bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Playground equipment-related extremity fractures in children presenting to US emergency departments, 2006–2016
Authors: Blanchard Ashley , Hamilton Ava , Li Guohua , Dayan Peter S.
Published: September 2020

Background

Despite updated playground equipment and improved industry standards, playgrounds remain a common source of childhood injury. Fractures account for 35% of all playground injuries presenting to emergency departments (EDs). We aimed to examine the time trends and epidemiologic patterns of playground equipment-related extremity fractures in children in the United States.

Methods

We analyzed data from the National Electronic Injury Surveillance System. Children ≤14 years presenting to US emergency departments from 2006 to 2016 with playground equipment-related injuries were included. We used weighted complex survey analysis to describe the epidemiologic patterns and severity of playground equipment-related extremity fractures and Joinpoint linear weighted regression analysis to determine trends in extremity fractures.

Results

An annual average of 72,889 children were treated in US EDs for playground equipment-related extremity fractures, yielding a national annual incidence rate of 119.2 per 100,000 children. Playground equipment-related extremity fractures accounted for 33.9% of ED presentations and 78.7% of hospitalizations for playground equipment-related injuries. Of patients with playground equipment-related extremity fractures, 11.2% had severe fractures requiring hospitalization. The annual rate of ED visits due to playground equipment-related extremity fractures remained stable (annual rate of change = 0.74, p = 0.14) from 2006 to 2016. Adjusted for age, injuries on monkey bars or climbing gyms were associated with significantly increased odds of extremity fractures in comparison to injuries from other playground equipment (adjusted odds ratio [aOR]: 2.0; 95% CI: 1.9–2.1). Overall, 49.8% of extremity fractures and 54.7% of severe extremity fractures (i.e. those requiring hospitalization) occurred on monkey bars or climbing gyms.

Conclusions

Despite enhanced playground safety standards, national rates of playground equipment-related extremity fractures have remained stable in the US. Extremity fractures remain the most common type of playground injury presenting to EDs and most commonly occur on monkey bars and climbing gyms.
Hepatitis E Virus and rheumatic diseases: what do rheumatologists need to know?
Authors: Di Bartolomeo Salvatore , Carubbi Francesco , Cipriani Paola
Published: September 2020

Background

Hepatitis E virus (HEV) represents the most common cause of acute hepatitis and jaundice in the world. About 2 million of infection cases occur each year in Europe, mainly as autochthonous anthropozoonosis, and HEV can be transmitted through undercooked pork meat. This infection has been linked to various extra-hepatic manifestations, while chronic infections with a rapid development of liver failure have been described in heavily immunosuppressed patients undergoing solid organ transplantations (SOTs), in patients with hematological diseases or with immunodeficiency virus infection.

Main body of abstract

The purpose of this review article is to describe rheumatic manifestations related to HEV infection and their implications for rheumatologists in the daily clinical practice. Despite recent accumulating literature in this field, little is known about the course of the infection in patients with rheumatic diseases (RDs) and about the impact of immunosuppressive drugs. Moreover, HEV infection can mimic RDs’ manifestations or drugs toxicity. Specific guidelines on management are lacking and the majority of data are referred to SOTs receivers.

Conclusions

More studies are needed to better understand the real impact of HEV infection in patients with RDs, regarding both clinical outcomes and their management.
Review of the book: Space after Deleuze (Saldanha, 2017)
Authors: Estalayo Bielsa Paula
Published: September 2020

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Mattering pedagogy in precarious times of (un)learning
Authors: Juelskjær Malou
Published: September 2020

This paper considers how feminist new materialist thinking may offer a resource for re-orienting pedagogy and didactics in light of pressing global issues. In this respect, the paper applies feminist new materialist thinking in a somewhat normative agenda. However, pedagogy and didactics are always already normative, or are engaged in practices that play a role in as well doing ‘business as usual’ or in assisting in opening up to various, yet more un-usual ways of relating and being of the world. Pedagogy is a worlding practice, specifically, as it facilitates ways of relating, thinking, sensing, acting, and is involved in the shaping of a ’collective intelligence’. I argue that one fruitful approach may be to focus on entanglements and affects and on finding ways of facilitating a sensing living/being of such entanglements. The paper concludes by introducing affective geology to suggest possible steps towards a transformation of our ways of knowing, sensing, and relating.
Feminist affect and children's embodied trauma
Authors: Hickey-Moody Anna , Willcox Marissa
Published: September 2020

Feminist new materialisms account for the agency of the body and the ways it is entangled with, in and through its environment. Similarly, affect scholars have putwords to the bodily feelings and attunements that we can’t describe. In this paper, we provide a brief survey of feminist thought that established the scholarly landscape and appetite for the turn to affect and offer this as a theoretical tool for thinking through the child body. Feminist affect is used here as a resource for understanding embodied change in children who are living with intergenerational trauma. Through analysing data from the Interfaith Childhoods project, we explore art as a way to affectively rework trauma in three case studies with refugee children from our Australian fieldwork sites. Our new materialist arts based approaches map embodied changes in children that speak to how bodies inherit and are affected by things that often can’tbe described. Specifically, in relation to their religious, cultural and refugee histories (Van der Kolk 2014, Menakem 2017), we offer the analysis in this paper as a routetowards understanding children’s bodily experience and expression, in ways that havebeen made possible by affective lines of inquiry pioneered by feminist scholarship.
Qualitative disorder measurements from backscattering spectra through an optical fiber
Authors: Fernández R. , Marcos-Vidal A. , Gallego S. , Beléndez A. , Desco M. , Ripoll J.
Published: September 2020

In the processes related to the development of cancer, there are different genetic and epigenetic events involved that result in structural changes of the affected cells. In the early stages of the disease, these changes occur at the nanoscale, remaining undetectable by conventional light microscopy, due to diffraction-limited resolution (∼250 - 550 nm). In this sense, a technique termed partial wave spectroscopy (PWS) allows the detection of these nanostructural changes by measuring a statistical parameter called disorder strength (L
d
). PWS uses a combination of a tunable filter and a camera to acquire the backscattering spectra for each pixel on the image. In this paper, we study and validate the possibility of obtaining a qualitative measurement of the disorder using the spectrum of the averaged spatial information. Instead of using spatial information and measuring sequentially spectral ranges, we measure the backscattered signal gathered by an optical fiber by means of a spectrograph. This will allow this method to be applied in systems where it is not possible to acquire a complete high resolution image for many spectral bands, while significantly enhancing speed.
Auf dem Weg zu einem ökologischen Gesellschaftsvertrag in feministischer Tradition
Authors: Wolff Clara , Kludas Santje , Prehm Nina
Published: September 2020

Arbeit beansprucht natürliche Ressourcen und prägt soziale Verhältnisse. Um den Weg zu einer    geschlechtergerechten und ökologischen  Gesellschaft zu ebnen, ist das Konzept der Arbeit ausschlaggebend. Welche Veränderungen wären nötig, um eine solche gesellschaftliche Transformation zu bewirken?
Mobilitätssuffizienz als Lösungsbeitrag zur Treibhausgasreduktion
Authors: Profijt Markus
Published: September 2020

Individuelle Alltagsmobilität kann auch ohne Verzicht auf Aktivitäten zu deutlichen Treibhausgasreduktionen führen und zudem Gewinne an Lebensqualität bringen. Dies zeigt eine  aktuelle Fallstudie. Doch es werden gezielte Wirtschaftsangebote benötigt, um noch mehr Suffizienz zu ermöglichen.
Gemeinsam forschen, lernen und umsetzen
Authors: Eckard Martin , Stührmann Torben , Meyer Benedikt
Published: September 2020

Etwa ein Drittel des Energieverbrauchs und der CO2-Emissionen entfällt auf Wohn- und Nichtwohngebäude. Mit dem Projekt QUARREE100 wird in Heide (Holst.) eine klimaschonende und resiliente Energieversorgung im Quartier entwickelt und aufgezeigt, um auch in diesem Bereich die Klimaziele zu erreichen
Wirtschaftsethische Reflexion ökologischer Bildung in und von Organisationen
Authors: Prescher Thomas
Published: September 2020

In der Debatte zu den ökologischen Herausforderungen unserer Zeit werden zuweilen die Umweltschutzaspekte mit einem Bedeutungsüberschuss versehen. Außer Frage steht jedoch: Es müssen Konzepte, Strukturen und Prozesse entwickelt werden, die eine Gestaltung der  nachhaltigen Entwicklungen ermöglichen.
K2SnOF4 and K2WO3F2 – different but similar
Authors: Stoll Christiane , Seibald Markus , Baumann Dominik , Huppertz Hubert
Published: September 2020

K2SnOF4 and K2WO3F2 were synthesized via a high-pressure/high-temperature route. Single-crystal analysis showed that both substances crystallize in the orthorhombic crystal system with space group Pnma and are isostructural to each other. The main motifs of the structures are octahedral [SnO2F4]4− and [WO4F2]4− entities for K2SnOF4 and K2WO3F2, respectively. Within the structures, these units are connected to quasi-isolated infinite chains. The substances were further characterized via powder X-ray diffraction, EDX and FT-IR spectroscopy. Doping of K2SnOF4 with Mn4+ yielded a red phosphor material which was analyzed by luminescence spectroscopy. The emission maximum is located at λ
max = 631 nm.
ARGUMENTAÇÃO EM LIVROS DIDÁTICOS DE MATEMÁTICA: BRASIL E CANADÁ
Authors: Attie João Paulo , Krpan Cathy Marks
Published: September 2020

Tendo como panorama a diferença apontada entre dois países, Brasil e Canadá, em relação à aprendizagem em matemática, conforme dados do Programa Internacional de Avaliação de Alunos, PISA, este artigo busca apresentar semelhanças e diferenças nos processos de argumentação no ensino da disciplina, relacionados aos principais livros didáticos adotados nas duas regiões. As coleções escolhidas para análise foram as recomendadas pelo Plano Nacional do Livro Didático, PNLD (National Textbook Plan), no Brasil e os livros mais utilizados, no Canadá. Nos fundamentamos nas categorias de argumentação esboçadas inicialmente por Balacheff (1988) e depois descritas por Attie (2016), a argumentação explicativa e a argumentação justificativa. Como resultados, pudemos perceber claramente como, em geral, os livros canadenses possuem uma maior preocupação em incentivar alguns aspectos como a autonomia e a busca de padrões, por exemplo, mas, apesar de uma diferença relevante na abordagem, ao analisarmos mais profundamente o enfoque no ensino dos conteúdos, em alguns casos, aparecem em algumas coleções canadenses, assim como na quase totalidade dos livros brasileiros, o que consideramos um apego excessivo às regras, em detrimento da exposição do processo envolvido no desenvolvimento das mesmas.
Qualitative analysis of solutions for a Kirchhoff-type parabolic equation with multiple nonlinearities
Authors: PİŞKİN Erhan , EKİNCİ Fatma
Published: September 2020

In this work, the local and global existence of weak solutions by using the Faedo-Galerkin method, the finite time blow up of the weak solution with positive initial energy and the general decay of the solution are discussed. Finally, we consider the exponential growth of the solution with sufficient conditions. This work generalizes and improves earlier results in the literature, see [L.X. Truong and N. Van Y, On a class of nonlinear heat equations with viscoelastic term, Comput. Math. Appl., 2016] and [L.X. Truong and N. Van Y, Exponential growth with ${L}^{p}$-norm of solutions for nonlinear heat equations with viscoelastic term, Appl. Math. Comput., 2016].
Kanserin erken teşhisi, prognozu ve tedavisinde mikroRNA-124’ün yeri
Authors: ÇAYKARA Burcu , ÖZTÜRK Güler
Published: September 2020

Beslenme, yaşam tarzı, genetik, kanserojen bir maddeye maruziyet gibi sebeplerle ortaya çıkan kanser yaygın ölüm nedenlerinden biridir. Kanser mortalitesini azaltmak için yapılan çalışmalardan bir kısmı son yıllarda özellikle erken teşhisi sağlayacak biyobelirteçler üzerine yoğunlaşmıştır. Bu biyobelirteçlerden biri olarak değerlendirilen mikroRNA’lar, son 25 yıl içerisinde keşfedilmiş yaklaşık 25 nükleotid uzunluğunda kodlanmayan RNA grubuna dâhildir. Kan ve doku örneklerinden geleneksel moleküler yöntemlerle tespit edilebiliyor oluşları sayesinde mikroRNA’ların belirteç olarak kullanılmasına yönelik çalışmalar son yıllarda hız kazanmıştır.
Transformations Induced by Transducers
Authors: Liu Guangwu
Published: September 2020

This paper is a summary of my seminars given in the Research Group on Mathematical Linguistics in the year 2005. It is a short survey on automata theory, including nite state automata and tree automata. The transformations (transductions) induced by nite state automata and tree automata are given.
Application of the Teager-Kaiser energy operator in diagnostics of a hydrodynamic bearing
Authors: Blaut Jędrzej , Breńkacz Łukasz
Published: September 2020

The paper presents the use of the Teager-Kaiser energy operator (TKEO) to evaluate the
state of rotor unbalance. The method was developed in 1990 by Kaiser and involves a simple
calculation of signal energy. It has been used before in diagnostics, e.g. during the evaluation
of instability of hydrodynamic bearings and as a diagnostic symptom of gearbox damage.
This paper is the first to present the use of the Teager-Kaiser method to evaluate the rotor
unbalance in hydrodynamic bearings.
Multi-cavity cyst of the left ovary and uterine prolapse. Removal of tumor, abdominal attachment of the uterus. Convalescence
Authors: Lapina A.
Published: September 2020

Patient V., turned to Dr. Moreau for advice, complaining of various painful symptoms: lack of appetite, severe weakness, profuse menstruation, difficulty in urination and defecation.
About sewing the uterus to the anterior abdominal wall with complete prolapse of the uterus
Authors: Krasnopolskiy F.
Published: September 2020

The author performed the operation 7 times; the operation is indicated in old cases, where local treatment did not lead to significant improvement.
On the study of the recognition and treatment of malignant neoplasms of the uterine body
Authors: Krasnopolskiy F.
Published: September 2020

The author exposes the insufficiency of our methods of recognizing malignant neoplasms of the uterine body cavity in the initial stages of development.
Ovarian sarcoma
Authors: Lapina A.
Published: September 2020

Jacobs demonstrated at the "Socit Belge de gync." On November 27, 1892, a macroscopic preparation of ovarian sarcoma, which the author removed from an 18-year-old patient.
Kolorektal kanser tanı ve tedavisinde önemli bir problem: Obstrüksiyon
Authors: ÇİFTİ Sami , EKMEN Nergiz
Published: September 2020

Giriş ve Amaç: Kolorektal kanserler günümüzde hala en sık ölüm nedenleri arasındadır. Kolorektal kanserlerde mortalite ve morbidite başlangıç kolonoskopisi ve tespit edilen lezyonlar ile doğrudan ilişkilidir. Obstrükte kolorektal kanserlerde başlangıçta yeterli inceleme her zaman önemli bir sorun olmuştur. Biz obstrüksiyon tespit edilen kolorektal kanser oranını ve bu hastalara olan yaklaşımı ele almaya çalıştık. Gereç ve Yöntem: Ocak 2015- Aralık 2019 tarihleri arasında İstanbul S.B.Ü. Kanuni Sultan Süleyman Eğitim ve Araştırma Hastanesinde yapılan 10326 kolonoskopi işlemi hasta dosyalarından ve elektronik data üzerinden kolon kanseri yönünden retrospektif olarak analiz edildi. Çalışmada hastaların yaş, cinsiyet ve kolonoskopi sonuçları barsak temizliği, obstrüksiyon varlığı, tümör lokalizasyonu, patolojik tanıları yönünden analiz edilerek kayıt edildi. Bulgular: 10326 hasta dosyası taranarak 145 (%62.2) erkek ve 88 (%37.8) kadın olmak üzere 233 kolon kanseri tanısı konan hasta çalışmaya dâhil edildi. Çalışmamızda kolorektal kanser görülme sıklığı %0.02 olarak tespit edildi. Tanı alan hastalarda en sık endikasyon %28.8 (n=67) ile rektal kanama iken en sık lokalizasyon bölgesi %44.6 (n=104) ile rektum olarak tespit edilmiştir. Obstrüksiyona göre tümör lokalizasyonları incelendiğinde %69.9 (n=51) ile en yüksek obstrüksiyon tespit edilen bölge rektosigmoid bölge olmuştur. Sonuç: Kolon kanseri en sık lokalizasyon olarak rektosigmoid bölgeyi tutmakta ve bu bölgede belirgin oranda obstrüksiyona neden olmaktadır. Obstrüksiyon nedeni ile tanı anında kolonoskopik inceleme yeterli derecede yapılamamakta, bu da senkron lezyonların tespitini azaltmaktadır. Biz bu tür hastalarda preoperatif bilgisayarlı tomografik kolonografinin uygun olabileceğini hatırlatmaktayız. Anahtar kelimeler: , ,
Evaluation of risk factors for perinatal asphyxia in a tertiary care hospital in Bangalore: an observational prospective study
Authors: Chikkanna Somashekhar , S. Kavya , P. Saravanan , M. V. Nagaraj
Published: September 2020

Background: Perinatal asphyxia is an insult to fetus or newborn due to lack of oxygen (hypoxia) or lack of perfusion (ischemia) to various organs of sufficient magnitude and duration. Prenatal asphyxia is one of the major causes of early neonatal mortality in India. Our goal was to evaluate risk factors of perinatal asphyxia.Methods: Observational prospective study on 100 babies delivered in our hospital consecutively and requiring resuscitation were included.Results: The mean age of mothers was 23.5 years. 54% neonates were born to primiparous mothers. Anaemia was widely prevalent in the mothers of neonates requiring resuscitation. The major maternal risk factors for newborns requiring resuscitation were pregnancy-induced hypertension (PIH) (46%), oligohydramnios (41%), polyhydramnios (30%) and meconium stained liquor (28%). The fetal factors associated with resuscitation of newborns were intrauterine growth restriction (IUGR) (30%), prematurity (25%), meconium aspiration syndrome (MAS) (20%), and neonatal seizures (36%). Mortality was highest in hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy (HIE) stage 3 with 11%.Conclusions: The most common maternal risk factors for newborns requiring resuscitation was PIH followed by oligohydramnios, polyhydramnios and meconium stained liquor. IUGR was the most common fetal risk factor followed by, prematurity, MAS and neonatal seizures.
Spontaneous neonatal gastric perforation in a very preterm neonate
Authors: M. G. Kartheeka , Shenoi Arvind , Rao Nilesh Nikhilesh
Published: September 2020

Gastric perforation in neonates is a rare, serious and life-threatening problem. The precise aetiology is obscure in most cases. By virtue of its high mortality rate, it requires prompt recognition and surgical intervention. We report a case of gastric rupture in a very preterm/very low birth weight neonate with antenatal reversal of flow in umblical artery.
Laser therapy of hematogenic osteomyelitis in the children
Authors: Trunova O. V , Mashkov Aleksandr E.
Published: September 2020

The present study included 40 children presenting with acute hematogenic osteomyelitis and exacerbation of chronic osteomyelitis. It was shown that a course of laser therapy resulted in the positive dynamics of the inflammatory process, the improvement of blood circulation in the inflamed regions, stimulation of immunity, acceleration of the wound healing, and the reduction of the hospital stay by 3 or 4 days. Other beneficial effects of the treatment included the decreased duration of the severe and febrile conditions, alleviation of inflammation, normalization of the hematological status, and the increase of sensitivity of microflora to antibiotics.
INVESTIGATION OF T-REGULATORY CELLS IN PREMATURY INFANTS
Authors: Kuznetsova Yulia Dmytriеvna , Balashova L. M , Bykovskaya S. N
Published: September 2020

Violation of the regulation of congenital immune reactions plays an important role in the etiology of common and serious neonatal complications in prematurely born children such as bronchopulmonary dysplasia, necrotizing enterocolitis, retinopathy of prematurity and others. This review is devoted to the study of one of the indicators of cellular immunity - T-regulatory cells CD4 + CD25 + FoxP3 + CD127low in prematury infants. Further studies of immunity and in particular T-regulatory cells in premature infants in various diseases, including retinopathy of prematurity, will further develop pathogenetically substantiated correction of immunological disorders to prevent their occurrence and progression.
THE INFLUENCE OF SINGLE-NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISMS OF CATECHOL-O-METHYLTRANSFERASE GENE ON THE FORMATION OF PAIN SYNDROME AND EFFECTIVENESS OF ANALGESIA IN ONCOLOGICAL PATIENTS
Authors: Spasova Arina P. , Kurbatova I. V , Barysheva O. Yu , Tikhova G. P
Published: September 2020

The objective is to study the effect of single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) of COMT gene on the formation and characteristics of chronic pain, level of anxiety and depression, effectiveness of analgesia in oncological patients. Material and Methods. The study includes 196 patients with oncological pathology. The formation of chronic pain syndrome was estimated in all patients one year after surgery using the assessment of pain intensity by numeric rating scale, pain questionnaire of McGill, PainDetect. Basing on the patients genotyping data the genotypes and haplotypes frequency distribution on SNPs of rs4680, rs740603, rs2097603=rs2070577, rs4633 of COMT gene was estimated. The relationship between different genotypes, haplotypes and chronic pain intensity, severity of ranking index of pain for sensor and affective characteristics on McGill scale, presence of neuropathic component of pain and anxiety was studied in all patients sample. The same analysis was carried out in order to clarify difference in morphine consumption (mg/24h) and severity of adverse side effects such as drowsiness, confusion and hallucinations. Results. It is found that after one year the pain syndrome was developed in 134 patients. It was showed that there is direct relationship between chronic pain intensity, anxiety level and presence of mutant allele on polymorphisms of rs4680 in exon and rs740603 in intron of COMT gene. There was also revealed inverse relationship between morphine requirement and presence of pointed polymorphisms in comparison with the patients who have GG genotype of these markers. Conclusion. The determination of pointed SNPs may be useful for choosing the optimal tactics of analgesia in patients with chronic oncological pain syndrome.
MORPHOLOGY AND PATHOGENESIS OF THE DETERIORATION OF THE OVARIAN RESERVE IN ENDOMETRIOSIS AND METHODS OF ITS PRESERVATION
Authors: Paramonova N. B , Semeryuk Tatyana A.
Published: September 2020

Reduction of the ovarian reserve, infertility and recurrent course in endometriosis make to consider this disease as an important scientific, medical and socially significant problem. The clarification of the pathogenesis of ovarian stock reduction and deterioration of oocyte quality, development of infertility and the possibility of using methods of assisted reproductive technologies appear to be especially relevant.
SQUAMOUS CELL PRECANCEROUS LESIONS OF THE VULVA: CURRENT PROBLEMS OF CLASSIFICATION AND DIAGNOSIS
Authors: Chulkova O. V , Novikova Elena G. , Chulkova E. A
Published: September 2020

This article systematizes and analyzes objective difficulties in the diagnosis of precancerous and primary vulva cancer, such as: constant changes in classification and long-term coordination, long-term systematization of clinical manifestations. It also reflects the current data and achievements of virology and molecular biology, which again led to a change in the classification and approaches to the diagnosis and management tactics of patients with squamous cell lesions of the vulva. New predictor markers, currently available for use in conventional routine morphological practice, gave new data on the development of pre-tumor and tumor process of the external genitals. Also in this article, the new clinical classification of vulva diseases is analyzed in detail, a comparison of standard and new diagnostic methods is carried out, which in clinical practice helps to correctly diagnose, determine the extent of the lesion and, depending on the molecular factors of the prognosis, choose an individual modern treatment tactics.
PERSEPSI PENGENDARA SEPEDA MOTOR DI KOTA MAKASSAR TERHADAP KEBIJAKAN LARANGAN PENGGUNAAN HANDPHONE SAAT BERKENDARA
Authors: Ramli Muhammad Isran , Hustim Muralia , Pasra Mubassirang
Published: September 2020

This study aims to investigate the characteristics of motorcyclists in the city of Makassar and analyze its preference for the policy of prohibiting the use of mobile phones when driving. Data collection was carried out on an arterial road segment in Makassar City using an interview survey method based on questionnaire instruments. The descriptive statistical data analysis approach was conducted to see the significance of the characteristics of motorbike riders against their preferences related to the policy of prohibiting the use of mobile phones when driving. The results of the analysis show that age and education characteristics are two variables that significantly influence motorbike riders' preferences regarding the policy of prohibiting the use of mobile phones when driving. This result is an important information and basis in formulating approach efforts that can be done in terms of strategies for implementing the policy of prohibiting the use of mobile phones when driving in order to improve traffic safety in Indonesia.

Studi ini bertujuan menginvestigasi karakteristik pengendara sepeda motor di Kota Makassar dan menganalisis preferensinya terhadap kebijakan larangan penggunaan handphone saat berkendara. Pengumpulan data dilakukan di suatu ruas jalan arteri di di Kota Makassar dengan menggunakan metode survei wawancara berbasis instrument kuesioner. Pendekatan analisis data statistika deskriptif dilakukan untuk melihat signifikansi karakteristik pengendara sepeda motor terhadap preferensinya terkait dengan kebijakan larangan penggunaan handphone saat berkendara. Hasil-hasil analisis memperlihatkan bahwa karakteristik umur dan pendidikan merupakan dua variabel yang secara signifikan mempengaruhi preferensi pengendara sepeda motor terkait kebijakan larangan penggunaan handphone saat berkendara. Hasil ini menjadi informasi dan dasar yang penting dalam perumusan upaya-upaya pendekatan yang dapat dilakukan dalam hal strategi implementasi kebijakan larangan penggunaan handphone saat berkendara dalam rangka meningkatkan keselamatan berlalu lintas di Indonesia.
EVALUASI PELAPORAN KAMSELTIBCAR LANTAS DALAM MENDUKUNG PELAPORAN DEKADE AKSI KESELAMATAN JALAN
Authors: Hayati Nunung Nuring , Suartini Ni Nyoman , Wicaksono Achmad , Fibriani Ike , Firmansyah Mirtha , Sulistyono Sonya
Published: September 2020

Kamsebtibcar Lantas or secure, safety, orderliness, and fluency of traffic are made in support of road safety actions reporting on traffic due to the lack of public knowledge about the importance of using self-protection tools that have been determined in traffic law number 22 of 2009 concerning traffic and road transport. By using this program, you can find out the relationship between the factors that cause accidents. From those collected from various regions in East Java, taken from 2016 to 2018. The data obtained can be processed using data mining techniques. This technique works by using a pattern that is a reference for decision making. By using the Fp-Growth algorithm that works with the data tree system to find out the patterns of reporting activities that are happening, this pattern is determined by two parameters, namely support (support value) and confidence (certainty value). With this system, it can help the parties concerned to improve facilities in various Kamseltibcar Lantas reporting activities.

Kamsebtibcar lantas atau keamanan, keselamatan, ketertiban, dan kelancaran lalu lintas dibuat dalampedalam mendukung pelaporan aksi keselamatan jalan pada lalu lintas yang dikarenakan minimnya pengetahuan masyarakat tentang pentingnya penggunaan alat perlindungan diri yang telah ditentukan pada undang-undang nomor 22 tahun 2009 tentang lalu lintas dan angkutan jalan. Dengan menggunakan program ini dapat mengetahui hubungan antara faktor-faktor penyebab kecelakaan. Data yang dikumpulkan dari berbagai daerah yang ada di wilayah Jawa Timur diambil pada tahun 2016 sampai dengan 2018. Data yang telah didapat dapat diolah menggunakan teknik data mining. Teknik ini berfungsi dengan menggunakan pola yang menjadi acuan untuk penentuan keputusan. Dengan menggunakan algoritma Fp-Growth yang bekerja dengan sistem data tree untuk mengetahui pola kegiatan pelaporan kamsebticar lalu lintas yang sedang terjadi, pola ini ditentukan dengan dua parameter, yaitu support (nilai penunjang) dan confidence (nilai kepastian). Dengan sistem ini dapat membantu pihak yang berkaitan untuk meningkatkan fasilitas dalam berbagai kegiatan pelaporan Kamseltibcar Lantas.
Examining the motivation factors for individuals choosing self-employment: An assessment on Saudi labor market
Authors: AlObaid Hussain Mohammed A
Published: September 2020

The self-employment issue has attracted the attention of both researchers in the field of economies of labor and policymakers. This paper investigates the main determinants of being self-employed in Saudi Arabia including age, gender, qualification, earning, and non-financial benefits cited by the self-employed workers in the Saudi labor market. However, very limited previous research has discussed the subject of self-employment determinants altogether. The analysis uses the "household survey" Labor Force Direct Survey LFDS for Saudi Labor Market to investigate individuals’ determinants for being self-employed and to have a better explanation of self-employed jobs and their determinants. Estimates are presented on a sample of 1100 participants who became self-employed by 2017. The data provide detailed information on self-employment that allows analyzing the complete set of determinants that controlled self-employment. The descriptive statistics show that the self-employed tend to be young males aged between 20-35 years, with a preference of working in the telecommunication sector, with a high school certificate, and with a monthly earning target between 7001-10000 SR. Findings show that the most cited reason for the male at 90% was a preference for being one’s own boss. For females, the most cited motivating factor about 89% was ‘the opportunity to raise more money.
Applicability of a possible robot taxation in Turkey
Authors: Kukrer Mutlu Ceyda , Kaya Pinar Bengi
Published: September 2020

The aim of the industrial revolution is to completely change the industrial processes. An important pillar of this change is the robots. With Industry 4.0, production will be completely transferred to robots capable of communicating with each other, recognizing needs with data analysis, and detecting the environment with sensors. The inclusion of robots in the production process will reduce the need for human labor and this will lead to an increase in unemployment.  For the purpose of solving this problem, in 2017 “robot taxing” was proposed by Bill Gates to the literature. The employers who choose to employ a robot are required to pay tax according to Bill Gates’ proposition. These taxes will be used for the aim of reducing unemployment and helping to minimize the inequality of income. Turkey's fourth industrial revolution can be said to follow behind. However, it is still to prepare the policy in question. The problem of taxing robots is encountered. In this paper, it is aimed to evaluate the applicability of a possible robot taxation system in Turkey.
Influence of teaching and learning materials availability on the development of pupils in upper primary schools in Karunga Zone, Gilgil Sub County
Authors: Naisianoi Monicah , Koome Peter , Marima Esther
Published: September 2020

It is through education where a foundation for growth, groundwork on which most of our social and economic well-being is developed. This study sought to establish the influence of teaching and learning materials available on the development of pupils in upper primary schools in Karunga Zone, Gilgil Sub County. Teaching and learning materials are devices and aids through which learning and teaching are done in schools. The study was anchored on the Theory of Instruction and adopted the descriptive research design. The target population was 587 teachers of primary schools in Karunga zone, Gilgil Sub County from which a sample of 100 teachers were selected using the stratified random sampling method. Data was collected using questionnaires and analyzed through descriptive and inferential statistics. Results showed that teaching and learning materials availability (r= .652, p .000; ?= .751, p .000) has a positive and statistically significant influence on the development of pupils in upper primary. Based on this finding, the study recommends that the government of Kenya through the Ministry of Education Science and Technology should improve the availability of teaching and learning resources in public primary schools in order to promote optimal development of pupils.
Environmental orientation and firm performance
Authors: Zehir Cemal , Ozgul Burcu
Published: September 2020

This study aims to investigate the mediation effect of green product and green process innovation by focusing on the role of internal and external environmental orientation over firm performance to expand researches on environmental orientation. With this aim, a conceptual model has been recommended by unifying institutional theory and natural resource-based view. Data collected from 315 firms who have ISO14001 Environmental Management Certificate and took part in Turkey’s first and second ISO 500 Industrial Enterprises list in 2018 have been tested by using SmartPLS 3 software as part of Structural Equation Modelling. Empirical proofs show that internal and external environmental orientation has a positive effect on both green product innovation and green process innovation. Additionally, it has been concluded that internal environmental orientation has a direct positive effect on firm performance, while external environmental orientation has an indirect effect, which is through green product and green process innovation. The reason could be rooted in the ecological responsibility feeling of internal environmental orientation. External environmental orientation, though, could be limited only with fulfilling legal requirements with legitimacy acquiring desire. Firms strategically directed to the green product and green process innovation by doing more than the laws require and taking the lead could increase their firm performance. These findings contribute to theory and practice, enriching our understanding of how two dimensions of environmental orientation affect firm performance.
Effects of Shumu Decoction on Pathological Changes of Cornea in Patients with Diabetic Dry Eye
Authors: han hua zhi , Wei Wen-Juan , Tuo Sheng-Jun , Zhang Wu-Feng
Published: September 2020

BACKGROUND:To observe the pathological changes of cornea and to clarify the effect Shumu Decoction on the cornea in diabetic dry eye.METHODS:The study assessed 200 eyes of 100 patients with diabetic dry eye.The treatment group 50 patients(100 eyes) and the control group 50 patients(100 eyes). The control group was treated with sodium hyaluronate eye drops. On the basis of the control group, the treatment group was treated by oral administration of Shumu Decoction.All participants underwent the examination of laser confocal microscope to obtain the image of cornea which were used to evaluate the differences between the two groups before and after treatment.RESULTS:After treatment,The corneal epithelial cell density in the treatment group was significantly higher than that in the control group(P <0.05) .The cell area of the two groups increased compared with that before treatment, but the area in the control group was significantly larger than that in the treatment group (P<0.05).The number of Langerhans cells in the control group were significantly higher than that in the treatment group(P<0.05).The morphology of Langerhans cells was characterized by large area and pseudopodia in the control group.The density, length of central corneal nerve fibers in the two groups were reduced compared to before treatment, but the decrease of nerve fiber in the control group was more obvious than that in the treatment group(P<0.05), and the morphology of nerve fibers was obvious change in the control group(P<0.05).At 4 weeks' treatment,the corneal endothelial cells showed morphological abnormality, there was significant difference in the ratio of endothelial cell hexagon between the two groups, and the corneal thickness increased significantly in the control group(P<0.05).CONCLUSION:Shumu Decoction can delay the loss of corneal cells and nerve fibers and restore the normal function of cornea.Those changes may alleviate the symptoms of patients with diabetic dry eye
Feedback Control Methods for a Single Machine Infinite Bus System
Authors: Vernekar Pratik N , Wang Zhongkui , Serrani Andrea , Passino Kevin
Published: September 2020

In this manuscript, we present a high-fidelity physics-based truth model of a Single Machine Infinite Bus (SMIB) system. We also present reduced-order control-oriented nonlinear and linear models of a synchronous generator-turbine system connected to a power grid. The reduced-order control-oriented models are next used to design various control strategies such as: proportional-integral-derivative (PID), linear-quadratic regulator (LQR), pole placement-based state feedback, observer-based output feedback, loop transfer recovery (LTR)-based linear-quadratic-Gaussian (LQG), and nonlinear feedback-linearizing control for the SMIB system. The controllers developed are then validated on the high-fidelity physics-based truth model of the SMIB system. Finally, a comparison is made of the performance of the controllers at different operating points of the SMIB system.
Mucoadhesive microspheres based formulation development of ziprasidone hydrochloride for nasal delivery
Authors: Sahu Yogita , Jain Sourabh , Shukla Karunakar
Published: September 2020

The purpose of research work was to develop and optimize mucoadhesive microspheres of Ziprasidone hydrochloride for nasal delivery with the aim to enhance the residence time and improve therapeutic efficacy. Mucoadhesive drug delivery systems are those that provide intimate contact of the drug with the mucosa for an extended period of time. In our present work, mucoadhesive chitosan microspheres were prepared by emulsification method using liquid paraffin as external phase. Ten different formulations were developed. Results show that as the concentration of polymer increases it affects the particle size, production yield, encapsulation efficiency, swelling index, in-vitro mucoadhesion and in-vitro drug release of mucoadhesive microspheres. The in vitro mucoadhesion of microspheres was investigated using freshly isolated goat nasal mucosa. The mucoadhesion for M0, M1, M2, and M9 was tested. The mucoadhesion property was satisfactory. The M2 exhibited lowest mucoadhesion of 68.9%, and M0 displayed highest mucoadhesion of 87.5%. The In Vitro release studies it revealed that 84.1% of drug release from formulation M1 at 7hrs. The 50% of the drug was released from the formulation M2 and 70.67% from formulation M9.This formulations were further used for SEM for particles size analysis, mucoadhesion test and in-vitro drug release. The In-vitro % drug release data suggest that the maximum and sustained drug release was obtained for formulation M1.The present study showed that Ziprasidone hydrochloride chitosan microspheres can deliver intanasally which can improve the therapeutic outcome for the Epileptic seizure.

Keywords: Ziprasidone hydrochloride, Mucoadhesive microspheres, Nasal drug delivery, Drug Entrapment efficiency.
Synthesis and Pharmacological Evaluation of 2-(4-(3 (Substituted Phenyl) Acryloyl) Phenoxy)-N, N Diphenylacetamides
Authors: Kumar Rohit , Kumar Sushil , Khan Mohammad Asif
Published: September 2020

Recently a series of Schiff bases of diphenylamine derivatives have been synthesized and evaluated in vitro for their antibacterial activity against pathogenic both Gram-positive bacteria B. subtitles and Gram-negative bacteria E. coli using ciprofloxacin as standard drug at conc. of 50 μg/ml and 100 μg/ml. Literature review revels that chalcones possesses various biological activities like antimicrobial, antiviral, anti-inflammatory, anticancer and sedative etc. Therefore the present study was designed on synthesis and pharmacological evaluation of 2-(4-(3 (Substituted Phenyl) Acryloyl) Phenoxy)-N, N Diphenylacetamides. Target compound was synthesized by reaction of chloroacetylchloride with diphenylamine to afford 2-chloro-N, N-diphenylacetamide which further by reaction with substituted Chalcones and characterized following recrystallization and evaluated for anti-microbial potential through cup-diffusion method. In results, the target compounds were tested for activity against B. Subtilis, E.Coli and C. albicans. The chalcones having the lipophilic 4-chloro group (RKCT2) showed the greatest antimicrobial activity (zone of inhibition 20 & 22 mm against. B. subtilis, E. Coli, C. Albicans respectively. It suggests further researchers to go through anti-microbial evaluations against a more varieties of bacteria and fungi.

Keywords: Schiff bases of diphenylamine derivatives, antibacterial activity, Gram-positive bacteria, 2-(4-(3 (Substituted Phenyl) Acryloyl) Phenoxy)-N, N Diphenylacetamides
Behavior In Preventing Children With Pneumonia In Kamonji Community Health Center, Subdistrict West Palu, Palu City
Authors: Kurniawan Herman , Raramiranda Raramiranda , Napirah Muh. Ryman
Published: September 2020

Pneumonia is an acute infection that attacks lung tissue (alveoli) caused by bacteria, virus and fungi. According to WHO, in 2015 pneumonia accounted for 16% of all children deaths under-five years and killed 920.136 toddlers. The number of cases of under-five pneumonia in Indonesia in 2012 was 549.708 cases. While, in 2013 there was 571.547 cases. Kamonji Health Center is the health center which has the highest incidence of pneumonia in Palu, amounted to 536 cases of patients from 2,508 cases. The aim of the study is to find out the knowledge and attitudes of mothers, facilities and health services, family and health workers support for mothers who have pneumonia at Kamonji Health Center. The research used was qualitative using indepth interview as data collection techniques. The subject of the study were 9 informants who were determined by purposive sampling technique. The results show that maternal knowledge is still lack due to the less of information which mother gets about pneumonia. Mother's attitude regarding the incidence of pneumonia shows a positive attitude. Health facilities and health workers at the Kamonji Health Center are already good. Likewise with family support that is already good enough. Suggestions for the Kamonji Health Center are expected to provide counseling to the toddlers' mothers and families as informants in preventing pneumonia.
Digital technologies and the financial performance of female SMES in Serbia: The mediating role of innovation
Authors: Popovic-Pantic Sanja , Semencenko Dusica , Vasilic Nikola
Published: September 2020

Digital technologies that create innovation have the capacity to leverage
economic development. The integration of digital technologies in daily
operations has become a key success factor in sustainable development,
market positioning, and advancement. This is particulary challenging for
female companies in developing countries, which face numerous biases on
their entrepreneurial path, including in innovation. This specific group of
entrepreneurs faces additional barriers in implementing digital technologies
and digital transformation, which are considered part of their innovation
capacity. However, some companies perform well according to financial
parameters, regardless of the level of digitization and innovation
potential. This research paper explores the correlation between financial
performance and the innovative implementation of digital technologies. The
main assumption in this research is that companies that do not use digital
technologies to innovate can not expect to improve their financial
performance. We focus on the impact of digital technology on the financial
performance of female companies. We also consider the indirect impact of
digital technology use on financial performance, with product innovation as
the mediator variable. The sample consists of 46 female companies. The
results of the analysis confirm the hypotheses that digital technology has
no direct influence on financial performance, and that product innovation
mediates the relationship between digital technology and financial
performance.
DESENVOLVIMENTO DE SEQUÊNCIA DIDÁTICA COM A UTILIZAÇÃO DO GEOPLANO NO ENSINO DE FIGURAS PLANAS NA 1ª SÉRIE DO ENSINO MÉDIO
Authors: Luciene  , Santos Gois Alan , Evangelista Costa Dailson , Oliver Gonçalves Tadeu
Published: September 2020

O objetivo desta pesquisa é compreender como o desenvolvimento de uma Sequência Didática no processo de ensino e aprendizagem de figuras planas, com o auxílio do material didático Geoplano, contribui para a construção do conhecimento matemático do educando. Para tanto, adotamos uma abordagem qualitativa e utilizamos de orientações teóricas sobre a utilização de materiais didáticos concretos e manipuláveis. Construímos e apresentamos uma Sequência Didática contendo 12 (doze) atividades investigativas voltadas para a aprendizagem de figuras planas a partir do uso do material didático Geoplano. A Sequência Didática foi desenvolvida no Colégio Estadual Professora Joana Batista Cordeiro, no município de Arraias (TO), em uma turma de 1ª série do Ensino Médio, composta por 24 alunos. Utilizamos também um questionário com 6 (seis) perguntas abertas sobre o material didático Geoplano. Os resultados da pesquisa apontam que o material didático Geoplano é um facilitador no processo de ensino e aprendizagem de Matemática de forma lúdica e prazerosa.
La psicología del poder: una reflexión en tiempos de pandemia
Authors: Margarita-Ospina Anyuli
Published: September 2020

Actualmente, genera incertidumbre la devastación que ha causado en las diferentes esferas de la humanidad la reciente aparición de una nueva enfermedad denominada COVID 19, declarada como pandemia en el mes de marzo del año en curso por la organización mundial de la salud. Una pandemia en tiempos de acelerado desarrollo económico, científico y tecnológico. No obstante, una pandemia en tiempos donde la adaptación de las sociedades y los cambios que ésta implica no es sólo una necesidad sino un factor determinante en la superación de la crisis actual, llevando a un cambio de paradigmas. En este sentido, la intención de esta reflexión es resaltar la utilización de una psicología del poder donde su finalidad es influenciar a las personas y pretender un mundo más justo y equilibrado. Un sistema donde las personas trasciendan los intereses individuales y se enfoquen en la construcción y fortalecimiento de un Estado en pro del bienestar colectivo.