bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Urban Architecture in the Narrative of NW London
Authors: Özkan Dilek Yıldız
Published: November 2023

In the novel of NW by Zadie Smith, the multiethnic and multicultural social
structure in northwest London is narrated through the story of four city dwellers. The
aim of this study is to examine the story of the novel through the lenses of urban
architecture in relation to the psychological, social, and environmental themes of the
plot. For this aim, firstly, a brief introduction of the novel is presented. After the
introduction, the main subject of the story, its main characters, and the relations
between them are explained. In this section, characters of various ethnic backgrounds
living in the economic difficulties brought on by metropolitan life, and the relationship
between the different classes they represent, are examined. Then, the themes that the
author fictionalized through the relations between the main characters by referring to
the field of environmental psychology and sociology are extracted from the story. In
the next section, the main characteristics of the streets, parks, and especially the council
housing of the district that forms the urban architecture of northwest London in the
background of the story, are summarized. Moreover, the main themes that were
presented in the previous section are associated with the spaces and the architecture in
which they pass. This association is made by examining the relationships of the
characters who are in motion in spaces with each other, formed by the occasional
intersection of their paths from place to place, and their experiences with space, place
and institutions. In conclusion, it is determined that the author embodied many social
and psychological themes in urban architecture, including council housing, which
constitute the scenario of the story. These themes correspond to the fields of
environmental psychology and sociology, such as racism, interracial relations, social
class, social pressures, class distinctions, inequality, ethnicity, immigrants, identity,
belonging, privacy, attachment to place, marriage, love, gender roles, violence, crime
and mobility are put forward. Finally, the results show the following: The urban
architecture, including council housing, affects the sense of belonging and identity of
the people living in the area; housing perceptions and expectations of people differ
from each other in accordance with their social class; and housing is considered an
indicator of prestige and social class in the lives of the protagonists.
Heterotopia and Sunset Park
Authors: Özmen Cansu Özge
Published: November 2023

Paul Auster’s 2010 novel, Sunset Park, is set in the flatlands of Florida as
well as the streets of Brooklyn in New York City. It is an emotional reflection on the
ideas of home and homelessness, belonging, loss, death, grief, trauma, guilt, and love,
and how these concepts are defined and reiterated by the transformation of space. The
chapter provides a descriptive analysis of the architectural features of multiple settings
and moves on to a discussion of various significant locations in the novel by
implementing the six principles of the heterotopia by Michel Foucault. While
presenting his principles about heterotopia, Foucault assigns each a specific function.
Heterotopias, according to each of his principles, represent an emotion that
accompanies this function. Miles, the protagonist of the novel, who suffers from the
emotional repercussions of a traumatic loss, joins three young prospective artists in
transforming a building into a temporary living space for themselves. The building is
situated in the Sunset Park neighborhood, where there is a dominance of neo-Renaissance and Romanesque architecture. The neighborhood is known to be a place
where multiple ethnic minorities exist together. The common point of all the characters
who dwell in the house illegally is that they are experiencing a critical transitory period
in their lives.
Conspiracy Theories at the Prague Cemetery
Authors: Yazıcı Yasemin Erkan
Published: November 2023

The Prague Cemetery, a novel by the Italian writer, Umberto Eco, was
published in Italy in 2010. The novel deals with the emergence of the Protocols of the
Sages of Zion, which is claimed to constitute the justification for the Jewish genocide.
The novel is based on proven historical facts. Only the main character is fictional; the
rest of the characters in the book are historical figures. The events mentioned in the
novel occurred between 1897 and 1898. The main character of the story, Simone
Simonini, is a forger hiding under the guise of an antique dealer. Simonini's life and
views on Jews were shaped by the words of his grandfather, who raised him. After
graduating from law school, his grandfather died, and he started to work for the notary
public, who carried out the inheritance process. He exposed the illegal activities of the
notary public and had him imprisoned. Thus, he replaced the notary public and
continued to carry out the same illicit activities as his predecessor, preparing forged
documents, perjury, and even becoming a murderer in the future to destroy evidence.
Simone Simonini lives in an apartment above his vintage shop in Impasse Maubert.
One day, he discovered a dark corridor leading from his apartment to the apartment
next door. The discovery of this apartment marked the beginning of a series of
mysterious events. Simonini came across the name Reverend Dalla Piccola on his
writing desk. The events that took place after that were conveyed to the reader through
the writings of the two characters to each other. Later, Simonini discovered that Dalla
Piccola was a split personality he had created. The house where the character lives and
the Prague Cemetery have the characteristics of perceptual space in the novel and are
shaped according to the character’s mood swings.
At the end of the novel, Simonini fulfills his raison d’etre and completes the “Protocols
of the Elders of Zion”, a forged record of the secret meeting of Jewish leaders in the
Prague Cemetery. He even orchestrates a small explosion in the Paris underground
system to increase its credibility.
Night Train to Lisbon: On the City, Identity, and Belonging
Authors: Yenice Melike
Published: November 2023

The plot of the book Night Train to Lisbon is about Raimund Gregorius, a
teacher of ancient languages at a high school in the city of Bern and known for his
monotonous and ordinary life, who begins to question his life after an unexpected event
he experienced and his search for his own identity. In this quest, Gregorius comes
across the book of Doctor de Prado, who had similar inquiries but lived in another time
and place. The book takes him to Lisbon, the city where de Prado lived. The book is
read as an inner journey that Gregorius made himself, following the footsteps of the
place where Doctor de Prado lived, along with/beyond his physical journey to another
city.
In the book, the question is whether it is possible to have a different kind of life, a
different way of being in the world, beyond the limits of the life that the individuals
draw about their life, outside the life patterns they have established. In this sense, the
article reads this journey of Gregorius through the effect of being in another place – as
the city and space – and the experiences gained in this city on identity and belonging.
The memories and experiences of someone who lived in another city, a journey made
in the language and history of the city, and the effect of the inner feelings and traces of
one's own feelings on the identity and belonging of the individual are being questioned.
At the same time, inferences are drawn about the mutual dialectical effect of identity
and space—the spatial counterparts of the elements that make up the identity of the
individual and the reflection of spatial features on the individual's identity.
The chapters of the book are approached within this framework and constitute the titles
of the article. Part I, The Departure, is read through the individual's journey to another
city in the pursuit of his own identity and different life possibilities; Part II, The
Encounter, is read through the encounter of another identity and belonging area; and
Part III, The Attempt, is read through the possibilities of being in different areas of
belonging in other places and times. In Part IV, The Return, Gregorius returns to the
city of Bern. But at the end of his journey, it is seen that he has developed a sense of
belonging to both cities.
Il Medioevo Cattedrali, Cavalieri, Città (La Edad Media II.)
Authors: Özbursalı Z. Türkiz
Published: November 2023

Umberto Eco, one of the leading authors of contemporary world literature, is
an important Italian writer, medieval historian, and semiotics expert, mostly known for
his novels such as The Name of the Rose, Foucault's Pendulum, and The Prague
Cemetery. Until his death in 2016, he wrote many works in the fields of history, art,
aesthetics, and communication, as well as in the field of literature. The book “Medieval
Ages II – Cathedrals, Knights, Cities” is the second of four volumes that examines the
medieval period comprehensively in every aspect, from religion to politics, from
inventions and discoveries to visual arts, from daily life to architectural living spaces in
urban and rural areas.
This invaluable medieval corpus has been meticulously crafted by esteemed writers,
each of whom is an expert in their fields, and brought together by Eco's deep
knowledge and experience. Although a chronological division is generally seen as a
method, while different topics are handled by different authors with intersections,
repetitions, and intertwinings, a system that does not contradict and is never dull but
reinforces the issues and allows them to be remembered, is followed:
This valuable work, which introduces the Middle Ages in all its aspects, is an
indispensable resource for everyone interested in history and art and the development
of understanding of space at the scale of buildings to the city and regional level. A
bedside encyclopedia... The Middle Ages is known as a period defined as the dark age
in the Age of Enlightenment when the church and imperial sovereignty disputes caused
the public to pay high costs, and epidemics broke out and raged throughout. Despite all
the harsh living conditions, Umberto Eco draws attention to the fact that much progress
had been made in the darkness of this age and that new inventions were realized that
would facilitate the daily life and production activities of human beings. In parallel
with wars, conquests, political upheavals, and cultural struggles, medieval settlements
also underwent a physical change and transformation. It was an age in which art,
especially architecture, showed its glory.
The book “Cathedrals, Knights, Cities” is a comprehensive, holistic source of
information about the Middle Ages. It is a fundamental work for everyone related to art, especially architects. It is also an opportunity to reclassify the established
vocabulary and revise common misconceptions.
Rebel Cities By David Harvey: Revisiting Marxist Theory, The Right To The City And Urban Struggle
Authors: Koç Ersan
Published: November 2023

The book we will discuss is one of Harvey's most important works on the
right to the city and Marxist theory and consists of 7 parts. This article aims to guide
the readers via a summary of the content of the book. The introduction begins with the
narrative that complex and stratified social classes have a greater impact on the
transformation and revolution of cities than the working class employed in industrial
spaces.
In his book, Harvey repositions Marxist Political Theory as a basis for cities generating
capital accumulation. This argument surpasses the general and misconceived belief that
such effects are produced by factories and the labor force. The rationale for this
argument is an economic one, depicting the importance of the capitalism of land, land-rent, intellectual capital and speculation rather than commodity production. This
commune is a very different kind of proletarian revolution, in which much of the leftist
political chambers see an Avant-Guard spirit.
In the preface part, Harvey draws attention to the increasing urbanization of the globe,
which is frequently discussed under the effects of the post-colonial era. In the capitalist
system, the urban process is fraught with extraordinary political turmoil, whose roots
can be revealed in part through an examination of how urbanization is shaped by its
interlocking concrete abstractions and is shaped directly by the circulation of money in
space and time. The tensions between the individuality of the act of spending money
and the class experience of earning that money divide the social and psychological
foundations of political action. The book concludes with ideas portraying an
unexpected unwillingness to put heavy importance on the political agency role of
rioters, like the Wall Street Occupation.
Harvey's theoretical artisan is highly valuable in putting the complex economic
processes underlying urbanization and the inter-flows of capital in the form of urban
space. Harvey comprehensively puts the notion of surplus capital, primarily through
creative destruction - the large-scale restructuring of cities – in urbanization's central role. Rebel Cities is a needed book for a renewed case, a city as a medium for urban
rights claimed and possessed by the public rather than forces of capitalism.
Martian Structures in Modern Science Fiction and the Home of the Martian (The Martian)
Authors: Tacer Özgür
Published: November 2023

Science fiction is a gateway to alternative realities that can be
conceptualized with imaginary scientific and technological advancements. Therefore, it
usually takes inspiration from grounded and realistic impressions. The evolution of
classical science fiction towards modern science fiction entails an increasing diligence
towards scientific accuracy, care for technical details and close follow-up of
contemporary scientific discoveries while transforming them into science-fictional
concepts.
This essay aims to explore the landmarks of architectural representations of fictional
Mars’ structures in science fiction literature and investigates whether the trend
presented above is reflected in fictional Martian architectures throughout the history of
the genre. Selected works from classic science fiction, modern science fiction, and
contemporary science fiction are comparatively analyzed, while the novel by Andy
Weir, The Martian, is centered in the focus of the analysis.
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
Authors: Pekşen Seda
Published: November 2023

In The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, Douglas Adams takes the reader
into space to give a clear view of the consequences of urbanization with a humorous
take on the intricate webs of bureaucracy. The parallelism between the protagonist
Arthur Dent’s loss of his living space due to a council decision to demolish his house
for a new bypass and the simultaneous destruction of the whole planet by aliens for a
hyperspace expressway draws the reader’s attention to the concepts of building and
dwelling. The absurdity of the chaos that ensues despite all planning acts as a reminder
of the absurdity of humanity’s choice of priorities in urban living spaces. Adams
underlines the paradoxical relationship between the primitive nature of man and his
yearning for progress, between nature and modern civilization, and between the desire
to build and expand on the one hand and to destroy on the other. Arthur’s journey
through space thereby turns the readers into a journey through the recent history of the
modern human, guiding them towards reconsidering their priorities in a way that
preserves Earth as our home while maintaining progress. In light of these ideas, this
article explores Adams’ science-fiction novel as a portrayal of the dire consequences of
the use of space in modern urban planning, disregarding the contingent nature of
human life on Earth, underscoring the need to grasp the significance of dwelling in a
Heideggerian sense of the kind of progress that would encompass all living things.
Old as Methuselah? : Supercentenarians, Narrative Wisdom, and the Importance of History for Health
Authors: Knoeff Rina
Published: November 2023

Old as Methuselah? Centenarians, narrative wisdom and the importance of history for health According to the Arnhem Courant of 21 October 1828, there were 1,672 people between 100 and 185 years old in northern Europe in the 18th century. This news report defies the imagination, because who really believes that so many people could live to that age, and centuries ago too? In her inaugural lecture, Rina Knoeff shows that we should indeed take this story - and stories about unusual diseases, miraculous cures and remarkable scientific insights - seriously. People in the past were not stupid. Historical accounts of centenarians show how knowledge and experience of health were embedded in historically grown cultural patterns in which moral views and political motivations prevailed alongside medical theories. This is no different today. The historian, like no other, can show that our ideas about health are place-bound. It is precisely by studying historical narratives that seem strange to us that we can recognise what is particular about our own perceptions of health. This skill, which Knoeff characterises as "narrative wisdom", is also crucial for analysing and improving public health care. In her inaugural lecture, Knoeff shows that health is not an exclusively biomedical, but above all a social issue. This also means that in public health care, we should be less guided by a clinical view, and give more space to the humanities, which are much better at explaining the cultural factors that determine our health. Translated with www.DeepL.com/Translator (free version)
Open-Source, Step-Counting Algorithm for Smartphone Data Collected in Clinical and Nonclinical Settings: Algorithm Development and Validation Study
Authors: Straczkiewicz Marcin , Keating Nancy L , Thompson Embree , Matulonis Ursula A , Campos Susana M , Wright Alexi A , Onnela Jukka-Pekka
Published: November 2023

Background

Step counts are increasingly used in public health and clinical research to assess well-being, lifestyle, and health status. However, estimating step counts using commercial activity trackers has several limitations, including a lack of reproducibility, generalizability, and scalability. Smartphones are a potentially promising alternative, but their step-counting algorithms require robust validation that accounts for temporal sensor body location, individual gait characteristics, and heterogeneous health states.

Objective

Our goal was to evaluate an open-source, step-counting method for smartphones under various measurement conditions against step counts estimated from data collected simultaneously from different body locations (“cross-body” validation), manually ascertained ground truth (“visually assessed” validation), and step counts from a commercial activity tracker (Fitbit Charge 2) in patients with advanced cancer (“commercial wearable” validation).

Methods

We used 8 independent data sets collected in controlled, semicontrolled, and free-living environments with different devices (primarily Android smartphones and wearable accelerometers) carried at typical body locations. A total of 5 data sets (n=103) were used for cross-body validation, 2 data sets (n=107) for visually assessed validation, and 1 data set (n=45) was used for commercial wearable validation. In each scenario, step counts were estimated using a previously published step-counting method for smartphones that uses raw subsecond-level accelerometer data. We calculated the mean bias and limits of agreement (LoA) between step count estimates and validation criteria using Bland-Altman analysis.

Results

In the cross-body validation data sets, participants performed 751.7 (SD 581.2) steps, and the mean bias was –7.2 (LoA –47.6, 33.3) steps, or –0.5%. In the visually assessed validation data sets, the ground truth step count was 367.4 (SD 359.4) steps, while the mean bias was –0.4 (LoA –75.2, 74.3) steps, or 0.1%. In the commercial wearable validation data set, Fitbit devices indicated mean step counts of 1931.2 (SD 2338.4), while the calculated bias was equal to –67.1 (LoA –603.8, 469.7) steps, or a difference of 3.4%.

Conclusions

This study demonstrates that our open-source, step-counting method for smartphone data provides reliable step counts across sensor locations, measurement scenarios, and populations, including healthy adults and patients with cancer.
Digital Personal Health Coaching Platform for Promoting Human Papillomavirus Infection Vaccinations and Cancer Prevention: Knowledge Graph-Based Recommendation System (Preprint)
Authors: Ammar Nariman , Olusanya Olufunto A , Melton Chad , Chinthala Lokesh , Huang Xiaolei , White Brianna M , Shaban-Nejad Arash
Published: November 2023

BACKGROUND

Health promotion can empower populations to gain more control over their well-being by using digital interventions that focus on preventing the root causes of diseases. Digital platforms for personalized health coaching can improve health literacy and information-seeking behavior, leading to better health outcomes. Personal health records have been designed to enhance patients’ self-management of a disease or condition. Existing personal health records have been mostly designed and deployed as a supplementary service that acts as views into electronic health records.

OBJECTIVE

We aim to overcome some of the limitations of electronic health records. This study aims to design and develop a personal health library (PHL) that generates personalized recommendations for human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine promotion and cancer prevention.

METHODS

We have designed a proof-of-concept prototype of the Digital Personal Health Librarian, which leverages machine learning; natural language processing; and several innovative technological infrastructures, including the Semantic Web, social linked data, web application programming interfaces, and hypermedia-based discovery, to generate a personal health knowledge graph.

RESULTS

We have designed and implemented a proof-of-the-concept prototype to showcase and demonstrate how the PHL can be used to store an individual’s health data, for example, a personal health knowledge graph. This is integrated with web-scale knowledge to support HPV vaccine promotion and prevent HPV-associated cancers among adolescents and their caregivers. We also demonstrated how the Digital Personal Health Librarian uses the PHL to provide evidence-based insights and knowledge-driven explanations that are personalized and inform health decision-making.

CONCLUSIONS

Digital platforms such as the PHL can be instrumental in improving precision health promotion and education strategies that address population-specific needs (ie, health literacy, digital competency, and language barriers) and empower individuals by facilitating knowledge acquisition to make healthy choices.
Efficacy and Safety of Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis to Control HIV and Sexually Transmitted Infection Among Men Who Have Sex With Men: Protocol for a Single-Arm Interventional Study (Preprint)
Authors: Terada-Hirashima Junko , Mizushima Daisuke , Takano Misao , Tokita Daisuke , Oka Shinichi
Published: November 2023

BACKGROUND

Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) against HIV infection is a new approach that involves the prophylactic use of the anti-HIV drug Truvada (tenofovir disoproxil fumarate [TDF] and emtricitabine [FTC]) by people not infected with HIV.

OBJECTIVE

The objective of this investigator-initiated clinical study of PrEP was to evaluate the incidence of HIV and sexually transmitted infection (STI), safety and efficacy of PrEP in PrEP users, and their compliance with PrEP medication. The social, medical, and economic benefits of PrEP in Japan was assessed.

METHODS

This single-center feasibility study of PrEP was conducted at the National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Tokyo, Japan, where a cohort of men who have sex with men without HIV was established in January 2017. This single-arm interventional study compared the efficacy and safety of PrEP in a single group of men who have sex with men who participated in PrEP cohort studies. For reference, the cohort study participants who did not participate in the PrEP study were included for comparison. Blood samples were collected for storage at baseline and clinic visits at 1, 3, and 6 months after starting PrEP and every 3 months thereafter. The participants were administered with 1 tablet of Truvada once daily as PrEP. They underwent blood and anal swab tests 1 and 3 months after starting PrEP and then HIV and STI infection assessments at 3-month intervals. Blood samples were centrifuged at the AIDS Clinical Center Laboratory. PrEP safety was evaluated by monitoring serum creatinine levels for symptoms of renal function disorders. The primary end point was the incidence of HIV in PrEP users (100 person-years). The secondary end points were the incidence of STI in PrEP users (100 person-years), incidence of adverse events caused by Truvada, frequency of high-risk sexual activity, and adherence to periodic visits and medication.

RESULTS

The study protocol was reviewed and approved by the certified review board of the National Center for Global Health and Medicine (NCGM-C-003129-03) on April 20, 2020. Changes to the study plan were submitted for review by the certified review board and approved before implementation. Recruitment was completed on March 28, 2019, and the study was completed (last adult participant and last time point) on March 31, 2021. The data were analyzed, and the main results of the study have been published in a peer-reviewed journal.

CONCLUSIONS

The findings indicated that PrEP is a highly effective and feasible strategy against HIV infection in terms of prophylactic response, retention, and compliance.

CLINICALTRIAL

UMIN Clinical Trials Registry UMIN000031040; https://tinyurl.com/3msdkeb8 and Japan Registry of Clinical Trials jRCTs031180134; https://tinyurl.com/2p88mhyr

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Burden and Inattentive Responding in a 12-Month Intensive Longitudinal Study: Interview Study Among Young Adults (Preprint)
Authors: Wang Shirlene D , Hatzinger Lori , Morales Jeremy , Hewus Micaela , Intille Stephen , Dunton Genevieve F
Published: November 2023

BACKGROUND

Intensive longitudinal data (ILD) collection methods have gained popularity in social and behavioral research as a tool to better understand behavior and experiences over time with reduced recall bias. Engaging participants in these studies over multiple months and ensuring high data quality are crucial but challenging due to the potential burden of repeated measurements. It is suspected that participants may engage in inattentive responding (IR) behavior to combat burden, but the processes underlying this behavior are unclear as previous studies have focused on the barriers to compliance rather than the barriers to providing high-quality data.

OBJECTIVE

This study aims to broaden researchers’ knowledge about IR during ILD studies using qualitative analysis and uncover the underlying IR processes to aid future hypothesis generation.

METHODS

We explored the process of IR by conducting semistructured qualitative exit interviews with 31 young adult participants (aged 18-29 years) who completed a 12-month ILD health behavior study with daily evening smartphone-based ecological momentary assessment (EMA) surveys and 4-day waves of hourly EMA surveys. The interviews assessed participants’ motivations, the impact of time-varying contexts, changes in motivation and response patterns over time, and perceptions of attention check questions (ACQs) to understand participants’ response patterns and potential factors leading to IR.

RESULTS

Thematic analysis revealed 5 overarching themes on factors that influence participant engagement: (1) friends and family also had to tolerate the frequent surveys, (2) participants tried to respond to surveys quickly, (3) the repetitive nature of surveys led to neutral responses, (4) ACQs within the surveys helped to combat overly consistent response patterns, and (5) different motivations for answering the surveys may have led to different levels of data quality.

CONCLUSIONS

This study aimed to examine participants’ perceptions of the quality of data provided in an ILD study to contribute to the field’s understanding of engagement. These findings provide insights into the complex process of IR and participant engagement in ILD studies with EMA. The study identified 5 factors influencing IR that could guide future research to improve EMA survey design. The identified themes offer practical implications for researchers and study designers, including the importance of considering social context, the consideration of dynamic motivations, and the potential benefit of including ACQs as a technique to reduce IR and leveraging the intrinsic motivators of participants. By incorporating these insights, researchers might maximize the scientific value of their multimonth ILD studies through better data collection protocols.

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Taxonomy and ethical considerations of digital health promotion tools for youth: Selected examples from three Sub-Saharan African countries (Preprint)
Authors: Ferretti Agata , Hubbs Shannon , Dzikunu Richard Mawutor , Moodley Keymanthri , Wekesah Frederick Murunga , Wright Jonty , Vayena Effy
Published: November 2023

BACKGROUND

Digital technologies for health promotion have proliferated over the past decade, with uptake increasing steadily among young people, including those in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). Youth increasingly rely on digital tools for health information, and the early influence of this digital technology can have an impact throughout the lifespan. While there is a growing body of literature on the opportunities and challenges of digital health promotion (DHP) for young people, a gap remains in research that closely examines the characteristics of digital health strategies developed specifically for youth in LMICs.

OBJECTIVE

In the present paper we investigate and compare selected examples of DHP tools, from three countries in sub-Saharan Africa, namely Ghana, Kenya, and South Africa. Our aim is to create a multidimensional descriptive taxonomy of DHP tools developed specifically to promote the health of adolescents and young adults in these countries.

METHODS

We conducted systematic online searches using relevant keywords, incorporating the expertise of local professionals to ensure a thorough search. We thereafter created a taxonomy describing selected features for each tool, including health area of focus, key stakeholders, type of service, and ethical values explicitly referenced within the tool.

RESULTS

A total of 31 DHP tools were identified. Sexual and reproductive health was the most common health area of focus for DHP services, which were primarily funded and supported by local NGOs, foundations, and international organizations. The assessed tools were predominantly web and social media-based, with the overarching goal and core value of expanding health knowledge and offering access to health promotion services to young people.

CONCLUSIONS

With sustained investment, DHP can improve the health of young people while relieving the pressure on healthcare services. Addressing ethical concerns such as privacy, transparency, equity, and inclusiveness are essential to the safety, usefulness, and fairness of DHP. To achieve the greatest benefit, local youth perspectives and priorities should be included in DHP development.
Time Maps: Theory and Method
Authors: Yeager Sean A.
Published: November 2023

This article documents the production and analysis of time maps, the graphs which are produced by plotting a narrative’s fabula against its syuzhet. Other researchers have independently studied time maps, and most of them directly adopted Genette’s classic ordering schema, which tracks the sequence of events in the fabula by assigning them a letter. My method creates time maps of unprecedented resolution by numerically tracking each scene’s position and duration in the fabula. This accounts for differences across time scales, which previous work has overlooked. I consider how time maps can advance narrative theory by visualizing nonlinear narration and by highlighting the affordances of different media. I introduce the notion of a “narratological chronotope” to describe the visualizations of Genette’s “canonical movements” and suggest a heuristic typology of narrative temporal cues. I develop these arguments through analyses of Rashomon and Mrs. Dalloway.
Study on the Effect of Agricultural Supply Chain Finance Empowering Agricultural and Rural Modernization
Authors: Wang Jiatong
Published: November 2023

Based on the data from 2011 to 2020, this paper constructs an index evaluation system of agricultural and rural modernization, and studies the effect and mechanism of agricultural supply chain financial development affecting agricultural and rural modernization. The following conclusions are drawn: First, the development of agricultural supply chain finance can significantly promote the modernization of agriculture and rural areas. Secondly, taking industrial structure adjustment as the threshold variable, there is a single threshold effect in the promotion of agricultural supply chain finance to agricultural and rural modernization: the higher the proportion of tertiary industry, the more significant the positive impact of agricultural supply chain finance on agricultural and rural modernization; Taking urban-rural integration as the threshold variable, its promotion effect has double threshold effect: the higher the level of urban-rural integration, the greater the promotion effect of agricultural supply chain finance on agricultural and rural modernization, but after the level of urban-rural integration rises to a certain extent, the promotion effect decreases slightly. At the same time, the promotion of agricultural supply chain finance to agricultural and rural modernization is more significant in middle and low-economic-level areas.
Spirituality-based environmental literacy among prospective biology teacher in Indonesia: Analysis based on gender, accreditation, and semester-level aspects
Authors: Husamah H. , Rahardjanto Abdulkadir , Hadi Samsun , Lestari Nurdiyah , Ummah BK Muh. Khaerul
Published: November 2023

Spirituality-based environmental literacy (SEL) influences ecological knowledge, environmental expectations, cognitive abilities, and environmental-related behavior. In this regard, this research aims to determine SEL among prospective biology teacher throughout Indonesia. This study included a cross-sectional survey. The target respondents are students of education study programs in the field of biology who come from various institutions in Indonesia. Gender aspects, study program accreditation status, and semester-level are positioned as respondent characteristics whose impact on environmental literacy is analyzed. The sample size is 632 students. The data collection instrument used was the ELIS. The data collection process is carried out online. Data was analyzed using SPSS. We discuss the results of different tests based on gender, different tests based on accreditation, and different tests based on semester-level. This research provides unique results. Women have higher levels of SEL than men. There are significant differences between men and women in terms of environmental literacy, although references do not always support this. Accreditation status does not support differences in SEL levels. Furthermore, the semester-level (final semester) has a higher SEL, but that is only in the knowledge aspect. On that basis, we suggest several aspects to consider in future research.
Updates to the validity evidence based on the internal structure of the ASRS-18
Authors: Porto Thiago Iamada , Murgo Camélia Santina , Barros Leonardo de Oliveira , De Souza Andressa Pereira
Published: November 2023

The aim of this research was to present updated validity evidence based on the internal structure of the ASRS-18. Two studies were carried out, an exploratory factor analysis (EFA) and a confirmatory factor analysis (CFA). In the opposite direction to what the literature suggests for the instrument, the EFA indicated the adequacy of the one-factor model, which supported the decision regarding the number of factors to be retained. Once the structure of the scale had been determined, CFA and multi-group CFA analyses were carried out to assess the characteristics of the instrument. The results obtained in the CFA were initially unsatisfactory, with items having high residual correlations, explained by the redundancy of content between items. It was therefore decided to reduce the number of items in the instrument, and the analyses indicated that the scale was suitable for use in both clinical practice and research. Finally, the multi-group CFA showed that the gender variable influenced the scale's response pattern, with women needing a greater latent trait to score higher on the inattention items and a lower trait for the hyperactivity items. The proposed ASRS-18 presents an accurate and stable model for measuring attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). It is suggested that a reduced version of the instrument be used, as well as further research to expand the evaluation of psychometric properties. In the clinical sphere, it is recommended to consider the suggestions presented in the discussions of this study for assessing ADHD symptoms for criterion A according to the DSM.
Freshwater shellfish, Pila globosa: a review on its ecological and economical importance, nutritive and ethno-medicinal values
Authors: Patel R. J. , Kurhe A. R.
Published: November 2023

The freshwater Indian apple snail, Pila globosa (Swainson, 1822), is well adapted to the equatorial and tropical regions of the planet, where there are periods of heavy rain that are followed by dry spells. It is the most important biotic component of the ecosystem and a dominating member of its communities, making it crucial for the health of the ecosystem. It has a significant economic importance in the international trade market. The flesh of P. globosa is used in aquaculture and as a human protein supplement because of its high protein and low fat content, along with essential fatty acids. The shell of P. globosa is a good source of minerals, especially calcium. P. globosa has been employed in traditional medicinal practices to treat diseases like high blood pressure, heart disease, asthma, rickets, rheumatoid arthritis, osteoporosis, calcium metabolism, bleeding piles, constipation, diarrhoea, smallpox, syphilis, dizziness, anxiety, nervousness, urticaria, night blindness, and conjunctivitis. It is also used to regulate body temperature, to speed up wound healing, to treat circulatory issues, to revive virility and vitality, to treat weakness, and for vision improvement. P. globosa has antimicrobial, anti-inflammatory, anti-oxidative, anti-cancer, and immune boosting properties, and it can be a benefit to mankind. This review provides an overview of the ecological and economic importance, nutritional and ethno-medicinal values of the snail P. globosa.
Rancang Bangun Sistem Konversi Energi Panas Api Menjadi Energi Listrik Sebagai Alat Charger Baterai Menggunakan Termoelektrik
Authors: Rimbawati Rimbawati , Prandika Billy , Cholish Cholish
Published: November 2023

The utilization of heat energy as a generator of electrical energy was conducted by using thermoelectric elements. The conversion system with Thermoelectric Generator (TEG) elements currently used in many time during the combustion process. Likewise, the fuel is sourced from charcoal, wood, coal, palm oil shells, or garbage. Based on the properties and advantages of those fuel components, this research is carried out to study and develop a system according to the capabilities of the TEG components to become a useful things. TEG components can be designed into a super mini generating system by converting fire heat into electricity. The method used in this research is a bonfire heat energy conversion system into electrical energy. The heat from the fire will be used to recharge batteries such as HT batteries, flashlights, GPS, etc. The input of the system is heat, which consisted the heat of a campfire or cooking fire. The input component itself is a converter, namely peltier. Peltier function is to convert heat energy directly into electricity. The result of this research is the output about 3.7 V. This design uses IC LM317 as a regulator to process the output voltage of the conversion system. The regulator is important to succed the battery does not overcharge and damage.
Rancang Bangun Sistem Monitoring Penggunaan Daya Listrik Berbasis Internet of Things
Authors: Hadi Sirojul , Anas Andi Sofyan , Putra Lalu Ganda Rady
Published: November 2023

The modern lifestyle of Indonesian people has influenced the level of increasing of the electricity consumption. The wasteful use of household electricity even uncontrolled due to the lack of monitoring of the amount of power used. It does not enough to monitor power depends on the kWh meter because the electricity users cannot monitor every room which excessive in terms of electricity consumption. In this study, a monitoring tool was designed to monitor power consumption in each room. The purpose of this study is to determine the power consumption in each room. Thus, it is easier to save electrical energy. Implementation of the internet of things (IoT) used the Blynk platform. The results showed that the tools (design) have been successful in monitoring the power consumption of each IoT-based room. At load the laptop charger produces 99.61% efficiency, at load two lamps produces efficiency 98.94%, at fan load produces efficiency 99.08% and at load two lamps and laptop charger produces efficiency 99.07%. It can be concluded that the system built has very good efficiency and can make it easier to monitor power consumption in household electronic equipment.
Analisis Rangkaian Pembagi Tegangan dan Perbandingan Hasil Simulasinya Menggunakan Simulator Offline
Authors: Fuada Syifaul , Yasmin Maulida , Yustina Meiliya Cahya , Amalia Annisa , Pratiwi Devi Anassafila , Annisa Amalia , Kubro Najwa Zahratul , Sutia Diar Dwi , Parulian Sahat , Darussalam Muhammad Gani Baihaqi , Febriliana Ridha , Tiyastanti Yessi , Rukmantara Rahadian Ilham Aji , Fujiyanti Vina , Nazarudin Gita Alisrobia
Published: November 2023

This paper reveals the voltage divider circuit to better understand the fundamental working principles in detail. The approach was simulated using popular offline simulators (i.e., Pr, CW circuit, and virtual mode, EWB, Mu, P, Ye, TS, QUCS, LTS, SI, and PhET). Two scenarios were carried out: measuring the output voltage (Vout) with known R1, R2, and DC source (Battery) as a voltage input (Vin), then looking for R1 and R2 using four different calculation methods to obtain Vout as expected. Afterward, the value of R1 and R2 were inserted into the simulation circuit to guarantee if the current Vout value matched the initial Vout. Finally, the simulation results were compared with the calculation results. All simulators provide an attractive GUI, capable of simulating voltage measurements with 100% accuracy in terms of DC analyses, which is DC voltage (except the CW software, which is only 98%), and can be entered in any resistor value (except Ye and PhET software). Surprisingly, the results of this study can provide insight for beginners to understand essential topics in electrical engineering studies, e.g., the circuit topology, fundamental theory, and working principle of a voltage divider circuit. Besides, the student will understand an offline electronic-based simulator suitable for measuring voltage parameters. Furthermore, they are expected to apply this circuit to various electronic circuit cases.
The Use of Miniature of Electric Power Line System In Electricity Distribution Network Subject At SMK Negeri 2 Banda Aceh
Authors: Fachri Muhammad Rizal , Malahayati Malahayati , Fuadi Muhammad Zaki
Published: November 2023

Students need to learn about power distribution networks in order to comprehend how electricity is distributed from its source to its consumers. However, many students lack interest and have trouble understanding the theory of distribution systems. The goal of this study is to develop a tiny teaching tool that will be used in Class XI of the Electrical Network Engineering Department at SMK Negeri 2 Banda Aceh to teach the concept of power distribution networks. The objective is to validate and assess the merits of employing small media while instructing students about power distribution systems. Data are gathered using an experimental methodology in this study and through validation, observation, documentation, and testing. The study's findings suggest that making small media for power distribution systems is appropriate for teaching. When compared to the pre-test score of 61.65, the final test results demonstrate a remarkable improvement, with an average post-test score of 90.00. Therefore, SMK Negeri 2 Banda Aceh's use of teaching materials utilizing tiny power distribution systems is very effective in improving students' learning outcomes in the subject of power distribution systems.
Racial-Ethnic Disparities in Physical and Mental Health of U.S. Sexual and Gender Minority Adults
Authors: Espinoza Luis , Espinoza Lucas , Nguyen-Finn Kim , Zavala Leticia Nevarez
Published: November 2023

Lesbians, gays, bisexuals, and transgender individuals have persistent
obstacles pertaining to their sexual orientation and gender identity,
including but not limited to discrimination, prejudice, assault, limited
access to healthcare, and inadequate social support. The present study
investigates whether there are racial-ethnic differences in the physical
and mental health (MH) of sexual and gender minorities (SGMs). Data from
28,345 adults who participated in the 2020 Behavioral Risk Factor
Surveillance System answered questions regarding sexual orientation
(SO), transgender identity (TI), physical health (PH), and MH. SO, and
TI were associated with overall general health, acute MH, acute PH, and
specific chronic conditions. SO, and TI were associated with acute MH,
PH chronic conditions, and overall general health, but not acute PH.
Bisexuals had more chronic conditions than heterosexuals and worse acute
MH than heterosexuals. SO, and TI strongly predicted acute PH and MH
status respectively. These findings can assist healthcare providers in
developing strategies to reduce health disparities among SGMs.
Designing, refining and reflecting on 3 years of daily evidence surveillance for Australia's living national COVID-19 guidelines
Authors: McDonald Steve , Turner Tari
Published: November 2023

Australia’s national living guidelines for COVID-19 were launched in
April 2020 and include over 200 recommendations to guide the clinical
care of patients with COVID-19. Until the guidelines were retired in
August 2023, new evidence was continually monitored through daily
surveillance. This paper describes how evidence surveillance was
established (at a time when efforts to collate information on the novel
coronavirus were in their infancy and often duplicative) and how it
evolved throughout the pandemic. Among the wide range of sources
monitored, the collections of COVID-19 research from leading medical
journals, medRxiv preprints and PubMed auto alerts proved the most
enduring in identifying time-critical and impactful evidence. The paper
also explores how evidence was tracked and surveillance integrated into
the overall evidence workflow by using messaging apps and communication
platforms. Several factors contributed to the feasibility of daily
surveillance, including the clearly defined scope of the guidelines;
focusing efforts on maximum impact; minimising duplication by partnering
with others; setting up simple but effective processes for managing
evidence; and the value of continuous involvement of personnel from the
outset. The example of Australia’s living COVID-19 guidelines has
demonstrated the feasibility and essential role of daily evidence
surveillance in maintaining COVID-19 living guidelines for over 3 years.