bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Staging the Cinematic: Puccini, Fanciulla, and Early Silent Film
Authors: Adams Christy Thomas 
Published: April 2023

Abstract
Giacomo Puccini’s operas have a long history of being hailed as “cinematic.” Such descriptions began to appear during his lifetime and persisted in the years following his death, and more recent scholarship has continued to echo them. Associations between Puccini and film also extend to the cinematic screen: there are numerous filmed versions and adaptations of his operas, and his music has been featured in film soundtracks since the 1930s. Nevertheless, even though Puccini’s career roughly coincided with the first three decades of film history, surprisingly little is known about his attitude toward film or how it may have influenced his oeuvre. Taking La fanciulla del West as a case study, I investigate the complex historical relationship between early cinema, Puccini, and his operas, focusing particularly on the connections between Fanciulla and three American silent film genres that were popular in the years leading up to the opera’s premiere: early or “Eastern” Westerns, chase films, and lynching or execution films. I begin by investigating the filmic world to which Puccini and his creative team were exposed, tracing the evolution of cinema to 1910. I then turn specifically to the chase scene and attempted lynching in act 3 of Fanciulla, which I analyze in relation to the aforementioned genres, as well as to Belasco’s play The Girl of the Golden West, on which the libretto is based. Finally, I offer new perspectives on what it means—and meant—to understand Puccini’s operas as cinematic. In so doing, I demonstrate that the meaning of the adjective “cinematic” is historically contingent, not determined by immutable characteristics or qualities.
YAP/BRD4‐controlled ROR1 promotes tumor‐initiating cells and hyperproliferation in pancreatic cancer
Authors: Yamazaki Masaya , Hino Shinjiro , Usuki Shingo , Miyazaki Yoshihiro , Oda Tatsuya , Nakao Mitsuyoshi , Ito Takaaki , Yamagata Kazuya 
Published: April 2023

AbstractTumor‐initiating cells are major drivers of chemoresistance and attractive targets for cancer therapy, however, their identity in human pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) and the key molecules underlying their traits remain poorly understood. Here, we show that a cellular subpopulation with partial epithelial‐mesenchymal transition (EMT)‐like signature marked by high expression of receptor tyrosine kinase‐like orphan receptor 1 (ROR1) is the origin of heterogeneous tumor cells in PDAC. We demonstrate that ROR1 depletion suppresses tumor growth, recurrence after chemotherapy, and metastasis. Mechanistically, ROR1 induces the expression of Aurora kinase B (AURKB) by activating E2F through c‐Myc to enhance PDAC proliferation. Furthermore, epigenomic analyses reveal that ROR1 is transcriptionally dependent on YAP/BRD4 binding at the enhancer region, and targeting this pathway reduces ROR1 expression and prevents PDAC growth. Collectively, our findings reveal a critical role for ROR1high cells as tumor‐initiating cells and the functional importance of ROR1 in PDAC progression, thereby highlighting its therapeutic targetability.
The Break between Old and New Orders in Laclau’s Theory of Hegemony
Authors: Kim Min Seong 
Published: April 2023

Drawing inspiration from Alain Badiou’s philosophical project of thinking radical change and novelty, this paper raises the question of whether Ernesto Laclau’s theory of hegemony provides an adequate conceptualization of social change. Laclau claims that the transition between old and new hegemonic formations constitutes a “radical break.” However, it shall be shown that Laclau’s claim apropos radical break is in tension with his elaboration of the conditions under which a particularity – including particular political projects or social orders – may become hegemonic. As a result, how a process of transformation is to be conceptually distinguished from a process of reproduction is left unclear within the hegemony theory.
Moisture regime of enclosure structures with insulation layer in educational buildings
Authors: Antypov Ievgen , Spodyniuk Nadiia , Voznyak Orest , Sukholova Iryna , Tarasenko Svetlana 
Published: April 2023

AbstractAn assessment of the moisture regime of the external enclosing structures of the building with a layer of insulation on the outer and inner sides was carried out, considering the thermophysical characteristics of all materials of the outer wall of the building. It is shown that brickwork without insulation to preserve the estimated term of its optimal operation, requires taking measures to bring its thermal resistance to heat transfer to a standardized value or to arrange more intensive air exchange in the premises of the building. It has been proven that when designing residential and public buildings, the results of assessing the moisture regime of external enclosing structures and the building's energy indicators for compliance with current requirements are a very important criterion.
Physician Dispositions Toward Noninvasive Non-Hormonal Contraception
Authors: Davidson Alexandra , Butler Faith 
Published: April 2023

Introduction. Evidence-based, nonbiased, counseling on contraceptive options, followed by shared-decision making, is key in facilitating reproductive justice in a diverse population. An estimated 3% of contraceptive users in the United States use fertility awareness-based methods (FABMs) for contraception, and demand for these methods is increasing. FABMs can be a highly effective form of family planning when used in accordance with evidence-based protocols. They are preferred by some patients due to medical contraindications to hormonal contraceptives, lack of side-effects, religious convictions, preference to avoid hormones or contraceptive devices, improved body literacy, or a combination of the above. FABMs are infrequently covered in medical school curricula and are often perceived by physicians to be of low efficacy. There is an opportunity for improvement of physicians’ evidence-based knowledge of FABMs, which has the potential to improve patient understanding of and access to the full menu of family planning options.
Methods. A self-administered, cross-sectional survey was distributed to assess physician knowledge and opinions of FABMs. Univariate and bivariate statistics were calculated for close-ended questions and responses to open-ended questions were analyzed for common themes.
Results. Of questions assessing knowledge of key concepts underlying FABMs, performance by specialty was 55% correct for OB/GYN (n = 16), 55% correct for family medicine (n = 47), 36% correct for internal medicine (n = 10), and 35% correct for pediatrics (n = 6). Negative, neutral, mixed, and positive opinions related to FABMs were represented.
Conclusions. There are opportunities to improve physicians’ evidence-based knowledge of FABMs; this may improve patient-centered contraceptive care.
Situación Social y Familiar del Geronte en Colombia.
Authors: Martinez Lopera Ruth Elena 
Published: April 2023

La vejez ha sido sentida y vista, más que como una etapa normal del desarrollo evolutivo de cualquier individio, como un fenómeno que debe evitar y al cual las diversas nacionalidades atienden con medidas paliativas, olvidando los diversos aspectos merecedores de tenerse en cuenta en el ser más evolucionado de la tierra y especialmente cuando llega a vivir con un significativo grado de deterioro respecto a etapas anteriores de su desarrollo. !El viejo también es humano!.
Características Socioeconómicas y condiciones de trabajo de enfermeras egresadas de la Universidad de Antioquia 1984
Authors: Arango Vasco Enoris , Castrillon Agudelo Consuelo , Ortiz Zapata María Eugenia , Rueda Ramírez Margarita , Salazar Jaramillo Alba Lucía , Tobón Acosta Gloria 
Published: April 2023

1. Marco Teorico 1.1 Crisis y desempleo 1.2 Propuestas de los organismos internacionales frente a la formación y utilización de enfermeras en america latina. 1.3 Contexto en el cual se realiza el presente estudio.2. Objetivos 2.1 Objetivo general 2.2 Objetivos especificos3.Metodología 3.1 Características generales del estudio 3.2 Variables4. Resultados 4.1 Hallazgos generales. 4.2 Característica socioeconómicas 4.3 Condiciones de trabajo.5. Conclusiones
Empirical models for estimating Fourier-amplitude spectra of ground acceleration in the northern Caucasus (Racha seismogenic zone)
Authors: Sokolov Vladimir Yu 
Published: April 2023

Abstract
A collection of ground-motion recordings of small to moderate (MS ≦ 6.2) earthquakes has been obtained in the epicentral area of the Racha earthquake, 29 April 1991 (MS = 7.1), which occurred in the southern slope of the Big Caucasus Range (Northen Georgia). This zone has not shown a high level of seismic activity in historical times. The horizontal components of 68 strong-motion accelerograms were used to study source spectra scaling and ground-motion attenuation in this region.
The acceleration spectra of shear waves recorded at rock sites from small events (MS ≦ 4.0 to 4.5) can be modeled accurately by the Brune source model using a stress parameter of 150 bar and cutoff frequency fmax = 6 to 8 Hz. The empirical function developed for eastern North America by Atkinson (1993b) gives a better fit to empirical data observed during larger events. The use of a trilinear form proposed by Atkinson and Boore (1995) for the attenuation curve with Q = 29.4[1 + (f/0.3)2.9/(f/0.3)2] is necessary to simulate spectra at long (R &gt; 70 km) distances. Stochastic simulation of ground motions (peak ground acceleration and response spectra) using obtained models of source spectra and attenuation shows good agreement with observed data.
The comparison of modeled bedrock spectra and observed ones allowed us to estimate the local site response in terms of frequency-dependent amplification functions. The parameters of the amplification functions strongly correlate with the site geological characteristics.
Fractal pattern of the Sumatra fault seismicity and its possible application to earthquake prediction
Authors: Sukmono Sigit , Zen M. T. , Hendrajaya L. , Kadir W. G. A. , Santoso D. , Dubois J. 
Published: April 2023

Abstract
It has been noted that the characteristics of earthquakes occurring on an active fault are closely related to the irregularity of fault geometry. Because of their rough appearances over many length scales, faults can be regarded as fractal sets and their geometrical irregularity can be quantified using fractal dimension values. Previous observations show that the Sumatra fault system (SFS) consists of 11 active fault segments with geometric fractal dimension values (D) ranging from 1.00 ± 0.03 to 1.24 ± 0.03. In this article, the relationships between D values and large shallow earthquakes (5.0 ≦ mb ≦ 7.0, depth ≦ 50 km) occurring between 1965 and 1994 are analyzed. The results show that there is a repetitive pattern, which we call the fractal pattern, of the SFS seismicity, correlating the times of earthquake recurrence with fault segment geometric D values. Based on this fractal pattern and the relationship between segment D values and seismogenic crustal models along the SFS, the 11 segments of the SFS can be divided into two groups of three classes in which each segment class has a specific earthquake recurrence interval. The recurrence interval then may be used to predict future large earthquakes in the segment classes as we have done before in predicting the 7 October 1995 Kerinci earthquake and 10 October 1996 Toru earthquake.
Influence of fault bends on ruptures
Authors: Acharya Hemendra K. 
Published: April 2023

Abstract
Data on slip along the San Andreas Fault have been examined to understand the influence of a bend in the fault system on the extent of slip release. A correlation of slip along the fault in the great 1906 and 1857 earthquakes with fault geometry shows that maximum slip occurred near a major change in the fault strike and may be a function of this change. The data appear to suggest that, in general, it takes about 10 years of strain accumulation to negotiate a 1° change in fault strike, assuming a slip rate of about 3 cm/yr. Seismic hazard along the San Andreas Fault may therefore also be a function of fault geometry.
Self-care practice among the diabetic patients in urban area of north Karnataka: A cross sectional study
Authors: Sinha Sweta , Patil Manjula S , Sharma Shubham Mohan , Pranjal Ankit , Meha Tanvi 
Published: April 2023

Diabetes is grouped into the category of disease (lifestyle diseases) where lifestyle plays an important factor. A good self care activities among the diabetes affected patients, the disease can be well controlled and managed. These are healthy eating, being physically active, monitoring of blood sugar, adherence with medications, foot care and smoking etc.: To determine the self-care practice among the diabetic patients in the urban area of North Karnataka and to assess their socio-demographic risk factors.: A cross-sectional study was conducted among the diabetic patients in urban field practice area of North Karnataka. House to house survey was conducted and data was collected by using pre-designed pre-tested semi-structured questionnaire by interview method. Data is presented in proportion and analysed using MS-Excel 2007 and SPSS v 22. Chi-square test & OR were applied & p value &#60;0.05 was considered statistically significant. : Diabetes self-care activities undertaken by the study population showed that three fourth (75.76%) of the patients were not adherent to the diet. Adequate self-care activities in form of exercise were seen in only (24.24%), foot care (25.45%), blood glucose monitoring 139 (84.24%), medication (72.73%) and (93.94%) did not smoke.: Self-care activities with respect to diet and exercise were poor in the population studied.
11 Eylül Sonrası Sinema Filmlerinde Müslüman Kadının Temsili
Authors: NAMAZ Yunus , İLİTER Seyfettin 
Published: April 2023

11 Eylül 2001 Olayları sonrası hem batılı hem de doğulu sinemada tarihsel olaylara ve insanların yaşadığı sorunların izleyiciye aktarılmasında sinema filmlerinin rolü önemli hale gelmiştir. Sinema filmleri 11 Eylül’ün etkisiyle de gerçek olanın yeniden kurgulanmasına aracılık etmekte ve bu kurgu ideolojik argümanlarla donatılmaktadır. Süreyya’yı Taşlamak (2008) ve Sabır Taşı (2012) adlı filmlerinin yönetmeni köken olarak doğuludur (İran ve Afganistan) ve her iki yönetmen de 11 Eylül sonrası müslüman kadının toplumsal hayatına adalet, şiddet, ayrımcılık, merhamet kavramları üzerinden odaklanmaktadır.
11 Eylül sonrası sinema filmleri incelendiğinde farklı dünyalarda ve bölgelerde yaşayan yönetmenlerin, doğulu kadın ve erkek, müslüman kadın ve erkek temsillerini farklı yönleriyle anlatı sürecine yaydıklarını incelemektedir. Bu çalışma Doğulu iki yönetmenin 11 Eylül sonrası sinema filmlerinde müslüman kadın ve erkek temsillerini nasıl ele aldıklarına odaklanmaktadır. Ayrıca İranlı Cyrus Nowrasteh’in Süreyya’yı Taşlamak (2008) ve Afganistanlı yönetmen Atiq Rahimi’nin Sabır Taşı (2012) filmlerinde, müslüman kadının sosyal hayattaki yeri, şiddet, özgürlük ve müslüman kadının kurtuluşu mefhumlarına nasıl göndermeler yapıldığı çıkmaktadır.
Favocassidulina Tuberculata N. SP., A New Benthic Foraminifer from the Portuguese Continental Slope
Authors: Guo Qimei 
Published: April 2023

Abstract
Favocassidulina tuberculata, a new benthic foraminiferal species from Integrated Ocean Drilling Program Site U1391 drilled on the southwest Portuguese continental slope, is described. This new species has a slit-shaped apertural opening oblique to the test periphery instead of paralleling the periphery as the type species Favocassidulina favus (Brady) does. And more notably, this species possesses a test surface ornamented with tubercles, quite different from the coarse honeycomb wall structure of F. favus and the finely irregular cancellate surface ornamentation of other Favocassidulina species. This paper for the first time reports the presence of the genus Favocassidulina in the Atlantic Ocean.
Improving the Red-Black tree delete algorithm
Authors: ZEGOUR Djamel Eddine 
Published: April 2023

Abstract
Today, Red-Black trees are becoming a popular data structure typically used to implement dictionaries, associative arrays, symbol tables within some compilers (C++, Java …) and many other systems. In this paper, we present an improvement of the delete algorithm of this kind of binary search tree. The suggested algorithm appears to be promising as it gives the tree a different coloring while reducing the number of color changes and maintenance operations by a factor of roughly 29% and 11%, respectively. The new coloring favors the presence of red nodes and therefore speeds up the deletion operation. It also saves about 4 % on running time when insert and delete operations are used together while conserving search performance of the standard algorithm.
Comparative study on the characterization and antioxidant properties of bael (Aegle marmelos) pulp, shell and seed pectin
Authors: Surolia Ragini , Singh Anuradha , Dubey Manish Kumar 
Published: April 2023

Abstract
The present study is focused on the extraction and characterization of pectin from different parts of Aegle marmelos (bael) fruit such as pulp, shells and seeds by using two different acids i.e. HCl and H2SO4 on the dry and wet basis. Moreover, the comparative analysis of the extracted pectin from different fruit parts was also performed by using various parameters. The percentage yield of the extracted pectin was found to be slightly higher by using HCl. Physicochemical properties, antioxidant activity and functional group analysis were carried out on the extracted pectin. In the present study, the % yield of bael seed pectin was found to be higher as compared to bael pulp pectin and bael shell pectin. The equivalent weight, methoxyl content, total anhydrouronic acid content (AUA), degree of esterification (on dry basis) of bael pulp, shell and seed pectin were found to be 1119.52±14.57, 1095±13.94 and 1071.53±13.35, 7.25±0.10%, 6.77±0.03% and 7.39±0.07%, 56.9±0.81%, 54.56±0.35% and 58.43±0.60%, 72.37±0.03, 70.53±0.22 and 71.88±0.05, respectively. On the other hand, the moisture content and ash content of bael pulp, shell and seed pectin were found to be 10.23±0.52%, 8.33±2.08% and 9.9±0.99% and 6.77±0.5%, 7±1.01% and 6.55±0.83%, respectively which was in the acceptance range of purity. The functional group of extracted pectin was determined by Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectral analysis. Extracted bael pulp pectin demonstrated higher antioxidant activity with IC50 10.6 µg/ml as compared to bael seed pectin (33.47µg/ml) and bael shell pectin (53.08µg/ml). Total phenolic content of bael pulp pectin was also found to be maximum (43.5 mg GAE/g) in comparison with bael seed pectin (33.5 mg GAE/g) and bael shell pectin (23.5 mg GAE/g). These results suggest that various parts of bael fruit is having a good quality of pectin and can be utilised as a functional ingredient in biomedical and nutraceutical compounds.
Analysis of patients with severe ARDS on VV ECMO with pulmonary hypertension or right ventricular failure treated with iNO: a retrospective observational study
Authors: Muenster Stefan , Nadal Jennifer , Schewe Jens-Christian , Ehrentraut Heidi , Kreyer Stefan F. X. , Putensen Christian , Ehrentraut Stefan F. 
Published: April 2023

Abstract
Background: In a retrospective observational study, we investigated patients with severe acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) undergoing veno-venous (VV) extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) support with known pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) and/or right ventricular (RV) failure treated with iNO.
Objective: We analysed clinical characteristics such as time on mechanical ventilation, weaning from VV ECMO, organ dysfunction, the iNO therapy in terms of indication, dosing and duration, the ability of iNO to lower PAH in responder and non-responder patients, the survival rate, in-hospital mortality and long-term survival.
Results: Of the 657 patients identified with ECMO support, 292 under VV ECMO support were evaluated and n=55 patients with iNO were included. We found that in-hospital mortality and long-term survival were poor in patients with severe ARDS under VV ECMO support with persistent PAH and/or RV failure. A rescue therapy with the pulmonary vasodilator iNO showed that only one-third of the cohort responded to the therapy with a sufficient decrease of the mean PAP. Survival between iNO responder and non-responder showed a trend albeit data between the groups were not statistically significant. We did not find a higher rate of continuous renal replacement therapy as marker for acute renal failure when iNO concentrations were ≤ 20 ppm and when the treatment duration stayed ≤ 3 days.
Conclusions: This retrospective observational study suggests that persistent PAH and/or RV failure is associated with worse clinical outcome in patients with severe ARDS and VV-ECMO support. Concomitant treatment with the pulmonary vasodilator iNO reduced PAH and/or reversed RV dysfunction in only one-third of the patient population (iNO responder patients) but did not alter the rate of acute kidney failure.
Mercury speciation in selenium enriched wheat plants exposed to mercury pollution
Authors: Manivannan Nithyapriya , Subirana Maria Angels , Boada Roberto , Marini Carlo , Llugany Mercè , Valiente Manuel , Simonelli Laura 
Published: April 2023

Abstract
Mercury (Hg) pollution in agricultural soils and its potential pathway to the human food chain continues being a health concern, whereas selenium (Se) biofortification of crops grown in Se-poor soil regions is becoming a common practice to avoid health issues derived from Se deficient diets. Understanding the pathway of Hg in plants grown under Se biofortification conditions is crucial for practical applications. In this work, the speciation of Hg in wheat plants grown hydroponically under different Se-biofortification treatments (selenite, selenate and a 1:1 mixture of both) have been investigated by X-ray absorption spectroscopy at the Hg L3-edge. The main Hg species found in wheat grains is the highly toxic methylmercury. We found that the Se-biofortification of wheat does not prevent, in general, the Hg translocation to grains. Only the 1:1 Se mixture treatment helps in reducing the levels of Hg and the presence of methylmercury in grains.
Online dynamic container rescheduling for improved application service time
Authors: Bracke Vincent , Werrebrouck Gillis , Santos Jose , Wauters Tim , De Turck Filip , Volckaert Bruno 
Published: April 2023

Abstract
Despite their maturity and robustness, container orchestration platforms still suffer from some limitations. One of those concerns the lack of runtime adaptability of the scheduler to the overall cluster status as i) it instantiates containers with local optimization in mind i.e. it only considers the container-specific predefined requirements which may lead to a sub-optimal overall cluster state and ii) it does not reshuffle the deployed containers at runtime based on container observed behavior and interdependencies. These limitations become even more apparent within volatile load contexts. This work proposes an autonomous and dynamic rescheduling system that aims at improving application service time by co-locating highly interdependent containers for network delay reduction. To this extend, two distinct combinatorial optimization heuristics, Simulated Annealing and Particle Swarm Optimization, are evaluated and compared on their respective effectiveness and efficiency as well as their relative performance towards the optimal solution obtained by Integer Linear Programming. Additionally, the impact of the proposed system on application service time is validated by means of two complementary use-cases, an event-based IoT data-hub platform and a web-based e-commerce app, with an average improvement of the end-to-end service time of 21.6% and 13.1% respectively.