bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Association between dynamic upper airway obstructions and fitness parameters in Standardbred racehorses during high-speed treadmill exercise
Authors: Lo Feudo Chiara M. , Stucchi Luca , Cavicchioli Pietra , Stancari Giovanni , Conturba Bianca , Zucca Enrica , Ferrucci Francesco 
Published: May 2022

Abstract

OBJECTIVE
To evaluate the association between the severity of dynamic upper airway obstruction (DUAO) and selected fitness parameters in Standardbred racehorses measured by treadmill test.

ANIMALS
191 Standardbred racehorses that underwent a standardized diagnostic protocol for poor performance evaluation between 2002 and 2021 at the Veterinary Teaching Hospital, University of Milan.

PROCEDURES
Horses underwent a diagnostic protocol including clinical examination, lameness evaluation, laboratory analyses, ECG, resting upper airway endoscopy, metabolic incremental treadmill test, high-speed treadmill endoscopy, postexercise tracheobronchoscopy, and bronchoalveolar lavage fluid cytology. On the basis of findings of the high-speed treadmill endoscopy, horses were divided into the following groups: no DUAO, mild DUAO (medial deviation of the aryepiglottic folds or epiglottic entrapment), severe DUAO (dorsal displacement of the soft palate, nasopharyngeal collapse, dynamic laryngeal collapse, or epiglottic retroversion), and multiple DUAOs (different forms of DUAO occurring concomitantly). Fitness parameters, measured by incremental treadmill test, included speed at a heart rate of 200 bpm (V200), speed and heart rate at a lactate concentration of 4 mmol/L (VLa4, HRLa4), peak lactate, maximum speed, maximum hematocrit, and minimum pH. Data were compared between groups by use of descriptive and statistical analyses.

RESULTS
Horses affected by severe or multiple DUAOs showed lower V200 and VLa4, compared to the no-DUAO group; horses with multiple DUAOs also had higher peak lactate concentrations compared to horses without DUAOs.

CLINICAL RELEVANCE
While mild forms of DUAO do not affect athletic capacity, severe forms of DUAO and multiple DUAOs may lead to reduced fitness in Standardbred racehorses by impairing aerobic capacity.
Development of a Small, Covered Yarn Prototype
Authors: Shi Yajing , Yan Taohai , Cao Shengbin , Zhuang Huimin , Lin Yu , Zhu Lvtao , Lu Dongdong 
Published: May 2022

Abstract
The rapid development of the textile industry has led to the demand for more advanced textile equipment because the current covering yarn machines are large and expensive and have a large physical footprint. Also, the current technology is unsuitable for most laboratory research and small factory proofing. In this paper, the principle of forming covered yarn is analyzed and simplified in three systems: the unwinding system, the covering system, and the winding system. A small sample of low volume and better flexibility is developed, the production process and primary structure of the covered yarn prototype are introduced, and the covering effect of the small prototype is debugged and analyzed.
Congruence and Discrepancy Between Observation and Teachers’ Self-Report of Inquiry-Based Instruction
Authors: Kotuľáková Katarína , Orolínová Mária , Priškinová Natália , Schubertová Romana , Tóthová Renáta 
Published: May 2022

Abstract
Opportunities for self-reflection and collaborative reflection support inquiry-based teaching. The presented study focuses on retrospective self-reports of 14 science teachers about teaching inquiry lessons in their regular science classes. Their self-reports were compared with observation reports of researchers. Data from semi-structured interviews were added. The results indicate that teachers overestimated their performance in the class in all observed areas of inquiry instruction. The most misinterpreted and overestimated area by teachers seems to be formulating research questions, analysing data and drawing conclusions, which are the most effective processes in student learning. Based on the results of the study, several implications are suggested in order to focus on the self-reflective skills of teachers.
Finite - Element Analysis of Shear - Connection Shear - Out Fracture Performance
Authors: Adewole Kazeem K. , Gershome Abaho G. , Leopold Mbereyaho 
Published: May 2022

Abstract
This paper presents the finite-element analysis of the shear-connection shear-out fracture (SOF) performance, covering the prediction of the SOF displacement at fracture and surface and through-thickness fracture failure analyses. The appearance of fracture on the connected plate surface, taken, as the SOF initiation in published literature is not the accurate SOF initiation. This work proposes using SOF displacement or fracture strain as a displacement or strain-based fracture limit state for shear connections that exhibit the SOF. The displacement or strain at fracture initiation at the middle-thickness of the connected plate represents the accurate SOF displacement or strain at fracture.
Reliability of Non - Destructive Technologies in Corrosion Detection of Reinforced Concrete Structures
Authors: Jabir Omar Y. , Oleiwi Hayder M. , Sultan Ali A. 
Published: May 2022

Abstract
In this paper, the reliability of two nondestructive corrosion detection methods, Half-Cell Potential (HCP) and Electrical Resistivity (ER), was evaluated, considering the Weight Loss (WL) as the reference method. The specimens prepared for this work were placed in Al-Nasiriya Power Station where subjected to three different exposure conditions. They were high relative humidity, high temperature T and laboratory setting R. The concrete mixes included four chloride contents, 0 %, 1.5 %, 3 % and 4 % by weight of cement to generate multiple corrosion degrees. The results showed that exposure to high temperatures has slightly increased the corrosion activity of the T specimens. While the exposure to high relative humidity has clearly increased the corrosion probability of the RH specimens, comparing with the reference R specimens. However, for such environmental conditions, it was found that the reliabilities of the HCP and the ER techniques still questionable and need further investigation.
Fire Evacuation of Elderly in High-Rise Residential Buildings in India
Authors: Kumar Ankit , Khare Rachna , Sankat Sandeep , Madhavi Pratyoosh 
Published: May 2022

Abstract
The move towards high-rise buildings in metro cities to accommodate an increasing population has various cons. In high-rise buildings, fire is a huge disaster. According to global statistics on fire accidents in high-rise buildings, elderly persons are the most vulnerable, as they are less likely to respond swiftly and evacuate than other inhabitants. To address this concerns, this research will examine the behaviors of older occupants in high-rise buildings during a fire and their perceptions of egress components. The study also inquired the elderly to come up with disaster solutions based on their knowledge and experience. Environmental-behaviour research methods have been used to detect elderly issues in high-rise residential buildings in India. In this study, it was found that their vulnerability is a big factor in their lack of knowledge and awareness about fire, as well as their limited mobility, low vision, hearing loss, insecurities, and behaviour when there is an emergency. The study also revealed that the behaviour of the elderly is different from that of the rest of the people during fire. This entails taking into account the specific needs of the elderly during fire management. This research can further assist policymakers in upgrading fire safety regulations to make them more effective and inclusive.
Artificial Recharge Modelling of Groundwater Aquifer in Arid Regions
Authors: Rabeiy Ragab , Alfawzan Mohammed , Bakri Mudthir 
Published: May 2022

Abstract
Groundwater is the main source of fresh water in arid regions. The Saq aquifer is a transboundary sandstone groundwater layer that extended into Saudi Arabia and Jordan. The groundwater level of the aquifer is depleted due to extensive pumping with negligible natural recharge. The objective of this study is to predict the artificial recharge supplied from runoff into the Saq aquifer for a selected area in the Qassim region, KSA using mathematical models. The maximum weekly and daily rainfall was quantified at different return periods for urban areas using graphical and probability distribution methods. The predicted surface water from rainfall is suggested to be stored in ponds, consequently the required volume of ponds was estimated according to the results of weekly maximum rainfall and various return periods. The stored surface water is proposed to be recharged into the groundwater aquifer via designed wells. The estimated quantity of the surface runoff was 4·106 m3, 6.2·106 m3, and 10.3·106 m3 for return periods 25, 50 and 75 years respectively. The study is applicable for similar aquifers that suffer from non-renewable resources.
Effect of Alkali - Activated Natural Pozzolan on Mechanical Properties of Geopolymer Concrete
Authors: Mohammed Zainab M. , Abdulhameed Ali A. , Kazim Hamid K. 
Published: May 2022

Abstract
As an alternative to Ordinary Portland Cement (OPC), the alkali-activated binders have been developed with better technical characteristics and more extended durability. The Alkali-Activated Iraqi Natural Pozzolans (AANP) could produce geopolymer cementation building materials and make them ecologically acceptable. The primary advantage of geopolymer cement is that it has a lower environmental effect that contributes to it. The engineering characteristics of geopolymer concrete produced using activated Iraqi natural Pozzolan are summarized in this research. The mechanical properties, modulus of elasticity, and ultrasonic pulse velocity of various concrete mixes were determined via experimental study. The impact of essential variables like water/binder ratios w/b % and curing conditions on the characteristics of geopolymer concrete have been identified using test data. The findings indicate that concrete and mortar produced with alkali-activated natural pozzolans have flexibility and moderate to high strength.
Trend of Sound Absorption Research: A Bibliometric Analysis
Authors: Yap Zhen Shyong , Liew Wen Ching , Khalid Nur Hafizah A. , Haron Zaiton , Mohamed Azman , Rasid Nur Nadhira Abdul , Mohammad Nur Zulzika 
Published: May 2022

Abstract
The growing world population and urbanization have worsened noise pollution, driving the development of sound absorption (SA) research across the globe. This study aims to analyse the SA global research trends and discover the opportunities for future development or collaboration using systematic bibliometric analysis. A total of 2970 articles since 1913 were systematically retrieved. Results reveal that the most productive journal had taken 10.3 % of the total publications. A high correlation r = 0.87 was found between the number of co-authorship and the h-index of a scholar. China has the highest number of publications 55.3 % and most research focused on porous materials. Present findings could be helpful to further develop SA from a global level perspective.
Contradictions of Collective Security Model: Modern Historiography on the Evolution of the Versailles System of International Relations in the 1930s
Authors: Vershinin A. A. 
Published: May 2022

The article attempts to find out the reasons for the failure of the collective security system in Europe, developed to counter German revisionism in the second half of the 1920s – early 1930s. Research literature tends to consider collective security not just as a diplomatic tool, but as a quality of international system developed after the First World War based on the idea of indivisible security with universal international organization presiding over it to deal with problems of war and peace. The principle of the balance of power and war itself as a means of international politics thus lost their legitimacy.Historians agree that the system proved unsuitable for the challenges of the early 1930s, demonstrated by the Ethiopian War and the Rhineland Crisis. Two alternative ways eventually developed to deal with the inconsistences of the early collective security system: «appeasement» project, initiated by British diplomacy; and the Soviet idea of military-political deterrence through coalition building. Modern historiography views «appeasement» as the idea presupposing the creation of a European Directory, which would have taken on the functions of resolving international contradictions. Historians see the reasons for its failure in an incorrect assessment of Hitler's policy due to thinking in the spirit of collective security. The position of the USSR is more contested among historians. In recent works, however, there appears the consensus that the reason for the failure of the project of a military-political alliance aimed at containing Germany was the unwillingness of the West to strategic interaction with Moscow and its adherence to the principles of «new diplomacy» at a time when it already lost their relevance.
Marketing analysis of the domestic pharmaceutical market of antiherpetic medicines
Authors: Herbina N. A. , Babicheva G. S. , Malinina N. G. , Chehrynets A. A. , Boiko A. V. 
Published: May 2022

Aim. To conduct the marketing research of the pharmaceutical market of Ukraine in the segment of medicinal products (MP) used for the treatment and prevention of infections caused by HSV-1 and HSV-2.
Materials and methods. To achieve this aim, methods of logical and meaningful problem formation, desk marketing research, content analysis of publications in scientific and practice-oriented medical and pharmaceutical literature, comparative analysis were used.
Results. The paper presents the results of the marketing analysis of the Ukrainian pharmaceutical market of antiherpetic MP. For the study, according to the ATC classification, 5 groups of medicines registered at the domestic market were selected. In the drug package leaflets for these medicines herpes infection was one of the indications for use. As of October 1, 2021, the range of antiherpetic MP includes 194 trade names for systemic and local use. The market segmentation of these groups of medicines by manufacturing countries, drug form, conditions of dispensing, origin and composition was carried out. It has been found that the share of herbal medicinal products is 14.43 % (6 positions) and is represented by products for systemic use.
Conclusions. The research of the market of antiherpetic medicines conducted can be considered as the basis for the search and development of new effective antiviral herbal medicinal products of domestic production for the local treatment of the herpes virus.
Segando las sombras en silencio. La Literatura como una forma aberrada de pensamiento filosófico en la España del Barroco.
Authors: Gómez Cabia Fernando 
Published: May 2022

El presente artículo supone un ejercicio de articulación entre literatura e historia a partir del pensamiento filosófico del Barroco español. La literatura española del Barroco se emplaza como marco incomparable para asomarse al pensamiento español del Siglo de Oro. El trabajo rescata la propuesta humanista de los siglos XVI y XVII, de ese Barroco que se muestra como una modernidad fracasada a partir de la Leyenda Negra quedifundió la idea de una España incapaz de generar civilización que lo único que podría engendrar eran mugrones monstruosos o deformes.
Reseña del libro Martin Heidegger. Metapolítica. Cuadernos Negros (1931-1938)
Authors: Soldado Gutiérrez José 
Published: May 2022

Reseña del libro de Julio Quesada, (2019), Martin Heidegger. Metapolitica. Cuadernos Negros (1931-1938), Editorial Aula de Humanidades, Colección Hermeneútica y Fenomenología, Bogotá.
The Impact of Digital Market Upon Accounting Profit of Physical Market
Authors: Othman Nanakali Susan O. , Khadher Lana S. , Khedher Rukhsar O. 
Published: May 2022

Businesses are counted as one of the key ingredients in the growth of any country. This paper illustrates the influence of digital markets on the accounting profit of physical markets when adapting both markets together, especially when there is a problem of lock downing physical markets because of COVID-19. Recently, physical and digital market have been two concepts that complete each other. It is important for retailers to adapt both markets to gain more accounting profit and expand their businesses. The study found that through combining digital to physical markets, the accounting profit of the physical market will grow; this is a primary goal of this study. To demonstrate the relationship, linear regression analysis was used to examine the hypotheses. This research identified the realized impact by testing factors such as the quantity sold, selling price, cost and changing behaviour of customers. Through a significant relation of outcomes, the digital market has a positive influence on the accounting profit of the physical market.
A Multimodal Analysis of Discourse and Narrative In Kurdish Television Documentaries
Authors: Saleh Ali A. , Rasul Kawa A. , Fero Ken 
Published: May 2022

From the perspective of multimodal discourse analysis, this paper analyses Kurdish television documentary film that produced by Kurdish television during the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria ISIS period in Iraq, exploring the discourse of the film by examining the visual, verbal, soundtracks modes, also considering how those modes work together to create narrative structure in the extracted film. The investigation has been done through applying, Iedema (2001) Reading Images: Visual Grammar by Kress & Van Leeuwen (2006; 2020; 1996). To deconstruct the elements of documentary film A modern software named Multimodal Video analysis by Kay L. O’Halloran & E (2013), has been applied. Results show, the extracted film has been produced by shaping the footages into an artefact by putting recorded materials together to make narrative structure, the deployment of various modes in the dynamic discourse, make the documentary films more effective in order to achive its discourse, Kurdish Television attempted to confirm ISIS brutality, ISIS crimes against Kurdish people, and displacement of Innocent civilians including children.
The Online Seminar on the Effects of Metabolic Syndrome on Covid-19 Patients among Urban Communities
Authors: Cokro Fonny , Nathacia Nathacia , Putri Meilani Eka , Della Genoveva , Christian Felicia 
Published: May 2022

Metabolic syndrome is typically characterized by hypertension, diabetes mellitus, dyslipidemia, and obesity—all of which can contribute to a higher risk of acute coronary syndrome (ACS). Mounting evidence also shows how metabolic syndrome may lead to worsening symptoms in covid-19 patients, thus resulting in more fatal cases. Therefore, what is urgently needed is the efforts to improve public awareness of the adverse effects of metabolic syndrome on covid-19 patients and the importance of health protocols against covid-19 transmission. An online seminar via zoom was held to support the fight against the covid-19 pandemic among the urban communities, which were chosen due to the prevalence of metabolic syndrome in these communities. The two-hour online counseling was also held to commemorate World Pharmacist Day, which fell on September 26, 2020. The responses to the questionnaire revealed that the majority of participants had a better understanding of the metabolic syndrome, its risks, its detrimental influence on the conditions of covid-19 patients, and the efforts to prevent Covid-19 transmissions. The seminar is expected to contribute to the government’s efforts to bolster the community’s awareness of the importance of health protocols
Carotid artery stenting for spontaneous internal carotid artery dissection presenting with hypoglossal nerve palsy: A case report
Authors: Kidoguchi Takeshi , Fukui Issei , Abe Hiroyuki , Mori Kentaro , Tamase Akira , Yamashita Ryotaro , Takeda Mutsuki , Nakano Tatsu , Nomura Motohiro 
Published: May 2022

Background:
Some studies reported cases of internal carotid artery (ICA) dissection (ICAD) that was treated by carotid artery stenting (CAS). Symptoms of ICAD resulting from the lower cranial nerve palsy are rare and the treatment strategy is not clearly defined. We report a patient with ICAD showing hypoglossal nerve palsy alone that was treated by CAS.

Case Description:
A 47-year-old man presented with headache, dysphagia, dysarthria, and tongue deviation to the left. He had no history of trauma nor any other significant medical history. Axial T2-CUBE MRI and MRA showed dissection of the left ICA accompanied with a false lumen. These findings indicated that direct compression by the false lumen was the cause of hypoglossal nerve palsy. Although medical treatment was continued, symptoms were not improved. Therefore, CAS was performed to thrombose the false lumen and decompress the hypoglossal nerve. His symptoms gradually improved after CAS and angiography performed at month 6 showed well-dilated ICA and disappearance of false lumen.

Conclusion:
CAS may be an effective treatment for the lower cranial nerve palsy caused by compression by a false lumen of ICAD.
Myeloid sarcoma of the skull base: A case report and systematic literature review
Authors: Athukuri Prazwal , Khan A. Basit , Gadot Ron , Haque Monira , Lee Sungho , Gallagher K. Kelly , Mims Martha P. , Rivero Gustavo A , Barbieri Andreia , Patel Akash J. , Jalali Ali 
Published: May 2022

Background:
Myeloid sarcoma (MS), or chloroma, is a rare extramedullary malignant tumor that consists of undifferentiated granulocytic cells, and it is most commonly associated with acute myeloid leukemia (AML). Intracranial MS accounts for 0.4% of MS cases, and involvement of the skull base and visual dysfunction is rarely reported. However, the optimal treatment and response to treatment of skull base MS in the presence of visual symptoms is unknown.

Case Description:
A 30-year-old male with a history of AML presented with rapidly progressive vision loss and a sellar and parasellar mass with bilateral cavernous sinus and optic nerve encasement. The patient underwent endoscopic endonasal transsphenoidal biopsy revealing intracranial MS. He was treated postoperatively with high-dose intravenous and intrathecal cytarabine and had complete restoration of his vision by postoperative day 11. A systematic review of the literature identified six cases of skull base MS, five of whom presenting with visual symptoms. All patients underwent systemic chemotherapy with cytarabine and/or cyclophosphamide, with infrequent use of intrathecal chemotherapy or radiation. Those with reported visual outcomes were diagnosed 4 months or longer after symptom onset and demonstrated no visual improvement with treatment.

Conclusion:
Skull base MS is a rare disease entity with a high prevalence of visual dysfunction. Our patient’s complete disappearance of intracranial disease and resolution of visual symptoms with systemic and intrathecal chemotherapy highlight the importance of timely diagnosis and appropriate treatment without a need for direct surgical decompression.