bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Insights Into Older Adult Patient Concerns Around the Caregiver Proxy Portal Use: Qualitative Interview Study (Preprint)
Authors: Latulipe Celine , Quandt Sara A. , Melius Kathryn Altizer , Bertoni Alain , Miller Jr David P. , Smith Douglas , Arcury Thomas A.
Published: April 2018

BACKGROUND

Electronic patient portals have become common and offer many potential benefits for patients’ self-management of health care. These benefits could be especially important for older adult patients dealing with significant chronic illness, many of whom have caregivers, such as a spouse, adult child, or other family member or friend, who help with health care management. Patient portals commonly contain large amounts of personal information, including diagnoses, health histories, medications, specialist appointments, lab results, and billing and insurance information. Some health care systems provide proxy accounts for caregivers to access a portal on behalf of a patient. It is not well known how much and in what way caregivers are using patient portals on behalf of patients and whether patients see any information disclosure risks associated with such access.

OBJECTIVE

The objective of this study was to examine how older adult patients perceive the benefits and risks of proxy patient portal access by their caregivers.

METHODS

We conducted semistructured interviews with 10 older adult patients with chronic illness. We asked them about their relationship with their caregivers, their use of their patient portal, their caregiver’s use of the portal, and their perceptions about the benefits and risks of their caregiver’s use of the portals. We also asked them about their comfort level with caregivers having access to information about a hypothetical diagnosis of a stigmatized condition. Two investigators conducted a thematic analysis of the qualitative data.

RESULTS

All patients identified caregivers. Some had given caregivers access to their portals, in all cases by sharing log-in credentials, rather than by setting up an official proxy account. Patients generally saw benefits in their caregivers having access to the information and functions provided by the portal. Patients generally reported that they would be uncomfortable with caregivers learning of stigmatized conditions and also with caregivers (except spouses) accessing financial billing information.

CONCLUSIONS

Patients share their electronic patient portal credentials with caregivers to receive the benefits of those caregivers having access to important medical information but are unaware of all the information those caregivers can access. Better portal design could alleviate these unwanted information disclosures.
Women Using Mobile Phones for Health Communication Are More Likely to Use Prenatal and Postnatal Services in Bangladesh: Cross-Sectional Study (Preprint)
Authors: Tang Shangfeng , Ghose Bishwajit , Hoque Md Rakibul , Hao Gang , Yaya Sanni
Published: April 2018

BACKGROUND

The public health system in Bangladesh has been struggling to provide coverage and utilization of basic maternal health care services in pursuit of achieving maternal and child mortality-related goals. Interestingly, the rapid popularization of mobile technology in the country is transforming the landscape of health care access and delivery. However, little is known regarding the use of mobile phones from the perspective of maternal health care service utilization.

OBJECTIVE

In this study, we aimed to investigate the prevalence and sociodemographic pattern of mobile phone use for health services among women and relationship between the use of mobile phone use and the uptake of essential maternal health services (MHSs).

METHODS

Cross-sectional data from the Bangladesh Demographic and Health Survey on 4494 mothers aged between 15 and 39 years were used in the analysis. Using mobile phones to get health services or advice was hypothesized to have a positive association with the uptake of basic MHSs (antenatal care, ANC, facility delivery services, postnatal care) and postnatal care for the newborn. Data were analyzed using bivariate and multivariable techniques.

RESULTS

More than a quarter (1276/4494, 28.4%; 95% CI 26.8-30.3) of the women aged 15-39 years reported using mobile phones to get health services with significant sociodemographic variations in the use of mobile phones. Analysis of the specific purposes revealed that, in most cases, mobile phones were used to contact service providers and consult with the same about what to do, whereas a smaller proportion reported using mobile phone for the purposes of arranging money and transportation. Multivariable analysis showed that compared with respondents who reported not using mobile phones for health care services, those who used them had higher odds of making 3+ ANC visits and delivering at a health facility. The odds were slightly higher for rural residents than for those in the urban areas.

CONCLUSIONS

The findings of this study conclude that women who use mobile phones are more likely to use ANC and professional delivery services than those who do not. More in-depth studies are necessary to understand the mechanism through which mobile phone-based services enhance the uptake of maternal health care.
Understanding Why Older Adults With Type 2 Diabetes Join Diabetes Online Communities: Semantic Network Analyses (Preprint)
Authors: Lewis Jakeem Amir , Gee Perry M , Ho Chia-Ling Lynn , Miller Lisa M Soederberg
Published: April 2018

BACKGROUND

As individuals age, chronic health difficulties may disrupt physical and social well-being. Individuals can turn to online communities to interact with similar peers, which may help buffer negative effects resulting from health difficulties.

OBJECTIVE

This study investigated the reasons that older adults join a diabetes online community to better understand the specific resources that are being sought.

METHODS

We used semantic network analyses to categorize the reasons participants provided for joining a community during the sign-up process.

RESULTS

The most frequent reasons for joining were to seek information about their health condition, to help with self-management of health difficulties, for feelings of informational and social support, and for having a community with whom to share. Women were more likely to go online for sharing and companionship as well as for information and social support reasons, whereas men were more likely to go online for general information and self-management reasons.

CONCLUSIONS

This study shows the reasons older adults seek to join a diabetes online community: for increased information and support regarding chronic health difficulties. Practitioners may want to consider ways to promote access to online communities among their older patients as a source of health information and a resource to provide a sense of community.
Using Blockchain to Create Transaction Identity for Persons Experiencing Homelessness in America: Policy Proposal (Preprint)
Authors: Khurshid Anjum , Gadnis Ashish
Published: April 2018

UNSTRUCTURED

More than 500,000 people experience homelessness in America each day. Local and federal solutions to the problem have had limited success because of the fragmentation of services and lack of valid and timely information. Billions of dollars spent to provide reliable, timely, and actionable information in health care have exposed the difficulty of establishing such a system using the prevalent information technology solutions. However, relying on successful examples of the use of blockchain to help refugee populations and poor farmers internationally, we have partnered to propose an innovative solution to this problem using the case of people experiencing homelessness in Austin, Texas. This paper aims to describe one of the first applications of blockchain technology for addressing homelessness in the United States by creating a digital identity for people experiencing homelessness and engaging emergency medical services and clinical providers. The authors argue that a lack of documentation to prove personal identity and the inability to access own records are major hurdles for empowering persons experiencing homelessness to be resilient and overcome the life challenges they face. Furthermore, it is argued that this lack of information causes misdiagnosis, duplication, and fragmentation in service delivery, which can be potentially addressed by blockchain technology. Further planning for creating a program on the ground with additional funding will demonstrate the results of using blockchain technology to establish digital identity for persons experiencing homelessness.
Usability of a store and forward telehealth platform for diagnosis and management of oral mucosal lesions: a cross-sectional study (Preprint)
Authors: Gon�alves Michelle Roxo , Martins Marco Antonio Trevizani , Martins Manoela Domingues , Schmitz Carlos Andr� Aita , Dal Moro Rafael Gustavo , D'Avila Ot�vio Pereira , Rados Dimitris Rucks Varvaki , Umpierre Roberto Nunes , Gon�alves Marcelo Rodrigues , Carrard Vinicius Coelho
Published: April 2018

BACKGROUND

Telediagnosis is a promising tool in situations of limited access to specialty care. Considering that, an oral health telediagnosis platform (EstomatoNet) was created in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. EstomatoNet provides specialist support over a web-based platform to primary care dentists for diagnosis of oral lesions.

OBJECTIVE

To evaluate the usability of EstomatoNet and to identify user perceptions regarding their expectations and difficulties with the system.

METHODS

Sixteen dentists were selected for the study: 8 were frequent users of EstomatoNet and 8 were residents who had never used the Platform. To assess usability, participants were required to request telediagnosis support for a fictional case provided by the research team. During the process of uploading the information and sending the request, users were asked to “think out loud,” expressing their perceptions. The session was observed by an examiner with remote access to the user's screen (via Skype). After the simulation, users completed the System Usability Scale (SyUS).

RESULTS

The mean SyUS score assigned by frequent users was 84.7±6.6, vs. 82.2±9.3 for residents (satisfactory usability: score above 68). The difference between the groups was not statistically significant (Student t test, P = .55). The inexperienced group took longer (347.1s±101.1) to complete the task than frequent users (252.8s±80.3), however the difference between the groups was not statistically significant (Student t test, P = .06). In their subjective evaluation, users suggested the inclusion of a field to add further information on outcomes and resolution of the case and changes in the position of the “Send” button to improve work flow.

CONCLUSIONS

The present results indicate good usability of EstomatoNet. The Platform seems to meet the needs of users regardless of how experienced they are; nevertheless, a few minor changes in some steps would improve the tool.
Remembering qualitative analysis. The 175th anniversary of Fresenius’ textbook: Part II
Authors: Jensen William B.
Published: April 2018

Part II of this two-part article on the history of the teaching of qualitative analysis covers the hydrogen sulfide problem, the debates over why and how qualitative analysis should be taught to undergraduate chemistry majors, and comments on its eventual demise. It also contains the references for both parts.
UJI EFEK ANALGETIK EKSTRAK METANOL DAUN MANGGA ARUM MANIS (Mangifera indica L. Var. Arum manis) TERHADAP MENCIT PUTIH BETINA
Authors: Marjoni Mhd Riza
Published: April 2018

Penggunaan tanaman sebagai salah satu bahan pengobatan di Indonesia sudah dikenal sejak lama dan sampai sekarang masih banyak dilakukan oleh masyarakat secara luas. Mangga varietas arumanis yang merupakan produk asli Indonesia merupakan salah satudari tanaman tersebut yang telah digunakan secara tradisional oleh masyarakat untuk meredakan rasa nyeri. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui efek analgetik dari ekstrak methanol daun mangga arumanis menggunakan 3 variasi dosis.

Penelitian ini menggunakan 15 ekor mencit putih betina sebagai hewan uji yang dikelompokan menjadi 5 kelompok. Kelompok pertama diberi obat analgetik tramadol sebagai kontrol positif, kelompok kedua diberi aquades sebagai kontrol negatif, dan kelompok ketiga sampai kelima diberi ekstrak methanol daun mangga arumanis dengan 3 variasi dosis 25 mg, 50 mg, 100 mg setiap 0,5 ml secara oral.  Pengamatan yang dilakukan terhadap hewan uji adalah respon berupa melompat dan atau menjilat kaki sebelum perlakuan, dan pada menit ke-30, 60, 90, 120 setelah diberi rangsangan nyeri berupa suhu panas 55 0 C menggunakan metoda hot plate. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa ketiga dosis ektrak metanol daun mangga arum manis memiliki efek analgesik pada mencit putih betina
Alterações macroscópicas e histopatológicas ovarianas em vacas doadoras zebuínas
Authors: OLIVEIRA CAYQUE , . Cayque Emmanuel de Oliveira , , Guilhrme Musse , , Humberto Eustáquio Coelho , . Helio Alberto , , Raul Moraes Nolasco , , Claudio Henrique Gonçalves Barbosa , , Laryssa Costa Rezende , , Tatiane Furtado Carvalho , , Luis Oliveira Lopes , , Marcelo Coelho Lopes
Published: April 2018

Objective of this work was to evaluate the macroscopic and microscopic changes of ovaries in zebu donor cows. It was considered the reproductive tract of 62 Zebu cows (Bos taurus indicus) donors of oocytes by ovum pick method, animals from Uberaba-MG region. In the macroscopic lesions were found 75.47% of Cyst, 0.94% of lateral scar and 23.58% of fibrosis. In the histopathological evaluations were found 24.32% of cysts, 1.35% of fibroma, 39.19% of fibrosis, 1.35% of luteoma, 24.32% of ooforites, 6.76% of tecoma and 2.7% granulosa cell tumor. In conclusion, the follicular puncture continues donor cows promotes gross lesions as ovarian cysts, fibrosis and scarring side. still leads fibroma, fibrosis, luteoma, ooforites, tecoma and tumor granulosa cells seen the light microscopy. These lesions and reduce the fertility of these females can still cause health risk to individuals, so this technique should be used with caution.
Alterações macroscópicas e histopatológicas uterinas em vacas submetidas a aspirações foliculares
Authors: OLIVEIRA CAYQUE , , Cayque Emmanuel de Oliveira , . Guilhrme Mussi , . Humberto Eustáquio Coelho , . Helio Alberto , . Raul Moraes Nolasco , . Claudio Henrique Gonçalves Barbosa , . Laryssa Costa Rezende , . Tatiane Furtado Carvalho , . Luis Oliveira Lopes , . Marcelo Coelho Lopes
Published: April 2018

Transvaginal follicular aspiration guided by ultrasonography that helps to take advantage of the genetic potential of females considered superior. However, follicular aspiration is not an invasive technique for the reproductive tract in which it is used once the organ is punctured by a needle for several times. Therefore, the present work aims to characterize macroscopic and histopathological changes in the uterus of bovine females submitted to a sequence of follicular punctures, created in the Uberaba-MG region. Histopathological examination revealed 56 lesions: 32% (18/56) acute endometritis, 7% (4/56) chronic endometritis, 29% (16/56) fibroma, 5% (3/56) panmetritis, 7% (4/56) cystic endometritis, 11% (6/56) leiomyoma, 2% (1/56) mucopurulent endometritis, 4% (2/56) muscular hyaline degeneration of the artery wall, 2% (1/56) polyp Endometrium, 2% (1/56) suppurative endometritis. It is concluded that these pathologies caused by follicular aspiration continue to promote subfertility in these animals.
Avaliação de corante fluorescente benzazólico para detecção em parasitos diagnosticados por flutuação simples
Authors: Marques Sandra , Barros Hélio Lopes Barbosa , Glasenapp Raquel , Stefani Valter
Published: April 2018

This study shows the use of 4-hydroxy-3- (6-methylbenzo [d] oxazol-2-yl) benzenesulfonic acid (HB-9), a fluorescent dye, for the detection and visualization of helminth eggs and protozoan oocysts diagnosed in domestic animals, by epifluorescence microscopy. Eggs of Acuaria spiralis, Strongyloides papillosus, Capillaria spp., Bertiella spp., Strongyloidea and Eimeria spp., were previously identified through the flotation method and used for analysis. The fluorescence of the eggs was visualized in a BEL R Photonics com sistema de Epi-FluorescênciaINV-100 FL Plus. Only eggs of Acuaria spiralis,  Capillaria spp., and Bertiella spp. presented fluorescence when visualized by epifluorescence microscopy. The results indicate that the fluorescente dye used in this study permits a easy, clear and selective detection and visualization ofparasitic structures.
Optimization of the epoxidation of linseed oil using response surface methodology
Authors: Govedarica Olga , Jankovic Milovan , Sinadinovic-Fiser Snezana , Govedarica Dragan
Published: April 2018

Epoxidized vegetable oils are widely used in the chemical industry. Their production requires the optimization of process conditions to maximize the epoxy yield. Therefore, the epoxidation of linseed oil with peracetic acid generated in situ in the presence of an ion exchange resin as a catalyst was optimized using response surface methodology combined with Box-Behnken design. The effects of temperature (65?85?C), hydrogen peroxide-to-oil unsaturation mole ratio (1.1:1?1.5:1), catalyst amount (10?20 wt.%), and reaction time (5?13 h) on the epoxy yield were studied. According to analysis of variance, the developed regression model was significant with a coefficient of determination (R2) of 98.95%. Temperature of 70.6?C, hydrogen peroxide-to-oil unsaturation mole ratio of 1.5:1, catalyst amount of 20 wt.%, and reaction time of 7 h were determined as the optimal process conditions using the model. At these conditions, a relative epoxy yield of 84.73?0.07% was achieved, which agreed closely with the predicted value of 87.60%. The epoxidized linseed oil with high epoxy oxygen content (8.27?0.01%) and low iodine number (4.22?0.49 g iodine/100 g oil) was obtained approximately isothermally in a batch process and under relatively mild and safe conditions.
Multidecomposition of cartesian product of some graphs into even cycles and matchings
Authors: Kandan P.
Published: April 2018

Let C2p and pK2 denote a cycle with 2p edges and p vertex-disjoint edges,
respectively. For graphs G,H' and H'',a (H',H'')-multidecomposition of G
is a partition of the edge set of G into copies of H' and copies of H'' with
at least one copy of H' and at least one copy of H''. In this paper, we
investigate (C2p, pK2)-multidecomposition of the Cartesian product of paths,
cycles and complete graphs, for some values p ? 3.
Boundary Schwarz lemma for holomorphic functions
Authors: Örnek Nafi , Gök Burcu
Published: April 2018

In this paper, a boundary version of Schwarz lemma is investigated. We take
into consideration a function f (z) holomorphic in the unit disc and f (0) =
0 such that ?Rf? < 1 for ?z? < 1, we estimate a modulus of angular
derivative of f (z) function at the boundary point b with f (b) = 1, by
taking into account their first nonzero two Maclaurin coefficients. Also, we
shall give an estimate below ?f'(b)? according to the first nonzero
Taylor coefficient of about two zeros, namely z=0 and z0 ? 0. Moreover, two
examples for our results are considered.
A new approach to Jacobsthal quaternions
Authors: Torunbalcı-Aydın Fügen , Yüce Salim
Published: April 2018

The Jacobsthal quaternions defined by Szynal-Liana and Wloch [35]. In this
paper, we defined some properties of Jacobsthal quaternions. Also, we
investigated the relations between the Jacobsthal quaternions which
connected with Jacobsthal and Jacobsthal-Lucas numbers. Furthermore, we gave
the Binet formulas and Cassini identities for these quaternions.
A study on fuzzy 2-absorbing primary Г-ideals in Г-rings
Authors: Onar Serkan , Sönmez Deniz , Ersoy Bayram , Yeşilot Gürsel , Hila Kostaq
Published: April 2018

In this paper, we initiate the study of a generalization of fuzzy primary
?-ideals in ?-rings by introducing fuzzy 2-absorbing primary ?-ideals and
fuzzy strongly 2-absorbing primary ?-ideals. The notions of a fuzzy
2-absorbing primary ?-ideal, fuzzy strongly 2-absorbing primary ?-ideal
and fuzzy weakly completely 2-absorbing primary ?-ideal are defined and
their structural characteristics and properties are investigated. The notion
of a fuzzy K-2-absorbing primary ?-ideal is introduced and several of its
properties are investigated. Finally, the relationships between fuzzy
2-absorbing primary ?-ideals of a ?-ring are examined.
Pointwise pseudo-slant submanifolds of a Kenmotsu manifold
Authors: Khan Viqar , Shuaib Mohammad
Published: April 2018

In the present article, we have investigated pointwise pseudo-slant
submanifolds of Kenmotsu manifolds and have sought conditions under which
these submanifolds are warped products. To this end first, it is shown that
these submanifolds can not be expressed as non-trivial doubly warped product
submanifolds. However, as there exist non-trivial (single) warped product
submanifolds of a Kenmotsu manifold, we have worked out characterizations in
terms of a canonical structure T and the shape operator under which a
pointwise pseudo slant submanifold of a Kenmotsu manifold reduces to a
warped product submanifold.
Sufficient and necessary conditions of stochastic permanence and extinction for stochastic logistic model with Markovian switching and Lévy noise
Authors: Wang Sheng , Wang Linshan , Wei Tengda
Published: April 2018

In this paper, stochastic permanence and extinction of a stochastic logistic
model with Markovian switching and L?vy noise are investigated by combining
stochastic analytical techniques with M-matrix analysis. Sufficient and
necessary conditions of stochastic permanence and extinction are obtained.
In the case of stochastic permanence, both the superior limit and the
inferior limit of the average in time of the sample path of the solution are
estimated by two constants related to the stationary probability
distribution of the Markov chain and the parameters of the subsystems of the
logistic model. Finally, our conclusions are illustrated through an example.
The examination of the quality of life changes of patients with urolithiasis regarding different methods of treatment
Authors: Gvozdic Branka , Milenkovic-Petronic Dragica , Ladjevic Nebojsa , Vuksanovic Aleksandar , Durutovic Otas
Published: April 2018

Background/Aim. Urolithiasis is one of the most common urological illnesses with a continual rise in incidence and prevalence in the population. Its pathogenesis is multifactorial; hence, its consequences are serious problems that can significantly impact the quality of life of patients. In the last years, operational modes of urolithiasis treatment had undergone evolution changes towards minimally invasive treatment techniques aimed at improving its efficacy and patients' life quality. The aim of the study was to examine and evaluate the quality of life of the patients with urolithiasis depending on the applied treatment method. Methods. This research was designed as a panel study ? a combination of a cross-sectional and cohort study. The sample included patients with urolithiasis treated with extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy (ESWL) or ureteroscopic lithotripsy (Lithoclast). The research was carried during one year period and 100 respondents met the inclusion criteria. They were divided into two equal groups considering the applied method of the stone disintegration: the Lithoclast group (URSL) and the ESWL group. The instrument used for measuring the quality of life was Short Form (SF) 36 questionnaire. It was administrated to the patients immediately before the operation and one month after the operation. Results. The statistical analysis of the scores obtained preoperationally on the SF 36 questionnaire revealed the decrease in the quality of life of patients with urolithiasis in almost all dimensions of life. The statistically relevant difference in preoperative SF scores between the two groups of patients was not established except in the domain of the role of physical health and the domain of mental health. In the domain of the role of physical health, the Lithoclast group had a statistically significant higher score than the ESWL group, but in the domain of mental health, the ESWL group had a statistically significant higher score than the Lithoclast group. The postoperative statistical analysis of SF questionnaire and the examination of the impact of the treatment mode on the quality of life showed that the use of the Lithoclast method resulted in the much higher, statistically significant score at SF36 questionnaires regarding several life dimensions than the ESWL method. The application of the ESWL method even resulted in the decrease in the postoperational score for some life dimensions. Conclusion. The assessment of the quality of life is an adequate tool for the evaluation of treatment modes in the clinical practice. By using the SF 36 questionnaire in this study, we established that the ureteroscopic lithotripsy (the Lithoclast method) is a method that postoperatively results in much higher and statistically significant improvement of the quality of life of patients with urolithiasis in several health domains than the ESWL method.
Influence of Diabetes on Trends in Perioperative Cardiovascular Events
Authors: Newman Jonathan D. , Wilcox Tanya , Smilowitz Nathaniel R. , Berger Jeffrey S.
Published: April 2018

OBJECTIVE

Patients undergoing noncardiac surgery frequently have diabetes mellitus (DM) and an elevated risk of cardiovascular disease. It is unknown whether temporal declines in the frequency of perioperative major adverse cardiovascular and cerebrovascular events (MACCEs) apply to patients with DM.

RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS

Patients ≥45 years of age who underwent noncardiac surgery from January 2004 to December 2013 were identified using the U.S. National Inpatient Sample. DM was identified using ICD-9 diagnosis codes. Perioperative MACCEs (in-hospital all-cause mortality, acute myocardial infarction, or acute ischemic stroke) by DM status were evaluated over time.

RESULTS

The final study sample consisted of 10,581,621 hospitalizations for major noncardiac surgery; DM was present in ∼23% of surgeries and increased over time (P for trend <0.001). Patients with DM experienced MACCEs in 3.3% of surgeries vs. 2.8% of surgeries for patients without DM (P < 0.001). From 2004 to 2013, the odds of perioperative MACCEs after multivariable adjustment increased by 6% (95% CI 2–9) for DM patients, compared with an 8% decrease (95% CI −10 to −6) for patients without DM (P for interaction <0.001). Trends for individual end points were all less favorable for patients with DM versus those without DM.

CONCLUSIONS

In an analysis of >10.5 million noncardiac surgeries from a large U.S. hospital admission database, perioperative MACCEs were more common among patients with DM versus those without DM. Perioperative MACCEs increased over time and individual end points were all less favorable for patients with DM. Our findings suggest that a substantial unmet need exists for strategies to reduce the risk of perioperative cardiovascular events among patients with DM.
ENHANCING WRITING SKILL THROUGH WRITING PROCESS APPROACH
Authors: Miftah M. Zaini
Published: April 2018

The study is aimed at developing the implementation of Writing Process Approach (WPA) to enhance the students’ skill in writing essay. The study employed Classroom Action Research. The subjects of the study were 15 university students enrolled in the writing class. The data were gained from writing task, observation and field notes. The findings show that the implementation of WPA with the proper model procedures developed can enhance the students’ skill in writing essay. Before the strategy was implemented, the percentage of the students achieving the score greater than or equal to C (56-70) was 40.00% (6 students of the class). However, after the strategy was implemented in Cycle I, it enhanced enough to 60.00% (9 students of the class), but this result did not meet the criteria of success set up in the study. Next, in Cycle II it increased slightly to 86.67% (13 students of the class). Thus, the enhancement of the students’ skill in writing essay can be reached but it should follow the proper model procedures of the implementation of WPA developed.

Keywords: writing process approach, writing skill, essay writing
Parents’ involvement in supporting their children learn English
Authors: Indriati Isna
Published: April 2018

This study focuses on the way of parents involving themselves in supporting their children learn English. In order to encourage children to learn better as English language learners, some parents send their children to have a continual program in non-formal institutions after schooling time. A common reason is that parents have the low capability in training their children to speak English or at least utter some meaningful words or phrases. Small scale survey by using open and closed-ended questionnaire was conducted among respondents from two elementary schools in Palangka Raya, Indonesia. They were, first, parents whose children learn English formally in SDIT Al-Furqan Palangka Raya and MIN Langkai Palangka Raya and take English course privately at home or courses center, and, second, the children as students. The questionnaires are focused on the students’ attitude and motivation towards learning English and parents’ opinions and involvement in learning the process, mainly practicing English at home. The result offers teachers some important points to consider in the teaching of English, especially the way to work with children and to build a positive relationship with parents in the regard of better learning.
Learning strategies applied by the students in writing English text
Authors: Yulianti Dwiana Binti
Published: April 2018

This study is aimed at verifying the finding of a study on what learning strategies applied by the students in writing text and the impact of learning strategies toward the students’ writing score. This is a qualitative descriptive study, and it is conducted at Communication Science Department of the Muhammadiyah University of Ponorogo. The instruments used to collect the data were observation, documentations, and questionnaire. After analyzing the data, it is found that the learning strategies used by the students in writing English text are metacognitive strategies, compensation strategies, cognitive strategies, affective strategies, memory strategies, and social strategies. The students use learning strategies in moderate level which means they sometimes use these learning strategies. Moreover, learning strategies influence the students’ writing score; the students who get good score use metacognitive strategies and the students who get fair score use affective strategies.
Syntactic complexity in Iranian learners' English writing and speaking
Authors: Yazdani Sarah
Published: April 2018

This study is aimed at demonstrating the use of syntactic complexity in Iranian learners’ English written and spoken discourse using quantitative-qualitative approach. To fulfill this purpose, forty-five female Iranian students from 3 branches of a private language institute in Mashhad were recruited. The subjects were divided into three groups based on Cambridge Placement Test results: elementary, intermediate, and advanced. All groups (each 15 participants) were asked to write a 200-word essay on a topic. Thereafter, the essays were examined manually for the T-units according to the classification used by the experts. In the follow-up phase of the study, participants were asked to attend an interview on the same topic of their writings to evaluate the usage of C-units in their speaking. The findings illustrate the fact that the most frequent element in macro level was clause in both writing and speaking, while in micro level, there were significant differences between elementary group & intermediate group and between the elementary group and advanced group in writing skill and there was a significant difference between elementary group & advanced group in using subordinate clauses in speaking. A future study investigating syntactic complexity in other skills such as reading would be very interesting.
“¡España es también aquí!”: Nación e imaginario colonial en los cuentos de Emilia Pardo Bazán
Authors: Bardavío Estevan Susana
Published: April 2018

En el contexto de la biopolítica imperialista del siglo XIX, la guerra en Cuba y Filipinas supuso para España el cuestionamiento definitivo de su vigor racial y un replanteamiento de su configuración nacional. Emilia Pardo Bazán fue una de las plumas que intervino activamente en este debate durante el conflicto bélico y tras la derrota de 1898. Este artículo analiza la elaboración de la imagen de España a través de la representación de las colonias en los cuentos que la autora publicó en prensa entre 1896 y 1899. El estudio del espacio literario colonial revela la transformación que experimentó la idea de la nación española, desde una patria unida e inclusiva, conformada por una metrópoli civilizadora de sus colonias, a una nación degenerada que sucumbía ante lo salvaje. Los cuentos de Pardo Bazán forman parte de una literatura nacida en torno al conflicto que, pese a no ser abundante ni canónica, no debe obviarse por su grado de difusión y su influencia en la construcción nacional.
El post-turista o turista de la posglobalización y el viaje centrado en el patrimonio religioso
Authors: Rubio Gil Ángeles
Published: April 2018

Este estudio presta atención al fenómeno del turista no masificado que busca conocer el patrimonio religioso (como experiencia antropológica), mientras realiza otro tipo de turismo: rural, social (juvenil o de tercera edad), deportivo, de aventura, genealógico y de raíces, gastronómico, etc. Se analiza así la adopción de nuevas pautas culturales en la práctica de experiencias turísticas, cada vez más presentes en la población, reflejando la nueva altura de los tiempos y los cambios en las prácticas turísticas.
Métodos não farmacológicos para alívio da dor durante trabalho de parto
Authors: Coelho Kathlin Cristina , Marques da Silva Rocha Ivanilde , Silva Lima Anderson Luiz da
Published: April 2018

A dor é definida como uma experiência sensorial e emocional desagradável, associada a uma lesão tecidual real ou potencial. Esta revisão teve por objetivo verificar quais são os métodos não farmacológicos mais utilizados para o alívio da dor durante o trabalho de parto. Revisão narrativa da bibliografia por meio de buscas nas bases de dados da Biblioteca Virtual em Saúde e manuais publicados disponíveis de forma gratuita na internet. Foram selecionadas 28 referências para a elaboração deste artigo. Entre os métodos não farmacológicos, destacam-se: técnicas de respiração; massagens; banhos; bola suíça; deambulação; eletroestimulação e crioterapia. Ficaram evidentes os benefícios dos métodos não farmacológicos utilizados durante o trabalho de parto e sua eficácia. Além do alívio da dor, estes métodos promovem relaxamento, reduzem a ansiedade, aumentam o vínculo entre a gestante e seu/sua acompanhante e reduzem o risco de exposição desnecessária aos fármacos.
Acolhimento com classificação de risco: atuação do enfermeiro na urgência e emergência
Authors: Cunha Lima Soares Adriana , Brasileiro Marislei , Galdino de Souza Danielle
Published: April 2018

O estudo teve por objetivo analisar a assistência de enfermagem aos pacientes atendidos com classificação de risco, segundo a literatura. Por meio de revisão integrativa da literatura foram identificados 912 artigos dos quais se selecionou 14, considerando os critérios: artigos completos; publicados no período entre 2012 a 2015; disponíveis no idioma português e inglês; indexados nas bases de dados da Biblioteca Virtual em Saúde. Todo o material foi analisado por meio da técnica Análise de Conteúdo. Emanaram-se duas categorias temáticas: A Humanização no Atendimento e O Papel do Enfermeiro nas Unidades de Urgência e Emergência. Conclui-se que o Acolhimento com Classificação de Risco seja um dos instrumentos fundamentais de auxílio para alcance da qualidade no atendimento “de porta” dos serviços de emergências dos hospitais brasileiros.
Parto domiciliar planejado: um relato de experiência
Authors: Estércio Ramos Blenda Dias , Marques da Silva Rocha Ivanilde , Silva Lima Anderson Luiz da
Published: April 2018

A decisão pela realização de um parto domiciliar planejado é resultado de um processo gradativo de avaliação de riscos, custos e benefícios por parte do casal e do profissional que prestará a assistência. Este relato de experiência teve por objetivo apresentar a vivência de um parto domiciliar planejado, trazendo as evidências científicas para a realização de tal prática de forma segura. No intuito de manter o sigilo, será utilizado o nome fictício Alice. O levantamento dos artigos científicos foi realizado através da Biblioteca Virtual de Saúde (BVS). Foram utilizados 26 artigos para o embasamento científico deste relato. Foi possível concluir que, segundo as atuais evidências científicas, o parto domiciliar planejado é uma prática segura, quando este procedimento conta com profissionais competentes e qualificados para a realização da assistência, devendo esta prática ser estimulada e respeitada.
Cuidados paliativos - hipodermóclise uma técnica do passado com futuro: revisão da literatura
Authors: Cunha Silva Paulo Renato da , Brito dos Santos Elza
Published: April 2018

Os cuidados paliativos são voltados ao controle sintomático e preservação da qualidade de vida do paciente, sem função curativa, ou de prolongamento ou de abreviação da sobrevida. O objetivo dessa revisão de literatura é descrever o manejo terapêutico para subsidiar a assistência de enfermagem demonstrando a aplicabilidade da hipodermóclise como via alternativa. A metodologia científica adotada baseia-se na pesquisa bibliográfica do tipo revisão literária com recorte temporal de 2008 a 2016. A hipodermóclise é uma técnica confiável e de vantagens pela menor complexidade e custo. Acredita-se que as indicações dessa revisão de literatura possam contribuir para o despertar do enfermeiro quanto as suas responsabilidades em cuidar e acolher os pacientes em paliação, evidenciando a importância de ter conhecimentos científicos para prestar assistência qualificada.
Saúde do idoso: abordagem da literatura sobre a segurança do paciente
Authors: Silva Gleise Gonçalves Passos , Oliveira Tatiana Santana , Maia Luiz Faustino dos Santos
Published: April 2018

O aumento demasiado da população idosa tornou-se uma política de saúde pública, estima-se que até 2020 a perspectiva de vida alcance em torno de 75,5 anos, ou seja, a população será composta por 16,2 milhões de idosos. O objetivo é destacar a importância da atuação do enfermeiro na assistência aliada à segurança do paciente idoso. Trata-se de uma revisão da literatura de forma integrativa, nas bases de dados da SCIELO, LATINDEX, LILACS, REDALYC e sites governamentais (COFEN e COREN-SP). O aumento da população idosa é de ocorrência mundial e requer importância, todavia considera-se que a qualidade de vida pode ser alterada pelo déficit de autossuficiência, o enfermeiro assume papel importantíssimo na gerontologia atuando na promoção da qualidade de vida e possibilita um olhar diferenciado a esse grupo de pessoas. Concluímos que a atuação do enfermeiro se destaca na prevenção e assistência com qualidade, visando garantir a segurança do paciente idoso.
Educação continuada em enfermagem cardiológica em hospital psiquiátrico: multifacetas de uma clientela
Authors: Santos Ferreira Rosa Gomes dos , Nascimento Jorge Luiz do
Published: April 2018

A enfermagem psiquiátrica no ambiente da internação é uma árdua tarefa e deve contemplar a atenção e olhar multifacetado, onde a crise psiquiátrica e as comorbidades clínicas que acompanham os indivíduos suscitam atenção e capacitação das equipes para o cuidado especializado no atendimento destas situações. Com vistas a abarcar esta discussão, os autores discutem as produções científicas encontradas que tratam da interface aprendizado e capacitação em cardiologia, aplicadas à seara da internação psiquiátrica, através de abordagem qualitativa, descritiva, exploratória. Isto fomenta que a educação continuada pode ser facilitadora para que a interface cardiologia, psiquiatria, educação continuada exista de modo eficaz, refletindo-se em processos dinâmicos de anamnese, diagnóstico, capacitação, tratamento, não só da crise psiquiátrica, mas de doenças que podem estar presentes no contexto do ambiente de internação.
A dicotomia entre teoria e prática na formação do enfermeiro docente
Authors: Rocha Santos da Silva Marcus Vinicius da , Sousa Carvalho Filha Francidalma Soares , Carvalho do Nascimento Franc-Lane Sousa , Barros Branco Tairo , Pereira Lima Najra Danny , Silva Miranda Robert Herbert da
Published: April 2018

Analisar a produção científica sobre a dicotomia existente entre a teoria e a prática na formação do enfermeiro docente. Revisão integrativa da literatura utilizando as seguintes bases de dados: LILACS, BDENF e MEDLINE, mediante a utilização da associação dos descritores: educação em enfermagem and docentes de enfermagem and práticas do docente de enfermagem, obtendo-se 14 estudos. O período de busca foi 2006 a 2015. A formação inicial nos cursos de graduação em enfermagem apresenta deficiências quando se trata de formar profissionais enfermeiros para a atividade docente, uma vez que ela se pauta na formação norteada pelo modelo tecnicista, hospitalocêntrico, que contraria as diretrizes atuais, e privilegia um enfoque mais centrado na saúde coletiva. Há necessidade de formação, seja inicial e/ou continuada, voltada ao enfermeiro docente, para que a ciência da enfermagem seja direcionada rumo à autoconstrução de forma integral, consciente e emancipada.
Packet-Level Link Capacity Evaluation for IP Networks
Authors: Mirtchev Seferin T.
Published: April 2018

In recent times, with many applications, the IP networks have become the most powerful tool for sharing information. Best-effort IP interconnected networks deliver data according to the available resources, without any assurance of throughput, delay bounds, or reliability requirements. As a result, their performance is highly variable and cannot be guaranteed. In IP networks, ensuring proper link capacity at the packet level is a challenging problem. In this article, a method to evaluate the link capacity of IP networks at the packet level based on a single server delay system with state-dependent arrival and departure processes is suggested. The dependence of the traffic being carried on the queue length and on the defined waiting time is shown. Presented graphic dependencies allow for defined quality of service, namely the probability of packet loss and admissible delays, to determine the carried traffic of the links.
An Automatically Generated Annotated Corpus for Albanian Named Entity Recognition
Authors: Hoxha Klesti , Baxhaku Artur
Published: April 2018

Named Entity Recognition (NER) is an important task in many NLP pipelines. It has become especially important for knowledge bases that power many of the nowadays information retrieval systems. In order to cope with the high demand for annotated training corpora for supervised NER systems, automatic generation approaches have been proposed. In this paper we report on the first automatically generated NE annotated corpus for Albanian. News articles from Albanian news media were used as a document source. They were automatically tagged using a custom generated gazetteer from the Albanian Wikipedia. Our evaluation results show that this corpus can be used as a baseline corpus for human annotated ones or as a training corpus where no other is available.
2L-APD: A Two-Level Plagiarism Detection System for Arabic Documents
Authors: Nagoudi El Moatez Billah , Khorsi Ahmed , Cherroun Hadda , Schwab Didier
Published: April 2018

Measuring the amount of shared information between two documents is a key to address a number of Natural Language Processing (NLP) challenges such as Information Retrieval (IR), Semantic Textual Similarity (STS), Sentiment Analysis (SA) and Plagiarism Detection (PD). In this paper, we report a plagiarism detection system based on two layers of assessment: 1) Fingerprinting which simply compares the documents fingerprints to detect the verbatim reproduction; 2) Word embedding which uses the semantic and syntactic properties of words to detect much more complicated reproductions. Moreover, Word Alignment (WA), Inverse Document Frequency (IDF) and Part-of-Speech (POS) weighting are applied on the examined documents to support the identification of words that are most descriptive in each textual unit. In the present work, we focused on Arabic documents and we evaluated the performance of the system on a data-set of holding three types of plagiarism: 1) Simple reproduction (copy and paste); 2) Word and phrase shuffling; 3) Intelligent plagiarism including synonym substitution, diacritics insertion and paraphrasing. The results show a recall of 88% and a precision of 86%. Compared to the results obtained by the systems participating in the Arabic Plagiarism Detection Shared Task 2015, our system outperforms all of them with a plagiarism detection score (Plagdet) of 83%.
Quantifying the Vegetation Health Based on the Resilience in an Arid System
Authors: Ranjbar Abolfazl , Taabe Marzieh , Mousavi Seiied Hojjat , Khosroshahi Mohammad
Published: April 2018

Proper management of natural ecosystems is not possible without the knowledge of the health status of its components. Vegetation, as the main component of the ecosystem, plays an important role in its health. One of the key determinants of vegetation health is its resilience in the face of environmental disorders. This research was conducted in parts of the Namakzar-e Khaf watershed in Northeast of South Khorasan Province with the aim of quantifying the vegetative resilience on behalf of the ecosystem health in response to long-term precipitation changes. First, the annual precipitation standardization was performed during a thirty-year period by the SPI method. Then, the average variation in TNDVI index obtained from the Landsat satellite images was examined and the resilience was tested by calculating the four effective factors (amplitude, malleability, damping and hysteresis). According to the results, the amplitude in the survey period was 6.04% and the vegetation has had different values of damping over the years. The most prominent example of vegetation resilience occurred between 1986 and 1996, with malleability of 0.7 and damping of zero. Vegetation in this period, after the elimination of drought effects (1986), has not only returned to the amount of vegetation of reference year with severe precipitation (1996) but also increased by 0.25%. This increase, as the index of hysteresis, has been presented for the first time in the ecosystem health discussion quantitatively in the present study. A set of quantitative calculations showed that despite reduced annual precipitation and drought events, the vegetation has been able to maintain its resilience, which indicates the health of vegetation in the studied ecosystem.
Raillietiella mottae (Pentastomida: Raillietiellidae) parasitizing four species of Gekkota lizards (Gekkonidae and Phyllodactylidae) in the Brazilian Caatinga
Authors: Lima V. F. , Brito S. V. , Araujo Filho J. A. , Teles D. A. , Ribeiro S. C. , Teixeira A. A. M. , Pereira A. M. A. , Almeida W. O.
Published: April 2018

We tested the role of sex, size, and mass of the lizards Phyllopezus pollicaris, Gymnodactylus geckoides, Hemidactylus agrius, Lygodactylus klugei, and Hemidactylus brasilianus on the rates of pentastomid infection in the Brazilian Caatinga. We collected 355 individuals of these five species, of which four (prevalence of infection: P. pollicaris 15.9 %, G. geckoides 1.4 %, H. agrius 28.57 %, and H. brasilianus 4.16 %) were infected by Raillietiella mottae. Parasite abundance was influenced by host body size and mass only in P. pollicaris. Host sex did not influence the abundance of parasites in any species. Hemidactylus agrius, G. geckoides, and H. brasilianus are three new host records for pentastomids.