bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
The Need for Adaptive Organizational Systems Concerning Proactive Health Literacy Approaches in the Misinformation State of COVID-19
Authors: Burrell Darrell Norman
Published: April 2022

When it comes to COVID-19 in America, the country represents four percent of the global population but accounts for 22% of global COVID-19 deaths. The convergence of misrepresentation and rapid growth contagious are considered interrelated. Social media has played a significant role in the spread of myths and misconceptions concerning COVID-19, and as a result, health literacy has become critical to fighting the virus. Misinformation has come to define COVID-19 due to unrelenting public fables misinformation on everything from the virus being a hoax, untested cures, and the uselessness of wearing facemasks. Health literacy is the extent to which the public and patients can acquire and understand essential health knowledge required to make proper health choices and decisions. The inquiry employs a content analysis of current literature and qualitative interviews to explore practical organizational adaptive approaches that promote COVID-19 health literacy.
Theoretical and Empirical Approaches and Typologies Into Failures and Enhancement of Organizational Resilience Analysis
Authors: Vargas-Hernández José G.
Published: April 2022

The aim of this chapter is to analyze the implications of theoretical, empirical, and typologies into failures and enhancement of organizational resilience. It is assumed that the application of conceptual, theoretical, and empirical knowledge base to specific knowledge and practice integrated into organizational resilience will help, but it is unclear to what extent it can be designed and supported because of lack of empirical evidence. The method employed is the analytical reflection sustained in the review of theoretical and empirical literature and observation. It is concluded that each organizational system transformation needs different and specific conceptual, theoretical, and empirical knowledge bases to take advantage of failures and enhance organizational resilience.
Implications of Implementing Operational Multi-Levels
Authors: Vargas-Hernández José G.
Published: April 2022

The purpose of this study is to analyze the operational implications of implementing resilience at the multi-levels of individual, organizational, community, and societal resilience. It is assumed that the implementation of resilience requires identifying the concepts, antecedents, fundaments, principles regarding the nature, processes, orientations, and outcomes. The method employed is the analytical-reflective based on conceptual, theoretical, and empirical literature review and observation of specific situations. This chapter considers a wide range of research related to resilience to be comprehensive. It is concluded that resilience is critically relevant at multi-level for individuals, organizations, communities, and society that must remain capable and strong even when all the events are adverse and seem incapable and consider ad hoc responses based on the nature of experienced major incidents. Neither academic research nor the practitioners are fully considering the implementation of resilience to solve problems.
Development of Executive Function at the Preschool Age
Authors: Bausela-Herreras Esperanza
Published: April 2022

The development of executive functions (EFs), such as self-regulation of emotion and behaviour, begins in infancy and continues throughout the preschool period. The authors will briefly discuss some of the nuclear dimensions that emerge in the first moments of the life cycle: working memory, automatic response inhibition, and flexibility. In the chapter, development of executive functions in preschool age is structured in three sections: (1) Initially, the basic concepts related to the conceptualization and different explanatory models of the EFs are developed, focusing on the model of Miyake, Friedman, Emerson, Witzki, Howerter, and Wager. (2) Then, the neuropsychological development of the EFs is addressed, analysing the prerequisites and subsequent trajectories of the executive dimensions. The relationship of the EFs and behaviour regulation is analysed, as well as the factors that facilitate or interfere with the development of the EFs. (3) The chapter ends with some conclusions and final reflections.
Executive Functions and Conversational Competence
Authors: Moreno-Campos Veronica , Quique Yina M.
Published: April 2022

This chapter adopts the perspective that executive functions are a processing system that regulates language and communication, modulated by conversational competence. In this bidirectional relationship, executive dysfunctions will result in conversational competence alterations of language use (i.e., pragmatics). This chapter examines the relationship between executive functions and conversational competence using examples of spontaneous conversational interactions of patients with language impairments. The authors present didactic proposals to mitigate the effects of the linguistic alterations.
Dual and Triple Cognitive-Motor Task Interventions in Old Adults
Authors: Campos-Magdaleno Maria , Burgo Clara , Felpete Alba , Facal David
Published: April 2022

The concurrent-task paradigm (multitask setting) constitutes an appropriate methodology to assess executive attention, specifically to assess the ability to share attentional resources in order to attend to the requirements of the two or more tasks. Performance declines and costs increase gradually as task demands rise, especially in older adults. Since many activities of daily living involve the simultaneous performance of two or more motor and cognitive tasks, multitask settings can play a central role in the quality of life of institutionalized old adults. In community-dwelling old adults, performance costs have been proposed as a marker for cognitive frailty. In neurodegenerative disorders such as Parkinson's disease, concurrent tasks may provide valid measures of the progression of the diseases. In the chapter, the authors summarize an intervention model in multitask settings designed to reduce performance costs and improve functioning in daily life.
Stigmatized Disclosure in Close Relationships
Authors: Timmerman Lindsay M. , Cronin-Fisher Valerie , Jagiello Kristy
Published: April 2022

Stigmatized disclosures—things we elect not to share when we are worried about disapproval, stereotyping, or judgment—were examined in the context of close relationships. Participants (N = 141) shared examples of stigmatized disclosures they were currently withholding from a close other via an anonymous online survey. Responses were coded to determine topics of stigmatized disclosures as well as reasons for withholding. Four overarching categories of topics were uncovered (societal taboos, personal business, identity, and abuse/trauma), as well as four categories of reasons (self-focused, other-focused, relationship-focused, and information-focused). This data-driven chapter reviews extant literature on disclosure and avoidance, includes an investigation of a wide variety of stigmatized disclosure topics (N = 186) and reasons for withholding them (N = 564), and examines the implications of these findings.
A Milieu of Taboo
Authors: Brass-Rosenfield Chelsea
Published: April 2022

Taboo topics tend to be issues that one or more parties decide not to discuss openly. The issues that are considered taboo tend to comprise a threat of some kind. Broadly speaking, taboo topics commonly fall under research areas of conflict and topic avoidance. This chapter will use that broadened scope to be able to focus on underlying factors of threat and avoidance such as interpersonal conflict, controlling behavior, and power dynamics. After reviewing those areas of literature, taboo topics will be revisited to highlight how conflict, power, and control concepts can be incorporated into directions for future research and applied settings.
Using the Risk Negotiation Framework to Explore the Taboo Aspects of Forgiveness Among Organizational Members
Authors: Sollitto Michael , Ruggiero Isabella
Published: April 2022

Organizations spend thousands of dollars and several hours of productivity each day because of destructive conflict. Though conflict is an inevitable part of organizational life, the authors of this chapter advocate for forgiveness as a transformative and prosocial process that organizational members can use to acknowledge transgressions, manage their conflict, and move their relationships toward reconciliation. However, forgiveness can be particularly risky and taboo due to various barriers that make it difficult for organizational members to communicate with one another. The authors begin this chapter by arguing that forgiveness is one productive method for handling conflict, and they review research findings about forgiveness in the organizational context. Following that, the authors detail the barriers to communicating forgiveness and use the risk negotiation framework to explain how organizational members can progress their workplace relationships. Finally, the authors provide directions for future research and strategies for encouraging forgiveness in the organization.
Race and Cultural Taboo
Authors: Xie Ming , Chao Chin-Chung
Published: April 2022

This chapter explores the refugee community's perceptions of disasters and crises and how the perceptions affect refugee populations' crisis communication and their emergency preparedness and response. Through in-depth interviews with refugees in the United States, this research identifies the institutional, social, and individual dimensions regarding refugees' crisis communication and disaster preparedness. It aims to re-conceptualize the refugee identity and their social vulnerability and discuss the effective way to integrate cultural understanding and dimension into crisis communication and disaster reduction.
Dismantling Taboos in Brazilian Popular Music Through the Works of Ceatano Veloso and Chico Buarque
Authors: Quadros Paulo da Silva
Published: April 2022

The goal of this work is to propose a critical reflection on some of the main aesthetic-social ruptures developed by two internationally renowned Brazilian composers of popular music: Caetano Veloso and Chico Buarque de Hollanda. Both are considered strong influences in dismantling taboos in Brazilian popular music and culture, surpassing prejudice and racism. Such composers brought a new aesthetic and critical dimension to Brazilian popular songbook, innovating in themes never discussed before, making bridges between popular music and other forms of expressions: theater, cinema, television, literature, poetry, plastic arts, sciences, philosophy, among others. Over the decades, these artists have become reference sources in the struggle for human and civil rights, gender, race and class equality, free expression, and against the power of authoritarian governments in Brazil and in the world.
Cyberbullying and Family Communication Theory and Research
Authors: Craig Elizabeth A. , Compton Josh , Luurs Geoffrey D.
Published: April 2022

Information and communication technologies (ICTs) are potent with promise and peril. On the one hand, ICTs provide an unprecedented amount of information, an ability to network across the globe, and interactive entertainment and socializing. On the other hand, the same properties are at risk of misuse to bully, to spread misinformation, and to commit other acts of harm. The purpose of this chapter is to consider the theoretical and conceptual significance of studying cyberbullying from a family communication perspective. The aim is to explain essential features of cyberbullying, to situate cyberbullying as a communication phenomenon, and to propose important conceptual and theoretical frameworks in family communication (including trait verbal aggression, developmental assets, family rituals, family communication patterns theory, and inoculation theory) for future research. The hope is that this chapter will inspire more family communication researchers to better understand, study, and provide solutions for the destructive and harmful effects of cyberbullying.
Online Safe (Enough) Spaces
Authors: Pevac Mikayla
Published: April 2022

In the age of the internet, online support groups have been developed to connect those with shared experiences—especially those with experiences that can be considered “taboo.” Because of the high levels of victim-blaming and stigmatization present in the U.S., due in large part to the perpetuation of rape myth narratives, the survivors of sexual assault are often reluctant to share their experiences with others. The fear of further victimization has led some sexual assault survivors to turn to online social media-based support groups for emotional support and understanding from like-minded individuals to fight against the isolation that so many survivors often face. This chapter looks at how online social groups, like those that thrive on Facebook, can provide safe (enough) spaces where survivors can access communal support despite the lurking harassment by online trolls.
Sex Beyond Commitment
Authors: O'Byrne Megan , Campbell Grant P. , Swiatkowski Paulina
Published: April 2022

Extra-relational sexual involvement is generally a taboo topic, with most Americans expecting their partners to remain faithful and monogamous in their relationship. However, while some couples exhibit traditional, monogamous relationships, other couples engage in consensually open arrangements for one or both partners. The spectrum of how relationships manifest make the taboo topic even more complex. This chapter examines episodes of Dr. Esther Perel's podcast Where Should We Begin? wherein couples seek therapy to discuss their primary romantic relationships after non-monogamy. Using relational dialectics theory, themes were identified through open-coding episode transcripts. Prominent among those codes were identification of relational needs, primary dialectical tensions, and fetishes within the relationships. The communicative practices of couples who experience non-monogamy as a result of open relationships as compared to those who experience affairs are explored throughout the themes.
Grief as Taboo
Authors: Ivy Diana K.
Published: April 2022

This chapter explores the communication of grief, often viewed as a taboo topic of conversation. The study connects author/Christian apologist C. S. Lewis's views of grief, as provided in his book A Grief Observed to communication scholar Brant Burleson's research on supportive, comforting messages. Loss and grief connected to jobs, grades, missed opportunities, relationship breakups, and so forth are worthy of study because loss affects communication. However, this inquiry examines the loss associated with the death of someone deeply loved. Lewis's reflections on what grief feels like and how it changes over time are overviewed, as are his reflections on how communication with the bereft occurs and ought not to occur. Burleson's work on supportive communication is summarized, including the comforting effects of messages with religious content. Parallels are drawn between Lewis's ideas and interpersonal communication scholarship on the oft-viewed taboo topic of grief.
When God Doesn't Make Sense
Authors: Luurs Geoffrey D. , Rosa Jillian A.
Published: April 2022

Death is a fact of life. Ultimately, everyone will eventually have to face the prospect of their own death or the (forthcoming) death of someone close to them. Therefore, it is important to understand the communication scripts used by families and close friends to talk about death and dying. Talking about death can be difficult for all of those involved. Many people will rely on religious messages; however, for a major section of the population in the United States who are not religious, those messages are both ineffective and inappropriate. The chapter explores the grief communication of non-religious people as they navigated terminal diagnoses and the sudden death of a loved one. Participants were interviewed about the challenges they faced while dealing with messages about death and dying.
Web User Behavior Analysis Using Pre-Processing of Web Documents to Create Effective Web Designs
Authors: Jadhav Abhijit Dnyaneshwar , Chobe Santosh V.
Published: April 2022

The interactions with web systems is huge because of COVID-19, where every system is run through online interactions. The world wide web is continuously expanding, and users' interactions with websites generate a vast quantity of data. Web usage mining is the use of data mining techniques to extract important and hidden information about users. It allows you to see the most frequently visited sites, imagine user navigation, and track the progress of your website's structure, among other things. The web mining techniques help us to analyze the user's behavior and accordingly create the required web designs, which will appear in the relevant searches of the users. In this scenario, one of the important processes is web document preprocessing, which will help us to extract the particular quality data inputs for analyzing the behaviors which helps in effective web design. Here, the authors discuss preprocessing of web documents. From the four different phases of the web mining, web document pre-processing is a very important phase.
Application of Aerodynamic Shock Wave in Medical Treatment
Authors: Kavya J.  , Prasad G.  , Bharanidharan N.
Published: April 2022

Extracorporeal shock wave therapy in orthopaedics and traumatology is a relatively new treatment modality. The advancement of shock wave treatment has been quick in recent years. Shock waves have significantly altered therapy. Shock waves are now the treatment of choice for kidney and urethral stones. Urology has traditionally been the sole medical profession that uses shock waves. Meanwhile, shock waves have been utilised to treat insertion tendinitis, avascular necrosis of the head of the femur, and other necrotic bone changes in orthopaedics and traumatology. In veterinary medicine, another field of shock wave use is the therapy of tendons, ligaments, and bones. The basic theory and applications of shock waves, as well as their history in medicine, are discussed in this study. The goal of utilising shock wave treatment for orthopaedic disorders is to stimulate healing in the tendons, surrounding tissue, and bones. Shock waves have emerged as the preferred therapy for kidney and ureteral stones.
An Industry Internet of Things Framework for Epilepsy Detection, Monitoring, and Control
Authors: Sasi Smitha , Srividya B. V.
Published: April 2022

Epilepsy is long-term neurological seizures of various types, some of which are defined by involuntary repetitive convulsions and have a substantial impact on patients' everyday lives. Several approaches for diagnosing these types of seizures and observing the patient have been proposed in the literature; however, these approaches fall short in terms of ergonomics and proper integration with the health system. The precision measuring that this study looks into shows what an epileptic detection and monitoring tool should be able to do. This chapter describes specific epilepsy detection and monitoring platforms that specify the conditions. The information is gathered from the wearable part of the system.
Equitable Teaching Practices in Higher Education
Authors: Argus Stefanie , Vaccaro Annemarie , Coiro Julie , Hos Rabia , Deeney Theresa
Published: April 2022

This chapter presents synthesized insights from rich and varied literatures about pedagogies in higher education for equity and justice. The authors summarize key empirical, theoretical, and best practice literature about designing and implementing socially-just pedagogies in higher education. The synthesis is organized into three sections that mirror the varied foci (e.g., personal classroom, university, etc.) of equity and justice literature. The individual faculty domain summarizes literature about self-work required of faculty. The instructional domain explicates the varied strategies faculty can use to design equitable classroom environments and deliver socially just curriculum and praxis. Finally, the institutional domain summarizes the less voluminous, but important, body of work situating equity pedagogy within the broader literature about social justice and equity in higher education.
The People v. Critical Race Theory
Authors: Gates Zakia Y.
Published: April 2022

Comedian George Carlin's politically charged act “Life is Worth Losing” contained a segment on the American dream. Carlin provided an extensive summation of education within a three minute and fifteen-second monologue. A summation of education using politically charged rhetoric ending with laughter asserts that a refurbished education is essential. Carlin's explicit content regarding education argued that the sole purpose is to produce “obedient workers” without critical thinking. Implications of Carlin's Freirean approach to this pedagogical perception opened a rhetorical analysis of “why education will never be fixed and why it will never be better,” The purpose of this chapter is to personify and present CRT as a concept on trial, shifting to ideas provided for educators to enhance the social and political consciousness of learners for the future of social justice and equity in education.
COVID-19 Management Strategies and Inequities in Educational Programs in Tororo District, Uganda
Authors: Oketcho Emmanuel James , Atibuni Dennis Zami
Published: April 2022

In this study, the authors investigated the extent to which the management strategies intended to curb the spread of the deadly coronavirus impacted the implementation of educational programs in Tororo District, Uganda. The objectives of the study included (1) determining the levels of implementation of education programs in Uganda during the COVID-19 lockdown, (2) determining the extent to which COVID-19 pandemic management strategies were effective in preventing COVID-19 spread in Uganda, and (3) exploring factors other than COVID-19 pandemic management strategies that affected the implementation of education programs in Tororo District, Uganda. It used a simple random sample of 202 teacher participants. The results indicated low to high levels of effectiveness of the pandemic management strategies and a generally low mean level of implementation of the educational programs. Other factors that affected education programs during the COVID-19 lockdown were also identified. Implications for policy and practice were discussed.
Culturally Responsive Teaching
Authors: Tyagi Nishi , Verma Sarita
Published: April 2022

Culturally responsive teaching has been recommended as a powerful strategy for enhancing achievement and engagement of students while also closing achievement gaps. It's a student-centered approach that considers students' perspectives, as well as their previous experiences and cultural notions. The focus of this chapter is to explore the need and dimensions of culturally responsive teaching, the challenges faced by teachers, and how the teachers could make teaching culturally responsive. Benefits and challenges to facilitate a culturally responsive teaching are explored, and it is suggested that culturally responsive teaching can be practiced alongside other teaching pedagogies to help students enjoy learning. A framework is suggested that focuses more on the alignment of teachers' values, attitudes, competencies, and strategies with the learning outcomes. This will lead to a positive and more focused classroom and better learning outcomes for sustainable education.
Allied Health Professions
Authors: Pereira Ana Catarina , Neto Isabel
Published: April 2022

Successful team collaboration improves patient care, decreases the patient length of stay, and reduces healthcare costs. Several studies have shown positive effects of working as a team, including better care continuity and coordination, beneficial changes in patient behavior, improvement of patient symptoms, and satisfaction through better response to their needs. The goal of this chapter is to provide a summary of the background and theory behind interprofessional education (IPE) focusing on aspects related to educational aims, learning activities, assessment, training, practice, and challenges in implementing IPE. It is intended to help answer the question of how to apply IPE most effectively within health professions curricula. The author concludes that while there has been a substantial increase in published IPE research in recent years, there is a need for high-quality cross-sectional and longitudinal research. Few studies use theory, and more studies are needed to explore how IPE leads to improved long-term outcomes in centered patient care.
Review on the Application of Lexicon-Based Political Sentiment Analysis in Social Media
Authors: Valle-Cruz David , López-Chau Asdrúbal , Sandoval-Almazán Rodrigo
Published: April 2022

This chapter presented an analysis of the application of lexicon-based political sentiment analysis in social media. The aim is to identify the most frequently used lexicons in political sentiment analysis, their results, similarities, and differences. For this, the authors conducted a systematic literature review based on PRISMA methodology. Afinn, NRC, and SenticNet lexicons are tested and combined for data analysis from the 2020 U.S. presidential campaign. Findings show that political sentiment analysis is a new field studied for only 10 years. Political sentiment analysis could generate benefits in understanding problems such as political polarization, discourse analysis, politician influence, candidate profiling, and improving government-citizen interaction, among other problems in the public sphere, enhanced by the combination of lexicons and multimodal analysis. The authors conclude that polarity was one of the critical dimensions identified for finding variations in the behavior and polarity of sentiments. Limitations and future work also are presented.
Assessing Together the Trends in Newspaper Topics and User Opinions
Authors: Noga-Hartmann Elise , Kotzinos Dimitris
Published: April 2022

This chapter proposes and explores all features of a model capable of capturing trends within large corpora of texts. Not only are trends assessed through a numerical index, but they are displayed alongside rhetorical and attitudinal information on all topics concerned for all relevant epochs. This way, trend evolutions can be analyzed in the light of wordings and thinking evolutions, thus allowing for a co-evolutionary approach to trend assessing. Each and every step is methodologically explained, as well as the interactions between them. Variations and adaptations are also discussed for a greater adaptability of the model to all use cases.
Histochemistry for nucleic acid research: 60 years in the European Journal of Histochemistry
Authors: Casali Claudio , Siciliani Stella , Zannino Lorena , Biggiogera Marco
Published: April 2022

Since the discovery of DNA structure in 1953, the deoxyribonucleic acid has always been playing a central role in biological research. As physical and ordered nucleotides sequence, it stands at the base of genes existence. Furthermore, beside this 2-dimensional sequence, DNA is characterized by a 3D structural and functional organization, which is of interest for the scientific community due to multiple levels of expression regulation, of interaction with other biomolecules, and much more. Analogously, the nucleic acid counterpart of DNA, RNA, represents a central issue in research, because of its fundamental role in gene expression and regulation, and for the DNA-RNA interplay. Because of their importance, DNA and RNA have always been mentioned and studied in several publications, and the European Journal of Histochemistry is no exception. Here, we review and discuss the papers published in the last 60 years of this Journal, focusing on its contribution in deepening the knowledge about this topic and analysing papers that reflect the interest this Journal always granted to the world of DNA and RNA.
Virtual and Traditional Learning in Undergraduate Radiology Education
Authors: Ghoneim Aliaa H. , Ghoneim Solafa H. , Bairaqi Samaher A. , Yassin Mariam Y. , AlAhmed Alzahraa B. , Aldhamen Kawthar M. , Alfaraj Kawther A. , Almayyad Fatimah T.
Published: April 2022

Background:

The coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19) resulted in disruption in the traditional teaching methods and lead to a wider adoption of virtual teaching. However, there is a lack of comparative studies regarding the use of either or the mixed mode for teaching radiology to undergraduate students.

Objective:

This study aimed to determine the barriers, performance, and overall satisfaction of undergraduate medical students and instructors undertaking virtual and traditional radiology learning across Saudi Arabia.

Methodology:

This cross-sectional questionnaire study included undergraduate students and instructors from across Saudi Arabia who had undertaken radiology either traditionally, through E-learning, or both in the 2019-20 academic year. The questionnaire elicited information regarding attendance, teaching methods, difficulties, knowledge acquisition, and satisfaction. Association between variables was assessed using Chi-square, in addition to a univariate analysis.

Results:

A total of 404 undergraduate students from 28 universities of Saudi Arabia responded, in addition to 20 instructors. Students preferred E-learning for the quality of the course and the time and effort spent as well as obtained higher grades than those in traditional learning. Traditional education was favored over E-learning for clarity of instructors’ voice, ease of understanding image description by the instructor, and lack of technical barriers such as poor Internet connection. The form of education was significantly correlated with grades obtained (P < 0.001) but not with overall satisfaction (P = 0.067). The majority of the instructors (60%) considered E-learning to be helpful in balancing their workload and teaching responsibilities (P = 0.029) and would recommend it as a standard teaching method for radiology (85%).

Conclusion:

E-learning has potential advantages over traditional learning for teaching radiology to undergraduate medical students. However, further optimization is required to overcome the current deficiencies of this mode.
A Review of Image Classification Algorithms in IoT
Authors: Zheng Xiaopeng , Cloutier Rayan S
Published: April 2022

With the advent of big data era and the enhancement of computing power, Deep Learning has swept the world. Based on Convolutional Neural Network (CNN) image classification technique broke the restriction of classical image classification methods, becoming the dominant algorithm of image classification. How to use CNN for image classification has turned into a hot spot. After systematically studying convolutional neural network and in-depth research of the application of CNN in computer vision, this research briefly introduces the mainstream structural models, strengths and shortcomings, time/space complexity, challenges that may be suffered during model training and associated solutions for image classification. This research also compares and analyzes the differences between different methods and their performance on commonly used data sets. Finally, the shortcomings of Deep Learning methods in image classification and possible future research directions are discussed.
Hava Kirliliğinin Makine Öğrenmesi Tabanlı Tahmini: Başakşehir Örneği
Authors: ÜNALDI Sibel , YALÇIN Nesibe
Published: April 2022

Şehir sakinleri için daha sağlıklı bir yaşam ortamının sağlaması ve onların hava kirliliğine maruziyetinin en aza indirilmesi oldukça önemlidir. Bunun için yapılabilecek çalışmalar arasında kirletici parametrelerine ilişkin ölçümlerin düzenli olarak yapılması ve izlenmesi, hava kirliliğinin tahmin edilmesi ve insan sağlığı üzerindeki etkilerinin erken değerlendirilmesi yer almaktadır. Bu çalışmada, makine öğrenmesi yöntemleri kullanılarak hava kirliliği tahmini gerçekleştirilmiştir. İstanbul ili Başakşehir ilçesinde 2016-2021 yılları arasında ölçülen çeşitli hava kirleticilerine ilişkin günlük ortalama konsantrasyonları ile rüzgar yönü, rüzgar hızı ve hava basıncı değerleri kullanılmıştır. PM10, CO, SO2, O2 ve O3 kirleticilerin konsantrasyonları, Çoklu Doğrusal Regresyon, Destek Vektör Makinaları, K En Yakın Komşu, Karar Ağaçları, Rastgele Orman ve Çok Katmanlı Algılayıcı Sinir Ağı yöntemleri ile tahmin edilmiştir. Elde edilen sonuçlar karşılaştırıldığında PM10, CO, SO2 ve O3 konsantrasyonları tahmininde Rastgele Orman yöntemi, NO2 tahmininde ise Çoklu Doğrusal Regresyon, en iyi sonuçları sunmuştur.
Bilgisayarlı Görü Teknikleri Kullanılarak Yapay Zeka Temelli Limon Ağacı Rekolte Tahmini
Authors: IŞIK Yalçın , ÜNAY Mücahit , KAYABAŞI Ahmet
Published: April 2022

Tarım, insanlar için her zaman en önemli üretim sektörlerinden birisi olmuş ve insanlık tarihinin ilk zamanlarından bu zamana kadar sürekli olarak teknolojik gelişim içinde olmuştur. Günümüzde tarım alanında bilgisayarlı görü teknikleri de yaygın olarak kullanılmaktadır. Limon bahçelerinde ağaçlar üzerindeki meyveler olgunlaşıp satışa hazır hale geldiğinde, toplam meyve rekoltesi bu konuda deneyimli insanlar tarafından tahmin edilir ve satış işlemi bu tahmin verisi üzerinden gerçekleşir. Bu araştırma ile, ağaçlardan alınan ve bilgisayar ortamına aktarılan meyve görüntüleri üzerinde bilgisayarlı görü tekniklerinin kullanılması ile elde edilen sayısal veriler kullanılarak yapay sinir ağının meyve rekoltesi tahmini yapabilmesi sağlanmıştır. Böylece deneyimli insanların rekolte tahmini yerine sayısal veriler ile rekolte tahmininin yapılması sağlanarak daha güvenli bir alış-veriş ortamının oluşması amaçlanmıştır.
Atık biyokütleden (Tütün Sapı) Mikrodalga Destekli İmpregnasyon Yöntemi ile Aktif Karbon Sentezi ve Karakterizasyonu
Authors: YILDIZ Hakan , GÜLŞEN Hakki , ŞAHİN Ömer , BAYTAR Orhan , KUTLUAY Sinan
Published: April 2022

Bu çalışmada atık biyokütle kaynağı tütün saplarından (TS) aktif karbon sentezi yapılmıştır. Aktif karbonlar geleneksel aktivasyon yöntemine entegre edilen mikrodalga ortamında kimyasal aktifleştirici (ZnCl2) ile impregnasyon işlemi sonucu elde edilmiştir. Ayrıca mikrodalga ortamı (gaz, dalga boyu ve süre), Fırın aktivasyonu (süre ve sıcaklık) ve impregnasyon oranlarının sentez üzerindeki etkileri incelenmiştir. Aktif karbon karakterizasyonu BET, FT-IR ve SEM analizleri kullanılarak incelenmiştir. ZnCl2 kimyasalı ile mikrodalga destekli sentezlenen aktif karbonun yüzey alanı 731,799 m2 g-1 ve iyot sayısı 1048 mg g-1 olarak bulunmuştur. Ayrıca çalışma kapsamında aktif karbon sentezi için kullanılan yöntemin özgünlüğünü kıyaslamak için ZnCl2 kimyasalı ile geleneksel aktivasyon işlemi de yapılmıştır. Geleneksel yöntem ile elde edilen aktif karbon yüzey alanı 323,648 m2 g-1 ve iyot sayısı 438 mg g-1 olarak bulunmuştur. Elde edilen sonuçlara göre mikrodalga destekli impregnasyon işleminin aktif karbon sentezinde önemli etkiye sahip olduğu görülmektedir.
Considerações iniciais sobre o plano diretor de desenvolvimento urbano (PDDU) e suas repercussões na expansão urbana de Feira de Santana
Authors: De Carvalho Diego Evangelho Barbosa , Santos Rosângela Leal
Published: April 2022

As cidades do interior abrigavam viajantes e funcionavam como um portal de acesso para outras regiões. Assim foi com Feira de Santana uma cidade mercantilista, situada num dos principais entroncamentos rodoviários do Nordeste, abriga um diversificado setor de comércio que age como pólo gravitacional na confluência da produção e distribuição de bens e serviços. Feira transformou-se num eixo básico da região que expande suas atividades até áreas circunvizinhas aquecendo cada vez mais a economia local, além disso, recebe sempre imigrantes atraídos pelo desenvolvimento econômico e social do município. Este municipio que atua como parte de um sistema urbano primaz sempre exerceu importante papel no inter-relacionamento regional, consolidou-se como referência de  centro polarizador das atividades econômicas e políticas do Estado da Bahia, mais especificamente do Portal do Sertão, entretanto, as consequências deste crescimento populacional, urbano e econômico acelerado tem provocado mudanças demográficas e físicas no seu território, contribuindo em grande parte para a perda da qualidade de vida dos cidadãos.
Inteligência artificial, transformação da reumatologia - Parte I
Authors: Fajardo Estefania , Graf Cesar
Published: April 2022

Em um texto de duas partes, abordaremos os conceitos da inteligência artificial e a sua aplicação à medicina, bem como a sua incursão na reumatologia e os desafios que ela representa a curto, médio e longo prazo.
Motor and auditory priming in a lexical decision task with action and sound verbs
Authors:   HSE University, Vanoncini Monica , Pozdnyakova Victoria , Dragoy Olga , Rofes Adrià ,   University of Groningen
Published: April 2022

According to embodied cognition theories, concepts are represented in sensory and motor brain systems. These sensory-motor representations can give rise to priming effects. Action verbs (e.g., to push) presumably have a higher association with motor features, and sound verbs (e.g., to buzz) with auditory features. This study assesses whether motor and auditory primes differentially influence the lexical decision of action and sound verbs. Seventy-five healthy Russian-speaking adults participated in the experiment. An online lexical decision task with cross-modal priming was administered. Participants were presented with meaningless primes such as a video clip of a moving hand (motor prime), a bike bell sound (auditory prime), or a static video clip (neutral prime). Then they saw a verb (an action verb, a sound verb, or a pseudoverb) and had to report whether or not it was a real word by pressing a button on the keyboard. Linear mixed effect models indicated no effect of the prime type on response accuracy or speed for any verb type. However, intransitive verbs elicited less accurate responses than transitive and optional-transitive verbs overall, regardless of the prime type. Moreover, participants responded slower for pseudoverbs than for real verbs. The results do not suggest differential category specific effects for action- and soundrelated verbs in a lexical decision task. However, the results for intransitive verbs support the facilitation through complexity hypothesis. Our findings do not support embodied cognition theories, but await further replication. Recommendations and future directions are discussed.
Peran Pemerintahan Desa dalam Melakukan Praktik Pembangunan Infrastruktur
Authors: Hilman Yusuf Adam , Asmoro Yusuf Redi
Published: April 2022

Peran pemerintahan desa sebagai pihak yang memiliki kewenangan dituntut supaya mampu melaksanakan amanat undang – undang, yakni mewujudkan kesejahteraan masyarakat, melalui praktik pembangunan di desa, khususnya pembangunan di bidang infrastruktur, karena posisinya penting untuk meningkatkan mobilitas masyarakat dalam rangka menunjang aktifitas ekonomi desa. Tujuan penelitian ingin melihat pemerintahan desa dalam menjalankan praktik. Jenis penelitian ini adalah kualitatif deskriptif dengan jenis data nya berupa data primer dan sekunder, seperti: wawancara, dokumentasi serta dokumen, data yang terkumpul kemudian di uji keabsahan, melalui teknik triangulasi. Hasil penelitian memperlihatkan peran pemerintahan desa dalam proses pembangunan Infrastruktur sangat efektif, dengan melibatkan seluruh lapisan masyarakat, dan juga melaporkan kegiatan pembangunan secara transparan.
Pengaruh Kualiti Perkhidmatan Awam terhadap Kepuasan Warga Negara Indonesia di KBRI Kuala Lumpur pada Masa Pendemi Covid-19 di Malaysia
Authors: Arifin Muhamad Zainul
Published: April 2022

Kepuasan perkhidmatan awam adalah tahap perasaan seseorang setelah membandingkan (prestasi atau hasil) yang dirasakan dengan harapanya. Tujuan kajian ini secara umum adalah untuk mengetahui tahap kepuasan warga Indonesia yang tinggal di Malaysia. Kajian ini menggunakan kaedah analisis deskriptif dengan teknik pengumpulan data dalam bentuk soal selidik. Pengiraan soal selidik menggunakan skala Likert dengan Microsoft Excel 2016 yang diedarkan melalui media sosial menggunakan google form, untuk mengetahui hasil tahap kepuasan warga Indonesia di Malaysia berkenaan dengan pelayanan dan perlindungan, rasa keadilan, keinginan dan harapan untuk prestasi Kedutaan Indonesia di Kuala Lumpur semasa wabak covid-19. Terdapat faktor peyokong seperti adanya kemajuan teknologi. Sementara faktor penghambatnya adanya pandemi covid-19, kurangnya komunikasi, akses jarak dan wilayah yang cukup jahu. Sehingga dihasil pengiraan menggunakan skala Likert, persentase kepuasan adalah 43% tidak puas dengan layanan dan perlindungan KBRI Kuala Lumpur, 27% merasa puas, 22% merasa netral / tidak tahu, 6% merasa sangat tidak puas, dan 2% sangat puas.
The Effect of Nanogold-Nanosilver Injection on Increasing the Immunity of Community Affected by Covid-19
Authors:   Department of Chemistry, Faculty Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Universitas Negeri Surabaya, Indonesia, ‘Aini Filza Qurrota
Published: April 2022

This study aims to determine the best concentration of Nanogold and the effect of Nanogold-Nanosilver injection on increasing the immune system of people affected by Covid-19. The method used is quantitative and quantitative descriptive by observing the progress of giving injections once a month (May – November 2021) regarding the complaints experienced. The best concentration of Nanogold for injection observed on the antioxidant activity and λ maximum stability of Nanogold solution 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30 ppm after synthesis and after being stored for 7 days using UV-Vis Spectrophotometry instruments. Produce antioxidant activity 44,21%; 47,88%; 51,37%; 52,32%; 56,16%; 61,57%, with an IC50 of 14 ppm and a λ maximum stability of 5 – 20 ppm is stable; 25 – 30 ppm shifted by 0,50 nm. So, the best concentration of Nanogold was 20 ppm which was then characterized using the TEM instrument, resulting in an average size of 22,67 nm. A mixture of Nanogold-Nanosilver was injected into the respondents and obtained interview data after each injection. Respondents acknowledged that there was a significant difference, as evidenced by the percentage of development of body condition getting better. Thus, Nanogold and Nanosilver materials can increase immunity during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Use of Legal and Illegal Substances and Their Impact on the Academic Performance of Medical University Students
Authors:   Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social, Hospital General Regional No. 110, Departamento de enseñanza. Guadalajara, Jalisco, México, Osuna-Gutierrez Felix
Published: April 2022

Objective: This study will analyze the effects of the most common substances in medical students and their impact on their academic performance. Method: 328 medical students were interviewed between April 2019 to March 2020 for this study. In this cross-sectional study, information regarding substance use habits among medical students was obtained through a survey. The information was obtained through a questionnaire that is made up of 6 pages with the following sections: Registration, consumption of alcohol, marijuana, cocaine, medication to improve academic performance and energy drinks. Results: The results in this investigation were the following: the use of alcohol showed that it has a low relevance in influencing the performance of the students (p=0.702), the use of marijuana showed that it has a low relevance in the performance (p= 0.527), the use of cocaine showed that it has a low relevance in influencing academic performance (p=0.560), the use of medications showed that they have a high relevance in influencing academic performance (p=0.001), the use of energy drinks showed that they have a low relevance in influencing the performance of medical students (p=0.346). Conclusions: The use of substances among university students has been increasing over the years, the importance of understanding this phenomenon and its repercussions on students can help prevent addictions, school dropouts and even deaths from overdoses, as described in various literatures.
Kebutuhan Tenaga Kerja Bagian Filing Berdasarkan Metode ABK Kes di RSUD dr. Moewardi
Authors: Nopita Cahyaningrum  , Yeni Tri Utami  , Eni Nur Rahmawati  , Bayu Suryo Nagoro
Published: April 2022

Healthcare Workload Analysis is a method of calculating human resource needs based on the workload carried out by each type of healthcare workers according to their main duties and functions. Dr. Moewardi Hospital is a type A hospital that has 7 medical record employees in the filing department and has an increasing trend of patient visits every year. As a result, the workload of employees has increased. This study aims to determine the need for workers in the filing section based on the Healthcare Workload Analysis method. This is descriptive research. Data collection methods employed in this study are observation and interview. The population of this study is all workers in the filing section. Total sampling technique is used to take the samples. The result of this study shows that the public hospital as a healthcare facility with medical record employees in the filing department has available working time is 75,240 minutes/year, standard workload is 2,128,256, FTP value is 1.04% and STP value is 1.01 and workers needed in the filing department in 2020, calculated using the Healthcare Workload Analysis, is 9 workers. The conclusion of this study is that the need for workers in the filing section is 9 workers, while now there are 7 workers there. So that it requires additional workers. The author suggests that it is necessary to hire 2 more workers in the filing section so that the employees’ workload is not excessive and all jobs in this section can be done properly.
Analisis Akses Informasi Kesehatan Dalam Memperoleh Pelayanan Kesehatan TB Paru Di Puskesmas Ngoresan, Jebres, Kota Surakarta
Authors: Oliva Virvizat Prasastin  , Frieda Ani Noor
Published: April 2022

Background: Incidence case of Tuberculosis (TB) still ranks first in the classification of infectious diseases at several health centers in Surakarta for the last 4 years. Meanwhile, in the last 4 years, efforts have been made to improve pulmonary TB health services, starting from case detection, access to services and treatment. The health centers that have the highest cases of pulmonary TB disease in Surakarta over the last 5 years include the Ngoresan Health Center (2018), Sangkrah Health Center (2017), Pajang Health Center (2016) and Banyuanyar Health Center (2015). Objectives: This study aims to analyze access of health information related to health services obtained by patients with pulmonary TB at Ngoresan Health Center, Jebres,  Surakarta City. Methods: This research method uses a cross-sectional research design by filling out questionnaires on a research sample of 30 respondents. Result: Factors related to access of health information to obtaining Pulmonary TB Health Services at Ngoresan Health Center, Jebres Surakarta City are availability of health information, communication with health workers, transportation, family support and knowledge. Conclusion: the availability of health information, communication with health workers, transportation, family support and knowledge are affected by access of health information to obtaining pulmonary TB health services at Ngoresan Health Center, Jebres, Surakarta City.