bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Fast 3D Face Reconstruction from a Single Image Using Different Deep Learning Approaches for Facial Palsy Patients
Authors: Nguyen Duc-Phong , Nguyen Tan-Nhu , Dakpé Stéphanie , Ho Ba Tho Marie-Christine , Dao Tien-Tuan 
Published: October 2022

The 3D reconstruction of an accurate face model is essential for delivering reliable feedback for clinical decision support. Medical imaging and specific depth sensors are accurate but not suitable for an easy-to-use and portable tool. The recent development of deep learning (DL) models opens new challenges for 3D shape reconstruction from a single image. However, the 3D face shape reconstruction of facial palsy patients is still a challenge, and this has not been investigated. The contribution of the present study is to apply these state-of-the-art methods to reconstruct the 3D face shape models of facial palsy patients in natural and mimic postures from one single image. Three different methods (3D Basel Morphable model and two 3D Deep Pre-trained models) were applied to the dataset of two healthy subjects and two facial palsy patients. The reconstructed outcomes were compared to the 3D shapes reconstructed using Kinect-driven and MRI-based information. As a result, the best mean error of the reconstructed face according to the Kinect-driven reconstructed shape is 1.5±1.1 mm. The best error range is 1.9±1.4 mm when compared to the MRI-based shapes. Before using the procedure to reconstruct the 3D faces of patients with facial palsy or other facial disorders, several ideas for increasing the accuracy of the reconstruction can be discussed based on the results. This present study opens new avenues for the fast reconstruction of the 3D face shapes of facial palsy patients from a single image. As perspectives, the best DL method will be implemented into our computer-aided decision support system for facial disorders.
Beyond the Bark: An Overview of the Chemistry and Biological Activities of Selected Bark Essential Oils
Authors: Graf Melanie , Stappen Iris 
Published: October 2022

Essential oils have been used by indigenous peoples for medicinal purposes since ancient times. Their easy availability played an important role. Even today, essential oils are used in various fields—be it as aromatic substances in the food industry, as an aid in antibiotic therapy, in aromatherapy, in various household products or in cosmetics. The benefits they bring to the body and health are proven by many sources. Due to their complex composition, they offer properties that will be used more and more in the future. Synergistic effects of various components in an essential oil are also part of the reason for their effectiveness. Infectious diseases will always recur, so it is important to find active ingredients for different therapies or new research approaches. Essential oils extracted from the bark of trees have not been researched as extensively as from other plant components. Therefore, this review will focus on bringing together previous research on selected bark oils to provide an overview of barks that are economically, medicinally, and ethnopharmaceutically relevant. The bark oils described are Cinnamomum verum, Cedrelopsis grevei, Drypetes gossweileri, Cryptocarya massoy, Vanillosmopsis arborea and Cedrus deodara. Literature from various databases, such as Scifinder, Scopus, Google Scholar, and PubMed, among others, were used.
Determinants and effects of Poland’s road accidents in the context of the 2030 agenda for sustainable development – poviat level analysis for the years 2010-2019
Authors: Romanowska Aleksandra , Pangsy-Kania Sylwia , Budzyński Marcin , Wierzbicka Katarzyna , Prystrom Joanna 
Published: October 2022

The objective of the research was to assess how selected factors influence road safety in Poland’s poviats. To that end, an analysis was conducted of road accident determinants and effects in the poviats in the years 2010-2019. The time horizon fits in with Goal 3.6. of Agenda 2030 which is to halve the number of global deaths and injuries from road traffic accidents by 2020. The article presents the results of the analysis for the following determinants: the rate of car ownership by poviat, poviat spending on transport and length of road network, and quality of road infrastructure. The research problem was to establish which of the poviats are closest to achieving Goal 3.6. of Agenda 2030 and how likely it is, and, as a consequence, which of the poviats should step up their road safety policies to align them to the targets set out in the Agenda. To identify groups of poviats sharing similar characteristics, they were grouped using the k-means method. Five groups of poviats were identified and analysed for how their road safety indicators changed between 2010 and 2019. The results of the analysis show that the highest fatality reduction (-40%) was achieved by urban poviats with the highest per capita spending on transport. The same poviats, however, have the highest increases in serious injuries (+30%). The analyses show that Polish poviats are still far from achieving Goal 3.6 of Agenda 2030. The research results presented in the article are original for the poviat level.
Meningococcal Infection in the Republic of Belarus: from "Harmless" Carrier to Sepsis
Authors: Федорова И.В. , Сергиенко Е.Н. , Романова О.Н. , Высоцкая В.С. , Запольская В.В. 
Published: October 2022

Менингококковая инфекция на сегодняшний день не утратила своей актуальности, несмотря на достижения современной медицины, в том числе в вопросах развития вакцинопрофилактики. С клинических позиций актуальность МИ определяется риском возникновения генерализованных форм с развитием осложнений, ведущих к долговременным последствиям, и высокими показателями летальности.Цель исследования. Изучение эпидемиологических особенностей менингококковой инфекции в Республике Беларусь за период с 1998 г. по 2020 г.Материалы и методы. Материалом для изучения механизма развития и проявлений эпидемического МИ явились данные о случаях заболевания этой инфекцией, зарегистрированных на территории Республики Беларусь за период с 1998 по 2020 г. Результаты. В статье представлены эпидемиологические особенности менингококковой инфекции и возможности специфической профилактики, описаны клинические случаи генерализованных форм.Заключение. На фоне выраженного тренда к снижению показателей заболеваемости установлен неснижаемый уровень популяционной летальности, который находился в пределах от 3,8% в 2008 г. до 15,7% в 2020 г. За последние 10 лет наблюдения в структуре заболевших МИ доля детского населения составляет 78,3% с максимальным удельным весом в группе детей 0–2 лет (56,5%).
Meningococcal infection has not lost its relevance today, despite the achievements of modern medicine, including in the development of vaccination. From a clinical standpoint, the relevance of MI is determined by the risk of generalized forms with the development of complications leading to long-term consequences and high mortality rates.The purpose of work. To study the epidemiological features of meningococcal infection in the Republic of Belarus for the period from 1998 to 2020.Materials and methods. Data on cases of this infection registered on the territory of the Republic of Belarus for the period from 1998 to 2020 were the material for studying the mechanism of development and manifestations of epidemic MI.Results. The article presents the epidemiological features of meningococcal infection and the possibilities of specific prevention; clinical cases of generalized forms are described. Conclusion. Against the background of a pronounced trend towards a decrease in morbidity rates, an irreducible level of population mortality was established, which ranged from 3.8% in 2008 to 15.7% in 2020. Over the past 10 years of observation, the proportion of children in the structure of cases of MI is 78.3%, with the maximum proportion in the group of children 0–2 years old (56.5%).
Efisiensi Model Mesh Kasus Deteksi Simulasi Korosi Beton Bertulang Menggunakan Metode Axisymmetric Mesh Problem
Authors: Ihsan Muhammad , Susanto Herdi 
Published: October 2022

In this study, a computational numerical modelling for corrosion simulation in reinforcing steel is developed. The corrosion simulation using Boundary element Method (BEM) and focusing for cylindrical reinforced concrete (RC). The main problem is high performance computer was required for the reinforced concrete corrosion simulation. Therefore, main purpose of this study is to reduce the needs of high-performance computer during the corrosion simulation. For the purpose, axisymmetric computational problem was integrated to the numerical BEM that considered able to reduce the computational effort. On the analysis process, the whole axial RC structures column was modeled by Laplace equation. The boundary condition for the corroded and non-corroded areas on the reinforcing steel (rebar) were represented by their established polarization curve. The Laplace equation was solved by BEM, thereby the potential on the structure can be analyzed. The simulation results show the similar potential distribution between BEM computational modelling by triangle element mesh and improvement BEM using axisymmetric element mesh problem. The simulation shows a significant differences, thereby the corrosion simulation using axisymmetric element mesh problem significantly reduces the computer effort in term of time-consuming and computer effort for the simulation. Thus, the improvement of the axisymmetric modelling for BEM becomes a powerful method for reducing the computational effort in term of cylindrical reinforcing steel corrosion simulation. Keywords— corrosion modelling, axisymmetric, BEM, cylindrical column, reinforced concrete
Gerchberg-Saxton Based FIR Filter for Electronic Dispersion Compensation in IM/DD Transmission Part II: Experimental Demonstration and Analysis
Authors: Wu Xiong , Karar Abdullah S. , Zhong Kangping , Gürkan Zeynep Nilhan , Lau Alan Pak Tao , Lu Chao 
Published: October 2022

<p>In this article, the first experimental demonstration of a non-iterative electronic dispersion compensation (EDC) solution implemented at the transmitter using a finite impulse response (FIR) filter optimized with the Gerchberg-Saxton (GS) algorithm, is presented, for intensity-modulation and direct- detection (IM/DD) systems. The theoretical framework for the GS FIR filter and preliminary simulations have been presented in Part I of this work. Here, the performance of the GS FIR filter is compared to that of the iterative GS algorithm in the transmissions of 56-Gb/s on-off keying (OOK) over 80 km of single mode fiber (SMF) with a post feed-forward equalizer (FFE) for combating residual inter-symbol interference (ISI). Furthermore, the influence of the pulse shape (raised cosine or rectangular) and modulation format (return-to-zero (RZ) or non- return-to-zero (NRZ)) on the measured bit error ratio (BER) is experimentally investigated, while changing the number of FIR taps, the number of post-FFE taps, and the number of post-FFE samples-per-symbol. It is shown that within the range of the target digital extinction ratios (DERs) for which the original iterative GS algorithm offers benefit, both analytical and numerical methods for calculating the optimum FIR taps, outlined in Part I of this work, produce similar BER performance as predicted. To that end, the former method is extended, here, through a non-recursive frequency response formula, which offers insight into the action of the GS filter with different pulse shaping and enables the derivation of the explicit GS impulse response. It is also shown that rectangular RZ pulse shaping exploits the full benefit of GS filtering through a uniform spectrum, enabling a BER below the 7% hard-decision forward error correction (HD-FEC) limit, with a 641-tap <em>T</em>/2-spaced pre-EDC FIR filter and a 3-tap adaptive <em>T</em>-spaced post-FFE. </p>
Robust Subspace Tracking With Contamination Mitigation via α-Divergence
Authors: Thanh Le Trung , Miri Rekavandi Aref , SEGHOUANE ABD-KRIM , abed-meraim karim 
Published: October 2022

<p> We studied the problem of robust subspace tracking (RST) in contaminated environments. Leveraging the fast approximated power iteration and α-divergence, a novel robust algorithm called αFAPI was developed for tracking the underlying principal subspace of streaming data over time. αFAPI is fast and it outperforms many RST methods while only having a low complexity linear to the data dimension. Some experiments were conducted to illustrate the performance of αFAPI. </p>
АНАЛІЗ ВЗАЄМОДІЇ РОБОЧОГО І ІНФОРМАЦІЙНОГО ПРОЦЕСІВ В КІБЕР-ФІЗИЧНІЙ ВИРОБНИЧІЙ СИСТЕМІ
Authors: Пальчевський Б.О. 
Published: October 2022

В роботі описано деякі проблемні питання, що стосуються аналізу взаємодії робочого і інформаційного процесів в технологічній машині, яка розглядається як кібер-фізична система. Показані можливі шляхи взаємодії цих процесів для підвищення досконалості технологічної машини на базі використання останніх досягнень в розвитку мехатроніки і цифрового моделювання. Метою роботи є удосконалення методів досягнення заданого рівня якості технологічного обладнання та формування принципу прогнозування якості машин по параметру керованості.
МАТЕМАТИЧНЕ ДОСЛІДЖЕННЯ СТІЙКОСТІ ОСОБЛИВИХ ТОЧОК СИСТЕМ ДИФЕРЕНЦІАЛЬНИХ РІВНЯНЬ, ЯКІ ОПИСУЮТЬ ШВИДКОСТІ БІОХІМІЧНИХ ПРОЦЕСІВ
Authors: Губаль Г.М. 
Published: October 2022

У статті виконано математичне дослідження стійкості особливих точок систем диференціальних рівнянь, які описують швидкості біохімічних процесів. Розглянуто і досліджено визначення характеру стійкості особливих точок.
Actes de la 2ème Journée des Jeunes Chercheurs de la Société de Réanimation de Langue Française (Paris, 21 Janvier 2022)
Authors: De la SRLF CRT , Oualha Mehdi , Cezard Adeline , Hermann Bertrand , Moehrke Elena , Barreault Simon , Bettane Laura , Bousquet Giovanni , Bureau Côme , De Cacqueray Noémie , Fodil Sofiane , Garcia Bruno , Gerard Ludovic , Gobert Florent , Guérin Emmanuelle , Hogg Melanie , Lombardi Romain , Malherbe Jolan , Münnich Frederik , Nicolas Jonathan , Orieux Arthur , Pierre Alexandre , Rothstein Vincent , Thebrath Timo , Thy Michael , Wolfschmitt Eva-Maria , Zhang Xiaomin , Zuech Stefan , Bréchot Nicolas , Gaudet Alexandre , Joffre Jérémie , Jouan Youenn , Kallel Hatem , Préau Sébastien , Radermacher Peter , Sarton Benjamine , Stiel Laure , Vodovar Dominique , Voiriot Guillaume , Oualha Mehdi 
Published: October 2022

La deuxième édition de la Journée des Jeunes Chercheurs organisée par la Commission de la Recherche Translationnelle de la SRLF a eu lieu en distanciel Paris le 21 janvier 2021. Cette journée a offert aux jeunes acteurs de la Médecine Intensive Réanimation l’opportunité de présenter leurs travaux de recherche en Master 2 ou Thèse d’université à un collège de chercheurs experts. Pour cette deuxième Journée, Les professeurs Pierre Asfar (Angers), Bruno Levy (Nancy), Steve Lancel (Lille) et Fabio Taccone (Bruxelle) ont accepté de venir apporter aux jeunes candidats leur soutien critique et bienveillant. Les présentations couvrant les domaines des neurosciences à l’immunologie en passant par le métabolisme, l’hémodynamique ou la pharmacologie ont illustré la richesse et la diversité de la recherche translationnelle en réanimation.
PURULOUS POST-TRAUMATIC MEDIASTINITIS AS A COMPLICATION OF FLAMMABLE PENETRATING WOUNDS OF THE BREAST
Authors: Boyko V. V. , Zamіatin P. M. , Krytsak V. V. , Zamіatin D. P. , Shevchenko O. M. , Bunin Yu. M. 
Published: October 2022

Abstract. The purpose of the study. Dissemination of ideas about the peculiarities of the course of post-traumatic purulent mediastinitis, against the background of penetrating gunshot wounds of the chest for further improvement of diagnosis and treatment of this formidable complication.
Material and methods. The study is based on the analysis of 30 observations of post-traumatic purulent mediastinitis, and 13 (32 %) of the injured were characterized by the predominance of phlegmon of the mediastinum, and in 17 (68 %) — observations of limited suppuration of the mediastinum dominated.
Results and discussion. The average age at mediastinal phlegmon was 20 % higher compared to observations of limited mediastinal suppuration (37.2 and 44.6 years, respectively). The vast majority of the wounded were in the most working age (21–50 years): 82.8 % and 63.6 %, respectively. Abscesses were more often localized in the anterior mediastinum (33.3 %), while in case of phlegmon, tissue of the posterior mediastinum was more often involved or a total lesion of the mediastinum was observed (64.7 %). The maximum lethality (35.1 %) was observed with phlegmon of the posterior mediastinum or with a total lesion of the mediastinum, and the minimum – with abscesses of the anterior mediastinum (5.5 %).
Conclusions. Thus, the work considered 30 cases of post-traumatic purulent mediastinitis, and 13 (32 %) of the wounded were characterized by the predominance of phlegmon of the mediastinum, and in 17 (68 %) — limited suppuration of the mediastinum dominated. All of the above indicates the need for further in-depth study of this complex and still not fully resolved problem.
THE AGE FACTOR IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF PERIOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS DURING THE SURGICAL TREATMENT OF CALCULOUS CHOLECYSTITIS
Authors: Vasyliuk S. M. , Bondariev R. V. , Vasyliuk A. S. , Bondarieva О. О. 
Published: October 2022

Summary. Elderly and senile patients in surgery are associated with numerous concomitant diseases, reduced functional reserve and high anesthetic risk.
Aim. To assess the frequency and nature of perioperative complications in elderly and senile patients after laparoscopic cholecystectomy for acute or chronic calculous cholecystitis.
Materials and methods. We analyzed the qualitative and quantitative characteristics of intraoperative and postoperative complications in 180 patients aged 60 to 90 years (elderly and senile) after laparoscopic cholecystectomy for acute or chronic calculous cholecystitis. The comparison group consisted of 200 patients aged 25 to 44 years. The procedure of choice in all patients was laparoscopic cholecystectomy.
Results. In elderly and senile patients, intraoperative complications occurred more often (p<0.05) than in patients under 44 years of age. No significant differences were observed only in the frequency of intraoperative bleeding from the gallbladder artery, in the intrahepatic localization of the gallbladder, in the frequency of local peritonitis and gallbladder hydrops. In 20 (11.1 %) cases, there was a need for conversion (p=0.0002). Complications occurred in 29.4 % of cases, against 10.5 % in young patients (p<0.001). The difference in the number of minor complications: Clavien Dindo-1, Clavien Dindo-2 and Clavien Dindo-2a was improbable. Clavien Dindo-2b (5.0 %) (p<0.05), Clavien Dindo-3 (5.0 %) (p<0.05) and Clavien Dindo-4 (4.4 %) (p<0.05) complications occurred more often.
Conclusions. Patients over 60 years of age are more likely (p<0.05) to have intraoperative problems during laparoscopic cholecystectomy and have a higher (p<0.05) risk of severe complications that require invasive procedures or may cause patient death.
Why Decolonising Area Studies is Not Enough: A Case Study of the Complex Legacies of Colonial Knowledge-Making in the Indo-Myanmar Borderlands
Authors: Sadan Mandy 
Published: October 2022

Decolonisation has become an important agenda both within academic institutions as well as within wider society in recent years. Yet the term is infrequently sufficiently critiqued or deconstructed to identify precisely what ‘the colonial’ refers to in specific academic contexts and therefore what the process of decolonisation should entail. It remains a relatively over-simplified agenda that easily becomes strategic rather than transformative of knowledge institutions. The focus on restructuring identifiable components, such as reading lists, limits discussion and critique of what decolonisation as an inherently more complex set of challenges should involve. The teaching and research related to Area Studies makes for an interesting example of the unresolved challenges of ‘decolonisation’ in academia. This paper reflects upon the complex discontinuities in understandings of ‘the Colonial’ in the Indo-Myanmar borderlands, challenging us to reflect more fully on what ‘decolonisation’ should entail in relation to academic interactions with this space. Specifically, it considers that region of the trans-Patkai mountain range where its corridors today connect modern north east India with the northern tip of Sagaing Division and Kachin State in Myanmar. The paper distinguishes itself from that broad literature on decolonisation by considering the ways in which colonial knowledge making intersects with contemporary knowledge making about this region, and the legacies of those historical constructions in the present. The often-unconscious ways in which academics and ‘experts’ are culpable in sustaining colonial representations that embed this region’s economic and political marginalisation, even when they assume that attention to a decentred ‘local’ voice is being magnified, means that there is also a need to think about the decolonisation of knowledge of this area more deeply. This article intends to contribute to that debate.
Stories at War: Images of Algerian Women From Colonial Accounts to the Life Story of Fadhma Amrouche
Authors: Salhi Zahia Smail 
Published: October 2022

This article aims to discuss and analyse a wide array of stories produced in nineteenth century French Algeria and told by different actors about native Algerian women. While some of these stories were written as true-to-life war testimonies about Algerian women told from multifarious angles and perspectives, others were produced in the form of phantasmagorical image-stories about native women as told by Orientalist artists and colonialist photographers. Moving away from these colonial male narratives, the article discusses in juxtaposition the story of the women of Algeria as told by French feminist Hubertine Auclert in her book Les Femmes arabes en Algérie, and a counter story to hers written by Fadhma Aït Mansour Amrouche, as the story of her life, Histoire de ma vie. Bringing these two contrasting sets of stories into discussion and scrutiny will enable us to evaluate the extent to which native women were central to the French conquest and to the French feminists’ agenda of ‘saving them’ from their barbaric people and ways of life. The article aims to discuss the intricacies of such missions and assess the extent to which native Algerian women were saved by their colonisers.