bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Digital Health Interventions to Improve Cardiometabolic Risk Profile among Adults with Obesity and Chronic Diseases: A Systematic Review
Authors: Nisa Hoirun , Barsbay Fadi 
Published: April 2022

Background: The prevalence of chronic diseases is rapidly increasing globally. Ubiquitous digital technologies give an opportunity for digital health intervention to improve cardiometabolic risk (CMR) profile that may consequently decrease the risk of chronic diseases. However, evidence on digital health associated with chronic disease interventions remains controversial.Purpose: This systematic review aimed to determine the association of digital health intervention with improving CMR profile of adults with obesity and chronic diseases.Methods: A comprehensive search of Medline, CINAHL, Embase, and PubMed was performed using the following criteria: publication between 2016-2021, using digital health tools as interventions, adults with obesity or chronic diseases, cardiometabolic profile as outcomes, and randomized controlled trial (RCT) as the design. The search yielded 548 articles of which 13 studies met the inclusion criteria. The Joanna Briggs checklist for RCT was used to assess the quality of the studies. Data analysis was conducted according to the guidance for synthesis without meta-analysis.Results: There were 8 (61.5%) out of 13 studies assessed the relationship between digital health interventions and weight, of which 7 studies (88%) found positive findings. The association between digital health intervention and blood pressure were assessed in 7 (53.8%) out 13 studies, of which only two studies had positive findings related with systolic blood pressure. The intervention modalities included m-Health (apps) in 2 studies, text-messaging in 4 studies, and combinations of modalities in 8 studies. The interventions used different strategies, including education, self-management, and social support. More than a half of the studies (54%) were about weight-loss interventions and 10 (76.9%) studies used education for intervention components.Conclusions: Digital health intervention may be associated with decreased weight and BMI; however, only a few studies assessed other CMR profile, and the findings were inconsistent. Additional studies are needed to assess digital health interventions targeting other CMR profile, including blood pressure, glucose, and cholesterol level.
Blood Pressure Control and Its Determinants among Patients with Non-Dialysis Chronic Kidney Disease in Myanmar
Authors: Mon Ei Su , Sriyuktasuth Aurawamon , Phligbua Warunee 
Published: April 2022

Background: Controlling blood pressure is critical for patients with non-dialysis chronic kidney disease to prevent the rapid progression to end-stage renal disease and sudden cardiac death. However, only a limited number of these patients achieve the blood pressure target. No previous study has been observed to evaluate the status of blood pressure control and its determinants among Myanmar patients with non-dialysis chronic kidney disease.Purpose: This study aimed to identify the rate of blood pressure control and its determinants among patients with non-dialysis chronic kidney disease in Myanmar.Methods: A total of 150 patients with non-dialysis chronic kidney disease attending the clinics at a tertiary hospital in Myanmar participated in this cross-sectional, correlational predictive study. They were recruited by a convenience sampling method. Data were collected by using Sodium Consumption Behavior Questionnaire, Family-Friends Support Subscale and Doctor-Health Care Team Support Subscale of Chronic Illness Resources Survey, demographic and clinical characteristics data form, and by measuring blood pressure against the target level of less than 130/80 mmHg. Descriptive statistics, Chi-square, Fisher’s exact test, and binary logistic regression analysis were performed.Results: Only 44% of the participants had their blood pressure controlled. Overweight (OR=0.170, 95% CI: 0.058-0.495), obese (OR=0.071, 95% CI: 0.017-0.305), and chronic kidney disease stage 5 (OR=0.070, 95% CI: 0.020-0.244) were the determinants associated with poorly controlled blood pressure. Low sodium consumption behavior (OR=9.065, 95% CI: 3.251-25.277) and high family support (OR=7.799, 95% CI: 2.738-22.215) were the determinants associated with well-controlled blood pressure.Conclusion: The blood pressure control rate in Myanmar patients with non-dialysis chronic kidney disease was suboptimal. Determinant findings serve as an input to endorse family-based lifestyle modification interventions such as weight control and low sodium dietary for optimizing blood pressure control. Further investigation of other determinants and of lifestyle intervention programs is warranted.
Polarimetric linear absolute position encoder
Authors: Johnson Mark 
Published: April 2022

Abstract
Optical encoders based on measurement of the axis-angle of linear polarizers offer high resolution and moderate accuracy, but are usually restricted to rotary measurement. We show that annular polymer sheet polarizer materials can be sheared into rectangular tapes, with a polarizing axis that varies linearly along the tape. This makes possible the construction of polarimetric linear absolute position encoders. We demonstrate also sheared polymer birefringent retarders, which function similarly, potentially with cost and size-flexibility advantages.
A translanguaging and trans-semiotizing perspective on subject teachers’ linguistic and pedagogical practices in EMI programme
Authors: Gu Mingyue Michelle , Lee Chi-Kin John , Jin Tan 
Published: April 2022

Abstract
English as a medium of instruction (EMI), as a major agenda of language policy and planning and characterizing internationalization of higher education, has been increasingly adopted in global contexts. EMI teachers’ language and teaching practices in situated classroom contexts and the possible pedagogical challenges they encounter have not gained sufficient research attention in relation to the expansion of EMI. This qualitative study explored the experiences of nine EMI teachers from different disciplines in Chinese universities through investigating their linguistic and pedagogical practices in EMI teaching, the challenges they encounter, and how they co-ordinate semiotic resources with the affordance of the EMI context. The findings suggested that the teachers a) achieved professional development when developing different teaching materials for and perspectives on the same phenomenon to facilitate the understanding of students from various backgrounds; b) co-ordinated semiotic resources with an affordance of the EMI context to facilitate teaching, with the understanding that language is not merely language, but also a factor influencing knowledge construction, a lens for interpreting knowledge, and a part of the event or issue; and, c) attempted to integrate content/language in learning, despite lacking CLIL-related professional training. The implications for language policy and EMI programme development are discussed.
Incenter of triangle as a stationary point
Authors: Giorgadze Grigori , Khimshiashvili Giorgi 
Published: April 2022

Abstract
We show that the incenter of an isosceles triangle is a stable equilibrium point
of the electrostatic potential of certain point charges placed at its vertices.
To this end, explicit formulas for these charges are given and the hessian of their
electrostatic potential is computed. The behavior of this hessian in a family of triangles
with the given inscribed and circumscribed circles is investigated and its extremal values
are computed. As an application, we prove that each point in the unit disc is a stable
equilibrium point of a certain triple of point charges on its boundary, which yields an explicit
scenario of robust electrostatic control in Euclidean discs. In conclusion, several examples
are presented which show that analogous problems are interesting and feasible for convex
quadrilaterals.
On 𝑇1- and 𝑇2-productable compact spaces
Authors: Morayne Michał , Rałowski Robert 
Published: April 2022

Abstract
We prove that if there exists a continuous surjection from a metric compact space 𝑋 onto a product

X
×
T

X\times T

, where 𝑇 is a

T
1

T_{1}

second countable topological space which has the cardinality of the continuum, then there exists a surjection from 𝑋 onto the product

X
×

[
0
,
1
]

X\times[0,1]

, where the interval

[
0
,
1
]

[0,1]

is equipped with the usual Euclidean topology.
Ocimum basilicum alleviates blood glucose, lipid profile and iNOS in diabetes gestational rat model
Authors: Ali Hirowati , Hasmiwati  , Rasyid Rosfita , Handayani Dian , Endrinaldi  , Usman Elly , Basyir Vauline , Yerizel Eti , Decroli Eva 
Published: April 2022

Abstract

Objectives
Gestational diabetes (GDM) complications affect maternal and fetus in utero. GDM’s vascular dysfunction showed inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) alteration and was linked to the higher production of nitrogen species, leading to diabetic embryopathy. Ocimum basilicum (O. basilicum) has been reported for its anti-inflammatory and anti-diabetic effects. Thus, the present study investigates the anti-diabetic effect, lipid-lowering effect, and iNOS expression in GDM animal models treated with O. basilicum extract.

Experimental procedures
Four groups of pregnant rats consist of control and GDM groups. One GDM group was set for control positive. Two GDM groups were treated with O. basilicum extract in two doses (100 and 200 mg/kg BW) for 14 days. Blood glucose of all groups was observed at 72 h after STZ injection and 14 days after administration of O. basilicum extract. Lipid profile and iNOS expression using real-time PCR were measured afterward.

Results

O. basilicum extract lowered blood glucose levels in both doses, from 262.60 mg/dL±6.89–136.80 mg/dL ± 15.6 mg/dL and 113.20 mg/dL±5.25 mg/dL. Total cholesterol, LDL and triglyceride showed a reduction, especially in 200 mg/kg BW dose extract from 122.37 mg/dL ± 14.84 mg/dL, 69.75 mg/dL±3.78 mg/dL and 137.51 mg/dL ± 8.12–74.64 mg/dL±8.71 mg/dL, 40.26 mg/dL±3.31 mg/dL and 87.57 mg/dL±6.29 mg/dL, respectively. iNOS expression downregulated in both doses, from 2.17±0.39 to 0.94±0.3 and 0.41±0.08.

Conclusions
This study showed that O. basilicum extract has a potential therapeutic activity in lowering blood glucose, improved lipid profile, and downregulating iNOS in GDM.
Uniqueness for inverse source problems of determining a space-dependent source in thermoelastic systems
Authors: Maes Frederick , Van Bockstal Karel 
Published: April 2022

Abstract
We study the uniqueness of some inverse source problems arising in thermoelastic models of type-III. We suppose that the source terms can be decomposed as a product of a time dependent and a space dependent function, i.e.

g
⁢

(
t
)

⁢
𝐟
⁢

(
𝐱
)

{g(t)\mathbf{f}(\mathbf{x})}

for the load source and

g
⁢

(
t
)

⁢
f
⁢

(
𝐱
)

{g(t)f(\mathbf{x})}

for the heat source. In the first inverse source problem, the source

𝐟
⁢

(
𝐱
)

{\mathbf{f}(\mathbf{x})}

has to be determined from the final in time measurement of the displacement

𝐮
⁢

(
𝐱
,
T
)

{\mathbf{u}(\mathbf{x},T)}

, or from the time-average measurement

∫
0
T

𝐮
⁢

(
𝐱
,
t
)

⁢

d
t

{\int_{0}^{T}\mathbf{u}(\mathbf{x},t)\,\mathrm{d}t}

. In the second inverse source problem, the source

f
⁢

(
𝐱
)

{f(\mathbf{x})}

has to be determined from the time-average measurement of the temperature

∫
0
T

θ
⁢

(
𝐱
,
t
)

⁢

d
t

{\int_{0}^{T}\theta(\mathbf{x},t)\,\mathrm{d}t}

. We show the uniqueness of a solution to these problems under suitable assumptions on the function

g
⁢

(
t
)

{g(t)}

. Moreover, we provide some examples showing the necessity of these assumptions. Finally, we conclude the article by studying two combined problems of determining both sources.
A novel strategy to enhance the quality of service (QoS) for data center traffic in elastic optical networks
Authors: Gupta Rajat , Aggarwal Mona , Ahuja Swaran 
Published: April 2022

Abstract
Elastic optical networks (EONs) offer tremendous benefits to deal with the exponential increase of the data center traffic. The granularity offered in spectrum allocation supports efficient management of available bandwidth and accommodates multiple traffic to be routed through common links. However, this brings the inherent challenges of routing and spectrum allocation (RSA) constraints. This becomes more complex for elastic optical data center networks (EODCNs), wherein multiple requests arrive at the same time, requiring identical or different bandwidths and each request may have the same or different destination and paths. Also, data requested by different users could be of varying importance levels. Under such a scenario, maintaining the quality of service (QoS) by minimizing the probability of traffic failure and bandwidth blocking is a major task for service providers. To address these problems, we propose an enhanced methodology using path prediction and link-state analysis for efficient allocation of frequency slots and reuse of bandwidth for data centers connected through EONs. Our proposed strategy intents to minimize the number of blocked requests due to non-availability of resources and reduce the failure probability. We introduce here the concept of connectivity degree and Kuhn-Munkres multi-objective optimization for spectrum allocation. We also evaluate the call request blocking probability varying the number of data centers and traffic load. The obtained results show that the proposed algorithm is highly effective in reducing the traffic failure and blocking probability for EODCNs.
‘Instafashion’, ‘adeventures’ and ‘gals on the go’: The creative use of English in Greek fashion magazines
Authors: Seiti Ioanna , Fotiou Constantina 
Published: April 2022

AbstractThis paper examines the use of English in Greek fashion magazines. It assesses the frequency of the use of English in these media, uncovers its discourse forms and functions, and illustrates why English is being used in the first place. As it is shown, English mainly takes the form of naming and headings and what characterizes its use is creativity and innovation. Through language play, intertextual references, clips, deliberate spelling mistakes, and alternations of the intended meaning of idiomatic phrases, English has a variety of functions such as creating emphasis and attracting the reader’s attention. Like other settings where English bears a non-official status, the use of English features capitalizes on the symbolic and indexical value of this language. English is used because it symbolizes progression, innovation, and success and because it indexes knowledge of and association with globalized fashion and beauty discourses and styles circulating worldwide in fashion magazines, on social networking sites, and platforms. The findings of this study can be used to examine the extent of the homogenization of the fashion discourse worldwide while similar studies can be conducted with different types of media to compare the way that English is used in a variety of contexts in Greece and elsewhere.
Agamid lizard predation by Macaca sinica (toque macaque) in Peradeniya, Sri Lanka
Authors: Wijesooriya Kumudu , Weerasekara Lakshani , Ranawana Kithsiri 
Published: April 2022

Abstract
This is the first study to record cases of predation and scavenging of the family Agamidae and related foraging behaviour within a social group of Macaca sinica (the toque macaque). We observed three incidences of the capture and consumption of two species, Calotes liolepis and, Calotes versicolor, and one case of scavenging of a carcass of C. liolepis. While common for macaques, this behaviour has been under-reported in M. sinica. Further studies of predation and scavenging behaviour in a cercopithecine species contribute to our understanding of hunting and its evolution in other primate taxa.
Dissection of social interaction and community engagement of smallholder oil palm in reducing conflict using soft system methodology
Authors: Herdiansyah Herdis 
Published: April 2022

Abstract
Many impacts occur due to oil palm cultivation. One of them is a conflict that occurred in some regions, especially in Jambi Province in Indonesia. Most of the conflicts that occurred are related to natural resources. Disputes can be more complicated when there is any part of the land belongs to the government. Commonly, 30% of the plantations is owned by plasma land, while the remaining 70% is owned by nucleus land. Conflicts occurred due to the smallholders’ position, which is a weak party in land tenure. The smallholders’ low income was partly due to the high price of fertilizers, the toke’s (middleman) low price, and related transportation problems. Differences in individual perceptions are also one of the conflicts that occur. The purpose of this study was to understand more deeply the conflict between smallholders, especially independent smallholders, and the company oil palm that occurred. By using soft system method-based action research, real-world primary data were collected through in-depth interviews with stakeholders (local government, smallholders, companies, and NGO activists) in Jambi. This article found that this system is also implemented in oil palm plantations in Indonesia. Independent smallholder oil palms also consider that community engagement should be involved as a learning effort. Therefore, social interaction and community involvement, through approaches with the government, companies, and oil palm planters in forms of social interaction and training, need to be applied to minimize oil palm conflicts. It is suggested that further research can provide a study, explanation, and implementation of existing policies so that the obligations and rights of smallholder oil palms and plantation companies do not cause oil palm conflicts.
Carbon dioxide adsorption onto modified polyvinyl chloride with ionic liquid
Authors: Noorani Narmin , Mehrdad Abbas , Ahadzadeh Iraj , Sefidehkhan Parinaz Shajari 
Published: April 2022

Abstract
To modify polyvinylchloride membranes for carbon dioxide gas separation, six polyvinyl chloride-g-polyionic liquid ionomers such as polyvinylchloride-g-poly1-vinyl-3-hexylimidazolium bromide (PVC-g-P[VHIm][Br]), polyvinylchloride-g-poly1-vinyl-3-hexylimidazolium thiocyanate (PVC-g-P[VHIm][SCN]), polyvinylchloride-g-poly1-vinyl-3-hexylimidazolium tetrafluoroborate (PVC-g-P[VHIm][ BF4]), polyvinylchloride-g-poly1-vinyl-3-octylimidazolium bromide (PVC-g-P[VOIm][Br]), polyvinylchloride-g-poly1-vinyl-3-octylimidazolium thiocyanate (PVC-g-P[VOIm][SCN]) and polyvinylchloride-g-poly1-vinyl-3-octylimidazolium tetrafluoroborate (PVC-g-P[VOIm][ BF4]) were synthesized. The polyvinyl chloride-g-polyionic liquid ionomers were characterized using elemental analyzer (CHN) and Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) techniques. CO2 adsorption onto these ionomers was measured by quartz crystal microbalance (QCM) and the experimental data were correlated by the sorption model. The parameters obtained imply that CO2 adsorption has an exothermic and physisorption nature. Also, the investigations point to that the PVC-g-P[VHIm][SCN] has better performance for CO2 separation.
Advances in the application of a computational Theory of Visual Attention (TVA): Moving towards more naturalistic stimuli and game-like tasks
Authors: Tünnermann Jan , Kristjánsson Árni , Petersen Anders , Schubö Anna , Scharlau Ingrid 
Published: April 2022

Abstract
The theory of visual attention, “TVA”, is an influential and formal theory of attentional selection. It is widely applied in clinical assessment of attention and fundamental attention research. However, most TVA-based research is based on accuracy data from letter report experiments performed in controlled laboratory environments. While such basic approaches to questions regarding attentional selection are undoubtedly useful, recent technological advances have enabled the use of increasingly sophisticated experimental paradigms involving more realistic scenarios. Notably, these studies have in many cases resulted in different estimates of capacity limits than those found in studies using traditional TVA-based assessment. Here we review recent developments in TVA-based assessment of attention that goes beyond the use of letter report experiments and experiments performed in controlled laboratory environments. We show that TVA can be used with other tasks and new stimuli, that TVA-based parameter estimation can be embedded into complex scenarios, such as games that can be used to investigate particular problems regarding visual attention, and how TVA-based simulations of “visual foraging” can elucidate attentional control in more naturalistic tasks. We also discuss how these developments may inform future advances of TVA.
The semiology of colors in scripture translation: Arabic-English
Authors: Elewa Abdelhamid 
Published: April 2022

Abstract
This paper examines the color symbolic values in two different and unrelated languages, Arabic and English. It analyses the colors mentioned in the Qur’an semiotically and their translation based on Peirce’s semiotic model of sign interpretation, while considering the socio-cultural differences that influence the understanding and rendering of color signs, informed by corpus-based analysis. Although the Qur’an contains the most basic colors like other languages, the semiotic values of some colors are different. The study shows that colors in the Qur’an, and Arabic in general, are tightly linked to the environment and culture of the early Muslims who received the Qur’an first-hand from the Prophet. These colors as situated in their culture could appear positively or negatively to users in other languages in a way that is not intended in the source text. Therefore, the translator’s awareness of the socio-cultural signs could bridge the gap between the different systems of codification and recodification of signs.
Bayesian optimal investment and reinsurance with dependent financial and insurance risks
Authors: Bäuerle Nicole , Leimcke Gregor 
Published: April 2022

Abstract
Major events like the COVID-19 crisis have impact both on the financial market and on claim arrival intensities and claim sizes of insurers. Thus, when optimal investment and reinsurance strategies have to be determined, it is important to consider models which reflect this dependence. In this paper, we make a proposal on how to generate dependence between the financial market and claim sizes in times of crisis and determine via a stochastic control approach an optimal investment and reinsurance strategy which maximizes the expected exponential utility of terminal wealth. Moreover, we also allow that the claim size distribution may be learned in the model. We give comparisons and bounds on the optimal strategy using simple models. What turns out to be very surprising is that numerical results indicate that even a minimal dependence which is created in this model has a huge impact on the optimal investment strategy.