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Investigation of systemic immune-inflammation index, neutrophil/high-density lipoprotein ratio, lymphocyte/high-density lipoprotein ratio, and monocyte/high-density lipoprotein ratio as indicators of inflammation in patients with schizophrenia and bipolar disorder
Authors: Wei Yanyan , Wang Tingting , Li Guoguang , Feng Junhui , Deng Lianbang , Xu Haiting , Yin Lu , Ma Jinbao , Chen Dongning , Chen Jingxu 
Published: July 2022

BackgroundThe systemic immune-inflammation index (SII), system inflammation response index (SIRI), neutrophil/high-density lipoprotein (HDL) ratio (NHR), lymphocyte/HDL ratio (LHR), monocyte/HDL ratio (MHR), and platelet/HDL ratio (PHR) have been recently investigated as new markers for inflammation. The purpose of this research is to use large-scale clinical data to discuss and compare the predictive ability of the SII, SIRI, NHR, LHR, MHR, and PHR in patients with schizophrenia (SCZ) and bipolar disorder (BD), to investigate potential biomarkers.Materials and methodsIn this retrospective, naturalistic, cross-sectional study, we collected the hematological parameter data of 13,329 patients with SCZ, 4,061 patients with BD manic episodes (BD-M), and 1,944 patients with BD depressive episodes (BD-D), and 5,810 healthy subjects served as the healthy control (HC) group. The differences in the SII, SIRI, NHR, LHR, MHR, and PHR were analyzed, and a receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve was used to analyze the diagnostic potential of these parameters.ResultsCompared with the HC group, the values of the SII, SIRI, NHR, LHR, MHR, and PHR and the levels of neutrophils, monocytes, and triglycerides (TG) were higher in SCZ and BD groups, and levels of platelets, cholesterol (CHO), HDL, low-density lipoprotein (LDL), and apoprotein B (Apo B) were lower in SCZ and BD groups. Compared to the BD group, the values of the SIRI, lymphocytes, monocytes, and HDL were lower and the values of the SII, NHR, PHR, and platelet were higher in the SCZ group. In contrast to the BD-D group, the values of the SII; SIRI; NHR; and MHR; and levels of neutrophils, monocytes, and platelets were higher in the BD-M group, and the levels of CHO, TG, LDL, and Apo B were lower in the BD-M group. The MHR and NHR were predictors for differentiating the SCZ group from the HC group; the SIRI, NHR, and MHR were predictors for differentiating the BD-M group from the HC group; and the MHR was a predictor for differentiating the BD-D group from the HC group. The combination model of the indicators improved diagnostic effectiveness.ConclusionOur study highlights the role of systemic inflammation in the pathophysiology of SCZ, BD-M, and BD-D, the association between inflammation and lipid metabolism, and these inflammation and lipid metabolism indicators showed different variation patterns in SCZ, BD-D, and BD-M.
Safe menstrual hygiene management practice and associated factors among female adolescent students at high schools in central Ethiopia: A mixed–method study
Authors: Deriba Berhanu Senbeta , Garedew Girma , Gemeda Diriba , Geleta Tinsae Abeya , Jemal Kemal , Bala Elias Teferi , Mekuria Mulugeta , Nigussie Tadesse , Dirirsa Dejene Edosa , Legesse Elsabeth 
Published: July 2022

BackgroundMenstrual Hygiene Management (MHM) is a much-neglected issue in developing countries, including Ethiopia. Menstruating women and girls are forced into isolation, prevented from movement, dietary restrictions, and can be prevented from participating in daily routine activities. Furthermore, the way almost all previous studies conducted in Ethiopia measured the practice of MHM did not meet standard definition of safe MHM. This study aimed to assess safe management of menstrual hygiene practice and associated factors among female adolescent students in public high schools in central Ethiopia.MethodsA mixed-methods approach was employed in this study. Systematic random sampling technique was used to select 846 study participants. The collected data were entered through EPI INFO version 7 and exported to SPSS version 23 for cleaning and analysis. Bivariate and multivariate logistic regression analysis were performed to identify the association between MHM and independent variables. Finally, AOR, 95% CI, and p-value &lt; 0.05 were considered statistically significant. The qualitative data was analyzed by ATLAS.ti in order to extract the main themes and categories. Direct quotations were presented with a thick description of the findings.ResultsThe safe management of menstrual hygiene was 28.20%. Living with parents (AOR = 2.51, 95% CI:1.11–5.68), living with relatives (AOR = 7.41, 95% CI:2.55–21.54), having a merchant mother (AOR = 1.81, 95% CI:1.14–2.9), having a mother who has private work (AOR = 4.56, 95% CI:1.31–5.90), having a farmer father (AOR = 1.53, 95% CI:1.1–2.31), rural resident (AOR = 1.61, 95% CI: 1.17–2.21) and realizing the absence of container for storing sanitary napkins in the toilet of the school latrine (AOR = 1.44, 95% CI: 1.1–0.94) were factors associated with MHM. Findings from a qualitative study were discussed under four themes to explore barriers to menstrual hygiene management, and three themes emerged as enablers to menstrual hygiene management.ConclusionsThe safe management of menstrual hygiene was low among adolescent girls. People with whom adolescent girls live, the occupational status of mother and father, residence, the availability of a container to dispose of sanitary napkins in school toilets were factors associated with menstrual hygiene management. Behavioral change communications must be provided to female students about menstrual hygiene.
Accuracy and reliability analysis of a machine learning based segmentation tool for intertrochanteric femoral fracture CT
Authors: Wang Dongdong , Wu Zhenhua , Fan Guoxin , Liu Huaqing , Liao Xiang , Chen Yanxi , Zhang Hailong 
Published: July 2022

IntroductionThree-dimensional (3D) reconstruction of fracture fragments on hip Computed tomography (CT) may benefit the injury detail evaluation and preoperative planning of the intertrochanteric femoral fracture (IFF). Manually segmentation of bony structures was tedious and time-consuming. The purpose of this study was to propose an artificial intelligence (AI) segmentation tool to achieve semantic segmentation and precise reconstruction of fracture fragments of IFF on hip CTs.Materials and MethodsA total of 50 labeled CT cases were manually segmented with Slicer 4.11.0. The ratio of training, validation and testing of the 50 labeled dataset was 33:10:7. A simplified V-Net architecture was adopted to build the AI tool named as IFFCT for automatic segmentation of fracture fragments. The Dice score, precision and sensitivity were computed to assess the segmentation performance of IFFCT. The 2D masks of 80 unlabeled CTs segmented by AI tool and human was further assessed to validate the segmentation accuracy. The femoral head diameter (FHD) was measured on 3D models to validate the reliability of 3D reconstruction.ResultsThe average Dice score of IFFCT in the local test dataset for “proximal femur”, “fragment” and “distal femur” were 91.62%, 80.42% and 87.05%, respectively. IFFCT showed similar segmentation performance in cross-dataset, and was comparable to that of human expert in human-computer competition with significantly reduced segmentation time (p &lt; 0.01). Significant differences were observed between 2D masks generated from semantic segmentation and conventional threshold-based segmentation (p &lt; 0.01). The average FHD in the automatic segmentation group was 47.5 ± 4.1 mm (41.29∼56.59 mm), and the average FHD in the manual segmentation group was 45.9 ± 6.1 mm (40.34∼64.93 mm). The mean absolute error of FHDs in the two groups were 3.38 mm and 3.52 mm, respectively. No significant differences of FHD measurements were observed between the two groups (p &gt; 0.05). All ICCs were greater than 0.8.ConclusionThe proposed AI segmentation tool could effectively segment the bony structures from IFF CTs with comparable performance of human experts. The 2D masks and 3D models generated from automatic segmentation were effective and reliable, which could benefit the injury detail evaluation and preoperative planning of IFFs.
Medial plantar artery perforator (MPAP) flap is an ideal option for reconstruction of complex soft tissue defect in the finger: Clinical experience from 11 cases
Authors: Xu Xiang , Wang Cheng , Chen Zhenbing , Li Jin 
Published: July 2022

IntroductionSoft tissue defects of fingers are common in reconstructive plastic surgery, and reconstruction of the defects remains challenging for plastic surgeons. In our study, we reported our experience in finger reconstruction with a medial plantar artery perforator (MPAP) flap, especially using a lobulated MPAP flap for the complex multifinger soft defect.Patients and methodsFrom the period April 2012 to October 2018, 11 patients (9 males and 2 females) with an average age of 44 years old (ranging from 11 to 58) received finger reconstruction with a free MPAP flap. In total, 11 flaps (8 single-lobulated flaps and 3 two-lobulated flaps) were raised from the ipsilateral or contralateral instep area. Trauma and scar contracture caused hand soft tissue loss in all cases.ResultsThe sizes of the flaps ranged from 2×3 to 5×7.5 cm2. All flaps survived intact with no complications. One donor site was closed primarily, and other donor sites were covered with a full-thickness skin graft. The mean follow-up time was 6 months (ranging from 3 to 8 months). During the follow-up period, the patients were satisfied with their appearance without any traces of flap plastic surgery.ConclusionThe MPAP flap is a reliable and acceptable option for the reconstruction of complex soft tissue defects in the finger. Depending on the two branches of the medial plantar artery, the use of the lobulated MPAP flap holds promise in the treatment of multifinger soft tissue defects.
A Novel Design and Development of a Strip-Fed Circularly Polarized Rectangular Dielectric Resonator Antenna for 5G NR Sub-6 GHz Band Applications
Authors: Illahi Usman , Iqbal Javed , Irfan Muhammad , Ismail Sulaiman Mohamad , Khan Muhammad Abbas , Rauf Abdul , Bari Inam , Abdullah Mujeeb , Muhammad Fazal , Nowakowski Grzegorz , Glowacz Adam 
Published: July 2022

In this article, a rectangular dielectric resonator antenna (RDRA) with circularly polarized (CP) response is presented for 5G NR (New Radio) Sub-6 GHz band applications. A uniquely shaped conformal metal feeding strip is proposed to excite the RDRA in higher-order mode for high gain utilization. By using the proposed feeding mechanism, the degenerate mode pair of the first higher-order, i.e., TEδ13x at 4.13 GHz and TE1δ3y, at 4.52 GHz is excited to achieve a circularly polarized response. A circular polarization over a bandwidth of ~10%, in conjunction with a wide impedance matching over a bandwidth of ~17%, were attained by the antenna. The CP antenna proposed offers a useful gain of ~6.2 dBic. The achieved CP bandwidth of the RDRA is good enough to cover the targeted 5G NR bands around 4.4–4.8 GHz, such as n79. The proposed antenna configuration is modelled and optimized using computer simulation technology (CST). A prototype was built to confirm (validate) the performance estimated through simulation. A good agreement was observed between simulated and measured results.
THE EFFECT OF MAKEY MAKEY USE ON STUDENTS' ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT AND ATTITUDES IN PRIMARY LITERACY TEACHING WITH TECHNOORGANIC EDUCATION MODEL
Authors: Yücedağ Latife , Turan Mehmet 
Published: July 2022

This study investigates the impact of using a techno-organic education paradigm in primary reading and writing teaching on students' academic progress and attitudes, particularly using Makey Makey kit applications, and solicits feedback from educators and students. The quantitative part of the research sample comprises of first-grade kids from a rural school in the Ceylanpnar district of Anlurfa. The quantitative dimension research group consists of 35 kids identified by the group matching approach. In contrast, the qualitative dimension study group comprises the experimental group of students, their parents, and classroom teachers. While the experimental group used the Makey Makey kit to instruct, the control group proceeded with the present curriculum.
One of the mixed-method designs employed in the study was the explanatory sequential mixed method design. In the quantitative component of the research, a quasi-experimental design was utilized, and in the qualitative dimension, a phenomenology design was used. According to the data analysis findings for the quantitative component of the study, a sta­tistically significant difference in the accomplishment tests of the experimental and control groups was discovered in favor of the experimental group. According to the results, stu­dents' attitudes toward the techno-organic education paradigm and the Makey Makey kit were favorable, drawing students' interest and enhancing their enthusiasm to study.
The Influence of the Cold War on the New Music
Authors: Мейер Кшиштоф 
Published: July 2022

История новой музыки пятидесятых и шестидесятых годов XX века излагается в особом ракурсе. Автор указывает на ту огромную роль, которую сыграла в ее развитии политическая ситуация эпохи холодной войны. В то время как СССР и его сателлиты поставили искусство на службу пропаганде и отдавали предпочтение благозвучным произведениям, напоминающим народные песни и танцы, в Западной Европе, и особенно в Западной Германии, мощную финансовую поддержку получила диссонантная музыка, опирающаяся на технику шёнберговской додекафонии («дегенеративное искусство», как называли такую музыку в Третьем рейхе). Эстетика этого абстрактного, трудного для восприятия широкой аудиторией искусства была ориентирована на постоянное новаторство и на полное, беспрепятственное раскрытие индивидуальности композитора. В результате магистральный путь развития новой музыки стали определять явления, которые в иной политической и экономической ситуации были бы маргинальными, а авангардное направление оказалось голосом мира, расположенного по западную сторону железного занавеса, точно так же, как голосом стран социалистического лагеря являлся социалистический реализм.
The new music of the 1950s and 1960s is considered in the special historical perspective. The author points to the huge role the political situation of the Cold War era played in its development. While the USSR and its satellites put art at the service of propaganda and preferred consonant works reminiscent of folk songs and dances, in Western Europe, and especially in Western Germany, dissonant musi c based on the Schoenberg's dodecaphony (former “entartete Kunst”) received strong financial support. The aesthetics of this abstract art, which has not yet received recognition from a wide audience, was focused on the constant innovation and on the full, unhindered discovery of the composer's individuality. As a result, the development of the new music was determined by phenomena that would have been marginal in a different political and economic situation, and the avant-garde turned out to be the voice of the world on the western side of the Iron Curtain, just as socialist realism was the voice of the socialist camp.
Half a Century of Slovak Music: Ilja Zeljenka
Authors: Каянова Иветта 
Published: July 2022

В статье рассматриваются жизнь и творчество словацкого композитора Ильи Зельенки (1932-2007) в контексте общественно-политической ситуации, сложившейся в Чехословакии во второй половине XX века. В его наследии, сочетающем эстетику авангарда, модерна и постмодерна, видна картина развития словацкой музыки на протяжении 50 лет. Композитор долго искал собственный стиль, обращаясь к сериализму, алеаторике, сонористике и электронной музыке, сочиняя произведения в духе классиков XX века. Он явился первым в Словакии создателем серийного произведения (Второй квинтет для фортепиано, 1958), алеаторического и сонористического («Освенцим», 1959), электроакустического (музыка к кинофильму «65 000 000», 1962). Вторая симфония (1961) была им написана в стиле Прокофьева, что вызвало дискуссию на тему подражания и оригинальности. В начале творческого пути Зельенка выступил против использования народных мотивов в современной музыке, а позже пересмотрел эту точку зрения и в своих самых известных сочинениях обращался к фольклору. Зельенка создал собственный стиль благодаря оригинальным способам работы с музыкальным материалом, которые получили названия «лудизм» и «клетка» («микросерия»).
The article explores the life and work of Slovak composer Ilja Zeljenka (1932-2007) in the context of the socio-political situation in Czechoslovakia in the second half of the 20 century. His work exemplifies the fusion of avant-garde, modernist, and postmodernist aesthetics and illustrates the picture developmental pattern of Slovak music over fifty years. The composer searched for his own style for a long time, turning to serialism, aleatorics, sonoristics and electronic music, composing works in the spirit of the classics of the 20 century. He was the first to write a Slovak serial composition (Second piano Quintet, 1958), sonoristic and aleatoric pieces (“Oswicim,” 1959), as well as an electroacoustic work (music for the film “65 000 000,” 1962). His 1961 Symphony No. 2 composed in the style of Prokofiev aroused discussion on imitation and originality. At the beginning of his career, Zeljenka had opposed the use of folk music motifs in contemporary compositions, but he later reconsidered this stance and his most performed pieces became those utilizing traditional folk sources. Employing the original elements called “ludism” and “cell” (“microserie”), Zeljenka ultimately created his own signature style.
Plastic Parameter in Modern Musical Composition: On the Issue of Kinesthetic Perception of Music
Authors: Уварова Галина Александровна 
Published: July 2022

С начала ХХ века телесный параметр занимает особое место в музыкальной композиции - и не только с точки зрения технического исполнения музыки. Зачастую жесты в рамках музыкальной композиции становятся важным элементом художественной концепции. Развитие кинестетического восприятия музыки может способствовать как улучшению ритмического чувства в целом, так и формированию более дифференцированных телесных ощущений и точных жестов при исполнении. Один из двигательных методов, направленных на развитие кинестетического восприятия музыки, был создан Э. Жак-Далькрозом. В статье рассматриваются некоторые приемы эвритмики, которые раскрывают возможности данного метода для развития чувства ритма и исполнительских качеств музыканта в процессе освоения им экспериментальных произведений второй половины XX и начала XXI веков. Предполагается, что практика подобных двигательных упражнений способствует более выразительному и точному жесту во время исполнения, развивая кинестетическое восприятие музыки.
Since the beginning of the 20 century, the bodily parameter has occupied a special place in musical composition-and not only from the point of view of the technical performance of music. Often, gestures within a musical composition become an important element of an artistic concept. The development of kinesthetic perception of music can contribute to both the improvement of the rhythmic feeling in general and the formation of more differentiated bodily sensations and precise gestures during performance. One of the bodily methods aimed at developing kinesthetic perception of music was created by Jacques-Dalcroze. The article will consider some eurythmic exercises that reveal the possibilities of this method for developing a sense of rhythm and performing qualities of a musician in the context of performing experimental works of the second half of the 20 and the beginning of the 21 centuries. It is assumed that the practice of such bodily exercises contributes to a more expressive and accurate gesture during performance and reveals additional possibilities of the perception of a musical composition in the field of kinesthetics.
Nadezhda Teterina: “Findings in Source Studies are Pouring Out As If from a Cornucopia”
Authors: Андрианова Элина Анатольевна 
Published: July 2022

В феврале 2022 года Краснодарский музыкальный театр представил оригинальную версию оперы Модеста Мусоргского «Борис Годунов». В нее вошли «Сцена у фонтана» в авторской инструментовке, а также прежде ни разу не исполнявшаяся сцена «Сокольники на Днепре» из третьей и четвертой авторских редакций оперы. В подготовке краснодарской постановки приняли участие кандидат искусствоведения Н. И. Тетерина и доктор искусствоведения Е. М. Левашев - редакторы Полного академического собрания сочинений М. П. Мусоргского. В интервью Надежда Тетерина затрагивает тему многочисленных редакций «Бориса Годунова», описывает проблемы подготовки академических полных собраний, а также некоторые аспекты изучения наследия Мусоргского.
In February 2022, Krasnodar Music Theater presented a new production of Modest Mussorgsky's opera “Boris Godunov.” It includes the Fountain Scene orchestrated by composer himself, as well as the previously never performed the Sokolniki on the Dnieper Scene from the third and fourth authorial versions of this opera. Nadezhda Teterina, Candidate of Art Criticism, and Evgeny Levashev, Doctor of Art Criticism, editors of the Complete Collected Works by M. P. Mussorgsky, also took part in the Krasnodar production. In the interview, Nadezhda Teterina touches on the topic of numerous versions of “Boris Godunov,” describes the challenges of preparing the critical editions, along with some aspects of Mussorgsky's legacy studying.
P. I. Tchaikovsky and Romance “Mezza Notte” (Problems of Dating and Authorship)
Authors: Васильев Юрий Вячеславович 
Published: July 2022

Романс «Mezza notte» считается одним из ранних, «любительских» произведений П. И. Чайковского, написанных в доконсерваторский период (по разным предположениям: 1850-е - начало 1860-х годов). Внимания исследователей этот романс до последнего времени почти не привлекал. Всплеск интереса к нему и непростой истории его создания был вызван появлением в 2020 году статьи Р. де Вета «Романс П. И. Чайковского “Mezza notte”». На основе положений этой статьи и обнародованных там новых фактов из творческой истории романса предприняты дальнейшие исследовательские шаги, которые относятся к изучению особенностей нотоиздательской практики в России периода XIX - начала XX столетий (в частности, практики переизданий по старым печатным доскам). Результаты исследования, представленные и проанализированные в статье, позволили внести уточнения, касающиеся датировки романса «Mezza notte» и возможной принадлежности его музыки не П. И. Чайковскому, а одному из однофамильцев композитора.
The romance “Mezza notte” is considered one of the earliest, amateur works by P. I. Tchaikovsky, written in the pre-conservatory period (according to various assumptions from 1850s to the early 1860s). Until recently, this romance has hardly attracted the attention of researchers. The surge of interest in it and the difficult history of its creation was caused by the appearance in 2020 of the article by Roland de Vet “Romance P. I. Tchaikovsky ‘Mezza notte'.” On the basis of the provisions of this article and the new facts published there from the creative history of the romance further research steps have been taken, which relate to the study of the peculiarities of music publishing practice in Russia in the period of the XIX-early XX centuries (in particular, the practice of reprinting on printed boards). The results of the study presented and analized in the text of the proposed work made it possible to draw some additional conclusions regarding the dating of “Mezza notte” and possible belonging of his music not to P. I. Tchaikovsky, but to some of the composer's namesakes.