bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Ranking of addiction journals in eight widely used impact metrics
Authors: Gorman Dennis M. , Huber Chuck 
Published: June 2022

Abstract

Background and aims
Journal metrics assess impact upon the research literature, and are now used to assess individual researchers in hiring and promotion decisions. This study compared the ranking of addiction journals according to eight widely used metrics; assessed the correlations between journal rankings; and assessed changes over time in metric scores.

Methods
Data pertaining to the 2020 scores on eight metrics for 43 journals were obtained and the top 20 ranking in each compared and the correlations between rankings assessed. The Impact Factor was employed to assess changes over time.

Results
Ignoring the two categorization systems used by some metrics, 31 journals appeared in at least one metric top 20 and 11 in all eight. The top rank in each was occupied by one of three journals. Three-quarters of the correlations between rankings were above 6.0. The number of journals with an Impact Factor rose from 23 in 1997 to 38 in 2020, and the journals added tended to focus on addictions other than alcohol and drugs or have a specific focus.

Conclusions and discussion
The results indicate a concentration of journals at the top of the metrics and moderate to strong agreement between them, but almost three-quarters of journals appeared in at least one metric. The longitudinal data reflect both a broadening and specialization of the addiction field. The study limitations include exclusion of some journals and metrics.
Do individuals with children value the future more?
Authors: Horn Dániel , Kiss Hubert János 
Published: June 2022

Abstract
In recent years public and political debate suggested that individuals with children value the future more. We attempt to substantiate the debate, and we use a representative survey to investigate if the number of children (or simply having children) is indeed associated with a higher valuation of the future, which we proxy with an aspect of time preferences, patience. We find that, in general, there is no correlation between having children and patience, though for young women with below-median income there is some weak evidence in line with the conjecture. We also show some evidence that it is not having children that matters, but marital status. More precisely, single women are less patient than other, non-single women.
Myelodysplasiás syndroma ritka társulása chronicus myeloid leukaemiával és transzformációja acut myeloid leukaemiába
Authors: Dombi J. Péter , Csomor Judit , Barborják Zorka , Tímár Botond , Szakál Péter , Szepesi Ágota , Simon Zsófia 
Published: June 2022

Bevezetés
Bár a chronicus myeloid leukaemia ritkán társulhat más daganatos betegségekhez, myelodysplasiás syndroma utáni kialakulásáról irodalmi közlést nem találtunk. 71 éves férfi anamnézisében ischaemiás szívbetegség, ulcus ventriculi szerepelt. 2019-ben pancytopenia miatt indult kivizsgálása 5q delécióval járó myelodysplasiás syndromát igazolt, mely miatt lenalidomid kezelést indítottunk, ennek hatására vérképe rendeződött. Nyolc kezelési ciklus után jelentkező leukocytosis felvetette acut myeloid leukaemiába történő transzformáció lehetőségét, azonban a csontvelő vizsgálata chronicus myeloid leukaemiát igazolt, típusos t(9;22) transzlokációval. A korábban igazolt 5q– klón nem volt kimutatható. Nilotinib kezelés indult 2 × 300 mg/nap dózisban és a lenalidomid terápia leállt. Kilenc hónap elteltével ismételten pancytopenia jelentkezett, mely miatt a nilotinib dózisát 2 × 150 mg-ra redukáltuk, és ellenőrző vizsgálatokat végeztünk, ami a CML major molekuláris remissziója mellett az 5q– MDS klón ismételt megjelenését igazolta. Kezelését a redukált dózisú nilotinib mellett a korábban effektív lenalidomid terápiával egészítettük ki, azonban alig két hónap után ismételten jelentős leukocytosist észleltünk, melynek hátterében az MDS acut leukaemiás transzformációja igazolódott. Azacitidine+venetoclax kezelést indítottunk a redukált nilotinib mellett, az első ciklus után végzett ellenőrző vizsgálat jó terápiás választ igazolt, azonban a beteg a második kezelési ciklus során kialakult lázas neutropeniás szövődményben meghalt. Betegünk esetét ritkasága és a diagnosztikus kihívások miatt tartjuk érdemesnek bemutatásra.
Polynomially Decomposable Global Cost Functions in Weighted Constraint Satisfaction
Authors: Lee Jimmy , Leung Ka Lun , Wu Yi 
Published: June 2022

In maintaining consistencies, such as GAC*, FDGAC* and weak EDGAC*, for global cost functions, Weighted CSP (WCSP) solvers rely on the projection and extension operations, which entail the computation of the cost functions' minima. Tractability of this minimum computation is essential for efficient execution. Since projections/extensions modify the cost functions, an important issue is tractable projection-safety, concerning whether minimum cost computation remains tractable after projections/extensions. In this paper, we prove that tractable projection-safety is always possible for projections/extensions to/from the nullary cost function (W0), and always impossible for projections/extensions to/from n-ary cost functions for n > = 2. When n = 1, the answer is indefinite. We give a simple negative example, while Lee and Leung's flow-based projection-safe cost functions are also tractable projection-safe. We propose polynomially decomposable cost functions, which are amenable to tractable minimum computation. We further prove that the polynomial decomposability property is unaffected by projections/extensionsto/from unary cost functions. Thus, polynomially decomposable cost functions are tractable projection-safe. We show that the SOFT_AMONG, SOFT_REGULAR, SOFT_GRAMMAR and MAX_WEIGHT/MIN_WEIGHT are polynomially decomposable. They are embedded in a WCSP solver for extensive experiments to confirm the feasibility and efficiency of our proposal.
Information Set Generation in Partially Observable Games
Authors: Richards Mark , Amir Eyal 
Published: June 2022

We address the problem of making single-point decisions in large partially observable games, where players interleave observation, deliberation, and action. We present information set generation as a key operation needed to reason about games in this way. We show how this operation can be used to implement an existing decision-making algorithm. We develop a constraint satisfaction algorithm for performing information set generation and show that it scales better than the existing depth-first search approach on multiple non-trivial games.
Occupancy Grid Models for Robot Mapping in Changing Environments
Authors: Meyer-Delius Daniel , Beinhofer Maximilian , Burgard Wolfram 
Published: June 2022

The majority of existing approaches to mobile robot mapping assumes that the world is static, which is generally not justified in real-world applications. However, in many navigation tasks including trajectory planning, surveillance, and coverage, accurate maps are essential for the effective behavior of the robot. In this paper we present a probabilistic grid-based approach for modeling changing environments. Our method represents both, the occupancy and its changes in the corresponding area where the dynamics are characterized by the state transition probabilities of a Hidden Markov Model. We apply an offline and an online technique to learn the parameters from observed data. The advantage of the online approach is that it can dynamically adapt the parameters and at the same time does not require storing the complete observation sequences. Experimental results obtained with data acquired by real robots demonstrate that our model is well-suited for representing changing environments. Further results show that our technique can be used to substantially improve the effectiveness of path planning procedures.
Problematizing the Postmodern Condition in Em and the Big Hoom
Authors: Paul David , Alan G 
Published: June 2022

This paper investigates and problematizes the postmodern condition in Jerry Pinto's novel, Em and the Big Hoom. The complex, medical, psychoanalytic, and psychiatric history of the characters’ psyche is traced out in the novel. Postmodernism is an outgrowth of Modernism. It denotes the status of contemporary society, the revolutions, modifications, and shifts in science, literature, and arts. Taking into account all of the significant shifts from Modernism to Postmodernism, the study explicates Postmodernism as a movement, the Postmodern era along with the postmodern condition, and the postmodern tenets. The Psyche of the postmodern characters as presented by the author in his psychological fiction is profoundly probed in the paper. There is an intense focus on how important tenets like fragmentation, non-linearity, intertextuality, and playfulness are inherent in the novel.
El cuento de Pitas pajas en la tradición oral de Guanajuato, México: “esta es la que me contaron así, ligerita, chiquita, pero es así” = The tale of Pitas Pajas in the oral tradition of Guanajuato, Mexico: “esta es la que me contaron así, ligerita, chiquita, pero es así”
Authors: Medrano de Luna Gabriel , Pedrosa José Manuel 
Published: June 2022

Transcripción, edición y estudio comparado de varias versiones del cuento oral de Pitas Pajas que fueron grabadas a una persona de Guanajuato, México, en los años 2018 y 2019. Se analizan también los comentarios del narrador. Y se estudia el cuento en relación con las demás versiones documentadas desde la versión refundida por Juan Ruiz, en el siglo XIV en el Libro de buen amor, en varias tradiciones y lenguas. Se estudian diversos fenómenos de poética, de adaptación y de simbiosis con otros cuentos, que se aprecian en los relatos grabados en Guanajuato. Transcription, editing and comparative study of several versions of the oral story of Pitas Pajas that were recorded to a person from Guanajuato, Mexico, in the years 2018 and 2019. The narrator's comments are also analyzed. And the tale is studied in relation to the other documented versions since the version recast by Juan Ruiz, in the 14th century in the Libro de buen amor, in several traditions and languages. Various phenomena of poetics, adaptation and symbiosis with other tales, which can be seen in the stories recorded in Guanajuato, are studied.
El monstruo femenino y la violencia liberadora en A girl walks home alone at night de Ana Lily Amirpour=The female monster and the liberating violence in A girl walks home alone at night (2014), by Ana Lily Amirpour
Authors: Useros Rodríguez Silvia 
Published: June 2022

El objetivo de este texto es analizar el monstruo femenino en el film A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night (Una chica vuelve a casa sola de noche, 2014), de Ana Lily Amirpour, exponiendo el giro del arquetipo de la mujer vampiro, para tratar el tema de la violencia patriarcal y, mediante una serie de referencias críticas de la teoría del cine feminista, con figuras como Barbara Creed, Pilar Pedraza y Laura Mulvey, entre otras, entender las nuevas manifestaciones de lo femenino y lo monstruoso. The aim of this paper is to analyze the female monster in Ana Lily Amirpour’s film A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night (2014), exposing the reversal of the female vampire archetype to address the violence of patriarchy, and through a series of critical references from feminist cinema theory with figures such as Barbara Creed, Pilar Pedraza, and Laura Mulvey, among others, to understand the new trends of the feminine and monstrosity.
La reconceptualización de la bruja como heroína en las novelas de Maite Carranza=the reconceptualization of the witch as a heroine in the novels by Maite Carranza
Authors: Casado Presa Cristina 
Published: June 2022

El presente artículo analiza la trilogía La Guerra de las brujas de Maite Carranza, publicada entre 2005 y 2007. La figura de la bruja, tradicionalmente considerada como un exponente de lo monstruoso femenino, ha surgido como una figura popular en la ficción para jóvenes adultos a la hora de abordar la formación de la identidad en lo que se ha denominado como ‘the teenage witch convention’. Mi análisis parte de este concepto y de las teorías de Joseph Campbell acerca del viaje del héroe para explorar la figura de la bruja joven o adolescente como un espacio de mediación e hibridez que permite articular los conceptos de heroína, negociación cultural y poder femenino. This article analyzes the trilogy The War of the Witches by Maite Carranza, published between 2005 and 2007. The figure of the witch, traditionally considered an exponent of the monstrous feminine, has emerged as a popular figure in young adult fiction as a vehicle to address identity formation in what has been called “the teenage witch convention’. My analysis builds upon this concept and Joseph Campbell's theories about the hero's journey to explore the figure of the young witch as a space of mediation and hybridity that allows to articulate the concepts of heroine, cultural negotiation, and feminine power.
Socio-economic Predisposing Factors of Malnutrition among School Going Children in Bareilly District of North India: A Cross-sectional Study
Authors: Singh Anuj , Sharma Ashish Kumar , Kumar Amit , Singh Ankit , Singh Ankit , Khan Swati , Chauhan Neha Singh 
Published: June 2022

Background: Malnutrition remains the ever challenging, public health concern irrespective of age and economic status. Although nutrition is essential irrespective of age but it has peerless role in the school days. The present study was conducted to assess the socio-economic predisposing factors of malnutrition among school children in the Bareilly district of North India.
Methods: This cross-sectional study was carried out in Bareilly district of North India. A total of 465 school children were examined for nutritional status and socio-economic factors responsible for malnutrition. Applying multi-stage random sampling technique and pretested, pre-validated schedule was used for data collection which was compiled and analysed with Epi-Info software version 7.
Results: The study revealed 40% prevalence of malnutrition among school children. Socio- demographic factors such as gender, caste, type of family and residence were found statistically significant different with nutritional status of child (p<0.05). However, socio economic factors such as parental education, employment and socio economic conditions were discovered inversely related with malnutrition (p<0.05).
Conclusion: The study indicates the necessity to accelerate the government’s coping strategies to win over malnutrition in especially in underserved population of country.
Italian Society and Gender Role Stereotypes. How Stereotypical Beliefs Concerning Males and Females are Still Present in Italian People at the Beginning of the Third Millennium
Authors: Ostuni Adriana , Sacco Giuseppina , Sacco Pietro , Zizza Alfonso 
Published: June 2022

There are many forms of discrimination in our society. Why is more attention being paid to discrimination against women with awareness-raising debates, public demonstrations, and more? Women’s discrimination against men is discrimination, too! To cope with this growing phenomenon, it is necessary to understand the roots from which it originates and is fed. Gender role stereotypes may be responsible for this (Ostuni, 2017). In this work, thanks to a survey carried out by ISTAT in 2019 (referred to 2018) on the male and female Italian population aged between 18 and 74 years old, it will be explained if and how our society is "trapped" in stereotypical beliefs. The results obtained show that Italy is divided into two parts and that in the north-central regions stereotypes are less rooted than in the southern ones. The phenomenon is less widespread, for both sexes, both as they grow in age and when they have a higher educational degree. In this context, as far as family society, and the economy is concerned, the role of women aissubordinate to men, especially in the South. As stereotypes are responsible for different forms of discrimination against women, a possible way to establish fair gender equality can be obtained by eliminating them and bringing down the prevailing patriarchal culture.
Analysis of Whirl Characteristics of Drill String Under Multidirectional Coupling Conditions
Authors: Tian Jialin , Xiong Changqing , Fan Changyue , Guo Linpeng , Liu Chenghang 
Published: June 2022

Summary
The nonlinear contact between the bottomhole assembly (BHA) and the borehole can cause backward whirl. During an actual drilling process, the backward whirl will increase wear of the downhole drilling tool and lead to bending or even bulking failure. Therefore, analyzing the drillstring whirl characteristics considering multidirectional coupling effects, combined with field conditions, is a key issue and research hotspot. In this paper, considering the relationships between axial, torsional, and lateral vibrations of the drillstring system, the whirl model is established with finite element method. Research results indicate that with higher driving speed and larger friction coefficient between drillstring and borehole wall, the drillstring lateral vibration changes from forward to backward whirl. On the contrary, the increasing of drilling fluid density can effectively suppress the occurrence of backward whirl. As drilling fluid density increases, forward and backward whirl coexist, and only the forward whirl occurs at last. The research results can provide a basis for formulating whirl control strategy, and promoting the efficient and safe operations of drilling engineering.
Inhibition of extracellular and intracellular survival of Mycobacterial strains by alkaloids extracted from Justicia adhatoda leaves.
Authors: Mishra Smita , Khatri Manisha , Mehra Varsha 
Published: June 2022

Abstract
Tuberculosis (TB) continues to be one of the world's leading causes of death by the infectious pathogen Mycobacterium tuberculosis, which infects one-third of the global population. The emergence of the COVID-19 pandemic made its spread rapid and the treatment task more daunting. With the havoc of infectious disease expansion, traditional medicines have triggered tremendous interest worldwide. However, less availability of scientific evidence still hinders its practical use. In the present study, we evaluated the potential of the traditional medicinal plant, Justicia adhatoda, which has been used to treat respiratory ailments since ancient times. We have successfully isolated and characterized several bioactive compounds viz- Vasicoline, Vasicolinone, Adhatodine, Adhavasine, Aniflorine, and Vasicinone from J. adhatoda plant leaves, including Vasicine as the principal compound, and showed their anti-tubercular activity on nutrient-starved Mycobacterium smegmatis and Mycobacterium bovis. The study also directs their in-vitro and ex-vivo antimycobacterial potential on THP1 macrophages with internalized Mycobacterium. Our study is one of its first kind, where we assessed the synergistic antimycobacterial effect of the isolated compounds with the first-line drug Isoniazid (INH). Their potential role in promoting phagolysosome fusion and apoptosis of M. bovis infected THP1 macrophages is further evaluated.
Psychometric Properties of the 21-item Depression, Anxiety, and Stress Scale (DASS-21) among Malaysians during COVID-19: A Methodological Study
Authors: Thiyagarajan Arulmani , James Tyler , Marzo Roy 
Published: June 2022

Abstract
Depression, anxiety, and stress continue to be among the largest burdens of disease, globally. The Depression, Anxiety, and Stress Scale – 21 Items (DASS-21) is a shortened version of DASS-41 developed to measure these mental health conditions. The DASS-41 has strong evidence of validity and reliability in multiple contexts. However, the DASS-21, and the resulting item properties, have been explored less in terms of modern test theories. One such theory is Item Response Theory (IRT), and we use IRT models to explore latent item and person traits of each DASS-21 sub-scale among people living in Malaysia. Specifically, we aimed to assess Classical Test Theory and IRT properties including dimensionality, internal consistency (reliability), and item-level properties. We conducted a web-based cross-sectional study and sent link-based questionnaires to people aged 18 and above in a private university and requested roll out the link. Overall and individual subscales’ Cronbach’s alpha of the DASS-21 indicates an excellent internal consistency. The average inter-item correlation and corrected inter-item correlations for each of the sub-scales indicated acceptable discrimination. On average, DASS-21 total scores and sub-scale scores were significantly higher among female participants than males. The Graded Response Model had a better empirical fit to sub-scale response data. Raw summated and latent (IRT estimated) scores of the Depression, Anxiety, and Stress sub-scales, and overall DASS-21 were strongly correlated. Thus, this study provides evidence of validity supporting the use of the DASS-21 as a mental health screening tool among Malaysians. Specifically, the standard error of measurement was minimized to provide robust evidence of potential utility in identifying participants who are and are not experiencing these mental health issues. Additional research is warranted to ensure that test content is culturally appropriate and accurately measuring cultural norms of depression, anxiety, and stress.
Leveraging Artificial Intelligence in blockchain-based E-health for safer decision making framework
Authors: AlAsqah Muneerah , Moulahi Tarek , Zidi Salah , Alabdulatif Abdulatif 
Published: June 2022

Abstract
Machine learning-based (ML) systems are becoming the primary means of achieving the highest levels of productivity and effectiveness. Incorporating other advanced technologies, such as the Internet of Things (IoT), or e-Health systems, has made ML the first choice to help automate systems and predict future events.The execution environment of ML is always presenting contrasting types of threats, such as adversarial poisoning of training datasets or model parameters manipulation. Blockchain technology is known as a decentralized network of blocks that symbolize means of protecting block content integrity and ensuring secure execution of operations.Existing studies partially incorporated Blockchain into the learning process. This paper propose a more extensive secure way to protect the decision process of the learning model. Using smart contracts, this study executed the model’s decision by the reversal engineering of the learning model’s decision function from the extracted learning parameters. We deploy Support Vector Machine (SVM) and Multi-Layer Perceptron (MLP) classifiers decision functions on-chain for more comprehensive integration of Blockchain. The effectiveness of this proposed approach is measured by applying a case study