bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Constructing Virtual Representations of Laminated Timber Products
Authors: Grant Patrick , Psaltis Steven , Shirmohammadi Maryam , Turner Ian 
Published: September 2023

Abstract

The complex structure of timber has traditionally been difficult to model as it is a highly heterogeneous material. The density (and hence material properties) for structural species such as Pinus radiata (radiata pine) can vary greatly across the growth rings. Numerical simulation methods are becoming more prevalent as a method of predicting moisture migration, stress and strain distributions, and fungal/rot intrusion in timber. These methods require a virtual description of an individual board that captures the growth ring structure present in these timbers. In this work, a low-cost algorithm based on image analysis techniques and spectral segmentation is developed for generating a virtual representation of a cross laminated timber panel. The virtual model is generated as a triangular prismatic mesh where the nodes are aligned on the growth rings, with specific wood material properties allocated to each mesh element The initial step involves identifying the growth ring structure of a single board by analyzing an image of the end grain. The growth rings are then identified using a spectral clustering algorithm. Next, the centre of the tree (pith) is located by using an iterative constrained least-squares algorithm. The density is computed as a proportional length through the growth ring, when provided with an anatomical image of the cellular structure. This density estimate is then assigned to each mesh element resulting in the virtual reconstruction of a singular board. Meshes of multiple timber boards are then combined to produce the final mesh of a laminated timber product.
Comprehensive Study on In vitro Propagation of Some Imported Peach Rootstocksa. In vitro Explant Surface Sterilization and Bud Proliferation
Authors: Eliwa Galal I. 
Published: September 2023

Abstract
This study was conducted in the Laboratory of Tissue culture, Horticulture Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Damietta University, Egypt. The objective of this study was to establish a micropropagation protocol suitable for three imported peach rootstocks {Okinawa (P. persica), Nemared (P. persica × P. davidiana) × P. persica) and Garnem (P. dulcis × P. persica)} In vitro. According to the results, soaking the explants in sodium hypochlorite (NaOCl) at 20% for 15 min achieved the highest value of responsive (82.81%) and Survived (96.61%) with minimum value of dead (3.14%) and contaminated (0.24%). Garnem genotype explants had achieved the best responsive (89.12%) and Survived (90.62%) with minimum dead (0.00%) and maximum contaminated (9.37%). The shoot tips showed the highest responsive, Survived and dead% (100, 87.40 and12.59% respectively) and minimum significant contaminated (0.00%). Also, the explants differed greatly in their percentages of responsive, survived, dead and contaminated at the different collected dates.
The 6-benzylaminopurine (BAP) concentrations used (3 to 5.0 mg/L-1) demonstrated a similar behavior in terms of in vitro proliferation, with rate of 3.77 to 6.11, 4.33 to 8.88 and 3.33 to 7.44 shoots per explant for Okinawa, Nemared and Garnem peach rootstocks respectively, indicating that the number of shoots is genotype dependent. Hence, 5.0 mg/l BAP in combination with 0.2 mg/L-1 IBA is recommended for shoot proliferation of peach rootstocks since this combination treatment produced the higher significant values of average shoot proliferation % (96.29%) as well as number of shoot per explant (7.48) and average Leaves number/explant (16.33) than the other treatments.
The economic commitment of climate change
Authors: Kotz Maximilian , Levermann Anders , Wenz Leonie 
Published: September 2023

Abstract

Global projections of macroeconomic climate-change damages typically consider impacts from average annual and national temperatures over long-time horizons. Here, we utilize recent empirical findings from more than 1600 regions worldwide over the past 40 years to project sub-national damages from temperature and precipitation including daily variability and extremes. Using an empirical approach which provides a robust lower-bound on the persistence of impacts on economic growth, we find that the world economy is committed to an income reduction of 19% within the next 26 years due to historical carbon emissions and socioeconomic inertia (relative to a baseline without climate impacts, likely range of 11-29% accounting for physical climate and empirical uncertainty). These damages already outweigh the mitigation costs required to limit global warming to two degrees by sixfold over this near-term timeframe, and thereafter diverge strongly dependent on emission choices. Committed damages arise predominantly through changes in average temperature, but accounting for further climatic components raises estimates by approximately fifty percent and leads to stronger regional heterogeneity. Committed losses are projected for all regions except those at very high latitudes, where reductions in temperature variability bring benefits. The largest losses are committed at lower latitudes in regions with lower cumulative historical emissions and lower present-day income.
Dynamic resistance exercise and clinical biomarkers in adults with metabolic syndrome: a protocol of systematic review and meta-analysis
Authors: Puerta-López Luisa Fernanda , Bedoya Edison Andrés Pérez 
Published: September 2023

Abstract
Background: metabolic syndrome (MetS) significantly increasing the risk of cardiovascular disease up to 3 times.
Objective: to conduct a systematic review and meta-analysis assessing the effects of dynamic resistance exercise that progressing to vigorous intensities, on the clinical biomarkers, cardiorespiratory fitness, quality of life and adverse events of adults with MetS.
Methods: randomized controlled trials of dynamic resistance exercise in adults with MetS will be included. Studies on nutritional will be excluded. Searches will run between August and September 2021 on PubMed, EBSCO, CENTRAL, Ovid, ScienceDirect, Scopus, and Clinical Trials; also in gray literature repositories and manual searches. The assessment of risk of bias will be according to the Cochrane manual. Post-intervention mean differences will be used in the analyzes and a statistical significance of p <0.05 will be defined. The GRADE approach will be used to assess the certainty and strength of the evidence. AMSTAR1 will be applied to assess the methodological quality of this review.
Results: it is hoped that the findings of this study can be incorporated into the development and/or updating of clinical practice guidelines on MetS at a global level.
Conclusions: it will summarize the qualitative and quantitative evidence rigorously complying with the items of methodological quality and certainty of the evidence.
Other: no funding. PROSPERO register: CRD42021275758.
Current approaches to respiratory pathology in late preterm infants
Authors: Sarkisyan E. A. , Dumova S. V. , Volkova A. I. , Chugunova O. L. , Zhuravleva I. V. , Levchenko L. A. , Shabelnikova E. I. , Shumilov P. V. 
Published: September 2023

Late preterm babies are those born between 340/7 and 366/7 weeks of gestation, constituting the largest subgroup of preterm infants. Despite the relative morphofunctional maturity, these children remain at a high risk of damage to various organs and systems, and there is also a high mortality rate. One of the top places in the structure of morbidity in late preterm is occupied by respiratory disorders. Quite often there is transient tachypnea, respiratory distress syndrome of the newborn, pulmonary hypertension, and congenital pneumonia. Currently, there are various approaches to prevention, treatment, and diagnosis of respiratory disorders in late preterm children. Until now, the issue of the advisability of prenatal prevention of respiratory distress syndrome with corticosteroids after the 34th week of gestation has not been resolved. Non-invasive methods of respiratory support are more popular along with minimally invasive administration of surfactant preparations when indicated. The trend towards an annual increase in late preterm births determines the need to improve the methods of their nursing. The control over respiratory disorders and hypoxia is crucial in the prevention of adverse outcomes in late preterm children.
Clinical adaptation and the state of innate and humoral im- munity of premature infants with extremely low body weight who received oropharyngeal administration of colostrum
Authors: Chistyakova G. N. , Remizova I. I. , Makhanek A. A. , Abakarova D. A. , Kadochnikova P. A. , Bychkova S. V. , Ustyuzhanin A. V. , Shakirova K. P. 
Published: September 2023

Breast milk is the optimal food for premature infants. However, the serious condition of premature newborns requires a complex of primary resuscitation care in the maternity unit, which makes it impossible to carry out early attachment to the breast and start breastfeeding. Currently, the neonatal community is actively discussing the immune effects of an alternative method of oropharyngeal administration of colostrum on the child’s adaptation to extrauterine existence. Purpose. To assess the clinical outcomes, the state of the monocytic immunity, the production of sIgA in coprofiltrates in premature infants with extremely low body weight who received colostrum in the first hours of life. Material and methods. 39 premature infants with extremely low body weight who received oropharyngeal administration of colostrum were examined. The expression of CD14+CD282+, CD14+CD284+, CD14+HLA-DR, CD14+CD64+, CD14+CD11b+, CD14+CD11c+ monocytes and the phagocytic ability of mononuclear cells in blood serum were determined by laser flow cytometry. The secretory IgA concentration was assessed in coprofiltrates. Results. In premature infants who did not receive oropharyngeal colostrum, there was an increase in leukocyte phagocytosis, the level of monocyte expression, which was due to an increased infectious morbidity. Mucosal immunity of children who received colostrum was characterized by an increased concentration of secretory IgA. Conclusion. It was found that children who received oropharyngeal administration of colostrum have a faster correction of transient hypoglycemia after birth, a shorter duration of parenteral nutrition, greater body weight at the time of discharge, and a decrease in the incidence of infectious pathology.
Cognitive speech disorders in children with congenital heart defects aged 5–7 years
Authors: Rumiantseva А. А. , Igisheva L. N. , Kameneva V. А. , Shabaldin A. V. 
Published: September 2023

Purpose. To found out expressive speech disorders as a sign of neurocognitive development delay in children with congenital heart defects before and after surgery. Material and methods: 216 children with congenital heart defects were divided into groups according to the presence (group 1, n = 71) and absence (group 2, n = 145) of family history confounding factors, and studied before surgery and in 1 and 2 years after definitive repair under cardiopulmonary bypass. The anamnesis, clinical and hemodynamic aspects were studied before and after surgery, mental status and expressive speech diagnostics were also performed. Results. The predictors of neurocognitive impairment in children with congenital heart defects before surgery were identified: the level of heart failure, comorbidity, burdened family history. 76.3 % of children had «average» level of neurocognitive development (more in group 2) in a year after surgical correction, while 23.6 % had «low» and «very low» level (more in group 1); there were general expressive speech disorders in 68 % children in group 1 and in 55 % in group 2 among all children. «High» level of neurocognitive development was recorded in 2 years (13.8 % among all children), while the number of children with general expressive speech disorders was approximately the same despite of positive dynamic of clinical and hemodynamic aspects. Conclusion. There are «low» levels of neurocognitive development and expressive speech disorders in children with congenital heart defects in long term postoperative period despite of clinical and hemodynamic normalization. It can predict significant risks and poor quality of life in the absence of timely correction.
Foreign bodies of the gastrointestinal tract in children: a retrospective analysis of medical cases
Authors: Samolygo I. S. 
Published: September 2023

Foreign bodies of the gastrointestinal tract in children are a fairly common reason for seeking help in surgical departments. Purpose. The study aims at identifying dependencies between the type of foreign bodies, the tactics of their detection and removal in different age periods. Material and methods. Retrospective analysis of 100 case histories of patients with a diagnosis of «Foreign body of the gastrointestinal tract”; 64 boys included. Results. Preschool children were more often diagnosed with «Foreign body of the gastrointestinal tract.» The children rarely complained. The most commonly used diagnostic method is overview radiography, and the method of extracting a foreign body is endoscopy. The most frequent finds were coins. Magnetic balls and batteries led to injury of the organ where they were located. Conclusion. When contacting a medical and preventive institution in the first hours after swallowing the object, the risk of complications is minimal. If the foreign body is a magnetic ball, magnet, or battery, the presence of which is associated with high risks of complications, it is necessary to remove them from the body as soon as possible.
A case of successful treatment of an isolated tracheoesopha- geal fistula in a 2-month-old child
Authors: Bocharov R. V. , Pogorelko V. G. , Kozlov Yu. A. 
Published: September 2023

Isolated tracheoesophageal fistula is a very rare malformation, which is a pathological communication between the walls of the esophagus and the trachea. The entry of food into the trachea causes severe obstructive and ventilatory disorders in infants. Surgical treatment of developmental anomalies includes open thoracic or transsternal access, which is traumatic, often complicated by pleurisy and mediastinitis in the postoperative period and long-term musculoskeletal deformities. Purpose. To demonstrate the effectiveness of minimally invasive surgery in the correction of this defect. Fibro-tracheo-bronchoscopy confirmed an isolated tracheoesophageal fistula in a 2-month-old child. Thoracoscopic intervention using 3 ports was chosen and performed as a surgical method of treatment. A large tracheoesophageal fistula, up to 10 mm, was found. The tracheal end of the fistula was sutured with 2 ligatures, tied and cut off. The defect in the wall of the esophagus was hermetically sutured. The postoperative period proceeded without complications. Enteral nutrition through the nipple started on the 10th day. Control examination after 1 and 6 months: the child has no anxiety; psychomotor development corresponds to age, on esophagoscopy the esophagus is freely passable, constrictions and defects were revealed . Conclusion. The high resolution and ergonomics of modern endoscopic equipment made it possible to visualize the malformation in an infant in detail, to separate pathological communication with minimal trauma and to avoid early and long-term complications.
Application of water resource economic management model in agricultural structure adjustment
Authors: Xiao Xinru , Su Yue 
Published: September 2023

Abstract
Taking the watershed of Nanchang city as an example, through extensive investigations, the socio-economic status, water environment status, and development status of the agricultural industry in the watershed of Nanchang city were evaluated, and the coupling relationship between industrial structure and water environment was analyzed. The dynamic simulation of agricultural industrial structure adjustment in the Nanchang city basin under the constraints of the water environment was carried out to provide scientific decision-making on water resource shortage and other issues in the Nanchang city basin and to effectively solve the problem of water resource shortage. The research results showed that under the constraints of Scheme 2, the growth rate of agricultural output was in a relatively good development process, which was 8.56% in the short term, 6.65% in the medium term, and 10.33% in the long term. It is necessary to conduct research on the agricultural industrial structure in Nanchang city, which is also conducive to the protection of the water environment.
Growth Promoting Potential of Phosphate Solubilizing Enterobacter Cloaca and Enterobacter Hormaechei on Maize and Cowpea Seedlings
Authors: Agboola Adebanke A. , Ogunnusi Tolulope A. , Dayo-Olagbende Olufemi G. , Akpor Oghenerobor B. 
Published: September 2023

Introduction:
Phosphorus plays a range of functions in the proper growth and development of plants. Numerous microbial species, including bacteria, fungi, actinomycetes, and even algae have been found to play a crucial role in the solubilization of phosphate. This study was therefore aimed at exploring the growth-promoting potential of phosphate solubilizing Enterobacter species on maize and cowpea seedlings.

Methods:
Five strains that showed remarkable phosphate solubilization potential were used for the study. The bacterial isolates consist of three strains of Enterobacter cloaca and two strains of Enterobacter hormaechei. Growth promotion studies were carried out under laboratory conditions (in blotters) and green house (soil environment). In the blotter study, percent germination, germination index, germination time, germination rate, and vigor index were estimated, while shoot and root lengths, number of leaves, and wet weight were estimated in the greenhouse study.

Results:
In both seedlings, percent germination, germination index, and vigor index showed significantly higher values in seeds primed with the isolates than in the water-treated seeds (p≤ 0.05). Throughout the period of planting, the shoot and root lengths of the isolate-treated seedlings showed significantly higher values than the untreated control setups. This observation was irrespective of the maize and cowpea seedlings. In both seedlings, shoot and root lengths were directly proportional to days of growth. The bacterial strains showed significantly higher growth promoting potential on the seedlings.

Conclusion:
Therefore, the availability of these phosphate solubilizing microorganisms in the soil could enhance the growth of the seeds.
Translational Structure Map of SARS-CoV-2: A Clinical Analysis of its Origin
Authors: Aguado-Cortes Cesar , Santamaría-Holek Iván , M. Castaño Victor 
Published: September 2023

Background:
SARS-CoV-2 was declared a global health emergency by WHO Emergency Committee based on growing case notification rates at Chinese and international locations. In this paper, we present an approach to understand the probable clinical origin of SARS-CoV-2.

Methods:
A combination of citation network analysis, analysis of Medical Heading Subject (MeSH) terms, and quantitative content analysis of scientific literature, was employed to map the organization of the clinical origin of SARS-CoV-2 in this paper.

Results:

According to the results of the study, a genome of the first 2019-nCoV strain in Hangzhou was obtained, and phylogenetic analysis showed the genome to be closest to the genome of a bat SARS-like coronavirus strain, RaTG13, with an identity of 96.11%.

Conclusion:

The studies show that the dead Malayan pangolins found close to the outbreak of COVID-19 in China may have carried coronavirus closely related to SARS-CoV-2.
Personas desaparecidas, búsqueda e identificación. Reflexiones desde la antropología forense en el contexto mexicano
Authors: Rodríguez Carrillo Abel , Hernández-Flores Rocío , Rangel Estrada Diego Antonio , Serrano Sánchez Carlos 
Published: September 2023

El desarrollo de la antropología forense en México se encuentra relacionada íntimamente con el contexto de violencia exacerbada, manifiesta en distintas regiones de nuestro país desde la década de los años sesenta del siglo XX hasta la actualidad. Con un especial énfasis en dos guerras, donde el propio Estado mexicano dirigió sus huestes contra su propia población, en este sentido, hablamos de “la guerra sucia” y de la “guerra contra el narco” como dos episodios que favorecieron crímenes de lesa humanidad como lo fue la desaparición forzada y, asimismo, la desaparición por particulares; acaecidas en temporalidades que establecen una relación intrínseca con el desarrollo y aplicación de la antropología forense en cuestiones de seguridad nacional.
Antimicrobial and Antioxidant Activities of Citrus limon Peel Essential Oils and their Application as a Natural Preservative in Fresh Cream: Effects on Oxidative and Sensory Properties
Authors: Kehal Farida , Chemache Loucif , Himed Louiza , Barkat Malika 
Published: September 2023

Abstract
The aim of this study is to enhance the use of Citrus limon peel by utilizing its essential oil as a natural aroma and preservative in fresh cream. The essential oil was extracted through hydrodistillation and analyzed using gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS). The antioxidant and antimicrobial activities of the essential oil were assessed at varying concentrations prior to its incorporation into fresh cream. Subsequently, the antioxidant and sensory stabilities of the fresh cream were evaluated. The essential oils were characterized by a dominance of monoterpenes with a high limonene content (61%), oxygenated monoterpenes, sesquiterpenes and oxygenated sesquiterpenes. The essential oils effectively reduced the DPPH° radical, which was confirmed by the β-carotene bleaching assay. Debaryomyces sp. and Rhodotorula sp. showed sensitivity to the essential oils and have MICs of 0.25% and 0.5% respectively. However, Zygosaccharomyces sp1 and Zygosaccharomyces sp2 were resistant. Their MICs were 1 and > 4%, respectively. The TBARS test showed that fresh creams with Citrus limon essential oils were resistant to forced oxidation. Incorporation into fresh cream at 0.125 and 0.25% did not alter the flavor of the product, which did not differ from the control. From all results; we can conclude that lemon essential oil can be used as an antioxidant and aromatic agent in fresh cream.
Looking for a New Approach to Measuring the Spatial Concentration of the Human Population
Authors: Benassi Federico , Mucciardi Massimo , Pirrotta Giovanni 
Published: September 2023

Abstract
In the article a new approach for measuring the spatial concentration of human population is presented and tested. The new procedure is based on the concept of concentration introduced by Gini and, at the same time, on its spatial extension (i.e., taking into account the concept of spatial autocorrelation, polarization). The proposed indicator, the Spatial Gini Index, is then computed by using two different kind of territorial partitioning methods: MaxMin (MM) and the Constant Step (CS) distance. In this framework an ad hoc extension of the Rey and Smith decomposition method is then introduced. We apply this new approach to the Italian and foreign population resident in almost 7,900 statistical units (Italian municipalities) in 2002, 2010 and 2018. All elaborations are based on a new ad hoc library developed and implemented in Python.