bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Health-related quality of life of intellectually disabled children attending a special school in Puducherry-A cross-sectional study
Authors: Sasinthar Karthikayini , Sugumaran Arun , Boratne Abhijit V. , Patil Raj K. 
Published: September 2022

Introduction:
Health-related quality of life (HRQOL) is a measure of an individual’s psychosocial, emotional, and physical well-being. Around 1 in 20 children are less than 15 years of age and are living with a moderate-to-severe form of disability. Thus, our study aims to determine the HRQOL of intellectual disabled (ID) children attending a special school in Puducherry and to determine the socio-demographic factors influencing the level of HRQOL.

Methodology:
A cross-sectional analytical study was conducted among 350 ID children attending a selected special school in Puducherry over 1 year. By the universal sampling method, all the caregivers of ID children were recruited and the parent proxy form of Pediatric Quality of life Inventory scale version 4.0 (PedsQL ver 4.0) was used to assess the level of HRQOL of ID children. The data were analyzed using the Statistical Package for Social Science version 16.0 (SPSS ver. 16.0) and the statistical significance was set at P value <0.05.

Results:
Among the 350 respondents, a majority of the caregivers were mothers (78.9%) and 65.7% were homemakers by occupation. Most of the respondents were from the nuclear family (77.7%) and 55.1% were from urban areas. The mean age of ID children was 12 (±3.8) years; 61.2% were males and 40.8% of the children had a moderate form of ID.

Conclusion:
The HRQOL of ID children is found to be lower. The factors influencing the lower HRQOL were age, the intelligent quotient (IQ) of ID children, and type of marriage of the caregivers.
A study of clinical, radiological features and HLA-B27 serology of axial spondyloarthropathy with comparison of radiographic and non-radiographic disease
Authors: Edara Manaswini , Bhatt Varsha , Zanwar Abhishek , Koneru Kavya , Patel Aditi M. , Jawade Pranav 
Published: September 2022

Background:
Axial spondyloarthropathy is a type of disease which affects the axial skeleton affecting productive years.

Methods:
This was a cross-sectional, observational study in which 28 consecutive patients more than 16 years of age, fulfilling the Assessment of SpondyloArthritis International Society (ASAS) criteria for axial spondyloarthropathy were included. They were further sub-grouped into radiographic and non-radiographic axial spondyloarthropathy. Clinical features, joint involvement, measurements, HLA-B27 serology, and disease activity were evaluated. Data was entered into Microsoft Excel, and SPSS (Statistical Package for Social Sciences) software 2.0 was used for analyzing the data.

Results:
Mean age was 28.5 ± 6.3 years. 85.7% were males. Inflammatory low back pain was the most common clinical feature at presentation (89.2%). Enthesitis was the most common extra-articular feature seen in 35.7% of patients. 42.8% were non-radiographic axial spondyloarthritis. 85.7% of patients were HLA-B27 positive. 50% of patients had bone marrow edema on MRI, and only one patient had ankylosis indicating predominantly early disease. 50%–70% of our patients had high disease activity and 89.3% were responding well to non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs). There was no significant difference between the radiographic axial spondyloarthritis group and the non-radiographic group except for elevated C-reactive protein (CRP).

Conclusion:
Ankylosing spondylitis in western India occurs mostly in the age group of 20–30 years, suggesting affection of productive age group. There was a delay of diagnosis for approximately three years from the onset of symptoms. There was a positive association with HLA-B27 in majority of the patients. Most of our patients had early disease based on radiological findings, suggesting that there was room for therapeutic intervention before irreversible ankylosis had set in.
Comparative pulmonary function test parameters in non-tribal and tribal women in singleton first, second, and the third trimester of pregnancy
Authors: Manjulata  , Kumar Sandeep , Behera Joshil Kumar , Mondal Himel , Singh Poonam 
Published: September 2022

Background:
During pregnancy, women undergo adaptive changes in different organ systems including the respiratory system by hormonal changes and mechanical pressures. Several previous studies reported the change in pulmonary functions in pregnancy and tribal populations. However, trimester-wise, pulmonary functions in tribal women residing in Jharkhand, India, are not available.

Aim:
This study aimed to find and compare the pulmonary function test parameters in tribal and non-tribal women in singleton first, second, and third trimesters of pregnancy.

Methods:
We conducted this cross-sectional observational study in a tertiary care hospital in Jharkhand, India, with 58 tribal women and 116 age-matched controls. The pulmonary function tests, namely forced vital capacity (FVC), forced expiratory volume in the first second (FEV1), peak expiratory flow rate (PEFR), maximal mid expiratory flow (MMEF) were measured with a computerized spirometer (Spiro Excel, Medicaid, Punjab, India) and FEV1/FVC was calculated.

Results:
A total of 58 tribal women with median age 22 (Q1–Q3: 21–25) years and 116 non-tribal women with median age 22 (20–25) (P=0.33) participated in the study. The tribal women showed higher respiratory rate (20 [18–24.5] vs. 16 [15–18] per minute, P<.0001), higher MMEF in the first trimester (1.46 [1.12–1.79] vs. 1.24 [1.04–1.5] L/s, P=0.047) and higher PEFR (4.02 [2.78–4.11] vs. 3.15 [2.58–3.87] L/s, P=.047) in the second trimester. There was no difference in the third trimester of pregnancy. In the overall sample, the tribal women showed higher PEFR (3.82 [2.96–4.33] vs. 3.3 [2.73–4.05] L/s, P=.02) and MMEF (1.43 [0.99–1.7] vs. 1.21 [1–1.47] L/s, P=.04).

Conclusion:
The respiratory rate was higher in the tribal women in the three trimesters of singleton pregnancy compared to the non-tribal women. There was a higher MMEF in the first trimester and PEFR in the second-trimester pregnancy in the tribal women. The finding of this pilot study should be enhanced by further study with a large number of tribal women from this region.
Percutaneous pedicle screw fixation in caries spine – Does early MIS fixation has advantage over conservative?
Authors: Nishant  , Agarwal Varun Kumar 
Published: September 2022

Objective:
We performed this study to investigate the role of fixation by percutaneous pedicle screw fixation (PPSF) in spondylodiscitis secondary to TB origin for pain relief and rapid early mobilization of the patient.

Material and Methods:
Thirty-two cases of tuberculous spondylodiscitis were managed from March 2017 to 2019. Clinical assessment, radiological evaluation, and laboratory studies with over a year follow-up after PPSF without decompression. Visual analog scale (VAS score) and Oswestry disability indices (ODI scale, Hindi version) were used for outcome measure.

Results:
Female-to-male ratio was 19:13. The average follow-up was 14 months ± 6 days and the duration for fusion was around 6 months. The mean duration of hospital stay was 4.006 ± 1.17 days. The average blood loss was 27.18 ml ± 17.71. The mean surgical time was 121.25 ± 14.59 min. ATT was continued for 12–18 months. C-reactive protein (CRP), erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) pain scores (visual analog scale), and ODI were lower at 3 months and at final follow up. No failure of instrumentation or decline in neurological condition was reported after operative intervention.

Conclusion:
Primary treatment of TB spine has been chemotherapy with limited indications for surgery. Severe pain in the presence of spondylodiscitis without neurological deficit or deformity projects as an unclear situation and a temporary surgical fixation gives stability to prevent unexpected neurological injury and promote early healing with faster rehabilitation in contrast to strict bed rest and external bracing.
Blind signal separation for coprime planar arrays: An improved coupled trilinear decomposition method
Authors: Que Zhongyuan , Zhang Xiaofei , Jin Benzhou 
Published: September 2022

AbstractIn this study, the problem of blind signal separation for coprime planar arrays is investigated. For coprime planar arrays comprising two uniform rectangular subarrays, we link the signal separation to the tensor‐based model called coupled canonical polyadic decomposition (CPD) and propose an improved coupled trilinear decomposition approach. The output data of coprime planar arrays are modeled as a coupled tensor set that can be further interpreted as a coupled CPD model, allowing a signal separation to be achieved using coupled trilinear alternating least squares (TALS). Furthermore, in the procedure of the coupled TALS, a Vandermonde structure enforcing approach is explicitly applied, which is shown to ensure fast convergence. The results of Monto Carlo simulations show that our proposed algorithm has the same separation accuracy as the basic coupled TALS but with a faster convergence speed.
Regenerarea naturală într-un șleau de luncă din Ocolul silvic București
Authors: Ghinescu Mugurel-Nicolae , Nicolescu Valeriu-Norocel , Stăncioiu Petru-Tudor 
Published: September 2022

Lucrarea prezintă cele mai importante caracteristici ale regenerării naturale din sămânță într-un șleau de luncă din Ocolul silvic București (45°16’45,12” lat. N; 26°06’54,66” long. E, alt. 65 m). Arboretul a fost parcurs cu trei tăieri progresive în anii 2012, 2014 și 2016, iar ochiurile deschise în anul 2012 au fost integral regenerate. Cercetările s-au desfășurat în opt ochiuri, care au inclus câte două transecte pe direcțiile E-V și N-S, fiecare cu câte șase suprafețe de probă de câte 9 m2, situate la o distanță de 10 m între ele. În anul 2017, regenerarea naturală instalată a fost foarte bogată (de la 71.111 la 126.019 puieți la ha) în toate ochiurile, mult peste nivelul considerat „bun” prin normele tehnice în vigoare la vârsta respectivă, de 10-15.000 puieți la ha. Numărul de puieți de stejar pedunculat la hectar a variat de la 15.278 la 45.278. Compoziția arboretului este dominată de teiul argintiu, urmat de stejarul pedunculat și de carpen, iar ponderea stejarului în amestecuri a variat de la 12% la 43%. După cinci sezoane de creștere, diametrul mediu la colet al puieților, la nivel de ochi, a variat de la 9,6 mm la 11,8 mm. Stejarul a prezentat diametre medii la colet de la 7,1 mm la 9,9 mm. Înălțimea puieților, la nivel de ochi, a variat de la 62 la 83 cm, în timp ce la stejar aceasta a fost de 61-93 cm. În general, atât diametrul la colet, cât și înălțimea puieților au crescut de la est la vest și de la nord spre sud.
Întrucât puieții de stejar și din alte specii de bază au atins deja (la doar cinci ani de la începerea tăierilor de regenerare) dimensiuni mult peste cele recomandate de normele tehnice silvice pentru aplicarea tăierilor de racordare, rezultă că perioada de regenerare poate fi mai scurtă decât cea prevăzută în amenajament.
The roles of plant pathogens in old-growth forests
Authors: Fodor Ecaterina , Hâruța Ioan Ovidiu 
Published: September 2022

Old-growth forests are considered a benchmark for naturalness and models to which one compares managed forests, comparison leading to debates around biodiversity and its conservation, structure and dynamics, polarizing conservationists and forest practitioners. Plant pathogens are frequently disregarded as components of forests biodiversity, the common perception referring to this category of organisms as important biotic stressors. However, pathogens building several functional groups (necrotrophic and biotrophic pathogens, endophytic pathogens, sapro-parasitic species, generally on wood), in highly natural forests such as old-growth forests are establishing interaction networks with several other functional groups of organisms such as hyperparasites, consumers, disease facilitators, indirect opportunistic species (such as tree hollow dwellers), saprotrophs or mutualists. Being connected to old trees (rare or missing components of managed forests) or to endangered forest plants, pathogens become indicators of naturalness and biodiversity. The gradient going from saprotrophs, to sapro-pathogens and generalist/specialist pathogens characterizing forest ecosystems is linked at great extent to wood and bark, being connected to nutrient cycling as ecosystem level process. As long as disease is maintained within the baseline mortality of the trees, pathogens play the important role of control factors and contribute directly and indirectly to forest biodiversity. The current disease ecology progresses, the biodiversity integrative studies, and the new holistic approaches shaping modern ecology bring in the focus rare, endemic pathogens as important control factors of plant populations, as components of the plants’ phenotypic niche and of the global biodiversity, as potential providers of services (sources of medicines) and components of the intricate ecological webs. However, the comparisons between old-growth and managed forests biodiversity should be focused on species evenness (high evenness in old-growth forests versus low evenness in managed forests) and not particularly on species richness. Still, there are pathogens responsible for major biotic disturbances in forests worldwide, the invasive, alien or emerging pathogens threatening both old-growth forests and managed forests.
L’enfant témoin: L’émeute du 15 octobre 1953 et Le massacre du lundi 12 août 1957 à Nédroma
Authors: CHAIB Hammou 
Published: September 2022

Résumé
Le 15 octobre 1953, j’avais 8 ans. Je suis pris dans un engrenage de violence inouï dans la ville de Nédroma. Les militants du PPA se révoltent contre les forces de police qui les agressent, mais ils ne se laissent pas faire. 4 ans plus tard, le 12 août 1957, je suis témoin d’une abominable tuerie dans les mêmes lieux par des tirailleurs sénégalais.
Guerre et témoignages d’enfants sans enfance dans L’Enfant de la haute plaine de Hamid Benchaar et Johnny Chien Méchant d’Emmanuel Dongala
Authors: DIAW Alioune 
Published: September 2022

Abstract
Hamid Benchaar’s L’Enfant de la haute plaine and Emmanuel Dongala’s Johnny Chien Méchant set war in fiction with different scriptural choices. When Benchaar produces an autobiographic narration, Dongala has recourse to fiction. By stating the Algerian war of independence and the Congolese civil war to a child level, the narrative stories show the cruelty of a dehumanized world which has robbed children of their childhood.
Résumé
L’Enfant de la haute plaine de Hamid Benchaar et Johnny Chien Méchant d’Emmanuel Dongala mettent en fiction la guerre avec des choix scripturaires différents. Quand Benchaar produit un récit autobiographique, Dongala recourt à la fiction. Relatant la guerre d’indépendance de l’Algérie et la guerre civile congolaise à hauteur d’enfant, les récits témoignent de la cruauté d’un monde déshumanisé qui a volé aux enfants leur enfance.
La imagen del árabe para los españoles en la obra de Ángel Vázquez La vida perra de Juanita Narboni
Authors: KHORDJ Omaïza 
Published: September 2022

Résumé
Dans le présent travail, nous essayerons, à travers le roman La vida perra de Juanita Narboni de l'écrivain Ángel Vázquez, d'étudier la relation des musulmans avec les autres peuples installés dans la ville maghrébine, Tanger. Ainsi, nous exposerons l'environnement multiculturel partagé entre les différentes communautés tout en soulignant les conséquences de l'interdépendance et de l'ouverture à l'autre, qui reflètent une image plus claire des musulmans.
Resumen
En el presente trabajo intentamos, a través de la novela de La vida perra de Juanita Narboni del escritor Ángel Vázquez, poner de relieve la relación de los musulmanes con los demás pueblos instalados en la ciudad magrebí Tánger, durante su estatuto internacional, así como exponer el ambiente multicultural compartido entre las distintas comunidades destacando las consecuencias de la interrelación y la apertura hacia el otro, que reflejan una imagen más clara de los musulmanes.
Les enjeux des contacts de langues en milieu universitaire L’exemple des écrits urbains
Authors: AMRANI Amira Khadoudja 
Published: September 2022

Abstract
This contribution focuses on the interactions between a graphic environment made of local use of written French and the learning of a spelling whose standard of reference is the practice of written French in France. The article aims to shed light on the specific difficulties of Algerian writers by analyzing orthographic variants. Also, the integration of linguistic variation into classroom practices and teacher training for the acquisition of plurilingual competence.
Résumé
La présente contribution s'intéresse aux interactions entre un environnement graphique fait d'usages locaux du français écrit et l'apprentissage d'une orthographe dont la norme de référence est la pratique du français écrit (standard) en France. L'article se propose d'éclairer les difficultés spécifiques des scripteurs algériens par l'analyse de variantes orthographiques produites. Aussi, l'intégration de la variation linguistique dans les pratiques de classe et la formation des enseignants pour l'acquisition d'une compétence plurilingue.
Alternance codique en classe de français langue étrangère : Quel impact sur le potentiel acquisitionnel des activités interactives orales ?
Authors: MAHIEDDINE Azzeddine 
Published: September 2022

Abstract
This article discusses the use of mother-tongue in French as a foreign language class in the Algerian context. Two oral communicative activities were recorded and analyzed. The objective is, firstly, to see how do students manage the various resources of their verbal repertoire according to the type of activity? Secondly, to see the impact that the use of the mother tongue can have on the development of the target language.
Résumé
Le présent article traite du recours à la langue maternelle en classe de français langue étrangère en contexte algérien. Deux activités communicatives orales ont été enregistrées et analysées. L'objectif est, d'une part, de voir comment les apprenants gèrent les différentes ressources de leur répertoire verbal en fonction du type d'activité ; d'autre part, de voir l'impact que peut avoir le recours à la langue maternelle sur le développement de la langue cible.
De l'alternance codique dans les commentaires de la presse numérique
Authors: AMMI ABBACI Amel , ABBACI Sarra 
Published: September 2022

Abstract
In this contribution, we study the uses that commentators of the digital press make of languages in their language practices on the virtual diaspora. We therefore set ourselves the objective of demonstrating that digital comments obey a double dimension: global and local. Indeed, the choice of our study corpus is not fortuitous but is part of a desire to demonstrate that digital commentary written as a new media genre has a hybrid character that reconciles brands of digital style and local linguistic and cultural specificities which are explained in effective language practices through codic alternation, a phenomenon that we describe here.
Résumé
Nous étudions dans cette contribution les usages que les commentateurs de la presse numérique font des langues dans leurs pratiques langagières sur la diaspora virtuelle. Nous nous assignons de ce fait l'objectif de démontrer que les commentaires numériques obéissent à une double dimension: globale et locale. En effet, le choix de notre corpus d'étude n'est pas fortuit mais s'inscrit dans une volonté de démontrer que le commentaire numérique écrit en tant que nouveau genre médiatique a un caractère hybride qui concilie entre les marques du style numérique et les spécificités linguistiques et cultuelles locales qui s'explicitent dans les pratiques langagières effectives à travers l'alternance codique, phénomène que nous décrivons ici.
Language as a Vehicle and Source of Communication
Authors: BERRABAH Boumediène 
Published: September 2022

Abstract
Two issues should come forth when dealing with language use and usage: our understanding of the world via language and communication, and how our beliefs about the world that inform our understanding of the language. So, anyone concerned with the nature of human communication and those concerned with the teaching of language, inevitably, figure out largely in such a group. Therefore, the main assumption within the issue is that language consists, at least, of a set of forms which can be described at various levels: sound, word, sentence formation and discourse structure associated with some aspects of meaning. However, it is proper to discuss a language not as a collection of texts, grammars and dictionaries but as a vehicle of communication. The paper, in this vein, interrogates the availability of a simple „correct‟ interpretation of an utterance where listeners have to make an effort to work out what speakers mean by what they say. There is a belief that interpretation is a difficult and risky process with no guarantee of a satisfactory outcome, even if you have correctly identified the words and correctly worked out the syntactic structure of the sentence.
Résumé
Deux problèmes devraient surgir lorsque nous traitons de l'utilisation et de l'usage de la langue: notre compréhension du monde via la langue et la communication, et la manière dont nos croyances sur le monde influencent notre compréhension de la langue. Ainsi, toute personne intéressée par la nature de la communication humaine et celles concernées par l'enseignement de la langue, inévitablement, figurent largement dans un tel groupe. Par conséquent, l'hypothèse principale du problème est que le langage consiste, au moins, en un ensemble de formes qui peuvent être décrites à différents niveaux: le son, le mot, la formation de phrases et la structure du discours associés à certains aspects du sens. Cependant, il convient de discuter d'une langue non pas comme un ensemble de textes, de grammaires et de dictionnaires mais comme un véhicule de communication. Le papier, dans cette veine, interroge la disponibilité d'une interprétation simple «correcte» d'un énoncé où les auditeurs doivent faire un effort pour déterminer ce que les locuteurs entendent par ce qu'ils disent. Il y a une croyance que l'interprétation est un processus difficile et risqué sans garantie d'un résultat satisfaisant, même si vous avez correctement identifié les mots et correctement élaboré la structure syntaxique de la phrase.