bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
The Evaluation of Ischemia Modified Albumin and Adropin Levels in Patients with Pulmonary Embolism
Authors: ERDEM Sami , YÜCEL Kamile , GEDERET Yavuz Turgut , KURTİPEK Ercan , BEKÇİ Taha Tahir , KURKU Hüseyin
Published: May 2021

Background: Pulmonary embolism (PE) is a serious clinical condition and difficult to be diagnosed. The aim of the present study was to evaluate serum adropin and ischemia-modified albumin (IMA) levels in the patients with PE.

Materials and Methods: The study consisted of 109 participants, including 50 patients with PE and 59 healthy individuals. The patients diagnosed with PE through computed tomography pulmonary angiography (CTPA) were included into the study. Serum adropin and IMA concentrations were measured by an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay kit.

Results: The patients with PE had higher serum adropin (607.5±205.1 ng/mL) and lower IMA (2128.6±801.8 ng/mL), compared with those in the controls (505.5±231.3 ng/mL and 2466.9±1044.9 ng/mL, respectively); however, the difference was not significant. In the study, we found a weak and negative correlation between adropin and IMA levels in the patients with PE (p=0.020, r=-0.348).

Conclusions: In our study among the patients with PE, there was no significant difference between adropin and IMA levels, although serum atropin concentration was high, and IMA concentration was low. So, we consider that both IMA and adropin are the inappropriate markers for the diagnosis of PE.
Evaluation of Posture and Core Endurance in Elite Junior Climbers
Authors: ÖZDEMİR Filiz , TUTUŞ Nisanur , KILÇIK Melek Havva , ARSLAN Faruk , GÜRER Hüseyin , AKÇINAR Faruk
Published: May 2021

Objectives: Climbing, which is a popular sport in recent years, requires high performance and agility levels. The characteristics of climbers are still unclear. This study has been carried out to evaluate the posture and core endurance levels of climbers.

Methods: Forty-nine elite climbers (mean age 15.02±2.68 years) and forty-four healthy sedentary controls (mean age 14.48±1.17 years) participated in this study. Postural assessment was conducted with New York Posture Rating Chart. McGill Core Endurance Test was used to assess the core endurance levels of the participants.

Results: Of the participants included in the study, 58.2% were male and 41.8% were female. 69.3% of the climbers had been involved in climbing for more than 2 years. No statistically significant differences were found between in age, height, and body weight between the groups (p>0.05). A difference was observed in the core endurance scores between the groups (p
The reliability and validity of the Turkish version of the European Health Interview Survey - Physical Activity Questionnaire (EHIS-PAQ)
Authors: ÖZKESKİN Mehmet , ÖZDEN Fatih
Published: May 2021

Purpose: To translate and cross-culturally adapt the Turkish version of the EHIS-PAQ and to evaluate its reliability and validity in young adults.

Methods: A total of 431 young adults were assessed with the Turkish version of the EHIS-PAQ and International Physical Activity Questionnaire-Short Form (IPAQ-SF). One week later, 117 participants refilled the Turkish EHIS-PAQ for the test-retest reliability. Reproducibility and construct validity was analyzed with intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC) and Pearson correlation coefficient, respectively. In addition, standard error of measurement (SEM) and minimal detectable change (MDC) were calculated for the Turkish EHIS-PAQ.

Results: The mean age of the participants were 21.29.8 years. The ICC score for the total Physical Activity (PA) of Turkish EHIS-PAQ was 0.873 (CI:0.81-0.91). Test-retest reliability for the total score was excellent (ICC>0.80). The highest correlation was observed between the walking minute value of Turkish EHIS-PAQ and the walking PA sub-score of IPAQ-SF, as expected (r=0.625, p
Exercise Capacity and Functional Status in Liver Transplant Candidates: Identifying perceived determinants and consequences
Authors: ERGENE Tuba , KARADİBAK Didem , KOÇ Şule
Published: May 2021

Purpose: Exercise capacity is an independent predictor of the disease prognosis in many clinical conditions. This study aims to predict the functional exercise capacity determinants and investigate the association between the functional status variables in liver transplant candidates.

Methods: This prospective cross-sectional study consisted of thirty patients who were scheduled for liver transplantation. Respiratory and peripheral muscle strengths were measured using a mouth pressure device and a hand-held dynamometer, respectively. Dyspnea, physical activity, fatigue, exercise capacity, physical performance, and quality of life of participants were evaluated using the Modified Borg Scale, the International Physical Activity Questionnaire, the Turkish version of the Checklist Individual Strength Questionnaire, the Six-minute Walk Test, the 30-sec Sit-to-Stand Test, and the Liver Disease Symptom Index 2.0, respectively. A multivariate linear regression analysis was conducted to identify independent predictors of exercise capacity.

Results: The six-minute walk distance was inversely and strongly correlated with dyspnea (r=−0.668, p
Thyroid Hormone Replacement in Total Thyroidectomized Patients: Symptomatic and Metabolic Effects of Levothyroxine Monotherapy
Authors: DERELİ AKDENİZ Didem , OZTOP Mehmet
Published: May 2021

Purpose: In this study, we planned to investigate the effects of L-thyroxine monotherapy on total thyroidectomized patients. The main goal of our study is to evaluate if FT4 therapy is good enough not only to maintain euthyroidism but also to provide a good quality of life and a balance in their metabolism

Methods: In this study, we retrospectively evaluated 30 total thyroidectomized patients without malignancy. We compared their thyroid hormone levels, glucose metabolism, lipid metabolism, their body mass indexes, and their symptoms of thyroid problems before surgery and after one year of treatment of L-thyroxine monotherapy.

Results: the pre-op and post-op thyroid hormone levels were both in the normal range but the FT4 levels were significantly higher in the 1st year results than pre-op results (1,42 ± 0,18 vs 1,29 ± 0,49 respectively P=0,005*) The FT3 levels also were in the normal range in pre and 1st year post-op but post-op FT3 levels were significantly lower than pre-op levels (2,25 ± 0,27 vs 2,92 ± 0,49 retrospectively P
PENDIDIKAN ISLAM PERSPEKTIF AL-QURAN SURAT LUQMAN AYAT 13-17 DAN IMPLIKASINYA PADA PENDIDIKAN KELUARGA
Authors: Makhshun Toha
Published: May 2021

The article is to find out the concept of Islamic Education contained in Surat Luqman, especially verses 13-17, and to disseminate the implications of Islamic education in Surat Luqman verses 13-17 on family education. The analysis used is descriptive interpretive, namely interpreting the data with deductive and inductive thinking methods. The result is that in the letter Luqman verses 13-17 there are three hierarchical concepts of education, namely faith education, moral education, and worship education. The implication is that the soul of the child will be planted with the spirit of tauhid, do good to both parents, and perform prayers on time, and get the pleasure of Allah SWT.�Keywords: Islamic Education, Surat Luqman Verses 13-17, Family Education�AbstrakArtikel ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui konsep Pendidikan Islam yang terdapat pada Surat Luqman khususnya ayat 13 � 17, dan untuk menyebar luaskan Implikasi Pendidikan Islam pada Surat Luqman ayat 13 � 17 terhadap Pendidikan Keluarga. Analisis yang digunakan adalah deskripstif interpretatif, yaitu menginterpretasi data dengan metode berfikir deduktif dan induktif. Hasilnya adalah, bahwa dalam surat Luqman ayat 13-17 terdapat tiga konsep Pendidikan secara hirarkis, yaitu Pendidikan akidah, Pendidikan akhlak, dan Pendidikan Ibadah. Implikasinya adalah dalam jiwa anak akan tertanam jiwa tauhid, berbuat baik kepada kedua orangtua dan melaksanakan shalat dengan tepat waktu, dan mendapatkan ridha dari Allah SWT.�Kata Kunci: Pendidikan Islam, Surat Luqman, Pendidikan Keluarga
Digitalno, virtualno, online – u fokusu
Authors: Semenski Vikica , Ille Jagoda , Cej Višnja
Published: May 2021

Cilj. Knjižnice grada Zagreba korisnicima nude raznovrsne mrežne usluge i sadr- žaje, a njihova važnost dodatno je istaknuta tijekom ﬁzičkog zatvaranja zbog pandemi- je bolesti COVID-19 i dodatnih poteškoća izazvanih potresom. Cilj je rada analizom usluga i sadržaja dostupnih korisnicima Knjižnica grada Zagreba tijekom zatvorenosti knjižnica te usluga i sadržaja nastalih u to vrijeme potvrditi pretpostavku o opravdanosti trajnog ulaganja u sljedeća područja: kvalitetnu mrežnu uslugu i sadržaje, nabavu elek- troničke građe, edukaciju djelatnika za vještine i znanja potrebne za rad na daljinu te u opremu koja podržava i rad na daljinu i povećan interes korisnika za mrežne usluge i sadržaje.
Metodologija. Korištenje pojedinih digitalnih usluga i sadržaja analizirano je kroz statističke podatke prikupljene mrežnim alatom Google Analytics, bilježenjem prenoše- nja i korištenja digitalnih sadržaja KGZ-a u medijima i društvu. Podaci iz 2020. godine navedeni su za razdoblja prije, tijekom i nakon završetka zatvaranja knjižnica kako bi se došlo do zaključaka o promjenama u pristupu i korištenju usluga i sadržaja u tim poseb- nim okolnostima. Kao dopuna navedenim podacima iz 2020. godine, za dio digitalnih sadržaja i usluga napravljena je usporedba s podacima za 2019. godinu.
Rezultati. Prikazana važnost ponude mrežnih usluga i sadržaja Knjižnica grada Zagreba (Digitalne zbirke, e-knjiga, katalog, Kalendar godišnjica, kanali društvenih medija, Pitajte knjižničare), koji bilježe značajne promjene korištenja tijekom ﬁzičkog zatvaranja knjižnica, temelj su za određivanje prioriteta u planiranju daljnjeg razvoja Knjižnica grada Zagreba te poticaj za cjelovito sagledavanje posljedica izvanrednih do- gađaja kako bi se učinkovito djelovalo na daljnji rad i razvoj knjižnica.
Originalnost i vrijednost. Osim što donosi prikaz jednog dijela knjižnične ponude dostupnog korisnicima u uvjetima potpunog zatvaranja velike knjižnične mreže, članak podupire pretpostavke o važnosti razvoja knjižničnih usluga i sadržaja temeljenih na informacijsko-komunikacijskim tehnologijama te važnosti trajnog ulaganja u digitalni segment knjižničnog poslovanja.
Patrimonio y vulnerabilidad social. El caso del Barrio Nueva Esperanza, La Plata, Argentina
Authors: Meline Cantar Nahir
Published: May 2021

El concepto de patrimonio se ha expandido en los últimos años y se ha destacado la importancia de reconocer la diversidad cultural y el derecho a la participación de las comunidades. Esta reconceptualización del patrimonio se debe en parte al abordaje de esta noción en nuevos contextos que han permitido la incorporación de variables que las definiciones tradicionales no tenían en cuenta. Paralelamente, los actuales procesos de crecimiento masivo de las ciudades latinoamericanas se caracterizan por la vulnerabilidad y la segregación social. Reflejo de esto son las villas y los asentamientos informales, los cuales se han consolidado como un nuevo tipo urbano. El objetivo de este trabajo consiste en identificar la presencia de referentes simbólicos patrimonializables en villas y asentamientos informales. Se tomó como caso de estudio el barrio Nueva Esperanza de La Plata, Argentina, en donde se analizaron, a través de entrevistas, las percepciones de susvecinos sobre bienes y lugares valorados como “patrimonio”.
Bojacá, un Territorio Sagrado en Colombia: Metodología para su análisis desde la perspectiva del patrimonio cultural
Authors: Cohen David , Melara Marínez Mario A.
Published: May 2021

Este artículo es producto de un proceso de investigación desarrollado dentro del programa de la Maestría en Patrimonio Cultural y Territorio de la Pontificia Universidad Javeriana de Bogotá, Colombia. Su objetivo central fue la formulación de un plan de manejo para los recursos culturales asociados principalmente al municipio de Bojacá, y de manera tangencial a los municipios de Madrid y Tena, en Cundinamarca, hacia el occidente de Bogotá. Ubicado en el contexto de Colombia y Latinoamérica el artículo aborda aspectos relacionados con las nociones de “desarrollo endógeno”, el “patrimonio local” y el significado y valor de sus expresiones, la definición, interpretación y caracterización de un territorio, sus elementos culturales y respectiva transformación en recursos culturales articulados, el trabajo con la comunidad, el análisis y la gestión de riesgos, la zonificación del territorio a través de escalas de análisis, y la estructura lógica del plan de manejo a partir de una idea fuerza: la sacralidad como eje articulador del territorio. Aun cuando pueda parecer puntual, e incluso irrelevante, desde la corriente de discursos que determinan qué es y qué no patrimonio cultural, se cree que la principal aportación de este artículo es metodológica: Sin pretender ser una guía, puede ser de interés para lectores e investigadores que se enfrentan a la dificultad de diseñar o aplicar instrumentos de gestión, en casos que no logran ajustarse a las definiciones y categorías “universales”, o “institucionales” de lo que se ha configurado como “patrimonio cultural”.
Historia, pseudohistoria, fabulación y fraude documental: un estudio de caso aplicado a la escultura barroca
Authors: Ramírez González Sergio , Rodríguez Morgado Iluminada
Published: May 2021

El presente trabajo trata de abordar la manipulación y tergiversación de ciertosdocumentos histórico-artísticos de cara a confundir (o, lo que es lo mismo, hacer creeralgo que realmente no ocurrió) a quien emprenda su lectura. Y lo hace a partir deldescubrimiento de un documento localizado en el interior de una escultura del sigloXVIII, la Virgen de las Angustias, en colección particular. En este sentido, el análisis delsoporte de papel y el correspondiente estudio paleográfico revelan unas flagrantesincongruencias cronológicas, refrendadas con algunos aspectos que tampoco coincidendesde el punto de vista histórico, artístico y técnico. Con ello, se pone de relieve lanecesidad constante de contrastar los contenidos de las fuentes escritas con la realidadmaterial de la obra de arte, acreditando la solvencia de las mismas sin dar nunca porsentada como verdad absoluta la información transmitida por los textos.
Sfenoid Sinüs Agenezisi ve Hipoplazisinin Konik Işınlı Bilgisayarlı Tomografi ile Tespiti: Retrospektif Bir Çalışma
Authors: ÇAKIR KARABAŞ Hülya , GÖKSEL Sevde , ÖZCAN İlknur
Published: May 2021

Amaç: Çalışmanın amacı sfenoid sinüste görülen hipoplazi ve agenezi varlığı ve sıklığının konik ışınlı bilgisayarlı tomografi ile değerlendirilmesidir.

Yöntem: Kliniğimizde Aralık 2015-Ocak 2018 tarihleri arasında alınan ve sfenoid sinüsün görüntüleme alanına girdiği konik ışınlı bilgisayarlı tomografi görüntüleri retrospektif olarak taranmıştır. 18-86 yaş aralığındaki 131 kadın ve 119 erkek olmak üzere toplam 250 hastaya ait görüntüler çalışmaya dahil edilmiştir.

Bulgular: Sağ sfenoid sinüs hipoplazisi 17 hastada (%6,8), sol sfenoid sinüs hipoplazisi de 17 hastada (%6,8) görülmüştür. Sfenoid sinüs agenezisi ise 2 hastada (%0,8) tespit edilmiştir. Sfenoid sinüs hipoplazisi ve agenezisi ile cinsiyet arasında istatistiksel olarak anlamlı bir ilişki bulunamamıştır.

Sonuç: Transnazal-transsfenoidal hipofizektomi operasyonlarının planlanmasında sfenoid sinüsün varyasyonlarının 3 boyutlu olarak değerlendirilmesi önemli olup ameliyat öncesi kemik yapıdaki anatomik varyasyonların değerlendirilmesinde bilgisayarlı tomografi ve konik ışınlı bilgisayarlı tomografi kullanımı tavsiye edilmektedir.
Economic Governance of a Populist Government
Authors: Liargovas Panagiotis , Apostolopoulos Nikolaos
Published: May 2021

The focus of this article is on the main aspects of economic governance in Greece during the period 2015–19 where the syriza-anel coalition party was in power. In August 2015, the syriza-anel government faced the dilemma either to accept a new agreement with the EU partners (as eventually happened) or go bankrupt and leave the Eurozone, becoming detached from EU solidarity mechanisms. A third program was agreed, offering Greece an additional €86 billion loan over a three-year period. The third programme was unnecessary considering that the syriza-anel governance inherited 0.8% growth rate and some progress in the structural reforms demanded during the first two agreements in 2010 and 2011. However, the political choices made had the consequence of Greece returning to recession in 2015 and 2016.
Do Small Powers Retrench?
Authors: Panagiotou Ritsa , Tzifakis Nikolaos
Published: May 2021

This article analyses and develops the rationale behind the foreign policy of the syriza-led government towards the Western Balkans. It challenges the prevalent view in the academic literature that there was continuity between policies of the syriza government and its predecessors. By analysing the track record of Greek foreign policy towards the region from 2009 to 2019, it argues that from mid-2016 onwards syriza implemented a major policy shift and adopted a policy of retrenchment. This change was a response to the country’s diminished economic and diplomatic power and influence in the region, as well as a reaction to the widening gap between Greek and Turkish capabilities. The adjustment of Greek foreign policy to the realities of the protracted economic crisis demonstrates that the theory of MacDonald and Parent concerning the policies followed by great powers in acute economic decline may also be applied to the study of policies followed by small powers in decline.
Higher Education Reform in Time of Crisis
Authors: Asderaki Foteini
Published: May 2021

This study examines the transformation of the Greek higher education system at a time of crisis focusing on syriza/anel governance (2015–19). It aims to contribute to the literature on coalition governments’ policy choices. It also intends to enrich the research on the new party cleavages triggered by the economic crisis which hit both Europe and Greece in 2008/9, across pro- vs anti-Europeans/Eurosceptic and pro- vs anti-austerity parties, and on how these cleavages are reflected in higher education policy. It argues that these divides and the politicisation of higher education at the national and European level mobilized partisan entrepreneurs to pursue their strategies and ideological preferences in framing the agenda, to offer solutions based both on an anti-EU and an anti-austerity platform to reverse and reform the previous governments’ laws and forward their own reforms.
ANALISIS FAKTOR YANG MEMENGARUHI KINERJA PENGADAAN BARANG/JASA DALAM KEADAAN DARURAT WABAH COVID-19 DENGAN SOCIAL DISTANCING SEBAGAI VARIABEL MODERATOR
Authors: Alim (Kementerian Keuangan) Syahirul , Akhmadi (Politeknik Keuangan Negara STAN) Muhammad Heru
Published: May 2021

AbstractThe purpose of this study was to analyze the factors affecting the performance of the procurement of goods/services in the emergency of the Covid-19 plague with the addition of social distancing as a moderator variable. The study was conducted at the provincial government of DKI Jakarta. It was purposely selected due to the fact that the government has a sound procurement system. The general objective of the study was to analyze the factors that affect procurement performance in government organizations and the effect of social distancing on that relationship in the emergency situation during the Covid-19 plague. The specific objective of the study was; to determine the effect of government regulation for emergency procurement, e-procurement implementation employee competency, and management's commitment to the procurement performance during an emergency situation. This entailed the use of questionaries. The key finding of the study indicated that government regulation for an emergency situation, employee competency, and implementation of e-procurement positively affected procurement performance in the emergency situation of the Covid-19 plague. Furthermore, the study found that social distancing did not affect the relationship between the above-mentioned factors and procurement performance during an emergency situation.AbstrakPenelitian ini menganalisis faktor-faktor yang mempengaruhi kinerja pengadaan barang dan jasa dalam keadaan darurat wabah Covid-19 dengan menggunakan social distancing sebagai variabel moderator. Penelitian dilakukan di Pemprov DKI Jakarta sebagai organisasi yang telah memiliki sistem pengadaan yang baik melalui data kuesioner. Tujuan khusus dari penelitian ini adalah untuk mengetahui pengaruh peraturan pemerintah dalam pengadaan darurat, penerapan e-procurement, kompetensi pegawai, dan komitmen manajemen terhadap kinerja pengadaan pada saat keadaan darurat. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa regulasi pemerintah untuk situasi darurat, kompetensi pegawai, dan implementasi e-procurement berpengaruh positif terhadap kinerja pengadaan dalam situasi darurat wabah Covid-19. Sebagai tambahan, hasil penelitian juga menunjukkan bahwa variabel social distancing tidak memoderasi pengaruh empat faktor terhadap kinerja pengadaan barang dan jasa. Penggunaan teknologi informasi memungkinkan komunikasi dalam penyelesaian tugas tetap terjaga sehingga kinerja pengadaan barang dan jasa tidak terganggu selama pandemic Covid-19.
Review of “F.A.Hayek and the Epistemology of Politics – The Curious Task of Economics” by Scott Scheall
Authors: Vanberg Viktor J.
Published: May 2021

Review of “F.A.Hayek and the Epistemology of Politics – The Curious Task of Economics” by Scott Scheall
Review of “Irving Fisher” by Robert W. Dimand
Authors: Assous Michaël
Published: May 2021

Review of “Irving Fisher” by Robert W. Dimand
Over-expression of kinesin family member 20A in human endometrial cancer.
Authors: Mamoor Shahan
Published: May 2021

Gynecologic cancers including cancers of the endometrium are a clinical problem (1-4). We mined published microarray data (5, 6) to discover genes associated with endometrial cancers by comparing transcriptomes of the normal endometrium and endometrial tumors from humans. We identified kinesin family member 20A, encoded by KIF20A, as among the most differentially expressed genes, transcriptome-wide, in cancers of the endometrium. KIF20A was expressed at significantly higher levels in endometrial tumor tissues as compared to the endometrium. Importantly, primary tumor expression of KIF20A was correlated with overall survival in patients with endometrial cancer. KIF20A may be a molecule of interest in understanding the etiology or progression of human endometrial cancer.
TOKOH PEMIKIR EKONOMI DAVID RICARDO, THOMAS ROBERT MALTHUS DAN JEAN BAPTISTE SAY
Authors: Aprilya Nurul Wahida
Published: May 2021

Catatan terkait Teori-Teori ekonomi David Ricardo, Thomas Robert Malthus, dan Jean Baptiste Say
Effects on nutrient availability in agricultural soils following the application of slurry amended with additives
Authors: Abbruzzese Vito
Published: May 2021

In many farm systems, both inorganic and organic fertilisers, including manure and slurry, are applied to the soil to replenish nutrient offtake in agricultural products and additional nutrient losses to soil as well as surface water and groundwater. With respect to sole reliance on inorganic fertilisers, the use of manure/slurry as a nutrient resource offers important benefits, including the reuse and recycling of nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P) within farming systems as well as a reduction in the reliance on agricultural production on finite inorganic fertiliser reserves. There is increasing interest in the extent to which additives can enhance the nutrient value of slurry/manure. However, little is known about the impacts of these amended slurries/manures on the quantity and composition of N and P within agricultural and pasture soils. We report data from incubation experiments in which soils received a range of treatments, including the application of livestock slurry that had received a mixture of commercial additives. Our experiments were designed to understand how slurry that has received additives ultimately affects nutrient availability in organic, clay-loam and sandy-loam grassland soils. The addition of the additives to slurry resulted in a slight increase or no difference in total solids, pH, total N, ammonium-N, total P, total potassium, total magnesium and total sodium compared to the untreated counterpart. We considered the effects of our treatments on a range of agronomically important soil parameters, including Olsen-P, mineral-N, available-K, pH and organic matter content. This experiment aimed to understand the extent to which soil fertility could be enhanced through the application of slurries/manures that have received additives. The application of both amended and unamended slurry treatments on soil led to higher values of NH4-N, available-K, available Mg and pH than the addition of inorganic fertiliser. In addition, no substantial differences were observed between the treatment of the three soils with unamended and amended slurry.
PETAL AUXETICS WITH TARGETED POISSON’S RATIO USING ISOGEOMETRIC SHAPE OPTIMIZATION
Authors: Pokkalla Deepak Kumar
Published: May 2021

Auxetic materials with negative Poisson’s ratio have potential applications across a broad range of engineering fields. Several design techniques have been developed to obtain auxetics with targeted mechanical properties. However, many of these finite element based techniques are difficult to use directly for auxetics, particularly during the design optimization stage which involves evolving boundary parts with large curvatures. This paper focusses on a series of smoothed petal auxetics, with lower stress concentrations at connecting parts, compared to the reference star shaped structures. An isogeometric shape optimization framework to achieve target Poisson’s ratios at large deformation is presented. Several smoothed petal auxetic designs with target constant Poisson’s ratios up to an effective tensile strain of 30% are shown to demonstrate the capability of the optimization framework.
How Effective Altruism Can Help Psychologists Maximize Their Impact
Authors: Gainsburg Izzy , Pauer Shiva , Nawal Abboub , Aloyo Eamon T. , Mourrat Jean-Christophe , Cristia Alejandrina
Published: May 2021

Although many psychologists are interested in making the world a better place through their work, they are often unable to have the impact that they would like. Here, we suggest that both individuals and psychology as a field can better improve human welfare by incorporating ideas from Effective Altruism, a growing movement whose members aim to do the most good by using science and reason to inform their efforts. In this paper, we first provide a brief introduction to Effective Altruism and review important principles that can be applied to how psychologists approach their work, such as the ITN framework (Importance, Tractability, and Neglectedness). Next, we review how effective altruism can inform individual psychologists' choices. Finally, we close with a discussion of ideas for how psychology, as a field, can increase its positive impact. By applying insights from effective altruism to psychological science, we aim to integrate a new theoretical framework into psychological science, stimulate new areas of research, start a discussion on how psychology can maximize its impact, and inspire the psychology community to do the most good.
Flawed stimulus design in additive-area heuristic studies
Authors: Park Joonkoo
Published: May 2021

In a series of recently published studies purportedly on the “additive-area heuristic,” Yousif & Keil (2019; 2020) argue for a systematic distortion in the perception of the cumulative area of an item array and further claim that previous findings of numerical cognition and magnitude perception in general are “at risk” (Yousif & Keil, 2021). This commentary describes serious stimulus design flaws present in all of Yousif and colleagues experiments that prevent from making such conclusions. Specifically, item arrays used in those studies demonstrate a skewed correlational structure between selected magnitude dimensions and exhibit unbalanced ranges across different magnitude dimensions of interest. Because the perception of magnitude dimensions interferes one another and because our perceptual system is sensitive to the statistical regularities of the sensory input, such a biased design makes it difficult, if not impossible, to interpret the choice behavior of an observer making magnitude judgments. By re-introducing the mathematical framework for a systematic construction of dot array stimuli (DeWind et al., 2015) and by re-analyzing the data from another recent study on area perception (Tomlinson et al., 2020), this paper explains—and introduces a MATLAB code for—an optimal method for designing and constructing dot arrays for magnitude perception studies.
Dominance is necessary to explain human status hierarchies [exposition of three concerns]
Authors: Cheng Joey T. , Tracy Jessica , Henrich Joseph
Published: May 2021

Durkee et al. (2020) conducted a cross-cultural investigation of people’s beliefs about how traits, behaviors, and practices that enhance an individual’s perceived ability to generate benefits (prestige) or inflict costs (dominance) promote perceived social status in humans. In this document, we (a) identify multicollinearity in the authors’ statistical analyses and explain how this statistical problem renders their results inconclusive as to how benefit-delivery and cost-infliction contribute to status allocation; (b) outline flaws in the authors’ operationalization and measures of social status, and discuss how they bias results toward benefit-delivery and underestimate any effect of cost-infliction; and (c) discuss a broader problem with the critical assumption underlying Durkee et al.’s approach: people’s subjective beliefs about what determines status do not serve as sufficient evidence for determining how status asymmetries are actually established in real life. Together, these three major issues severely undermine the authors’ conclusion that there is little evidence for dominance. In closing, we briefly survey the broader empirical record on actual status relations among real people (rather than people’s beliefs about what leads to status), conducted both in the lab and in naturalistic settings; these studies consistently yield opposite conclusions to Durkee et al. and demonstrate that both prestige and dominance govern human status hierarchies.
Cost of living variation, non-metropolitan America, and implications for the Supplemental Poverty Measure
Authors: Mueller Tom , Brooks Matthew M , Pacas Jose
Published: May 2021

Poverty scholarship in the United States is increasingly reliant upon the Supplemental Poverty Measure (SPM) as opposed to the Official Poverty Measure of the United States for research and policy analysis. However, the SPM still faces several critiques from scholars focused on poverty of non-metropolitan areas. Key among these critiques is the geographic adjustment for cost of living employed in the SPM, which is based solely upon median rental costs and pools together all non-metropolitan counties within each state. Here, we evaluate the current geographic adjustment of the SPM using both microdata and aggregate data from the American Community Survey for 2014-2018. By comparing housing costs, tenure, and commuting, we determine median rent is likely an appropriate basis for geographic adjustment. However, by demonstrating the wide variability between median rents of non-metropolitan counties within the same state, we show that the current operationalization of this geographic adjustment is sorely lacking.
Trust and experiences of NHS healthcare do not fully explain demographic disparities in coronavirus vaccination uptake in the UK
Authors: Allington Daniel , McAndrew Siobhan , Duffy Bobby , Moxham-Hall Vivienne Louisa
Published: May 2021

ObjectivesTo test whether demographic variation in vaccine hesitancy can be explained by differences in trust and healthcare experiences.DesignCross-sectional study.SettingData collected online by Ipsos MORI in April 2021.ParticipantsData collected from 4885 UK-resident adults, of whom 3223 had received the invitation to be vaccinated against the novel coronavirus. The remainder were excluded. 1629 included participants identified as female and 1594 as male. 234 identified as belonging to other than white ethnic groups while 2967 identified as belonging to white ethnic groups.Primary and secondary outcome measuresUptake of coronavirus vaccination.ResultsMembership of an other than white ethnic group (AOR = 0.53, 95% CI [0.35, 0.84], p = .005) and age (AOR = 1.61, 95% CI [1.39, 1.87], p < .001 for a 1 SD change from the mean) were the only statistically significant demographic predictors of vaccine uptake. After controls for NHS healthcare experiences and trust in government, scientists, and medical professionals, the effect associated with membership of an other than white ethnic group appears more marginal (AOR = 0.61, 95% CI [0.38, 1.01], p = .046), while the effect associated with age remains virtually unchanged. Exploratory analysis suggests that NHS healthcare experiences mediate 24% (95% CI [8%, 100%], p = .024) of the association between ethnicity and uptake, while trust mediates 94% (95% CI [56%, 100%], p .001) of the association between NHS healthcare experiences and uptake.ConclusionsMembers of other than white ethnic groups report inferior NHS healthcare experiences, which may explain the lower trust that they report in government, scientists, and medical professionals. However, this does not fully explain the ethnic gap in coronavirus vaccination uptake.Trial registrationThe data collection and confirmatory analysis were pre-registered with the Center for Open Science (osf.io/56txk).Strengths and limitations of this studyThe sample was large, providing high statistical power, and was designed for representativeness of the UK adult population Standard measures of trust and healthcare experiences were used, providing confidence that these variables have been measured robustly However, it was not possible to obtain a probability sample, and there was limited representation within the sample both of people who did not take up the invitation to be vaccinated and of members of other than white ethnic groups
Identifying Anti-Vaccine Subgroups for Targeted Messaging
Authors: Corman Steven R. , Adame Bradley
Published: May 2021

The United states SARS-CoV-2 vaccination effort is coming to a point where the challenge is to convince more reluctant groups to accept the vaccine. Yet there is little scientific knowledge about what specific attitudes motivate specific groups to resist the vaccine. In this study we surveyed 2569 participants about their vaccine-related intentions. Results show that Republican women, not Republican men, are over-represented in the group that never intends to be vaccinated. Such women have concerns about safety, side-effects, and effectiveness of the vaccine. Republican women are also anxious about DNA alteration. Discounting sex and party, resistant participants’ greatest concerns include speed of production, trust of the vaccine, and trust of government. These results suggest specific, targeted messaging is needed to overcome these concerns.
Penilaian Kualitas Data Hasil Inventarisasi Penguasaan, Pemilikan, Penggunaan dan Pemanfaatan Tanah Partisipatif
Authors: Sulistyorini Gandhis , Mujiati Mujiati , Kistiyah Sri
Published: May 2021

Pendaftaran Tanah Sistematis Lengkap (PTSL) merupakan Program Strategis Nasional, yang menjadi tantangan seluruh kantor pertanahan di Indonesia. Target PTSL yang semakin meningkat dan tugas Inventarisasi Penguasaan, Pemilikan, Penggunaan dan Pemanfaatan Tanah (IP4T) sebanyak 10 juta hektar sebagai sarana untuk mendapatkan objek Reforma Agraria. Kantor Pertanahan Kabupaten Madiun menghasilkan inovasi IP4T Partisipatif yang merupakan pilot project yang selanjutnya dilaksanakan di Kantor Pertanahan seluruh Indonesia. Penelitian ini bertujuan mengetahui kualitas hasil IP4T Partisipatif di Kabupaten Madiun berdasarkan standar kualitas akurat, lengkap, update, konsisten, dan relevan serta mengacu pada peraturan yang berlaku. Metode yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini adalah metode diskriptif dengan pendekatan kualitatif. Pengambilan data dilakukan melalui wawancara dengan informan, observasi di Kantor Desa/Kelurahan dan Kantor Pertanahan, serta studi dokumen. Hasil penelitian mengenai kualitas data hasil IP4T Partisipatif di 3 desa/kelurahan termasuk dalam kategori ‘Berkualitas’. Secara berurutan poin hasil penghitungan di Kelurahan Mlilir, Kelurahan Wungu dan Desa Banaran adalah 64 poin, 69 poin dan 74 poin. Penilaian tersebut dikatakan berkualitas karena nilainya di atas 50 poin.
β-lactam exposure outcome among patients with a documented allergy to penicillins post-implementation of a new electronic medical record system and alerting rules
Authors: Buffone Brittany , Lin Yu-Chen , Grant Jennifer
Published: May 2021

Background: Recent studies suggest that type I hypersensitivity cross-reactivity between β-lactam antibiotics is due to side chain similarity and not the common β-lactam ring. As a result, the prescriber-alerting rules of an electronic medical record (EMR) system were adjusted to only flag prescribers when prescribing penicillins or β-lactams with similar side chains (viz, cephalexin, cefadroxil, and cefoxitin) to patients with a documented allergy to penicillins. This study was conducted to assess and confirm the safety of the adjusted alerting rules; the primary outcome was the prevalence of anaphylaxis on β-lactam re-exposure. Methods: Retrospective chart review was conducted for patients who, under the reformed alerting rules, received a β-lactam antibiotic post-documentation of an allergy to penicillins in their EMR from April 2018 to July 2019 at a 268-bed community hospital. Given the volume of eligible patients, a 25% sample was randomly selected for review from initiation of the β-lactam antibiotic up to 30 days post-exposure to determine the prevalence of anaphylaxis. Results: Of the 325 charts reviewed, 300 patients (92.3%) received a β-lactam antibiotic with a different side chain than penicillins (not alerted on prescribing). Chart review of these 300 patients confirmed no reports of anaphylaxis secondary to β-lactam exposure (0%), and two patients developed non-anaphylactic delayed reactions (rash). Conclusions: There were no reports of immediate life-threatening anaphylaxis under the reformed alerting rules, despite 25 patients (7.7%) receiving an alerted drug, such as piperacillin–tazobactam. The reformed alerting rules better reflect current literature and reduce the risk of prescriber-alerting fatigue without compromising patient safety. The occurrence of delayed reactions reinforced the need to monitor for these reactions on β-lactam antibiotic prescribing.
Atypical forms of work and business in the creative industry of the European Union
Authors: Ljevak Lebeda Ivana , Mlinarević Kornelija , Horvat Jasna
Published: May 2021

Starting from the insight into atypical forms of work as well as new / alternative business models specific to the creative industry (CI) sectors of the European Union, the paper researches self-employment in the creative industry and volunteering as a prerequisite for self-employment. The creative industry is considered as industry of economically developed countries as well as the prototype industry, whose “recipes” are multiplied in underdeveloped countries and thus materialized for mass distribution. The methodology of the work applied three different groups of methods adapted to hypotheses. The first hypothesis states that EU research indicates business constraints / characteristics in the creative industry. In order to test this hypothesis by meta-analysis of the collected sources, key business constraints in the creative industry were separated, and then atypical forms of work emerged from them. The second hypothesis was tested by descriptive and bivariate statistical analysis of secondary data. It is about analyzing secondary data in a newly formed file constructed for the purposes of this research. The file combines secondary sources of data on cultural statistics (European Union) and GII - Global Innovation Indices (WIPO), which were used to test the hypothesis that self-employment as an atypical form of work in culture is related to the level of the Global Innovation Index (GII).
Investigation of the influence of granulometric composition of the aggregate and the content of the binder on the properties of refractory concrete
Authors: Timofeeva A. S. , Kozhukhov A. A. , Fedina V. V.
Published: May 2021

Depending on the additives used, refractory concretes acquire the necessary properties: fire resistance, porosity, heat resistance, maximum application temperature, etc. The influence of the granulometric composition of the mullite aggregate and the content of the binder (cement) on the properties of refractory concrete was evaluated. MLS-62 was used as a filler (the content of the determining component Al2O3 was more than 62%), and Secar 71 high-alumina cement was used as a binder. To test the samples obtained from different granulometric compositions, the mullite aggregate was sieved in fractions (–6+3) mm, –3 mm. In the developed compositions of refractory concrete, these fractions were mixed in different percentages:(–6+3)/(–3). The cement content in the compositions varied by weight: 15%, 20%, 25%. The study was carried out in the factory laboratory, where samples of refractories of all the compositions were made by vibration pressing method. The resulting samples were dried at 110 °C and fired. It was found that after  drying,  samples  with  a  cement  content of 25%  had  the highest  strength  indicators 

content of 25% was the best result in terms of strength and shrinkage. Studies of the impact of the granulometric composition of the charge on the physical properties of refractory concrete showed that the highest strength indicators were exhibited by samples  of refractory concrete with a percentage of fractions in the aggregate of 40/60 and 20/80, as well as with the highest amount of cement content in the composition – 25%.

After  firing  at 800oC  and  1300oC,  the strength of the samples decreases. It was shown that the reason of this phenomenon was softening, mainly associated with dehydration of the binder. The refractory concrete obtained with the use of aggregate with a fractional composition of 20/80 and a cement.
Lowtemperature plasma generator for effective processing of materials
Authors: Gadzhiev M. Kh. , Tyuftyaev A. S. , Kulikov Yu. M. , Sargsyan M. A. , Yusupov D. I. , Demirov N. A. , Son E. E.
Published: May 2021

Low-temperature plasma is used in metallurgy for steel alloying by nitrogen, deoxidization of magnetic alloys, obtaining of steels with particularly low carbon content, metal cleaning of nonmetallic inclusions, desulfurization and other refining processes. The wide application of those technologies is restrained by absence of reliable generators of low-temperature plasma (GLP) with sufficient resource of continuous operation. As a result of studies, a universal generator of high-enthalpy plasma jet of various working gases was created. The generator has expanding channel of the output electrode with an efficiency of ~60 % for argon working gas and ~80% for nitrogen and air. It was shown that the developed generator of low-temperature plasma ensures formation of a weakly diverging (2α = 12°) plasma jet with a diameter D = 5–12 mm, an enthalpy of 5–50 kJ/g and a mass average temperature of 5–10 kK, at a full electric power of the arc discharge of 5–50 kW and a plasma-forming gas flow rate of 1–3 g/s. Results of the study of propane additions to the plasma-forming gas effect on the state of cathodes with inserts made of pure tungsten, lanthanum tungsten, and hafnium presented. It was shown that a small propane addition (1%) to the plasma-forming gas, results in reducing effect of the insert material. Study of the GLP operation at arc current 100A with addition to the working gas nitrogen maximum possible volume of propane, which don’t disturb stability of arc showed that for the developed plasma generator at the nitrogen flow rate ~0,45 g/s, the propane flow rate was ~0,33 g/s (not more than ~73 % of the plasma-forming gas). The created high-resource GLP with changeable electrodes enables to obtain at the exit a high-enthalpy plasma flow of various gases (argon, nitrogen, air) and can be a prototype of more powerful plasmotrons of various technological application, in particular for plasma metallurgy.
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GELMA BASED 3D BIOPRINTING IN REGENERATIVE MEDICINE
Authors: Hazra Subhajit , Predheepan Dhakshanya , S Jeba Samuel C , V GovindanT. , Singh Ripudaman
Published: May 2021

Over the past few years, research and progress in 3D printing have become evident. The process of bioprinting involves the use of a bioink composed of human cells or tissue. For example, 3D printing in organ transplantation aims to develop an organ that can synchronize with other physiologic components. In the past ten years, bioprinting has made a substantial leap. It has been used in the fabrication of living tissues for its application in various areas. Moreover, this technology has also been commercialized, resulting in its significant interest from the research fraternity. Thus, this review provides a brief on the development of the field from its foundation to the current commercialization with respect to the polymer Gelatin Methacrylate.

Keywords: 3D Bioprinting, Stem cells, GelMA, Regenerative Medicine
The Effects of Emotional Schema Therapy and Differentiation Training on Emotional Divorce in Women
Authors:   Department of Psychology, Qom Branch, Islamic Azad University, Qom, Iran., Kamalian Tahmineh , Mirzahosseini Hassan ,   Department of Psychology, Qom Branch, Islamic Azad University, Qom, Iran., Monirpoor Nader ,   Department of Psychology, Qom Branch, Islamic Azad University, Qom, Iran.
Published: May 2021

Background: Emotional Divorce (ED) is associated with decreased levels of Emotion Regulation (ER), adaptation, and mental health; subsequently, all such pressures raise stress in various dimensions among the affected individuals. Emotional Schema Therapy (EST), as a socio-cognitive model of ER, may improve marital intimacy and reduce couples’ psychological distress. The present study aimed to investigate the effects of EST and differentiation training on the odds of ED among women. Methods: The mean values of ED significantly decreased in both experimental groups, compared to the control group (P<0.05). A significant difference was also observed between the effects of the two interventions on decreasing the ED rate; thus, the effectiveness of EST was greater than that of differentiation training in this respect (P<0.05). Results: The mean values of ED significantly decreased in both experimental groups, compared to the control group (P<0.05). A significant difference was also observed between the effects of the two interventions on decreasing the ED rate; thus, the effectiveness of EST was greater than that of differentiation training in this respect (P<0.05). Conclusion: EST and differentiation training reduced ED among the study participants. These approaches can be adopted as an effective intervention to solve the couples’ problems and improve their marital relationship to reduce the odds of emotional divorce.