.1017), SEX (P = 0.0029), and the joint interaction effects (JIEs) of ejection fraction (EJF) and the status of high blood pressure (HBP), i.e., EJF*HBP (P = 0.1398); ANS and death event (DEE), i.e., ANS*DEE (P = 0.0009); age and time to follow-up (TTF), i.e., AGE*TTF (P = 0.0700); age and serum creatinine (SEC), i.e., AGE*SEC (P = 0.0901); EJF and SEC, i.e., EJF*SEC (P = 0.0044); and CRP and TTF, i.e., CRP*TTF (P = 0.0021). Mean SNa is negatively associated with the marginal effects of DEE (P = 0.0001), TTF (P= 0.0521), SEC (P = 0.0028), diabetes status (DIS) (P = 0.0121), and the JIEs of PLC*ANS (P = 0.1064), CRP*SMH (P = 0.0274), CRP*HBP (P = 0.0044), AGE*PLC (P = 0.0811), AGE*SEX (P = 0.0008), AGE*CRP (P = 0.0463), and EJF*PLC (P = 0.0420). The variance of SNa is marginally positively associated with AGE (P = 0.0933), DEE (P = 0.1408), and the JIEs of AGE*ANS (P = 0.0575), EJF*SEX (P = 0.1001), SEC*SMH (P = 0.0091), EJF*TTF (P = 0.0008), CRP*DIS (P = 0.0039), EJF*DEE (P = 0.0022), and SEC*DIS (P = 0.0001). Also the variance of SNa is marginally negatively associated with ANS (P = 0.0631), EJF (P = 0.0008), DIS (P = 0.0548), PLC (P = 0.0023), SMH (P = 0.0242), TTF (P = 0.0018), CRP (P = 0.0027), and the JIEs of AGE*DEE (P = 0.0003) and SEC*SEX (P = 0.1327). SNa maintains a complex relationship with different patients and factors, and they have both marginal and JIEs on SNa. Medical practitioners and researchers should care about the complicated functional roles of SNa.
Diversity of bacterial symbionts associated with the tropical plant bug Monalonion velezangeli (Hemiptera: Miridae) revealed by high-throughput 16S-rRNA sequencing.
Authors: Navarro-Escalante Lucio , Benavides Pablo , Acevedo Flor Edith 
Published: December 2023

Abstract

Insects and microbes have developed complex symbiotic relationships that evolutionarily and ecologically play beneficial roles for both, the symbiont and the host. In most Hemiptera insects, bacterial symbionts offer mainly nutritional, defensive, and reproductive roles in addition to promoting the adaptive radiation of several hemipteran phytophagous lineages. The tropical plant bug Monalonion velezangeli(Hemiptera: Miridae) is a polyphagous herbivore considered an important insect pest for several economically relevant tropical crops, but information about the composition of its bacterial microbiota was missing. In this study, we describe the diversity and structure of the bacterial microbiota in the nymph and adult life stages of M. velezangeliusing Illumina high-throughput sequencing of 16S ribosomal RNA gene amplicons (meta-barcoding). We found that both insect life stages share a similar microbiota in terms of bacterial diversity and community structure. The intracellular symbiont Wolbachiadominated the overall microbiome composition (~92%) in these life stages. Members of the core microbiota include Wolbachia, Romboutsia, Ignavibacterium, Clostridium, Allobaculum, Paracoccus, Methylobacterium, Faecalibacterium, Collinsella, Rothia, Sphingomonasand 4 other undetermined bacterial genera. Based on PCR screening and DNA sequencing of the wspgene, Wolbachiainfection was confirmed in almost 80% of samples, and represented by two different isolates or strains within the supergroup B. This data offer opportunities for studying the contribution of symbiotic bacteria in the biological performance of this insect pest, and provides a base to explore other insect control methods.
Muscle Excitability Scale for the Assessment of Spastic Reflexes in Spinal Cord Injury: Development and Evaluation
Authors: Kriz Jiri , Nasincova Zuzana , Gallusova Veronika , Vyskocil Tomas , Gregor Martin , Slaby Krystof , Sediva Kristyna 
Published: December 2023

Abstract

Study Design: A psychometric study
Objectives: To introduce a novel simple tool designed to evaluate the intensity of the phasic (dynamic) component of spastic motor behavior in spinal cord injury (SCI) people and to assess its reliability and validity.
Setting: The study was developed in the Spinal Cord Unit at University Hospital Motol and Paraple Centre in Prague, Czech Republic
Methods: The Muscle Excitability Scale (MES) is designed to rate muscle motor response to exteroceptive and proprioceptive stimuli. The impairment rating ranges from zero muscle/muscle group spasm or clonus to generalized spastic response. The selected 0 to 4 scale allows for comparing the MES results with those of the Modified Ashworth Scale (MAS). After long-term use and repeated revisions, a psychometric analysis was conducted. According to the prescribed algorithm, two physiotherapists examined 50 individuals in the chronic stage after SCI.
Results: The inter-rater reliability of MES for both legs showed κ=0.52. The intra-rater reliability of MES for both legs showed κ=0.50. The inter-rater reliability of simultaneously assessed MAS for both legs was 0.69. The intra-rater reliability of MAS for both legs showed kappa values of 0.72. As expected, Spearman’s rank correlation coefficient between MES and spasm frequency of PSFS was low, while the correlation coefficient between MES and the severity part of PSFS was moderate.
Conclusions: The MES is a complementary tool for the assessment of spasms in SCI people. It allows a more comprehensive clinical characterization of spastic motor behavior when used along with the MAS.
Multi-Objective Optimization of Tensile Strength and Material Consumption of FDM Parts using Multi-Objective Symbiotic Organisms Search (MOSOS)
Authors: Saad Mohd Sazli , Zakaria Mohd Zakimi , Baharudin Mohamad Ezral , Nor Azuwir Mohd , Ju Mohamad Farizal Md 
Published: December 2023

Abstract

Fused Deposition Modeling (FDM) has emerged as a prominent method for rapid prototyping in Additive Manufacturing (AM) due to its ability to construct intricate geometries. Nevertheless, optimizing FDM process parameters to attain desired part characteristics remains a challenge. This study presents comprehensive findings from an experimental investigation, comparing results obtained through simulations and practical experiments, within the framework of multi-objective optimization for FDM. The core objectives of this analysis center on material consumption and tensile strength, both pivotal in FDM applications, while exploring the efficacy of Multi-Objective Symbiotic Organisms Search (MOSOS) in addressing the trade-off between these objectives. This study utilizes advanced experimental design techniques, specifically Response Surface Methodology (RSM) in conjunction with Face-Centered Central Composite Design (FCCD), to meticulously conduct experiments. These experiments are crucial in the creation of precise regression models that serve as objective functions for the MOSOS algorithm. The significant outcome of this study is the identification of a trade-off relationship between material consumption and tensile strength in FDM. The research revealed that achieving higher tensile strength in FDM requires an increase in material consumption, while reducing material usage comes at the cost of compromised tensile strength. The study also pinpointed an optimal configuration at the fourth index, consisting of specific parameter settings such as a layer thickness of 0.25 mm, printing speed of 60 mm/s, infill density of 20%, and print temperature of 213.26°C, which strikes a satisfactory balance between material efficiency and mechanical performance.
J-shaped Relationship between Stress Hyperglycemia Ratio and 90-day and 180-day Mortality in Patients with a First Diagnosis of Acute Myocardial Infarction: Analysis of the MIMIC-IV Database
Authors: Hu Ben , Chen Xinghua , Wang Yuhui , Wei Xing , Feng Jun , Hou Linlin 
Published: December 2023

Abstract

Aims:The Stress Hyperglycemia Ratio (SHR) potently predicts adverse outcomes in patients with cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases. However, the relationship between SHR and short-term mortality risk in patients with a first diagnosis of acute myocardial infarction (AMI) remains contentious. This study sought to understand better the relationship between SHR and short-term mortality risk in patients with a first diagnosis of AMI.
Methods:We conducted a cohort study using data from 1961 patients with a first diagnosis of AMI from the MIMIC-IV (version 2.2) database. Patients were divided into three groups based on SHR tertiles. The Cox proportional hazards model and a two-segmented Cox proportional hazards model were used to elucidate the nonlinear relationship between SHR in patients with a first diagnosis of AMI and mortality were used to elucidate the nonlinear relationship between SHR in patients with a first diagnosis of AMI and mortality.
Results:Of the surveyed population, 175 patients (8.92%) died within 90 days, and 210 patients (10.71%) died within 180 days. After multivariate adjustments, elevated SHR levels were significantly and non-linearly associated with a higher risk of 90-day and 180-day mortality in patients with a first diagnosis of AMI, showing a J-shaped correlation with an inflection point at 0.9. Compared to participants with SHR levels below the inflection point, those with higher SHR levels had a 474% increased risk of 90-day mortality (hazard ratio [HR] 5.74; 95% confidence interval [CI] 3.19,10.33) and a 356% increased risk of 180-day mortality (HR 4.56; 95% CI 2.62, 7.95). In the subgroup analysis, patients with pre-diabetes mellitus (pre-DM) and higher SHR levels had increased 90-day (HR 6.90; 95% CI 1.98, 24.02) and 180-day mortality risks (HR 5.30; 95% CI 1.96, 14.27).
Conclusion:In patients with a first diagnosis of AMI, there is a J-shaped correlation between SHR and 90-day and 180-day mortality, with an adverse prognostic inflection point of SHR at 0.9.
Striatal arbitration between choice strategies guides few-shot adaptation
Authors: Lee Sang Wan , Yang Minsu Abel , Jung Min Whan 
Published: December 2023

Abstract

Animals often exhibit extremely rapid action changes in context-switching environments. This study hypothesized that, compared to the expected outcome, an unexpected outcome leads to distinctly different action-selection strategies to guide rapid adaptation. We designed novel behavioral measures differentiating between trial-by-trial dynamics after expected and unexpected events. In various reversal learning data with different rodent species and task complexities, conventional learning models failed to replicate the choice behavior following an unexpected outcome. This discrepancy was resolved by the proposed model with two different decision variables contingent on outcome expectation: the support-stay and conflict-shift bias. Electrophysiological data analyses revealed that striatal neurons encode our model's key variables. Furthermore, the inactivation of striatal direct and indirect pathways neutralizes the effect of past expected and unexpected outcomes, respectively, on the action-selection strategy following an unexpected outcome. Our study suggests new roles of the striatum in arbitrating between different action selection strategies for few-shot adaptation.
Life cycle assessment of Apple production system from the perspective of farmer differentiation -- a case study of Yuncheng City, Shanxi Province
Authors: Li Shuqiang , Zhang Huanming 
Published: December 2023

Abstract
Although China's agriculture and food sectors have contributed to human health and food security, they have also significantly impacted the environment. As a major apple-producing country globally, compared with the standardized orchards in other countries, China's orchards have a smaller production scale, a lower degree of standardization, and higher differentiation, which increases the difficulty of agricultural environmental governance. Based on the national conditions of small-scale farmers in China, this study comprehensively evaluated the environmental impact of fruit farmers producing 1 ton of apples in Yuncheng, Shanxi Province, from the perspective of farmers' differentiation. Moreover, bringing the environmental impact of fruit farmers' purchase of social services (Handing&warehousing) and economic services (Insurance and Internet services) into the orchard production system. Due to different constraints on resource endowment, differentiated farmers show different behaviors and target choices among individuals, which will have different effects on the environment. The results show that different types of farmers affect ecosystem quality, human health, and natural resources. At present, the differentiation trend of farmers has an adverse impact on the orchard environment. The production of 1 ton of apples by class II concurrent households has the most severe environmental pollution. In economic activity services, farmers' purchase of Insurance services and Internet services has little impact on the environment, accounting for only 0.74% − 1.56% of the environmental impact of Apple's life cycle. Farmers' purchase of socialized services(Handing&warehousing) has a more significant impact on the environment, accounting for 14.21% − 22.41% of the environmental impact of Apple's life cycle, which means that in order to reduce the environmental impact of apple production, relevant subjects in the apple industry chain need to work together. By encouraging the circulation of orchards, organic fertilizer instead of chemical fertilizer and paper bag landfills can effectively reduce the environmental impact, but the large use of organic fertilizer will also harm the environment.
Role of YWHAG in cell proliferation in gastric cancer
Authors: Li Yumin , Yang Luxi , Gu Yanmei , Li Jicheng , Li Xiaomei , Wu Songlin Songlin 
Published: December 2023

Abstract

The role of tyrosine 3-monooxygenase/tryptophan 5-monooxygenase activation protein gamma (YWHAG) in gastric cancer (GC) remains unclear. In this study, we investigated its biological effects on GC as well as the associated molecular mechanisms. We evaluated YWHAG expression in GC and normal tissues, and using GC cells with YWHAG knockdown or overexpression, we examined GC cell viability and growth. We also performed experiments to determine GC cell cycle progression, apoptosis, migration, and invasion. We also verified the role of YWHAG in GC growth using a mouse xenograft tumor model and performed Gene Set Enrichment Analysis (GSEA) and western blot analysis to elucidate possible molecular mechanisms. Our results showed a significantly higher YWHAG expression level in GC tissues (p < 0.0001), especially in poorly differentiated GC tissues (p < 0.0001). Further, YWHAG knockdown significantly inhibited GC cell proliferation, migration, invasion, and epithelial-mesenchymal transformation; however, these effects were reversed via YWHAG overexpression. Furthermore, YWHAG downregulation significantly retarded the growth of xenograft tumors in mice, and mechanistically, YWHAG exerted oncogenic effects in GC by activating the PI3K/AKT pathway. Therefore, YWHAG promotes GC growth, functions as an oncogene, and has potential as a therapeutic target in GC.