bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Relação entre performance ESG e desempenho financeiro de empresas listadas nos índices de sustentabilidade da bolsa brasileira
Authors:   , Bento Francisca Joselânia da Silva
Published: January 2025

O presente estudo objetivou analisar a relação entre os indicadores de Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) e o desempenho financeiro das empresas pertencentes ao Índice de Sustentabilidade Empresarial (ISE) e ao Índice de Carbono Eficiente (ICO2), ambos da Bolsa de Valores Brasileira, a B3. Quanto ao delineamento metodológico, esta pesquisa se classifica sob o paradigma epistemológico positivista, com abordagem quantitativa, utilizando o método hipotético-dedutivo. Relativamente à estratégia de pesquisa, este estudo se classifica como descritivo e explicativo, com um horizonte de tempo da investigação de corte longitudinal. A seleção da amostra se deu por acessibilidade, composta pelas empresas que compõem a carteira 2022/2023 (1º quadrimestre) do ISE e do ICO2 da B3 que divulgaram informações ESG no período de 2012 a 2021, totalizando 28 empresas. Coletou-se da base de dados Refinitiv Eikon®, em março de 2023, os dados financeiros e os dados relacionados às métricas de ESG. A coleta e o tratamento desses dados se deram com auxílio dos softwares Gretl e Microsoft Office Excel. A técnica de análise utilizada foi a de regressão linear múltipla por mínimos quadrados ordinários (MQO), com dados em painel de efeitos aleatórios para a estimação do modelo com a variável dependente Retorno sobre o Ativo (ROA), e de efeitos fixos para os modelos utilizando as variáveis dependentes Retorno sobre o Patrimônio Líquido (ROE), Q de Tobin e Lucro por Ação (LPA). Os resultados evidenciaram que a pontuação ESG geral impacta positivamente o desempenho financeiro das empresas estudadas, sendo que a dimensão ambiental foi a que apresentou maior impacto, com uma relação positiva significativa tanto na rentabilidade quanto no valor de mercado das empresas, enquanto que a dimensão social mostrou um impacto negativo no lucro dos acionistas e a variável governança um impacto positivo no valor de mercado, porém sem impacto na rentabilidade das empresas. Ao analisar a relação das pontuações que compõem cada dimensão do ESG, identificou-se que a pontuação ambiental com maior impacto no desempenho financeiro foi emissões. Já na dimensão social cada pontuação apresentou um comportamento diferente na relação com o desempenho financeiro. Na dimensão governança, as pontuações acionistas e estratégia de responsabilidade social corporativa (RSC) apresentaram um impacto positivo tanto na rentabilidade quanto no valor de mercado, enquanto que a pontuação gerenciamento está negativamente relacionada ao desempenho financeiro. Os resultados deste estudo servem de parâmetro para gestores e investidores, evidenciando os impactos positivos e negativos das divulgações ESG no desempenho financeiro da empresa, contribuindo para a tomada de decisão.
Percepção da cidadania financeira de usuários de serviços financeiros digitais: uma aplicação do modelo TRAM
Authors:   , Galvão Lucas Gabriel de Souza
Published: January 2025

Apoiado na tecnologia de informação, o sistema financeiro no Brasil passou a ofertar nos últimos anos uma extensa gama de serviços através de aplicativos de celular e plataformas digitais. Nesse contexto, surgiram e se popularizaram os bancos digitais, que realizam suas atividades e operações exclusivamente em âmbito virtual, deixando de lado o modelo bancário tradicional das agências e atendimento presencial. Dado esse fenômeno surge a necessidade de compreender a aceitação e a prontidão tecnologia de usuários, bem como sua cidadania financeira, que envolve questões como inclusão, educação financeira, participação e a proteção de dados dos clientes. Nesse sentido, esse estudo objetiva analisar a influência da prontidão e aceitação de tecnologia sobre a percepção de cidadania financeira de usuários de serviços financeiros digitais. Assim, foi realizada uma pesquisa hipotético-dedutiva, quantitativa, descritiva e explicativa, com indivíduos usuários de serviços financeiros/bancários em âmbito digital acerca do modelo TRAM e a cidadania financeira Para tanto, foi realizada no período de julho a setembro de 2023 uma coleta de dados através de uma pesquisa survey, com questionário estruturado elaborado a partir dos achados de Vieira et al (2021) e Valarini e Nakano (2021), baseados em Parasuaraman e Colby (2015) e Davis (1989). Para o tratamento dos dados foram utilizadas a estatística descritiva, análise fatorial confirmatória, análise de clusters, análise de variância e regressão linear, para mensurar, descrever e encontrar as relações entre a prontidão tecnológica, a aceitação de tecnologia e a cidadania financeira da população em estudo. Os resultados corroboraram com as hipóteses levantadas e cumprem os objetivos gerais e específicos, evidenciando que a prontidão tecnológica e a aceitação de tecnologia são variáveis preditoras da cidadania financeira de usuários e clientes de serviços financeiros digitais. Ainda nos resultados, indicou-se a formação de seis clusters de indivíduos da cidadania financeira, bem como que as variáveis otimismo e inovatividade determinam positivamente a cidadania financeira e as variáveis desconfortos e inseguranças determinam negativamente a cidadania financeira, bem como a relação positiva de predição da utilidade percebida e facilidade de uso percebida em relação à inclusão financeira, educação financeira e participação e proteção de usuários e consumidores dos serviços financeiros digitais, três pilares da cidadania financeira. A contribuição desta dissertação encontra-se na identificação dos fatores que têm efeito na cidadania financeira, bem como a importância em estimular o investimento em tecnologia e segurança nos produtos e serviços bancários, bem como mitigar desconfortos e inseguranças para promover uma sociedade mais financeiramente inclusiva, participativa e capacitada, assegurando a cidadania financeira plena de todos os usuários dos serviços bancários e sistemas financeiros.
Current Perspectives on Metabolic Syndrome and Cancer
Authors: Ravindri Jayasinghe  , Umesh Jayarajah  , Sanjeewa Seneviratne
Published: January 2025

Metabolic syndrome (MetS) is a cluster of metabolic disturbances, including
high body mass index (BMI), waist circumference, high blood pressure, rise in
triglycerides, increased plasma glucose, and reduction in high-density lipoprotein
(HDL) cholesterol, leading to increased cardiovascular morbidity and mortality along
with an increased predisposition to other non-communicable diseases such as diabetes
and certain cancers. Its incidence is on the rise in Western countries and is a risk factor
for several common cancers. Although the individual components of metabolic
syndrome are linked to cancer, studies showing a direct link between metabolic
syndrome and cancer are limited. This review addresses the need to summarise the
associated factors and mechanisms linking these two pathologies and to identify
potential targets in therapy in patients with cancer and metabolic syndrome.
Understanding this link would provide insight into the process of oncogenesis in
patients with MetS. This chapter focuses on the biological and physiological alterations
and specific factors associated with this process, including the insulin-like growth
factor (IGF-1) pathway, estrogen signaling, visceral adiposity, hyperinsulinemia,
hyperglycemia, aromatase activity, adipokinase production, angiogenesis, oxidative
stress, DNA damage, and pro-inflammatory cytokines in these patients and their
clinical implications in cancer therapy. New research is warranted in this area and
should be systemically analyzed in all cancer types. A better understanding of this link
will provide greater insight into the management of cancer patients by preventing
metabolic syndrome and related alterations.
Evaluation of Metabolic Parameters in Cushing's Syndrome
Authors: Naile Misirlioglu  , Hafize Uzun
Published: January 2025

The prevalence of metabolic syndrome (MetS) is estimated to be about onefourth of the worldwide adult population, while Cushing's syndrome (CS) is
significantly rarer (estimated incidence of 2 per million). However, linking the two has
not only therapeutic but also potential public health implications. The worldwide
increase of obesity and MetS poses the problem of correctly identifying patients
potentially hiding CS without indiscriminately screening all patients presenting one or
more symptoms consistent with cortisol excess, which showed to be not cost-effective.
CS is associated with hyperglycemia, protein catabolism, immunosuppression,
hypertension, weight gain, neurocognitive changes, and mood disorders. Obesity,
insulin resistance, hypertension, functional hypercortisolism (Endogenous/Exogenous),
and MetS are common features. Early diagnosis and treatment are important because
untreated CS may result in mortality due to associated metabolic risks.
Clock, Fall: A Performative Lecture on Choreorobotics
Authors: Skybetter Sydney
Published: January 2025

“Clock, Fall” was written as a performative keynote and presented at the Mahindra Humanities Center at Harvard University. The talk is about choreorobotics, a portmanteau of choreography and robotics, and a field which Skybetter has pioneered at the interdisciplinary intersection of choreographic theory and robotic motion planning. Choreorobotics offers a rich, critical aperture to consider how bodies in motion—human or otherwise—move through space and time to generate meaning. In “Clock, Fall”, Skybetter dives into the origin of choreorobotics, recent advancements in the field, and how emerging technologies can be informed or disrupted by collective action and coalition building, drawing from his work as the founder of the Conference for Research on Choreographic Interfaces and podcast, “Dances with Robots”. Topics covered ranges from Boston Dynamics robots, Tesla’s “Party Mode” and Optimus robots, parasitic aesthetic theory, the movie M3GAN, Artificial Intelligence, and a little bit of Beyoncé.
Breaking Acts of Dance: Capturing, Tracing, and Figuring
Authors: Karreman Laura , Verhoeff Nanna
Published: January 2025

This text is inspired by several encounters. Firstly, our encounter with an artwork that combines dance, digital code, and projection. Secondly, our scholarly encounter with each other as scholars of performance studies and screen studies in thinking with this work about the meeting of dance and new technologies. From such combined and layered encounters—between dance and projection, between public art and scholarly reflection, and between complementary theoretical perspectives—in the following, we propose a set of conceptual contours to think about dance, technology, and also the street, as the site of encounter. These we develop through our combined perspectives on dance, performance, and motion capture (Laura) and on urban screens, media architecture, and projection art (Nanna), and our shared interest in developing theoretical concepts and methodological tools for thinking with art. Specifically, we are interested in how art works invite us to analyze the ways in which they respond to the world around us—how they reflect (on) perspectives on this world and propose specific ideas about the world through their specific engagement with it. From our collaborative thinking with dance and technology about dance and technology, we take up the work’s invitation to conceptualize its reflexive potential— in both senses of the word: as medium and as method. Thinking about the specificity of its working with the concepts of capturing, tracing and figuring, and of its site-specificity with hodos, meaning both “street” and “way” (Verhoeff, Urban Screens 2024), we ask how the work artistically and theoretically (and thereby also critically) speaks about the impact of new technologies on contemporary culture and society. And more specifically, how does it do so, precisely, on the level of the street?
ILUSTRE DESCONHECIDO: O UNIVERSO EDITORIAL E ACADÊMICO SOBRE CAMPANHA PARA VEREADOR NO BRASIL ENTRE 1985 E 2023
Authors: Tesseroli Ricardo
Published: January 2025

A eleição para as Câmaras Municipais movimenta milhares de pessoas. Entretanto, a pesquisa sobre o tema ainda não corresponde à importância do pleito. Buscamos, a partir de uma pesquisa bibliográfica qualitativa de estado da arte, mapear o mercado editorial sobre campanha eleitoral para vereador no Brasil e identificar quais os principais trabalhos. O levantamento, que levou em consideração obras entre 1985 e 2023, identificou em três vertentes de publicações: manuais de campanha, publicações jurídicas e estudos acadêmicos. Os poucos trabalhos acadêmicos sobre as eleições proporcionais em nível local se dividem em três grupos: perfil, critérios de seleção para as candidaturas e gastos de campanha; desempenho eleitoral; e presença nas redes digitais.
Palavras-chave: comunicação política; comunicação eleitoral; campanha eleitoral; vereador.
Abstract
Elections to city councils attract thousands of people. However, academic research on the subject does not yet match the political importance. Based on a qualitative state-of-the-art study, we sought to map the publishing market on the electoral campaign for councillor and identify the main academic works dealing with the subject. The survey, which took into account works between 1985 and 2023, identified three strands of publications: campaign manuals, legal publications and academic studies. The few works on proportional elections at a local level fall into three groups: the profile of those elected, selection criteria for candidacies and campaign spending, electoral performance and presence on digital networks.
Keywords: political communication; electoral communication; electoral campaign; councillor
Resumen
La elección a las Cámaras Municipales moviliza a miles de personas. Sin embargo, la investigación sobre el tema aún no corresponde a la importancia del pleito. A partir de una investigación bibliográfica cualitativa del estado del arte, se busca mapear el mercado editorial sobre campaña electoral para concejal en Brasil e identificar cuáles son los principales trabajos. La encuesta, que consideró obras entre 1985 y 2023, identificó tres vertientes de publicaciones: manuales de campaña, publicaciones jurídicas y estudios académicos. Los pocos trabajos académicos sobre las elecciones proporcionales a nivel local se dividen en tres grupos: perfil, criterios de selección para las candidaturas y gastos de campaña; rendimiento electoral; y presencia en las redes digitales.
Palabras clave: comunicación política; comunicación electoral; campaña electoral; concejal.
Utilizando ferramentas digitais na detecção de fake news
Authors: Ladeira Thiago Fernandes , Fernandes Ladeira Francisco
Published: January 2025

A disseminação em larga escala de notícias falsas (“fake news”) é um dos principais efeitos colaterais da internet. Este tipo de prática pode influenciar processos eleitorais, difamar imagens de pessoas e, em contextos conturbados, inflamar radicalismos ideológicos. Não por acaso, a difusão de fake news tem sido motivo de preocupação por parte de organizações internacionais e pensadores de diferentes áreas. Diante dessa realidade, consideramos que uma forma adequada para detecção e enfrentamento à disseminação em massa de notícias falsas esteja na utilização de ferramentas digitais como MobNex, FakeSpread e Kanban. Sendo assim, o presente trabalho aponta como as utilizações desses instrumentos podem ser de grande valia para a desconstrução das fake news, constituindo-se assim em recursos que potencializam o direito à informação confiável, condição indispensável para o desenvolvimento de uma sociedade democrática. Para avaliar a eficácia dos mecanismos online de identificação de fake news, apresentamos, como estudo de caso, um procedimento com o site FakeCheck. No entanto, é importante frisar que, recorrer a uma determinada ferramenta, por si só, não esgota as possibilidades de descontração de fake news, processo complexo que envolve, entre outros pontos, comparar fontes, checar questões gramaticais e reconhecer possíveis técnicas de manipulação
Virtual Reality–Based Psychological Intervention for Young Adults Living With HIV: Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial (Preprint)
Authors: Zhang Hanxi , Han Jing , Su Ye , Zhao Hongxin , Zhang Fujie
Published: January 2025

BACKGROUND

Young adults (15-24 years old) living with HIV may experience pressure both from HIV infection and social role change problems, resulting in a series of psychological problems such as depression and anxiety. Effective psychological intervention can improve their mental health and quality of life.

OBJECTIVE

The study aims to explore the effectiveness of VR-based mental intervention on young adults living with HIV. The application and advantages of virtual reality (VR) in children’s psychotherapy provide new ideas for psychological intervention for young adults living with HIV.

METHODS

We use the qualitative interviews and questionnaire results as well as guided by classical psychotherapy to create a personalized psychological intervention system for young adults living with HIV through VR technology, which is based on the long-term AIDS treatment cohort and infectious diseases cohort of children. We use the mental scales and biochemical indexes as the outcomes, conducting a prospective randomized controlled trial to verify the feasibility and effectiveness of the VR psychological intervention system.

RESULTS

The study began enrollment in September 2023. To date, 160 participants have finished the baseline questionnaires.

CONCLUSIONS

The study results might provide a scientific basis for accurate psychological treatment among young adults living with HIV in the future.

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Feasibility and Preliminary Efficacy of The Ankle Bracelet Laser: A new portable device to improve walking in Parkinsonism patients, Randomized Cross-Over Control Pilot Trial. (Preprint)
Authors: Ruthiraphong Peeraya , Srisilpa kwan , Ratanasutiranont Chompoonuch
Published: January 2025

BACKGROUND

Freezing of gait (FOG) is a common and debilitating symptom of parkinsonism. Although visual cues have proven efficacy in alleviating FOG, current visual cues are fixed, and mobile open-loop system may be too difficult to use in some patients, leading to equivocal results in improving gait performance.

OBJECTIVE

To assess the efficacy of an ankle bracelet laser, a new mobile visual cue with practical use, in improving gait performance in parkinsonism patients with FOG.

METHODS

A randomized controlled two-period crossover trial was conducted from June 15th, 2020 to October 1st, 2020 at Ramathibodi Hospital. Ten parkinsonism patients with FOG were enrolled in two conditions: walking with laser-off first and walking with laser-on first. Gait speed, the Timed Up and Go (TUG) test, stride length, and the locomotor rehabilitation index (LRI) were assessed twice in each trial with a 10-minute washout period.

RESULTS

The results showed favorable results of improvement in all parameters. Gait speed and stride length improved by 0.07 m/s (95% confidence interval [CI]: 0.04–0.09; P < 0.001) and 0.17 m (95% CI: 0.11–0.23; P < 0.001), respectively, with laser-on. The TUG test duration was reduced by 7.69 s (95% CI: 2.82–12.55; P=0.002). The locomotor rehabilitation index (LRI) improved by 4.46% (95% CI: 2.56–6.36; P<0.001). When using the device, there were no adverse effects, such as dizziness or blurred vision.

CONCLUSIONS

The ankle bracelet laser improved walking performance in parkinsonism patients with FOG immediately and might have the potential to provide cueing during daily life.

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Digital Decision Support for Perioperative Care of Patients with Type 2 Diabetes: A Call to Action (Preprint)
Authors: Cai Jianwen , Li Peiyi , Li Weimin , Hao Xuechao , Li Sheyu , Zhu Tao
Published: January 2025

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Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) affects over 500 million people globally, with 10-20% requiring surgery. Diabetic patients are at increased risk for perioperative complications, including prolonged hospital stays and higher mortality, primarily due to perioperative hyperglycemia. While managing blood glucose during the perioperative period is challenging, with conventional monitoring often inadequate to detect rapid fluctuations. Clinical decision support systems (CDSS) are emerging tools to improve perioperative diabetes management by providing real-time glucose data and medication recommendations.
This editorial examines the role of CDSS in perioperative diabetes care, highlighting their benefits and limitations. CDSS can help manage blood glucose more effectively, preventing both hyperglycemia and hypoglycemia. However, technical and integration challenges, along with clinician acceptance, remain significant barriers.
A 3D-printed arm for venipuncture training (Preprint)
Authors: Brouwer de Koning Susan Gijsbertje , Hofman Amy , Gerber Sonja , Lagerburg Vera , van den Boorn Michelle
Published: January 2025

BACKGROUND

The venipuncture is one of the most frequently performed procedures in healthcare. Arm phantoms are available for training, because the procedure itself can be challenging. These phantom arms do not represent a realistic setting and do not offer opportunities to train challenging scenarios.

OBJECTIVE

The objective of this randomized, single-blind study was to train healthcare workers on both a commercially available injection arm and an in-house developed 3D-printed arm, to evaluate the perceived realism and adequacy of training on both arms.

METHODS

Participants were trained on both the commercially available arm (A) and the 3D-printed arm (B). Participants were blinded from knowing which arm they started training on. A questionnaire was filled in on, amongst others, the perceived realism of the arm (0 for not realistic, 100 for realistic) and adequacy of the training (inadequate, moderate, adequate).

RESULTS

A total of 68 participants evaluated the perceived realism of arm A and B, which were on average 62.97 (SD 21.47) and 63.79 (SD 17.45), respectively. The difference in perceived realism of the two arms was not statistically significant (p=0.784). Training on arm A was reported inadequate by 7.4% of the participants, moderately adequate by 30.9% and adequate by 61.8%. This was not significantly different from arm B (p=0.739), with 4.4%, 38.2% and 57.4%, respectively.

CONCLUSIONS

The 3D-printed arm is as realistic and provides an equally adequate training compared to the commercially available arm. The 3D-printed arm offers the additional possibility to design different models representing several levels of difficulty for vascular morphology. This potentially lowers the number of venipuncture failures by preparing healthcare workers on challenging scenarios.
Ceramics of Jericho from the 5th to the 15th Centuries: the Experience of Compiling an Identification Catalog
Authors: Golofast Larisa A
Published: January 2025

The article examines a complex of ceramics from excavations at the site of the Russian Museum and Park Complex in Jericho. The study enabled the identification of three distinct periods of use: the late Byzantine, Umayyad and Mamluk. It seems reasonable to attribute the development of the site to the second half of the 4th century, or the first half of the 5th century. The earliest dated pottery from the site dates to this period. The construction of the site occurred during a period of significant urban development in Jericho, spanning the 4th to 5th cen­turies. It seems reasonable to posit that a pilgrimage-monastery complex was constructed on the site without delay. It seems likely that in the second half of the 6th century, a pottery workshop was established outside the monastery fence, occupying a previously unoccupied area. Excavations conducted in 2017 in square 7 to the mainland revealed the absence of earlier cultural layers, indicating that the workshop was constructed at this time. In 659 AD, the workshop was devastated by a powerful earthquake. However, it was swiftly rebuilt and continued operations until the middle of the 8th century. The workshop produced an extensive range of household vessels, tableware and imitations of red lacquer. The cessation of the workshop's functioning is likely associated with the catastrophic earthquake of 749, after which the territory of the Russian site was abandoned for several centuries. The subsequent phase of the site’s use dates back to the Mamluk period, during which foundations and remains of stone masonry, ovens/tandoors, and utility pits have survived. Nevertheless, Jericho of that time was not a fully-fledged city. Instead, it was comprised of small villages, individual farmsteads and plots of land.
Early Byzantine Descriptions of Palestine
Authors: Bibikov Mikhail V
Published: January 2025

The article provides an overview of the early Byzantine testimonies about Jerusalem and other centers of the Holy Land in the period before the Arab conquests of Palestine. The review considers the data about the Byzantine Middle East in comparison with chronologically close to them materials of the Latin and Oriental texts, to which special publications are devoted. The article was written when working on the topic of the state task of the Institute of World History of the Russian Academy of Sciences under the Program of Fundamental Scientific Research in the field of “Russia and the Middle East: Historical, Political and Cultural Contacts and Interrelations” of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation and International Non-Profit Organization “Imperial Orthodox Palestine Society” in 2024.
Infográfico sobre desvio de qualidade: ferramenta educacional sobre queixas técnicas de bolsas de sangue para orientação de serviços de saúde
Authors: Da Silva Pimentel Joellyngton , da Penha Rodrigues dos Santos Maria , Feitoza-Silva Michele
Published: January 2025

Introduction: The Blood Bag consists of sterile plastic bags that store fractions of blood, classified as risk III by the Ministry of Health (MS), and subjected to various compliance tests, which are crucial for transfusion procedures and disease treatment. Post-market monitoring of this input is carried out by the Technovigilance System in Brazil through the Notification System in Sanitary Surveillance (Notivisa), which is mandatory for companies holding registration and optionally for healthcare professionals. Objective: To propose an educational infographic based on the main technical complaints reported for Blood Bags in Notivisa from 2013 to 2016, according to a reference study. Method: This is a descriptive methodological study, involving documentary analysis and the  construction of an educational technological product based on the production of an infographic from a reference study (Cruz et al., 2018). Results: The infographic is based on the main technical complaints reported for Blood Bags in Notivisa between 2013 and 2016, according to a reference study. During this period, 458 notifications of technical complaints were received, reporting 520 problems. The most frequently reported reasons were: bent or broken needle (15.6%), seal defects (10.2%), and leakage of the anticoagulant and/or preservative solution (9.6%), all representing risks of adverse events due to potential compromise of the input quality. Conclusions: The infographic could be a simplified information and education tool for healthcare professionals, strengthening the implementation of patient safety culture and contributing to care qualification. Additionally, it brings scientific and technical information closer in a more accessible and playful way, reducing the complexity of scientific results.
Employment and tax burden on labor: A legal implication
Authors: Liko Elida
Published: January 2025

High unemployment and widespread informality in the labor markets are challenges to sustainable economic growth in developing countries. This paper analyzes the impact of tax burden on labor as an important determinant of formal employment. The purpose of the research is to estimate the size of the tax wedge and to investigate the relationship between employment and tax wedge, to quantify the impact, of the Albanian economy. To analyze the impact of tax wedge on employment we apply the autoregressive distributed lag (ARDL) method, quarterly data for the period 2000Q1–2023Q4. The paper demonstrates a negative relationship between employment and tax wedge that is strong and significant in the long run. The study supports considering the decrease of the employer’s social security contributions in order to improve employment. The results also show that real per capita gross domestic product (GDP) has a positive but not significant relationship with employment, supporting that growth does not fully generate new jobs. The impact of a minimum wage increase on aggregate employment is small and not statistically significant.
Determinants of Intention to Pay ZISWAF Trought BSI Mobile in Indonesia
Authors: Sarmilah Sarmilah , Afdawaiza Afdawaiza
Published: January 2025

Customer intention in paying ZISWAF through BSI mobile is important to investigate because ZISWAF are important instruments to reduce the level of poverty in Indonesia. The aim of this study is to determine the factors influencing customers' interest in making ZISWAF payments through BSI mobile. This research employs the Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) theory, incorporating two additional internal variables, namely trust and security. A quantitative approach is used to examine the relationship between dependent and independent variables, utilizing primary data obtained directly from Indonesian Sharia Bank customers through the distribution of 220 questionnaires. Subsequently, the data is processed using the Partial Least Square Structural Equation Model (PLS-SEM) approach. The results indicate that perceived usefulness and security variables have a positive impact on the interest in paying ZISWAF, perceived ease of use and trust variables do not affect the interest in making zakat and waqf payments through BSI mobile in Indonesia.
3D MCSEM Modeling with COMSOL Multiphysics: A Comparison with Open- Source Software
Authors: Seabra Leandro , Tocantins Victor Cezar , Penha Watson , Pires Higor , Monteiro Daniel , Monteiro Antonio
Published: January 2025

This work uses two approaches to present the numerical three-dimensional modeling of the MCSEM - Marine Controlled-Source Electromagnetic methods: the commercial software COMSOL Multiphysics and the open-source code emged for a theoretical model of resistive blocks. We first compare the results of the two methodologies through the electric field amplitude’s responses for three survey lines. We also analyze the necessary circumstances and boundary conditions for COMSOL Multiphysics to be used properly in the modeling. After this comparison, we explore the facilities of the model built into COMSOL Multiphysics and simulate the model for various frequencies with and without the presence of resistive bodies. Finally, we analyze the results and suggest lines of research for the construction of the simulations to be explored in numerical modeling in these two approaches. Thus, we ratify both approaches in their suitable domain, use, and importance through this work.
Enhancement of Detection Capabilities at the Brasília Infrasound Station: Brazil's Contribution to the International Monitoring System (IMS) of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT)
Authors: Fontenele Darlan Portela , Barros Lucas Vieira
Published: January 2025

The Brasília Infrasound Station (designated IS09), the only infrasound station in Brazil, is operated by the Seismological Observatory of the University of Brasilia in collaboration with the Preparatory Commission for the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization (PrepCom/CTBTO). Located in the Brasília National Park, the station comprises a four-element array, forming a triangle approximately 2 km aperture with a central element. The inter-distances and the number of array elements are limiting the effectiveness in detecting local and regional events (distances < 1000 km). To overcome this restriction, PrepCom/CTBTO is modernizing the global infrasound network of the International Monitoring System. This initiative aims to standardize and enhance sensitivity by increasing the array's elements from four to eight (or nine). In this study, simulations utilizing the DTK-GPMCC computational tool, involving the addition of five elements to the former IS09, reveal a significant enhancement in the station's performance. Shorter inter-distances between the new elements (ranging from 150 to 900 meters) lead to increased detections and reduced spatial aliasing effects for frequencies above 1 Hz. Analysis of the array response function demonstrated that the gain achieved with the new array is fivefold compared to the previous configuration, besides expanding the frequency bandwidth, thereby allowing the detection of local and regional events. This work also includes the development of a mechanical filter that reduced the amplitude response noise by a factor of 10 between 0.6 and 10 Hz in the employed temporary stations.
Abdominal pain, principles of diagnosis of urgent abdominal surgical pathology
Authors: Podoluzhny V. I.
Published: January 2025

Over 80 % of patients seeking treatment at the general surgical hospital on duty complain of abdominal pain. The paper presents current understanding of the dynamics of incidence of common acute abdominal surgical pathology in Kuzbass from 1993 to 2023. A comparative analysis was conducted between the first and last decades and revealed that acute cholecystitis was the leading cause by 2023 − 122 cases per hundred thousand population per year. This level was observed in both the first and third decades. The average annual number of patients treated for acute pancreatitis increased from 64.3 to 109.6 per hundred thousand residents, an increase of 70.4 %. On the contrary, the number of patients with acute appendicitis decreased from 190.8 to 93.5 per hundred thousand, a decrease of 51%. The fourth position is occupied by patients with intestinal obstruction; the incidence in the first and third decades was 41.7 and 45.2 per hundred thousand, respectively, an increase of 8.4%. In the dynamics of thirty-year observation, there was a decrease in the number of people operated on with perforated gastric and duodenal ulcers by 47.3 %, the incidence was 28.8 and 15.2 per 100,000, respectively. On the contrary, the average annual number of people treated with strangulated hernia increased by 35.1 %, the incidence increased from 29.9 to 39.8 per hundred thousand residents of the region. Severe, extremely intense abdominal pain at the onset of the disease is observed in 0.1−2 % of hospitalized patients with acute large-focal pancreatic necrosis, strangulation intestinal obstruction, perforated ulcer, and acute mesenteric ischemia. The lecture outlines the issues of diagnosing urgent abdominal surgical pathology, taking into account the nature, intensity and localization of pain. Issues of surgical tactics for diffuse, non-localized, extremely intense pain and differential diagnosis with peritonism syndrome and pseudoperitonitis are separately considered.
Fetal mediastinal teratoma: a case report
Authors: Olenev A. S. , Kurtenok N. V. , Tumanova E. L. , Latyshkevich O. A. , Meretukova M. A. , Matveenko E. N. , Harutyunyan A. A. , Astrakhantseva M. M. , Tonoyan D. I.
Published: January 2025

Teratomas are the most common congenital tumors, and are composed of various tissues of ectodermal, mesodermal, and endodermal origin. Usually, they contain derivatives of all three germ layers such as bone, cartilage, muscle, epithelial and glandular tissue. Mediastinal teratomas are extremely rare, and usually arise in the anterior mediastinum as a median or paramedian mass. In the perinatal period, up to 15% of all teratomas are observed. The tumor is more often located in the anterior mediastinum, may be associated with the thymus or thyroid gland, in some cases it is not possible to determine a clear connection between the tumor and adjacent organs. Mediastinal teratoma can cause hydrops fetalis, which worsens the effects of the mass compression on the vital mediastinal organs. Diagnosis is usually made during routine pregnancy checkups by ultrasonography, and differential diagnosis with other mediastinal masses such as congenital cystic-adenomatous lung malformation, pulmonary sequestration, intrapericardial malformations is crucial. We report a new case of 34 year old woman’s pregnancy complicated by non-mature Grade 3 mediastinal teratoma of fetus, who therefore was diagnosed death on the 6th day postnatally.
Modulation of female rats steroidogenesis in the application of balneotherapy in an experimental model of chronic endometritis
Authors: Chernova A. E. , Remneva O. V. , Bobrov I. P. , Mazko O. N. , Lepilov A. V. , Shadeeva Yu. A.
Published: January 2025

Aim. Assess steroidogenesis modulation efficacy of balneotherapy in experimental chronic endometritis model.

Materials and Мethods. The experimental endometritis was induced in laboratory Wistar line rats (n = 30) inoculated with intra-uterine self-fecal suspension. Starting with the 3nd day of the experiment, all animals have recieved wide-spectrum antibiotic within 7 days; from day 41– experimental group animals (n=10) applying 10 procedures of radon therapy one a day lasting 15 minutes. Comparison group animals (n = 10) received radon therapy and 10 procedures of peloid therapy mud according to a radon therapy regimen. Control group (n = 10) received no treatment. The venous estradiol and progesterone levels were analyzed by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. Histological verification was conducted by endometrium histology study.

Results. In control group it was found maximal endometrial diffuse infiltrate 180.7 ± 9.0 immunocompetent cells. During balneotherapy treatment density of inflammatory infiltrate was lower in experimental group 125.4 ± 8.1 (by 30.7% vs. control group; p = 0.002), whereas in comparison group density of inflammatory infiltration was minimal (reduced by 88.7 % compared to control group; p < 0.001) and reached 20.5 ± 1.8 cells. Most pronounced rise in serum progesterone level had resulted in experimental group during radon therapy compared to control group (p = 0.008), meanwhile in comparison group featured with no significant change in estradiol level compared to control group (р = 0.95).

Conclusion. During radon therapy is accompanied by significantly increased serum progesterone and decreased estradiol level along with chronic endometritis markers regression which can be used in future prospective studies for confirming its effectiveness in patients with reproductive system patology including diseases accompanied by hyperestrogenism.
Suun terveydenhuollon pitkän aikavälin tavoitteet
Authors: Tala Heikki
Published: January 2025

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Tavoiteasettelu terveydenhuollossa yleensä ja hammashuollossa erityisesti on ollut vähäistä aivan viime aikoihin asti. Vasta tämän vuosikymmenen alkupuolella WHO ja Maailman hammaslääkärijärjestö FDI julkistivat yleismaailmalliset tavoitteet suun terveydelle vuoteen 2000. Tämän katsauksen tarkoituksena on tarkastella suun terveydenhuollon tavoiteasettelua pitkällä aikavälillä. Lähtökohtina on käytetty suomalaisten suun ja hampaiden terveydentilan epidemiologista kuvaa sekä alan henkilöstön määrää ja koulutusrakennetta. Suun ja hampaiden terveydenhuolto Suomessa kaipaa perusteellista uudelleenarviointia ja tavoiteasettelun tarkistamista. Hampaiden ja suusairauksien epidemiologinen kuva muuttuu hyvin nopeasti, ja sillä on syvällinen vaikutus suun terveydenhuollon organisaatioon, työvoiman tarpeeseen, koulutuksen sisältöön, seuranta- ja arviointimenetelmien kehitykseen sekä muihin suun terveydenhuollon tekijöihin.
Lääkäripalvelujen käytön alueelliset erot Kuopion läänissä vuosina 1975 ja 1982
Authors: Salmela Reijo
Published: January 2025

Alueellinen tasa-arvo on ollut keskeinen terveyspoliittinen tavoite Suomessa. Tutkimuksessa tarkastellaan terveydenhuollon suunnittelun ja muiden ohjausmekanismien tuloksellisuutta alueellisen tasa-arvon toteutuksessa Kuopion alueella. Aineistona ovat kunnittaiset avohoidon lääkäripalveluiden käyttötilastot vuosilta 1975 ja 1982. Lääkärikäyntien määrän ja rakenteen eroja ja muutossuuntia tarkastellaan sekä kunnittain että kuntien taloudellisen kehitystason ja keskussairaalan etäisyyden mukaan muodostetuissa kuntaryhmissä.
Terveyskeskus- ja poliklinikkakäyntien osuus kaikista lääkärikäynneistä lisääntyi, ja yksityislääkärikäyntien sekä tuberkuloositoimistokäyntien osuus väheni vuodesta 1975 vuoteen 1982. Kuntien väliset erot (variaatiokertoimilla mitattuna) vähenivät oleellisesti vain poliklinikkakäynneissä. Julkisen sektorin lääkärikäyntejä oli eniten taloudelliselta kehitystasoltaan heikoimmissa ensimmäisen kantokykyluokan kunnissa, mutta lääkärikäyntien kokonaismäärä oli niissä vähäisin johtuen yksityislääkäripalveluiden runsaasta käytöstä vauraimmissa kunnissa. Yleis- ja erikoislääkärikäyntien suhde vaihtelehti kuntien taloudellisen kehitystason ja keskussairaalan etäisyyden mukaan samansuuntaisesti vuosina 1975 ja 1982. Vähiten poliklinikkakäyntejä oli kaukana yleissairaaloista sijaitsevissa kunnissa, joissa sairastavuuden ja ikärakenteen perusteella arvioitu tarve oli suurin.
Lääkärikäyntien alueelliset erot pienenivät varsin vähän tarkastelujaksolla. Alueellisten erojen vähentäminen edellyttäisi terveyskeskusten lääkäripalveluiden määrätietoisempaa lisäämistä siellä, missä palveluiden käyttö on vähäisintä. Koska erikoislääkäripalveluiden etäisyys vaikuttaa voimakkaasti käyttöön, olisi niiden saavutettavuuden lisäämiseksi kehitettävä julkisten ja yksityisten erikoislääkäripalveluiden alueellista tarjontaa.
Polvinivelrikkopotilaat avosairaanhoidossa
Authors: Kannus Pekka , Järvinen Markku , Kontiala Hannu , Bergius Leena , Hyssy Eija , Salminen Erja , Tuomi Arna , Unkila Teppo , Valtanen Ilona
Published: January 2025

Tutkimuksessa rekisteröitiin kaikki Oriveden seudun kansanterveystyön kuntainliitossa yhden vuoden aikana polvinivelrikon vuoksi tehdyt lääkärissä käynnit. Käyntejä oli yhteensä 234, mikä oli 0,63 % kaikista käynneistä tuona aikana.
Polvinivelrikkopotilaita oli 152 eli 1,11 % (152/13 700) alueen koko väestöstä (miehet 0,45 %, naiset 1,72 %). Näistä potilaista 82 oli ensimmäistä kertaa lääkärin vastaanotolla kyseisen polvivaivansa takia (miehiä 17 ja naisia 65), jolloin uusia polvinivelrikkosairauksia todettiin seurantavuonna 0,60 prosentilla koko väestöstä, miehistä 0,26 %:lla ja naisista 0,92 %:lla. Miespotilaiden keski-ikä oli 65 vuotta ja naisten 68 vuotta. Nivelrikko esiintyi lähes kaksi kertaa useammin oikeassa kuin vasemmassa polvessa.
Tavanomaisten konservatiivisten hoitomuotojen lisäksi glykosaminoglykaanipolysulfaatti-injektiot (GAG) olivat usein käytetty hoitokeino. Vajaat 3 % käynneistä johti polvikirurgiseen konsultaatioon.
Tutkimus antaa mahdollisuuksia arvioida lääkärintasoista hoitoa vaativan polven nivelrikkosairauden hoitotarvetta väestötasolla.
Naisten mielipiteet rintasyövän omatarkkailun parhaasta tietolähteestä ja sen liittyminen omatarkkailutaitoon
Authors: Rantanen Irma
Published: January 2025

Tutkimus perustui 449 kohdunkaulan syövän joukkotarkastukseen Tampereella vuosina 1980–81 osallistuneen 35–50-vuotiaan naisen haastatteluun. Naisilta tiedusteltiin rintasyövän varhaiseen toteamiseen tähtäävään omatarkkailuun liittyviä kysymyksiä. Tässä kirjoituksessa selvitetään, mistä tietolähteestä saamaansa tietoa naiset itse pitivät parhaana; erityisesti, miten naiset suhtautuivat joukkotiedotukseen perustuvaan ohjaukseen ja henkilökohtaiseen opastukseen. Lisäksi pyritään selvittämään, johtaako jokin tietty parhaana pidetty tietolähde muita parempaan omatarkkailutaitoon.
Parhaina pidettyjä tietolähteitä olivat Pirkanmaan Syöpäyhdistyksen 10 vuotta aiemmin järjestämän rintasyövän joukkotarkastuksen yhteydessä annettu opastus (49 %), tv ja radio (38 %) sekä terveydenhoitajat ja lääkärit (29 %). Mikään parhaana pidetyistä tietolähteistä ei johtanut keskimääräistä useammin hyvään omatarkkailutaitoon. 18 % jotain aktiivista tietolähdettä parhaana pitäneistä oli oppinut tutkimaan rintansa hyvin, ja passiivista tietolähdettä parhaana pitäneistä 20 %.
Yksin asuvien vanhusten terveys- ja sosiaalipalvelujen käyttö maaseudun haja-asutusalueella
Authors: Anttila Sari
Published: January 2025

Yksin asuvien vanhusten terveys- ja sosiaalipalvelujen käyttöä tutkittiin prospektiivisesti 982 kotona asuvan maaseudun vanhuksen aineistossa. Viiden vuoden seuranta-aikana yksin asuvilla ja muilla vanhuksilla oli saman verran yleissairaalapäivähoitoja, terveyskeskuslääkärikäyntejä ja kotisairaanhoidon käyntejä. Samoin sairauksien määrä, käytettyjen lääkkeiden määrä sekä mielenterveysoireilu vastasivat toisiaan yksin asuvilla ja muilla vanhuksilla.
Viiden vuoden aikana yksin asuvien vanhusten luo tehtiin muihin vanhuksiin verrattuna 2,2-kertainen määrä kunnallisen kodinhoitoavun käyntejä. Yksin asuvilla oli 3,1-kertainen riski joutua vanhainkotiin, ja heillä oli 4,4 kertaa enemmän vanhainkotipäiviä kuin muilla vanhuksilla. Huonon terveydentilansa ja suoriutumiskykynsä vuoksi kotisairaanhoitoa ja kodinhoitoapua tarvinneet yksin asuvat selvisivät viiden vuoden ajan yhtä vähillä yleissairaalapäivillä kuin muut yksin asuvat. Lisäksi heillä oli vähemmän vanhainkotipäiviä kuin muilla yksin asuvilla. Näin ollen kotisairaanhoidon ja kodinhoitoavun palveluja on järkevää suunnata erityisesti yksin asuville vanhuksille.
Äidin alkuraskauden aikainen näyttöpäätetyö ja lapsen synnynnäiset sydänviat
Authors: Tikkanen Jorma , Heinonen Olli P. , Kurppa Kari , Rantala Kaarina
Published: January 2025

Tutkimuksella selvitettiin äidin alkuraskauden aikaisen työskentelyn vaikutusta lapsen synnynnäisen syöväntia esiintyvyyteen, syntymäpainoon ja raskauden kestoon. Aineiston muodostivat vuosina 1982-1984 syntyneet 573 syövänviasta lasta ja 1055 tervettä verrokkilasta. Terveydenhoitajat haastattelivat lasten äidit neuvolassa keskimäärin kolme kuukautta synnytyksen jälkeen. Haastattelulla selvitettiin äidin ammatti, työtehtävät ja työantaja alkuraskauden aikana. Kokenut työhygiinikko selvitti lomaketietojen pohjalta äidin työskentelyaikaisen ja luokitteli altistuksen keston tietäen kuuluiko haastateltu äiti tapaus- vai verrokkiryhmään.
Syövänviaryhmässä työskentelyä oli käyttänyt raskauden ensimmäisen kolmanneksen aikana 36 äitiä (6.3 %) ja verrokkiryhmässä 53 äitiä (5.0 %). Pitkään työskenteleviä oli tehnyt yli neljä tuntia 27 tapausryhmän (4.7 %) ja 33 verrokkiryhmän (3.1 %) äideistä. Äidin yli 20 tunnin viikottainen työskentely ei liittynyt tilastollisesti merkitsevästi lapsen synnynnäisen syövän esiintyvyyteen. Logistisesta regressiomallista lasketun vakioidun vaarasuhteen piste-estimaatin arvo oli 1.9 ja 95 %:n luottamusväli 0.7-5.0. Äidin työskentely ei vaikuttanut myöskään syntymäpainoon, istukanpainoon eikä raskauden kestoon.
Tärkeimmät kuolemansyyt eri maanosissa vuonna 1980
Authors: Hakulinen Timo , Hansluwka Harald , Lopez Alan D. , Nakada Tadashi
Published: January 2025

Tärkeimpiin kuolemansyihin liittyvää kuolleisuutta vuonna 1980 arvioitiin maailman eri osissa eri tavoin. Kehittyneiden maiden kuolleisuusilmoitukset saatiin paria poikkeusta lukuun ottamatta Maailman terveysjärjestön tiedoista. Kehitysmaihin sovellettiin regressioanalyysiin perustuvaa arviointimenetelmää.
Valitun kuolemansyyluokituksen perusteella noin kolmasosa kaikista kuolemista maailmassa on seurausta tartunta- ja loistaudeista. Verenkiertoelinten taudit ja kasvaimet ovat kaksi yleisintä kuolemansyyryhmää kehittyneissä maissa, mutta yli puolet näiden syiden aiheuttamista kuolemista sattuu kuitenkin kehitysmaissa. Tapaturmiin ja muihin väkivallallisiin kuolemansyihin liittyvä kuolleisuus on muista pääkuolemansyistä poiketen lähes riippumaton maantieteellisen alueen kehitystasosta. Tuloksilla on suuri merkitys erityisesti kehitysmaita koskevan terveyspoliittisen päätöksenteon perustana.