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Artificial Intelligence-Driven Respiratory Distress Syndrome Prediction for Very Low Birth Weight Infants: Korean Multicenter Prospective Cohort Study.

Respiratory distress syndrome (RDS) is a disease that commonly affects premature infants whose lungs are not fully developed. RDS results from a lack of surfactant in the lungs. The more premature the infant is, the greater is the likelihood of having RDS. However, even though not all premature infants have RDS, preemptive treatment with artificial pulmonary surfactant is administered in most cases. We aimed to develop an artificial intelligence model to predict RDS in premature infants to avoid unnecessary treatment. In this study, 13,087 very low birth weight infants who were newborns weighing less than 1500 grams were assessed in 76 hospitals of the Korean Neonatal Network. To predict RDS in very low birth weight infants, we used basic infant information, maternity history, pregnancy/birth process, family history, resuscitation procedure, and test results at birth such as blood gas analysis and Apgar score. The prediction performances of 7 different machine learning models were compared, and a 5-layer deep neural network was proposed in order to enhance the prediction performance from the selected features. An ensemble approach combining multiple models from the 5-fold cross-validation was subsequently developed. Our proposed ensemble 5-layer deep neural network consisting of the top 20 features provided high sensitivity (83.03%), specificity (87.50%), accuracy (84.07%), balanced accuracy (85.26%), and area under the curve (0.9187). Based on the model that we developed, a public web application that enables easy access for the prediction of RDS in premature infants was deployed. Our artificial intelligence model may be useful for preparations for neonatal resuscitation, particularly in cases involving the delivery of very low birth weight infants, as it can aid in predicting the likelihood of RDS and inform decisions regarding the administration of surfactant.

Strongyloides coinfection in COVID-19 patients treated with corticosteroids: A systematic review.

The COVID-19 pandemic linked to the virus SARS-CoV-2, which began in China, affected ∼765 million people as of 30 April 2023. The widespread use of corticosteroids for the symptomatic treatment of COVID-19 could lead to the reactivation of infections of opportunistic pathogens, including Strongyloides. We sought to determine the clinical symptoms and demographic characteristics of SARS-CoV-2-Strongyloides co-infection, particularly in patients with severe disease and being treated with immunosuppressive drugs. To do this, we undertook a systematic review of the literature, and searched public accessible scientific databases-the Web of Science, Scopus, PubMed/Medline and Embase -for eligible studies (1 December 2019 to 30 August 2022). The review protocol is registered in PROSPERO (CRD42022377062). Descriptive statistical analyses were used to present the clinical and laboratory parameters of the co-infection; for this, we calculated prevalence using the following formula: positive cases/total number of cases×100. Of a total of 593 studies identified, 17 studies reporting 26 co-infected patients met the criteria for inclusion in this review. The median age of these patients was 55.14years. Most of cases (53.8%) were treated with dexamethasone, followed by methylprednisolone (26.9%). Eighteen of 26 patients were immigrants living in European countries or the USA; most of these immigrants originated from Latin America (58%) and South-East Asia (11%). The commonest symptoms of co-infection were abdominal pain (50%), fever (46.1%), dyspnoea (30.7%) and cough (30.7%), and frequently reported laboratory findings were high absolute eosinophil count (38.4%), high white blood cell count (30.7%), high C-reactive protein (23.0%) and high neutrophil count (19.2%). Two of the 26 patients (7.7%) had fatal outcomes. Most of the SARS-CoV-2-Strongyloides coinfected cases were immigrants living in developed countries, emphasising the need for clinicians in these countries to be aware of clinical and laboratory parameters associated with such co-infections, as well as the key importance of rapid and accurate diagnostic tests for timely and effective diagnosis and patient management.

P-714 Clinical utility of FMR1 screening: risk factor or monogenic cause for POI

Abstract Study question Is there a risk factor association or a monogenic relationship between FMR1 premutation and developing Fragile X-associated primary ovarian insufficiency (FXPOI)? Summary answer There is an association between FMR1 premutation and FXPOI rather than a monogenic relationship, which is highly dependent on ethnicity. What is known already Among the 40 genes involved in primary ovarian insufficiency (POI), identified in our recent systematic review (Van Der Kelen et al., 2022), the FMR1 premutation is considered as the most common cause of POI. A premutation in the FMR1 gene is defined as a CGG trinucleotide repeat length between 55 and 200 in the 5′ untranslated region. The term FXPOI is used for women with premutation in FMR1 who have a loss of normal function of the ovaries before the age of 40. There is conflicting evidence about the relationship between POI and length of premutation FMR1 alleles. Study design, size, duration Curated publications identified in PubMed and Web of Science on genetics of human female infertility and sex development by using the MESH terms, key words and inclusion/exclusion criteria described in our comprehensive systematic review were subjected to screening for “FMR1 gene.” The articles included cover a period from 1988 to the 1st of November 2021. Participants/materials, setting, methods A total of 161 publications in PubMed and 61 unique publications in Web of Science were identified, and subsequently screened for triplet expansion, primary ovarian insufficiency, and/or early menopause. Of these, 56 papers were selected, excluding publications exclusively on males as well as studies on non-human species, pediatric cases, reviews, and expression studies. The study and control groups repeat numbers, ethnicity, and conclusions in the article are listed. Main results and the role of chance Expansion in CGG trinucleotide repeat length happens at female meiosis and the risk for expansion increases with an increasing number of CGG repeats. There is an intermediate zone between 45 and 55 CGG repeats when the allele may be stable or unstable. Among 56 publications, 54 describing FMR1 triplet repeat size in women with POI, 34 were studying only the women with POI (observational) while 20 were including also control group (comparative). 2 publications were meta-analyses in which 13 and 11 case control studies were included respectively, 5 studies being in common. POI-associated premutations showed a wide range of repeat sizes. Women carrying midsize range repeats (>70-<100) potentially have a higher risk for POI compared to the general population. In recent decades, population-based screenings have indicated that FMR1 premutations are not as prevalent in women with ovarian insufficiency as previous estimates have suggested, but they still represent a substantial cause of POI. When present, the number of AGG interruptions and the size of uninterrupted CGG repeats are directly correlated with the ovarian reserve. No increased risk of POI associated with a premutation was reported among populations of non-European descent, such as the Han Chinese, Indian, and Jordan populations. Limitations, reasons for caution Available reports are difficult to compare because the ethnicity and number of patients analyzed, availability of clinical data and the quality of results are different in each study. Additionally, an effect of X-inactivation in POI women with premutation was not studied. Wider implications of the findings Owing to the low penetrance and a molecular mechanism that has not yet been fully elucidated, the clinical utility of FMR1 screening in women with reduced ovarian reserve needs further investigation before clinical implication. Trial registration number N/A

Hashes are not suitable to verify fixity of the public archived web.

Web archives, such as the Internet Archive, preserve the web and allow access to prior states of web pages. We implicitly trust their versions of archived pages, but as their role moves from preserving curios of the past to facilitating present day adjudication, we are concerned with verifying the fixity of archived web pages, or mementos, to ensure they have always remained unaltered. A widely used technique in digital preservation to verify the fixity of an archived resource is to periodically compute a cryptographic hash value on a resource and then compare it with a previous hash value. If the hash values generated on the same resource are identical, then the fixity of the resource is verified. We tested this process by conducting a study on 16,627 mementos from 17 public web archives. We replayed and downloaded the mementos 39 times using a headless browser over a period of 442 days and generated a hash for each memento after each download, resulting in 39 hashes per memento. The hash is calculated by including not only the content of the base HTML of a memento but also all embedded resources, such as images and style sheets. We expected to always observe the same hash for a memento regardless of the number of downloads. However, our results indicate that 88.45% of mementos produce more than one unique hash value, and about 16% (or one in six) of those mementos always produce different hash values. We identify and quantify the types of changes that cause the same memento to produce different hashes. These results point to the need for defining an archive-aware hashing function, as conventional hashing functions are not suitable for replayed archived web pages.

“Make a reasonable effort”: Translation policy for Texas state websites

AbstractLanguage plays a key role in democracy. In fact, the role of language in democratic societies is so crucial that scholars have addressed it thoroughly through different lenses, ranging from law to language policy. This article, in turn, seeks to add to the scholarship on democracy and language rights by considering the role of translation policy in the development of linguistically inclusive public web pages. To that end, the study considers the State of Texas's translation policy as it relates to its online presence. Specifically, it approaches translation policy by looking at translation management, translation practice, and translation beliefs as observed in the efforts that state government agencies in Texas make when localizing their websites for the inclusion or integration of linguistic minorities. In so doing, it explores the relationship between written rules and the belief in providing language access in government agencies and how this affects the practice of translation in websites.

Advances in gut microbiome in metabonomics perspective: based on bibliometrics methods and visualization analysis.

Gastrointestinal microbial metabolomics is closely related to the state of the organism and has significant interaction with the pathogenesis of many diseases. Based on the publications in Web of Science Core Collection(WoSCC) from 2004 to 2022, this study conducted a bibliometric analysis of this field, aiming to understand its development trend and frontier, and provide basic information and potential points for in-depth exploration of this field. All articles on gastrointestinal flora and metabolism published from 2004 to 2022 were collected and identified in WoCSS. CiteSpace v.6.1 and VOSviewer v.1.6.15.0 were used to calculate bibliometric indicators, including number of publications and citations, study categories, countries/institutions, authors/co-cited authors, journals/co-cited journals, co-cited references, and keywords. A map was drawn to visualize the data based on the analysis results for a more intuitive view. There were 3811 articles in WoSCC that met our criteria. Analysis results show that the number of publications and citations in this field are increasing year by year. China is the country with the highest number of publications and USA owns the highest total link strength and citations. Chinese Acad Sci rank first for the number of institutional publications and total link strength. Journal of Proteome Research has the most publications. Nicholson, Jeremy K. is one of the most important scholars in this field. The most cited reference is "Gut flora metabolism of phosphatidylcholine promotes cardiovascular disease". Burst detection indicates that Urine, spectroscopy, metabonomic and gut microflora are long-standing hot topics in this field, while autism spectrum disorder and omics are likely to be at the forefront of research. The study of related metabolic small molecules and the application of gastrointestinal microbiome metabolomics in various diseases are currently emerging research directions and frontier in this field. This study is the first to make a bibliometric analysis of the studies related to gastrointestinal microbial metabolomics and reveal the development trends and current research hotspots in this field. This can contribute to the development of the field by providing relevant scholars with valuable and effective information about the current state of the field.

The SWine IMputation (SWIM) haplotype reference panel enables nucleotide resolution genetic mapping in pigs

Genetic mapping to identify genes and alleles associated with or causing economically important quantitative trait variation in livestock animals such as pigs is a major goal in animal genetic improvement. Despite recent advances in high-throughput genotyping technologies, the resolution of genetic mapping in pigs remains poor due in part to the low density of genotyped variant sites. In this study, we overcame this limitation by developing a reference haplotype panel for pigs based on 2259 whole genome-sequenced animals representing 44 pig breeds. We evaluated software combinations and breed composition to optimize the imputation procedure and achieved an average concordance rate in excess of 96%, a non-reference concordance rate of 88%, and an r2 of 0.85. We demonstrated in two case studies that genotype imputation using this resource can dramatically improve the resolution of genetic mapping. A public web server has been developed to allow the pig genetics community to fully utilize this resource. We expect this resource to facilitate genetic mapping and accelerate genetic improvement in pigs.

Comparative Analysis of Research Output of Tamil Nadu Agricultural University as Reflected in Scopus and Web of Science

The study presented in the paper has analyzed the research productivity of faculty members of Tamil Nadu Agricultural University for the period of 2001-2020. Total of 4372 publications in Scopus and 1980 publications in web of Science database were retrieved and compared the performance of the faculty members. This study analyzed the scientific parameters such as year-wise distribution of research productivity, most prolific authors, funding sponsors, Collaborating Institutions, Collaborating Countries and top-ranked sources preferred by the agricultural faculty members for publishing their research output. Tamil Nadu Agricultural University faculty members published more publications in Scopus 4372 compared to Web of Science 1980. Articles are the predominant publications by the faculty members of Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore 3928 in Scopus and 1822 in Web of Science Prof. Samiyappan R is the predominant and most impactful author of Tamil Nadu Agricultural University.USA is the most predominant country collaborated with Tamil Nadu Agricultural University publications about 187 in Scopus and 137 in Web of Science Legume Research is the most predominant journal with 69 publications in Web of Science and Electronic Journal of Plant Breeding 448 publications in Scopus. Agricultural College and Research Institute, Madurai is the most collaborating institution with 538 publications in Scopus and Kansas State University in Web of Science database.Plant Sciences (499), Agronomy (490), Biotechnology Applied Microbiology (190), Horticulture (159) and Environmental Science (129) are the predominant subject areas focused by the faculty members of Tamil Nadu Agricultural University in Web of Science and Agricultural and Biological Sciences subject category in Scopus 3317 publications. Indian Council of Agricultural Research is the predominant sponsor and supported for 104 research publications followed by Department of Biotechnology, Ministry of Science and Technology, India.

Formulation of web accessibility policies and publication of annual test results in Japanese cities

Formulation of web accessibility policies and publication of annual test results in Japanese cities

Land–Sea Interactions and Ecosystem Services: Research Gaps and Future Challenges

The land–sea interface is essential for understanding the interconnectedness of terrestrial and marine ecosystems and provides ecosystem services to people. Although research has been conducted on both ecosystems, knowledge about their interactions remains limited. While there has been growing research interest on land–sea interactions over the last decade, other types of knowledge system such as local or indigenous knowledge have not yet been included. The goal of this study is to review the literature related to land–sea interactions using an ecosystem services framework to help classify existing research. A systematic review of the literature was employed by searching peer-reviewed publications in Web of Science using land–sea interaction keywords. The synthesis identified 166 publications. The findings indicate that the primary disciplines that have investigated land–sea interactions were biogeochemistry and ecology, with a focus on nutrients and interactions. In terms of ecosystem services, supporting and regulating services were the most researched, with urbanization and agricultural and forestry effluents as main studied drivers. Results reveal a need for a more comprehensive view of land–sea interactions that recognizes the critical role that social factors play in shaping the sustainability of these systems. Therefore, a future challenge involves using a more holistic approach to the study and management of land–sea interactions.

Comparing research trends through author-provided keywords with machine extracted terms: A ML algorithm approach using publications data on neurological disorders

Objective. This study aimed to identify the primary research areas, countries, and organizational involvement in publications on neurological disorders through an analysis of human-assigned keywords. These results were then compared with unsupervised and machine-algorithm-based extracted terms from the title and abstract of the publications to gain knowledge about deficiencies of both techniques. This has enabled us to understand how far machine-derived terms through titles and abstracts can be a substitute for human-assigned keywords of scientific research articles. Design/Methodology/Approach. While significant research areas on neurological disorders were identified from the author-provided keywords of downloaded publications of Web of Science and PubMed, these results were compared by the terms extracted from titles and abstracts through unsupervised based models like VOSviewer and machine-algorithm-based techniques like YAKE and CounterVectorizer. Results/Discussion. We observed that the post-covid-19 era witnessed more research on various neurological disorders, but authors still chose more generic terms in the keyword list than specific ones. The unsupervised extraction tool, like VOSviewer, identified many other extraneous and insignificant terms along with significant ones. However, our self-developed machine learning algorithm using CountVectorizer and YAKE provided precise results subject to adding more stop-words in the dictionary of the stop-word list of the NLTK tool kit. Conclusion. We observed that although author provided keywords play a vital role as they are assigned in a broader sense by the author to increase readability, these concept terms lacked specificity for in-depth analysis. We suggested that the ML algorithm being more compatible with unstructured data was a valid alternative to the author-generated keywords for more accurate results. Originality/Value. To our knowledge, this is the first-ever study that compared the results of author-provided keywords with machine-extracted terms with real datasets, which may be an essential lead in the machine learning domain. Replicating these techniques with large datasets from different fields may be a valuable knowledge resource for experts and stakeholders.

Jihad and Interpretation of Religious Texts on Female Terrorists in Indonesia

<p>The involvement of women in terrorism circles has led to the emergence of a brand-new terrorist map of the terrorism fight in Indonesia, where women had previously played a private role solely. Their involvement in public spaces in terrorism circles is closely associated with patriarchal culture and transformation in the concept of <em>hijrah </em>and <em>qital </em>as a means of <em>jihad</em>. This paper aims to explore the three domains of women's attempts at terror as a series of struggles; it includes defining women's weaknesses and disadvantages by patriarchal circles, using media to encourage women's emotional enthusiasm in the circle of terror, and interpreting <em>hijrah</em> and <em>qital</em> as justification for <em>jihad</em> movement which becomes a spirit for women to commit terrors. The data in this study came from observations, interviews with two female terrorists, one terrorist advisor, and one ex-convict, as well as the discourse of terror-related web publications. This study reveals that male terrorists exploit patriarchal culture to establish religious authority in their organizations. In addition, virtual media is highly effective in spreading propaganda for women’s involvement in the struggle domain for two reasons. First, it broadcasted by providing <em>fatwas</em> on the women’s consent to fight based on historical background. Second, it propagated by offering new religious interpretations of the terms <em>hijrah</em> and <em>qital</em> as <em>jihad</em> media tailored to the terrorist organizations’ missions and goals.</p>

CAGECAT: The CompArative GEne Cluster Analysis Toolbox for rapid search and visualisation of homologous gene clusters

BackgroundCo-localized sets of genes that encode specialized functions are common across microbial genomes and occur in genomes of larger eukaryotes as well. Important examples include Biosynthetic Gene Clusters (BGCs) that produce specialized metabolites with medicinal, agricultural, and industrial value (e.g. antimicrobials). Comparative analysis of BGCs can aid in the discovery of novel metabolites by highlighting distribution and identifying variants in public genomes. Unfortunately, gene-cluster-level homology detection remains inaccessible, time-consuming and difficult to interpret.ResultsThe comparative gene cluster analysis toolbox (CAGECAT) is a rapid and user-friendly platform to mitigate difficulties in comparative analysis of whole gene clusters. The software provides homology searches and downstream analyses without the need for command-line or programming expertise. By leveraging remote BLAST databases, which always provide up-to-date results, CAGECAT can yield relevant matches that aid in the comparison, taxonomic distribution, or evolution of an unknown query. The service is extensible and interoperable and implements the cblaster and clinker pipelines to perform homology search, filtering, gene neighbourhood estimation, and dynamic visualisation of resulting variant BGCs. With the visualisation module, publication-quality figures can be customized directly from a web-browser, which greatly accelerates their interpretation via informative overlays to identify conserved genes in a BGC query.ConclusionOverall, CAGECAT is an extensible software that can be interfaced via a standard web-browser for whole region homology searches and comparison on continually updated genomes from NCBI. The public web server and installable docker image are open source and freely available without registration at: https://cagecat.bioinformatics.nl.

Cultural Competence in Academia

Introduction:Teaching and becoming culturally competent are concepts that have and continue to evolve partly due to the language being used such as culturally competent, culturally sensitive, and cultural humility. With such an influx of ethnically diverse populations, nurses need to become competent in the care of patients from many cultural backgrounds. Faculty must first be culturally competent to provide this pedagogy for nursing students. This paper explores and analyzes the cultural competence of Baccalaureate Nursing Faculty in the United States.Method:This study was conducted using a quantitative, descriptive approach among baccalaureate nursing faculty. The Multicultural Awareness, Knowledge, and Skills Survey (MAKSS) tool was used for this study. The survey was sent to 70 randomly selected baccalaureate nursing program Deans and/or Associate Deans listed on a public web site. The sample was purposely chosen to represent at least one program from each of the 50 states across the United States.Results:Ninety-four responses were received. Of the 94 responses, 37 surveys were incomplete, leaving a sample size of 57. An analysis was completed on the 57 completed surveys. Limitations include the length of the survey (60 questions) as the authors found that some participants did not answer all the questions. Although faculty rated themselves high regarding being able to identify cultural biases, faculty highlighted the need for more education on culture.Conclusion:Faculty appear to be culturally aware and recognize the need for more education to achieve a culturally competent skill set. With the increase in the influx of immigrants from all over the world, the population of the United States is changing. Cultural competence needs to be included in curricula to ensure that patients are advocated for and respected.

Deciphering the Visibility of Higher Education Institutions: A Statistical Analysis of Google Search Console Data

The research presented here delves into the connection between data from Google Search Console (GSC) and the Webometrics visibility score of a specific public university's web presence. The study scrutinized GSC parameters such as clicks, impressions, click-through-rate (CTR), and average position to assess their impact on the university's digital visibility. The results indicate that impressions and average position play a critical role in determining the Webometrics visibility score, underscoring the significance of search engine optimization for learning establishments. The research also pinpointed the most effective search queries that drive substantial visitor traffic to the university's website, underlining the need for precise content targeting to optimize search performance. In this study, a predictive model was developed using multiple linear regression analysis to accurately predict the Webometrics visibility score based on GSC metrics, suggesting that strategic efforts to enhance these parameters could boost a university's online prominence. Additionally, a theoretical model was proposed to clarify the dynamic relationship between impressions, positions, and clicks in shaping the overall web visibility. Although this study provides valuable insights, it is based on data from a single university, which calls for further investigation using more varied datasets. Ultimately, the study emphasizes the immense potential of leveraging GSC data to bolster a university's online footprint, suggesting that strategic enhancements of vital parameters can greatly improve a university's online visibility according to Webometrics. As the academic world becomes increasingly digital, implementing these findings to guide search engine optimization strategies is a crucial element of institutional administration.

Exploring the topic structure and evolutionary trends of health informatics research in library and information science

PurposeThis study aims to reveal the topic structure and evolutionary trends of health informatics research in library and information science.Design/methodology/approachUsing publications in Web of Science core collection, this study combines informetrics and content analysis to reveal the topic structure and evolutionary trends of health informatics research in library and information science. The analyses are conducted by Pajek, VOSviewer and Gephi.FindingsThe health informatics research in library and information science can be divided into five subcommunities: health information needs and seeking behavior, application of bibliometrics in medicine, health information literacy, health information in social media and electronic health records. Research on health information literacy and health information in social media is the core of research. Most topics had a clear and continuous evolutionary venation. In the future, health information literacy and health information in social media will tend to be the mainstream. There is room for systematic development of research on health information needs and seeking behavior.Originality/valueTo the best of the authors’ knowledge, this is the first study to analyze the topic structure and evolutionary trends of health informatics research based on the perspective of library and information science. This study helps identify the concerns and contributions of library and information science to health informatics research and provides compelling evidence for researchers to understand the current state of research.

SODIUM GLUTAMATE: MECHANISMS OF INFLUENCE ON DIFFERENT ORGANS AND BODY SYSTEMS (LITERATURE REVIEW)

There are lots of reports about the negative impact of monosodium glutamate on the structural organization of organs, in particular, the nervous, digestive, immune and other systems in the medical literature. The hypothalamus is a part of the midbrain that receives impulses, coordinates and regulates the activity of the entire body, the gray hump is the higher vegetative center of thermoregulation and metabolism, so the study of morphological changes in the structural elements of the gray hump of the hypothalamus will make it possible to understand the cause and method of obesity correction. Although the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recommends that monosodium glutamate is not harmful in safe doses, and no adverse effects have been observed when monosodium glutamate is taken with food, it is virtually impossible to establish a safe dose because most common foods today contain monosodium glutamate.
 Goal. To analyze the data of modern scientific literature regarding the influence of monosodium glutamate on the morpho-functional state of the body's organs and systems.
 Research rationale. Analyzing the modern scientific literature, it can be said that, despite the large-scale study of the problems of the effects of monosodium glutamate on various organs, many issues remain insufficiently studied. Most of the works are devoted to the study of the effect of monosodium glutamate on the liver, pancreas, reproductive and immune systems, but the issue of the effect on the brain and its structures remains poorly studied. There is no information about research in the area of the gray hump of the hypothalamus.
 The aim of the study. To establish the features of the structural organization of the gray humerus of the hypothalamus in normal conditions and under the influence of monosodium glutamate.
 Materials and methods. The research was performed among publications in Google Scholar, PUBMED and Web of Science (according to the recommendations of Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analysis), published no more than 10 years ago. Individual older works that are fundamental to understanding this problem are also taken into account.
 The results. Monosodium glutamate is a food additive that has been known as a «taste enhancer» for more than 100 years. In Japan, it is the fifth type of taste – «umami», after sour, bitter, salty and sweet. According to US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) guidelines, monosodium glutamate is not harmful in safe doses. No significant side effects have been observed during taking monosodium glutamate with food. It is virtually impossible to establish a safe dose, because most common foods today contain glutamate. Today, there is no unequivocal answer regarding the safety of this food supplement, so the analysis of literature is required.
 Conclusions. Analyzing current information, it can be argued that glutamate-induced damage is manifested by metabolic and dystrophic changes, as well as impaired behavioral responses. However, the question of the effect of monosodium glutamate on the structural organization of organs requires a deeper study. It is planned for the first time to investigate the micro- and ultrastructure of the gray humerus of the hypothalamus under the influence of monosodium glutamate and under the conditions of its withdrawal. The results of the work will make it possible to create a morphological basis for the development of correction of conditions that develop under long-term exposure to monosodium glutamate and under the conditions of its withdrawal, and will also help to prevent the development of glutamate-induced diseases.

Curriculum in natural sciences in Latin America: analysis of research production

This article presents the results of a research project aimed at analyzing the academic discourses on curriculum in Latin American publications in Web of Science. For this purpose, the methodological route is based on bibliometrics and content analysis from the search, systematization, and analysis of the articles gathered in the documentary corpus. The consolidation of research networks between Latin American and foreign authors is evidenced. However, national work teams prevail, which show the low discussion of perspectives. On the other hand, thematic niches are found in which the research projects are grouped. These niches are: (1) conceptions of science, (2) didactics and teaching, (3) teacher training, (4) interculturality, and (5) scientific research. It is concluded that research in curriculum in natural sciences is a diverse field that unites not only different perspectives of science but also different perspectives of curriculum, since it is associated both to a practical space in the teaching of science and to a theoretical space that involves epistemological perspectives of science and structure of contents.

Uma nova base cienciométrica de publicações científicas em Revistas Brasileiras de Relações Internacionais (1997-2021)

Abstract In this article, we present a new dataset covering metadata on 14 Brazilian International Relations (BIR) journals and more than 5000 articles published between 1997 and 2021. We collected the data by harvesting the journals’ public web pages via web scraping and later cleaned and structured the information in a rectangular format. A complete understanding of the International Relations field in Brazil requires a deep analysis of the ecosystem of IR academic journals and engaging explicitly and exclusively with scientific articles published in such venues. But, as of today, scientometric analysis covering BIR is rare and limited, as primary indexing sources and popular databases do not fully cover Brazilian International Relations journals. By presenting and publishing the dataset we aim to overcome such a barrier and encourage further scientometric studies in the country.

DECOLONIZING CREATIVITY: A CROWDSOURCING PROJECT ABOUT CREATIVITY AS SURVIVAL

Understanding creativity from a decolonial perspective means removing the focus from the individual as innovator (as well as its profit-oriented goal), and instead highlighting the ongoing networked relationships among people, technologies, and spaces that often occur with creative practices. This creative process is not concerned with the creation of new things. Rather, it is about the mobility and networking of resources that can improve lives and facilitate survival strategies. In order to understand how creative practices occur in non-traditional contexts outside the colonial Global North perspective, we have developed a PubPub repository to crowdsource examples of creativity. PubPub is an open-source, web publishing platform that prioritizes community-generated and knowledge sharing. It is a low-barrier entry method to share information and knowledge within one's community of learners—in our case, individuals interested in creative practices that occur outside traditional corporate and profit-oriented domains. In this presentation, we will describe the conceptualization and development of our online repository, focusing on how open science knowledge and crowdsourced information can help decolonize creative processes. Our project will accomplish four main goals: (1) explain this concept of creativity for a broad and non-academic audience, (2) share previous research and materials about this topic, (3) ask the audience to contribute to the collection, and (4) display the crowdsourced examples from the audience. In building our PubPub housing, we were especially interested in collecting publicly-identified instances of creativity to support the development and accessibility of a broad collection of examples found across the world.