bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Development and Internal Validation of the Digital Health Readiness Questionnaire: Prospective Single-Center Survey Study
Authors: Scherrenberg Martijn , Falter Maarten , Kaihara Toshiki , Xu Linqi , van Leunen Mayke , Kemps Hareld , Kindermans Hanne , Dendale Paul
Published: December 2022

Background

While questionnaires for assessing digital literacy exist, there is still a need for an easy-to-use and implementable questionnaire for assessing digital readiness in a broader sense. Additionally, learnability should be assessed to identify those patients who need additional training to use digital tools in a health care setting.

Objective

The aim of the development of the Digital Health Readiness Questionnaire (DHRQ) was to create a short, usable, and freely accessible questionnaire that was designed from a clinical practice perspective.

Methods

It was a prospective single-center survey study conducted in Jessa Hospital Hasselt in Belgium. The questionnaire was developed with a panel of field experts with questions in following 5 categories: digital usage, digital skills, digital literacy, digital health literacy, and digital learnability. All participants who were visiting the cardiology department as patients between February 1, 2022, and June 1, 2022, were eligible for participation. Cronbach α and confirmatory factor analysis were performed.

Results

A total number of 315 participants were included in this survey study, of which 118 (37.5%) were female. The mean age of the participants was 62.6 (SD 15.1) years. Cronbach α analysis yielded a score of >.7 in all domains of the DHRQ, which indicates acceptable internal consistency. The fit indices of the confirmatory factor analysis showed a reasonably good fit: standardized root-mean-square residual=0.065, root-mean-square error of approximation=0.098 (95% CI 0.09-0.106), Tucker-Lewis fit index=0.895, and comparative fit index=0.912.

Conclusions

The DHRQ was developed as an easy-to-use, short questionnaire to assess the digital readiness of patients in a routine clinical setting. Initial validation demonstrates good internal consistency, and future research will be needed to externally validate the questionnaire. The DHRQ has the potential to be implemented as a useful tool to gain insight into the patients who are treated in a care pathway, tailor digital care pathways to different patient populations, and offer those with low digital readiness but high learnability appropriate education programs in order to let them take part in the digital pathways.
Examination of Web-Based Single-Session Growth Mindset Interventions for Reducing Adolescent Anxiety: Study Protocol of a 3-Arm Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial
Authors: Zhu Shimin , Tse Samson , Chan Ko Ling , Lee Paul , Cheng Qijin , Sun Jessica
Published: December 2022

Background

Anxiety disorders are the most common mental disorders worldwide. In Hong Kong, 7% of adolescents are diagnosed with anxiety disorders, and 1 in every 4 secondary school students reports clinical-level anxiety symptoms. However, 65% of them do not access services. Long waitlists in public services, the high cost of private services, or the fear of being stigmatized can hinder service access. The high prevalence of anxiety and low intervention uptake indicate a pressing need to develop timely, scalable, and potent interventions suitable for adolescents. Single-session interventions (SSIs) have the potential to be scalable interventions for diagnosable or subclinical psychopathology in adolescents. Providing precise and context-adapted intervention is the key to achieving intervention efficacy.

Objective

This study aims to compare the effectiveness of three SSIs: single-session intervention of growth mindset on negative emotions (SIGMA), SSI of growth mindset of personality (SSI-GP), and active control, in reducing adolescent anxiety.

Methods

Adolescents (N=549, ages 12-16 years) from secondary schools will be randomized to 1 of 3 intervention conditions: the SIGMA, SSI-GP, or active control. The implementation of each intervention is approximately 45 minutes in length. Adolescent participants will report anxiety symptoms (primary outcome), perceived control, hopelessness, attitude toward help-seeking, and psychological well-being at preintervention, the 2-week follow-up, and the 8-week follow-up. A pilot test has confirmed the feasibility and acceptability of SIGMA among adolescents. We hypothesized that SIGMA and SSI-GP will result in a larger reduction in anxiety symptoms than the control intervention during the posttest and 8-week follow-up period. We also predict that SIGMA will have a more significant effect than SSI-GP. We will use the intention-to-treat principle and linear regression-based maximum likelihood multilevel models for data analysis.

Results

This study will be conducted from December 2022 to December 2023, with results expected to be available in January 2024.

Conclusions

This protocol introduces the implementation content and strategies of growth mindset SSIs (consists of 2 forms: SIGMA and SSI-GP) among school students. The study will provide evidence on the efficacy of different growth mindset SSIs for adolescent anxiety. It will also establish implementation strategies for self-administrative SSIs among school students, which can serve as a pioneer implementation of a scalable and self-accessible brief intervention to improve the well-being of young people.

Trial Registration

ClinicalTrials.gov NCT05027880; https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT05027880

International Registered Report Identifier (IRRID)

PRR1-10.2196/41758
Growth of Bush Pepper Seedlings of Different Sources of Cuttings Grown on Various Growing Media Formulas
Authors: Ngawit I Ketut , Wangiyana Wayan , Farida Nihla
Published: December 2022

Pepper grows creepingly following the growth of its climbing plants, making it difficult to maintain and harvest. Therefore, bush pepper cultivation was developed by replacing climbing trees with 1.5 m high concrete. However, seedlings that can grow into bush pepper are cuttings from fruit branches and primary branches, which are difficult to grow because the nodes of these branches do not have root primordia. This study aimed to obtain cuttings that can grow into bush pepper on the most superior growing media. The experiment was arranged using a completely randomized design (CRD) with two treatment factors, namely formulas of growth media (M1= soil + organic fertilizer + husk; M2= soil + organic fertilizer + compost; M3= soil + organic fertilizer + husk ash; and M4= soil + organic fertilizer + moss) and sources of cuttings (S1= climbing stem; S2= axillary branch; S3= fruit branch; and S4= primary branch with one main stem node). Based on the growth percentage of fruit branches and primary branches in the seedlings, cuttings from climbing stem and axillary branches were not able to grow into bush pepper, because fruit and primary branches only grew less than 5% in all media formulas. Cuttings from fruit branches and primary branches affect the formation of bush pepper with an average percentage of growth of fruit branches and primary branches of more than 95% on M2 and M3 media. Growth of buds, leaves and roots of cuttings from climbing stem and axillary branch was significantly better than cuttings from fruit branches and primary branches.
Stability Indicating Isocratic HPLC Method for Bilastine and Characterization of Forced Degradation Products by LC-MS/MS
Authors: Patel Dr. Shital , Pasha Dr. T. Yunus
Published: December 2022

Abstract: The present study aims to develop and validate a simple, precise, accurate, stability indicating and isocratic reversephase high-performance liquid chromatography (RP-HPLC) method for estimating Bilastine in bulk and synthetic mixture. Bilastine from its degradation products were well separated and estimated on Discovery C8 column (250 mm x 4.6 mm, 5μm) using methanol: 0.1% ortho-phosphoric acid (55:45 %v/v) as a mobile phase and detection was performed at 276 nm by PDA detector. The degradation of Bilastine was studied under different ICH recommended stress conditions. The developed stability-indicating method was validated for system suitability, linearity, accuracy, precision, robustness, detection limit and quantitation as per ICH guidelines. The method was linear over 25-150 μg/ml. Mathematically computed Limit of Detection and Limit of Quantitation were found to be 0.19μg/ml and 0.57μg/ml, respectively. It was discovered that Bilastine degrades under acid and oxidation conditions. By using LC-MS/MS analysis, the structure of Bilastine breakdown products created amid acidic and oxidative settings was elucidated. A complete fragmentation pathway of Bilastine was established to elucidate the degradation products' structures using LC–MS/MS. The elemental concentrations of oxidation products and their fragmentation products were studied using the acquired mass values. The overall data was utilized to describe the degradation of products and their fragmentation process. The developed method can be used for routine analysis of Bilastine in dosage form as it can estimate of Bilastine in presence of excipients and degradation products.
A Deep Learning Analysis Framework for Ophthalmic Diseases and Physical Health from Binocular Fundus Image Pairs
Authors: Zhu Dongsheng , Ge Aiming , Chen Xindi , Liu Shuo , Wang Qiuyang , Wu Jiangbo
Published: December 2022

Some common physical diseases, such as diabetes and hypertension,
require comprehensive diagnosis with ophthalmology in clinical practice.
However, the huge number of patients has led to insufficient medical
supply in many underdeveloped areas. Therefore, this work proposes a
novel deep learning framework based on binocular fundus image pairs for
the detection of 8 diseases related to the eyes and body. For the first
time, the framework improves its basic capabilities by pre-training
external fundus datasets and then uses the Multi-scale Dilated
Convolution (MDC) module to fuse binocular features to realize the
binocular diagnosis. To verify the effectiveness of the method, 4
different convolutional neural network (CNN) architectures are selected
as the backbone and tested on the multi-label classification benchmark.
Through extensive experimental comparisons, it is found that the
innovations proposed in this paper improve the performance of all CNN
architectures and achieve state-of-the-art results in the field.
Turbidity removal through the application of powdered azadirachta indica (neem) seeds
Authors: Khan Qandeel , Imran Uzma , Ullman Jeffrey L. , Khokhar Waheed Ali
Published: December 2022

Various natural products used for water treatment are becoming more popular due to their general safety, eco-friendly sludge production, ease of degradation, cost-effectiveness, and local availability. This research assessed the efficiency of powdered neem (Azadirachta indica) seeds in removing turbidity from the water. Batch experiments determined the optimum coagulant dose, pH level, mixing time, and mixing speed to reduce turbidity from kaolin-based synthetic turbid water. Powdered neem seeds with a pore size of about 0.45 mm were prepared and used in water treatment under optimum conditions. Results showed that a coagulant dose of 3 g of neem seeds/L, 13.2 pH level, 60 mins mixing time at 80 rpm mixing speed could reduce turbidity levels to 35 NTU from 250 NTU (86% removal). Findings suggest that powdered neem seeds can be a potential substitute for conventional chemical coagulants for drinking water treatment.
Comparative analysis of TF-IDF and loglikelihood method for keywords extraction of twitter data
Authors: Abid Muhammad Adeel , Mushtaq Muhammad Faheem , Akram Urooj , Abbasi Mateen Ahmed , Rustam Furqan
Published: December 2022

Twitter has become the foremost standard of social media in today’s world. Over 335 million users are online monthly, and near about 80% are accessing it through their mobiles. Further, Twitter is now supporting 35+ which enhance its usage too much. It facilitates people having different languages. Near about 21% of the total users are from US and 79% of total users are outside of US. A tweet is restricted to a hundred and forty characters; hence it contains such information which is more concise and much valuable. Due to its usage, it is estimated that five hundred million tweets are sent per day by different categories of people including teacher, students, celebrities, officers, musician, etc. So, there is a huge amount of data that is increasing on a daily basis that need to be categorized. The important key feature is to find the keywords in the huge data that is helpful for identifying a twitter for classification. For this purpose, Term Frequency-Inverse Document Frequency (TF-IDF) and Loglikelihood methods are chosen for keywords extracted from the music field and perform a comparative analysis on both results. In the end, relevance is performed from 5 users so that finally we can take a decision to make assumption on the basis of experiments that which method is best. This analysis is much valuable because it gives a more accurate estimation which method’s results are more reliable.
Study of Photons Emission Rate of Quark-Antiquark at Higher Energy
Authors: Ahmed Elaf Mohammed , Al-Agealy Hadi J. M. , Kadhim Nada Farhan
Published: December 2022

In this paper, the dynamic of quark and anti-quark interaction has been used to study the production of photons in the annihilation process based on the theory of chromodynamic. The rate of the photon is to be calculated for charm and anti-strange interaction c→γg system with critical temperature 113 and 130 MeV and photon energy GeV/c. Here the critical temperature, strength coupling and photons energy are assumed to be affected dramatically on the rate of photons emission of state interaction c, which can form gluon possible structures and photon emission state. The decreased photons emission yields with increased strength couple of quarks reaction due to increase critical temperature from 113 MeV to 130 MeV were predicted. We can be found less difference in photons rate for the two different critical temperatures and strength coupling.
Green Synthesis of Α-Fe2O3 from Ginger Extract Enhanced the Potential Antioxidant Activity Against DPPH
Authors: Hilo Duoaa H. , Ismail Ahmad H. , Al-Garawi Zahraa S.
Published: December 2022

Synthesis of nano-oxides in an easy and environmentally friendly way using simple and green materials is one of the hot interests of sustainable chemistry for lots of pharmaceutical and medical applications. Herein, we synthesized α-Fe2O3 nanoparticles (α-Fe2O3 NPs) using ginger extract after that calcination at 400 C° for 4 h. The prepared α-Fe2O3 nanoparticles were examined using ultraviolet-visible reflection spectroscopy (UV-VIS), Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR), photoluminescence spectroscopy (PL), X-ray diffraction (XRD), field emission scanning microscopy (FE-SEM), energy-dispersive X-ray (EDX) spectroscopy, and zeta potential. After well characterizations, the potency of the prepared α-Fe2O3 nanoparticles to monitor some scavenging activity was explored against DPPH. Results revealed that PL intensity has one peak in the UV region between (480-490) nm of the spectrum depending on the geometric shape and size of the α-Fe2O3 NPS. The UV-visible spectra showed a peak at 296.0 nm, which represented the α-Fe2O3 NPs. The EDX micrograph confirmed pure oxide and the XRD pattern showed that the α-Fe2O3 NPs had an average crystal size (19.3) nm. SEM images of α-Fe2O3 NPs revealed spherical, rod, and irregular shapes and sizes ranging from (15 to 60) nm. Moreover, the antioxidant activity of α-Fe2O3 NPs against DPPH showed 51.8% free radical scavenging ability at 360 μg/mL, which approved good evidence of the antioxidant activity of α-Fe2O3 NPs.
Influence of Graphene Sheets Accumulation on Optical Band Gap Enhanced Graphite Exfoliation
Authors: Hameed Riad M. , Al-Haddad Ahmad , Albarazanchi Abbas K. H.
Published: December 2022

Recently, graphene has been adopted to replace other expansive materials in various devices that perform numerous functionalities in many industrial fields. Meanwhile, researchers are still investigating the amazing properties of graphene. Herein, reduced graphene oxide (rGO) has been successfully exfoliated directly using a graphite rod in a modified electrolyte including a table salt as a co-electrolyte. The structure of graphene obtained by using exfoliation methods shows a low ratio of O/C and confirms the high crystallinity of rGO. The thickness of rGO was adjusted during the drying of the drops of rGO solution and obtained about an 8-80 nm rGO thick. The increased O/C ratio and crystallinity enhancement could be attributed to the quantum confinement effect. Further investigations to estimate the decay constant of the optical band gap during the thinning of the rGO layers show that the optical band gap was associated with thicknesses of the rGO at a decay constant of 0.3367±0.00205. These results would be crucial in several optical applications that depend on the thicknesses and the band gap.
FAR-RIGHT DIGITAL ACTIVISM DURING AND BEYOND THE PANDEMIC
Authors: Volk Sabine
Published: December 2022

While digital activism has formed part of social movements’ contentious repertoires for at least two decades, online forms of protest have risen to unprecedented importance across the globe in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. This article studies continuities and shifts in digital activism before, during and beyond the pandemic, drawing from a case study conducted of the Dresden-based far-right social movement organisation PEGIDA. Seeking to shed new light on the role of the internet and social media for sustained far-right mobilisation, I explore long-term trends in PEGIDA’s digital activism since its emergence in 2014. To this aim, I draw from an original patchwork ethnographic dataset generated through participant observation of demonstrations in Dresden and digital ethnography in 2019-21 as well as undertaking a thorough literature review. The empirical analysis indicates three key findings: Firstly, the longitudinal perspective reveals that a social movement actor’s digital practices are not bound to one or a few ideal-types, but highly dynamic over time. Secondly, my interpretive-ethnographic lens emphasises the constitutive dimensions of digital activism. Thirdly, the analytical focus on digital activism during the pandemic adds new insights into the relationship between the online and offline worlds of mobilisation. As a whole, this article underscores some of the key advantages of (patchwork) ethnography in relation to other methods in protest research.
POST-PEASANT POPULISM OF EASTERN EUROPE
Authors: Buzalka Juraj
Published: December 2022

This paper conceptualises an East European type of populism that I call post-peasant. It originated in state-socialist modernisation and mobilises people who are not peasants, but who nevertheless value the countryside as morally superior to a life in large cities. My major contention is that post-peasant populism emerges under specific cultural-economic conditions, among which the institution I call the ‘post-peasant house’ is paramount. This institution, in its economic and cultural dimensions, connects the recent agrarian past, socialist modernism, and the post-socialist present, both as a habitual practice and a representation of the people.
Pengembangan Aplikasi Surat Keterangan Otomatis untuk Rumah Sakit dengan Menggunakan Algoritma Sequential Search
Authors: Ramadhan Ahmad
Published: December 2022

Pasien pada rumah sakit kian hari kian meningkat, begitupun juga dengan teknologi yang kian hari kian menjadi pesat. Banyaknya pasien yang ada di suatu rumah sakit membuat para petugas tenaga Kesehatan kesulitan untuk melakukan kegiatan secara cepat terkhususnya membuat surat keterangan. Sejauh yang penulis lihat, bahwa sampai sekarangpembuatan surat keterangan untuk pasien di rumah sakit dibuat menggunakan aplikasi MS. Word. Tentu saja hal ini memakan banyak waktu juga rentan terdapat kesalahan karena isi dari surat keterangan diinput oleh manusia. Maka dari itu tujuan penulis membuat penelitian ini adalah dibangunnya sebuah aplikasi pembuat surat keterangan secara otomatis untuk rumah sakit yang dilengkapi dengan algoritma sequential search agar aplikasi ini dapat melakukan pencarian data yang cepat dan tepat. Hasil dari penelitian ini adalah Algoritma sequenyial search dapat mencari data dengan waktu 0.0110 milidetik. Algoritma sequential search ini sangat membantu aplikasi ini mencari data-data yang diperlukan oleh nakes secara cepat dan tepat. Tentu saja algoritma ini mempermudah tugas seorang nakes pada bagian membuat surat keterangan untuk seorang pasien.
Penggunaan Value Chain Analysis dan Work System Framework di Metode Perancangan Gamifikasi Player Experience Design Studi Kasus pada Sistem Bisnis Berbasis Jasa
Authors: Agustin Ririn Dwi , Aliansyah Rafly Yunandi , Aristama Rico
Published: December 2022

Brian Burke mendefinisikan metode perancangan gamifikasi dengan nama “Player Experience Design” yang merinci tahapan pengembangan menjadi tujuh tahap. Tahap kesatu sampai ketiga kuat dengan issu di area manajemen, organisasi, dan sistem informasi sedangkan tahap lainnya kuat dengan issu desain game. Uraian tentang metode tersebut melalui contoh kasus beberapa perusahaan dan diselingi dengan abstraksi dari kasus yang sudah diuraikan, belum merekomendasikan tools formal yang bisa memberikan arahan secara rinci dan terstruktur bagi pengembang gamifikasi pemula. Berfokus pada tahapan kesatu sampai ketiga dari player experience design, paper ini mengusulkan penggunaan tools yang bernama works system frame work dari Alter untuk memahami organisasi yang akan diintervensi dengan solusi gamifikasi dan value chain analysis untuk mengidentifikasi problem yang mendesak perlu diselesaikan atau peluang prima yang bisa dikejar dari proses yang menjadi komponen rantai nilai organisasi. Penggunaan kedua tools tersebut diharapkan bisa memberikan peta komprehensif tentang peran spesifik gamifikasi yang dirancang dalam organsisasi. Kesesuaian tools didsarkan pada kata kunci output dari tahapan metode. Bagaimana penggunaan kedua tools tersebut untuk menentukan bisnis outcome and succees metric, define target audience, dan target goal diteliti melalui eksperimen terhadap duakasus, yakni di perusahaan jasa konsultasi yang menggunakan model bisnis click only dari private bussines layanan konsultasi psikologis, model brick and click unit layanan pemerintah di bidang kesehatan penanganan penyakit TBC. Dari dua studi kasus yang dilakukan ternyata value chain analysis lebih dominan berperan untuk tahap kesatu yakni menentukan bisnis outcome dan succes metric dan tahap kedua menetapkan player goal. Tools Work System Framework (WSF) diperlukan di tahap kedua untuk mendapatkan informasi detil tentang customer dan beragam peran yang terlibat di dalam organisasi. Komponen WSF yang lain diperkirakan akan banyak digunakan dalam tahap keempat sampai ke enam dari Player Experience Design.
Bibliometric Analysis of Social Sciences
Authors: Simahate Tessa , Prawira Donni Yudha , Nurbaidah Siti , Utami Elsya Fitri , Mutia Cut Lidya
Published: December 2022

This study aims to determine the outcomes of research conducted by students in the Faculty of Social Sciences between the academic years of 2018 and 2020, as well as the suitability of those results, which includes: the scientific field studied, what topics are saturated and no longer in demand, and the trend of topic distribution growing. At this study, the Deway Decimal Classification (DDC) standard was used to map out the distribution of research fields among students in the Faculty of Social Sciences. In order to develop the roadmap for each study program at the Faculty of Social Sciences, State University of Medan for the upcoming student research, this research combines quantitative and qualitative methods to determine the distribution of thesis research topics. The thesis sample data obtained from the Medan State University Repository was processed using the VosViewer program by means of the data first tabulated with the help of M.S. Excel and the Open Refine Application then analyzed descriptively qualitatively. According to the study's findings, Medan State University's Faculty of Social Sciences will have graduated 1,341 theses between 2018 and 2020 consisting of the History Education Study Program, Geography Education, Anthropology Education and Civics Education. According to data from a mapping of scientific fields based on DDC that depicts the research areas of each study program in the Faculty of Social Sciences, education, research, related historical topics, geography education, national and ethnic groups, and citizenship and related topics are the ones that students are most interested in researching.
Improving Student Reflective Thinking Skills by Using Flipbooks in Australian and Oceanian History Learning
Authors: Printina Brigda Intan , Indaryadi Veronica Yovita
Published: December 2022

Today's Learning Demands Technological Transformation, However, The Practice Of Reflective Thinking Has Become One Of The Learning Traditions And Hallmarks Of Jesuit Education. Learning History Australia & Oceania Has Learning Outcomes, One Of Which Is Opening Up Insights Into New Cultures And Civilization Patterns Of Australian And Island Communities Around The Pacific. Not Only Exploring The Context But Also Being Able To Explore The Paradigm Of Reflective Thinking Of Students As An Analysis Of Solving The Nation's Problems. Students Need To Train Themselves In Reflective Thinking Because It Is Important To Analyse The Context Of Australia's Developmental Events, And Then How To Solve The Problems Of A Dynamic Societal Structure Fighting For Humanity And Well-Being. With Reflective Thinking Exercises In This Course, Students Will Be Accustomed To Analyzing And Synthesizing The Offers Of Solving The Problems Of Nations To Face The Challenges Of Life In This Century. One Of The Learning Tools Used To Explore Students' Reflective Thinking Skills In Australian And Oceania History Lectures Is The Use Of Flipbooks. This Study Aims To Decipher: 1) The Dynamics Of Flipbook-Based Student Reflective Thinking In Australian And Oceania History Learning; 2) The Limitations And Advantages Of Implementing Flipbook-Based Student Reflective Thinking Dynamics In Australian And Oceania History Learning; 3) Evaluation Of Flipbook-Based Student Reflective Thinking Dynamics In Australian And Oceania History Learning. The Method Used Is Qualitative Research With A Case Study Approach. Data Collection Through Observation, Depth Interviews And Literature Studies. Meanwhile, The Benefit Of This Research Is To Explore The Dynamics Of Reflective Thinking Of Students In The Australian History & Oceania Course Based On Flipbook Facilities.
Matehuerto: El huerto escolar ecosostenible como recurso educativo en matemáticas
Authors: Carpintero Gómez Mercedes
Published: December 2022

Se presenta la experiencia educativa de un centro público de ámbito rural donde los alumnos de primer y segundo curso de Educación Primaria (de 6 a 8 años) trabajan el currículo de matemáticas en el entorno del huerto escolar y la renaturalización de espacios del patio mediante actividades manipulativas y vivenciales que facilitan la adquisición de las competencias clave y los saberes básicos del área, mediante un aprendizaje significativo de los contenidos curriculares.
La Dichiaratione di Cristoforo Bronzini in difesa del Dialogo della dignità e nobiltà delle donne (1622)
Authors: Stella Clara
Published: December 2022

Il Dialogo di Cristoforo Bronzini della dignità e nobiltà delle donne, opera monumentale in ventiquattro volumi dedicata alla regina Margherita d’Austria, venne stroncato sul nascere dalla congregazione dell’Indice subito dopo la stampa della sua Parte prima nel 1622. Partendo da un’analisi della Dichiaratione manoscritta di Bronzini in difesa del suo testo, questo saggio ha lo scopo di ricostruire i punti critici che ostacolarono, fin da subito, la diffusione dell’opera, ovvero le coraggiose riflessioni avanzate dall’autore sulle sacre scritture, contrariamente al decreto II della sessione IV del Concilio di Trento sull’interpretazione dei testi sacri. L’analisi della Dichiaratione permette di entrare nelle letture di Bronzini, il quale si serve non solo della linea filogina cinquecentesca, tanto riconoscibile quanto problematica, ma anche della letteratura morale contemporanea e nelle fonti patristiche.
Factors Influencing Formal Mental Treatment - Seeking Behaviour among Caretakers of Mentally Ill Patients in Zanzibar
Authors: Bakar Said S. , Moshi Fabiola M.
Published: December 2022

Background: Mental illnesses are health conditions which are associated with changes in emotion, thinking, or behaviour (or a combination of these). Healthcare-seeking behaviour for formal mental health treatment is lacking all over the world, particularly in low and middle-income countries. Inappropriate health-seeking behaviours are reported to result in delays in seeking appropriate care and thus increase the risk of complications in mentally ill patients. The study aimed to assess factors influencing formal mental treatment-seeking behaviour among caretakers of mentally ill patients in Zanzibar Methods: A community-based cross-sectional study design was conducted from January to June, 2021. A total of 246 caretakers of mentally ill patients were recruited for the study using multi-stage sampling technique. An interviewer-administered semi-structured questionnaire was used to collect information from caretakers. Bivariate and multivariable logistic regression models were applied to determine the factors influencing formal mental treatment-seeking behaviour. Results: Majority of caretakers 187(76%) were aware of formal mental treatment. Also, majority of the participants 145(58.9%) had appropriate healthcare-seeking behaviour toward formal mental treatment. Factors influencing formal mental treatment-seeking behaviour were; perceived severity (AOR 4.651 at 95% CI 2,397-9.021 p<.001) and being aware (AOR 2.907at 95% CI 2.349-2.326 p=.004). Conclusion: Majority of caretakers were aware of formal mental illness treatment. Also,more than half of the caretakers had appropriate healthcare-seeking behaviour. Factors associated with formal mental treatment-seeking behaviour were awareness of formal mental treatment and perceived severity of mental illness. The study recommends a community sensitisation campaign to raise community awareness and perception towards formal mental treatment. Community sensitisation is crucial for improving formal mental treatment-seeking behaviour.
Placental Parasitic Infections and Pregnancy Outcomes Among Women Delivering at a Tertiary Hospital in Northern Tanzania
Authors: Felician Eustadius Kamugisha , Ngoda Octavian Aron , Jahanpour Ola Farid , Kahima Jackson , Msuya Sia Emmanuel , Lukambagire Abdul Hamid
Published: December 2022

Background: Placental parasitic infections continue to be a public health problem despite numerous interventions put in place. Placental parasitic infections reported are Toxoplasma, Trypanosome, Borrelia, Schistosoma, Hookworm and Plasmodia. The infections persist to cause poor pregnancy outcomes such as maternal anaemia, low birth weight and stillbirth. This study aimed to determine the prevalence and pregnancy outcomes associated with placental parasitic infections at a tertiary hospital in northern Tanzania. Methods: A cross sectional study was conducted at Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Centre between June and July 2016. Pregnant women were interviewed before delivery and additional information obtained from their medical files. Blood samples as well as placental material were collected from each mother. Malaria was tested using a malaria rapid diagnostic test (mRDT). A total of 80 placental slide sections were made following histological protocols. After staining, slide sections were examined for the presence of parasites microscopically. Pearson’s Chi-square and Fisher’s exact tests were used to test for differences between groups. Results: Placental malaria parasites were found on histological examination of 8(10%) mothers’ placental sections, none of whom had a positive mRDT. Education status was significantly associated with placental malaria (p=0.035). Stillbirth, maternal anaemia and pre-eclampsia were significantly associated with placenta malaria (p<0.05). Conclusion: Placental malaria was found to be prevalent in the studied population and was associated with stillbirth, maternal anaemia and pre-eclampsia. Efforts for developing malaria tests that will detect subclinical infections are needed in order to identify infections early and offer prompt treatment to prevent poor pregnant outcomes.
Diabetic Foot Risk Assessment among Patients with Type 2 Diabetes in Kenya
Authors: Nduati James Ngoyo , Gatimu Samwel Maina , Kombe Yeri
Published: December 2022

Background: Screening for diabetic foot complications is often neglected, especially during routine and/or annual diabetes check-ups. We assessed the risk of diabetic foot complications among patients with type 2 diabetes in Kenya using the International Working Group on Diabetic Foot risk stratification guidelines to highlight the need for improved foot care. Methods: We conducted a descriptive cross-sectional study in Mathari National Teaching and Referral Hospital in Kenya between July and October 2015. Seven hundred patients with type 2 diabetes were identified and 147 were systematically sampled. A trained podiatrist examined patients, and urine and blood samples were taken for biochemical tests and assessed by the investigating team. Results: In total, 44(29.9%) men and 103(70.1%) women were sampled; 75(51.0%) were aged over 55 years, 113(76.9%) were overweight/obese, 117(79.6%) had poor glycaemic control and 125(85%) had never had their feet screened for complications. Thirty participants (20.4%) were categorised as being at high risk for developing diabetic foot complications while 54(36.7%) had moderate risk, 53(36.1%) had low risk and 10(6.8%) had no risk. Compared to other risk groups, those with moderate risk for developing diabetic foot problems had higher mean levels of glycated haemoglobin (9.4%), albumin-creatinine ratio (50.3) and high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (1.4 mmol/L) at presentation. No other differences in clinical and laboratory profiles were noted. Conclusion: Our results show high rates of obesity, and poor glycaemic control in patients with type 2 diabetes and 56.5% of patients are categorised as being a moderate-to-high risk for foot problems. This highlights the need for healthcare professionals and patients in Kenya to be sensitised regarding the importance of foot screening to prevent lower-extremity complications.
Equity-efficiency dilemma and tax harmonization
Authors: Dalamagas Basil , Leventides John , Tantos Stefanos
Published: December 2022

The present paper attempts to demonstrate that finding an appropriate trade-off between direct and indirect taxes can help smooth policy makers’ way through reconciling the contradictory notions of equity and efficiency. Our theoretical and empirical analysis is based on the assumption that direct taxes discourage work effort, thus impinging on the incentives to supply labour, to save and to invest, and finally, to grow, whereas indirect taxes discourage consumption and bear more heavily on the poor. Central to our discussion is the argument that carefully designed adjustments in the tax mix can reduce distortions in the consumption-leisure decision, thus leading to an optimal allocation of resources between the equity and efficiency objectives. To derive a competitive equilibrium setting, a social welfare function is maximized and the first-order conditions are manipulated to trace out the optimal direct-indirect tax rates that pave the way for the equity-efficiency goals to be reconciled with each other.
An Ergonomic Design Process of the Functional Clothing for Yoga Sports
Authors: Zhao Mengmeng , Wang Zhaoli
Published: December 2022

Reports attribute many physical, psychological and mental benefits to yoga sports. However, when it comes to actual research, yoga clothing has not attracted the same level of attention. The aim of this study, which involved a questionnaire survey, clothing development and clothing performance evaluation, is to propose an ergonomic design process for the design of yoga functional clothing. Results showed that textile material was rated as the most important factor for yoga clothing. The shoulder and the waist-belly regions were considered as the most important areas for yoga clothing. The newly designed clothing prototype was observed to subject significantly lower pressure to the waist under the forward bending pose (p<0.05), but with significantly higher pressure on the buttocks at the posture of the deep knee bending pose (p<0.05). It also resulted in a lower change rate of clothing vertical displacement, especially at the shoulder and waist regions. The newly designed prototype was rated with a significantly lower tightening sensation and pulling sensation during the deep knee bending posture (p<0.05). Results indicate that proper design of yoga clothing structure and selection of fabric material could reduce clothing deformation, pressure on the skin and improve subjective wearing sensations.
THE WORK OF AN ALLERGIST AND SCIENTIST DURING THE FULL-SCALE WAR IN UKRAINE
Authors: Zubchenko Svitlana
Published: December 2022

The article provides a brief description of the heroic work of Ukrainian physicians- volunteers, including allergists, during Russia's brutal war against Ukraine. Examples of the evacuation of Ukrainian residents, including patients with bronchial asthma, respiratory allergies, COVID-19 and other diseases that worsened under the influence of stress, are given. It is briefly described about the destroyed hospitals throughout the territory of Ukraine. In such a critical situation, Ukrainian doctors continue to provide assistance to patients, improve their scientific level, each in his place does everything to Victory. The light will defeat the darkness!
Non-Conviction Based Forfeiture: An Analysis from A Human Rights Perspective
Authors: Giao Vu Cong , Huyen Do Thanh
Published: December 2022

Asset recovery in the fight again corruption is a major challenge even for developed countries. The 2014 World Bank report on asset recovery shows that the problem will not improve without strong and breakthrough actions by governments. Accordingly, non-conviction based forfeiture is recently being adopted by more and more countries around the world, considering it is a good international practice. However, non-conviction based forfeiture also creates the potential to lead to serious violations of a number of basic human rights,  including the right to property, if it is not properly defined. This article analyzes and evaluates the appropriateness and feasibility of non-conviction based forfeiture in the context of human rights. According to the authors, although it is not in conflict with human rights, in order to prevent potential abuses leading to human rights violations, national laws need to prescribe strict conditions and procedures for non-conviction based forfeiture, in order to ensure at the same time the harmonization of the two objectives: maximum recovery of corrupt assets and effective protection of the basic human rights of the litigants.

Keywords: Corruption, human rights, right to property, asset recovery, non-conviction based forfeiture, Viet Nam.
A Dialogue and Reflection about the Masks for Crips Project
Authors: Kopit Alison , Yi Chun-shan (Sandie)
Published: December 2022

Masks for Crips was a mutual aid project that centered the Chicago disability community. Alison Kopit and Chun-shan (Sandie) Yi began the project at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, and it ran from March 2020 through July 2020. Early in the pandemic, when personal protective equipment (PPE) was difficult to come by and the state was not caring for those most impacted by the pandemic—disabled people, essential workers, people living in congregate facilities, and unhoused people, to name a few—the project provided homemade masks to disabled people and their care teams in the Chicagoland area. Masks for Crips addressed an infrastructural gap and disability community need in an urgent way, and provided information about how to use and care for masks, as well as best practices for reducing risk surrounding COVID-19. The project was born through text message-based conversation in March 2020 as Alison and Sandie held space for each other by sending memes, texts, and support informally. From those moments of connection, they proceeded to expand outward and develop a mutual aid project that delivered about 300 masks, start to finish. The project brought together delivery and mask-making volunteers while serving as a means of connection and an expression of disabled care during an isolating time.
Introduction
Authors: Patsavas Alyson , Danylevich Theodora
Published: December 2022

'Crip Pandemic Life: A Tapestry' takes up a thread from disability justice writer, educator, and organizer Mia Mingus to assemble an archive that 'leaves evidence' and captures experience emergent from crip lives and life in the pandemic. The need to gather, hold space for, and preserve evidence—of our angers, our fears, our griefs, our joys, our pleasures, our communities, and our lives—has, for many of us, never felt more urgent. In this editorial introduction to the first installment of the special section of Lateral, 'Crip Pandemic Life: A Tapestry,' we narrate project origins in response to pervasive and obfuscating crisis rhetorics, feelings of indignation, and a desire to gather and preserve evidence of crip life and crip knowledge from within the context of the pandemic. 'Crip Pandemic Life: A Tapestry' offers a unique digital archive that brings together creative and scholarly reflections to document the experiences of disabled people during the COVID-19 pandemic. The collection includes a multimodal introductory roundtable; multimedia projects; digital renditions of sculptures, masks, fiber arts, and zines; critical interrogations of pandemic politics and policies; and theorizations of crip sociality. This editorial introduction is our brief overview and invitation for readers to travel through spacetimes, bear witness to, and be cared for by this tapestry, archive, collection.
Coalition-In-Progress
Authors: Kuri Erin , Antoinette  , A. K.  , Chase Bill , Scott Cindy , Kalifer Doreen , Dougall Harold George , Marie  , Herd Nicholas , P. A. I.  , P. S.  , R.  , Simone Sean , Jones Chelsea Temple , Schormans Ann Fudge
Published: December 2022

For institutional survivors and their younger peers labelled/with intellectual disability, the COVID-19 pandemic and its related lockdowns carry over past experiences under government-directed isolation and mandatory medical interventions. The sudden convergence of past and present necropolitical ableism in labeled persons' lives colours this crisis, as we—a group of survivors, younger labeled people (who have not lived in institutions), and researcher/allies—attempt to simply stay in touch amid digital divides that cut off our once vibrant, interdependent in-person activities. No longer able to gather, and with limited Internet (or no) access, we resist social abandonment through phone calls. During phone conversations we discuss the affective contours of this time: grief over the past, loss of agency, restrictive rules in group homes, the dynamics of protest, fear sparked by public health orders, and a mix of anxiety and hope about the future. Taking this telephone-based dialogue as evidence of our lives in these times, we present a brief body of collectively written found poetry, a form of poetic inquiry composed of phone call snippets. This piece, coauthored by twenty members of the 'DiStory: Disability Then and Now' project in Toronto, Canada, offers a snapshot of coalition-in-process, keeping in touch amid a crisis that threatens our togetherness and—for some more than others—our lives. Following Braidotti, we couch this found poetry in a brief commentary on our slow, in-progress attempt to 'co-construct a different platform of becoming' with one another amid a divergence of historical and contemporary inequities.
Assessment of serum levels of monocyte chemoattractant protein 1 (MCP 1) in patients with periodontitis and atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease
Authors: Hamad Safa A , Mahmood Maha S
Published: December 2022

Background: Monocyte chemotactic protein-1 (MCP-1) is a chemokine expressed by inflammatory and endothelial cells. It has a crucial role in initiating, regulating, and mobilizing monocytes to active sites of periodontal inflammation. Its expression is also elevated in response to pro-inflammatory stimuli and tissue injury, both of which are linked to atherosclerotic lesions. Aim of the study: To determine the serum level of MCP-1 in patients with periodontitis and atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease in comparison to healthy control and evaluate the biomarker's correlations with periodontal parameters. methods: This study enrolled 88 subjects, both males and females, ranging in age from 36-66 years old, and divided into four groups: 1ST group with atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD) without periodontal disease (25 patients), 2nd group with periodontitis and systemically healthy, (25 patients),3rdgroup having both ASCVD and periodontitis (25 patients), and the 4th is the control group without any systemic disease and with good oral hygiene (13 subjects). The clinical periodontal parameters plaque index (PL I), Bleeding on probing (BOP), Probing Pocket depth (PPD) and clinical attachment level (CAL) were used to evaluate periodontal health status. Atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease patients were chosen after clinical examination by specialists and diagnoses confirmed with catheterization. Following clinical assessment, 5ml of venous blood was drawn from each participant MCP-1 levels in the blood were then measured using enzyme-linked-immunosorbent assay (ELISA). Results: According to the findings of this study, the mean values of PLI and BOP were higher in periodontitis group and athero+periodontitis group than in athero group and control group, PPD and CAL mean values were greater in athero+periodontitis group than in periodontitis group. The serum level of MCP-1 was higher in athero+periodontitis group than in athero, periodontitis and control groups. Regarding the correlations between MCP-1 and clinical periodontal parameters. In periodontitis group there was a positive correlation with PPD and CAL and there was a positive correlation with CAL in athero+periodontitis. Conclusion: This study revealed that periodontitis with higher MCP-1 level may be linked to an increased risk of atherosclerosis.