bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Lightness Contrast Spatially Propagates on Perceptually Unified Elements
Authors: Galmonte Alessandra , Soranzo Alessandro , Murgia Mauro , Sors Fabrizio , Agostini Tiziano 
Published: November 2022

Abstract
In 1993, Agostini and Proffitt showed that perceptual belongingness (the subsumption of some sets of elements into a perceived whole) causes simultaneous lightness contrast to be seen in configurations in which the inducing elements are not adjacent to the target. The aim of the present research was to measure the strength of belongingness in determining the contrast phenomenon when the numbers of the inducing and induced elements and their relative positions are manipulated in Agostini-and-Proffitt-type configurations. In the first experiment, by using a forced choice paradigm, naïve observers indicated which gray disks arranged to form the letter T in two rows (organized with black/white inducers) appeared lighter/darker. In the second experiment, expert observers performed two nulling tasks: 1) the lightness of gray disk(s) was adjusted until it was perceived equal to that of gray target(s) aligned with white/black inducers; 2) the lightness of target(s) organized with white/black inducers was adjusted to match the target(s) organized with black/ white inducers. We found that also when there are few inducers, perceptual belongingness causes the contrast effect to propagate spatially on all the induced elements. Spatial position does not influence the induction effect. Low-level theories cannot account for these phenomena, but higher-level processes must be factored in to explain them.
Synaesthetic Interactions between Sounds and Colour Afterimages: Revisiting Werner and Zietz’s Approach
Authors: Parovel Giulia , Prenassi Marco , Coppola Walter , Cattaruzza Serena , Agostini Tiziano 
Published: November 2022

Abstract
We ran a pilot experiment to explore, using a new psychophysical method, the hypothesis proposed by Zietz and Werner in the ’30s, that a sound presented simultaneously with an afterimage can change its phenomenal appearance in non-synaesthetes. The method we adopted is able to directly collect and visualise the apparent changes in intensity of the afterimages, by recording observers’ interactions with a physical feedback mechanism (the paths that the observers generated by moving a cursor), without referring to verbal descriptions. These first findings support some of the most meaningful observations reported by Werner (1934) and Zietz (1931), according to which the colours of the afterimages ‘disintegrate’ at the hearing of a low sound and ‘concentrate’ for a high sound. This relationship is particularly evident with the Yellow stimulus, where the perceived colour intensity of its afterimage seems to have a faster negative change with a low-pitched tone sound, and an increase in intensity and duration when perceived simultaneously with a soprano sound. These data are also coherent with the crossmodal correspondences between both pitch and loudness in audition and lightness and brightness in vision reported in the literature.
Dysfunctional Customer Behaviour — Bibliometric Analysis
Authors: Błoński Krzysztof 
Published: November 2022

Abstract
The purpose of this article is to indicate, based on publications in the field of ‘dysfunctional customer behaviour’, the items most often cited and essential for the researchers who cite them, as well as to introduce the topics and their relationships that represent the conceptual space of ‘dysfunctional customer behaviour’. The indicated objective will be realised on the basis of selected bibliometric analyses. A set of 74 items resulting from searches in two databases-Web of Science and Scopus-were used for the analyses. Based on the created database of publications in the area of ‘dysfunctional customer behaviour’, three analyses were carried out: citations, co-citations and co-occurrence of words. The results of the bibliometric analyses made it possible to identify the group of most frequently cited publications, isolate those that are important to the citing researchers, and approximate the topics and their relationships that represent the conceptual space of ‘dysfunctional customer behaviour’.
Selected Aspects of Innovative Activity of Polish Enterprises in 2016–2020
Authors: Bobola Agnieszka , Ozimek Irena , Pomianek Iwona , Rakowska Joanna 
Published: November 2022

Abstract
The study aimed to analyse selected aspects of innovative activities of enterprises in Poland in 2016–2020. The article is based on literature studies, using a query of scientific publications and statistical analyses of data published by Statistics Poland and the Patent Office of the Republic of Poland (PORP) for 2016–2020. Findings show that in 2016–2020 the number of innovative industrial and service enterprises that primarily implemented innovations in business processes was increasing. The innovations included, in particular, processes of manufacturing products in industrial enterprises, as well as external and internal communication in service enterprises. Although the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic did not affect the activities of the majority of surveyed companies significantly, the changes in the functioning of those impacted by COVID-19 caused a more frequent implementation of innovations in business processes than in the product processes. Innovative activities conducted in enterprises were financed mainly from own funds, including internal outlays for innovative activities of enterprises and funds obtained from government and local government institutions, most often used by the entrepreneurs to purchase fixed assets. The smallest share of outlays was allocated to the protection of intellectual property in enterprises, which is undoubtedly one of the most often underestimated areas determining effective protection of innovations in enterprises.
Developing a new Engineering Technologist career pathway from First-Year Engineering
Authors: Dick Brian 
Published: November 2022

Successfully completing an engineering degree often requires at least four or five years of intense study by students, and many of these students start their programs with a limited sense of what an engineer is or does. During their journey, some students gravitate towards a blend of practical application and theoretical knowledge of engineering principles; some, for diverse reasons, may be unable to invest the time required for an engineering degree. For these students, an engineering technologist career, which focuses on application and implementation, may be more appropriate.
Leveraging the common first-year engineering curriculum recently launched in British Columbia, Vancouver Island University has developed and implemented a new, generalist, Integrated Engineering Technologist diploma (ITED) that combines civil, mechanical, and electrical principles, and provides a career pathway for those students who start engineering studies but choose not to continue with the degree.
This paper will focus on the development of this new diploma, while a subsequent paper will evaluate its implementation.
The three development phases of the IETD were:1. Identifying key program graduate attributes,2. Developing the program structure and delivery modes, and,3. Creating the detailed course content.
Within the first phase, an inventory of desired skills was obtained through broadly distributed surveys, direct engagement with industry, professional, and government groups, and evaluation of future needs within the technologist profession. This paper will outline the methods used to collect this data, and the process by which this data was developed into a thematic collection of higher order skills and attributes. Through this iterative consultation process, a technologist credential with a broad, non-specialized disciplinary focus was found to best meet the identified skills gap and need.
The second phase consisted of a study of engineering, technologist, and technician programs to evaluate best practice.
This paper discusses the cohort model that was ultimately chosen, and the highly modular approach used by the instructor team. Each four-week module consists of up to five courses run in parallel, where individual learning topics are treated collectively and strategically sequenced to best facilitate learning. A summative assessment evaluates learning at the end of each module.
In the final phase, which is on-going, specific course content is being developed, including lab-based and field activities, classroom-based learning, and project work. Examples of this work and their motivation are provided.
Canadian Engineering Grand Challenges in co-curricular and online environment: Opportunities and Challenges
Authors: Ibrahim Nadine , Donald John R. , Moresoli Christine 
Published: November 2022

Engineering Deans Canada (EDC) recently articulated Grand Challenges that recognize the role of engineers and the specific needs of Canadians in the form of Canadian Engineering Grand Challenges (CEGCs). The CEGCs offer a unique framework to motivate and engage engineering students from different disciplines and encourage collaboration and the sharing of their discipline expertise. The CEGCs also offer a framework for engineering students to develop leadership skills and gain awareness of their technological, innovation and stewardship roles. In this paper, we report on a student-led approach in the online environment for the creation of two workshops and one “Leadathon” case competition related to the CEGCs and leadership skills development. The activities were developed and delivered by a team of engineering students with the support of faculty members. We refer to this student-led model as “for-students-by-students’. Feedback collected from student facilitators and participants indicate that the resulting activities were effective in engaging students and raising awareness of the CEGCs and of their role to address societal problems as future engineers. We present the methodology that was adopted to leverage and take advantage of the online environment, while addressing differences in participant interactions and engagement from the perspective of opportunities and challenges. Finally we discuss potential avenues to integrate into the mainstream curriculum for-student-by-student model related to the interaction with CEGCs.
Biopharmaceutical and microbiological research of fennel fruit infusions
Authors: Fylypyuk O. M. , Vyshnevska L. I. 
Published: November 2022

Aim. To develop and study physico-chemical, pharmaco-technological, pharmacognostic and microbiological quality indicators of infusions obtained by extraction of the plant raw material of fennel fruits of different degrees of grinding and from different types of packaging.
Materials and methods. The study objects were model samples of fennel fruits of different degrees of grinding and water extracts obtained on their basis and from different types of packaging. Water extracts were prepared according to the SPhU method and the patient information leaflet on fennel fruits. The study of pH of solutions, extractives, identification of the main biologically active substances (BAS), and microbiological purity of water extracts were performed by the SPhU methods; the quantitative determination of the essential oil was conducted by direct alkalimetric titration with 0.01 mol/l NaOH solution in the presence of methylene blue and phenolphthalein indicators according to the Guidelines of the Ministry of Health of Ukraine.
Results and discussion. Extractives in model samples of infusions obtained from filter bags vary from 0.43 to 0.48 % without filter bags (samples 1, 3, 5, 7) – from 0.52 to 0.55 %, and its amount is the lowest in sample 9 – 0.37 %. However, the essential oil content is the highest in sample 9, these are whole fennel fruits from the pack (0.15 %); slightly higher indicators are in model samples without filter bags (samples 2, 4, 6, 8). The pH value is slightly higher in infusions obtained from filter bags than without them (in the range of 6.61-6.70 and 6.22-6.25, respectively). However, the infusion obtained from a nylon pyramid bag (sample 7) had a pH value close to infusions obtained from the fennel medicinal raw material without packaging (6.25). The presence of infusions of anethole and terpenoids in model samples has been proven by thin layer chromatography. The microbiological studies conducted have shown that the use of the method of making water extracts from the patient information leaflet allows obtaining conditionally sterile infusions.
Conclusions. The indicators studied (transparency, color, odor, taste, extractives, identification and quantitative determination of BAS) can be used in the analysis of water extracts from the medicinal plant raw material produced in filter bags.
Modern approaches to teaching the academic discipline of students’ choice “Fundamentals of quantitative calculations in pharmacy”
Authors: Golik M. Yu. , Levitin Ye. Ya. , Kryskiv O. S. , Koval A. O. , Antonenko O. V. , Kovalska O. V. 
Published: November 2022

Aim. To show the relevance of teaching the academic discipline of students’ choice “Fundamentals of Quantitative Calculations in Pharmacy” at the National University of Pharmacy.
Materials and methods. Analytical, systematic, logical teaching methods, as well as scientific publications of Ukrainian and foreign authors were used.
Results. The relevance of teaching the academic discipline of students’ choice “Fundamentals of Quantitative Calculations in Pharmacy” at the Department of Inorganic and Physical Chemistry, NUPh (Kharkiv) is considered. The structure of the educational process is presented, and the peculiarities of teaching the discipline have been analyzed. The relevance of knowledge of basic algorithms of chemical calculations underlying the practical tasks of a modern pharmacist and the formation of a complex of knowledge, skills and abilities on theoretical foundations and practical application of stoichiometric laws in chemistry to solve practical calculation problems is shown.
Conclusions. The interest of higher education students in the selective discipline and high results of modular knowledge tests have proven good mastery of the basic algorithms of chemical calculations, which are the basis of the special practical tasks of a modern pharmacist and a future scientist. As a result of studying the academic discipline, students learn to solve typical and complicated specialized tasks, critically comprehend the results obtained, solve practical problems of professional pharmaceutical and/or research and innovation activities using the provisions, theories and methods of fundamental, chemical, technological, biomedical and socio-economic sciences; integrate knowledge and solve applied problems, formulate judgments with insufficient or limited information; clearly and unambiguously communicate the own knowledge, conclusions and their validity to the audience.
The works of artists of the Palekh lacquer miniature craft in the field of design of theatrical productions of the 1930s - 1970s (Palekh and Theater)
Authors: Lavrov Dmitrii Evgen'evich 
Published: November 2022

The subject of the proposed research is a historical analysis of the works of the masters of the Palekh craft of the 1930s - 1970s in the field of design of theatrical productions – a little-studied phenomenon of Russian folk culture of the twentieth century. The author of the article draws the most illustrative examples, referring to the sketches created by Palekh artists for productions of the Soviet theater. Special attention in the study is paid to the largest figures of the craft who worked in the field of theatrical design: I. I. Golikov, P. D. Bazhenov, N. M. Parilov, A. A. Kotukhina. The purpose of the article is to show the importance of the creative contribution of the Palekh masters to the development of theatrical and decorative art of the Soviet era on the extensive material of numerous productions of major theaters in Moscow, Leningrad and other cities. Using the method of comparative analysis, as well as historical-systemic and iconographic research methods, the author emphasizes the importance of knowledge about the works of Palekh artists in the field of theatrical productions for a correct understanding of the general history of Palekh craft in the twentieth century. The scientific novelty of the research consists in an attempt to analyze the topic under consideration as a single complex phenomenon. The main conclusion of the article is the thesis about the inseparable connection of Paleshan's "theatrical" works with lacquer miniature: the theatrical design works of Palekh masters appear at the same time with their experiments with lacquer miniature; the largest Palekh miniaturists worked with theaters; during the entire Soviet period, Paleshan's experience in theatrical and decorative art was in demand as much as and their lacquer miniature.
Endoscopically observed outer membrane of chronic subdural hematoma after endovascular embolization of middle meningeal artery
Authors: Nomura Sadahiro , Haji Kohei , Fujiyama Yuichi , Nishimoto Takuma , Oka Fumiaki , Ishihara Hideyuki 
Published: November 2022

Background:
Embolization of the middle meningeal artery (MMA) has been established for chronic subdural hematoma (CSDH). Neuroendoscopic observation of the outer membrane of the hematoma was carried out after embolization. The treatment mechanism of embolization is discussed, focusing on the vasculature and inflammation of the membrane.

Methods:
Four patients with recurrent CSDH were included in this study. The MMA was embolized using Embosphere® particles in three patients. The outer membrane was observed with normal and narrow band images (NBIs).

Results:
The net-like vessels were not obstructed in the whole area of the outer membrane, but in a patchy fashion of embolized areas surrounded by nonembolized areas. In two patients, the nonembolized areas showed a hemorrhagic inflammatory red color. Histopathological examination confirmed hypertrophic dura with leukocyte infiltration. Dilated dural arteries and proliferated sinusoid arteries were located in the deep and superficial border cell layers. These arteries were visualized as green and brown on NBI, respectively. In the embolized area, the red membrane turned pink, indicating ischemia and subsiding inflammatory hyperemia. In the third patient, the outer membrane was white in both the nonembolized and embolized areas in endoscopic view, and the net-like vessels were sparse in both endoscopy and histology, indicating a scar inflammatory phase. The membrane transition was not observed in the patient that did not undergo embolization.

Conclusion:
Endoscopic observation revealed that embolization of the MMA blocked both the dural and sinusoidal arteries. Ischemic transformation causing the suppression of inflammation of the outer membrane is a suggested mechanism of MMA embolization.
Atypical slow-flow paramedian AVM with venous varix
Authors: Ismail Mustafa , Al-Ageely Teeba A. , Talib Sura H. , Hadi Rania Thamir , Al-Taie Rania H. , Aktham Awfa A. , Alrawi Mohammed A. , Salih Hayder R. , Al-Jehani Hosam , Hoz Samer S. 
Published: November 2022

Background:
Cerebral arteriovenous malformations (CAVMs) are either clinically silent or symptomatic. The most common presentation in more than half of all CAVMs presenting patients is hemorrhage which is accompanied by long-standing neurological morbidity and mortality. This report presents a case of an atypical large, slow-flow paramedian AVM with a dilated venous varix managed with surgery. The impact of the intraoperative findings on the diagnosis and the operative technique will be discussed.

Case Description:
In otherwise, healthy 26-year-old male complained of repeated episodes of generalized seizures and loss of consciousness. Brain magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) revealed a right parietal paramedian arteriovenous malformation (AVM) with signs of an old hemorrhagic cavity beneath it. Digital subtraction angiography demonstrated a slow-filling AVM with dilated venous varix drains into the superior sagittal sinus. However, the exact point of drainage cannot be appreciated. The filling of the AVM occurred precisely with the beginning of the venous phase. Intraoperatively, we noticed a whitish spherical mass, thick hemosiderin tissue, and a large cavity below the nidus; then, a complication-free complete microsurgical resection of this high-grade AVM was performed. Postoperatively, the patient suffered two attacks of seizures in the first few hours after the surgery, for which he received antiepileptics. MRI was clear during follow-up, and the patient was seizure-free and neurologically intact.

Conclusion:
Parietal convexity AVMs are challenging lesions to tackle. However, the chronicity and the slow-filling of the AVM, in this case, can render the surgical pathway more direct and accessible.
Antibiotic resistance surveillance of Klebsiella pneumoniae complex is affected by refined MALDI-TOF identification, Swiss data, 2017 to 2022
Authors: Voellmy Irene Katharina , Lang Claudia , Gasser Michael , Kronenberg Andreas ,   on behalf of the Swiss Centre for Antibiotic Resistance (ANRESIS)
Published: November 2022

Background
Modern laboratory methods such as next generation sequencing and MALDI-TOF allow identification of novel bacterial species. This can affect surveillance of infections and antimicrobial resistance. From 2017, increasing numbers of medical microbiology laboratories in Switzerland differentiated Klebsiella variicola from Klebsiella pneumoniae complex using updated MALDI-TOF databases, whereas many laboratories still report them as K. pneumoniae or K. pneumoniae complex.

Aim
Our study explored whether separate reporting of K. variicola and the Klebsiella pneumoniae complex affected the ANRESIS surveillance database.

Methods
We analysed antibiotic susceptibility rates and specimen types of K. variicola and non-K. variicola-K. pneumoniae complex isolates reported by Swiss medical laboratories to the ANRESIS database (Swiss Centre for Antibiotic Resistance) from January 2017 to June 2022.

Results
Analysis of Swiss antimicrobial resistance data revealed increased susceptibility rates of K. variicola compared with species of the K. pneumoniae complex other than K. variicola in all six antibiotic classes tested. This can lead to underestimated resistance rates of K. pneumoniae complex in laboratories that do not specifically identify K. variicola. Furthermore, K. variicola strains were significantly more often reported from blood and primarily sterile specimens than isolates of the K. pneumoniae complex other than K. variicola, indicating increased invasiveness of K. variicola.

Conclusion
Our data suggest that refined differentiation of the K. pneumoniae complex can improve our understanding of its taxonomy, susceptibility, epidemiology and clinical significance, thus providing more precise information to clinicians and epidemiologists.