bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Feasibility and Rationale for Incorporating Frailty and Cognitive Screening Protocols in a Preoperative Anesthesia Clinic
Authors: Amini Shawna , Crowley Samuel , Hizel Loren , Arias Franchesca , Libon David J. , Tighe Patrick , Giordano Chris , Garvan Cynthia W. , Enneking F. Kayser , Price Catherine C.
Published: May 2019

BACKGROUND:

Advanced age, frailty, low education level, and impaired cognition are generally reported to be associated with postoperative cognitive complications. To translate research findings into hospital-wide preoperative assessment clinical practice, we examined the feasibility of implementing a preoperative frailty and cognitive assessment for all older adults electing surgical procedures in a tertiary medical center. We examined associations among age, education, frailty, and comorbidity with the clock and 3-word memory scores, estimated the prevalence of mild to major cognitive impairment in the presurgical sample, and examined factors related to hospital length of stay.

METHODS:

Medical staff screened adults ≥65 years of age for frailty, general cognition (via the clock-drawing test command and copy, 3-word memory test), and obtained years of education. Feasibility was studied in 2 phases: (1) a pilot phase involving 4 advanced nurse practitioners and (2) a 2-month implementation phase involving all preoperative staff. We tracked sources of missing data, investigated associations of study variables with measures of cognition, and used 2 approaches to estimate the likelihood of dementia in our sample (ie, using extant data and logistic regression modeling and using Mini-Cog cut scores). We explored which protocol variables related to hospital length of stay.

RESULTS:

The final implementation phase sample included 678 patients. Clock and 3-word memory scores were significantly associated with age, frailty, and education. Education, clock scores, and 3-word scores were not significantly different by surgery type. Likelihood of preoperative cognitive impairment was approximately 20%, with no difference by surgery type. Length of stay was significantly associated with preoperative comorbidity and performance on the clock copy condition.

CONCLUSIONS:

Frailty and cognitive screening protocols are feasible and provide information for perioperative care planning. Challenges to clinical adaptation include staff training, missing data, and additional administration time. These challenges appear minimal relative to the benefits of identifying frailty and cognitive impairment in a group at risk for negative postoperative cognitive outcome.
A função do Código de Defesa do Usuário de Serviços Públicos (Lei nº 13.460/2017) no modelo brasileiro de controle dos serviços públicos
Authors: Carvalho André Castro , Venturini Otavio
Published: May 2019

The purpose of the Public Service User Defense Code (Federal Law No. 13.460/2017) in the Brazilian model of the control of public services O estudo pretende analisar a função do Código de Defesa do Usuário de Serviços Públicos (Lei nº 13.460/17) no modelo brasileiro de controle dos serviços públicos. Para tanto, inicialmente, analisam-se duas chaves distintivas relacionadas com modelos teóricos do controle dos serviços públicos (litigância × regulação) e da posição jurídica dos usuários dos serviços públicos (cidadão-contribuinte e cidadão-cliente). Em um segundo momento, realiza-se uma leitura do contexto brasileiro, com base na nossa evolução normativa e em pesquisas empíricas sobre o perfil e a efetividade do controle dos serviços públicos no Brasil. Por fim, busca-se compreender a função e o encaixe normativo que a Lei nº 13.460/2017 (Código de Defesa do Usuário de Serviços Públicos) poderá ter no nosso complexo modelo de controle dos serviços públicos. This article aims to present a study on the Brazilian Public Service User Defense Code (Law No. 13.460/17). In order to do so, two distinctive topics related to the theoretical models of the control of public services (litigation × regulation) and the legal position of the users of public services (citizen-centred service × customer-centred service) are analyzed. Secondly, a review of the Brazilian context based on its normative evolution and empirical research on the profile and effectiveness of the control of non- Brazilian public services is made. Lastly, the article examines the purpose of Law No. 13.460/2017 (Public Service User Defense Code) in midst of the complex model of control of public services in Brazil.
Vieses cognitivos no mercado de trabalho: uma abordagem dos efeitos âncora e chamariz
Authors: Leão Guilherme Abib , Fajardo Bernardo Guelber
Published: May 2019

Os vieses cognitivos têm-se mostrado capazes de afetar as decisões dos agentes, desviando-as da escolha racional. O objetivo do estudo foi identificar o efeito dos vieses da racionalidade conhecidos como efeito chamariz e efeito âncora na escolha de diferentes ofertas de emprego. Por meio de metodologia experimental, um questionário foi estruturado e respondido por 142 estudantes de Administração; ele apresentava oportunidades de emprego e remunerações esperadas hipotéticas, a ser escolhidas pelos respondentes, nas quais foram inseridos chamarizes e âncoras. Os resultados demonstram que os vieses da racionalidade são capazes de influenciar as escolhas profissionais e o valor mínimo pelo qual os respondentes aceitariam prestar um serviço.
PROCESSO DE TERRITORIALIZAÇÃO NA INTEGRAÇÃO ENSINO-SERVIÇO-COMUNIDADE
Authors: MAEYAMA Marcos Aurélio , VIVAN Júlia Boron , ZAPPELINI NETTO Antônio Renor , SCHNORRENBERGER Bruna Luiza , PASSOS João Pedro Berardi , ZENONI Daniela de Araújo , VEIGA Mariana Vilela , CAMPOS Viviane dos Santos , BUENO Jéssica Lüders , COSTA Camila Bentes
Published: May 2019

A criação do Sistema Único de Saúde traz consigo o ordenamento parareorientação dos serviços de saúde a partir do conceito ampliado de saúde. Nesse sentido, o conhecimento dos determinantes sociais de uma população é fundamental para o processo de planejamento das ações para abordagem integral do processo saúdedoença. O objetivo deste trabalho foi relatar a experiência da integração ensino-serviçocomunidade no processo de territorialização de uma área de abrangência de uma equipe de Saúde da Família. A coleta de dados foi realizada a partir da saída a campo, entrevista com informantes-chaves e sistemas de informação. Os resultados demonstraram que a população do território tem acesso a alguns determinantes sociais e privação de outros, que potencialmente podem ser determinantes para a situação da saúde atual e futura, devendo ser objeto de discussão e ação da equipe de saúde local no planejamento de ações.
Rectal Aberrant Crypt Foci in Humans Are Not Surrogate Markers for Colorectal Cancer Risk
Authors: Quintanilla Isabel , López-Cerón María , Jimeno Mireya , Cuatrecasas Miriam , Zabalza Michel , Moreira Leticia , Alonso Virginia , Rodríguez de Miguel Cristina , Muñoz Jennifer , Castellvi-Bel Sergi , Llach Josep , Castells Antoni , Balaguer Francesc , Camps Jordi , Pellisé Maria
Published: May 2019

INTRODUCTION:

Over the past 20 years, aberrant crypt foci (ACF) have emerged as potential precursors and biomarkers for colorectal cancer (CRC). However, data regarding their molecular pathogenesis, as well as their endoscopic and histological identification, remain inconsistent.

METHODS:

A wide cohort of ACF from 100 control subjects and 100 case patients, including patients with adenoma and CRC, were characterized for endoscopic, morphologic, and molecular features.

RESULTS:

We observed that among all the endoscopic features evaluated, only the number of large ACF correlated with CRC risk (P = 0.003), whereas the histological classification, as assessed by 2 different pathologists, was inconsistent and did not differ between control and case patients. Moreover, only a few APC and BRAF mutations and no microsatellite instability were detected in our samples. KRAS mutations were detected in 16.3% of ACF samples, which also exhibited increased MGMT hypermethylation. However, none of those events were found to be predictive of CRC risk.

DISCUSSION:

Although ACF might be preneoplastic lesions of the colon, they are not suitable biomarkers for assessing CRC progression.
Short-term effect of Tramadol injection on the serum levels of Follicle Stimulating Hormone, Luteinizing Hormone and Testosterone in Male Sahel Goats in Maiduguri, Nigeria
Authors: Bako Babagana , Malami Sani , Uthman Sadiq Garba , Gana Ashiekh Lawan
Published: May 2019

Tramadol is a synthetic analogue of codeine. Its mood elevation property and sex enhancement potentials are the main reason for its abuse. The aim of the study was to determine the short-term effect of tramadol administration on Follicle Stimulating Hormone (FSH), Luteinizing Hormone (LH) and Testosterone (TEST) levels in Male Sahel Goats. This was an experimental study conducted from 1st October 2017 to 12th November 2017 at the Livestock Teaching and Research Farm, University of Maiduguri, Maiduguri, Borno State Nigeria involving 20 Male Sahel Goats. The goats were divided in to 4 groups of 5 each; group 1 served as control and groups 2, 3 and 4 were injected intramuscularly with 4 mg/kg (low dose), 8 mg/kg (medium dose) and 12 mg/kg (high dose) of Tramadol respectively. The injections were given intramuscularly, 3 times a week for 4 weeks. Blood samples were collected to determine the serum levels of FSH, LH and TEST at 0, 1 week, 2 weeks, 3 weeks and 4 weeks of tramadol injections. The MeanÂ±SD of the hormones were computed using SPSS 20. The difference in mean was compared using t test and ANOVA with p < 0.05 set for statistical significance. The baseline levels of FSH, LH and TEST in Male Sahel Goat in Maiduguri were 2.91Â±5.74 Miu/ml, 0.29Â±0.72 Miu/ml and 3.92Â±6.39 ng/ml respectively. Only the goats in group 4 showed a significant increase in serum FSH and LH by the 4th week (P=0.01 and 0.03 respectively) while no significant change was noted in the other groups. The was a decline in the level of Testosterone from 1st week through 4th week in all the experimental group but the level in the control group remain fairly constant throughout the experiment. The decline is inversely proportional to the dose of tramadol injection and most marked in group 4.High dose and prolonged used of Tramadol should be avoided because of side effects of Hypergonadotrophic hypogonadism.Â Â
PERILAKU PENGUNJUNG DALAM MEMILIH LOKASI PARKIR PADA KAWASAN WISATA MALIOBORO DI YOGYAKARTA
Authors: Prasetyan Putri , Manullang Okto Risdianto
Published: May 2019

Malioboro Street is one of street in Yogyakarta City that become tourist destination, especially for shopping, for local and foreign tourists that is visited by more than 4000 people every day so that the need for parking in this area was high. The Yogyakarta City Government responded by providing Abu Bakar Ali Parking Building at north of Malioboro Street and imposing a parking restriction throughout the area to maintain its parking neatness. However, the visitors still prefer to park their vehicles in the parking bags around Malioboro Street. The purpose of this study is to determine the behavior of visitors in choosing parking location at Malioboro Tourism Area during weekdays and weekend using Importance Performance Analysis (IPA) method. It is known from the analysis result that Abu Bakar Parking Building performance is still not accommodate visitors’ need because of its location that does not suit their travel purpose and destination. The performance of this building is said to be not good because based on the analysisit is found that the behavior of Malioboro Touism Area visitor is influenced by travel purpose and parking service characteristics. In addition, visit time, ie weekdays and weekend also influences the visitor’s behavior in choosing parking location. For that reason, in determining the location of parking buildings in the tourism area, the city government should think about visitor’s behavior and their visit time to in order to optimalize the usage of the parking building provided.
Nation and Negation (Terrible Rage)
Authors: Rebellato Dan
Published: May 2019

The aftermath of the Brexit referendum has revealed a deeply divided Britain, with anger on both sides and seemingly little desire to seek compromise or mutual understanding. Remainers denounce Leavers as ignorant bigots. Leavers denounce Remainers as metropolitan elitists. Theresa May went even further, characterizing supporters of open borders and free movement as ‘citizens of nowhere’ whose lack of attachment to nation suggests they simply don’t understand what citizenship means. Given the UK’s regional correlation between high levels of theatregoing and high support for Remain, this is a challenge for theatremakers and scholars. One strong feature of contemporary British playwriting is a detachment from place; in numerous recent plays, place is estranged, unspecified, annulled, orphaned, globalized, generalized, combined, relativized and scenographically anonymized. Does this represent an absence of nation? No, because this would be to accept the rigid oppositions of the Leave campaign between nations and open borders, between the local and the global. Instead, there is a restless deconstructive movement within the very identification of nation that moves to transcend it and this is captured and embodied in the heterotopic ambiguities of the spatially specific performance of the placeless play.
“Can I Tell You about It?”: England, Austerity and “Radical Optimism” in the Theatre of Anders Lustgarten
Authors: Megson Chris
Published: May 2019

Over the past decade, the plays of Anders Lustgarten have taken a prominent place in the English theatre repertoire. Performed by companies including Red Ladder, Cardboard Citizens, and the Royal Shakespeare Company, Lustgarten’s dramatic writing places social and political issues centrestage, ranging from the housing crisis and the electoral ascendancy of far-right parties to the alienation of the urban working class and the racist scapegoating of immigrants. This article focuses on Lustgarten’s landmark play inspired by the Occupy movement, If You Don’t Let Us Dream, We Won’t Let You Sleep (Royal Court Theatre, 2013). I explore how the play engages with, and reflects on, economic austerity, forms of contemporary mass protest, and, indirectly, evolving conceptions of English nationhood. I also examine Lustgarten’s notion of “Radical Optimism” – a term he identifies with the global anti-austerity protests following the 2007-8 financial crisis – and consider its importance to what he calls “anti-prop” political theatre. The first part of the article probes the relationship between If You Don’t Let Us Dream and the established “tradition” of state-of-the-nation playwriting; the second part identifies the play’s challenge to this “tradition,” which is informed by its proximity to the Occupy protests.
Theatricalizing the National Housing Crisis in Mike Bartlett’s Game and Philip Ridley’s Radiant Vermin
Authors: Boles William C.
Published: May 2019

Since the start of the new millennia, the words ‘national crisis’ have not been far removed from many of the plays on the British stage. The aftermath of 9/11 and the British government’s decision to aid George Bush’s Middle East invasion plans sparked plays by David Hare, Roy Williams, and the Tricycle Theatre’s The Great Game as well as verbatim theatre pieces. The Great Recession unleashed works by David Hare (again), Laura Wade, and Lucy Prebble, among others. The increasing threats of floods across Great Britain and Europe placed the crisis of climate change front and centre in plays by Mike Bartlett and Steve Waters. The housing crisis, while not as provocative a theatrical topic as the ones above, has also inspired theatrical responses, including Mike Bartlett’s Game and Philip Ridley’s Radiant Vermin, and these two works are the focus of my paper. More specifically, I will examine each playwright’s focus on the role of the homeless in regards to the housing crisis. Interestingly, both playwrights posit that the victimization of the homeless is the crucial solution to not only solving the housing crisis in Britain, but also maintaining the status quo of Britain’s affluent population.
BlackLivesMatter: Remembering Mark Duggan and David Oluwale in Contemporary British Plays
Authors: Goddard Lynette
Published: May 2019

This paper examines two British plays that respond to cases in which the police have been implicated in the deaths of black men. Gillian Slovo’s The Riots (Tricycle Theatre, 2011) uses interviews from witnesses and politicians to dissect the events leading up to and during the Tottenham riots that followed in the wake of the fatal police shooting of Mark Duggan by police on 4 August 2011 and spread to other inner cities in England over the following five nights. I examine how the first half portrays the local community’s concerns and locates the breakout of riots within a longer history of tense police-community relations in Tottenham, whereas the second half focuses on the political rhetoric surrounding the spread of rioting throughout England, which means that Mark Duggan disappears from the narrative. Oladipo Agboluaje’s adaptation of Kester Aspden’s The Hounding of David Oluwale (Eclipse Theatre, 2009) effectively uses dramatic strategies to remember the life of 38-year old Nigerian David Oluwale whose body was retrieved from the River Aire in Leeds on 4 May 1969 after allegedly last seen being chased towards the river by two police officers two weeks earlier. I explore the effectiveness of both plays as memorializations of black lives and consider how they contribute to ongoing debates about the relationship between black men and the police in Britain. BlackLivesMatter BlackPlaysMatter
Before the Fall: Looking Back on the Royal Shakespeare Company’s “This Other Eden” Season (2001)
Authors: Poore Benjamin
Published: May 2019

This paper argues for a reassessment of the Royal Shakespeare Company’s “This Other Eden” season, which presented a range of new work in London in early 2001. It places the season in its historical context, in a British political landscape dominated by New Labour and its optimism about remaking the nation, and also in a world that within six months was to experience the turmoil of the September 11th attacks. Using Francis Fukuyama’s The End of History as a starting point, this essay analyses the ‘time-hop’ dramaturgies of two of the season’s plays in particular, Moira Buffini’s Loveplay and Luminosity by Nick Stafford. The turn of the millennium marked the beginning of the end for Adrian Noble’s tenure as Artistic Director of the RSC, and this paper argues that the placeless quality of the “This Other Eden” season – neither wholly a product of Stratford nor London – was symptomatic of tensions at the time, both within this flagship national organisation and in the nation at large.
Does Verbatim Theatre Still Talk the Nation Talk?
Authors: Garson Cyrielle
Published: May 2019

In a post-Brexit (and perhaps even post-truth) context, the entire nation is going through an intense period of self-scrutiny, attempting to find a way forward for British culture despite a growing climate of divisive and destructive trends. As ever, verbatim theatre, spearheaded by Rufus Norris’ National Theatre, has sought to provide some answers in its relentless examination of the state of Britain. However, since the renaissance of verbatim theatre in the mid-1990s, the political situation has worsened considerably and it may appear that the typical strategies of verbatim theatre have lost their efficacy, struggling to provide a much-needed alternative. In this article, I will assess some of verbatim theatre’s latest developments in the 21st century through three main case studies, which are DV8’s To Be Straight with You (2007), Catherine Grosvenor’s Cherry Blossom (2008) and Alecky Blythe’s Little Revolution (2014). My main argument is that, notwithstanding the claims to the contrary, verbatim theatre is far from being in decline and it has continued to fluctuate, transform and exceed its familiar parameters, urging us to rethink its general aesthetic coordinates beyond the project of documentary realism and that of a national ‘shadow archive.’ More specifically and drawing from a variety of recent examples including the aforementioned case studies, I will argue that verbatim theatre in this period has a post-postmodern proclivity to make new connections across the fragments and re-construct the social.
A Victory for Real People: Dangers in the Discourse of Democratisation
Authors: Tomlin Liz
Published: May 2019

In this essay, I will examine the development of a growing trend of democratisation in British contemporary theatre that seeks to reject the expertise of playwrights, actors or professional ensembles in favour of verbatim material drawn from a range of the public selected for their ordinariness, or conceptual frameworks within which the audience themselves construct and perform the aesthetic content of the work.This essay seeks to highlight how the discursive and aesthetic framing of real people in this context can, in certain instances, be seen to reflect the construction of ‘real, ordinary people’ in the political discourse surrounding the 2016 EU Referendum in the UK. In both cases, ‘real people’ are understood to be in opposition to those who might be said to hold particular professional expertise and also, commonly, to those of a more privileged socio-economic status: the so-called ‘liberal elite.’ With reference to Rimini Protokoll’s 100 % Salford, The National Theatre of Great Britain’s My Country and Kaleider’s The Money I will suggest that this particular discourse of democratisation, in both politics and theatre, can too easily conceal the expertise that lies behind the construction of ‘real people’ and their narratives.
Multijoint Musculoarticular Stiffness Derived From a Perturbation Is Highly Variable
Authors: Schofield Mike , Tinwala Farhan , Cronin John , Hébert-Losier Kim , Uthoff Aaron
Published: May 2019

Schofield, M, Tinwala, F, Cronin, J, Hébert-Losier, K, and Uthoff, A. Multijoint musculoarticular stiffness derived from a perturbation is highly variable. J Strength Cond Res 35(9): 2498–2503, 2021—Testing musculoarticular stiffness may provide insights into multijoint elastic properties. Yet, most research has focused on quantifying stiffness, or elastic potential, at a single joint. The purpose of this study was to quantify the test-retest reliability of musculoarticular stiffness derived from the perturbation technique across the bench pull, bench press, and squat movements. Eight resistance-trained men performed bench pull, bench press, and squat repetition maximums, after which a perturbation protocol was tested over multiple days. During the 3 movements, a brief perturbation was applied to the bar. The resulting sinusoidal wave was measured by an underbench force plate and a linear position transducer attached to the bar. From the sinusoidal wave, stiffness was derived and found to be unreliable across movements and days (change in mean: −35.1 to 15.8%; coefficient of variation: 7.1–111%; intraclass correlation: −0.58 to −0.89). Squat data were removed from the analysis entirely because of the inability to consistently determine the perturbations on the force plate. Practitioners need to be aware that musculoarticular stiffness as measured using the perturbation technique on the movements performed in this study has considerable limitations in terms of reproducibility.
Relationships Between Highly Skilled Golfers' Clubhead Velocity and Vertical Ground Reaction Force Asymmetry During Vertical Jumps and an Isometric Midthigh Pull
Authors: Wells Jack E.T. , Mitchell Andrew C.S. , Charalambous Laura H. , Fletcher Iain M.
Published: May 2019

Wells, JET, Mitchell, ACS, Charalambous, LH, and Fletcher, IM. Relationships between highly skilled golfers' clubhead velocity and vertical ground reaction force asymmetry during vertical jumps and an isometric midthigh pull. J Strength Cond Res 34(10): 2824–2831, 2020—Clubhead velocity (CHV) is a commonly measured variable within golf due to strong associations with increased drive distance. Previous research has revealed significant relationships between CHV and vertical ground reaction force (vGRF) variables during bilateral tasks including a countermovement jump (CMJ), squat jump (SJ), drop jump (DJ), and isometric midthigh pull (IMTP). Asymmetries have been linked to performance outcomes in a number of sports; however, few studies have assessed asymmetries within golf. The current study, therefore, examined the relationships between CHV and vGRF asymmetries for CMJ positive impulse, SJ positive impulse, DJ positive impulse, and IMTP peak force (PF). Furthermore, the level of agreement for asymmetries between protocols was assessed by using Kappa coefficients. Fifty highly skilled (handicap ≤5) male golfers attended laboratory and range-based testing sessions. Positive impulse and PF were measured using a dual force platform system, with CHV measured using a TrackMan 3e launch monitor. There was no significant relationship (r = −0.14 to 0.22) between CHV and each of the vGRF asymmetry measures. Of the golfers tested, 26 had a “real” asymmetry in the CMJ, 18 had a “real” asymmetry in the SJ, 25 had a “real” asymmetry in the DJ, and 27 had a “real” asymmetry in the IMTP. Kappa coefficients indicated that asymmetries rarely favored the same limb (k = 0.06 to 0.39) with asymmetries varying for individual golfers between protocols. As such, asymmetries are neither beneficial nor detrimental to CHV but are inherently individual and dependent on the task.
Securing the future of US agriculture: The case for investing in new entry sustainable farmers
Authors: Carlisle Liz , de Wit Maywa Montenegro , DeLonge Marcia S. , Calo Adam , Getz Christy , Ory Joanna , Munden-Dixon Katherine , Galt Ryan , Melone Brett , Knox Reggie , Iles Alastair , Press Daniel
Published: May 2019

Sustainable agriculture is among the most urgently needed work in the United States, for at least three reasons: we face an environmental crisis, a health crisis, and a rural economic crisis. Addressing these pressing crises through sustainability transition will require growing our agricultural workforce: both because the current farm population is aging, and because sustainable agriculture is knowledge-intensive work that substitutes experiential knowledge of farm ecosystems for harmful industrial inputs. Given its social value, sustainable agriculture ought to be a welcoming profession. But at present, US agriculture is decidedly unwelcoming for nearly all who work in it – and it puts new entry and sustainable farmers at a distinct disadvantage. In this paper, we first examine why it is so hard to enter and succeed in sustainable farming. We find that new entrants struggle to gain critical access, assets, and assistance, encountering substantial barriers that stand between them and the land, capital, markets, equipment, water, labor, and training and technical assistance they need to succeed. Secondly, we review promising policy and civil society interventions targeted at addressing these barriers, nearly all of which have already been piloted at the local and state levels or through modest public funding. These interventions are most effective, we find, when they are linked up through robustly governed networks to provide “wraparound” coverage for new entry sustainable farmers. Such networks can help patch together complementary sources of support (e.g. federal, state, local, NGO, cooperative) and synergistically address multiple barriers at once. Finally, we propose additional interventions that are more aspirational today, but that could offer important pathways to support new sustainable farmers in the longer term.
Chemistry & chemical technology. Lithuanian chemists conference, May 16, 2019
Authors: Ramanavičienė Almira , Inkrataitė Greta , Daumantas Liudas
Published: May 2019

The aim of the conference is to bring together young scientists, engineers, researchers and students of Lithuanian universities, institutes, centers of science and business to carry out research in the field of chemistry and chemical technology, to provide the opportunity to expand knowledge and present the latest scientific results and ideas.
Proceedings of the National Scientific Students' Conference "Chemistry and Chemical Technology 2019"
Authors: Tumkevičius Sigitas , Inkrataitė Greta , Daumantas Liudas
Published: May 2019

Scientific Committee:Prof. A. Beganskienė, VUDoc./Assoc. Prof. J. Dodonova, VUProf. V. Getautis, KTUProf. S. Grigalevičius, KTUDoc./Assoc. Prof. T. Paulauskienė, KUProf. S. Tumkevičius, VUProf. A. Žukauskaitė, KU Organizers:Prof. S. Tumkevičius (Chairman), VUG. Inkrataitė (secretary), VUDr. R. Vaitkus, VUDr. S. Višniakova, VUI. Gabriūnaitė, VUL. Sinušaitė, VUM. Steponavičiūtė, VUM. Vagner, VUO. Safinas, VU SAL. Daumantas, VU
Preparing for influenza outbreaks: the role of online educational resources
Authors: Walsh Kieran
Published: May 2019

This article was migrated. The article was not marked as recommended. Introduction Influenza is a serious disease that can cause considerable morbidity and mortality. It results in regular seasonal outbreaks and occasionally in global pandemics. Healthcare professionals must learn about influenza (both pandemic and seasonal varieties) - however sometimes this disease can cause particular challenges to healthcare professional educators. E-learning modules may be an effective means of educating healthcare professionals on this subject.Methods BMJ Learning has published a series of modules on influenza - including seasonal and pandemic influenza. The goals of the modules were to help healthcare professionals learn about the assessment, diagnosis, differential diagnosis, and management of both seasonal and pandemic influenza. All healthcare professional users who completed the modules were encouraged to give free text feedback on the modules. We evaluated the modules by analysing this feedback from aqualitative perspective.Results Feedback to the modules was positive. Users appreciate the concise, case based and real-life nature of the modules. However, users expect the technology to be reliable and appreciate content in different formats - including text, audio and video. Some users had ongoing clinical learning needs - related to details on the diagnosis, differential diagnosis, and complications of influenza. Conclusions There have been hypotheses in the past that e-learning modules could play an important role in infectious disease outbreaks. This paper suggests that they do have a role. To maximise their effectiveness it is likely that modules need to be concise, case based and in a variety of different formats.
ATİPİK LOKALİZASYONU NEDENİ İLE SEKESTRASYON ZANNEDİLEN ATİPİK KARSİNOİD TÜMÖR OLGUSU: OLGU SUNUMU.
Authors: Metin Bayram , İntepe Yavuz Selim , Yıldırım Şener , Erkoç Mustafa Fatih
Published: May 2019

Akciğerin karsinoid tümörleri daha çok endobronşial veya intraparankimal
yerleşim gösterirler. Tedavilerinde
öncelikli olarak parankim koruyucu cerrahi prosedürleri tercih edilir.
Postoperatif patoloji sonucunda lenf nodu metastazı ve tümörün proliferasyon
durumuna göre de adjuvan tedavi yöntemleri uygulanabilir. Biz burada sağ majör
fissürde yerleşim gösteren ve ilk cerrahisinde orta lobdan köken alan
sekestrasyon düşündüğümüz bir atipik karsinoid olgusunu sunuyoruz.
The Concept, Essence and Modern Prospects of Environmental Crime Prevention in the Russian Federation
Authors: Tatyanina Larisa , Lukomskaya Anastasia , Yuldoshev Rifat
Published: May 2019

This research is highly relevant because environmental crimes (eco-crimes) greatly harm public relations in economic, political, social and cultural spheres of the lives of individuals, society and the state and cause colossal material damage to physical persons, juridical persons and the state. The goal of this article is to define the concept and essence, as well as to provide the criminological description of environmental crimes, which is essential for identifying contemporary prospects of its prevention. The authors describe the concept of this kind of crime in the broad and in the narrow sense. In the broad sense, environmental crime is understood as an aggregate of crimes where the object of infringement is any public relations in the sphere of protecting environmental order and ensuring environmental safety. In the narrow sense, environmental crime is understood as an aggregate of crimes committed during a certain period of time on a specific territory, manifested by a quantity and quality of homogeneous publicly dangerous, illegal, guilty and criminally punishable acts (actions and inactions), where the object of crime is public relations of protecting environmental order and ensuring environmental safety. The research singles out such attributes of environmental crime as public danger, social causation, sustainability, systemic character, structural properties; the authors examine its highly latent, organized, professional and trans-border varieties separately. They present measures to prevent environmental crimes aimed, among other things, at eliminating contradictions between environmental and criminal legislation; incorporating in law requirements to conduct environmental expertise of the planned business activities; developing a system of state and international standards of Russia in the sphere of environmental protection that reduce anthropogenic impact on the environment; developing and activating the court mechanisms of resolving contradictions between the interests of the population, businesses and the state in the sphere of environmental protection; strengthening the system of prosecutor’s supervision and implementation of prosecutor’s intervention in the sphere of environmental protection, etc.
Improvement of Terrorism-Related Criminal Liability
Authors: Kokoeva Louisa , Kolieva Angelina , Garmyshev Yaroslav
Published: May 2019

The authors use international experience to review main trends in improving terrorism-related criminal liability in Russia, analyze key international legal acts as well as Russian laws that form the basis for counteracting terrorism. They state that the federal law «On Counteracting Terrorism» eliminated a number of legal problems and contradictions in the counter-terrorism legislation and practice of counter-terrorism work. The authors pay attention to specific modern features of terrorist acts, including the use of the Internet technologies to recruit potential criminals. They study problems in international counter-terrorism cooperation. The authors note that the legal basis for counteracting terrorism at the municipal level is far behind the regional and federal levels and suggest how legislation for terrorism-related crimes and their subject composition could be improved. They show that it is necessary to hold close relatives of terrorists responsible for crimes against public safety if their knowledge about the crime or aid to criminals has been proven. It is noted that it is necessary to strengthen the system of preventive measures aimed at determining the causes and conditions contributing to terrorism. The role of special services in preventing terrorist attacks should decline while the impact of educational institutions, public organizations, the church and mass media should increase. Besides, the authors note that victimological influence is very promising for improving the effectiveness of terrorism counteraction and suggest making a number of amendments in the current Russian criminal legislation.
Countering Terrorism in Iraq: Law and Practice
Authors: Kochoi Samvel , Hasan Ameen
Published: May 2019

After several years of fighting the international terrorist organization «Islamic State», the anti-terrorist coalitions headed by the Russian Federation and the USA managed to tip the scale in their favor in 2017. There is extensive research on how different countries counteract this most well-known of all modern international terrorist organizations. However, as Western criminologists note (Alex Braithwaite, Shane D. Johnson), there are very few empirical works that study the causes of decline and growth of terrorist activities as well as the emergence and disappearance of hot spots in Iraq itself during the American military campaign. On the whole, the overview of publications has revealed (Gary LaFree, Joshua D. Freilich) that out of over than 20 thousand articles on terrorism published between 1971 and 2004, only seven were devoted to empirical (criminological) research, while others dealt with the psychology of terrorism. The situation started to change in recent years and a large number of empirical (criminological and criminal law) studies of terrorism has been published, which is connected with the growing financial support of such research by national research foundations and state departments (for example, the Department of Homeland Security and the Department of Defense in the USA). Thus, about 100 books devoted to such studies have been annually published in the USA in the last decade. As for Russian criminal law policy, this article is one of the few devoted to countering terrorism in the motherland of «Islamic State» – in Iraq. The authors analyze Iraqi anti-terrorism legislation, in particular, Law № 13 of 2005, draw attention to an excessively wide definition of terrorism that it contains, conclude that its clause of analogy is incompatible with the principle of legality and argue that this normative act is one of the most drastic anti-terrorism laws in the world. The authors believe that an important direction in fighting terrorism is the decision of Iraqi authorities to establish a special tribunal for terrorist crimes, such as genocide against the Yazidis, and criminal prosecution of perpetrators who are outside Iraq, including those in Russian territory. They prove that the terrorist crimes against «infidels», qualified by many specialists and international organizations as crimes against peace and humanity, should mainly be the subject of proceedings in an independent court body of the international community.
Üçüncü Kranial Sinir Paralizisi ile Gelen Leptomeningeal Metastaz Olgusu
Authors: ŞİMŞEK Fatma , AKTAŞ Filiz , EREN Alper , AYDOĞAN Gökhan
Published: May 2019

Leptomeningeal
karsinomatozis nadir görülen nörolojik bir komplikasyondur. Sistemik tümörlerin
birçoğunda beyin metastazı görülmesine rağmen leptomeningeal metastaz görülmesi
nadirdir. Meme kanserli hastalarda leptomeningeal tutulum oranı düşük olmakla
birlikte en sık leptomeningeal metastaza neden olan tümör meme kanseridir. Tanı
anında hastaların sistemik hastalıkları çoğunlukla ileri evrededir. Tanı için
BOS histopatolojik incelemesi ve dikkatli bir şekilde kontrastlı beyin
görüntülemelerinin değerlendirilmesi önemlidir. Bu hastalarda beyin
görüntülemelerinin tamamen normal olabilmesi ihtimalinden dolayı BOS incelemesi
ayrı bir öneme sahiptir. Leptomeningeal metastaz gelişen hastalarda yaşam
süresi kısa olup, hastalara çoğunlukla palyatif tedavi önerilir. Palyatif
tedaviye erken başlanması hastaların yaşam standartlarının daha uzun süre, daha
iyi seyretmesini sağlayabildiği için leptomeningeal metastazda da erken tanı
önemlidir. Bu yazıda, meme kanseri olan ve üçüncü kranial sinir paralizisi ile
nöroloji kliniğinde takip edilen leptomeningeal metastazlı bir olguyu nadir
görülen klinik bir tablo olması nedeni ile 
sunduk.
Renal Ektopi ve Füzyon Anomalilerinin Sintigrafik Değerlendirilmesi ve Hilson Perfüzyon İndeksi
Authors: ÇAYIR Derya , BOZKURT Mehmet , GÜLTEKİN Salih Sinan , KARAÇALIOĞLU Alper Özgür
Published: May 2019

Amaç: Renal ektopi ve füzyon anomalili
hastalarda (1) Hilson perfüzyon indeksi ile böbreklerin perfüzyon fonksiyonunu belirlemek
ve (2) dinamik böbrek sintigrafisi ile böbrek fonksiyonlarını değerlendirmek.

Gereç ve Yöntemler: Tc-99m DTPA dinamik böbrek
sintigrafisi için başvuran toplam 959 hasta retrospektif olarak incelendi.
Böbreklerin fonksiyonlarını ve diüretik yanıtlarını zaman-aktivite eğrileri ile
değerlendirdik ve kantitatif analiz yaptık. Böbreklerin perfüzyonunun değerlendirilmesinde
Hilson indeksi kullanıldı.

Bulgular: 29 hastada (%3) renal ektopi ve füzyon anomalisi olduğu belirlendi. Pelvik ektopik böbreklerin ortalama uzunluğu ortotopik böbreklerden anlamlı derecede kısaydı (sırasıyla 91,0 mm ± 18,9 ve 111,0 mm ± 10,3, p = 0,001). Hilson perfüzyon indeksinin ortalama değeri, ortoptopik böbreklere kıyasla ektopik böbreklerde anlamlı olarak daha yüksekti (sırasıyla, 86,4 ± 67,1'e karşılık 36,8 ± 18,0, p = 0,001). Çapraz renal ektopik, pelvik ektopik ve at nalı böbrekler arasında perfüzyon/ekstraksiyon fonksiyonları ile ekskresyon fonksiyonları arasında istatistiksel olarak anlamlı fark yoktu (sırasıyla p = 0,079 ve p = 0,879). Pelvik ektopik böbreklerde ekstraksiyon fonksiyonları, ortotopik böbreklere kıyasla anlamlı derecede bozulmuştu (p = 0,001). Pelvik ektopik böbreklerin ekskresyon fonksiyonları ile ortotopik böbreklerin ekskresyon fonksiyonları arasında anlamlı fark yoktu (p = 0,116).Sonuç: Hilson perfüzyon indeksi, renal ektopi ve füzyon anomalisi olan böbreklerin perfüzyon fonksiyonlarının sintigrafik değerlendirmesinde yararlı olabilir.
‘Frankenstein’ protocol for nuclei isolation from fresh and frozen tissue for snRNAseq v1
Authors: G Martelotto Luciano
Published: May 2019

This protocol is the result of the combination of various nuclei isolation protocols for single cell RNA-seq experiments using droplet-based methods, hence the name Frankenstein. Developed to prepare nuclei isolates from small sample sizes (as little as grain of rice), this protocol uses FACS to identify cell subpopulations based on ploidy (e.g. tumor versus stroma), to ensure that nuclei suspensions are not clumped, and to remove any debris, especially ambient RNA, to help reduce background. The reference protocols can be found in the following papers: Hu, et al., Habib, et al. (2016), Habib, et al. (2017), Lake, et al., and Lacar, et al. This protocol is routinely used in the single-cell innovation lab for single nuclei experiments using 10x Genomics technologies. The protocol has been demonstrated to work successfully with fresh, snap/flash frozen, cryopreserved cells, and cell lines, as well as various solid cancers: pancreas, pheochromocytomas, paragangliomas, breast cancer, lymphoma, xenografts and tumors.
DNA extraction from avian faeces stored in ethanol v1
Authors: Nicholls James
Published: May 2019

DNA extraction from blue tit (Cyanistes caeruleus) faeces stored in ethanol. Methodology uses the Qiagen QIAamp DNA Stool Kit (Qiagen part no. 51504), following the “Isolation of DNA from Stool for Pathogen Detection” protocol (June 2012 edition), with some modifications following Zeale et al. 2011 (Mol. Ecol. Res. 11: 236-244) and custom modifications to accommodate dried avian faeces. Custom modifications include homogenisation of samples in lysis buffer by shaking in a TissueLyser with a tungsten carbine bead, increased lysis times in the presence of additional Proteinase K, and use of larger buffer volumes; all these modifications were experimentally validated to improve DNA yields.
PENGUASAAN KOMPETENSI PEDAGOGIK GURU PENGARUHNYA TERHADAP KOMPETENSI SIKAP KEWIRAUSAHAAN SISWA (STUDI KASUS PADA PEMBELAJARAN MATA PELAJARAN KEWIRAUSAHAAN)
Authors: Supardi Endang , Sojanah Janah , Adman A.
Published: May 2019

Hasil penelitian ini dilakukan pada siswa SMK Negeri 11 Bandung. Yang mana tujuannya untuk mengetahui seberapa besar pengaruh penguasaan  kompetensi pedagogik guru pengaruhnya terhadap sikap kewirausahaan siswa . Masalah yang menjadi kajian dari penelitian ini adalah mengenai rendahnya sikap kewirausahaan siswa. Inti kajiannya difokuskan pada salah satu faktor yang mempengaruhi sikap kewirausahaan siswa yaitu penguasaan kompetensi pedagogik guru. Penelitian ini terdiri dari dua variabel yaitu Penguasaan Kompetensi Pedagogik Guru (X) dan Sikap Kewirausahaan Siswa (Y). Penguasaan Kompetensi Pedagogik diukur melalui tiga indikator, yaitu  kompetensi menyusun rencana pembelajaran, kompetensi melaksanakan proses belajar mengajar, kompetensi melaksanakan penilaian proses belajar mengajar. Sikap Kewirausahaan diukur melalui enam indikator, yaitu kepercayaan diri, berorientasi pada tugas dan hasil, pengambilan resiko, kepemimpinan, keorisinilan, dan berorientasi ke masa depan.Penelitian ini menggunakan metode deskriptif, teknik pengumpulan data menggunakan angket. Analisis data menggunakan analisis regresi. Anggota sampel sebanyak 75 orang. Secara garis besar, keadaan Penguasaan Kompetensi Pedagogik Guru di SMK Negeri 11 Bandung termasuk kategori baik. Artinya Penguasaan Kompetensi Pedagogik telah dimiliki Guru secara rata,efektif dan efisien. Sikap Kewirausahaan di SMK Negeri 11 Bandung termasuk kategori tinggi. Artinya kompetensi pedagogic yang telah dicapai guru sudah baik, hal tersebut perlu dipertahankan dan diupayakan terus ditingkatkan.Hipotesis yang penulis ajukan dapat diterima yaitu adanya Penguasaan Kompetensi Pedagogik Guru pengaruhnya terhadap peningkatan Sikap Kewirausahaan Siswa.
PENGARUH INSENTIF TERHADAP DISIPLIN KERJA PEGAWAI DINAS TENAGA KERJA KABUPATEN BANDUNG
Authors: Amalia Rizca , Adman A.
Published: May 2019

Permasalahan yang dikaji dalam penelitian ini adalah mengenai tingkat disiplin kerja pegawai Dinas Tenaga Kerja Kabupaten Bandung. Hal tersebut ditandai dengan masih rendahnya absebsi kehadiran pegawai. Dari fenomena tersebut dapat dikatakan Dinas Tenaga Kerja Kabupaten Bandung belum sepenuhya mewujudkan tujuan organisasi yang dikehendaki. Tujuan dalam penelitian ini adalah untuk memperoleh gambaran efektivitas insentif, gambaran mengenai tingkat disiplin kerja pegawai dan untuk mengetahui seberapa besar pengaruh insentif terhadap disiplin kerja pegawai Dinas Tenaga Kerja Kabupaten Bandung.Metode penelitian yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini adalah metode survei eksplanasi dengan menggunakan teknik analisis data deskriptif inferensial, adapun teknik pengumpulan data dilakukan dengan cara penyebaran angket dengan menggunakan skala likert, yang dikumpulkan dari responden dengan ukuran populasi 54 orang pegawai Dinas Tenaga Kerja Kabupaten Bandung. Analisis data yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini adalah regresi sederhana.Berdasarkan hasil penelitian ini diperoleh informasi bahwa insentif dan disiplin kerja Dinas Tenaga Kerja Kabupaten Bandung berada pada kategori cukup/sedang. Dari hasil uji hipotesis diperoleh bahwa efektivitas insentif memiliki pengaruh positif dan signifikan terhadap disiplin kerja. Namun demikian, disiplin kerja pegawai Dinas Tenaga Kerja Kabupaten Bandung tidak hanya dipengaruhi oleh insentif saja, melainkan ada faktor lainnya yang juga berpengaruh, tetapi tidak dikaji dalam penelitian ini.
PENGARUH AUDIT MUTU INTERNAL TERHADAP KINERJA SEKOLAH DI SMK NEGERI 1 BANDUNG (SURVEY PADA SMK NEGERI JURUSAN BISNIS DAN MANAJEMEN YANG BERSTANDAR ISO 9001:2008)
Authors: Apriyani Merrysha , Sojanah Janah
Published: May 2019

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menganalisis pengaruh audit mutu internal terhadap kinerja sekolah. Metode penelitian menggunakan metode survey. Teknik pengumpulan data menggunakan angket model rating scale dengan skor yang terentang antara 1 sampai dengan 5. Responden adalah guru dan tenaga kependidikan di SMK Negeri 1 Bandung. Teknik analisis data menggunakan regresi sederhana. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan audit mutu internal memiliki pengaruh yang positif dan signifikan terhadap kinerja sekolah. Dengan demikian kinerja sekolah dapat ditingkatkan melalui peningkatan audit mutu internal.