Traditional Description Research Articles

Multi-feature Extraction and Classification of Breast Tumor in Ultrasound Image

Feature extraction of breast tumors is very important in the breast tumor detection (benign and malignant) in ultrasound image. The traditional quantitative description of breast tumors has some shortcomings, such as inaccuracy. A simple and accurate feature extraction method has been studied. In this paper, a new method of boundary feature extraction was proposed. Firstly, the shape histogram of ultrasound breast tumors was constructed. Secondly, the relevant boundary feature factors were calculated from a local point of view, including sum of maximum curvature, sum of maximum curvature and peak, sum of maximum curvature and standard deviation. Based on the boundary features, shape features and texture features, the linear support vector machine classifiers for benign and malignant breast tumor recognition was constructed. The accuracy of boundary features in the benign and malignant breast tumors classification was 82.69%. The accuracy of shape features was 73.08%. The accuracy of texture features was 63.46%. The classification accuracy of the three fusion features was 86.54%. The classification accuracy of boundary features was higher than that of texture features and shape features. The classification method based on multi-features has the highest accuracy and it describes the benign and malignant tumors from different angles. The research results have practical value.

Clinical and psychopathological aspects of catatonia pathomorphosis

Over the last century frequency of diagnosed catatonic states continuously decreased. This phenomenon can be explained through hypothesis of pathomorphosis of psychiatric diseases. Pathomorphosis is an important aspect of mental diseases, including catatonic states, especially therapeutic pathomorphosis. Changes in clinical presentation of psychosis led to under-recognition of catatonic signs, that cause incorrect diagnostic and treatment tactics. The aim of this study is to investigate clinical and psychopathological features of psychosis with catatonic features and actual differences in clinical presentation compared to traditional descriptions and earlier clinical cases. Two groups of patients was explored. First is patients, which admitted to psychiatric hospital due to psychosis with catatonic features. Second group contains archival clinical cases of patients, which were treated since 1969 to 1972, before introduction of atypical antipsychotics to clinical practice.

Formalism of Euler’s Graph Theory is Suitable for Natural Etiopathogenetic Pathways and Clusters Mapping ‐ Integrative Study of Pathophysiology

Leonard Euler (1707–1783) introduced the graph theory, a special part of geometry, as a tool to “… deal with relation dependent on position alone, and investigates properties of the position; it does not take magnitude into consideration, nor it does involve calculation …”. Graph theory is useful concept for nonlinear complex systems. As non‐numerical and non‐metric mathematical reasoning, it describes a complex system as a net of multiple events, seen as a whole. Similarly, graphic representation of physiological networks has an advantage in comparison with traditional narrative descriptions.We invented matrix guided analysis and re‐synthesis method to outline and visualize etiopathogenetic pathways and their natural interconnectivity. It is four steps method (consisting of a patient problem exposition, repetition of relevant knowledge, a design of algorithm and systematization) that enforces the horizontal, vertical and longitudinal integration of knowledge. The algorithmic pathways and networking of processes are crystallized out of plethora of clinical data (signs, symptoms, dysfunctions, outcomes, etc) and knowledge of sub‐systems (nano‐molecular, thermal, macromolecular, cellular phenomena, etc.), which are largely acquired via reductionistic methodologies.Algorithmic pathophysiology elaboration has revealed a natural tendency to form common crossing points of reactivity of heterogeneous pathways. The pathways spontaneously converge and form etiopathogenetic clusters (EPCs). EPCs integrate multiple inputs and multiple exits. They look like natural integrators, the common “hubs” of human body response in various diseases. 91 EPCs have been identified at multiple levels of hierarchy of human body disease reactivity. EPCs are shared in natural development of heterogeneous conditions and they show tendency to form a network. Among the EPCs connecting pathways serve as “the EPC‐driving force”. Thus, the EPCs may be seen as “a new emerging feature” of pathophysiology foundation of disease.Following Euler’s strategy directed links in‐between elements of algorithm indicate a “physiological flux”, mutual oriented influence, and/or cause‐consequence. Physiological relations among acting elements have directionality of action, feedback and feed‐forward regulatory loops. Graphic maps outline the parallel pathways and easily put together relevant events of nano‐scale analyses with the clinical macro‐scale level. The (EPCs) are crossing and integrating points of complexity networks. The network visualization of physiology of disease and health underlying processes places individual mechanisms within the complex interconnectivity and may contribute to explanation of nonlinearity phenomena.

The Generalized Thermodynamical Beltrami – Michell Tensorial Equations for the general Thermodynamical State of the Hooke Body

موضوع البحث هو النموذج الرياضي التقليدي لجسم مرن متماثل المناحي ) Isotropic ( ومتجانس Homogeneous) (، وغير معتبر البنية الجزيئية ويخضع لانفعالات مرنة، لامتناهية في الصغر، وذلك في إطار المرونة الخطية الديناميكية، المترابطة مع حرارة، والمناقشة بدايةً من قبل الباحث هوك لأجل الحالة متساوية الحرارة، والذي يُرمز له اختصاراً بــالرمز (H). في البحث. في البداية سنعرض النموذج الرياضي التقليدي، التنسوري الصامد، ونموذج لامي الرياضي، التنسوري الصامد لجسم هوك المرن (H)، المتجانس، والمتماثل المناحي، في حالته الترموديناميكية التقليدية العامة. أما جديد البحث فهو مناقشة معادلات بيلترامي- ميشيل، التنسورية الصامدة، المعممة إلى الحالة الترموديناميكية )العامة( للجسم المرن (H). وبالنهاية تم اقتراح مسألة للمناقشة، إضافةً إلى مسألة مفتوحة.

Understanding the role of Foundation doctors through a self-reported time-mapping pilot study

IntroductionThere is a reduction in Foundation trainee applications to speciality training and this is attributed to an administrative job role, with subsequent fears of burnout. This pilot study presents the...

Adult Mild Encephalitis With Reversible Splenial Lesion Associated With Delirious Mania: A Case Report

Mild encephalitis with reversible splenial lesion is a rare clinic-radiological entity presenting with neurological and neuropsychiatric symptoms associated with cerebral lesion/s. Delirious mania is a severe psychiatric syndrome characterized by acute onset of delirium, excitement, and psychosis with a high mortality rate. In this paper, we present a case report of mild encephalitis with reversible splenial lesion clinically presenting as delirious mania and evolving into life-threatening multi-organ failure. The patient was treated with aripiprazole and benzodiazepine with poor effect and, after 4 days, the patient's condition significantly worsened requiring transfer to the intensive care unit where deep sedation with propofol was started. Our findings are in contrast with the traditional literature description of self-resolving and harmless mild encephalitis with reversible splenial lesion. Moreover, rapid clinical recovery and the progressive improvement of psychiatric symptoms after deep sedation with propofol in this case—considering propofol's neuroprotective and anti-inflammatory effects—supports the notion of propofol-mediated deep sedation for the treatment of severe manic symptoms associated with life-threatening conditions. Little is known about neural markers of the manic state, and the corpus callosum has been described to be involved in bipolar disorder. Abnormalities in this structure may represent a marker of vulnerability for this disorder.

Anatomy and shell shape variability in a land snail Bostryx torallyi (Stylommatophora: Bulimulidae)

Introduction: The gastropod Bostryx torallyi shows high variability in shell shape and coloration. Subspecies of this organism have been described based on shell characters but, since they were slightly different, they were synonymized afterwards. Until now, shell variability has been analyzed only descriptively and its anatomy is still unknown. Objective: In this study, I provide anatomical information of B. torallyi and apply a geometric morphometric analysis to evaluate the shell shape variation among specimens. Methods: To accomplish this, type material and numerous lots were examined and dissected out. Additionally, relative warp analysis, based on 9 landmarks in ventral view of the shell, was performed using 80 specimens of 9 localities from Bolivia and Argentina. Results: According to our results, geometric morphometrics is a suitable method to evaluate differences in shell shape among localities; for instance, distinctions in the shell were noticeable between gastropods of low and high altitudes. On the other hand, it was established that the coloration of this species is independent of large-scale factors since the examined specimens came from environments with similar conditions. Furthermore, the sculpture of the protoconch and anatomy of B. torallyi coincided with the other Argentinian species of the genus. Conclusions: Therefore, I concluded that a geometric morphometric analysis of shell shape is a good complement to traditional qualitative description of the characteristics of the shell in this species.

В.Г. Руделёв и проблемы изучения традиционной народной культуры

The scientific concept of Professor V.G. Rudelev, which has influenced the formation of problematics connected with the study of traditional folk culture language in the region, and was further developed in the researches of his students, making up a significant part of the scientific heritage of the Tambov School of Linguistics, is analyzed. The main focus of the researchers is on the development of the ideas of V.G. Rudelev's Candidate's dissertation, devoted to the study and description of the ethnographic vocabulary of the people's dwelling on the Ryazan land (pub-lished in Ryazan in 1995). V.G. Rudelev proposed a complex approach to the description of lexi-cal material, which allows to consider the material not as isolated lexical facts, but as a complex system, in which all words related to the lexical composition of each patois are simultaneously op-posed to each other and interconnected with each other. We establish that V.G. Rudelev’s dissertation had an innovative character and has not lost its methodological significance for modern science and is conceptually important for the study of Tambov dialects. In fact, representing a new stage in the development of philology, the work of V.G. Rudelev became a methodological basis for the collection, description and interpretation of the local tradition and contributed to the successful work of the Tambov scientific school representatives in collaborative programs at the all-Russian level.

ФОЛЬКЛОРИСТ НА ПОЛЕ ДИАЛЕКТОЛОГА: КАК МЕТОД КАРТОГРАФИРОВАНИЯ ПОМОГАЕТ В ИССЛЕДОВАНИИ МИФОЛОГИИ

The article analyses the application of dialectological methods in studies of Slavic mythological system, as exemplified by the parallels between Polesie, the Carpathians and the Balkans. Possibility of implementing dialectology in the field of folklore studies is connected to the concept of ethnocultural area – a set of features, characteristic for a tradition, that are common in a certain area and stable geography-wise. The article considers dialectal distribution in Polesie of the following four motives: 1) «a snake that no one has seen acquires mythological features»; 2) a dead man becomes “walking dead”, if an animal has jumped over the body; 3) to keep the dead man from “walking” someone tells him nonsense; 4) a man turns into a werewolf, if his parents violated any prohibitions. Mapping of these motifs on the territory of Polesie demonstrates that their distribution is noted exclusively in central Polesie and, partially, in western Polesie. The density of these motives in the Polesie region is small, while in the Carpathian region they are represented widely. The presented material demonstrates the links between these regions. The mapping method allows us to understand the formation of Polesie mythological system and to solve the problem of diachronic description of the East Slavic tradition.

Literary museums: new discussions

The author of the article reviews the proceedings of a scientific conference held in 2018 by the Association of Literary Museums at the Union of Museums of Russia (with the participation of the V. I. Dahl State Museum of History of Russian literature). The conference proceedings are considered as an important step made by Russian Literary museums toward defining the venues for their further development, as well as an attempt to coordinate intellectual contributions by the employees involved in practical museum work and museum researchers. The author stresses the unanimity of the proceeding’s contributors in their approach to the history of literary museums, to the determination of the specific features of their fund’s collections and the principles of their acquisition. Going beyond traditional museographic descriptions is analyzed in the discussion of methods and forms of a museum’s interpretation of the biography and work of the writer, presentation of the author’s texts by means of museum expositions and in museum educational programs. It is important to raise the question of the role of museums in the dynamics of the modern literary process and artistic culture. The author analyzes the concepts of literary heritage, both its material and intangible parts, which the contributors to the proceedings regard as a resource for further development and exploration of new formats for presentation and intercommunication with the museum audience. It is shown that overcoming the local institutional experience is a necessary stage in the development of literary museums. The Association of Literary museums can play a positive role in such development, in particular, by coordinating research.

Стереотипы в изображении женских персонажей сибирского эпоса

In the heroic legends of the peoples of Siberia, a special role is played by typical descriptions (stereotypes) that carry plot-forming and compositional functions. They reflect the syncretism of aesthetic and moral popular views in their content and the semantic guidelines that epic heroes are endowed with. As ethno-poetic constants, these stereotypes embodied the people’s value attitude to the world around them and, being transmitted for a long time, became ethnically differentiated cultural universals acquiring a normative status over time. In this study, an axiological approach has been applied to consider traditional portrait descriptions of warlike heroes and virgins, based on the comparative material from the epic of Buryats, Khakasses, and Shors. This approach allowed us to conclude that the similarity in imaging the characters of these peoples’ epic has a natural and genetic origin and that the descriptions show the syncretism of aesthetic and moral assessments. The descriptions used in the depiction of female characters are intertextual stereotypes taken from the general epic fund. The structure of these stereotypes comprises supporting phrases that tend to become epic formulas and function independently in the epic. Of the poetic and visual means, stereotypes steadily involve the comparisons and epithets easily correlated with the phenomena and objects of Nature and Space. The generally accepted statement that hyperbole is the main imaging device in the heroic epos is also confirmed in the female character description stereotypes.

Category of opposition in Celtic folk-tales

A folk-tale narrative with its unique composition and deep-laid semantics is an important phenomenon of modern life. It supplements a rational worldview and preserves its priorities, despite the changes that take place in the technical, informational, communicational and other areas of human activity. The folk-tale model of the world is a binary entity characterized by interconnected oppositions. For this reason the structure of the folk-tale and its holistic perception is largely determined by the category of opposition. The article describes a model for representing the category of opposition in Celtic folklore. The author identifies general and specific types of oppositions and describes the language means expressing them. The proposed methodology for the analysis of the language means makes it possible to go beyond the traditional structural description. It gives an insight into a linguistic opposition as a contextually conditioned or a potential phenomenon. Moreover, the oppositional method can be extrapolated to the study of texts which belong to other genres of literature. Such research contributes to the understanding of British ethnic mentality. Establishing what is seen as the opposite in the texts of traditional folk culture helps to identify cultural meanings in language units.

Frequency Oscillation Analysis of Power System With Multiple Governor Deadbands

In recent years, the ultra-low frequency oscillation of power system is one of the most concerned frequency stability problem. The governor deadband are considered as one of the main influences. However, the existing methods can only deal with single deadband segment. As for a multi-machine system with multiple deadband segments, it lacks the analysis method for frequency oscillation. To solve this problem, this paper first define the extended description function applied to nonlinear composite system according to the principle of traditional description function method. The extended description function can quantify the relationship of input and output of a system with multiple nonlinear segments. Then, based on the uniform frequency model of multiple governors, the turbines and governors of hydro and thermal power units with different deadband widths are equivalent to one extended description function. The locus of minus reciprocal of the extended description function with oscillation amplitude and the Nyquist curve of the generator are plotted on the complex plane for the analysis of system stability. Next, the critical oscillation amplitude of disturbance to trigger the system frequency oscillation is calculated according to the point of intersection of both curves. Finally, the simulation results show that the critical oscillation amplitude can reflect the stability of system. The change of deadband width is positively correlated with the critical oscillation amplitude. The appropriate setting of deadband and configuration of hydro-thermal generation are effective measures to suppress the ultra-low frequency oscillation while retain the ability of frequency regulation.

Using financial accounts: A central banking perspective

The development of financial accounts is high on the global policy agenda. These accounts have become an essential element of the SNA, drawing from the traditional description of real economic aggregates augmented to present information on financial flows and positions. Several steps have been taken in recent years to refine important aspects of this framework, with the goal of building “integrated sectoral financial accounts”. To this end, two areas of focus are important. One relates to collecting the statistics to “fill” standard economic accounts. Large data collections have been undertaken since the 2007–09 Great Financial Crisis to build better-quality, more comprehensive and flexible data sets. A second important issue is to highlight how these statistics can be useful and support public policy. These areas are of particular relevance for central banks. As producers, they have been highly involved in the statistical exercises launched to address the challenges highlighted by the 2007-09 crisis. As data users, they have an increasing demand for information in order to understand, and act on, the financial system in pursuing monetary and financial stability policy objectives; financial accounts represent a key opportunity to address these information needs.

Description of Flower Biology of Under-Exploited Species, <i>Zingiber barbatum</i> (Wall.) from Myanmar

Characterization of the reproductive morphology in genus Zingiber is still relevant on classical taxonomic studies because most of the species are phenotypically similar and difficult to distinguish in the absence of the flowering stage. Reports mainly derived based on the herbarium collections are insufficient for the detailed morphological review. Zingiber barbatum (Wall.) belongs to the genus Zingiber and has been neglected for a long time. Existed intraspecific morphological and genetic variations also intricate the description of this species. The objective of this study was to characterize the reproductive morphology of under-exploited Z. barbatum species. The study was done based on the traditional description of morphology and habit of inflorescence and flowers, with a recording of minimum quantitative and qualitative parameters and phenological observation regarding inflorescence life span and duration of blossom. Assessment of reproductive morphology displayed phenotypic variations regarding inflorescences habit during the growth stage and morphological features of the flower. Perhaps, an existed variation was driven by eco-geographical factors resulting in reproductive isolation due to which genetic divergence might occur. The taxonomic affiliation of Z. barbatum based on inflorescence habit has been confirmed. This is the first comprehensive report regarding flower biology on Z. barbatum.

Visual Revolutions: from the electronic to living imagery

I analyse five forms of images: electronic, digital, interactive, networked and living, all of which challenge traditional descriptions and expectations. I analyse them from the technical-ontological, phenomenological and cultural perspective to demonstrate different ways in which they discuss and deconstruct the notion of an image. Finally, I try to propose a new context for understanding the discussed forms of new imagery, i.e. the context of post-imagery.

Visualization of helium-water flow in tight coal by the low-field NMR imaging: An experimental observation

The low-field NMR imaging (NMRI) technology plays a key role of visualization of helium-water flow in tight coal. Combined with the traditional description by T2 spectrum, the NMRI description provides an auxiliary illustration on spatial distribution of water in various pores. To distinguish the different contribution of various pores in helium-water flow, a flow function-based classification of adsorption pore (AP), percolation pore (PP) and migration pore (MP) are suggested. It depends on the periodic appearance of peak and valley of the T2 spectrum. Although all pores contribute to porosity, the unchanged AP peak of T2 spectrum and the trapped water in 2D distribution shows AP contributes little to the helium-water flow. Further, the saturation evolution is clearly illustrated by CPMG sequence and NMRI visualization. Both descriptions show a strong dependence of saturation evolution on pore size distribution. Finally, the porosity is modified based on the squeezing effect of enhancing the peak of T2 spectrum. The experimental result shows the helium-water flow is properly demonstrated by the low-field NMRI method, but the drainage efficiency of helium displacing water is not high due to the trapped water in AP.

Characterization of the shape of height distribution of two-process profile

Two-process surfaces are more important than one-process topographies from the tribological point of view. However, most researchers understood the surface texture from a single-stratum viewpoint. Two-process topographies are more difficult to describe than one-process textures. The aim of this work was to select parameters characterizing the shape of the ordinate distribution of two-process profiles. A traditional description by the skewness Rsk and the kurtosis Rku used for one-process profiles is inadvisable for two-process profiles, since these parameters are strongly interrelated. Statistical dependencies among 17 non-dimensional parameters were analyzed on the basis of the linear coefficient of correlation. About 70 modeled and measured profiles were studied. The pair of ratios: Rp/Rz and Rq/Ra was selected. These parameters stable on typical surfaces are easy to calculate, the emptiness coefficient Rp/Rz is also tribologically important. It was also found that this pair of parameters could also describe the shape of the ordinate distribution of one-process profile. Especially the Rq/Ra ratio is a good alternative to the kurtosis Rku; these parameters are strongly inter-correlated, but the variation of the Rq/Ra ratio on typical surfaces is much lower.Sets of the following parameters: ypp–del and a–b from BETA distribution can also describe the shape of the ordinate distribution of two-process profiles.Extensions of the recommended parameters can be also used in the areal 3D analysis.

Оценка рыбного сырья как способ повышения информативности его характеристик

Introduction. The research features a detailed sensory evaluation of mass fishing objects belonging to different families, namely: the Macrouridae represented by the giant grenadier (Albatrossia pectoralis), the Herrings represented by the Pacific herring (Clupea pallasii), and the Salmons represented by the Keta salmon (Oncorhynchus keta). The research objective was to study the possibility of increasing the information content of the verbal description of fish raw materials in combination with a quantitative assessment of individual sensory indicators.
 Research objects and methods. The paper introduces the concept of detailed verbal description of group parameters of raw and heattreated muscle tissue. The description can increase the information capacity of sensory studies. The concept of extended description of fish raw material was added to the main sensory properties that describe color, smell, taste, and consistency. They include data on the properties of local areas with subcutaneous layer, dark muscles, fat layers, etc. Such a detailed verbal description gives an in-depth view of the sensory properties, which is part of general information on the functional and technological properties of the fish and a key factor in designing new developed products. To improve the objectivity of sensory research, the authors employed the method of quantitative evaluation.
 Results and discussion. The results were summed up as data on the significance coefficients established by experts, ranked, and expressed as a percentage. The significance coefficient is a method of quantitative regulation of the share of each sensory indicator in the general sensory evaluation. The research showed that the greater the number of group sensory indicators that characterize the object, the smaller and more similar their coefficients of significance, which dramatically reduces application opportunities. Therefore, significance coefficient proved a convenient means of measurement and visual presentation. However, the research was limited by the experimental conditions. 
 Conclusion. The study of the fish raw materials established, identified, and described individual sensory indicators that involved about twenty lexical units for raw material and thirty units for heat-treated muscle tissue. The individual sensory indicators characterized color, smell, and taste. They differed in the presence of several degrees of gradation and fit into a vertical three-level (sometimes two-level) classification. Group touch indicator of the consistency describes mostly single-level unit indicators with 4–6 lexical units. As a result, the detailed description of sensory properties of fish raw materials included 2–3 times more lexical units compared to the traditional description of fish raw materials in the special reference literature.

Disseminated nocardiosis in an immunocompetent patient

Nocardiosis is a rare opportunistic bacterial infection. We describe an 8-year-old immunocompetent patient who presented with constitutional symptoms suggestive of probable tuberculosis (TB) in whom we confirmed a diagnosis of nocardiosis. Nocardia is a Gram-positive bacterium that is ubiquitous in soil and decaying vegetable matter. N. asteroides is the most common species. Despite the traditional description of nocardiosis as an opportunistic infection, case reports and case series of pulmonary nocardiosis have recently been reported in immunocompetent patients. Three clinical presentations of nocardiosis have been described; acute, subacute and chronic suppurative infections with episodes of exacerbations and remissions. We describe the presentation, diagnosis, management and prognosis of a rare case of disseminated nocardiosis managed initially as disseminated TB with no improvement.