bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Automatic Plant Watering System for Local Red Onion Palu using Arduino
Authors: Setiawan Iman , Junaidi Junaidi , Fadjryani Fadjryani , Amaliah Fika Reski
Published: September 2022

Central Sulawesi Province in Indonesia has great potential for horticultural commodities, namely local red onion Palu. In the current climate change, local farmers are still watering plants in the conventional way. The automatic watering system simplifies the work of local farmers. This device uses a soil moisture sensor as a soil moisture detector and Arduino as a program brain. This study aims to determine the position of soil moisture sensor, the optimal length of watering time and analyze the quality of data stored. The experiment was carried out using a Completely Randomized Design (CRD). The position of the soil moisture sensor was analyzed by Profile Analysis. The optimal length of watering time was determined by Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) and Least Significant Difference (LSD). The quality of data stored was determined by a number of missing values and frequency of watering. The results showed that in soil planting media the position of soil moisture sensor had no significant effect, while in others planting media (water and combination of water and soil) the position of the sensor had a significant effect. The optimal watering time was 3 seconds. The stored data has low quality in terms of missing values and lack of consistency.
E-Commerce For Village Information System Using Agile Methodology
Authors: Fitriani Leni , Hakim Prayoga , Al Haq R. Mujahid
Published: September 2022

With the entry into the era of Industrial Revolution 4.0, the development of digitization of various aspects at the village level began. The level of use of mobile devices in the commercial transactions of society is now a massive number of users. It happens not only in large transactions but also in small transactions. With the community's high interest in the use of smartphone devices, this is a different opportunity to explore the potential of each village by helping the community, tiny and medium enterprises in conducting transactions, sales, and marketing online through the village government website. The village information system itself requires an e-commerce feature on its page to help small and medium enterprises in the area to sell products online through a simple page display. This research aims to design and develop new features of the village system that plays a role in the field of e-commerce with the Direct Message transaction method. The system development methodology used is Agile with Scrum as a framework. The Agile Model is a short-term development model that requires rapid adaptation and development to changes in any form. This e-commerce feature is for local communities, especially Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises, so their products' marketing reach is even more outstanding while being recorded in the village system.
Analysis of the Combination of Naïve Bayes and MHR (Mean of Horner’s Rule) for Classification of Keystroke Dynamic Authentication
Authors: Sari Zamah , Chandranegara Didih Rizki , Khasanah Rahayu Nurul , Wibowo Hardianto , Suharso Wildan
Published: September 2022

Keystroke Dynamics Authentication (KDA) is a technique used to recognize somebody dependent on typing pattern or typing rhythm in a system. Everyone's typing behavior is considered unique. One of the numerous approaches to secure private information is by utilizing a password. The development of technology is trailed by the human requirement for security concerning information and protection since hacker ability of information burglary has gotten further developed (hack the password). So that hackers can use this information for their benefit and can disadvantage others. Hence, for better security, for example, fingerprint, retina scan, et cetera are enthusiastically suggested. But these techniques are considered costly. The advantage of KDA is the user would not realize that the system is using KDA. Accordingly, we proposed the combination of Naïve Bayes and MHR (Mean of Horner’s Rule) to classify the individual as an attacker or a nonattacker. We use Naïve Bayes because it is better for classification and simple to implement than another. Furthermore, MHR is better for KDA if combined with the classification method which is based on previous research. This research showed that False Acceptance Rate (FAR) and Accuracy are improving than the previous research.
Technology Acceptance Model in Government Context: A Systematic Review on the Implementation of IT Governance in a Government Institution
Authors: Amali Lanto Ningrayati , Katili Muhammad Rifai , Suhada Sitti , Hadjaratie Lillyan , Mardlatillah Hanifah
Published: September 2022

Recent trends of studies on technology acceptance in local government had recently been popular; the studies focused on identifying the predictors of human behavior in potential acceptance or rejection of technology. This study investigated the use of information technology/information system (henceforth, IT/IS) acceptance in government as a means to improve the quality of public service and strive for transparent governance. A mixed-methods (quantitative and qualitative) study was conducted, and data were collected through questionnaires involving 125 respondents, interviews, and observations. Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) is used as a theoretical framework for behavioral information systems and Smart Partial least square (Smart PLS) analysis was employed in elaborating the complex correlation between the determinants. The result showed that the perceived ease-of-use (PEOU) contributed positively to the perceived usefulness (PU) and attitude towards using technology (ATUT). Moreover, the ATUT significantly contributed to Behavioral Intention of Use (BITU); further, the BITU also contributed to actual technology use (ATU). The PU, however, possessed a negative impact on the ATUT. These results further the information regarding the quality and performance of IT/IS services that can be used as a basis for higher-level decision-making.
Organizacje realizujące projekty współpracy transgranicznej na pograniczach Polski – zmiany w latach 2007-2013 oraz 2014-2020
Authors: Raczyk Andrzej , Dołzbłasz Sylwia
Published: September 2022

Celem opracowania była identyfikacja prawidłowości w odniesieniu do organizacji realizujących projekty współpracy transgranicznej i ich zmian w czasie. Badaniem objęto łącznie ponad 2,4 tys. organizacji realizujących około 1,5 tys. projektów współpracy. W analizie wykorzystano metody opisu zbiorowości statystycznej. Artykuł stanowi jedną z pierwszych analiz porównawczych dotyczących projektów współpracy transgranicznej realizowanych na wszystkich granicach Polski w dwóch kolejnych okresach programowania UE: 2007-2013 oraz 2014-2020. Badanie pokazało bardzo dużą zmienność organizacji zaangażowanych we współpracę w czasie, czemu towarzyszyły jednakże względna stabilność struktur rodzajowych tych organizacji oraz stabilność struktur przestrzennych. Ta ostatnia była warunkowana czynnikiem odległości od granicy państwowej oraz istnieniem dużych ośrodków miejskich. Uzyskane wyniki stanowią istotny wkład w lepsze zrozumienie wyzwań związanych z realizacją polityki współpracy UE.
"Demographic Variation in Health Insurance Coverage: United States, 2021"
Authors: Cha Amy , Cohen Robin
Published: September 2022

"This report presents national estimates of different types of health insurance coverage and lack of coverage (uninsured)."
Analysis of Aftershock Parameters for the Alaskan Subduction Zone Tectonic Region
Authors:   ,   Portland State University, Paris Gabrielle
Published: September 2022

Forecasting how many earthquakes will occur following a potentially damaging earthquake helps the public and emergency operators stay safe and make informed decisions. The U.S. Geological Survey issues aftershock forecasts following potentially damaging earthquakes, using models to predict the number of earthquakes that should occur within the next day, week, month, and year with 95% confidence to reflect the uncertainty in aftershock behavior. The USGS considers the forecast to be “successful” when the number of earthquakes observed within the forecasted time period is within the 95% confidence interval. For aftershock sequences that occur along the forearc of the Alaskan subduction zone, the observations consistently lie within this broad range of “success,” however the forecasts systematically over-predict the number of aftershocks. This suggests that the parameters which drive the forecast model’s rate of decay needs to change to reflect the decreased observed aftershock activity. I analyzed seventeen earthquake sequences in the Alaska forearc region and have developed a set of parameters that may improve early-sequence aftershock forecasting in the region. I stacked the 17 sequences and used maximum likelihood estimation to determine the new parameters and their uncertainty. Following the lessons of Page et al. (BSSA, 2016), I combined the inter-sequence variability and the uncertainty of the parameters from the stacked sequences to produce the total standard deviation for a new forecast model.
Analysis of Regional Differences and Influencing Factors of China's Digital Economy Development
Authors:   St. Petersburg State University, Belozyorov S. A. , Wang W. ,   St. Petersburg State University, Liu Y. ,   St. Petersburg State University
Published: September 2022

With the emergence of the digital wave, the problem of regional imbalance in the development of China's digital economy remains serious. The purpose of this research is to scientifically construct a system of indicators of China's digital economy development level and to dissect the spatial and temporal evolution characteristics of China's digital economy development. The hypothesis is that the larger the comprehensive index of digital economy development level, the higher the level of digital economy development, the larger the Gini coefficient, the more obvious the difference in digital economy development level. The innovation is the construction of an evaluation index system for digital economy development level, the measurement of China's digital economy development level, and the analysis of the differences between the three regions. The theoretical significance is that it enriches the evaluation index system of China's digital economy development level and provides theoretical support. The practical significance is that it promotes the realization of high-quality economic and social development in China. The results of the research show that overall, the level of China's digital economy development is steadily increasing, but the phenomenon of inter-regional differences is evident, while the degree of variation is gradually decreasing. In terms of the driving factors, the level of economic development, industrial structure, intellectual property protection and technological development all contribute significantly to the development of the level of the digital economy, while government intervention inhibits the development of the digital economy.
Economic Growth of Municipalities in Russia: Assessment of Unevenness in Time and Space
Authors:   Bashkir State University, Timiryanova V. M. , Grishin K. E. ,   Bashkir State University, Solodilova N. Z. ,   Ufa State Petroleum Technological University, Malikov R. I. ,   Ufa State Petroleum Technological University
Published: September 2022

The unevenness of economic development is revealed at all levels of administrative-territorial administration and is an integral feature of the economic space as a whole. The relevance of the study is determined by the unresolved issues of ensuring long-term sustainable growth, determining the optimal level of unevenness that contributes to the effective growth of the entire economic system of the country. The purpose of the work is to identify the conditions for variation in the economic growth of Russian municipalities in space and time. The hypothesis of the study is that the uneven economic growth of municipalities is determined simultaneously by the contextual characteristics of the regions in which they are included, and the characteristics of individual time periods. The emphasis is on intergroup and intragroup differences determined by the determinants of time and the hierarchical relationship of administrative territorial units of management within a hierarchical linear model with cross-classified random effects. The study was conducted on the data of 2,016 municipalities in the context of 75 constituent entities of the Russian Federation in the period 2015-2019. The results of the study show that 68.4% of the total variation of municipalities in terms of the volume of shipped goods, works, services for 2015-2019. due to differences in municipalities, 18.9% - the characteristics of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation, 0.1% - the determinants of time. The new results of the study are the concretization of the influence of well-known growth factors in relation to individual levels of the territorial hierarchy, as well as the rationale for the inter-level interaction of factors. It is shown that the relationship between investment and production at the municipal level should be considered in conjunction with the share of the extractive industry, and the relationship between wages and production, taking into account the share of agriculture in the constituent entities of the Russian Federation. The results obtained indicate the presence of regional features, manifested in intermunicipal and interregional spatio-temporal variation, and emphasize the importance of both municipal and regional factors for ensuring the growth of the economy of municipalities. They can be used in the development of recommendations for improving state policy in the field of municipal and regional government.
A Comprehensive Study on Code Coverage Analysis for effective Test Development/Enhancement Methodology
Authors: Bandyopadhyay Biswadeb
Published: September 2022

The paper describes a tool developed by a team of testing practitioners dealing with a large collection of test suites used for testing Teradata which is large relational database system software. This team has studied the existing database software, available test suites, collected
the code coverage data for a large number of available test suites for Teradata and developed an effective Web based Code coverage analysis tool to analyze these Code coverage performance of these test suite while running on Teradata to be able to understand code coverage of these test suites
data in various possible dimensions. This activity was undertaken as part of a test engineering initiative to bring in place a set of innovative test engineering practices as potential business value adds.
Generalist diets allows opportunism behavior to engage in cleaning interactions among birds and large mammals
Authors: Acquaviva Julia , Guimarães Junior Paulo Roberto
Published: September 2022

Cleaning interactions are interspecific associations in which cleaners  benefit from the hosts by feeding on parasites, injured tissues, or blood. All around the globe there is a remarkable diversity of birds that behave as cleaners of large mammals. Here we investigated the drivers shaping the organization of networks formed by cleaning birds and host mammals. We used two cleaner-host networks, one from Brazilian openlands and the other one from African openlands, to explore the relationship between diet generalism and cleaning behavior. We hypothesize that cleaning interactions are often opportunistic and, as a consequence, we expect that generalist species are the main components of cleaner-host networks. We first contrast the diet diversity of cleaner species with their closed related species. For 18 of 26 bird families, cleaners show higher diet diversity than closely-related, non-cleaning species.  Then we explored if birds with higher diversity diets are the central species of the cleaner-host networks. The results show that there is no apparent correlation between species centrality in the networks and their diet diversity. We suggest that generalism allows opportunist species to engage in cleaning interactions, but the importance of a cleaner species is affected by other attributes, such as abundance and behavioral traits associated with cleaning behavior. In a broader perspective, these results suggest that the factors that may allow species to participate in ecological networks are not the same that modulate their role in the same networks.
EXPERIMENTAL AND NUMERICAL CONVECTIVE HEAT TRANSFER INVESTIGATION IN LAMINAR RECTANGULAR-CHANNEL FLOW ACROSS V-SHAPED GROOVES
Authors: Thabit Saif M. , Abed Waleed M.
Published: September 2022

The influence of staggered V-grooves on the hydrothermal performance of a rectangular-channel flow is systematically investigated through a combination of numerical and experimental approaches. The 3-D numerical simulation is developed adopting computational fluid dynamics (CFD) (ANSYS FLUENT) for a range of Reynolds numbers (Re) from 100 to 1000. The experiments are conducted on straight and V-grooved channels (with pitch-to-height and height-to-hydraulic diameter ratios of 2 and 0.75) for distilled water under constant wall heat flux conditions to validate the computational model. Additionally, the impact of V-shaped groove arrangements, forward V-grooved channel (FVGCH) and backward V-grooved channel (B-VGCH), on the flow and heat fields, as well as the effect of groove depths (d = 1.5, 2.5, and 3.5 mm), are also studied. In both experimental and numerical results, the performance evaluation criterion (PEC) grows with rising Reynolds numbers. The highest PEC values of the numerical and experimental findings for the F-VGCH are 2.18 and 2.29, respectively, at Re = 1000. Whereas the highest PEC values of the numerical and experimental results for the B-VGCH are 1.81 and 1.96, respectively, at the same Re (Re = 1000). In addition, the values of PEC for F-VGCH are greater than the PEC values of B-VGCH for all examined groove depths over the entire range of Reynolds numbers. Thus, the F-VGCH offers the best performance evaluation criterion in comparison with B-VGCH.
CONVECTIVE INSTABILITIES OF A MAXWELL-CATTANEO POROUS LAYER
Authors: Al Hajri Amal R. , Eltayeb Ibrahim A. , Rahman Mohammad Mansur
Published: September 2022

Motivated by the need to better understand the influence of the Maxwell-Cattaneo effect (or hyperbolic heat flow) on the dynamics of porous media in local thermal non-equilibrium, the stability of a porous Darcy-Brinkman layer is studied when the Maxwell-Cattaneo (MC) relation of temperature and heat flux is introduced to a fluid and solid. We first prove that, in the absence of the MC effect, the porous layer cannot support oscillatory motions. When the MC effect is present in the fluid only, propagation of oscillatory motions is possible, provided that the MC effect parameter exceeds a certain threshold. The oscillatory motions are then preferred only if the thermal interphase interaction parameter H is small. On the other hand, when the MC effect is present in the solid only, the oscillatory instability is enhanced when H is large. The contrasting influences of the MC effect on the fluid and solid lead to some novel features when the MC effect is present simultaneously in both fluid and solid. Here, oscillatory motions can be preferred for intermediate values of H, depending on the two MC parameters measuring the influences in the solid and fluid. Although the presence of the MC effect introduces new modes so that the frequency equation changes from linear in the frequency squared to cubic, the unstable mode is always provided by the mode which is stable in the absence of the MC effect made unstable by the presence of the MC effect. The new modes are never preferred, but they can possess Taken-Bogdanov's bifurcations in addition to the Hopf bifurcations present in all the cases. When the analysis is applied to crude oil in sandstone and water in sandstone, we find that they possess contrasting stability properties.
Mechanical behaviour and stress-strain recovery characteristics of expanded polypropylene
Authors: Maqsood Z. , Koseki J. , Kyokawa H.
Published: September 2022

Expanded polypropylene (EPP) foam has been widely recognized as an energy absorbing material, and it is routinely used for variety of industrial applications. However, EPP foam has a relatively limited scope in the construction industry, especially for load-bearing applications. To address this aspect, the mechanical behaviour of EPP foam was examined under unconfined conditions in this study, and the effects of different preloading/precompression strain histories (5% to 60%) on the stress-strain response and strain energy characteristics of EPP were evaluated. Additionally, the stress-strain recovery behaviour of EPP foam having different preloading histories was also studied while considering the effects of recovery time after preloading (0 to 28 Days). The results suggest that EPP foam subjected to different preloading histories has identical patterns of stress-strain response to other conventional closed-cell polymeric foams, such as expanded polystyrene (EPS) foam, and EPP can adequately be used for load-bearing applications under the recommended design limits. Furthermore, noticeable recovery in the stress-strain response of EPP was also witnessed during the initial 14 days after preloading. Based on these findings, it is anticipated that the promising stress-strain recovery characteristics of EPP foam enable it to be reused, even after experiencing large in situ deformations.
Fen Bilimleri Ders Kitaplarındaki Soruların PISA’da Tanımlanan Fen Okuryazarlığı Yeterlik Düzeylerine Göre İncelenmesi
Authors: KÖMÜRCÜ Azize Sultan , YENİLMEZ TÜRKOĞLU Ayse
Published: September 2022

Öz: Bu araştırmanın amacı 5-8. sınıf fen bilimleri ders kitaplarında yer alan ölçme-değerlendirme sorularının PISA fen okuryazarlığı yeterlik düzeylerine göre incelenmesidir. Bu kapsamda, ders kitaplarında bulunan soruların yeterlik düzeyleri sınıf seviyelerine ve öğretim programında tanımlanan öğrenme alanlarına göre incelenmiştir. Araştırmada, nitel araştırma yöntemlerinden doküman incelemesi yöntemi benimsenmiş ve verilerin analizinde betimsel analiz kullanılmıştır. PISA’da fen okuryazarlığı yeterlik düzeyleri 6 seviyede tanımlanmaktadır. Bu araştırma kapsamında, kitaplarda yer alan toplam 1209 adet ölçme değerlendirme sorusu bu seviyelere göre incelenmiştir. Elde edilen bulgular, 5, 6 ve 7. sınıf ders kitaplarındaki soruların yüzde 60’a yakınının, 8. sınıf ders kitabındaki soruların ise yüzde 65’ten biraz fazlasının 2. düzeyde olduğunu göstermiştir. Üst performans düzeyindeki soruların oranının tüm sınıf düzeylerinde oldukça düşük olduğu tespit edilmiştir. Öğrenme alanları bakımından incelendiğinde ise, üst performans düzeyindeki soru oranının Dünya ve Evren öğrenme alanında diğerlerine kıyasla daha yüksek olduğu görülmüştür. En çok kazanım ve soru sayısına sahip Fiziksel Olaylar öğrenme alanındaki soruların genel olarak 2. düzeyde yığıldığı gözlenmiştir. Bu bulgular neticesinde, PISA başarısının artırılması ve fen okuryazarlık düzeyinin yükseltilmesi için, ders kitaplarındaki üst düzey sorulara yeterli sayıda yer verilmesi ve ders kitaplarının güncellenmesi; ayrıca, öğretim programının ve ülke genelinde yapılan sınavların da PISA fen okuryazarlığı kapsamında incelenmesi için çalışmalar yapılması önerilmiştir.

Anahtar Kelimeler: PISA, fen okuryazarlığı, fen okuryazarlık yeterliği, fen bilimleri ders kitapları
Eleştirel Düşünmeyi Temel Alan Mesleki Gelişim Programına Yönelik Fen Bilgisi Öğretmenlerinin Görüşleri
Authors: ÇAKAN AKKAŞ Büşra Nur , KABATAŞ MEMİŞ Esra
Published: September 2022

Bu araştırmada; eleştirel düşünmeyi temel alan bir mesleki gelişim programına katılan fen bilimleri öğretmenlerinin eleştirel düşünme ve eğitim sürecine yönelik düşüncelerinin belirlenmesi amaçlanmıştır. Bu amaç doğrultusunda çalışma nitel araştırma yöntemlerinden fenomenolojik desenle yürütülmüştür. Çalışmaya toplam dört fen bilimleri öğretmeni katılmıştır. Öğretmenlere eleştirel düşünmeyi temel alan bir mesleki gelişim programı kapsamında eğitimler verilmiştir. Eğitim 8 hafta ve 24 ders saati sürmüştür. Araştırmada veri toplama aracı olarak yarı yapılandırılmış görüşme soruları kullanılmıştır. Elde edilen nitel verilere içerik analizi uygulanmıştır. Analizler sonucunda öğretmenlerin eleştirel düşünmeyi sorgulama, kanıt kullanma, bilgiyi farklı durumlara aktarma çerçevesinde tanımladıkları görülmüştür. Öğretmenler eleştirel düşünen bireyin sorguladığını, kanıt aradığını veya kullandığını, şüpheci olduğunu belirtmişlerdir. Ayrıca öğretmenler katıldıkları eğitimden memnun olduklarını ve sürecine kendilerinin çok yönlü gelişimlerine katkı sağladığını belirtmişlerdir.
Ebeveynlerin Özel Okul Öncesi Kurum Seçimlerine İlişkin Tercihlerinin Çok Kriterli Karar Verme Yöntemleri İle Stratejik Analizi
Authors: ÖZDEMİR Ali , ŞALLI Duygu
Published: September 2022

Bu çalışmanın amacı; “Çok Kriterli Karar Verme” metotlarından “Analitik Hiyerarşi Prosesi” yöntemini kullanarak; özel okul öncesi kurumlarla ilgili literatürden elde edilen kriterlere, velilerin verdikleri önem dereceleri ve bunlara göre yaptıkları tercihlerin sıralamasını belirlemektir. Araştırmanın sonuçlarına göre; anne babaların özel okul öncesi kurum seçiminde yapmış oldukları tercih sırasıyla; eğitim programları kriterine ait olan alt kriterlerden; yabancı dil, personel kriterine ait olan alt kriterlerden; personelin ebeveyn ve çocuklara olan tutumları, okulun fiziki koşulları kriterine ait olan alt kriterlerden; güvenlik, özbakım becerileri kriterine ait olan alt kriterlerden; yemekhane hijyeni, rehberlik kriterine ait olan alt kriterlerden; çocuğun gelişimi konusunda düzenli bilgilendirme yapılması, maliyet kriterine ait olan alt kriterlerden; okul ücreti olarak bulunmuştur.
Semi-automated tracing of hamstring muscle architecture for B-mode ultrasound images. v1
Authors: Cronin Kevin
Published: September 2022

Hamstring strains are the most prevalent injury sustained by field-sport athletes. Insufficiencies in the architectural characteristics of the hamstring muscles can heighten an athlete’s risk of incurring a hamstring strain. To evaluate the influence of hamstring muscle architectural characteristics (i.e., fascicle length, pennation angle, muscle thickness) on injury risk, it is necessary to precisely evaluate these characteristics. Considering this, our aim was to develop and evaluate the precision of a novel semi-automated tracing software to measure the architectural characteristics of the biceps femoris long head (the most commonly injured hamstring muscle) in B-mode ultrasound images.We acquired static sonograms of the biceps femoris long head from ten healthy male field-sport athletes. The architectural characteristics (fascicle length, pennation angle and muscle thickness) of participants’ biceps femoris long head were evaluated 10 times using the tracing software, with the specific purpose of determining its measurement precision.
A prática do disclosure como estratégia para a segurança do paciente no Brasil e sua relevância para os cuidados em saúde de pessoas idosas
Authors: Façanha Telma Rejane dos Santos , Machado Isis Laynne de Oliveira , Garrafa Volnei
Published: September 2022

Objective: to discuss the practice of disclosure in the contemporary scenario of patient safety, including respect for the health care of the elderly and the existing challenges to the implementation of disclosure in the context of health care organizations in the debate. Methods: this is a narrative review based on references, and guiding documents adopted in Australia, as well as documents published by the World Health Organization, the Brazilian Ministry of Health and the National Agency for Health Surveillance on this topic. Bibliographic references were searched through the Google Scholar platform using the following keywords: disclosure, harm, patient safety, health care, and the elderly. Results: the practice of disclosure is part of the culture of patient safety in several international institutions. However, in Brazil it is not an accepted practice, not even in the current patient safety regulations. The literature reviewed shows that open and honest communication between health professionals and patients about a harm that occurred during medical care reduces conflicts and lawsuits, if properly addressed. Conclusions: disclosure as a practice of communication is also important for older patients because it involves them in decisions about their care and promotes their right to be informed. Therefore, it is a valuable tool that should be used in hospitals in Brazil to preserve patients' rights and safety.
Judicialização dos eventos adversos na assistência à saúde no Brasil: uma revisão integrativa
Authors: Villar Vanessa Cristina Felippe Lopes , Rodrigues Juliana Loureiro da Silva Queiroz , Duarte Sabrina da Costa Machado
Published: September 2022

Objective: to examine the adverse events related to health care in Brazil that were judicially sanctioned and the factors that contributed to these events. Methods: this was an integrative literature review. The Virtual Health Library (VHL), Pubmed, Embase, Scientific Electronic Library Online (Scielo) and Scopus were selected for the bibliographic search. The search, conducted without a specific time frame, yielded 510 studies, of which 14 articles were selected for analysis. Results: The results were classified into two categories: i) adverse events reported in Brazil and the contributing factors; ii) strategies to reduce the legalization of adverse events. The selected references were published between 2010 and 2019. The most frequently mentioned specialties in the legalization processes were gynecology, obstetrics, and surgery. The emergency sector was the most frequently mentioned site, and the most frequently mentioned adverse events were related to infections and surgery. Final considerations: we emphasize the importance of encouraging the discussion about the health’s judicialization of adverse events, contributing to their prevention, mitigation and, simultaneously, to the reduction of lawsuits and consequent improvement in the quality of health care and patient safety.
Mais letramento em saúde, mais segurança do paciente: um estudo de caso sobre campanhas de segurança do paciente num centro hospitalar português
Authors: Diniz Ana Cristina de Almeida Marinho , Bordalo Idalina Maria Santos Vieira Lisboa , Ferreira Catarina Isabel Gomes Mendes , Ramos Susana Maria Sardinha Vieira
Published: September 2022

Objective: to describe a strategy implemented in a health care organization that aims to increase citizens' health literacy by involving patients, caregivers, and professionals in promoting safer health care. Methods: field report from a Portuguese hospital on the development of strategies to promote citizens' health literacy through various activities integrated into annual patient safety campaigns. Results: the themes of these campaigns are consistent with the World Health Organization guidelines, the national strategy for quality and patient safety, and the strategic objectives of the institution. Among the activities developed, the following are worth mentioning: 42 conferences with experts and patients/caregivers; the development of various informational materials with safety recommendations; patient safety walkrounds to identify best practices; and on-the-job training. As a result of these campaigns, several departments at the facility have developed continuous improvement and patient safety projects. Conclusion: literacy contributes to more informed and educated decision making that leads to better health and safety outcomes in care. The informed and educated patient is able to promote their own safety and participate in building a safer health care system, which in turn leads to better outcomes.
O protagonismo da criança em cuidados paliativos para a efetivação da sua segurança
Authors: Valete Cristina Ortiz Sobrinho , Ferreira Esther Angélica Luiz , Bruno Cristina Helena
Published: September 2022

Objective: to contribute to the debate on the role of the child in his or her own health process and to highlight the important role of this involvement in pediatric palliative care (PPC) and, thus, in his or her own safety. Methods: this was a narrative review based on a literature search in MEDLINE and SciELO over the past 10 years, with additional input from the authors' experiences and secondary literature. Results: Fourteen articles were included in the narrative synthesis. Analysis of the articles on patient safety in PPC revealed difficulty in practicing PPC, there are gaps in professional education, importance of putting the patient first, shared decision-making, appropriate communication, and safe opioid use. Regarding the child's participation as a protagonist in PPC, concerns were raised about the child's wishes, effective participation in decision making, and objective assessment of the child's competence in this area. Conclusion: many aspects of PPC are consistent with patient safety, such as appropriate communication and the child's participation in his or her own care process. There was greater recognition of the child's autonomy as a patient. Although this topic is normative, many articles are about family-centered care. To reshape this approach, it is important that health care education and research be strengthened.
Burnout e a segurança do paciente na Atenção Primária à Saúde: aspectos jurídico-sanitários em tempos de pandemia de COVID-19
Authors: Costa Waldemir de Albuquerque , Carvalho Natalia de Campos , Coelho Pedro Alexandre Barreto , Silva Karoline Medeiros Jacomel de Oliveira
Published: September 2022

Objective: to discuss the challenges of building public policy on patient safety in Brazilian primary health care (PHC) considering the increase in burnout syndrome among health professionals. Methods: bibliographic and documentary research on patient safety and burnout among PHC staff using Maslach and Jackson's human rights framework and theoretical matrix. Results: burnout has serious health consequences for PHC professionals and affects the work process of teams, damaging patient safety policies and strategies. Patient safety and worker health policies in Brazil are dialogic and complementary, but they are not sufficient to affect the burnout scenario in PHC, given the stagnation and setbacks that have recently been experienced at this level of care. Conclusion: the institutional response to dealing with burnout syndrome in PHC is unsatisfactory. In addition to the policy framework already in place, urgent changes are needed in PHC funding and in the contribution of multidisciplinary teams to improve working conditions, which will ultimately impact patient safety in the primary network.
A importância dos Direitos do Paciente como um novo ramo jurídico
Authors: Menegaz Mariana Lima
Published: September 2022

The Handbook of Patients' Rights, written by Professor Dr. Aline Albuquerque, presents an unprecedented topic dealing with patients' rights as a new branch of law. It provides a historical analysis of patients' rights and criticizes the lack of specific Brazilian legislation on the subject, as well as litigation in the care context. In addition, the rights mentioned above are listed and topics such as autonomy, agency, decision-making, informed consent, living wills, patient safety, restorative justice, the ombudsman, and restrictive measures are addressed. All topics are covered in depth and in a didactic manner, which confirms the excellence of the work. The book is essential reading for students and professionals in the fields of health and law, as well as for anyone interested in the protection of patients' rights.
Aspectos jurídicos-sanitários da Segurança do Paciente
Authors: Albuquerque Aline , Grabois Victor
Published: September 2022

The impact of health care-related harms on health care systems demonstrates the urgent need for awareness of their severity. The Iberoamerican Journal of Health Law, pioneer in Brazil, dedicates an issue to deepen the reflection on the legal-sanitary aspects of patient safety, recognizing that it is one of the essential issues in the field of health and law.
Picture This: Exploring Photovoice as a Method to Understand Lived Experiences in Marginal Neighbourhoods
Authors: Carpenter Juliet
Published: September 2022

Scholars in the social sciences are increasingly turning to research questions that explore everyday lived experiences, using participatory visual methodologies to promote critical reflections on urban challenges. In contrast with traditional research approaches, participatory visual methods engage directly with community participants, foregrounding their daily realities, and working towards collaborative knowledge production of participants’ situated experiences, potentially leading to transformative thinking and action. This participatory turn in research intersects with growing interests in community participation in collaborative planning and effective ways of engaging “unheard voices” in a planning context, particularly in marginalized neighbourhoods, using arts-based methods. This article critically examines the potential of participatory visual methodologies, exploring how the method of photovoice can reveal otherwise obscured perspectives from the viewpoint of communities in marginalised neighbourhoods. Based on a case study in the Downtown Eastside, Vancouver, the research considers whether and how creative participatory approaches can contribute to giving voice to communities and, if so, how these methods can impact a city’s planning for urban futures. The research shows that, potentially, photovoice can provide a means of communicating community perspectives, reimagining place within the framework of participatory planning processes to those who make decisions on the neighbourhood’s future. However, the research also demonstrates that there are limitations to the approach, bringing into sharp focus the ethical dimensions and challenges of participatory visual methodologies as a tool for engaging with communities, in an urban planning context.
Co-Creation and the City: Arts-Based Methods and Participatory Approaches in Urban Planning
Authors: Carpenter Juliet , Horvath Christina
Published: September 2022

This editorial for the thematic issue on “Co-Creation and the City: Arts-Based Methods and Participatory Approaches in Urban Planning” draws together the key themes of the ten articles in the issue. Firstly, the concept of Co-Creation is defined as a collective creative process involving artists, academics, and communities. Co-creation results in tangible or intangible outputs in the form of artwork or artefacts, and knowledge generated by multiple partners that, in a planning context, can feed into shared understandings of more socially just cities. The ten articles are summarized, and the emerging conclusions are drawn out, under three broad themes. The first set of conclusions deals with power imbalances and the risks of instrumentalization within co-creative processes. Contributors dismiss romanticizing assumptions that expect artistic practices to inevitably disrupt power hierarchies and strengthen democracy. The second set of outcomes relates to how arts-based strategies and methods can help address the translation of issues between urban planning and art. Finally, the third group of conclusions focuses on practices of listening within co-creation processes, raising the issue of voices that are less audible, rather than unheard or not listened to. In their concluding remarks, the authors recommend further research to be undertaken in this emerging field to explore the constraints and possibilities for urban planners to listen to arts-based expressions, in order to integrate a broader range of understandings and knowledge into plans for the city of the future.
Approbation of the Russian Version of the Impulsive Behavior Scale (UPPS-P)
Authors: Gorbatov S. , Arbuzova E. , Zavarzina M.
Published: September 2022

This article presents the results of the adaptation of the popular scale of impulsive behavior UUPS-P, focused on the study of this phenomenon. Further on, it was translated into Russian and then adapted to the Russian-language sample. The study involved 324 people, aged 16 to 52 years. Of these, 213 are female, including 70 young women with non-suicidal self-harming behavior and 111 are male, including 46 people who are patients of a drug treatment hospital. In general was 160 people. The results obtained during the adaptation of the scale allow us to conclude that the structure of the scale obtained as a result of the adaptation fully corresponds to the structural components of the basic questionnaire. Checking the UUPS-P scale according to the main psychometric indicators allows us to conclude that it is possible to use the Russian-language version of this diagnostic tool to assess impulsivity as a personality trait.
Frenula of tongue and lips: are there or not?
Authors: Aleksandrova Olga V.
Published: September 2022

BACKGROUND: The absence, hypoplasia, or hyperplasia of the frenula of the lips and tongue is suggested as a sign of some diseases. This study assessed the presence of frenula among patients with orthodontic concerns.
AIM: This study aimed to analyze the prevalence of the absence of the frenulum of the tongue and lips to determine the possibility of using the absence of frenula as a diagnostic criterion for other pathologies.
MATERIALS AND METHODS: A retrospective analysis photographs of 391 patients was performed.
RESULTS: In total, 100% of the patients have a maxillary frenulum. The inferior labial frenulum was absent in 67.02% of the patients, and 252 patients (95% CI 62.2771.77%) had multiple strands of the mucosal membrane. Hypoplastic mandibular frenulum was found in 109 (28.99%) patients (95% CI 24.433.58%). Absence of lingual frenulum was noted in 6 (1.68%) patients (95% CI 0.353.01%) and hypoplasia in 33 (9.24%) (95% CI 6.2412.24%).
CONCLUSIONS: The absence of inferior labial and lingual frenulum cannot be a diagnostic criterion for other pathologies without specifying the method of displacement of the lower lip.
Changes in the periodontal microhemocirculation during the treatment of generalized periodontitis using polarized light
Authors: Garazha Sergej N. , Gotlib Angelina O. , Grishilova Elena N. , Nekrasova Elizaveta F. , Ilina Ekaterina E.
Published: September 2022

BACKGROUND: Chronic generalized periodontitis is one of the main causes of tooth extraction, significant decrease in chewing efficiency, deterioration in the quality of life, and progression of comorbidities. Research in the field of modulating the response of the macroorganism (host therapy) to pathogenic factors is a huge player in solving the problem of effective treatment of chronic generalized periodontitis, along with an active study of methods influencing the periodontal microbiome.
AIM: To examine changes in microhemocirculation in the periodontium in the treatment of chronic generalized periodontitis of moderate severity using polarized, incoherent, polychromatic radiation.
MATERIAL AND METHODS: Microhemocirculation parameters in periodontal tissues were obtained and analyzed in the treatment of moderate periodontitis in 90 patients using polarized, incoherent, polychromatic radiation (piler-light therapy) and a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (lysine salt of ketoprofen) as modulators of the regional host response. Analyses were conducted within 1 year using clinical and radiological methods and laser Doppler flowmetry.
RESULTS: In the treatment of moderate chronic periodontitis, single-component pharmacotherapy using an antimicrobial gel containing metronidazole and chlorhexidine has a positive effect on clinical symptoms and microhemodynamics in periodontal tissues only for 3 months.
CONCLUSIONS: The combined use of the gel and lysine salt of ketoprofen increases the duration of positive changes in the microhemodynamics of periodontal tissues for up to 6 months. By its inclusion in the algorithm for the treatment of chronic periodontitis of moderate severity, along with antimicrobial and anti-inflammatory drugs, piler-light therapy allows for maintaining the improvement in hemodynamic parameters in the periodontium within 1 year and makes the disease in remission.
Peculiarities of emotional status in patients with epilepsy during dental operations
Authors: Bazikyan Ernest A. , Matsepuro Alexander A. , Vlasov Pavel N. , Chunikhin Andrey A.
Published: September 2022

BACKGROUND: Epilepsy is one of the most common neurological diseases. At the dental appointment of patients with epilepsy, there are always concerns about the occurrence of sudden unpredictable conditions, in particular, epileptic seizures.
AIM: The aim of the study was to study the emotional status of patients with epilepsy during dental surgical interventions.
MATERIALS AND METHODS: The study involved 164 patients, of which 105 patients with epilepsy (study group) and 59 patients constituted the control group without somatic and mental illnesses. The study group included 14 pharmacoresistant patients and 91 patients in the phase of drug remission. The tests were used to reveal the psychoemotional state of the patients before the surgical dental intervention.
RESULTS: In the group of drug-resistant patients, there was an increased level of anxiety and in two cases even a depressive state that required the appointment of psychoactive drugs. The group in medication remission did not differ significantly from the control group in terms of psychoemotional state.
CONCLUSIONS: Based on the data obtained, patients with epilepsy from the pharmacoresistant group are recommended to provide anesthesia during dental surgical interventions.
On the issue of improving the organization of medical and social support for the elderly and ­senile people
Authors: Linnichenko Yuri V. , Shulaev Aleksey V. , Konovalov Oleg E.
Published: September 2022

Background. In the context of a pronounced aging of the population, one of the priority areas of social policy in the country is the improvement of the organization and provision of medical and social assistance to people of elderly and senile age.
Aim. Substantiation and development of a structural and functional model of a regional (provincial or interregional) geriatric center for further improvement of medical and social care for the elderly and senile.
Material and methods. Using a specially designed questionnaire, we analyzed the opinion about the medical and social assistance received by 456 residents of the Moscow Region of elderly and senile age, who were patients of the Moscow Regional Hospital for War Veterans at the time of the survey.
Results. Only 47.5% of the respondents of elderly and senile age gave a positive assessment of the received medical care and 50.4% of social assistance. In 83.7% of cases, respondents reported that some social infrastructure facilities are difficult or inaccessible to them, including medical organizations in 16.3% of cases. The survey also made it possible to identify problem areas in the medical and social support of the elderly and senile people associated with the implementation of individual rehabilitation programs, obtaining legal and psychological assistance. The organization of regional geriatric centers is proposed to solve the problems identified in the course of the study and to improve the medical and social support of the elderly and senile. The article describes the tasks of each structural and functional unit of these centers. The available information resources, including those using an interactive mode of communication, are considered to increase the level of information support for the elderly and senile population.
Conclusion. The proposed structural and functional model of the regional geriatric center in conditions of implementation of the three-level system for providing geriatric care makes it possible to most effectively use the existing resources of the healthcare system and the social sphere of the region (province), to set and improve organizational, methodological and interdepartmental interaction aimed at increasing the availability and quality of medical and social care for the elderly and senile population.