bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Assessing Adequacy of Iodine Intake among Children from 6 Months to 15 Years of Age from Hilly Terrains of North India
Authors: Kumar Dinesh , Raina Sunil K. , Chauhan Raman , Kumar Parveen , Sharma Sushant , Goel Chirag
Published: July 2021

Background:

Routine outcome-based monitoring is required to assess the status of consumption of iodized salt as USI strategy.

Objective:

To assess the extent of recent iodine intake among children from 6 to 15 years of age in the hilly terrain of northern states of India.

Methods:

A school-based cross-sectional observational study among 227 children attending school was done for assessment of socio-demographic, dietary, salt consumption and urinary iodine concentration (UIC).

Results:

Mean age of children was about 6 years and 87.7% were consuming salt of >30 and none with <15 ppm iodine content. Median UIC was 138.0 μg/L. Among those assessed, 37.9% had adequate level of UIC, whereas about 20% and 40% participants had less (<99.0 μg/L) and more than adequate to excessive (≥200 μg/L) levels of UIC. Insignificant difference (p = 0.07) was observed for mean log UIC between cabbage eaters (2.3) and non-eaters (1.9) consuming salt >5 grams/day.

Conclusion:

Recent iodine intake among children observed to be inadequate and effect of cruciferous food items on UIC needs to be studied despite high coverage of iodized salt among children.
Insulin Usage and Practices in Children and Adolescents with Type 1 Diabetes
Authors: Donepudi Ashrita , Donepudi Harshini S. , Ayyagari Mythili
Published: July 2021

Context:

Data on insulin usage and practices in children and adolescents with type 1 diabetes (T1D) is sparse in India.

Aims:

To analyze the various insulin types and regimens used by children and adolescents with T1D, the techniques and the devices used for insulin administration, and the storage and disposal methods of delivery devices.

Settings and Design:

Observational cross-sectional study.

Methods and Materials:

Study subjects were children and adolescents with T1D ≥6 months and informed consent was obtained. A detailed demographic history was collected, and a predesigned, pretested questionnaire was used.

Results:

The number of subjects were 90 (M: F; 32:58), age ranging from 3 to 18 years and duration of T1D was 6 months to 16 years. Mean age was 13 ± 4.6 yrs, HbA1c was 9.11 ± 2.2% and duration was 5 years. Conventional insulins were more commonly used than analogs. Basal-bolus (BB) regimen was used in 49% of the subjects. Mean HbA1c for analogs was 7.6% and conventional was 9.3% (p = 0.001). HbA1c <8% was significantly more in those aged 3-8 yrs, mean duration ≤4.1 yrs, those using pens and BB regimen. Fifty-six percent were using own refrigerators for storage and the most common barriers for insulin usage were fear of hypoglycemia (37%), inaccessibility (20%), and apprehension of shots (18%). Site rotation patterns were followed by 84% and 94% of the subjects reported disposing syringes and sharps as general waste.

Conclusions:

Conventional insulins and vial-syringes remain the most commonly used insulin delivery systems. Glycemic control was better in younger age, lesser duration, BB regimen, analog usage, and pen devices.
Detection and Classification of Myocardial Infarction with Support Vector Machine Classifier Using Grasshopper Optimization Algorithm
Authors: Safdarian Naser , Nezhad Shadi Yoosefian Dezfuli , Dabanloo Nader Jafarnia
Published: July 2021

Background:

Providing a noninvasive, rapid, and cost-effective approach to diagnose of myocardial infarction (MI) is essential in the early stages of electrocardiogram (ECG) signaling. In this article, we proposed the new optimization method for support vector machine (SVM) classifier to MI classification.

Methods:

After preprocessing ECG signal and noise removal, three features such as Q-wave integral, T-wave integral, and QRS-complex integral have been extracted in this study. After that, different statistical tests have evaluated the matrix of these features. To more accurately detect and classify the MI disease, optimizing the SVM classification parameters using the grasshopper optimization algorithm (GOA) was first used in this study (that called SVM-GOA).

Results:

After applying the GOA on the SVM classifier for all three kernels, the final results of MI detection for sensitivity, specificity, and accuracy were 100% ± 0%, 100% ± 0%, and 100% ± 0%, respectively. The final results of different MI types' classification after applying the GOA on SVM for polynomial kernel were obtained 100% ± 0%, 97.37% ± 0%, and 94.2% ± 0.2% for sensitivity and specificity and accuracy, respectively. However, the results of both linear and RBF kernels that were used for the SVM classifier method have also shown a significant increase after using GOA.

Conclusion:

This article's results show the highly desirable effect of applying a GOA to optimize different kernel parameters used in the SVM classifier for accurate detection and classification of MI. The proposed algorithm's final results show that the proposed system has a relatively higher performance than other previous studies.
Speckle Tracking Accuracy Enhancement by Temporal Super-Resolution of Three-Dimensional Echocardiography Images
Authors: Jalali Mohammad , Behnam Hamid
Published: July 2021

Background:

Speckle tracking has always been a challenging issue in echocardiography images due to the lowcontrast and noisy nature of ultrasonic imaging modality. While in ultrasound imaging, framerate is limited by image size and sound speed in tissue, speckle tracking results get worse inthree-dimensional imaging due to its lower frame rate. Therefore, numerous techniques have beenreported to overcome this limitation and enhance tracking accuracy.

Methods:

In this work, we have proposedto increase the frame rate temporally for a sequence of three-dimensional (3D) echocardiographyframes to make tracking more accurate. To increase the number of frames, cubic B-spline is usedto interpolate between intensity variation time curves extracted from every single voxel in theimage during the cardiac cycle. We have shown that the frame rate increase will result in trackingaccuracy improvement.

Results:

To prove the efficiency of the proposed method, numerical evaluation metricsfor tracking are reported to make a comparison between high temporal resolution sequences andlow temporal resolution sequences. Anatomical affine optical flow is selected as the state-of-the-artspeckle tracking method, and a 3D echocardiography dataset is used to evaluate the proposedmethod.

Conclusion:

Results show that it is beneficial for speckle tracking to perform on temporally condensedframes rather than ordinary clinical 3D echocardiography images. Normalized mean enhancementvalues for mean absolute error, Hausdorff distance, and Dice index for all cases and all frames are0.44 ± 0.09, 0.42± 0.09, and 0.36 ± 0.06, respectively.
Design and Development Armband Vital Sign Monitor for Health-Care Monitoring
Authors: Hadiyoso Sugondo , Tulloh Rohmat , Rohmah Yuyun Siti , Alfaruq Akhmad
Published: July 2021

Background:

One of the vital organs that require regular check is heart. The representation of heart health can be identified through electrocardiogram (ECG) signals, blood pressure (BP), heart rate, and oxygen saturation (SpO2). Monitoring the heart condition needs to be regularly done to prevent heart attack that can occur suddenly and very quickly particularly for someone who has had a heart attack before. Nevertheless, it raises the problem of cost, time efficient, and flexibility. It takes a high cost and much time to perform this examination. A vital signal monitoring device is needed with low cost, wearable, accurate, and simple in use.

Methods:

This research designs and develops a device and application for monitoring human vital signals including ECG, SpO2, BP, and heart rate. A multi-sensor system with a control unit was applied to the device which was then called the Armband Vital Sign Monitor. This device can be used to measure vital parameters simultaneously using multiplexing techniques programmed in the microcontroller. Armband vital sign monitor is also equipped with Bluetooth module as a communication media for further data processing and display.

Results:

Armband vital sign monitor produces >99% accuracy in body temperature measurements, ±2 deviation values in SpO2 measurements, and systolic and diastolic deviations at ±3–8 mmHg. For EGC signals, tests are performed by comparing signals visually in graphical form, and EGC can be obtained properly as shown by the graph.

Conclusion:

In this study, an Armband vital sign device has been developed that can measure the body's vital parameters. The parameters which were measured included temperature, heart rate, BP, SpO2, and ECG. This device has small dimensions and can be put on the wrist. The device is also equipped with Bluetooth so monitoring can be conducted wirelessly.
Designing a Glass Mounted Warning System to Prevent Drivers to Fall in Sleep Based on Neck Posture and Blinking Duration
Authors: Teyfouri Niloufar , Shirvani Hossein , Shamsoddini Alireza
Published: July 2021

Background:

In this study, an electronic system based on driver's neck position and blinking duration is designed to help prevent car crashed due to driver drowsiness. When a driver falls in sleep his/her head is felled down. Hence, driver's neck posture can be a good sign of sleep which is measured utilizing a two?dimensional accelerator. However, this sign is not enough because he/she may need to look down during a drive and alarming driver by every moving down of head can be annoying.

Methods:

Thus, in this system, we used blinking duration too. When a person is awake, blinks more frequently than when he is drowsy.

Result:

As a result, in this system, blinking is detected using an infrared transceiver and if both conditions, i.e., neck posture and blinking duration are showing signs of sleep mode, driver will be alarmed.

Conclusion:

In this study, it is designed 2D accelerometer and IR sensor based system to measure the driver's neck angle and detect driver's blinking to realize the drowsiness of vehicle drivers and alert them using these signs of drowsiness.
Bathing trunk naevus
Authors: Shankar Megha , Murthy Sambasiviah Chidambara
Published: July 2021

Giant congenital melanocytic naevus is a naevus measuring more than 20 cm in adulthood. Its incidence is 1:20,000 and is more common in girls. Bathing trunk naevus, a specific form of giant congenital melanocytic naevus is even rarer with incidence of 1:500,000. Giant congenital melanocytic naevus usually presents as a brown lesion, with flat or mamillated surface, well-defined borders and hypertrichosis. Dermoscopic examination of melanocytic naevi shows brown-blackish background, globules, reticular network and vascular structures. Although giant congenital melanocytic naevus is often diagnosed clinically, dermoscopy aids in detecting early changes of complications such as malignant melanoma. We report a case of bathing trunk naevus with multiple satellite lesions in a brown child with dermoscopic findings.
An Efficient Computational Method for Singularly Perturbed Delay Parabolic Partial Differential Equations
Authors: Daba Imiru Takele , Duressa Gemechis File
Published: July 2021

In this communication, a parameter uniform numerical scheme is proposed to solve singularly perturbed delay parabolic convection-diffusion equations. Taylor’s series expansion is applied to approximate the shift term. Then the resulting singularly perturbed parabolic convection-diffusion equation is solved by utilizing the implicit Euler method for temporal discretization on uniform mesh and hybrid numerical scheme based on a midpoint upwind scheme in the coarse mesh regions and a cubic spline method in the fine mesh regions on a piecewise uniform Shishkin mesh for the spatial discretization. The proposed numerical scheme is shown to be an ε−uniformly convergent accuracy of first-order in time and almost second-order in space directions. Some test examples are considered to testify the theoretical predictions.
A Calculation Method of Power System Static Stability Margin
Authors: Yi Tao
Published: July 2021

This paper establishes a hybrid power network equation with node voltage and branch current as state variables. The characteristic equation representing the stable boundary of the system is derived. Then the boundary conditions of static stability of the power system on the critical circle of voltage static stability are formed. Find the closest distance equation between the load point and the corresponding stable boundary through geometric analysis. The introduction of the distance equation avoids artificially setting the direction of load growth. The distance equation and boundary characteristic equation are added to the hybrid power network equations as additional equations for analyzing the minimum load boundary. The equations are solved by Newton's iterative algorithm. In order to avoid the Jacobian matrix singularity near the load boundary, the algorithm adopts the method of replacing the critical point in the Jacobian matrix to calculate. The simulation results show that the method is correct and effective.
«Сверх-богатые» как новый тип политического актора в странах Запада: на примере США
Authors: Kudryashova Ekaterina V.
Published: July 2021

В современном западном мире появляются новые политические акторы, которых принято называть «сверх-богатые». Это особая каста современных элит, объединяющая политику с финансово-промышленными сферами, создающие постоянно уточняющийся контур современных элитных систем.
Соединенные Штаты в своих претензиях на безраздельное господство проводят глобальную политику диктатуры, полагаясь на собственные силы, имеющие геополитические, экономические, военные, социальные и культурные основы. Политических мир за американскими кулисами вовсе не демократический, а сугубо деловой олигархический. Ядро американской финансовой олигархии составляют примерно 120 семей и семейных кланов. Во многих случаях браки заключаются только внутри этих сообществ, что способствуют образованию крупных кланов или групп в финансовой аристократии, скрепленных общими интересами в семейных трастах и крупных наследствах. Одними из самых влиятельных олигархических кланов Америки являются династия Рокфеллеров, Бушей, клан Кеннеди, Рузвельтов. Состояние каждого из бизнес-кланов составляет не менее 1 миллиарда долларов, и вместе они контролируют 1,2 триллиона долларов. Для перехода из богатых в сверх-богатых, достаточно состояния 30 миллионов долларов, свободных для инвестирования. В статье представлены исследования по определению психологических особенностей успешного человека, приводящие его к жизненному успеху.
Всероссийская научно-практическая конференция с международным участием историческое наследие великой эпохи: к 300-летию российской империи 4 июня 2021 г.
Authors: Markelov Konstantin A. , Karabushenko Paul L. , Usmanov Rafik H.
Published: July 2021

Состоявшаяся 4 июня 2021 г. научная конференция, была посвящена вопросам истории Российской империи и теории развития имперского концепта. В ходе неё были рассмотрены наиболее актуальные вопросы мирового лидерства, история имперского господства, влияние имперского фактора на развитие культуры, религии и науки. В настоящей публикации дается предварительный ознакомительный материал, публикация полного варианта которого планируется в следующем номере журнала.
RENOVASI KANDANG KELOMPOK DAN HANDLING SAPI KE KANDANG KELOMPOK DI PILOT PROJECT KAMPUNG JENDERAU DISTRIK KEBAR TIMUR
Authors: Palulungan John Arnold , Seseray Daniel Yohanes , Sumpe Iriani , Ollong Abdul Rahman , Baaka Alnita , Purwaningsih Purwaningsih
Published: July 2021

ABSTRACT

The biogas program implemented in Jandurau Village has an impact on the community. The community began to renovate the old cattle sheds in the village of Jandurau and herded wild cattle from the forest to be kept in said sheds. The construction of the sheds involved the Jandurau community by utilizing equipment and materials owned by the community along with assistance from Bank Indonesia (BI) West Papua. A supervising team from the Faculty of Animal Husbandry, University of Papua assisted to ensure the activity went smoothly.

Keywords: Cage, Biogas, Jandurau village, Cattle

 

ABSTRAK

Program biogas yang dilaksanakan di Kampung Jandurau memberi dampak kepada masyarakat. Masyarakat mulai melakukan renovasi kandang lama yang ada di kampung Jandurau, selain itu masyarakat mulai mengumpulkan ternak-ternak sapi yang awalnya diliarkan di hutan untuk di kandangkan. Pembangunan kandang melibatkan masyarakat Jandurau dengan memanfaatkan peralatan dan bahan yang dimiliki oleh masyarakat dan juga bantuan dari Bank Indonesia (BI) Papua Barat. Tim pendamping dari Fakultas Peternakan Universitas Papua mendampingi hingga Kegiatan ini berjalan dengan baik.

Kata kunci: Kandang, Biogas, Kampung Jandurau, Ternak sapi
MENDUKUNG UPAYA PERLINDUNGAN PENYU BELIMBIMG (Dermochelys coriacea) MELALUI PENDIDIKAN (PROGRAM KKN WAU-WEYAF, ABUN)
Authors: Pattiselanno Freddy , Natumnea Natanael , Kuswanto Kuswanto , Ansarudin Muhamad , Goban Yosefina M. , Kararbo Evi S.H. , Kayadoe Martha , Karubaba Eli F.
Published: July 2021

ABSTRACT

Wau-Weyaf Beach is the nesting ground of six species of turtles, including the world's largest turtle, the leatherback turtle (Dermochelys coriacea). The University of Papua (UNIPA) Manokwari, since 2009 has been directly involved in the turtle nesting area protection program by involving the students of UNIPA through the Community Service Program (KKN). In 2016, students carried out the KKN Program starting from June 30th to August 16th in Kampung Wau-Weyaf, one of the leatherback turtles’ egg-laying locations in Abun. This paper is a part of the Community Service Program which is carried out in the said village. The activities conducted during the KKN include both formal and non-formal education, religious education, and environmental education. Education-based KKN directly helps to improve public awareness which, in turn, supports the efforts to protect and save the leatherback turtles (Dermochelys coriacea) on the coast of Abun, Tambrau. The same approach is also able to improve the calistung (the capability to read, write, and count) ability of school children along with their awareness to maintain the cleanliness of their homes, school, and village environment.

Keywords: Education; Conservation; Turtle; Wau-Weyaf

 

ABSTRAK

Pantai Wau-Weyaf merupakan tempat bertelur bagi 6 jenis penyu, termasuk penyu terbesar di dunia, Penyu Belimbing (Dermochelys coriacea). Universitas Papua (UNIPA) Manokwari, sejak tahun 2009 telah terlibat secara langsung dalam program perlindungan kawasan peneluran penyu ini melalui pelibatan mahasiswa melalui program Kuliah Kerja Nyata (KKN). Pada tahun 2016,  mahasiswa Universitas Papua (UNIPA) melaksanakan program KKN yang dilaksanakan antara tanggal 30 Juni sampai dengan 16 Agustus 2016 di Kampung Wau-Weyaf. Tulisan ini merupakan bagian dari pelaksanaan kegiatan KKN yang dilaksanakan di kampung Wau-Weyaf sebagai salah satu lokasi peneluran telur penyu belimbing di Abun.  Kegiatan yang dilakukan meliputi pendidikan formal dan non-formal, pendidikan agama, dan pendidikan lingkungan. KKN berbasis pendidikan yang dilakukan secara langsung membantu meningkatkan penyadar tahuan masyarakat yang menunjang usaha perlindungan dan penyelamatan penyu belimbing (Dermochelys coriacea) di pesisir Abun, Tambrau. Pendekatan yang sama juga mampu meningkatkan kemampuan calistung anak-anak sekolah dan kesadaran menjaga kebersihan lingkungan rumah, sekolah dan kampung.

Kata kunci: Pendidikan; Konservasi; Penyu; Wau-Weyaf
Religar ecosóficamente como urgencia transepistémica en la re-civilización de la humanidad
Authors: Rodríguez Milagros Elena
Published: July 2021

Como objetivo complejo, se analiza el religar ecosóficamente como urgencia transepistémica en la re-civilización de la humanidad. La indagación se realizó bajo estructuras rizomáticas, siguiendo el pensamiento complejo y transdisciplinar con el transmétodo la deconstrucción rizomática. En las conclusiones de aperturas religadas se tiene que para re-ligar, es importante des-ligar: soltar las ataduras, es aflojar y soltar; es liberarse. Así las cosas, la descolonización y la decolonialidad son proyectos por excelencia para des-ligarse de la preeminencia occidental. La ecosofía, como el arte de habitar en el planeta lleva a volver a civilizar, la re-civilización, accionar del ciudadano, que alcanza imaginarios, previendo un modo de estar en el mundo, de percibirlo, con un cambio en las acciones y una conciencia que favorezca la unidad en la vida. El amor y la sensibilidad deben ser el centro del accionar, en pro de la preservación de la unidad, valorizando las culturas, profundizando el conocimiento ecosófico en la búsqueda de una educación de excelencia, y de allí una humanidad verdaderamente humana.
CLINICAL ASSESSMENT OF DEPRESSION ON UNIVERSITY STUDENTS
Authors: Konstantopoulou Georgia , Iliou Theodoros , Raikou Natassa
Published: July 2021

The purpose of the present study is to evaluate the depression of university students and to investigate statistically predictive factors of depression types. In Greece, the University is the beginning of a new life for all young people who enter adulthood from adolescence and when it is one of life's greatest goals, it often produces symptoms of stress and depression. Students have difficulty organizing and managing their work, setting goals and identifying priorities, working in groups, stressing public speaking, and experiencing emotional disturbances. So, we administered the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) scale to 101 students at the University of Patras in Greece. The BDI measures the cognitive, behavioural, and physical manifestations of one's depression (and severity of depression) over the last week and includes 21 questions, ranging from 0-3, and depending on the overall score, 1) the depression is interpreted as normal 2) as a mild mood disorder, 3) as marginal clinical depression, 4) as moderate depression, 5) as severe depression and 6) as extreme depression. In this study, we separated our dataset into the above six depression categories and applied linear regression to predict the category Depression from the rest of the questionnaire variables. According to the results, we achieved a total prediction of 98% of the dataset that calculates the Regression equation.
PREVALENCE OF SHISHA-AIDED FLAVOURED TOBACCO SMOKING AMONG STUDENTS IN PUBLIC UNIVERSITIES IN RIVERS STATE, NIGERIA
Authors: Jones Gloria Stanley Acra , Okpako J. E. F.
Published: July 2021

The study investigated the prevalence of shisha-aided flavoured tobacco smoking among students in public universities in Rivers State. The study emphasized on the number of students associated with shisha use in the three public universities located in Rivers State. It is a cross-sectional study carried out among undergraduate students in public universities in Rivers State with population forty seven thousand, five hundred and seventeen (47,517) from the three (3) public universities in Rivers State, using a sample size of one thousand undergraduate students drawn through a multi-stage sampling procedure. The instrument used for data collection were 30 items structured questionnaire titled “Prevalence of Shisha-aided Flavoured Tobacco Smoking (PSFTS)” which has a reliability coefficient of 0.91 and focus group discussion. Data was analyzed using frequency and percentage for the demographic characteristics, while mean and standard deviation was used to answer the research question. While ANOVA was used to test the hypotheses at .05 alpha level of significance. The findings of the study revealed that the prevalence of shisha-aided that the prevalence of shisha-aided flavoured tobacco smoking was considerably low. The study concluded with the following recommendations that health awareness campaign/trainings among students on health risks implications and on admission of students, during orientation the universities authorities should marshal modalities to halt the use of shisha and all other forms of tobacco use.

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MATERNAL MORTALITY AND ITS RELATIONSHIP WITH HEALTHCARE WORKERS' KNOWLEDGE - AN EVALUATION OF HOSPITALS IN TABUK PROVINCE, KINGDOM OF SAUDI ARABIA
Authors: Al-Harbi Aziza Abdullah M. , Al-Raddadi Rajaa M.
Published: July 2021

Recently, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, has witnessed a progressive decrease in maternal mortality rate. A study conducted by (Najimudeen, M. et al, 2018), reveal that, the reduction of maternal mortality rates in the community is envisaged through greater patient acceptance of medical advice, family spacing and proficient obstetric services. The main objective of the current study is to examine the trends of maternal mortality rate per 10,000 live births during a 10-years period (2005 – 2014), and to assess the reporting of maternal mortality trends at Tabuk region hospitals, in Saudi Arabia. Methods: The descriptive approach was used to collect data needed, using two questionnaire methods, RAMOS questionnaire with sample size (34) cases of maternal mortality. Descriptive and inferential statistics techniques used for data analysis by using (SPSS) version 20. Findings: The study concluded that the majority of deaths among reproductive women have happened for normal reasons, the study showed that around 88.0% of maternal deaths at the age category (25-44) years, and the MMR during the period (2005-to 2014) is reaching 12.2% for (106,326) of live birth. The results reveal that, there is a statistically significant positive association between maternal death registration reports and healthcare workers' knowledge in most hospitals. Conclusion: The study concluded that there is underreporting of maternal mortality index. The study recommended that it is necessary to improve the maternal mortality registration via supporting registration systems and biostatistics and use of customized calculators creating a system for maternal mortality registration to report about maternal mortality deaths and developing a committee to monitor and follow maternal mortality registration.

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Contributo para o estabelecimento de níveis de referência de diagnóstico em eletrofisiologia de intervenção: estudo de um centro em Portugal
Authors: Videira Sara , Pereira José Manuel
Published: July 2021

A maioria dos procedimentos eletrofisiologia de intervenção necessitam de fluoroscopia expondo à radiação ionizante todos os intervenientes. O recurso a níveis de referência de diagnóstico (NRD) pode ser uma ferramenta profícua para promover a otimização de dose. O principal objetivo deste estudo consistiu em investigar as doses de exposição, determinando os NRD. Realizou-se um estudo institucional, transversal e retrospetivo, através da revisão dos procedimentos de estudos eletrofisiológicos de diagnóstico e/ou tratamento e de implantação de dispositivos cardíacos, realizados entre 23 de maio de 2018 e 19 de fevereiro de 2020. Os procedimentos foram distribuídos em grupos de acordo com a sua complexidade e aferidos os seus NRD para os descritores de dose Cumulative air kerma (CK, mGy) e Air kerma area product (PKA, mGy.cm2). Este estudo incluiu 516 procedimentos. Os NRD determinados foram: estudo eletrofisiológico de diagnóstico (12mGy e 3,5Gy.cm2); estudo eletrofisiológico com ablação em cavidades cardíacas direitas (62mGy e 20Gy.cm2); ou em cavidades cardíacas esquerdas (87,5mGy e 32Gy.cm2); ablação por fibrilhação auricular (103mGy e 34Gy.cm2); implantação de cardioversor-desfibrilhador ou pacemaker com um eletrocateter de fixação passiva (7mGy e 2,5Gy.cm2), ou ativa (10mGy e 3Gy.cm2), e com dois eletrocateteres de fixação passiva (9mGy e 3Gy.cm2), ou ativa (15mGy e 4,5Gy.cm2), ou um ativo e um passivo (12mGy e 4Gy.cm2); implantação de dispositivo de ressincronização cardíaca (158,5mGy e 35Gy.cm2) ou upgrade (98mGy e 36Gy.cm2). Os procedimentos mais complexos foram os que apresentaram os NRD mais elevados.Verificou-se que a maioria dos NRD determinados se situa abaixo dos valores publicados na literatura.
Metaphysics of Counselling History on Colonized Land
Authors: Clegg Daniel , Marker Michael
Published: July 2021

We offer a conceptual analysis of how Canadian counsellor education and counselling psychology can respond to colonial history through the teaching of its own history. Drawing on literature in counselling, education, and decolonial Indigenous scholarship, we work toward a positive and practical way to teach history that addresses power, colonization, and Indigenous intellectual traditions. Those in the fields of Canadian counselling, counsellor education, and counselling psychology are invited to expand their focus on epistemology into an appreciation of being. This focus on being leads to a broadened horizon of counselling as healing education, and a shift towards a place-centred pedagogy of history. It yields a radically different and markedly more humble and pluralistic pedagogy of the history of our field—one that is grounded within the reality of the land.
A Review of Cook-Cottone's Embodiment and the Treatment of Eating Disorders: The Body as a Resource in Recovery
Authors: Nutter Sarah
Published: July 2021

Embodiment and the Treatment of Eating Disorders: The Body as a Resource in Recovery by Catherine Cook-Cottone provides over its 13 chapters a theoretical framework and practice recommendations for infusing embodiment in eating disorder treatment via her Embodied Approach to Treating Eating Disorders model. Part 1 of the book provides an overview of the model and Part 2 provides a framework for integrating the model into treatment, using several aspects of embodiment. Cook-Cottone includes numerous resources in the book to support counsellors in integrating this model into practice. For clinicians working with clients struggling with disordered eating or eating disorders, Cook-Cottone’s book provides an engaging addition to eating disorders treatment.
Kereskedelmi háború és közvetlen külföldi tőkebefektetések 2016 és 2019 között
Authors: Moldicz Csaba
Published: July 2021

Az elemzés fő kérdése, hogy az elmúlt időszakban bekövetkezett kereskedelempolitikai lépések – az USA és Kína közötti kereskedelmi háború, valamint az újonnan létrehozott megállapodások (RCEP, CAI) befolyásolhatják- e a globális FDI-áramlás szerkezetét, és ha igen, akkor ezek a változások milyen mintákat mutatnak. Az elemzés elsődlegesen az amerikai FDI-áramlásokra és befektetési attitűdökre fókuszálva próbál választ adni e kérdésekre.
AUSÊNCIA DE MULHERES FILÓSOFAS NAS DISCUSSÕES FILOSÓFICAS
Authors: Damasceno Edilson
Published: July 2021

Tratar os iguais com igualdade e os desiguais igualmente dentro da desigualdade deles, conforme ensina a teoria aristotélica acerca da Justiça, parece não ser a alternativa viável quando se discute igualdade de homens e mulheres na sociedade. Ainda mais quando se envolve o conhecimento e suas respectivas teorias. Em um universo controlado por homens, a Academia deixa de lado o que ensina e apenas propaga, na prática, algo que condena. Nesta pesquisa abordaremos a complexa tarefa de encontrar elementos que possam indicar caminhos sobre como abordar os motivos acerca da ausência de mulheres filósofas nas discussões filosóficas na Universidade do Estado do Rio Grande do Norte (UERN). Seis artigos foram analisados. Destes, apenas dois estão ligados ao tema, embora de maneira que foge ao objetivo que se quis traçar à pesquisa que hora se apresenta. Em suma, questionar o problema da falta do estudo de mulheres na Filosofia mostrou-se ser mais problemático do que se pensava.
Assessing the Impacts of Competition and Dispersal on a Multiple Interactions Type Model
Authors: Aliyu Murtala Bello , Mohd Mohd Hafiz , Md. Noorani Mohd Salmi
Published: July 2021

Multiple interactions (e.g., mutualist-resource-competitor-exploiter interactions) type models are known to exhibit oscillatory behaviour as a result of their complexity. This large-amplitude oscillation often de-stabilises multispecies communities and increases the chances of species extinction. What mechanisms help species in a complex ecological system to persist? Some studies show that dispersal can stabilise an ecological community and permit multi-species coexistence. However, previous empirical and theoretical studies often focused on one- or two-species systems, and in real life, we have more than two-species coexisting together in nature. Here, we employ a (four-species) multiple interactions type model to investigate how competition interacts with other biotic factors and dispersal to shape multi-species communities. Our results reveal that dispersal has (de-)stabilising effects on the formation of multi-species communities, and this phenomenon shapes coexistence mechanisms of interacting species. These contrasting effects of dispersal can best be illustrated through its combined influences with the competition. To do this, we employ numerical simulation and bifurcation analysis techniques to track the stable and unstable attractors of the system. Results show the presence of Hopf bifurcations, transcritical bifurcations, period-doubling bifurcations and limit point bifurcations of cycles as we vary the competitive strength in the system. Furthermore, our bifurcation analysis findings show that stable coexistence of multiple species is possible for some threshold values of ecologically-relevant parameters in this complex system. Overall, we discover that the stability and coexistence mechanisms of multiple species depend greatly on the interplay between competition, other biotic components and dispersal in multi-species ecological systems.
PRIB-CDS: An Energy Efficient Low Duty Cycle Broadcasting Scheme for Wireless Sensor Network
Authors: Ramasamy Anubhama , Thangavel Rajendran
Published: July 2021

Low duty cycling is a widely adapted technique to conserve energy in the most used Medium Access Control (MAC) protocols in Wireless Sensor Networks (WSN). But such low duty cycle-based MAC protocols perform poorly under broadcast traffic as they suffer from redundant retransmission and maximization of relay nodes problems. Addressing these issues is critical, as the advent of IoT and ubiquitous computing applications has increased the demand for broadcast support. Our previous work, Preamble based Receiver Initiated Broadcasting MAC (PRIB-MAC) performed well in most parameters under broadcast traffic, but it had scope for improvement in reducing the number of transmissions. In this paper, we propose the PRIB-Connected Dominating Set (PRIB-CDS), built on top of PRIB-MAC with the addition of dynamic forwarding technique by forming a forwarding set with the help of Greedy algorithm. The simulation results of our proposed PRIB-CDS algorithm shows that it has reduced the number of transmissions significantly as it reduces forwarding nodes and balances the energy between the nodes to avoid re-broadcasting the data.
Environmental Assessment of Groundwater Quality for Irrigation Purposes: A Case Study Of Hillah City In Iraq
Authors: Al-Ridah Zaid Abed , Naje Ahmed Samir , Hassan Diaa Fliah , Al-Zubaid Hussein Ali Mahdi
Published: July 2021

This study was conducted to evaluate the groundwater quality of wells located around the Hillah city of Iraq, for the purposes of determining its suitability as water for agricultural irrigation, according to the Irrigation Water Quality Index (IWQI). The number of wells that are being investigated was 24. The spatial distribution of water quality parameters was investigated using ArcGIS software. Ten parameters were established for the dry and wet seasons of 2018 and 2019, which include pH, electric conductivity (EC), total dissolved solids (TDS), calcium, potassium, magnesium, bicarbonate, sodium, chloride and sulfuric. The results showed that all pH and sodium absorption ratio values were within the allowable limits. About 69%, and 75% electric conductivity, total dissolved solids, values respectively were higher than the allowable limits. Most values of positive and negative ions were higher than the allowable limits. In 2018, the water quality of (4%) of wells number was classified as moderate restriction and approximately 96% was poor quality in dry season, while the IWQI was enhanced in the wet season. In 2019, the quality of water was dropped as most of the water quality was classified as severe restriction and few in the high restriction for the dry season. These values were increased in the wet season due to the freshwater dilution effect. Water quality index show that a large percentage of the wells have poor water quality leads to severe restriction for irrigation requirements and need relatively high permeability soils and salt-resistant plants.
Detection of COVID-19 from Chest X-ray and CT Scan Images using Improved Stacked Sparse Autoencoder
Authors: Saufi Syahril Ramadhan , Abu Hasan Muhd Danial , Ahmad Zair Asrar , Leong Mohd Salman , Hee Lim Meng
Published: July 2021

The novel Coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) has spread rapidly and has become a pandemic around the world. So far, about 44 million cases have been registered, causing more than one million deaths worldwide. COVID-19 has had a devastating impact on every nation, particularly the economic sector. To identify the infected human being and prevent the virus from spreading further, easy, and precise screening is required. COVID-19 can be potentially detected by using Chest X-ray and computed tomography (CT) images, as these images contain essential information of lung infection. This radiology image is usually examined by the expert to detect the presence of COVID-19 symptom. In this study, the improved stacked sparse autoencoder is used to examine the radiology images. According to the result, the proposed deep learning model was able to achieve a classification accuracy of 96.6% and 83.0% for chest X-ray and chest CT-scan images, respectively.
The Characteristics of West Season Wind and Wave as well as Their Impacts on Ferry Cruise in The Kalianget-Kangean Cruise Route, Madura, Indonesia
Authors: Prasita Viv Djanat , Zati Lukman Aulia , Widagdo Supriyatno
Published: July 2021

The wind and wave conditions in the waters of the Kalianget-Kangean cruise route in the west season are relatively high so that these winds and waves can have a dangerous impact on that cruise route. The aim of this research was to analyze the characteristics of wind speed and wave height over a 10 year period (2008-2017), as well as to evaluate the weekly patterns for three months (December 2017-February 2018). These time stamps represent the west season in waters at Kalianget-Kangean route, and to identify the impact of winds and wave on this path. The method used in this research is descriptive statistical analysis to obtain the mean and maximum values ​​of wind speed and wave height. Wind and wave patterns were analyzed by WRPlot and continued with mapping of wind and wave patterns in the waters of Kalianget-Kangean and its surroundings. The data used was obtained from the Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency. The results show wind and wave characteristics with two peaks formed regularly between 2008-2017, marking the west and east monsoons. In addition, the wind speed and wave height were generally below the danger threshold, ie <10 knots and <2 m, respectively. However, there are exceptions in the west season, especially at the peak in January, where the forces are strengthened with a steady blowing direction. The maximum wind speed reaches and wave height reaches 29 knots and 6.7 m, respectively. The weekly conditions for both parameters from December 2017 to February 2018 were relatively safe, for sailing. Moreover, January 23-29, 2018 featured extreme conditions estimated as dangerous for cruise due to the respective maximum values of 25 knots and 3.8 m recorded. The channel is comparably safe, except during the western season time in December, January, February, characterized by wind speeds and wave height exceeding 21 knots and 2.5 m, correspondingly.
PERCEIVED DISSUASIVENESS OF CIGARETTE HEALTH WARNING MESSAGES AMONG SMOKERS AND NONSMOKERS IN ANAMBRA STATE, NIGERIA
Authors: Ononiwu Chinedu Richard , Agusiobo Victor , Ukwuru Sandra , Nwankwo Prisca , Ezeigbo Chikanne Joannes
Published: July 2021

Findings from the 2012 Global Adult Tobacco Survey which is still the latest nationwide tobacco use research in Nigeria show that 5.6% (4.7 million) Nigerian adults aged 15 years or older used tobacco products: 10.0% (4.2 million) men and 1.1% (0.5 million) women. One of the strategies for the control of this rate of tobacco use is the mandatory text-only Health Warning Messages available on cigarette packs in the country. This study explored the perceived dissuasiveness of the Text-only Health Warning Messages on cigarette packs in Nigeriaand how smoking history can influence this perception. To achieve the set objectives, a mixed-method approach involving survey and Focus Group Discussion was adopted.The study analyzed data collected from a sample of 400 residents in Anambra State, Nigeria selected through simple random sampling and another 12 selected through snowballing, for Focus Group Discussion. Findings showed that the content of the Health Warning Message and smoking history were factors that could influence perceived dissuasiveness of cigarette Health Warning Messages. Additionally, the smokers were found to have become accustomed to the Text-only Health Warning Messages. Findings also showed that the smokers’ perception was in line with their smoking behaviour. Stated differently, they did not perceive the Text-only Health Warning Message as dissuasive and have therefore continued to smoke. However, Graphic Health Warning Messages (GHWMs) were perceived as more dissuasive than the text-only messages by both smokers and nonsmokers. Therefore, it is recommended that the federal government should introduce Graphic Health Warning Messages and make them mandatory for cigarette packaging and advertisements.
Faktor-Faktor yang Mempengaruhi Partisipasi Perempuan dalam Pemilihan Kepala Daerah Tahun 2018 (Studi di Kelurahan Sri Menanti Kecamatan Sungailiat Kabupaten Bangka)
Authors: Astari Putri
Published: July 2021

Penelitian ini membahas tentang faktor-faktor yang mempengaruhi partisipasi perempuan dalam pemilihan KepalaDaerah di Kelurahan Sri Menanti Kecamatan Sungailiat pada tahun 2018. Teori yang digunakan adalah Faktor LatarBelakang Sosial-Ekonomi Ramlan Surbakti dan Khoirudin dengan indikator status sosial dan pendidikan. Jenispenelitian yang digunakan adalah deskriptif dengan pendekatan kualitatif. Teknik pengumpulan data menggunakanwawancara, observasi, dan dokumentasi. Hasil penelitian bahwa penghasilan dan pekerjaan mempengaruhi partisipasiperempuan di Kelurahan Sri Menanti Kecamatan Sungailiat dalam memilih pada Pemilihan Bupati tahun 2018.Pendidikan menjadi salah satu faktor yang menentukan tinggi rendahnya partisipasi pemilih perempuan di KelurahanSri Menanti Kecamatan Sungailiat Bangka pada Pemilihan Bupati tahun 2018.
Implementasi Kebijakan Keterbukaan Informasi Publik dalam Mewujudkan Desa Informatif di Kabupaten Bangka (Studi di Desa Bukit Layang Kecamatan Bakam)
Authors: Fajar Syahrezi
Published: July 2021

Penelitian ini dilakukan untuk melihat implementasi kebijakan keterbukaan informasi publik dalam mewujudkan desainformatif di Kabupaten Bangka (Studi di Desa Bukit Layang Kecamatan Bakam). Jenis penelitian yang digunakan adalahpenelitian kualitatif, khususnya kualitatif interaktif, yakni penelitian yang menuntut penulis berinteraksi langsung dengan objekpenelitian. Teknik pengumpulan data dilakukan melalui wawancara, observasi (pengamatan), dan studi kepustakaan. Hasilpenelitian menunjukkan bahwa variabel komunikasi belum berjalan baik. Adapun untuk variabel sumber daya cukup baik. Begitupula dengan variabel disposisi yang sudah berjalan cukup baik. Untuk variabel terakhir, yakni struktur birokrasi, diimplementasikandengan cukup baik.
Analisis Strategi Bertahan Hidup di Tengah Isu Ketersediaan Sumber Daya Alam (Studi Perbandingan Masyarakat Adat La Pedrera (Kolombia) dan Masyarakat Desa Tanjung Labu (Indonesia)
Authors: Handini Widya
Published: July 2021

Kerawanan pangan dipahami sebagai “kurangnya akses yang terjamin terhadap kecukupan dari makanan yang aman danbergizi untuk pertumbuhan normal dan hidup sehat.” Terlepas dari kekayaan alam yang ada, masyarakat adat La Pedrera,Amazonas terancam oleh perubahan lingkungan yang menyebabkan adanya kerawanan pangan dalam populasi mereka. Halyang sama terjadi pada masyarakat Desa Tanjung Labu. Mengambil pendekatan studi kasus, penelitian ini membahas tentangpertanyaan penelitian berikut: bagaimana rumah tangga di La Pedrera dan masyarakat Desa Tanjung Labu mengatasi rawanpangan? Data sekunder dari survei kuesioner terhadap 159 rumah tangga di La Pedrera dianalisis. Data primer dari 30 rumahtangga di Desa Tanjung Labu juga dianalisis. Studi ini menemukan bahwa masyarakat La Pedrera menggunakan 14 strategipenanggulangan yang berbeda untuk mengatasi kekurangan sumber daya alam terkait sumber daya alam, khususnyakebutuhan pangan. Adapun masyarakat Desa Tanjung Labu menggunakan 12 strategi dengan persentase yang berbeda. Studiini menyimpulkan strategi antara masyarakat La Pedrera dan masyarakat Tanjung Labu memiliki perbedaan sesuai dengansituasi kultural masyarakat dan kondisi geografis yang ada. Hasil studi ini diharapkan dapat menjadi bahan acuan dalampengambilan kebijakan terkait kerawanan pangan di kedua tempat.
Pengaruh Kompetensi Pegawai terhadap Kualitas Pelayanan (Studi kasus Kelurahan Bukit Betung)
Authors: Safitri Yuni Astria
Published: July 2021

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk melihat pengaruh dari kompetensi pegawai terhadap kualitas pelayanan di Kelurahan BukitBetung. Jenis penelitian ini adalah korelasional dengan pendekatan kuantitatif. Subjek dan lokasi penelitian adalah warga danpegawai di Kelurahan Bukit Betung. Uji reliabilitas dan uji validitas dalam penelitian ini digunakan untuk melihat valid atautidaknya kuesioner penelitian, sedangkan uji t dilakukan untuk mengetahui apakah variabel bebas mempunyai pengaruh yangsignifikan terhadap variabel terikat. Teknik analisis data menggunakan analisis statistik deskriptif dan statistik inferensial denganmenggunakan analisis regresi linier sederhana. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa kompetensi pegawai terhadap kualitaspelayanan di Kelurahan Bukit Betung kurang berpengaruh secara signifikan, dengan variabel sebesar 13,6 %. Kompetensimerupakan gabungan dari berbagai dimensi yakni sikap, pengetahuan dan kemampuan. Adapun kualitas pelayanan merupakangabungan dari berbagai dimensi, yakni keandalan, daya tangkap, jaminan, perhatian, dan bukti langsung.
(studi Kasus Pasal 3) Implementasi Peraturan Pemerintah (PP) Nomor 53 Tahun 2010 Tentang Disiplin Pegawai Negeri Sipil di Lembaga Layanan Pendidikan Tinggi (ll DIKTI) Wilayah II
Authors: Sunarto Sunarto
Published: July 2021

Keberadaan sumber daya manusia di dalam suatu instansi memegang peranan yang sangat penting. Tenaga kerja memiliki potensi yang besar untuk menjalankan aktivitas perusahaan. Potensi setiap sumber daya manusia yang ada dalam perusahaan harus dapat dimanfaatkan sebaik-baiknya sehingga mampu memberikan hasil yang maksimal. Perusahaan dan karyawan merupakan dua hal yang saling membutuhkan. Jika karyawan berhasil membawa kemajuan bagi perusahaan, keuntungan yang diperoleh akan dipetik oleh kedua belah pihak. Bagi karyawan, keberhasilan merupakan aktualisasi potensidiri sekaligus peluang untuk memenuhi kebutuhan hidupnya. Adapun bagi perusahaan, keberhasilan merupakan sarana menuju pertumbuhan dan perkembangan perusahaan. Hasil penelitian ini menunjukkan bahwa implementasi Peraturan Pemerintah (PP) Nomor 53 tahun 2010 tentang DisiplinPegawai Negeri Sipil di Lembaga Layanan Pendidikan Tinggi Wilayah II (Studi Kasus Pasal 3) telah dilaksanakan dengan baik. Peraturan telah dikomunikasikan dengan baik kepada pegawai melalui sosialisasi, sumber daya manusia, sarana prasarana yang memadai, dan diikuti dengan sikap pegawai yang sungguh-sungguh melaksanakan aturan yang berlaku. Faktor penghambat implementasi Peraturan Pemerintah No. 53 Tahun 2010 tentang Disiplin Pegawai Negeri Sipil di LLDIKTI Wilayah II Kota Palembang pelaksanaan Peraturan Pemerintah Nomor 53 Tahun 2010 tidak ditemukan kendala yang berarti. Hal initentu saja dapat menjadi landasan yang kuat bagi LLDIKTI Wilayah II untuk terus maju