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Unveiling the true costs and societal impacts of moderate-to-severe atopic dermatitis in Europe.

Atopic dermatitis (AD) is a chronic, auto-immune condition that imposes a high burden on individuals, society, and the healthcare system. Approximately 4.4% of adults and up to 18.6% of children/adolescents have AD in Europe, with 20% of all cases accounting for moderate-to-severe forms. This form of the condition in adults results in annual societal costs across Europe of an estimated €30 billion; €15.2 billion related to missed workdays or reduced work productivity, €10.1 billion related to direct medical costs and €4.7 billion related to personal expenditure of patients/families. AD can also substantially impact physical, emotional, and social quality-of-life. Several studies have shown the debilitating itch-scratch cycle is the main cause of the multifaceted burden, as it causes substantial sleep deprivation and stigmatisation due to the physical appearance of the skin, and confidence issues. These factors lead to psychosocial issues and can cumulate over time and prohibit patients reaching their 'full life potential'. Despite this, many patients with the condition are undertreated, resulting in uncontrolled symptoms and a further strain placed on patients, society, and the economy. The authors of this White Paper comprise the European Atopic Dermatitis Working Group, which is a network of international specialists with expertise in dermatology and healthcare policy decisions. Their programme of action is focused on harnessing their expertise to build consensus, advance research, share knowledge, and ultimately seek to improve AD care outcomes through achieving long-term symptom control. This White Paper presents a systematic evaluation of the overall financial and humanistic burden of moderate-to-severe AD and the current challenges that exist with AD care. It introduces recommendations for how, collaboratively, key stakeholders and policy makers can support improvements in AD management to achieve better disease control, thus reducing the costs and associated burden placed on individuals, society, and the economy.

Qualitative Study of Medical Doctors on Their Experiences and Opinions of the Characteristics of Exceptionally Good Doctors.

BackgroundIt is generally accepted that there is a therapist effect in psychotherapy, with master therapists being studied using qualitative methods. There are surgeons with exceptionally positive patients' physical health outcomes, and qualitative research on what makes good doctors. However, characteristics of exceptionally good doctors are less studied and understood.ObjectiveTo qualitatively study the opinions of physicians on exceptionally good doctors.MethodsThirteen semi-structured interviews of English-speaking medical doctors of any specialty were conducted. Recruitment was achieved through the authors’ network; contacting authors of relevant research papers; and Bond University’s General Practitioner recruitment program. Their opinion was sought on what makes an exceptionally good doctor, whether they have met such a person, what was their experience of that person, and whether they consider themselves as exceptionally good doctors.AnalysisA six-phase thematic analysis in an experiential framework, as per Braun and Clarke, was implemented to identify themes and their details in an inductive approach with a realist epistemological position, ie, assuming truthful knowledge on what makes exceptionally good doctors can be obtained.ResultsEach interviewee had met and been inspired by exceptionally good doctors. Descriptions covered six themes: character traits; other characteristics; patient relationships; peer and health care system relations; education; and treatment examples. Exceptionally good doctors were found to have up-to-date extensive medical knowledge and skills, relate well with patients, and have excellent diagnostic abilities. They tend to be humble, approachable, inspiring, and are long-remembered role models. However, they may not always be appreciated by their peers and their health care system because of their exceptional abilities.Discussion and ConclusionExceptional doctors are beneficial for their peers, their patients, and their health care system. Identifying, acknowledging, and making such doctors more accessible to medical students and junior doctors could have a positive impact on medical practice.

Gender presence on the editorial boards of journals in the Women's Studies subject category

In the scientific journals, being part of the editorial boards, including the journals' members and chief editors, involves holding positions of power and responsibility that affect the running of a journal. Until now, these positions have usually been held by men in most scientific disciplines. In this study, the gender composition in the editorial board members (EBMs) and editor-in-chief (ECs) of the 45 Women's Studies journals classified in the Journal Citation Report (JCR) was analyzed. The following indicators were calculated: the gender distribution of ECs and EBMs by journal, publisher, country, and quartile of the journal in the JCR; the geographical area of the members; and the gender distribution of the authors of papers grouped by journal, and geographical area. The gender distribution of the ECs was 92 % women, while that of the EBMs was 82.2 %. Regarding the articles and reviews published during 2019, a 72.4 % were signed by women. These results display an “inverted truncated pyramid”: the higher the level of decision-making positions is, the higher the percentage of women. On the other hand, the results by geographical area shows an Anglo-Saxon and European bias.

Public Notaries and Company Law in the Republic of Serbia – Foundation of Companies and Protocol of Companies’ Organs Meetings

In the paper author analyzes actual condition of public notaries in Serbian company law, regarding chosen questions. In the first part of the paper author discusses main issues on the role of public notaries in Serbian company law. The second part deals with competencies of public notaries in foundation of companies, with a review of nullity of articles of incorporation. The third part deals with a role of a public notary in protocoling of companies` organs meetings. At last, the conclusion is made in fourth part.

Network Security and Cyber Security: A Review

Abstract: Secure Network has now become a need of any organization. The security threats are increasing day by day and making high speed wired/wireless network and internet services, insecure and unreliable. Now – a - days security measures works more importantly towards fulfilling the cutting edge demands of today’s growing industries. The need is also induced in to the areas like defense, where secure and authenticated access of resources are the key issues related to information security. In this paper Author has described the important measures and parameters regarding large industry/organizational requirements for establishing a secure network. Wi-Fi networks are very common in providing wireless network access to different resources and connecting various devices wirelessly. There are need of different requirements to handle Wi-Fi threats and network hacking attempts. This paper explores important security measures related to different network scenarios, so that a fully secured network environment could be established in an organization. Author also has discussed a case study to illustrate the minimal set of measures required for establishing network security in any organization. We will be analyzing a variety of cyber-attacks and different security methods. We aspire to create research into the subject area. This paper explores how cybercrime has become a serious threat in our lives and we are going to look at a few of the different security methods that are being used in this arena and their various weaknesses.

From Abdulhamid II until Erdoğan: Pan-Islamism Movement in Indonesia and Turkey

This paper investigates the relationship between Indonesia and Turkey from nineteenth century until twentieth first century, especially in the are of Erdogan (2002- today) in the framework of Pan-Islamism approach. Pan-Islamism term has been explored by scientists in the Western or non-Western world. Mostly, scientists consider that Pan-Islamism is the act of radical in order to to West domination in Muslim countries. In this paper author argues that Pan-Islamism is not a conservative ideology to expel West domination, but the approach adopted by Muslims in order to adapt with global challenge since nineteenth century. This paper is written from historical approach and based on primary and secondary sources. Ottoman Turkish documents, manuscripts, and Turkish literature played important role to achieve the aim of this paper.

Self-Consumption Optimization in an Energy Community

In recent years, a fast penetration of renewable sources in power electrical systems is taking place, providing many benefits; indeed, thanks to the Energy Community development, there is the possibility that renewable energy generated by a user can be shared by the other users of the community too. However, to make this happen, power electronics converters are the main characters of a proper management of shared energy. In this paper authors propose a Simulink scheme of an Energy Community, in which converters and related control systems have been modelled. Through the Maximum Power Point Tracking control of the photovoltaic converter, the maximum photovoltaic power is extracted, and through the double-loop control of the grid-connected inverter, only active power is fed into the grid, generating a current in phase with the grid voltage. The major innovation introduced in this paper is the modelling of a power sharing supervisor system that coordinates all the bidirectional converters which interface batteries to the community, according to their states of charge, in order to set power exchanges with the grid to zero. Results obtained from simulations demonstrate that, by varying load, photovoltaic production and batteries states of charge, the self-consumption optimization aim is pursued.

Internal company interaction on example of management accounting system in innovative project

In the context of the implementation of numerous innovative projects around the world, one of the urgent tasks of the modern theory of management accounting is the harmonisation of business processes within systems of various specialization (management, accounting, design and production) that form the organisational structure of the company and are at its various levels. The problem is the inconsistency of the activities of economic and design departments in the process of forming the concept of an innovative product, due to the lack of a model of the mechanism of their interaction at various stages of an innovative project. The article describes the initial stage of testing the hypothesis of the existence of an optimal model of management accounting and cost design systems (design department) interaction model at various stages of an innovation project. Within the framework of the study, a number of tasks were solved, in particular: the task of choosing the most effective research method from the list of methods used by the authors of similar scientific papers; the task of describing the mechanism of interaction of the considered intra-organisational systems in the context of the implementation of an innovative project; the task of establishing the identity of problematic issues arising from the interaction of the management accounting system and the design service at various enterprises. The purpose of the study is to test the hypothesis of the existence of an optimal model of management accounting and cost design systems interaction. Within the framework of the study with the participation of a representative group of three enterprises, the results characterising the current state of the management accounting and cost design systems were obtained. In practice, the enterprises under consideration face problems related to the management accounting and cost design systems interaction model, which are often accompanied by a low level of development of business processes and project management. As a result of the conducted research, indirect confirmation of the proposed hypothesis of the study was obtained.

Time-based changes in authorship trend in research-intensive universities in Malaysia

ABSTRACT Considering the fact that publications serve as an important criterion to evaluate the scientific accomplishments of an individual within respective fields in academia, there has been an increasing trend to publish scientific articles whereby multiple authors are defined as primary, co-, or corresponding authors according to the roles performed. This article analyzes the authorship pattern in 4,561 papers (including 60 single-authored papers) from 1990 till 2020 of 94 academics who hold a position as professors and are affiliated with the Faculty of Medicine at three different research universities in Malaysia. Only 708 papers (15.5% of 4,561 papers) were authored by less than three authors. In 3,080 papers (67.5% of 4,561 papers), those academics appeared as coauthors. Using different years as cutoff periods, it was observed that the appearance as coauthor in the papers had steeply risen around the years: 2006, 2007, 2008 and onwards. The increased number of authors in the multi-author papers and the appearance of the selected academics as coauthors reflect the extent of boosting of collaborative research in that period which corresponds to the adoption of the “publish or perish policy” by the Ministry of Higher Education in Malaysia.

Gender analysis of the top classic papers in otolaryngology head and neck surgery.

The aim of this study was to identify and analyze the gender breakdown of first authorship contributing to the most-cited papers in the field of otolaryngology, with a goal ofidentifying trends in gender representation in publishing. The top 150 most-cited papers were identified using the Science Citation Index of the Institute for Scientific Information. Among the first authors, gender, h-index, percentage of first, last, and corresponding authorship positions, total publications, and citations were analyzed. The majority of papers were in the English language, from the United States, of clinical nature, and on otologic topics. Eighty-one percent of papers (n = 122) had men who were first authors, although there was no difference in h-index score, authorship position, number of publications, citations, and average citations/year between men and women first authors. Upon subgroup analysis by decade (1950s-2010s), there was no difference in the number of articles by women first authors (P = 0.11); however, there was a statistically significant increase in the percentage of women authors (P = 0.001) in papers published later compared to those published earlier. While a promising number of women otolaryngologists are publishing high-powered articles, future initiatives to promote academic inclusivity of women should be considered.

Unpacking the black box of voice therapy: A clinical application and revision of the Motor Learning Classification Framework (MLCF)

Purpose: Voice therapy is a complex behavioural intervention. Understanding its components is integral for continued advancement of voice therapy research, translation of evidence into the clinical setting and improved client care. The Motor Learning Classification Framework (MLCF) offers an excellent opportunity for increasing such knowledge, specifically in relation to identifying variables that affect motor learning (ML), an important mechanism hypothesised to bring about voice change during voice therapy. The MLCF has shown promising results in identifying speech-language pathologists’ (SLPs) use of ML variables during experimentally controlled voice therapy contexts. The purpose of this study was to test the feasibility of applying the framework in the clinical context of everyday voice therapy practice. Method: Data consisted of two video-recorded voice therapy sessions representing usual voice therapy care. Classification of ML variables used by SLPs during the recorded sessions was attempted based on the MLCF. Result: Several problematic features of the framework were identified. Based on deliberations between the authors of the current paper, the MLCF was revised using an iterative process. This resulted in the construction of an updated version of the framework (MLCF-V2). The MLCF-V2 organises ML strategies into two broad categories: directly observable behaviours and learning processes. The framework incorporates greater consideration of theory and empirical evidence supporting motivational, attentional focus and subjective error estimation influences on ML. Several examples of each ML variable are included as well as an attempt to provide clearer classification instruction. Conclusion: It is anticipated that the MLCF-V2 will provide a more useful and reliable classification for use in future investigations of SLPs’ use of ML variables during usual voice therapy practice.

Estimates of lengths of shortest nonzero vectors in some lattices. I

Abstract In 1988, Friese et al. put forward lower estimates for the lengths of shortest nonzero vectors for “almost all” lattices of some families in the dimension 3. In 2004, the author of the present paper obtained a similar result for the dimension 4. Here we give a better estimate for the cardinality of the set of exceptional lattices for which the above estimates are not valid. In the case of dimension 4 we improve the upper estimate for an arbitrary chosen parameter that controls the accuracy of these lower estimates and for the number of exceptions. In this (first) part of the paper, we also prove some auxiliary results, which will be used in the second (main) part of the paper, in which an analogue of A. Friese et al. result will be given for dimension 5.

Drones as a form of security

This paper has discussed the question of using drone as a form of pre-emptive security. This is a very old discussion and has divided the academic society into two sides. One of them talks in favour of using drone whereas other talks about not using it as a form of pre-emptive measure. The author in the present paper has used Bethlem’s theory, consequential theory and cited a few scholars to submit that in the case of terrorism, drone should be used a pre-emptive measure.

Comments on “Biosorption of nickel from aqueous solution onto Liagora viscida: Kinetics, isotherm, and thermodynamics”

AbstractIn 2020, Komarabathina and colleagues published the paper above (the original paper). They used the Liagora viscida‐based biosorbent for adsorbing nickel ions from water. Kinetics, isotherm, and thermodynamics are three important components for the correct description of an adsorption process. However, the authors of the original paper introduced several fundamental errors in these three parts. Other important problems in the original paper are inconsistencies between the experimental data and their modeling results, as well as errors in units. Therefore, we present detailed analyses of these mistakes, hoping that this “comment” paper will also be useful to other researchers (especially beginners) to avoid finding such mistakes elsewhere in the future.

Effects of Globalization on the Internationalization and Management of the Activity of the Multinational Companies

Abstract Under the conditions of the contemporary economy, the intensification of foreign trade is a fundamental requirement of economic growth, of business internationalization and, implicitly, of economic globalization. On the other hand, business development in the international environment, regardless of the size of the economic entities or their field of activity, tends to become a prerequisite of organizational existence. For this reason, the business strategies must be synchronized with the requirements and demands of the economic globalization. In this context, the authors of the present paper aimed to identify and briefly present the main effects of the globalization on the business internationalization and the management of the multinational companies.

The Design, Practical Realization and the Programming of a Didactical MB-UGV-1 Mini Crawler Robot Prototype for Engineering Operations

Abstract The authors of this scientific paper would like to highlight some didactic-applied contributions regarding the design and the programming of an MB-UGV-1 robotic technological tracked product intended for engineering missions. The following aspects are highlighted: the presentation of the main organological elements from the mechanical structure of the tracked mini-robot, aspects regarding the command and programming elements of the technological product, the advantages and the disadvantages it has. The originality of this paper consists in the following elements: the manner of assembling the organological elements on the mechanical structure of the product, the writing of a program specific to and necessary for the mobility of each degree of freedom associated with the mechanism generating trajectories, the possibility of implementing the mini-robot in didactical applications.

Safety interventions for the prevention of accidents at work: A systematic review.

Safety interventions for the prevention of accidents at work: A systematic review.

Code-Switching as a Literary Device in “Thank You for Smoking” by Ch. Buckley

This article examines the foreign-language elements in Christopher Buckley's novel “Thank You for Smoking”. The author studies possible reasons for code switching in the novel and makes the conclusion about the extent to which the idea of code-switching can correspond to the "global purpose" of the novel. The article describes some lexical and phraseological foreign language units mentioned in the text, analyzing the cases where the main character of the novel uses foreign words. The protagonist often resorts to the use of expressions from French and German in order to a) show his attitude to the extralinguistic situation changing around him; b) to create ingenious wordplay in his speech, using them in connection with some precedent phenomena in the English-speaking culture, even outside his workplace, although it is primarily his professional activities that require doing so. The author of the present paper also analyzes the approach to the use of lexical and phraseological units which may or may not be clichés when transferred to the English language. A conclusion is made about the possible use of foreign language elements as an artistic literary device within the framework of this novel.

Implementation of modified blowfish using random number generator for quantum computers

Classical computers are quite safe from attacks by implementing traditional cryptographic techniques and algorithms but in future as quantum computers will come in full fledge, our current cryptographic algorithms will become vulnerable. In this paper authors have presented a modified blowfish scheme named as pseudo random generated blowfish encryption algorithm which can provide security to our data quantum computers also. Analysis of algorithm is done on classical computer as well as on quantum simulators (IBM qx) and result of comparison is also presented. The theoretical security measures are also discussed in this paper.

Fracture Characteristics of AZ31B and Cu 99 Tensile Test Specimens Joined by FSW and FSW-IG Processes

The aim of the current study is to perform a failure analysis on specimens extracted from 4 mm sheets of AZ31B, according to ASTM 4377G and 3 mm sheets of Cu99 alloys according to SR EN 1652:2000, that were joined together using FSW and FSW-IG processes. In order to promote the suitability and advantages of implementing FSW-IG processes in the automotive and aerospace industry, the papers authors performed destructive testing on the samples extracted, namely tensile strength test, following with topography analysis using scanning electron microscopy – SEM, combined with energy dispersive spectroscopy EDS, micro-hardness tests and fractography investigations. Results highlighted a considerable improvement in the ultimate tensile strength of the welded joint, a higher degree of deformability of the welded joint in the case of FSW – IG, compared to classical FSW; while maintaining the same process conditions and parameters. Experimental data is in accordant with automotive and aerospace imposed compliances, thus presented and discussed in the following scientific article.