bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Evaluación del uso de corticoides como un marcador de atención de calidad en el manejo de la enfermedad Inflamatoria Intestinal
Authors: Quera Rodrigo , Núñez F. Paulina , Flores Lilian 
Published: January 2025

Introducción: A pesar de los avances en las estrategias terapéuticas, los corticoesteroides siguen desempeñando un papel en inducir la remisión en la enfermedad inflamatoria intestinal (EII). Desafortunadamente, estos medicamentos suelen ser mal utilizados. Objetivos: Evaluar la dosis y duración de la terapia con corticoesteroides y el cambio posterior en el tratamiento en los pacientes con EII. Materiales y métodos: Estudio descriptivo, retrospectivo y observacional en pacientes con EII en seguimiento en el Programa de Enfermedad Inflamatoria Intestinal de la Clínica Universidad de los Andes desde enero de 2021 hasta agosto de 2022. Resultados: Se incluyeron 432 pacientes con EII, de los cuales el 63% eran mujeres, con una mediana de edad de 42 años (rango de 14 a 94 años), y el 66% tenía colitis ulcerosa (CU). El sesenta y seis por ciento de los pacientes habían recibido corticoides durante el curso de su enfermedad (entre 1 y 9 veces) con una mediana de duración de 12 semanas (rango de 2 a 48 semanas), siendo la prednisona el corticoide más utilizado (53%). El setenta y siete por ciento de los pacientes habían recibido tratamiento durante más de 3 meses o en dosis supra-terapéuticas (prednisona >60 mg/día). Hubo un cambio en el tratamiento de la EII posterior al uso de corticoides en el 28% de los pacientes frente al 90% después del ingreso al programa (p<0,001, IC95%: 1,83-2,49). Durante el seguimiento del Programa de EII, el 10% de los pacientes recibió corticoides (71% prednisona, 29% budesonida) sin variaciones según el tipo de EII, género, edad o tratamiento. Ningún paciente recibió corticoides durante más de 3 meses o en dosis supra-terapéuticas en nuestro Programa de EII. Conclusión: Este estudio enfatiza la importancia de evaluar el uso de corticoides como un marcador de calidad de atención en la EII. El manejo de estos pacientes a través de un programa especializado podría mitigar el uso excesivo de estos fármacos.
Helicobacter pylori and its role in the pathogenesis of follicular gastritis: an overview
Authors: Carlosama-Rosero Yeison , Latorre Gonzalo , Riquelme Arnoldo , Portillo-Miño José Darío 
Published: January 2025

The role of Helicobacter pylori in the pathogenesis of peptic ulcers and gastric adenocarcinoma is widely known; however, it is not entirely understood how bacterial infection is closely related to the genesis of follicular gastritis and some types of gastric lymphoma. Diagnosing and pathogenic mechanisms follicular gastritis remain challenging. Therefore, this article aims to examine the role of H. pylori in the development of follicular gastritis. In addition, it emphasizes the clinical and histopathological fundamentals. A broader overview of follicular gastritis is presented, and implementing preventive strategies, such as H. pylori eradication remains the standard treatment.
Aceptabilidad y resultados de detección de infección por virus de hepatitis B, C y virus de inmunodeficiencia humana mediante test rápido en pacientes sometidos a endoscopía ambulatoria
Authors: Muñoz Ana , Espino Alberto , Soza Alejandro , Arenas Alex , Gran José , Norero Blanca 
Published: January 2025

Introducción: Las infecciones por virus inmunodeficiencia humana (VIH), hepatitis B (VHB) y C (VHC) son un problema global de salud pública. En 2019 había 295,9 millones de personas con hepatitis B crónica y 57,8 millones con VHC y menos del 20% conocían su estado. En 2017 había 37 millones de personas con VIH y el 75% estaba diagnosticado. Crear estrategias accesibles de tamizaje sigue siendo un desafío. El uso de tests de diagnóstico rápido (TDR) es una opción económica y simple. La unidad de endoscopía es un lugar ideal dado su alto flujo de pacientes y personal calificado. Objetivos: Evaluar el uso y aceptación de la aplicación de dos TDR que detectan VIH, VHB y VHC en pacientes que ingresan a estudio endoscópico y conocer el porcentaje de rechazo a su aplicación. Materiales y métodos: Se realizó un estudio piloto observacional transversal. Se enrolaron adultos que ingresaron ambulatoriamente a Centros de Endoscopía en Santiago y se aplicaron dos TDR: Montebio y HCV/HBsAg/HIV Rapid Test previa consejería y consentimiento informado. Resultados: 358 de 375 pacientes (96%) aceptó el test, 79% fueron mujeres. La edad promedio fue 50 ± 17 años. Un sujeto fue reactivo para VHC en ambos tests (0,27%). No hubo reactivos para VHB/VIH. 17 pacientes (4,2%) rechazaron el examen. El porcentaje de rechazo según género fue 8,8% (hombres) vs. 2,7% (mujeres) (p=0,009). La experiencia global fue positiva y el 98% recomendaría el proceso. Conclusiones: El uso de TDR en endoscopía representa una oportunidad de detección sistemática de pacientes infectados con adecuada aceptación.
Ascitic fluid amylase-to-serum amylase ratio to predict pancreatic duct leaks causing ascites
Authors: Wasserman Reid , Ali Al Qaffas Ahmed , Darwin Peter , Mönkemüller Klaus , Okolo Patrick , Yeaton Paul , Kesar Vivek , Kesar Varun 
Published: January 2025

Objectives: Pancreatic duct leaks can cause ascites, and fluid amylase can be used as a marker to suggest pancreatic duct leak; however, there is no reference parameter or cutoff value for diagnosis. We assessed whether a novel ratio of ascitic fluid to serum amylase can reliably predict pancreatic leaks and need for endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP). Materials and methods: Patients who had fluid amylase from ascitic fluid and serum amylase within one week of confirmed pancreatic leaks via ERCP were included along with appropriate medical and surgical controls. Results: A total of sixteen patients were included in the study group. The mean ascitic fluid amylase to serum amylase ratio in the study group was 243, and 0.3511, and 0.9406 for medical and surgical controls respectively. The cutoff ratio to predict pancreatic leaks was 6.89 with 100% sensitivity and specificity (p-value 0.0000000000001347). Conclusions: Patients with a fluid to serum amylase ratio of at least 6.89 should be considered high risk for pancreatic leak with consideration to proceed directly to ERCP.
<span style="margin-left:0cm;text-align:justify;"><strong>Thực trạng quản lý hoạt động ứng dụng công nghệ thông tin trong dạy học ở các trường trung học phổ thông thành phố Bạc Liêu, tỉnh Bạc Liêu</strong></span>
Authors: Nguyễn Văn Đệ , Lâm Tố Hữu 
Published: January 2025

Ngày nay, công nghệ thông tin đã trở thành một công cụ không thể thiếu trong dạy học tại các trường trung học phổ thông. Quản lý ứng dụng công nghệ thông tin trong dạy học đã trở nên cần thiết để các trường chú trọng đến chất lượng giảng dạy và nâng cao hoạt động của nhà trường. Sau khi nghiên cứu lý luận về quản lý ứng dụng công nghệ thông tin trong dạy học, tác giả đã tiến hành phương pháp khảo sát bằng bảng hỏi và phỏng vấn trên 138 khách thể gồm cán bộ quản lý và giáo viên của các trường trung học phổ thông trên địa bàn thành phố Bạc Liêu, tỉnh Bạc Liêu, nhằm tìm hiểu thực trạng quản lý hoạt động ứng dụng công nghệ thông tin trong dạy học ở trường trung học phổ thông. Thông qua kết quả khảo sát nhận thấy, tuy công tác quản lý hoạt động ứng dụng công nghệ thông tin trong dạy học ở trường trung học phổ thông có nhiều tiến bộ nhưng cũng còn nhiều nội dung cán bộ quản lý cần quan tâm để nâng cao hiệu quả ứng dụng công nghệ thông tin trong dạy học trong các nhà trường. Trên cơ sở đánh giá thực trạng, làm đề xuất các biện pháp quản lý hoạt động ứng dụng công nghệ thông tin trong dạy học ở các trường trung học phổ thông ở thành phố Bạc Liêu, tỉnh Bạc Liêu trong bối cảnh đổi mới giáo dục hiện nay.
FREQUENCY OF POST-OPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS IN PATIENTS ASSOCIATED WITH IMPACTED MANDIBULAR THIRD MOLAR REMOVAL
Authors: Fahimuddin  , Naeem Kashmala , Kayani Harmain , Ashraf Nadia 
Published: January 2025

Objectives: To determine the frequency of postoperative complications associated with impacted mandibular third molar removal in patients presenting to a tertiary care hospital (Hayatabad Medical Complex, Peshawar)
Material and Methods: A descriptive Cross-sectional study was conducted on 132 patients with post-op complications after third molar removal. Both genders and patients ages 17 to 60 were added. Patients with missing clinical history, radiographs, and fractured mandibles were excluded from the study. Postoperative complications were recorded on a predesigned proforma.
Results: Mild pain was found in 49 (37.1%) patients, moderate pain was found in 71 (53.8%) patients, and severe pain was recorded in 12 (9.1%) patients. Dry socket was found in 16 (12.1%) patients. Infection was found in 5 (3.8%) patients. Inferior alveolar nerve (IAN) damage was found in 3 (2.3%) patients and Lingual nerve damage was found in 6 (4.5%) patients.
Conclusion: In our study, the postoperative complications of concerns in patients associated with impacted mandibular third molar removal were dry socket in 12.1% of patients, infection in 3.8% of patients, IAN nerve damage in 2.3% of patients, and lingual nerve damage that was found in 4.5% patients.

Key Words: Complications, mandible, third molar surgery
THE EFFECTIVENESS OF AN OPERATIVE DECOMPRESSION TECHNIQUE FOR THE MANAGEMENT OF CALCIFIED LUMBER DISC HERNIATION
Authors: Kadhim Abbas A. , Aljanabi Ali Saleh , Hakim Wissam Saleh 
Published: January 2025

Objective: To determine the effectiveness of a new decompression surgical intervention for the management of calcified lumber disc herniation (CLDH).
Patients and methods: This prospective cohort study was conducted in the orthopedic center at Adiwaniyah Teaching Hospital, Adiwaniyah Province in Iraq. The study enrolled 72 patients, 37 females and 35 males, with an age range of 65 to 75. Inclusion features were subjects with calcified lumber disc herniation who presented with a low backache with radiation to the leg, which remained the same for at least six months despite conservative measures such as pharmacological agents and physiotherapy. The pain affected the patients' daily activities.
Results: The mean visual analog score was reduced after three months from a baseline reading of 7.03 ±1.02 to 3.29 ±1.05 (p< 0.05), and it was further reduced one year later to 2.07 ±0.93 (p<0.01). The Oswestry Disability Index (ODI) score was reduced after three months from a baseline reading of 53.27 ±8.37 % to 12.38 ±4.29 % (p< 0.01), and it was further reduced one year later to 8.91 ±1.93 % (p<0.01).
Conclusion: The surgical procedure used in the present study relieved pain and significantly improved functional outcomes compared with the baseline pre-surgical status.
Keywords: Calcified lumber disc herniation, surgical decompression, children calcification, intervertebral disc (IVD) degeneration
Study of PV Module for Characterizations Using MATLAB Simulink and Tracking of Maximum of PV Power
Authors: Radak Blange  
Published: January 2025

Solar energy is the primary renewable energy source, and solar photovoltaic (PV) cells utilise sunlight to generate power for utility applications. The output of PV power varies as a direct current, depending on the intensity of the sunlight. Therefore, understanding the behaviour of PV power in terms of electrical power, voltage, and current is crucial to effectively tracking and extracting the maximum power from the PV system. In this paper, we have configured the parameters of the PV cell using a reference PV module and modelled it within the MATLAB Simulink environment, taking into account changing atmospheric conditions. We successfully simulated the PV characteristics, specifically maximum power, voltage, and current, through a stepwise variation of incoming irradiance and ambient temperatures. The results of these simulations were then compared with data from the actual reference PV cell. The PV model we employed has successfully verified and validated the parameters against the provided actual reference PV module in the MATLAB Simulink environment, yielding results that closely match the actual datasheet specifications.The PV power is Solar Insolation(S) and ambient temperature(T) dependence. Hence its Maximum power point is to be correctly tracked down. The Maximum power tracking using Perturb and Observe and Fuzzy Logic Based MPPT algorithms have been evaluated and compared.from the result it is seen that Fuzzy Logic MPPT is much better than that of conventional PO.
Chaucer’s Complaint to His Purse and Authority in the World
Authors: Olson Paul A. 
Published: January 2025

ABSTRACT
Chaucer’s Complaint to His Purse concerns more than the poet’s financial need under the new Lancastrian administration. It speaks to the limits of Henry IV’s royal authority and, through irony, to the limitations of Chaucer’s purse’s power. Underlining royal limits, Chaucer petitions the king as one who holds office through election and line but not conquest, which is Henry’s position on his office as well. In speaking ironically of the purse’s authority, the poet addresses the gold that the monarch might grant him as if it constituted a human or divine patron, but he does so in a hierarchy of ascending irony that shows gold’s limits. In the envoy, Chaucer drops irony and turns seriously to the monarch and government that can, with their limited powers, help him.
“Thow most a fewe of olde stories heere”: Past and Future Prophecies in Troilus and Criseyde
Authors: Easler Jennifer Nicole 
Published: January 2025

ABSTRACT
In Troilus and Criseyde, Geoffrey Chaucer uses the Trojan War as a backdrop for the romance of the Trojan prince Troilus and his beloved Criseyde, a traitorous prophet’s daughter and an eventual betrayer herself. Moments of prophecy complicate the poem’s epistemological questions, and so this article examines the ways Chaucer uses prophecy to explore the uncertainty of knowledge and the nature of impermanence. The poem depicts two prophets: Calchas, Criseyde’s father, is a traitor who predicts the future; and Cassandra, Troilus’s sister, prophesies once by discussing the past. These prophets are hardly the poem’s focus, but they serve as both parallels with and contrasts to Troilus and Criseyde themselves. Calchas, who turns towards the future with certainty, adopts a fatalistic attitude—an attitude his daughter comes to share—while Cassandra, who turns towards the past with openness to uncertainty, finds consolation for impermanence, a consolation Troilus finds in death.
Mysticism and Visual Theology: The Sacred Image and Gaze in Saint Teresa of Ávila
Authors: Onofre Dario Velandia 
Published: January 2025

ABSTRACT
Given the immense complexity contained in the literature and testimonies of a crucial age in the consolidation of the Catholic reform, Saint Teresa of Ávila’s literary works have been studied from many perspectives. Nonetheless, the possible relationship between a mystical theology and a visual theology has not been given sufficient attention. The present article intends to demonstrate how the Saint’s books helped consolidate a theology of visual practices that defends the power of sacred images and the sacred gaze.
Minne, Translated: Embodying Liturgy, Love, and Pandemic Trauma in the Diepenveen Sister-Book and a Revelation from Facons
Authors: Perk Godelinde Gertrude 
Published: January 2025

ABSTRACT
This article traces how individual and collective trauma interplay in pandemic trauma by anatomizing the aftershocks of plague in two late medieval vernacular texts produced by Devotio Moderna communities of Augustinian canonesses regular, a sister-book from Diepenveen (northeastern Low Countries; present-day Netherlands) and a visionary text from the convent of Facons in Antwerp (present-day Belgium), Visioen en exempel by Jacomijne Costers (d. 1503). It scrutinizes how trauma intervenes in the liturgy and vice versa in each text, mapping how trauma inflects mutual charity (minne), prescribed as protection against plague. Allowing medieval trauma to interrogate modern trauma theory, this discussion participates in debates about the ethics of the weaponization of trauma.
Holiness and Black Consciousness: The Social Witness of Black Saints, Shepherds, and Sages
Authors: Sanders Cheryl J. 
Published: January 2025

ABSTRACT
Charles Price Jones and Charles Harrison Mason nurtured a programme of Black religion, identity, and culture during the formative decades of the Holiness and Pentecostal movements in the United States. This article disentangles the intertwined Black Holiness and Pentecostal traditions in an effort to describe the distinctive worship, lifestyle, and social awareness of Black saints. It considers the redemptive potential of holy Black consciousness to achieve three goals: revitalize Christian unity, restructure a progressive Christian identity, and reconfigure Christian pedagogy to promote resistance of racism and other forms of social injustice Black people experience in the church and society.
Pedagogy and Preaching in Edwardian Oxford: Ernest and Margaret Genner
Authors: Wellings Martin 
Published: January 2025

ABSTRACT
Ernest Ely Genner (1877–1930) and his wife Margaret (1871–1933) exemplified late-Victorian Wesleyan aspirations, benefiting from educational opportunities to achieve academic and professional success. In two ways they pressed beyond the generality of middle-class Wesleyans in this period: Ernest Genner occupied a unique position as an Oxford don who made no secret of his Wesleyan loyalties, combining decades of tutorial teaching with long service as a local preacher; Margaret pursued higher education for herself and supported women students in the decades when the battle for women’s admission to Oxford University was fought and won.
‘Break[ing] the System’: How the Methodist Student Movement Motivated a Generation to Challenge Their Denomination’s Segregationist Polity
Authors: Chastain Emily Nelms 
Published: January 2025

ABSTRACT
The Methodist Student Movement (MSM) emerged just before the 1939 denominational inauguration and catalyzed engaged youth within the Methodist Church. Facilitated through national to local leadership, it aimed at educating and empowering young adults via Wesley Foundations, National Conferences, and civic involvement. Its work turned contentious as youth pressed for quicker desegregation in defiance of the Church’s sluggish stance. This conflict highlighted a divergence in theological adherence regarding equality, leading to the gradual dissolution of MSM tools and youth participation. The denomination’s reluctance to address segregation aligned with its theological discipline clashed with the urgency felt by MSM members. The General Conference’s slow response led to the disappearance of organizational support and youth involvement, underscoring the clash between tradition and the evolving social conscience.
A Scientific Analysis of Weather Forecasting Techniques and its Classification
Authors: Kumar Umesh , Sharma Neetu 
Published: January 2025

One of the most important aspects of our lives is the weather, which is often referred to as the uncontrollable one, despite the fact that climate more frequently determines where people live, what they wear, and even what they eat. It is composed of variables such as wind, deceitfulness, precipitation, downpour, day off, cloud, weight, and stickiness. In this paper , a brief survey has been done on weather and forecasting methods, classification and general methods of weather forecasting along with their advantages, limitations and shortcomings which may be helpful for the learners and researchers community. It helps in the description, summary, evaluation, substantiation, and clarification of the literature and provides a theoretical foundation for the research and helps in determining the study's scope. This review is a collection of various research papers that summarizes the knowledge in the present scenario along with applicable findings and theoretical and methodological contributions in the field of weather forecasting.
«Олонецкая русалка», или Дидона наизнанку: античное наследие в репертуаре провинциального театра начала XIX века
Authors: Смирнова Е. , Литинская Е. 
Published: January 2025

В статье рассматривается история комической оперы «Олонецкая русалка», которая была представлена в театре Петрозаводска в 1809 году, но запрещена к показу вскоре после премьеры. Разбираются существующие в исследовательской литературе версии об источниках пьесы и анализируются причины ее запрета, среди которых важнейшей признается неблагопристойность образа царицы Дидоны в опере, воспринятая как пародия на Екатерину II. Обосновывается вывод о наличии у любителей театра в губернском городе начала XIX века, во-первых, интереса к античному наследию и его трактовкам в сочинениях столичных авторов, а во-вторых, собственных экспериментов по адаптации известных античных сюжетов к местным условиям, причем не только ради развлечения зрителей, но и для вовлечения их в обсуждение злободневных проблем.
The article examines the history of the comic opera “The Olonets Mermaid”, presented at the Petrozavodsk Theater in 1809, and banned from showing shortly after the premiere. The theories about the sources of the play are reviewed and the reasons for its prohibition are analyzed, among which the most important is the indecency of the image of Queen Dido in the opera, perceived as a mockery of Catherine II. The argument is presented that theater lovers in the provincial city of the Early 19th century, firstly, had an interest in the ancient heritage and its interpretations in the works of metropolitan authors, and secondly, ran their own experiments on adapting famous ancient plots to local conditions, and not only for the entertainment of the audience, but also involving them in the discussion of topical problems.
Информация, опыт и историческая телеология в «Братьях Карамазовых» Ф.М. Достоевского
Authors: Херльт Й. 
Published: January 2025

В статье роман Ф.М. Достоевского «Братья Карамазовы» рассматривается как исследование эпистемологических и медиальных условий нарративной репрезентации российского общества пореформенного периода. Концептуальной основой служит эссе В. Беньямина о «рассказчике». Проведенное Беньямином различие между миром быстро растрачиваемой «информации», с одной стороны, и укорененным в личном опыте ауратическим «рассказом» — с другой, позволяет выявить основное напряжение, характеризующее повествование в последнем романе Достоевского. Конфликт между установкой на современность и злободневность самого романного жанра и звучащими в «Братьях Карамазовых» отголосками домодерных способов повествования снимается подспудной актуализацией телеологически понятой государственной истории.
The article analyzes F.M. Dostoevsky’s The Brothers Karamazov as an exploration of the epistemological and mediatic conditions of the narrative representation of Russian society in the post-reform period. W. Benjamin’s essay on the “storyteller” serves as a conceptual framework. Benjamin’s distinction between the world of rapidly consumed “information” on the one hand and the auratic “story” (Erzählung) rooted in personal experience on the other makes it possible to highlight the tension that characterizes the concept of narrative in Dostoevsky’s last novel. The conflict between the modernity and topicality of the genre of the novel and the echoes of pre-modern narrative modes is finally suspended by the underlying actualization of a teleologically conceived history of the Russian state.