bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Nonthyroidal illness syndrome as independent predictor of hospital mortality in the elderly hospitalized patients with COVID-19 pneumonia – single-center observation
Authors:   Department of Internal Medicine, Nephrology and Endocrinology, St. Queen Jadwiga Clinical District Hospital No. 2, Rzeszow, Poland, Młodożeniec Aleksandra , Orłowska-Florek Renata ,   Department of Internal Medicine, Nephrology and Endocrinology, St. Queen Jadwiga Clinical District Hospital No. 2, Rzeszow, Poland,   Medical College of Rzeszow University, Institute of Medical Sciences, Rzeszów, Poland, Czarnożycka-Wróbel Adrianna ,   Department of Internal Medicine, Nephrology and Endocrinology, St. Queen Jadwiga Clinical District Hospital No. 2, Rzeszow, Poland, Gargasz Krzysztof ,   Medical College of Rzeszow University, Institute of Medical Sciences, Rzeszów, Poland, Gala-Błądzińska Agnieszka ,   Department of Internal Medicine, Nephrology and Endocrinology, St. Queen Jadwiga Clinical District Hospital No. 2, Rzeszow, Poland,   Medical College of Rzeszow University, Institute of Medical Sciences, Rzeszów, Poland
Published: December 2022

Introduction and aim. Elderly patients with COVID-19 are at increased risk for adverse outcomes. This study aims to evaluate the prevalence of nonthyroidal illness syndrome (NTIS) in hospitalized patients with COVID-19 pneumonia, its independent impact on patients’ survival. Furthermore, to investigate selected inflammatory biomarkers in those patients and to determine whether they predict mortality associated with the disease. Material and methods. In this single-centered, retrospective study, the medical records of 53 patients with confirmed SARSCoV- 2 infection who attended the provincial hospital between October 2020 and January 2021 were reviewed. Demographic data, laboratory values, comorbidities, treatments, and clinical outcomes were collected. We compared the data in survivor and non-survivor groups. Results. Of 393 adult patients with SARS-CoV-2 pneumonia, 53 (13,49%) met the inclusion criteria and were included. The median age was 72±12.2 years, 26 patients (49%) were men. The NTIS prevalence was 62.3% and showed a strong independent correlation with disease severity and mortality in COVID-19 patients (p=0.01). The interleukin-6, white blood cells, ferritin and neutrophil ratios also differed significantly statistically between survivors and non-survivors. Conclusion. NTIS and the lowering level of FT3 pose an independent prognostic marker of clinical deterioration and higher mortality in elderly patients with COVID-19.
The effects of acute high intensity interval training on hematological parameters and neutrophils to lymphocytes ratio in elite taekwondo athletes according to gender
Authors:   Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, Karamanoğlu Mehmetbey University, Karaman, Turkey, Işık Bülent , Küççüktürk Serkan ,   Department of Medical Biology, Faculty of Medicine, Karamanoğlu Mehmetbey University, Karaman, Turkey, Yüksel Mehmet Fatih ,   Department of Physical Education and Sports, Faculty of Education, Necmettin Erbakan University, Konya, Turkey, Boyalı Ekrem ,   Department of Recreation, Faculty of Sports Science, University of Selçuk, Konya, Turkey, Karaselek Mehmet Ali ,   Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Necmettin Erbakan University, Konya, Turkey, Erdağı Kenan ,   Department of Physical Education and Sports, Faculty of Education, Necmettin Erbakan University, Konya, Turkey
Published: December 2022

Introduction and aim. Intense taekwondo (TKD) training, it is important to know the exercise-induced hematological and inflammatory conditions and to develop conditions suitable for physiological needs. The aim of study is to investigate the effects of TKD-specific training containing a high-intensity interval training (HIIT) component hematological parameters and on systemic inflammatory biomarkers between gender. Material and methods. The research was carried out with twenty-four elite TKD athletes (12 female, 12 male). 90 minutes of TKD-specific unit training, including 50 minutes of HIIT component was applied to the athletes. Hematological parameters included erythrocytes, platelets, leukocytes and their subgroups and inflammatory biomarkers. Results. With the effect of TKD-specific HIIT, erythrocytes and hematocrit values decreased regardless of gender (p=0.003, p<0.001, respectively). Platelet values decreased in male and increased in female (p=0.637). White blood cells and neutrophil (p<0.001) and inflammatory biomarkers neutrophils-to-lymphocytes ratio (NLR) and platelet-to-lymphocytes ratio PLR (p<0.001, p=0.022, respectively) increased regardless of gender. Lymphocyte decreased marginally significantly (p=0.059). Conclusion. This study showed that TKD-specific HIIT increased systemic inflammatory conditions and decreased oxygen-carrying blood parameters. These fundamental findings can contribute to training science in arranging a specific taekwondo training program and sports medicine in protecting the health of athletes.
Playing in the liminal space: Literacy learning through drama in the adult language classroom
Authors: Hogan Zoe , Campbell Victoria
Published: December 2022

Play is a universal human experience. Often regarded as the unique purview of children, an emerging body of research points to the importance of playfulness in adulthood. This article reports on the research and observations of two teaching artists working in Connected, a Sydney Theatre Company adult-literacy-through-drama programme. This article conceptualises the drama room as a liminal space. Through improvisational responses participants engage in a learning style that promotes playfulness, which subsequently generates a sense of pleasure and joy and, in doing so, has an intrinsic value beyond the specific language learning outcomes. In this article we build on Guitard et al.’s (2005) components of playfulness in adults: creativity, curiosity, pleasure, sense of humour and spontaneity, in order to posit our own ideas about the conditions necessary for encouraging the freedom to play in adult language learning contexts.
'Akara ki Mua – Looking forward; Navigating education spaces as Cook Islands Māori
Authors: Solomon Tereapii
Published: December 2022

I know it seems somewhat unconventional to begin this paper with the words of my eldest son’s Year 12 speech, especially when the first few stanzas reflect deficit profiling of Cook Islands Māori people. But this paper is not focused on deficit profiling at all—far from it. However, as I pondered on Fa’avae’s abstract in this Waikato Journal of Education volume, I was moved by his inclusion of Pacific educator’s voices from Realm nations with the intent to provide an “analytical lens centred on unpacking stories and insights” (Fa’avae, 2022), focused on change in Pasifika/Pacific education, in Aotearoa NZ. The emphasis on voices and stories reminded me of the purpose of my son’s speech in high school—one that was inspired by the young writer Joshua Iosefa’s 2012 spoken word poem titled ‘Brown Brother’ (Iosefa, 2012). In his article Fa’avae advocates for a greater presence of Pacific educators and leaders from Aotearoa NZ’s Realm Nations in higher education, enabling their (our) voices, knowledges, and Indigenous languages, with the intent to inspire and empower others into this space, and prioritising insights often ignored. This paper is my response to his article.
Ko e leo ke eke hā? Empowering tagata Niue living in Aotearoa New Zealand to claim its status in education
Authors: Fa'avae Ioane Aleke
Published: December 2022

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Book review
Authors: Stanley Peter
Published: December 2022

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Exploring possibilities and challenges of Lesson Study: A case study in a small island developing state
Authors: Wati Indra , Dayal Hem Chand
Published: December 2022

Lesson Study (LS) is a teaching improvement and knowledge-building process that has origins in Japanese elementary education. In Japanese LS, teachers work in small teams to plan, teach, observe, analyse and refine individual lessons called research lessons. This study examined a small sample of primary school teachers’ perceptions of LS as a professional learning endeavour. The benefits and challenges teachers experienced when attempting to engage in LS was further explored. The study focused on the Fijian primary teaching context, specifically on Year 8 mathematics teachers. Data was collected using a series of class observations and semi-structured interviews in two case-study schools. Analysis of classroom observations and semi-structured interviews confirms that LS provided a useful mode for teachers to talk about their mathematics lessons and open them for scrutinisation by their teaching colleagues. The findings suggest that all the teachers in the two schools found that LS is a powerful learning platform to improve teachers’ mathematical knowledge and pedagogical skills. These findings have important implications for the implementation of effective professional learning amongst practising primary school teachers.
Gallery Walk technique in enhancing reading comprehension and oral English language proficiency of junior high school students
Authors: Ortega-Dela Cruz Ruth , Lopez Mary Kathleen Rose R.
Published: December 2022

The study used quasi-experimental research with pre-test and post-test design approach to analyse the effectiveness of using the Gallery Walk technique in enhancing reading comprehension and oral English language proficiency among junior high school students. Cluster sampling technique was used in determining the respondents who experienced the Gallery Walk teaching technique and those who experienced the conventional teaching technique. Pre-test result showed no differences in the level of reading comprehension and oral English language proficiency prior to the experiment. After the implementation of the study, post-test was given, and results revealed differences in the students’ performance. Findings revealed that the students who were taught using the Gallery Walk technique showed improvement in reading comprehension and oral English language proficiency as compared to those who underwent the conventional teaching technique. In addition, students had positive feedback about the implementation of Gallery Walk. Finally, the study recommended the use of the Gallery Walk technique in teaching English 8 for enhancing reading comprehension and oral English language proficiency.
Practical Recommendations for Transitioning from Student-Athlete to College Coach and Implications of Covid-19
Authors: Holzberg Lauren , Kim Minhyun
Published: December 2022

Attaining a first collegiate coaching position as a former student-athlete can be overwhelming, tedious, and intimidating. After candidates apply for a particular coaching position, interviews usually follow. Even though there is some literature addressing early academic career positions, there is little research regarding student-athletes securing an initial college coaching position. Additionally, literature regarding best practices for college athletic coaches moving from one academic institution to another is also limited. This article provides recommendations for candidates pursuing their initial college coaching position and securing further college coaching positions. Although this article focuses on early career college coaching positions, most of these recommendations can be applied to any coach early on in their career. This article incorporates personal experiences, athletic search committee evaluations, athletic administrator feedback, faculty input, Title VII regulations, Title IX regulations, marginalized communities’ implications of Covid-19, as well as recommendations for the resume, interview process, and negotiation of contracts. These important components are associated with attaining a college coaching position.
Modern Assessment and Forecast Prospects of the Competitiveness of the World's Largest Manufacturers of Copper Products
Authors:   Ural Federal University named after the first President of Russia B.N. Yeltsin, Krivorotov V.V. , Kalina A.V. ,   Ural Federal University named after the first President of Russia B.N. Yeltsin, Erypalov S.E. ,   Ural Mining Metallurgical Company – Holding Corporation
Published: December 2022

In the context of the global transformation of the economic space, economic entities become integrated into various kinds of associations and alliances. These processes make it emphatically relevant to improve approaches to assessing and forecasting the competitiveness of such large companies, taking into account the changing conditions of their internal and external environment. Previously developed approaches required a certain revision and appropriate improvements. The purpose of the study is to improve methodological tools and assess the competitiveness of large copper companies at the present stage and in the medium term. Based on the analysis of approaches to assessing and ensuring the competitiveness of economic entities, it was revealed that today the vast majority of these approaches do not take into account the changing conditions of competition and the increased influence of factors reflecting these changes. The article proposes an improved scientific and methodological approach to assessing and forecasting the competitiveness of large companies, which includes four major blocks: the formation of scientific and methodological principles for conducting research; development of methodological tools for multifactorial assessment of the company's competitiveness; optimization of investment projects for the development of the company; formation of predictive strategies for the development of the company associated with the provision of long-term competitive advantages. As part of the approach - a method for multifactorial assessment of the competitiveness of large companies - has been developed. It provides for the consideration of additional factors and their priority, as well as a significant correction of the basic comparison model. A scenario-based methodological approach has been developed to predict the indicators of competitiveness of large companies using economic and statistical modeling, taking into account the specifics of the company's activities. Methodological developments were tested in relation to the Ural Mining and Metallurgical Company against the background of large global companies operating in the same field. The assessment of the level of current competitiveness of companies was carried out in the period 2010–2020; the forecast of competitiveness indicators was made for the period through to 2025, which made it possible to assess post-pandemic development trends from the standpoint of the competitiveness of the companies in question. Based on the results of the study, generalizing conclusions are formulated.
Bi-Level Minimal Resource Protected Key Generation Framework For Fog Computing Applications
Authors: P. Arul Sindhia , Bharathi.R
Published: December 2022

Fog computing is a viewpoint that expands on the Cloud stage concept by placing processing assets at the organization’s edges. It might be described as a cloud-like platform with comparable data, computation, storage, and applications. They are unique in that they are decentralized in nature. Data protection and route analysis of time-sensitive data are made easier using fog computing. This minimizes the volume and distance of data sent to the cloud, lowering the risk of security and privacy breaches in IoT applications. When it comes to security and privacy, fog computing confronts several issues. The constraints of fog computing resources are the root of these difficulties. The fog system, in fact, may raise new security and privacy concerns. To address these challenges, cryptography is used in conjunction with key management techniques to provide safe data transfer. A Minimal Resource Viterbi based Bi-level Secured Key Generation (MRV-BSKG) technique for a secured fog-based system is proposed to compromise the security level and computational complexity. The BSKG technique, which combines Lagrange’s Key Generation (LKG) and the Location-Based Key (LBK) generation approaches, can safeguard secrecy and integrity. In comparison to the previous techniques, the new MRV, BSKG, delivers security with improved outcomes.
Based on Haar-like feature and improved YOLOv4 navigation line detection algorithm in complex environment
Authors: Gao Shenqi , Wang Shuxin , Pan Weigang , Wang Mushu , Gao Song
Published: December 2022

In order to improve the detection accuracy of the navigation line by the unmanned automatic marking vehicle (UAMV) in the complex construction environment. Solve the problem of unqualified road markings drawn by the UAMV due to inaccurate detection during construction. A navigation line detection algorithm based on and improved YOLOv4 and improved Haar-like feature named YOLOv4-HR is proposed in this paper. Firstly, an image enhancement algorithm based on improved Haar-like features is proposed. It is used to enhance the images of the training set, make the images contain more semantic information, which improves the generalization ability of the network; Secondly, a multi-scale feature extraction network is added to the YOLOv4 network, which made model has a stronger learning ability for details and improves the accuracy of detection. Finally, a verification experiment is carried out on the self-built data set. The experimental results show that, compared with the original YOLOv4 network, the method proposed in this paper improves the AP value by 14.3% and the recall by 11.89%. The influence of factors such as the environment on the detection effect of the navigation line is reduced, and the effect of the navigation line detection in the visual navigation of the UAMV is effectively improved.
A financial time series data mining method with different time granularity based on trend Division
Authors: Yang Haining , Gao Xuedong , Han Lei , Cui Wei
Published: December 2022

Stock research is an important field of Finance and time series research. Stock data research is also a typical financial time series problem. In the research of financial time series, there are many methods, such as model building, data mining, heuristic algorithm, machine learning, deep learning, and so on. VAR, ARIMA and other methods are widely used in practice. ARIMA and its combination methods have good processing effect on small data sets, but there are over fitting problems, which are difficult to process large data sets and data with different time granularity. At present, this paper takes the decision table transformation method of financial time series data as the research object, and puts forward the trend division method of financial time series based on different time granularity through the trend division of financial time series. On this basis, it puts forward the trend extreme point extraction method, and constructs the stock time series decision table according to the extreme point information and combined with the stock technical indicators, The decision table is verified by support vector machine based on the decision table. The research shows that the trend division method under different time granularity can transform the extreme point information into a decision table, which will not produce over fitting problem in practical application. It is an effective time series processing method, and provides a new research method for the future time series research with different granularity.
Disappearing in the Ecstasy of History: Armenians and the Monocultural Sublime in Modern Turkish Literature
Authors: Almond Ian
Published: December 2022

This essay examines the work—fiction and nonfiction—of Ahmed Hamdi Tanpınar (one of Turkey's greatest modern writers) in the context of Armenians and the violence inflicted on Armenians by the Ottoman/Turkish state in 1893, 1915, and 1923. It examines the striking absence of Armenians in Tanpınar's work, given his own Armenian friends and experience of teaching for years in Armenian high schools. It also considers the extent to which Tanpınar's own indebtedness to a nationalistic monocultural sublime can be factored into this selective amnesia and explores the possible sources of his nationalism—either the influence of the French writers Charles Maurras and Maurice Barrès or equally (and more locally) Tanpınar's own Sufi sensibilities.
Picturesque Mediations: Adalbert Stifter, Washington Irving, and the Transfiguration of the Mundane
Authors: Resvick Jessica
Published: December 2022

This essay examines the Germanophone realist Adalbert Stifter's reception of Washington Irving. Pushing against the traditional narrative of German realism's apolitical provinciality, it argues that media technologies from the British picturesque tradition, transmitted by way of Irving, aided Stifter in obscuring his cosmopolitan and colonialist ideologies. Picturesque observational practices, which emphasized the imaginative and artistic “improvement” of reality, overlap considerably with German realist techniques of transfiguration, and Irving's and Stifter's texts both emphasize the epiphanic experience of life and art, of reality and its mediation. Linking the epistemological dimensions of both periods to early statistical thought and illustrating how the authors’ preferred genres of the sketch and study pull from the same artistic and media-historical discourse, the essay uncovers striking continuities between the Germanophone and American literary contexts, recasting German realism as fully enmeshed within the global context it seemingly disavows.
Creolization Otherwise: Centering the Local Intertextualities of Ananda Devi's Pagli
Authors: Rungoo Usha
Published: December 2022

As the literature of Creole societies severed ties with colonial literary models, a new literature conceptualized through scholarly and literary conversations on creolization emerged. In a zeal to amplify Creole solidarity against colonial dominance, however, these conversations unfortunately erased the internal hierarchies and linguistic unevenness among the formerly colonized, uniting them all under the banner of the Creole language. The aesthetics of the literature of creolization is consequently read through the lens of a strict dichotomy opposing the colonized, Creole, and orality to the hegemony of the colonizer, the colonizing language, and writing. Reading the Mauritian novelist Ananda Devi's Pagli (2001) in depth, I reveal a novel that goes against this trend and bears witness, through its very textuality, to the complexity of racial and linguistic stratifications in Creole societies, without flattening them into dichotomies. In this light, it constitutes a necessary theoretical intervention in the field of creolization aesthetics.
Elaboración de diagramas de casos de uso
Authors:   Universidad Cooperativa de Colombia, Patiño Martínez Francy Yaneth
Published: December 2022

El propósito de la presente guía es mostrar al estudiante, de forma detallada, el proceso necesario para diseñar diagramas de casos de uso. El lector encontrará aquí explicaciones del concepto de diagrama de casos de uso, su estructura y la notación estándar utilizada para su implementación y descripción. Se relacionan algunas herramientas de software útiles para la creación de estos diagramas, se detalla paso a paso su elaboración y se presentan los parámetros para la elaboración y presentación del informe final.
Patient’s Medical Records in Brazil: Legal and Regulatory Considerations
Authors: Faifer Flávia Speranza , Vieira da Motta Piacsek Mônica , Vieira da Motta Márcia
Published: December 2022

This work aimed to research medical records' legal and regulatory definitions as found in force not only in the Brazilian normative systems but also at the Federal and Regional Councils of Medicine (Conselho Federal e Conselhos Regionais de Medicina), particularly their completeness to be accepted by the judicious system. This empirical retrospective documentary research recovered norms, legislations, resolutions, and professional opinions about medical records and some of its parameters, such as content, legibility, and accountability using official legal and regulatory digital platforms. No period limitation was set for document recovery; however, only current ones (still in force) were analyzed in full. Documents that dealt with the content of the medical record per se were included; those that dealt with custody, confidentiality, digitization, and access to third parties were excluded. The Brazilian legislation does not provide a clear definition of medical records or their core content. Nonetheless, its collective nature is recognized. The Federal and Regional Councils of Medicine have issued numerous resolutions and opinions on the matter, clarifying its completeness in nature. Medical Records are a collection of health documents of a patient, which should be readily available upon court request as a complete medical dossier, and must contain legible and signed copies, including all the procedures a person underwent while under care.
New modalities of surgery for renal tumors in children: A Mini-Review
Authors: Jan Godzinski
Published: December 2022

Nephroblastoma is one of the most frequent solid tumors in childhood. It is also a classical example of success in oncology achieved by consequent and randomized studies run since mid-XX until now. As systemic treatment is constantly very effective and has not changed markedly since the last 30 years, the development of precise imaging and surgical technique allowed for the introduction of several new operative methods offering intriguing advantages. This paper is based on the literature review limited to the state-of-the-art or corner-stone positions and over 30 years of personal experience of the author. It does not pretend to be a form of a systematic meta-analysis.
Coverage of DOAJ journals' citations through OpenCitations - Protocol v5
Authors: Dami Constance
Published: December 2022

This is the protocol for the research of the coverage of DOAJ journals' citations through OpenCitations. Our goal is to find out: about the coverage of articles from open access journals in DOAJ journals as citing and cited articles, how many citations do DOAJ journals receive and do, and how many of these citations involve open access articles as both citing and cited entities, as well as the presence of trends over time of the availability of citations involving articles published in open access journals in DOAJ journals. Our research focuses on DOAJ journals exclusively, using OpenCitations as a tool. Previous research has been made on open citations using COCI (Heibi, Peroni & Shotton 2019), and on DOAJ journals' citations (Saadat and Shabani 2012), paving the grounds for our present analysis. After careful considerations on the best way to retrieve data from DOAJ and OpenCitations, we opted for downloading the public data dumps. Using the API resulted in a way too long running time, and the same problem arose for using the SPARQL endpoint of OpenCitations. Minimal Bibliography Björk, B.-C.; Kanto-Karvonen, S.; Harviainen, J.T. "How Frequently Are Articles in Predatory Open Access Journals Cited." Publications, 8, 17. (2020) https://doi.org/10.3390/publications8020017 Heibi, I.; Peroni, S.; Shotton, D. "Crowdsourcing open citations with CROCI -- An analysis of the current status of open citations, and a proposal" arXiv:1902.02534 (2019) https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.1902.02534 Pandita, R., & Singh, S. "A Study of Distribution and Growth of Open Access Research Journals Across the World. Publishing Research Quarterly" (2022), 38(1), 131–149. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12109-022-09860-x Saadat, R., A. Shabani. "Investigating the citations received by journals of Directory of Open Access Journals from ISI Web of Science’s articles." International Journal of Information Science and Management (IJISM) 9.1 (2012): 57-74. Solomon, D. J., Laakso, M., Björk, B.-C. "A longitudinal comparison of citation rates and growth among open access journals", Journal of Informetrics, 7, 3 (2013): 642-650. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joi.2013.03.008.
Estado nutricional de los adultos mayores de Antioquia y su relación con enfermedades y consumo de medicamentos
Authors: Carvajal-Botero Laura Andrea , Estrada-Restrepo Alejandro , Giraldo-Giraldo Nubia Amparo
Published: December 2022

Introducción: el estado nutricional (EN) de los adultos mayores (AM) puede verse afectado por el envejecimiento, así como por enfermedades o consumo de medicamentos.
Objetivo: determinar el EN y su relación con las enfermedades y el consumo de medicamentos de los AM de Antioquia.
Método: se hizo un estudio transversal derivado del Perfil Alimentario y Nutricional de Antioquia (PANA) 2018-2019. Se recopiló información de 1816 AM sobre aspectos sociodemográficos, EN, enfermedades y consumo de medicamentos. Se aplicó regresión logística binaria para establecer la asociación del EN con la multimorbilidad y la polimedicación.
Resultados: predominaron los AM de sexo femenino, de 60 a 69 años, de bajo nivel educativo y socioeconómico. El 38,5 % de los AM tenía exceso de peso y el 20,3 % estaba en delgadez; según el Mini Nutritional Assessment (MNA), el 33,7 % estaba en riesgo de desnutrición y el 3,5 % ya presentaba desnutrición. Según la circunferencia de pantorrilla, el 13,5 % tenía un posible riesgo de desnutrición, y según circunferencia de cintura, el 51,8 % tenía obesidad abdominal. El 49,8 % de los AM presentó multimorbilidad y el 29,6 % polimedicación. Al ajustar el modelo de regresión por variables socioeconómicas, persiste la asociación estadísticamente significativa entre la multimorbilidad y el riesgo de desnutrición (odds ratio [OR] = 1,76), desnutrición por MNA (OR = 5,25) y obesidad abdominal por perímetro de cintura (OR = 1,57). Respecto a la polimedicación, se encontró una asociación estadísticamente significativa con el riesgo de desnutrición por MNA (OR = 2,04) y obesidad abdominal (OR = 1,61).
Conclusión: en los AM el riesgo de desnutrición y la obesidad abdominal incrementan la multimorbilidad y la polimedicación, mientras que la desnutrición solo se asocia con mayor número de enfermedades.
Efficacy of Motivational Interviewing and Brief Interventions on tobacco use among healthy adults: A systematic review of randomized controlled trials
Authors: Kumar Rajesh , Sahu Maya , Rodney Tamar
Published: December 2022

Objective. To assess the effectiveness of a brief intervention and motivational interviewing in reducing the use of different tobacco-related products in adults
Methods. For this systematic review, PubMed, Web of Science, and PsychINFO databases were electronically searched for randomized controlled trials on the effect of a brief intervention and / or motivational interview on tobacco reduction among healthy adults published between January 1, 2011 to January 1, 2021. Data from eligible studies were extracted and analyzed. CONSORT guidelines were used to assess the quality of the studies by two reviewers for the included studies. The titles and abstracts of the search results were screened and reviewed by two independent reviewers for eligibility criteria per the inclusion and exclusion criteria. Cochrane review criteria were used to assess the risk of bias in included studies.
Results. A total of 12 studies were included in the final data extraction of 1406 studies. The brief intervention and motivational interviewing showed varied effects on tobacco use reduction among adults at different follow-ups. Seven of the 12 studies (58.3%) reported a beneficial impact on reducing tobacco use. Pieces of evidence on biochemical estimation on tobacco reduction are limited compared to self-reports, and varied results on quitting and tobacco cessation with different follow-ups.
Conclusion. The current evidence supports the effectiveness of a brief intervention and motivational interviewing to quit tobacco use. Still, it suggests using more biochemical markers as outcome measures to reach an intervention-specific decision. While more initiatives to train nurses in providing non-pharmacological nursing interventions, including brief interventions, are recommended to help people quit smoking.
Effect of Benson's relaxation technique on caregiver burden in caregivers of hemodialysis patients. A Randomized Controlled Trial
Authors: Imanian Mahsa , Ramezanli Somayeh
Published: December 2022

Methods. This is a randomized controlled trial study on 52 caregivers of hemodialysis patients referred an universitary hospital at Jahrom. The caregivers were randomly divided into intervention and control groups. In the intervention group, Benson's relaxation was performed twice a day for 15 minutes each time, and continued for one month. Data collection tools included demographic information questionnaire and standard Zarit Burden Interview questionnaire which was completed by all participants before the intervention and one month after it.
Results. After the intervention, the mean caregiver burden of hemodialysis patients in the intervention group decreased significantly compared to the control group (p<0.001). The results of paired t-test showed that in the intervention group, the mean scores of caregiver burden after the intervention (14.46± 10.91) was significantly lower than before the intervention (38.33±16.94) (p=0.001).
Conclusion. Benson's relaxation method can reduce caregiver burden in caregivers of hemodialysis patients.
Experience of Caring as Source of Abductive Reasoning in Nursing: a Pragmatic Vision
Authors: Soto Lesmes Virginia Inés , Ramírez Niño Jaime Alberto , Bueno-Robles Luz Stella
Published: December 2022

The aim of this reflection article consists in proposing a methodology that makes visible the epistemic practice through abductive reasoning for the generation of knowledge from an experience of caring. For such, the work describes the connections between the science of nursing and inter-modernism, develops the idea of the nursing practice as source of knowledge, and defines the components of abductive reasoning for the practice. Finally, the work presents an academic exercise developed within the framework of the assignment Evaluation of the theory for research and practice in the PhD program in nursing at Universidad Nacional de Colombia on how a theory was developed from a situation of care and its scientific usefulness upon generating in patients a sense of fullness in their health and in nursing professionals, satisfaction with their work.
Evolución de la práctica docente y su impacto en el rendimiento académico universitario mediante el Programa Investigación-Acción (PIA)
Authors: Zambrano Salinas Dick Rolando , Intriago Panchano Alex Javier , Ulloa Acosta Leonila Estefania , Camacho Sellán Katherine Michelle
Published: December 2022

El objetivo de este estudio, desarrollado desde 2016 hasta 2019, es mostrar la evolución de la práctica docente a través de un Programa Investigación-Acción (PIA). Con este programa se promovieron y desarrollaron ambientes de aprendizaje activo, aplicando estrategias de enseñanza-aprendizaje para mejorar la interacción entre docente-estudiante-material didáctico.  Esta investigación fue cualitativa para la información obtenida del docente a través del programa analítico y del auto reporte de inventario de enseñanza; además, fue de tipo descriptiva para el análisis de los rendimientos académicos y las actividades que más influyeron en el aprendizaje de los estudiantes. Con la metodología de enseñanza-aprendizaje PIA, durante el periodo de estudio, la tasa de aprobación promedio aumentó del 51% al 64% como consecuencia de la interacción entre pares y material didáctico que promovió un aprendizaje efectivo, de manera que los estudiantes se volvieron más reflexivos. En lo referente a la interacción docente-estudiante, se observó un mayor acercamiento del docente hacia el estudiante a través de la supervisión del trabajo grupal realizado en clase y también, mediante conversaciones con los estudiantes sobre su rendimiento académico. El trabajo desarrollado en este estudio ha mostrado que el docente, al utilizar el método de investigación-acción, ha hecho del proceso acción-reflexión un hábito de mejoramiento continuo en cada periodo académico que lo ha vuelto más consciente sobre su práctica docente y su evolución, incidiendo en el rendimiento académico de los estudiantes.
The problem with the generation gap in education: A two-way approach
Authors: Farsani Danyal
Published: December 2022

I would like to start this editorial commentary with a quote I read: “The youth of today is spoiled to the root. They are mean, ungodly, and lazy. They will never be like the youth of before and they will never ever be able to hold on to our values”.

This quote does not come from an article I read in a conservative province newspaper published 2 days ago nor it is part of a political discourse of a right-wing Chilean presidential candidate. This sentence rather is displayed on a Babylonian stone, which has been written more than 3000 years ago. Through the course of time, there has been a phenomenon known as the generation gap. This phenomenon is a popular term used to describe differences in cultural norms between members of a younger generation and their elders.
Factors Associated with Psychological Disturbance among Healthcare Providers during the Early Phase of COVID-19 Pandemic in Kelantan, Malaysia
Authors:   Department of Family Medicine, School of Medical Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Kubang Kerian, Kelantan, Malaysia.
Published: December 2022

COVID-19 pandemic had significant emotional and psychological effects on the general population where healthcare providers were no exception. This study aimed to identify the factors associated with psychological disturbances such as vicarious traumatisation, anxiety and depression among healthcare providers during the early phase of the COVID-19 pandemic. This cross-sectional study included 306 participants who fulfilled the inclusion and exclusion criteria from May to July 2020 in a state tertiary hospital. We employed a self-administered case report form containing socio-economic data and three questionnaires, i.e. Malay version Vicarious Traumatization Questionnaire, Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale and Medical Outcome Study Social Support Survey. Descriptive analysis and linear regression were applied for vicarious traumatisation while binary logistic regression was applied for anxiety and depression outcomes. The findings suggested that participants worked in the Medical Department were more likely to develop psychological disturbances than other departments. Non-frontline (adjusted coefficient [95% CI]: -17.04 [-24.77, -9.30]) and female healthcare providers (adjusted coefficient [95% CI]: 10.73 [2.99, 18.46]) were associated with vicarious traumatisation. Non-frontline healthcare providers (adjusted odds ratio [95% CI]: 0.13 [0.06, 0.29]) were also associated with anxiety besides shift work (adjusted odds ratio [95% CI]: 3.80 [1.04, 13.83]). Meanwhile, medical officers (adjusted odds ratio [95% CI]: 0.31 [0.10, 0.91]) were less likely to report depression symptoms compared to staff nurses. These findings can assist hospital bureaucracy to focus on necessary interventions to improve the mental and psychological health of healthcare providers.
A Survey on Community Pharmacists’ Interest in Providing Online Pharmacy Services
Authors:   Discipline of Social and Administrative Pharmacy, School of Pharmaceutical Science, Universiti Sains Malaysia, 11800 Gelugor, Penang, Malaysia.
Published: December 2022

There is scarce information on the adoption of e-commerce among retail pharmacists in developing countries. E-pharmacy is defined as community pharmacies provide either singular or a combination of online pharmacy services e.g., virtual dispensing of controlled medicines, online medicinal product consultation, medication-health related online services, health supplements and beauty product online consultation and product delivery services. This study aimed to explore the interest among licensed retail pharmacists to adopt e-commerce as part of their business provisions and to determine key determinants of their interest in providing e-pharmacy services. A self-administered online survey was distributed to 3858 licensed community pharmacists using an email list which was provided by the Pharmacy Enforcement Division, Ministry of Health. The response rate was 9.15% (N=353). Findings showed that 78.2% of the respondents were interested in providing e-pharmacy services. The key determinants of their interest were influenced by community pharmacists’ perceptions towards consumer norms in subscribing to online services, socio-technology trends, pressure from competition and readiness to comply with e-pharmacy regulatory requirements. This study urges the pharmacy authority to formulate business-friendly requirements in empowering community pharmacists to adopt e-pharmacy services and establish a conducive environment for community pharmacists to innovate pharmacy practices. E-pharmacy will benefit the public by providing access to quality medicinal products at competitive prices.
Parallel Algorithm for Parametric Identification of Dynamical Systems with Interval Parameters
Authors:   Federal Research Center ", Morozov A. Yu. ,   Computer Science and Control",   of the Russian Academy of Sciences (FRC CSC RAS), Moscow, 119333, Russian Federation
Published: December 2022

The paper presents a parallel algorithm for the parametric identification of dynamical systems with interval parameters. The algorithm is based on the previously developed, substantiated and tested adaptive interpolation algorithm, which makes it possible to explicitly obtain the dependence of the states of a dynamic system on interval parameters. The solution of the problem of parametric identification is reduced to the problem of minimizing a certain objective function in the space of boundaries of interval parameter estimates. Due to the use of the adaptive interpolation algorithm when calculating the gradient of the objective function, there is no need for additional analysis and modeling of the original dynamic system, so it is convenient to use first-order methods for optimization. However, the task of calculating the objective function and the gradient includes a set of conditional minimization problems for explicit functions that can be solved independently of each other. The article discusses the main aspects and features of parallelization and implementation of the parametric identification algorithm and tests it on several representative examples. The acceleration and efficiency of parallelization are analyzed.
3D Visualization of Heterophase Intermetallic Structures Based on Computer Simulation of SHS in a Nanosized Ti-Al Layered-Block Structure
Authors:   Altai State University, Barnaul, 656049, Russian Federation, Jordan V. I. ,   Khristianovich Institute of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, SB RAS, Novosibirsk, 630090, Russian Federation, Shmakov I. A. ,   Altai State University, Barnaul, 656049, Russian Federation
Published: December 2022

he paper presents the results of thermal and microstructural analysis of the SHS of intermetallic compounds in a nanosized atomic layer-block structure of Ti-Al, obtained using the freely available software packages LAMMPS and OVITO, as well as using the software of the authors of the paper. Using the LAMMPS package in the version of parallel computing, the software implementation of which is based on the "molecular dynamics" method, the SHS process is simulated. For 3D visualization of simulation results, the OVITO package is used. Among the results of microstructural analysis, noteworthy is the appearance of stable heterophase intermetallic structures during the SHS reaction, which were confirmed using the OVITO package and the software module developed by the authors for calculating a set of matter density profiles of the SHS-product. In heterophase intermetallic structures, it was possible to detect local features in the form of layered quasi-coherent intermetallic interlayers with the presence of two-dimensional defects in crystal lattices — twinning planes delimiting pairs of grains (twins) with symmetrical lattices reorientation.
Compreensão do consentimento informado em pesquisa clínica de vacina contra o Zika vírus: estudo transversal
Authors: Vieira Valquíria Fernandes Marques , Cecilio Sumaya Giarola , Silva Renata Saldanha , Reis Clarice Magalhães Rodrigues dos , Marinho Raquel Cáfaro , Bethony Maria Flávia Gazzinelli
Published: December 2022

Objetivo: avaliar a compreensão das informações do Termo de Consentimento Livre e Esclarecido pelos participantes de uma pesquisa clínica de vacina contra o Zika vírus. Método: estudo transversal com amostra por conveniência e participação de 101 voluntários de uma pesquisa clínica em Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais. Utilizou-se um questionário estruturado. A análise dos dados foi realizada no programa R, segundo a estatística descritiva e inferencial. Resultados: a média de acertos dos participantes sobre as informações do documento de consentimento foi de 66,9%. A maioria dos participantes assinou o documento sem o conhecimento suficiente das informações da pesquisa. O Índice de compreensão foi maior entre os participantes que tinham se voluntariado em pesquisas prévias (p=0,039). Conclusão: verificaram-se limitações importantes na compreensão dos participantes sobre informações do termo de consentimento, o que comprometeu a decisão autônoma. São necessárias adaptações e melhorias nos processos de consentimento informado em prol da sua validade.
Data Security and Anonymization in Neighborhood Attacks in Clustered Network in Internet of Things (NIoT)
Authors: Nanda Ipseeta , Singh Monika , Khatua Lizina
Published: December 2022

In this paper author tries to focus on the review on the K Nearest Neighbor (KNN) tied by one or more specific types of inter dependency, such as values, visions, ideas, financial exchange, friendship, conflict, or trade. Social network analysis views social relationships in terms of nodes and ties. It also focuses the network analysis, application as well as problem statement. In this paper presents a outline for the privacy hazard and sharing the anonymized data in the network. This includes a proposed architecture design flow, for which the author considers the several variations and make connections. On several real-world social networks, we show that simple anonymization techniques are inadequate, it results in considerable breaks of privacy for even modestly informed opponents.  It also concentrates on a new anonymization technique. It based on the network and validate analytically that leads to saving of the privacy threat. It also analyses the effect that anonymizing the network has on the utility of the data for social network analysis.
Stability and Effective Process Control for Secure Email Filtering
Authors: A R Yashaswini , N Shruthi , S R Nandini , B J Santhosh , A R Namitha , Swetha K. R.
Published: December 2022

A fantastic tool for both commercial and personal communication is electronic mail. It has increasingly become a necessary component of our working life since it is straightforward, available, and simple to use. Spam emails have started to tarnish internet experiences and threaten the integrity of email. Due to the exponential growth of spam, both people and organisations are under a great deal of financial and other strain. In order to prevent the future of email itself from being in jeopardy, a solution to the spam problem must be discovered. There is an urgent need to solve the Email spam issue since spam volume has been rising over the last several decades. As part of this effort, many effects of spam emails on businesses and people were noted and thoroughly examined. In order to properly assess current technologies, solutions, and methods, a comprehensive literature review was conducted throughout the procedures. The goals of this work is to develop new methodologies for the implementation of new strategies for the efficient management of email spam and to construct a proof-of-concept software system for the Process controlled assessment of such strategies.