bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Le détour par les Lumières. Enquête sur les fondements du concept d’Éducation à la citoyenneté mondiale (ECM) défini par l’UNESCO
Authors: Coignard Tristan 
Published: January 2023

La contribution examine la conception de l’éducation à la citoyenneté mondiale qui sous-tend la proposition institutionnelle promue par l’UNESCO depuis 2012. S’appuyant sur les controverses suscitées par ce modèle, T. Coignard montre comment le détour par les Lumières permet de cerner dans quelle mesure certaines interrogations contemporaines avaient déjà fait l’objet de réflexions au xviii e siècle. Une réhabilitation de l’héritage des Lumières apparaît comme une voie prometteuse pour améliorer le concept.
L’Espion persan ?
Authors: Volpilhac-Auger Catherine 
Published: January 2023

La critique tient pour certain que L’Espion turc est un des modèles des Lettres persanes ; ne serait-ce pas plutôt un contre-modèle, qui pourrait même avoir été implicitement dénoncé par Montesquieu ? De Marana, celui-ci retient peut-être quelques audaces métaphysiques, et surtout l’idée que la fiction permet d’ouvrir le champ de la philosophie.
The Impact of Corneal Epithelial Thickening and Inhomogeneity on Corneal Aberrations After Small Incision Lenticule Extraction
Authors: Liu Mingming , Jin Chengcheng , Lu Lili , Yuan Ying , Chen Chaoyue , Zhao Ting , Ke Bilian 
Published: January 2023

Purpose:
To investigate the corneal epithelial remodeling profile after small incision lenticule extraction (SMILE), the correlated explanatory variables, and its potential impact on corneal higher order aberrations (HOAs).

Methods:
This single-center study prospectively evaluated 75 right eyes of 75 patients scheduled for SMILE. An anterior segment optical coherence tomography device was used to automatically obtain central 6-mm corneal epithelial thickness (ET), total corneal HOAs, and individual Zernike components before and after surgery. The ET inhomogeneity over the central 3- and 6-mm cornea was quantified with coefficient of variance (CV).

Results:

Both ET and CV significantly increased 1 month postoperatively (all
P
< .05). The stepwise multiple regression analysis showed that ET and CV were significantly correlated with preoperative ET and CV, respectively (all
P
< .01). The corrected spherical equivalent also significantly influenced ET and CV (all
P
< .01). Over the central 6-mm zone, the alterations of total corneal HOAs and individual Zernike components such as vertical coma (Z7) and spherical aberration (Z12, Z24) were significantly correlated with ET and CV (all
P
< .05).

Conclusions:
The SMILE-induced epithelial remodeling involved both ET and ET inhomogeneity. The modulation was associated with preoperative and treatment parameters, and exerted a significant impact on corneal HOA alterations especially over the central 6-mm cornea. Together with the amount of correction and corneal curvature gradient change, preoperative assessment of ET and ET inhomogeneity might help predict postoperative epithelial remodeling.

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J Refract Surg
. 2023;39(1):23–32.]
Social determinants of tuberculosis in Nigeria: an ecological approach
Authors: Daniel Olusoji , Adejumo Olusola , Bamidele Janet , Alabi Adekunle , Gbadebo Abiola , Oritogun Kolawole 
Published: January 2023

Background: Nigeria is 4th among 22 tuberculosis high-burden countries. However, TB is not evenly distributed in the country, presumably due to state-specific risk factors.Objectives: This study maps TB and socioeconomic risk factors in Nigeria.Methods: State-level age/sex standardized tuberculosis notification data was utilized in an ecological design to evaluate the spatial distribution of TB in Nigeria and its social and economic consequences between 2012 and 2015. Negative binomial regression analysis examined the relationship between TB and five state-level covariates: HIV, BCG coverage, GDP per capita, percentage underweight, and percentage treatment success rate. Global and Local Moran’s I test statistics in R were used for spatial analysis.Results: The mean age/sex TB CNR was 54.4/100,000. Non-spatial ecological regression analysis found that TB was greater in states with high HIV, low BCG, low GDP per capita, and low TB death rates. Three states—Nasarawa, Benue, and Taraba—had high TB rates and spatially auto-correlated TB CNRs.Conclusions: TB case notification differed by age and gender. Economically-disadvantaged states exhibited higher TB case notification, HIV prevalence, lower BCG coverage, and lower mortality rates. The study found three TB hotspots. To reduce the national TB notification rate discrepancy, TB policies should incorporate social variables and target high-risk states with specific initiatives.
Indian Psychiatric Society multicentre study: Diagnostic patterns, comorbidity and prescription practices for patients with Dementia
Authors: Kumar CT Sudhir , Varghese Mathew , Duddu Venugopal , Vaitheswaran Sridhar , Srivastava Shrikant , Shaji KS , George Sanju , Singh Narendra Kumar , Goyal Nishant , Bakhla Ajay , Shaji S , Menon Vikas , Hussain Tajamul , Grover Sandeep , Mehra Aseem , Singh Lokesh Kumar , Purushotham A , Desousa Avinash , Shah Nilesh , Karia Sagar , Anand I , Afroon Shafana , Mehta Ritambhara , Kukreja Gargi , Dadarwala Dimple , Vidya KL , Sivakumar PT , Sinha Preeti , Reddy Shivashankar , Isaac Thomas , Chandra Mina 
Published: January 2023

ABSTRACT

Background:
There are more than 5 million people with dementia in India. Multicentre studies looking at details of treatment for people with dementia In India are lacking. Clinical audit is a quality improvement process which aims to systematically assess, evaluate, and improve patient care. Evaluating current practice is the key to a clinical audit cycle.

Aim:
This study aimed to assess the diagnostic patterns and prescribing practices of psychiatrists for patients with dementia in India.

Method:
A retrospective case file study was conducted across several centers in India.

Results:
Information from the case records of 586 patients with dementia was obtained. Mean age of the patients was 71.14 years (standard deviation = 9.42). Three hundred twenty one (54.8%) were men. Alzheimer’s disease (349; 59.6%) was the most frequent diagnosis followed by vascular dementia (117; 20%). Three hundred fifty five (60.6%) patients had medical disorders and 47.4% patients were taking medications for their medical conditions. Eighty one (69.2%) patients with vascular dementia had cardiovascular problems. Majority of the patients (524; 89.4%) were on medications for dementia. Most frequently prescribed treatment was Donepezil (230; 39.2%) followed by Donepezil-Memantine combination (225; 38.4%). Overall, 380 (64.8%) patients were on antipsychotics. Quetiapine (213, 36.3%) was the most frequently used antipsychotic. Overall, 113 (19.3%) patients were on antidepressants, 80 (13.7%) patients were on sedatives/hypnotics, and 16 (2.7%) patients were on mood stabilizers. Three hundred nineteen (55.4%) patients and caregivers of 374 (65%) patients were receiving psychosocial interventions.

Conclusions:
Diagnostic and prescription patterns in dementia which emerged from this study are comparable to other studies both nationally and internationally. Comparing current practices at individual and national levels against accepted guidelines, obtaining feedback, identifying gaps and instituting remedial measures help to improve the standard of care provided.
Phrenic nerve injury after the percutaneous microwave ablation of lung tumors
Authors: Zhong Junsheng , Chen Jin , Lin Ruixiang , Yan Yuan , Lin Qingfeng , Chen Jian , Lin Zhengyu 
Published: January 2023

Objective:
This study aimed to analyze the cases of phrenic nerve injury caused by the percutaneous microwave ablation of lung tumors conducted at our center and to explore the risk factors.

Materials and Methods:
The data of 455 patients who underwent the percutaneous microwave ablation of lung tumors at the Department of Interventional Radiology, First Affiliated Hospital of Fujian Medical University from July 2017 to October 2021, were retrospectively analyzed. The cases of phrenic nerve injury after the percutaneous ablation were reported to analyze the risk factors involved, such as the shortest distance between tumor margin and phrenic nerve, tumor size, and ablation energy. The groups were divided based on the shortest distance between the tumor edge and the phrenic nerve into group 1, d ≤ l cm; group 2, 1 < d ≤2 cm; and group 3, d >2 cm. Lesions with a distance ≤2 cm were compared in terms of tumor size and ablation energy.

Results:
Among the 455 patients included in this study, 348 had primary lung cancer, and 107 had oligometastatic cancer. A total of 579 lesions were detected, with maximum diameter of 1.27 ± 0.55 cm, and the ablation energy was 9,000 (4,800–72,000) J. Six patients developed phrenic nerve injury, with an incidence of 1.32%. For these six patients, the shortest distance from the lesion edge to the phrenic nerve was 0.75 ± 0.48 cm, and the ablation energy was 10,500 (8,400–34,650) J. There were statistically significant differences in phrenic nerve injury among groups 1, 2, and 3 (P < 0.05). In patients with a distance (d) ≤ 2 cm, there were no significant differences in tumor diameter and energy between the phrenic nerve injury group and the non-injury group (P = 0.80; P = 0.41). In five out of six patients, the diaphragm level completely recovered to the pre-procedure state, and the recovery time of the phrenic nerve was 9.60 ± 5.60 months. Another one was re-examined 11 months after the procedure, and the level of the diaphragm on the affected side had partially recovered.

Conclusions:
Phrenic nerve injury is a rare but not negligible complication of thermal ablation and is more likely to occur in lesions with a distance ≤2 cm from the phrenic nerve.
Comprehensive analysis of clinicalf eatures, treatment options, overall survival, and prognostic factors in lymphoma cell leukemia patients
Authors: Kang Ya , Fang Kun , Wang Mengchang 
Published: January 2023

Objective:
Lymphoma cell leukemia (LCL) is regarded as patients presenting a high extensive lymphoma cell ratio in bone marrow (BM), which is recognized as lymphoma of stage IV by invading into BM. This study aimed to investigate the clinical characteristics, treatment options, survival profiles, and prognostic factors in patients with LCL.

Methods:
Clinical data of 42 patients with LCL were retrospectively reviewed, and baseline characteristics and treatment records were extracted. In addition, overall survival (OS) was calculated, and the causes of death were analyzed.

Results:
Out of the 42 patients with LCL, 9 (21.4%) had primary BMLCL, 20 (47.6%) had Non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL) complicated with LCL, and 13 (31.0%) had NHL evolving into LCL. Common clinical characteristics included B syndromes (n = 21, 50.0%), abnormal white blood count (n = 28, 66.5%), decreased hemoglobin (n = 28, 66.7%), and platelet (n = 30, 71.4%). Additionally, elevated Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) with a score greater than one occurred in 26 patients (61.9%), and elevated lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) occurred in 25 patients (59.5%). For treatments, chemotherapy was the most common therapy (n = 35, 83.2%), followed by symptomatic treatment and radiotherapy plus chemotherapy. Additionally, the mean OS of the patients was 16.9 (95% CI: 12.8–20.9) months, among which primary patients with BMLCL showed shorter OS than those with NHL complicated with LCL and NHL evolving into patients with LCL. A total of 9 (21.4%) patients with LCL died during follow-up, among which the central nervous system (CNS) invasion was the most common cause of death. Furthermore, primary BMLCL, higher ECOG, and higher LDH were potential predictive factors for worse OS in patients with LCL.

Conclusion:
This study gives an overview of the treatment and prognosis of LCL, which provides additional information for the management of LCL.
Prevalence of megaloblastic anaemia and its causative factors in a tertiary care centre at Western India
Authors: Khajuria Atul , Das Rakesh 
Published: January 2023

Background:
Anaemia affected population includes male, females as well as children and is a common problem that has been seen in western India. Megaloblastic Anaemia is common in India but regarding its prevalence and causative factors data is insufficient. The most common cause of megaloblastic anaemia includes deficiency of folic acid and Vitamin B12. Due to vegetarian lifestyle of the people the deficiency of Vitamin B12 is more common rather than the other macronutrient. In today's time, only iron and folic acid is provided by Anaemia control or prophylaxis program. This issue needs focus and hence this study has been chosen.

Objective:
To focus on the incidences of Megaloblastic Anaemia in Western India and analyse the possible causative factors.

Materials and Methods:
Patients with a haemoglobin <10 g/dl and peripheral smear findings consistent with megaloblastic anaemia present in the hospital over a period of 2 months will be included in the study. Patient's diet, drug intake, present symptoms and other history will be taken into account. Recording of complete blood counts, peripheral film examination, reticulocyte count and cobalamin and folate assays will be done. Patients suffering from chronic disease like renal disease, cancer, tuberculosis, liver disease etc., Will be excluded from the study. All data will be collected and statistically evaluated.

Results:
In the current study, 500 patients who were admitted to the gynaecology, paediatric, and medical wards were all assessed. These patients were all eligible to participate. They were divided into three groups based on the mean corpuscular volume (MCV) value, serum assay, and peripheral smear results: Macrocytic, normocytic, and microcytic anaemia. A megaloblastic blood film or low serum indicators along with the normal MCV value were categorised as having macrocytic anaemia. A total of 100 patients had macrocytic anaemia identified. The distribution of sexes was: 70 (male), 30 (female). There were discovered to be 55% of patients with cobalamin deficit and 8% of patients with folate deficiency. Every patient were vegetarians, coming from a poor socioeconomic status.

Conclusion:
The diagnosis of Megaloblastic anaemia was done through complete blood counts, red cells and assays of two vitamins. Majority of patients having megaloblastic anaemia was due to deficiency of cobalamin. Poor diet in cobalamin or folate were the contributing factors in Megaloblastic anaemia. Prevention can be done through awareness camps and education programmes and also through proper diet. Vitamin B12 should be included in the diet of patients along with iron and folic acid.
A Technique for Cluster Head Selection in Wireless Sensor Networks Using African Vultures Optimization Algorithm
Authors: Kusla Vipan , Brar Gurbinder Singh 
Published: January 2023

INTRODUCTION: Wireless Sensor Network (WSN) has caught the interest of researchers due to the rising popularity of Internet of things(IOT) based smart products and services. In challenging environmental conditions, WSN employs a large number of nodes with limited battery power to sense and transmit data to the base station(BS). Direct data transmission to the BS uses a lot of energy in these circumstances. Selecting the CH in a clustered WSN is considered to be an NP-hard problem. OBJECTIVES: The objective of this work to provide an effective cluster head selection method that minimize the overall network energy consumption, improved throughput with the main goal of enhanced network lifetime. METHODS: In this work, a meta heuristic based cluster head selection technique is proposed that has shown an edge over the other state of the art techniques. Cluster compactness, intra-cluster distance, and residual energy are taken into account while choosing CH using multi-objective function. Once the CHs have been identified, data transfer from the CHs to the base station begins. The residual energy of the nodes is finally updated during the data transmission begins. RESULTS: An analysis of the results has been performed based on average energy consumption, total energy consumption, network lifetime and throughput using two different WSN scenarios. Also, a comparison of the performance has been made other techniques namely Artificial Bee Colony (ABC), Ant Colony Optimization (ACO), Atom Search Optimization (ASO), Gorilla Troop Optimization (GTO), Harmony Search (HS), Wild Horse Optimization (WHO), Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO), Firefly Algorithm (FA) and Biogeography Based Optimization (BBO). The findings show that AVOA's first node dies at round 1391 in Scenario-1 and round 1342 in Scenario-2 which is due to lower energy consumption by the sensor nodes thus increasing lifespan of the WSN network. CONCLUSION: As per the findings, the proposed technique outperforms ABC, ACO, ASO, GTO, HS, WHO, PSO, FA, and BBO in terms of performance evaluation parameters and boosting the reliability of networks over the other state of art techniques.
New approach to dynamic load balancing in software‐defined network‐based data centers
Authors: Çavdar Tuğrul , Aymaz Şeyma 
Published: January 2023

AbstractCritical issues such as connection congestion, long transmission delay, and packet loss become even worse during epidemic, disaster, and so on. In this study, a link load balancing method is proposed to address these issues on the data plane, a plane of the software‐defined network (SDN) architecture. These problems are NP‐complete, so a meta‐heuristic approach, discrete particle swarm optimization, is used with a novel hybrid cost function. The superiority of the proposed method over existing methods in the literature is that it provides link and switch load balancing simultaneously. The goal is to choose a path that minimizes the connection load between the source and destination in multipath SDNs. Furthermore, the proposed work is dynamic, so selected paths are regularly updated. Simulation results prove that with the proposed method, streams reach the target with minimum time, no loss, low power consumption, and low memory usage.
Elephant Trumpet: in/out of the black box
Authors: Ranjan Ram Krishna 
Published: January 2023

This text weaves reflections on the (im)possibility of foregrounding caste-subalterns’, specifically Dalits’ experiences and imaginations of the Bengal Famine of 1943. This text is in conjunction with, next to, between, and in/out of the film You deny my living and I defy my death. The film has emerged as a result of a collaborative-performative workshop between two caste-subalterns, initiated and organized in the context of a PhD in Artistic Practice. Just like the workshop, the film is also animated by the desire to complicate the dominant representational realm ascribed to Dalits, which often is either essentialising or reductive. The film explores methodological and aesthetical approaches to go beyond the default imaginaries.
Constructed across multiple modes, genres, fragments, and layers, this text aims to expand, extend, inflect, and build on the key themes explored in the workshop and the film. Some text precedes the workshop and film, some emerged during the process, and some have come afterwards. Mobilising iterative and assemblage-style writing, this text anchors itself in the Bengal Famine of 1943 to critically engage with ideas around ‘critical presence’ and the ‘representation’ of Dalits. The text also aims to explore notions around malnutrition, hunger, starvation, and famine as categories, ‘recovery and representation’ of caste-subaltern histories in the context of famine, opacity and affect as aesthetic choices, and collaborative practices as a method.
Fermer xo‘jaliklarining yerdan foydalanish samaradorligini oshirishda imtiyozlar qo‘llash: milliy va xorijiy tajriba
Authors: To‘xtashev Hikmatilla 
Published: January 2023

Ushbu maqolada fermer xo‘jaliklarining qishloq xo‘jalik yerlaridan foydalanish samaradorligini oshirish bilan bog‘liq milliy va xorijiy mamlakatlar qonunchiligi, yerdan foydalanishda zamonaviy texnalogiyalarni qo‘llash va ularga imtiyozlar berishmasalasi ilmiy-nazariy jihatdan tahlil qilingan. Shuningdek, qishloq xo‘jalik sub’yektlari faoliyatini tartibga soluvchi milliy qonun hujjatlari bilan bir qatorda qishloq xo‘jalik yerlarini huquqiy tartibga solish va undan samarali foydalanganlik uchun imtiyozlar qo‘llashga qaratilgan normativ hujjatlar o‘rganildi. Fermer xo‘jaliklarining qishloq xo‘jalik sug‘oriladigan, lalmi va yaylov yerlaridan foydalanish bo‘yicha xorijiy mamlakatlarning o‘ziga xos tajribalari qiyosiy tadqiqot usuli asosida tahlil qilindi. Binobarin, O‘zbekistondagi quruq va mo‘’tadil iqlim sharoitida qishloq xo‘jaligida tomchilab sug‘orishning samarali jihatlaridan foydalanish va uning huquqiy asoslarini yaratish yuzasidan fikr va mulohazalar berildi. Fermer xo‘jaliklariga yerdan foydalanish samaradorligini oshirish uchun subsidiyalar berish tartibi va imtiyozlar qo‘llashning huquqiy asoslarini takomillashtirish yo‘llari ko‘rib chiqildi. Xorijiy mamlakatlarning ilg‘or tajribalaridan foydalangan holda milliy qonunchilikni takomillashtirish yuzasidan taklif va tavsiyalar berishga harakat qilindi.
“The Chinese as I Have Seen Them”: A Diachronic Analysis of Western Perception on the Chinese in the 19th and Early 20th Centuries
Authors: Franceschi Valeria 
Published: January 2023

It is estimated that around 12000 Westerners were living in the Chinese Empire at the end of the 19th century (Détrie 509); especially after the first Opium War (1839-1842), locals and Westerners learnt to co-habit, with the latter improving their quality of life. However, both groups maintained their lifestyles, criticizing those habits they thought objectionable, or downright barbaric (ibid.). Locals are Othered in travel literature, seen through a Western “power gaze” (Calzati); we can assume this opposition was stronger at a time of political tension.
This paper aims at looking at how Western perceptions of China and the Chinese changed over the course of the 19th and early 20th century, as emerging from war, travel and life accounts written by anglophone expatriates, travelers, and military men.
The analysis was carried out with a mixed quantitative-qualitative approach, drawing from corpus-assisted discourse analysis. The print books published between 1843 and 1919 were digitized using OCR software to make them readable by corpus analysis tools. Two subcorpora weree created, one including 2 2-volume books recounting the events of the first Opium War, and the second one including 6 books describing life and travel in China between 1897 and 1919. An analysis of selected keywords and their concordance lines, with the aid of Critical Discourse Analysis, attempts to shed light on how the perception of the Chinese on the part of Anglophone people has evolved between the second half of the 19th century and the early 20th century.
Intercultural Communication in the Work of Leslie Marmon Silko
Authors: Chirica Irina 
Published: January 2023

The paper discusses Leslie Marmon Silko’s contribution as a writer born and bred in the Four-Corner Area of the United States (where the states of Utah, Colorado, Texas and New Mexico come together), a contact zone characterized by the meeting of three cultures: Pueblo, Chicano and Anglo-American. A mixed-race woman, Silko was perhaps the most suitable person, because of her family heritage and her life at the limits of the Laguna Pueblo, to explore multiculturalism from both a Native and a Euro-American perspective. She has become a bridge between cultures, writing for a Native American and a planet-wide audience. We explore Silko’s best-known work, the novel Ceremony and the short story Yellow Woman, focusing on the new literary devices and philosophical perspectives that open up through intercultural mediation.