bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Features of professional training of a conductor-choirmaster in the modern education system
Authors: Янина М.Н. , Чэнь И. 
Published: May 2023

В данной статье с различных сторон рассматривается сущность и содержание практической подготовки дирижера-хормейстера в условиях музыкально-педагогического вуза. Показано взаимодействие различных профессиональных компетенций выпускников, а также различные педагогические подходы, применяющиеся в процессе подготовки специалистов данной области. Отмечено, что, несмотря на то, что выпускники музыкально-педагогических вузов изначально ориентированы в своей подготовке на педагогическую деятельность, должное внимание к ней появляется не сразу, а в процессе подготовки, характеризующейся как поливариативная. Взаимодействие исполнительской и педагогической деятельности в процессе подготовки и профессиональной работы в качестве педагога-музыканта обязывает нас ответственно отнестись к выявлению методов осмысления и практического применения всего комплекса профессиональных компетенций, необходимых личностных качеств, с помощью которых формируется высокопрофессиональный образ педагога-музыканта.
This article examines the essence and content of the practical training of a conductor-choirmaster in the conditions of a musical and pedagogical university from various stand points. The interaction of various professional competencies of graduates is shown, as well as various pedagogical approaches used in the process of training specialists in this field. It is noted that despite the fact that graduates of musical and pedagogical universities are initially focused in their training on pedagogical activity, due attention to it does not appear immediately, but in the process of preparation, which is characterized as polyvariable. The interaction of performing and pedagogical activities in the process of training and professional work as a teacher-musician obliges us to take a responsible approach to identifying methods for understanding and practical application of the entire complex of professional competencies, necessary personal qualities, with the help of which a highly professional image of a teacher-musician is formed.
The relationship between scientometrics and science management
Authors: Миненко В.Г. , Романов Д.А. , Шапошников В.Л. 
Published: May 2023

Цель исследования – обоснование роли наукометрии в управлении научной деятельность на различных уровнях социальной иерархии. Важнейшая задача исследования – выделение функций наукометрии, как симбиоза социологии науки и инфометрии. Актуальность данной статьи обусловлена необходимостью раскрытия потенциала наукометрии в управлении наукой, особенно на уровне научных организаций (в том числе университетов). Авторами статьи выделены функции наукометрии, представлены направления применения наукометрии, отражена взаимосвязь между измерениями в социальных системах и мерами, направленными на повышение успешности научной деятельности. Обосновано, что расширение функций наукометрии связано, прежде всего, с расширением спектра измеряемых показателей; в основе данных измерений – обработка первичной информации о субъектах и результатах исследовательской деятельности. Методы исследования: анализ научной литературы и передового опыта управления научной деятельностью в университетах (бенчмаркинг), методы теории множеств, методы квалиметрии и экспертных оценок, методы математической статистики. Методологические основы исследования: системный, социологический, информационно-когнитивный, квалиметрический и вероятностно-статистический подходы.
The purpose of the study is to substantiate the role of scientometrics in the management of scientific activity at various levels of the social hierarchy. The most important task of the research is to identify the functions of scientometrics as a symbiosis of the sociology of science and infometrics. The relevance of this article is due to the need to reveal the potential of scientometrics in the management of science, especially at the level of scientific organizations (including universities). The authors of the article highlighted the functions of scientometrics, presented the directions of application of scientometrics, reflected the relationship between measurements in social systems and measures aimed at increasing the success of scientific activity. It is substantiated that the expansion of the functions of scientometrics is primarily associated with the expansion of the range of measured indicators; the measurement data is based on the processing of primary information about subjects and the results of research activities. Research methods: analysis of scientific literature and best practices in the management of scientific activities at universities (benchmarking), methods of set theory, methods of qualimetry and expert assessments, methods of mathematical statistics. Methodological foundations of the research: systematic, sociological, informational-cognitive, qualimetric and probabilistic-statistical approaches.
Prevalence of Vitamin D deficiency in patients with chronic diseases like Diabetes and Hypertension presenting to Medicine Clinic in Bahria International Hospital, Lahore, Pakistan.
Authors: Rana Muhammad Asim , Muhammad Javed  , Saba Zartash  , Chaudhry Aneela , Humaira Alam  
Published: May 2023

OBJECTIVE:
Vitamin D deficiency in chronically diseased individuals is an important cause of morbidity in addition to their chronic ailment. As it is an important component for bone mineralization and calcium homeostasis. Vitamin 25(0H) D is produced in skin in the presence of sunlight. The main objective of the study conducted is to observe the percentage of vitamin D deficiency in population with chronic diseases such as Diabetes and Hypertension in city of Lahore.
METHODS:
Data collected from patients visiting Medicine clinic in Bahria International Hospital, Lahore from June 2017 to March 2018.

RESULTS:
Retrospectively 115 patients were analyzed. Patients with level <30ng/ml are considered deficient. We found 112/115 patients were found vitamin D deficient i.e. with levels<30ng/ml. Females were more effected (69/112) than males (46/112). We found83/115(43%) individuals were exposed to sunshine less than 10 minutes in a day. This seems to be a contributory factor for decreased vitamin D synthesis. The effected individuals were found to have clinical symptoms related to vitamin D deficiency e.g. psychiatric, musculoskeletal and behavioral symptoms with significant P-value <0.05
CONCLUSION:
Our study detected that vitamin D deficiency is still an under diagnosed and underestimated problem as it is more common in individuals with chronic diseases like Diabetes and cause many important skeletal, psychiatric and behavioral issues in people suffering from different chronic diseases.
Our study emphasizes the need to identify the cases endangered by Vitamin D insufficiency.
ACADEMIC INTEGRITY IN UNDERGRADUATE MEDICAL STUDENTS
Authors: Iqbal Nargis , IQBAL AHMAD AZHAR  , IQRA AHMAD  , ALIA BASHIR  
Published: May 2023

Objectives: To compare the difference in responses regarding lapses in professionalism related to academic integrity between first and final year MBBS students, and in relation to gender.
Methodology: A quantitative cross sectional study was conducted in Allama Iqbal Medical College between first and final year MBBS students over a period of one year from March 2016 to Feb 2017. A total 200 students were included 100 from each class in the study. A validated and customized 47 items Dundee poly professionalism inventory-I questionnaire was given to all students.
Results: The response rate was 100%, all the students completed the Performa and returned back. Eighty percent of the first year students were between 18-20 years. Eighty percent of the final year students were 23-24 years. Out of 200 students 58.5% were females and 41.5% were males. The difference in responses regarding lapses in professionalism related to academic integrity was not statistically significant class-wise, but significant gender-wise.
Conclusions: The study highlighted that there is no difference in responses regarding lapses in professionalism related to academic integrity among class wise. However significant difference was observed gender wise, more lapses were observed in Males as compare to Females.
نسبة انتشار المتلازمة الأيضية بين الأشخاص المترددين على العيادة المجمعة بمنطقة القرضة الشاطئ وعلاقتها بالجنس والعمر
Authors: الأزهري ولاء حسن , الزوى مبروكة محمد , يونس محمد أحمد 
Published: May 2023

تعتبر المتلازمة الأيضية أحد أكثر الاضطرابات الأيضية انتشاراً والتي تزيد من خطر الإصابة بمرض الداءلسكري من النوع الثاني وأمراض القلب والأوعية الدموية. أُجريت هذه الدراسة لمعرفة نسبة انتشار هذه المتلازمة بين الأشخاص المترددين على العيادة المجمعة في منطقة القرضة الشاطئ، وفقاً لمعايير NCEP ATP III ومعرفة علاقتها بالجنس والعمر. شملت الدراسة 158 شخص (85 نساء و 73 رجال) تراوحت أعمارهم بين 35-65 سنة، قُسمت مجموعة الدراسة إلى مجموعتين على حسب الإصابة بالمتلازمة الأيضية من عدمه (أصحاء و مرضى). أخذت لهم القياسات الانترومترية وجُمعت منهم عينات دم وريدي لقياس تركيز الدهون وسكر الدم. حُللت البيانات أحصائياً باستخدام برنامج SPSS 20. أظهرت النتائج وجود فرق معنوي بين المجموعتين في المتغيرات قيد الدراسة (قيمة P المعنوية أقل من 0.05) فيما عدا الضغط الانقباضي، الكوليسترول الكلي والكوليسترول منخفض الكثافة. كما تبين أن نسبة انتشار المتلازمة بين مجتمع الدراسة كان 58.23%، حيث أن معدل الإصابة في النساء أعلى منها في الرجال والتي بلغت على التوالي 48 (52.17%) و44 (47.83%)، بالإضافة الى أن نسبة الإصابة الأكبر كانت بين الأعمار من 40-59 سنة حيث بلغت 59.78 %. خلُصت الدراسة إلى أن هناك ارتفاع في نسبة انتشار المتلازمة الأيضية بين مجتمع الدراسة خصوصاً بين النساء وبين العقدين الرابع والسادس.
تعزيز القيمة الغذائية والخواص التكنولوجية للتلبينة بواسطة الإنبات
Authors: نعيمـــة علـــي مصطفـــى  , منى عبد السلام لويفة  
Published: May 2023

أشارت الدراسات إلى ارتفاع القيمة الغذائية لحبوب الشعير المستنبتة مقارنة بحبوب الشعير الخام، فمحصول الشعير الذي أصبح يعرف مؤخرا بالمحصول الصحي لارتفاع محتواه من الألياف الذائبة ومضادات الأكسدة، يعتبر من أهم المحاصيل الغذائية، ومن أهم منتجاته الشعير الموصي بها للصحة هي التلبينة. عليه كان هدف هذه الدراسة هو تعزيز القيمة الغذائية والتكنولوجية لتلبينة الشعير بواسطة الإنبات. حيث تم الحصول على صنف الشعير الريحان في فصل الربيع لسنة 2019 .وتم استنبات الحبوب بعد الترطيب بالماء على درجة حرارة الغرفة لمدة 72ساعة. ومن ثم جففت العينات وطحنت وحفظت مبردة.حضرت التلبينة بإضافة (20 جم) من دقيق الشعير الخام والمستنبت كل على حد إلى (250 مل) من الماء ثم طبخت حتى تمام النضج (5 دقائق)، بعد ذلك جففت عينات التلبينة على درجة حرارة 40oم ولمدة 8 ساعات ومن ثم طحنت وأحتفظ بها مبردة. في هذه الدراسة تم قياس كل من القدرة على ربط الماء والانتفاخ والذوبانية. اشارت النتائج الى انخفاض قدرة تلبينة الشعير المنبت على الارتباط بالماء والانتفاخ بشكل معنوي وذلك بمعدل29% و28% على التوالي. كما بينت النتائج ارتفاع ذوبانية التلبينة المحضرة من دقيق الشعير المنبت بمعدل 66%. هذا التغير في الخواص المدروسة مؤشر على التغير الحاصل في التركيب الكيميائي لمكونات الشعير وخاصة الكبرى منها.
An Exploratory Data Analysis of Breast Cancer Features in South of Libya
Authors: اسمه اعجال  , منصور الصغير  
Published: May 2023

Exploratory data analysis is a data visualization approach used to extract knowledge from raw data. This approach can be applied to medical data to improve healthcare providers services. In recent years, breast cancer has become more common in women and requires effective procedures to detect it in the early stage. In this context, breast cancer patients' data were collected from the Sebha oncology center through their routine blood tests. The exploratory data analysis technique is used in this study to better analyze the patients' markers. The analysis aims to discover prominent bio and tumor markers that can assist in determining whether a tumor is benign or malignant. Several statistical and visualizations methods are used. The results show that the most effective markers that may be used as cancer predictors are: Cancer Antigen-15.3, Carcinoma Embryonic Antigen, White Blood Cells, Blood platelets, and Albumin. These findings are consistent with the findings of Sebha oncology center specialists. which may eventually aid in their cancer diagnosis.
The Neuroprotective Role of Purslane in a chronic model of Depression Induced By reserpine in mice: Prevention of Behavioral, Mitochondrial and Neuro Dysfunction.
Authors: بارقة ابوخزام فرج ابوخزام محمد  , سعاد ابوخزام فرج ابوخزام محمد  
Published: May 2023

Portulaca oleracea is a universal species with a broad range of biological activities, including antioxidant and neuroprotective actions. The present study aimed to estimate the neuroprotective effect of purslane ethanolic extract (PEE) and aqueous extract (PAE) on depression model induced by reserpine. Methods: Seventy five male mice were divided into 5 groups (15 mice of each). 1st group control (C), 2nd group treated with reserpine 0.1 mg/kg (Res) as a single dose at the day 15th of the beginning of experiment, 3rd group treated with Escitalopram 1mg/kg for 15 days plus 0.1 mg/kg Res at a latest day of the treatment. 4th group treated with PEE 2 mg/kg for 15 days plus 0.1 mg/kg Res at a latest day of the treatment. 5th group treated with PAE 5 g/kg for 15 days plus 0.1 mg/kg Res at a latest day of the treatment. Forced swimming test (FST) was performed 1 hour later after Res treatment. Results: Revealed data showed that the Res treated group induced significant (P>0.05) decrease in FST, decrease of brain monoamines [norepinephrine (NE), dopamine (DA) and serotonin (5HT)], brain cell energy [adenosine triphosphate (ATP)] increase metabolic energy [adenosine diphosphate (ADP) and adenosine monophosphate (AMP)]. On the other hand other treatment groups showed significant amelioration in comparing with Res group and almost recovery in comparing with control group. Conclusion: Obtained data concluded that PEE more potent than PAE, ameliorate depression induced by reserpine and act as a neuroprotective, neuromodulator and stimulate monoamines secretion.
Noticing Patents
Authors: Thomas John 
Published: May 2023

Patents take the form of public letters that the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) actively disseminates. Whether these documents sufficiently provide the public with notice of the technologies they describe, as well as the proprietary rights that they assert, has been subject to long-standing debate. Many commentators conclude that patents are often filed too early in the research and development cycle, are deliberately drafted in a vague or obtuse manner, or are simply too numerous. As a result, identifying the relevant patent landscape is not just difficult for technology implementers, but possibly undesirable as a matter of innovation policy. Yet prior scholarship has seldom acknowledged current statutory mechanisms to improve the notice function of patents after they issue. This Article endeavors to fill that gap.
Congress has long encouraged intellectual property rights holders to identify their patents on the products they sell. Patent marking has traditionally occurred on physical products or their packaging, although it has been recently extended to Internet-based virtual marking. The marking statute stipulates that patent proprietors that fail to mark face severe remedial restrictions when challenging infringers. Congress has assigned the Food & Drug Administration (FDA) a part in providing patent notice as well. In keeping with federal legislation, the agency maintains two publications, commonly known as the Orange and Purple Books, that act as a patent clearinghouse for approved drugs and licensed biologics.
The role of a patent within the marketplace provides perhaps the most valuable form of notice that that instrument may offer. Yet the marking statute and FDA publications suffer from some apparent flaws. In combination they project a failure to identify all patents that are relevant to the product, favor patent trolls, involve dubious practical workings, promote misleading advertising, and impose punitive sanctions in comparison to the notice requirements of peer intellectual property rights. For its part, the FDA has proven an untutored and unreliable patent publicist for the past four decades.
This Article offers specific suggestions to improve the notice functions of patents after they issue. It calls for the USPTO to develop and populate its own virtual marking database that correlates individual patents with the marketplace. It also encourages the FDA to take further steps to counter abuses of the Orange and Purple Books and to accelerate their patent notice functions. Finally, this Article takes broader lessons from this effort, offering pathways for policymakers to look beyond the patent instrument as they endeavor to improve the patent system’s notice functions.
Klimaendringer, følelser og benektelse: en psykoanalytisk pilotstudie
Authors: Flatås Marius 
Published: May 2023

Background and aim: Anthropogenic climate change represents an increasing threat to the stability of human societies and ecosystems. The aim of this pilot study was to examine the relationship between emotional activation and the defense mechanism of denial. Few previous studies have investigated this topic while also exploring unconscious aspects of denial.
Method: Three informants were interviewed in depth on two separate occasions (six interviews in total). The in-depth interviews were based on the psychoanalytic research interview as described by Cartwright (2004) and Holloway and Jefferson (2012).
Results: The analysis showed that climate change was a highly emotional issue for two of the informants, who made use of denial as a distancing strategy.
Conclusion: Denial is a common response to climate change, one that can lead to an absence of action and commitment. The restricted sample and method of the pilot study provided a weak basis for generalization, and further studies should use more stringent research designs.
Keywords: climate change, denial, psychoanalytic
IN SITU U-Pb DATING OF GARNET AND CASSITERITE FROM THE KANBAUK W-Sn(-F) SKARN DEPOSIT, DAWEI REGION, SOUTHERN MYANMAR: NEW INSIGHTS ON THE REGIONAL Sn-W METALLOGENY IN THE SOUTHEAST ASIAN TIN BELT
Authors: Zhao Wen Winston , Zhou Mei-Fu , Dudka Steven 
Published: May 2023

Abstract
Skarn ores have recently been identified beneath the historically mined placer Sn deposit at Kanbauk of the Dawei region, southern Myanmar. A large-tonnage skarn ore reserve at Kanbauk is estimated to be over 100 million tonnes, with reported ore grades of 0.17% WO3, 0.26% Sn, and 15.4% CaF2, potentially making it one of the largest W-Sn skarn deposits in the Southeast Asian tin belt. The mineralized skarns lie between marbles to the east and metasediments of the Mergui Group to the west. The timing of the mineralization is unclear, and thus the genetic relationship with regional magmatic events is not known. We report laser ablation-inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry U-Pb ages of garnet and cassiterite from the mineralized skarns. Garnet grains from the massive prograde skarns are typically subhedral to euhedral and show both sector and oscillatory zoning. They have 15 to 23% andradite (Ad), 55 to 67% grossularite (Gr), and 16 to 30% pyralspite (Py) (Ad15-23Gr55-67Py16-30) and contain 0.08 to 306 ppm U with a lower intercept 206Pb/238U age of 56.0 ± 1.5 Ma. Cassiterite grains from retrograde veinlets are subhedral to anhedral and have U contents from 110 to 12,000 ppm with a lower intercept 206Pb/238U age of 54.2 ± 1.7 Ma. Garnet and cassiterite have ages consistent within error and can be taken to indicate the formation of the Kanbauk W-Sn(-F) skarn deposit at around 55 Ma. Together with published ages of primary Sn-W deposits in the Dawei region, our study confirms a westwardly younging trend of mineralization toward the coast and provides support for rollback of the Neo-Tethyan subducting slab since the Late Cretaceous, which is considered as the main mechanism for the regional, extensive Sn-W mineralization.
MDCT of Dehiscent or Thin Bone Coverage over the Superior Semicircular Canal: Assessment of Prevalence by Age and Contralateral Canal Bone Thickness
Authors: ÖZTUNALI Çiğdem , ŞAYLISOY Suzan , İNCESU Armağan 
Published: May 2023

Objective: Superior semicircular canal dehiscence (SSCD) describes the presence of a defect in the superior bone coverage of the membranous SSC. The etiology of the defect is not known and its reported CT prevalence is variable. This study primarily aimed to report MDCT prevalences of SSCD and thin bone coverage over SSC among different age groups. A secondary aim was to assess for any association between SSCD and the thickness of contralateral bone coverage over SSC.
Materials and Methods: Temporal bone MDCTs were retrospectively evaluated for SSCD and the thickness bone coverage over SSC. The prevalences of SSCD and thin bone coverage over SSC among different age groups, and the thickness of bone over SCC in SSCD and non-SSCD subjects were analyzed.
Results: 509 subjects were included in the study. Age-adjusted models did not demonstrate a significant association between the age groups and the prevalence of SSCD (p=0.63) or between the age groups and the prevalence of thin bone coverage over SSC (p=0,81). Unilateral SSC roof thickness of ≤ 0.5 mm was significantly associated with increased prevalence of contralateral SSCD (p=0.05 and p=0.04). In subjects without radiological evidence of SSCD, right-or left-sided thin bone coverage over SSC was significantly associated with contralateral thin bone coverage (p
The Relationship of Musculoskeletal System Disorders with Sleep Quality among Office Workers
Authors: OKAN Fatih 
Published: May 2023

Abstract
Objective: The aim of the study was to evaluate the musculoskeletal pain frequency and relationships of musculoskeletal pains with the sleep quality among office workers.
Materials and Methods: This cross-sectional study included 186 office workers evaluated in April-August 2022. The data were obtained through the personal information form, the Extended-Nordic Musculoskeletal Questionnaire, and the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index.
Results: It was found that 83.3% of office workers had musculoskeletal pain and 74.7% had poor sleep quality. Knee pain (p=0.016; OR=3.670; 95% CI = 1.280-10.342) and lower back pain (p=0.003; OR=4.380; 95% CI= 1.680-11.517) were significant predictors of poor sleep quality. There was a moderate positive correlation between the number of body areas where the pain was reported and the PSQI score (r: 0.367, p
Treatment selection for de Quervain's tenosynovitis based on the Michigan’s Hand Questionnaire
Authors: GÜN KOPLAY Tuğba , YİLDİRAN Gokce , ÇALTINER İbrahim , DOĞRAMACI Ahmet Rıfat , TOSUN Zekeriya 
Published: May 2023

Objective: De Quervain's disease is a stenosing tenosynovitis of the first dorsal compartment. Treatment options include conservative measures, injections, and surgery. The main purpose of this study is to eliminate uncertainty in the choice of treatment and to recommend the appropriate treatment to the patient based on Michigan hand questionnaire.
Material and Methods: The age, sex, and treatment modality of the patients were recorded retrospectively. Patients' Michigan outcomes were assessed, and patients were divided into three groups: Patients who benefited from conservative treatments (Group 1), from injections (Group 2), and from surgery (Group 3). Statistical analysis of the data was performed.
Results: The mean age of the 56 patients (54 women, 2 men) was 35.1±11.4 years. There was a difference between all groups in total hand function and pain scores (p < 0.05). Patients in group 1 were significantly different from the other groups (p < 0.05), and there was no significant difference between group 2 and group 3 (p > 0.05).
Conclusion: Various methods have been described for De Quervain's tenosynovitis’s treatment. Choosing the right therapeutic steps for the right patients is important. It is possible to select treatment options by assessing overall hand function and activities of daily living with the Michigan Hand Outcome Questionnaire