bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Diagnostic value of matrix metalloproteinase-9 in the course of osteoarthritis in young persons with excessive body weight and obesity
Authors: Litvynova A. , Pasieshvili L. , Zagrebelska A. , Hadirova T. 
Published: November 2022

In 125 patients with osteoarthritis (OA), among whom 75 had increased body weight, the content of matrix metalloproteinase-9 (MMP-9) was studied. It was established that the course of OA is accompanied by an increase in the content of MMP-9, which correlates with the body mass index. It was proved that the activity of this enzyme did not depend on gender and age in young patients, but had a direct correlative dependence on the radiological stage of the disease.
It is recommended to use this enzyme as an additional criterion for the course of osteoarthritis and control of treatment measures.
The Palas Manufacturing of the Southeastern Bashkirs in the Late 20th — Early 21st Century: to the Problem of Preserving Traditions
Authors: Khasanova Z.F. 
Published: November 2022

The article deals with one of the types of decorative-applied art — the production of lint-free carpets (palases) by the Bashkirs in the south-eastern part of the Republic of Bashkortostan (Abzelilovsky, Burzyansky, Beloretsky, Baymaksky districts). The source base of the study was the author's field materials collected in 2010-2021 in the study area. It was revealed that palases were woven on a frameless loom of sheep and goat wool. The palases are characterized by a longitudinal-striped ornament without a border — buoy balaq with a serrated pattern. Woollen palases were an indispensable element of the interior of the Bashkir dwelling: they covered bunks and hosted guests on them. The woven items were a part of the bride's dowry. In the 70-80s of the 20th century in some settlements of southeastern Bashkiria they started to weave lint-free carpets aqy balaq or kelam. On their dark background there were bright plant motifs, rhombuses and polygons.
It was determined that in the late 20th — early 21st centuries, palace production existed in the territory under study. For the most part, the palases produced are used as interior decoration. Carpets neatly laid on a chest occupy a prominent place in rural and sometimes urban dwellings. The material and size of the item changed, but the technique remained the same.
O LUGAR DA LEITURA E ESCRITA NA EDUCAÇÃO INFANTIL
Authors: Dos Santos Espindola Carolina , De Oliveira Alves Silveira Juliane 
Published: November 2022

Este artigo apresenta um estado do conhecimento (MOROSINI e FERNANDES, 2012) sobre a leitura e a escrita na Educação Infantil, temática que vem sendo cada vez mais discutida entre os pesquisadores e teóricos do campo da educação. O objetivo deste artigo é contribuir para a compreensão do lugar que ocupam a leitura e a escrita na Educação Infantil e, consequentemente, do lugar que ocupam as produções sobre a temática em eventos e revistas científicas. Apresenta-se um levantamento dos trabalhos e artigos publicados nos anais do Congresso de Estudos da Infância (CEI), do Congresso Brasileiro de Alfabetização (CONBALF) e na Revista Zero-a-Seis (UFSC), entre os anos de 2013 e 2022. Percebe-se, a partir dos dados coletados, que apesar das discussões sobre a leitura e a escrita estarem ganhando cada vez mais força entre os pesquisadores que abordam diferentes concepções de trabalho envolvendo a leitura e a escrita na Educação Infantil, os espaços que abrigam discussões especificamente sobre esta etapa da educação, como é o caso do CEI e da Revista Zero-a-Seis, carecem de pesquisas, trabalhos, artigos e relatos de experiência sobre a temática, principalmente quando comparados aos apresentados no CONBAlf, um evento específico sobre alfabetização, que parece receber e acolher de maneira mais significativa os trabalhos envolvendo a leitura e a escrita voltados para a Educação Infantil.
Corruption in the Hittite Administration
Authors: Beckman Gary 
Published: November 2022

Abstract
Given the paucity of judicial records in the archives of Ḫatti, examination of administrative malfeasance and abuse of office by members of the Hittite bureaucracy entails consultation of other types of texts—particularly of instructions for office holders and of inventories of the furnishings of cultic institutions. I will present a typology of self-dealing among Hittite officials and consider the Hittite vocabulary for fraud or treachery as well as the problematics of recognizing corruption in an ancient society.
“Sustaining Real Estate Sector through Technological Interventions: Purchase Intention of Residential Apartment Buyers”
Authors: S Shastry Venkatesh , M N Badrinath , N Dinesh 
Published: November 2022

Abstract
Technology is being widely adopted in Construction and Real Estate sector these days. Pandemic has made technology exigent in every walk of life and Real Estate sector is no exception to this paradigm. However, it must also be noted that technology is becoming a ubiquitous savior and an important tool for sustainability of enterprises. Real Estate has been a barometer for measuring progress of economy and its central theme of debate. If economy has to improve, much depends on revival of Real Estate Sector in general and retail purchase such as residential apartments in specific. Retails purchases have literally come to a halt due to various reasons such as frequent lock downs, non-movements, lack of confidence and absence of trust in future commitments. In this context, sustainability of this sector has been made possible by adoption of cutting edge technologies. In this paper the technologies are reviewed and how each brand is able to use technologies to better their marketing and sales efforts. The paper will also be able to convincingly illustrate technologies that could be used by companies that are smaller and medium scale in size, so that sustainability does not restrict itself to Tier I cities, but also revisits Tier II cities which are emerging markets.
Progress in EU Contract Law
Authors: Hesselink Martijn W. 
Published: November 2022

Abstract
This article aims to contribute to the elucidation of the philosophical foundations of EU contract law through a critical discussion of different understandings of progress and their respective implications. Claims about progress and regress invariably refer to a normative or evaluative standard. Such standards, it is usually understood, allow us – backward-looking – to take stock and to determine how much progress (in our case) EU contract law has made, and provide us – forward-looking – with a sense of where (in our case) EU contract law should be going. Therefore, the core normative question in this contribution is: what if anything should count as progress in EU contract law? The article, first, examines understandings of progress that are immanent to EU contract law or to EU constitutional law, in particular the specific aims of directives and the various more general constitutionalised objectives. It, then, moves on to consider external standards for progress that have been suggested in the literature. These standards typically rely either on a teleological conception of the common or individual private law good, such as efficiency and self-authorship, or on a deontological conception of private law right, notably interpersonal and social justice. Subsequently, the article confronts recent post- and decolonial critiques of the very idea of progress and their implications for EU contract law and its study. Finally, it argues for a self-critical reflexive stance towards progress in EU contract law, grounded in a strong commitment to moral and epistemic equality, which requires overcoming unilateral universalisms.
Transadaptation and Bollywoodisation in Tanika Gupta’s Hobson’s Choice and Wah! Wah! Girls
Authors: Daboo Jerri 
Published: November 2022

Abstract
Tanika Gupta’s varied work as a playwright encompasses transadaptation in a range of forms. This article will focus on two of her plays, Hobson’s Choice (2003/2019) and Wah! Wah! Girls (2012), exploring the ways in which she depicts representations of South Asian communities in Britain in different ways. Hobson’s Choice reworks the original 1916 play to being set among the Bengali community working in the rag trade in Salford. The play focuses on the father of the family, Hari Hobson, who runs a clothing factory and lives with his three daughters. The 2019 reworking of the play changes the setting to a Ugandan Asian family in Manchester in 1987. Wah! Wah! Girls is set in East London, having been commissioned as part of the Cultural Olympiad. Focusing on a mujra-style dancing club and the different communities surrounding it, the play includes transadaptations of well-known dance routines from Bollywood films integrated into the action, playing on nostalgia and familiarity for South Asian communities, as well as offering a picture of contemporary multicultural London. Both plays, in different ways, use transadaptation of setting and form to examine what it means to be British and Asian in different contexts, and this article will analyse whether this is successful in creating a meaningful interrogation of the experience of British South Asians on stage.
Benjamin Constant: Soulful Theorist of Commercial Society
Authors: Clark Henry C. 
Published: November 2022

Abstract
Benjamin Constant (1767–1830) is the most important French liberal that most casual liberals have never heard of. Everyone knows something about Montesquieu because checks and balances and the separation of powers are household terms. Tocqueville’s Democracy in America and The Old Regime and the Revolution are both established classics. But Constant is largely terra incognita even for those with a university degree—to their loss.
Penile diameter during puberty in boys: a retrospective analysis of longitudinally obtained data
Authors: Rohn Reuben D. , Perkins Amy M. , Vazifedan Turaj 
Published: November 2022

Abstract

Objectives
Tanner staging is the standard for rating sexual maturation (SMR) in boys (pubic hair (PH) and genital (G) development). G staging is tripartite in nature and is prone to ambiguity because it is based upon somewhat vague visual cues that may lead to erroneous assessments and medical errors. Measurement of penile growth (penile girth or diameter) may provide an additional tool (in addition to the orchidometer) to make G staging more valid. Although studies on penile growth (either circumference of width) have been reported, none were longitudinal. Therefore, our objective was to compare penile development in boys – measured as penile diameter (PD) – to PH stage and testicular volume (TV) and secondarily to G stage; moreover, to do so on a longitudinal basis.

Methods
Charts of 61 boys, ages 6–21 years of age, who were seen longitudinally, were reviewed. Each boy had his PD and TV measured along with his PH and G stage assessed on a quarterly to semi-annual basis.

Results
PD increased significantly among PH stages II, III, and IV only. PD increased significantly among G stages I, II, III and IV only. PD correlated well with TV. There were significant correlations between PD and TV in all PH stages. However, for G stage correlations were not significant for stages II, III, and IV. PH stage was a better predictor of PD than G stage.

Conclusions
Measuring PD may be another tool to help in objectifying male SMR during puberty and overcome the vagueness encountered with the visual SMR G stage scales.
Recent advances in photothermal materials for solar-driven crude oil adsorption
Authors: Li Jinyang , Wang Zhenyu , Deng Hanpeng , Li Jiayang , Wang Bin , Zhou Zuowan 
Published: November 2022

Abstract
In recent years, the adsorption method is usually adopted in the actual treatment of crude oil spills. However, the high viscosity of crude oils prevents them from diffusing into the internal pores of the adsorbent, resulting in ineffective oil capture. Photothermal materials can reduce the viscosity of crude oil by in situ heating through the photothermal conversion effect, making it easier for crude oil to occupy the internal pores of the adsorbent. At present, the review of the application of photothermal materials in the field of crude oil adsorption is still blank. This review focuses on the application of novel photothermal conversion materials in the field of crude oil adsorption and their performance comparison. Among the photothermal conversion materials used in the field of crude oil adsorption, some are commercial sponges with high porosity and photothermal coating, while others are self-assembled three-dimensional porous structures of materials with inherent photothermal properties. This review mainly introduces the types and research progress of materials with good photothermal effect at home and abroad in recent years and summarizes some new research ideas and materials that can be applied to photothermal conversion.
Insubordinateif-clauses in FDG: Degrees of independence
Authors: Kaltenböck Gunther , Keizer Evelien 
Published: November 2022

AbstractThe so-called insubordinate clauses have received an increasing amount of attention in recent years in a wide variety of typologically different languages and from different analytical perspectives. This article concerns itself with one particular type of insubordination, namely insubordinateif-clauses (e.g. If you’ll just come next door,if you hadn’t noticed,if I may ask). So far, the extensive literature on these clauses has concentrated mainly on their discourse-pragmatic functions, their degree of autonomy, and their degree of conventionalization. Relatively little work has been done on the formal (syntactic and prosodic) features of these clauses, nor on the relationship between these formal features and the functions they perform. The aim of this article is to investigate insubordinateif-clauses from the perspective of Functional Discourse Grammar (FDG) in order to establish a taxonomy reflecting (and linking) their functional and formal properties. It is argued that FDG is ideally suited for this task as (i) it takes a function-to-form approach; (ii) it does not take the clause or sentence as its basic unit of analysis, but rather the (independent or subsidiary) Discourse Act; and (iii) it recognizes a range of interpersonal and representational modifiers. The basis for the classification proposed is corpus data from a range of corpora of spoken and written English and Dutch.
Modification as a linguistic ‘relationship’: Ajust soproblem in Functional Discourse Grammar
Authors: Wolde Elnora ten , Schwaiger Thomas 
Published: November 2022

AbstractThis study traces the relationship between two erstwhile separate linguistic elements,justandso, within the framework of Functional Discourse Grammar (FDG). In keeping with FDG’s form-oriented function-to-form approach, the study proceeds semasiologically by, first, examining the uses of relatively independent forms (i.e.the focus particlejustmodifyingsoas a degree word and a manner proform), then turning to more tightly-knit structures (i.e. just soas a subordinator of purpose and condition), and finally, looking at the fixed expressionjust soused as a part of a pragmatic marker. Using data from theCorpus of Contemporary American Englishand theCorpus of Historical American English, we argue that the different meanings ofjust soraise a number of issues related to the analysis of modification in FDG, namely the status and function of the modifierjustin the constructions under discussion and the concomitant representation ofso. Furthermore, the analysis shows that FDG can model very precisely the interplay of semantic and pragmatic information in the stages whenjust sois still compositional, withjustproviding interpersonal (i.e.pragmatic) andsorepresentational (i.e.semantic) information, as well as its development into the non-compositional and purely pragmatic discourse markerjust so you know.
The individual, kata and the arts: semiotic considerations on cultural identity
Authors: Motiekaitis Ramunas 
Published: November 2022

Abstract
This article is a semiotics-based attempt to explain artistic creativity of traditional East Asia and the Romantic West. Invoking the Greimas-Tarasti model, in which the modalities of “will,” “must,” “can,” and “know” are considered as a semiotic system, the author tries to examine how these modalities are manifested in discourses that define artistic subjectivities and actions. The concepts of the sublime and yūgen, authenticity and kokoro, formal communicational standards and kata, conventional beauty and hana are discussed side by side from a comparative perspective. However, the article tries to reveal cultural creative patterns not so much in terms of qualitative difference as in terms of a particular configuration of a universal system. In the subject–object conjunction-oriented metaphysics of Buddhism and Confucianism, the immanent subjectivity is treated as constituted through the body and social mediation. For this reason, as we will see from the analysis of Nō theater performance principles, individual kokoro can hardly be distinguished from impersonal kata. In the Romantic paradigm, longing for an initial (or final) subject–object conjunction is expressed in the ideal of organic synthesis, and artistic creation is considered as the best manifestation of such synthesis. However, this conjunction functions in most cases as an immanent aesthetic vision, and symbols can hardly become the “complete representation of true spiritual life.”
Für die Ausschöpfung der sportsoziologischen Potenziale der Akteur-Netzwerk-Theorie
Authors: Staack Michael 
Published: November 2022

ZusammenfassungDie Akteur-Netzwerk-Theorie findet in insbesondere der deutschen Sportsoziologie fast keine Verwendung. Der Artikel plädiert für die Ausschöpfung ihrer sportsoziologischen Potenziale. Er argumentiert, dass das Potenzial der ANT insbesondere darin besteht, dass sie eine spezifische Sensibilität für die Instabilität bzw. für die Unwahrscheinlichkeit sozialer Ordnungsbildung aufweist: Indem sie erstens die Materialität des Sozialen und zweitens die beständige Dynamik des (materiellen) Sozialen berücksichtigen kann, kann die ANT nicht nur materiell basierte Ordnungsbildung, sondern in besonderer Weise auch die Unwahrscheinlichkeit (auch) materiell basierter Ordnungsbildung in den Blick bekommen – und damit intersituative, materialitätsbasierte Herstellungen des Sozialen besonders gut nachverfolgen.
Preliminary exploration of functional MRI in sinonasal paragangliomas
Authors: Guo Linying , Wang Jie , Xiao Zebin , Zhong Yufeng , Duan Fei , Wang Peng , Zhai Changwen , Tang Zuohua 
Published: November 2022

Objectives:
This study was aimed at evaluating functional MRI combined with conventional MRI as well as CT imaging in the diagnosis of sinonasal paragangliomas (SNPGLs).

Methods:
Clinical data, CT imaging, conventional MRI, and functional MRI findings of four patients with pathologically confirmed SNPGLs were reviewed retrospectively. Multi-parametric functional MRI features were analyzed, including diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI), dynamic contrast-enhanced imaging (DCE), and proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy (1H-MRS). An ADC map was generated through DWI, and the values of the lesions were measured. A time-signal intensity curve pattern was obtained through DCE. Peaks for biological compounds were derived from 1H-MRS.

Results:
Three patients underwent DWI examination. DCE was also available in two patients, and 1H-MRS was performed in one patient. The ADC value obtained from DWI was higher than 1.0×10−3 mm2/s in all patients, and DCE presented a type III or type II pattern. A characteristic succinate peak and a high ratio of choline to creatine were also detected through 1H-MRS.

Conclusions:
Imaging features on multi-parametric functional MRI reflected the histopathological microenvironment within SNPGLs, and might aid in the diagnosis of SNPGLs in combination with conventional imaging.
Hernández Díaz, José Mª (2021). "Ensayos mínimos sobre la universidad deseada". Castelo Branco: RVJ – Editores. ISBN: 978-989-53072-3-4. 351 páxinas.
Authors: Vázquez Ramil Mª Raquel , Porto Ucha Ángel Serafín 
Published: November 2022

Reseña do libro Ensayos mínimos sobre la universidad deseada, do profesor José María Hernández Díaz, no que se recollen artigos publicados por él ao longo de mais de dez anos sobre a evolución e desenvolvemento da universidade española. É orixinal posto que os artigos se agrupan en bloques temáticos coherentes e ben organizados que invitan á reflexión.
Vázquez Ramil, Raquel y Porto Ucha, Ángel S. (2022). "Modelos de Formación del Profesorado de Primera y Segunda Enseñanza. Doscientos años de Experimentación en España". Soria, CEASGA Publishing. ISBN: 978-84-949321-8-2. ISSN: 2659-9147. 165 págs.
Authors: Fernández Mª de los Ángeles 
Published: November 2022

Reseña del libro:
Vázquez Ramil, R. y Porto Ucha, Á. S. (2022). Modelos de Formación del Profesorado de Primera y Segunda Enseñanza. Doscientos años de Experimentación en España. CEASGA Publishing
The Role of Verbal Representation Level in Decision Making under Uncertain Categorization
Authors: Sudorgina Y.V. , Kotova T.N. , Kotov A.A. 
Published: November 2022

In this study we replicated (N=77) the effect of a decision making under uncertain categorization (i.e. basing the decision on a few categories simultaneously): when uncertainty was high, participants considered a few categories for a decision more often than when uncertainty was low, therefore, they made rational decisions more often [6]. Moreover, in Chen and colleagues’ study making rational decisions was not affected by the framing of category information. In the next part of our study (N=134) we further measured participants’ level of verbal representation using a scale from adapted version of Internal Representation Questionnaire [14] and found a relationship between framing of the task and rational decisions. Low level of verbal representation was followed by the greatest number of rational decisions in tasks with the choice frame, whereas middle and high levels of verbal representation were accompanied by the biggest number of rational decisions in tasks with the category frame. Since the level of verbal representation did not directly influence on the quantity of rational decisions, we proposed that verbal representation is connected with shifting attention either on categorical differences or on information about decision consequences during decision making process.