bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Effect of 8 weeks CrossFit exercises on high school students during a physical fitness program
Authors: Mime Mokhtar , Hamzaoui Hakim , Benchehida Abdelkader , Cherara Lalia 
Published: November 2022

Purpose: The aim of this study was to assess the effectiveness of CrossFit exercises over a period of 8 weeks in a group of high school students during their physical education sessions at the school. and to mitigate the deficits in fitness caused by COVID-19 prevention measures.
Material and methods: 94 students subject aged (16– 17) years were randomly allocated into an included 46 students (2nd level:12 men 11 women; 3rd level: 12 men 11 women) and 1 control group included 48 students (2nd level:13 men 11 women; 3rd level: 13 men 12 women Experimental group (EG) that performed the 8 weeks CrossFit exercises and control group (CG). Physical fitness tests were done: lifting straight legs in height (number times); running on the spot with an intensity of 70% of the maximum to severe fatigue (c); "Shuttle" run 4 × 9 m (with); 60 m run (s) and cross twine (cm). Results: there are considering changes, development of the maximum dynamic force endurance, speed abilities, flexibility and mobility in the hip joints of the main groups, In the age aspect, there is mainly the improvement in results with age, both in the main and control groups (p>0,05). Conclusion: the study achieved a significant improvement in the physical condition of the students, also allows to talk about the effectiveness of training, built on the basis of a motivated choice of the target CrossFit high school program.
Phytoadaptogen reverses the adverse effects of Naftussya bioactive water on dynamic muscle performance in healthy rats
Authors: Fihura Oksana , Ruzhylo Sofiya , Zakalyak Nataliya 
Published: November 2022

Background.. Muscular performance is considered one of the attributes of health and non-specific resistance. Phytoadaptogens occupy an important place in the arsenal of means of increasing non-specific resistance and stress resistance. Many years of research of the Truskavetsian Scientific School of Balneology have demonstrated the adaptogenic properties of the main therapeutic factor of the resort, Naftussya bioactive water, as well as ozokerite and mineral baths. However, in contrast to the beneficial effect of the latter on stress resistance and the neuro-endocrine-immune complex, the effect on the physical performance is ambiguous. The purpose of this study is to test the ability of phytocomposition to prevent the adverse actotropic effect of Naftussya bioactive water at rats. Material and methods. The experimentt have been carried out at 42 female rats. Rats of the control group for 7 days loaded through a tube with tap daily water (2 mL once), while the animals of the other groups received according to a similar scheme daily water with the addition of 0,1 mL of Balm; bioactive Naftussya water per se or with the addition of 0,1 mL of Balm. The day after completion the course of water loads in the animal determined the urinary excretion of 17-ketosteroids, assessed the mineralocorticoid activity (MCA) by the urine K/Na ratio as well as the state of neutrophil phagocytosis by the number of absorbed latex particles. Results. It was found that the weekly use of Naftyssya bioactive water reduces the duration of swimming of rats to exhaustion by 30% compared to the daily water control. Addition of phytoadaptogen to Naftyssya softens its negative actotropic effect by up to -9%, and adding Balsam to daily water prolongs the maximum duration of swimming compared to the control by 11%. A positive correlation of the swimming test with 17-KS excretion and water diuresis was revealed, but a negative correlation with MCA, spontaneous diuresis and neutrophils phagocytosis. Conclusion. Phytoadaptogen reverses the adverse effects of Naftussya bioactive water on dynamic muscle performance in healthy rats by mitigating the decrease in the excretion of 17-ketosteroids and increased mineralocorticoid activity.
The Big Five personality traits and theory of planned behavior in physical education students
Authors: Li Yun , Ruzicka Michal 
Published: November 2022

Purpose: This study aimed to test the correlation between the Big Five personality traits and the theory of planned behavior in Chinese physical education students.
Design/methodology/approach: This is a cross sectional study which used the Big Five Inventory-44 and the Physical Educator’s Intention Toward Teaching Individuals with Disabilities III. Using a large number of randomly selected samples, a total of N =2305 physical education students (782 females and 1523 males, M age = 20.12, SD = 1.47) were purposely selected from 10 normal or comprehensive universities located in Eastern, Central and Western China.
Findings: Our findings showed that the big five personality traits and theory of planned behavior are closely linked in physical education students. Future intervention experiments can focus on the impact of the big five personality traits on the TPB, to improve the mental health and academic performance of physical education students.
Research and practical limitations/implications: First, the research method of this study is single, and subsequent studies can add mediator or moderator variables. Second, because this study is a cross-sectional study, it fails to explore the causal relationship between the Big Five personality traits and the various dimensions of the planned behavior theory of physical education for normal students.
Originality/value: This study explored the relationship of the Big Five personality traits with intention, attitude toward the behavior, and subjective norms of physical education students, within the theory of planned behavior. It suggests ways for educators, counselors, and coaches to promote the physical and mental development of physical education students.
LA TRADUCCIÓN EN LAS RELACIONES ENTRE ORIENTE Y OCCIDENTE: EL CASO DE MAHATMA GANDHI
Authors: Camps Assumpta 
Published: November 2022

Translation is one of the most important channels in the diffusion of an author and his/her work in other cultures and literatures. It is essential when considering his/her reception, and specially when dealing between very distant cultures like in Eastern-Western relationships. Translation is always relevant in the image of a certain author abroad, since it is never a neutral and innocent activity, but a highly manipulatory one through the mediation process that it implies. From that point of view, the aim of this paper is to analyse the reception of Mahatma Gandhi in one of the most widely spoken languages in the world, that is Spanish, through the translations of his writings published in that language both for the Spanish and the Latin American audiences, as a contribution to the study of Gandhi's influence in the world literature.
LA RECEPCIÓN DEL TEATRO DE ALDO DE BENEDETTI EN LA ESPAÑA FRANQUISTA
Authors: MARTÍN CLAVIJO Milagro 
Published: November 2022

During Franco’s period a very limited number of Italian plays were translated into Spanish, including the classics. In this scenario, the case of Aldo De Benedetti is an exception: almost all his works are published in Spain and sometimes rather than there are in Italy. Besides, most of their performances have a great public success, at least until the late sixties.
Quantitative Radiomic Features From Computed Tomography Can Predict Pancreatic Cancer up to 36 Months Before Diagnosis
Authors: Chen Wansu , Zhou Yichen , Asadpour Vahid , Parker Rex A. , Puttock Eric J. , Lustigova Eva , Wu Bechien U. 
Published: November 2022

INTRODUCTION:
Pancreatic cancer is the third leading cause of cancer deaths among men and women in the United States. We aimed to detect early changes on computed tomography (CT) images associated with pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) based on quantitative imaging features (QIFs) for patients with and without chronic pancreatitis (CP).

METHODS:
Adults 18 years and older diagnosed with PDAC in 2008–2018 were identified. Their CT scans 3 months–3 years before the diagnosis date were matched to up to 2 scans of controls. The pancreas was automatically segmented using a previously developed algorithm. One hundred eleven QIFs were extracted. The data set was randomly split for training/validation. Neighborhood and principal component analyses were applied to select the most important features. A conditional support vector machine was used to develop prediction algorithms separately for patients with and without CP. The computer labels were compared with manually reviewed CT images 2–3 years before the index date in 19 cases and 19 controls.

RESULTS:
Two hundred twenty-seven of 554 scans of non-CP cancer cases/controls and 70 of 140 scans of CP cancer cases/controls were included (average age 71 and 68 years, 51% and 44% females for non-CP patients and patients with CP, respectively). The QIF-based algorithms varied based on CP status. For non-CP patients, accuracy measures were 94%–95% and area under the curve (AUC) measures were 0.98–0.99. Sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value, and negative predictive value were in the ranges of 88%–91%, 96%–98%, 91%–95%, and 94%–96%, respectively. QIFs on CT examinations within 2–3 years before the index date also had very high predictive accuracy (accuracy 95%–98%; AUC 0.99–1.00). The QIF-based algorithm outperformed manual rereview of images for determination of PDAC risk. For patients with CP, the algorithms predicted PDAC perfectly (accuracy 100% and AUC 1.00).

DISCUSSION:
QIFs can accurately predict PDAC for both non-CP patients and patients with CP on CT imaging and represent promising biomarkers for early detection of pancreatic cancer.
IDENTIFICAÇÃO DE FEIÇÕES GEOLÓGICAS, GEOMORFOLOGICAS E ANTRÓPICAS DO RESERVATÓRIO DE SÃO SIMÃO UTILIZANDO BATIMETRIA MULTIFEIXE
Authors: Rocha Gabriella Aleixo , Ianniruberto Marco , Baptista Gustavo Macedo de Mello , Carneiro Kayque Bergamaschi Rodrigues 
Published: November 2022

O objetivo deste estudo foi mostrar a aplicabilidade de sistemas de ecobatimetria multifeixe para identiï¬car feições geológicas, geomorfológicas e antrópicas submersas no fundo do reservatório de São Simão - GO. O reservatório foi formado pelo represamento do rio Paranaíba e está inserido no contexto da bacia do Paraná. Ele ocupa uma área de 677,57 km² e possui um volume de acumulação de 12540 hm3. O levantamento batimétrico foi realizado utilizando dois diferentes modelos de multifeixe de alta freqÃ¼ência e alta resolução, o ODOM MB2 e o RESON 7125. Aquisição, controle de qualidade e processamento dos dados foi realizado com os softwares Teledyne PDS 2000 e QINSy, respectivamente, para redução das sondagens ao mesmo datum vertical e remoção de dados espúrios. Para a geração dos mapas, utilizou-se o software ArcGIS, e a interpolação dos dados foi realizada por meio da ferramenta "topo to raster", desenvolvida para modelar bacias hidrográï¬ cas. No ArcGIS, também foi possível realçar as feições localizadas com ferramentas de sombreamento e com o método curvature. Como resultado, a batimetria multifeixe apontou uma serie de feições, nas quais se destacaram lineamentos, características do leito do canal e dos tributários, barras longitudinais, pontes submersas e pivôs de irrigação, mostrando que a batimetria multifeixe constitui uma ferramenta extremamente útil para o mapeamento e individualização de feições submersas.
A CONTRIBUIÇÃO DAS ESTRADAS E O NOVO PADRÃO DESMATAMENTO E ALTERAÇÃO DA COBERTURA FLORESTAL NO SUDOESTE PARAENSE
Authors: Souza Arlesson Antonio de Almeida , Pontes Altem Nascimento , Adami Marcos , Narvaes Igor da Silva 
Published: November 2022

Na história recente de ocupação da Amazônia, as estradas sempre tiveram papel estratégico para impulsionar a perda da cobertura florestal. No entanto, atualmente, a derrubada da floresta ocorre em áreas inferiores a 25 ha. Para dar conta dessa nova dinâmica, o Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais (INPE) criou o sistema DETER-B (Sistema de Detecção de Desmatamento e Alterações na Cobertura Florestal em Tempo Quase Real), que utiliza as imagens do Satélite Sino-Brasileiro de Recursos Terrestres (CBERS-4) e o sensor AWiFS, do satélite Indian Remote Sensing Satellite (IRS), com resolução espacial de 64 m e 56 m, respectivamente. Esse sistema mapeia desmatamento e alterações na cobertura florestal a partir de áreas de 3 ha. Nesse sentido, o trabalho objetivou analisar a relação entre o novo padrão de desmatamento e a alteração da cobertura florestal e a distância das estradas na mesorregião do Sudoeste Paraense, ao longo dos anos de 2012 a 2015, utilizando os dados do sistema de monitoramento de florestas DETER-B. Como resultado, foi identificado que as classes de Desmatamento e Degradação concentraram-se nos primeiros 2.500 m de distância das estradas. Ademais, constatou-se que os polígonos das classes mapeadas são majoritariamente inferiores a 1 km².
Teaching English online in higher education: Understanding the social climate of online academic English courses
Authors: Waluyo Budi , Min Feng , Castillo Vanessah V. 
Published: November 2022

This study examined the social climate of fully synchronous online English classrooms and its effects on students’ learning outcomes in a mixed-methods design, engaging 196 first-year non-English major students experiencing their first fully synchronous online English classes on Zoom in one academic term (12 weeks), taught by foreign lecturers. The results reveal a very positive learning experience with seven factors contributing to the social climate of the online English classrooms. Gender did not affect students’ perceptions and learning experiences, but English proficiency levels did, with a medium effect size. The social climate was a predictor of online English learning outcomes with a substantial effect size. Individual insights were extracted from the qualitative data.

Implications for practice or policy:

Online English courses should provide the same learning quality as in a face-to-face environment by enhancing the seven factors constructing a positive online English classroom climate.
Educational policymakers should emphasise building positive social climates in online classrooms as it will lead to both better learning outcomes and experiences.
Teachers may be encouraged to develop the skills students need to recognise and manage emotions, establish and maintain relationships and achieve positive goals in online English learning.
Mechanism study of Cordyceps sinensis alleviates renal ischemia–reperfusion injury
Authors: Liang Yan , Zhang Di , Gong Jianguang , He Wenfang , Jin Juan , He Qiang 
Published: November 2022

Abstract

Cordyceps sinensis (C. sinensis) is a kind of traditional Chinese medicine commonly used to protect renal function and relieve kidney injury. This study aimed to reveal the renal protective mechanism of C. sinensis in renal ischemia–reperfusion injury (RIRI). First, we obtained 8 active components and 99 common targets of C. sinensis against RIRI from public databases. Second, we have retrieved 38 core targets through STRING database analysis. Third, Gene Ontology analysis of 38 core targets is indicated that C. sinensis treatment RIRI may related hormone regulation, oxidative stress, cell proliferation, and immune regulation. Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes enrichment analysis of 38 core targets is indicated that C. sinensis treatment RIRI may involve in PI3K–Akt, HIF-1, and MAPK signaling pathways, as well as advanced glycation end product (AGE)–receptor for AGE (RAGE) signaling pathway in diabetic complications. Lastly, molecular docking was used to detect the binding activity and properties of active components and core target using molecular docking. And the results showed that eight active components of C. sinensis had low affinity with core targets. In conclusion, C. sinensis may improve RIRI by regulating oxidative stress and immunity through PI3K–Akt, HIF-1, and MAPK pathways.
Highly robust causal semiparametric U-statistic with applications in biomedical studies
Authors: Yin Anqi , Yuan Ao , Tan Ming T. 
Published: November 2022

Abstract
With our increased ability to capture large data, causal inference has received renewed attention and is playing an ever-important role in biomedicine and economics. However, one major methodological hurdle is that existing methods rely on many unverifiable model assumptions. Thus robust modeling is a critically important approach complementary to sensitivity analysis, where it compares results under various model assumptions. The more robust a method is with respect to model assumptions, the more worthy it is. The doubly robust estimator (DRE) is a significant advance in this direction. However, in practice, many outcome measures are functionals of multiple distributions, and so are the associated estimands, which can only be estimated via U-statistics. Thus most existing DREs do not apply. This article proposes a broad class of highly robust U-statistic estimators (HREs), which use semiparametric specifications for both the propensity score and outcome models in constructing the U-statistic. Thus, the HRE is more robust than the existing DREs. We derive comprehensive asymptotic properties of the proposed estimators and perform extensive simulation studies to evaluate their finite sample performance and compare them with the corresponding parametric U-statistics and the naive estimators, which show significant advantages. Then we apply the method to analyze a clinical trial from the AIDS Clinical Trials Group.
Evaluation of the toxicity of crude aqueous Pleurotus tuber-regium (Fr.) Singer extract in mice
Authors: Edoh Sarah Princess , Sani Dahiru , Mbah Christian Emeka , Yusuf Hindatu , Jolayemi Kelvin Olutimilehin , Ibrahim Mohammad Kamal 
Published: November 2022

Abstract

Objectives
The study aimed to determine the phytochemical profile and safety of the aqueous extract of Pleurotus tuber regium using laboratory animal model.

Methods
The pulverized sample was macerated with water and allowed to stand for 24 h, then filtered. Preliminary qualitative phytochemical screening was carried out on the crude extract and LD50 determination was done using standard procedures. Haematological and serum biochemical parameters to assess the kidney and liver functions were carried out using standard methods.

Results
The phytochemical screening revealed the presence of alkaloids, cardiac glycosides, saponins, phenolic compounds, tannins, steroids, carbohydrates, flavonoids and terpenoids. However, anthraquinones were observed to be absent in the extracts. The LD50 of the extract was found to be greater than 5,000 mg/kg when administered orally with no physical signs of toxicity and death over the 14-day period. There was no significant (p>0.05) increase in the level of serum alanine aminotransferase, aspartate transaminase, alkaline phosphatase, blood urea nitrogen and creatinine (p<0.05) when compared to the control group. There was a significant (p<0.05) increase in the total white blood cells of the mice administered with P. tuber-regium.

Conclusions
This study showed that P. tuber-regium (Fr.) Singer does not possess toxic principles, hence, the wide safety margin observed in the mice.
Capacity enhancement of WDM visible light communication system employing 3-SOPs/channel/LD color
Authors: Pahuja Hunny , Sachdeva Shippu , Sindhwani Manoj 
Published: November 2022

Abstract
Nowadays, polarization division multiplexing (PDM) employing different states of polarizations (SOP) is a prominent candidate to offer high capacity and improved performance. However, the incorporation of PDM in indoor wireless optical communication (WOC) systems is limited to horizontal and vertical SOPs only. Therefore, in this research article, a cost-effective and high capacity 90 Gbps non-return to zero (NRZ) line coding based 18 channels VLC system is presented by incorporating red–green–blue laser diodes (RGB LDs). Performance investigations of different SOPs such as SOP 0°, SOP 45°, and SOP 90° are carried out at diverse VLC link distances in terms of log BER and Q factor. Results revealed that the proposed VLC system can successfully cover the 6 m distance and red LD together with SOP0 is found to be the highest performing.
Features of BSCL2 related congenital generalized lipodystrophy in China: long-term follow-up of three patients and literature review
Authors: Su Xueying , Lin Yunting , Liu Li , Mei Huifen , Xu Aijing , Zeng Chunhua , Sheng Huiying , Cheng Jing , Shao Yongxian , Zheng Ruidan , Ting Tzer Hwu , Zhang Wen , Li Xiuzhen 
Published: November 2022

Abstract

Objectives
Congenital generalized lipodystrophy (CGL) is a group of rare autosomal inherited diseases characterized by a widespread loss of adipose tissue. The main purpose of this study was to evaluate the features of Chinese patients with CGL2.

Methods
Three patients diagnosed with CGL2 from our center were reviewed. Data on clinical features, results of laboratory analyses, and previous treatments were retrospectively collected. This study also reviewed studies that reported patients diagnosed with CGL2 in the last 30 years.

Results
All patients presented a lack of subcutaneous fat, hypertriglyceridemia, reversed triangular faces, acanthosis nigricans, and hepatomegaly within the first six months of life. All three patients developed splenomegaly, and mental retardation in later life. Dietary control dramatically lowered triglyceride levels in all patients. One patient presented with diabetes mellitus at 1 year-old. Although combined therapy with low fat diet and metformin maintained normal levels of blood lipid and glucose, this patient developed hypertrophic cardiomyopathy at the age of three. By a literature review on all Chinese cases with CGL2, it is known that classic manifestations such as hypertriglyceridemia, hepatomegaly and diabetes mellitus can occur shortly after birth, and early diagnosis and treatment can improve quality of life. In this cohort, the most frequent variations are c.782dupG and c.974dup in the BSCL2 gene. However, the same genotype may have different clinical phenotypes in patients with CGL2.

Conclusions
This study not only described the clinical and genetic features of three patients with CGL2 in China, but also reviewed literature about CGL2 around the world.
Paradise lost: Cognitive grammar, nature, and the self in Diane Seuss’s ekphrastic poetry
Authors: Panagiotidou Maria-Eirini 
Published: November 2022

Abstract
Diane Seuss’s ekphrastic poetry collection Still Life with Two Dead Peacocks and a Girl is a celebration of life and death, imagination and reality, stillness and movement. This paper focuses on the first poem of the collection to investigate the relationship between the poetic persona and the landscape surrounding her. I employ central principles of cognitive linguistics as applied in the field of stylistics to discuss the manifestation of her mind style and examine how she constructs and situates herself in the environment. Drawing on Langacker’s notion of construal, I analyze the perspective and the degree of specificity of the descriptions. I also trace the extensive use of the container image schema that underlies the semantics of the poem. The paper demonstrates that despite her assumed idyllic existence, the poetic voice’s ornate descriptions of nature conceal a sense of uneasiness and confinement and the highly granular lexical choices and figurative expressions reveal her anthropocentric view of the environment. This gives rise to her feelings of alienation while the presence of the container image schema reinforces her sense of confinement. From an ecostylistic perspective, the analysis demonstrates how an anthropocentric view may manifest itself linguistically, highlighting textual features of anthropocentric narratives.