bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Practice patterns and opinions in the treatment of allergic eye disease: A survey among Indian ophthalmologists
Authors: Priyadarshini Smruti Rekha , Das Sujata 
Published: January 2023

Purpose:
Management of allergic eye disease is seldom straightforward and often challenging. We conducted an online survey to elicit opinions on the preferred practice pattern in the treatment of allergic eye disease.

Methods:
An online survey questionnaire was sent to all practicing ophthalmologists using social media platforms. The respondents were asked about their clinical experience and preferred treatment in various scenarios such as mild-moderate vernal keratoconjunctivitis (VKC), chronic VKC, refractory VKC, steroid responders, giant papillae, and shield ulcer. Respondents were asked about the newer molecule (alcaftadine) and reservations regarding systemic immuno-suppressants and ordering allergy tests in their practice.

Results:
Ninety - one participants responded to the survey. About 57.1% of ophthalmologists reported coming across more than 10 cases per week in their practice. The most common age group was 5–10 years (61.1%), but adult onset VKC was also reported at 41.6% (1–2 per month), 37.1% (3–5 per month), and 13.5% (more than 10 per month). The disease is perennially present (36.7%), and a mixed form has been reported by 47.8% of ophthalmologists. Dual-acting agents were preferred by 40% in mild-moderate clinical variants. Topical steroids in slow tapering dosage were preferred by 86.7% in their prescription. Tacrolimus 0.03% was preferred by 65.9% and given for at least 3 months of continuous usage by 47.6% of ophthalmologists. High-dose topical steroids were preferred for giant papillae (67.8%) and Shields ulcers (68.3%) in our survey. Supratarsal steroid injection was preferred by 50% in treating refractory VKC in our survey.

Conclusion:
Allergic eye disease is a common yet annoying disease. The signs and symptoms can vary from subtle, innocuous forms to devastating variants affecting vision and day-to-day work. This survey aims to elicit responses from clinicians spreading across different geographical areas and compares responses based on experience in practice.
Management of partially absorbed white soft cataract post penetrating injury to eye
Authors: Singh Reetesh Kumar , Singh Swapnil 
Published: January 2023

Background:
A measurable burden to the emergency ophthalmology department is represented by ocular trauma in pediatric patients. Traumatic cataracts still result in visual disability despite great advancements in diagnostic and treatment methods. Cataract surgery with intraocular lens (IOL) implantation aids in the improvement of visual acuity in such cases. Duration of trauma is an important prognostic factor for recovery of visual acuity before amblyopia sets in young patients with penetrating ocular injury.

Purpose:
This video deals with the management of a case of partially absorbed traumatic cataract in a scenario of an old and neglected penetrating injury. This case had a corneal scar, ruptured anterior lens capsule, and posterior synechiae formation between the posterior pigmented epithelium of the iris and the lens capsule.

Synopsis:
In a case of penetrating ocular injury, one should always suspect violation of posterior lens capsule, weakened or broken zonules and retained intraocular foreign body. In this case, a circular capsulorhexis is difficult to attain. After staining the capsule with trypan blue dye, viscoelastic substance is instilled in the anterior chamber to have good control over the rhexis and to avoid rhexis run out. In case the rhexis runs off to the equator, a pair of Vannas scissors is used to cut the extended flap. The cataract is partially absorbed ,white and soft in nature and is easily mobilized from the bag and eaten up via phacoaspiration. Before implantation of posterior chamber intraocular lens (PCIOL) in the sulcus, posterior synechiae are released by swiping a cyclodialysis spatula in the sulcus area. Visual axis is cleared by giving nicks in the posterior capsule to remove the central dense posterior plaque. Automated anterior vitrectomy is done and a three-piece PCIOL is implanted safely in the ciliary sulcus. Retained viscoelastic substance is washed, intracameral antibiotic is instilled, and the anterior chamber is subsequently formed via stromal wound hydration.

Highlights:
Through this video, we tried to show how one should proceed with phacoaspiration with intraocular lens implantation in a case of traumatic cataract post penetrating injury in a sequential manner.

Video Link:

https://youtu.be/20DbYUn_Fd8

Key words: Capsulorhexis, phacoaspiration, vitrectomy
Iridociliary measurements using the Anterion swept-source optical coherence tomography
Authors: Patyal Sagarika , Yadav Arun Kumar , Anthony Hansel , Ansari Faisal 
Published: January 2023

Purpose:
Anterior segment optical coherence tomography (AS-OCT) by a swept source can visualize the ciliary body. The study was performed for analyzing the feasibility of a new swept-source OCT (Anterion) device for measuring iris ciliary sulcus, ciliary body thickness, and iris thickness.

Methods:
It is a pilot study among 30 normal young participants and hospital employees with their consent. The ciliary body, iris thickness, and ciliary sulcus were measured and compared to the results in the literature. We obtained 28 good-quality results. The main outcome measures were iris thickness (near and away from the pupillary margin), ciliary body thickness, and iridociliary sulcus measurement.

Results:
The iris thickness 2.5 mm from the pupillary margin was 0.70 ± 0.10 mm in the right eye and 0.68 ± 0.11 in the left eye. Closer to the root, the iris thickness varied from 0.55 ± 0.16 mm (right eye) and 0.57 ± 0.12 (left eye). Ciliary body thickness: Right eye 0.59 ± 0.14mm (28 good images), left eye 0.58 ± 0.13mm; ciliary sulcus (inner angle): right eye 82.65 ± 26.6°, left eye 83.66 ± 30.1°.

Conclusion:
Anterion OCT is feasible in our setting for various measurements and can provide valuable inputs to ophthalmologists for the treatment of ocular diseases.
Online survey about keratoconus management by optometrists
Authors: Usgaonkar Ugam , Chodankar Suvarna , Shetty Aksha 
Published: January 2023

Purpose:
The aim of the study was to survey keratoconus management by optometrists in India.

Methods:
A validated online survey questionnaire was circulated to all optometrists from India who had completed 4 years of optometry programs. Practitioners were asked general contact lens practice questions and keratoconus management-related questions. For analysis, data were imported into SPSS (IBM Corp. 2011).

Results:
A total of 159 optometrists responded to the questionnaire, of whom 10.7% of practitioners had >10 years of experience and the remaining 89.3% had <10 years. Only 45.3% of respondents had corneal topography in their practice. Approximately 55% of practitioners prescribed gas permeable (GP) lenses. Around 77.4% of practitioners considered that a combination of multiple factors is necessary for keratoconus investigations. In addition, 91.8% of practitioners used the keratoconus severity classification. Also, 73% of practitioners consider that GP contact lens (CL) fitting is more difficult in keratoconic eyes than in healthy eyes. The average number of GP diagnostic lenses used in keratoconus CL fittings was 3.93 ± 1.92. A majority of practitioners calculate back optic zone radius (BOZR) using the manufacturer’s guidelines (based on manual keratometry [39.6%] or based on corneal topography [40.3%]). Around 40.3% of respondents prefer to refer patients to another optometrist for CL fitting before consulting an ophthalmologist for surgical intervention. Finally, half of the respondents participate in co-management with ophthalmologists after surgical treatment (54.1%).

Conclusion:
This study provides details about the management of keratoconus by optometrists in India. Keratoconus patient care could be improved with new evidence-based guidelines for the management and referral of these patients that would provide guidance on GP CL fitting procedures. Furthermore, it determines referral criteria and enhances co-management between optometrists and ophthalmologists.
Encarnación, empatía, rituales
Authors: Gumbrecht Hans Ulrich 
Published: January 2023

A partir de una concepción diferente, tanto de Fukuyama como de sus críticos, acerca del llamado “fin de la Historia”, se plantean dos formas de concebir este “fin”. En primer lugar, que la visión histórica del mundo ha perdido su anterior centralidad institucional en el espacio de lo cotidiano, y, en segundo, que la disciplina requiere una profunda revisión de sus premisas, por lo que ha de redefinir sus potenciales funciones, y finalmente, sustituirse a sí misma. Ante la emergencia de un nuevo “cronotopo” [o "construcción social de tiempo"], que conduciría a un concepto de “encarnación” del pasado, se proponen nuevas aproximaciones que enfrenten algunas deficiencias y problemas de nuestro presente.
Evlilik Kaygısında Bağlanma Stillerinin Yordayıcılığı
Authors: ÇITAK Şenel , BAŞAR Ayşe 
Published: January 2023

Ailelerin şekillenmesinde kritik bir role sahip olan evlilik, çok boyutlu biyopsikosoyal bir yapı ile karakterizedir. Sağlıklı evlilerin gelişmesi, evlilik doyumunun sağlanması ve çiftler arası uyumun güçlenmesi için evlilik ile ilişkili bu çok boyutlu yapıyı oluşturan psikolojik mekanizmaların anlaşılması önem arz etmektedir. Bu doğrultuda çalışmanın temel amacı, evli olmayan bireylerin sahip olduğu bağlanma stillerinin evlilik kaygısını ne düzeyde yordadığını incelemektir. Çalışmanın diğer amacı bekâr bireylerin yaşadıkları evlilik kaygısı ile bağlanma stillerinin bazı demografik değişkenlere göre farklılaşıp farklılaşmadığının araştırılmasıdır.
Nicel araştırma yöntemlerinden ilişkisel tarama desenine uygun olarak yürütülen bu araştırmada, kolayda örnekleme yöntemi il e18 yaş üstü 412 (%59.2’si kadın, %40.8.8’i erkek, yaş ort.=25.07, ±4.92) bekâr kişiye ulaşılmıştır. Analiz sonucunda, evlilik kaygısını açıklamaya dönük kurulan modelin anlamlı olduğu ve evlilik kaygısı ile bağlanma stillerindeki toplam varyansın %26’sını açıkladığı tespit edilmiş (R=.51, R2=.26, F(1,408)= 109.18, p
Indicator “Risk of harm from alcohol use” (ASSIST score ) in patients with schizophrenia and related disorders
Authors: Hmara N. V. , Skugarevsky O. A. 
Published: January 2023

Objective. To establish the relationship between the ASSIST score (Humeniuk R. et al. 2008) «risk of harm from alcohol use» (RHAU), impaired social functioning and manifestation of aggression in patients with schizophrenia and related disorders.Materials and methods. From 2014 to 2020 a comparative, one-stage, observational study was conducted on the basis of the Gomel Regional Clinical Psychiatric Hospital with a sampling formation using directional selection method. Patients who met diagnostic criteria of schizophrenia (F20) or acute psychotic disorder (F23) according to ICD-10 were included in the study. The following assessment methods were used: 1) screening for alcohol use – ASSIST scale (Humeniuk R. et al. 2008), 2) determination of the level of aggression OASCL (Yudofsky S. C. 1986).Results. The entire sample of 123 people examined by us was divided into 3 groups depending on the level of RHAU. The first group «ASSIST 0» (n=37) was accepted as a control group, since RHAU was equal to 0. The second group is «ASSIST up to 10» (n=42), with minimal RVUA (1-10 points on the ASSIST scale). The third group «ASSIST over 11» (n=44) combines moderate and high RHAU. The group study did not show any differences between men and women in alcohol consumption and aggression within the groups. Comparison of 3 groups, and their subsequent pairwise comparison, made it possible to establish statistically significant differences in social dysfunction groups (decrease in the working status of «ASSIST 0» – 81%, «ASSIST over 11» – 73%, «ASSIST up to 10» – 45%) and of aggression (OASCL total score H 62.4=p≤0.001: physical aggression vs. others H=45.2 p≤0.001).Conclusion. In patients with schizophrenia and disorders close to it, the «risk of harm from alcohol use» indicator (ASSIST scale) indirectly indicates the formation of psychosocial dysfunction and indicates a differentiated effect of alcohol in the display of aggression in this group of patients.
Effect of budesonide and azithromycin on the chemotaxis of blood monocytes and lymphocytes in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Authors: Kadushkin A. G. , Tahanovich A. D. , Kolesnikova T. S. , Khadasouskaya A. V. 
Published: January 2023

Objective. To evaluate the ability of a combination of budesonide and azithromycin to influence the migration of blood monocytes and lymphocytes in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).Materials and methods. Peripheral blood mononuclear cells from patients with COPD (n=8) were incubated with glucocorticoid budesonide (10 nM), macrolide antibiotic azithromycin (10 µg/mL), or their combination, and then transferred to chemotaxis chambers containing chemokines RANTES (CCL5, 10 nM) or IP-10 (CXCL10, 10 nM). Cells migrated to the lower compartment of the chamber were collected, stained with monoclonal antibodies to CD3, CD14, CD19, CD45 and counted on a flow cytometer.Results. Azithromycin alone and in combination with budesonide inhibited the migration of blood T-lymphocytes and B-cells and enhanced the migration of blood monocytes to RANTES and IP-10. The combination of azithromycin and budesonide had a more suppressive effect on the chemotaxis of blood T- and B-lymphocytes to RANTES and IP-10 than budesonide alone. The combination of azithromycin and budesonide had an effect similar to azithromycin alone on the migration of blood T- and B-lymphocytes, as well as monocytes in patients with COPD.Conclusion. The results of the study demonstrate the ability of azithromycin alone to modulate the chemotaxis of peripheral blood monocytes and lymphocytes in patients with COPD and the lack of advantages of its combination with budesonide.
EDUCAÇÃO INCLUSIVA NO ENSINO SUPERIOR PÚBLICO BRASILEIRO
Authors: Alves Lucilene Quintiliano 
Published: January 2023

O presente trabalho objetiva revisar a principal legislação que versa sobre a educação inclusiva no ensino superior público brasileiro. Essa modalidade instaurou-se no Brasil após eventos internacionais que marcaram o âmbito educacional do país, refletindo positivamente no seu ordenamento jurídico. A Constituição Federal de 1988 garante que, todos tem direito a educação, a inclusão permite que as pessoas com deficiência tenham esse direito assegurado. As pessoas com deficiência no Brasil passaram por um período de segregação social que acabou influenciando no setor educacional, onde as mesmas estudavam em lugares separados sem participação social. A inclusão desponta para demostrar que a diversidade é importante e deve ser acolhida, todos devem aprender juntos sem qualquer tipo de discriminação. Os alunos com deficiência têm direito a uma educação de qualidade.
Laboratory measurements of the performances of the Sweeping Langmuir Probe instrument aboard the PICASSO CubeSat
Authors: Ranvier Sylvain , Lebreton Jean-Pierre 
Published: January 2023

Abstract. The Sweeping Langmuir Probe (SLP) is one of the
instruments on board the triple-unit CubeSat PICASSO, an ESA in-orbit
demonstrator launched in September 2020, which is flying at about 540 km
altitude. SLP comprises four small cylindrical probes mounted at the tip of the
solar panels. It aims to perform in situ measurements of the plasma
parameters (electron density and temperature together with ion density) and
of the spacecraft potential in the ionosphere. Before the launch, the
instrument, accommodated on an electrically representative PICASSO mock-up,
was tested in a plasma chamber. It is shown that the traditional
orbital-motion-limited collection theory used for cylindrical Langmuir
probes cannot be applied directly for the interpretation of the measurements
because of the limited dimensions of the probes with respect to the Debye
length in the ionosphere. Nevertheless, this method can be adapted to take
into account the short length of the probes. To reduce the data downlink
while keeping the most important information in the current-voltage
characteristics, SLP includes an on-board adaptive sweeping capability. This
functionality has been validated in both the plasma chamber and in space, and
it is demonstrated that with a reduced number of data points the electron
retardation and electron saturation regions can be well resolved. Finally,
the effect of the contamination of the probe surface, which can be a serious
issue in Langmuir probe data analysis, has been investigated. If not
accounted for properly, this effect could lead to substantial errors in the
estimation of the electron temperature.
Materializing Latinate Prayers: John Lydgate’s Aureate and Paraliturgical Poems in a London Merchant’s Booklet
Authors: Nii Tatsuya 
Published: January 2023

ABSTRACT
While John Lydgate’s aureate style is commonly recognized as one of the significant features of his poetics, its reception among medieval audiences has not been closely assessed. This article is a case study that explores early readerly responses to Lydgate’s aureate and paraliturgical lyrics collected in a late-fifteenth-century short anthology, Booklet IX of Cambridge, Trinity College MS R.3.21. Produced for a wealthy London merchant, this booklet reflects, at least partially, its first owner’s literary interests, and its mise-en-page presents the aureate and paraliturgical lyrics as material objects. Such material presentations embed the texts in the sociocultural milieu of late-fifteenth-century London and presumably helped the first owner of the booklet to establish his social profile by performatively intertwining his devotional and literary agency with the sophistication of the poems contained in the volume
Utopian/Dystopian Dialectics in Christian Responses to the Ecological Crisis: Between Ethics and Ontology
Authors: Prosic Tamara 
Published: January 2023

ABSTRACT
Christianity is a religion with deep utopian undercurrents that find their articulation in narratives about a utopian past, a dystopian present and a utopian future. The natural world is also part of this utopian trend, most prominently in the form of the lost Garden of Eden. While both Western and Eastern Orthodox Christianity recognize nature as part of this past utopia, their views regarding its role in the dystopian present, the future utopian condition as well as the path toward it, significantly differ, leading to quite different responses to the current ecological crisis. For Western Christianity, ecological questions are a matter of ethics, while for the Eastern Orthodox they are an ontological issue. Utilizing Bloch’s ideas about “educated hope” and the distinction between abstract and concrete utopias, the article discusses these different positions and their possibility to change believers’ attitudes toward nature and align their behavior with that of environmentalism and ecology.
Postcolonial Hope and Agency as a Contestation of Ideological Utopias in Claude McKay’sAmiable with Big Teeth
Authors: Jiménez Mónica Fernández 
Published: January 2023

ABSTRACTThis article analyzes Claude McKay’s last novel, Amiable with Big Teeth—recently discovered in 2017—as a piece of postcolonial utopianist writing. The novel participates in an important debate on the role of utopias and utopian writing as ideological mechanisms that perpetuate colonial structures such as the nation-state. Through a critique of the Popular Front project in the black community of 1930s Harlem, Amiable with Big Teeth vindicates local knowledges and the assessment of the specific conditions of the present—ever-changing and transformable—in the development of strategies for resistance. As such, the spiritual role of Ethiopia for the community depicted, rather than constitute yet another national utopia, fulfills the same role as it did for the Jamaican Rastafarians: it is a mechanism for group self-assertion and the promotion of self-esteem that subaltern communities need in order to achieve full agency.
PENGARUH INTENSITAS PENGGUNAAN MEDIA SOSIAL INSTAGRAM TERHADAP AKHLAK PESERTA DIDIK
Authors: Rahmatiwi Desi , Joko Sarjono  , Fatchurrohman Muhammad 
Published: January 2023

This study aims to determine the influence of the intensity of instagram social media use on the morals of students. This type of research is quantitative research with research subjects at SMA Negeri 2 Sukoharjo. The independent variable (Variable X) of this study is the intensity of instagram social media use, while the dependent variable (Variable Y) is the morals of the learners. The study population was 945 respondents and a sample of 90 people. In collecting data, researchers used an instrument in the form of a questionnaire consisting of 40 question items and distributed to respondents using a google form, testing the validity of the research instrument using the Aiken Validity Test and testing its reliability using the Spearman Brown Test. The scoring of question items in the questionnaire uses a likert scale of 1-4 to determine the level of intensistas of instagram social media use and student morals. The results showed that the intensity of students' Instagram social media use was high with a percentage of 52.2%. The results of the hypothesis test using a simple linear regression technique obtain a signification value smaller than the probability value (0.019 < 0.05) then the regression model can be used to predict the participation variable, the regression equation obtained is Y = 54.609 + 0.148X. and based on the value of t, it is known that the calculation is 2.381 > ttabel 1.991, so it can be concluded that variable X affects variable Y. The use of Instagram social media affects the morals of students both to positive and negative things, where the level of intensity of social media use will affect the moral and moral development of students in daily life both in terms of morals to God, morals to humans, and morals towards the environment.