bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Tracking of Biomedical Equipment using IoT Embedded Technologies: Its attendant impact in Healthcare Delivery in South-Eastern Nigeria.
Authors: Eneh Obinna A. , Ebem Deborah U. , Aballa Agatha N. , Ngene John N.
Published: June 2022

1Department of Biomedical Engineering, Federal College of Dental Technology and Therapy. 2Department of Computer Science, University of Nigeria, Nsukka. 3Department of Computer Science, Enugu State University of Science and Technology. In this work, we highlighted the merits of IoT in tracking of Biomedical Equipment during and post the Covid-19 era. When the healthcare industry is poorly equipped, and the available medical equipment are not put in optimal use, it results in high mortality rate and low life expectancy of the population. In the beginning of this COVID-19 pandemic, lots of hospitals in developing nations were poorly equipped to contain the rise in COVID infected patients. Tracking of some medical equipment for prompt use became a problem as those that were not in regular use were difficult to be located to attend to patients. A visit to many hospitals in south-eastern Nigeria shows that there are a lot of obsolete and non-functional equipment in some healthcare facilities. Some of the equipment developed minor fault, but the institutions lacked experienced technicians with adequate skills to fix them back to working state. One of the ways to reverse this trend of lack of medical equipment in some hospitals is by managing them properly in order to locate and efficiently make the use of the available ones. This can be done by tracking the equipment for adequate repairs or overhauling and efficiently utilizing them for the purpose they are meant for. IoT technologies such as barcodes, Radio Frequency Identifications (RFIDs), Global Positioning System (GPS) Asset tracking and Near Field Communication (NFC) tracking are possible solutions to the existing poor health technology management conditions in our hospitals. This will put a stop to theft of hospital equipment, reduce wastage of time in locating those equipment in the hospital, optimize routine servicing of the equipment, which subsequently means a reduction in expenditure; as well as trigger a signal for decommissioning of the equipment when it has elapse its full life cycle. Tracking of biomedical equipment in our hospitals using IoT embedded technologies will assist to optimize the use of the available ones. This will ensure adequate health technology management operations in our hospitals, and help in the forecast for developmental budgets in the health sectors of the states in the country; which will result in robust policy making and implementation in the health sector. Key words: Hospital Equipment, Tracking, Healthcare Technology Management, Healthcare Service
GEO Satellite Orbit Determination Using Spaceborn Onboard Receiver
Authors: ÖZ İbrahim
Published: June 2022

The use of space-born GNSS receiver onboard geosyncronous communication satellite is an effective alternative orbit determination technique compared to traditional methods, although the communication satellite operator and manufacturers need some proof. In this study, GPS-based range measurement via space-born receivers’ onboard communication satellite platforms was proposed for precise orbit determination of geostationary satellites. Thus this research investigates how proposed method can be applied to obtain reliable and sustainable results. The analysis was performed to find out the accuracy and validity of the proposed method. Moreover, the results were compared with the simulation of four satellites’ orbital parameters at different orbital slots. The sequential process (SP) Kalman filter method was chosen to process the measured data. The processing method was kept the same for all analyses to investigate the gathered measurement data effects. The results show that the average position differences between the determined and actual orbit are 17.613 m, 13.637 m and 14.998 m, for in-track, cross-track, and radial direction. The average in-track, cross-track, and radial velocity differences are 0.339 cm/s, 0.160 cm/s, and 0.066 cm/s respectively. The results show that the proposed method is approved in communication satellites orbit determination. The utilization of GPS satellites is a promising approach for geostationary satellite orbit determination. The communication satellites operators can utilize the GPS-based orbit determination with its benefits.
Comportamento do preço das ações de frigoríficos de carne bovina: de 2015 a 2021
Authors: Gasparotto Kuhn Joana , De Oliveira Letícia , Otávio Jardim Barcellos Júlio
Published: June 2022

A demanda por carne bovina brasileira foi positiva há dois anos, marcada pelo aumento das exportações, principalmente de dois países asiáticos. A indústria de processamento de carne bovina pode estar se beneficiando dessa demanda, também consequência do covid-19, permitindo que seus valores de mercado subam. O presente estudo busca analisar ou comportar dois preços de ações de empresas de refrigeração de capital aberto no Brasil, JBS (JBSS3), Marfrig (MFRG3) e Minerva (BEEF3) em relação à taxa de câmbio dólar-real (USD-BRL) e anos dos preços das commodities: milho (CCM3) e boi gordo (BGIF3). A série histórica analisada de janeiro de 2015 a setembro de 2021, obtida no Brasil Bolsa Balcão, com 1628 observações para cada série histórica, totalizando 9.768 observações. Utilize ou Microsoft® Excel para determinar a cotação de cada série com o preço médio obtido para o preço mínimo e máximo por dia. Testes econométricos e o modelo SARIMA foram usados ​​para analisar as séries. O teste estatístico foi utilizado para analisar a correlação entre as várias variáveis ​​para verificar os comportamentos. Os resultados do teste Augmented Dickey-Fuller aparecem acima dos valores críticos, indicando que as séries não são estacionárias em função da tendência existente. Como correlações com BGIF3, CCMM3 e USD-BRL são positivas para MFRG3 e JBSS3. Quando você tiver dois gráficos para cima, os preços irão acompanhar o posterior ou posterior ou os preços do JBS (R2 = 0,87) e do MFRG (R2 = 0,63). Para BEEF3 não houve correlação.
Progressionsplaner som stöd för lärande, undervisning och utveckling inom högre utbildning
Authors: Pelger Susanne
Published: June 2022

Om måluppfyllelse ska kunna säkerställas för alla studenter behöver förutsättningar ges för lärandeprogression mot utbildningens mål. För att stärka dessa förutsättningar har progressionsplaner utvecklats för de naturvetenskapliga utbildningarna vid Lunds universitet. Progressionsplanen konkretiserar varje examensmål i etappmål med gradvis ökade krav och ger därigenom en överblick över den förväntade lärandeprogressionen. När planen implementeras i utbildningen konkretiseras etappmålen ytterligare i ämneskursernas lärandemål. I denna publikation redogör jag för de naturvetenskapliga utbildningarnas process i fem steg för utveckling och implementering av progressionsplaner, och resultatet av detta arbete. Vidare diskuterar jag progressionsplaners möjligheter inom högre utbildning. Avslutningsvis reflekterar jag över lärdomar och kritiska faktorer att beakta då progressionsplaner utvecklas och implementeras.
 
Progression plans to support learning, teaching and development in higher education
If goal attainment is to be ensured for all students, conditions need to be provided forprogression towards the learning outcomes. In order to strengthen these conditions,progression plans have been developed for the science study programmes at Lund University.The progression plan concretises each curriculum outcome in three stages with graduallyincreased demands, thereby providing an overview of the intended learning progression. Inthe implementation of the plan, outcomes at each stage are further concretised in the learningoutcomes of the subject courses. In this paper, I describe the five-step process for developmentand implementation of progression plans in the science programmes, and the results of thiswork. Furthermore, I discuss the opportunities that the progression plans offer in highereducation. In conclusion, I reflect on learning experiences and critical factors to considerwhen progression plans are developed and implemented.
IMPLEMENTATION OF TRAINING AND HUMAN RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT BASED ON POLITEKNIK NEGERI MEDAN WORK CULTURE
Authors: Alfahmi Muhammad
Published: June 2022

This study aims to describe the implementation of training and development of human resources based on the work culture of the Politeknik Negeri Medan. For the world of higher education itself, training and human resource development are considered very important, because they have human resources who can meet the operational needs of banks and have a high sense of responsibility for the quality of graduates produced in order to create and fill jobs in the future. The type of research in this research is qualitative with descriptive method. Training and development as well as facilities are factors that can improve employee performance. Especially for the Medan State Polytechnic, the facility factor has a more dominant influence. Therefore, it is recommended that the leadership of the Medan State Polytechnic, in addition to conducting training and development, should emphasize increasing the facilities needed by employees. This can be done by prioritizing the procurement program for facilities that can improve employee performance, such as administrative equipment and transportation facilities.
Some Legal Problems in Ensuring Human Security in the Conditions of Information and Psychological Warfare (Second Artsakh War Case)
Authors: HARUTYUNYAN Armen
Published: June 2022

The quality of opposition and penetration possibilities are also altering in the rapidly changing world. In parallel with the technical and technological development, it seems that in pre-war, wartime and post-war proceedings, the informative and psychological components, if are not pushed to the forefront, do not concede to the military actions with their significance of influencing the opponent.
The second war of Artsakh, which lasted from September 27 to November 9 in 2020 and the military crimes carried out by the Turk-Azerbaijani tandem during the war, shows that the policy towards Armenians implemented by both Turks and Azerbaijani has not been changed over a century. That is, since 1918, all the tools with the military, informational, and psychological components used by Azerbaijan are initially targeted not only at the azerbaijanization of the territories but also against the statehood of Artsakh and human rights.
In this regard, it is imperative for the Armenian side to clearly and objectively convey the available information of inhuman policy against Armenians to the international community.
Philosophical Aspects of Determining the Main Components of the Formation of Professional Competence for Students
Authors: KRYSHTANOVYCH Myroslav , ZYAZYUN Laryssa , VYKHRUSHCH Nataliya , HUZII Ivanna , KALINSKA Oksana
Published: June 2022

The most characteristic feature of modern society is changing in all spheres of life, which today drive science, economy, industry, and culture and affect the development of the information and educational space. The focus of the education system on the assimilation of knowledge, which was traditional and justified before, no longer corresponds to the current social order; it is determined by the objective need of society for a new person capable of independent, responsible, creative actions, an intellectual person, with critical thinking, liberated from dogmas, living in a complex. The fulfilment of these tasks requires a significant improvement in the quality of professional training of future specialists, based on the application of the philosophical aspects of human existence and development in the context of the formation of their professional competence and involves the development of personal qualities and creative abilities, the ability to independently acquire new knowledge and solve problems, and navigate in the life of society. Taking this into account, the article discusses in detail the main components of professional competence and provides the most effective ways to improve it.
Socio-Philosophical Phenomenon of the Intelligentsia: The Genesis of the Formation of the Concept
Authors: HORBAN Oleksandr , MARTYCH Ruslana , SOHA Lyudmila , LOHVYNIUK Tatiana
Published: June 2022

The article reveals the significance of the concept of “intelligentsia” by analysing the formation and development of the phenomenon of the intelligentsia in the history of philosophical thought. It should be noted that in the analysis of scientific discourse, research practice has encountered a phenomenon about which various ideas have already been formed in the absence of a stable concept, including certainty, conditionality and integrity of the image of the essence of the intelligentsia. The authors propose a way to study this phenomenon by analysing the conceptual and categorical framework that forms the discursive field and then classifying various views represented in the history of philosophical thought by highlighting the main approaches to analysing the intelligentsia.
The Problem of State Understanding and Paradigm Bases of its Types
Authors: ZYRIANOV Aleksey
Published: June 2022

It is essential to develop an adequate specificity of the historical time reference point of scientific knowledge for the theory of the state, its strengthening by creating, introducing as a subject of study such a category as “state understanding”, designed to become a system-forming element of state studies, a place of application of forces associated with ontological, epistemological, methodological and typological research.
This category of state studies is identified, determined and justified as part of the analysis. Types of state understanding (theological-static, anthropocentric-mechanistic, positivistic-historical, systemological-alternativeist) are formulated and substantively disclosed as semantic models of state cognition, including theoretical construction, subject and method corresponding to individual types of scientific concepts characteristic of a particular stage of human civilization development. The basis of their evolutionary dynamics is established in the form of a paradigm shift of scientific rationality. The idea of a legal study of the state, its genesis, development, and essential functional characteristics are being actualized at present, post-non-classical stage of the development of science utilizing synergetic methodology, taking into account its subject adaptation. The foundations of a new derivative of the specifics of the modern systemological-alternativeist type, the synergetic concept of state understanding, are determined.
Consociationalism in Theory and Practice: Methodological Issues of Implementation
Authors: ORDUKHANYAN Emil , SHIRINYAN Levon , SUKIASYAN Hayk
Published: June 2022

In the modern world, political stability, regional peacebuilding and security, and successful political regime transitions strongly depend on the choice of an accurate model that considers all relevant factors and domestic peculiarities. In this sense, peace, sustainable development and mutually beneficial relations, especially in plural societies, require more of them, an option for consociationalism concerning cultural identities and other elements proper to social segments such as language, ethnicity, religion, etc.
The article explores the theoretical and practical foundations of consociationalism and cultural relativism, which considers the equality of all cultures as a guarantee for common security in plural societies by referring to all human beings' freedom and equality in dignity and rights. Considering the wide range of influence that “soft power” can exert, the article observes it as a methodology for the best implementation of consociationalism in plural societies and regions.
As a result, it is concluded that the overcoming of ethnocentrism is only possible through cultural relativism by applying the principles of consociationalism through the methodology of “soft power” that can serve as a prerequisite for political stability, cultural independence and security of all segments as well as for democratic progress in plural societies.
Money Phenomenon as a Value-Based Self-Identification: Speech Semantics, Communicative Culture, Philosophical Meanings
Authors: STEFANOVA Nataliia , KHRYPKO Svitlana , STOLIARCHUK Olesia , ISHCHUK Alla , SERHIEIENKOVA Oksana , KOLINKO Marina
Published: June 2022

The article deals with the value-based vector of psycho-philosophical understanding of the money phenomenon and its role in modern society.
Developing Georg Simmel’s ideas, money is considered not only as a solely economic phenomenon but also as a social one. Money originates from the world’s cultural development with the gradual formation of money culture as a space of economic and social interaction. The nature of the individual’s economic activity, values, and life orientations are formed under the influence of the money culture of a particular historical period. Modern money culture is usually called a financial civilisation. The article examines the features of modern money culture and identifies its main features and problems.
The article analyses the issue of the constructive and destructive attitude of the individual to money via a description of the personality typology based on clinical observations and interpreted through the prism of psychoanalytic theory.
The study highlights the concept of money from the point of view of a socio-psychological approach. It also discusses the theoretical foundations of the influence money has on the decision-making process and human behaviour.
The Problem of Personal Development in the Context of Social Anomie
Authors: HAKOBYAN Naira , GEVORGYAN Srbuhi , PETROSYAN Laura , KHACHATRYAN Anna
Published: June 2022

The article is devoted to some prospects for personal development. In contemporary societies, personal development often occurs in parallel with significant larger-scale changes of a social, socio-psychological and cultural nature. These include wars, socio-economic crises or unfavourable changes in epidemiological situations that lead to the distortion and modification of social norms and values. In such conditions, a person succumbs to uncertainty and is alienated from their environment. These phenomena are characterized by the term “social anomie”. Hence, out of all the factors contributing to personal development, professional activity significantly contributes to a person’s ability to overcome anomie and reintegrate into society.
The Negative Factor of Islamic Mentality and Value System in Integration Processes of Muslim Communities in Western Europe
Authors: MELKONYAN Nune , KERYAN Garik
Published: June 2022

Migration has long been a controversial issue of debate in various aspects and by specialists in different fields. It poses problems to the migrants and the target country as those people need to settle down in, sometimes, absolutely new environments and integrates into societies unfamiliar to them. This can be affected by several circumstances. This work studies how various factors, like mentality and value system, have affected the integration processes of Muslims into Western societies and how traditions, religious habits, and lifestyles of Muslim citizens hamper them from integration and political engagement. The research broadly covers the opinions and positions of Russian researchers on the issue.
Philosophical and Sociological Nature of the Indonesian Maubesi People’s Natoni Religion
Authors: WULA Zainur , NURANI Siti Syahida , TRA BENI Wahid Hasyim , ARIFIN Hadjrah
Published: June 2022

The Atoni people of East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia, is a community with cultural values in the form of lyrics or dances to celebrate momentums in the lifecycle such as birth, marriage, death, welcoming guests, and the change of seasons, especially the planting season. This research is carried out in Maubesi village, North-Central Timor Regency. This is a qualitative type of research. The data is collected through profound observation and interviews. The researcher becomes the critical informant, and the data is analysed descriptively. From the results of this research, it may be concluded that the rites of the Natoni religion for the Maubesi People, North-Central Timor, East Nusa Tenggara is worship to Uis Neno, which is a belief inherited from the ancestors with special rites. These rites involve the customary structure, including the king, which is completed with rice and betels, and the slaughtering ceremony. This makes the Natoni religion a force or local wisdom which binds the Maubesi people who have embraced other religions such as Catholic and Protestant to carry out the syncretism process, revising the values of that belief. Such rites are then defined as the same as worshipping God the Almighty.
The Factor of Consumer Rights Protection as a Criterion for Social System Development
Authors: HAYKYANTS Armen , GHUKASYAN Shushanik
Published: June 2022

The Article studies the scope and the essence of consumer rights based on the study of international experience and national legislation of the Republic of Armenia. The article presents the principal vulnerabilities of the consumer protection system in the Republic of Armenia. The need for the state to pay more attention to the issues of envisaging effective structures to protect consumers’ rights and legal interests was substantiated.
As a result of the study, it was substantiated that the essence of the fundamental rights of consumers is often reflected incorrectly in the acts aimed at regulating consumer relations; not all the necessary legal conditions are provided for the realization of the fundamental rights of consumers. As a result of the study, the need to envisage legal solutions in line with the developments in the socio-economic life of the country was substantiated, which will best guarantee the protection of consumer rights.
Analisis Strategi Bisnis pada Toko Budiman Sembako Kecamatan Sungai Tebelian, Kalimantan Barat
Authors: Lolo Andri
Published: June 2022

Budiman's grocery store is a shop that sells various kinds of fresh fruits. Due to the tight competition in the food trade, this shop has its own business strategy. Business strategy aims to achieve long-term goals to be achieved and find the company's position in the industry so that the company can protect itself against competitive pressures. This study aims to analyze business strategies in surviving the pressure of intense competition, specifically the Budiman Sembako shop in Penjernang village. This research was conducted using descriptive qualitative methods by prioritizing interview methods and observation instruments, namely direct observations and assisted by literature studies. This research was conducted by analyzing the external environment and the internal environment through business functions. Then do a SWOT analysis, so that it can produce several alternatives in developing a business strategy for Budiman's grocery store. The results of this study indicate that the right strategy for the Budiman Sembako shop is the intensive strategy. With these alternative strategies the company can achieve the desired goals and can survive in the face of competitive pressures in the market.

Keywords: Business Strategy, Business Environment, and SWOT Analysis
Turizm destinasyonlarına yönelik pahalılık algısının internet gazetelerinde temsili: Bodrum örneği
Authors: ARIKAN Ersin , ERGEN Fatma Doğanay
Published: June 2022

Potansiyel turistler için önemli olan konulardan biri olan destinasyon imajı, başarılı bir destinasyon yönetimi için gerekli görülmektedir. Bu kapsamda destinasyon imajını oluşturan unsurlardan biri olan bilgi kaynaklarında internet önemli bir yer tuttuğundan bu çalışma ile internet gazetelerinde pahalılık ile ilgili yapılan haberlerin genel dağılımını ve içerik türlerini Bodrum örneğinde belirlemek amaçlanmıştır. “Google Haberler Arama Motoru” üzerinden ikincil kaynaklar kullanılmış olup veriler üzerinden içerik analizi gerçekleştirilmiştir. Google haberler uygulamasında 1 Ocak 2020 ile 31 Aralık 2021 yılları arasında yayınlanmış “Bodrum” ve “pahalı” kelimeleri geçen tüm farklı internet gazetelerinde yer alan haberler değerlendirilmiştir. Yapılan değerlendirmeler sonucunda, Bodrum’a yönelik pahalılık ile ilgili haberlerin en çok haziran ayında gerçekleştiği belirlenmiştir. Genellikle haberlerin olumsuz ifadeler içeren haber başlıkları ve içeriklerinden oluştuğu görülmektedir. Bununla birlikte Bodrum’a yönelik pahalılık haberlerinde sıklıkla çözüm önerisi olan haberlere yer verilmediği ve en çok lahmacun görselinin kullanıldığı sonucuna ulaşılmıştır.
Developing a progressive university/community connection: A shared conversation
Authors: Zarazaga Jessie , Martin DeVincent , Thompson Liz , McMillan Janice , McCann Jerry
Published: June 2022

In engineering education there is fairly wide recognition of the value of community-based work for student engineers.  However, such interactions are often conflicted, spread between the fear that there might be some exploitation of the community for educational purposes, or perceptions of a lack of honest integration and participation by students, within their busy educational term-sessions.   How can we, as academics, play a role in developing more progressive university and community connections, with greater intention in the role that students and universities play?  In this shared conversation, four academics and a student participate in an online conversation over several months, developing a discourse that explores, and rather than proposing, and remains open to further exploration.
Cultivating solidarity for action on social justice in engineering
Authors: Carroll Tomeka , Gordon Bethany , Hancock Patrick Illand , Stenger Katelyn , Turner Sydney
Published: June 2022

As graduate students, we have witnessed and experienced firsthand how engineering education, due to engineering culture, can perpetuate harm and enhance systemic oppression and inequality in society. Documenting our efforts to counteract this status-quo, we share our individual and collective experience working to center social justice in engineering education. Using collaborative autoethnography, we qualitatively explore, through self-reflection, how we sought to integrate social justice into engineering education and developed a praxis of engineering social justice. Our group’s collaboratively developed praxis of engineering social justice seeks to overcome institutional and individual barriers to an integration of social justice in engineering practice by 1) fostering a reflexive practice through values and positionality, 2) engineering space for inclusive collaboration, and 3) seeing justice as a necessary lens for engineering education. Through this analysis of our personal experience, we hope to motivate and challenge readers to develop a praxis of engineering social justice that will inform their actions in this space.
Experiencias de arte y tecnología desde y con el maritorio austral
Authors: Cantera Ana Laura , Alvarez Nataniel , Ulloa Sandra , Fica Rojas Eliseo , Dominguez Bastidas Pamela , Rivera Marchevsky Rocio , Mendoza Cigna Valentina , Reina-Rozo Juan David
Published: June 2022

El presente texto tiene como propósito compartir algunas reflexiones en torno a la Residencia Navegable Radicante 2021, llevada a cabo en el maritorio de la región del Estrecho de Magallanes y la Antártica Chilena. Históricamente, los territorios australes que hoy poseen Chile y Argentina han sido catalogados por el eurocentrismo como las tierras del “fin del mundo”. En varias crónicas e infinitas novelas estas geografías de América han sido presentadas como un lugar que aglomeró, por un lado, la desesperanza de sus fanáticos y, por otro lado, las más delirantes ilusiones de un nuevo lugar para la subsistencia humana.
La travesía de la ingeniería en la construcción de paz y justicia social
Authors: Ochoa-Duarte Alexei , Acero Andrés
Published: June 2022

Desde el año 2005, y gracias al impulso de un equipo interdisciplinario de personas expertas, académicas, investigadoras, activistas, ingenieras o afines a ella, surge la Conferencia Internacional de Ingeniería, Justicia Social y Paz, en la búsqueda de enfoques alternativos para hacer, vivir y educar en la ingeniería.

En ese devenir de calendarios y geografía habían ocurrido catorce encuentros de la red de Ingeniería, Justicia Social y Paz, y el número 15 estuvo destinado a ser excepcional. Sin quererlo, el decimoquinto encuentro tuvo circunstancias muy diferentes a las anteriores, no debido a la capacidad de convocatoria, o al creciente interés por trabajar una ingeniería comprometida con la naturaleza, la sociedad y el ser humano, sino por una situación histórica que nos ha hecho repensar lo que hasta hace algún tiempo dábamos por sentado. Este evento se fue gestando desde el año 2019, bajo la premisa de realizarse en 2020. Con varias iniciativas propias del evento, se contaba con un equipo de trabajo, la aprobación de varias ponencias, talleres y actividades, un cronograma tentativo y el planteamiento del reconocimiento “Tecnología para la Justicia Social”  

Sin embargo, la naturaleza dio un grito de advertencia al ser humano y apareció en escena el coronavirus ocasionando gran cantidad de transformaciones a nivel mundial. Por tanto, el evento se pospuso hasta 2021, y ajustarse a la virtualidad que nos acompaña desde que surgió la emergencia sanitaria por la pandemia. En este contexto, se realizaron ajustes en la composición del equipo y las responsabilidades asumidas por sus integrantes. No obstante, a pesar de las dificultades que este nuevo escenario plantea, el compromiso por la transformación social marcó el camino a seguir para la conferencia. 

Después de arduas reuniones y tareas, entre el 10 y 12 de junio de 2021,  la XV Conferencia Internacional de Ingeniería, Justicia Social y Paz, ve la luz, y con ello promete transformar la sociedad desde una diversidad de formas de hacer y vivir. La presente ponencia busca sistematizar la experiencia del equipo organizador de la conferencia, de manera que los aciertos y errores que tuvieron durante el proceso, se transformen en aprendizajes útiles para la transformación de la ingeniería hacia una que se encuentre comprometida con las comunidades.
Suspendido entre la selva, la etnografía, el documental y la ingeniería
Authors: Gaitán-Albarracín Nicolás , Clavijo Nayher Andrés , Reina-Rozo Juan David
Published: June 2022

Simón Uribe es profesor e investigador adscrito a la Facultad de Ciencias Políticas de la Universidad del Rosario en Bogotá. Estudió ciencias políticas en la Universidad Nacional de Colombia y es Doctor en geografía humana de la Escuela de Economía y Ciencias Políticas de Londres (LSE). Paralelamente a su carrera académica, ha dirigido dos cortos: Trampolín de la muerte (2014) y La guerra de los Cárdenas y los Valdeblánquez (2006). Suspensión es su primer largo documental.
Paz&flora, una iniciativa ambiental con conciencia de género: Entrevista con Cindy Lorena Ospina
Authors: Ospina Gallego Cindy Lorena , Serna Angie , Gaitán-Albarracín Nicolás , Ochoa-Duarte Alexei , Acero Andrés
Published: June 2022

Cindy Lorena Ospina Gallego es una colombiana, ingeniera Civil de la Universidad Politécnica de Cataluña. Viajera y apasionada por el cambio social. Al igual que su iniciativa, Paz&flora, nuestra conversación tocó varios puntos: la bioingeniería como experiencia de transformación, el rol social desde la ingeniería, el agua y el saneamiento como derecho en las zonas de asentamiento informal. Así como los retos de asumir un liderazgo con perspectiva de género y la importancia del empoderamiento en los procesos comunitarios.
The prevalence and course of COVID-19 and the Cardiovascular Diseases
Authors: Chan Jacky Kit , Assaf Omar , Guella Elhosseyn , Mustafa Shaima , Kumar Narendra
Published: June 2022

Corona pandemic has infected over 277 million people and has claimed more than 5.4 million lives with recovery of 249 million globally by early 2022. The global case fatality rate ranged from 6-7% in United States, Switzerland, Ireland, 12-14% in Sweden, Spain, Netherlands, United Kingdom, Italy, and 15-16% in France and Belgium among hospitalized and non-hospitalized COVID-19 patients, the prevalence of underlying cardiovascular diseases was 9%. The prevalence of cardiovascular diseases among hospitalized COVID-19 patients and those requiring intensive care unit admission were 23% and 29% respectively. The virus continues to evolve into new formats latest being Delta and Omicron variants.

In a multicenter study of 8910 COVID-19 patients from 169 hospitals in Asia, Europe and North America, presence of pre-existing coronary artery disease, chronic heart failure and cardiac arrhythmia was associated with increased mortality of 10.2%, 15.3% and 11.5% respectively, compared with 5-6% mortality in those without the above co-morbidities.

The systemic inflammation caused by SARS-CoV-2 could lead to a wide spectrum of cardiovascular complications including acute cardiac injury, acute coronary syndrome, coronary artery dissection, acute myocarditis, cardiomyopathy, chronic heart failure, cardiac arrhythmia, pulmonary embolism, cardiogenic shock, circulatory failure or even cardiac arrest.
Diagnóstico precoce do acidente vascular cerebral na emergência: uma revisão de literatura
Authors: Barbosa Bruno de Oliveira , Kullak João Henrique , Reis Bruno Cezario Costa
Published: June 2022

Objetivo: Analisar o padrão dos métodos diagnósticos utilizados para a detecção precoce do Acidente Vascular Cerebral (AVC) na emergência, relacionando com a idade. Métodos: A abordagem metodológica deste trabalho ocorreu por meio de uma revisão integrativa da literatura nas bases de dados National Library of Medicine, Biblioteca Virtual em Saúde e Directory of Open Access Journals. Os descritores utilizados foram “Stroke”, “Early Diagnosis” e “Emergency Medical Services”. Os critérios de inclusão foram ensaios clínicos, randomizados ou não randomizados, estudos de caso-controle, estudo de coorte, livre acesso, publicados em inglês, português, espanhol e no intervalo de 2012 a 2022. Resultados: Os 18 artigos selecionados foram avaliados os métodos diagnósticos usados para a detecção precoce do AVC seja ele isquêmico ou hemorrágico e construído um quadro comparativo, na qual é composta pelo número de indivíduos abordados nos estudos, ano de publicação, principal método diagnóstico usado, tipo de AVC e faixa etária. Considerações finais:  Dessa forma, o AVC isquêmico como principal diagnóstico feito na emergência. Além disso, para um diagnóstico precoce, a pontuação Pontuação no National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale é a mais usada nos serviços de pronto socorro e a idade com mais diagnóstico encontra-se em maiores de 45 anos.
The impact of immunomodulatory enteral nutrition on patients submitted to elective gastrointestinal cancer surgery: integrative review
Authors: Araripe Tamara Soares de Oliveira , Santos Semíramis Silva , Sales Julianne do Nascimento , Fonseca João Felipe de Almeida , Fernandes Helder Matheus Alves , Thé Rebeca Rodrigues , Costa André Luis Souza , Matos Lara Machado , Reges Bárbara Danuta Lins Oliveira , Silva Sabrina Evelyn Batista da
Published: June 2022

Objective:  To carry out a review about the use of enteral nutrition composed of immunonutrients in cancer patients undergoing elective surgery in the gastrointestinal tract on surgical outcomes. Methods: The research was carried out in the Medline, Lilacs and Pubmed databases. Results: The administration of enteral diet in both groups was well tolerated, there was no significant difference in the mortality rate and in the Intensive Care Unit or postoperative hospital stay. The immunomodulatory nutritional therapy was favorable to decrease the TNFα values and increase the total lymphocyte count in the postoperative period. Perioperative enteral immunonutrition has no significant effects on mortality rate, length of hospital stay and complications in gastrointestinal tract surgeries.  Final considerations: Immunonutrition appears to be promising in terms of modulating the immune response. More randomized studies are needed regarding the effects of immunonutrients on abdominal surgical cancer patients.
Análise epidemiológica dos óbitos por afogamento entre 0 a 4 anos no estado de Rondônia
Authors: Pinheiro Yasmin Mendes , Silva Ítalo Diógenes Gomes da , Silva Anitha de Cássia Ribeiro da , Zingra Karina Negrão , Neiva Willon Thomas de Souza , Neves Rivani Silva , Branco Junior Arlindo Gonzaga
Published: June 2022

Objetivo: Realizar uma análise epidemiológica dos casos notificados por óbitos decorrente a afogamento em menores de 5 anos ocorridos no estado de Rondônia. Métodos: Foram avaliados, dados de forma quantitativa, a partir do uso da plataforma online tabulardor Genérico de Domínio Público (TabNet) do Departamento de Informática do Sistema Único de Saúde do Brasil (DATASUS). Resultados: Contatou-se que em Porto Velho, 53% das ocorrências de óbitos por afogamento em Rondônia. O local de ocorrência mais comum fora em hospitais (17%) e domicílio (10%). Ao analisar o local de afogamento na cidade de Porto Velho, observa-se que 40% dos óbitos por afogamento e submersão não foram especificados e apenas 1% correspondeu aqueles que ocorrem em áreas de águas naturais. Conclusão: Ressalta-se a importância da introdução de processos de educação em saúde para conscientizar a população sobre primeiros socorros, sinalizar os perigos de cada região disponíveis para banho público, além de estimular a atenção e cuidados em casa.
Tecnologias educativas na prevenção e cuidados de IST em populações de mulheres trans e travestis: uma revisão integrativa
Authors: Albuquerque Camila Freire , Correia Jennifer Martins , Jardim Lucília de Fátima Santana , Vidal Alessandra Pinheiro , Germano Sibele Naiara Ferreira , Silva Sheila Vitor da
Published: June 2022

Objetivo: Identificar na literatura tecnologias e estratégias com foco no acolhimento, prevenção e tratamento do Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) e outras Infecções Sexualmente Transmissíveis (ISTs) voltados a população de mulheres Trans e Travestis (TT), descrevendo e comparando-as a fim de discorrer sobre seus impactos e promover medidas assistenciais eficazes baseadas em evidências. Métodos: Utilizou-se bases de dados eletrônicas (LILACS, SciELO, MEDLINE/PubMed), nos idiomas inglês, português e espanhol, ficha de dados da Literatura adaptada da Ficha de Ursi para atender a modicidade das análises. Resultados: O artigo obteve uma amostra final de 10 artigos, observou-se a tendência a ações de educação voltadas a mudanças em comportamentos de risco, encaminhamento para testes e vinculação ao tratamento de HIV e outras ISTs, melhoria no acesso a serviços sociais e de saúde, mudanças no conhecimento sobre HIV e Profilaxia Pré-Exposição(PrEP), suporte social e emocional. Considerações finais: As obras demonstram um perfil de intervenção baseado em grupos de apoio; empoderamento e participação da comunidade nas práticas de saúde, apropriação e desenvolvimento de aplicativos, tendo como base a telessaúde como foco nas necessidades intrínsecas desse público. Observa-se a necessidade de suporte psicológico associado a práticas de prevenção e maior capacitação das equipes de saúde durante o acolhimento e tratamento desta comunidade.
AKTIVITAS ANTIOKSIDAN DAN KARAKTERISASI ISOLAT DARI FRAKSI n-HEKSANA PADA RUMPUT LAUT (Caulerpa sertularioides) ASAL SINGKAWANG KALIMANTAN BARAT (ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY AND ISOLATE CHARACTERIZATION OF n-HEXANE FRACTION IN SEAWEED (Caulerpa sertularioides) FROM SINGKAWANG WEST KALIMANTAN)
Authors: Fitriani Fitriani , Sayekti Endah , Sapar Ajuk
Published: June 2022

Seaweed (Caulerpa sertularioides) is one of the marine plants of West Kalimantan, which contains bioactive compounds that can act as antioxidants. The purpose of this study was to determine antioxidant activity and identify components of organic compounds in seaweed C. sertularioides. This research was carried out in several stages, namely extraction, fractionation, antioxidant test (DPPH), vacuum liquid chromatography (KVC), gravity column chromatography (KKG), and two-dimensional thin-layer chromatography (2-Dimensional TLC), and characterization. Antioxidant activity test by DPPH method on methanol extract, n-hexane fraction, and fraction DCM from seaweed C. sertularioides obtained IC50 values of 82.21 g/mL (strong antioxidant), 131.2 g/mL (medium antioxidant), and 192.43 g/mL (weak antioxidant). The results of the FT-IR identification of isolate I4 showed a strong absorption at 3483-3387 cm-1,which was specific for the OH group. The presence of strong absorption of 2926-2854cm-1 C-H stretching group, a wide absorption of 1338 cm-1 of methyl and methylene groups (stretching). There was a strong absorption of 1543-1463 cm-1 C-O ester group (bend), a broad absorption of 1074 cm-1 C-O (stretching), and absorption of 1795-1735 cm-1 specific for the C=O ester group. The results of GC-MS on isolate I4 indicated the main component was compound 1-nonadecene (14.09%), Trifluoroacetoxy hexadecane based on the literature, the compound included the organic component of fatty acids, and esters
Liver vs Uterus – A Rare Case of Cornual Ectopic Pregnancy
Authors: Shajni Krishna G M  , Hephzibah Kirubamani
Published: June 2022

Implantation of the fertilised egg in any place other than the endometrial cavity or the uterus constitutes the term ectopic pregnancy. This can occur in any part of the abdominal cavity, with the fallopian tube being the most common location, including the cornua of the uterus, ovary and Cervix. Though the exact aetiology remains unknown, pelvic inflammatory disease (PID), previous ectopic gestation, pelvic surgeries, in vitro fertilisation, ipsilateral salpingectomy, infertility, history of medical termination of pregnancy, and certain types of contraception are considered risk factors. The most common method of diagnosis is by ultrasound – transabdominal or transvaginal. Treatment options include medical and surgical methods, depending on a number of factors like the gestational age, ultrasound findings, haemodynamic stability of the patient, beta HCG level and the patient’s desire for future fertility. Below is a rare case of how a cornual pregnancy presented to us with co-existing liver pathology. With the desire for future fertility taken into consideration, medical management was opted by the patient and executed. The patient showed good recovery and ectopic gestation was resolved.
Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on Economy of Pakistan
Authors: Naeem Iqra , Muhammad Ghulam , Niazi Abdul Aziz Khan , Qazi Tehmina Fiaz
Published: June 2022

Purpose: In this research study, author tried to analyze and investigate the issues of COVID-19 pandemic and its possible affect on economies especially in context of Pakistan. The basic purpose of this research is to examine and understand the COVID-19 issues and its consequences worldwide economies. This study was conducted using grey relational analysis.

Methodology: GRA is used to calculate the correlation among two or more constructs. The core part of this research is pre.and.post.COVID-19.implications on world economies as well as on Pakistan’s economy. Furhermore, in this study author tried to analyze that which year was the most  destructive year for economies. For analyze and investigation, author gathered six years secondary data and apply GRA research methods to conclude the results.

Findings: After successfully concluded the outcomes which showed that like other countries in the world Pakistan’s economy also affected due to business were shutdown and governments imposed lockdown in country-wise which eventually caused export declined. Due to this reason, impact on Pakistan’s economy went to nosedown even growth rate down to negative. Economy of any country highly depending on its exports so, in order to evaluate any country economic condition, exports of this country may highly considered.

Conculsion: Therefore, at the end it was concluded that the year 2020 was the most destructive year for any country especially for Pakistan which affect the economy most.
Application of GIS/RS in Assessment of Flash Flood Causes and Damages: A Case Study of Budhni Nullah, District Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
Authors: Khan Shah Nawaz , Mujahid Danish , Zahid Sardar Muzaffar Hussain
Published: June 2022

Purpose: The purpose of this research is to assess the flood hazard causes and damages and to draw the extent of flood hazard zones in Budhni Nullah District Peshawar on the basis of devastating historical flood data through the usage of the Geographic Information System (GIS) and Remote Sensing (RS).
Methodology: In this research, a descriptive methodology and GIS techniques were carried out to identify flood hazard causes, damages, and hazard zones. Therefore, qualitative and quantitative data related to flood hazards are clipped from various sources. Satellite images such as digital elevation models were generated for acquiring watershed and slope data. The data were put in the ArcMap for mapping and in SPSS for ease of statistical calculations to find the causes and damages of flood hazards. Moreover, various other tools from different applications were used such as ERDAS Imagine for Image processing and GPS application for location tracking.
Main Findings: We delineated the catchment areas and different other tributaries and with the help of slope, settlements, area inundation, and past damages data we find out the flood hazard zones. These flood hazard zones were demarcated with the help of the Euclidean distance tool in which different data overlaid to others in ArcMap and through ground-truthing, we confirmed the flood hazard zones.
Applications: Research results could be used for providing a recommendation to the local government authorities and communities to mitigate the flood hazard risk in the locality and improve the safety measures. Such as retaining walls to make them a little distance from levees.