bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Pertussis characterization in the central-west region of São Paulo state, Brazil
Authors: Martins André , Porto Salete França , Delafiori Claudia Regina , Martins Luciano Moura , Camargo Carlos Henrique , Leite Daniela
Published: September 2023

Pertussis is a highly contagious respiratory disease caused by Bordetella pertussis. This study aimed at characterizing the B. pertussis laboratory positivity and the isolated strains in municipalities of the Central-West Region of São Paulo State, Brazil from 2010 to 2014. A total of 597 nasopharyngeal swabs samples were collected from suspected patients and contacts, and analyzed by in vitro culture and Real-Time PCR (qPCR). Culture-positive B. pertussis strains were characterized by serotyping and pulsed-field gel electrophoresis. Considering culture and/ or qPCR, the positivity rate was of 19.6%. Out of 117 samples with B. pertussis, 23 were detected by both methods, 89 by qPCR only and five by culture only. Strains presenting FIM3 (40%), FIM2,3 (32%) and FIM2 (28%) serotypes were found. Five pulsotypes were detected by PFGE, 48% of which identified as BP.Xba.0039, being the predominant type in this study. Among the positive strains, 50% were isolated from < 2 months old-children and 17% were isolated from three to six months old patients. Non-vaccinated children or with incomplete vaccination schedule were at the major risk of complications and death, highlighting the importance of a continuous monitoring of this infection for the future control strategies.
Avaliação dos níveis de cromo total em águas para consumo humano
Authors: Mataveli Lidiane Raquel Verola , Buzzo Márcia Liane , Carvalho Maria de Fátima Henriques , Arauz Luciana Juncioni de , Mataveli Guilherme Augusto Verola
Published: September 2023

Níveis elevados de cromo associados às águas naturais não são comuns, mas concentrações elevadas desse elemento, de ocorrência natural, têm sido relatadas nas águas subterrâneas de vários sistemas aquíferos, incluindo o Aquífero Bauru, SP, Brasil. Este fato está associado à ocorrência de rochas máficas/ultramáficas e às condições alcalinas e oxidantes. Neste estudo foi desenvolvido e aplicado um método para monitorar a concentração de cromo total em amostras de água da cidade de São José do Rio Preto. Esta cidade está localizada no estado de São Paulo, na região onde concentrações superiores ao limite estabelecido pela legislação brasileira (0,05 mg/L) foram detectadas em águas subterrâneas de poços de abastecimento. O cromo total foi determinado usando-se Espectrometria de Massas com Plasma Indutivamente Acoplado (ICPMS) em 104 amostras de água coletadas, entre 2013 e 2017, em diferentes pontos de distribuição (zona rural, residencial, distrito industrial, comercial, reservatório de distribuição e estação de tratamento de água), considerando-se 52 locais. Em 99 % das amostras as concentrações de Cr estavam acima do limite de quantificação calculado para o método (0,001 mg/L). E 15% apresentaram concentrações acima do limite de regulação na água potável (Portaria 2914/2011), sendo, portanto, consideradas impróprias para o consumo humano.
Vetor ou vetores? Capacidade vetorial e estratégias de controle
Authors: Casanova Claudio
Published: September 2023

Variáveis relacionadas a fatores epidemiológicos, ao ambiente, ao agente etiológico, ao vetor e aos reservatórios parecem atuar na determinação dos diferentes cenários de transmissão da leishmaniose visceral no Brasil. No estado de São Paulo a leishmaniose visceral (LV) não apresenta um padrão epidemiológico homogêneo por todas suas regiões, parecendo refletir uma multitude de cenários propícios para a ocorrência da transmissão dentro do território Paulista. Lutzomyia longipalpis é composta por um complexo de espécies das quais duas são encontradas no Estado de São Paulo e parecem possuir diferença na capacidade vetorial. É provável que essa diferença seja o fator determinante na caracterização dos diferentes padrões epidemiológicos observados nas diferentes regiões do Estado. No presente estudo, procuramos determinar a distribuição temporal e geográfica das espécies do complexo Lu. longipalpis, dos casos caninos e dos casos humanos de LV como elementos chave para ajudar na caracterização de alguns cenários de transmissão da doença e apontar áreas de maior risco para a aquisição da doença. Por outro lado, a recente e inesperada ocorrência de transmissão da LV em localidades sem a presença da Lu. longipalpis, caracteriza mais um novo cenário, onde a transmissão da Leishmania infantum ao homem se mostrou possível, configurando um novo desafio para as autoridades da saúde pública.
Geohealth: biology based mapping of vector borne disease in the Americas using NASA satellite data
Authors: Malone John B , Nieto Prixia del Mar , Luvall Jeffrey C , McCarroll Jennifer C , Christoferrson Rebecca C , Park Seung-Jong , Martins Moara , Fonseca Elivelton S , Bavia Maria E , Avery Ryan H , Pulaski Cassan N , Guimaraes Raul B
Published: September 2023

Implementation of a geospatial surveillance and response system data resource for vector borne disease in the Americas (GeoHealth) will be tested using NASA satellite data, geographic information systems and ecological niche modeling to characterize the environmental suitability and potential for spread of endemic and epizootic vector borne diseases. The initial focus is on developing prototype geospatial models for visceral leishmaniasis, an expanding endemic disease in Latin America, and geospatial models for dengue and other Aedes aegypti borne arboviruses (zika, chikungunya), emerging arboviruses with potential for epizootic spread from Latin America and the Caribbean and establishment in North America. Geospatial surveillance and response system open resource data bases and models will be made available, with training courses, to other investigators interested in mapping and modeling other vector borne diseases in the western hemisphere and contributing brokered data to an expanding GeoHealth data resource as part of the NASA AmeriGEOSS initiative.
Pembahasan Injil Harian dalam Komunitas Virtual Awam
Authors: Daenuwy Tiro Angelo , Tanureja Indra
Published: September 2023

This study seeks to provide an initial understanding of how lay Catholics in Indonesia engage with and interpret the texts of the Holy Scripture within virtual spaces. Specifically, it examines the WhatsApp group GEMA Kotabaru using netnography as a research method to explore the group's interpretation of the Gospel passage Luke 17:1-6. The findings reveal two distinct patterns of interpretation: symbolic and literal. Symbolic interpretation involves members connecting the text to metaphors of faith and religious practices, while literal interpretation focuses on extracting the precise meaning of the text, including the significance of the mustard seed. These findings highlight that lay Catholics in the WhatsApp group tend to center their Scripture readings around religious practices and strive to comprehend the text in a manner that resonates with their daily lives.
Management of buoyant materials in aquaculture for brackish and salt water in Quang Ninh province (Vietnam)
Authors: Trang Cao Thi Thu , Cong Nguyen Van , Da Pham Thi , Thanh Nguyen Xuan , Kha Pham Thi , Tu Tran Anh
Published: September 2023

High-density polyethylene (HDPE) material is widely used to make buoys in aquaculture. However, in Vietnam, Styrofoam is still the most popular material used among fish farmers due to its buoyancy, low cost, and availability in the market. There is a lack of regulations for the use
and disposal of Styrofoam; moreover, a lack of concern regarding the consequences of mismanagement leads to impacts on the marine environment and ecosystems. HDPE plastic is a good substitute for Styrofoam, but the question is how to convince aquaculture households to voluntarily shift from
one material to another or even force them through appropriate legislation for a cleaner environment. Based on the durability characteristics of Styrofoam and HDPE plastic, we have developed a local technical regulation on floating materials in aquaculture, which has been endorsed by the People
Committee of Qua ng Ninh province and promulgated for adoption through the document coded QCDP 08:2020/ QN. The method is a technical fence to be deployed to remove the foam buoys from aquaculture in the Qua ng Ninh province. So far, 87.8% of the buoys in the province have been converted to
new materials. Qua ng Ninh is the first province in Vietnam to have a breakthrough in the management of foam buoys, contributing to the reduction of plastic waste in aquaculture.
Raising Scientists: A Phenomenological Study on Advisor-Advisee Relationships
Authors: GELMEZ BURAKGAZİ Sevinç , GÖKALP Gökçe , KAYA Sevgi , YILDIRIM Hamdican , ERCAN Amine Merve , YILDIRIM Ali
Published: September 2023

The current study aimed to examine the advisor-advisee relationship comprehensively from the perspectives of both advisees and advisors throughout the doctoral education process, deciphering the internal mechanisms of universities related to doctoral advisement and the role of the advisor-advisee relationship in the development of future scientists. A qualitative phenomenological research design was adopted. Interviews were conducted with 13 doctoral students and 18 faculty members at two internationally recognized and high ranking public research universities with well-established advisor-advisee processes and strong organizational cultures. Results demonstrate the expectations of both parties from each other and themselves throughout the process as well as the effects of the advisor-advisee relationship on the efficiency of the process, advisees’ future academic careers, and identities. Advisees generally highlighted their communication and work plan with advisors while the advisors stressed how different dimensions of the supervising process affect the understanding of scientist identity. The main difference between the universities was the communication style with advisors. Additionally, it was inferred that students feel closer to being a scientist/researcher when they feel the support of their advisor and have a close relationship with their advisor, and the discourses of advisors extend this argument to feeling the support of all faculty members as a team. These results can help policymakers, and researchers to deepen their understanding of the advising process.
Effects of Carbon Pricing in Germany and Spain: An Assessment with EMuSe
Authors: Hinterlang Natascha
Published: September 2023

Using the dynamic, three-region environmental multi-sector general equilibrium model EMuSe, we find that pricing carbon in Germany or Spain only leads to a permanent negative effect on output in these economies. The induced emissions reduction is not large enough to overcompensate for the increase in marginal production costs. If the rest of Europe joins the carbon pricing scheme, long-run output effects are positive. However, in this case, transition costs are even larger due to close trade relations within Europe. We find evidence for carbon leakage, which can be reduced slightly by a border adjustment mechanism. Still, it is no game changer as it mainly protects dirty domestic sectors. While Germany benefits from border adjustment, Spain actually loses throughout the transition. In the long run, the Spanish energy sector benefits most because of its relatively low emission intensity. Finally, Europe has a strong incentive to get the rest of the world on board as then the downturn is shorter and long-run benefits are larger.
EXPORT AND IMPORT OPERATIONS INTERCONNECTION OF RUSSIAN REGIONS AND THEIR DIGITALIZATION LEVEL
Authors: Таусова И.Ф. , Гаранин Д.А.
Published: September 2023

В статье анализируется взаимосвязь объемов экспорта и импорта российских регионов и уровня цифрового проникновения в них. Анализ проводится с помощью инструмента регрессионного анализа данных по 70 регионам Российской Федерации. Проведенное исследование позволяет установить, что уровень цифрового проникновения, измеряемый на основе числа подключенных абонентов и интернет-трафика, является предиктором сальдированных потоков экспортно-импортных операций.

The article analyzes the relationship between the export and import volumes of Russian regions and the level of digital penetration into them. The analysis is carried out using a regression analysis tool for 70 Russian regions. The analysis allows us to establish that the level of digital penetration, measured on the basis of the number of connected subscribers and Internet traffic, is a predictor of the balanced flows of export-import operations.
IMPLEMENTATION OF MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES PERFORMANCE APPRAISAL SYSTEM BASED ON THE USE OF KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS (KPI)
Authors: Хатукай С.А. , Багова С.А. , Адамчук А.А.
Published: September 2023

Данная статья посвящена внедрению системы оценки производительности муниципальных служащих с использованием показателей ключевой эффективности (KPI). Исследование фокусируется на значимости установления всестороннего и объективного метода оценки работы муниципальных сотрудников с целью повышения эффективности и качества работы. В статье исследуется понятие KPI и его применимость к процессу оценки, подчеркивая способность показателей измерять ключевые результаты и выявлять области для улучшений. Кроме того, рассматриваются преимущества и проблемы, связанные с внедрением системы оценки производительности на основе KPI в муниципальном контексте.

The implementation of a performance evaluation system for municipal employees and the use of key performance indicators (KPIs) are considered. It has emphasized the significance of the comprehensive and objective method for assessing the work of municipal employees in order to enhance effectiveness and quality. The article explores the concept of KPIs and their applicability to the evaluation process, highlighting their ability to measure key outcomes and identify areas for improvement. The advantages and challenges associated with implementing a KPI-based performance evaluation system in the municipal context are presented.
DEVELOPMENT OF THE INVESTMENT ACTIVITY KNOWLEDGE BASED ON ONTOLOGICAL MODELING
Authors: Иващук Ю.С. , Орлянская Н.П. , Тешев В.А.
Published: September 2023

В статье рассматривается решение актуальной прикладной задачи в сфере информационных технологий: разработка базы знаний инвестиционной деятельности, в основе которой лежит онтологическое моделирование предметной области инвестирования с помощью языка OWL. А также рассматривается разработанная онтологическая модель, описывающая инвестиционную деятельность компании и позволяющая выявить практическую значимость применения онтологического моделирования в сфере финансов и инвестирования.

The article deals with the solution of an urgent applied problem in the field of information technology: the development of a knowledge base of investment activity, which is based on ontological modeling of the subject area of investment using the OWL language. The developed ontological model describing the investment activity of the company and allowing to reveal the practical significance of the application of ontological modeling in the field of finance and investment is also considered.
What Eye C Is What U Get
Authors: Fejérvári Boldizsár
Published: September 2023

Review of Gyeörgy Endre Szeőnyi, Pictura & Scriptura: Hagyományalapú kulturális reprezentációk huszadik századi elméletei (Szeged: JATEPress, 2004)
Crisis of Identity
Authors: Alvarez Maria Antonia
Published: September 2023

Review of Floyd Collins, Seamus Heaney: The Crisis of Identity (Newark: University of Delaware Press, 2003)
Fuel-wood characteristics of some species from natural forests of India
Authors: Jain R. , Singh Bajarang
Published: September 2023

Instantaneous fuel-wood extractions have led to the widespread degradation of the natural forests of north India. It is therefore suggested for beating the gaps in forest areas by massive afforestations of those species, which stand for a relatively good in fuel-wood characteristics. Wood samples of twenty-four tropical tree species were collected and analyzed for various fuel-wood properties such as density, calorific value, moisture, ash, silica and carbon contents. Based on the aggregate quality, i.e., fuel value index, Indigofera cassioides Rottle ex DC., Hesperethusa crenulata Roem., Securinega virosa Pox. Hoffm., Gardenia lucida Roxb., Randia brandisi Linn., and Randia dumetorum Lam. were found relatively good in descending order. These species are recommended for fuel-wood plantation, however, many second order species may be tried if they could perform a relatively fast growth and high biomass yield in short rotations and have better coppicing abilities. These assorted species are suitable for central M.P., eastern U.P. and Doon Valley (Uttaranchal) regions of India.
Plant Protective and Growth Promoting Effects of Seed Endophytes in Soybean Plants
Authors: Kim Jiwon , Ahn Seong-Ho , Yang Ji Sun , Choi Seonwoo , Jung Ho Won , Jeon Junhyun
Published: September 2023

Seed-borne diseases reduce not only the seed germination and seedling growth but also seed quality, resulting in the significant yield loss in crop production. Plant seed harbors diverse microbes termed endophytes other than pathogens inside it. However, their roles and application to agricultures were rarely understood and explored to date. Recently, we had isolated from soybean seeds culturable endophytes exhibiting in-vitro antagonistic activities against common bacterial and fungal seed-borne pathogens. In this study, we evaluated effects of seed treatment with endophytes on plant growth and protection against the common seed-borne pathogens: four fungal pathogens (Cercospora sojina, C. kikuchii, Septoria glycines, Diaporthe eres) and two bacterial pathogens (Xanthomonas axonopodis pv. glycines, Pseudomonas syringae pv. tabaci). Our experiments showed that treatment of soybean seeds with seed endophytes clearly offer protection against seed-borne pathogens. We also found that some of the endophytes promote plant growth in addition to the disease suppression. Taken together, our results demonstrate agricultural potential of seed endophytes in crop protection.
Feature selection in text classification: Identifying spurious words with causal inference methods
Authors: Zhao Zixuan , Li Hengzhuang , Chen Jinxuan , Li Yang , Song Jiayun
Published: September 2023

As has been scrutinized by many, non-causal model may contain spurious correlations that act like shortcuts during the prediction phase, undermining cross-domain accuracy. This can be caused by biased training data that contains spurious words with neutral meanings yet can induce the model to predict wrongly. Based on this assumption, we propose a series of methods to detect these spurious words before feeding the model with the training data. We used advanced causal inference methods which are arising novas in recent studies, such as propensity score matching and inverse propensity score weighting to facilitate the feature selection before training. We experimented with multiple approaches to estimate propensity scores and got profound improvements. We further experimented with BERT model to evaluate the effectiveness of feature selection and find that the model performance with in-domain and out-of-domain testing samples is boosted after we remove the spurious words detected by our methods in the training data.
Sentiment Classification on tweets Based on LSTM with variants and BERT finetune
Authors: Yang Haoyuan , Cai Wenyu , Liu Qizheng
Published: September 2023

Covid-19 is a new type of epidemic, we performed sentiment classification tasks on Covid-19 tweets using different machine learning models. The famous pre-training models are not trained with the text relevant to COVID-19, a new kind of virus appearing at December 2019. The twitter posts with such a topic also have not been applied to test the performance of existing pre-training models and neural networks well. In our experiment, we used LSTM and Transformer to do the sentiment analysis (quinary classification) with a dataset including those twitter posts and tried different hyperparameters and models to improve the performance of classification. We finally found that the Transformer performs better than LSTM with an extra softmax layer in the encoder part, and the bidirectional transformer with 4 hidden layer and dropout 0.2 provides the best results among all hyperparameters we have tested. With the finetune of BERT,we got the best performance with the accuracy over 85%.
Autonomous driving in the crowded area
Authors: Zheng Haoran , Yu Yishan , Wu Congzheng , Chen Zhuolei
Published: September 2023

With the concept of letting the vehicle perform all the driving tasks without human intervention, autonomous driving has become a popular concept in recent decades. Our project focuses on safe navigation in a crowded environment by predicting obstacles, planning routes, and avoiding collisions. Our project successfully fulfilled our goal, and due to its customizable characteristics, it can also provide a base and platform for more complicated and advanced projects.
Research of varying patterns of CO2 emissions in 182 countries based on K-means method
Authors: Zhou Wenchang , Zhou Jiangmeng , Hu Gaoyuan
Published: September 2023

Global climate change caused by greenhouse gases is becoming more and more serious, and many countries have proposed their own carbon neutrality goals in response to this problem. Although there are discrepancies in carbon emissions in different countries due to factors such as population, economy, technology, etc., from the perspective of the status quo and development trend, there should be certain similarities in carbon emissions between different countries. Therefore, the primary purpose of the analysis is to explore similar patterns from aggregate and per-capita CO2 emissions from oil production and other field data in 182 countries using the K-means cluster analysis technique. The results revealed the existence of similar CO2 emission patterns and divided all countries into 4 clusters. Furthermore, we analyzed CO2 emission patterns for each cluster separately and discussed the reasons and potential relationships behind each emission pattern based on the results. The research provides a novel way to analyze global CO2 emissions by applying taxonomic methods and provides insightful information to the international community for future low-carbon development.
Analysis of the trimming methods in olympics diving competitions
Authors: Gu Honglei , Zhou Yicheng , Jia Junran , Gao Yuanji
Published: September 2023

The Olympics is the most well-known sports event in the world. With the aim to ensure fairness, the Olympics has some of the strictest scoring methods in the world. However, unlike track and field where the timing and length can be precisely measured, diving has a more subjective judging procedure. Each judge gives their scores based on their own evaluation of the specific dive. Under such scoring methods, it is reasonable to suspect that the scores are influenced by the judges personal bias. For example, judges may favor their own countrymen or score the competitors lower. In order to reduce the negative effects of such bias, different scoring systems are used in diving in multiple Olympics. Using Sydney 2000 Summer Olympics' and Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympics' data sets, we investigate the phenomenon of nationalistic judging bias and compare different scoring methods' abilities in handling bias. Using three different tests, we discovered that the Mean method is the worst in resisting judging bias. The other three trimming methods were found to withstand the effect of bias successfully in different circumstances, and none of them stands up against judging bias well at all times. Further research with more abundant data is needed before we could obtain a solid conclusion about the most effective scoring system to be used in diving competitions.
The COVERED FACE: FaceNet-based partially occluded person recognition - on attention mechanism
Authors: Feng Xiaopeng , Zhou Boyun
Published: September 2023

This paper investigates the problem of improving the recognition accuracy of partially occluded faces. We aim to insert the attention mechanism blocks into the FaceNet to improve its recognition capability. FaceNet has excellent performance as a general-purpose face recognition system. However, recognizing faces with incomplete facial features is a challenge for feature extraction networks. To overcome this weakness and improve the recognition range of FaceNet, this paper proposes to incorporate the attention mechanism in the feature extraction network so that the attention of the model will be focused on the face features that are not occluded. The addition of the attention mechanism makes the application scenario of FaceNet more flexible and improves the anti-interference ability and robustness of the model. The results show that FaceNet trained by non-specific target dataset can improve the performance after adding the attention mechanism. In detail, the improvement in recognition for regular datasets is small. Nevertheless, the performance of the model is significantly improved for certain datasets with extreme conditions, such as face images with occlusions. In general, inserting the attention mechanism blocks in FaceNet can improve its value and expand its usage environment.
An Analysis of the Research Literature on Private English Education in Korea
Authors:   Center for Educational Research, Kim Hyun Jung , Lee Sang-Ki
Published: September 2023

This study analyzed the research literature in the field of private English education conducted in Korea thus far. To accomplish this, databases such as RISS and KCI were searched, resulting in the extraction of a total of 143 studies. These studies were scrutinized to analyze the research trends, with a focus on participants, research methods, and topics. It was found that the majority of the studies focused on elementary and middle school students, and quantitative research methods were predominantly utilized. In terms of research topics, six central themes emerged. This paper delves into more detailed findings and discusses implications for future English education.
Thực trạng tự chăm sóc của người bệnh đái tháo đường típ 2 tại Bệnh viện Đa khoa thị xã Bỉm Sơn, tỉnh Thanh Hóa
Authors: Ngô Thị Thanh Thủy , Trương Tuấn Anh
Published: September 2023

Mục tiêu: Mô tả thực trạng tự chăm sóc của người bệnh đái tháo đường típ 2 tại Bệnh viện Đa khoa thị xã Bỉm Sơn, tỉnh Thanh Hóa năm 2023.
Đối tượng và phương pháp nghiên cứu: Nghiên cứu mô tả cắt ngang trên 105 người bệnh đái tháo đường típ 2 đang điều trị tại phòng khám ngoại trú, Bệnh viện Đa khoa thị xã Bỉm Sơn từ tháng 4 đến tháng 6 năm 2023.
Kết quả: Điểm trung bình tự chăm sóc của người bệnh theo bộ câu hỏi SDSCA là 4,29 ± 0,38 điểm, trong đó điểm cao nhất là 5,07, điểm thấp nhất là 3,09. Trong số những hoạt động tự chăm sóc, hoạt động tuân thủ dùng thuốc được người bệnh thực hiện tốt nhất với tỷ lệ thực hiện là 100% (điểm trung bình là 7,0 ± 0,00). Tiếp đến là hoạt động chăm sóc bàn chân, có 63,8% đối tượng thực hiện thường xuyên (điểm trung bình là 5,44 ± 0,8). Hoạt động kiểm tra đường máu tại nhà chưa được người bệnh chú trọng, chỉ có 2 người bệnh thực hiện kiểm tra đường máu thường xuyên tại nhà (điểm trung bình 0,61 ± 0,92). Tỷ lệ thực hành tự chăm sóc chưa tốt cao (98,1%).
Kết luận: Thực trạng thực hành tự chăm sóc của người bệnh đái tháo đường típ 2 tại Bệnh viện đa khoa thị xã Bỉm Sơn, tỉnh Thanh Hóa còn thấp. Cần tư vấn, giáo dục sức khỏe góp phần nâng cao kiến thức, thực hành tự chăm sóc cho người bệnh đái tháo đường típ 2.
The luminous transmittance of the quartz-glass fiber posts is superior to glass fiber posts
Authors: CP Pasmadjian Ana , N Diógenes Alysson , P Perin Camila , Pierdoná Juliana , VML Rezende Liliana , R Madalena Isabela , Baratto-Filho Flares , F da Cunha Leonardo
Published: September 2023

Fiber-reinforced prefabricated intraarticular posts have gained popularity due to several favorable characteristics for clinical use compared to metallic intraradicular posts. Aim: To evaluate the light transmission capacity of two types of fiber posts, using two different methods. Materials and Method: The posts were divided into two groups: experimental group - quartz-glass fiber posts (n=10) and control group – glass fiber posts (n=10). The light transmittance of the samples was compared by means of light intensity test by photographs and ultraviolet-visible spectrophotometer. This test was analyzed by thirds: coronal, middle, and apical. The spectophotometer tested the luminous transmittance along the length of the post. The statistical analysis was conducted with a significance level of 0.05. Results: Light transmission was 97% on the coronal third, 68% in the middle third, and 27.66% in the apical third in the posts of the experimental group. In the posts of the control group, the light transmission was 95.33% in the coronal third, 80.66% in the middle third, and 41.33% in the apical third. Light transmission was significantly higher in the middle third of the posts of the experimental group when compared to the control group (p<0.05). The luminous transmittance of the posts of the experimental group was 97.4% with wavelengths of 400 nm, 97% at 450 and 500 nm, and 96.9% at 550 nm. In the posts of the control group, the luminous transmittance was 72.3% with wavelengths of 400 nm, 68.6% at 450 nm; 64.6% at 500 nm and 61.5% at 550 nm. The posts of the experimental group demonstrated significantly higher light transmittance than the control group (p<0.001). Conclusion: the luminous transmittance of quartz-glass fiber posts is higher than glass fiber posts.
Turing and Van Gogh walk into a bar
Authors:   , Berkelmans Guus Arend
Published: September 2023

Over 700,000 people a year. That's how many people die due to suicide worldwide. It is therefore incredibly important to implement effective prevention interventiosn. However, for most of these interventions it is crucial to know which subgroups in the population to target.

The first part of this thesis focuses entirely on this problem, and approaches it through the lens of big data. Using data from Statistics Netherlands we start out looking at demographic data, and whether we can identify groups of high risk by their demographic features. We find many of these groups, such as men, those of middle age, those on benefits, and those living alone. We then consider whether there are intersections of these populations that are at higher risk than you would expect if these risk factors act independently. Again we find multiple unexpected groups such as male widowers, and people with a low level of education between ages 25 and 40. We subsequently looked at medication usage, and found that a great deal of classes of medication were associated with a heightened risk of suicde.

The second part focuses on the theoretical questions that arose in relation to the first part: how do you decide which features to include, is it possible to quantify dependence between observer variables? We started out designing a measure of dependence which answers the second of these questions. We showed it had a number of basic properties you would expect such a measure to have, and showed none of the reasonably commonly used measures have these properties. We then extended this to a measure of feature importance by considering how much a feature contributes to the dependency of the outcome on "coalitions" of features. We then examined certain basic properties and showed our notion of feature importance satisfied all of them, whereas most other feature importance methods had less than half, with none having more than 13 of the 20 properties.
PENGETAHUAN PENGOBATAN MANDIRI PENGGUNAAN JERUK NIPIS (CITRUS AURANTIFOLIA) SEBAGAI OBAT BATUK PADA MASYARAKAT DESA KURIPAN KIDUL
Authors: Asniatu Umi Maghfiroh  , Ainun Mutoharoh  , Yulian Wahyu Permadi  , Dwi upa Bagus Pambudi
Published: September 2023

Cough is a common disease that generally gains less attention since people think that cough can disappear by itself without any particular treatment. Cough requires treatment if its symptoms disturb the patients a lot. Patients can treat cough by doing self-medication. Self-medication is the selection and use of drugs for minor illnesses or self-recognized symptoms without any prescription from doctors. The purpose of this study was to determine the correlation of the understanding level of successful clinical outcomes and self-medication using lime as a cough medicine. This research employed a survey method with questionnaires distributed directly. The sampling technique being used was purposive sampling. The data were analysed with univariate and bivariate analyses with Chi Square test. The results of this study showed that the respondents had good level of understanding (99%). However, there was no significant correlation neither between the understanding level and clinical outcomes, nor between the understanding level and self-medication with the probability of Chi Square of 0.568 < Chi Square of 3.841 and the value of Chi Square of 3.199 < Chi Square of 7.581.
Services of Radio Pakistan in the Promotion of Urdu Language & Literature
Authors: Akbar Dr. Sumaira , Malik Dr. Abdul Aziz , Sarfraz Dr. Rabia
Published: September 2023

Radio is one of the most amazing and effective inventions of the last century. Radio Pakistan came into being with the independence of Pakistan in 1947. From the very beginning, Radio Pakistan made many efforts for the promotion and development of Urdu language, consciously and unconsciously. Urdu programs were started from Radio Pakistan to acquaint people with Urdu language. Later, Urdu experts were hired to correct the accent and pronunciation of Urdu language. The services of Radio Pakistan are very important in popularizing Urdu poetry through music. Drama is an important genre of literature and radio played an important role in bringing and popularizing Urdu drama to the masses. Many radio dramas of Radio Pakistan were later published in book form and proved to be an important addition to Urdu literature. Another important service of Radio Pakistan in relation to the promotion of Urdu language and literature is the publication of the Urdu radio magazine "Ahang". "Ahang" is the only Urdu magazine of Pakistan which has been continuously published since 1948. In short, services of Radio Pakistan for the promotion of Urdu language and literature have been assessed thoroughly.
Wearable technology data-based sleep and chronic disease relationship
Authors: BIRINCI Suayip
Published: September 2023

Objective: The aim of the study was to examine the cross-sectional relationship between sleep duration and 12 chronic diseases

(obesity risk, diabetes, asthma, renal failure, hypertensive diseases, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, cardiovascular diseases,

ischaemic heart disease, pulmonary heart disease, immunodeficiencies and immune system disorders) by transferring the data to the

national electronic patient record system through wearable device technology.

Materials and Methods: The data of the study were obtained from the Ministry of Health “Turkey National Personal Health Record

System” (The “e-Nabız”). Between 30.03.2023 and 28.05.2023, 315448 data from 27847 people (15167 male) were collected and

analysed on the basis of province, rural status, age group, gender and presence of chronic diseases and average, minimum (min),

maximum (max) sleep duration. Descriptive statistics, chi-square analysis, Independent Samples t-Test, One-way Analysis of Variance

and Pearson’s correlation coefficient were used.

Results: The max. and average sleep duration were significantly shorter in men. Max. sleep duration decreased while the average sleep

duration increased with increasing age. Participants with asthma, chronic renal failure and cerebrovascular diseases had decreased

average sleep duration. The frequency of those who slept for 7-8 hours, which is the ideal sleep duration, is lower in all chronic diseases.

Conclusion: Most of the common chronic diseases may affect the sleep duration times and quality, which may further affect the

prognosis of these patients.
Формування нової парадигми світового господарства та вплив глобальних трансформацій на економіку суб’єктів зовнішньоекономічної діяльності
Authors: Болдовська К. П.
Published: September 2023

Розкрито особливості формування нової моделі міжнародної економічної системи і парадигми інформаційної економіки, розглянуті актуальні проблеми світової економіки в контексті інтеграційних і глобалізаційних процесів, виявлено головні фактори, тенденції і перспективи світогосподарського розвитку, досліджено вплив сучасних глобальних трансформацій на економіку підприємств-суб’єктів ЗЕД. Актуальність статті полягає у висвітленні особливостей становлення сучасної парадигми світового господарства та ключових аспектів глобальних економічних трансформацій у контексті їх впливу на економіку країн і суб’єктів господарювання. Методологія дослідження представлена методами теоретичного узагальнення, монографічним, абстрактно-логічним. Результати дослідження полягають у характеристиці сучасної парадигми світової економіки, ідентифікації викликів для світового господарства та дослідженні впливу глобальних економічних трансформацій на суб'єкти міжнародного бізнесу. Практична цінність дослідження полягає в тому, що врахування сучасних реалій і тенденцій світогосподарського розвитку, глобальних економічних викликів і трансформацій дозволить підприємствам-суб’єктам ЗЕД досягти більшого успіху на зовнішніх ринках і посилити конкурентні переваги у міжнародному бізнесі.
Формування комплексу креативного менеджменту в системі маркетингу підприємства
Authors: Левицький В. В.
Published: September 2023

У статті досліджено основні напрями формування комплексу креативного менеджменту в системі маркетингу підприємства як елемент адаптації його постійних змін зовнішнього середовища. Визначено головні підходи до поняття «креативний менеджмент» та його взаємозв’язок із системою маркетингу підприємства на основі впровадження нових ефективних маркетингових методів й інструментів. Сформовано основні елементи, завдання та складові комплексу креативного менеджменту в системі маркетингу підприємства та організаційний підхід до генерації ідей, їх відбору та структурування нових знань, впровадження перспективних маркетингових креативних інновацій відповідно до його стратегічного напрямів розвитку. Крім того, запропоновано організацію системи маркетингової діяльності в тісній взаємодії з іншими функціональними підрозділами підприємства та його менеджментом для реалізації більш гнучкої децентралізованої організаційної структури з можливістю швидкого прийняття рішень на основі реалізації комплексу креативного менеджменту.
Addison’s Crisis or Momordica Charantia Extract: Which Caused Shock?
Authors: DİŞEL Rana , TAŞKIN Ömer , EVRAN Mehtap , AKDAY Ufuk , AÇIKALIN Ayça
Published: September 2023

Aim: Addison’s crisis is extremely rare entity that is difficult to diagnose in the emergency department. Here we present a case of Addison’s crisis diagnosed in the emergency department who complained of vomiting after consuming extract of Momordica charantia fruit for gastric pain.

Case: A 29-year-old female was admitted to the emergency department with complaints of nausea and vomiting after consuming Momordica charantia extract for stomach pain. The patient had tachypnea, tachycardia, hypoglycemia, and hypotension. Blood tests revealed elevated anion gap (24 mEq/L) metabolic acidosis, +4 acetone, normokalemia, and hyponatremia. Although it was impossible to exclude intoxication immediately, 100 mg hydrocortisone was given IV due to possible Addison’s crisis after obtaining blood samples for hormone testing and excluding other causes of shock. The tests revealed very high ACTH (1.250 pg/mL) and low cortisol (1.23 ug/dL) levels, and the patient was diagnosed with primary adrenal insufficiency.

Conclusion: This case illustrates the importance of comprehensive examination and management of profound hypotension and hypoglycemia in the emergency department and of emergency physicians diagnosing and initiating appropriate treatment for Addison’s crisis.
Acil Servis Sağlık Çalışanlarında COVID-19 Dönemindeki Yaşam Kalitesinin Algılanan Strese Etkisi
Authors: OFLAZ Ali , FİLİZ Emel , ERİŞEN Mehmet Akif
Published: September 2023

Amaç: Araştırmanın amacı, COVID-19 pandemisinde acil serviste görevli sağlık çalışanlarının yaşam kalitesinin algılanan stres üzerine etkisini incelemektir.

Gereç ve Yöntemler: Araştırmanın evreni 265 kişiden oluşmaktadır. Örnekleme yapılmadan tüm evrene ulaşılması hedeflenmiş ve 201 kişiye ulaşılabilmiştir. Araştırma verileri anket formu kullanılarak yüz yüze görüşme yöntemi ile toplanmıştır. Anket formu katılımcı bilgi formu, COV19-QoLTR ölçeği ve algılanan stres ölçeği olmak üzere 3 bölümden oluşmaktadır. Verilerin analizinde IBM SPSS 27 programı yardımıyla parametrik testlerden yararlanılmıştır.

Bulgular: Araştırma katılımcılarının %57,7’sini kadınlar, %47,8’ini lisans mezunu kişiler, %63,2’sini hemşireler, %70,6’sını 5 yıl ve daha az süredir çalışanlar ve %83,1’ini vardiyalı çalışanlar oluşturmaktadır. Araştırmada evli olanların, ortalama üstünde yaşa sahip olanların ve pandemi sebebiyle bir yakınını kaybetmiş olanların COV19-QoLTR puan ortalamalarının anlamlı düzeyde daha yüksek olduğu görülmüştür. Ayrıca vardiyalı çalışan personelin sabit mesaide çalışanlara göre ve doktorların da hemşire ve diğer sağlık personeline göre algılanan stres ölçeğinden daha yüksek puanlara sahip olduğu ortaya konmuştur.

Sonuç: Araştırma sonucunda acil sağlık çalışanlarında COVID-19 pandemisinin yaşam kalitesi üzerindeki olumsuz etkisinin algılanan stresi anlamlı şekilde etkilediği ve artırdığı tespit edilmiştir.

" *Bu makale “7. Uluslararası Sağlık Bilimleri ve Yönetimi Kongresinde (16-19 Haziran 2022/İstanbul/Türkiye)” özet bildiri olarak sunulmuştur."
Determination of Emergency Physicians' Level of Knowledge about Shoulder Dislocation and Reduction
Authors: BÜYÜK Faruk , KAHRAMAN Fatih Ahmet , ÇAMCI Melih , TANRIVERDİ Fatih , YILDIRIM Çağdaş , PAMUKÇU GÜNAYDIN Gül , ERGİN Mehmet
Published: September 2023

Aim: Since the shoulder joint is the most active, mobile, and dislocated joint in the body, shoulder dislocations are one of the common admitting diagnoses in emergency departments. Our study aimed to determine the level of knowledge of emergency physicians about recognizing shoulder dislocation, shoulder reduction, the technique of choice, and the treatment process of shoulder dislocation.

Material and Methods: This is a questionnaire-based study in which it was aimed to enroll emergency residents, specialists, and academicians working in emergency departments between September 2021 and December 2021. The participants were surveyed with a multiple-choice questionnaire to determine their demographic characteristics and educational state as well as to rate their theoretical and practical knowledge of shoulder dislocation and reduction. The statistical analyses were performed using IBM SPSS for Windows 16.0 software package, and p
ISTIGFAR THERAPY AS SELF-CONTROL
Authors: Fara Adelia , Septadina Indri Seta
Published: September 2023

Self-control is one of the personal competencies that every individual needs to have. Good behavior, constructive, and harmony with others are influenced by the individual's ability to control himself. Self-control that is well-developed in individuals will help individuals resist behavior contrary to social norms. Self-control is an individual's ability to inhibit or prevent an impulse from appearing in the form of behavior that violates or is contrary to moral standards. Self-control as organizing, guiding, regulating, and directing forms of behavior that can lead individuals to positive consequences. According to the researcher, istighfar is suitable for the client because of the meaning of asking for forgiveness from all mistakes. The problem experienced by the client is one of the mistakes, namely (cursing at his friends). This Istighfar also mentions that God is the best of human guardians. Someone asks forgiveness from Allah and asks for protection and care to protect him from bad and despicable traits. Istighfar is very important for humans. Not only because humans have a more excellent opportunity to sin, but also because Allah SWT repeatedly commands both through His words in the Qur'an and the mouth of His messenger (Rasulullah SAW).
THE EFFECT OF CUPPING THERAPY ON HEMOGLOBIN LEVELS IN SMOKERS AND NON-SMOKERS
Authors: Iffat Firdauzi Syadza , Kusumawinakhyu Titik
Published: September 2023

Cupping therapy, known as bekam in Arabic and blood cupping in English, is a therapeutic practice mentioned in Islamic teachings and hadiths. It is believed to have health benefits and is recommended for healing. One hadith state: There are three remedies for healing: cupping, drinking honey, and cauterizing with fire. But I forbid my followers from cauterizing with fire (Narrated by Bukhari). Based on this hadith, cupping therapy is considered beneficial for health and treatment.  The aim of this study is determining the effect of cupping therapy on hemoglobin levels in smokers and non-smokers.  This study employed a quantitative research design with an observational approach using a one-time pretest and posttest without control group design. The research sample was obtained through simple random sampling and consisted of 30 individuals, including smokers and non-smokers. Primary data were collected directly from the cupping therapy procedure, while secondary data were obtained from physical examinations of the respondents. There is no effect of cupping therapy on hemoglobin levels in smokers and non-smokers.
IMPROVING THE SKILLS OF CHOOSING DRUGS USING THE CBIA METHOD IN THE COMMUNITY OF MAJELIS TAKLIM NURUZHOLAM CILEMPUYANG VILLAGE
Authors: Lailiah Muhibatul , Nurfauzi Yuhansyah , Kumala Swandari Mika Tri
Published: September 2023

Housewives are the "key person" in the use of drugs at home (Handayani, 2018). According to the results of a survey conducted by researchers in January 2022, the percentage of the Nuruzholam Taklim congregation who practice self-medication or self-medication is 69%. The use of over-the-counter and over-the-counter medicines was limited by 63%, which kept the medicine 57% and 58.7% disposed of the medicine incorrectly. The CBIA (Community Based Interactive Approach) program can be a solution to existing problems. CBIA is one of the community empowerment activities that can be used to educate the wider community about the selection and use of drugs that are suitable for self-medication or the use of over-the-counter drugs and limited over-the-counter drugs or those included in OTC (over-the-counter) (Bela & Suryawati, 2016). This study aims to determine the knowledge and skills of using drugs and to determine the effect of applying the CBIA method to increase knowledge about drugs in the Majelis Taklim Nuruzholam. This research method is quantitative research with Quasi-Experimental Design, one-group pretest-posttest. Sampling using purposive sampling method obtained 60 respondents who have met the inclusion and exclusion criteria. Analysis of the data used is statistical test paired t-test and get a significance value (2-tailed) of 0.000 <0.05, indicating a significant difference between the pretest-posttest values. The CBIA program is effective in increasing knowledge of the Majelis Taklim Nuruzholam Community in Cilempuyang Hamlet.