bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Nowcasting thunderstorm hazards using machine learning: the impact of data sources on performance
Authors: Leinonen Jussi , Hamann Ulrich , Germann Urs , Mecikalski John R. 
Published: February 2022

Abstract. In order to aid feature selection in thunderstorm nowcasting, we present an analysis of the utility of various sources of data for machine-learning-based nowcasting of hazards related to thunderstorms. We considered ground-based radar data, satellite-based imagery and lightning observations, forecast data from numerical weather prediction (NWP) and the topography from a digital elevation model (DEM), ending up with 106 different predictive variables. We evaluated machine-learning models to nowcast storm track radar reflectivity (representing precipitation), lightning occurrence, and the 45 dBZ radar echo top height that can be used as an indicator of hail, producing predictions for lead times of up to 60 min. The study was carried out in an area in the Northeastern United States for which observations from the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite-16 are available and can be used as a proxy for the upcoming Meteosat Third Generation capabilities in Europe. The benefits of the data sources were evaluated using two complementary approaches: using feature importance reported by the machine learning model based on gradient-boosted trees, and by repeating the analysis using all possible combinations of the data sources. The two approaches sometimes yielded seemingly contradictory results, as the feature importance reported by the gradient-boosting algorithm sometimes disregards certain features that are still useful in the absence of more powerful predictors, while, at times, it overstates the importance of other features. We found that the radar data is the most important predictor overall. The satellite imagery is beneficial for all of the studied predictands, and therefore offers a viable alternative in regions where radar data are unavailable, such as over the oceans and in less-developed ares. The lightning data are very useful for nowcasting lightning but are of limited use for the other hazards. While the feature importance ranks NWP data as an important input, the omission of NWP data can be well compensated for by using information in the observational data over the nowcast period. Finally, we did not find evidence that the nowcast benefits from the DEM data.
An approach to identify the best climate models for the assessment of climate change impacts on meteorological and hydrological droughts
Authors: Collados-Lara Antonio-Juan , Gómez-Gómez Juan-de-Dios , Pulido-Velazquez David , Pardo-Igúzquiza Eulogio 
Published: February 2022

Abstract. This paper describes the benefits of using more reliable local climate scenarios to analyse hydrological responses. It assumes that Regional Climate Model (RCM) simulations are more reliable when they provide
better approximations to the historical basic and drought statistics after
applying a bias correction to them. We have investigated whether the best
solutions in terms of their approximation to the local meteorology may also
provide the best hydrological assessments. We have carried out a
classification of the corrected RCM simulations used for both approximations. This has been applied in the Cenajo basin (south-eastern
Spain), where we show that the best approximations of the historical
meteorological statistics also provide the best approximations for the
hydrological statistics. The selected RCMs were used to generate future (2071–2100) local scenarios under the RCP8.5 emission scenario. The two selected RCMs predict significant changes in mean precipitation (−31.6 % and −44.0 %) and mean temperature (+26.0 % and +32.2 %). They also predict higher frequency (from 5 events in the historical period to 20 and 22 in the future), length (4.8 to 7.4 and 10.5 months), magnitude (2.53 to 6.56 and 9.62 SPI) and intensity (0.48 to 1.00 and 0.94 SPI) of extreme meteorological droughts. These two RCMs also predict higher changes in mean streamflow (−43.5 % and −57.2 %) and hydrological droughts. The two RCMs also predict worrying changes in streamflow (−43.5 % and −57.2 %) and hydrologically extreme droughts: frequency (from 3 to 11 for the first model and 8 events for the second model), length (8.3 to 15.4 and 29.6 months), magnitude (from 3.98 to 11.84 and 31.72 SSI), and intensity (0.63 to 0.90 and 1.52 SSI).
Comparison of sediment composition by smear slides to quantitative shipboard data: a case study on the utility of smear slide percent estimates, IODP Expedition 353, northern Indian Ocean
Authors: Phillips Stephen C. , Littler Kate 
Published: February 2022

Abstract. Smear slide petrography has been a standard technique during scientific ocean drilling expeditions to characterize sediment composition and classify sediment types, but presentation of these percent
estimates to track downcore trends in sediment composition has become less
frequent over the past 2 decades. We compare semi-quantitative smear slide composition estimates to physical property (natural gamma radiation, NGR)
and solid-phase geochemical (calcium carbonate, CaCO3 %)
measurements from a range of marine depositional environments in the
northern Indian Ocean (Bay of Bengal, Andaman Sea, Ninetyeast Ridge)
collected during International Ocean Discovery Program (IODP) Expedition 353. We show that presenting smear slide estimates as percentages, rather
than abundance categories, reveals similar downcore variation in composition
to the more quantitative core analyses. Overall downcore trends in total calcareous components from smear slides (foraminifers + nannofossils +
shell fragments + authigenic carbonate) follow similar downcore trends to samples measured by CaCO3 coulometry. Total lithogenic components
(clay + mica + quartz + feldspars + lithic grains + vitric grains
+ glauconite + heavy minerals + iron oxides) and clay from smear
slides track reasonably well with NGR measurements. Comparison of site
averages of absolute percentages of total calcium carbonate from coulometry
and total calcareous components from smear slide observations reveals an overestimation in carbonate percentages in smear slides (likely due in part
to underestimation of the clay fraction), especially in sediments rich in smectite clays. Differences in sediment color between sites and settling of
clay particles during slide preparation may contribute to this discrepancy.
Although smear slide estimates range in accuracy depending on the training
of the operator, we suggest that sedimentologists describing cores obtained
during scientific drilling can use the percent estimates of sedimentary
components in smear slides to identify trends and cyclicity in marine
sediment records.
Comparison between Fructose Amine and Hemoglobin A1C Level to Evaluate Glycemic Control in Sudanese Diabetic Control.
Authors: Elobied Mohamed Elamin Abdelsamee , Mahdi Fadlallah Elneeima Ahmed 
Published: February 2022

Background: Diabetes mellitus (DM), commonly referred to as diabetes, is a group of metabolic diseases with high blood sugar levels over a prolonged period, and is one of the most severe and frequent human disorders. Fructosamine is a generic name given to a compound known as plasma protein ketoamines. Fructosamine together with glycated haemoglobin (HbA1c) are used to monitor the state of hyperglycaemia in diabetics.
Objectives: This study aimed to compare between HeamoglobinA1c and Fructosamine in Sudanese diabetic patients in Omdurman Teaching Hospital and Diabetic and Endocrine center in Bahri.
Materials and Methods: This is a cross-sectional study. Automated colorimetric determination of fructosamine for each of the 50 blood samples of the study group was carried out according to specific procedure. Latex enhanced immuno-assay method for hemoglobinA1c (HbA1c) determination based on the interaction between antigen molecules (HbA1c) and HbA1c specific c antibodies coated on latex beads was carried out according to a specific procedure. Control group criteria should be clear because it is confused.
Results: HbA1c% and Fructose amine were measured on the same sample in 50 diabetic patients. There is a significantly direct positive correlation between levels of fructose amine (mmol/L) and HbA1c% among the studied group (P-value = 0.001 < 0.05). Sensitivity and specificity of fructosamine and HbA1c to detect blood glucose. hemoglobin A1C has (86%) sensitivity and (25%) specificity while fructosamine has (63%) sensitivity and (55%) specificity.
Conclusion: In diabetes serum fructosamine assay can better reflect average blood glucose concentration over the previous 2-3 weeks and HbA1c is better reflective over the previous 8-10 weeks there for fructosamine can be used as routine test while HbA1C as a first -line screening test.
CLINICAL DYNAMIC FEATURES OF RECURRENCE IN PATIENTS WITH SCHIZOPHRENIA USING NPS
Authors: Ешимбетова С.З. , Редько М.С. , Прокопова Е.Ю. 
Published: February 2022

В работе представлен анализ 30 пациентов, страдающих шизофренией, у которых течение основного заболевания осложнилось употреблением НПАВ (основная группа), а также 30 пациентов с шизофренией, не употребляющих ПАВ (группа контроля). Все пациенты прошли стационарное лечение в КГП на ПХВ «ЦПЗ» г.Алматы. Целью работы являлось изучение клинико-динамических особенностей рецидивов у больных шизофренией, осложненной употреблением НПАВ. Основным методом исследования являлся клинико-психопатологический и клинико-катамнестический с использованием шкалы позитивных и негативных симптомов (PANSS). Полученные результаты подвергнуты статистической обработке (анализ произвольных сопряженных таблиц при помощи критерия χ2, метод параметрической статистики критерий корреляции Пирсона с поправкой Йетса. В результате проведенного исследования установлено, что приступы рецидивов у пациентов, страдающих шизофренией, осложненной употреблением НПАВ развивались остро и характеризовались атипичностью, значительным полиморфизмом психопатологической симптоматики. Также имело место быстрая смена синдромальной структуры психоза и доминирование в клинической картине истинных вербальных галлюцинаций в виде галлюцинаторного монолога чаще неприятного содержания, сменявшегося в последующем императивными галлюцинациями. Причем, переход и дальнейшая трансформация истинного галлюциноза в псевдогаллюциноз был продолжительным и несмотря на проводимую антипсихотическую терапию сохранялась как на момент выписки, так и на этапе амбулаторного наблюдения за пациентом проявив достаточную резистентность.
The paper presents an analysis of 30 schizophrenic patients in whom the course of the underlying disease was complicated by the use of NPS (main group), as well as 30 patients with schizophrenia who do not use psychoactive substances (control group). All patients underwent inpatient treatment at the KGP "Mental Health Center" in Almaty. The aim of the work was to study the clinical and dynamic characteristics of relapses in patients with schizophrenia complicated by the use of NPS. The main research method was clinical-psychopathological and clinical-follow-up method using the scale of positive and negative symptoms (PANSS). The obtained results were subjected to statistical processing (analysis of arbitrary conjugate tables using the χ2 test, the method of parametric statistics, Pearson's correlation test with Yates correction. There was also a rapid change in the syndromic structure of psychosis and the dominance of true verbal hallucinations in the clinical picture in the form of a hallucinatory monologue of more often unpleasant content, followed by imperative hallucinations in the future. antipsychotic therapy was maintained both at the time of discharge and at the stage of outpatient follow-up of the patient, showing sufficient resistance.
TREATMENT IN ISCHEMIC STROKE IN NEUROLOGICAL CHANGES ACUPUNCTURE
Authors: Тухтаев И.Т. 
Published: February 2022

Наиболее значимой мерой профилактики ишемического инсульта, обусловленного окклюзирующим поражением сонных артерий, является каротидная эндартерэктомия. Однако риск периоперационных сосудисто-мозговых осложнений, составляющий от 1,6% до 24%, предъявляет повышенные требования к определению показаний для хирургического лечения. К осложнениям относятся ишемические нарушения (71%): церебральная эмболия, циркуляторная ишемия при пережатии общей сонной артерии; а также геморрагические гиперперфузионные повреждения и явления отека мозга на фоне венозной церебральной дисциркуляции (29%). До 60% осложнений приходится на интраоперационный период. Большое влияние на исход и даже на саму возможность осуществления оперативного лечения оказывает степень сохранности компенсаторных возможностей церебрального.
The most significant measure of prevention of ischemic stroke caused by occlusive carotid artery disease is carotid endarterectomy. However, the risk of perioperative cerebrovascular complications, ranging from 1.6% to 24%, imposes increased requirements for determining indications for surgical treatment. Complications include ischemic disorders (71%): cerebral embolism, circulatory ischemia with compression of the common carotid artery; as well as hemorrhagic hyperperfusion injuries and brain edema phenomena against the background of venous cerebral dyscirculation (29%). Up to 60% of complications occur during the intraoperative period. The degree of preservation of the compensatory capabilities of the cerebral cortex has a great influence on the outcome and even on the very possibility of surgical treatment.
EFFECTIVENESS OF DIFFERENT TYPES OF BARIATRIC SURGERY IN OBESITY
Authors: Абдималикова Д.А. , Мынбай Д. , Елубай У. , Канапия А. , Рыскали К. , Асимбек Б. , Медетбеков Т.А. , Жорабек С.Б. 
Published: February 2022

Бариатрическая хирургия - одно из показаний к лечению пациентов с тяжелым ожирением. Общие процедуры бариатрической хирургии включают билиопанкреатическое шунтирование, бандажирование желудка и гастроэктомия. В настоящее время литература об относительной эффективности дифференцированных бариатрических хирургических вмешательств ограничена.
Bariatric surgery is one of the indications for the treatment of severely obese patients. Common bariatric surgery procedures include biliopancreatic bypass, gastric banding, and gastrectomy. Currently, the literature on the relative effectiveness of differentiated bariatric surgery is limited.
ANXIETY-DEPRESSIVE DISORDERS IN PATIENTS WITH COVID-19
Authors: Ешимбетова С.З. , Распопова Н.И. , Дуйсенова А.К. , Курбан Х.М. , Байхадамова З.Е. 
Published: February 2022

В работе представлен анализ обследования 600 пациентов, находившихся на лечении в инфекционной больнице г.Алматы с диагнозом: «Коронавирусная инфекция COVID-19 U07.2. Осложнение J12.8». Целью работы являлось проведение клинико-диагностических исследований по выявлению тревожно-депрессивных расстройств у больных коронавирусной инфекцией для повышения эффективности лечения основного заболевания. Основным методом исследования являлся клинико-психопатологический с использованием психометрической Госпитальной шкалы тревоги и депрессии (HADS). Критерием отбора являлось отсутствие каких-либо психических расстройств в анамнезе пациентов до момента заболевания коронавирусной инфекцией. В результате проведенного исследования установлено, что у 86,4% пациентов с идентифицированным COVID-19 в период болезни были выявлены признаки тревожно-депрессивных расстройств. К факторам риска развития тревожно-депрессивных расстройств у пациентов с COVID-19 относится возрастной период 50-59 лет и наличие сопутствующей соматической патологии.
The paper presents an analysis of a survey of 600 patients who were treated in an infectious diseases hospital in Almaty with a diagnosis: “Coronavirus infection COVID-19 U07.2. Complication J12.8 ". The aim of the work was to conduct clinical and diagnostic studies to identify anxiety-depressive disorders in patients with coronavirus infection in order to increase the effectiveness of treatment of the underlying disease. The main research method was clinical and psychopathological using the psychometric Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS), The selection criterion was the absence of any mental disorders in the patient's history prior to the moment of coronavirus infection. As a result of the study, it was found that 86.4% of patients with identified COVID-19 during the period of illness showed signs of anxiety-depressive disorders. The risk factors for the development of anxiety-depressive disorders in patients with COVID-19 include the age period of 50-59 years and the presence of concomitant somatic pathology.
ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL FEATURES OF DIABETIC POLYNEUROPATHY IN PATIENTS WITH TYPE 1 DIABETES MELLITUS
Authors: Ахророва Ш.Б. 
Published: February 2022

В группу обследования включались все пациенты с СД 1 типа независимо от наличия или отсутствия позитивной нейропатической симптоматики. Всего обследовано 120 пациентов с СД 1 типа, преобладали мужчины (62 мужчин и 58 женщин). Возраст пациентов в среднем составил 31,5+10,7 (от 18 до 67 лет). Наиболее часто выявлялись изменения S-ответа и СРВ при исследовании сенсорного икроножного нерва. При стимуляции двигательных нервов изменения ЭНМГ характеристик касались в первую очередь СРВ и РЛ малоберцового нерва и РЛ большеберцового нерва.
The study group included all patients with type 1 diabetes regardless of the presence or absence of positive neuropathic symptoms. A total of 120 patients with type 1 diabetes were examined, men predominated (62 men and 58 women). The average age of patients was 31.5+10.7 (from 18 to 67 years). Changes in the S-response and SPE were most often detected in the study of the sensory calf nerve. When motor nerves were stimulated, changes in ENMG characteristics were primarily related to SPE and RL of the peroneal nerve and RL of the tibial nerve.
POTENTIAL FOR IMPROVING THE PROGNOSIS OF PATIENTS WITH ARTERIAL HYPERTENSION: A WORTHY PLACE FOR MOXONIDINE
Authors: Бедельбаева Г.Г. , Камалова Б.Б. , Ужегова Е.Б. , Ердаш Б. 
Published: February 2022

Цель исследования: определить возможности улучшения прогноза пациентов артериальной гипертензией с использованием антигипертензивного препарата моксонидин. Материалы и методы: обзор литературы проводился с использованием предпочтительных элементов отчетности для систематических обзоров и метаанализа (PRISMA). Мы выполнили поиск в PubMed, Scopus, Web of Science, ScienceDirect, Embase, CINAHL, Cochrane Library, EBSCO и поисковых системах ученых Google, а также в списках ссылок найденных статей на предмет соответствующих данных, без каких-либо ограничений в отношении языка или времени до 2021 года. Полученные результаты и обсуждение: В окончательный анализ были включены 20 статей. Применение моксонидина у пациентов артериальной гипертензией с метаболическими нарушениями (ожирение, инсулинорезистентность, метаболический синдром, сахарный диабет) оправдано особенностями фармакологического действия препарата (снижение симпатической гиперактивации), высокой антигипертензивной эффективностью, а также дополнительными позитивными эффектами в отношении массы тела и основных метаболических показателей. Моксонидин может быть назначен на любом этапе терапии артериальной гипертензии и показан также женщинам в климатерическом периоде с симптомами повышения артериального давления. Выводы: обзор литературы показал, агонист имидазолиновых рецепторов моксонидин эффективен в улучшении прогноза артериальной гипертензии.
Purpose of the study: to determine the possibilities of improving the prognosis of patients with arterial hypertension using the antihypertensive drug moxonidine. Materials and Methods: The literature review was conducted using the preferred reporting elements for systematic reviews and meta-analyzes (PRISMA). We searched PubMed, Scopus, Web of Science, ScienceDirect, Embase, CINAHL, Cochrane Library, EBSCO and Google Scientist Search Engines, as well as reference lists of found articles for relevant data, without any language restrictions or until 2021.Findings and Discussion: 20 articles were included in the final analysis. The use of moxonidine in patients with arterial hypertension with metabolic disorders (obesity, insulin resistance, metabolic syndrome, diabetes mellitus) is justified by the features of the pharmacological action of the drug (reduction of sympathetic hyper activation), high antihypertensive efficacy, as well as additional positive effects on body weight and basic metabolic parameters. Moxonidine can be prescribed at any stage of hypertension therapy and is also indicated for women in the peripheral period with symptoms of increased blood pressure.Conclusions: A literature review has shown that the imidalosine receptor agonist moxonidine is effective in improving the prognosis of hypertension.
A CLINICAL CASE OF PAROXYSMAL MYOPLEGIA, HYPOKALEMIC FORM IN A 17-YEAR-OLD PATIENT
Authors: Бакраева Д.Б. , Абилпеисова А.Б. , Раисов С.Б. , Капанова Ж.Б. , Сафина С.Г. , Идрисова Ж.Р. 
Published: February 2022

Периодические параличи, или пароксизмальная миоплегия - объединяющий термин для группы редких наследственных заболеваний, которые характеризуются приступами вялого паралича скелетных мышц вследствие патологии саркоплазматических ионных каналов. При пароксизмальных миоплегиях нарушается проникновение хлора, натрия и кальция в клетку, что приводит к деполяризации мембраны с последующим снижением возбудимости сарколеммы и развитием пареза [1]. В зависимости от содержания сывороточного калия параличи обыкновенно подразделяют на гиперкалиемический (болезнь Гамсторп), гипокалиемический (болезнь Вестфаля-Шахновича) и нормокалиемический. Кроме того, периодический паралич может быть первичным (генетически детерминированным) или вторичным.
Periodical paralysis, or paroxysmal myoplegia, is a unifying term for a group of rare hereditary diseases that are characterized by attacks of flaccid paralysis of skeletal muscles due to the pathology of sarcoplasmic ionic channels. Paroxysmal myoplegia disrupts the penetration of chlorine, sodium and calcium into the cell, which leads to depolarization of the membrane with subsequent reduction of sarcolemma excitability and development of paresis [1]. Depending on the serum potassium content, paralysis is usually divided into hyperkalemic (Gamstorp disease), hypokalemic (Westfal-Shakhnovich's disease) and normokalemic. In addition, periodic paralysis can be primary (genetically determined) or secondary.
Male Advocates in the Early Decades of the Transatlantic Methodist Deaconess Movement
Authors: Pope-Levison Priscilla 
Published: February 2022

Essay Abstract
“Male Advocates in the Early Decades of the Transatlantic Methodist Deaconess Movement” will analyze the pivotal contributions in the early decades of the deaconess movement of male advocates as founders, financiers, bishops, clergy, authors, and spouses. These men, representing Methodist denominations in the United States, Canada and Great Britain, utilized their power to lobby and cast affirmative votes for denominational approval. They penned detailed studies about deaconesses that provided historical propaganda for the movement, donated buildings and capital to finance deaconess work in their city, and one male advocate, the Rev. Dr. Thomas Bowman Stephenson, a minister in the Wesleyan Methodist Church in Great Britain, founded the deaconess movement in his denomination. Still, while they vigorously championed the deaconess movement, there was not universal agreement among them about the rationale for their support.
Asbury's Christmas Conference: His Guidance for Methodism Regrettably now Lost
Authors: Richey Russell E. 
Published: February 2022

Essay Abstract
As we mark the 250th anniversary of Asbury's crossing the Atlantic to the colonies, what of his impact remains? What of his leadership and of early American Methodism is now lost? With Asbury's death key characteristics that embodied the Methodist connection were lost to the increasingly institutionalized church.