bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Quality of TB diagnostic services at primary healthcare clinics in eThekwini district, South Africa
Authors: Dlangalala Thobeka , Musekiwa Alfred , Mashamba-Thompson Tivani
Published: July 2024

Overcoming the TB epidemic requires moving past expanding the coverage of healthcare services and looking to improve the quality of TB services. During COVID-19, the suboptimal state of TB services has further deteriorated, and little is known about how these services have fared after the pandemic. The study aims to assess the quality TB diagnostic services in primary health care (PHC) clinics in the eThekwini district, South Africa. Twenty-one clinics with the lowest and highest headcounts from each region of eThekwini were purposively selected. An audit tool adapted from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and the national TB guidelines was used to collect data on six different audit components. To assess quality, a 3-point scale was used where clinics could get a rating of either excellent, moderate, or poor performance. Descriptive statistics were employed to summarize and analyze clinic scores in Stata v15.1. Additionally, associations between clinic scores and clinic characteristics were investigated using Pearson’s pairwise correlation coefficient and a linear regression model, where p < 0.05 was the measure of statistical significance. The audit found that the quality of diagnostic services in eThekwini was moderate. The gaps that required addressing were the lack of TB training among staff, adherence to infection prevention and control practices, and contact screening. Without feasible solutions, these will hinder current TB management strategies and slow progress toward ending the TB epidemic.
Spatial variation and geographical weighted regression analysis to explore open defecation practice and its determinants among households in Ethiopia
Authors: Derseh Nebiyu Mekonnen , Alemayehu Meron Asmamaw , Agimas Muluken Chanie , Yismaw Getaneh Awoke , Tesfie Tigabu Kidie , Abuhay Habtamu Wagnew
Published: July 2024

Background

In Ethiopia, recent evidence revealed that over a quarter (27%) of households (HHs) defecated openly in bush or fields, which play a central role as the source of many water-borne infectious diseases, including cholera. Ethiopia is not on the best track to achieve the SDG of being open-defecation-free by 2030. Therefore, this study aimed to explore the spatial variation and geographical inequalities of open defecation (OD) among HHs in Ethiopia.

Methods

This was a country-wide community-based cross-sectional study among a weighted sample of 8663 HHs in Ethiopia. The global spatial autocorrelation was explored using the global Moran’s-I, and the local spatial autocorrelation was presented by Anselin Local Moran’s-I to evaluate the spatial patterns of OD practice in Ethiopia. Hot spot and cold spot areas of OD were detected using ArcGIS 10.8. The most likely high and low rates of clusters with OD were explored using SaTScan 10.1. Geographical weighted regression analysis (GWR) was fitted to explore the geographically varying coefficients of factors associated with OD.

Results

The prevalence of OD in Ethiopia was 27.10% (95% CI: 22.85–31.79). It was clustered across enumeration areas (Global Moran’s I = 0.45, Z-score = 9.88, P-value ≤ 0.001). Anselin Local Moran’s I analysis showed that there was high-high clustering of OD at Tigray, Afar, Northern Amhara, Somali, and Gambela regions, while low-low clustering of OD was observed at Addis Ababa, Dire-Dawa, Harari, SNNPR, and Southwest Oromia. Hotspot areas of OD were detected in the Tigray, Afar, eastern Amhara, Gambela, and Somali regions. Tigray, Afar, northern Amhara, eastern Oromia, and Somali regions were explored as having high rates of OD. The GWR model explained 75.20% of the geographical variation of OD among HHs in Ethiopia. It revealed that as the coefficients of being rural residents, female HH heads, having no educational attainment, having no radio, and being the poorest HHs increased, the prevalence of OD also increased.

Conclusion

The prevalence of OD in Ethiopia was higher than the pooled prevalence in sub-Saharan Africa. Tigray, Afar, northern Amhara, eastern Oromia, and Somali regions had high rates of OD. Rural residents, being female HH heads, HHs with no educational attainment, HHs with no radio, and the poorest HHs were spatially varying determinants that affected OD. Therefore, the government of Ethiopia and stakeholders need to design interventions in hot spots and high-risk clusters. The program managers should plan interventions and strategies like encouraging health extension programs, which aid in facilitating basic sanitation facilities in rural areas and the poorest HHs, including female HHs, as well as community mobilization with awareness creation, especially for those who are uneducated and who do not have radios.
Exploring person-specific associations of situational motivation and readiness with leisure-time physical activity effort and experience
Authors: Strohacker Kelley , Sudeck Gorden , Ibrahim Adam H. , Keegan Richard
Published: July 2024

Identifying determinants of leisure-time physical activity (LTPA) often relies on population-level (nomothetic) averages, potentially overlooking person-specific (idiographic) associations. This study uses an idiographic perspective to explore how subjective readiness and motives for LTPA relate to volitional effort (duration, intensity) and affective experience (pleasure, displeasure). We also highlight the potential for different interpretations when data are averaged within individuals and assessed using a variable-centered approach. Participants (N = 22, 25±8 years old, 54.5% women) were asked to continue their regular PA patterns for 10 weeks. Ecological momentary assessment procedures allowed participants to provide pre-activity reports (physical, cognitive, emotional readiness and situational motive for activity) and post-activity reports (activity type, duration, perceived exertion, ratings of affective valence). Spearman rank correlation was implemented to interpret within- and between-person associations. Data visualization approaches were used to showcase person-specific differences in associations. Participants provided 519 reports of LTPA (24±11 events/person), which displayed between- and within-person variety in type, duration, intensity, and affective experience. Exemplar cases highlight discrepancies in interpretation based on level of analysis, such that the nomothetic association (rho = .42, p = .05; 95% CI -.02, .72) between motive to replenish energy and LTPA duration was observed in only one within-person analysis (41% were weak-to-large inverse effects). Alternatively, the negligible nomothetic association (rho = .02, p = .93; 95% CI -.41, .44) between physical readiness and LTPA-related affect did not reflect the 59% of within-person analyses showing moderate-to-large, positive effects. Future research aiming to identify determinants of LTPA effort and experience should integrate contemporary, idiographic analyses in early-stage research for developing person-specific strategies for LTPA promotion.
Modeling of culture conditions by culture system, glucose and propionic acid and their impact on metabolic profile in IPEC-J2
Authors: Shokr Shirko Marcel , Kahlert Stefan , Kluess Jeannette , Hradsky Johannes , Dänicke Sven , Rothkötter Hermann-Josef , Nossol Constanze
Published: July 2024

The microbiological environment and their corresponding secreted metabolite spectrum are an essential modulator of the enterocyte function, effecting the whole organism. Intestinal porcine jejunal epithelial cell line (IPEC-J2) is an established in vitro model for differentiation of enterocytes in different cell culture models. An improved oxygen supply seems to be the main reason for differentiation in an air-liquid-interface culture, but this has not yet been conclusively clarified. In this context, the nutrition of the cell and its influence on the metabolism is also of crucial importance. The interest in short-chain fatty acids (SCFAs) has grown steadily in recent years due to their clinical relevance in certain diseases such as multiple sclerosis and other inflammatory diseases, but not much is known of FFAR2 and FFAR3 (free fatty acid receptor 2 and 3) in pigs. We want to address the questions: 1. about the distribution of FFAR2 and FFAR3 in vivo and in vitro in sus scrofa 2. whether there is an influence of propionic acid, glucose content and cultivation on metabolism of enterocytes? The morphological analysis of FFAR2 and FFAR3 in vivo was investigated through immunostaining of frozen sections of the porcine gut segments jejunum, ileum and colon. Both receptors are expressed along the gut and were found in the smooth muscle cells of the tunica muscularis and lamina muscularis mucosae. Furthermore, a high expression of FFAR2 and a low expression of FFAR3 in the enteric nerve system was also observed in jejunum, ileum and colon of sus scrofa. In addition, FFAR2 and FFAR3 within the vessels was investigated. FFAR3 showed a strong expression on endothelial cells of veins and lymphatic vessels but was not detectable on arteries. Furthermore, we demonstrate for the first time, FFAR2 and FFAR3 in IPEC-J2 cells on RNA- and protein level, as well as with confocal microscopy. In addition, ENO1 and NDUFA4 were investigated on RNA-level in IPEC-J2 cells as 2 important genes, which play an essential role in metabolism. Here, NDUFA4 is detected in the model animal sus scrofa as well as in the porcine cell line IPEC-J2. A potential impact of propionic acid and/or glucose and/or cultivation method on the metabolism of the cells was tested with the Seahorse analyzer. Here, a significant higher ECAR was observed in the SMC than in the OCR. In summary, we were able to show that the cultivation system appears to have a greater influence than the medium composition or nutrition of the cells. However, this can be modulated by incubation time or combination of different SCFAs.
Clinical description and evaluation of 30 pediatric patients with ultra-rare diseases: A multicenter study with real-world data from Saudi Arabia
Authors: Muthaffar Osama Y. , Alazhary Noura W. , Alyazidi Anas S. , Alsubaie Mohammed A. , Bahowarth Sarah Y. , Odeh Nour B. , Bamaga Ahmed K.
Published: July 2024

Background

With the advancement of next-generation sequencing, clinicians are now able to detect ultra-rare mutations that are barely encountered by the majority of physicians. Ultra-rare and rare diseases cumulatively acquire a prevalence equivalent to type 2 diabetes with 80% being genetic in origin and more prevalent among high consanguinity communities including Saudi Arabia. The challenge of these diseases is the ability to predict their prevalence and define clear phenotypic features.

Methods

This is a non-interventional retrospective multicenter study. We included pediatric patients with a pathogenic variant designated as ultra-rare according to the National Institute for Clinical Excellence’s criteria. Demographic, clinical, laboratory, and radiological data of all patients were collected and analyzed using multinomial regression models.

Results

We included 30 patients. Their mean age of diagnosis was 16.77 months (range 3–96 months) and their current age was 8.83 years (range = 2–15 years). Eleven patients were females and 19 were males. The majority were of Arab ethnicity (96.77%). Twelve patients were West-Saudis and 8 patients were South-Saudis. SCN1A mutation was reported among 19 patients. Other mutations included SZT2, ROGDI, PRF1, ATP1A3, and SHANK3. The heterozygous mutation was reported among 67.86%. Twenty-nine patients experienced seizures with GTC being the most frequently reported semiology. The mean response to ASMs was 45.50% (range 0–100%).

Conclusion

The results suggest that ultra-rare diseases must be viewed as a distinct category from rare diseases with potential demographic and clinical hallmarks. Additional objective and descriptive criteria to detect such cases are needed.
Assessment and development of physical education teachers’ physical literacy: A systematic review
Authors: Yin Hang , Omar Dev Roxana Dev , Soh Kim Geok , Li Fangyi , Lian Menglong
Published: July 2024

In recent years, physical literacy (PL) has gained a great deal of attention in global academia. Children’s physical activity (PA) participation is severely underrepresented today, and students’ participation in PA and PL level development is strongly dependent on the PL levels of PE teachers. This study aims to offer information for PE teachers to improve their PL levels and for the future development of tools to assess the PL of PE teachers through a systematic review of studies assessing PL of PE teachers. The Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analysis (PRISMA) was used to conduct a comprehensive and systematic search in six databases—Web of Science, Scopus, ScienceDirect, PubMed, ProQuest; and SportDiscus, and a total of 671 papers were retrieved, but after removing duplicates, article identification, and screening only eight papers met the inclusion criteria. This study’s results indicate a paucity of research related to PL among PE teachers, focusing on children, students, older adults, and children with disabilities. PE teachers performed poorly in the physical competence domain and better in the cognitive and affective domains, with a moderate level of overall PL. Only one instrument is currently available to assess PE teachers’ (perceived) PL, and other studies have used instrument components. Therefore, it was concluded that the current PE teachers’ PL level is not high. Also, because the concept of PL among PE teachers has not been standardized, no tool has been developed to evaluate the PL of PE teachers comprehensively and systematically. The CPD (continuing professional development) is considered an effective means of enhancing PL among PE teachers, and research should prioritize the development of CPD programs and tools that are specifically tailored to assess PL among PE teachers in the future.
A genome-wide CRISPR/Cas9 knockout screen identifies TMEM239 as an important host factor in facilitating African swine fever virus entry into early endosomes
Authors: Shen Dongdong , Zhang Guigen , Weng Xiaogang , Liu Renqiang , Liu Zhiheng , Sheng Xiangpeng , Zhang Yuting , Liu Yan , Mu Yanshuang , Zhu Yuanmao , Sun Encheng , Zhang Jiwen , Li Fang , Xia Changyou , Ge Junwei , Liu Zhonghua , Bu Zhigao , Zhao Dongming
Published: July 2024

African swine fever (ASF) is a highly contagious, fatal disease of pigs caused by African swine fever virus (ASFV). The complexity of ASFV and our limited understanding of its interactions with the host have constrained the development of ASFV vaccines and antiviral strategies. To identify host factors required for ASFV replication, we developed a genome-wide CRISPR knockout (GeCKO) screen that contains 186,510 specific single guide RNAs (sgRNAs) targeting 20,580 pig genes and used genotype II ASFV to perform the GeCKO screen in wild boar lung (WSL) cells. We found that knockout of transmembrane protein 239 (TMEM239) significantly reduced ASFV replication. Further studies showed that TMEM239 interacted with the early endosomal marker Rab5A, and that TMEM239 deletion affected the co-localization of viral capsid p72 and Rab5A shortly after viral infection. An ex vivo study showed that ASFV replication was significantly reduced in TMEM239-/- peripheral blood mononuclear cells from TMEM239 knockout piglets. Our study identifies a novel host factor required for ASFV replication by facilitating ASFV entry into early endosomes and provides insights for the development of ASF-resistant breeding.
Use of zebrafish to identify host responses specific to type VI secretion system mediated interbacterial antagonism
Authors: Virgo Mollie , Mostowy Serge , Ho Brian T.
Published: July 2024

Interbacterial competition is known to shape the microbial communities found in the host, however the interplay between this competition and host defense are less clear. Here, we use the zebrafish hindbrain ventricle (HBV) as an in vivo platform to investigate host responses to defined bacterial communities with distinct forms of interbacterial competition. We found that antibacterial activity of the type VI secretion system (T6SS) from both Vibrio cholerae and Acinetobacter baylyi can induce host inflammation and sensitize the host to infection independent of any individual effector. Chemical suppression of inflammation could resolve T6SS-dependent differences in host survival, but the mechanism by which this occurred differed between the two bacterial species. By contrast, colicin-mediated antagonism elicited by an avirulent strain of Shigella sonnei induced a negligible host response despite being a more potent bacterial killer, resulting in no impact on A. baylyi or V. cholerae virulence. Altogether, these results provide insight into how different modes of interbacterial competition in vivo affect the host in distinct ways.
Vera Frenkel’s String Games: Improvisations for Inter-City Video
Authors: Proulx Mikhel
Published: July 2024

In the autumn of 1974, the Canadian artist Vera Frenkel staged String Games: Improvisations for Inter-City Video. Two groups of participants – five each in Toronto and Montreal – engaged in a remote version of the classic string game cat’s cradle. String Games is the first piece of telematic art. However, art historical attention to the artwork has been insufficient. String Games emerged from a watershed moment for network technologies, specifically within a context of telecommunications development in the Canadian nation state. Telecommunications-based art has a long legacy in Canada, the country that exactly a century before Frenkel’s artwork saw Alexander Graham Bell’s patent for the telephone in 1874. His namesake company launched the Bell Canada Conference TV System in the early 1970s. In its day, the System was one of only four organizations worldwide that provided conferencing technology that engaged video, audio and computer networks. Decades before studies alerted us to the cognitive overload of Zoom fatigue, the effects of ‘continuous partial attention’ and to the importance of non-verbal, bodily signals in digital media, Frenkel and her collaborators used telematics to consider new ways of being together with and through embodying new communications tools. This article provides a historical analysis of String Games, situates its role within the history of networked art, and explores the artwork’s co-operative realization of live connection and a feeling of co-presence in the context of technological development in the Canadian nation state. Within the context of early interactive video work, String Games was a notable innovator.
Atmospheric listening instruments: Art and science technologies for attuning to our natural environments
Authors: Duarte Regino Juan Carlos
Published: July 2024

This article introduces a curated selection of artistic instrument-based practices centred around listening to geophonic and biophonic aspects of the natural soundscape. Featured artists, including Ariel Guzik (Nereida), Joyce Hinterding and David Haines (Earthstar), Pauline Oliveros (Echoes from the Moon), Nicolas Montgermont (Axis Mvndi) and Juan Duarte (Augury), employ instrumental approaches to engage with natural environments. The article delves into the role of technology in mediating environmental awareness, establishing connections with key concepts such as attunement, resonance and techno-embodiment. The exploration unfolds as a genealogy of art and science instrument-based practices unified by the overarching idea of utilizing technologies to expand human sensorium, primarily through sound. The practices examined advocate for ecocentrism, presenting it as a strategic approach to cultivating empathy towards natural environments by acknowledging nature as an independent entity. Through instrumental relations, these practices enable humans to attune to the profound, otherwise imperceptible voice of nature, resonating beyond the confines of human language.
Creative, collective and divergent practices in the virtualization of cultural heritage
Authors: Hofman Vanina , Montero Valentina
Published: July 2024

In recent years, a myriad of three-dimensional (3D) digital doubles of our cultural heritage have grown up around us. For dissemination and communication purposes, and for the creation of pedagogical tools, study, reconstruction, or preservation, various institutions – through specific projects or associated companies – have turned to virtualizing their collections. The digital world has been filled with models that, although technically advanced, in many cases fail to activate the cultural heritage on which they are based, thus increasing the number of abandoned digital objects. Given this context, it is relevant to research creative projects that approach 3D digitization in a critical and creative way. This article will review three of them: ‘Material Speculation: ISIS’ (2015–16), ‘Antes del Olvido’ (2019) and ‘Arts Santa Mònica Official Tour’ (2021). Through their studies, we will observe the renewal of the debate about what should be preserved, the divergent and creative tactics to do so and the social implications of these processes. Finally, these cases are useful to approach heritage’s duration. The techniques call it into question and make us face our choices. What do we make last and what we discard? If it was born to remain, why is it made ephemeral by circumstances? Or, on the contrary, why do fleeting works persist in the heart of digital culture?
Présence de l’Ange. Du mythe au mystère: La représentation de l’ange dans les arts et les littératures francophones
Authors: Cordeiro Cristina Robalo , Domingues João , Mariano Rosário Neto
Published: July 2024

Gardien ou exterminateur, souriant ou mélancolique, l’Ange accompagne l’espèce humaine depuis la Chute. Loin de s’être effacé, comme tant d’autres créatures fabuleuses, devant les prodiges de la science moderne, il reste, visible ou invisible, le mystérieux guide, fidèle ou trompeur, de l’âme. Représenté abondamment dans la peinture et la sculpture médiévales, il sollicite, avec ou sans ailes, les cinéastes les plus contemporains. Depuis le Romantisme, poètes et romanciers ont recouru à son prestige de surnaturel Etranger, tenté par notre condition mortelle
ENGAJAMENTO NO TRABALHO E SÍNDROME DE BURNOUT: UMA ANÁLISE COMPARATIVA
Authors: Lopes Luis Felipe Dias , Silva Deoclécio Junior Cardoso , Obregon Sandra Leonara , Chiapinoto Fabiane Volpato , Dapper Steffani Nikoli , Moura Gilnei Luiz , Silva Wesley Vieira , Veiga Claudimar Pereira
Published: July 2024

Compreender a relação entre estresse emocional, engajamento e saúde do trabalhador durante a pandemia de COVID-19 tem sido um desafio para várias organizações em todo o mundo. Nesse contexto, este estudo teve como objetivo comparar o engajamento no trabalho e a Síndrome de Burnout em trabalhadores de universidades públicas brasileiras durante a pandemia de COVID-19. Para entender essa relação, foi realizado um estudo quantitativo com dados primários (n = 1.506) coletados por meio de questionário estruturado a partir de uma amostra de respondentes composta por servidores públicos de universidades públicas brasileiras. Técnicas robustas de estatística foram usadas para análise de dados, enfatizando a modelagem de equações estruturais de mínimos quadrados parciais (PLS-SEM) e análise multigrupo (MGA) para identificar as relações entre as dimensões. Este estudo apresenta resultados relevantes e inéditos, mostrando como o engajamento no trabalho e a síndrome de Burnout se comportam de forma diferente entre profissionais do mesmo ambiente. Também traz informações importantes para a saúde e a assistência social no que diz respeito à saúde do trabalhador e pode auxiliar no melhor entendimento a elaboração de diretrizes estratégicas para mitigar atividades e atitudes que possam contribuir para o desenvolvimento da Síndrome de Burnout no ambiente de trabalho das universidades, ainda mais no que se refere às diferenças entre categorias.
ANÁLISE DA EVOLUÇÃO DA OCORRÊNCIA DAS ARBOVIROSES NA MICRORREGIÃO DO CURIMATAÚ OCIDENTAL PARAIBANO ENTRE OS ANOS DE 2020 E 2022
Authors: Belarmino Cícero Diego Alves , Lima Valéria Raquel Porto de
Published: July 2024

As arboviroses (Dengue, Zika e Chikungunya) são enfermidades transmitidas pelo mosquito Aedes Aegypti que acometem muitos cidadãos brasileiros por ano. Esse estudo pretende demonstrar a evolução da notificação dos casos de arboviroses na microrregião do Curimataú Ocidental paraibano entre os anos de 2020 e 2022, considerando a redução dos casos em 2020 (ano inicial da pandemia da Covid-19) comparado com o ano de 2019 e o aumento nos anos seguintes de 2021 e 2022. E, observar a possível relação dos casos de arboviroses ao acesso aos serviços de saneamento básico na região. Para isso, foram utilizados os dados do Sistema de Informação de Agravos de Notificação (Sinan Net), os boletins epidemiológicos da Secretaria de Saúde do estado da Paraíba, os dados do Sistema Nacional de Informações sobre Saneamento Básico (SNIS) e o processamento desses dados no software QGIS, usando do Geoprocessamento e dos Sistemas de Informações Geográficas (SIG) para mapear os casos das doenças citadas e sua evolução ao longo do tempo e espaço, além do acesso aos serviços de saneamento. Assim, entendemos ser possível contribuir com essa análise para promoção de medidas por parte da gestão pública que busquem diminuir a ocorrência das arboviroses na microrregião citada.
REVISÃO SISTEMÁTICA SOBRE ESTRESSE PÓS-TRAUMÁTICO, DEPRESSÃO E ANSIEDADE EM MÃES DE VÍTIMAS DE ABUSO SEXUAL
Authors: Gomes Regiane Aparecida Baú , Antunes Maria Cristina , Cortez Pedro Afonso
Published: July 2024

A revelação do abuso sexual promove uma crise imediata nas famílias, sendo necessárias ações integradas e multidisciplinares para a recuperação das crianças e adolescentes vítimas e suas mães, devido à situação de exposição e às rupturas promovidas pela revelação do abuso sexual para a dinâmica familiar entre filhos e pais. Faz-se um contributo ao tema com o objetivo de apresentar um panorama das produções acadêmicas sobre a saúde mental de mães de crianças e adolescentes que sofreram abuso sexual infantil. Foram identificados preliminarmente 779 estudos nas bases de dados Science Direct, Psycinfo (APA) e Biblioteca Virtual em Saúde, resultando na análise completa de 10 artigos científicos nesta revisão de literatura. Encontrou-se uma produção predominante em áreas multidisciplinares, com autoria norte-americana e uma razoável relação entre a revelação do abuso sexual infantil e a saúde mental da mãe (maior incidência de TEPT, ansiedade e depressão em relação à população geral). Confrontou-se a literatura, a fim de promover uma agenda de pesquisa e ação sobre o tema que demonstre o nexo entre a saúde mental da díade mãe-filho no contexto brasileiro. Almeja-se impactar positivamente as condições geradoras de políticas públicas favoráveis ​​à reparação da dignidade, justiça e assistência psicossocial dessa população-chave.
HUBUNGAN KECERDASAN EMOSI DENGAN MOTIVASI BELAJAR PADA SISWA DI SMP NEGERI 8 BUKITTINGGI
Authors: Amanda Erfi , Rahayu Ananda Sri , Evani Imelda , Rafly Rafly , Rosa Syerli Akhla , Savitri Anisa Resa , Sabrina Nurul
Published: July 2024

Siswa usia SMP dikategorikan sebagai masa remaja, yaitu fase peralihan anak- anak menuju dewasa. Pada masa remaja, anak-anak mengalami masalah dalam motivasi belajar dan kecerdasan emosi. Peneliti menemukan siswa SMP memiliki kecerdasan emosi yang rendah, sehingga berpengaruh kepada motivasi belajar. Kecerdasan emosi merupakan kemampuan seseorang dalam mengendalikan emosinya dengan baik dan menyalurkannya ke dalam emosi positif sehingga dapat mengatasi emosi negatif. Sedangkan motivasi belajar adalah dorongan yang berasal dari dalam dan luar diri seseorang untuk mencapai tujuan yang diinginkan. Sampel dalam penelitian ini 128 siswa SMP. Tujuan penelitian ini untuk mengetahui hubungan antara kecerdasan emosional dengan motivasi belajar pada siswa SMP. Metode yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini yaitu metode kuantitatif dengan analisis pearson correlation menggunakan SPSS 26.00 dengan alat pengumpulan data berupa angket untuk Kecerdasan Emosional dan Motivasi Belajar. Dari hasil analisis data penelitian menunjukkan bahwa nilai korelasi 0.497 yang berarti kedua variabel berkorelasi sedang, kemudian nilai signifikasi 0.00 atau <0.05 menunjukkan bahwa hipotesis diterima, sehingga disimpulkan adanya hubungan antara kecerdasan emosional dengan motivasi belajar pada siswa SMP Negeri 8 Bukittinggi.
PENGALAMAN HIDUP MENGASUH CUCU: STUDI FENOMENOLOGIS DESKRIPTIF PADA LANSIA
Authors: Nadila Nadila Yusi , Ningsih Putri
Published: July 2024

Seiring perkembangan hidup saat sekarang ini, kebanyakan ibu memiliki peran ganda yaitu sebagai wanita karier dan ibu rumah tangga. Keputusan tetap memiliki karier antara kedua pasangan setelah memiliki anak sehingga pengalihan pengasuhan dilimpahkan kepada anggota keluarga yang dapat menjalankan peran tersebut. Biasanya tanggung jawab itu dilimpahkan kepada orang tua yang sudah memiliki usia lanjut. Tujuan dari penelitian ini yaitu untuk memahami pengalaman lansia mengasuh cucu. Metode yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini adalah kualitatif fenomenologis, adapun teknik analisis yaitu eksplikasi data. Partisipan dalam penelitian ini dipilih dengan teknik purposive sampling. Partisipan berjumlah dua orang yang merupakan seorang lansia yang mengasuh cucu. Temuan dalam penelitian ini menunjukkan ada dua episode yaitu: (1) pengalaman saat pertama kali mengasuh cucu; (2) pengalaman setelah beberapa tahun mengasuh cucu. Enam tema umum yaitu: (1) awal mula mengasuh cucu; (2) pengetahuan mengenai parenting; (3) menjalani kehidupan sebagai grand parenting; (4) konflik dalam keluarga; (5) perubahan yang dialami; dan (6) harapan di masa depan. Pilihan dan keputusan dalam mengasuh cucu menunjukkan upaya-upaya yang dimiliki oleh lansia yang resilien.
Gambaran Penerimaan Diri Remaja Korban Perceraian
Authors: Sari Fulziah Alwita , Noni Noni , Adri Zakwan
Published: July 2024

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menguraikan bagaimana remaja yang menjadi korban perceraian mengalami penerimaan terhadap diri mereka. Perceraian dianggap sebagai puncak dari serangkaian masalah yang berakumulasi dan merupakan langkah terakhir yang diambil ketika perkawinan tidak dapat dipertahankan lagi. Metode penelitian yang digunakan adalah kualitatif fenomenologi dengan dua partisipan yang memiliki karakteristik sebagai anak remaja yang mengalami perceraian orangtua. Penerimaan terhadap perceraian orangtua tidak dapat dicapai secara spontan oleh anak, melainkan melalui tahapan-tahapan tertentu yang terkait dengan kehidupan pasca perceraian, termasuk dampak psikologis dan sosial yang dirasakan. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa perceraian memberikan dampak negatif seperti perasaan minder, kehilangan figur keluarga, dan kenakalan remaja. Faktor-faktor yang membantu dalam proses penerimaan diri termasuk keberadaan figur ibu yang kompeten, berkurangnya konflik orangtua, serta dukungan positif dari lingkungan sekolah dan teman-teman, yang membantu para partisipan bangkit dari keterpurukan setelah menghadapi perceraian orangtua.
SYMBOLIC REALITY CONSTRUCTION OF THE K-POP COMMUNITY ON TWITTER
Authors: Astari Devi Wening , Agustina Dwi Pela , Nurussa’adah Erfina
Published: July 2024

This research aimed to find a model of symbolic interaction in the BTS fanbase through exchanging fantasy-themed messages that create group awareness and produce feelings of togetherness. The research was conducted using qualitative methods and virtual ethnographic procedures. The research subject was a fanbase account that actively provided various information on Twitter that led to the dramatization of BTS content. The data was obtained through community members' observations through Focus Group Discussions with ARMY. The criteria for selecting informants were 1) fans who actively upload and interact with BTS; 2) actively followed accounts that ARMY follows with at least 50,000 followers; 3) followed accounts get a lot of interactions, comments, retweets, or quote retweets; 4) the selected ARMY had a Twitter account that has followed the selected account and has contact with that account. The results showed that the development of the ARMY community on Twitter was based on constructing a shared symbolic reality. The forms were a visual video, photo, word game, or a combination. ARMY utilized fantasy themes to interact with fellow ARMY to build closeness and a strong sense of family by implementing a culture of active participation in the community. This research also provided an overview of ARMY's symbolic reality construction model on Twitter and the relationship between cultural participation theory and the symbolic interactions of K-pop fans.
Hypermethylation of RAD51L3 and XRCC2 Genes to Predict Late Toxicity in Chemoradiotherapy-Treated Cervical Cancer Patients
Authors: Paulíková Simona , Chmelařová M. , Petera J. , Palička V. , Paulík A.
Published: July 2024

Cervical cancer affects women worldwide, especially in developing countries. Approximately 500,000 cases of this disease are diagnosed per year. The method of choice in the treatment of advanced cervical cancers (in accordance with the International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics staging system (FIGO) starting from stage IIB) is combined radiotherapy with concomitant chemotherapy. This treatment provides good tumour control, but it carries a risk of late complications in the irradiated area in 10–15 % of cases. Methylation is one of the methods of epigenetic control, which has an important role in gene expression. Aberrant methylation of normal CpG islands in promoters of tumour suppressor genes such as RB, p53 or DNA reparation genes ATM, BRCA1,2, and RAD51 gene family causes silencing of their function and cell cycle deregulation, which is one of the efficient ways of neoplastic transformation. The significantly decreased expression of molecules involved in DNA response may cause facilitated radiosensitivity in predisposed individuals. We looked for the relationship between hypermethylation of 18 DNA reparation genes and late toxicity occurrence in cervical cancer patients treated by chemoradiotherapy using methylation-specific multiplex ligation-dependent probe amplification (MS-MLPA). The cut-off value for the hypermethylation was set at 10 %. We confirmed significant association between promoter hypermethylation in the XRCC2 gene and occurrence of late grade III–IV toxicity in cervical cancer patients (P = 0.0357). This finding could be useful in the late toxicity prediction in radiotherapy-treated patients.
Inkarnacje tożsamości młodzieży w przestrzeni mediów społecznościowych
Authors: Górecka Jagoda
Published: July 2024

Adolescence is a period of transition between the child identity to more complex and coherent structure of oneself. A mature identity is shaped throughout the entire life and refers to the broader context of reality. The contemporary youth research orientations indicate the psychological, social and cultural dimensions as an inextricably interconnected. The article presents a contemporary concepts of youth identity in the reality of social media. The aim is to consider the significance of social media platforms for creating self-identifications and personal images. In the era of digital communication and visual culture, the role of autocreation has become an explicit component of manifesting ones identity. In the postmodern concepts of identities the social construction and subjective creation has been indicated as well as emerging ideology of consumerism. Although, the contemporary youth studies put the focus on digital media and new technologies, there is a growing need of deeper insights of the dynamic changes of personality and teenage identities in relation to social media sites.
Research on the TF–IDF algorithm combined with semantics for automatic extraction of keywords from network news texts
Authors: Wang Yan
Published: July 2024

As the number of online news texts continues to increase, the algorithm of automatic keyword extraction becomes a key content in facilitating users’ fast access to the desired content. This article first introduced two common algorithms: term frequency–inverse document frequency (TF–IDF) and TextRank. Then, the calculation of news title weight was added to the TF–IDF algorithm according to the characteristics of network news text. Moreover, a new automatic extraction algorithm was designed by applying Word2vec to extract semantics. The experimental results demonstrated that on the ACE2005 dataset, as the quantity of automatically extracted keywords increased, the accuracy of the TF–IDF, TextRank, and the semantics-combined TF–IDF algorithms gradually decreased, and the recall rates gradually increased. When five keywords were extracted, the gap of the semantics-combined TF–IDF algorithm with the other two algorithms was the largest, and its accuracy, recall rate, and F-measure were 72.77, 78.64, and 75.59%, respectively. Finally, the F-measure of the semantics-combined TF–IDF algorithm reached 81% for network news texts. The experimental results prove the performance of the semantics-combined TF–IDF algorithm in automatically extracting keywords from network news texts, and it will have promising applications in practice.
Antonio Pérez Olea y la dramatización de la pintura
Authors: G. Peydró Guillermo
Published: July 2024

El madrileño Antonio Pérez Olea supone un caso muy particular dentro de la nómina de profesionales españoles del cine de los años sesenta y setenta. Formado entre Madrid, París y Roma, compagina los estudios de composición y dirección musical con los de operador de cámara y realizador, logrando una versatilidad insólita que le llevará a realizar labores simultáneas de cámara y banda sonora, siendo responsable de la música de no pocos de los títulos decisivos del Nuevo Cine Español. Este artículo se centra en su aportación como realizador de documentales de arte. En ellos, Pérez Olea se encarga a la vez del guion, cámara, realización y música, pero ante todo plantea una forma concreta de utilización crítica, con afiladas alusiones sociopolíticas, de la tendencia internacional de dramatización de la pintura, inaugurada por el cortometraje italiano Racconto da un affresco (Luciano Emmer, Enrico Gras, Tatiana Grauding, 1940).
THE EASTER CANON IN THE STORY “KUKUSHA” BY M. A KUCHERSKAYA
Authors: Cavazza Antonella
Published: July 2024

The genre of the Easter story, which developed in the second half of the 19th century, was revived in the post-Soviet period, at the end of the 20th — beginning of the 21th century. The article presents the results of observations of the postmodern story by M. A. Kucherskaya “Kukusha” (“The Cuckoo”) and shows how the canon of the Easter story manifests itself in modern Russian prose. In addition to some traditional components (for example, ideological content — with an emphasis on the disclosure of human values and works of mercy; the transformation of the main character’s life — in the story, along with this, there is a change in the inner state of the heroine) the Easter canon also manifested itself through the motive of the main character’s search for her own identity in the story of the Coachman. This motif is expressed in two ways: both through the Christian symbol (the cross) and with the help of the folklore image of the cuckoo, conveying the syncretism of folklore and religion preserved in certain layers of modern society, when Christian and pagan faith coexist in the inner world of people. Comparison of the story “Kukusha” (“The Cuckoo”) with two other modern works in this genre: “The Easter Story with a Breakdown” by B. P. Ekimov (2002) and the story “Once Upon an Easter” by A. B. Torik (2023) — allowed us to summarize the above observations, concluding that, having revived, the Easter canon thus expanded at the beginning of the 21th century, accommodating the existential status of a person in a state of crisis.
THE CONCEPT OF MAN IN A. PLATONOV’S SHORT NOVEL (POVEST’) “YAMSKAYA SLOBODA”
Authors: Zavarkina Marina
Published: July 2024

In the first third of the 20th century there were disputes in Soviet literature about the new and old way of life, about the “new” man born by the revolution, about the “living,” “rationalistic,” “harmonic” man. Writers were intensively searching for their “hero of our time.” One of the “versions of the topic” (E. Rozhentseva) was the theme of the “little man” who was “placed” in new historical conditions. The image of a “little man” prepared the appearance of a new “great man” of the Soviet era (M. Gorky). The article considers the image of the “little man” in A. Platonov’s short novel (povest’) “Yamskaya Sloboda” (1927). Following the tradition of Russian classical literature in depicting this type of hero — the “Petersburg short novels” by A. S. Pushkin and N. V. Gogol, the works of F. M. Dostoevsky — Platonov unfolds the action against the background of the First World War and two revolutions. The writer, on the one hand, emphasizes the connection of his hero with the “little people” of Russian literature of the 19th century, on the other — endows him with new features. Platonov’s hero is not only a “little man,” but also an “extra person,” a fool, in addition, Filat possesses a Christian virtue — meekness of character. The writer interprets the image of the “new” person in his own way: he actualizes the “old/new” opposition, filled with a biblical context. Filat is the first in a row of Platonov’s “spiritual poor,” he is a hero of feelings, instincts, and a kind heart. This is the same “intimate person” of Platonov, whom the revolution forces to transform, to on a modest revolt — leaving the Yamskaya Sloboda. In the short novel, Platonov, like Pushkin and Gogol in their time, raises the issue of the relationship between the state power and the common man. For the writer, the people are not an abstract concept, not a faceless mass: the personalization of each individual “statesman” is the writer’s utopian dream. However, Platonov understood how difficult the process of a transformation of an ordinary person into a “new one” was. Showing the first attempts of the hero’s “self-standing,” plunging into the fate of the “little man” of the 20th century, revealing his “innermost” and at the same time untimely, A. Platonov tried to formulate his own idea of national happiness and — like his hero — wondered if it was in the revolution.
Přátelství a dary v korespondenci Winfrieda / Bonifáce
Authors: Šenk Martin
Published: July 2024

This article explores the relationship between friendship and gift-giving in the early Middle Ages. Friendship and its associated rituals are understood as part of the ‚rules of the game‘ that shaped medieval society. The ritual of gift-giving, which served to establish friendly relations and strengthen friendships, is explored here through the corpus of Saint Boniface’s correspondence. By using the letters of Saint Boniface as an example, it is shown that gifts played a major role in building friendships.
Clarissa Hyman: Cucina Siciliana
Authors: Jaine Tom
Published: July 2024

Clarissa Hyman: Cucina Siciliana: Conran Octopus, 2003: ISBN 1840911832: 160 pp., photos by Peter Cassidy, h/b, £18.99.
Sociodemographic differences in nonfinancial access barriers to care among adults: United States, 2022.
Authors: Ng Amanda , Dzifa Adjaye-Gbewonyo, , Dahlhamer James
Published: July 2024

This report provides health data from the National Center for Health Statistics.
PROFISSÃO DOCENTE E CURRÍCULO NARRATIVO
Authors: Surdi Junior Cidney Antonio , Dantas Otília Maria Alves da Nóbrega Alberto
Published: July 2024

Este ensaio analisa a construção de itinerários formativos para a formação docente, embasado nas visões de Francisco Imbernón (2011) e no conceito de currículo narrativo de Ivor Goodson (2007, 2022). Examina trajetórias e saberes cruciais para a formação de educadores, com ênfase na reflexão sobre a prática pedagógica. Com base nesses autores, enfatiza-se a relevância das narrativas pessoais dos professores para revelar o conhecimento tácito inerente à profissão docente. Essas histórias de vida constituem uma epistemologia singular da docência, fornecendo a base fundamental para a formação de futuros professores. Dessa forma, a interseção entre as ideias de Imbernón e Goodson lança luz sobre a importância de reconhecer e aproveitar as experiências individuais dos educadores como alicerces para a formação pedagógica.
Mechanisms and Limitations of Eliminating the Shortage of Higher Education Personnel – Regional and Industry Aspect
Authors: Blinova T. N. , Fedotov A. V. , Kovalenko A. A.
Published: July 2024

This article considers possible approaches to reducing the shortage of personnel with higher education in regional economies and in the Russian economy as a whole. The imbalance of the system for training highly qualified specialists with industry needs, the increasing trend of graduates from secondary vocational education institutions, the reduction of the working-age population in the country, and the increase in migration flows from labor-deficient regions to economically developed ones exacerbate the issue of the shortage of personnel with higher education in both the short and long term. The aim of this article is to consider possible mechanisms for short-term and long-term provision of Russian regions and industries with personnel with higher education. The article takes into account research data on the alignment of the structure of training highly qualified specialists with the economic needs of the subjects of the Russian Federation, and addresses issues related to providing personnel with higher education for priority areas sovereignty projects, as well as analyzing the main limitations affecting the provision of the economy with personnel with higher education. The study is based on data from the consolidated forms of VPO-1 of the Ministry of Education and Science of Russia on admission to higher education programs by subjects of the Russian Federation and aggregated groups of specialties and areas of training (hereinafter – UGSN), as well as on information from the Federal State Statistics Service. The analysis results have revealed that most factors determining the provision of the economy with highly qualified specialists have had a negative impact on the provision of structural restructuring of the economy in recent years, increasing the risks of implementing technological sovereignty projects.
Additional Professional Education in the Regions of Russia
Authors: Semionova E. A. , Tokareva G. S.
Published: July 2024

The social and economic changes in our country, the transformation of the economy, the rapid development of technology have made researchers, politicians, employers pay attention to the potential of additional professional education (hereinafter referred to as APE) system in terms of developing and improving the employees of enterprises and organizations’ knowledge and skills. Due to a shorter training cycle (compared to higher and secondary vocational education programs), more flexible conditions and opportunities for the implementation of educational programs, the APE system could respond quickly enough to the needs for improving and developing market participants’ professional competencies according to the technological transformation of the Russian economy. This makes it necessary to consider the main trends and strategies for the APE development. The results presented in the article are based on the analysis of official statistical information, as well as on the results of a 2023 sociological study of the APE system transformation in three regions of Russia. We examine both the key characteristics of the system of additional professional education in this country, their dynamics over the past five years, and the regional specific features of the APE systems state. The presented results can be used when forming management decisions in the APE sphere; corresponding examples are proposed by the authors.