bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
PENGARUH CAHAYA AMBIENT TERHADAP EFEKTIVITAS PENYISIHAN RHODAMINE B MENGGUNAKAN MATERIAL KOMPOSIT SPENT BLEACHING EARTH-ZnO
Authors: Slamet Agus 
Published: May 2023

Telah dilakukan penelitian adsorpsi menggunakan tiga jenis adsorben, yaitu SBE, ZnO, dan SBE/ZnO untuk menghilangkan rhodamine B. Dua parameter penelitian digunakan dalam penelitian ini adalah kondisi eksperimen gelap dan terang, serta konsentrasi awal larutan rhodamine B. Pengaruh cahaya ambient ini perlu diteliti mengingat ZnO adalah material fotokatalis. Proses komposit dalam penelitian ini menggunakan metode aktivasi SBE (maserasi dan pengasaman), dan sintesis komposit metode sol gel. Telah terbukti bahwa cahaya ambient mempengaruhi kinerja adsorben SBE/ZnO dengan peningkatan kemampuan adsorpsi sebesar 1,6 mg/g jika dibandingkan adsorpsi dalam keadaan gelap. Analisis model isotherm adsorpsi bersesuaian dengan model Langmuir dengan parameter Qm (kapasitas adsorpsi maksimal) SBE/ZnO sebesar 147,05 mg/g.
On Apology and the Failure of Shame in the TRC
Authors: Barnard-Naudé Jaco 
Published: May 2023

The chapter is an enquiry into the relationship between apology and reparation in the South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC). It investigates the role of shame in the TRC, arguing that for the apology to be reparative, it has to be accompanied by demonstrated shame. The discursive context of the TRC was saturated by the ideology of forgiveness and pardon without apology, to the extent that this discursive context severely occluded the role of shame in the apology, as demonstrated during the TRC’s amnesty hearings. The chapter enquires into the psycho-dynamic character of shame and concludes that shame fails when a fantasmatic relation is constructed with Lacan’s 'Other of the Other'. It was precisely this construction of the TRC that is responsible for the lack of shame before and in it. The TRC staged itself as an all-forgiving big “Other” which forgave in a hysterical fashion, and in doing this risked the authenticity of its discursive intentions to represent the gaze of the victims. The chapter proposes that it is time to assume the full sense in which the big “Other” is lacking, inconsistent and non-existent, in order to open the discourse of apology onto a new, and more ethical, horizon.
Surface plasmon resonance sensor composed of a D-type photonic crystal fiber with a three-layer coating
Authors: Liu Qiang , Wang Shimiao , Mu Haiwei , Sun Yudan , Zhao Jin , Wang Kaiyu , Liu Wei , Lv Jingwei , Chu Paul K. , Liu Chao 
Published: May 2023

A surface plasmon resonance sensor composed of photonic crystal fibers (PCF-SPR) with an Au-TiO2-Au triple layer is designed for refractive index (RI) sensing and analyzed theoretically by the finite element method. The sensor exhibits enhanced resonance coupling between the core mode and surface plasmon polariton (SPP) mode as well as better sensitivity than the structure with a single gold coating. Furthermore, the Au-TiO2-Au tri-layer structure narrows the linewidth of the loss spectrum and improves the figure of merit (FOM). In the analyte RI range of 1.30–1.42, the maximum wavelength sensitivity is 20,300 nm/RIU, resolution is 4.93×10−6, amplitude sensitivity is 6427RIU−1, and FOM is 559RIU−1. The results provide insights into the design of high-performance PCF-SPR sensors.
Staging LaParoscopy to Assess Lymph NOde InvoLvement in Advanced GAstric Cancer (POLA)—Study protocol for a single-arm prospective observational multicenter study
Authors: Rawicz-Pruszyński Karol , Sędłak Katarzyna , Pelc Zuzanna , Mlak Radosław , Litwiński Jakub , Mańko Paweł , Zinkiewicz Krzysztof , Paśnik Iwona , Cięszczyk Katarzyna , Pawlik Timothy , Märkl Bruno , Erodotou Maria , Polkowski Wojciech P. 
Published: May 2023

Introduction
In the era of neoadjuvant chemotherapy in advanced gastric cancer (GC), the role of staging laparoscopy (SL) will become more established. However, despite guidelines recommendations, SL for optimal preoperative staging remains underutilized. Diagnostic value of near-infrared (NIR) / indocyanine green (ICG) guided sentinel node (SN) mapping in GC confirmed its technical feasibility, however no data exist regarding its potential role in pathological nodal staging. To the best of our knowledge, current study is the first to evaluate the role of ICG in nodal staging of advanced GC patients undergoing SL.

Materials and methods
This single-arm prospective observational multicenter study was approved by the Bioethical Committee of Medical University of Lublin (Ethic Code: KE-0254/331/2018). The protocol is registered at clinicaltrial.gov (NCT05720598), and the study results will be reported according to the Strengthening of Reporting of Observational Studies in Epidemiology (STROBE) statement. The primary endpoint of this study is the identification rate of ICG-guided SN in advanced GC patients. The secondary endpoints include pathological and molecular assessment of retrieved SNs and other pretreatment clinical variables potentially associated with SL: pattern of perigastric ICG distribution according to patients’ pathological and clinical characteristics, neoadjuvant chemotherapy compliance, 30-day morbidity, and mortality.

Conclusion
POLA study is the first to investigate the clinical value of ICG-enhanced sentinel node biopsy during staging laparoscopy in advanced GC patients in a Western cohort. Identifying pN status before multimodal treatment will improve GC staging process.
Plasma proteome perturbation for CMV DNAemia in kidney transplantation
Authors: Sigdel Tara K. , Boada Patrick , Kerwin Maggie , Rashmi Priyanka , Gjertson David , Rossetti Maura , Sur Swastika , Munar Dane , Cimino James , Ahn Richard , Pickering Harry , Sen Subha , Parmar Rajesh , Fatou Benoit , Steen Hanno , Schaenman Joanna , Bunnapradist Suphamai , Reed Elaine F. , Sarwal Minnie M. ,   CMV Systems Immunobiology Group
Published: May 2023

Background
Cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection, either de novo or as reactivation after allotransplantation and chronic immunosuppression, is recognized to cause detrimental alloimmune effects, inclusive of higher susceptibility to graft rejection and substantive impact on chronic graft injury and reduced transplant survival. To obtain further insights into the evolution and pathogenesis of CMV infection in an immunocompromised host we evaluated changes in the circulating host proteome serially, before and after transplantation, and during and after CMV DNA replication (DNAemia), as measured by quantitative polymerase chain reaction (QPCR).

Methods
LC-MS-based proteomics was conducted on 168 serially banked plasma samples, from 62 propensity score-matched kidney transplant recipients. Patients were stratified by CMV replication status into 31 with CMV DNAemia and 31 without CMV DNAemia. Patients had blood samples drawn at protocol times of 3- and 12-months post-transplant. Additionally, blood samples were also drawn before and 1 week and 1 month after detection of CMV DNAemia. Plasma proteins were analyzed using an LCMS 8060 triple quadrupole mass spectrometer. Further, public transcriptomic data on time matched PBMCs samples from the same patients was utilized to evaluate integrative pathways. Data analysis was conducted using R and Limma.

Results
Samples were segregated based on their proteomic profiles with respect to their CMV Dnaemia status. A subset of 17 plasma proteins was observed to predict the onset of CMV at 3 months post-transplant enriching platelet degranulation (FDR, 4.83E-06), acute inflammatory response (FDR, 0.0018), blood coagulation (FDR, 0.0018) pathways. An increase in many immune complex proteins were observed at CMV infection. Prior to DNAemia the plasma proteome showed changes in the anti-inflammatory adipokine vaspin (SERPINA12), copper binding protein ceruloplasmin (CP), complement activation (FDR = 0.03), and proteins enriched in the humoral (FDR = 0.01) and innate immune responses (FDR = 0.01).

Conclusion
Plasma proteomic and transcriptional perturbations impacting humoral and innate immune pathways are observed during CMV infection and provide biomarkers for CMV disease prediction and resolution. Further studies to understand the clinical impact of these pathways can help in the formulation of different types and duration of anti-viral therapies for the management of CMV infection in the immunocompromised host.
The Fashion Show Goes Live: Exclusive and Mediatized Performance, Rebecca Halliday (2022)
Authors: Pecorari Marco 
Published: May 2023

Review of: The Fashion Show Goes Live: Exclusive and Mediatized Performance, Rebecca Halliday (2022)
London, New York and Dublin: Bloomsbury, 234 pp.,
ISBN 978-1-35022-634-0, h/bk, $143.95
Comics, Community, and Kickass Women
Authors: Halsall Alison , Warren Jonathan , Camper Nifer 
Published: May 2023

In this interview, ground-breaking and influential comics artist and creator and director of the biennial LGBTQ+ comics conference “Queers & Comics” Jennifer Camper provides insight into the origins and development of her comics sensibility, her sense of the evolving queer comics scene, and the importance of her LGBTQ+ comics community-building work. Powerful lesbian representation, “mongrel” identities in comics, humor as a weapon, and kickass women are some of the ideas that she addresses in her comics that foster a queer solidarity that has galvanized the queer comics scene.
“Plenty of Room to Swing a Rope”
Authors: Marez Curtis 
Published: May 2023

Watchmen’s scenes set in Oklahoma, New York, and Saigon were all filmed in Georgia to take advantage of state subsidies for film and TV production. An increasing number of contemporary TV series are filmed in precarious places, profiting from conditions that produce structural inequalities for people of color. Such shows contain disavowed critical knowledge about how government incentives to attract TV and film producers reproduce racial inequality and, more broadly, about the historical preconditions for cotemporary precarity. Drawing inspiration from Black, Chicanx, and Indigenous TV studies focused on the role of state power, this chapter brings together political-economic and textual analysis. It reconstructs a materialist history of Watchmen’s production, demonstrating how location shooting contributes to the reproduction of unequal spaces, while also examining the implications of such material histories for interpreting the show’s narrative. This chapter examines Watchmen’s implicit dialogue with its location, including the many Confederate memorials surrounding its production.
Estado desertor e os processos de privatização da educação na América Latina
Authors: Silva Maria Vieira , Santos Kildo Adevair dos 
Published: May 2023

A Educação Básica tem sido tangenciada, de forma contígua, por iminentes mutações de seu sentido público em razão da proliferação de programas de privatização da educação. A partir de documentos produzidos pela Federación Internacional de Sindicatos de la Educación em doze países da América Latina, analisamos processos mercantis na educação latino-americana, com ênfase nas tendências e modalidades de ações de atores privados no Peru e no Panamá. O trabalho identifica dois movimentos paralelos de privatização: a crescente participação do empresariado na oferta educacional facultada por dispositivos jurídicos e o arrefecimento da atuação do Estado como provedor de bens públicos, mediante programas governamentais que se referenciam em princípios gerencialistas e mercadológicos.
An analytical study of wireless power transmission system with metamaterials
Authors: Mudhigollam Uday Kumar , Mandava Mohana Rao 
Published: May 2023

Abstract
Computation of transmission system efficiency of electromagnetic radiation becomes inaccurate when Friis formula is used in Fresnel zone (near-field zone) of wireless power transmission (WPT). A novel methodology has been proposed in this paper for estimation of the power density, received power and transmission system efficiency at a particular operating frequency in the near-field zone. The power transfer and transmission system efficiency need to be maximized for minimal dimensions of transmitter and receiver. Utilization of negative refractive index metamaterials (MM) between transmitter and receiver is proposed to achieve maximum power transfer. In the present paper, variation of received power and system efficiency with respect to transmitting distance is computed and compared for WPT system with and without metamaterials. The variation of system efficiency is studied for varied location of metamaterial from transmitter by assuming metamaterial diameter at a given location is greater than or equal to the beam diameter at that location. Different configurations with varied input power and transmitting distances from shorter to longer range are considered in the study to analyse parameters that affect system efficiency. The approach for identifying optimal number of metamaterials and their placement between transmitter and receiver for maximum power transfer has also been discussed.
Associations of cesarean sections with comorbidities within the Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System
Authors: Austin Jordyn , Wirtz Alexis , Garrett Morgan , Ferrell Sydney C. , Stephenson Elise , Gajjar Swapnil , Perloff Spenser , Hartwell Micah 
Published: May 2023

Abstract

Objectives
Cesarean delivery (CD) is a common obstetrical procedure aimed at reducing maternal and infant morbidity and mortality in complicated pregnancies and medical emergencies yet carries potential complications. CD rates in the USA have increased over the years – likely associated with increased comorbidities. Thus, to expand the literature, our objective was to identify the likelihood of a woman having a CD when comorbidities – diabetes, high blood pressure (HBP), or depression – are present.

Methods
We conducted a cross-sectional analysis of the 2019 Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System. Binary and multivariable logistic regression were used to calculate adjusted odds ratios (AORs) to determine associations between pre-existing and gestational comorbidities and CD among pregnant women.

Results
Compared to those without a diagnosis, women with pre-existing diabetes (AOR: 1.69; CI: 1.54–1.86), pre-existing HBP (AOR: 1.58; CI: 1.46–1.69), and pre-existing depression (AOR: 1.14; CI 1.08–1.20; Table 2) were more likely to have a CD. Additionally, participants with gestational diabetes (AOR 1.43; CI 1.34–1.52), HBP (AOR 1.86; CI 1.76–1.95) and depression (AOR 1.13; CI 1.07–1.19) were also more likely to have a CD than those without comorbidities.

Conclusions
Higher rates of CD were found among individuals with a pre-existing or gestational diagnosis of diabetes, HBP, or depression than those without these diagnoses. With increasing rates of these conditions, it is likely that CD rates will continue their trajectory in the USA. Thus, professional organizations can have more impact by popularizing and making effective evidence-based guidelines for management.
Molecular mechanisms and genetics of Alzheimer’s disease
Authors: Öztan Gözde , İşsever Halim 
Published: May 2023

Abstract
Dementia is mostly caused by neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer’s disease (AD). AD is the most common form of dementia. It is caused by both genetic and environmental factors. Due to neuronal death in a number of brain regions, including the hippocampus, entorhinal areas, temporal lobe, and cingulate cortex, AD causes memory loss and gradual cognitive impairment. The condition’s two main pathogenic components are intracellular neurofibrillary tangles created by clusters of hyperphosphorylated tau protein and amyloid plaques made up of extracellular amyloid (Aβ) peptide aggregates. In contrast to the APOE- ε4 allele, which was found to have a significant impact on late-onset AD, presenilin 1, presenilin 2, amyloid precursor protein were genetic risk factors that were causal for early-onset AD. Misfolded proteins accumulate within the neuron, causing prolonged cellular stress in AD, a progressive neurodegenerative disease. Neurofibrillary tangles and senile plaques are two of the neuropathological hallmarks of Alzheimer’s disease that lead to the destruction of synapses and the death of neurons. AD is mostly caused by the death of nerves, particularly cholinergic nerves. In the absence of these cholinergic neurons, acetylcholine levels fall. This review discusses key genes involved in the pathogenesis and pathophysiology of AD, as well as the disease’s molecular mechanisms.
Current epizootological and epidemiologscal aspects of brucellosis in Ukraine
Authors: Korniienko L. Y. , Ukhovskyi V. V. , Moroz O. A. , Chechet O. M. , Aliekseieva G. B. , Tsarenko T. M. , Karpulenko M. S. , Nenych N. P. , Radzykhovskyi M. L. 
Published: May 2023

The analysis of monitoring studies for brucellosis among farm and wild animals for the period 2004–2021 in Ukraine was performed. The total number of tests on brucellosis during this period among cattle amounted to 62,917,946 animals, small ruminants – 10,898,075, pigs – 4,146,751, horses – 116,668, wild pigs – 22,306, roe deer – 11,548, hares (only the last two years were studied) – 430 animals. During the same period, camels, deer, dogs, cats, rabbits, poultry, zoo animals, wild animals including moose, foxes and badgers were examined in case of suspicion or request. During this period, seropositive animals were found among cattle – 607, small ruminants – 84, pigs – 219, horses – 4, dogs – 2, wild boars – 52, hares – 7. There were years when no positive animals were detected (2012, 2015), 1–3 animals were detected in 2008, 2010, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017. The largest number of animals positive for brucellosis was detected in 2004 and 2006, respectively 107 and 328 animals. Some regions stand out among others with a significant number of positive results. Thus, in Sumy region, positive animals were isolated in 2004, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2019, 2020, 2021 (a total of 45 animals), in Dnipropetrovsk region in 2004, 2016, 2017, 2018 (a total of 11 animals). The results of the analysis showed that human brucellosis in Ukraine is registered sporadically (single cases). During the analyzed period, 32 cases of human brucellosis were detected, during the period 1994–2021, the diagnosis of brucellosis was confirmed in 45 people. Approximately 50% of human brucellosis cases in Ukraine are introduced from abroad. The vector role of wild animals-reservoirs in the spread of the brucellosis pathogen in the direction of farm animals and from them to humans is confirmed. Among the regions, the most disadvantaged were Chernihiv (cases in 2009, 2011, 2014, 2015), Lviv (2005, 2011, 2021) and Kyiv (2008, 2014, 2021). During the period 1994–2021, the disease was not registered in people at all in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, Volyn, Vinnytsia, Transcarpathian, Zaporizhzhia, Kirovohrad, Rivne, Ternopil, Cherkasy regions.
The influence of feeding level on the growth of pigs depending on their genotype
Authors: Vashchenko P. А. , Zhukorskyi О. М. , Saenko A. M. , Khokhlov A. M. , Usenko S. O. , Kryhina N. V. , Sukhno T. V. , Tsereniuk О. М. 
Published: May 2023

The growth and development of pigs is determined by their genotype and environmental conditions (primarily the level of feeding), however, the number of works aimed at studying the complex influence of genetic and non-genetic factors in their interaction is currently insufficient. The purpose of our work was to estimate the effect of the MC4R genotype, feeding level and interaction of these factors on growth and backfat thickness of crossbred pigs and to investigate the possibility of correcting the melanocortin-4-receptor gene polymorphism effect by adjusting the ration. Studies were conducted on 50 gilts obtained by crossing sows of the large white breed with landrace boars. Experimental pigs at the "Maxi 2010" farm were weighed at birth, then at the age of 28 days (at weaning) and at the age of 4, 6, 8 months. Fat thickness was measured at the age of 4, 6, 8 months. Genetic studies were conducted in a certified laboratory of Institute of Pig Breeding and Agroindustrial Production. Analysis of 50 blood samples revealed that this group of pigs had a sufficient level of polymorphism for research (Polymorphism Information Content was equil 0.35). The frequency of genotype distribution at the MC4R / SNP c.1426 G>A locus was 0.06 (AA) : 0.58 (GA) : 0.36 (GG). The type of feeding significantly influenced the live weight at the age of 4 months and the average daily gains of experimental pigs over the period of 28–120 days. Starting at the age of 6 months a significant effect of the interaction of organized factors (feeding + genotype) was recorded. At the age of 6 months, a significant influence of both the genotype and the level of feeding on the backfat thickness was established. Animals with the GG genotype receiving a restricted feed ration had significantly lower backfat thickness. At the age of 8 months, the difference in backfat thickness between the group with the GG genotype (restricted feed ration) and the AG genotype (high level feeding) reached a value of 12.9% (2.0 mm). Animals with the AG genotype had the lowest performance and the greatest fat thickness under feed limitation, which is important for raising young pigs for subsequent reproduction. Therefore, when selecting pigs to be used for further reproduction, the desired genotype is GG. In the future, it will be desirable to repeat the study on a larger number of pigs, so that the experiment involves a sufficient number of animals with the MC4R AA genotype for statistical processing.