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A Systematic Literature Review: Determinants of Sustainability Reporting in Developing Countries

This study aimed to find out how the development of sustainability reporting is seen from the theoretical and practical perspectives and how the solutions are solved. This study used a systematic literature review approach. Using the PRISMA (Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses) method, 24 selected articles were obtained that matched the criteria. The results show that research related to sustainability reporting currently focuses on nine aspects (variables): firm size, profitability, financial leverage, corporate governance structure, ownership structure, firm age, industrial sector, corporate posture, and board qualification and experience. However, from these studies, it was found that there were inconsistencies in the results. Some results showed that a determinant is significant in influencing the company’s sustainability, whereas other studies indicated that the relationship between the two variables was not significant. Research related to sustainability reporting has been carried out jointly in developed and developing countries. However, research focusing on sustainability reporting in developing countries has not been widely carried out; therefore, this study is expected to be a reference for further research on this topic, especially in the decision-making process related to setting priorities in SDG planning and funding allocation. This study focused on companies in developing countries.
Tree Cover Improved the Species Diversity of Understory Spontaneous Herbs in a Small City

A large number of trees have been planted in built-up areas to improve the urban environment, but the effects of tree cover on spontaneous understory herbs are not yet well understood. This study surveyed spontaneous herbs in two kinds of habitats (habitats with and without tree cover) in the built-up area of the small city Junlian in Sichuan Province, China. A total of 222 species of spontaneous herbaceous plants in 180 genera of 71 families were recorded, including a vulnerable species and six species endemic to China. Although the overall species richness values were similar in the two kinds of habitat, the average species richness per quadrat of all plants, perennials, plants with the dwarf growth form, and animal-dispersed plants was significantly higher in the habitats with tree cover than in those without tree cover. The overall species association was significantly positive in the habitats with tree cover (VR = 1.51, p < 0.05) and neural (VR = 0.86) in the habitats without tree cover. Among the top 25 frequently recorded species in each kind of habitat, the species association of plants with the same trait combination type differed greatly in the two kinds of habitats. For the species association between annuals, only 13.33% of species pairs were significantly associated in the habitats with tree cover, while 22.22% of the species pairs were significantly negatively associated in the habitats without tree cover. For the species association between plants with tall growth forms, the proportion of significant positive associations in the habitats with tree cover was approximately twice than in the habitats without tree cover. For the species association between plants with the dwarf growth form, the proportion of negative associations in the habitats without tree cover was approximately twice that in the habitats with tree cover. Species with the same dispersal mode generally had a very low proportion of negative interspecific associations or a high proportion of positive interspecific associations in habitats unfavorable to their establishment. Our findings suggest that tree cover can improve the species richness of the spontaneous herbaceous species beneath them and profoundly influence interspecific coexistence relationships in a built-up area.
Healthy Home Assesment Using Healthy Home Environmental Health Inspection Form

Home hygiene and sanitation are associated with health problems such as respiratory disorders, cardiovascular disease, infections, and mental health. A healthy home assessment needs to identify home variables that have met hygiene and sanitation requirements. This study was a descriptive cross-sectional design. Families of Diponegoro University Undergraduate Nutrition Study Program students became subjects in this study. The respondent chose a total sampling technique (121 respondents). The healthy house assessment uses the Healthy Home Environmental Health Inspection form, which includes three parts: I. House components, II. home sanitation, and III. Occupant behavior. The data were processed and analyzed descriptively. Instrument validity analysis uses the Spearman Rho correlation test, while the reliability analysis uses the Cronbach value. Most of the subject's houses were included in the healthy house category (88.9%) both from the aspect of the house components, house sanitation, and occupant behavior. The aspects which the achievement < 80% and needs improvement are ventilation, kitchen smoke holes, sewage, waterproof and closed waste disposal facilities, opening bedroom windows everyday behavior, and opening family room windows every day. Most of the aspects in this home environmental health inspection assessment form (sections 1, 2, and 3) have met the element of validity (p<0.05). The range of values for Cronbach's sections 1-3 is 0.584; 0.644; and 0.638. Most of the subject's houses belong to the category of healthy homes, but some aspects still need to be optimized. Further studies are needed to analyze factors related to healthy home assessment.
Spatiotemporal Distribution of Shallow Tremors Along the Nankai Trough, Southwest Japan, as Determined From Waveform Amplitudes and Cross‐Correlations

Shallow slow earthquakes in subduction zones are related to spatiotemporal variations of stress on the plate boundary adjacent to a megathrust earthquake. A dense network (DONET) of cabled ocean‐bottom seismometers (OBSs) deployed in the Nankai Trough seismogenic zone, southwest Japan, has enabled real‐time monitoring of tremors. Because the amplitudes of tremor signals are very low, even when recorded by OBSs, we developed a hybrid method that simultaneously uses traveltimes based on cross‐correlations and amplitudes of waveforms to determine tremor hypocenters. We applied our method to waveforms observed during five years of continuous DONET recording from April 2016 to September 2021 to detect more than 6,500 tremors, including three major episodes in 2016, 2018, and 2020–2021. The tremors of each episode were distributed over distances of >100 km along the trench axis in two regions, southeast of the Kii Peninsula and off Cape Muroto. We also estimated seismic energy rates and found that for the three major tremor episodes, energy rates increased gradually with time. The 2018 and 2020–2021 episodes began near a subducted seamount and a subducted ridge, respectively, and were likely related to fluid movements controlled by the topography of the downgoing plate. We showed that the tremors were spatiotemporally synchronized with slow slip events, and their spatial variations of energy rate corresponded to stress heterogeneity on the shallow plate boundary. Future real‐time monitoring of shallow tremors will contribute to our understanding of changes of stress state due to slow earthquakes at the shallow plate boundary.
Tumor-Specific Growth Factor (TSGF): A Futuristic Tumor Biomarker in Early Diagnosis of Cancer

Despite the significant improvement in the treatment modalities, cancer is one of the fastest-growing chronic disease conditions all over the world. Genetic and Epigenetic alterations in the normal physiology of the cell are the key factor for tumor development. These changes can trigger the production of abnormal protein expressions through stimulation of different signaling pathways and can deeply affect normal cell growth and proliferation. Any altered protein expression, genetic variation, micro-RNA or post-translational protein modifications that indicate tumorigenesis can act as an early signal termed as biomarker. Cancer, being a multistep process with accumulating genetic and epigenetic alterations, could be detected early with suitable biomarkers. There are several proteins such as AFP, CA-125, PSA, troponin, CEA, osteopontin, CA 19-9 that act as biomarkers which help in early detection, prognosis, and monitoring of disease progression, a hunt for newer biomarkers with higher specificity and sensitivity is still ongoing. Tumor-specific growth factor (TSGF) is one such budding and prevailing tumor biomarker used for the early-stage detection of several types of carcinomas. TSGF is a gene that helps in tumor angiogenesis and gets released during the preliminary stages from cancer cells that ensure the vascular proliferation of the same. In this review, the clinical investigations of TSGF in different kinds of malignancy is discussed in detail and suggests the possibility of using TSGF as a biomarker in early diagnosis of cancer.
Plant Population Studies with Pickling Cucumbers Grown for Once-over Harvest1

Cucumbers (Cucumis sativus L.), ‘Bounty’ and ‘Premier’, were grown at 8 population densities ranging from 50,000 plants per ha (46 × 46 cm spacing) to 850,000 plants per ha (10 × 10 cm spacing). Sections of the field were harvested once-over on 2 sampling dates. Yields as dollars per ha and as tons per ha increased with increasing plant population at densities of 50,000 to 100,000 and 250,000 to 500,000 plants per ha. Over the common commerical populations, 100,000, 150,000, 200,000 and 250,000 plants per ha, yields did not increase as population increased. Delay in harvest for 4 days did not affect dollars per ha yield but doubled the tons per ha produced. Fruit sizing was slower in higher plant populations (250,000 to 850,000 plants per ha) than in the lower plant densities (50,000 to 200,000 plants per ha). The number of fruit per plant decreased with increasing plant population. Length to diameter ratios of ‘Premier’ were lower at the lowest plant population, 50,000 plants per ha. L:D ratios of ‘Bounty’ were unaffected by plant population. Varying plant populations did not affect the percent off-shape fruit, or fruit color (green quality and uniformity) of either cultivar.
On the Dynamics of a Diffusive Foot-and-Mouth Disease Model with Nonlocal Infections

Foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) is an acute and highly contagious infectious disease of cloven-hoofed animals. In order to reveal the transmission dynamics and explore effective control measures of FMD, we formulate a diffusive FMD model with a fixed latent period and nonlocal infections. The threshold dynamics of the FMD model are determined by using the basic reproduction number \scrR 0 : if \scrR 0 < 1, then the disease-free equilibrium E 0 is globally asymptotically stable; otherwise E 0 is unstable, and there exists an endemic equilibrium E \ast . Numerical simulations confirm the theoretical results and suggest that reducing the direct contact rate \beta 1 and the indirect contact rate \beta 2 is important in relieving FMD outbreaks. More importantly, we obtain the effect of diffusion on the time from initial values to steady state when \scrR 0 > 1: at a low infection level, the faster the infectious individuals and virus diffuse, the faster the disease reaches the steady state. However, at a high infection level (i.e., the value of \scrR 0 is relatively large), the influence of diffusion on time from initial values to steady state is more complicated, but at least it is certain that the time will be shortened overall. By carrying out some sensitivity analysis of \scrR 0 ( > 1) and the equilibrium value of the infectious individuals I \ast in terms of \beta 1 and \beta 2 , it is found that the ( \beta 1 ,\beta 2 )-plane is divided into two regions by the intersection of two parameter-related surfaces; the sensitivity of \scrR 0 and I \ast varies when \beta 1 and \beta 2 belong to different regions. When the values of both \beta 1 and \beta 2 are very large or very small, \beta 1 plays a more significant role in the transmission of FMD. These results indicate that stamping out the infected individuals and blocking the epidemic spots and areas are effective in preventing and controlling the spread of FMD.
BPJS Patient's Perception of Service Quality at The Outpatient Department of Panembahan Senopati Bantul Public Hospital

Background: Panembahan Senopati Hospital Bantul as a type B public hospital and a referral hospital for BPJS patients experienced a significant decrease in the number of outpatient visits in 2019. The perception of BPJS participant patients is a benchmark for evaluating the quality of the service that has been provided. This study aims to determine and analyze how is the BPJS patient ’ s perception of the outpatient department ’ s service quality using the SERVQUAL theory approach and the factors that influence these perceptions. Methods: This study employs a descriptive-analytic observational method with a cross-sectional design. The purposive sampling strategy was used to choose 217 BPJS patients who met the inclusion and exclusion criteria. A quantitative data type was used, including a Likert-choice questionnaire that was enhanced with essay questionnaire items. The Statistical Product and Service Solutions (SPSS) program version 26 was utilized to analyze the Likert data, and the NVivo12 plus application was used to analyze the essay questionnaire. Result: BPJS patients describe the service quality of the outpatient department at Panembahan Senopati Hospital Bantul as high in all facets of the SERVQUAL quality dimension, including Reliability, Responsiveness, Assurance, Tangibles, and Empathy. Education has a substantial impact on perceptions of Responsiveness (p-Value 0.045), Assurance (p-Value 0.022), and Tangibles (p-Value 0.003). Occupational characteristics have a substantial impact on perceptions of Tangibles (p-Value 0.004) and Total Variables dimensions (p-Value 0.043). Conclusion: The service quality in the outpatient department at Panembahan Senopati Hospital is in the high-quality category. Age and gender factors have no significant effect on service quality perceptions, however, education and occupation have a significant effect on the service quality perceptions.
The Viability of Using Remote Controlled Mechanical Chest Compression Devices to Reduce Contamination in Cardiac Arrest Patients during the COVID-19 Pandemic

BACKGROUND: Mechanical chest compression devices play an important role in assisting patients undergoing cardiac arrest. However, this equipment induces an aerosol-generating procedure that could contaminate hospital staff. The development of a remote control system for mechanical chest compression devices may solve the problem; however, there are currently no studies regarding the efficacy of this system. AIM: This study aims to analyze efficacy of remote control systems for mechanical chest compression devices and compare it with non-remote control systems. METHODS: This was an analytical cross-sectional study at Srinagarind Hospital, Thailand. Data were collected in two periods of the study. The first period was between January and December 2021 using a non-remote control system to operate the mechanical chest compression device. The second period was from January to April 2022 and collected data on the use of a remote control system. RESULTS: Sixty-four participants were examined over the 16-month period of the study. A total of 53.1% (n = 34) of participants were male and the mean age of the patients was 52.4 ± 5.1 years old. The number of emergency medical service members (EMS) needed for resuscitation in the remote control group was less than the non-remote control group (3 vs. 5; p = 0.040). The number of emergency department (ED) members needed for resuscitation in the remote control group was four compared with eight in the non-remote control group. CONCLUSIONS: The remote controlled mechanical chest compression device can effectively reduce the number of staff working both in the EMS and in the ED of the hospital, thus reducing exposure and contamination from aerosol-generating procedure. It was also proven accurate in terms of rate and depth of chest compression according to resuscitation guidelines.
Effect of Design Nursing Instruction on Mechanically Ventilated Children in Pediatric Intensive Care Units

Background: Mechanical ventilation is one of the most devices that are indispensable to use in Pediatric Intensive Care Units. However, all over the world many children are dying in Pediatric Intensive Care Units. Mechanical ventilation is help and supports management in the Intensive Care Unit, but it may cause a lot of threats and complications. This study aimed to evaluate the effect of a design nursing instruction on mechanically ventilated children in pediatric intensive care units. Methods: Research design: A quasi-experimental design was utilized to conduct this study. Settings : The study was convoyed at Pediatric Intensive Care Units at Suez Canal University Hospital and Ismailia Medical Center, Egypt. Sample : A convenient sample method of forty (40) nurses. Tools: The data was collected through a structured interview questionnaire sheet and observation to assess nurses’ knowledge and practices of Mechanical ventilation. Results: There were statistically significant differences between the mean scores of the pre and post- test as regards nurses’ knowledge and practices of mechanically ventilated children in Pediatric Intensive Care Units. Conclusions: Design nursing instruction has a positive outcome and improves nurses’ practice regarding mechanically ventilated children's care. Recommendations: The current study recommended developing a written protocol for care of mechanically ventilated children and their clinical outcomes to support satisfactory knowledge, and competent practices are actually required in children's Intensive Care Units.
Child Abuse Reporting: Understanding Factors Impacting Veteran School Counselors

Quantitative methodology was utilized to assess factors influencing veteran school counselors’ decisions to report suspected child abuse. Veteran school counselors were defined as having 6 or more years of experience working as a school counselor within a public or private school. This study is a focused examination of the responses of veteran school counselors from a larger data set. The results of the analysis revealed that academic setting, number of students within the school, and students’ engagement in the free or reduced lunch program were significantly correlated with higher reporting among veteran school counselors. Moreover, veteran school counselors’ self-efficacy levels were moderately correlated with their decision to report. Highly rated reasons for choosing to report suspected child abuse included professional obligation, following school protocol, and concern for the safety of the child. The highest rated reason for choosing not to report was lack of evidence. Implications for training and advocacy for veteran school counselors are discussed.
Feasibility, safety, and efficacy of iron bioresorbable scaffold in neonates with duct-dependent pulmonary circulation

Introduction: Bioresorbable stent has the theoretical advantage in the pediatric age group; however, experience in the literature is very limited. Objectives: This pilot study sought to evaluate the feasibility, safety, and performance of iron bioresorbable scaffold (IBS Angel™) as short-term palliation in lesions with noncomplex patent ductus arteriosus (PDA). Materials and Methods: Nine neonates with duct dependent but dual-source pulmonary blood flow (PBF) were included. Major stent-related complications, in-hospital course, stent patency up to 6 months, and unplanned re-interventions were studied, as well the percentage of stent material resorbed in patients in whom the stents were explanted at the surgery. Results: IBS Angel™ was successfully implanted in all nine patients (mean weight range 3.4 ± 0.4 kg). Six were pulmonary atresia with an intact ventricular septum and 1 critical pulmonary stenosis patients where PDA stenting was done together or after balloon dilation. The mean procedure and fluoroscopy times were 89 ± 39 min and 16.3 ± 6.9 min, respectively. There were no major complications such as stent thrombosis or embolization and there were no in-hospital deaths. Post procedure overshunting and prolonged ventilatory support was a prominent feature. The median ventilation days was 3 (1–11 days). One patient died after 1 month due to respiratory syncytial virus pneumonia at the referring hospital. At 6 months follow-up, four had patent stents and four had blocked or restrictive stent flow. One patient received re-stenting at 4 months for restrictive stent flow. In three patients where microcomputed tomography of explanted stent was available, resorption of iron was 15% at 6 months and >65% at 16 months. Conclusions: Ductal stenting with IBS Angel™ is feasible and safe in selected patients. Because of early luminal loss, its use may be recommended for lesions with dual-source PBF with noncomplex PDA morphology that requires a short duration of palliation.
New Fmoc-Amino Acids/Peptides-Based Supramolecular Gels Obtained through Co-Assembly Process: Preparation and Characterization

One of the methods of obtaining supramolecular gels consists of the possibility of self-assembly of low molecular weight gelators (LMWGs). However, LMWG-based gels are often difficult to handle, easy to destroy and have poor rheological performance. In order to improve the gels’ properties, the LMWGs molecules are co-assembled, which induces more cross-links with more stable structures. Starting from these aspects, the present study refers to the preparation of a bionic hydrogel stabilized with a physiologically occurring, bifunctional biomolecule, L-lysine, co-assembled with other amino acids or peptides (such as a modified amino acid (Fmoc-serine or Fmoc-glutamic acid) or a tripeptide (Fmoc-Gly-Gly-Gly)) with the potential to support the repair of injuries or the age-related impaired structures or functions of living tissues. The introduction of a copartner aims to improve hydrogel characteristics from a morphological, rheological and structural point of view. On the other hand, the process will allow the understanding of the phenomenon of specific self-association and molecular recognition. Various characterization techniques were used to assess the ability to co-assemble: DLS, FT-IR, SEM and fluorescence microscopy, rheology and thermal analysis. Studies have confirmed that the supramolecular structure occurs through the formation of inter- and intramolecular physical bonds that ensure the formation of fibrils organized into 3D networks. The rheological data, namely the G′ > G″ and tan δ approximately 0.1–0.2 gel-like behavior observed for all studied samples, demonstrate and sustain the appearance of the co-assembly processes and the ability of the samples to act as LMWG. From the studied systems, the Fmoc–Lys–Fmoc_ Fmoc–Glu sample presented the best rheological characteristics that are consistent with the observations that resulted from the dichroism, fluorescence and SEM investigations.