bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Professional Quality of Life among Physicians of Tertiary Care Hospitals: An Egyptian Cross-Sectional Study
Authors: Abdelhadi Ibrahim Bassma , Mostafa Mona , Hussein Sarah Mohamed
Published: November 2021

Background

Professional quality of life greatly impacts wellbeing and performance of professionals working in the field of caring. The study aims at assessing the components of professional quality of life and their predictors.

Design and methods

The cross-sectional study was performed on 167 physicians enrolled by using stratified random sampling from tertiary care hospitals, Ismailia, Egypt. It was conducted by a structured interview questionnaire which included Maslach Burnout Inventory to assess burnout syndrome, and Professional Quality of Life version 5 (Pro QOL- 5) subscale to assess compassion fatigue and satisfaction.

Results

Among participants, 78.9% had high burnout, 76% had moderate potential compassion satisfaction and 82% had moderate potential compassion fatigue. The correlation between scales of professional quality of life scores showed significant results (p<0.05). The multiple linear regression analysis showed that marital status, frequency of dealing with critical patients, and compassion fatigue score (B= -6.959, B= 3.573, B= 1.115) were significant predictors of burnout score (p<0.05). Marital status (B= 2.280, p=0.024), and burnout score (B = 0.179, p=0.000) were significant positive predictors of compassion fatigue. While compassion satisfaction score was negative predictor (B= -2.804, p=0.006). The predictors of compassion satisfaction were the marital status (B = 5.039, p=0.000), and compassion fatigue score (B = -0.254, p=0.006).

Conclusions

High prevalence rates of burnout, compassion fatigue and satisfaction indicating poor professional quality of life were detected among physicians in tertiary care hospitals.
Physiotherapy in the treatment of infantile paralysis
Authors: Eeg E.
Published: November 2021

No abstract available.
Obituary: Caroline Gladys Troughton
Authors: Office Editorial
Published: November 2021

No abstract available.
Standardised positions for muscle testing
Authors: Reynolds Robert J.S.
Published: November 2021

No abstract available.
Book Review
Authors: D. L. E.
Published: November 2021

No abstract available.
Sociodemographic and perinatal factors associated with vitamin D deficiency in exclusively breastfeeding infants in North Central Nigeria
Authors: Adebiyi Lateefat O. , Kuti Bankole P. , Adegbola Adebanjo J. , Onuchukwu Chuma , Oyelami Oyeku A.
Published: November 2021

Background

Exclusive breastfeeding is highly recommended in early infancy; however, there are concerns about breast milk meeting the vitamin D requirements of infants during this period.

Objective

This study aimed to determine the serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25-OHD) level of lactating mothers and their healthy exclusively breastfeeding young infants, and to ascertain the predictors of deficient 25-OHD (<20 ng/ml) in these infants in a tropical setting.

Participants and methods

Mother–infant pairs at the Federal Medical Centre, Keffi North Central Nigeria, were consecutively recruited over a 7-month period. The study participants were characterized and their serum 25-OHD was assayed using the chromatography method.

Results

A total of 111 mother–infant pairs were recruited. The mean (SD) infant age was 3.0 (1.4) months, while the mean (SD) maternal age was 27.5 (5.1) years, with 3.6% being teenagers. The mean (SD) 25-OHD of infants and mothers were 39.7 (25.7) and 33.9 (20.4) ng/ml, respectively. Twenty-six (23.4%) infants and 33 (30.6%) mothers had deficient 25-OHD. Low birth weight and underweight infants, as well as inadequate maternal diet and maternal 25-OHD deficiency were associated with deficient 25-OHD status in infants. Only inadequate maternal diet (odd ratio=3.529; 95% confidence interval=1.100–11.168; P=0.033) and maternal vitamin D deficiency (odd ratio=10.168; 95% confidence interval=3.455–29.920; P=0.001) independently predicted deficient 25-OHD levels in the infants.

Conclusion

About one of every five exclusively breastfeeding recruited infants had deficient 25-OHD levels and this is associated with modifiable factors. Maternal intake of vitamin D-rich food and vitamin D supplementation may be necessary to meet the vitamin D requirements of these mother–infant pairs.
Interleukin-6 gene–174g/C polymorphism (rs1800795) in pediatric septic shock
Authors: Moustafa Azza A. , Mikhael Neveen L. , Gadallah Ghada A.K. , Hassouna Hadir M.
Published: November 2021

Objective

The present study was conducted to evaluate interleukin-16 (IL-6)–174 G/C polymorphism (rs1800795) as a predictor of outcomes of pediatric septic shock.

Patients and methods

This prospective observational study included 101 children having severe sepsis or septic shock admitted to the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit of a teaching university hospital starting from September 1, 2019 to March 31, 2020. A blood sample of 2 ml of whole blood was collected in EDTA tube on day 1 of admission. Genomic DNA was extracted from peripheral-blood mononuclear cells. IL-6–174G/C single-nucleotide polymorphism (rs1800795) genotyping was carried out using real-time quantitative-PCR by 5’-nuclease allelic-discrimination assay.

Results

The observed genotype frequencies are in equilibrium with Hardy–Weinberg equation (P=0.525). Regarding IL-6 genotypes, CC, CG, and GG represents 5, 39.6, and 55.4%, respectively. There was no significant difference between survived and deceased group as regards the polymorphisms CC, CG, or GG. There was no significant difference between both groups as regards C and G allele. There was no significant difference between CC, CG, and GG polymorphisms as regards mechanical-ventilation days, duration of Pediatric Intensive Care Unit stay, Pediatric Index of Mortality 2 score, C-reactive protein, white blood cells, as well as cultures.

Conclusion

IL-6–174G/C polymorphism (rs1800795) cannot predict mortality and did not affect outcomes in pediatric septic shock.
Impact of new chelating agents on ocular abnormalities in β-thalassemia major patients
Authors: Abo-Zied Saad S. , Elgemaey Hosam M. , Abd-Aal Hala M.
Published: November 2021

Objectives

The objectives of this study were to assess ocular changes in β-thalassemia major patients who have received multiple transfusions and different chelating agents.

Patients and methods

A cross-sectional study of 90 β-thalassemia major patients from age group 14 to 24 years were selected as case group, and 90 age-matched and sex-matched healthy participants were considered as a control group. Full medical history and thorough physical examinations were done to all patient groups. Ocular examination, including visual acuity, refraction testing, slit-lamp examination, funduscopy, tonometry, perimetry, tear-breakup time test, and color-vision testing, was performed for all the participants. We computed the frequency and duration of blood transfusion, the mean serum ferritin level, pretransfusion hemoglobin concentration, the type, duration, and daily dose of chelation therapy for thalassemia patients based on their records.

Results

All thalassemic patients were asymptomatic, but abnormal ocular findings [dry eye (13.3%), cataract (10%), retinal changes (16.7%), color-vision deficiency (3.33%), ocular hypertension (6.67%), and visual acuity (8.88%)] were seen in 58.9% of thalassemic group. The prevalence of ocular abnormalities in the control group was 19.4%, which was significantly lower than that in thalassemia patients (P=0.000). No significant correlation was found between ocular abnormalities and mean serum ferritin level (P=0.627) and mean hemoglobin concentration (P=0.143). A positive correlation between the number of blood transfusions with the presence of ocular abnormalities was found to be statistically significant (P=0.005).

Recommendations

As life expectancy for β-thalassemia patients extends, regular ophthalmologic evaluation to detect early changes in their ocular system is recommended.
$\bar\partial$-Задача и метод одевания для комплексного векторного модифицированного уравнения Кортевега-де Фриза
Authors: Cheng Jia , Tian Shou-Fu , Wu Zhi-Jia
Published: November 2021

С использованием метода $\bar\partial$-одевания из локальной ($5\times 5$ )-матрицы для $\bar\partial$-задачи путем введения подходящего оператора рекурсии $\Lambda^n$ выведена иерархия нелинейных эволюционных уравнений, которая включает в себя как частные случаи нелинейное уравнение Шредингера при $n=2$, векторное модифицированное уравнение Кортевега-де Фриза при $n=3$, уравнение Лакшманана-Порсециана-Даниеля при $n=4$. Кроме того, метод $\bar\partial$-одевания применяется для нахождения $N$-солитонных решений комплексного векторного модифицированного уравнения Кортевега-де Фриза. Обсуждается влияние параметров решения на характер взаимодействия солитонов, а также анализируется влияние положения характеристических прямых на относительное положение волн, что позволяет в полной мере описать метод управления направлением распространения волн.
Топологический смысл наклона колмогоровского спектра магнитной турбулентности
Authors: Akhmet'ev Petr Mikhailovich
Published: November 2021

Известно, что магнитная спиральность является не единственным инвариантом идеальной магнитогидродинамики. Исследуется вопрос о том, можно ли объяснить показатель $-1.7$ наклона турбулентного спектра магнитной энергии. Получен утвердительный ответ в предположении, что квазипериодическое магнитное поле распределено по масштабу свободно. Ответ использует асимптотический инвариант Хопфа и $M$-инвариант (численную меру заузленностей магнитных линий).
A trajectorial approach to the gradient flow properties of Langevin-Smoluchowski diffusions
Authors: Karatzas Ioannis , Schachermayer Walter , Tschiderer Bertram
Published: November 2021

В статье обсуждается вариационная характеризация консервативной диффузии как градиентного потока энтропии и дается ее вероятностная интерпретация с помощью анализа возмущений на основе стохастического исчисления. Р. Джорданом, Д. Киндерлерером и Ф. Отто было показано, что для диффузионных процессов типа Ланжевена-Смолуховского поток Фоккера-Планка вероятностных плотностей максимизирует скорость диссипации относительной энтропии, измеряемой расстоянием, пройденным в окружающем пространстве вероятностных мер с конечными вторыми моментами, в смысле квадратичной метрики Васерштейна. Мы получаем новые, основанные на стохастических процессах, версии этих свойств, справедливые вдоль почти каждой траектории диффузионного движения при обратном течении времени, непосредственно используя методологию теории возмущений. Усредняя наши траекторные результаты относительно меры на пространстве траекторий, мы устанавливаем максимальную скорость диссипации энтропии вдоль потока Фоккера-Планка и точно измеряем отклонение от этого максимума, соответствующее любому заданному возмущению. Как следствие нашего траекторного подхода мы выводим HWI-неравенство, связывающее относительную энтропию (H), расстояние Васерштейна (W) и относительную информацию Фишера (I).
Approximation of free convolutions by free infinitely divisible laws
Authors: Chistyakov Gennadii Petrovich , Gotze Friedrich
Published: November 2021

Основываясь на методе сyбoрдинационных функций, мы получаем оценки минимальных ошибок аппроксимации $n$-кратных свободных сверток вероятностных мер безгранично делимыми свободными вероятностными мерами.
Controlled diffusion Mean Field Games with common noise and McKean-Vlasov second order backward SDEs
Authors: Barrasso Adrien , Touzi Nizar
Published: November 2021

Рассматривается игра среднего поля с одним внешним шумом, коэффициент диффузии которого включает управление. Доказывается существование слабого решения с релаксацией при некоторых условиях на коэффициент диффузии. Далее, показывается, что при отсутствии этого внешнего шума игра среднего поля описывается обратным стохастическим дифференциальным уравнением типа Маккина-Власова второго порядка.
Уравнения Колмогорова для скачкообразных марковских процессов и их применения в задачах управления
Authors: Feinberg Eugene Aleksandrovich , Shiryaev Albert Nikolaevich
Published: November 2021

В статье описывается структура решений уравнений Колмогорова для неоднородных скачкообразных марковских процессов и обсуждаются применения этих результатов в задачах управления стохастическими системами со скачками. Такие уравнения рассматривались В. Феллером (1940 г.), который позднее (в 1945 г.) уточнил, что некоторые его результаты верны лишь для невзрывающихся процессов. В настоящей работе, во многом носящей обзорный характер, рассматривается и случай взрывающихся процессов. Статья основана на результатах, представленных авторами на конференции "П. Л. Чебышeв - 200", и опирается на их совместные исследования с Манасой Мандава (1984-2019).
NÂNG CAO CHẤT LƯỢNG ĐÀO TẠO NGUỒN NHÂN LỰC CỦA TRƯỜNG ĐẠI HỌC CÔNG NGHIỆP THÀNH PHỐ HỒ CHÍ MINH TRONG BỐI CẢNH HỘI NHẬP
Authors: KIM HOA LÊ THỊ , QUANG HÀ TRỌNG
Published: November 2021

Nâng cao chất lượng đào tạo nguồn nhân lực của trường Đại học Công nghiệp Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh (IUH) trên cơ sở xuất phát từ những tiềm năng, thế mạnh trong đào tạo của nhà trường về đội ngũ giảng viên, tổ chức quản lý đào tạo, cơ sở vật chất phục vụ đào tạo, đánh giá kết quả học tập,... Trên cơ sở phân tích thực trạng chất lượng nguồn nhân lực của IUH trong thời gian qua, từ đó nhận diện các yếu tố ảnh hưởng tới chất lượng đào tạo nguồn nhân lực tại IUH, góp phần định hướng, xây dựng các giải pháp nâng cao chất lượng đào tạo nguồn nhân lực của IUH trong bối cảnh hội nhập kinh tế quốc tế, khu vực và toàn cầu.
YẾU TỐ TỔ CHỨC VÀ CHẤT LƯỢNG HỆ THỐNG THÔNG TIN KẾ TOÁN – BẰNG CHỨNG TỪ VIỆT NAM
Authors: THUẬN LƯƠNG ĐỨC , THU HƯƠNG TRƯƠNG THỊ
Published: November 2021

Nghiên cứu được thực hiện nhằm xem xét vai trò của các yếu tố về cam kết tổ chức và cơ cấu tổ chức đối với chất lượng của hệ thống thông tin kế toán (HTTTKT) ở các doanh nghiệp tại Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh. Mẫu nghiên cứu gồm 175 đối tượng đang làm việc ở các vị trí kế toán trong các loại hình doanh nghiệp khác nhau. Dữ liệu nghiên cứu được thu thập chủ yếu thông qua khảo sát bằng bảng câu hỏi (từ tháng 3 năm 2017 – 6 năm 2017) và sau đó được dùng để phân tích thống kê mô tả và thực hiện các kiểm định giả thuyết nghiên cứu thông qua phân tích hồi quy tuyến tính với sự hỗ trợ của phần mềm SPSS. Kết quả nghiên cứu cho thấy chất lượng HTTTKT chịu sự tác động của 2 yếu tố là cam kết tổ chức và cơ cấu tổ chức. Trong đó yếu tố cơ cấu tổ chức là có tác động mạnh hơn.
REVIEW OF THE CURRENT INITIATIVES FOR CARBON DIOXIDE UTILIZATION TECHNOLOGIES IN EUROPE AND THE PROSPECTS FOR ROMANIA – PART I
Authors:   ICSI, Tiliakos Athanasios , Marinoiu Adriana
Published: November 2021

Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Storage (CCUS) technologies comprise a set of proposed technological solutions (i.e. methods, measures, implementations, and policies) that seek to trap carbon dioxide – the main form of carbon carrier molecule responsible for the greenhouse effect, originating from human economic activities, and destabilizing the planetary climate – before its release into the atmosphere. The aim and function of CCUS manifest as either preventive measures that lock carbon dioxide permanently underground or in other suitable media (Carbon Capture and Storage, CCS), or as redirecting processes that feed it back to augmented industrial cycles for manufacturing products with positive financial impacts (Carbon Dioxide Utilization, CDU). Following recent initiatives at the European level and in view of the larger picture unfolding at the global theater, this digest review aims to deliver the main points, considerations, and dynamics that drive and formulate modern CCUS initiatives, focusing more on the recently surfaced CDU front. We will explore proposed pathways for materializing CDU by looking carefully on unfolding examples from such global and European arenas. We will then scrutinize plausible scenarios for transposing CDU to Romania to ask – and hopefully answer – the right questions as to how such scenarios can materialize.
Usporedba metoda slikovne dijagnostike hernijacije intervertebralnog diska u pasa
Authors: Bureš Tomislav , Vrbanac Zoran , Nappo Dario , Kraljević Anita , Stanin Dino , Škrlin Branimir , Capak Hrvoje
Published: November 2021

Hernijacija intervertebralnog diska jedna je od češćih bolesti međukralježničnog diska. Etiološki gledano, mnogi su uzroci ovoga stanja: degeneracije diska, traume, infekcije ili anatomske/razvojne anomalije. U dijagnostici hernijacije moguće je služiti se raznim metodama slikovne dijagnostike; najčešće nativnom rendgenografijom, mijelografijom, kompjuteriziranom tomografijom ili magnetnom rezonancijom. Prema dostupnim istraživanjima, najpouzdanija metoda pokazala se magnetna rezonancija koja omogućuje sigurnu dijagnostiku i lokalizaciju u 100 % slučajeva dok su za ostale metode postotci uspješnosti detekcije niži. Treba napomenuti da je korištenje određene metode slikovne dijagnostike u lokalizaciji i lateralizaciji mjesta hernijacije intervertebralnog diska u svakodnevnoj praksi najčešće ovisno o financijskim mogućnostima vlasnika, dostupnosti određene metode i hitnosti stanja. Shodno tome, rezultati pretraga variraju, kao i točnost lokalizacije hernijacije. Cilj je ovoga preglednog rada prikazati specifičnosti hernijacije intervertebralnog diska te mogućnosti dijagnostike slikovnim metodama raspoloživima u svakodnevnoj veterinarskoj praksi.
Naturally Blocking Module Responses to Find Ideal Partner: Study Check with Long Timeboringcouple Affiliated To Unexpected Pharmacy Intuitions in India
Authors:   Indian Council of Medical Research, Hajare Rahul
Published: November 2021

Poor and poorest can engage in dating. Date fun and novel, ideally can choose a partner from another generation.Dating has fun regardless of a person’s age.Today, there are men and even women who date in their 50s. And many look forward to a date with the same feeling of excitement they had when they were much younger.While the institution of marriage may not be as hallowed as it had been a few decades ago, dating has more popular than ever.Since the growth of the internet, dating has come offline. More people are dating those they met online than ever before.This is not a trend; online dating has how more and more relationships will be forged in the decades ahead.There are a few ways to improve the chances that date with someone a person meets online will be spectacular.
Relationship Use of Social Media with A Level of Knowledge about Free Sex in Teenagers
Authors:   School of Nursing, STIKES Tana Toraja, Jalan Poros Tanglulipu, Toraja Utara, Sulawesi Selatan Province, Indonesia, Palamba Agustina
Published: November 2021

Adolescence is a phase of developmental growth between childhood and adulthood. In 2013 the number of teenagers was 65 million people or 30% of the population of Indonesia. Parents find it taboo to talk about sex issues so teenagers are looking for alternative sources of information. Teenagers use mass media as a source of information. This study was to find out the relationship of social media use with the level of knowledge about free sex in adolescents at SMA Negeri 12 Makassar. Research design uses analytical surveys with a cross sectional approach. Sampling was with simple random sampling techniques. The number of respondents was 105 students. Data collection is done using questionnaires. Data analysis includes univariate analysis by looking for frequency distribution, bivariate analysis with Chi-Square test α = 0.05 to find out the relationship between variables. The results of the analysis of bivariate obtained a relationship between social media and the level of knowledge about free sex (p= 0.002). The conclusion in this study is that there is a strongly relationship between the use of social media and the level of knowledge about free sex in adolescents.
Chakras’ Energies Replenishment in the Treatment of Addiction in Marijuana
Authors:   Infectious Diseases, General Practice, Nutrition, Acupuncture and Pain Management Specialist. Medical Acupuncture and Pain Management Clinic, Franca, São Paulo, Brazil, WL Huang
Published: November 2021

Introduction: Marijuana remains the most widely used illicit substance in the United States and Europe. Marijuana, according to Chinese herbal medicine is what is known as a “Cold” herb, draining the essential energy called Yang primarily from the Liver, rendering the Liver relatively unable to perform its functions of moving physical and mental energy and containing it for when it is needed. Purpose: to demonstrate that chakras’ energies replenishment is an important tool to treat patients with marijuana addiction. Methods: one case report of a 26-year-old male patient. His father told him to search for a treatment beliving that he was in severe depression. At the medical apointment, he told to the doctor that he usually used marijuana after the divorce of his parents. Chakras’ energies measurement were done throught radiesthesia procedure that demonstrate that all his chakras were completely depleted in energy, all rate in one out eight. The treatment consisted in Chinese dietary counseling, auricular acupuncture with apex ear bloodletting and replenishment of the chakras with highly diluted medications according to the theory Constitutional Homeopathy of Five Elements Based on Traditional Chinese Medicine. Results: the patient improved very quickly from his depression symptoms and it was possible to suspend the use of marijuana in the first two weeks of treatment. Conclusion: to treat patients with addiction in marijuana it is important to balance the internal energies and replenish the chakras’ energies deficiencies, improving self-steam, depression, anxiety, fear, sleep, sexual function, etc, giving the energy condition to live normally
COVID-19 Lockdown Stressors and Buffers: A Narrative Review
Authors:   University of Miami/Miller School of Medicine, Field Tiffany
Published: November 2021

This narrative review summarizes and critiques the relatively limited literature on the psychological effects of COVID-19 lockdowns in many parts of the world. These have included anxiety, depression, PTSD symptoms, fatigue, and sleep disturbances. Risk factors or predictors have also been studied including the demographics of being young and living alone. Feeling isolated and lonely, stressed, bored, fatigued, and touch deprived have also been predictive. Specific worries about getting the virus and having financial problems were surprisingly less stressful. Although social media was expected to buffer negative effects, those data were mixed including that texting had positive effects, internet had both positive and negative effects, and Facebook time had negative effects. Buffers for stress and psychological problems included spirituality and meditation, touching, exercise, working from home, and other home activities. Methodological problems with these studies included their being self-report surveys that were often not representative of the larger populations and did not include baseline data, limiting any assumptions of causality. Nonetheless, collectively the data will help inform interventions for pandemic lockdowns like those of COVID-19.
Short Neuropsychological Assessment in Schizophrenic Patients
Authors:   Cognitive Neuropsychologist 3d department psychiatry clinic AUT, Th. Theofilidis Antonis
Published: November 2021

Adolescence is a phase of developmental growth between childhood and adulthood. In 2013 the number of teenagers was 65 million people or 30% of the population of Indonesia. Parents find it taboo to talk about sex issues so teenagers are looking for alternative sources of information. Teenagers use mass media as a source of information. This study was to find out the relationship of social media use with the level of knowledge about free sex in adolescents at SMA Negeri 12 Makassar. Research design uses analytical surveys with a cross sectional approach. Sampling was with simple random sampling techniques. The number of respondents was 105 students. Data collection is done using questionnaires. Data analysis includes univariate analysis by looking for frequency distribution, bivariate analysis with Chi-Square test α = 0.05 to find out the relationship between variables. The results of the analysis of bivariate obtained a relationship between social media and the level of knowledge about free sex (p= 0.002). The conclusion in this study is that there is a strongly relationship between the use of social media and the level of knowledge about free sex in adolescents.
Comparative analysis of connective tissue disease-associated interstitial lung disease and idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis from a tertiary care centre in Pakistan
Authors: Ali Bin Sarwar Zubairi  , Huzaifa Ahmad  , Maryam Hassan  , Faraz Siddiqui  , Nousheen Iqbal  , Mehmood Riaz  , Muhammad Irfan
Published: November 2021

Objectives: The burden of interstitial lung disease (ILD) is rising globally. This study aimed to describe and compare characteristics of Connective Tissue Disease-associated ILD with Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis, the two most commonly observed ILDs among outpatients at a tertiary care hospital in Karachi, Pakistan.
Methods: A retrospective research study was conducted. Patients with ILD were identified through the outpatient data registry at the Aga Khan University Hospital (AKUH), Karachi from October 2016 to October 2017. We obtained data pertaining to demographics, clinical and radiologic features. A comparative analysis was done to compare the patient characteristics and key features between CTD-ILD and IPF patients. The analysis was done using STATA version 12.0.
Results: We identified 184 patients with ILD, which included 52 (29.3%) with CTD-ILD and 62 (35%) with IPF. The most prevalent conditions among CTD-ILD patients included rheumatoid arthritis (42.3%) and scleroderma (25%). Usual interstitial pneumonitis was the common radiologic pattern in RA-ILD (63.6%) and scleroderma (61.5%) while non-specific interstitial pneumonitis was more common in MCTD (85.7%) and SLE (80%). Compared to patients with IPF, those with CTD-ILD were predominantly younger (p<0.001) and female (88.5 % v 45.2%, p<0.001). History of GERD was also significantly lower in CTD-ILD (p=0.05).
Conclusion: CTD-ILD patients in our registry were younger and predominantly female compared to IPF. Further studies and ongoing data registry are needed to understand the full spectrum of this disease and long term clinical outcomes.
Keywords: Connective tissue disease, Interstitial lung disease, Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis.
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Influence of Branding Loyalty on Consumer Sportswear: A Case Study on Adidas
Authors: Mohamed Shoffian Noor Syafika Binti , Mohamed Salim Nur Syafinaz Binti , Razali Nurul Izzati Binti , Muhamadi Saifu Putera Zariq Iskandar Bin , Abu Bakar Siti Aishah Binti , Rossedi Siti Nur Afiera Binti , Suwirman Wahyu Irmayani Binti , G. Ramiah Vimala Davy , Hee Sio Ching , Krishnan Isai Amutan
Published: November 2021

Brand loyalty creates long term relationship between customer and brand. As a sportswear brand, to adopt a general customer loyalty to a brand, quality of the product and price are the crucial factors. The purpose of this research is to investigate how the respondents are influenced by factors of brand loyalty towards sportswear products. Previous research adopted seven factors to test in the Malaysian environment. The seven factors of brand loyalty are brand name, product quality, price, style, promotion, service quality and store environment. Brand name has shown strong correlation with brand loyalty. In order to increase customer satisfaction and attach them to be brand loyalists, marketers are encouraged to develop aggressive marketing programs. Questionnaires were distributed to 148 respondents. The research results have shown that there is positive and significant relationship between factors of brand loyalty (brand name, product quality, price, style, promotion, service quality and store environment) with certain sportswear brands. Others study on more focused factors that are appropriate to the Malaysian environment is recommended in order to obtain accurate information.
Pembelajaran dalam Talian Sepanjang Pandemik Covid-19: Faktor Akses Internet dan Sosioekonomi Terhadap Motivasi Pelajar Kolej Komuniti
Authors: Mohd Razali Siti Khadijah , Azman Norzaini
Published: November 2021

Kajian kes ini dijalankan untuk mengkaji tahap motivasi berdasarkan akses internet dan faktor sosioekonomi dalam kalangan pelajar di sebuah kolej komuniti yang terletak di Pahang. Pengkaji melihat empat objektif utama iaitu mengenal pasti tahap motivasi pelajar, perbezaan tahap motivasi berdasarkan faktor jantina, tahap kelajuan internet dan tahap sosioekonomi. Dengan menggunakan kaedah tinjauan, borang soal selidik telah diedarkan secara atas talian (google form) sebagai instrumen bagi memperoleh data berbentuk kuantitatif. Kajian ini mengadaptasi instrumen Motivation Strategies for Learning Questionnaire (MSLQ) oleh Paul Pintrich et al. (1991) bagi mengukur tahap motivasi responden. Selain itu, data demografi berkaitan sosioekonomi dan akses terhadap Internet turut dikumpulkan. Kaedah persampelan rawak mudah digunakan dan seramai 127 orang pelajar kolej komuniti telah dipilih sebagai sampel kajian. Dapatan kajian mendapati motivasi pelajar berada pada tahap tinggi semasa pembelajaran dalam talian sepanjang pandemik. Analisis ujian t bagi tahap motivasi berdasarkan jantina menunjukkan perbezaan yang signifikan di mana motivasi pelajar perempuan adalah lebih tinggi berbanding pelajar lelaki. Analisis ANOVA menunjukkan tiada perbezaan yang signifikan bagi tahap motivasi pelajar berdasarkan pencapaian akademik, kelajuan internet dan tahap pendapatan keluarga. Manakala, tahap motivasi berdasarkan jenis pekerjaan bapa dan ibu menunjukkan perbezaan yang signifikan. Dapatan kajian memberi implikasi kepada pensyarah dan pihak pengurusan kolej komuniti untuk memastikan keperluan asas pembelajaran pelajar diberikan perhatian bagi memastikan proses pembelajaran secara dalam talian dapat dilaksanakan dengan berkesan.
Perkaitan Rutin Aktiviti dan Jenayah Serangan Seksual Ke Atas Wanita
Authors: Zainal Abidin Nurul Asyikin , Sukimi Mohamad Fauzi , Abdul Karim Muhamad Fuad
Published: November 2021

Viktimisasi membincangkan perlakuan jenayah dari sudut pandang dan fokus terhadap mangsa jenayah. Kajian literatur terhadap Teori Aktiviti Rutin digunakan dalam memahami jenayah serangan seksual ke atas wanita sebagai mangsa. Teori Aktiviti Rutin menyatakan seseorang menjadi mangsa disebabkan keterlibatan tiga pihak iaitu pemangsa bermotivasi, mangsa yang menarik dan ketiadaan penjaga yang berkebolehan; dan individu yang menghabiskan banyak masa di luar rumah mempunyai risiko yang lebih tinggi untuk menjadi mangsa. Jadi kajian bertujuan untuk melihat apakah lokasi kejadian mempengaruhi serangan seksual yang terjadi. Kajian ini menggunakan reka bentuk kajian kualitatif dengan pendekatan kajian kes dan aplikasi teknik temu bual mendalam terhadap 11 orang informan bagi melihat faktor yang mencetuskan serangan seksual. Hasil kajian mendapati bahawa mangsa tidak sendirinya mencetuskan serangan seksual ke atas diri mereka sebaliknya tidak berdaya di atas faktor tinggal serumah bersama pemangsa, berseorangan dan kegagalan penjaga menjalankan tanggungjawab dengan baik. Kesimpulannya, viktimisasi terhadap mangsa serangan seksual tidak dicetuskan oleh mangsa sendiri tetapi mangsa merupakan individu yang tidak berdaya dan tidak bernasib baik.
Knowledge Level on Bagworm in Oil Palm and its Control Using Integrated Pest Management (IPM) Practices Among Independent Oil Palm Smallholders in Johor
Authors: Desa Hasmiza , Dahari Nursuhana , Hanani Nur
Published: November 2021

Bagworm (Psychidae) and nettle caterpillars (Limacodidae) are among the major insect pests of oil palm in Malaysia. Bagworm from the species Metisa plana is the most destructive insect pests compared to nettle caterpillar in oil palm plantations. Outbreaks of bagworms were frequently occurred in various areas own by independent oil palm smallholders in Johor. At present, no scientific study has been conducted to indicate the level of knowledge among the independent oil palm smallholders on bagworm and its control, especially using the Integrated Pest Management (IPM) practices. Therefore, this study was conducted to determine knowledge level on bagworm and its control using IPM among 313 independent smallholders in three infestation areas in Johor, which are Mukim Chaah Bahru, Mukim Chaah, Mukim Paloh and Mukim Chamek. Data were collected by interview guided with a questionnaire consisting 23 questions regarding bagworm and its IPM practices. Most of the respondents are more than 51 years (61.1%), with 77.7% males and 22.3% females. They are mostly having primary (47.1%) and secondary (47.5%) school qualifications. This study found that most of the respondents have a basic understanding of bagworm in oil palm and its control measures using IPM practices, but their knowledge is still at a low level. Correlation analysis showed a significant relationship between the level of knowledge on bagworm and its control methods with race, education level and field management experience among the respondents. Therefore, more focus should be given by extension agents to enhance smallholder knowledge on bagworm management, especially in the potential and affected areas in Johor.
Role of Translator as a Gap Filler in Communication with Reference to Françoise Balogun
Authors: Muhammad Zayyanu ZAKI , Muhammad Aliyu SAJO , Ogboji John
Published: November 2021

Translation of messages between two languages has been very challenging among translators. Translations have led to the filling of gaps in communication barriers so that equivalence and accuracy are achieved in the process of transfer of messages from one language to another. This paper aims to examine the role of a translator in filling the communication gap between the Source Language (SL) and the Target Language (TL). These gaps are known as translation problems or difficulties as a means of solving them. We apply the interpretative and comparative approaches of translation. This is achieved through the extract of texts from the English and French versions of our corpus. The main objectives of the paper are i) to examine some concepts in translation ii) to identify some gaps in translation, and iii) to determine the approach that fits better in translating discourse messages with varied contexts. Among the findings of the study are instances of gap filling in communication as no two languages see a concept in the same way that includes i) set and series, ii) cultural words, and iii) neologism. The study concludes that equivalent is the key to achieving successful translation across cultures.
OS ENFRENTAMENTOS VIVENCIADOS PELOS CLIENTES SUBMETIDOS À HEMODIÁLISE SOB A ÓTICA DO MODELO DE ADAPTAÇÃO DE CALLISTA ROY UMA REVISÃO INTEGRATIVA
Authors: Azevedo Pacheco Cardoso Beatriz , Azevedo Pacheco Patricia Maria de
Published: November 2021

O objetivo deste estudo foi identificar os modos de enfrentamento dos clientes em hemodiálise e sua correlação com a teoria do Modo de Adaptação de Roy. Trata-se de uma revisão integrativa da literatura de 2017 a 2021, referente a artigos publicados em inglês, português e espanhol. A seleção foi baseada entre cruzamentos dos descritores: falência renal crônica, teoria de enfermagem, diálise renal, nas bases de dados: BDENF, LILACS, MEDLINE e SciELO. Na amostra final foram selecionados oito artigos, sendo seis nacionais e dois internacionais. A partir do levantamento dos estudos foi possível identificar como problemas adaptativos mais comuns: mudança no papel social; problemas sexuais; baixa autoestima; edema; intolerância à atividade; hipotermia; mobilidade restrita; uso contínuo de medicamentos e restrição dietética e hídrica. De acordo a análise dos artigos, é possível se estabelecer um cuidado de enfermagem sistematizado e holístico a partir do processo de enfermagem proposto no Modelo da Adaptação de Roy, sendo de fundamental importância para o cuidado integral, e não apenas clínico, voltado para a população em programa regular de hemodiálise.
African Traditional Religion in Contemporary Africa: The Case of Ghana
Authors: Agyeman Yaw Sarkodie , Awuah-Nyamekye Samuel
Published: November 2021

Globalisation does not permit any religion to be an island to itself. Indigenous  cultures  all  over  the  world  bear  the  brunt  of  a consequent  of  globalisation--religious  pluralism.  On  the  continent of  Africa,  the  five  major  world  religions,  notably  Christianity  and Islam, are slugging it out against each other and, most of the time, collectively  against  the  indigenous  religion  of  the  African.  Besides the challenges religious pluralism poses to the indigenous religion, Africa, like never before is being opened up for investment and the intrusion  of  the  mass  media  and  the  internet.  This  paper  is  a general  survey  examining  how  the  traditional  religion  of  the African is responding to these realities using Ghana as a case study. It  aims  at  an  understanding  of  the  current  manifestation/s  of  the religion.  The  paper  observes  that  syncretism  has  been  used  to analyse  the  current  expression  of  the  religion,  but  the  paper  takes the  position  that  syncretism  is  not  an  adequate  theory  to  explain current  developments  in  the  religion.  It  rather,  advocates thetheories  of  the  market  and  religious  field  as  additional  theories to  explain  current  developments  in  the  religious  space  in  Africa, and  for  that  matter,  Ghana.  The  paper  notes  that  though  there  is competition  in  the  market,  especially  from  impinging  religions especially  Christianity  and  Islam,  opportunities  have  been  opened to  the  indigenous  religion  making  it  to  assume  a  transnational posture. It concludes that the future of African Traditional Religion will  largely  depend  on  its  ability  to  respond  to  market  realities  in order to be continuously relevant to contemporary society.
Ayda Ignez Arruda e sua trajetória profissional e científica na UNICAMP (1968-1983)
Authors: Machado Suélen R. A. , Trivizoli Lucieli M.
Published: November 2021

Neste artigo nosso objetivo é caracterizar historicamente a trajetória profissional e científica da professora catarinense Ayda Ignez Arruda na Universidade Estadual de Campinas (Unicamp), nos período de 1968 a 1983. Os dados que aqui apresentamos correspondem a resultados de uma pesquisa de doutorado que está sendo desenvolvida no âmbito do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Educação para a Ciência e a Matemática da Universidade Estadual de Maringá. A pesquisa tem por objetivo a composição de um estudo histórico-biográfico de Ayda Ignez Arruda e suas contribuições para a institucionalização da lógica matemática no Brasil. Para a escrita deste artigo, utilizamos a abordagem qualitativa e os pressupostos da escrita biográfica, na construção de uma narrativa que conduz vestígios históricos documentais e bibliográficos sobre a personagem. Baseadas nessa interface, evidenciamos que Ayda Ignez Arruda foi professora titular na área de Lógica e Fundamentos da Matemática Instituto de Matemática, Estatística e Computação Científica da Unicamp, participou do Grupo de Lógica de Campinas, fez intercâmbios e visitas a outras instituições, organizou eventos e seminários, foi membro fundadora do Centro de Lógica e Epistemologia (CLE), além de ser sido diretora do IMECC e membro fundadora da Sociedade Brasileira de Lógica (SBL).
A Medida de Informação de Shannon: Entropia
Authors: Magossi José Carlos , Abreu Pedro Henrique Camargo de , Barros Antônio César da Costa , Paviotti José Renato
Published: November 2021

Logo após Claude E. Shannon, em 1948, ter publicado o artigo A Mathematical Theory of Communication, diversas áreas se valeram de seus escritos, principalmente por ele ter desenvolvido uma fórmula para “medir informação” em seu modelo matemático de comunicação, denominando-a entropia. Shannon optou pela justificativa operacional da existência de sua fórmula de entropia. Por conseguinte, houve uma expansão das áreas de investigações matemáticas sobre as possíveis caracterizações de medidas de informação. Neste texto o objetivo é focar nas estruturas matemáticas que fundamentam o conceito de medidas de informação. Estima-se com isso, no sentido didático, que haja esclarecimentos com relação às múltiplas leituras do conceito de entropia.
Os saberes e não saberes de professores de língua portuguesa: perspectiva formativa
Authors: Pires Maria das Graças Porto , Ferreira Lúcia Gracia
Published: November 2021

Este estudo objetiva identificar os (não) saberes específicos para o ensino de Língua Portuguesa de professores sem formação específica. Trata-se de uma pesquisa de abordagem qualitativa e (auto)biográfica, sendo de cunho exploratório, realizada a partir das histórias de vida. Utilizamos, para produção dos dados, os Ateliês Biográficos de Projetos (ABP) proposto por Delory-Momberger (2014). O corpus da pesquisa é composto pelas narrativas (auto)biográficas construídas nos encontros do ABP e empregamos a análise de conteúdo como técnica para análise dos dados. Assim, evidenciamos que os professores revelaram saberes e não saberes advindos das relações sociais e de sua formação profissional. Constatamos, ainda, a existência de trajetórias marcadas por histórias de vida diferentes, mas que convergem na docência em Língua Portuguesa (LP); que estes professores aprendem nos caminhos da docência; que mesmo sem terem a formação específica conseguem ensinar. Dessa forma, percebemos os processos formativos a partir da perspectiva pedagógica presente na prática e da revelação de saberes e não saberes para o ensino de Língua Portuguesa, que contribuem para a construção de aprendizagens da docência.
Impacto de la evolución de la superficie urbana edificada en el escurrimiento superficial de la ciudad de Tandil, Buenos Aires, Argentina: un escenario de simulación con HEC-RAS
Authors: La Macchia María Lorena , Linares Santiago
Published: November 2021

El siguiente artículo forma parte de una investigación en curso que estudia y profundiza los procesos que intervienen en la modelización hidrodinámica de una cuenca urbana. Este concepto parte de considerar la construcción de un modelo hidrológico que tiene en cuenta principalmente la superficie de drenaje y un modelo hidráulico definido por las características y parámetros de la infraestructura que presenta la cuenca.

En los últimos diez años, los modelos hidrológicos han sido cada vez más utilizados para evaluar, comprender y analizar la dinámica de escurrimiento en los sistemas de cuencas posibilitando la predicción de escenarios a corto y mediano plazo a partir de la simulación de eventos de diferentes intensidades e implicancias socioespaciales.El objetivo de este trabajo es construir un modelo matemático de modelización de crecidas para la cuenca urbana de la ciudad de Tandil mediante la herramienta HEC-RAS. Los parámetros que definen la construcción del modelo numérico dependen de la topografía o Modelo Digital del Terreno, la red de drenaje, los modelos de expansión urbana que fijaron la configuración territorial actual del espacio urbano, los coeficientes de rugosidad diferenciando las zonificaciones dentro de la ciudad y el caudal de lluvia determinado por su intensidad y velocidad. En este caso, la única variable “input” que no se utilizó fue la red geométrica de drenaje. A partir de la herramienta implementada fue posible realizar simulaciones para los años 1996 y 2011. Su análisis permitió conocer el efecto de los cambios de coberturas del suelo en el escurrimiento superficial, indispensable para evaluar y recomendar políticas de gestión y planificación de algunos factores como por ejemplo, el tratamiento, mantenimiento y extensión de la red de desagües pluviales, restricciones a la densificación en la edificación, generación de nuevos espacios verdes que actúen como amortiguadores de infiltración, entre otras medidas semiestructurales a la planificación urbana vigente.
La teoría de los sistemas complejos como aporte alternativo para comprender el proceso de formación de la isla de calor en la ciudad de Presidente Prudente (San Pablo, Brasil)
Authors: Domizio María Cecilia
Published: November 2021

En la ciudad de Presidente Prudente, situada en el oeste del estado de San Pablo (Brasil), se han realizado en las últimas décadas estudios pioneros para constatar la existencia de la isla de calor en una urbe de tamaño poblacional medio, lo quetradicionalmente se investigaba en aglomerados urbanos. Estos trabajos, que abordan la isla de calor urbana como un hecho mensurable, pueden complementarse con un aporte alternativo para profundizar en su conocimiento. Por eso, el presente trabajoobserva este fenómeno climático desde la Teoría de los Sistemas Complejos, que permite analizar su constitución desde sus principales componentes y sus relaciones espacio-temporales, lo cual permite conocer la formación y funcionamiento de la islade calor prudentina como sistema. Esta visión corrobora la presencia del fenómeno, pero en su evolución surgen desfasajes en algunos aspectos, que lleva a formular interrogantes y recurrir a los estudios realizados para abrir nuevos caminos deinvestigación.
Eficacia de las sanciones impuestas para la prevención y control del coronavirus en el Distrito de Tarapoto
Authors: Siaden Valdivieso José Roberto , Morales Reátegui María Pettit
Published: November 2021

La presente investigación tiene como objetivo general conocer la eficacia de las sanciones impuestas para la prevención y control del coronavirus, es de tipo no experimental con enfoque cuantitativo, nivel descriptivo simple, diseño de investigación No experimental descriptivo simple, teniendo como población las personas que incumplieron el Estado de Emergencia registrados por la Policial Nacional del Perú del Distrito de Tarapoto, con la  muestra probabilística 275 personas, teniendo como instrumentos la lista de cotejo y la encuesta para aquellas personas que tuvieron infracciones a la Ley, concluyendo que realizada la prueba de Spearman se aprecia que acepta la hipótesis eficacia de las sanciones impuestas para la prevención y control del coronavirus es baja, contestando el planteamiento del problema en la presente investigación y en donde se muestra que el código A01 que es de no respetar el mínimo de un metro de distancia obligatorio, formando aglomeraciones en los establecimientos comerciales cuya apertura esté permitida  fue el más frecuente con 46.91 %.
La Reforma Constitucional en el Perú
Authors: Cumpa Quiroz Bismarck Segundo
Published: November 2021

El artículo tiene como objetivo analizar fundamentalmente los artículos 32 y 206 de la Constitución Política del Perú que considera procedimientos generales para llegar a una reforma de la  constitución, ya sea parcial o total con sometimiento a referéndum; pero, en esta oportunidad, se discutió la “reforma total” teniendo en cuenta que, actualmente el país se encuentra en proceso de Elecciones Presidenciales y varios de los candidatos vienen proponiendo el “cambio de Constitución” sin mayores detalles del cómo se llevaría a cabo, salvo que, en su oportunidad lo expliquen. La discusión planteada como objetivo, ayudó a conocer el procedimiento para obtener finalmente después de veintiocho años una nueva carta política, y por, sobre todo, si es conveniente llevarlo a cabo con el actual ambiente político, social y jurídico que vive el Estado peruano. El mismo Congreso, que es el actor principal para llevar a cabo la institución jurídica de reforma total de la Constitución, se ve imposibilitada de realizarla debido principalmente a las múltiples inconductas funcionales evidenciadas por algunos congresistas, Congreso disuelto, vacancia presidencial, así como, los graves hechos de corrupción que hasta la fecha vienen generándose con participación directa de ellos mismos y de los propios gobernantes que venimos teniendo desde 1990 a la fecha, creándose un clima político turbulento, quedando hasta ahora como un tema pendiente. Se concluye que la Constitución es suficientemente clara en materia de los procedimientos a seguir para llevar a cabo una reforma constitucional.