bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
CARACTERIZACIÓN REGIONAL DE LOS USOS DEL SUELO Y PROBLEMÁTICAS AMBIENTALES ASOCIADAS EN LA CUENCA INFERIOR DEL RÍO CHUBUT, ARGENTINA
Authors: Márquez Maria Isabel , Vazquez Patricia Susana , Diego Ricardo González Zevallos 
Published: March 2023

The river basin is recognised as the most appropriate territorial unit for integrated water resources management. However, due to its complexity, many approaches fail to consider the interrelationships that occur in the whole system. In this context, satellite images are an effective tool to describe land use over large areas and to map and characterize land use on a regional scale. The objective of the present study was to analyse the land uses and their environmental implications in the Lower Chubut River Basin (CIRCh) in order to obtain a territorial diagnosis that contributes to future integrated resource management. For this, a map of seven land use classes was developed from the supervised classification (Landsat 8, OLI sensor, 2020). The results obtained indicate that of the total surface of the CIRCh (571,230.09 hectares), 76.80% corresponds to the monte class, 12.98% to rocky outcrops, 6.06% to natural terrain, 2.62% is used by cultivated areas, 1.10% by urban áreas, 0.37% corresponds to water bodies and 0.007% to coasts. Further action should focus on promoting basin-scale studies and strengthening integrated water management.
La cuenca es reconocida como la unidad territorial más adecuada para la gestión integrada de los recursos hídricos. Sin embargo, debido a su complejidad, muchos de los abordajes no logran considerar las interrelaciones que ocurren en la totalidad del sistema. En este contexto, las imágenes satelitales resultan herramientas efectivas para describir el uso del suelo en grandes extensiones, y mapear y caracterizar a escala regional. El objetivo del presente estudio fue analizar los usos del suelo e implicancias ambientales en la Cuenca Inferior del Río Chubut (CIRCh) con la finalidad de obtener un diagnóstico territorial que contribuya a una futura gestión integrada de los recursos. Se desarrolló un mapa de siete clases de uso del suelo a partir de la clasificación supervisada, (imagen Landsat 8, sensor OLI, año 2020). Los resultados indican que del total de la superficie de la CIRCh (571.230,09 hectáreas), 76,80% corresponde al monte, el 12,98% a los afloramientos rocosos, el 6,06% al terreno natural, un 2,62% a áreas cultivadas, 1,10% a áreas urbanas, 0,37% corresponde a cuerpos de agua y 0,007% a costas. Las acciones a seguir deberían estar enfocadas en fomentar los estudios a escala cuenca y fortalecer la gestión integrada del agua.
Estudio de las identidades masculinas. Cómo se aprende a ser hombres en la Ciudad de México
Authors: Hernández Ramírez Claudia Ivonne , Lozano Verduzco Ignacio 
Published: March 2023

The goal of this research is to analyze the gender norms of hegemonic masculinity that contribute to the construction of the identities of five men between the ages of 30 and 40 who work in different governmental and private agencies (educational and administrative sectors). The approach of the research is socio-educational because it emphasizes the way in which one learns to be a man and about masculinity. The type of research is interpretative, and the methodology is qualitative. The research instrument is an interview guide which was integrated by the following analysis categories: the meaning of being a man, socialization groups, similarities, and differences within and between genders; the technique is a semi-structured interview. Findings showed that socializing instances such as the family and the school, mainly, hold an ideological load that determines how people perceive themselves; the differentiated teaching establishes and defines gender relations, contributes to the internalization of behaviors and the shaping of identities that strengthen and preserve the patriarchal system. For this reason, it is essential to encourage more egalitarian gender relations in new generations and to educate in a different way in order to eliminate hegemonic masculinity models.
El objetivo de la presente investigación es analizar las normas de género de la masculinidad hegemónica que contribuyen a la construcción de las identidades de cinco hombres que laboran en distintas dependencias gubernamentales y privadas (ámbitos educativo y administrativo), con edades entre los 30 y 40 años. La perspectiva de estudio es socioeducativa porque se hace énfasis en la forma en que se aprende a ser hombre y sobre lo masculino. El tipo de investigación es interpretativa y la metodología es cualitativa. El instrumento es una guía de entrevista la cual estuvo constituida por las categorías de análisis: significados del ser hombre, grupos de socialización, similitudes y diferencias intra y entre géneros; la técnica es una entrevista semiestructurada. En los hallazgos se encontró que las instancias socializadoras como la familia y la escuela, principalmente, detentan una carga ideológica que determina cómo se perciben las personas, la enseñanza diferenciada marca y define las relaciones de género, contribuye a la interiorización de comportamientos y la conformación de identidades que fortalecen y preservan el sistema patriarcal. Por tal razón, es fundamental que se incentive en las nuevas generaciones relaciones de género más equitativas y se eduque de forma distinta para eliminar los modelos de masculinidad hegemónica y así contribuir a que los hombres dejen de ser violentos con las mujeres y con otros varones y transformar el canon de ser hombre que la sociedad ha establecido durante varios siglos.
Formación del profesorado en neuroeducación para promover la coeducación
Authors: Vizoso-Gómez Carmen 
Published: March 2023

Neuroeducation is an interdisciplinary science that studies the interaction between the brain, psychological processes, and education to optimize teaching and learning. The objective of this work is to address the need for teacher training in neuroeducation, based on the scientific findings that justify an inclusive education where the rights of effective equality of women and men are respected. A critical analysis is carried out, following an exploratory, descriptive, and explicative methodology. Thus, it describes the contents addressed from neuroeducation and it also warns about the responsibility of this disciplinary to communicate scientific results in a clear and understandable way to reduce the spread of fallacies or neuromyths regarding brain function. Besides, it reflects on the effects that the acceptance of sexist perspectives can have on education. Finally, it is argued that neuroeducation must critically interpret the differences and similarities in brain function of both sexes/genders to substantiate non-discrimination and coeducation.
La neuroeducación es una ciencia interdisciplinar que estudia la interacción entre el cerebro, los procesos psicológicos y la educación para tratar de optimizar la enseñanza y el aprendizaje. El objetivo de este trabajo es abordar la necesidad de la formación del profesorado en neuroeducación, en base a los hallazgos científicos que justifican una educación inclusiva donde se respeten los derechos de la igualdad efectiva de mujeres y hombres. Para ello se realiza un análisis crítico, utilizando una metodología exploratoria, descriptiva y explicativa. Así, se refieren los contenidos abordados desde la neuroeducación y se advierte sobre la responsabilidad de esta disciplina a la hora transmitir los resultados científicos de forma clara y comprensible para combatir la difusión de falacias o neromitos respecto al funcionamiento cerebral. Además, se reflexiona sobre los efectos que puede tener en la educación la aceptación de perspectivas sexistas. Por último, se defiende que desde la neuroeducación se debe interpretar de forma crítica las diferencias y semejanzas en el funcionamiento cerebral de ambos sexos/géneros para fundamentar la no-discriminación y la coeducación.
An herbal drug combination identified by knowledge graph alleviates the clinical symptoms of plasma cell mastitis patients: A nonrandomized controlled trial
Authors: Liu Caigang , Yu Hong , Chen Guanglei , Yang Qichao , Wang Zichu , Niu Nan , Han Ling , Zhao Dongyu , Wang Manji , Liu Yuanyuan , Yang Yongliang 
Published: March 2023

Background:Plasma cell mastitis (PCM) is a nonbacterial breast inflammation with severe and intense clinical manifestation, yet treatment methods for PCM are still rather limited. Although the mechanism of PCM remains unclear, mounting evidence suggests that the dysregulation of immune system is closely associated with the pathogenesis of PCM. Drug combinations or combination therapy could exert improved efficacy and reduced toxicity by hitting multiple discrete cellular targets.Methods:We have developed a knowledge graph architecture toward immunotherapy and systematic immunity that consists of herbal drug–target interactions with a novel scoring system to select drug combinations based on target-hitting rates and phenotype relativeness. To this end, we employed this knowledge graph to identify an herbal drug combination for PCM and we subsequently evaluated the efficacy of the herbal drug combination in clinical trial.Results:Our clinical data suggests that the herbal drug combination could significantly reduce the serum level of various inflammatory cytokines, downregulate serum IgA and IgG level, reduce the recurrence rate, and reverse the clinical symptoms of PCM patients with improvements in general health status.Conclusions:In summary, we reported that an herbal drug combination identified by knowledge graph can alleviate the clinical symptoms of PCM patients. We demonstrated that the herbal drug combination holds great promise as an effective remedy for PCM, acting through the regulation of immunoinflammatory pathways and improvement of systematic immune level. In particular, the herbal drug combination could significantly reduce the recurrence rate of PCM, a major obstacle to PCM treatment. Our data suggests that the herbal drug combination is expected to feature prominently in future PCM treatment.Funding:C. Liu’s lab was supported by grants from the Public Health Science and Technology Project of Shenyang (grant: 22-321-32-18); Y. Yang’s laboratory was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (grant: 81874301), the Fundamental Research Funds for Central University (grant: DUT22YG122), and the Key Research project of ‘be Recruited and be in Command’ in Liaoning Province (2021JH1/10400050).Clinical trial number:NCT05530226.
Supply Responses to Acreage of Major Oilseed Crops in Rajasthan, India
Authors: Kumar Dinesh , Sharma Madhu , Shekhawat Ravindra Singh , Awais Mohamad , Verma Banshi Lal 
Published: March 2023

Oilseed crops are the second most important determinant of the agricultural economy, next only to cereals within the segment of field crops. Self-sufficiency in oilseeds was attained through “The Yellow Revolution” during the early 1990s and the major ones are soybean, groundnut, rapeseed-mustard, sesame, sunflower, castor, safflower, linseed and niger. Among the nine oilseed crops in India, the highest average contribution to total production of oilseeds is soybean followed by rapeseed & mustard and groundnut. Similarly, the highest average area contribution to the total oilseed area is of soybean (44%) followed by rapeseed & mustard (24%) and groundnut (20%). Against this backdrop, the present study attempts to employ the Nerlovian lagged adjustment function for significant oilseed crops in Rajasthan to estimate the degree of acreage/supply responsiveness analyses. For the study secondary data from 1997-98 to 2020-21 were collected to obtain the results of acreage responsiveness of oilseed crops like groundnut, rapeseed & mustard and soybean in Bikaner, Alwar and Baran districts respectively.
Variations in Fat-mass and Obesity-associated (FTO) Genes and Allelic Distribution in Some Selected Ethnic Populations in Niger Delta, Nigeria
Authors: Ekpete N. O. , Elekima I. , Brown H. , Osaji E. E. , Igbinaduwa B. O. , Nnanna P. T. , Nwachuku E. O. 
Published: March 2023

Aim: To evaluate variations in FTO genes and allelic distribution in some ethnic populations in Niger Delta, Nigeria.
Study Design: Case-controlled observational study.
Place and Duration of Study: Federal Medical Centre, Asaba, Delta State and Safety Molecular Pathology Laboratory, Enugu, Nigeria, between March 2020 and February 2022.
Methodology: The association between sixteen (16) Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms in the FTO gene and some biomarkers of obesity and type 2 diabetes subjects (78 cases and 20 controls) from four different tribes in the Niger Delta region, Nigeria. Multistage sampling method was employed in the subject selection. The subjects were first separated into two groups – new cases (less than a year of diagnosis as Diabetic) and old cases (one year & above). Equal number of samples was then randomly collected from each of the cluster groups. Ten millilitres of blood were collected into EDTA for genotyping using Illumina NextSeq 2000 sequencing platform. Hardy-Weinberg Equilibrium statistical test was used to determine the variation in distribution of the alleles and genotypes within the study population while allelic frequencies were calculated by gene counting. Chi-square (and fisher’s test where chi-square was not applicable) and Odd Ratio (OR) were performed to determine the significant differences and associated risks respectively of the allelic and genotypic frequencies of Type 2 diabetic (T2D) and non-diabetic subjects of the FTO gene variants.
Results: The results of Hardy-Weinberg Statistical Test, Genotype and Allelic Distribution of FTO gene Variants in Obese/T2D Subjects in Different Tribes of Niger Delta are presented in Tables(1-4) for rs73609956 (C>T), rs116753298 (T>C), rs201041270 (A>G), rs531215275 (A>C), rs146056278 (C>T), rs1410999299 (G>A), rs79206939 (A>G), rs145884431(G>A), rs61743972 (G>A), rs201496428 (C>T), rs146138389 (T>C), rs886052102 (A>G), rs144743617 (G>A), rs886052103 (T>A), rs9939609 (A>T) and rs8050136 (A>C). However, no significant differences in analyzed genotype frequencies were found between T2D and healthy controls.
Conclusion: Knowledge of the dominant SNPs in some ethnic groups, may provide platform to delay its expression through informed wise choice of lifestyle change and proper dieting.
Challenges Facing Women Vegetable Vendors in Arusha, Tanzania: A Case of the Tengeru Market
Authors: Mkwizu Noel Y. 
Published: March 2023

The study aimed to analyse the challenges that women vegetable vendors face in Arusha, Tanzania, with a focus on Tengeru market. A cross-sectional research design was adopted in this study. A case study, as opposed to a broad statistical survey, focuses on a specific circumstance. It refers to the process of getting an understanding of a topic without including the entire population. The survey's findings showed that the majority of respondents were female due to the nature of the study, were in their 21s to 25s, and had only completed primary education. The study's findings again showed that the majority of respondents sold vegetables in their local community markets to generate revenue. Also, the majority of these people were participating in vegetable vending activities due to persuasion from their families, spouses, local government officials, societal seminars, and other groups. Furthermore, it was found that a few individuals claimed that the income they were generating from their activities was insufficient to satisfy their households' requirements or other socioeconomic activities.
The study discovered that vegetable vendors faced numerous challenges, including a lack of assistance from the government or their families, a lack of confidence, a lack of skills and knowledge, and work interruptions due to violence against women. According to the study, the government should assist them by providing loans, enacting laws and regulations, raising awareness, and developing useful materials.
Feasibility Assessment of on Farm Water Harvesting Structures for Livelihood Security of Small and Marginal Farmers
Authors: Mishra Purnima , Babu R. R. , Kumar R. Nagarjun , Rajasekar B. 
Published: March 2023

The present study was taken up in the black clay soil zone of Manthani mandal of Peddapalli district Telangana state in which series of on farm water harvesting structures were taken up by small and marginal farmers. The sizes of water harvesting structures, season wise cropping pattern, crop yields, cost of cultivation and net margins were collected from randomly selected farmers.
Thereafter, techno economic feasibility of taking up water harvesting structures was assessed. The field study revealed that these structures are technically feasible and financially viable for effective rainwater harvesting, providing critical irrigation to crops, enhancing crop yields and cropping intensity, resulting in resilience to adverse effects of climate change and consequent improvement in livelihood security of farmers.
BRRI Dhan102: An Irrigated Ecosystem-Friendly Zinc-Enriched Rice Variety for Bangladesh
Authors: Kader Md. Abdul , Shalahuddin AKM , Hore Tapas Kumer , Majumder Ratna Rani , Islam SM Tariqul , Haq Md. Ehsanul , Shaha Urmi Rani , Fatema Kaniz , Biswas Partha Sarathi , Iftekharuddaula Khandakar Md. 
Published: March 2023

An enhancement over already available zinc-enriched rice varieties for Bangladesh is the recently announced by BRRI dhan102 class of rice, which has long slender grain and is high yielding and ideal for Bangladesh's irrigated ecology. The variety has satisfactorily passed the Proposed Variety Trial (PVT) conducted in the farmers’ field in Boro 2020-21 season. As a result, National Seed Board (NSB) approved this variety for commercial cultivation in the Boro season (dry season) in 2022. It was modern plant type with 103 cm plant height and matures by 150 days. The proposed variety showed 0.27 t/ha higher yield than check variety BRRI dhan29. Identifying characters of this variety are green leaf, intermediate plant height, erect flag leaf, long slender grain, and intermediate leaf senescence grain. In average, it can produce 8.10 t/ha grain yield, but it has potentiality to give 9.55 t/ha grain yield. Thousand grain weight of the variety is 22.7 gm and head rice yield is 62%. The rice has zinc content 25.5 mg/kg, 28% amylose content with 7.5% protein content. Farmers can be benefited financially from growing the zinc-enriched variety BRRI dhan102 and the nation as a whole will be benefited nutritionally from its production throughout the Boro season (dry season).
Fixed time robust control for tower cranes with unmatched disturbances and input saturation
Authors: Gu Xiutao , Li Yuanqi , Hong Mengqing , Ye Song , Guo Yu 
Published: March 2023

SummaryTo address the challenging problem of fixed‐time anti‐sway and positioning control for tower cranes with uncertain disturbances and input saturation, a novel fixed‐time anti‐saturation robust algorithm is proposed. First, on the basis of a newly designed fixed‐time convergence system, a fixed‐time disturbance observer (FTDO) is developed to estimate the matched and unmatched disturbances. Then, an anti‐saturation compensator is employed to deal with the input saturation and make the control input leave the saturated region rapidly. Upon which, a novel non‐singular fast terminal sliding mode surface is presented. Furthermore, in order to ensure the stability of each subsystem, a hierarchical sliding mode surface taking into account unmatched disturbances and input saturation is designed. Finally, the FTDO based hierarchical sliding mode control law is introduced to improve the transient control performance and robustness of tower cranes. The fixed‐time convergence of the closed‐loop system is proved by Lyapunov technique. Numerical simulations for four scenarios demonstrate the validity of the presented control scheme and fastest convergence speed in comparison to the recently proposed fixed‐time control methods.
A Neuron‐Readable Artificial Photoreceptor Composed of Photodeformable Liquid Crystal Polymers and Piezoelectric Materials
Authors: Peng Bo , Chen Xueli , Yu Guodong , Xu Fan , Yang Ruyi , Yu Zhenghang , Wei Jia , Zhu Guodong , Qin Lang , Zhang Jiayi , Shen Qundong , Yu Yanlei 
Published: March 2023

AbstractArtificial photoreceptors are extensively developed to help the patients with serious eye diseases by converting light into electric signals. However, the existing systems still suffer from poor output signals, restricting signal transduction to cells. Here, a neuron‐readable artificial photoreceptor with significant voltage output is constructed by using photodeformable liquid crystal polymers (LCPs) and polyvinylidene fluoride trifluoroethylene (P(VDF‐TrFE)). The significant voltage output originates from light‐stress‐electricity conversion, where the photo‐induced stress is attributed to the free volume expansion of the photodeformable LCPs and subsequently converts them into strong electric signals by the P(VDF‐TrFE) layer. The photo‐induced open‐circuit voltage reaches up to 0.79 ± 0.02 V, which is, to the knowledge, 19 times higher than the maximum voltage (0.04 V) that has been reported to date. Hence, such artificial photoreceptor successfully transduces photo‐induced electric signals to cells and tissues, communicates with the neurons, and triggers spiking activities in blind retinas. Besides, visual image recognition is demonstrated in a pixelated matrix by analyzing electric signals of each unit. This artificial photoreceptor opens new opportunities for the combination of the photodeformability and piezoelectricity, providing an avenue to develop neuron‐readable artificial retinas and implantable sensors.
High‐rate Decoupled Water Electrolysis System Integrated with α‐MoO3 as a Redox Mediator with Fast Anhydrous Proton Kinetics
Authors: Ma Zihan , Lu Xiaofei , Park Sunghyun , Shinagawa Tatsuya , Okubo Masashi , Takanabe Kazuhiro , Yamada Atsuo 
Published: March 2023

AbstractHydrogen is a promising alternative to fossil fuels that can reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Decoupled water electrolysis system using a reversible proton storage redox mediator, where the oxygen evolution reaction and hydrogen evolution reaction are separated in time and space, is an effective approach to producing hydrogen gas with high purity, high flexibility, and low cost. To realize fast hydrogen production in such a system, a redox mediator capable of releasing protons rapidly is required. Herein, α‐MoO3, with an ultrafast proton transfer property that can be explained by a dense hydrogen bond network in the lattice oxygen arrays of HxMoO3, is examined as a high‐rate redox mediator for fast hydrogen production in acidic electrolytes. The α‐MoO3 redox mediator shows both a large capacity of 204 mAh g−1 and fast hydrogen production at a current rate of 10 A cm−2(≈153 A g−1), outperforming most of the previously reported solid‐state redox mediators.