bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
The effect of psychological distresses caused by COVID19 in healthcare professionals on happiness
Authors: Köksoy Serkan , CAN Belkıs 
Published: November 2022

Background and Objective: COVID-19 has been negatively affecting the world for a long time. This situation can trigger mental problems such as uncertainty, anxiety, stress and depression throughout the society. The aim of our study was to search the effect of the psychological distresses caused by the COVID-19 pandemic on healthcare workers (HCWs) on happiness.
Methods: This study was conducted as a descriptive and cross-sectional study in a medical school hospital in Isparta-Turkey and the data for it were collected between January and March 2022. Sociodemographic form, Coronavirus Anxiety Scale (CAS), Covid-19 Related Psychological Distress Scale (CORPD) and Oxford Happiness Questionnaire Short Form (OHQ-SF) were used for the data collection.
Results: A total of 326 people, including 62(19%) physicians, 127(39%) nurses, 39(12%) officers and 98(30%) others, participated in the study. Between OHQ-SF and CAS, it was found to be r2=0.008, f=2.76 and p=0.098. Between OHQ-SF and CORPD, it was found to be r2=0.11, f=3.55 and p=0.06.
Conclusion: In the HCWs, it was found that CORPD was related with the variables of gender and get vaccinated, CAS was related with the variables of economic status, profession and get COVID-19, and OHQ-SF was related with economic and marital status. It was found that anxiety and psychological distress did not affect the level of happiness. It is recommended to follow up the negative effects of the pandemic, such as anxiety, fear on the future lives, professional functions, and family life of the HCW.
doi: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.39.1.6448
How to cite this: Koksoy S, Can B. The effect of psychological distresses caused by COVID19 in healthcare professionals on happiness. Pak J Med Sci. 2023;39(1):---------. doi: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.39.1.6448
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Placental transport of Erythromycin and its effect on placental inflammatory factors
Authors: Elbiss Hassan , Nawal Osman  
Published: November 2022

Objective: Erythromycin is used for prevention and control of infectious perinatal morbidity. It has been hypothesised that erythromycin crosses the placenta and has an effect on the production of placental inflammatory factors. We evaluated the transport of erythromycin in an ex-vivo closed perfusion system of the placenta and determined its effect on the production of placenta inflammatory markers.
Methods: In 2013, a prospective basic science study was conducted at the placental laboratory of College of Medicine and Health Sciences, United Arab Emirates. Six term placentas from uncomplicated pregnancies were studied using the ex-vivo dual closed-loop human placental cotyledon perfusion technique. Erythromycin was added to the perfusate in the maternal compartment. Samples were obtained from the maternal and fetal up to 240 minutes.
Results: The reference antipyrine was detected in the fetal circulation in the first 15 minutes after addition of the drug. At this point the mean antipyrine was 49.90±2.10µg/ml in the maternal perfusate and 7.1±1.56µg/ml in fetal perfusate. The fetal and maternal concentration became similar at 120 minutes. The transfer of antipyrine from maternal to fetal compartment was 98.66%. The differences between perfusion groups were non-significant that indicates the perfusion of placentas was comparable. After media exchange in both sides, erythromycin was added to the maternal perfusate. The experimental period of four hours was continued with medium circulation on both maternal and fetal circulation. The concentration of erythromycin decreased in the maternal circuit by 36.4% and increased in the fetal circuit by 65%. The concentration of IL-6 in the maternal circuit was normal.
Conclusion: Erythromycin crossed the placenta and did not inhibit the production of IL-6. Future studies are needed concerning neonatal adverse effects and the development of antibiotic resistance.
doi: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.39.1.6683
How to cite this: Elbiss H, Osman N. Placental transport of Erythromycin and its effect on placental inflammatory factors. Pak J Med Sci. 2023;39(1):---------. doi: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.39.1.6683
This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Fostering the Development of Civil Society in Albania, the Role of the EU Policies
Authors: Pacukaj Sokol 
Published: November 2022

The present study analyzes the current state of the civil society in Albania and the European Union policies concerning the integration of Albania in the EU. Despite the country in recent years has made significant progress towards achieving some of the requirements needed in order to proceed towards European integration, further improvements are needed in many areas. Among them, the development of civil society is one of the most complex and urgent. The process of fostering socio-economic development in the country is intrinsically related to the involvement of civil society in the public spheres. Greater participation of civil society organizations in public life improves the quality of democracy and helps to strengthen public support for EU membership.
Keywords: civil society, development, EU, Albania, Stabilization and Association Agreement
INVESTIGATING HOW THE NATIONAL ONLINE MEDIA REPORTED THE LGBT COMMUNITY DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC
Authors: Hindarto Isni Hindriaty 
Published: November 2022

At the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic, intolerance against sexual minority groups (SMGs) were recorded in online media. SMGs were accused of spreading the coronavirus. This study aimed to determine the extent to which online media took sides in reporting LGBT issues during the first year of the pandemic. News balance analysis was performed using the “Westerstahl” Concept of objectivity for the coverage of Republika, CNN, and Kompas online. The measurement of media balance was carried out by employing the content analysis method that is used forsame-topic news, which also measures the sources of bias, news tendencies, and source’s representation. Previous research suggested that Republika chose to highlight LGBT’s negative sides. The results of the present study negate this assumption. It was also found that there was no discrimination against SMGs as has often been claimed in the comments on social media. This result may not be surprising for Kompas or CNN. It can even be said that when the outbreaks began, no media coverage associated the pandemic with SMG discrimination. The imbalance was found not in the online news pages but in what the viewers who chose to offer comments concerning the imbalance in LGBT news on social media had to say. At the same time, reader hesitation about offering comments on online media forums is interesting and calls for further research.
Singularity for a nonlinear degenerate hyperbolic-parabolic coupled system arising from nematic liquid crystals
Authors: Hu Yanbo 
Published: November 2022

Abstract
This article focuses on the singularity formation of smooth solutions for a one-dimensional nonlinear degenerate hyperbolic-parabolic coupled system originating from the Poiseuille flow of nematic liquid crystals. Without assuming that the wave speed of the hyperbolic equation is a positive function, we show that its smooth solution will break down in finite time even for an arbitrarily small initial energy. Based on an estimate of the solution for the heat equation, we use the method of characteristics to control the wave speed and its derivative so that the wave speed does not degenerate and its derivative does not change sign in a period of time.
»Inderseelefolgen«: wie August Kopisch die Commedia übersetzt
Authors: Costadura Edoardo 
Published: November 2022

Riassunto
L’articolo esamina una traduzione tedesca della Commedia sinora trascurata dalla critica: quella del poeta e pittore August Kopisch (1799–1853), comparsa nel 1842. Rifacendosi alla critique des traductions di A. Berman, l’autore delinea il ›progetto‹ di traduzione di Kopisch nel contesto del rinnovo della traduzione letteraria in atto in Germania a cavallo fra Sette- e Ottocento. Come A. W. Schlegel e Philalethes (Giovanni di Sassonia), Kopisch si prefigge di aderire al dettato, ovvero al »ritmo dei pensieri« di Dante, mirando a »seguire nell’anima« il testo della Commedia. Attraverso l’analisi comparata di alcuni luoghi dell’Inferno (III) e del Purgatorio (XXX) nelle traduzioni coeve di A. W. Schlegel, di Philalethes et di Kopisch, l’articolo intende mettere la traduzione di quest’ultimo alla prova dei suoi assunti ›letteralisti‹ o ›sourcistes‹, e rivalutarne la rilevanza nella storia delle traduzioni tedesche della Commedia.
Giorgio Pasquali und die Filologia dantesca
Authors: Meier Franziska 
Published: November 2022

Riassunto
L’articolo parte dall’ipotesi che l’università di Gottinga, innanzitutto il suo dipartimento di filologia greca e antica, abbia avuto un qualche ruolo nel rinnovamento della filologia dantesca quale Michele Barbi l’aveva richiesto e promosso lungo la sua carriera. La figura di chiave per evidenziare questa connessione sorprendente è Giorgio Pasquali che prima della prima guerra mondiale giunse a Gottinga dove proseguì i suoi studi, fece la abilitazione e fu nominato professore. Lo scoppio della guerra poi lo costrinse a ritornare in Italia, a Firenze dove avrebbe praticato e propagato la nuova metodologia filologica tedesca. È vero che fin dall’Ottocento gli storici e filologi italiani s’ispirarono alle metodologie filologiche tedesche. Pasquali, tuttavia, andò oltre confrontandosi con i raffinamenti che Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorf aveva apportato allo studio e all’edizione dei testi antichi. Nel 1934 Pasquali pubblicò la monografia Storia della tradizione e la critica del testo che non ebbe soltanto un impatto sulla filologia greca e latina in Italia, ma anche sul giovane Gianfranco Contini e, a modo suo, su Michele Barbi in maniera notevole.
Das Lachen im Himmel
Authors: Detering Heinrich 
Published: November 2022

Riassunto
La sorprendente inclusione dell’imperatore pagano Traiano nel Paradiso di Dante solleva la questione della giustificazione, della preistoria e delle conseguenze di questa elezione miracolosa, del rapporto tra »predestinazione« e »grazia«. Il presente saggio sostiene che un’idea di umorismo, non esplicitamente menzionata, ma scenicamente rappresentata, fa da sfondo alla concezione dantesca della grazia divina. L’argomentazione si serve del romanzo L’eletto di Thomas Mann, testimone della ricezione della Divina Commedia da parte di uno scrittore che vi ricorre più volte anche nel contesto di altri quesiti estetico-religiosi. Basato su una leggenda medievale, il romanzo di Mann condivide infatti con l’episodio di Paradiso XX lo stesso motivo (Traiano viene »riscattato« da papa Gregorio) e costituisce dunque un’aiuto per l’interpretazione della scena.
Mou Zongsans Auseinandersetzung mit Heideggers Kantinterpretation und seine Lösung durch eine Neuinterpretation der chinesischen Philosophie
Authors: Yeung Tak-Lap 
Published: November 2022

Abstract
In this essay, we discuss a perspective remote from German academics on the examination of Heidegger’s interpretation of Kant, which was developed by Mou Zongsan (牟宗三). Mou focuses his interpretation of Kant on the infinite aspect of human morality and he praises Heidegger’s interpretation of the essence of human existence as “being-able-to-be”. Although, like Heidegger, he emphasizes the recognition of human finiteness as the basic premise of Kant’s philosophy, he refuses to apply this premise to Kant’s entire philosophy. He addresses the fact that for Kant man is “finite but can be infinite”. Furthermore, he criticises Heidegger, on the one hand, for withdrawing the dimension of independence, infinity, supersensibility and timelessness from morality, and Kant, on the other hand, for rejecting the possibility of a positive use of intellectual intuition. By making use of a general insight from the schools of Chinese philosophy that positively recognise the intellectual intuition, one can, Mou believes, change the downsides of Kantian philosophy and organically connect Western and Asian philosophy.
Grenze und Transformation
Authors: Gutschmidt Rico 
Published: November 2022

Abstract
Since antiquity, philosophy has aimed not only at theoretical insight, but also at personal development and transformation. This implies a new relationship to the self and the world, which can result, for example, from existential experiences triggered by the engagement with philosophical problems. Drawing on the examples of facticity and scepticism, this paper develops the thesis that transformative philosophical experience and a corresponding new view of the world can be accompanied by a new understanding of the philosophical problem that triggered the experience. This would involve a non-propositional form of knowledge that is more than practical or phenomenal knowledge. A precise model of such a form of non-propositional insight could shed new light on the transformative dimension of philosophy and, with respect to, e. g., facticity and scepticism, provide a better understanding of limits of knowledge.
Selbst- und Selbstlosigkeit
Authors: Hampe Michael 
Published: November 2022

Abstract
Selflessness can be considered on an epistemic, on a moral, and on a historical level. The article follows recent thoughts by Jay L. Garfield on the idea that conceiving of oneself as a substantive self means following an illusion. It investigates the different senses of “illusion” and asks what it could mean for individuals and societies tobe transformed in such a way that this illusion would not play a role anymore.
Inwiefern sind philosophische Erfahrungen epistemisch transformativ?
Authors: Ferran Íngrid Vendrell 
Published: November 2022

AbstractDrawing on Laurie A. Paul’s notion of “transformative experience”, this paper explores transformative philosophical experiences and analyses the structure of the attitude underlying them. It is argued that these experiences have to be explained not in cognitive terms but as a change in our affective attitude. More precisely, these experiences lead us to feel values in a novel manner. However, in order to make the philosophical experience epistemically transformative and provide a new perspective from which we can acquire new philosophical insights, this feeling of value must meet certain moral conditions such as being open, humble and aware of possible self-deceptive tendencies. Since affectivity is central to the person we are, epistemically transformative experiences in philosophy go hand in hand with personal transformation.
Transforming philosophy
Authors: Gunnarsson Logi 
Published: November 2022

Abstract
The aim of the paper is to defend the project of transforming philosophy carried out in my book Vernunft und Temperament. Eine Philosophie der Philosophie. In section 1, I distinguish between five philosophical genres in which transformation plays a role: 1. academic texts in which transformation is simply a topic; 2. texts meant to adequately articulate through their form the transformative experiences of their authors; 3. texts aiming to enable the reader to transform herself; 4. texts on other texts; 5. manifestos defending the project of transforming philosophy. Section 2 is such a manifesto. Its main thesis is: “What makes somebody – anybody – a good philosopher is that she is a real human being.” Many of the remaining 16 theses of the manifesto are elaborations on this main thesis. One example is the thesis that the philosophical activity is essentially a becoming – the development of an individual human being.
Fitting a triaxial ellipsoid to a set of quasi-selenoidal points
Authors: Kontou Elisavet , Panou Georgios 
Published: November 2022

Abstract
The aim of this work is the determination of the parameters of the triaxial ellipsoid of the Moon, as derived from a quasi-selenoid model. After a detailed description of various quasi-selenoid models of the lunar gravity field, which were proposed in the last twenty years, we prepare suitable data sets of three-dimensional Cartesian coordinates. The mathematical model adopted is the general (polynomial) equation of an ellipsoid functionally related to the nine unknowns: the coordinates of the ellipsoid center, the three rotation angles and the three ellipsoid semiaxes. Furthermore, we adopt mathematical models for one special and two degenerate cases of the triaxial ellipsoid. We implement the least-squares method of indirect observations and we derive results for eighteen data sets of quasi-selenoidal points. From the results, we report the values of the semiaxes of the triaxial ellipsoid of fitting with three unknowns, for the model GL0660B, to be 1,738,256.3 ± 0.2 m, 1,738,023.1 ± 0.2 m and 1,737,603.2 ± 0.2 m, while the other unknowns remain insignificant. This triaxial ellipsoid leads to the improvement in the RMS value of the height anomaly at about 12 per cent in comparison to the oblate spheroid.
The Impact of Mobile Banking Adoption on Retail Banking in Germany
Authors: Becker Michel , Stolper Oscar , Walter Andreas 
Published: November 2022

Zusammenfassung
Dieses Paper analysiert mögliche Änderungen im Privatkundengeschäft der Kunden nach der Einführung von Mobile Banking. Es wird auf einen qualitativ hochwertigen Datensatz auf Einzelkundenebene von einer deutschen Genossenschaftsbank zurückgegriffen und eine Differenz-von-Differenzen-Analyse für die Gruppe der Anwender und eine gematchte Stichprobe der Nicht-Anwender durchgeführt. Es kann ein starker Anstieg der Online-Banking-Transaktionen nach der Einführung des Mobile Banking beobachtet werden, während Transaktionen an Geldautomaten, Callcentern und Bankfilialen weniger häufig genutzt werden. Darüber hinaus überweisen Kunden häufiger Geld über digitale Kanäle und zahlen bargeldlos, nachdem sie Mobile Banking freigeschaltet haben, was zu Lasten von Offline-Geldüberweisungen und Bargeldabhebungen geht. Schließlich ist erkennbar, dass es wahrscheinlicher ist, dass Nutzer von Mobile Banking die von der Bank beworbenen Produkte kaufen und die aktive Nutzung von Mobile Banking die Loyalität der Kunden gegenüber der Bank erhöht.
This paper analyzes potential changes to clients’ retail banking behavior after they have adopted mobile banking. We draw on a high-quality data set at the level of the individual client, which we obtain from a German
Shrinkage of Cold Recycled Cement-Treated Mixtures of Asphalt Pavement Materials
Authors: Fedrigo William , Kleinert Thaís Radünz , Núñez Washington Peres , Graef Ângela Gaio , Pinto da Silva Filho Luiz Carlos , Brito Lélio Antônio Teixeira 
Published: November 2022

Abstract
As with other chemically stabilized materials, cold recycled cement-treated mixtures inherently shrink. Shrinkage cracks might accelerate the rate of pavement deterioration. The research reported here aimed at studying variables that may affect the shrinkage of recycled mixtures. An experimental plan was set to evaluate the effects of cement and reclaimed asphalt pavement (RAP) contents and curing time on the shrinkage of such mixtures with different recycled base course materials (namely cement-treated base [CTB], soil-cement [SC], and lateritic soil [LS]). Previously studied recycled mixtures with graded crushed stone (GCS) base course material were also considered in the analysis. From test results and statistical analysis, it was concluded that the finer the recycled mixture (with SC and LS base course materials), the higher the shrinkage potential. Conversely, coarser mixtures (with CTB and GCS as base materials) tend to shrink less. Accordingly, increasing RAP contents might help to reduce the shrinkage of finer mixtures because of coarser RAP gradation. Shrinkage increases with time and shows higher increasing rates at the early stages. Statistics showed that a stronger curing time effect occurs by the third week, and because of that, it is important to avoid moisture loss at the early stages. For the levels considered (1–7 %), cement content did not greatly impact the shrinkage, although it was statistically significant in most cases. Statistical analysis confirmed this, contradicting the practice of often adopting low cement contents to reduce shrinkage hazards.
Effect of Blending Steel Slag Aggregates on the Polishing Resistance of Asphalt Pavement Surface
Authors: Roy Nabanita , Pal Ravi , Andiyappan Thavamani , Kuna Kranthi K. 
Published: November 2022

Abstract
The objective of the work presented in this paper is to investigate the effect of blending steel slag aggregates (SSAs) with natural aggregates (NAs) on the polishing resistance of the asphalt pavement surface. The investigation involved polishing five sources of NA (granite [3] and amphibolite [2]), one source of SSA, and three SSA blends (mass proportions: 20/80, 50/50 and 80/20). The polishing trends were captured by measuring the British Pendulum Number (BPN) at hourly intervals for 9 h. The laboratory polishing trends suggested that the SSA blending resulted in improved polishing resistance. Based on the polishing trends observed in the laboratory, a suitable mathematical form was selected to model the aggregate polishing. The transfer functions (or shift factors) for the field model were derived by comparing the laboratory polishing with the field polishing trends. The field polishing trend was captured by BPN collected over 3 years at selected locations on two pavements with stone matrix asphalt (SMA) surfaces course mix that were produced with the same aggregates tested in the laboratory. The prediction results from the field BPN deterioration models showed good consistency between field observations and model response values. Using the derived shift factors and laboratory BPN deterioration model parameters, field models for BPN deterioration were developed based on which life prediction of pavement with SMA surface can be made. Field BPN deterioration models suggest that blending of SSA prolongs the residual life up to 10 % depending on the blend proportion and threshold BPN criteria.