bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Propuestas matemáticas originales en inteligencia artificial, teoría de colas y cálculo diferencial; para empleo, redes de computadoras, oferta y demanda, medio ambiente y neuronas espejo
Authors: Massa Fernando Gustavo Isa 
Published: January 2023

Para la construcción de sociedades justas y morales, es necesario la intervención de todos los actores, entre ellos los intelectuales; como forma en que la ciencia y tecnología cambia y mejora los estándares de vida de los pueblos. El trabajo de investigación que se presenta contiene tres modelos matemáticos originales: una probabilidad en teoría de colas muy útil en los procesos dónde el tiempo es determinante y un factor importante de análisis; y la empleo en pérdidas de trabajo en el tiempo, pérdida de paquetes en redes de datos; el segundo modelo es una ecuación de cálculo diferencial utilizada para oferta y demanda; Y por último una red neuronal espejo como presentación de un nuevo paradigma en inteligencia artificial. Las herramientas que se presentan tienen una gama mayor de utilidades, se presentan las más prácticas con una variedad de opciones muy grandes. Sin embargo, cabe acotar, que esa amplia variedad de opciones de uso queda implícito en las expresiones teóricas y prácticas presentadas.
Reliability and accuracy of varicocele videos in YouTube
Authors: Dogan Cagri , Akgul Haci Murat , Yazici Cenk Murat , Sahin Mehmet Fatih , Keles Anil 
Published: January 2023

Objectives: To evaluate the scientific impact of videos about varicocele on YouTube.
Method: A cross-sectional study was conducted at Turkey in September 2020, and comprised YouTube videos related to varicocele. The videos were divided into 2 groups according to their reliability and accuracy using the European Association of Urology Sexual and Reproductive Guidelines 2020. A 5-point modified reliability (DISCERN) tool, Global Quality Score, and Journal of the American Medical Association scores of each video were calculated. The user’s engagements by total views, video-related comments, and “likes” and “dislikes” to the videos were compared. Data was analysed using SPSS 23.
Results: Of the 151 videos assessed, 73(48.34%) were included; 36(49.3%) reliable and 37(50.7%) unreliable. All scores were significantly higher for reliable videos (p<0.05). The mean number of views was 108448±90567 for reliable and 392626±895897 for unreliable videos (p=0.044). The rates of “likes” and “dislikes” were similar between the groups, whereas the comment rate was significantly higher for reliable videos (p<0.05). Most of the videos 40(54.8%) were uploaded by medical advertisements or for-profit companies, while those uploaded by universities or professional organisations were 19(26%).
Conclusion: Nearly half of the varicocele-related videos on YouTube were unreliable, and the reliability of videos was not directly related to their popularity.
Key Words: Social media, Ethics, Misinformation, Varicocele, Internet.
The Fontan procedures – early outcomes and predictive factors
Authors: Hien Nguyen Sinh , Phong Nguyen Huu , Ngoc Nguyen Minh , Hung Nguyen Dang , Huy Dinh Xuan , Phuong Nguyen Thi Minh , Trong Do Duc 
Published: January 2023

Objectives: the aim of this study was to describe the early outcomes after the extracardiac conduit Fontan procedure and evaluate predictive factors related to these results.
Methods: a cross – sectional study. We retrospectively reviewed the perioperative medical records of 71 patients with Fontan surgery at Hanoi Heart Hospital between January 2017 and December 2020. Data processing using SPSS 22 software
Results: the early mortality and early failure rates with Fontan circulation were 4.2%. High postoperative pulmonary artery pressure was a risk factor for early mortality and early Fontan failure. The mean duration of mechanical ventilation was 62.86±108.17 hours; female, short height, and common atrioventricular valve or double­inlet atrioventricular connection increased the risk of prolonged mechanical ventilation. The mean intensive care unit (ICU) length of stay was 6.46±6.32 days, female, short height, and moderate to severe postoperative atrioventricular valve regurgitation increased the risk of prolonged duration in ICU. The mean time of pleural drainage was 16.96±10.23 days, low weight was a risk factor for prolonged pleural drainage. The mean postoperative hospital stay was 23.89±11.83 days, age at the Fontan surgery, preoperative oxygen saturation, concomitant atrioventricular valve repair, and postoperative atrioventricular valve regurgitation were factors associated with prolonged postoperative hospital stay.
Conclusion: the early outcomes after Fontan surgery have been consistent with our condition. There have been many risk factors that influenced early results after surgery, and identifying those factors may help with our treatment.
Two and three-dimensional transesophageal echocardiography for pre-operative assessment of mitral valve morphology and regurgitation severity
Authors: Hoai Nguyen Thi Thu , Dinh Ta Thi 
Published: January 2023

Background: Two-dimensional (2D) transthoracic (TTE) and transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) are the two main diagnostic modalities used to assess valvular heart diseases, particularly for mitral valve injury. In patients who have the indication of mitral valve surgery, 2D TEE & TTE have some limitations in identifying valve lesions. Three-dimensional transesophageal echocardiography (3D TEE) is more accurate than 2DTTE and 2DTEE in the qualitative assessment of mitral valve.
Objectives. Evaluating valve morphology and the severity of mitral valve regurgitation using 2DTTE and 2D/3D TEE in patients who required surgical intervention, compared to surgical and left ventricular angiography findings. Subjects: 44 patients with surgical indication from September 2017 to June 2018 were enrolled in this study.
Methods: A cross-sectional study conducted at Vietnam National Heart Institute from September 2017 to June 2018. 44 patients with mitral regurgitation who had indication for mitral valve surgery underwent 2D TEE and 2D/3D TEE before opened heart surgery for mitral valve, 17/44 had left ventriculogram during coronary angiogram before surgery.
Results: Men/women ratio = 2/1. Mean age: 54.14 ± 13.066 years old. Most of patients (93,2%) had symptoms of heart failure with mean NYHA classification of 2.55 ± 0.504. 3D TEE showed higher diagnostic accuracy and better agreement with surgical findings compared to 2D TEE and 2D TTE in A2 prolapse, A3 prolapse, P3 prolapse, Kappa =1,1,0.65 respectively. For anterior leaflet perforation, 3D TEE had positive predictive value of 100% and better agreement (Kappa =1) in comparison with 2D TEE and 2D TTE with positive predictive value of 96,5 %, Kappa = 0,65. In identifying valve vegetation, 3D TEE had positive predictive value of 93%, kappa =0,82 which were higher than those of 2D TEE and 2D TTE (positive predictive value of 89,6 % and Kappa = 0,73). In evaluating mitral valve regurgitation, 3D TEE had positive predictive value of 100%, kappa =1 compared with positive predictive value of 76,5%, kappa of 0,47 of 2D TEE and 2D TTE. Conclusions: 3D TEE is valuable in localizing prolapse valve segments, especially for A2, A3 and P3 prolapse, as well as in diagnosing anterior leaflet perforation and vegetation of mitral valve. 3D TEE is also more valuable than 2D TEE and 2D TTE in assessing mitral regurgitation severity.
Women in John’s Gospel
Authors: Miller Susan 
Published: January 2023

Closely examines John’s portrayal of women in relation to discipleship and the theme of new creation, arguing that these depictions are influenced by his apocalyptic world-view. By employing historical and literary methods of biblical interpretation to analyse John’s presentation of women and gender, Miller explores the extent to which John gives any indications of the female role in both John’s community and the beginnings of the Christian faith.
Beginning with the Virgin Mary’s portrayal at the wedding at Cana, where she prompts Jesus to carry out his first sign, Miller then thoroughly asses several crucial female characters in John to stress how Jesus’ female followers truly recognise him as the Messiah. These include the Samaritan woman, Martha and Mary of Bethany and Mary Magdalene and her encounter with Jesus in the garden. Crucially, Miller suggests that John’s frequent use of “woman” links these female followers (particular Jesus’ venerated mother) with the figure of Eve in Genesis, and she concludes that women are associated with the “hour” of Jesus when he casts out the “ruler of the world” and inaugurates the new creation.
Modern Tragedy
Authors: Moran James 
Published: January 2023

What distinguishes modern tragedy from other forms of drama? How does it relate to contemporary political and social conditions? To what ends have artists employed the tragic form in different locations during the 20th century?
Partly motivated by the urgency of our current situation in an age of ecocidal crisis, Modern Tragedy encompasses a variety of drama from throughout the 20th century. James Moran begins this book with John Millington Synge’s Riders to the Sea (1904), which shows how environmental awareness might be expressed through tragic drama. Moran also looks at Brecht’s reworking of Synge’s drama in the 1937 play Señora Carrar’s Rifles, and situates Brecht's script in the light of the theatre practitioner’s broader ideas about tragedy. Brecht’s tragic thinking – informed by Hegel and Marx – is contrasted with the Schopenhauerian approach of Samuel Beckett. The volume goes on to examine theatre makers whose ideas were partly motivated by applying an understanding of the tragic narrative of Synge’s Riders to the Sea to postcolonial contexts. Looking at Derek Walcott’s The Sea at Dauphin (1954), and J.P. Clark’s The Goat (1961), Modern Tragedy explores how tragedy, a form that is often associated with regressive assumptions about hegemony, might be rethought, and how aspects of the tragic may coincide with the experiences and concerns of authors and audiences of colour.
Historical Perspectives on Sustainable Fashion
Authors: Holroyd Amy Twigger , Gordon Jennifer Farley , Hill Colleen 
Published: January 2023

For centuries, the fashion industry has struggled to reconcile style with sustainability. In Historical Perspectives on Sustainable Fashion, you will be transported back in time to discover the historical dimensions of today’s sustainable fashion movement. An array of success stories and cautionary tales provide both inspiration and warnings for the eco-conscious designer, encouraging an innovative approach that builds on predecessors’ discoveries to move the practice of fashion forward.
The 1st edition, Sustainable Fashion: Past, Present and Future, emerged from the Museum at FIT’s ground-breaking exhibition ‘Eco-Fashion: Going Green’. This revised edition broadens perspectives even further, incorporating eye-opening examples of designers, brands and activists working for change across the world today. Likewise, a new chapter examines the globalized mainstream fashion system and historical alternatives that provide compelling inspiration for reimagining the status quo.
Fascinating and timely, Historical Perspectives on Sustainable Fashion examines progressive fashion through a historical lens, encouraging readers to question the state of the industry and demonstrating the value of historical insights in enabling and inspiring change.
The Turn to Provisionality in Contemporary Art
Authors: Rubinstein Raphael 
Published: January 2023

In his influential essay “Provisional Painting,” Raphael Rubinstein applied the term “provisional” to contemporary painters whose work looked intentionally casual, dashed-off, tentative, unfinished or self-cancelling; who appeared to have deliberately turned away from “strong” painting for something that seemed to constantly risk failure or inconsequence.
In this collection of essays, Rubinstein expands the scope of his original article by surveying the historical and philosophical underpinnings of provisionality in recent visual art, as well as examining the works of individual artists in detail. He also engages crucial texts by Samuel Beckett and philosopher Gianni Vattimo.
Re-examining several decades of painting practices, Rubinstein argues that provisionality, in all its many forms, has been both a foundational element in the history of modern art and the encapsulation of an attitude that is profoundly contemporary.
Blue jeans
Authors: Purnell Carolyn 
Published: January 2023

Object Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things.
Few clothing items are as ubiquitous or as casual as blue jeans. Yet, their simplicity is deceptive. Blue jeans are nothing if not an exercise in opposites.
Americans have accepted jeans as a symbol of their culture, but today, they are a global good. Levi Strauss made blue jeans in the 1870s to withstand the hard work of mining, but now, jeans are the epitome of leisure. In the 1950s, celebrities like Marlon Brando transformed the utilitarian clothing of industrial labor into a glamorous statement of youthful rebellion, and now, you can find jeans on the chicest fashion runways. For some, indigo blue might be the color of freedom, but for others, it’s the color of oppression and slavery.
Blue Jeans considers the versatility of this iconic garment and investigates what makes denim a universal signifier, ready to fit any context, meaning, and body.
Object Lessons is published in partnership with an essay series in The Atlantic.
Character is Structure
Authors: Wilkes Ted , Hughes Phil 
Published: January 2023

This book seeks to reshape the way that writers think about constructing their story, looking at the subject from the inside out. Often practitioners and theorists examine work through the separate lenses of character and/or structure and then bring them together. Within this book, authors Hughes and Wilkes argue that character is structure and one without the other makes for a dissatisfying narrative.
Through detailed case studies on films that span all genres, from mainstream franchises like The Hunger Games (2012-2015) and Shrek (2001-2010) to art house films such as Toto Le Heros (1991) and Eraserhead (1977), the authors reveal the dramatic imperative behind the central choices or dilemmas faced by every protagonist in every classic feature length narrative. They argue there is only one of five choices that any writer must make in inventing that key transition from the protagonist’s ordinary world into the adventure that will form the heart of their story.
Using the universal language of folk and fairy stories, this book gives writers and students a clear framework through which they can reference and improve their own storytelling. In doing so, it enables both the novice and experienced screenwriter to tell their story in the most authentic and impactful way, while keeping their protagonist at the heart of the narrative.
Examining the Role of Emotions in Learning with Technology
Authors: Kay Robin 
Published: January 2023

Many theorists suggest that emotions and learning are highly interconnected, however, research on the impact of emotions is limited. This study explored the emotions of 220 pre-service teachers while they learned new technology tools and the relationship of these emotions with technology experience and preferred learning strategies. Happiness was most often expressed while learning with technology, followed by anxiety, anger and sadness. Technology experience was positively correlated with happiness and negatively correlated with anxiety, sadness and anger. Experimental and authentic learning strategies were positively correlated with happiness and negatively correlated with anger, anxiety and sadness. Direct instruction was positively correlated with happiness, negatively correlated with anger and unrelated to anxiety and sadness. Finally, a social learning strategy was positively correlated with anxiety and unrelated to happiness, anger and sadness. Implications for and for practice and suggestions for future research are discussed.
Infecciones por Clostridioides (Clostridium) difficile en un hospital geriátrico de Costa Rica
Authors: Jimenez-Badilla Iveth , Rodríguez-González María José , Camacho-Mora Zianne , Quesada-Gómez Carlos 
Published: January 2023

Objetivo: Describir las características de los pacientes adultos mayores con diagnóstico de infecciones por Clostridium difficile en un hospital geriátrico en Costa Rica con el propósito de contribuir a mejorar su manejo y llevar a una reducción de la morbimortalidad y costos asociados a su atención.Métodos: Se realizó un estudio observacional retrospectivo con información demográfica y clínica de 141 pacientes admitidos en el Hospital Nacional de Geriatría y Gerontología Dr. Raúl Blanco Cervantes de Costa Rica del 2015 al 2018, quienes presentaron una prueba inmunocromatográfica de detección de antígeno y/o toxinas de C. difficile positiva en heces diarreicas. Las variables continuas se compararon mediante una prueba de ANOVA,mientras que las categóricas, por una prueba exacta de Fisher. Los factores de riesgo para cada uno de los grupos se evaluaron por análisis univariante. Los valores de p < 0,05 se consideraron estadísticamente significativos con un 95% de confianza.Resultados: Se estudiaron 141 pacientes con diarrea asociada a C. difficile. Los pacientes tenían una edad promedio de 83 años y 57% eran mujeres. Un 35% de los casos eran de origen comunitario y 27% fueron severos. El consumo de antimicrobianos fue dado principalmente por cefalosporinas y fluoroquinolonas. El tratamiento más utilizado fueel metronidazol (81%) y la mortalidad relacionada con la infección por C. difficile a los 30 días fue de un 35%.Conclusiones: Este es el primer reporte epidemiológico de infección por C. difficileque describe a un grupo de pacientes geriátricos hospitalizados y sus factores de riesgo asociados, que pone en manifiesto un porcentaje importante de casos comunitarios y graves, lo que llama a establecer guías locales y grupos específicos para el tratamiento y prevención de dicha infección.
Bibliotekos veikla darnaus vystymosi kontekste: 2012–2021 m. Lietuvos nacionalinės Martyno Mažvydo bibliotekos veiklos metinių ataskaitų kokybinė analizė
Authors: Janavičienė Daiva , Žiemelis Darius 
Published: January 2023

Šiame žvalgomajame tyrime, pasitelkus darnaus vystymosi (DV) koncepciją, atlikta 2012–2021 m. Lietuvos nacionalinės Martyno Mažvydo bibliotekos (LNB) veiklos kokybinė analizė. Esminiai tyrimo uždaviniai: 1) remiantis dalyko literatūros analize, rekonstruoti bibliotekų veiklos procesų ir išteklių matavimo pokyčių tendencijas įgyvendinti DV tikslus (Jungtinių Tautų (JT) Generalinės asamblėjos „Darnaus vystymosi darbotvarkėje 2030“ nustatyta 17 universalių, tarpusavyje susijusių DV tikslų); 2) remiantis viešai skelbiamomis 2012–2021 m. LNB veiklos metinėmis ataskaitomis, identifikuoti semantines jos veiklos sąsajas su JT „Darbotvarkėje 2030“ keliamais DV tikslais. Bibliotekų veiklos procesų ir išteklių matavimo tendencijų rekonstrukcija atskleidė priežastinę seką, kaip nuo duomenų rinkimo vidinėms reikmėms einama prie bibliotekos veiklos ekonominio ir socialinio vertingumo atskleidimo bei faktinio jų panaudojimo atstovaujant bibliotekoms ir siekiant DV tikslų. 2012–2021 m. laikotarpiu LNB į DV labiausiai įsitraukė padėdama aptarnaujamai bendruomenei siekti kokybiško išsilavinimo (4 DV tikslas), visiems teikdama prieigą prie informacijos, taip prisidėdama prie taikos ir teisingumo palaikymo (16 DV tikslas) ir bendradarbiaudama su šalies ir tarptautiniais partneriais, kurdama partnerystės tinklus bendriems tikslams (17 DV tikslas). Matomas LNB indėlis siekiant mažinti nelygybę (10 DV tikslas) ir įgyvendinti iniciatyvas dėl darnaus miesto ir bendruomenių kūrimo (11 DV tikslas). Tiriamojo laikotarpio pabaigoje LNB prisidėjo prie geros sveikatos ir gerovės tikslo įgyvendinimo (3 DV tikslas) – visų pirma per COVID-19 pandemiją teikdama vartotojams emocinę paramą ir prevencines apsaugos priemones darbuotojams ir vartotojams.
DESAIN DAN INSTRUMEN BEST PRACTICE PADA KOLABORASI SMART CITY DAN KAMPUNG TEMATIK DALAM PEMBANGUNAN DAERAH
Authors: Mubaroq Husni , Kumala Dewi Nourma Ulva 
Published: January 2023

Pembangunan Daerah juga dilandasi kebijakan otonomi daerah dan kebijakan desentralisasi fiskal, yang diatur Undang-Undang Nomor 22 Tahun 1999 dan telah direvisi menjadi Undang-Undang Nomor 32 Tahun 2004 tentang Pemerintah Daerah, dan juga Undang-Undang Nomor 23 Tahun 1999 dan telah direvisi menjadi Undang-Undang Nomor 33 Tahun 2004 tentang Perimbangan Keuangan antara Pusat dan Daerah. Perencanaa seperti ini diperlukan agar pembangunan daerah tidak hanya membangun lingkup pusat Kota dan Kabupaten. Akan tetapi menyeluruh hingga ke setiap wilayah ditingkat kecamatan dan kelurahan. Setiap kecamatan bahkan setiap kelurahan memiliki keunggulan dan potensi wilayah masing-masing yang perlu ditingkatkan dan dikembangkan. Berdasarkan kriteria Best Practice yang disesuaikan dengan arah pembangunan pusat kota/kabupaten dan pembangunan disetiap kecamatan dan kelurahan. Maka dapat mengkolaborasikan konsep Smart City dan Desa/Kampung Tematik. Sehingga disetiap wilayah di Indonesia dapat menerapkan kolaborasi konsep smart city dan konsep desa tematik pada pembangunan. Riset ini menggunakan pendekatan kualitatif. Riset dengan menggunakan latar alamiah (natural setting), dengan mengartikan peristiwa yang terjadi dan mengkaitkan berbagai metode yang ada. Berdasarkan kriteria Best Practice yang disesuaikan dengan arah pembangunan pusat kota/kabupaten dan pembangunan disetiap kecamatan dan kelurahan. Maka dapat mengkolaborasikan konsep Smart City dan Desa/Kampung Tematik. Pembangunan Daerah dapat diterapkan dengan program kolaborasi smart city dan Kampung/desa tematik.
Fortnightly variability of Chl a in the Indonesian seas
Authors: Zaron Edward D. , Capuano Tonia A. , Koch-Larrouy Ariane 
Published: January 2023

Abstract. Twenty years of daily MODIS-Aqua
ocean color observations (2002–2022) are used to identify periodic variability of near-surface
chlorophyll (Chl a) in the Indonesian seas.
The frequency spectrum of Chl a is dominated by the mean and low-frequency monsoonal variability;
however, a prominent peak around the fortnightly tidal period, MSf, is present.
Harmonic analysis is used to quantify and map the fortnightly Chl a signal,
which is discovered to be significant along the continental shelves of NW Australia
and at several sites associated with narrow passages between the Lesser Sunda Islands,
within the Sulu Archipelago, and at a few other sites in the Philippines Archipelago.
Fortnightly variability at the shallow coastal sites is attributed to the
spring–neap cycle of barotropic ocean currents, while we hypothesize that the variability
in deeper water near the island passages is due to the modulation of vertical
nutrient fluxes by baroclinic tidal mixing.
The results document the significance of tidal mixing
and highlight the heterogeneous character of biophysical processes within the Indonesian seas.