bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Comparison of Automated (ISED) ESR Estimation with Conventional (WESTERGREN) Method for Validation of Automated Results
Authors: Bashir Saima , Tashfeen Sunila , Akhtar Fahim , Shahid Samra , Sadia Aiza , Ayub Adil
Published: August 2022

Background: ESR inspite of being considered as a non-specific heamatological test is widely used for the detection of autoimmune diseases, infections and cancers. Although conventional gold standard methods are considered accurate and authentic but are having few biohazard risks and are more time consuming so are thought to be replaced by automated methods which are less time consuming and not much expensive but need to be validated by comparing them with conventional manual (Westergren) method. Objective: To compare the ESR values by conventional ESR method i.e. Westergren method with automated ESR estimation by ISED (ALCOR) to validate the results obtained by automated method. Study design: A Prospective cross-sectional study Study duration and settings: Study was conducted at Pathology Department Pak Emirates Military Hospital Rawalpindi from November 2021 to April 2022. Material and methods: All samples were processed within 1 hour of venipuncture. Hemolyzed samples were discarded. To separate EDTA sample tubes were taken and 3ml venous blood was collected in each tube respectively. Results: 200 samples in total were used for Westergren's (Manual Method) and ISED's ESR estimates (Automated Method). Mean age of the patients was 50.74 ± 16.84 years range from 8 to 88 years, out of total 54 % patients were male and 46 % were females, 51 % patients from OPD and 49 % were admitted patients Conclusion: The conventional Gold standard method has proven to be more efficient by CV % but p-value calculated individually as well as in all cases was statistically insignificant > 0.05%. Keywords: Automated method, Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate, Westergren method.
Relationship Marketing and Customer Purchase Decision of Insurance in Lagos State, Nigeria
Authors:   Babcock University, Ilishan-Remo, Ogun State, Oluwabiyi O. E.
Published: August 2022

The purchasing behavior of the nation’s insuring public determines the performance of the risk management and investment functions of insurance service, and its overall contribution to the development of the economy. In Nigeria, the contribution of insurance to the nation’s GDP is extremely low at 0.4% as majority of the population live without insurance protection. The low level of customer’s patronage may be attributed to inadequate application of relationship marketing factors. This study examined the influence of relationship marketing dimensions of customer awareness, customer trust, customer service quality, product innovation and customization, and customer satisfaction on customer purchase decision of Insurance in Lagos State, Nigeria. The study adopted a survey research design. The population of study consisted of 375,000 estimated consumers of insurance service in Lagos State, Nigeria. A sample size of 1,650 consumers were drawn from selected Local Government Areas of Lagos State through non-probability sampling technique. A questionnaire titled relationship marketing and market penetration of insurance was adapted and validated. The Cronbach’s Alpha coefficient for the constructs ranged between 0.76 and 0.90. A total of 1,650 copies of the questionnaire were administered, with a response rate of 80%. The data were analyzed using descriptive and inferential (multiple linear regression analysis) statistics. Findings revealed that relationship marketing had significant effect on customer purchase decision of Insurance (Adj. R2 = 0.420; F (5, 1306) = 190.773, p<0.05). Significant positive relationships were also found between some of the relationship marketing constructs and customer purchase decision of insurance. The study concluded that relationship marketing dimensions of customer awareness, customer trust, customer service quality, product innovation and customization, and customer satisfaction are significant predictors of customer purchase decision of insurance in Lagos State, Nigeria. Thus, to influence customer purchase decision of insurance, the adoption of relationship marketing is highly recommended. Keywords: Relationship Marketing, Customer Awareness, Customer Trust Customer Service Quality
Issues and Challenges of Power Sector Reforms in Nigeria: The Political Economy Approach
Authors: Tukur Mustafa Adedeji
Published: August 2022

The post-colonial status and the formation of the Nigerian state have no doubt, redefined it as a neo-patrimonial, pseudo-capitalist and dependent entity. Its forceful integration into the global capitalist ideological orbit could be predicated on the historical antecedents of its colonial heritage. The rentier nature of its political economy had further broadened the basis of capital accumulation through the enlistment of the Nigerian political class interest. The Nigerian economic crises that persist in varying degrees have equally precipitated a number of reform policies by the successive governments in finding the alternative to the economic crises. One of such is the power sector reform with the critical infrastructural gaps despite the continued interventions over the years. There are quite emerging robust literature to support the engaging debates on the nature and character of the Nigerian pervasive economic crises. This paper, interrogates and historicizes the power sector reform policy and undertakes a careful examination of the implications of the privatization exercise as purportedly implemented under the current reforms and its far-reaching effects amidst the exacerbating social crisis of pervasive poverty and the near-absence of effective regulatory mechanism to curtail the exploitative tendencies against the Nigerian mass of electricity consumers. It is also in the contention of this paper that, the post-privatization era in the power sector is still riddled with a plethora of challenges as mostly crystallized by the poor service delivery and the exploitation of electricity consumers.
Titre : Une masse hypervasculaire de la région carotidienne : le chémodectome carotidien
Title: A hypervascular mass of the carotid space: carotid body tumor
Authors: IGOMBE Suzanne , NORDJOE Yaotse , Nyare Raissa , IMOUMBY Fernand , FENNI Jamal , HOMMADI Abdelaziz , NAFAA Issam , OUIJDANE Zamani
Published: August 2022

Résumé : Le chémodectome est une tumeur rare développée au dépend des cellules paraganglionnaires de la carotide dont létiologie reste inconnue. Nous rapportons le cas dune patiente de 78 ans chez qui une masse cervicale hypervasculaire au niveau de la région carotidienne a été découverte de façon fortuite au cours dune TDM du massif facial pour suspicion de cellulite. Le complément par angioscanner cervical a permis de poser le diagnostic de chémodectome carotidien. Le chémodectome carotidien est généralement asymptomatique. Limagerie et notamment langioscanner permet den faire le diagnostic. La chirurgie est le seul traitement curatif, toutefois devant les risques élevés de celle-ci la surveillance est souvent de mise.

Abstract: Carotid body paraganglioma is a rare tumor arising from paraganglia cells of the carotid body. The exact cause is unknown. We report the case of a 78-year-old female patient in which a hyper-vascular cervical mass of the carotid region was discovered incidentally during a facial CT for suspicion of cellulitis. A complementary cervical CT angiography made it possible to make the diagnosis of carotid chemodectoma. Carotid chemodectoma is usually asymptomatic. Imaging, particularly CT angiography, can be used to make the diagnosis. Surgery is the only curative treatment. However, given the high risks of surgery, monitoring is often appropriate.
Giant Congenital Melanocytic Nevus associated with Neurofibromatosis Type 1 in a young Indian girl  A Rare Presentation
Authors: Mahajan Aditi , Gogineni Madhurya , Lote Samruddhi , Poulose Divya , Deora Mahendra
Published: August 2022

Giant congenital melanocytic nevi are pigmented lesions, with an incidence of 1 in 20,000 new-borns. Neurofibromatosis 1 is an autosomal dominant disorder with an incidence of 1 in 3500 individuals. The coexistence of both these conditions is a rare entity, with few cases reported in the medical literature. Here we report these two diseases in a 13-year-old girl in India.
Disparidades entre la matrícula y el financiamiento de las instituciones públicas de educación superior
Authors: Poblano-Chávez Daniel
Published: August 2022

El estudio se centra en las disparidades del mayor número de estudiantes que ingresan a las Instituciones de Educación Superior (IES) frente a su decreciente financiamiento real del 2014 al 2020. La investigación analítica conceptual comprende sólo las IES con mayores recursos presupuestales en el período de estudio. El apoyo en el discurso político no se corresponde en mayores presupuestos públicos destinados a este nivel educativo. La aparente alza en el presupuesto, en pesos corrientes, muestra su verdadera cara al realizar análisis en pesos constantes. La realidad refleja la disminución sostenida de los apoyos económicos, lo cual puede repercutir negativamente en el funcionamiento de las universidades al tener más alumnos y menos presupuesto.
Currículo universitario y calidad de la educación. Aportes teóricos y metodológicos para la investigación de los campos de formación
Authors: Collazo Mercedes
Published: August 2022

Este artículo tiene como finalidad presentar algunos resultados de la tesis sobre estructuras de conocimientos y currículo universitario realizada en el programa de doctorado de la Universidad de Buenos Aires. El propósito de esta investigación es reconocer y comparar las lógicas epistemológicas que fundamentan la configuración de códigos curriculares particulares en distintos dominios de conocimientos e identificar las principales tensiones curriculares contemporáneas. Se realiza un estudio analítico comparativo de casos por contraste, tomando como unidades de análisis tres carreras de grado de la Universidad de la República (Uruguay): Ingeniería Eléctrica, Odontología y Sociología. En lo teórico conceptual se aborda el estudio del currículo universitario recuperando y articulando líneas teóricas provenientes del campo didáctico, del currículo y de la educación superior. La indagación permitió construir los códigos de los planes de estudios específicos de las carreras, así como los códigos curriculares de los campos de formación afines. Asimismo, se contribuyó a la conceptualización de la naturaleza y la dinámica del currículo universitario como proyecto epistemológico particular de formación, fuertemente vertebrado por la historia de las disciplinas y las profesiones. Se realizan a la vez aportes teórico-metodológicos a la investigación curricular universitaria construyendo dimensiones y categorías de análisis específicas que aportan al análisis de la calidad de la educación.
La calidad de la educación en la enseñanza superior. Aportes para un análisis de la problemática en universidades públicas
Authors: Fernández Lidia M.E.
Published: August 2022

El artículo presenta consideraciones iniciales sobre la calidad educativa en la educación superior universitaria, así como algunos supuestos del enfoque institucional con el que se trabaja la problemática. Alerta sobre la banalización con la que se considera tratado este tema, sobre todo al encarar cambios y regulaciones del sistema en tiempos neoliberales. Se focaliza en el desarrollo del análisis del impacto de la contradicción entre el mandato para una educación de alta calidad para todos y los límites materiales, en especial en relación con las circunstancias asociadas a las políticas neoliberales vividas en Argentina. Finalmente, a modo de insumo, se presentan algunos rasgos de tres casos de investigación y se sintetiza el aporte realizado a la problemática.
Implicancias del Aseguramiento de la Calidad (AC) en las universidades argentinas
Authors: Marquina Mónica , Giménez Graciela , Rodríguez Wenceslao , Mazzeo Ignacio
Published: August 2022

El objetivo de este artículo es estudiar algunos efectos de las políticas de Aseguramiento de la Calidad (AC) en el sistema universitario argentino. La implementación de los procesos de evaluación institucional y acreditación de programas académicos en Argentina data de la década de 1990, en el marco de una reforma educativa cuyo contenido estuvo influido por los presupuestos de la Nueva Gestión Pública (NGP). Transcurridos más de veinte años de su instalación, se pretende indagar cómo estos nuevos procesos han influido en la estructura organizacional de las instituciones, qué tipo de perfiles profesionales han asumido los nuevos roles asociados a su desarrollo y cómo la vida universitaria ha sido reconfigurada por sus cambios. El artículo que se presenta forma parte de una investigación en desarrollo y sus resultados son preliminares. El abordaje del estudio trianguló tres estrategias metodológicas: la recolección y el análisis de información institucional, la aplicación de una encuesta a una muestra estratificada de personal universitario dedicado a estas tareas y la realización de entrevistas en profundidad.
TIP FAKÜLTESİ ÖĞRENCİLERİNİN COVID-19 PANDEMİSİNDE KİŞİSEL KORUYUCU EKİPMAN KULLANIMI KONUSUNDA BİLGİ DÜZEYLERİNİN BELİRLENMESİ
Authors: ŞAHİNOĞLU Mustafa Serhat , ALKAN Sevil , SEFER Sinem , KARTAL Hakan , AKÇAY Ömer Faruk , ŞENER Alper
Published: August 2022

COVID-19 salgını, bulaşıcı hastalıkların edinilmesini ve bulaşmasını önlemek için kişisel koruyucu ekipmanın (KKE) gerekli olduğunu ancak kliniklerde doğru kullanımının genellikle düşük oranlarda olduğunu göstermiştir. Bu çalışmanın amacı, tıp fakültesi öğrencilerinin KKE kullanımıyla ilgili deneyimlerini araştırmak, eğitim ve öğretim programlarında iyileştirme fırsatlarını belirlemektir. Araştırma, 01.05.2021-01.11.2021 tarihleri arasında Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi öğrencilerinin katılımıyla gerçekleştirilmiştir. Araştırmacılar tarafından ilgili literatür incelenerek geliştirilen, “Katılımcı Bilgi Formu” ve “Kişisel Koruyucu Ekipman Kullanımı Bilgi Değerlendirme Formu” kullanılmıştır. Çalışmaya 257 tıp fakültesi öğrencisi dahil edilmiştir. Katılanların 139’unun (%54) kadın; 103’ünün temel tıp (%40; 1, 2 ve 3. dönem), 154’ünün ise klinik staj (%60; 4, 5 ve 6. dönem) dönemlerinde oldukları gözlenmiştir. Öğrencilerin KKE uygulamaları hakkındaki sorulara verdikleri yanıta göre aldıkları puanlar incelendiğinde; klinik eğitimdeki öğrencilerin aldığı puanın ortancası 5.0, temel tıp eğitimi alan öğrencilerin ise 3.0 bulunmuş ve aradaki farkın istatistiksel olarak anlamlı olduğu görülmüştür (p<0.0001). Daha öncesinde KKE kavramını duyan, KKE eğitimi alan ve KKE kullanan öğrencilerin puan ortancaları anlamlı olarak daha yüksek bulunmuştur (p<0.0001). Dönem 6 öğrencileri ile Dönem 4-5 öğrencileri arasında KKE giyme sırası bilgisi hariç anlamlı fark bulunmamıştır. KKE ile ilgili eğitimler tıp fakültesinde öğrencilerin seviyesine göre çeşitli eğitim yıllarında tekrarlanarak sürekli hale getirilmeli ve intörnlük döneminde de devam ettirilmelidir. Eğitimler standardize edilmeli ve müfredata uyum sağlamalıdır.
Effect of Feedstock Type on Biostimulation Efficiency and Microbial Community Structure during Biochar-Facilitated Remediation of Petroleum Contaminated Soil
Authors: Osadebe Anwuli U. , Uzoma Goodness C. , Ogugbue Chimezie J. , Okpokwasili Gideon C.
Published: August 2022

This study investigated the effect of plant feedstock– and animal feedstock–derived biochar at 10%w/w and 15%w/w amendment levels on the biostimulation efficiency and the cultivable microbial community in the soil during biochar-facilitated remediation of petroleum contaminated soil using standard techniques. Biostimulation was most effective with the animal-based biochar (ABB) treatment while total petroleum hydrocarbon (TPH) removal was greatest in the plant-based biochar (PBB) amended soil. Observed mean TPH levels on Day 60 ranged from about 7000 mg/kg – 7800 mg/kg for the PBB and 11000 mg/kg – 14000 mg/kg for ABB representing removal levels of roughly 51.0%, 57.7%, 72.4% and 73.7% in 10% ABB, 15% ABB, 10% PBB and 15% PBB amended contaminated soils respectively. The cultivable bacterial diversity for both feedstock types shifted from the combination of Firmicutes, Actinobacteria and Proteobacteria phyla at the onset of the study to predominantly Proteobacteria by the end of the study with a distinct reduction in diversity observed with increasing contact time. The dominant cultivable heterotrophic bacterial isolates were Bacillus spp., Pseudomonas spp. and Staphylococcus aureus for ABB and Pseudomonas spp., Klebsiella pneumoniae and Bacillus spp. for PBB. Amongst the cultivable hydrocarbon utilising bacteria obtained, Klebsiella pneumoniae, Pseudomonas spp. and Enterobacter spp. dominated. There were significant differences in TCHB and CHUB abundance and TPH removal efficiency between PBB and ABB amendments at 95% confidence interval. The study established that application of biochar effectively manages petroleum pollutants in soil by stimulating the proliferation and activities of relevant degradative species.
Hydrocarbon Degradation Potentials of Fungi: A Review
Authors: Mahmud Tasiu , Sabo Ibrahim Alhaji , Lambu Zakari Nuhu , Danlami Dauda , Shehu Adamu Abdullahi
Published: August 2022

One of the serious problems affecting the environment nowadays is petroleum hydrocarbon contaminations resulting from the activities in the oil and gas sector, these include: oil-spill, tank leakage, lubrication, petroleum exploitation, transportation, and services. Various techniques including mechanical and chemical methods have been employed for the bioremediation and degradation of hydrocarbons pollutants from the environments, however, some of these methods are generally expensive and may have detrimental effects on the environment, hence bioremediation is the alternative solution to hydrocarbon pollutants. Among microorganisms used in bioremediation technology nowadays, fungi are efficient, reliable, cost-effective, and environmentally friendly that can be used to cleanup and detoxify hydrocarbons contaminants from the environment viz; soil, water, and sediments. Bioremediation using fungi ensures the complete degradation and mineralization of petroleum hydrocarbon contaminants into carbon dioxide, water, inorganic compounds, and cell biomass. This review focuses on the potentials of fungi in the bioremediation of total petroleum hydrocarbons including the polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs). We reviewed and discussed current approaches in the bioremediation of hydrocarbon including the mechanisms of fungal bioremediation of hydrocarbon, which involves biosurfactants production and the use of fungal enzymes in the degradation of hydrocarbon pollutants. In general, fungi are more efficient and effective in the removal of hydrocarbon contaminants from the environments viz., water, soil, and sediments. However, the potentiality of fungi has not been exploited fully, hence further studies are recommended especially in the current genomic and proteomic era.
Eleven Guidelines for the Design of Instructional Videos for Software Training
Authors: van der Meij Hans , Hopfner Constanze
Published: August 2022

Purpose: Video is a popular medium for instructing people how to use software. In 2013, van der Meij and van der Meij proposed eight guidelines for the design of instructional videos for software training. Since then, production techniques and video features evolved, and new
insights about characteristics of effective video instructions emerged. Methods: Based on recent study outcomes and our reflections on instructional video designs, the original set of eight guidelines was restructured, updated, and extended. Results:A new framework with
11 guidelines was constructed. For these guidelines the article provides scientifically-based advice for the design of instructional videos for software training. Conclusion: The new framework and the illustrations of how the guidelines were applied in videos should provide useful
insights for further practice and research on instructional video design.
Mapping the Evolutionary Characteristics of Global Research Related to Technical Communication: A Scientometric Review
Authors: Luo Mingdan , DeWitt Dorothy , Alias Norlidah
Published: August 2022

Purpose: Technical communication (TC) is an emerging topic which has received attention in both the field of language studies and among the technical profession in the last few decades. In this article, a scientometric review of academic publications to explore the intellectual
landscape and evolutionary characteristics of TC research worldwide between 2001 and 2020 is conducted. Methods: Visualization software was employed to analyze co-citation and co-word networks from 2,183 articles published in Web of Science and Scopus databases from 2001 to 2020.
Results: The findings indicate that TC research has increased in recent years and has been done in the English language departments and technology departments in recent years. Then, five clusters form the intellectual structure of TC research: translation training, methodologies in
TC, composition studies, rhetorical action, and the industry's needs. Finally, the findings indicated there were paradigm shifts in the field of TC. Further, the evolution analysis has shown that the current trends of TC research is now focused on TC pedagogy, a global TC, human-computer
interaction, and language learning and training. Conclusion: This review provides reliable information for academics and practitioners to identify the knowledge base, the evolutionary process, and the emerging trends in the TC field from visualized maps. This review can serve as
a prelude for future TC research and can provide a guide for the TC skills required among professionals in the future.
Nárcisszusz tükre : Az incesztus rétegei Webster Amalfi hercegnőjében
Authors: Koltai M. Gábor
Published: August 2022

Renaissance English plays feature an abundance of sexual pathologies, depicted both with poetic finesse and medical precision. (No wonder Virginia Woolf considered these authors the first psychoanalysts of the world.) This paper conducts a more in-depth examination of one of these dramatized medical case studies (Ferdinand from John Webster’s The Duchess of Malfi.)
Impact of invasive alien weeds on phytodiversity of Terai-Duars region of West Bengal, India
Authors: Biswas Kishor , Das Abhaya Prasad
Published: August 2022

The article reports the investigation on the impacts of alien invasive weeds on phyto-diversity of Terai-Duars belt of West Bengal. Invasive weed-invaded and non-invaded vegetation tracts, under same ecological conditions, were sampled and compared to understand their impact on the local biodiversity. Invaded area was inhabitated by a fewer number of species, poor in species diversity, with higher concentration of dominance and poor in species richness. The study suggested further research on the impact of aggressive and invasive alien weeds on Biodiversity and ecosystem of this area.
IDENTIFIKASI STRUKTUR BAWAH PERMUKAAN BERDASARKAN DATA ANOMALI MEDAN GRAVITASI GGMPLUS DI KABUPATEN KONAWE SELATAN, SULAWESI TENGGARA
Authors: Utami subhan Ainun Ayu , Hamimu La , Rubaiyn Al
Published: August 2022

Data gravitasi citra satelit GGMplus merupakan data yang menyediakan peta medan gravitasi terkomputerisasi dengan resolusi antar titik  yaitu 220 m sehingga baik dalam penentuan struktur bawah permukaan. Telah dilakukan penelitian pengukuran medan gravitasi untuk mengetahui pola persebaran anomaly Bouguer dan mengidentifikasi struktur geologi di daerah Kabupaten Konawe Selatan khususnya pada daerah Pamandati. Pengukuran data medan gravitasi menggunakan data gravitasi citra satelit GGMPlus (Global Gravity Model Plus). Pengolahan data dilakukan menggunakan Software Oasis Mountaj. Koreksi yang dilakukan berupa koreksi Bouguer, koreksi terrain, proyeksi pada bidang datar, analisis spektrum, pemisahan anomali regional dan residual menggunakan metode Moving Average dan pemodelan struktur bawah permukaan. Hasil anomali Bouguer lengkap dan anomali lokal menunjukkan pola persebaran anomali dari Barat Laut-Tenggara, yang relatif sama dengan dengan arah struktur di daerah penelitian. Berdasarkan hasil pemodelan peta anomali residual mengindikasikan adanya intrusi batuan beku di bagian Tenggara daerah penelitian. Intrusi pertama terletak pada kedalaman ±800 meter, dan intrusi kedua terletak pada kedalaman ±1200.
Serial PID Controller for Intervehicle Distance
Authors:   Department of Electrical Engineering, Universitas Surabaya, Indrawati Veronica
Published: August 2022

This paper presents a serial PID control used to maintain the distance between vehicles running in formation in one dimension, forming a platoon-completed multi-agent system concept. Not all vehicles are equipped with inter-vehicle communication devices, so the proposed platooning control system utilizes electronic devices in the form of distance and velocity sensors existing in the vehicle to help keep the distance between vehicles constants. First discussed is the position control and velocity for a single vehicle, the model of the system is analyzed to get the PID controller parameters. Next is the problem of platooning the system on multiple vehicles using serial PID as a controller and analyzing the controller parameters for the entire system. Finally, a simulation is performed to verify the controller design that has been obtained. The simulation results show that the serial PID controller is suitable for the intervehicle distance problem.
Crianças com HIV/AIDS no Brasil: fatores de risco predisponentes, uma revisão sistemática
Authors: Correia Fernanda Vasconcelos Prado , Oliveira Halley Ferraro , Azevedo Maria Regina Domingues de
Published: August 2022

Essa revisão sistemática da literatura teve o objetivo de reunir e analisar o conteúdo científico relacionado aos fatores de risco implícitos e explícitos que podem predispor crianças ao Vírus da Imunodeficiência Humana (HIV)/Síndrome da Imunodeficiência Humana (SIDA). As referências bibliográficas foram obtidas nas bases de dados PubMed, LILACS (Literatura Latino-americana e do Caribe em Ciências Sociais e da Saúde), MEDLINE (Sistema Online de Busca e Análise de Literatura Médica) e Google Scholar (Google Acadêmico). Os resultados dos 07 artigos analisados, num total de 36 publicados entre 2010-2020, revelam que os fatores de risco implicados para a manutenção da Transmissão Vertical do HIV são variados e muitas vezes coincidentes entre as publicações selecionadas, como a possibilidade do teste anti-HIV positivo e o aleitamento materno ter sido realizado sem o resultado da testagem, o fato de o resultado sorológico para o HIV no momento do parto ser desconhecido, de as gestantes terem, em geral, menos de 30 anos de idade, não serem brancas, possuírem baixo nível educacional e econômico, além de fazerem uso de tatuagens, piercings e drogas inalatórias. Em suma, esse perfil alia-se às recentes tendências da epidemia da AIDS, que precisam ser reparadas no Brasil, com a feminização, além da pauperização e da interiorização.
PENYUSUNAN LAPORAN KEUANGAN SESUAI DENGAN SAK-EMKM PADA EMKM DI KELURAHAN LIPAT KAIN, KECAMATAN KAMPATR KIRI, KABUPATEN KAMPAR, PROVINSI RIAU
Authors: Irawan Chandra
Published: August 2022

Usaha Kecil Menengah merupakan salah satu sektor ekonomi yang berekembang di Indonesia. Sektor ini banyak dijalankan oleh pengusaha karena mudah dikelola dan tidak membutuhkan biaya yang terlalu besar dalm proses pendiriannya. Salah satu UKM yang kami jumpai di Lipat Kain, Kecamatan Kampar Kiri, Kabupaten Kampar. UKM yang menjual makanan dan minuman. Kegiatan pengabdian pada masyarakat ini akan diadakan di UKM Lipat Kain, Kecamatan Kampar Kiri, Kabupaten Kampar. Yang berlokasi di Jalan Raya Lipat Kain No.408 Kecamatan Kampar Kiri, Kabupaten Kampar. Hasil dari kegiatan pengabdian masyarakat ini dapat disimpulkan bahwa pelaku EMKM di kelurahan Lipat Kain Kabupaten Kampar Kiri telah paham terhadap akuntansi dari segi pemahaman dasar-dasar akuntansi, sedangkan untuk pengetahuan tentang standar akuntansi entitas mikro kecil dan menengah (SAK-ETAP) dalam kegiatan ini didapatkan hasil bahwa pelaku usaha kurang memahami perlakuan akuntansi yang berdasarkan pada SAK-EMKM ini.
Urgensi Minat Menghafal Al-Qur’an dan Kemampuan Berbahasa Arab Bagi Peningkatan Prestasi Tahfizh Al-Qur’an
Authors: Nasier Gamal Abdel
Published: August 2022

Secara umum tujuan pengajaran bahasa Arab di Indonesia tidak terlepas dari fungsinya sebagai sarana untuk mengkaji dan mendalami ilmu agama Islam, kebudayaan, ilmu pengetahuan, dan sebagai sarana komunikasi antar bangsa. Oleh karena itu pelaksanaan pengajaran bahasa Arab di Indonesia haruslah memperhatikan keseimbangan antara pengusaan secara lisan dan tulisan.

Mempelajari bahasa Arab bagi masyarakat non Arab, tetap saja memiliki banyak kendala dan problematika yang dihadapi karena bahasa Arab bukanlah bahasa yang mudah untuk dikuasai secara total. Namun mempelajarinya menjadi sesuatu yang tak bisa diabaikan begitu saja. Kebutuhan akan bahasa Arab bagi masyarakat dunia saat ini cukup tinggi, baik bagi muslim maupun non muslim.

Sebagaimana telah dijelaskan di atas kandungan bahasa Al-Qur’an yang berasal dari bahasa Arab memberikan keunikan tersendiri bagi setiap orang untuk menghafal Al-Qur’an, mengingat bahasa setiap negara berbeda hal ini merupakan tantangan bagi setiap individu yang akan memantapkan diri untuk menghafal Al-Qur’an.

Adanya kekhususan bahasa Al-Qur’an ini telah memberikan semangat dan kemauan masyarakat dalam belajar bahasa Arab. Upaya yang dilakukan tersebut adalah untuk mempermudah dalam menghafal Al-Qur’an. Selain itu dengan memahami bahasa Arab memungkinkan seseorang seseorang dapat dengan mudah mengerti dan memahami isi kandungan Al-Qur’an. Minat menghafal Al-Qur’an dan kemampuan berbahasa Arab kiranya dapat menjadi pengaruh seseorang dalam berprestasi terhadap hafalan Al-Qur’an
Bond strength characterization of concrete filled steel tube as structural member
Authors: Singh Vinay Kumar , P. K. Gupta  , S. M. Ali Jawaid
Published: August 2022

Studies done by the previous researchers in Concrete Filled Steel Tubes (CFST) have a significant focus on the bond performance of CFST. This paper includes studies on the evaluation of critical parameters such as interface condition, interface length, infilled concrete strength, and end friction and cross-section dimension in these members. It is found that the effect of interface length had very little impact on the bond stress as it shows a promising value when the interface length is in the range of 200-800 mm and after that, it gets shifted and reduced for larger interface length. But this decrease in the bond stress is affiliated with other parameters, like macro-locking, infilled concrete compressive strength distinctly affects the mean interface bond strength for the sample in the regular condition, the interface bond strength for the most part increases with infilled concrete strength. It is spotted that the friction coefficient of 0.15 is used at both column ends to provide the fixity and it becomes clear that the local buckling pattern of the stub column is independent of the end friction. In both categories of columns, the bond strength among the steel tube and infilled concrete reduced extraordinarily with increased cross-sectional dimension.
Hepatitis B Virus and Cytomegalovirus Infections Disrupt Sperm Parameters in Males through Decreasing Mitochondrial Membrane Potential: A Case-control Study
Authors: Neisi Niloofar , Noorbakhsh Rahil , Hashemitabar Mahmood , Afroogh Mahsa , Cheraghian Bahman
Published: August 2022

Background: Infertility is a global problem that affects more than 15% of couples. The occurrence of this problem is about 50% in males. Viral infections cause infertility in men by different mechanisms. Objectives: This study is designed to evaluate the effects of hepatitis B virus (HBV) and cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection on male fertility and determine the mechanisms involved. Methods: A total of 73 males were included in the present study. They were assigned to the groups healthy fertile (n = 22 volunteers) as the healthy controls, non-infected infertile (n = 27), HBV-infected infertile (n = 14), and CMV-infected infertile (n = 10). The sperm parameters, including count, morphology, progressive motility (PR), and progressive + non-progressive motility (PR + NP), were analyzed in their semen. The semen samples of all studied participants were subjected to polymerase chain reaction to determine the presence of HBV or CMV infection. Mitochondrial membrane potential (MMP) and tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-α) were also assessed. Results: Our findings showed that all sperm parameters, including count, morphology, PR, and PR + NP, decreased in males with HBV and CMV infections compared to the healthy control group (P < 0.01 in all cases). Mitochondrial membrane potential declined in HBV- and CMV-infected males compared to the healthy control group (P < 0.001). Conversely, the TNF-α level of semen in HBV- and CMV-infected men was significantly higher than in the healthy control group (P < 0.001). Conclusions: The results of the present study demonstrated that HBV and CMV infections lead to male infertility through increasing TNF-α and decreasing sperm MMP.
Rewriting Mythology: Tautegory, Ontology, and the Novel
Authors: Casewell Deborah ,   Philosophy Documentation Center
Published: August 2022

In Schelling’s Lectures on the Philosophy of Art, he outlines an aesthetic theory of the novel and how it communicates truth, based around his Identitätssystem. In doing so, he understands truth as symbolic, where the symbolic is tautegorical. In his later lectures on mythology he instantiates a new understanding of ontology and mythology as tautegorical, and makes gestures towards how to understand aesthetic forms based on these new accounts. This paper explores how that new aesthetic understanding of truth, ontology, and aesthetics can be used to create a new Schellingian theory of the novel. To explore this, the paper looks at the worldview presented in Thomas Mann’s Doktor Faustus, arguing that it could be seen as the late Schellingian novel and as such, present a new paradigm for understanding truth as communicated through literature.
America’s Holy Trinity: How Conspiracism, Apocalypticism, and Persecution Narratives Set Us up for Crisis
Authors: Ingersoll Julie ,   Philosophy Documentation Center
Published: August 2022

Debates over whether QAnon is a “religion” or a “cult” lack theoretical grounding; they depend on unacknowledged definitions and classificatory schemes and ultimately don’t prove useful as an analytical framework for sociological/historical scholarship. Instead, this article suggests we explore the ways one contemporary religious movement helped make widespread acceptance of QAnon possible by weaving their theological commitments to apocalypticism, conspiracies and persecution narratives into the larger American culture.
Vicious Trauma: Race, Bodies and the Confounding of Virtue Ethics
Authors: Lysaught M. Therese , Mitchell Cory D. ,   Philosophy Documentation Center
Published: August 2022

This essay asks: How do the realities of embodied trauma inflicted by racism interface with virtue theory? This question illuminates two lacunae in virtue theory. The first is attention to race. We argue that the contemporary academic virtue literature performs largely as a White space, failing to address virtue theory’s role in the social construction of race, ignoring the rich and vibrant resources on virtue ethics alive within the Black theological tradition that long antedates Alasdair MacIntyre’s After Virtue, and segregating the emerging literature on race and virtue from the broader discourse. The second is lack of attention to embodiment. More precisely, contemporary virtue theory, informed largely by Aristotle, Aquinas, and MacIntyre, has no conceptual space to theorize the body’s role acquiring and deploying virtue and vice. To explore this nexus, we draw on racial trauma therapist Resmaa Menakem, Katie Walker Grimes, and Howard Thurman’s Jesus and the Disinherited to challenge contemporary virtue theory and open new possibilities for a robustly corporate, enfleshed theological virtue ethic.
“You Should Have Known”: Aquinas on Negligence and Moral Culpability
Authors: Ogle Nicholas ,   Philosophy Documentation Center
Published: August 2022

Judgments of moral culpability play a crucial role in our lives, providing a basis for practices of accountability that are essential to a just society. Yet when they exceed their proper limits, such judgments can breed resentment and mistrust, thereby undermining the social bonds that they are meant to preserve. In this essay, I explore this tension in cases where the person being judged is sincerely ignorant of having done anything wrong. Drawing upon Aquinas’s discussion of negligence as a cause of sin, I argue that individuals can sometimes be accountable for sins of which they are completely unaware, but only when this ignorance is of something that they could and should have known. Such a perspective, I suggest, offers a helpful way of addressing contemporary concerns regarding social sin and systemic injustice from within the Thomistic tradition.
Claudin-18
Authors: Wong Mary T. , Singhi Aatur D. , Larson Brent K. , Huynh Carissa A. T. , Balzer Bonnie L. , Burch Miguel , Dhall Deepti , Gangi Alexandra , Gong Jun , Guindi Maha , Hendifar Andrew E. , Kim Stacey A. , de Peralta-Venturina Mariza , Waters Kevin M.
Published: August 2022

Context.—

Claudin-18 is expressed in some gastric cancers. Clinical trials are evaluating it as a therapeutic target.

Objectives.—

To evaluate claudin-18 expression in intestinal metaplasia, dysplasia, and adenocarcinoma of the distal esophagus/gastroesophageal junction and stomach and to evaluate claudin-18 expression in gastric and nongastric neuroendocrine tumors as a marker of gastric origin.

Design.—

Samples included gastroesophageal junction with intestinal metaplasia (n = 40), dysplasia (n = 54), and adenocarcinoma (n = 20) and stomach with intestinal metaplasia (n = 79), dysplasia (n = 43), and adenocarcinoma (n = 25). Additionally, gastric (n = 40) and nongastric (n = 322) neuroendocrine tumors were included. Claudin-18 expression was evaluated for any staining as positive and by meeting clinical trial inclusion criteria (≥2+ intensity in ≥50% of tumor).

Results.—

Claudin-18 staining was not significantly different across dysplasia categories in the gastroesophageal junction (P = .11) or stomach (P = .12). The rate of positive staining was higher in gastroesophageal junction than stomach for intestinal metaplasia (37 of 40 [92.5%] versus 37 of 79 [46.8%]; P < .001) and high-grade dysplasia (33 of 38 [86.8%] versus 9 of 16 [56.3%]; P = .03). Intestinal metaplasia showed staining in 7 of 37 autoimmune gastritis samples (18.9%) compared with 30 of 42 samples without autoimmune gastritis (71.4%) (P < .001). Adenocarcinoma showed similar staining in gastroesophageal junction (15 of 20; 75.0%) and stomach (17 of 25; 68.0%) (P = .85). Eighty percent (32 of 40) of gastric neuroendocrine tumors were positive for claudin-18 expression, with 57.5% (23 of 40) meeting clinical trial inclusion criteria. Comparatively, 0.62% (2 of 322) of nongastric neuroendocrine tumors showed staining (P < .001).

Conclusions.—

Claudin-18 staining was similar in intestinal metaplasia, dysplasia, and adenocarcinoma. Claudin-18 was negative in most cases of intestinal metaplasia in autoimmune gastritis, indicating that intestinal metaplasia in this setting may differ from other forms. Claudin-18 was sensitive and specific for gastric origin in neuroendocrine tumors.
Nephrogenic Adenoma Intermixed With Urothelial Carcinoma
Authors: Kryvenko Oleksandr N. , Wasco Matthew J. , Williamson Sean R.
Published: August 2022

Context.—

Nephrogenic adenoma (NA) is a common urinary tract lesion typically associated with urothelial disruption, leading to implantation of shed renal tubular cells. NA may demonstrate a spectrum of architectural and cytologic features mimicking urothelial carcinoma (UC), adenocarcinoma (including clear cell adenocarcinoma and prostatic adenocarcinoma), and invasion. However, admixed UC and NA has not been described.

Objective.—

To describe cases where the NA was intimately intermixed with UC, potentially mimicking variant differentiation or invasion.

Design.—

In 3 health care systems we identified specimens of NA and UC intimately intermixed with each other to the extent that they could mimic a spectrum of one lesion. We assessed patterns of NA and clinical implications of misdiagnosing NA as glandular differentiation of UC.

Results.—

There were 4 women and 29 men (median age, 72 years; range, 31–89 years). Twenty-four patients had transurethral resections, 3 had biopsies, and 6 had major resections. Fourteen had noninvasive high-grade papillary UC, 6 had carcinoma in situ, and 11 had invasive high-grade UC. In 2 patients, NA developed in a papillary urothelial neoplasm with extensive denudation. Three patients had fibromyxoid NA infiltrated by invasive UC. Classical NA (n = 30) had tubulopapillary (n = 18), pure tubular (n = 7), or pure papillary architecture (n = 5). In 1 lesion, NA was present in muscularis propria, and 2 lesions involved adventitia. NA could have been misdiagnosed as invasion in 17 of 22 (77%) noninvasive tumors or higher stage in 19 of 33 (58%).

Conclusions.—

NA can be intermingled with high-grade UC, expanding the spectrum of entities that must be considered in the differential diagnosis, as it may mimic glandular or tubular differentiation, invasion, and a higher stage of disease. Misinterpretation of NA in such a setting may incorrectly convey a more aggressive biological potential of cancer to clinicians.
Safe implementation of transoral incisionless fundoplication as a new technique in a tertiary care center
Authors: Bomman Shivanand , Malashanka Sofya , Ghafoor Adil , Sanders David J. , Irani Shayan , Kozarek Richard A. , Ross Andrew , Hubka Michal , Krishnamoorthi Rajesh
Published: August 2022

Background/Aims: Transoral incisionless fundoplication (TIF) is an accepted anatomic treatment for gastroesophageal reflux disease in selected patients. In this report, we analyze our institution’s programmatic allocation of resources during the safe implementation of TIF as a new procedure.Methods: A retrospective analysis of all patients who underwent TIF from January 2020 to February 2021 at our institution was performed. The process of initially allocating the operating room (OR) with overnight admission and postoperative esophagram for added safety, and subsequently transitioning TIF to the endoscopy suite (ES) as an outpatient procedure was described. Patient safety and outcomes were evaluated during transition.Results: Thirty patients who underwent TIF were identified. The mean age was 51.2±16.0 years. TIF was performed in an OR in nine patients (30%) and 21 (70%) in the ES. All the OR patients were admitted overnight and had routine EG. In contrast, four (19%) from the ES group required clinically-indicated admission and three (14.2%) required esophagram. The mean procedure duration was significantly lower in the ES group (65.7 min vs. 84 min, p=0.02).Conclusions: A stepwise, resource-efficient process was described that allowed safe initiation of TIF as a new technique and its effective transition to a fully outpatient procedure.
Intra-aktiv fagdidaktik
Authors: Jensen Michael Peter , Heiden Thomas Roed
Published: August 2022

Artiklens formål er at formidle analyse og fund fra projektet Brug af video i læreruddannelsen med udgangspunkt i forskningsspørgsmålet: Hvordan overskrider lærerstuderende i deres diskussioner af videoer fra grundskolens danskundervisning binariteten mellem teori og praksis? Artiklen bygger på en nymaterialistisk tilgang til teori og praksis, hvor teori ikke er noget fundamentalt ’andet’ end praksis. Med udgangspunkt i begrebet intra-aktivitet arbejder vi med at transformere binariteten i relationer, hvor teori og praksis konstituerer hinanden. Fokus er på at undersøge det fagdidaktiske rums tilblivelse gennem intra-aktion. Sammen med begrebet fortryllelse antager vi, at det kan være vigtige fagdidaktiske perspektiver for danskundervisere i læreruddannelsen.
Transnational Entrepreneurship and the Role of Cultural Distance: Case Study Research on African Transnational Entrepreneurs
Authors:   Faculty for Business Studies and Economics, University of Bremen, Germany, Freiling Jörg
Published: August 2022

Purpose: While transnational entrepreneurship research considers its transcultural dimension, the role of vast cultural distance is largely ignored. Thus, this paper focuses on the following research question: how do the (cross-)cultural peculiarities of transnational entrepreneurship – in the light of cultural distance – influence the business development of transnational entrepreneurs? Design/methodology/approach: The paper employs a qualitative empirical design that rests on case study research framed by the ‘Gioia’ method. Findings: The paper identifies specific cultural challenges, cross-cultural drivers and general assets impacting transnational business developments in the case of vast cultural distance as aggregate dimensions. Implications: Transnational entrepreneurship in cultural distant settings has to be particularly aware of personal adversities between transnational entrepreneurs and host country people, the role of transnational networks, as well as the role of hope and resilience of entrepreneurs. Originality/value: The findings contribute to literature through specifying the role of personal discrimination, a specific network category called ‘transnational networks’ and stabilizing factors like resilience and hope.
Digital Entrepreneurial Ecosystems of Traditional Companies – A Case Study
Authors:   Department of International Marketing, Poznan University of Economics and Business, Poland, Ratajczak-Mrozek Milena , Hauke-Lopes Aleksandra ,   Department of International Marketing, Poznan University of Economics and Business, Poland
Published: August 2022

Purpose: The paper aims to answer the question of how the digital entrepreneurial ecosystem (DEE) shapes the activities of companies from highly traditional industries. In particular, we want to identify different types of actors from the DEE and how they foster the entrepreneurial activities of very traditional companies with a high proportion of manual labor, as well as to identify the kinds of entrepreneurial activities fostered by the DEE. Methodology: This paper applies a case study method based on the analysis of highly traditional companies in the confectionery industry that cooperate through a digital platform to sell their products. The analysis is based on in-depth interviews with key informants from three companies in the confectionery industry, as well as with the provider of the digital platform, the IT supplier and a final B2B customer. Findings: The concept of DEE needs to be extended to include an analysis of two settings – digital and traditional – as both interfere with and influence entrepreneurial activities. Digital actors within the DEE play a key role in both the digital and the traditional entrepreneurial activities of highly traditional companies. Traditional actors, meanwhile, play a supporting role in the process. Additionally, the study determines the unique characteristics of the DEE, in which traditional companies are active. Originality: The paper develops the concept of the digital entrepreneurial ecosystem. The originality of the paper lies in the analysis of the DEE from the perspective of companies from a highly traditional industry. This is a novel approach towards the DEE that has not been proposed in the literature to date.