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Innovation Project Portfolio Management under Conditions of Limited Information Resources by Methods of Fuzzy Logic and Simulation Modeling
Authors: Vlasova Elizaveta , Tsiteladze David 
Published: April 2022

Managing a portfolio of innovation projects is a complex task that requires special approaches and management methods. According to statistics, only 69% of innovation projects correlate with the strategic goals the company originally set for itself. Innovative projects involve working in an environment of constant variability, inaccessibility of information and high risk. The aim of the work is to propose a tool for managing a portfolio of innovative projects using fuzzy logic methods and simulation modeling to improve the performance of project managers and achieve the strategic objectives of the organization, and as a consequence, create a competitive advantage in the market. Research methodology is based on taking into account the theory of fuzzy logic and the theory of system dynamics to create a simulation model by Bass diffusion.
The article proposes a tool for managing a portfolio of innovative projects using fuzzy logic and simulation modeling, and provides recommendations for combining the proposed tool with modern PMIS and analytical systems that allow pre-project and post-project analysis, which allows you to manage and monitor the performance of the portfolio throughout the full cycle of its implementation.
SME Financial Governance and Access to Capital in Islamic Microfinance Institutions
Authors: Satyarin Julia Noermawati Eka , Hariyanto Muhsin , Manggala Putri Syah Amelia , Tri Nanda Puri , Anggraeni Anisatun 
Published: April 2022

Introduction: One of the obstacles faced by MSEs to achieve independence in entrepreneurship is limited working capital. The government through Bank Indonesia has required banks and microfinance institutions to provide working capital to SMEs. However, there are obstacles in its distribution, namely the fulfillment of the requirements for submitting financing related to MSE financial information. There are still many MSEs that cannot provide accurate financial information because they do not carry out financial management properly, such as making financial reports. Meanwhile, fund providers, including Islamic microfinance institutions, require financial information to analyze the customer's ability to repay the financing.
Purpose: Knowing how the financial management of MSEs and the obstacles faced in making financial reports, and how MSEs provide financial information to obtain working capital from Islamic Microfinance Institutions.
Methodology: This research was conducted with a descriptive qualitative method. The object of this research is the financial reporting of MSEs that are needed by Islamic Microfinance Institutions in making decisions to accept or reject the application for financing by MSEs. The data used are primary and secondary data obtained through interviews, documentation, and observation.
Findings: The majority of UMK KSPPS BMT Niten customers do not perform financial management, especially in preparing financial reports. Constraints were faced due to the lack of awareness of MSEs on the importance of financial management, especially in preparing financial reporting, lack of knowledge about financial management, especially in preparing financial reporting, and limited time. KSPPS BMT Niten obtains financial information of prospective UMK customers or financial information of existing UMK customers through direct interviews.
Paper Type: Research Article
The experiences of caregivers of patients living with cancer admitted to a hospice in South Africa
Authors: Ketlogetswe Tinalipi S , Van Rensburg Jacoba J Jansen , Maree Johanna Elizabeth 
Published: April 2022

Background: Caregivers share cancer experiences with patients, but little is known about their own experiences in the end-of-life phase, the most difficult phase in the caregiving journey. Aims: To describe the experiences of caregivers of cancer patients admitted to a hospice in South Africa. Methods: A qualitative design was used; 22 (n=22) participants were purposively selected and in-depth interviews were conducted. Analysis of the data was by qualitative content analysis. Findings: A total of three themes arose from the data: emotional responses towards the caregiver role, personal cost of caregiving and spiritual issues relating to caregiving. Conclusion: Caring for cancer patients during the last phase of life was not easy. Responsibilities overwhelmed the participants and they were emotionally exhausted. They lacked knowledge of how to care and experienced a heavy financial burden. Despite the challenges that they faced, faith and religious practices served as a coping mechanism and kept some going.
Levantamento das espécies arbóreas da Universidade Federal da Bahia, Salvador, Bahia
Authors: Carvalho Gabriel Martins de , Roque Nádia , Guedes Maria Lenise Silva 
Published: April 2022

The urban green areas are important for the maintenance of the microclimate, reduction of the sonorous pollution, for the improvement of human life quality and as shelter to several animals. The Federal University of the Bahia, inserted in a major urban center, is composed by green areas and small forest fragments. The main objectives of this study are to register the arboreal species found on the UFBA and to collaborate with the knowledge of the flora of green areas located in urban centers. We collected arboreal specimens with DBH e” 10 cm, between August 2005 and June 2006, present in squares, buildings and street gardens. Species were identified and included at ALCB Herbarium. A total of 131 species distributed within 100 genera and 31 families of angiosperms and two families of gymnosperm were collected. The most diverse families were Leguminosae (30%), Arecaceae (14%), Moraceae (7%), Bignoniaceae (5%) and Malvaceae (5%). Amongst the species sampled, 65 species (49,6%) were exotic indicating that the landscape managements of the UFBA followed the standards observed in the majority of the public green areas of the Brazilian cities. Landscape interventions should prioritize the use of the native flora and take into account the natural density and distribution of the species, therefore avoiding to compromise landscape attributes and the ecological dynamics of the vegetation and related communities.
Graphene-assisted tunable D-shaped photonic crystal fiber sensor in the visible and IR regions
Authors: Pakarzadeh H. , Sharif V. , Vigneswaran D. , Ayyanar N. 
Published: April 2022

A simple design of a D-shaped photonic crystal fiber sensor with 10 layers of graphene on the surface plasmon of gold is proposed for tuning refractive index (RI) sensitivity in the visible and IR regions. The proposed structure has been simulated by optimizing the mesh size and the method of finite-difference eigenmode. By tuning the chemical potential of graphene (

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), we realize tunable and enhanced RI sensing for a wide RI range from 1.35 to 1.42. The maximum wavelength sensitivities of the proposed sensor are 5200 nm/RIU, 6000 nm/RIU, and 7500 nm/RIU for

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, 1.0 ev, and 1.2 ev, respectively. Further, sensor characteristic parameters such as amplitude sensitivity, resolution, and figure of merit have been investigated for different chemical potentials. All dramatic changes in sensor parameters show an advancement plan to control and tune RI-based optical sensors assisted by graphene.
Pilot trial using mass field-releases of sterile males produced with the incompatible and sterile insect techniques as part of integrated Aedes aegypti control in Mexico
Authors: Martín-Park Abdiel , Che-Mendoza Azael , Contreras-Perera Yamili , Pérez-Carrillo Silvia , Puerta-Guardo Henry , Villegas-Chim Josué , Guillermo-May Guillermo , Medina-Barreiro Anuar , Delfín-González Hugo , Méndez-Vales Rosa , Vázquez-Narvaez Santos , Palacio-Vargas Jorge , Correa-Morales Fabián , Ayora-Talavera Guadalupe , Pavía-Ruz Norma , Liang Xiao , Fu Ping , Zhang Dongjing , Wang Xiaohua , Toledo-Romaní María Eugenia , Xi Zhiyong , Vázquez-Prokopec Gonzalo , Manrique-Saide Pablo 
Published: April 2022

BackgroundThe combination ofWolbachia-based incompatible insect technique (IIT) and radiation-based sterile insect technique (SIT) can be used for population suppression ofAedes aegypti. Our main objective was to evaluate whether open-field mass-releases ofwAlbB-infectedAe.aegyptimales, as part of an Integrated Vector Management (IVM) plan led by the Mexican Ministry of Health, could suppress natural populations ofAe.aegyptiin urbanized settings in south Mexico.Methodology/Principal findingsWe implemented a controlled before-and-after quasi-experimental study in two suburban localities of Yucatan (Mexico): San Pedro Chimay (SPC), which received IIT-SIT, and San Antonio Tahdzibichén used as control. Release ofwAlbBAe.aegyptimales at SPC extended for 6 months (July-December 2019), covering the period of higherAe.aegyptiabundance. Entomological indicators included egg hatching rates and outdoor/indoor adult females collected at the release and control sites. Approximately 1,270,000 lab-producedwAlbB-infectedAe.aegyptimales were released in the 50-ha treatment area (2,000wAlbBAe.aegyptimales per hectare twice a week in two different release days, totaling 200,000 male mosquitoes per week). The efficacy of IIT-SIT in suppressing indoor femaleAe.aegyptidensity (quantified from a generalized linear mixed model showing a statistically significant reduction in treatment versus control areas) was 90.9% a month after initiation of the suppression phase, 47.7% two months after (when number of released males was reduced in 50% to match local abundance), 61.4% four months after (when initial number of released males was re-established), 88.4% five months after and 89.4% at six months after the initiation of the suppression phase. A proportional, but lower, reduction in outdoor femaleAe.aegyptiwas also quantified (range, 50.0–75.2% suppression).Conclusions/SignificanceOur study, the first open-field pilot implementation ofWolbachiaIIT-SIT in Mexico and Latin-America, confirms that inundative male releases can significantly reduce natural populations ofAe.aegypti. More importantly, we present successful pilot results of the integration ofWolbachiaIIT-SIT within a IVM plan implemented by Ministry of Health personnel.
Expanding the utility of the ROX index among patients with acute hypoxemic respiratory failure
Authors: Li Andrew , Cove Matthew Edward , Phua Jason , Puah Ser Hon , Ng Vicky , Kansal Amit , Tan Qiao Li , Sahagun Juliet Tolentino , Taculod Juvel , Tan Addy Yong-Hui , Mukhopadhyay Amartya , Tay Chee Kiang , Ramanathan Kollengode , Chia Yew Woon , Sewa Duu Wen , Chew Meiying , Lew Sennen J. W. , Goh Shirley , Dhanvijay Shekhar , Tan Jonathan Jit-Ern , FCCP Kay Choong See ,   on behalf of SICM-NICER Group
Published: April 2022

Background
Delaying intubation in patients who fail high-flow nasal cannula (HFNC) may result in increased mortality. The ROX index has been validated to predict HFNC failure among pneumonia patients with acute hypoxemic respiratory failure (AHRF), but little information is available for non-pneumonia causes. In this study, we validate the ROX index among AHRF patients due to both pneumonia or non-pneumonia causes, focusing on early prediction.

Methods
This was a retrospective observational study in eight Singapore intensive care units from 1 January 2015 to 30 September 2017. All patients >18 years who were treated with HFNC for AHRF were eligible and recruited. Clinical parameters and arterial blood gas values at HFNC initiation and one hour were recorded. HFNC failure was defined as requiring intubation post-HFNC initiation.

Results
HFNC was used in 483 patients with 185 (38.3%) failing HFNC. Among pneumonia patients, the ROX index was most discriminatory in pneumonia patients one hour after HFNC initiation [AUC 0.71 (95% CI 0.64–0.79)], with a threshold value of <6.06 at one hour predicting HFNC failure (sensitivity 51%, specificity 80%, positive predictive value 61%, negative predictive value 73%). The discriminatory power remained moderate among pneumonia patients upon HFNC initiation [AUC 0.65 (95% CI 0.57–0.72)], non-pneumonia patients at HFNC initiation [AUC 0.62 (95% CI 0.55–0.69)] and one hour later [AUC 0.63 (95% CI 0.56–0.70)].

Conclusion
The ROX index demonstrated moderate discriminatory power among patients with either pneumonia or non-pneumonia-related AHRF at HFNC initiation and one hour later.
Analysis of bone erosions in rheumatoid arthritis using HR-pQCT: Development of a measurement algorithm and assessment of longitudinal changes
Authors: Shiraishi Kazuteru , Chiba Ko , Watanabe Kounosuke , Oki Nozomi , Iwamoto Naoki , Amano Shoken , Yonekura Akihiko , Tomita Masato , Uetani Masataka , Kawakami Atsushi , Osaki Makoto 
Published: April 2022

PurposeThe purpose of this study was to establish an algorithm for measuring bone erosions at metacarpophalangeal (MCP) joints using high-resolution peripheral quantitative computed tomography (HR-pQCT), to investigate the precision of measurements, and to assess longitudinal changes in bone erosions among patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA).MethodsThe 2nd and 3rd MCP joints were scanned at a voxel size of 60.7 μm using second-generation HR-pQCT. Bone erosions on MCP joints were identified using a semi-automated algorithm we developed, and each erosion parameter was measured. Measurement reproducibility was evaluated in 19 healthy subjects using intraclass correlation coefficients (ICCs) and root mean square percent coefficient of variance (RMS%CV). Finally, longitudinal changes in bone erosions over a period of 12 months were assessed in 26 patients with RA based on the calculated least significant change (LSC).ResultsReproducibilities for measurement parameters regarding bone erosions with our algorithm were good (all ICCs ≥ 0.98; all RMS%CVs < 5%). No erosion parameters showed significant changes after 12 months of treatment in terms of median values in all erosions, while both progression and repair of erosions were observed individually (e.g., erosion volume: progression, 26% (+0.62 mm3); repair, 34% (-0.85 mm3); no change, 40%).ConclusionsThe measurement algorithm developed for bone erosions at MCP joints showed good reproducibility. Both progression and repair of bone erosions were observed in patients with RA even after 12 months of appropriate treatment. Our algorithm may be useful to investigate the etiology of RA and assess drug efficacy.
Incidence of anogenital warts after the introduction of the quadrivalent HPV vaccine program in Manitoba, Canada
Authors: Righolt Christiaan H. , Willows Karla , Kliewer Erich V. , Mahmud Salaheddin M. 
Published: April 2022

Background
The incidence of anogenital warts (AGW) decreased after the introduction of the quadrivalent human papillomavirus (qHPV) vaccine in multiple jurisdictions. We studied how comparing AGW incidence rates with different outcomes affects the interpretation of the qHPV vaccination program. To do this, we replicated multiple study designs within a single jurisdiction (Manitoba).

Methods
We measured the incidence rates of AGW, AGW-related prescriptions, chlamydia, and gonorrhea (the latter two as sham outcomes) between 2001 and 2017 using several clinical and administrative health databases from Manitoba. We then used incidence rate ratios (IRRs) to compare, for each outcome, the rate for the 1997–1998 birth cohort (the first cohorts eligible for the publicly funded qHPV vaccination program) and the older 1995–1996 birth cohort.

Results
AGW incidence in Manitoba dropped 72% (95% confidence interval 54–83%) among 16–18 year-old girls and 51% (14–72%) among boys after the introduction of the female-only qHPV vaccination program. Trends in AGW-related prescriptions were different from trends in AGW diagnoses as these prescriptions peaked shortly after the introduction of the publicly funded qHPV vaccine program. Chlamydia and gonorrhea incidence rates also decreased 12% (5–18%) and 16% (-1-30%), respectively, for 16–18 year-old girls.

Conclusions
The publicly funded school-based qHPV vaccine program reduced AGW incidence in Manitoba by three-quarters in young females. AGW-related prescriptions are a poor proxy for medically attended AGW after the introduction of the publicly funded qHPV vaccination program. Different sexual habits in adolescents are, at most, responsible for a small portion of the reduction in AGW incidence.
ISOLATION OF FLAVONOID XANTHINE OXIDASE INHIBITORS FROM KNOTWEED HERB. CHEMICAL NA-TURE AND MECHANISM OF ACTION
Authors: Boyarintsev Daniel Igorevich , Kuzminov Ilya Vyacheslavovich , Vagina Diana Andreevna 
Published: April 2022

The aim is to isolate flavonoid xanthine oxidase (XO) inhibitors from the herb of Knotweed, to characterize their nature and to determine the mechanism of action inhibitors. Objectives: 1. To isolate the amount of flavonoids from the herb of Knotweed and to assess their effect on the activity of XO. 2. Purify the total extract and obtain active fractions containing XO inhibitors, identify their nature. 3. Determine the mechanism of inhibition of XO, isolated by flavonoids. Methodology: Grass P. hydropiper extracted with 90% ethanol (70 °C for 1 h). A native extract obtained with a flavonoid content of 1.51%. The extract fractionated with heptane and ion exchange chromatography. The anti-xanthine oxidase activity of the fractions assessed by the spectrophotometric method. KO activity expressed in IU / g. The mechanism of action of KO inhibitors in the fractions was determined by constructing kinetic curves of the enzymatic reaction and calculating Km. Flavonoids were identified by TLC, PC, spectrophotometry. The obtained results and conclusions: 1. The sum of flavonoids from the herb of Knotweed inhibit the activity of KO at a concentration of 2.5 mg / ml. 2. Chalcones inhibiting XO were isolated from the native extract of the herb of Knotweed. 3. Flavonoids in the active fraction reversibly inhibit milk XO by a competitive mechanism Practical significance and directions for further research: The information obtained is the basis for the development of a new drug used to treat gout. It is necessary to develop a method for isolating a homogeneous flavonoid and conduct its pharmacokinetic studies.
Knowledge Mobilization in Community-based Arctic Research
Authors: Flynn Melanie , Ford James D. 
Published: April 2022

Knowledge mobilization (KMb) is widely recognized as being essential to research, but there is limited academic guidance on how to do this well. This paper builds on the growing body of literature to develop a framework of key principles for KMb focused on Indigenous communities in the North American Arctic. We used a literature search and coding of identified good practice from both the grey and peer-reviewed literature (n = 80), alongside semi-structured interviews (n = 24) with key stakeholders to determine a framework of key principles and to contextualize and identify gaps or challenges. We found that effective KMb occurs throughout the research process and varies widely across regions and by researcher and community. Ultimately, there is no checklist of specific actions to ensure effective KMb, nor would such a list be desirable given the need to tailor KMb to specific contexts. However, we have identified three key principles of effective KMb: 1) respect, 2) mutual understanding, and 3) researcher responsibility. Underlying these principles is the consideration of trust and relationship building. Though these notions are based on subtle and nuanced context and vary from place to place, they all involve the consideration of formal and informal processes of KMb with Arctic research. By highlighting these key principles, we provide a framework to increase effectiveness of KMb across environmental change research within Arctic communities.
In griechischem oder orientalischem Geist? Moses Mendelssohn im Religionsdiskurs der Aufklärungszeit
Authors: Wittler Kathrin 
Published: April 2022

Abstract
While Moses Mendelssohn’s reputation as a modern Socrates is well-known to scholars of eighteenth-century intellectual history, the opposite tendency to orientalise him has received less attention than it deserves. The paper discusses some examples, highlighting the interdependence of Greek and Oriental attributions. In their critical reactions to Mendelssohn’s Phädon (1767), a modern version of Socrates’ dialogues on the immortality of the soul, radical Pietist Johann Daniel Müller and Lutheran orthodox theologian Gottfried Joachim Wichmann sought to invalidate the Jewish Enlightener’s case for reason by orientalising him. At the end of the century, the religious tensions inherent in the uses of Greek and Oriental models for different Jewish and Christian denominational positions became visible in Johann Gottfried Schadow’s drawing Sokrates im Kerker (1800), a work commissioned by David Friedländer, whose Sendschreiben von einigen Hausvätern jüdischer Religion (1799) had just caused a stir with its bold statements in the spirit of Deism.
Die jüdische Namenswelt der Vormoderne im Spiegel christlicher Zeitgenossen (von Antonius Margaritha bis Oluf Gerhard Tychsen)
Authors: Czakai Johannes 
Published: April 2022

Abstract
The article investigates how early modern Christian authors perceived the names of Jews and their naming customs. Based on a variety of printed sources, like ethnographic reports, language manuals, criminal investigations, and academic texts, the article does not only depict early modern Jewish names and rituals but sheds light on the Christian authors, their sources, and their changing perceptions. While theologists and converts in the 16th and 17th century focused primarily on naming customs, authors after 1700 became increasingly interested in contemporary names – their creation, their meanings, and their variations. Closely connected to the negative perception of the Yiddish language, Jewish names were seen as a source of potential fraud and the acquisition of knowledge on the matter as a necessary means of control.
Surjective isometries on Banach sequence spaces: A survey
Authors: Antunes Leandro , Beanland Kevin 
Published: April 2022

Abstract
In this survey, we present several results related to characterizing the surjective isometries on Banach sequence spaces. Our survey includes full proofs of these characterizations for the classical spaces as well as more recent results for combinatorial Banach spaces and Tsirelson-type spaces. Along the way, we pose many open problems related to the structure of the group of surjective isometries for various Banach spaces.
The internet’s role in promoting civic engagement in China and Singapore: A Confucian view
Authors: Yu Andrew 
Published: April 2022

Abstract
This paper discusses the Internet’s role in promoting civic engagement in Asian countries. China and Singapore were selected because they have similar ethnic groups and cultural backgrounds. This paper concludes that the Internet has a limited role in promoting civic engagement due to Internet censorship and people’s political attitudes, which are deeply rooted for Confucian cultural reasons. Moreover the Internet censorship does not bother people in China and Singapore. The argument presented in this paper differs from previous studies that focused only on the Internet censorship system and ignored the cultural and socio-historical dimensions. The paper argues that the cultural and socio-historical dimensions should be considered when studying censorship.