bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Regulating Public Sector Wages in Times of Inflation and Constitutional Restraints
Authors: Brezovar Nejc , Pollák Kitti 
Published: June 2023

Purpose: The article discusses the impact of public sector wages and inflation on various aspects of a country’s socioeconomic development. Methodology: Using Slovenia as a case study, the article focuses on how inflation impacts collective bargaining and wage regulation in the public sector, as well as the role of constitutional fiscal restraints in collective bargaining in the public sector. The research employs qualitative methods and focuses on patterns in existing documents and empirical case studies, and a comparative method involving Hungary. Findings and Academic contribution to the field: The article examines the impact of inflation on collective bargaining and wage regulation in the public sector. It concludes that inflation, even with (some) constitutional fiscal restraints in place, can affect collective bargaining and wage regulation in the public sector, depending on the bargaining power of unions and employers and specific provisions outlined in collective bargaining agreements and wage regulations.
Complications after reconstructive plastic surgery using allomaterials in patients with breast cancer according to domestic and world literature
Authors: Troshenkov E. A. , Zikiryakhodzhaev A. D. , Kaprin A. D. , Malik D. S. 
Published: June 2023

Aim of this work is to review the current literature on the study and evaluation of surgical complications after reconstructive plastic surgery in patients with breast cancer. The search for relevant sources was carried out in PubMed, Cochrane Library, E-library systems, publications from 2013 to 2022 were studied, 38 of which were used to write this review. There is no doubt that the development of complications during reconstructive plastic surgery can affect the quality of life of patients, despite attempts to eliminate them. Therefore, a more detailed study of the nature, causes, and ways to eliminate complications will allow oncologists and plastic surgeons to correctly assess the disadvantages and advantages of various methods of surgical treatment of breast cancer, and, accordingly, to conduct a personalized approach when choosing the volume of surgical treatment. Based on the analyzed world and domestic literature, it was found that the choice of breast reconstruction technique should be determined separately for each clinical case. The risks, advantages and disadvantages of each technique must be taken into account and considered for each individual clinical situation.
Ground-motion variability at the Highway 14 and I-5 interchange in the northern San Fernando Valley
Authors: Hutchings Lawrence , Jarpe Steve 
Published: June 2023

AbstractThe purpose of this article is to analyze possible causes for failure of the structures at the Highway 14 and I-5 interchange in the northern San Fernando Valley following the magnitude M 6.7 San Fernando earthquake on 9 February 1971 and the M 6.7 Northridge earthquake on 17 January 1994. This interchange consisted of a series of structures up to 600-m long; during the 1971 and 1994 earthquakes, several of these structures separated along expansion joints and collapsed.To analyze the possible causes of failure, we recorded aftershocks at and near the interchange for 2 weeks following the 1994 earthquake. The aftershock recordings reveal a substantial relative spectral amplification (in the 1- to 10-Hz range) of a factor of 3 to 6 for sites located at the interchange (which is situated on sandstone) relative to a nearby rock (gneiss) outcrop site. Sites within the interchange area have a variation in amplification of a factor of 2 to 4 in the 1- to 10-Hz range. Also, substantial secondary arrivals were generated at two locations in the interchange area. We attribute variations in ground motion at the interchange to be due to variations in the composition of the sandstone and to topographic effects.We computed the linear-response strong ground motion for three sites at the interchange from the 1971 and 1994 main events using aftershock recordings of the Northridge earthquake from three sites (the south and north abutments of the southbound connector of Hwy 14 to I-5 and a central location to the interchange) as empirical Green's functions. The same source events are used for all three sites for a particular synthesis so that differences between synthesized strong ground motion are due to differences in location, geology, and topography of the three sites. Source rupture models are obtained from independent studies. We estimate (1) peak acceleration to have been near 1 g for both earthquakes, due to the topographic and geologic conditions and the geometry of the fault rupture; (2) differential displacement across the north and south extremes of the area from the Northridge earthquake to have been about 70 cm longitudinal and 40 cm transverse to the Hwy 14 to I-5 connector; (3) differential displacement across the north and south extremes of the area from the San Fernando earthquake to have been about 25 cm longitudinal and 20 cm transverse; and (4) relative motion to be fairly incoherent for frequencies above 0.5 Hz. These observations are attributed to local geologic and topographic conditions and to wave passage effects and could have contributed to collapse of structures during these earthquakes.
Vivian Gornick. Apegos Feroces. Ciudad de México: Sexto Piso, 2017.
Authors: Alcañiz Moscardó Mercedes 
Published: June 2023

El título original del libro es Fierce Attachments: A memoir y fue publicado inicialmente en 1987 por la editorial Farrar, Straus and Giroux en Nueva York. La traducción al español se realizó 30 años después, en 2017, por la editorial Sexto Piso de la Ciudad de México, siendo el encargado de la traducción Daniel Ramos Sánchez y, a día de hoy, se han imprimido cuatro ediciones. La edición de 2005 en lengua inglesa incorporó el prólogo de Jonathan Lethem.
El daño psicológico generado por la violencia de género en Cuba
Authors: Quintana Mena Mery Mercy , D. Páez Cuba Lisett , Perdomo Valdés Julio César 
Published: June 2023

El presente artículo aborda el proceso de repercusión del daño psíquico generado por la violencia de género en el ámbito intrafamiliar, desde una perspectiva psicológica. Dicha investigación, con un enfoque cualitativo, está centrada en un estudio exploratorio-descriptivo, que permitió revelar las contradicciones existentes en el proceso de orientación familiar para el tratamiento del daño psicológico generado a la mujer. Se emplearon como métodos el histórico - lógico, el sistémico- estructural y la revisión documental. La investigación resulta útil para conocer el estado en que las víctimas afrontan la violencia en el ámbito intrafamiliar y cómo repercute en ellas el daño psíquico, cuestión que debe ser profundizada en los estudios contemporáneos sobre la violencia de género desde un enfoque transdisciplinar.
Influencia de la “brecha de género STEM” en la segregación horizontal de las oficiales femeninas en las Fuerzas Armadas Españolas
Authors: García de Paredes Ucero Carlos 
Published: June 2023

La participación femenina en las escalas de oficiales de las FFAA españolas varía entre un 5 y un 40%. Dado que en los cuerpos para cuyo ingreso se requieren títulos del ámbito de la salud o las humanidades se está cerca de alcanzar la paridad, el análisis documental del modelo actual, que incluye un título de ingeniería en la enseñanza de formación para el acceso sin titulación, sugiere el traslado de la brecha de género STEM a los efectivos de oficiales. Esto se confirma parcialmente mediante una encuesta remitida a las oficiales egresadas en los últimos años. Se concluye que el ingreso de mujeres en estos cuerpos deficitarios aumentaría si se incluyeran títulos “no técnicos” en la enseñanza de oficiales.
Implications of Marital Peace in Marriage Counseling: An Ethnographic Case Study
Authors: Handari Sai , Nurihsan Achmad Juntika , Ilfiandra Ilfiandra , Nugroho Yusro Edy , Kavlu Aziza 
Published: June 2023

Peace within the household is a critical issue, as the complexities and dynamics of problems can lead to disharmony, which can have adverse physical and psychological effects. To address the need for post-conflict domestic life development, an ethnographic approach is employed. The research focuses on two married couples who have been living together as a child-and-parent couple (father mother, child wife) for 7 and 32 years, respectively. These couples are of Javanese ethnicity. The decision to include couples married for more than 5 years is based on the assumption that they have passed the initial crisis period. The research adopts an ethnographic case study approach, gathering data through interviews and observations. Data were collected through interviews and observations. The findings reveal several important points: (1) Peace is perceived as a blessing within the household, encompassing inner peace, peace with the spouse, in-laws, and the surrounding environment; (2) Factors influencing peace in the household include self-awareness, understanding, and external reflections from the spouse, in-laws, and surrounding environment; and (3) Marital peace has implications for the implementation of marriage counseling, particularly in developing values that prioritize self-optimization when facing marital problems, thereby enabling the realization of potential and independence within the household
Piroliza metanu na tle wybranych metod otrzymywania wodoru
Authors:   Instytut Nafty i Gazu – Państwowy Instytut Badawczy, Markowski Jarosław , Wojtasik Michał ,   Instytut Nafty i Gazu – Państwowy Instytut Badawczy
Published: June 2023

Piroliza metanu jest alternatywną do reformingu parowego metodą przetwarzania metanu (gazu ziemnego) do wodoru. Największą różnicą między tymi technologiami jest brak emisji ditlenku węgla w przypadku pirolizy metanu, co biorąc pod uwagę konieczność sekwestracji tego groźnego gazu cieplarnianego w technologii reformingu parowego, powoduje, że piroliza metanu staje się metodą wysoce konkurencyjną, a zainteresowanie nią wśród koncernów paliwowych, firm chemicznych i petrochemicznych stale wzrasta. W niniejszym artykule przedstawiono porównanie wybranych istotnych, perspektywicznych metod otrzymywania wodoru z metodą pirolizy metanu (gazu ziemnego). W porównaniu uwzględniono takie metody jak: reforming parowy, elektroliza wody, piroliza biomasy, fotofermentacja czy gazyfikacja węgla kamiennego. Na podstawie wybranych dostępnych źródeł literaturowych przeanalizowano koszty wytworzenia wodoru poszczególnymi metodami, obejmujące nie tylko cenę surowców, koszt energii, zużycie wody, ale również opłaty za emisję gazów cieplarnianych, koszt dodatkowych surowców i procesów. Pokrótce nakreślono też zalety i wady wybranych metod otrzymywania wodoru. Przeprowadzono analizę ekonologiczną wytypowanych technologii wytwarzania wodoru. Przedstawione wyniki analiz ekonomicznych i ekonologicznych wykazały wysoką przewagę konkurencyjną pirolizy metanu (gazu ziemnego) między innymi nad reformingiem parowym oraz nad elektrolizą wody. Potwierdzeniem korzystnej oceny procesu termicznego rozkładu metanu (gazu ziemnego) jest rosnące zainteresowanie tą technologią wśród dużych zagranicznych koncernów. W artykule zaprezentowano przegląd postępów wybranych istotnych projektów inwestycyjnych, mających na celu budowę przemysłowych instalacji dekompozycji metanu (gazu ziemnego). Opisano rodzaj zastosowanej metody pirolizy przez każdą z firm prowadzących inwestycję w tym zakresie. Obecnie, według wiedzy autorów, żadna z instalacji nie produkuje wodoru metodą pirolizy metanu w skali przemysłowej, największych postępów dokonały firmy BASF, Hypro, Hazar i Gazprom.
Women's Empowerment: Evidence from the Corn-Tortilla Value Chain in the Central Valley’s Region and the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, Oaxaca, Mexico.
Authors: Sánchez-Soriano Marbella , Toledo-López Arcelia , Acevedo-Martínez Jorge Antonio , Cruz-Cabrera Blasa Celerina 
Published: June 2023

This article explores the level of Women’s Empowerment (W’E) from six empowerment domains: decision-making, autonomy, access and control of resources, community participation, and participation in business management, within the context of the corn-tortilla value chain. A semi-structured questionnaire was used to collect data through the survey method and participant observation. The sample consisted of 136 women producers from two municipalities, 67 from Santa María Xadani in the Isthmus of Tehuantepec and 69 from San Antonio de la Cal in the Central Valleys of Oaxaca, Mexico. The results highlight that women exercise five of the six explored domains of empowerment, two with high levels and three with medium levels of empowerment. The women’s income from selling their corn tortillas is used to buy food, raw materials, and health services. Much of their time is spent on corn tortilla production and marketing, and household activities. Finally, this study makes implications for public policy to contribute with the generation of strategies that raise the levels of W’E in agrifood systems in rural contexts.
JEL Codes: I31, J16, P42, Q01, R11
Received: 13/01/2023. Accepted: 24/05/2023. Published: 26/06/2023.
Postmodern Aesthetics in African Literature
Authors: Damlègue Lare  
Published: June 2023

This article examines contemporary critical positions in African literature that mark off perceptible shifts in focus from issues of primal postcolonialism to a more self-reflexive treatment of postmodernism in contemporary African literature. Contemporary African literary works, novels, and plays have become markedly self-reflexive in the way they rewrite one another and draw attention to their own functionality and fictionality. These works present stylistic and thematic departures that challenge the nationalist and realist trend of earlier writing. Creative works further depart from the tradition of “writing back” to the European colonial center by focusing their gaze on local forms of oppression that are seen to parallel classical colonialism. Yet, while critics have separately studied postmodernism and self-reflexivity in African texts, the intersection of the two has not been given sufficient attention. The purpose of this analytical paper then is to decipher postmodernist aesthetics in African literary works, novels and plays, as developed to a higher level of self-consciousness. The specific question I address is to what extent postmodernism expresses itself as an outgrowth of modernism and postcolonialism?
Keywords: Modernity, postmodernism, postcolonialism, African literary theories and criticisms.
Computational Fluid Dynamics Simulation of Oil-Water Batch Transport in a Pumpless Virtual Flow Loop
Authors: Xie Lei , Mao Gangtao , Wang Kai , Li Zhiping 
Published: June 2023

Summary
Batch transportation of oil and water is a new transportation method in oil and gas gathering and transportation pipelines. Its corrosion inhibition effect has been preliminarily verified in a horizontal pipe experiment. However, achieving overall visualization in traditional loops is difficult, resulting in limited flow pattern classification and analysis of influencing factors. Combining the advantages of the traditional flow loop and the wheel flow loop, we introduce in this paper a round-head straight pipe loop and analyze the influence of key factors on the evolution of the flow pattern of the oil-water interface and the dimensionless length of the oil-water film (L~o, L~w) on the pipe wall through computational fluid dynamics (CFD) numerical simulation. The results show that the batch transportation of oil and water using the round-head straight pipe loop is more in line with the flow characteristics of oil and water two-phase flow in gathering pipelines. Three distinct three-layered flow patterns were identified, which are Flow Pattern I (oil-in-water in the upper layer, annular flow in the middle layer, and oil as the annular phase, water as the core phase, and oil-in-water in the lower layer, abbreviated as DW/O-AN-DW/O), Flow Pattern II (oil phase in the upper layer, annular flow in the middle layer, water as the annular phase, oil as the core phase, and oil in the lower layer, abbreviated as O-AN-O), and Flow Pattern III (oil phase in the upper layer, water-in-oil dispersion flow in the middle layer, and oil in the lower layer, abbreviated as O-DO/W-O). Additionally, parametric analysis reveals that the velocity of the rigid body (ν) has the greatest influence on the coverage rate of the oil film on the pipe wall, followed by the viscosity of crude oil. The density of crude oil has the least influence. The round-head straight pipe loop model offers an accurate simulation of the process of oil and water batch transportation in actual production pipelines. Therefore, the corrosion mitigation efficiency increases with the increase in oil viscosity when the viscosity of the oil lies within the range of 0.01–1 Pa·s. This increase is due to the formation of a more stable oil film on the pipe wall at higher viscosities. When the speed of the rigid body ranges from 0.5 to 1 m/s, due to the small fluid velocity, the erosion effect on the oil film on the pipe wall is relatively small, and the corrosion mitigation efficiency remains stable within a wide range.
A case of primary orbital lymphoma manifested as increased intraocular pressure
Authors: Sun Miaomiao , Xu Yincong , Zhou Zhongyou , Wu Jiale , Han Jiangzhou , Xiong Zhaohui 
Published: June 2023

Abstract
Background
Orbital lymphoma may occur with or without systemic symptoms. Lymphoma can influence any different soft tissue structure in the orbital cavity except the orbital bone, and exhibit similar clinical and imaging features to other orbital diseases, so it is often misdiagnosed. The pathogenesis of lymphoma is closely related to the prognosis. Early diagnosis of the disease is beneficial to the definition and treatment of the disease, and can increase the survival time of the patient.
Case presentation:
An elderly man presented to local hospital with sudden eyelid swelling and vision loss in his left eye. During the follow-up treatment, the intraocular pressure of the patient's left eye increased gradually and the visual acuity gradually decreased to no light perception. We performed CT-guided puncture of the orbital mass. The pathological findings suggested small cell malignancy. Combined with the clinical manifestations and signs, the patient was considered to be ocular non-Hodgkin diffuse large B-cell lymphoma. Then the patient was given combined chemotherapy and radiotherapy. After the treatment, the patient's eye swelling and pain were significantly improved.
Conclusions
To the best of our knowledge, this is one of the few described cases of orbital lymphomas that begin with increased intraocular pressure.
The effect of cognition in combination with an ACBT on dyspnea-related kinesiophobia in patients with moderate to severe COPD: Non-randomized controlled trial
Authors: Cai Shasha , Yao Jinlan , Han Maomao , Luo Xiaolin , Yu Yudi , Lu Xiaorong , Xiang Xinyue , Huang Lihua 
Published: June 2023

Abstract
Background
The majority of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) have a catastrophic perception of dyspnea and avoid physical activity, with moderate to severe COPD patients exhibiting more pronounced kinesiophobia. The fear-avoidance model suggests that kinesiophobia can be alleviated by reducing dyspnea symptoms and altering the catastrophic perception of dyspnea as an illness. However, we discovered that single inspiratory muscle training and cognitive change have limitations. This study combined cognition and exercise to examine the efficacy of cognitive therapy based on social cognitive theory combined with an active cycle of breathing technique in reducing dyspnea-related kinesiophobia in patients with moderate to severe COPD.
Methods
This research involved 106 participants. The control group (N = 53) got standard nursing, whereas the intervention group (N = 53) received cognitive combined with active cycle of breathing technology intervention for 8 weeks. The breathlessness beliefs Questionnaire and other secondary outcomes were collected at baseline (T0) and 8 weeks after intervention (T2), and patients' breathlessness beliefs questionnaire were re-assessed at 4 weeks after intervention (T1) and 4 weeks after completion of all therapies (T3).
Results
The between-group effects, within-group effects, and interaction effect of BBQ, BBQ-SF, and BBQ-AA scores in the intervention group were statistically significant (P<0.05) when compared to the control group. The intervention group's six-minute walk distance was significantly higher than the control group's at the end of the 8-week intervention, and the intervention group's mMRC, BODE index, HADS total score and each dimension score, and CAT score were significantly lower than the control group's (P<0.05), and the differences between the two groups before and after the intervention were statistically significant (P<0.001). Only the difference in FEV1% score before and after intervention was statistically significant (P<0.001) in the pulmonary function index, whereas the changes in FVC, FEV1, and FEV1/FVC scores were not (P > 0.05).
Conclusion
The misconception of dyspnea in COPD patients served as the starting point for this study, which integrated cognitive and exercise training. The combined intervention substantially improved dyspnea-related kinesiophobia in patients with moderate to severe COPD, and the effect remained significant when the intervention duration was extended. Furthermore, it may enhance dyspnea and quality of life, increase exercise capacity, and lower the BODE index.
Trial registration
Chinese Clinical Trial Registry, ID: ChiCTR2200058498, registered on 10/04/2022.
Magnetic field effects on wave dispersion of piezo-electrically actuated auxetic sandwich shell via GPL reinforcement
Authors: Mahinzare Mohammad , Rastgoo Abbas , Ebrahimi Farzad 
Published: June 2023

Abstract
This paper presents an analysis of the wave dispersion of a smart cylindrical shell that is composed of a graphene-reinforced nanocomposite (GRNC) at the top of the shell, functionally graded piezo magnetic material (FGPMM) at the bottom of the structure, and an auxetic core in the center of the shell. When calculating the displacement field of a smart shell, the first shear deformation theory is used as an assumption. In addition, the governing equations of the smart sandwich shell may be derived by using Hamilton's principle and Maxwell's law to determine the electrical and magnetic potential. Therefore, the phase velocity of a cylindrical sandwich shell may be calculated by applying exponential functions to the solution of the governing equations to get the desired result. Last but not least, the phase velocity of a smart shell is represented based on the geometrical parameters such as the thicknesses of the FGPMM layer, the GRNC layer, and the Auxetic core, as well as the physical parameters such as the Winkler foundation, temperature change, FG power index, magnetic potential, and external electric voltage that is shown in each figure.