bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
PENDAMPINGAN MASYARAKAT BERBASIS INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (IT) PADA PIMPINAN RANTING MUHAMMADIYAH BANGUNJIWO BARAT DI TENGAH PERSAINGAN MASYARAKAT EKONOMI ASEAN
Authors: Maksum Ali , Wijaya Oki
Published: June 2021

This community service aims to facilitate the economic sector for religious community organizations, especially towards the PRM Bangunjiwo Barat in the midst of competition from the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC). This community service is important because the Indonesian people generally lack awareness of the MEA. Empowerment in the economic sector, especially those based on micro, small and medium enterprises (SMEs) is very important when the flow of global capitalism into Indonesia is boundless and unstoppable. This is in line with the transformation of the theory of International Relations (IR) from traditional issues and high politics to issues based on non-traditional and community-based low politics, especially issues of development and human security. Human security issues include health security, food security, economic security, and others. The results of this community service have succeeded in facilitating partners and it is hoped that after the service they can increase their capacity in facing global competition, especially the AEC. Several important agendas were successfully implemented in the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic, for example video editing workshops, product photos, introduction to e-commerce including helping register products in the Grab-food application, and philanthropic activities
devir-professor brasileiro em tempos de pandemia
Authors: Barbosa Meirilene Dos santos araújo , Garcia Laís Helena , Frota Ana maria Monte coelho
Published: June 2021

This paper seeks to explore the processes involved in becoming a teacher in this particular historical moment of global pandemic in Brazil. What are the challenges, limitations, possibilities and opportunities that the pandemic presents to the process of teaching work and teacher formation? A review of the literature that included contributions from Caponi (2020), Kohan (2007, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2017), Larrosa (2018), Neuscharank (2020), Vaz (2012), Arroyo (2012) and Abramowicz (2017) suggests a dialogue between pedagogic theory, philosophy of education and the contemporary experience of political and social events in the pandemic period The discussions reviewed explore the profound extent to which Covid-19 has affected our way of living, working and relating to others, and the psychological effects of social isolation. The situation demands from the Brazilian teacher an attitude of openness to change, specifically in the use of new technologies, and the extent to which they are or are not able to replace face-to-face interactions. The situation also challenges us to reconstruct, beyond the logic of neoliberalism, our notions of the type of school we have and type of school we want, the type of teachers we are and the type of teacher we want to be. We conclude that this process of thinking school again depends, if it is to escape neoliberal logic, on the capacity of understanding the vocation of the teacher to be one of “becoming-child” in the sense of experiencing an openness to and a desire for the new. As such, the “becoming-teacher” is one who allows herself to be addressed by another logic, another more sensitive and more aesthetic temporality, and who finds, in encounter with others, with art, with childhood, with becoming itself, the capacity to think, to resist, to fight for the realization of that logic.
ORIENTAÇÃO SEXUAL NO AMBIENTE DE TRABALHO: ESTUDO BIBLIOMÉTRICO ACERCA DA PRODUÇÃO CIENTÍFICA DE 2000-2018
Authors: Malheiros Michel Barboza , Rossato Vanessa Piovesan , Estivalete Vania de Fátima Barros , Andrade Taís
Published: June 2021

Resumo: O presente estudo aborda uma questão pouco explorada na área da Administração. Falar em orientação sexual corresponde a uma quebra de tabus e à necessidade por maior compreensão sobre essa temática. Dessa forma, o objetivo desta pesquisa consiste em realizar um levantamento sobre as publicações acerca do tema orientação sexual nas organizações, no período de 2000 a 2018, em contexto internacional. Através de um levantamento bibliométrico descritivo e exploratório, a busca foi realizada na base de dados científicos Web of Science, totalizando 198 artigos, sendo que, após os filtros de refinamento, apenas 49 artigos compuseram o universo de análise. Com base nos resultados encontrados e nas reflexões levantadas, espera-se que gestores, academias e trabalhadores possam compreender, de forma mais aprofundada, a temática em questão. Ainda, pesquisas bibliométricas apresentam uma boa metodologia sobre como explorar um novo tema e identificar gaps de pesquisa. Palavras-chave: Orientação sexual. Local de trabalho. Bibliometria.Abstract: The present study addresses a little explored issue in the area of Administration. Talking about sexual orientation corresponds to a break in taboos and a greater understanding of this topic. Thus, the objective of this research is to conduct a survey on publications on the topic of sexual orientation in organizations from 2000 to 2018 in an international context. Through a descriptive and exploratory bibliometric survey, the search was carried out in the scientific database Web of Science, totaling 198 articles, and, after the refinement filters, only 49 articles made up the universe of analysis. Based on the results found and the reflections raised, it is expected that managers, academies and workers will be able to understand in more depth the subject in question. In addition, bibliometric research presents a good methodology on how to explore a new topic and identify research gaps. Keywords: Sexual Orientation. Workplace. Bibliometrics.
Strong coupling regime and bound states in the continuum between a quantum emitter and phonon-polariton modes
Authors: Karanikolas Vasilios , Thanopulos Ioannis , Paspalakis Emmanuel
Published: June 2021

We investigate the population dynamics of a two-level quantum emitter (QE) placed near a hexagonal boron nitride (h-BN) layer. The h-BN layer supports two energy phonon-polariton bands. In the case that the transition energy of the QE is resonant to them, its relaxation rate is enhanced several orders of magnitude compared to its free-space value and the population of the QE excited state shows reversible dynamics. We further show that for specific parameters of the QE/h-BN layer system, the QE population can be trapped in the excited state, keeping a constant value over long periods of time, thus demonstrating that the h-BN layer is a platform that can provide the strong light-matter interaction conditions needed for the formation of bound states in the electromagnetic continuum of modes. Semi-analytical methods are employed for determining whether such a bound state can be formed for given coupling conditions, as well as for computing the amount of initial population trapped in it. The bound states in the continuum are important for designing practical future quantum applications.
Space-charge effect on photogenerated-current and -voltage in III-nitride optoelectronic semiconductors
Authors: Han Dong-Pyo , Iwaya Motoaki , Takeuchi Tetsuya , Kamiyama Satoshi , Akasaki Isamu
Published: June 2021

In this study, we attempted to elucidate the carrier dynamics behind the abnormal characteristics of photogenerated current and voltage (

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Non-pharmacological pain management practice and barriers among nurses working in Debre Tabor Comprehensive Specialized Hospital, Ethiopia
Authors: Zeleke Shegaw , Kassaw Amare , Eshetie Yeshambaw
Published: June 2021

Background

Pain is an unpleasant sensory and emotional experience associated with or resembling that actual or potential tissue damage. Different study findings show that about 55% to 78.6% of inpatients experience moderate-to-severe pain. Nurses are one of the health professional who may hear of pain suffered by the patients and who can manage patient suffering by themselves. Therefore, their correct skill is very important in non- pharmacology and pharmacology pain management methods.

Objective

To assess non-pharmacological pain management practice and barriers among nurses working in Debre Tabor Comprehensive Specialized Hospital, Ethiopia.

Methods

Data were collected using structured observational check list with interviewer administered questionnaires that measure nurses’ practice on non-pharmacological pain management. Data were entered using Epi Data version 3.1 and analyzed using SPSS (Stastical Package for Social Sciences) version 23. Bivariable and multivariable analysis were conducted to examine the association between independent and outcome variables.

Results

A total of 169 nurses participated in the study, with a response rate of 100%. Among the study participants 94 (55.6%) were females, and the mean age of nurses were 34.9(SD = 5.7) years. Only 44(26%) of nurses had good practice on non- pharmacology pain management methods. About 130(77.55%), 125(74.0%), and 123(72.8%) of nurses reported that inadequate cooperation of physicians, multiple responsibilities of nurses and insufficient number of nurses per patient ratio as barriers for practice of non -pharmacology pain management respectively.

Conclusion

Majority of nurses didn’t apply non-pharmacological pain management practices for their patients in pain and the overall practice level of nurses was very poor. The major identified obstacle factors for the poor practice of non–pharmacological pain management methods were nurses’ fatigue, inadequate cooperation of physicians, heavy workload, multiple responsibilities of nurses, and insufficient number of nurses per patient ratio and unfavorable attitude of nurse on non-pharmacology pain management. Even if nurses experiences different challenges, they shall use non‐pharmacological pain management methods complementary to pharmacological treatment of pain as they are low cost and safe. And also boosting nurse’s attitude towards the effect of non–pharmacological pain management methods is crucial.
Association among pterygium, cataracts, and cumulative ocular ultraviolet exposure: A cross-sectional study in Han people in China and Taiwan
Authors: Hatsusaka Natsuko , Yamamoto Naoki , Miyashita Hisanori , Shibuya Eri , Mita Norihiro , Yamazaki Mai , Shibata Teppei , Ishida Hidetoshi , Ukai Yuki , Kubo Eri , Cheng Hong-Ming , Sasaki Hiroshi
Published: June 2021

Purpose

Pterygium is an ocular surface disorder mainly caused by ultraviolet (UV) light exposure. This study explored the relationships between six cataract types with pterygium and UV exposure.

Methods

We have previously studied cataracts in residents of three regions in China and Taiwan with different UV intensities. From that study, we identified 1,547 subjects with information on the presence or absence of pterygium. Pterygium severity was graded by corneal progress rate. Cataracts were graded by classification systems as three main types (cortical, nuclear, posterior subcapsular) and three subtypes (retrodots, waterclefts, fiber folds) with high prevalence in middle-aged and elderly people. We calculated the cumulative ocular UV exposure (COUV) based on subject data and National Aeronautics and Space Administration data on UV intensities and used logistic regression to calculate odds ratios for the associations of COUV, cataract, and pterygium.

Results

We found an overall pterygium prevalence of 23.3%, with significant variation among the three regions. Four cataract types (cortical, nuclear, posterior subcapsular, and retrodots) were significantly associated with the presence of pterygium.

Conclusions

There was a significant association between COUV and pterygium, indicating that COUV is associated with the risk of pterygium development and that pterygium is useful as an index of UV exposure. Furthermore, the type of cataract in eyes with pterygium may indicate the level of UV exposure.
The discrepancy between admission and discharge diagnoses: Underlying factors and potential clinical outcomes in a low socioeconomic country
Authors: Fatima Samar , Shamim Sara , Butt Amna Subhan , Awan Safia , Riffat Simra , Tariq Muhammad
Published: June 2021

Objective

The discrepancy between admission and discharge diagnosis can lead to possible adverse patient outcomes. There are gaps in integrated studies, and less is understood about its characteristics and effects. Therefore, this study was conducted to determine the frequency, characteristics, and outcomes of diagnostic discrepancies at admission and discharge.

Design and data sources

This retrospective study reviewed the admitting and discharge diagnoses of adult patients admitted at Aga Khan University Hospital (AKUH), Internal Medicine Department between October 2018 and February 2019. The frequency and outcomes of discrepancies in patient diagnoses were noted among Emergency Department (ED) physician versus admitting physician, admitting physician versus discharge physician, and ED physician versus discharge physician for the full match, partial match, and mismatch diagnoses. The studied outcomes included interdepartmental transfer, Intensive Care Unit (ICU) transfer, in-hospital mortality, readmission within 30 days, and the length of stay. For simplicity, we only analyzed the factors for the discrepancy among ED physicians and discharge physicians.

Results

Out of 537 admissions, there were 25.3–27.2% admissions with full match diagnoses while 18.6–19.4% and 45.3–47.9% had mismatch and partial match diagnoses respectively. The discrepancy resulted in an increased number of interdepartmental transfers (5–5.8%), ICU transfers (5.6–8.7%), in-hospital mortality (8–11%), and readmissions within 30 days in ED (14.4%-16.7%). A statistically significant difference was observed for the ward’s length of stay with the most prolonged stay in partially matched diagnoses (6.3 ± 5.4 days). Among all the factors that were evaluated for the diagnostic discrepancy, older age, multi-morbidities, level of trainee clerking the patient, review by ED faculty, incomplete history, and delay in investigations at ED were associated with significant discrepant diagnoses.

Conclusions

Diagnostic discrepancies are a relevant and significant healthcare problem. Fixed patient or physician characteristics do not readily predict diagnostic discrepancies. To reduce the diagnostic discrepancy, emphasis should be given to good history taking and thorough physical examination. Patients with older age and multi-morbidity should receive significant consideration.
El combate en la Roma republicana: una aproximación a las características generales de la batalla antigua
Authors: Sierra Estornés David
Published: June 2021

En esta comunicación se pretende realizar una aproximación a los elementos más importantes que definían el desarrollo de una batalla en la Antigüedad, en este caso, dentro del ámbito romano. Se analizaran factores tales como la larga duración de este tipo de enfrentamientos o el escaso número de bajas del ejército vencedor. Este trabajo se basa en el estudio crítico de las fuentes literarias clásicas. Pretendemos aportar un enfoque distinto del combate antiguo, muy alejado del que nos ha transmitido, principalmente, el cine, pero también la literatura. Ambos nos han presentado las batallas como algo caótico y frenético, donde los combatientes se mezclan y donde la lucha se reduce a un duelo individual. Lo cierto es que los textos clásicos nos transmiten todo contrario y nos describen las batallas como una lucha organizada, prolongada y colectiva.
Utopía estoica o razón socrática: la virtus ciceroniana en las Paradoxa Stoicorum
Authors: Marín Martínez Antonio Pedro
Published: June 2021

Las Paradoxa Stoicorum (Las paradojas de los estoicos), muestran las reflexiones de Cicerón sobre una serie de principios estoicos, con gran influencia socrática. La virtus ciceroniana, se aparta de la utopía estoica de la necesidad de alcanzar la virtud suprema para poder alcanzar el bien supremo, alegando que la sabiduría perfecta es inaccesible a los hombres, quienes solo pueden intentar acercarse a ella, a través de la razón, usando la opinión, la conjetura y la comprensión. Un rechazo al dogmatismo estoico, que Cicerón maneja con gran maestría en sus escritos.
La parrhesia de Isidoro de Pelusio o cuando politeia y paideia llegan a encontrarse
Authors: Vento Antonia
Published: June 2021

Un estilo de vida riguroso (politeia) – lo que corresponde a un monje – y una educación retórica (paideia) – lo que corresponde a un sophistes – son las dos virtudes que reúne Isidoro, monje del desierto de Pelusio. Él es portavoz de una philosophia monastike que apunta a varias direcciones: al perfeccionamiento moral de cada hombre renunciando a lo material (apotaghe) y profundizando en el estudio de la Sagrada Escritura; al perfeccionamiento de sus hermanos monjes, que se puede alcanzar con la obediencia a una regla; a la mejora de la sociedad cristiana y laica, poniendo en práctica la parrhesia. Isidoro, si bien se ha retirado en el desierto, no ha abdicado de su dimensión social y actúa, previas solicitudes explícitas, ayudando a los pecadores a retomar el camino de la rectitud, censurando a los klerikoi inobservantes y a los archontes corruptos, invitándoles a cumplir correctamente con sus obligaciones, o denunciándoles si reinciden, reconfortando a los afligidos e interesándose en muchos aspectos de la vida social: asistencia a los pobres, educación de los jóvenes.
Effect of Artemisia judaica Essential Oil on Bacterial Biofilm and Its Mode of Action
Authors: Al-Sarayreh Sameeh , Al-Shuneigat Jehad , Al-Saraireh Yousef , Al-Qudah Mahmoud
Published: June 2021

BACKGROUND Drug resistance and failure of antibiotics to treat bacterial infections is the most challenging clinical and public health problem. There is ongoing research for new, safe and effective alternatives to antibiotics for the therapeutic management of bacterial infections. Essential oils are one of the outcomes of such type of research. This study was conducted to evaluate the effect of Artemisia judaica essential oil against the bacterial & the biofilm activity and to study its mode of action. METHODS Minimum biofilm inhibitory concentration (MBIC) susceptibility assays were performed using a biofilm inoculator with a 96-well plate with peg lid. Minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) was performed in normal microtiter plates using a twofold dilution series. RESULTS The values of the minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC), the minimum bactericidal concentration (MBC), minimum biofilm inhibitory concentration (MBIC) and the minimum biofilm eradication concentration (MBEC) were in the range of 0.25 - 1 mg / mL, 1.0 - 4 mg / mL, 0.50 - 2 mg / mL and 1.0 - 8 mg / mL, respectively. There was increase in the leakage of K+ and cellular components through the membrane of the tested bacteria under the effect of essential oil of Artemisia judaica proving that the cell membrane was the site of action of Artemisia judaica. This was shown by its inhibitory effect on the Staphylococcus epidermidis (ATCC 35984) during initial adherence at sub-inhibitory concentrations. CONCLUSIONS The essential oil of Artemisia judaica had the ability to overcome all tested bacterial resistance and also prevents the formation of biofilm. The site of action of Artemisia judaica essential oil was the cell membrane and cell wall. KEY WORDS Antibacterial, Antibiofilm, Artemisia judaica, Mode of Action, Essential Oil
Immunological aspects of papillary thyroid cancer. What's new?
Authors: Troshina Ekaterina A. , Terekhova Maria A. , Akhmatova Ravida R.
Published: June 2021

Studying of the common links of pathogenesis of endocrine, autoimmune and oncological diseases is the area of interest of researchers from all countries of the world. Comprehension of artificially created mutual influences of molecular-genetic, immune factors that underlie the development and progression of endocrine tumors, primarily thyroid cancer, is important for creation and application of innovative treatment methods in oncoendocrinology.

Today, the question of considering autoimmune diseases as a potential cause of oncological processes or on the contrary to consider them as protective conditions in some types of malignant tumors, remains controversial.

In particular, autoimmune thyropathies and papillary thyroid cancer is an interesting model for studying these complex relationships. . The purpose of this article is to discuss accumulated experience, review the literature devoted to the study of immunological aspects in the pathogenesis of papillary thyroid cancer, reconsider obtained material and form a conclusion.
Possibilidades de objetivação dos princípios didáticos que embasam uma Aprendizagem Desenvolvimental para a organização de um currículo na área da Matemática
Authors: Candiotto William Casagrande , Spacek Iuri Kieslarck , Cardoso Eloir Fátima Mondardo
Published: June 2021

As pesquisas sobre a organização da Aprendizagem Desenvolvimental, em especial as realizadas no sistema Elkonin-Davidov-Repkin, evidenciam o desenvolvimento do pensamento teórico pelos estudantes. O pressuposto é que essa organização subsidia o desenvolvimento da práxis pedagógica para a formação omnilateral. Com esse pressuposto, foi realizado uma pesquisa , na modalidade teórica, que investigou as possibilidades de objetivação dos princípios didáticos que embasam uma Aprendizagem Desenvolvimental para a organização de um currículo de Matemática. O referido objetivo surgiu do questionamento: como se estrutura um currículo na área da Matemática com base nos princípios didáticos que fundamentam a Aprendizagem Desenvolvimental? Visando buscar elementos que contribuam para responder ao questionamento, fundamentamo-nos nas obras dos autores que elaboraram o sistema Elkonin-Davidov-Repkin, com foco nos aspectos didático-metodológicos desenvolvidos. Entre eles, destacamos os princípios didáticos (novo conteúdo, educação que desenvolve, atividade e caráter objetal), idealizados por Davydov (2017), considerados fios condutores de nossa análise. Como resultados da investigação, indicamos possibilidades e limitações na elaboração de um currículo, como: forma de seleção dos conceitos, considerando a finalidade da formação do pensamento teórico; conteúdo dos conceitos e sua objetivação na organização do ensino, pautada na sua gênese e no seu desenvolvimento, evidenciada na identificação do fundamento geneticamente inicial e objetivada nos sistemas de tarefas; bem como envolvimento dos sujeitos que objetivam o currículo. Esta compreensão de currículo implica a investigação de novos modos de sua efetivação para a constituição de uma educação para o futuro, os quais se destacam aqueles embasados na Aprendizagem Desenvolvimental.
Collaborative Design of Professional Graduate Programs in Education
Authors: Friesen Sharon , Jacobsen Michele
Published: June 2021

Faculties of Education in North America are experiencing an increase in demand for professional graduate programs that provide flexible and accessible research pathways for working professionals. Our School of Education offers high quality professional graduate programs that increase access and respond directly to complex needs and problems of practice in education. We describe the design and design thinking approach our faculty collectively undertook to redesign our professional graduate programs. The design was guided by a commitment to research informed and research active learning experiences that enable professionals to develop expertise, draw upon evidence, and act with integrity as they lead innovation and change in educational organizations. The program design provides professionals with opportunities to complete their graduate program in both blended and online formats. Degree programs are cohort based, discipline focused, and coherently structured. Many of our specialized topics are developed in partnership with the professions we serve, and each of our graduate programs is grounded in current research and engages students in active research-based learning. Participatory, collaborative, and interdisciplinary learning experiences are characterized by signature pedagogies. Our professional graduate programs create scholars of the profession through strong connections with the disciplines, communities, and professions we serve. Results of the redesign include improved results in student satisfaction, time to completion, increased retention, and have yielded high completion rates. Design knowledge and insights gained after eight years of evaluation document the strength and quality of our graduates and an increased proportion of international students in all of our graduate program areas.
Play, Design, Create, Fail, Teach, and Repeat: A Design Case Of Designing a Maker Education Course for Preservice Teachers
Authors: Jin Yi
Published: June 2021

This design case shows a course designed for teaching preservice teachers about how to design literacy-infused STEAM learning experiences that involve both making and the use of educational technology at a large Midwestern land-grant university in the U.S. This course emphasizes the high-tech making activities in PK-12 formal education that offers students richer, more engaging, and potentially more meaningful learning experiences. The course expects to equip the preservice teachers with the understanding and skills they need to be ready to transform existing curricula in PK-12 education, incorporate curricula that cultivate creativity, design thinking, and problem-solving, and provide students authentic instructions and the opportunities to be the creators and owners of their learning. The current design case highlights design decisions during the design process.
Designing "Virtual Social Europe Days"—An International Collaborative Seminar across Closed Borders
Authors: Arnold Patricia , Kumar Swapna
Published: June 2021

"Social Europe Days” is a collaborative four-day international seminar held yearly near Brussels, Belgium, by a network of ten European universities from eight different countries. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the seminar had to be offered virtually and redesigned. The final design included synchronous and asynchronous activities, informal and formal interactions, and a focus on empathy for the existential problems faced by participating students and faculty during the pandemic. This article describes the design challenges, the design choices and decisions that led to the virtual seminar design, and reflections based on lead faculty notes, member checking, and student evaluations.
Recreating the Experience of an In-Person Summer Internship Program Remotely
Authors: Shrestha Dipeshwor Man , Rogers Chris
Published: June 2021

We describe strategies, designs, tools, and technologies that were part of a 9-week experimental virtual summer internship program conducted during the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. The goals for the program were to (1) recreate the in-person summer internship experience, (2) explore ways of getting people to help each other, and (3) develop a sense of community in a remote/virtual setting. We offer learnings gleaned by the team regarding building virtual communities that encourage collaboration and communication.
Karakteristik Morfologi Kampung Kota Gandek Puspo Kelurahan Jagalan Semarang
Authors: Rustika Made Ria Anggrini
Published: June 2021

Kemunculan kampung kota di Kota Semarang dimulai sejak masa kolonial Belanda, salah satunya adalah Kampung Kota Pribumi (penduduk asli Kota Semarang). Kampung Kota Pribumi di Kelurahan Jagalan, khususnya Kampung Gandekan, Kampung Kulitan, Kampung Banginggris, dan Kampung Pusporagan dikenal dengan sebutan Kampung Gandek Puspo memiliki nilai historikal, tentang kejayaan Tuan Tasripin sebagai Tuan Tanah  Kota Semarang, kampung ini telah mengalami perkembangan baik fisik maupun nonfisik yang dapat mempengaruhi karakteristik morfologi kawasan. Penelitian ini dilakukan untuk mengetahui karakteristik morfologi Kampung Kota Gandek Puspo, metode penelitian yang digunakan adalah metode kualitatif deskriptif, dengan teknik pengumpulan data observasi dan wawancara. Data hasil wawancara akan diolah melalui pengkodean data, kategorisasi, dan reduksi data, kemudian dianalisis menggunakan teknik analisis deksriptif, analisis morfologi dengan pendekatan teori Urban Design, dan analisis spasial (peta komik). Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa terdapat dua karakteristik morfologi Kampung Gandek Puspo yaitu kampung bagian depan (sebagian Kampung Gandekan dan sebagian Kampung Kulitan yang berada dekat Jl. MT. Haryono), dan kampung bagian belakang (Kampung Banginggris; Kampung Pusporagan; sebagian Kampung Gandekan; dan sebagian Kampung Kulitan; yang berada dekat sungai Semarang).
Bentuk Hunian Informal: Studi Kasus tentang Hunian Bertahap di Kampung Melayu Semarang
Authors: Daraz Desmalinda Kurniati , Kurniawati Wakhidah
Published: June 2021

Permukiman informal mendominasi struktrur kota-kota di dunia dan menjadi tempat tinggal bagi mayoritas penduduk kota. Tahun 2014 tercatat sebanyak 29.7%, atau setara 881 juta penduduk perkotaan di negara-negara berkembang yang tinggal di hunian informal. Selama lebih dari 50 tahun, sudah dilakukan upaya untuk menghadapi keberadaan hunian informal, tetapi tantangan permukiman informal tidak bisa diatasi hanya dengan penggusuran. Pemerintah telah berupaya melakukan peningkatan kualitas fisik Kampung Melayu melalui program KOTAKU yang berfokus menata kawasan hunian informal agar sesuai dengan standar yang ditetapkan. Program tersebut seharusnya juga dapat mengakomodasi kebutuhan spasial penduduk sehingga perlu untuk memahami lokasi secara mendalam untuk dapat mengetahui kebutuhan spasial penduduk yang dilihat dari kondisi fisik eksisting dan bentuk penyediaan huniannya. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengkaji karakteristik fisik hunian informal di Kampung Melayu yang berfokus pada hunian informal di Jalan Melayu Tengah. Metode penelitian yang digunakan adalah kualitatif dengan teknik pengumpulan data melalui wawancara, observasi dan dokumentasi. Data dianalisis menggunakan teknik analisis isi dan analisis deskriptif. Hasil menunjukkan bahwa kondisi hunian menggunakan pencampuran material permanen dan non-permanen, fasilitas terbatas dan kondisi infrastruktur tidak sesuai standar, ruang publik terbatas pada ruang jalan dan drainase yang diokupansi hunian. Penduduk melakukan berbagai bentuk hunian bertahap yang dibangun berdasarkan kebutuhan spasial penghuninya.
Character and Perspective in Cosmic Horror: Lovecraft and Kiernan
Authors: Wilke Heinrich
Published: June 2021

Despite their overt focus on inexplicable alien forces, cosmic horror stories are also determined by their human cast. Far from being merely fodder for horror, the characters significantly contribute to the generation of meaning, including that of the supernatural entity or phenomenon itself. The same holds for the narrators’ (implicitly) political perspectives on the world of which they are part. Much of the perspective propounded in Lovecraft’s cosmic horror stories partakes of myth, adopting in particular the latter’s universal view and pronounced sidelining of humanity as a whole, which it intensifies to the point of horror. Appearances to the contrary notwithstanding, this universal perspective is consistent with the racism permeating and structuring Lovecraft’s writing. Though eschewing racism and universalism, the cosmic horror of Kiernan’s “Tidal Forces” negotiates literary reflections of colonialism from an unreflective white perspective.
Development of a Digital Twin of a Local Road Network: A Case Study
Authors: Steyn Wynand JvdM , Broekman André
Published: June 2021

Virtual replicas of infrastructure can be used to run simulations and optimize the construction, management, and maintenance of such assets throughout their entire lifecycle. These digital twins (defined as integrated multi-physics, multiscale, and probabilistic simulations of a complex product) mirror the behavior and environmental responses of its corresponding twin. Digital reconstruction techniques using optical sensor technologies and mobile sensor platforms are providing viable, low-cost alternatives to develop digital twins of physical infrastructure. In previous work, the digital twinning of asphalt pavement surfacings using visual simultaneous localization and mapping and the initiation of a digital twin of a local road network were investigated and successfully demonstrated. In this article, the further development of the concept, incorporating road surface temperatures collected over a 1-month period, as well as potential inferences based on these data, in the micro- and macro-twinning of a local road, are discussed. Light detection and ranging, unmanned aerial vehicles, and traffic counting artificial intelligence allows for quantification of the road geometry and infrastructure utilization over large areas (macro-twinning), whereas the photogrammetric reconstruction technique based on a neural network, a proprietary environmental condition sensor (SNOET, or SNiffing Omgewing / Environmental Tester) and commercial temperature sensors were used to acquire the surface texture and environmental conditions respectively (micro-twinning), as well as surface temperatures at four locations and different surfacing materials. The combination of advanced environmental monitoring data, physical data, and surface temperature data provide management data that can assist in the maintenance of such roads. This article expands (with the permission of the conference organizers) on a GeoChina 2021 article through the addition of further temperature data collected on the discussed digital twin, with substantial additional data analysis and discussion.
The tumor microenvironment and immune responses in prostate cancer patients
Authors: Kwon J T W , Bryant R J , Parkes E E
Published: June 2021

The landscape of cancer treatment has been transformed over the past decade by the success of immune-targeting therapies. However, despite sipuleucel-T being the first-ever approved vaccine for cancer and the first immunotherapy licensed for prostate cancer in 2010, immunotherapy has since seen limited success in the treatment of prostate cancer. The tumour microenvironment of prostate cancer presents particular barriers for immunotherapy. Moreover, prostate cancer is distinguished by being one of only two solid tumours where increased T cell-infiltration correlates with a poorer, rather than improved, outlook. Here, we discuss the specific aspects of the prostate cancer microenvironment that converge to create a challenging microenvironment, including myeloid-derived immune cells and cancer-associated fibroblasts. By exploring the immune microenvironment of defined molecular subgroups of prostate cancer, we propose an immunogenomic subtyping approach to single-agent and combination immune-targeting strategies that could lead to improved outcomes in prostate cancer treatment.
Rapid-Deployment Aortic Valve Replacement for a Hemodialysis Patient with Prior Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting
Authors: Yamamoto Taira , Endo Daisuke , Yamaoka Hironobu , Shimada Akie , Matsushita Satoshi , Amano Atsushi
Published: June 2021

Background: Aortic valve reoperation increases the risk of mortality and morbidity. The 2017 European Society of Cardiology guidelines for managing valvular heart disease with a previous heart surgery and intact bypass grafts consider patients with high surgical risk to be injury-prone during sternotomy. In high-risk patients with prior coronary artery bypass grafting, several authors have reported the noninferiority or superiority of transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) compared with surgical aortic valve replacement; however, in Japan, TAVR cannot be performed for patients on hemodialysis. In this study, we report a case of successful implantation of the new rapid-deployment bioprosthesis in a 65-year-old Japanese man on dialysis with prior coronary artery bypass grafting.
Methods: The rapid-deployment aortic valve system has demonstrated excellent hemodynamic performance, durability, and safety. However, implantation requires speciﬁc training and the analysis of preoperative 3D computed tomographic imaging. The cineangiography revealed patency of all grafts, and the saphenous vein graft (SVG) had overlapped the planned aortotomy position. By avoiding the anastomotic part of the SVG, we could perform rapid-deployment aortic valve replacement efficiently even if the aortic incision was repositioned, and the incision was smaller than planned.
Results: We used the 23-mm Intuity valve without an additional stitch, and the cardiopulmonary bypass and aortic cross-clamp times were only 52 and 39 minutes, respectively.
Conclusion: This novel valve may be beneﬁcial in complex combinational procedures for hemodialysis patients with prior coronary artery bypass grafting.
Pulmonary Artery Hypertension as A Risk Factor for Long-Term Survival after Heart Transplantation
Authors: Matkovic Milos , Milicevic Vladimir , Bilbija Ilija , Aleksic Nemanja , Cubrilo Marko , Nestorovic Emilija , Antic Ana , Zlatkovic Mina , Velinovic Milos , Putnik Svetozar
Published: June 2021

Background: Heart failure is the most frequent cause of pulmonary artery hypertension (PAH) and its severity may predict the development of heart failure (HF) and is known to be a prognostic factor of poor outcome after heart transplant (HTx). The aim of this study was to investigate the impact of preoperative PAH related to left-sided HF on long-term survival after HTx and to identify the hemodynamic parameters of PAH that predict survival after HTx.
Methods: A prospective observational trial was performed, and it included 44 patients subjected to heart transplantation. Patients were divided into two groups: The first one with the preoperative diagnosis of PAH and the second one without the PAH diagnosed prior to the HTx. The two groups were compared for baseline characteristics, operative characteristics, survival, and hemodynamic parameters obtained by right heart catheterization. Survival was analyzed using Kaplan Meyer analysis, and Cox regression analysis was performed to determine independent predictors of survival.
Results: The median follow-up time was 637.4 days (1-2028 days). The median survival within the group of patients with preoperative PAH was 1144 days (95% CI 662.884-1625.116) and 1918.920 days (95% CI 1594.577-2243.263) within the group of patients without PAH (P = .023), HR 0.279 (95% [CI]: 0.086-0.910; P = .034. The 30-day mortality in patients within PAH group was significantly higher, six versus two patients in the non PAH group (χ2 = 5.103, P < .05), while the long-term outcome after this period did not differ between the groups. Patients with preoperative PAH had significantly higher values of MPAP, PCWP, TPG and PVRI, while CO and CI did not differ between the two groups. Mean PVRI was 359.1 ± 97.3 dyn·s·cm-5 in the group with preoperative PAH and 232.2 ± 22.75 dyn·s·cm-5 in the group without PAH, P < .001. TPG values were 11.95 ± 5.08 mmHg in the PAH group while patients without PAH had mean values of 5.16 ± 1.97 mmHg, P < .001. Cox regression analysis was done for the aforementioned parameters. Hazard ratio for worse survival after HTx for elevated values of PVRI was 1.006 (95% [CI]: 1.001-1.012; P = .018) TPG had a hazard ratio of 1.172 (95% [CI]: 1.032-1.233; P = .015).
Conclusion: Pulmonary artery hypertension is an independent risk factor for higher 30-day mortality after HTx, while it does not affect the long-term outcome. Hemodynamic parameters obtained by right heart catheterization in heart transplant candidates could predict postoperative outcome. PVRI and TPG have been identified as independent predictors of higher 30-day postoperative mortality.
Argentine Olympiad in Informatics
Authors: GUTIÉRREZ Agustín Santiago
Published: June 2021

This article describes Argentina’s selection and training process for the International
Olympiad in Informatics, to identify and prepare the Argentine team members participating in the international olympiad. Additionally, recently developed online resources that have proved very useful for student preparation are presented.
Nutrition status of pregnant women in selected internally displaced persons camp in Delta state, Nigeria
Authors: Akpotu Enifome , Diorgu Faith
Published: June 2021

Introduction: The recent flood situation in Nigeria has contributed to the upsurge in the percentage of Internally Displace Persons particularly in the Delta State. Children and pregnant women are more venerable. Poor Nutritional status internally displaced person is a major occurrence. This has a serious implication for pregnant women in Nigeria. Assessing nutritional status of pregnant women will help in prioritizing need and intervention problems for internally displaced person, therefore this study will assess a Nutritional status of pregnant women in Selected internally displaced persons camps in Delta state Methods: A cross sectional study was conducted among pregnant women in four selected internally displaced person camps in Delta State, November 2019. A total of 99 pregnant women were randomly selected from each camp. A structured questionnaire was used to collect socio-demographic data from respondents, Body mass index and mid upper arm circumference with assessed result were compared with standard criteria for nutritional status. Data was clean and entered into SPSS Version 22. Descriptive statistics was used and inferential statistic, chi square and logistic regression was use for predicting variables after adjusting for confounders. Result: The mean body mass index of respondent was 23.5 (±3.9) which indicate a good nutritional health status, however 9.3% had poor nutritional status with BMI (>18.5). Also the mean distribution of MUAC was 27.5(±3.6) cm indicating good nutritional status of (<23cm), although 27.8% had poor nutritional status with (MUAC ≥23cm). chi square test, economic status (X2=9.794, (P=0.020<0.05), antenatal visit of at least twice in present ( X2=5.946, P=0.015) and pregnancy and present trimester (X2=12.939, P=0.002<0.05) were significantly associated with nutritional status of pregnant women. On regression analysis only ANC visit (OR= 3.134, Cl=1.226-8.013, p-value=0.17) and present trimester of pregnant women (OR=0.75,Cl=0.016-0.352, p-value=0.01) were significant Conclusion and recommendation: Poor nutritional status among pregnant women in this study is high, there is need to develop programs that focuses on educating mothers on the need of good nutrition in Nigeria.
Placenta percreta with bladder invasion: managed successfully
Authors: Ranjeeta Kumari , Sadangi Prativa
Published: June 2021

Placenta percreta (PP) is a potentially life-threatening condition. When PP is complicated by bladder invasion, mortality rates have been estimated as high as 9.5% and 24% for mother and child, respectively. Early diagnosis allows for appropriate antenatal care and accordingly surgical planning and management. Herein, we are going to present a case report, in which a woman G3P2L2 with previous 2 caesarean section with pre-term gestation was diagnosed with placenta accreta, but intra-operatively it was placenta percreta with bladder invasion. Patient was managed successfully by doing subtotal hysterectomy. Any pregnant patient with previous history of caesarean section we should be suspicious of placenta accrete spectrum, hence should be managed in a tertiary care center with a multidisciplinary approach, and with earliest possible involvement of the urologist in decision-making.
Haemodynamic Interplay Between Concomitant Left Ventricular Outflow Tract Obstruction and Aortic Stenosis
Authors: Bansal Priya , Lodhi Hamza , Mathews Adithya , Desai Anand , Morcos Ramez , Maini Brijeshwar , Khalili Houman
Published: June 2021

The authors describe a patient with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy with concomitant left ventricular outflow tract obstruction and aortic stenosis. Detailed haemodynamic assessment of the serial lesions was performed. Alcohol septal ablation resulted in a significant reduction of gradients across the left ventricular outflow tract.
What an Interventionalist Needs to Know About MI with Non-obstructive Coronary Arteries
Authors: Sykes Robert , Doherty Daniel , Mangion Kenneth , Morrow Andrew , Berry Colin
Published: June 2021

MI with non-obstructive coronary arteries (MINOCA) is caused by a heterogeneous group of vascular or myocardial disorders. MINOCA occurs in 5–15% of patients presenting with acute ST-segment elevation MI or non-ST segment elevation MI and prognosis is impaired. The diagnosis of MINOCA is made during coronary angiography following acute MI, where there is no stenosis ≥50% present in an infarct-related epicardial artery and no overt systemic aetiology for the presentation. Accurate diagnosis and subsequent management require the appropriate utilisation of intravascular imaging, coronary function testing and subsequent imaging to assess for myocardial disorders without coronary involvement. Although plaque-related MINOCA is currently managed with empirical secondary prevention strategies, there remains an unmet therapeutic need for targeted and evidence-based therapy for MINOCA patients and increased awareness of the recommended diagnostic pathway.
“Que se han de embarcar para la provincia del Paraguay”. Procuradores jesuitas y circulación de libros en el Río de la Plata, mediados del siglo XVIII
Authors: Vega Fabián R.
Published: June 2021

Objetivo: este artículo busca analizar la circulación de libros en el Paraguay y Río de la Plata a mediados del siglo XVIII. Para esto, se ha seleccionado el caso del viaje de dos procuradores jesuitas a Europa en la década de 1750, quienes gestionaron un embarque de casi 8000 libros hacia la región. Metodología: desde la perspectiva de la historia del libro, el estudio utiliza documentos originales de la procuraduría de la provincia jesuítica del Paraguay, realiza una clasificación de las materias adquiridas y rastrea la circulación de los volúmenes —desde su compra en Europa hasta su distribución en Sudamérica—. Originalidad: el caso no ha sido analizado hasta hoy y la historiografía tampoco ha explorado la manera en que los libros llegaban a esta región. Conclusión: cabe destacar que los procuradores jesuitas aprovecharon ventajas institucionales con que contaban y cumplieron un rol central en el ingreso de libros en la región, proveyendo incluso a personas ajenas a la orden religiosa y privilegiando una literatura espiritual y edificante útil para influir en las prácticas devocionales cotidianas.