Aspects Of Integration Research Articles

Manual Therapy for a Chronic Non-Specific Low Back Pain Rat Model.

Chronic low back pain (CLBP) is a highly prevalent condition worldwide and a major cause of disability. The majority of patients with CLBP are diagnosed with chronic non-specific low back pain (CNLBP) due to an unknown pathological cause. Manual therapy (MT) is an integral aspect of traditional Chinese medicine and is recognized as Tuina in China. It involves techniques like bone-setting and muscle relaxation manipulation. Despite its clinical efficacy in treating CNLBP, the underlying mechanisms of MT remain unclear. In animal experiments aimed at investigating these mechanisms, one of the main challenges is achieving normative MT on CNLBP model rats. Improving the stability of finger strength is a key issue in MT. To address this technical limitation, a standardized procedure for MT on CNLBP model rats is presented in this study. This procedure significantly enhances the stability of MT with the hands and alleviates common problems associated with immobilizing rats during MT. The findings of this study are of reference value for future experimental investigations of MT.

SPAM DETECTION MODEL USING TENSORFLOW AND DEEP LEARNING ALGORITHM

As technology is becoming an integral aspect of every person's life since it makes living simpler and more efficient. As technology advances, spam attacks are becoming increasingly widespread. In this paper, we propose a solution to tackle this issue by comparing Convolutional Neural Network (CNN), Recurrent Neural Network (RNN), and Long Short-Term Memory (LSTM) deep learning techniques. Our objective is to develop a spam detection model that can effectively identify and filter out spam text. To evaluate the performance of our proposed model, we conducted experiments on a meticulously curated dataset consisting of spam and ham instances. The RNN model demonstrated exceptional accuracy, achieving an accuracy rate of 98.36%. Comparative analysis revealed that the CNN model achieved an accuracy rate of 97.10%, while the LSTM model attained an accuracy rate of 92.85%. These findings highlight the superior performance of the RNN model in accurately detecting spam using the TensorFlow platform. This research contributes to the advancement of spam detection methodologies, providing valuable insights for the development of effective spam filtering systems in the digital realm.

Evaluating Supply Resilience Performance of an Automotive Industry during Operational Shocks: A Pythagorean Fuzzy AHP-VIKOR-Based Approach

An integral aspect of global businesses and economic activities is the supply chain networks. Importantly, the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic scenario has further shown that the outbreak of diseases can create a global network-scale disruption to supply chain or logistics, thereby damaging several aspects of economic activities and business life. Hence, this study aims to assess the resilient supplier selection (RSS) process in the wake of the COVID-19 outbreak. A two-stage hybrid decision model using Pythagorean fuzzy sets was proposed as a case study from the automotive industry to deal with RSS during the COVID-19 outbreak. In the first stage, significant criteria and their corresponding sub-criteria were determined through a vast review of the literature and nominal group technique, while the relative weights for RSS were obtained through the Pythagorean Fuzzy Analytic Hierarchy Process (PFAHP) method. In the second stage, nine suppliers were evaluated with Pythagorean Fuzzy VIKOR (PFVIKOR) method. The results of the hybrid approach revealed that flexibility is the most important criterion among resilience criteria that constitute the most significant dimensions for RSS. In many studies, strategic criteria such as quality, cost, and delivery are found to be the most important criteria in supplier selection, however, in the wake of the COVID-19 outbreak, the opinions of decision-makers were significantly changed as the present study reveals that flexibility is the most important criterion to improve the operations of the supply chain for RSS. Next to flexibility is process capabilities, while quality (Q), and cost (C) existed as the first and second in the category of influential criteria for strategic supplier selection criteria, respectively. The managerial and practical implication is that, in the wake of COVID-19 disruptions, suppliers need to be re-evaluated based on resilience-related indicators.

Manifestation of the batang banyu concept as a community communication experience

The existence of a unique concept of a river has significantly shaped the Banjarese community's relationship with it. This unique perspective, known as "Batang Banyu," portrays the river as a revered and integral aspect of their existence. The core objective of this research lies in comprehending the embodiment of the Batang Banyu concept within the regions of Martapura, Nagara, and Panggang in South Kalimantan. The research adopts a phenomenological approach, utilising an interpretive qualitative method to achieve this. The primary data is gathered through rigorous field observations and in-depth interviews with local inhabitants. The study's outcomes unveil that the Batang Banyu concept has evolved into a communicative experience, endowing the community with profound significance for the river. This significance finds manifestation in four fundamental aspects: first and foremost, the river serves as a livelihood for fishermen; secondly, it supports various livelihood-related endeavours; thirdly, it plays a crucial role in constructing homes; and lastly, it serves as a means of transportation. Remarkably, among the communities residing along the banks of the Nagara River and Panggang Lake, the Batang Banyu concept remains firmly entrenched. Conversely, for the people residing along the Martapura River, the Batang Banyu concept has been discarded, resulting in the unfortunate neglect and pollution of the Martapura River due to the accumulation of vast amounts of garbage.

Lesson learned from the assessment of planned converted CO2 injection well integrity in Indonesia – CCUS project

The risk of CO2 leakage from carbon capture, utilization, and storage (CCUS) wells and geological storage sites must be properly assessed before the implementation of CO2 injection. According to ISO 27914 and ISO/FDIS 27916, the design and construction of an injection well needs to guarantee safety and ability to contain the stored CO2 over a long-term period. However, these standards alone were inadequate to evaluate the well integrity due to the need to specify criteria, duration of measurement, and range of measurement parameters of the available tools according to industries’ best practices.The methodology used in the study adapted applicable and readily-available international standards, field experiences, and lessons learned that could be used to support the construction of new and/or the conversion of existing oil and gas wells into CO2 injection wells. This study focused on Jepon-1 in Gundih field, Indonesia, an abandoned oil and gas well. Its actual conditions, well integrity, capabilities of the equipment used in the workover and logging operations, and its limitations in checking the conditions of various crucial aspects of integrity, were evaluated. The results showed that the application of the international standards could not fulfill all the detailed requirements of integrity evaluation of the JPN-1 well due to its particular condition and situation. Other field experiences needed to be adapted, improved, and incorporated in the integrity evaluation of this well. Additionally, longer duration of measurement and more accurate and sensitive logging evaluation tools, combined with temperature logging tools, are required to detect leakage that could not be identified by the commercial tools used in this well.The result of this well integrity study will be used as a fundamental basis for constructing CCUS well regulations by the Government and stakeholders.

Factors associated with somatic symptoms perception in patients living with heart failure

Abstract Funding Acknowledgements Type of funding sources: Other. Main funding source(s): University Review Board of the American University of Beirut Background Heart Failure [HF] affects 64.3 million individuals globally and despite its decreasing global burden it remains dramatically high in countries of the Eastern Mediterranean Region. Self-care is highly recommended to improve HF patient outcomes and an integral aspect for effective HF self-care is symptom perception. This involves body listening, symptom recognition and monitoring, and interpreting and labeling the meaning of these symptoms. Purpose To identify factors related to HF symptom burden as perceived by patients living with HF and using the Heart Failure Somatic Perception [HFSP] scale. Methods This was a secondary analysis of a cross-sectional correlational study that recruited dyads living with HF. Patients were assessed for symptom burden measured by the HFSP scale, depression measured using the Patient Health Questionnaire [PHQ-9], perceived control measured using the Control Attitudes Scale [CAS], and quality of life measured using the Minnesota Living with HF [MLWHF] questionnaire. Independent t-Test and Pearson correlation were used for analysis. Results A total of 109 HF patients [mean age 63.24 ± 10.77 years, 69.7% males] were included. The mean score of HFSP scale was 27.96 ± 19.43. Symptomatic HF patients [New York Functional Class (NYHA) I and II] had significantly higher HFSP than asymptomatic patients [NYHA III and IV] indicating higher symptom burden [32.90 ± 19.65 versus 23.16 ± 17.79; p = 0.11]. Likely, higher symptom burden was associated with lower total quality of life [higher MLWHF score; r = .802; p <.001], lower physical quality of life [r = .802; p <.001], lower emotional quality of life [r = .384; p <.001], more depression [higher PHQ-9 score; r = .464; p <.001], and lower perceived control over symptoms and disease process [lower CAS score; r = -.506; p <.001]. Predictors were retained in the regression model if they contributed significantly to the model or were conceptually relevant and did not negatively affect the variance. Worse quality of life and lower perceived control explained about 60% of the variance in symptom burden [F = 49.189; p = 0.001]. Conclusion Results of this secondary analysis suggest that patients’ somatic perception of their illness has an independent and substantial relationship to their functionality, quality of life, and perceived control over illness. Illness perceptions are amenable to change, and healthcare providers are tasked with developing and testing targeted interventions aimed to modify these as this may be helpful for improving quality of life and control over disease process.

Boolean Logic Computing Based on Neuromorphic Transistor

AbstractGeneral‐purpose computers usually use logic gate computing units based on complementary metal oxide semiconductors (CMOS). Due to the separate memory and computing units in Von Neumann architecture, data transmission requires great energy and time consumption. Developing novel neuromorphic devices and comprehensively investigating their logical computing mode are crucial to achieve high‐performance and low‐power neuromorphic computation. Here, a systematic summary of Boolean logic computing based on emerging neuromorphic transistors is presented. This summary encompasses logical operation modes, materials, device structures, and working mechanisms. The input mode of Boolean logic operation is classified into electrical input, optical input, and synergistic optical/electrical input. Besides, additional modulation strategies to construct programmable logic functions by electrical, optical, and thermal signals are also summarized. These strategies hold great significance as they enable dynamic reconfiguration of logic operations and provide neuromorphic devices with decision‐making capabilities. Finally, the application prospects and current challenges to Boolean logic computing based on dendritic integration are discussed from the aspects of device integration, synergistic input/modulation modes, auxiliary peripheral circuit, software/hardware system, etc. It is believed that comprehensive investigations on neuromorphic Boolean logic operations are crucial to push forward the development of future neuromorphic computing toward high efficiency and high integration density.

Teaching scientific research integrity: A case study

ABSTRACT The focus of this case study is the question, ‘How can research integrity be taught in higher education?’ I will share my experience of teaching this topic over the past three years, organising the various dimensions of research integrity under the broader theme of integrity in science, specifically in terms of norms, functions, and unity. Norms refer to how science conforms or deviates from normative standards, such as those proposed by Robert K. Merton. Functions relate to how science and research are endowed with a functioning, non-damaged mechanism. The third meaning pertains to the notion of science as an unbroken and undivided entity. This innovative approach may aid students in understanding the various aspects of research integrity, help them addressing the contradictions they may encounter in their work, and introduce them to the historical, philosophical, and sociological elements of science, including those from the field of Science and Technology Studies (STS).

Scientific misconduct: Plagiarism and non-compliance with disclosure of interest: Retrospective analysis of 1 year's submissions to Orthopaedics & Traumatology: Surgery & Research

IntroductionAuthors submitting to Orthopaedics & Traumatology: Surgery & Research (OTSR) must fulfill the criteria of scientific integrity (SI), including issues of plagiarism and disclosure of interest. These data have not been assessed for OTSR and we therefore conducted a retrospective study of (1) potential plagiarism rates, (2) deficient disclosure of interest (for French authors), and (3) correlation between the two. HypothesisSuspected plagiarism rates exceed 20% and the non-disclosure rate exceeds 80%. Material and methodsWe analyzed 1 year's submissions to OTSR: January 24, 2022 to January 23, 2023. Articles were checked for plagiarism, using iThenticate software (Turnitin, Oakland, CA, USA), with a threshold of > 20% matching. Conflicts of interest, for French authors, investigated on the French Ministry of Health Transparence website (www.transparence.sante.gouv.fr), with non-disclosure defined by undeclared amounts exceeding €1000. ResultsIn total, 851 submissions were analyzed. iThenticate identified 152 (17.7%) with > 20% matching to an already published article. This likely plagiarism varied (p<0.01) between geographic origins of submissions. In the 289 submissions by French authors, there were 275 (95%) failures to report amounts exceeding €1000. Combined non-disclosure and plagiarism was found in only 3 articles submitted by French authors (3/289: 1.03%). DiscussionOTSR applies the Recommendations for the Conduct, Reporting, Editing and Publication of Scholarly Work in Medical Journals (www.icmje.org), adheres to the guidelines of the Committee On Publication Ethics (COPE) and the French Health Authority (HAS), and has an ethics committee. Plagiarism is a major SI breach, suspected in 20% of submissions. Also, 95% of French authors failed to properly disclose their interests on submitting an article, although this declaration is mandatory in France and is an integral aspect of SI. There are also other forms of misconduct, such as failure to comply with the French “Jardé” law on research involving human subjects, failure to obtain review board approval, unjustified claims to authorship or deficient archiving, that were not analyzed here. ConclusionsAlthough overall plagiarism rates were under 20% for submissions to OTSR, some geographic areas were more concerned than others. Also, despite reminders by the editorial board, only 5% of French authors made full disclosures; this is a major breach of SI, requiring correction on the part of French authors. Level of evidenceIV; retrospective study.

From student to doctor: An analysis of chiropractic oaths as an allegory of the transition from academic integrity to ethical professionalism.

This article examined current chiropractic oaths, particularly topics related to aspects of integrity, ethics, and professional behavior. The oaths were then compared for their individual inclusion and emphasis of these components. Data were obtained from 1988 and 2019 papers describing components of the oaths used at each existing chiropractic college as well as those used in the past by colleges that are no longer operational. Additionally, colleges founded after 2019 were contacted to obtain their oaths. Nine oath components related to ethics and professional conduct were selected from 26 topics originally studied. Each oath was evaluated for the presence of and specific wording used to describe those components. The oaths were compared for their inclusion and emphasis of these components. Some topics, such as "keeping a patient's confidence" and "refrain from wrongdoing," demonstrated a high rate of occurrence. Others, including "serving humanity" and "respecting teachers," were less frequent. The oath of 1 program contained 8 of the topics, 4 program's oaths used 7 topics, 11 schools had 6 topics in their oath, and the oaths of 5 schools included 2 topics. There is wide variation in the occurrence and emphasis of themes relating to ethics, integrity, and professionalism in the different chiropractic oaths. This study provides information for institutions to consider with regard to the content of the oath they administer. It is hoped that this article may encourage the creation of a universally accepted chiropractic oath that will help each graduate commit to a fulsome, all-encompassing pledge to become an ethical professional who optimally represents chiropractic.

A Pathway to Liberation: A History of the Freedom Schools and the Long Struggle for Justice Since 1865

The Freedom School Movement originated at the nexus of the struggles for liberation and full citizenship. Beginning with the articulation of education as a means to freedom during the era of enslavement, the ideology behind Freedom Schools was an integral aspect of the long Black freedom struggle in the United States. Freedom Schools have continually recognized the integral role and contribution of Black activists and educators who, throughout the course of the United States’ history, have historically provided a counternarrative to white supremacy and racist policy through education grounded in the needs, aspirations, and wisdom of local community organizing.

Reexamining the integrative approach to legal ethics education: the case of Hong Kong as an Asian financial centre

ABSTRACT This article examines how ethical values are integrated into legal education in Hong Kong, a prominent financial hub in Asia. It focuses on two aspects of integration: the integrative use of prescriptive and experiential teaching methods and the integration of legal ethics education into the curricula of law schools. Effective implementation of legal ethics education in Hong Kong faces challenges due to inadequate commitment to the integrative approach in law schools. While integrating legal ethics education into the curriculum alone is insufficient, there is also a lack of effective integration of prescriptive and experiential teaching methods. To address these needs and challenges, the article proposes a dedicated core course on legal ethics supported by seminars and workshops led by experienced practitioners. This approach aims to foster ethical conduct among law students, enhancing Hong Kong’s reputation as an Asian financial centre by cultivating a culture of ethical responsibility, which is vital for the development and sustainability of Hong Kong’s legal landscape.

Getting it Right: Safeguarding a Respected Space for Indigenous Oral Histories and Truth Telling

ABSTRACT Indigenous stories increasingly challenge the Australian understanding of the relationships between colonizers and Indigenous experiences and perceptions of the postcolonial past. Indigenous oral history is becoming an integral and powerful aspect of oral historiography that includes Indigenous oral histories and stories as important components of Australian history making. Given that Indigenous reclamation of history is essential to the process of decolonization, this paper poses the question of how we can safeguard a respected space for Indigenous oral histories so truth telling can take a rightful place in history making. The paper details examples of a non-Indigenous researcher working with and for Indigenous storytellers and in doing so, elaborates on an Indigenist approach to oral historiography. We provide examples from the Moola Bulla project, an Indigenist methodologically based study collaboratively designed by Indigenous and non-Indigenous researchers around ethical research practices. The authors recommend that to ensure ethical practices and faithful re-storying, researchers engage in training with Indigenous people, thereby enabling the moral integrity and rigor of Indigenous history making in the field of oral history. This paper reiterates the fundamental prerogative for all those in the domain of history making in colonized contexts to work with Indigenous people in the rewriting of postcontact history informed by an understanding of Indigenist methodologies.

Demolition Derby, Working-Class Identity, and Capitalist Geographies

In order to understand the formations of identities within a working-class population, this paper draws on ethnographic field research with participants and fans of demolition derby competitions in two regions of Arkansas. It attempts what Arjun Appadurai calls a ‘genealogical’ reading to discover within semiotic evidence foreclosures of identity that challenge the power of capitalist fixation and movement of value within and through these regions. The paper uses the term ‘material integrity’ to describe how participants and fans of demolition derby understand the economic dynamics in which they participate. In Northwest Arkansas, a region characterized by the fixation of capital, class is ‘read down’ by nominating perceived lower classes, but in White County, Arkansas, a region with little fixed capital, class is ‘read up.’ As a ground-up spectacle and performance, demolition derby reveals the value of material integrity as an integral aspect of a working-class identity and provides some evidence of what Don Mitchell calls ‘working-class geographies’ and Ben Rogaly’s ‘non-elite cosmopolitanism.’

UAS-Borne Radar for Autonomous Navigation and Surveillance Applications

The autonomous navigation of UAS requires, among others, detect-and-avoid capability as a prerequisite for enabling wide-ranging applications, including the transportation of goods and people. This article presents the design, implementation, and experimental results of a UAS-borne radar system detecting drones. The applications of the proposed system include not only detect-and-avoid systems for safe and autonomous navigation of unmanned aircraft systems but also airborne surveillance of malicious drones in controlled or restricted airspace for mitigating security and privacy threats. The system performance in terms of maximum detection range is evaluated through field tests. The experimental results show that the proposed UAS-borne radar can detect a DJI Phantom 4 and a DJI Matrice 600 Pro at a maximum distance of 440 and 500 meters, respectively. The article also provides insights into the system implementation and integration aspects, discusses future research direction, and stresses the need for standardization efforts to benchmark the required performance levels for UAS-borne radars.

Peer workers to address discrimination against women in psychiatry and mental health

Compared to the general population and to males with mental health disorders, women with these disorders face more obstacles in psychiatric and mental health care settings. This strongly encourages mental health policies and psychiatric care to consider specific strategies that prevent gender bias in treatment among women with mental health issues. A growing body of research demonstrates the benefits of having peer workers–professionals with a lived experience of mental health issues who use their own experiences of mental distress to support others with comparable experiences–in mental health services. We postulate that peer support can become an important and integrated aspect of preventing and addressing discrimination against women in psychiatry and mental health care. First, women peer workers may combine their lived experiences as service users and as women to provide unique, experience- and gender-based support to women users who experience discrimination. Non-women or women peer workers who did not experience gender discrimination in psychiatric settings may nevertheless benefit from the integration of gender education in their curriculum and, in turn, bring a feminist lens to their work to achieve this mission. Second, using their experience as service users, peer workers have the credible ability to communicate and translate women patients’ needs to the medical staff, and thus facilitate concrete, need-based adjustments of services. Third, peer workers’ involvement as instructors in medical schools could provide early awareness of injustices experienced by women in psychiatry and mental health care. Further research is required to test the effectiveness of peer workers in addressing discrimination against women in real-world clinical settings. More broadly, from a diversity perspective, we believe that peer workers are one of the critical elements in the fight against discrimination in psychiatry and mental health.

Transition to Digitalized Paradigms for Security Control and Decentralized Electricity Market

Digitalization is one of the key drivers for energy system transformation. The advances in communication technologies and measurement devices render available a large amount of operational data and enable the centralization of such data storage and processing. The greater access to data opens up new opportunities for a more efficient and decentralized management of the energy system. At the distribution level of the energy system, local electricity markets (LEMs) provide new degrees of flexibility by trading and balancing the energy locally and offering ancillary services to the wider transmission and distribution system operators. Maximizing the grid impact from this flexibility calls for novel data analytics and artificial intelligence techniques to enhance the system's security and reduce the energy costs of local prosumers. At the same time, however, relying on data-based approaches increases the risk of cyberattacks, and robust countermeasures are, therefore, needed as an integral aspect of digitalization efforts. This article discusses the key role of centralized data analytics to fully benefit from the advantages of LEMs in terms of system's security enhancement and energy costs' reduction. Data-driven paradigms are investigated that allow for flexibility from decentralized markets, mitigate the physical security risks, and devise defensive strategies shielding the system from cyber threats.

Preparing an Abstract for Scientific Conferences and Publications: A Beginner's Guide

AbstractAn abstract is a window to a research work. It describes the work in 250 to 500 words in either a structured or an unstructured format. The aim, methods, results, and conclusion are the core components. The integral aspect of writing an abstract is summarizing the entire work in limited words that not only gives away important data but also gives a clear message to its readers. In the fast-rising world of publications, abstracts are often the decisive factor in initial editorial decisions of acceptance or rejection. Good abstracts may improve citations of a work because these are often the only freely available part of the article. Graphical abstracts are becoming an integral part of submission requirements in most journals and tend to depict content figuratively. Although a book can never be judged by its cover, a well-written abstract will always draw attention to the work of the author. This article will act as guidance for writing a good abstract and familiarize readers with all components of the abstract.

Multicultural Education on Student Character Formation

The realization of multicultural education is not just for students to get material at school, but students must also be able to experience multicultural practice directly. Thus, teachers, principals, school staff, employees and security guards must be able to create a multicultural atmosphere in schools. And, multicultural education should not only be obtained during formal education, but non-formal and informal education must also apply a multicultural system. This study uses library research where data is taken from books, journals and relevant themes. This research resulted in the internalization of multicultural education on integral aspects of student subjects. Internalized values ​​must contain elements of tolerance and mutual cooperation so that people can respect each other.

A clinical study of puberty menorrhagia in the modern era at a tertiary health-care center

ABSTRACT Background: Puberty Menorrhagia is the most common gynecological complication. Puberty menorrhagia when accompanied by serious systemic complications such as anemia and high blood protein (i.e., hypoproteinemia) poses substantial difficulties among gynecologists. The foundation of managing puberty menorrhagia is its early diagnosis and individualized treatment customized to each and every patient. The exclusion of pregnancy is mandatory in all cases, regardless of the history, and following up regularly along with a balanced diet and iron therapy goes a long way towards successful treatment. Objectives: To evaluate the etiology, clinical presentation, and therapeutic efficacy in patients suffering from puberty menorrhagia in our program. Materials and Methods: The prospective observation study method was opted for this study. Study participants were forty women who presented to JMF’s ACPM Medical College, Dhule between November 1, 2019 and October 31, 2020 with excessive vaginal bleeding between the onset of menarche and 19 years of age. All cases were evaluated using history, physical assessment, and pertinent laboratory investigations. Results: In our study, half of the patients (50%) were between the age group of 13 and 16 years. Nine out of every ten patients had hemoglobin levels of 10 g% or less, and 55% of patients were suffering from puberty menorrhagia for 6 months to a year. Our study suggests that polycystic ovary disease (25%) and anovulatory dysfunctional uterine bleeding (DUB) (47.5%) were the basic etiological factors, resulting in the puberty menorrhagia. Genitourinary tuberculosis (7.5%), idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura (5%), ectocervical polyps (5%), hypothyroidism (7.5%), and Von Willebrand’s disease (2.5%) were found to be a common cause of excessive bleeding. The fundamental medical therapy for managing puberty menorrhagia comprises nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, tranexamic acids, and hormones. Conclusion: Menorrhagia during puberty is a distressing ailment for both the sufferer and her parents. The majority of instances are caused by self-limiting anovulatory DUB. For effective diagnosis and therapy, a thorough history, clinical examination, and investigation are required. Patient counseling is an integral aspect of management. Surgical approaches are preferred in a few cases, while long-term medical assistance is largely effective.