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Meaning-making strategies for text reading during bilingual science teaching
Authors: Axelsson Feyza , Ünsal Zeynep , Jeppsson Fredrik 
Published: January 2023

Abstract
This article concerns how different meaning-making strategies are used and related to each other during text reading in bilingual science teaching. A qualitative case study approach was adopted in order collect data in a public school in Sweden. Non-participant observations were made when a Turkish-speaking nineth grade (15-year-old) emergent bilingual student received additional lessons in his mother tongue in addition to regular monolingual science lessons. The purpose of the bilingual science teaching was to support the student’s meaning-making of a text about atoms. A narrative analysis shows how five meaning-making strategies were used and related to each other in various ways, depending on the context. The conversations often started with the meaning-making strategy of questioning. In some situations, relating questioning to rereading without the teacher giving any additional information resulted in the student making meaning. In other situations, this was not enough, and further meaning-making strategies were needed, namely using examples, reformulating, and translating. The bilingual science teaching enabled the student to use his whole language repertoire to make meaning of the text content. Typically, the participants read the text in Swedish and then talked about it in Turkish. However, their discussions about the meaning of scientific concepts did not follow this pattern. Scientific concepts were sometimes kept in Swedish and sometimes translated into Turkish. The translations were continuously related to everyday situations by using examples and reformulation as meaning-making strategies. This detailed analysis of the strategies used contributes to an increased understanding of the meaning-making process in text reading during bilingual science teaching. Educators might draw on these findings to support emergent bilingual students in similar situations.
HSI-IPGAN: Hyperspectral Image Inpainting via Generative Adversarial Network
Authors: Chen Hu , Li Jia , Zhang Junjie , Zhang Liangang , Zeng Dan 
Published: January 2023

Abstract
Due to the instability of the hyperspectral imaging system and the atmospheric interference, hyperspectral images (HSIs) often suffer from losing the image information of areas with different shapes, which significantly degrades the data quality and further limits the effectiveness of methods for subsequent tasks. Although mainstream deep learning-based methods have achieved promising inpainting performance, the complicated ground object distributions increase the difficulty of HSIs inpainting in practice. In addition, spectral redundancy and complex texture details are two main challenges for deep neural network-based inpainting methods. To address the above issues, we propose a novel inpainting model based on generative adversarial networks for HSI (HSI-IPGAN). To reduce the redundancy of spectral information, a multi-frequency channel attention module is designed to strengthen the essential channels and suppress the less significant ones, which calculates adaptive weight coefficients by converting feature maps to the frequency domain. Furthermore, we propose to constrain the generation of missing areas from both global and local perspectives, by fully leveraging the HSI texture information, so that the overall structure information and regional texture consistency of the original HSI can be maintained. The proposed method has been extensivelyevaluated on the Indian Pines and FCH datasets. The promising results indicate that HSI-IPGAN outperforms the state-of-the-art methods in quantitative and qualitative assessments.
Numerical assessment of the static and dynamic response of the basilica of St. Sotiri
Authors: Bilgin Huseyin , Fule Zelina 
Published: January 2023

Abstract
Basilicas constructed in the post-Byzantine time in Balkans cover a period of 400 years, from the 16th century to the 19th century. These masonry religious objects are of particular interest due to their different building typologies, so it is important that they be saved for future generations. This paper analyses the static and dynamic response of the Basilica of St. Sotiri near Gjirokaster (Albania). The static response and dynamic properties of the church have been assessed using FEM technique. As a result, important information is obtained to determine the critical regions of the structure and the performance of the structure is investigated. The aim of this study is to point out that sophisticated numerical analysis methods can provide clear insight and information on interpreting the actual response of historical buildings. Authors believe that the approach and findings of this case study are applicable to a wide range of monumental churches.
Impact of Race and Ethnicity on Length of Stay, Discharge Location, and Total Charges for Inpatients with Skin Ulcers in New York
Authors: Hardy Nicole J. , Gronbeck Christian , Feng Hao 
Published: January 2023

Abstract
Background
Black patients receiving outpatient care for skin ulcers are less likely to see a physician and are at risk for higher stage pressure injuries. While racial/ethnic differences in outpatient treatment of skin ulcers has been described, this study aims to elucidate potential differences in the inpatient setting using publicly-available data.
Methods
We conducted a retrospective cohort study of the Statewide Planning and Research Cooperative System database, a de-identified, patient-level dataset for inpatient visits in New York between 2009–2021. Admissions were filtered by diagnosis-related group (APR-DRG) code 380 (skin ulcers).
Results
Compared to white patients, Black patients demonstrated longer mean LOS (8.15 vs. 7.44 days, p = 0.003), higher mean charges ($44,800 vs. $37,600, p < 0.001), and were more frequently discharged home without services (38.4% vs. 33.0%, p < 0.001). Hispanic patients had shorter mean LOS (6.92 vs. 7.64 days, p = 0.006), similar hospital charges, and were also more frequently discharged home without services (46.1% vs. 34.8%, p < 0.001). After adjusting for patient factors, Black patients had a longer LOS by 0.29 days (p = 0.011) with $2,836 higher inpatient charges (p < 0.001) whereas Hispanic patients had a shorter LOS by 0.30 days (p = 0.038) with $2,402 lower total charges (p = 0.004).
Conclusions
The findings suggest racial and ethnic differences in hospitalizations for skin ulcers, with Black patients experiencing greater LOS and charges. The reasons for these differences merit investigation, yet could be related to delays in outpatient care, more severe disease, presence of comorbid conditions, or complications requiring intensive inpatient services.
Practical biomarkers and robust multiplex models for the prediction of response to promising first-line chemotherapy: A theranostic study in metastatic ovarian cancer patients with residual peritoneal tumors
Authors: Kawabata-Iwakawa Reika , Iwasa Norihiro , Satoh Kenichi , Colinge Jacques , Shimada Muneaki , Takeuchi Satoshi , Fujiwara Hiroyuki , Eguchi Hidetaka , Oishi Tetsuro , Sugiyama Toru , Suzuki Mitsuaki , Hasegawa Kosei , Fujiwara Keiichi , Nishiyama Masahiko 
Published: January 2023

Abstract

Background:In advanced or metastatic ovarian cancer patients, the therapeutic impact of molecular targeted agents and immunotherapy is limited, and current chemotherapeutic algorithms are still far from personalized medicine.We recently demonstrated that intraperitoneal carboplatin with dose-dense paclitaxel (ddTCip) therapy is a promising front-line chemotherapy even in patients with residual peritoneal tumors, which led us to this theranostic study for biomarker discovery to realize precision medicine (ID: UMIN000001713 on Feb 16th, 2009).Methods:We first validated previously suggested markers (41 genes and 3 predictive models for therapeutic efficacy and 31 polymorphisms for toxicity), sought out more active effective biomarkers through genome-wide transcriptome and genotyping analyses, and then developed multiplex statistical prediction models for progression-free survival (PFS) and toxicity. Multiple regression analysis following the forward stepwise method and the classification and regression tree (CART) algorithm were mainly employed to develop multiplex prediction models.Results:The association analyseswith PFS in 76 patients followed by the validation study using data sets in 189 patients published in The Cancer Genome Atlas revealed thatSPINK1expression could be a possible predictive biomarker of ddTCip efficacy even when used alone, and multiple regression analyses provided a potent efficacy prediction model using expression data of 5 genes. SPINK1 appeared to be a critical resistant determinant of ddTCip therapy, which indicates the potential of SPINK1 as a novel therapeutic target. For toxicity prediction, ABCB1 rs1045642 and ERCC1 rs11615 polymorphisms appeared to be closely associated with grade 2-4 hematologic toxicity and peripheral neuropathy, respectively. We further successfully composed robust multiplex prediction models for adverse events - CART models using a total of 4 genotype combinations and further powerful multiple regression models using 15 polymorphisms on 12 genes-.Conclusions:We newly proposedSPINK1expression as a powerful predictive biomarker of the efficacy of ddTCip therapy and confirmed the predictive values ofABCB1and/orERCC1polymorphisms for toxicity. The multiplex prediction models composed herein were also found to work well for the prediction of therapeutic response.These findings may raise the potential to realize precision medicine in the essential treatment for metastatic ovarian cancer patients.
Lower COVID-19 incidence in Bulgaria in 2022 can be attributed to the Delta variant's belated intense spread.
Authors: Getsova Zhivka , Kamenov Galin , Bogdanov Nikolay , Rangelova Vanya 
Published: January 2023

Abstract

Objectives
The first COVID-19 wave caused case fatality rates (CFRs) of above 7% globally. In 2021 and 2022 the values of the same indicator went down to 2%. Differences between countries are still observed. The present study aimed to assess the CFRs dynamics in Bulgaria in relation with the specificity of the epidemic process in the country.
Methods
Descriptive analysis of cumulative incidence, mortality rates, and hospital admissions during the Delta and Omicron waves in Bulgaria and in the EU was performed. Differences in stringency index and testing capacities were analyzed to provide reasoning behind the findings. Indicator values were compared temporally and quantitatively.
Results
Data was reviewed for 27 EU countries. Opposing trends in Bulgaria and in the EU were reported. During the Delta wave incidence in Bulgaria was 25% higher than in the EU and increased by 67% during the Omicron period. In the EU, the increase during the Omicron wave was five-fold. Mortality in Bulgaria decreased by 38% between the two waves but it continued to be above the median mortality rate in the EU. Hospital admissions followed similar trends. Out of 16 countries only 5 experienced a drop of the number of new hospital patients. In Bulgaria admissions shrank by 45% during the Omicron predominance.
Conclusions
Higher incidence during the Delta wave resulted in accumulation of population with recently obtained natural immunity. Given evidence from countries with good vaccination coverage, it is reasonable to conclude that some of the mortality in Bulgaria could have been averted. Due to the observed positive association between acceptance of vaccines and other anti-epidemic measures, we recommend that future risk communication efforts highlight the importance of personal decision-making and social behaviour.
Penerapan Algoritma K-Means Clustering Analysis Pada Penyakit Menular Manusia (Studi Kasus Kabupaten Majalengka)
Authors: BASTIAN ADE 
Published: January 2023

Kesehatan merupakan hal yang berharga bagi manusia karena siapa saja dapat mengalami gangguan kesehatan, begitu pula pada manusia yang sangat rentan terhadap berbagai macam penyakit namun penyebabnya tidak kita sadari. Algoritma K-Means tidak terpengaruh terhadap urutan objek yang digunakan, hal ini dibuktikan ketika penulis mencoba menentukan secara acak titik awal pusat cluster dari salah satu objek pada permulaan perhitungan. Jumlah keanggotaan cluster yang dihasilkan berjumlah sama ketika menggunakan objek yang lain sebagai titik awal pusat cluster tersebut. Namun, hal ini hanya berpengaruh pada jumlah iterasi yang dilakukan. Pengelompokan objek (objek clustering) adalah salah satu proses dari objek mining yang bertujuan untuk mempartisi objek yang ada kedalam satu atau lebih cluster objek berdasarkan karakteristiknya.Penelitian ini mengkaji bagaimana penggunaan Algoritma K-Means Cluster Analysis dalam studi kasus penyakit menular manusia pada suatu objek. Penelitian ini mengkaji metode K-Means Cluster Analysis dalam penyakit menular pada manusia berdasarkan set variabel yang dibentuk per kecamatan tiap puskesmas yang jumlahnya ada 32 Kantor Puskesmas di Kabupaten Majalengka.
O discurso sobre masculinidade tóxica em uma campanha publicitária governamental
Authors: Araújo Oliveira Fábio , De Jesus Santos Nádia 
Published: January 2023

Neste artigo, o objetivo é analisar o discurso sobre a masculinidade tóxica em três peças publicitárias da campanha “Nova Masculinidade”, realizada pelo Governo do Estado da Bahia em 2019, como ação de prevenção à violência contra mulheres. Para isso, utiliza-se o arcabouço teórico-metodológico da Análise de Discurso de linha francesa, enfocando a constituição, formulação e circulação dos sentidos sobre esse tipo de masculinidade. Com a análise, é possível perceber que a memória dos estudos de gênero, dos estudos das masculinidades e dos movimentos sociais que lutam contra a violência de gênero sustentam os enunciados da campanha em questão. Além disso, os sentidos constituídos e formulados circulam em espaços com grande movimentação de uma diversidade de pessoas, o que poderia favorecer na ressignificação do objeto discursivo "masculinidade'', proposta pela campanha. Entretanto, “Nova Masculinidade” é da ordem do acontecimento, não entrando para a regularidade da memória.
Study of Structurally Diverse Currently Used and Recently Developed Antimycobacterial Drugs
Authors: Almehmadi Mazen Mohammed , Abdulaziz Osama , Halawi Mustafa , Asif Mohammad 
Published: January 2023

Abstract:Despite major antimicrobial therapeutic advancements, widespread use and misuse of antimicrobial drugs have increased antimicrobial drug resistance, posing a severe danger to public health. In particular, the emergence of multidrug-resistant bacteria has provided considerable difficulty in the treatment of pathogenic infections. As a result, the creation of novel drugs to treat resistant bacteria is one of the most significant disciplines of antimicrobial research today. TB therapy has recently gained a lot of attention, in addition to developing novel and efficient antibacterial drugs to battle multidrug-resistant illnesses. The use of a different class of drugs, such as well-known drugs, their derivatives, and various new heterocyclic compounds like nitroimidazoles, imidazole analogues, triazoles, imidazopyridines, quinolines, purines, as well as thioactomycin, mefloquine, deazapteridines, benzothiadiazine and other molecules such as benzoxazines, diterpenoids, tryptanthin and phenazine and toluidine analogues followed by many other classes of compounds and their effects are also discussed. As a result, current and newly found antitubercular drugs and their toxicities and mode of action have been focused.
Prediction of the Local Blockage Influence on Culvert Outlets Scouring Pattern
Authors: Hamed Mohamed Ahmed Reda 
Published: January 2023

Introduction
Culverts, one of the most popular crossing hydraulic structures, are mainly constructed to facilitate the waterway flowing below their roads or railways’ intersecting locations. However, their functional operation usually led to water flow passage limitation and therefore blockage occurs due to the accumulation of debris at their inlets. Consequently, this blockage can cause culvert bed scouring and failure.

Methods
In this context, this study involved determining the culvert scouring pattern. Therefore, a distinctive laboratory experimental program in both non-blocked and partially blocked conditions was implemented to investigate the dominant parameters that affect the culvert’s scour depth formation.

Results
The study proved that the culvert governing geometry, flow condition, and blockage percent are mainly considered the dominant parameters in studying and estimating the scouring at the outlet of the culverts. In addition, a new proposed design formula for defining the local scour depth has been developed.

Conclusion
The proposed formula for scour depth determination was statistically compared with the previously developed models and it was showing a successful agreement with them.
Clinical Spectrum of Indirect Traumatic Optic Neuropathy in South Indian Subjects Observational Study
Authors: Challa Naveen K. , Aldakhil Sulaiman 
Published: January 2023

Purpose:
To report the aetiology, visual outcome, and clinical features of indirect traumatic Optic Neuropathy (TON) patients from the tertiary eye care center in South India.

Methods:
It is a retrospective and observational study. Details of age, gender, number of days of presentation after injury, Snellen visual acuity at presentation and last follow-up, visual evoked potentials, visual field findings using the Humphrey visual field analyser, associated ocular complications, and mode and time of treatment were obtained from the medical records of all indirect TON patients.

Results:
Indirect TON patients are mainly young males (94%) and road traffic accident (RTA) (65%) is the main cause of TON, followed by falls (19%) and sport-related activities (11%). Visual acuity loss was severe in more than 50% of the subjects and only 16%% of the patients showed improvement in visual acuity greater than one line. Pattern visual evoked potentials and visual fields are recordable only in 15% of the subjects. Commonly associated ocular complications in indirect TON patients were orbital fracture (43%), lid tear (16%), sub-conjunctival haemorrhage (13.5%), and angle recession (13.5%). Three out of four patients who received methylprednisolone and oral steroids within a week showed an improvement in visual acuity of greater than three lines, while just one patient out of four who received the same medication after a week improved visual acuity of three lines.

Conclusion:
RTA (road traffic accidents) is the most common cause of indirect TON and mainly young males were the affected individuals. IVMP along with oral steroids within a week, would help TON patients for reasonable visual recovery. Presenting Visual acuity of > 6/600 and recordable pattern VEPs would be the prognostic factors for good visual outcomes in indirect TON patients.
Assessment of Impact of Spasticity on Activities of Daily Living in Multiple Sclerosis Patients from Saudi Arabia: A Cross-sectional Study
Authors: Alghamdi Mansour A , Amer Khaled Abdulwahab , Aldosari Abdulrahman Ali S , Al-Maalwi Razan Saeed , Al-Muhsin Sereen Dhafer , Amer Arwa Abdulwahab , Al Hamdan Shahd Abdulhakeem , Sakah Ahmed H. , Alsaleem Mohammed Abadi , AL-Eitan Laith 
Published: January 2023

Introduction:
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a chronic progressive autoimmune disease with several symptoms, including spasticity. This study aimed to illustrate the impact of spasticity on the daily activities of MS patients.

Subjects and Methods:
A cross-sectional study was conducted using a self-administered questionnaire consisting of demographic, clinical characteristics, and MS spasticity scale. A total of 286 patients from Saudi Arabia participated in this study.

Results:
Muscle stiffness occurring due to spasticity in most cases does not bother the patient, except for muscle tightness (32.9%) and stiffness when staying in the same position for a long time (36.7%), which cause extreme discomfort to the patients. Five items of pain and discomfort have been reported to extremely bother the patients (28.0-33.6%). The highest percentage of patients claimed not to be affected by muscle spasm items (29.4%-66.1%), including activities of dressing and sleeping (36.7%-57.7%). More than 30% of the patients found spasticity to affect their walking speed and going up/downstairs. About 36% to 49% did not experience any difficulties with their body movements. The patients also did not exhibit any feelings of discomfort, except for irritation (30.4%) and nervousness (29.4%).

Conclusion:
MS patients are significantly affected by spasticity, and a considerable percentage of these patients experience problems with their movements and activities.
MORFOMETRIA EM ÁREA DE DISPOSIÇÃO DE RESÍDUOS SÓLIDOS NO MUNICÍPIO DE NORMANDIA, RORAIMA, BRASIL
Authors: Alves Pimentel Flaider , Barata Souza Lena Simone , Frutuoso da Silva Adriano 
Published: January 2023

A formação de novos centros urbanos requer, necessariamente, planejamento e disposição de resíduos sólidos. A ausência da análise morfométrica em áreas com potencial de impactar negativamente o meio e seus recursos naturais pode dificultar a devida compreensão do fluxo contaminador na dinâmica hidrológica do local. E a área em apreço da presente pesquisa perfaz o lixão a céu aberto do município de Normandia, Estado de Roraima. Para isto, empregou-se métodos de caracterização física da bacia delimitada em que a área se insere com o auxílio de imagens de sensoriamento remoto e imagens de radar para se obter mapas temáticos e inferir como o fluxo contaminador pode interagir com o meio e possíveis direções de fluxo. A bacia de drenagem do igarapé Passarinho (corpo hídrico presente na área) caracteriza-se pelo fluxo preferencial na direção NE-SW, com predominância de vertentes de conservação de umidade no perímetro da área de disposição, o que favorece a infiltração. Ainda que a área esteja estrategicamente posicionada distante de corpos hídricos, situa-se numa cobertura sedimentar, que há uma alta vulnerabilidade de contaminação das águas subterrâneas, além de ser uma área com alta propensão a enchentes, o que propicia a diluição dos contaminantes em superfície, podendo atingir os igarapés e lagos adjacentes.
Biochar from Andropogon grass (Andropogon gayanus cv. Planaltina) applications in dye removal by adsorption and slow filtration
Authors: Teixeira Cleidiane Cardoso , Pedrosa Argemiro Lima , Carmo Iago Aguiar Dias , Pedrosa Marcelo Mendes , Souza Nelson Luis Gonçalves Dias , Cavallini Grasiele Soares 
Published: January 2023

Dyes represent a class of contaminants with a high impact on aquatic ecosystems due to their toxicity. As these pollutants are difficult to degrade, studies on the treatment methods for these compounds are highly important to minimize damage to water bodies that receive these effluents. In this work, the adsorption and slow filtration processes using charcoal produced from the pyrolysis of Andropogon grass (Andropogon gayanus cv. Planaltina) were individually evaluated for removal of the methylene blue dye. The adsorption studies included the evaluation of kinetic behavior, evaluating pseudo-first-order and pseudo-second-order models and adsorption isotherms using the Langmuir, Freundlich, and Dubinin-Radushkevich models. According to the results, it was found that the adsorptive process had greater efficiency between pH 8 and 10. The pseudo-second-order model better described the adsorption kinetic behavior (R2 = 0.9722) and as for the adsorption isotherms, Freundlich's model best described the process. The maximum charcoal adsorption capacity of Andropogon grass for the removal of methylene blue was 17.63 mgg-1. In the filtration process, dye removal reached an efficiency above 99% at filtration rates of 1.5 and 2.1 m3m-2day-1.