bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Does Entrepreneurial Financial Support Guarantee New Ventures’ Performance via Competitive Advantage and Innovation? Empirical Answers from Ho Chi Minh City Region, Vietnam
Authors: Thai Quoc Hoang , Mai Khuong Ngoc
Published: November 2023

This research applied the resource-based view (RBV) theory to examine the effects of entrepreneurial financial support on new ventures’ performance via competitive advantage and innovation. A questionnaire survey was performed to collect data from 315 entrepreneurs of new ventures in the Ho Chi Minh City region. A quantitative method was applied, and partial least squares structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM) was utilized to confirm the significant relationships among variables of the research model. The findings demonstrated that all financial and operational performances of new venture constructs in this research model were completely supported. Furthermore, entrepreneurial financial support had the strongest direct and indirect effects on firm innovation and competitive advantage, while firm innovation and competitive advantage fully mediated relationships between entrepreneurial financial support and firms’ financial and operational performance. Hence, this research solved extant debates in the literature, concurrently enhancing the RBV theory in the entrepreneurship context. In the post-COVID-19 pandemic era, it offers novel insight for governors and other stakeholders to build an efficient financial support system, while providing entrepreneurs with strategies to leverage said system to develop innovation for achieving better competitive advantage, leading to higher firm performance.
Exploring the Nexus between Transparency and Citizens’ Intention to Participate in Climate Change Policy-Making
Authors: Kang Woonsun
Published: November 2023

This study aims to explore strategies that can propel informed and inclusive citizen engagement in shaping climate policy that addresses the formidable challenge of climate change and shapes a more sustainable future for all. To this end, the researcher endeavored to unpack the complex interplay and mechanisms at play in this relationship through an in-depth investigation into the four mediating factors, efficacy, awareness, concern, and attitude, and four pathways that link transparency to citizen intentions to participate in climate policy-making. The researcher constructed a conceptual model with mediators and serial multi-mediators that incorporates relationships between variables based on research hypotheses. To test these research hypotheses and estimate the conceptual model, structural equation modeling (SEM) and phantom models representing specific indirect effects of the covariance structure model were applied, .using AMOS Ver. 26.0. The sample consisted of 500 adults selected through a proportionate stratified sample design. Research findings confirmed that the overall fit of this research model was deemed appropriate, and the direct effect and indirect effect of transparency on citizens’ intention to participate in climate change policy-making is confirmed. Based on model fit, the researcher proposed a Transparency–Engagement Nexus Model that shows the relationship between transparency and citizens’ intention to participate in climate change policy-making. The theoretical and practical implications of these research findings were addressed, and future research directions were also suggested.
From Local Initiatives to Coalitions for an Effective Agroecology Strategy: Lessons from South Africa
Authors: Greenberg Stephen , Drimie Scott , Losch Bruno , May Julian
Published: November 2023

Agroecological food system transformation remains marginal in South Africa despite numerous policies, plans and programmes favouring sustainable agriculture. Problems of weak budgets, fragmented interventions and lack of coordination reflect the power dynamics in the prevailing food system, dominated by large-scale conventional agriculture and agribusiness. The paper provides an in-depth case study of the importance of promoting agroecological transitions. Following a qualitative research methodology based on a literature review for context, preparatory discussions with local contact points, and semi-structured interviews and focus group discussions with local actors in the field, the paper describes, analyses and characterises the agroecological transitions in the Overberg District in the Western Cape. It considers the broader policy, discursive and organisational landscape of agroecology followed by an in-depth analysis of the site drawing on key informant interviews and focus group discussions. The results demonstrate that local stakeholders are positioned to better connect food and nutrition issues with human health, biodiversity, climate change, natural resource management, and local development. As a result, transformative dynamics could emerge from local projects and programmes. Several lessons and recommendations are drawn to contribute to the policy debate. These highlight the potential of multi-actor coalitions which can develop from specific agroecological initiatives and activate positive dynamics, bringing in multiple interventions of municipalities.
Application of Project Management Techniques for Timeline and Budgeting Estimates of Startups
Authors: Khan Ubaid Ullah , Ali Yousaf , Garai-Fodor Mónika , Csiszárik-Kocsir Ágnes
Published: November 2023

This study aims to develop a framework by incorporating well-proven project management techniques to help startup owners effectively set up ventures and secure early-stage financing. Startups not only open ways for innovative and updated technologies in the markets but also bring employment opportunities in a country that eventually increase productivity and the per capita income of a country. Despite all the benefits, the success rate of startups is meager, especially in developing countries, due to ineffective management and vague business plans. Therefore, this study aims to facilitate entrepreneurs using well-proven project management techniques from the literature and devise a new framework applied to a business case, as discussed in this paper. This study presents an approach to project management techniques for smartphone app-based startups. This study utilizes the fuzzy PERT (FPERT) for the best completion time and budget estimates. Experts’ opinions from eight private limited companies have been analyzed using FPERT. The critical path method (CPM) is also used to schedule activities. Finally, a techno-economic analysis is also performed to show the growth potential of such a startup, e-Karsaz. This study aims to help startups secure early-stage financing. Tech-based business ideas need to be commercialized in developing countries like Pakistan. There is a need to show long-term profitability to make an idea stand out among others and secure early-stage financing. The scope of project management techniques is confined to construction-based projects. The results show that it would take around 692 days for the e-Karsaz startup to become fully operational, with the capital budget estimated at around PKR 1.3 billion. The techno-economic analysis shows the project is economically viable with an internal rate of return (IRR) equal to 92 percent and a benefit-to-cost ratio (BCR) equal to 10. The sensitivity analysis, including five scenarios of weighted average cost of capital (WACC), shows that the project remains economically viable even if the required rate of return goes over 20 percent. This study is helpful for startups to make time and budget estimates and to show the growth potential to secure early-stage financing.
COVID-19 Vaccines for Optimizing Immunity in the Upper Respiratory Tract
Authors: Ramasamy Ranjan
Published: November 2023

Rapid development and deployment of vaccines greatly reduced mortality and morbidity during the COVID-19 pandemic. The most widely used COVID-19 vaccines approved by national regulatory authorities require intramuscular administration. SARS-CoV-2 initially infects the upper respiratory tract, where the infection can be eliminated with little or no symptoms by an effective immune response. Failure to eliminate SARS-CoV-2 in the upper respiratory tract results in lower respiratory tract infections that can lead to severe disease and death. Presently used intramuscularly administered COVID-19 vaccines are effective in reducing severe disease and mortality, but are not entirely able to prevent asymptomatic and mild infections as well as person-to-person transmission of the virus. Individual and population differences also influence susceptibility to infection and the propensity to develop severe disease. This article provides a perspective on the nature and the mode of delivery of COVID-19 vaccines that can optimize protective immunity in the upper respiratory tract to reduce infections and virus transmission as well as severe disease.
Impact of Varicella Immunization and Public Health and Social Measures on Varicella Incidence: Insights from Surveillance Data in Shanghai, 2013–2022
Authors: Shi Liming , Lu Jia , Sun Xiaodong , Li Zhi , Zhang Liping , Lu Yihan , Yao Ye
Published: November 2023

To evaluate the impact of a two-dose VarV program on varicella incidence among the whole population, considering the influence of public health and social measures (PHSMs), we extracted surveillance data on varicella cases during 2013–2022 in Minhang, Shanghai. Then, we estimated the incidence trend of varicella through interrupted time-series analyses and quantified the impact of the immunization program and PHSMs using Serfling regression. We also explored the associations between PHSMs and varicella cases. The implementation of the two-dose VarV strategy was followed by a significant decrease in varicella incidence (−1.84% per month). After one year of the program, varicella incidence was estimated at a 45.25% reduction, which was higher in children (59.12% and 54.09%) than in adults (19.49%). The decrease attributed to PHSMs was 31.26% during 2020–2022, and school closing was identified as the most relevant PHSM (b = −8.03 cases, r = −0.67 with a 1-week lag). These findings indicate that the two-dose immunization program has more effectively reduced the varicella incidence compared with the one-dose vaccine, and interventions like school closings are also encouraged to serve as supplementary measures to prevent varicella epidemics.
Digitalization of Water Distribution Systems in Small Cities, a Tool for Verification and Hydraulic Analysis: A Case Study of Pamplona, Colombia
Authors: Bonilla Carlos , Brentan Bruno , Montalvo Idel , Ayala-Cabrera David , Izquierdo Joaquín
Published: November 2023

Digitalization in water networks is essential for the future planning of urban development processes in cities and is one of the great challenges faced by small cities regarding water management and the advancement of their infrastructures towards sustainable systems. The main objective of this study is to propose a methodology that allows water utilities with limited budgets to start the path toward the digitalization and construction of the hydraulic model of their water distribution networks. The small city of Pamplona in Colombia was used as a case study. The work explains in detail the challenges faced and the solutions proposed during the digitalization process. The methodology is developed in six phases: an analysis of the cadastre and existing information, the creation and conceptualization of the base hydraulic model, the development of the topography using drones with a limited budget, an analysis of water demand, the development of a digital hydraulic model, and a hydraulic analysis of the system. The product generated is a tool to assess the overall performance of the network and contributes to the advancement of SDG-6, SDG-9, and SDG-11. Finally, this document can be replicated by other cities and companies with similar characteristics (e.g., limited size and budget) and offers an intermediate position on the road to digitalization and the first steps towards the implementation of a digital twin.
Using Logistic Regression to Identify the Key Hydrologic Controls of Ice-Jam Flooding near the Peace–Athabasca Delta: Assessment of Uncertainty and Linkage with Physical Process Understanding
Authors: Beltaos Spyros
Published: November 2023

The Peace–Athabasca Delta (PAD) in northern Alberta is one of the world’s largest inland freshwater deltas and is home to many species of fish, mammals, and birds. Over the past five decades, the PAD has experienced prolonged dry periods in between rare floods, accompanied by a reduction in the area comprised of lakes and ponds that provide a habitat for aquatic life. In the Peace sector of the PAD, this likely resulted from a reduced frequency of spring flooding caused by major ice jams that form in the lower Peace River. There is debate in the literature regarding the factors that promote or inhibit the formation of such ice jams, deriving from physical process studies, paleolimnological studies, and—recently—statistical analysis founded in logistic regression. Logistic regression attempts to quantify ice-jam flood (IJF) probability, given the values of assumed explanatory variables, involve considerable uncertainty. Herein, different sources of uncertainty are examined and their effects on statistical inferences are evaluated. It is shown that epistemic uncertainty can be addressed by selecting direct explanatory variables, such as breakup flow and ice cover thickness, rather than through more convenient, albeit weak, proxies that rely on winter precipitation and degree-days of frost. Structural uncertainty, which derives from the unknown mathematical relationship between IJF probability and the selected explanatory variables, leads to different probability predictions for different assumed relationships but does not modify assessments of statistical significance. The uncertainty associated with the relatively small sample size (number of years of record) may be complicated by known physical constraints on IJF occurrence. Overall, logistic regression corroborates physical understanding that points to breakup flow and freezeup level as primary controls of IJF occurrence. Additional influences, related to the thermal decay of the ice cover and the flow gradient during the advance of the breakup front towards the PAD, are difficult to quantify at present. Progress requires increased monitoring of processes and an enhanced numerical modelling capability.
Une fête interculturelle. Un festival des cultures
Authors: Rezigat Rahim
Published: November 2023

Le CLAP rend compte ici d'une «Fête des enfants organisée récemment à Paris et nous présente l'état actuel de sa réflexion sur la possibilité d’une société interculturelle.
Changement culturel et relation éducative
Authors: Villanova Roselyne de
Published: November 2023

Est-il encore souhaitable d'ajouter aux récits d'expérimentation les nôtres propres en ce domaine de la scolarisation des enfants immigrés ?

Après les études réalisées sur la situation scolaire de la deuxième génération immigrée, paraissent des récits d’expérience pédagogique qui cernent l’essentiel des problèmes et fournissent des propositions.

Cependant deux remarques ont amené notre réflexion sur une question qui ne nous semble pas close et que nous prétendons éclaircir ici même :

- les expériences pédagogiques locales, bien que souvent décrites, répertoriées, ne sont pas transmissibles. Elles sont arrêtées par une différence de contexte pratique : nous remarquons que l'essentiel de la transmission a échappé et que, même articulées, ces expériences ne sont pas forcément articulables ; d’où se pose le problème du commentaire de l'information sur l’expérience.

- les expériences reconnues positives se heurtent, lors des tentatives d'application, à des résistances structurelles sans que l'on puisse vraiment en identifier les représentants, personnes, groupes - sans que l’on puisse repérer les résistances d'ordre matériel, sans mesure avec la teneur du projet.

-encore que non transmissibles du fait de leur vécu, les expériences pédagogiques sur lesquelles nous nous appuyons, parlent d'une question de taille concernant la transitivité ou l'intransivité des contenus culturels en jeu.
Entrée dans un projet musical
Authors: Heuzé Micheline
Published: November 2023

C'est à partir d'un certain nombre d'intentions pédagogiques toutes simples que j'ai été amenée à participer au projet pilote de la CEE sur l'enseignement musical interculturel et le chant en langue d'origine. En 1982/83, Monsieur Picherot avait demandé au CEFISEM de Paris de collecter les chants des enfants étrangers afin de les étudier et voir de quelles façons ils pourraient constituer l'amorce d'activités musicales nouvelles. Par ailleurs, en tant que conseillère pédagogique au CEFISEM, je souhaitais mettre en oeuvre une animation qui me permette au niveau des stages et en circonscription d'amorcer avec les collègues

- une activité à caractère nettement interculturel

- une réflexion sur l'identité propre de chaque enfant

- une liaison avec d'une part les professeurs de musique et d’autre part les associations qui travaillent dans nos écoles.

Un petit groupe de collègues de Paris accepta de travailler à ce projet et m'accueillit donc pour une première collecte d'enregistrements en juin 1982.
L'auto-formation à la carte : un lieu-ressources dans la région lyonnaise
Authors: Benarbia Fawzy , Ghoumid Fatiha , Vaillé Anne-Marie
Published: November 2023

L'accès à l'auto-formation ? Oui, cela est possible au lieu-ressources de l'AEFTI à Givors, pour un public âgé actuellement de 13 à 44 ans.
Observer le processus d'accès à l'autonomie
Authors: Garabédian Michèle
Published: November 2023

Quelles sont les composantes du concept d'autonomie ? Comment, à partir de cette étude, engager chaque enfant de maternelle dans des pratiques plus autonomes ?
Une formation d'interprètes écrivains publics
Authors: Morisse Martine
Published: November 2023

Une profession méconnue ; une formation débouchant sur la réalisation d'un projet professionnel.
Une PMI et les enfants de migrants
Authors: Geoffroid Régine , Girardin Andrée
Published: November 2023

L'équipe d'un centre de P.M.I., en lien avec les écoles du quartier et la crèche voisine, tente à l'occasion des consultations d'accueillir les mères arrivées depuis peu en France et d'aider les autres à comprendre les problèmes de santé de leurs enfants et les soins à leur donner.
Les immigrés turcs en France. Une communauté jeune qui se cherche
Authors: Gokalp Altan
Published: November 2023

123 600 Turcs au recensement de 1982, dont près de la moitié âgés de moins de quinze ans. Originaires pour la plupart des campagnes du Centre et de l'Est de la Turquie, les Turcs de France ne représentent qu'une faible partie de la diaspora turque. Issus de centres urbains, les Turcs d'Allemagne dépassent le million et élaborent les pratiques et les modes qui auront cours dans les autres pays, sinon en Turquie même. Le nombre élevé de jeunes d'âge scolaire ne permet pas à l'heure actuelle de répondre aux questions qui agitent la communauté turque en France : retour au pays, réussite et avenir professionnel des enfants en France, conservation des patrimoines socio-culturels.
À propos de la lecture et de l'écriture chez les illettrés
Authors: Fraenkel Béatrice , Fregosi Franck , Vasseur Marie-Thérèse
Published: November 2023

Il est ici question d’illettrés ayant fait un passage plus ou moins long ou épisodique par l'école française. Si les lecteurs prélèvent des mots-clefs dans le texte qu’ils abordent, les illettrés, eux, prélèvent les seuls mots qu'ils reconnaissent. En ce qui concerne l'écriture, ils utilisent fort peu les techniques de la relecture, de l'auto-correction, mais possèdent cependant des compétences caractéristiques de l'usage de l'écriture. D'où l'intérêt pour les formateurs de ne pas partir de zéro mais de prendre en considération les techniques utilisées spontanément par les illettrés pour leur permettre une progression plus rapide.
L'identification religieuse d'adolescents d'origine maghrébine
Authors: Gonzalez-Quijano Yves
Published: November 2023

À partir d'une enquête effectuée pendant l'année scolaire 85-86 dans un CES de la banlieue parisienne auprès de jeunes suivant des cours d’arabe, se dégage l'image qu'ils se forment de l'islam, de ses liens avec "l'arabité", et avec la situation de la femme dans la culture musulmane.
L’exemple tsigane
Authors: Liégeois Jean-Pierre
Published: November 2023

Les Tsiganes, dans de nombreux cas, se trouvent jusqu’à présent à côté de l’institution scolaire, sentie comme une menace pour leur culture et leur identité.

La scolarisation cependant, notamment par les outils qu’elle peut fournir, d’adaptation à un environnement changeant, est un enjeu fondamental dans l’avenir culturel, social et économique des communautés tsiganes. De plus en plus de parents en sont conscients, et la demande d’une scolarisation respectueuse de leurs aspirations s’accentue.
Identité communautaire et projet éducatif chez les immigrés soninkés
Authors: Timera Mahamet
Published: November 2023

Face à l’éducation des enfants, la communauté soninké en France se trouve partagée entre son désir de reproduire les modèles traditionnels et celui de s’adapter à l’institution scolaire.

À ses yeux cependant, le maintien de l’identité religieuse passe avant le maintien de l’identité ethnique.
Le récit de voyage, outil d’une pédagogie interculturelle
Authors: Paillard Sylvie , Bourgeois Annie , Thomas Mireille , Vissac Georges
Published: November 2023

À l’école primaire (CM) comme au collège, l’étude des récits de voyage des explorateurs des siècles passés représente un outil privilégié de distanciation intellectuelle et culturelle et d’approche de l’Autre.
N’est pas migrant qui veut ou la migration comme issue au meurtre symbolique de la mère
Authors: Biarnès Jean
Published: November 2023

À partir d’interviews d’immigrés de diverses origines, une analyse des difficultés relationnelles avec les images parentales qui ont pu pousser à la migration.
Banlieue : les paradoxes de l’intégration
Authors: Bastien Bernard
Published: November 2023

Dans le territoire en pleine crise d’identité qu’est la banlieue, le racisme quotidien se manifeste par une grande diversité de discours et de comportements et se renforce au fur et à mesure que la distance sociale et la distance spatiale avec les étrangers se réduisent.

Mais les jeunes, en adhérant à une "culture planétaire", en revendiquant une expression dans l’espace public contre la privatisation de la vie quotidienne, sont peut-être en train d’inventer un nouveau modèle urbain.
Six coordonnateurs ZEP en quête de partenaires
Authors:   CEFISEM Versailles
Published: November 2023

Invités par le CEFISEM à échanger librement sur leur expérience du partenariat en ZEP, six coordonnateurs livrent leur point de vue. Originaires du premier degré pour trois d’entre eux et du second pour les trois autres, ils travaillent tous dans une ZEP de la banlieue parisienne et s’expriment là à titre personnel. D’autres opinions ou témoignages pourraient compléter ou contredire cet entretien, tant sont variées les situations.
Des chiffres en général et de ceux de l'INSEE en particulier. Le classement des données
Authors: Barou Jacques
Published: November 2023

Les statistiques des ressortissants d’immigrés d'Afrique noire fournies par l'INSEE (235 362 personnes) sont sans doute sensiblement sous-évaluées.

Par rapport au recensement de 1982, cette population est plus jeune et plus féminine.
Phénotypes et discrimination des Noirs en France : question de méthode
Authors: Galap Jean
Published: November 2023

Les malentendus interculturels entre Métropolitains et Antillais s'expliquent plus par des préjugés et stéréotypes liés à la couleur de la peau que par des différences culturelles. Une enquête appuyée sur une démarche originale permet de mesurer les effets discriminants de cette représentation sociale du phénotype dans trois domaines : le logement, l’emploi, le choix du conjoint.
Cursus scolaires d'élèves ayant suivi une CLIN ou un CRI
Authors: Pilat Roselyne
Published: November 2023

Dans quelle mesure les structures CLIN et CRI remplissent-elles leur mission : permettre l'intégration des élèves non francophones dans le cursus scolaire normal ?

Une étude statistique portant sur plus de 850 élèves.
L'accompagnement scolaire : entre solidarités ordinaires et compétences professionnelles
Authors: Payet Jean-Paul
Published: November 2023

En n'évaluant pas les effets sur les performances scolaires, les chercheurs renforcent la conception d'un accompagnement scolaire cantonné dans le domaine de la socialisation.

Les critiques rituelles sur le niveau de compétence des intervenants ne doivent pas dissimuler un processus de professionnalisation progressive. Mais la définition administrative des missions de l'accompagnateur obéit plus à une logique centrée sur le partenariat avec l'école qu'à une logique centrée sur l'enfant-élève et sur le partenariat avec les familles.

Au-delà de leurs différences, les deux dispositifs AEPS et RSE traduisent la même difficulté de l'accompagnement scolaire à définir de façon autonome une identité face à l'école.
Revisão integrativa: causas de infertilidade e tratamentos de fertilização
Authors: Roller Luísa de Faria , Santos Laíza Alves , Dos Santos Filho Júlio César Peixoto , Carvalho Sabrina Oliveira , Cintra Nicole Martins de Freitas , Romualdo Bianca Ladeira Ornelas , Da Silva Giovana de Souza , Andrade Laura Beleli , Dos Santos Isadora Damando Peixoto , De Morais Raphael Ulhoa Florêncio , De Lima Lucas Rodrigues Castilho , Bittar Rodolfo Farinha , Costa Marcos Dias Coelho , De Sousa Daniela Almeida Alves , De Lima Carla Terra Xavier , Fernandes Marcela Andrade , Pimenta Daniel Garcia , De Castro Izabela Fernanda Ferreira , De Araújo Juliana Gabriel , Buchweitz Gabriela , De Gouveia Alvir Silva
Published: November 2023

A infertilidade conjugal é uma condição que acomete entre 15 a 20% dos casais. Nos últimos anos, a tendência da mulher em retardar a maternidade e o envelhecimento da população geral contribuiu para a redução da fecundibilidade e aumento na busca por métodos de fertilização. Nesse sentido, é necessário compreender quais as principais causas de infertilidade, seja feminina ou masculina, e a individualidade do atendimento e tratamento do casal infértil em cada caso. Por isso, o presente trabalho, por meio de uma revisão integrativa da literatura, teve como objetivo: abordar as condições da infertilidade e correlacioná-las aos possíveis tratamentos desenvolvidos e aprimorados nos últimos anos pelos especialistas em reprodução humana. Foi realizada uma busca nas bases de dados: Biblioteca Virtual de Saúde (BVS), Scientific Eletronic Online (Scielo) e PubMed, nos quais os descritores foram: Infertilidade, Fertilização e Reprodução humana, 5 artigos foram utilizados nesse estudo. Os resultados dessa revisão integrativa da literatura evidenciam as causas de infertilidade e permitem concluir que o tratamento por meio de técnicas de fertilização deve ser individualizado, a depender do fator causal da infertilidade.
Classificação das intervenções farmacêuticas realizadas em uma unidade de terapia intensiva adulta de um hospital público da região norte do Brasil
Authors: De Castro Evelin Felipe , E Silva Elissa Gonçalves de Oliveira , Ponath David Antônio Lima , Salvi Caroline Klein Maranho
Published: November 2023

As intervenções farmacêuticas (IF) consistem em um conjunto de ações realizadas com a finalidade de auxiliar na farmacoterapia, promovendo o uso racional de medicamentos e consequentemente a melhora clínica dos pacientes. Durante o acompanhamento farmacoterapêutico em uma Unidade de Terapia Intensiva (UTI) o farmacêutico clínico tem o papel fundamental no auxílio do tratamento farmacológico adequado garantindo a minimização de riscos e custos, considerando que muitos pacientes são submetidos a tratamentos de alta complexidade e são expostos a problemas relacionados a medicamentos (PRMs). Diante disso, o objetivo deste estudo foi descrever 3 meses de intervenções farmacêuticas realizadas durante o acompanhamento farmacoterapêutico dos pacientes internados em uma unidade de terapia intensiva adulta de um Hospital Público da Região Norte do Brasil. Trata-se de um estudo de campo, transversal com coorte retrospectivo entre janeiro de 2023 a março de 2023. Os dados foram coletados a partir da consulta do protocolo de acompanhamento farmacoterapêutico de 28 pacientes, sendo observadas 114 intervenções farmacêuticas realizadas e com aceitabilidade de 95,6% (n=109). As intervenções farmacêuticas foram classificadas em 10 categorias, sendo as mais frequentes: aprazamento (n=29; 25,4%), duração de tratamento (n=14, 12,3%), ficha de antimicrobianos (n=14, 12,3%), ajuste de dose (n=10, 8,8%) e posologia (n=10, 8,8%). Conclui-se que as intervenções farmacêuticas realizadas durante a conferência das prescrições médicas e o acompanhamento farmacoterapêutico dos pacientes internados em UTI promovem a prevenção e resolução de problemas na farmacoterapia, além de contribuir a alcançar bons resultados de eficiência e qualidade na atenção ao paciente.
Avaliação da taxa de remissão de pacientes com Doença de Graves sob o uso de drogas antitireoidianas em um hospital público do Distrito Federal
Authors: Malheiros Ana Júlia Souza , Vieira Isabela Santos Rossigneux , Galvão Anna Luiza Zapalowski , Fernandes Hugo Carneiro , Dytz Márcio Garrison
Published: November 2023

A doença de Graves (DG) é uma condição autoimune e a causa mais comum de hipertireoidismo, sendo mais prevalente em mulheres dos 20 aos 50 anos. Trata-se de uma síndrome envolvendo aumento e hiperatividade da glândula tireóide resultante de fatores genéticos e ambientais. Sua patogênese parte da produção de autoanticorpos TRAb que estimulam os receptores de TSH levando à superprodução de hormônios tireoidianos T3 e T4. Os principais sinais e sintomas são intolerância ao calor, sudorese, fadiga, perda de peso, taquicardia, alterações oculares e bócio. O diagnóstico é feito pelos achados do exame físico e dosagem hormonal elevada de T3 e T4 ou indetectável de TSH. São utilizadas 3 abordagens de tratamento, drogas antitireoidianas (DAT), iodo radioativo (I131) e tireoidectomia. As DATs são as mais prevalentes no Brasil e induzem a remissão da doença após 6 a 12 meses de uso em 30 a 70% dos casos ao reduzirem a síntese de T3 e T4, contudo há um alto percentual de recidiva (60 a 70%), o qual está intimamente relacionado com o tempo de administração das drogas e a adesão ao tratamento prolongado. Assim, este trabalho teve por objetivo avaliar a taxa de remissão de pacientes com hipertireoidismo secundário a doença de Graves sob o uso de DATs no Hospital Regional de Sobradinho (HRS) do Distrito Federal, determinando o tempo médio de uso necessário para alcance da remissão e o perfil epidemiológico dos pacientes do referido hospital. Trata-se de estudo retrospectivo e transversal de caráter descritivo com abordagem qualitativa e de natureza básica, sendo um estudo documental com revisão de prontuários de pacientes que fizeram acompanhamento da DG no HRS de 2015 a 2020. Foram analisados 33 pacientes com diagnóstico de hipertireoidismo no ambulatório de endocrinologia do HRS, destes, 29 são mulheres (4 homens). 93,9% fizeram uso de metimazol e apenas 6,1% usaram Propiltiouracil. A dose máxima utilizada foi de 60 mg, porém a maioria utilizou a dose de 30mg de metimazol (24,2%). Dentre os pacientes avaliados, 6 entraram em remissão com o uso de metimazol e todos os pacientes que entraram em remissão com drogas antitireoidianas tiveram recidiva da doença. Por fim, foram avaliados 29 pacientes e a taxa de remissão do hipertireoidismo foi de 18,2% (n=6), o que vai de encontro com a literatura, que corresponde a uma média de 30 a 50%. Entretanto, entre os pacientes que remitiram com o tratamento primário, houve diferença estatística entre as idades de remissão. A média de idade de quem entrou em remissão foi 33+/- 7 anos e quem não entrou em remissão foi 46 +/- 18 (p valor= 0,008), apresentando significância estatística e colaborando para maiores estudos relacionados ao hipertireoidismo.
Próteses odontológicas: impacto, benefícios e avanços na odontologia atual
Authors: Almeida Erwing de Souza , Machado Kelrhiline da Silva , De Souza Gabriel Catunda
Published: November 2023

A perda dentária pode resultar em uma série de problemas prejudiciais à saúde bucal e geral, pode parecer um desafio puramente físico, mas seus efeitos se estendem muito além da boca. A alimentação inadequada devido à dificuldade de mastigação pode resultar em problemas nutricionais, enquanto a alteração na fala, articulação de palavras, afetando a fonética e a capacidade de comunicação nas relações sociais afetando a autoconfiança e agravando o padrão de vida dos pacientes. A estética é fundamental e a perda de dentes pode impactar negativamente a aparência do sorriso. A finalidade deste estudo foi realizar uma revisão na literatura abordando as dificuldades enfrentadas por esses pacientes, as opções de tratamento disponíveis e os avanços tecnológicos que estão tornando a odontologia protética mais eficaz e acessível. A escolha da melhor abordagem de reabilitação protética deve ser feita com base nas necessidades individuais do paciente e nas recomendações de profissionais de saúde bucal. Além disso, apresentar as melhores abordagens de reabilitação protética, incluindo próteses fixas, próteses totais, próteses parciais, próteses fixas sobre implantes e os avanços tecnológicos proporcionados pelo sistema CAD/CAM. As próteses odontológicas vão além de restaurar sorrisos elas podem restaurar a confiança perdida, reconstruir a autoimagem fragmentada e dissipar os impactos psicológicos negativos da perda dentária.
Abelhas associadas à cultura da canola em Passo Fundo, Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil
Authors: Marsaro Júnior Alberto Luiz , Halinski Rosana , Blochtein Betina
Published: November 2023

A cultura da canola é visitada por uma diversidade de polinizadores, principalmente abelhas, durante sua floração. Embora estudos tenham registrado a ocorrência de espécies de abelhas na cultura, novos levantamentos podem ampliar a lista desses polinizadores associados com a canola. Por isso, este trabalho teve por objetivo conhecer as abelhas associadas à cultura da canola no município de Passo Fundo, estado do Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil. Foram realizadas seis amostragens, com rede entomológica, em julho de 2015, numa área experimental da Embrapa Trigo, Passo Fundo-RS, cultivada com canola, Brassica napus L. var. oleifera, híbrido Hyola 433. Foram coletadas 1.064 abelhas, destacando-se como as mais abundantes Trigona spinipes (71,05%) e Apis mellifera (25,10%). Além disso, também foram amostrados exemplares de Bombus pauloensis, Plebeia droryana, Tetragonisca fiebrigi, Augochlora spp., Augochloropsis sp., Ceratina spp., Dialictus spp., Exomalopsis spp. e Neocorynura spp. De acordo com os resultados obtidos, a canola é visitada por numerosas espécies de abelhas. Portanto, o manejo da cultura deve evitar impactos negativos sobre esses polinizadores, seja almejando o aumento da produtividade de grãos, como a conservação da diversidade de abelhas.
Study on Participatory Community Vegetable Garden Landscape Design from a Micro-Renewal Perspective
Authors: Ma Yichen
Published: November 2023

With accelerating social development, cities experience "incremental expansion" for "stock improvement" development, making "urban micro-renewal" a fundamental aspect of community transformation. The epidemic of COVID-19 resulted in a two-month-long lock-up and endangered residents' access to daily necessities. Therefore, participatory community gardening theory and practices were explored this article utilizes an old community as an example to find ways to grow community gardens for residents. With urban renewal, a reference was provided for establishing community gardens and exploring sustainable methods.
Implementasi Strategi Knowledge Management Dan Diferensiasi Dalam Upaya Menciptakan Keunggulan Bersaing Pada Sekolah Musik Indonesia
Authors: Raditya Kresna
Published: November 2023

This study aims to determine how to build a competitive advantage strategy in a music course company with a resource-based theory approach, knowledge management, and differentiation strategies at PT SMI. The research method used is qualitative based on case studies. The results showed that to create a competitive advantage we need to do differentiation and knowledge management strategies. By using a differentiation strategy, SMI is able to create a different value from its competitors, so as to create a competitive advantage
Framework for Rapid Prototyping of PHM Analytics for Complex Systems using a Supervised Data-Driven Approach
Authors: Vuckovic Katarina , Prakash Shashvat , Burke Ben
Published: November 2023

Prognostic and Health Management (PHM) solutions are becoming increasingly popular in industries that rely on largesystems such as aircraft, spacecraft, and power plants. PHM analytic solutions are designed to monitor the health of eachsubsystem and component and apply predictive analytic to improve system reliability and safety, reduce the cost and decrease time spent on unscheduled maintenance. However, identifying correlations between different components andassociated monitors in these large systems can be challenging. To address this issue and achieve maximum utilization of available monitoring signals, a methodology is required that can identify correlations between degraded or failed components and the features engineered from the monitors and sensors. This paper introduces a framework that enables rapid prototyping of analytics, allowing users to seamlessly move from designing and discovering features to developing models for a specific event or component of interest. The framework has three main components: feature exploration, datapreparation, and model development. Feature exploration focuses on feature engineering using raw monitor data from all available monitors. Data preparation purges the data, and down-selects relevant features based on correlation defined in the feature exploration part. The data preparation step also creates a training dataset. Model development enablesquick testing and comparison of multiple supervised Machine Learning (ML) models. To demonstrate the framework, this paper presents an example of a remaining useful life model for an aircraft component. While the examples and simulations are aircraft-focused, the principles behind the framework can be applied to other large systems.
OSPtk: Cost-aware Optimal Sensor Placement Toolkit Enabling Design-for-PHM in Critical Industrial Systems
Authors: Tang Liang , Saxena Abhinav , Evans Scott , Iyer Naresh , Goldfarb Helena
Published: November 2023

Performance of a Prognostics and Health Management (PHM) system in a fielded application depends on observability from existing monitoring equipment and sensing, which get determined at the design phase. Although various technologies have been proposed in the literature, there is currently a lack of known generic tools specifically designed for performing design stage sensor placement analyses from a PHM perspective. This leads to PHM observability being an afterthought and resulting PHM designs being sub-optimal. This paper describes a new Optimal Sensor Placement (OSP) framework, its implementation as a toolkit and the experience with applying it to a new product design in the context of a Small Modular Reactor (SMR). The formulation adds multiple important features that are critical to PHM applications. Firstly, it establishes a direct link to PHM performance requirements with intent to reduce operational and maintenance costs. Moreover, it acknowledges and accounts for the costs and risks of errors that PHM system will incur, and simultaneously considers operational requirements on sensing for performance, control and/or regulatory requirements. The toolkit described here implements formulations of a large number of requirements scenarios applicable in a generic industrial product development setting.
Design and Implementation of a Model Selection Pipeline for Prognostics and Health Management in the Operational Environment
Authors: Bishay Peter , Sarah Lukens , Damon Rousis , Nathan Danneman
Published: November 2023

Model selection is a crucial aspect of Prognostics and Health Management (PHM). However, many PHM models are de- veloped for specific datasets and lack flexibility to adapt to different datasets with varying data quality considerations. To address this gap, we propose a generalizable model selection pipeline for PHM. Our approach involves creating a pipeline for testing models that users can tune in various ways. We designed a sequential pipeline of steps for model selection with a focus on implementation considerations which include recommendations for handling environmental variables, ca- pabilities for remote and local work environments, and stor- age considerations of the serialized pipeline. Performance metrics are designed to consider data quality characteristics such as ambiguous labeling. We illustrate the generalizability of our approach through a case study of our model selection pipeline applied to a field dataset with ambiguous labels. Our design accommodates data characteristics commonly found in field data, such as ambiguous labels and data wrangling. Our contribution fills a gap in real-world implementations of PHM by offering technology considerations and recommen- dations for effective deployment.
Identifying Key Factors in Turbofan Engine Health Degradation using Functional Analysis
Authors: Mallamo Declan , Azarian Michael , Pecht Michael
Published: November 2023

A method is presented for predicting the health of turbofan engines using data and simulations from NASA. The method involves estimating engine health using k-nearest neighbors’ regression and fitting a remaining useful life model that considers engine usage. A matching pursuit algorithm identifies key parameters, while functional principal components provide insight into degradation precursors. Model performance is evaluated using root mean square error and future research and applications are discussed.
Hubungan Sikap, Tanggung Jawab dan Motivasi dengan Hasil Belajar Tematik Kelas V SDN 18 Pontianak Timur
Authors: Ghofur Abdul , Martono Martono , Halidjah Siti
Published: November 2023

The objective of this study is to examine the correlation between learning attitude, learning responsibility, and learning motivation, and their impact on learning outcomes in theme learning at Sekolah Dasar Negeri 18 Pontianak Timur. The research methodology employed in this study is a descriptive approach, specifically utilizing a style of research known as correlation studies. The present study employed a sample of 33 kids who were in the fifth grade. The data gathering methods employed in this study encompass document analysis techniques and indirect communication approaches, which involve establishing indirect connections or utilizing intermediary instruments, such as questionnaires. The instruments employed for data collection encompass learning attitude surveys, learning responsibility questionnaires, and learning motivation questionnaires. The study employs descriptive statistical analysis to conduct data analysis techniques and examines the association between learning attitudes, learning responsibilities, and learning motivation with student learning outcomes. The investigation utilizes simple correlation analysis and multiple correlations, facilitated by the SPSS application version 25. The study's findings indicate a statistically significant and positive correlation between learning attitude, learning responsibility, and learning motivation, and the thematic learning outcomes of fifth-grade students at Sekolah Dasar Negeri 18 Pontianak Timur. The correlation coefficient of 0.763 suggests a strong relationship. This implies that when students possess high levels of learning attitude, learning responsibility, and learning motivation, their learning outcomes tend to be high. Conversely, when these factors are low, learning outcomes are likely to be low as well.
Pengaruh Hedonic Shopping Motive dan Visual Merchandising terhadap Impulse Buying dengan Shopping Lifestyle sebagai Variabel Intervening pada Konsumen Shopee di Kota Mataram
Authors: Astiani Tita , Mas’ud Riduan , Gozi Taufiq
Published: November 2023

With exists the development of fashion Of course It just has a big impact on the people who want it No Want to must follow existing trends, for all circles, especially in circles generation young. Next, there are advances in media that can said to the more advanced for example print media or electronic media, so the internet has an role important in sourcing information to the public about the latest fashion trends. Study This aims To test and analyze the influence of Hedonic Shopping Votive and Visual Merchandising on Impulse Buying with ShoppingLifestyle as a variable affecting Shopee consumers in Mataram City. Population in study This is consumers who use it Shopee platform. Taking samples with the technique of purposive sampling. Amount respondents is 100. The analysis technique used is SEM-PLS with Smart PLS 3.0 software. Research results This finds that there exists influence in a way directs Hedonic Shopping Motive and Shopping Lifestyle towards Impulse Buying, only Visual Merchandising is not influential in a way direct to Impulse Buying. Hedonic Shopping Motive and Visual Merchandising are not influential in a way direct to Impulse Buying. Shopping Lifestyle is not capable of becoming a liaison between Hedonic Shopping Motive and Visual Merchandising towards Impulse Buying consumers in shops on the Shopee platform.
Career Choices of Nigerian Youths Entering Public-Funded Universities
Authors: Shenge Nyitor A.
Published: November 2023

Choosing a career is a very challenging process especially among youths. Although career choices and career dynamics are given considerable research attention in the developed countries, these subjects do not attract sustained attention in developing countries. This study tried to fill this research gap and also rekindle desired attention in this research area. The study analyzed Nigeria s publicly available Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examinations (UTME) s statistics for 2003 and 2007. The focus was on public universities. Results showed that for 2003 and 2007, there were: significant variability in the choices of courses by male and female university admission applicants (more males than females chose science, engineering, and other “hard” courses) ; and significant variability in admission trends for Northern and Southern Nigerian regions (more southern than northern applicants sought to enter the university and chose science, engineering, and other “hard” courses). It was noted that these findings have serious implications for Nigeria’s future educational planning and outcomes. Further suggestions were proposed.
Remapping of stance-phase tactile foot sensation to the back modulates locomotor perception with limited adaptation
Authors: Jouybari Atena Fadaei , Ferraroli Nathanael , Bouri Mohamed , Alaoui Selim Habiby , Kannape Oliver , Blanke Olaf
Published: November 2023

We developed an untethered robotic system that provides walking-related sensory feedback remapped non-invasively to the wearer’s back. Using the so-called FeetBack system, we investigated how accurately healthy individuals can monitor remapped, tactile locomotor feedback (motor awareness) and how this affects their walking characteristics (adaptation).