bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Comprehensive analysis of the modern rolling stock efficiency in bulk cargo transportation
Authors: Vakulenko S. P. , Romenskaya M. V. , Kalinin K. A. , Shvedin K. I. 
Published: June 2022

Introduction. Under the conditions of increasing containerisation of railway freight traffific, the problem of fifinding new cargo flflows suitable for transportation of freight containers or other types of intermodal freight containers on acceptable terms for both the carrier and the consignor is becoming increasingly important. Being of a fifixed size, large-capacity containers can not always meet the demands of consignors due to insuffificient carrying capacity, body volume and tariff conditions. The article examines the technical and economic effificiency of railway transport using various types of rolling stock and corresponding logistics technologies in the search for new areas for containerisation of cargo flflows.Materials and methods. Using bulk transportation, which is weakly subject to containerisation, as example, the authors carried out an analysis of the effificiency of rolling stock depending on the type of transported bulk freight (freight density). The comparison was performed both between common types of rolling stock (conventional and increased axle load gondola) and rather rarely used types of rolling stock (articulated gondola with increased axle load, demountable railway body, open top containers and specialised bulk containers).Results. Graphs have been plotted showing the effificiency of using each type of rolling stock, expressed through the volume of transported freight per running meter of the car and through the use of the useful volume of the rolling stock itself. The comparison proved, fifirstly, the obvious thesis about the better suitability of gondola cars for the transportation of bulk freight, and secondly, it showed a signifificant deterioration in the bulk freight transportation conditions for largecapacity containers.Discussion and conclusion. The innovative system of demountable railway bodies demonstrates average results in the overall ranking, which indicates suffificient potential for the implementation of this logistics technology.
Conceptual model of railway car traffic organisation based on the end-to-end control of freight delivery times
Authors: Moskvichev O. V. , Mishchenko E. A. , Titarenko S. N. 
Published: June 2022

Introduction. The article presents the analysis of non-compliance of delivery times of railway cargoes with the regulatory time frames. The analysis reveals a decrease in the reliability of delivery, one of the most important quality indicators. The authors assess the operation of existing automated control systems, which shows discontinuities and non-automated functions in the framework of the end-to-end control of the goods and empty cars delivery times. The purpose of the ar tic le is to propose and justify the use of a conceptual model for organising car traffic, based on end-to-end control of delivery times and risk-oriented impact on the limiting technological elements.Materials and methods. The authors applied the methods of the modern theory of traffic management, the theory of mathematical statistics and the theory of decision making.Results. The authors propose a conceptual model based on end-to-end control of goods delivery times and a risk-oriented impact on the limiting technological elements as a part of development of end-to-end process of the goods and empty cars delivery. The model highlights the following key provisions: control of the actual delivery time to stations by assessing the compliance with the technological standard operation times; end-to-end risk-oriented control of actual delivery times of cargo and empty cars along the entire route; providing recommendations to accelerate the advancement of the car traffic based on the technical and economic feasibility study.Discussion and conclusion. The implementation of the proposed conceptual model enables to employ scientifically based operational decision-making to control the flow of the traffic at each stage along the route and to improve the quality of transport services and the quality of operational work of railway transport. The conceptual model can be implemented as a separate module integrated into the existing automated station control system.
FEATURES OF MINERAL DENSITY OF BONE TISSUE WHEN SIMULATING DIFFERENT VARIANTS OF SECONDARY OSTEOPOROSIS IN MALE OF REPRODUCTIVE AGE
Authors: Povoroznyuk V. V. , Hopkalova I. V. 
Published: June 2022

The influence of sex hormone deficiency, excess of thyroid hormones and their complex action on bone mineral density parameters has been studied.
(MSCT) in male Wistar rats. It has been shown that high levels of thyroid hormones in one month of study cause a much stronger loss of BMD than
deficiency of sex hormones. High doses of thyroid hormones cause a decrease in BMD in all parts of the skeleton, with the maximum loss of BMD was
in the spine. Orchiectomy causes a maximum decrease in BMD in the hind limbs.
Effects of Feedback From Self-Monitoring Devices on Lifestyle Changes in Workers with Diabetes: 3-Month Randomized Controlled Pilot Trial
Authors: Nagata Tomohisa , Aoyagi Sona-Sanae , Takahashi Minekazu , Nagata Masako , Mori Koji 
Published: June 2022

Background
Although lifestyle interventions are useful in the prevention and management of diabetes, they can be expensive and time-consuming. There is some evidence on the effectiveness of automated mobile technology for health self-monitoring; however, few studies have used such devices in the occupational health field.

Objective
We aimed to examine the effectiveness of a digital self-monitoring device on glucose levels and activity of workers with diabetes in Japan. The primary outcomes were changes in blood glucose levels, and the secondary outcomes were changes in weight and BMI.

Methods
A 2-arm randomized controlled pilot trial was conducted with workers from 23 organizations. The intervention group (n=50) wore an armband activity monitor, a body composition monitor, and a blood pressure monitor for 3 months and received semiautomated weekly email messages tailored to their device data. The control group (n=53) engaged in no self-monitoring. Messages were developed by a physician and a dietician. Postintervention changes in blood glucose levels, weight, and BMI were compared between the intervention and control groups, using blood tests and questionnaires.

Results
At the end of 3 months, the intervention group showed significantly lower blood glucose levels (HbA1c: intervention group mean 6.4% (SD 0.3%) vs control group mean 6.6% (SD 0.3%); Cohen d=0.7, 95% CI 0.2-1.1; P=.009). There were no significant between-group differences in weight and BMI.

Conclusions
Mobile digital self-monitoring was effective in improving blood glucose levels in workers with diabetes. The use of digital health devices is a cost-effective way of implementing health self-monitoring for large numbers of individuals in the workplace. However, due to the large volume of missing values in this study, we need to be careful in interpreting the results, and well-designed intervention studies need to be conducted.

Trial Registration
University Hospital Medical Information Network UMIN000023651;
https://upload.umin.ac.jp/cgi-open-bin/icdr/ctr_view_cb.cgi?recptno=R000027244&flwp_key=1008PYbOcXKmk7CAg4Th1FWS
Present Situation and the Future Development of Web-Based Prenatal Education in China: Cross-sectional Web-Based Survey
Authors: Huang Xinyu , Sun Weiwei , Wang Renyu , Wu Huailiang , Yu Shinning , Fang Xuanbi , Liu Yiyan , Akinwunmi Babatunde , Huang Jian , Ming Wai-kit 
Published: June 2022

Background
Pregnancy serves as an important chapter in the life of women since more attention needs to be paid to both their physical and psychological health during this period. Adequate prenatal knowledge plays a key role in ensuring the health and safety of not only the pregnant women but also their fetuses and the entire family. With the development of information technology, web-based prenatal education has been brought into focus owing to its accessibility to comprehensive information, with high-quality information available to improve the quality of the overall gestation period, labor process, perinatal outcomes, and fetal outcomes.

Objective
This study aims to investigate the present situation of web-based prenatal education and to predict the future research direction of web-based prenatal education in China, thereby providing insights into improving the quality of health care of pregnant women.

Methods
A national cross-sectional study was conducted on 590,912 pregnant women in 31 provincial administrations of mainland China between August 2018 and August 2019. These pregnant women were initially recruited from local hospitals across the nation during antenatal and postnatal periods via a web-based education school. Demographic information and course completion status (including the categories and the number of courses they completed) of all the participants were collected.

Results
A total of 590,912 pregnant women participated in the web-based prenatal education in 2018. Among them, 188,508 (31.90%) participants were excluded because they did not complete any course, while 17,807 (3.01%) actively participated in web-based prenatal education and completed more than 100 courses. There were 5 categories of web-based courses; almost half of the pregnant women attended the courses on first and second trimesters (293,262/590,912, 49.63% and 298,168/590,912, 50.46%, respectively). We found that pregnant women were more concerned about the gestational diet, fetal-related knowledge, and other precautions before the labor.

Conclusions
In the era of digitalization where information is rapidly disseminated, web-based prenatal education could become a more convenient, productive, and effective pathway for pregnant women since it could help them obtain adequate and optimal pregnancy-related information and gain more intellectual awareness about their pregnancy or preparation for pregnancy.
Experiences of Community Members Engaged in eCPR (Emotional Connecting, Empowering, Revitalizing) Training: Qualitative Focus Group Study
Authors: Myers Amanda L , Mbao Mbita , Kadakia Arya , Collings Shira , Fortuna Karen L 
Published: June 2022

Background
The United Nations has called for wide-scale community mental health psychoeducation; however, few programs currently exist. Emotional Connecting, Empowering, Revitalizing (eCPR) is a community education and training program developed by individuals with a lived experience of mental health challenges or trauma. It is designed to provide community members with skills and confidence to support someone experiencing mental health challenges.

Objective
This qualitative study aimed to examine the user experiences of diverse community members engaged in eCPR training. This study reviewed their attitudes toward training and opportunities for improvement in future implementations of training.

Methods
eCPR training participants (N=31) were invited to participate in virtual focus groups between June 2020 and July 2020. Data were analyzed using the rigorous and accelerated data reduction method, which converts raw textual data into concise data tables to develop a codebook, and thematic analysis was performed to identify common themes.

Results
The themes identified when analyzing the data included emotional holding and containment, training feedback, principles and practices of eCPR, implementation, connection in a digital environment, skills practice, and shared experiences.

Conclusions
eCPR may benefit individuals from multiple, diverse demographics. It can enhance their ability to connect with others to understand what it means to be with someone who is experiencing a mental health challenge or crisis, to accept their own emotions, and to be confident in being their most authentic self in both their work and personal lives. eCPR may answer the call of the United Nations by bringing opportunities for authenticity and healing to community settings. Exploring the effects of delivering eCPR in communities on individuals experiencing distress is an important next step. This study found that eCPR may be beneficial to many groups of trainees with varying backgrounds and experiences. These findings are important, as they speak to the potential for eCPR to be implemented in a variety of community settings with the intention of working to improve mental health in everyday settings.
The Association Between the Use of Low-Slice Computed Tomography Machines and Downstream Care: Comparative Study of 16-Slice and 64-Slice Computed Tomography Angiography
Authors: Powell Adam C , Long James W , Deshmukh Uday U , Simmons Jeffrey D 
Published: June 2022

Background
Although computed tomography (CT) studies on machines with more slices have reported higher positive and negative predictive values, the impact of using low-slice (16-slice) CT machines on downstream testing has not been well studied. In community outpatient settings, low-slice CT machines remain in use, although many hospitals have adopted higher-slice machines.

Objective
This study examines the association between the use of low-slice CT machines and downstream invasive testing in the context of the CT angiography of the neck.

Methods
Included health insurance claims pertained to adults with commercial or Medicare Advantage health plans who underwent the CT angiography of the neck. Site certification data were used to assign counts of slices to claims. Claims that were made in the 60 days after CT were examined for cervicocerebral angiography. The association between the number of slices and cervicocerebral angiography was evaluated by using a chi-square test and multivariate logistic regression.

Results
Claims for 16-slice CT had a 5.1% (33/641) downstream cervicocerebral angiography rate, while claims for 64-slice CT had a 3.1% (35/1125) rate, and a significant difference (P=.03) was observed. An analysis that was adjusted for patient demographics also found a significant relationship (odds ratio 1.64, 95% CI 1.00-2.69; P=.047).

Conclusions
The use of low-slice CT machines in the community may impact the quality of care and result in more downstream testing.
An Intervention Offering Self-management Support Through mHealth and Health Coaching to Patients With Prostate Cancer: Interpretive Description of Patients’ Experiences and Perspectives
Authors: Obro Louise Faurholt , Osther Palle Jörn Sloth , Ammentorp Jette , Pihl Gitte Thybo , Heiselberg Kasper Kvols , Krogh Peter Gall , Handberg Charlotte 
Published: June 2022

Background
Observational management strategies such as active surveillance and watchful waiting are considered to be acceptable approaches in patients with low-risk localized prostate cancer and a safe alternative to aggressive treatment. During observational management, treatment is postponed until the disease progresses, which often never occurs. However, approximately 90% of patients with a low-risk disease choose aggressive treatment owing to anxiety. Strategies to address anxiety are needed for optimal management of this population and to improve the quality of life of patients with low-risk localized prostate cancer. A review highlighted that mobile health (mHealth) in tandem with health coaching can support patients’ self-management of health behaviors and improve well-being.

Objective
This study aims to explore patients’ experiences with and perspectives on an intervention offering self-management support through the use of mHealth devices and health coaching to identify supportive features that enable patients to perform sustainable changes that improve well-being.

Methods
We used an interpretive description approach, combining semistructured interviews with 13 purposively selected patients with prostate cancer and participant observations of patient-coach interactions in coaching sessions. The interviews were transcribed and analyzed. The self-determination theory was used as a theoretical lens. Field notes and coaching notes from each session were used to orient data generation and confirm or challenge the analysis.

Results
Our analysis suggested that patients’ self-awareness and psychological identity influenced their experiences with and perspectives on the self-management support offered by mHealth and health coaching in clinical practice. The patients’ individual experiences and perspectives indicated that they placed themselves in a dynamic continuum of sustaining or repressing their identity, self-awareness, and individual qualities. Our analysis revealed 4 interacting themes, all related to the psychological identity of the patients.

Conclusions
For the group of patients with prostate cancer to experience well-being, we found it important for them to sustain their self-image when offered a self-management intervention. Motivation and autonomy were important aspects for the individual patients to sustain their self-image throughout the intervention. In contrast, demotivation and a sense of paternalism could result in fostering an experience of having to repress self-awareness.
The acute effects of action observation training on upper extremity functions, cognitive processes and reaction times: a randomized controlled trial
Authors: Emuk Yusuf , Kahraman Turhan , Sengul Yesim 
Published: June 2022

Aim:
To investigate the acute effects of action observation training on upper extremity functions, cognitive functions and response time in healthy, young adults.
Materials & methods:
A total of 60 participants were randomly divided into five groups: the self-action observation group, action observation group, action practice group, non-action observation group and control group. The Jebsen–Taylor hand function test (JTHFT), nine-hole peg test, serial reaction time task and d2 test of attention were applied to the participants before and after the interventions.
Results:
JTHFT performance with both non-dominant and dominant hands improved significantly compared with baseline in all groups (p < 0.001). JTHFT performance with non-dominant and dominant hands differed between the groups (p < 0.001).
Conclusion:
Action observation training seems to enhance the performance of upper extremity-related functions. Observing self-actions resulted in statistically significant positive changes in more variables compared with other methods. However, its clinical effectiveness over the other methods should be investigated in future long-term studies.

Clinical Trial Registration:
NCT04932057
(
ClinicalTrials.gov
)
Artificial Intelligence Systems for Solving Problems of Agro­Industrial Complex Digitalization and Robotization
Authors: Ronzhin A. L. , Savel'ev A. I. 
Published: June 2022

The digital transformation of agricultural technological processes is substantiated to be relevant in the context of the exacerbating global problems of food security, the agricultural business stagnation in the regions of the northern Non-Black Earth Region, as well as the ESG transformation of the economy.Research purpose To develop control algorithms for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) based on numerical methods of machine learning to ensure the monitoring of the crops state and the improving of the production process planning and operational management.Materials and methods The following methodology was used: the original methods of machine learning, knowledge engineering and computer modeling for organizational and technological processes of technical objects’ life cycle in industry and products’ life cycle in the national economy, as well as mathematical and algorithmic models, methods and prototypes of proactive automation tools for information, physical and energy interaction of heterogeneous robotic and cyber-physical complexes.Results and discussion Artificial intelligence systems were created for the photogrammetric processing of visible spectrum images and those taken with multispectral video cameras with the construction of orthophotomaps, digital elevation models. Machine learning numerical methods were applied. Possible ways of formulating recommendations for the land revegetation and amelioration were demonstrated. Algorithmic software and hardware have been developed for the automation of vertical farms, closed cycle fish farming plants. The authors carried out wireless registration of measured and calculated parameters received from the distributed sensors, conducted their analysis based on big data technologies and proactive control of cyber-physical devices responsible for the functioning of the aqua and phytocultures life support systems. The authors provided the examples of produced UAVs and attachments designed for processing the agricultural land, as well as examples of automation modules for vertical farms that provide proactive autonomous control.Conclusions It was determined that the developed software and hardware ensured a 6-percent increase in the residual charge of the UAV battery after the flight. Image analysis using a multispectral camera improved the accuracy of identifying the plant areas with phytopathologies up to 99 percent.
IMMUNE ORGANS AND GROWTH PERFORMANCE OF MALE LAYING HENS WITH USE OF EUGENOL CLOVE LEAF OIL AS A SUBSTITUTE OF ANTIBIOTIC IN FEED
Authors: Hafsah Hafsah , Damayanti A P , Syahrir Syahrir , Tahir Tahir , Rahmasari Feni , Alsahab M R 
Published: June 2022

The use of antibiotics as growth promoters (AGP) in poultry feed aims to stimulate growth and prevent disease. However, the use of antibiotics in animal feed has been banned spread of resistant bacteria which can be harmful to human health. The use of natural compounds, especially essential oils, as a natural alternative for antibiotics. The aim of the study was to evaluate the inclusion of eugenol clove leaf oil as a feed additive to replace antibiotics in feed on immune organs and growth performance of male laying hens. Experiment was designed in Completely Randomized Design with 5 treatments and 4 replicates. The study Animal used 120 DOC (Day Old Chick) of male laying hens. Treatments consist of: P1 = Basal feed; P2 = Basal feed + 0.005% tetracycline ; P3 = Basal diets + 0.5% eugenol; P4 = Basal diets + 1.0% eugenol; P5 = Basal diets + 1.5% eugenol. Variables observed i.e.: immune organs (thymus, bursa fabricus, spleen, liver) and growth performance (weigh gain, feed intake, protein intake, energy intake, feed efficiency). The statistical analyses were carried out using Anova and LSD test. Results were shown high significant (P<0. 01) effects on thymus (immune organ) and growth performance (weight gain, feed intake, protein intake, energy intake, feed efficiency) of male laying hens. However, no significant (P>0.05) effects on bursa fabricus, spleen, and liver (immune organs). Our finding suggest that the use of eugenol clove leaf oil as a substitute for antibiotics in feed, with a level of 0.5%-1.0% of male laying hens resulted similar response to the use of tetracycline 0.005%.