bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Association between Stress and Sexual Problems among married Indian Males
Authors: Arya Rekha , Patel Ashok Kumar , Shukla Neelam , Gupta Kavita
Published: January 2020

The present study focused on the association of stress and sexual problems among married Indian Males. Stress is defined as a state of negative emotions, anxiety and insecurity which could be caused by lack of fulfillment of physical, social and psychological demands of the body that could result into negative behavioral and mental health problems. The specific objective of the study was to explore the relationship of stress and sexual problems in terms of symptom distress, social and interpersonal among 3 sample groups, viz., Psychosexually deviated, dysfunctional group and healthy subjects. The present associative, cross-sectional and comparative study was conducted at different hospitals located in Urban area of Indore and Nagpur with a sample size of 225 males (75 psychosexually deviated, 75 psychosexually dysfunctional, 75 psychosexually healthy married males) in the age group of 20-40 years by adminitering Outcome Questionnaire®-45.2 (OQ®-45.2) developed by Dr. Michael Lambert.The study indicated that significant high symptom distress existed among psychosexually dysfunctional group as compared to the deviation and the healthy group. The results showed that stress had a significant association wih Psychosexually dysfunctional group as compared to the deviation and the healthy group.
The Establishment of an Intravenous Conscious Sedation Service for Adult Patients in a Primary Dental Care Setting
Authors: Binnie Rebecca SL , Robb Nigel D , Manton Sarah L , Bonsor Stephen J
Published: January 2020

Dental anxiety is common within the population and can detrimentally affect the delivery of dental care for those patients affected. Non-pharmacological-based behaviour management techniques are available to the clinician but may not be sufficient or applicable for every patient. In such cases, intravenous conscious sedation with midazolam has been demonstrated to be safe, effective and well tolerated. The present article reviews the criteria and guidance which must be addressed by the dental team when establishing an intravenous conscious sedation service in a primary dental care setting.

CPD/Clinical Relevance: General dental practitioners may wish to consider establishing a conscious sedation service in their practices to facilitate the care of nervous patients or those undergoing prolonged, unpleasant treatments such as surgical procedures. The present paper aims to highlight the considerations which require to be addressed in order to establish such a service for adult patients using intravenous midazolam.
Safe medicine storage advice
Authors: Frankova Helena
Published: January 2020

What does the Care Quality Commission look for when assessing GP practices' use and storage of medicines? We examine advice published by the regulator on this important subject
Polarization-coded material classification in automotive LIDAR aiming at safer autonomous driving implementations
Authors: Nunes-Pereira E. J. , Peixoto H. , Teixeira J. , Santos J.
Published: January 2020

LIDAR sensors are one of the key enabling technologies for the wide acceptance of autonomous driving implementations. Target identification is a requisite in image processing, informing decision making in complex scenarios. The polarization from the backscattered signal provides an unambiguous signature for common metallic car paints and can serve as one-point measurement for target classification. This provides additional redundant information for sensor fusion and greatly alleviates hardware requirements for intensive morphological image processing. Industry decision makers should consider polarization-coded LIDAR implementations. Governmental policy makers should consider maximizing the potential for polarization-coded material classification by enforcing appropriate regulatory legislation. Both initiatives will contribute to faster (safer, cheaper, and more widely available) advanced driver-assistance systems and autonomous functions. Polarization-coded material classification in automotive applications stems from the characteristic signature of the source of LIDAR backscattering: specular components preserve the degree of polarization while diffuse contributions are predominantly depolarizing.
Membrane-free acoustic sensing based on an optical fiber Mach–Zehnder interferometer
Authors: Zhu Wenhua , Li Danyang , Liu Jiaojiao , Wang Ruohui
Published: January 2020

Traditional optical fiber acoustic sensors are mostly based on mechanical diaphragms and use indirect coupling between the acoustic and optical signals. The detectable frequency range and sound pressure range of such a sensor have limitations because they are influenced by the membrane or a mechanically deformable material. In this paper, a Mach–Zehnder interferometer-based membrane-free acoustic sensing method is developed. The sensing principle relies on direct detection of sound-pressure-induced changes of the refractive index in the open cavity. This enables an inherently flat frequency response over a broad bandwidth. Simulation and experiment were carried out to verify and demonstrate the idea. The results show that the membrane-free acoustic sensor has a flat frequency response from 500 Hz to 20 kHz.
High gain and low excess noise InGaAs/InP avalanche photodiode with lateral impact ionization
Authors: Wang Runqi , Tian Yang , Li Qian , Zhao Yanli
Published: January 2020

In this paper, modeling for a lateral impact ionization InGaAs/InP avalanche photodiode (APD) has been performed based on a device simulator, i.e., Silvaco ATLAS. Compared with traditional APDs, the lateral impact ionized APD has much higher gains as well as lower excess noise. The internal gain for our newly proposed lateral APD is over 1000—near the breakthrough voltage. In addition, the excess noise characteristic of this device is also discussed with three-dimensional dead space multiplication theory, and the calculated effective

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value is obviously lower than traditional InGaAs/InP APDs. Because of the high gain and low excess noise characteristics, the proposed APD can be widely applied for optical detection with high sensitivity.
Simple approach for Doppler frequency shift estimation based on a dual-polarization quadrature phase shift keying (DP-QPSK) modulator
Authors: Li Jinye , Yu Wenqi , Zhang Zhike , Lin Tao , Dai Shuangxing , Liu Jianguo
Published: January 2020

A simple approach to estimating microwave Doppler frequency shift (DFS) based on a single dual-polarization quadrature phase shift keying (DP-QPSK) modulator is proposed and experimentally demonstrated. The scheme is capable of estimating both the value and direction of the DFS simultaneously and precisely owing to the introduction of the reference signal. In the proposed approach, the transmitted signal (microwave carrier) and the reference signal are loaded on the upper branch of the DP-QPSK modulator to generate carrier suppression double-sideband signals, respectively, while the echo signal is loaded on the lower branch of the DP-QPSK modulator to perform carrier suppression single-sideband modulation. Then optical sidebands of two branches are combined and sent to a low-speed photodetector to heterodyne. The value of the DFS is equivalent to the frequency of the beat signal between the transmitted and reference signals; meanwhile, the direction can be distinguished by comparing the frequency of the beat signal between the transmitted and reference signals with the frequency of the beat signal between the echo and reference signals. In the experiment, the accurate measurement of DFSs from

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at the carrier frequencies of 15, 20, 35, and 39 GHz is implemented with errors less than

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Study of polarization memory’s impact on detection range in natural water fogs
Authors: Tremblay Grégoire , Roy Gilles
Published: January 2020

The influence of the initial polarization state of a source on the detection range of a system probing through natural dense water fog is analyzed. Information about the source is conveyed by ballistic, snake, and highly scattered photons. During propagation, the polarization state of ballistic and snake photons is not altered. It is shown that though circular polarization is not altered by simple direction changes during scattering, and has thus a tendency to be preserved longer in the highly scattered photons, it does not necessarily convey more useful information about the source than linear polarization or even an unpolarized beam. It is also shown that in any forward propagating system that can be described by the small-angle approximation the impact of polarization memory can be neglected.
Three-degree-of-freedom autocollimator based on a combined target reflector
Authors: Guo Yan , Cheng Haobo , Wen Yongfu , Feng Yunpeng
Published: January 2020

As an angle measuring instrument, the traditional autocollimator has the ability to measure the two-degree-of-freedom angles, namely, pitch and yaw, but fails to measure the roll angle. In this study, we propose a novel autocollimator that can simultaneously measure the three-degree-of-freedom (3-DOF) angles. As a key component, a combined target reflector (CTR) is meticulously designed to split the collimated laser beam into two beams. The 3-DOF angle measurement is achieved by sensing the displacements of the two beam spots reflected from the CTR. The measurement principle and simulation analysis are presented in detail. Experiments are conducted to assess the performance of the proposed autocollimator, and the results indicate that it has an accuracy of better than 0.74 arcsec over a range of

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, and it can be used for 3-DOF angular motion error measurement of a precision displacement stage.
Incoherent detection sensor design approach using Gaussian optics
Authors: Mudge Jason
Published: January 2020

An incoherent optical detection sensor (often referred to as energy or direct detection sensor) used for remote detection and ranging purposes is a useful tool. While the accuracy and robustness of an incoherent sensor relative to a coherent sensor may be lacking particularly in cluttered environments, it has a place in the world due to its simplicity and performance. With this, a best design approach is sought to meet requirements in a stochastic fashion. In developing the design approach, motivations are borrowed from decades of research in radar systems. This article provides a sensor- or top-level design approach for an incoherent optical detection sensor based mainly on paths developed in radar.
Photonic instantaneous microwave frequency measurement with adjustable measurement range based on an electro-optical polarization modulator
Authors: Guo Yanting , Ma Jianxin
Published: January 2020

This paper presents a simple photonic-assisted instantaneous microwave frequency measurement approach with an adjustable measurement range. In our scheme, different polarization processing is performed on the upper and the lower branches, and then the powers of the two branches are compared to obtain the amplitude comparison function (ACF), which provides the frequency-amplitude mapping. The measurement system is significantly simplified since only one polarization modulator (PolM) and one single laser source are required. In addition, our scheme achieves a larger ACF slope, which significantly increases the measurement resolution. In the simulation, a frequency measurement over the range of 3–42.8 GHz with measurement errors within

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is achieved by optimizing the dc bias voltage applied to the PolM and the polarization angle. This scheme provides a reference for measuring the unknown instantaneous frequency of the received signal from a radar system.
Laser-driven optothermal microactuator operated in water
Authors: You Qingyang , Wang Yingda , Zhang Ziyao , Zhang Haijun , Tsuchiya Toshiyuki , Tabata Osamu
Published: January 2020

This paper proposes and studies the characteristics of a laser-driven optothermal microactuator (OTMA) directly operated in water. A theoretical model of optothermal temperature rise and expansion is established, and simulations on a 1000 µm long OTMA are conducted, revealing that its arm is able to expand and contract in response to the laser pulses in a water environment. Microactuating experiments are further carried out using a microfabricated OTMA. The results demonstrate that the OTMA can be practically actuated in water by a 650 nm laser beam and that the OTMA’s deflection amplitude increases linearly with laser power. When irradiated by laser pulses with 9.9 mW power and 0.9–25.6 Hz frequencies, the OTMA achieves deflection amplitude ranging from 3.9 to 3.2 µm, respectively. The experimental results match well with theoretical model when taking the damping effect of water into account. This research may be conducive to developing particular micro-electromechanical systems or micro-optoelectromechanical devices such as underwater optothermal micromotors, micro-pumps, micro-robots, and other underwater microactuators.
Does feature integration affect resolution of multiple simultaneous forms of ambiguity?
Authors: Lange Ryan , Shevell Steven K.
Published: January 2020

Ambiguity resolution, perceptual grouping, and feature integration all occur seamlessly and subconsciously. When multiple regions of an image share ambiguous features, perceptual grouping can yield an integrated object percept rather than one of multiple objects, each with its individual features. Here, perceptual resolution and grouping of chromatically rivalrous Necker cubes were investigated in three experiments to determine the principles that underlie these coherent percepts. The first experiment showed perceptual grouping beyond independent resolution of each cube’s color and orientation, but the second experiment did not show grouping greater than expected from separate color- and orientation-grouping processes. The third experiment found no reliable difference in grouping when two features (color and orientation) were part of the same object versus when they were distributed across separate objects. These findings fail to support a role for feature conjunctions in grouping objects with multiple ambiguous features.
Prescription AR: a fully-customized prescription-embedded augmented reality display
Authors: Wu Jui-Yi , Kim Jonghyun
Published: January 2020

In this paper, we present a fully-customized AR display design that considers the user’s prescription, interpupillary distance, and taste of fashion. A free-form image combiner embedded inside the prescription lens provides augmented images onto the vision-corrected real world. The optics was optimized for each prescription level, which can reduce the mass production cost while satisfying the user’s taste. The foveated optimization method was applied which distributes the pixels in accordance with human visual acuity. Our design can cover myopia, hyperopia, astigmatism, and presbyopia, and allows the eye-contact interaction with privacy protection. A 169g dynamic prototype showed a 40° × 20° virtual image with a 23 cpd resolution at center field and 6 mm × 4 mm eye-box, with the vision-correction and varifocal (0.5-3m) capability.
Information retrieval using overlapping holograms with partial complementarity
Authors: Villa-Hernández Joan Manuel , Olivares-Pérez Arturo , Vallejo-Mendoza Rosaura , Herrán-Cuspinera Roxana María , Treviño-Palacios Carlos Gerardo
Published: January 2020

An information retrieval technique from superimposed holograms representing 2D and 3D objects using complementary fringes is presented. By adding two different computer generated holograms with quasi-complementarity information is possible to retrieve information at a specific depth.
High-peak-power 1.7 µm pulse generation by cascaded second- and third-order nonlinearity
Authors: Chen Haiwei , Huang Haitao , Wang Fei , Wang Shiqiang , Shen Deyuan
Published: January 2020

We report an efficient and novel method for generating high-peak-power 1.7 µm laser pulses by cascaded optical parametric oscillation (OPO) and stimulated Raman scattering (SRS). The 1064 nm fundamental wave was first converted to 1535 nm by the KTA OPO, and further extended to 1.7 µm by a SRS process. The configuration of OPO + SRS can provide high-intensity pumping light for subsequent Raman conversion, and allows for better wavelength expansibility benefitting from the non-phase-matching requirement of SRS. Two types of Raman conversion using the low-frequency Raman shift in KY(WO4)2 and high-frequency Raman shift in YVO4 were further studied. Up to the 8th-order cascaded KY(WO4)2 Raman laser (KRL) using the high gain 87 cm−1 Raman mode and a YVO4 Raman laser (YRL) using the 890 cm−1 Raman mode emitting at 1.7 µm were realized, respectively. The output wavelengths at 1556, 1577, 1599, 1622, 1646, 1670, 1695, 1720 nm and the output wavelength at 1778 nm were observed in the KRL and YRL, respectively. The maximum total average output powers of 1.26 W and 1.05 W, minimum pulse widths of 8.4 and 24 ns and maximum pulse peak powers of 33.3 kW and 9.4 kW were obtained respectively from the KRL and YRL, enabling the 1.7 µm laser source to have practical applicability in medical imaging, industrial processing, and mid-infrared laser generation.
Thermometry strategy developed based on fluorescence contrast driven by varying excitations in codoped LiNbO3
Authors: Long Siwei , Lin Shaopeng , Ma Decai , Zhu Yunzhong , Li Huashan , Wang Biao
Published: January 2020

We propose what we believe is a novel optical thermometry strategy (FIR-Ex) based on the fluorescence intensity ratio (FIR) between two radiations associated with the same emission peak but different excitation wavelengths, in contrast to the traditional approach (FIR-Em), which depends on the FIR at varying emission wavelengths. The temperature-dependent FIR within the FIR-Ex strategy arises from the different charge/energy evolution routes, rather than the distribution of thermally coupled levels within the FIR-Em strategy. Considerable diversity in thermal behaviors and luminescence mechanisms was demonstrated by analyzing the 618 nm red emission in

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-doped congruent

LiNbO

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(Pr:CLN) under 360 and 463 nm excitations. The temperature sensitivity was further improved via

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codoping due to the optimization of charge dynamics and energy transfer processes. Given its wide detection scope, relatively high absolute sensitivity at low temperature, and high tunability of temperature sensitivity, the FIR-Ex strategy is promising for developing optical temperature-sensing materials with high performance.
Gamification und digitalisierte Verwaltung
Authors: Piasecki Stefan
Published: January 2020

Die Digitalisierung betrifft alle Bereiche moderner Gesellschaften. Sie beeinflusst Bildung, Industrieproduktion, Arbeitsplätze und natürlich auch Freizeitaktivitäten. Ihre Wirkung zeigt sich in einem gewandelten Kommunikationsverhalten, der Ablauforganisation und vielen anderen Bereichen. Internationale Unternehmen waren die Vorreiter der Digitalisierung, aber die öffentliche Verwaltung in Deutschland hat in jüngster Zeit aufgeholt. Allerdings ist sie an Gesetze und politische Vorgaben gebunden und kann sich weniger flexibel an neue Veränderungen anpassen als privat geführte Unternehmen. Sie steht in einem permanenten Kampf um die besten Mitarbeitenden, da die Vergütung für vergleichbare Arbeiten in der Privatwirtschaft oft attraktiver ist. Sie muss daher an Formen der Einbindung von Mitarbeitenden und Hebung ihrer Innovationskraft ebenso interessiert sein wie Unternehmen. Dieser Artikel versucht, gemeinsame Herausforderungen und mögliche Vorteile der Verwendung von Spieltechniken bei der Steigerung der Motivation in der öffentlichen Verwaltung aufzuzeigen.
D. Frei Agostinho da Anunciação: um arcebispo-governador em Goa (1691-1713)
Authors: Nóbrega Gabriela
Published: January 2020

No presente artigo pretende-se estudar a figura de D. Frei Agostinho da Anunciação, arcebispo de Goa (1691-1713), em dois aspetos principais. Por um lado, o seu percurso pessoal e académico, passando pela Ordem de Cristo e pela Universidade de Coimbra. Por outro, o seu papel enquanto arcebispo de Goa (1691-1713), mas também como governador temporal do Estado da Índia (1691-1692/3 e 1701-1702/3). Ao estudar este percurso individual, procura-se debater a visão historiográfica, que destacou o papel assumido pelo clero regular, que secundarizou a ação dos bispos, arcebispos e dioceses do império português no âmbito da árdua tarefa da evangelização dos territórios ultramarinos, particularmente no continente asiático.
A figura de Heitor na Ilíada de Homero
Authors: Coutinho Carlos Luciano Silva
Published: January 2020

A Ilíada, de Homero, tem sido, ao longo de nossa história, largamente associada a uma paideiamilitar. A figura de Aquiles, em larga medida, e, mais timidamente, a figura de Heitor têm sido utilizadas para exemplificação dessa paideia. Este trabalho, todavia, pretende demonstrar como a figura de Heitor, na verdade, representa mais do que um forte guerreiro. Heitor, na Ilíada, apresenta um forte caráter de espírito. Essa força é o que lhe propicia a superação de seus próprios limites, levando-o a enfrentar forças míticas fisicamente superiores a ele. Nesse sentido, Homero faz um elogio à humanidade e fundamenta uma identidade humana no Ocidente.
Entre o logos do poeta e o logos do orador
Authors: Silva Anna Christina
Published: January 2020

É no contexto dos crimes praticados por Clitemnestra para vingar o assassinato de Ifigênia que iremos sublinhar as relações entre a intencionalidade das ações e a livre deliberação. Também iremos apontar algumas afinidades que aproximam a habilidade retórica da rainha esquiliana com os eloquentes oradores dos discursos de Antifonte. Deste modo, pretendemos mostrar que tanto o poeta quanto o filósofo colocam em questão o problema da intencionalidade dos crimes de sangue ao explicitarem através da capacidade discursiva e dialógica dos seus oradores a tensão existente entre a velha práxis da vingança e os novos códigos da legislação draconiana.
“Os mitos imitam os próprios deuses”
Authors: Barbieri Pedro
Published: January 2020

Pretendo apresentar os expedientes retóricos empregados por Salústio em seu Sobre os deuses e o mundo (séc. IV d.C.) de modo a investigar de que forma ele se insere na tradição de interpretação alegórica dos mitos e ainda indicar com quais pressupostos ele trabalha. Para tanto, examino os capítulos iniciais de sua obra e analiso os pontos principais de sua definição de mito, a necessidade de uma abordagem filosófica do mito e a tipologia mitológica que ele traça, alinhando essas passagens ao escopo mais amplo de todo o seu tratado.
A epígrafe latina como elemento didáctico (XXXVI)
Authors: D'Encarnação José
Published: January 2020

Prosseguindo a série que visa mostrar como, a partir de um monumento epigráfico, se pode aprender um Latim vivo, faz-se brevíssima síntese histórica acerca do sítio arqueológico de Tróia, donde proveio a placa funerária romana a estudar. Esse estudo permitiu avançar uma proposta de restituição do texto incompleto. Por outro lado, a singularidade da decoração deu azo a que se reflectisse sobre a possibilidade de vir a conhecer-se o seu real significado.
Noterella sulla Tabula Cerata CIL, IV, 3340, tab. XXV.
Authors: Bellucci Nikola D.
Published: January 2020

Questa nota fornisce un breve quadro espositivo circa il riconoscimento della raffigurazione di una Tabula cerata nell’opera Le case ed i monumenti di Pompei disegnati e descritti (Napoli, 1854-1896) mostrandone alcune successive vicende accademiche ed editoriali.
Prevalence of Salmonella spp. in red-footed tortoises (Chelonoidis carbonaria) from Grenada, West Indies
Authors: Sharma Ravindra Nath , Matthew-Belmar Vanessa , Nicholas-Thomas Roxane , Arya Gitanjali , Holtslander Bob , Hariharan Harry , Amadi Victor A.
Published: January 2020

Background and Aim: There is currently no published information on the prevalence of Salmonella spp. in pet red-footed tortoises in Grenada. Monitoring is essential to understand the dynamics of the epidemiology of Salmonella. This study aimed to estimate the prevalence of Salmonella spp. from pet red-footed tortoises from Grenada and to test for antimicrobial drug resistance of the isolates.

Materials and Methods: Established bacterial culture, serotyping, and antimicrobial susceptibility methods were used. Fecal samples were obtained from 114 tortoises from five parishes of Grenada, and cultured for Salmonella using enrichment and selective culture techniques. The serotyping of isolated Salmonella was performed at the Office International des Epizooties Salmonella Reference Laboratory, Guelph, Ontario, Canada. The isolates were tested for antimicrobial susceptibility in the Microbiology Laboratory of the School of Veterinary Medicine, St. George's University, Grenada.

Results: Fifteen tortoises (13.2%) out of 114 were positive for Salmonella spp. Five serovars were identified: Salmonella Javiana (6.3%), Salmonella Rubislaw (6.3%), Salmonella Saintpaul (18.75%), Salmonella Glostrup (6.3%), and S. I: Rough.O;e,h:1,2 (62.5%). All isolates were sensitive to the 12 antimicrobial drugs.

Conclusion: Three serovars (S. Javiana, S. Saintpaul, and S. Rubislaw) are known pathogens causing disease in humans. Since tortoises included in the study were pets, the tortoises may be a possible source of transmission of Salmonella to their owners. The tortoise owners should be educated on the importance of hygienic raising of their pets. This is the first report of isolation of Salmonella spp. from pet red-footed tortoises in Grenada.
Triiodothyronin (T3) as a parameter of mortality in sepsis patients in the PICU
Authors: Djoko Sri Wahyuni , Hartawan Nyoman Budi , Arhana Bagus Ngurah Putu , Gunawijaya Eka , Widnyana Anak Agung Ngurah Ketut Putra , Wati Dyah Kanya
Published: January 2020

Background Thyroid hormone stimulates the regulation of β-adrenergic receptors in order to increase the inotropic effect of the heart myocardium. Euthyroid sick syndrome is a disorder of non-metabolic thyroid function, which is characterized by a decrease in triiodothyronine (T3) levels in patients with non-thyroid systemic disease, such as sepsis. Low serum T3 hormone level is a potentially high-risk factor for mortality from sepsis.

Objective To assess for a relationship between decreased serum T3 levels and mortality in pediatric sepsis patients admitted in the PICU.

Methods This study used a nested case-control design. The subjects were children aged 1 month-18 years who were diagnosed with sepsis in the pediatric intensive care unit at Sanglah Hospital, Denpasar, Bali, from September 2017 to January 2019.

Results A total of 90 children were included, of whom 44 died and 46 survived. Median age was 10.5 (IQR 44) months in subjects who died and 9 (IQR 50) months in those who survived. The majority of subjects in both groups had well-nourished nutritional status. Bivariate analysis revealed that significantly more subjects who died had low serum T3 (≤1 ng/dL), PELOD-2 score ≥5, than subjects who survived. Multivariate analysis revealed that serum T3 £1 ng/dL (OR 55.1; 95%CI 9 to 334.8; P<0.001) and PELOD-2 score ³5 (OR 6.5; 95%CI 1.6 to 26.7; P=0.01) were significant risk factors for sepsis mortality.  

Conclusion Low serum T3 level and high PELOD-2 score are risk factors for death in sepsis.
Chronic kidney disease and emotional-behavioral disorders in adolescents
Authors: Sugiarto Benny , Dhamayanti Meita , Sambas Dedi Rachmadi
Published: January 2020

Background Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is characterized by progressive renal injury with inevitable functional deterioration. This functional loss is usually slow, progressive, and irreversible. Chronic kidney disease profoundly influences the daily routines of pediatric patients and their families, requiring significant psychosocial adaptation by both patients and families.

Objective To assess for potential associations between CKD and emotional/behavioral disorders in adolescents.

Methods This cross-sectional study was done at the Pediatric Nephrology Outpatient Department, Hasan Sadikin Hospital, Bandung, West Java. The consecutive sampling included all patients who fulfilled the following criteria: (1) aged 10-18 years, (2) diagnosed with CKD at least 3 months prior to the study, and (3) whose parents provided informed consent. The Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) was used to assess emotional/behavioral disorders. Socio-demographic and clinical data were collected from medical records and interviews with parents. Chi-square and Mann-Whitney tests were used in the statistical analyses.

Results A total of 75 subjects with CKD participated in the study. The majority of the subjects were female (53%) and <14 years old (55%). Emotional/behavioral disorders were found in 24 subjects (32%). There were no significant correlations between age, gender, paternal and maternal education level, duration of illness, or treatment with emotional/behavioral problems. However, later stage of CKD was significantly associated with prosocial problems, based on the SDQ assessment.

Conclusion Late stage CKD is significantly associated with prosocial problems of the SDQ scales.
THE EFEKTIVITAS MODEL PEMBELAJARAN KOOPERATIF STAD MENGGUNAKAN ALAT PERAGA ALQURAN UNTUK MENINGKATKAN PENGUASAAN TAJWID
Authors: Habibbulloh Muhammad , Arifin Ali
Published: January 2020

Penguasaan tajwid adalah syarat mutlak dalam membaca Al-Qur’an dengan baik dan benar. Tanpa pengusaan ilmu tajwid niscaya membaca alquran dengan baik dan benar hanya menjadi sesuatu yang mustahil. Penelitian ini bertujuan menguji dan mengevaluasi efektivitas model pembelajaran kooperatif STAD berbantuan alat peraga Al-Qur’an terhadap peningkatan penguasaan tajwid hukum nun sukun dan tanwin siswa SD. Sampel diambil secara acak pada tingkatan kelas VI di salah satu Sekolah Dasar di Mojokerto sebanyak 20 siswa. Desain penelitian yang digunakan one group pretest posttest. Pengumpulan data dilakukan dengan uji kompetensi kemampuan membaca Al-Qur’an berisikan hukum nun sukun pada saat pretest dan posttest. Data analisis digunakan deskriptif kuantitatif, uji normalitas, Uji-t, dan N-gain. Temuan hasil penelitian diantaranya sampel penelitian berdistribusi normal, analisis uji-t didapatkan bahwa terdapat perbedaan yang signifikan antara hasil pretest dan posttest, serta N-gain menunjukkan bahwa peningkatan nilai posttest berkategori tinggi. Berdasarkan temuan penelitian disimpulkan bahwa model pembelajaran kooperatif STAD berbantuan alat peraga Al-Qur’an efektif meningkatkan penguasaan tajwid hukum nun sukun dan tanwin siswa SD.
PERAN GURU DALAM PROGRAM PEMBINAAN FIQIH KEMASYARAKATAN
Authors: Asyari Farida , Heriyandi M. Tubi
Published: January 2020

Program Pengembangan Fiqh Komunitas merupakan kegiatan yang dibentuk karena mayoritas input dari lulusan sekolah dasar dan banyak siswa tidak memahami materi keagamaan, terutama tentang doa, sehingga program ini dapat menjadi jembatan bagi siswa untuk mengetahui pengetahuan yang mendalam tentang bahan doa yang benar dan memudahkan guru untuk memahami siswa dalam hal melakukan sholat, karena dalam program ini akan diajarkan materi dan praktiknya kepada siswa.Penelitian ini menggunakan perspektif kualitatif. Pengumpulan data yang digunakan adalah dengan teknik observasi, wawancara dan dokumentasi. Sedangkan analisis data yang digunakan adalah model Miles dan Huberman. Fokus dari penelitian tesis ini adalah (1), Apa gambaran umum dari program pelatihan fiqh komunitas di MTs Al-Falah, (2), Bagaimana Peran guru dalam Program Pembinaan Fiqh Masyarakat di MTs Al-Falah.Hasil dari penelitian ini adalah (1), Program Pengembangan Fiqh Komunitas dimotivasi oleh mayoritas lulusan sekolah dasar, sebagian besar siswa tidak memahami materi keagamaan, terutama doa, dalam pelaksanaannya program ini khusus untuk siswa kelas VII dan dibina oleh guru-guru fiqih, guru SKI, guru bahasa Arab, dan guru Hadits Al-Qur'an dengan memanfaatkan waktu luang pelatih dan dilaksanakan di sekolah atau di luar sekolah, sedangkan materi yang terkandung dalam program ini adalah niat wudhu ', shalat demi wudhu, niat untuk mandi hadast besar, niat shalat lima maktubah, Doa Iftitah, fatihahRuku', i'tidal, sujud, duduk di antara dua sujud untuk shalat tahiyat terakhir, Qunut, permohonan untuk sahwi sujud, Lafadz adzan dan iqomah, Dzikir setelah shalat terakhir. Maka disebutkan bahwa program dengan program pembinaan fiqh komunitas, (2), Peran guru dalam program pembinaan fiqh komunitas adalah sebagai motivator, sebagai administrator, sebagai direktur, sebagai penilai, sebagai pengawas , sebagai pengawas.
A Senator’s Resolve and the Destiny of Two Nations: A Reappraisal of New Jersey’s Theodore Frelinghuysen Role in the Cherokee Removal Debate of 1830
Authors: Arrasmith Perry
Published: January 2020

Throughout the first presidential administration of Andrew Jackson, debate over the removal of the Cherokee Nation from northern Georgia elected serious national controversy, with congressional rhetoric serving to document regional stances on the issue. While the executive actions of President Jackson and the Marshall Court's attempts to stymie Jackson are well-documented in prevailing historical narratives on the debate, the extent of congressional opposition to Jackson's Indian Removal Act remains less developed. Congressional records indicate that Senator Theodore Frelinghuysen of New Jersey occupied a crucial position as the U.S. Congress's main opponent to the Indian Removal Act; his debates on the floor of the U.S. Senate laid bare the extent of the regional divide over the issue, as the relatively-obscure New Jerseyan openly questioned Southern supporters of Jackson about the morality of forced deporation of Native American populations. Frelinghuysen did not beleive in equality between Whites and Native Americans, but he still maintained that Native Americans enjoyed rights greater than the Jackson Administration and his congressional allies were prepared to recognize.
Beatrice Winser: Librarian, Museum Director, and Advocate for Women’s Equality
Authors: Crist Timothy
Published: January 2020

Beatrice Winser (1869-1947) was a woman of fierce intelligence who used her extraordinary aptitude for managing organizations to help establish both the Newark Public Library and the Newark Museum. In 1915, Mayor Thomas Raymond appointed her to the Newark Board of Education, making her the first woman to serve on a Newark board or commission, in what she said was “quite a victory” for suffragists. She was called “the busiest woman in Newark” by a local newspaper in the 1930s when she served simultaneously as Librarian and Director of the Newark Museum, as trustee of Dana College and later the University of Newark, and leader or participant in a host of other projects and organizations. When the newly formed University of Newark conferred an honorary doctorate on her in 1937, in the same group with Louis Bamberger, she was cited as “an ideal public servant and a luminous personality.”This paper draws on the extensive archival materials about Beatrice Winser at the Newark Public Library, the Newark Museum, and the New Jersey Historical Society to discuss her pioneering work with the Newark Public Library and her advocacy for women’s rights in the first decades of the 20thcentury.
OTEL İŞLETMECİLİĞİNDE PAZARLAMA BİLGİ SİSTEMİ : YAPILAN BİR ARAŞTIRMA VE SONUÇLARI
Authors: ÇAKICI A. Çelil , GÖK Tolga
Published: January 2020

Otel işletmeleri, makro ve mikro çevre faktörlerindeki gelişme ve değişmelerden çok çabuk etkilenmektedirler. Bu durum karşısında otel yöneticilerinin güncel, doğru ve zamanında kararlar alabilmeleri için, doğru işleyen bir pazarlama bilgi sistemi (PBS) kurmaları gerekmektedir. Pazarlama bilgi sistemi, işletme içi raporlama, pazarlama istihbarat, pazarlama araştırması ve pazarlama karar destek sistemlerinden oluşmaktadır. Antalya ve İstanbul illerinde faaliyet gösteren dört ve beş yıldızlı otel işletmelerinde pazarlama bilgi sisteminden ne düzeyde ve nasıl yararlanıldığını saptamak üzere bir araştırma yapılmıştır. Araştırmada veriler, geliştirilen bir anket ile 2002 yılı Mayıs ve Haziran aylarında toplanmıştır. Anket, Antalya ilinde yüz yüze; İstanbul ilinde posta ile uygulanmıştır. Yapılan araştırma, otel işletmelerinin pazarlama bilgi sistemi ve elemanlarından belli düzeylerde yararlandıklarını ortaya koymaktadır. Ancak, otel işletmelerinin pazarlama bilgi sistemini bilinçli olarak kurup yönettiklerini söylemek de güçtür.
ULUSLARARASI MENKUL KIYMET İHRAÇLARINDA FİNANSAL RAPORLAMA STANDARTLARININ ÖNEMİ
Authors: İBİŞ Cemal
Published: January 2020

Bu makalede, uluslararası menkul kıymet ihraçlarında finansal raporlama standartlarının önemi ele alınmıştır. Bu çerçevede, konu ile ilgili çalışmalar yapmakta olan Uluslararası Menkul Kıymetler Komisyonları Örgütü (IOSCO)’nün yayınlamış olduğu deklarasyon ile menkul kıymet borsalarma yapılan finansal raporlamada esas alınacak Uluslararası Muhasebe Standartlan (IAS)’mn uygulanma süreci incelenmeye çalışılmıştır. Makalede uluslararası menkul kıymet ihraçlannda, Uluslararası Muhasebe Standartlanmn uygulanması sonucunda; uluslararası menkul kıymet ihraçlanmn kolaylaşacağı, uluslararası sermaye hareketlerinin artacağı, finansal tablo hazırlayanlar ve bu finansal tablolan kullananlar için ortak bir muhasebe dili oluşacağı ve bu durumun gerek finansal tablo hazırlayanlar ve gerekse bu finansal tablolardan karar verme sürecinde yararlanan farklı ülkelerdeki kullanıcılar için büyük kolaylık sağlayacağı, farklı muhasebe standartlan kullanarak birden fazla finansal tablo hazırlama gereğini ortadan kaldıracağı ve finansal tablo hazırlama maliyetlerini düşüreceği vurgulanmıştır.
TELEWORK: 21. YÜZYILIN YENİ ÇALIŞMA BİÇİMİ
Authors: ÖLÇER Ferit
Published: January 2020

Yeni milenyumda, işgücü ve çalışma şekillerinin hızlı bir şekilde değiştiği açıktır. Telev/ork, alternatif bir çalışma düzenlemesi olarak, artan sayıda işletmede ciddi bir çalışma yaklaşımı olarak kabul edilmektedir. Telework, etkinliği iyileştirmek ve maliyetleri düşürmekle birlikte, örgütleri çalışma yöntemlerini ve çalışma yerleri ile ilgili varsayımlarını analiz etmeye zorlayan güçlü bir katalizör olabilir. Telework, verimliliği iyileştirerek ve genel giderleri azaltarak, kan maksimize etmeye yardımcı olur ve örgütün genişlemesine ve uzun süre başanlı olmasına izin verir. Ancak işletmeler, başanlı bir televvork programı uygulamanın ve sürdürmenin zorluklannı gözardı etmemelidirler. Bu çalışmada, telework kavramı ve uygulaması İncelenmekte ve organizasyonu, işgöreni ve genel işletme çevresini nasıl etkilediği üzerinde durulmaktadır. Aynca, televvork programını başanlı bir şekilde uygulamalan için işletmelere öneriler sunulmaktadır.
KOBİ’LERİN E-TİCARETTE KARŞILAŞTIKLARI SORUNLARIN ÇÖZÜMÜNE YÖNELİK ALTERNATİF STRATEJİLER
Authors: ÖZGENER Şevki
Published: January 2020

Küçük ve Orta Boy İşletmeler her ülkenin ekonomisinde hayati bir rol oynamakta ve onların rekabetçiliği, ülkelerin rekabet gücüyle yakından bağlantılıdır. İnternet KOBİ’ler için bir rekabetçi avantajın kaynağı olabilir, ancak bunun nasıl başarılabileceğini kavramak önem taşımaktadır. E-ticaret, ticaretin parametrelerini hızla yeniden şekillendiren bir olgudur. Günümüzde bilgi teknolojilerindeki son gelişmelerle birlikte, çok sayıda işletme e-ticaretin sunduğu fırsatlardan yararlanarak global pazarlara ulaşabilmektedir. KOBİ’ler açısından bu fırsat, şimdiye kadar sadece çok büyük işletmelerin ulaşabildiği yeni pazarlara açılma olanağı sağladığından fevkalade önemlidir. Bu çalışmada, e-ticaretin tanımı ve önemi, e-ticaret kategorileri, KOBİ’lerin e-ticaret sürecine adaptasyonunda karşılaşılan sorunlar, Dünya’da ve Türkiye’deki durum, KOBİ’lerin e-ticarette karşılaştıkları sorunları çözmeye yönelik alternatif stratejiler ve KOBİ’lerde e-ticaret stratejilerini başarılı bir şekilde uygulamada hükumetlerin ve kamu kuruluşlarının rolü incelenmiştir.
BÜTÜNLEŞİK PAZARLAMA İLETİŞİMİ VE PAZARLAMA HALKLA İLİŞKİLER
Authors: YOLAÇ Gökhan
Published: January 2020

Rekabetin günden güne arttığı, günümüzün küreselleşmekte olan pazarlarına ürün ve hizmetleri üretip sunmak kadar bu pazarlarda etkili tutundurma çabalarını planlamak, koordine etmek ve uygulamak pazarlama faaliyetlerinin etkinliğini kuşkusuz arttırmaktadır. Hedef pazarlarda işletmenin ürettiği ürün ve hizmetler hakkında bilgilendirici, aydınlatıcı, hatırlatıcı ve ikna edici mesajlar ile diyaloga girmesi son derece önemlidir. Hedef pazarların satın alma kararlarını etkilemek ve yönlendirmek, etkin mesajların geliştirilmesine bağlıdır. Bu bağlamda pazarlama halkla ilişkiler tutundurma karmasının önemli bir unsuru olup aynı zamanda tutundurma karması içinde önemli bir yer tutmaktadır. Bu makalede tutundurma karmasında son on yılın yeni yaklaşımlarından biri olan pazarlama halkla ilişkiler konusu ele alınıp temel özellikleri itibariyle incelenmiştir. Bütünleşik pazarlama iletişim sistemi içinde pazarlama halkla ilişkilerin farklı kullanım biçimleri açıklanmış ve sonra da pazarlama halkla ilişkilerin farklı boyutları ile pazarlama halkla ilişkiler taktiklerine değinilmiştir.
DEVELOPING EVALUATION CRITERIA OF ACADEMICIANS ’ TEACHING PERFORMANCE: DISCRIMINANT AND LOGISTIC REGRESSION APPLICATIONS
Authors: YURTKORU E. Serra , SİPAHİ Beril
Published: January 2020

Since 1997 students’ course evaluation questionnaire (SCEQ) has been conducted in Business Administration Department of Marmara University to evaluate teaching effectiveness of instructors. In this study data obtained from 2000-2001 and 2001-2002 questionnaires are used to conduct discriminant and logistic regression analysis. As a result of these analyses evaluation criteria of academicians’ teaching performance are developed Findings of both the discriminant and logistic regression methods show similar results. In both methods “satisfaction with the way course is conducted” is the most powerful item that discriminates effective instructors from ineffective instructors. This item is followed by “instructors being competent in his/her field” and “exams being a good measuring device”.
YAPI-DAVRANIŞ-PERFORMANS PARADİGMASI
Authors: YOLAÇ Sema
Published: January 2020

Endüstriyel organizasyon piyasa yapısı ve firma davranışları konularındaki çalışmaları kapsamaktadır. Yapı- davranış-performans paradigması endüstriyel organizasyon çalışmalarında oldukça önemli bir yere sahiptir. Bu paradigma, rekabet politikasının önemli elemanlarından biridir. Çünkü, özellikle fiyat ve kar alanlarında farklı piyasa yapılan (monopol, oligopol ya da rekabetçi piyasalar gibi) firma davranışını etkilemektedir. Yapı, davranış, performans paradigmasını açıklamaya çalışan iki farklı görüş vardır. Yapısalcı görüş, yoğunlaşma ve giriş engelleri gibi yapısal faktörlerin firma davranışını, davranışın da endüstri performansını belirlediğini savunmaktadır. Etkinlik hipotezine göre ise, kârlılığın nedeni, firmalann etkin üretimleridir. Bu çalışmada, yapısalcı görüş ve alternatifi olan etkinlik hipotezi İncelenmektedir. Ayrıca çalışmanın sonunda bu alanda yapılan önemli çalışmalara yer verilmektedir.
TÜRKİYE’YE YÖNELİK DOĞRUDAN YABANCI SERMAYE YATIRIMLARININ İSTİHDAMA ETKİSİ
Authors: BİLGİN Mehmet Hüseyin
Published: January 2020

Doğrudan yabancı sermaye yatırımları, kalkınmaya olan katkısının anlaşılmasıyla, gelişmiş ve gelişmekte olan birçok ülkenin ilgi odağı haline gelmiştir. Günümüzde, yabancı sermayenin beraberinde getirdiği teknolojik gelişme ve istihdam artışının, yabancı yatırımları çeken ülkelerin ekonomilerine büyüme ve refah artışı olarak yansıdığı görüşü hakimdir. Öte yandan, gittikleri ülkelerde yeni iş olanakları yaratan doğrudan yabancı sermaye yatırımlarının, ülkelerin işsizlik sorununun çözümüne de katkıda bulundukları, literatürde geniş bir kabul görmektedir. Bu bağlamda, çalışmanın temel amacı, Türkiye’ye yönelik doğrudan yabancı sermaye yatırımlarının istihdam düzeyi üzerindeki etkisini analiz etmektir. Bu nedenle çalışmada, Türkiye’ye yönelik doğrudan yabancı sermaye yatırımlarının, istihdam düzeyi üzerindeki etkisi ampirik olarak test edilmektedir. Bu amaçla kurulan ekonometride modellerin sonuçlarına göre, Türkiye’ye yönelik doğrudan yabancı sermaye yatırımlarının, istihdam düzeyi üzerinde anlamlı bir etkisi yoktur.
VERİ MADENCİLİĞİNDE BİRLİKTELİK KURALLARI
Authors: OĞUZLAR Ayşe
Published: January 2020

Veri madenciliği; istatistik, veri tabam teknolojisi, makine öğrenimi, örüntii tanıma, yapay zeka ve görselleştirmenin rol oynadığı disiplinler arası bir yaklaşımdır. Modelleme, veri madenciliğinin çok önemli bir aşamasıdır. Modelleme tekniklerinden biri de birliktelik kurallarıdır. Birliktelik kuralları, bir koşul kümesi ile kısmi bir sonuca ulaşma ile ilgilidir. Sürecin sonunda en iyi kuralların bir tablosu oluşmaktadır. Algoritmalar, kuralların bulunması için bir türetim ve test yöntemi kullanmaktadırlar. Birliktelik kural algoritmaları, görselleştirme teknikleri yolu ile ortaya çıkarılan birlikteliklerin, otomatik olarak bulunmasını sağlarlar. Apriori algoritması, birliktelik kuralları türetmek için kullanılan temel algoritmalardan biridir. Bu çalışmada DİE 2002 III. dönem hanehalkı işgücü anketi sonuçlan kullanılmıştır.Bu verilere Apriori algoritması uygulanmasıyla elde edilen sonuçlar açıklanmaya çalışılmıştır.
Study on the variation of rock pore structure after polymer gel flooding
Authors: Zhang Dong , Wei Jianguang , Fang Xinren
Published: January 2020

Polymer gels have received an increasing attention as profile control agents in the heterogeneous reservoir water-flooded layers. The article focus on the profile control mechanism of polymer gels by plugging macropore. The micro-structures of polymer gel and pore were characterized by scanning electron microscopy (SEM). And the core displacement equipment was used to evaluate the properties of plugging properties. The variation of pore structure is measured by SEM, mercury intrusion meter and nuclear magnetic resonance instrument. Investigation results show that the molecules form a network structure with many dense layers after 15 days of cross-linking reaction, which results in the increase of the viscosity of the system from 15.3 to 6325 mPa‧s. After the polymer gel forms a micelle at the middle end of the core and blocks the pores, the plugging rate of the core reaches 99.2%. The results obtained in this paper reveal the mechanism of plugging characteristics of polymer gels, and further prove the great potential of polymer gels to enhance oil recovery in oilfields.
The role of beliefs in teacher professionalisation for multilingual classroom settings
Authors: Schroedler Tobias , Fischer Nele
Published: January 2020

This paper describes and discusses findings gained in a teacher training reform project at the University of Hamburg in Germany. In a newly implemented structure, pre-service teachers partake in an integrated model of courses that prepare them to deal with multilingualism in the subject classroom. For the first four semesters of the new model, a complex evaluation tool was employed in a pre-post design to better understand student competence development, curricular components of the teaching degree and student beliefs about multilingualism. This paper sheds light on the professional beliefs that pre-service teachers have about linguistic diversity and multilingual learners. The overall results show generally positive beliefs about multilingual learners, multilingualism in schools, and language support for multilingual learners. Moreover, the data show that multilingual pre-service teachers have more positive beliefs, female participants have more positive beliefs, and that there is a significant interdependence between beliefs and relevant opportunities to learn. Comparing the pre-test and the post-test data using explorative factor analysis, it can be shown that students’ beliefs are far more structured and follow a clear five-dimensional pattern in the post test, whereas the pre-test data can be described as diffuse and unstructured.