bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Pengembangan model manajemen bimbingan karir menggunakan aplikasi Edmodo
Authors: Astuti Wahyu Widia , Dwikurnaningsih Yari
Published: August 2021

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menghasilkan produk berupa model manajemen bimbingan karir menggunakan aplikasi edmodo yang memenuhi lima aspek yaitu aspek tampilan, akses, interaksi, desain materi layanan, dan kontrol. Pendekatan penelitian menggunakan metode penelitian Research & Development (R&D) melalui tiga langkah pengembangan yaitu tahap studi pendahuluan, tahap desain dan pengembangan model, tahap pengujian produk dan publikasi. Pengembangan produk mengacu pada model pengembangan ADDIE yang meliputi tahap Analysis, Design, Development, Implementation and Evaluation. Metode pengumpulan data menggunakan observasi dan wawancara. Uji ahli dan uji lapangan terbatas dianalisis menggunakan teknik deskriptif kuantitatif melalui penghitungan rerata dan persentase serta pengkategorian. Pengembangan model diperoleh dengan prinsip-prinsip manajemen G.R.Terry, yaitu perencanaan, pengorganisasian, pelaksanaan, dan evaluasi. Hasil penelitian yaitu produk dengan nama MBK-MAE yang terdiri dari bagan model dan deskripsinya, materi bimbingan karir untuk SMK, panduan guru BK, panduan siswa, dan panduan untuk operator IT. Hasil uji validitas oleh ahli materi sebesar 88%, ahli media sebesar 84% dan calon pengguna sebesar 83%. Berdasarkan uji ahli dan uji lapangan terbatas tersebut dapat disimpulkan bahwa produk berupa model manajemen bimbingan karir menggunakan aplikasi edmodo masuk dalam kategori baik dan layak untuk digunakan.AbstractThis study aims to produce a product in the form of career guidance management model using the Edmodo application that fulfills five aspects, namely appearance, access, interaction, service material design, and control. The research approach uses the Research & Development (R&D), the research method through three development steps, namely the preliminary study stage, the design and development stage of the model, the product testing phase and publication. Product development refers to the ADDIE development model which includes the Analysis, Design, Development, Implementation and Evaluation stages. The data collection method uses observation and interview. Expert tests and limited field tests were analyzed using quantitative descriptive techniques through the calculation of the mean and percentage and categorization. The development of the model is obtained by the principles of G.R.Terry management, namely planning, organizing, implementing, and evaluating. The results of this study are products with the name MBK-MAE consisting of a model charts and their descriptions, career guidance material for SMK, guidance counselors, student guides, and guidance for IT operators. The validity test result by material expert is 88%, media expert is 84% and prospective users are 83%. Based on the expert test and limited field test, it can be concluded that the product in the form of a career guidance management model using the Edmodo application is included in the good category and is suitable t be used.
Manajemen program pembelajaran bahasa Arab pada anak prasekolah Yayasan PAUD Sultan Qaimuddin di Kendari
Authors: Mar Nur Azaliah , Hilmi Danial
Published: August 2021

Penelitian kualitatif deskriptif ini bertujuan mengetahui manajemen program bahasa Arab pada anak prasekolah di Yayasan PAUD Sultan Qaimuddin Kendari. Pengumpulan data menggunakan wawancara pada ketua yayasan, observasi, dan dokumentasi tentang manajemen program bahasa Arab pada anak prasekolah. Penelitian ini menunjukkan bahwa yayasan ini menggunakan fungsi-fungsi kajian manajemen program dalam melaksanakan program pembelajaran bahasa Arab pada anak prasekolah sehingga program ini berjalan efektif dan efisien, yaitu: (1) Perencanaan program pembelajaran bahasa arab pada anak prasekolah melalui tahap identifikasi kebutuhan, rapat koordinasi, penyusunan program kerja, pelaksanaan program kerja, dan pengawasan. (2) Pengorganisasian di yayasan ini ialah pembina sebagai ketua yayasan yang memegang kekuasaan paling tinggi, dibantu pengurus dan pengawas yayasan, juga pengelola yayasan yang meliputi guru dan tenaga administrasi. (3) Pelaksanaan program pembelajaran bahasa Arab pada anak prasekolah ini yaitu dengan mempersiapkan hal yang berkaitan dengan penentuan guru, pembuatan rencana proses pembelajaran (RPP), penentuan jadwal pembelajaran, dan sarana prasarana yang dibutuhkan. (4) Pengawasan program pembelajaran bahasa Arab ini dilakukan dengan metode langsung.AbstractThis descriptive qualitative research aims to determine the management programs of Arabic in preschool children at Yayasan PAUD of Sultan Qaimuddin Kendari. Data collection uses interviews with the head of the foundation, observations, and documentation about the management programs of Arabic in preschool children. The results show that the foundation uses the functions of management program studies in implementing Arabic learning programs in preschool children so the program runs effectively and efficiently, namely: (1) Planning the Arabic language program for preschool children through the stages of need identification, coordination meetings, preparation of work programs, implementation of work programs, and supervision. (2) Organization at this foundation is that the founder as chairman of the foundation holds the highest authority and is assisted by official members, supervisors, and organizers, including teachers and administrative staff. (3) Implementation of the Arabic language program for preschool children at this foundation is to prepare the matters related to determining the teachers, making the learning process plan, determining the learning schedule, and required infrastructure. (4) Controlling the Arabic language program in preschool children is carried out in a direct method.
Espacio público y protesta social en Colombia. Reflexiones durante la pandemia de la Covid-19
Authors: Martínez-Osorio Pedro Arturo , Castellanos-Tuirán Alexandra
Published: August 2021

La situación de Colombia durante la crisis de la pandemia por la Covid-19, en los primeros meses de 2021, donde se presentaron múltiples manifestaciones en el espacio público en contra del gobierno, espacio que se puede describir como un escenario macabro de gran incertidumbre, deja muchos interrogantes sobre lo que significan esas acciones como representación de la sociedad colombiana. ¿El espacio público colombiano ha sido vetado como un escenario de dialogo necesario en toda sociedad democrática?
Zona papera Nariñense: Una mirada a los ambientes productivos
Authors: Marcillo Paguay Carlos Alberto , Benavides Cardona Carlos Andrés , Guatusmal Gelpud Carolina , Yandar Erazo Sabely Nataly , Romero Juan Vicente
Published: August 2021

Esta cartilla está dirigida a productores, técnicos e interesados en el cultivo de papa, con la intención de presentar los resultados relacionados con la caracterización del sistema productivo de papa en el departamento de Nariño. Se presentan cuatro ambientes o zonas de producción, delimitadas por la homogeneidad de sus características edafoclimáticas, dentro del área de influencia del proyecto. También se presentan las principales propiedades químicas de los suelos en el área productora de papa y un ejercicio de tipo lúdico y formativo que pretende familiarizar a los productores con algunos conceptos importantes relacionados con la fertilidad de los suelos, con el fin de generar criterios iniciales en cuanto a la interpretación de análisis de suelos y la nutrición del cultivo desde un punto de vista cualitativo. Igualmente, pretende aportar al conocimiento de la zona productora de papa de Nariño teniendo en cuenta las múltiples características asociadas al cultivo que se complementan con los demás ejes abordados por el proyecto, lo cual permitirá generar alternativas con enfoque territorial, no solo de tipo técnico, sino también socioeconómico y cultural, asociadas a los productores de papa del departamento.
Perspectives on Fruit and Vegetable Consumption and Government Dietary Guidelines: Content Analysis of Comments on News Websites
Authors: Hornsby B , Ensaff H
Published: August 2021

Background

News websites are an essential source of medical news for the public. Many websites offer users the opportunity to leave comments, which may provide rich insights into public perspectives on health issues. With an established role in public health, fruit and vegetable (FV) consumption is central to the government’s dietary guidelines. However, FV intake continues to fall short of government recommendations.

Objective

Using comments from news websites, this study aims to explore public perspectives on FV intake and related government dietary guidelines.

Methods

Data comprised 2696 web user comments generated in response to substantial media coverage for a meta-analysis examining FV consumption and the risk of all-cause mortality, cardiovascular disease, and total cancer. Using an inductive thematic approach, the data were analyzed and coded in an iterative process.

Results

Four overarching themes emerged: personal factors, rejection, lack of knowledge, and food landscape, each with component subthemes. The lack of clarity around government dietary health guidelines was apparent, and this, along with emergent personal factors, may hinder better consumption. Rejection was also evident, as was a quality versus quantity of life debate.

Conclusions

There are gaps in the public’s understanding of government guidelines, which may act as a constraint to better compliance. Further work should examine this issue and rejection and the possibility of public fatigue related to dietary health information and news. Similarly, future work should also explore targeted interventions with a specific emphasis on health literacy.
An Artificial Neural Network Prediction Model for Posttraumatic Epilepsy: Retrospective Cohort Study
Authors: Wang Xueping , Zhong Jie , Lei Ting , Chen Deng , Wang Haijiao , Zhu Lina , Chu Shanshan , Liu Ling
Published: August 2021

Background

Posttraumatic epilepsy (PTE) is a common sequela after traumatic brain injury (TBI), and identifying high-risk patients with PTE is necessary for their better treatment. Although artificial neural network (ANN) prediction models have been reported and are superior to traditional models, the ANN prediction model for PTE is lacking.

Objective

We aim to train and validate an ANN model to anticipate the risks of PTE.

Methods

The training cohort was TBI patients registered at West China Hospital. We used a 5-fold cross-validation approach to train and test the ANN model to avoid overfitting; 21 independent variables were used as input neurons in the ANN models, using a back-propagation algorithm to minimize the loss function. Finally, we obtained sensitivity, specificity, and accuracy of each ANN model from the 5 rounds of cross-validation and compared the accuracy with a nomogram prediction model built in our previous work based on the same population. In addition, we evaluated the performance of the model using patients registered at Chengdu Shang Jin Nan Fu Hospital (testing cohort 1) and Sichuan Provincial People’s Hospital (testing cohort 2) between January 1, 2013, and March 1, 2015.

Results

For the training cohort, we enrolled 1301 TBI patients from January 1, 2011, to December 31, 2017. The prevalence of PTE was 12.8% (166/1301, 95% CI 10.9%-14.6%). Of the TBI patients registered in testing cohort 1, PTE prevalence was 10.5% (44/421, 95% CI 7.5%-13.4%). Of the TBI patients registered in testing cohort 2, PTE prevalence was 6.1% (25/413, 95% CI 3.7%-8.4%). The results of the ANN model show that, the area under the receiver operating characteristic curve in the training cohort was 0.907 (95% CI 0.889-0.924), testing cohort 1 was 0.867 (95% CI 0.842-0.893), and testing cohort 2 was 0.859 (95% CI 0.826-0.890). Second, the average accuracy of the training cohort was 0.557 (95% CI 0.510-0.620), with 0.470 (95% CI 0.414-0.526) in testing cohort 1 and 0.344 (95% CI 0.287-0.401) in testing cohort 2. In addition, sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive values and negative predictors in the training cohort (testing cohort 1 and testing cohort 2) were 0.80 (0.83 and 0.80), 0.86 (0.80 and 0.84), 91% (85% and 78%), and 86% (80% and 83%), respectively. When calibrating this ANN model, Brier scored 0.121 in testing cohort 1 and 0.127 in testing cohort 2. Compared with the nomogram model, the ANN prediction model had a higher accuracy (P=.01).

Conclusions

This study shows that the ANN model can predict the risk of PTE and is superior to the risk estimated based on traditional statistical methods. However, the calibration of the model is a bit poor, and we need to calibrate it on a large sample size set and further improve the model.
Perspectives on Fruit and Vegetable Consumption and Government Dietary Guidelines: Content Analysis of Comments on News Websites (Preprint)
Authors: Hornsby B , Ensaff H
Published: August 2021

BACKGROUND

News websites are an essential source of medical news for the public. Many websites offer users the opportunity to leave comments, which may provide rich insights into public perspectives on health issues. With an established role in public health, fruit and vegetable (FV) consumption is central to the government’s dietary guidelines. However, FV intake continues to fall short of government recommendations.

OBJECTIVE

Using comments from news websites, this study aims to explore public perspectives on FV intake and related government dietary guidelines.

METHODS

Data comprised 2696 web user comments generated in response to substantial media coverage for a meta-analysis examining FV consumption and the risk of all-cause mortality, cardiovascular disease, and total cancer. Using an inductive thematic approach, the data were analyzed and coded in an iterative process.

RESULTS

Four overarching themes emerged: personal factors, rejection, lack of knowledge, and food landscape, each with component subthemes. The lack of clarity around government dietary health guidelines was apparent, and this, along with emergent personal factors, may hinder better consumption. Rejection was also evident, as was a quality versus quantity of life debate.

CONCLUSIONS

There are gaps in the public’s understanding of government guidelines, which may act as a constraint to better compliance. Further work should examine this issue and rejection and the possibility of public fatigue related to dietary health information and news. Similarly, future work should also explore targeted interventions with a specific emphasis on health literacy.
Next-Generation Digital Biomarkers for Tuberculosis and Antibiotic Stewardship: Perspective on Novel Molecular Digital Biomarkers in Sweat, Saliva, and Exhaled Breath (Preprint)
Authors: Brasier Noe , Osthoff Michael , De Ieso Fiorangelo , Eckstein Jens
Published: August 2021

UNSTRUCTURED

The internet of health care things enables a remote connection between health care professionals and patients wearing smart biosensors. Wearable smart devices are potentially affordable, sensitive, specific, user-friendly, rapid, robust, lab-independent, and deliverable to the end user for point-of-care testing. The datasets derived from these devices are known as digital biomarkers. They represent a novel patient-centered approach to collecting longitudinal, context-derived health insights. Adding automated, analytical smartphone applications will enable their use in high-, middle-, and low-income countries. So far, digital biomarkers have been focused primarily on accelerometer data and heart rate due to well-established sensors originating from the consumer market. Novel emerging smart biosensors will detect biomarkers (or compounds) independent of a lab and noninvasively in sweat, saliva, and exhaled breath. These molecular digital biomarkers are a promising novel approach to reduce the burden from 2 major infectious diseases with urgent unmet needs: tuberculosis and infections with multidrug resistant pathogens. Active tuberculosis (aTbc) is one of the deadliest diseases from an infectious agent. However, a simple and reliable test for its detection is still missing. Furthermore, inappropriate antimicrobial use leads to the development of antimicrobial resistance, which is associated with high mortality and health care costs. From this perspective, we discuss the innovative approach of a noninvasive and lab-independent collection of novel biomarkers to detect aTbc, which at the same time may additionally serve as a scalable therapeutic drug monitoring approach for antibiotics. These molecular digital biomarkers are next-generation digital biomarkers and have the potential to shape the future of infectious diseases.
Analysis of Hospital Quality Measures and Web-Based Chargemasters, 2019: Cross-sectional Study (Preprint)
Authors: Patel Kunal N , Mazurenko Olena , Ford Eric
Published: August 2021

BACKGROUND

The federal health care price transparency regulation from 2019 is aimed at bending the health care cost curve by increasing the availability of hospital pricing information for the public.

OBJECTIVE

This study aims to examine the associations between publicly reported diagnosis-related group chargemaster prices on the internet and quality measures, process indicators, and patient-reported experience measures.

METHODS

In this cross-sectional study, we collected and analyzed a random 5.02% (212/4221) stratified sample of US hospital prices in 2019 using descriptive statistics and multivariate analysis.

RESULTS

We found extreme price variation in shoppable services and significantly greater price variation for medical versus surgical services (P=.006). In addition, we found that quality indicators were positively associated with standard charges, such as mortality (β=.929; P<.001) and readmissions (β=.514; P<.001). Other quality indicators, such as the effectiveness of care (β=−.919; P<.001), efficient use of medical imaging (β=−.458; P=.001), and patient recommendation scores (β=−.414; P<.001), were negatively associated with standard charges.

CONCLUSIONS

We found that hospital chargemasters display wide variations in prices for medical services and procedures and match variations in quality measures. Further work is required to investigate 100% of US hospital prices posted publicly on the internet and their relationship with quality measures.
Variation of Daily Care Demand in Swiss General Hospitals: Longitudinal Study on Capacity Utilization, Patient Turnover and Clinical Complexity Levels (Preprint)
Authors: Sharma Narayan , Schwendimann René , Endrich Olga , Ausserhofer Dietmar , Simon Michael
Published: August 2021

BACKGROUND

Variations in hospitals’ care demand relies not only on the patient volume but also on the disease severity. Understanding both daily severity and patient volume in hospitals could help to identify hospital pressure zones to improve hospital-capacity planning and policy-making.

OBJECTIVE

This longitudinal study explored daily care demand dynamics in Swiss general hospitals for 3 measures: (1) capacity utilization, (2) patient turnover, and (3) patient clinical complexity level.

METHODS

A retrospective population-based analysis was conducted with 1 year of routine data of 1.2 million inpatients from 102 Swiss general hospitals. Capacity utilization was measured as a percentage of the daily maximum number of inpatients. Patient turnover was measured as a percentage of the daily sum of admissions and discharges per hospital. Patient clinical complexity level was measured as the average daily patient disease severity per hospital from the clinical complexity algorithm.

RESULTS

There was a pronounced variability of care demand in Swiss general hospitals. Among hospitals, the average daily capacity utilization ranged from 57.8% (95% CI 57.3-58.4) to 87.7% (95% CI 87.3-88.0), patient turnover ranged from 22.5% (95% CI 22.1-22.8) to 34.5% (95% CI 34.3-34.7), and the mean patient clinical complexity level ranged from 1.26 (95% CI 1.25-1.27) to 2.06 (95% CI 2.05-2.07). Moreover, both within and between hospitals, all 3 measures varied distinctly between days of the year, between days of the week, between weekdays and weekends, and between seasons.

CONCLUSIONS

While admissions and discharges drive capacity utilization and patient turnover variation, disease severity of each patient drives patient clinical complexity level. Monitoring—and, if possible, anticipating—daily care demand fluctuations is key to managing hospital pressure zones. This study provides a pathway for identifying patients’ daily exposure to strained hospital systems for a time-varying causal model.
Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting Education for Midwives and Nurses as Informed by Women’s Experiences: Protocol for an Exploratory Sequential Mixed Methods Study (Preprint)
Authors: Diaz Monica Pilar , Steen Mary , Brown Angela , Fleet Julie-Anne , Williams Jan
Published: August 2021

BACKGROUND

Female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C) is a complex and deeply rooted sociocultural custom that is innately entrenched in the lives of those who continue its practice despite the physical and psychological dangers it perpetrates. FGM/C is considered a significant independent risk factor for adverse maternal and fetal outcomes in pregnancy and childbirth. Several studies in high-income countries have explored the experiences and needs of women with FGM/C as well as the knowledge of the health professionals, particularly midwives and nurses, who care for them. However, to date, no studies have evaluated the implementation of education for health professionals in high-income countries to meet the specific needs of women with FGM/C.

OBJECTIVE

This study aims to explore the impact of an FGM/C education program for midwives and nurses as informed by the experiences of women with FGM/C accessing maternity, gynecological, and sexual health services in South Australia.

METHODS

This study will adopt a three-phase, exploratory sequential mixed methods design. Phase 1 will involve the exploration of women with FGM/C views and experiences accessing maternity and gynecological (including sexual health) services in South Australia. The findings from phase 1 will inform phase 2: the development of an educational program for midwives and nurses on the health and cultural needs of women with FGM/C. Phase 3 will involve the evaluation of the program by measuring midwives’ and nurses’ changes in knowledge, attitude, and practice immediately before and after the education as well as 4 months after completing the program. Phase 1 of this study has been approved by the Women’s and Children’s Health Network human research ethics committee (ID number 2021/HRE00156) and the University of South Australia human research ethics committee (ID number 204096).

RESULTS

Phase 1 will commence in August 2021, with the interpretation of findings being undertaken by November 2021. Phase 2 will be developed and facilitated by February 2022, and the final phase of this study will begin in March 2022. This study is expected to be completed by February 2023.

CONCLUSIONS

The findings of this research will provide insight into the development and evaluation of education programs for midwives and nurses that includes collaboration with women from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds to address the specific cultural and health needs of communities.

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Spreadsheets as a tool for statistical calculations: suggestions for a sounder approach (Preprint)
Authors: Lundqvist Robert
Published: August 2021

UNSTRUCTURED

In many workplaces, tables, bar charts and run charts abound. The tools used are mostly common spreadsheet systems such as Microsoft Excel.
These systems are used for different kinds of tasks. They are flexible and powerful, but there are also drawbacks. Many of these lie on a general level and result mostly in waste of time and resources, but other issues can definitely result in severe errors.

There are still valid reasons to use spreadsheets for statistical purposes: licenses are available at low costs and some statistical functions are present. Despite their shortcomings, spreadsheets will not be replaced in any foreseeable future. They are used both for administrative and "analytical" purposes. In research, spreadsheets are also commonly used to share data.

The goal is to point at some simple routines in common spreadsheets which still are not that commonly known, specifically those called pivot tables in Microsoft Excel.
Better spreadsheet skills and knowledge of how to set up pivot tables could make it possible for both experienced analysts and staff with less statistical training to make everyday basic calculations with little effort and without specialized software.

Moreover, since these routines require data to be set up in way in line with how data must be organized in statistical software, future use of such systems software is simplified. Furthermore, the necessary training can be achieved with limited resources. So _everyone_ should have pivot tables as part of their everyday skills.
Register in Samuel Beckett’s Writings in English and French:
Authors: Nakhaei Bentolhoda
Published: August 2021

Abstract
Samuel Beckett, the Irish author and playwright was born in 1906 in County Dublin, Ireland and died in 1989, in Paris, France. From 1929 to 1989, Beckett wrote letters through which his life is depicted. His letters were published in the form of four volumes entitled as follows: volume I: 1929-1940 (published in 2009), volume II: 1941-1956 (published in 2011), volume III: 1957-1965 (published in 2014), and lastly, volume IV: 1966-1989 (published in 2016). These letters were later translated in French by the publishing house of Gallimard between 2014 and 2018. Within a morpho-semantic framework of analysis, one may wonder to what extent there exists stylistic affinities between his letters and his famous tragicomedy entitled Waiting for Godot (published in 1952). In other terms, are there constant, and/or shared stylistic units? To what extent has the register been changed from his letters to his play? How may the vocabulary, punctuation, and grammar differ from the English version of Waiting for Godot to the French version? Do these stylistic changes from English to French affect the notions of 20th-century man in the society in France?
By drawing on certain theories of theoreticians in linguistics and translation studies such as Brian T. Fitch, Anthony Uhlmann, and Saeid Rahipour, this research seeks to present a linguistic and translation analysis of Beckett’s register in his four volumes of letters and English, and French versions of his play Waiting for Godot. Hence, this study aims to investigate the extent to which the Irish writer’s register has been differentiated in the corpus under study by the passage of time to suit the stylistic norms of 20th century in France and England.
Crónicas económicas: finanzas y desarrollo al pormenor
Authors:   Instituto de Investigaciones Económicas, Meireles Monika
Published: August 2021

Crónicas económicas: finanzas y desarrollo al pormenor es un libro que recupera la crónica como medio de difusión de la economía, narrando conceptos de la teoría sin vulgarizar el argumento científico, combinando la vida cotidiana con la coyuntura política, económica y social desde una perspectiva de mayor alcance. Su contenido, se ancla en repensar el desarrollo latinoamericano desde una perspectiva regional para estudiar el comportamiento económico y social del sector bancario y el crédito en su función como fuente de financiamiento para la inversión del desarrollo en economías periféricas y dependientes en un contexto de finanzas desreguladas y financiarizadas. La obra establece un diálogo con un público más amplio ofreciendo, a la vez, una discusión profunda y rigurosa sin utilizar un vocabulario hermético. En esas crónicas económicas se innova en el trato de la divulgación científica sin perder rigurosidad. Sin duda es una novedad en los temas de las finanzas y del desarrollo económico.
Offline Handwritten Character Recognition using Convolutional Neural Network
Authors: Devi N.
Published: August 2021

Abstract: This paper focuses on the task of recognizing handwritten Hindi characters using a Convolutional Neural Network (CNN) based. The recognized characters can then be stored digitally in the computer or used for other purposes. The dataset used is obtained from the UC Irvine Machine Learning Repository which contains 92,000 images divided into training (80%) and test set (20%). It contains different forms of handwritten Devanagari characters written by different individuals which can be used to train and test handwritten text recognizers. It contains four CNN layers followed by three fully connected layers for recognition. Grayscale handwritten character images are used as input. Filters are applied on the images to extract different features at each layer. This is done by the Convolution operation. The two other main operations involved are Pooling and Flattening. The output of the CNN layers is fed to the fully connected layers. Finally, the chance or probability score of each character is determined and the character with the highest probability score is shown as the output. A recognition accuracy of 98.94% is obtained. Similar models exist for the purpose, but the proposed model achieved a better performance and accuracy than some of the earlier models. Keywords: Devanagari characters, Convolutional Neural Networks, Image Processing
ANALISIS BIAYA BAURAN PROMOSI TERHADAP PENDAPATAN KAMAR DI GRAND MIRAGE RESORT & THALASSO BALI
Authors: Trisna  , Wijayanthi Ida Ayu Trisna , Kusuma Ida Bagus Amerta
Published: August 2021

Promotion is a strategy used to introduce products or services that are owned in order to increase room revenue in hotels. Grand Mirage Resort & Thalasso Bali carries out promotional activities by means of advertising, personal selling and sales promotion. However, in reality the cost of the promotional mix and room income do not go hand in hand, so the main point of this research is how the effect of the promotional mix costs on room income at Grand Mirage Resort & Thalasso Bali and the purpose of this study is to find out how the effect of the promotional mix costs in the form of advertising costs, personal costs selling and sales promotion costs to room revenue at Grand Mirage Resort & Thalasso Bali. The data analysis technique used in this research uses descriptive quantitative analysis techniques through classical assumption analysis methods, multiple regression analysis, t test, f test and the coefficient of determination. The results of the t test indicate that partially the advertising cost variable has a significant effect on room income. Based on the F test, advertising costs, personal selling costs, and sales promotion costs simultaneously have a significant effect on room revenue. Based on the results of the analysis, the variable advertising costs, personal selling costs, and sales promotion costs, the advertising cost variable that has the most dominant influence on room income at Grand Mirage Resort & Thalasso Bali.
Revisionismo histórico en arquitectura, en el intersticio de los siglos XX y XXI: reivindicar, rescatar o negar una memoria
Authors:   Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Bogotá, Colombia, García-Ramirez Wiliam
Published: August 2021

Historical revisionism, a phenomenon typical of social and political sciences, has been consolidated at the start of the 21st century as one of the paradigmatic strategies in architecture, with the purpose of rewriting -or erasing- historical memories of the city. In this context, the objective of the research presented here was to investigate the relationship between different convergent social and political situations on the issue of memory and the demolition/construction of architectures, as a strategy to question events from the past and the official narratives. As this is a historiographic research, the methodology used a cross analysis between the discourses on which several socio-political issues around memory, that occurred in different countries, have been based, and the architectural projects built or demolished because of these issues. The conclusions, insofar as a research contribution, allowed detecting three lines of historical revisionism in architecture, starting from its use -and abuse- regarding the historiography of the facts: vindication, rescue, and denial of memory.
La nueva emigración española en Alemania y Reino Unido: identidades migratorias en cuestión
Authors: Vázquez Silva Iria , Capote Lama Alberto , López de Lera Diego
Published: August 2021

Reino Unido y Alemania son dos destinos de la reciente emigración española que empezó a crecer a partir del 2008. Los enfoques para abordarla, tanto desde la investigación como desde el plano político y mediático, son diversos y no exentos de controversias: emigración, exilio, jóvenes emprendedores, etc. El objetivo de este artículo es conocer cómo los propios protagonistas conciben su proyecto migratorio, dentro de una diversidad de perfiles y trayectorias heterogéneas que los han llevado a partir hacia Europa. Este estudio cualitativo llevado a cabo en Reino Unido y Alemania proporciona una imagen más nítida de la percepción de sus proyectos y la influencia de la situación socioeconómica en España en su toma de decisión migratoria. Los resultados revelan tres tipos de percepciones sobre la identidad migratoria, donde un mayor activismo o sensibilidad político-social juega un papel relevante, también en su comparativa histórica con respecto a la ola migratoria de 1960.
Poisson Quantum Information
Authors: Tsang Mankei
Published: August 2021

By taking a Poisson limit for a sequence of rare quantum objects, I derive simple formulas for the Uhlmann fidelity, the quantum Chernoff quantity, the relative entropy, and the Helstrom information. I also present analogous formulas in classical information theory for a Poisson model. An operator called the intensity operator emerges as the central quantity in the formalism to describe Poisson states. It behaves like a density operator but is unnormalized. The formulas in terms of the intensity operators not only resemble the general formulas in terms of the density operators, but also coincide with some existing definitions of divergences between unnormalized positive-semidefinite matrices. Furthermore, I show that the effects of certain channels on Poisson states can be described by simple maps for the intensity operators.
Marmara Denizi'nde Solea solea' nın (Linnaeus, 1758) Yaş, Büyüme ve Üreme Özellikleri
Authors: Arslan İhsanoğlu Mukadder , Daban İsmail Burak , İşmen Ali , Yığın Cahide Çiğdem
Published: August 2021

Bu çalışmada Dil Balığı, Solea solea türünün Marmara Denizi’ndeki boy-ağırlık ilişkisi, yaş, büyüme ve ölüm parametreleri ve üreme biyolojisi ele alınmıştır. Örneklemeler 34 istasyondan Mart 2017 ile Aralık 2018 arasında dip trolü ile gerçekleştirilmiştir. Boy-ağırlık ilişkisi W=0,0082×TL3.01 olarak hesaplanmıştır. Bireyler 1 ile 5 yaş aralığında dağılım göstermiştir. Von Bertalanffy büyüme parametreleri L∞=34,.56 cm, K=0,48 y-1, and t0=-0,01 y şeklinde hesaplanmıştır. İlk eşeysel olgunluk boyu 21.9 cm TL tespit edilmiştir. Eylül’den Nisan’a kadar geniş bir üreme periyodu tespit edilmiştir. Doğal ölüm oranı (M), toplam ölüm oranı (Z), balıkçılık ölümü (F) ve sömürülme oranı sırasıyla 0,79, 2,4, 1,61 ve 0,67 olarak belirlenmiştir. Biyolojik referans noktaları sırasıyla Fopt=0,395; Flim=0.53 ve Eopt=0,333 olarak hesaplanmıştır. En yüksek ürünün elde edilebileceği en uygun boy (Lopt) 22,3 cm TL bulunmuştur. Sonuçlar Dil Balığı’nın Marmara Denizi’nde aşırı avcılık etkisinde olduğunu göstermektedir.
Cerebral arterial gas embolism in a patient with hypoplastic left heart syndrome treated with emergent hyperbaric oxygen: case report
Authors:   Emergency Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania U.S., Binkly Mark , Kelly Matthew ,   Emergency Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania U.S., Hardy Kevin ,   Emergency Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania U.S.
Published: August 2021

A 30-year-old female with a history of seizure disorder and hypoplastic left heart syndrome treated with a Norwood procedure in 1986 followed by a modified non-fenestrated Fontan (Left SVC to IVC to pulmonary arteries) with a known baffle leak presented to the emergency department. On day of presentation, the patient became unresponsive, with perioral cyanosis, rightward gaze and a left facial droop near the end of a platelet transfusion. An emergent non-contrast head CT revealed intracranial air in the right MCA distribution. She was taken to the hyperbaric chamber and was treated with a U.S. Navy Table 6 in a multiplace chamber with no extensions. Ten minutes into the treatment patient became more alert and spontaneously asked questions. The following day she was treated with a U.S. Navy Table 5. Patient had repeat CT of the head, which showed resolution of intracerebral gas and small areas of ischemia in right frontal lobe and right caudate. On hospital day five neurologic exam was normal, with 5/5 strength and no residual deficits. Treating the patient was a concern because patient has a single ventricle, in which the pulmonary artery is connected directly to the vena cava. There is very little data regarding the effects of hyperbaric oxygen (HBO2) therapy on single-ventricle physiology. Only two case reports of three pediatric patients treated with HBO2 for CAGE in a similar setting are known. In these cases the patients had improvements in their symptoms following HBO2. These cases and ours indicate HBO2 is feasible and indicated for CAGE in patients with cyanotic congenital heart disease.
Sodality in Peri-Urban Community Empowerment: Perspective of Development Communication and Extension Science
Authors: Sumardjo Sumardjo , Firmansyah Adi , Dharmawan Leonard
Published: August 2021

Tjondronegoro's concept of sodality is gaining momentum to be applied in a broader context. Sodality is relevant to participatory approaches in community development, extension/empowerment, and development communication. This study aims to answer how the role of sodality is in the empowerment of peri-urban communities from communication and extension development sciences. This research method uses a participatory action study by placing the researcher to live with the community. Sodality can be interpreted as the life force of a unique community unit. However, without any family relationship, they are bound by a synergy of interest relations without eliminating the primary relationship. In the context of empowerment, the bonds in sodality are colored more with interest in achieving life necessities among community members. Thus, in peri-urban communities, sodality is closer to the meaning of social capital, which effectively strengthens the community's efforts to live a life together, both with internal and external parties. The Tjondronegoro version of the concept of sodality in the current era is not only for the smallest community unit in the community territory, but it can be strengthened by the meaning of a synergy of interests in meeting the needs of a community.
scFlow: A Scalable and Reproducible Analysis Pipeline for Single-Cell RNA Sequencing Data
Authors: Khozoie Combiz , Fancy Nurun , Marjaneh Mahdi M. , Murphy Alan E. , Matthews Paul M. , Skene Nathan
Published: August 2021

Advances in single-cell RNA-sequencing technology over the last decade
have enabled exponential increases in throughput:   datasets with over
a million cells are becoming commonplace.   The burgeoning scale of data
generation, combined with the proliferation of alternative analysis
methods,  led us to develop the scFlow toolkit and the nf-core/scflow
pipeline for reproducible, efficient, and scalable analyses of
single-cell and single-nuclei RNA-sequencing data.  The scFlow toolkit
provides a higher level of abstraction on top of popular single-cell
packages within an R ecosystem, while the nf-core/scflow Nextflow
pipeline is built within the nf-core framework to enable compute
infrastructure-independent deployment across all institutions and
research facilities.  Here we present our flexible pipeline, which
leverages the advantages of containerization and the potential of Cloud
computing for easy orchestration and scaling of the analysis of large
case/control datasets by even non-expert users.  We demonstrate the
functionality of the analysis pipeline from sparse-matrix quality
control through to insight discovery with examples of analysis of four
recently published public datasets and describe the extensibility of
scFlow as a modular, open-source tool for single-cell and single nuclei
bioinformatic analyses.
Domestic violence: Evidence-based policies before and during the pandemic in Greece
Authors: Artinopoulou Vasiliki
Published: August 2021

Domestic violence and gender-based violence has been studied and recognised
for many years in Greece. Adequate legislation on the criminalization of
domestic violence has been implemented since 2006 (Law 3500/2006 on the
Confrontation of Domestic Violence). A network of support services has also
operated across the country for many years, staffed with professionals
trained in the gender-sensitive perspective. However, Greece still faces the
impact of the economic crisis that started in 2010 and the critical aspects
of the crisis from the reduction of the public budget imposed by the European
institutions in the lives of the individuals, the victims and the providers
of the social services have not been fully assessed yet. The COVID-19
pandemic created problems in the victims? access to social services and not
only. The shadow pandemic describes the alarm on the increase of domestic
violence during the pandemic and the isolation of the victims from the
providers of social and psychological support. Addressing both the issue of
domestic violence through a victim-centered approach before and during the
pandemic in Greece and the need for the implementation of evidence-based
policies are the general aims of the paper. To this, we present few findings
from an original victimological online research on domestic violence during
the first lockdown in the country (March to May 2020) and we justify the need
for the implementation of evidence-based policies in the criminal justice
system in Greece.
The Moderating Effect of Achievement Motive on Performance Feedback in Choices of Challenging Tasks
Authors: Slapničar Sergeja , Oblak Karla , Ličen Mina
Published: August 2021

Successful employee engagement in cognitively challenging tasks is a driving force of performance in modern organizations. Research has shown that performance feedback can be a powerful management control tool to stimulate engagement in such tasks; however, little is known about how individuals with different achievement motives respond to it. This paper examines the main and interactive effects of achievement motive and performance feedback on engagement in tasks that become progressively more challenging. We designed a within-subject experiment deploying an increasingly difficult cognitive task. We find that feedback is a key determinant of engagement in challenging tasks, as the main effect and in the interaction with achievement motive. Failure feedback discourages individuals with low achievement motive more than those with high achievement motive. Success feedback strongly encourages individuals to engage in a challenging task and levels out differences in achievement motive.

Data Availability: Data are available upon request from the corresponding author.

JEL Classifications: D8; D86; M50.
Effectiveness of a Modified Measurement of the Peripherally Inserted Central Catheter in Newborns: A Randomized Study
Authors: Tomazoni Andreia , Kuerten Rocha Patrícia , de Souza Sabrina , Pina Juliana Coelho , Dalcin Camila Biazus
Published: August 2021

Highlights

Introduction: The measurement recommended in literature for a peripherally inserted central catheter presents considerable rates of poor positioning in the neonatal population.

Objective: To evaluate the effectiveness of the modified measurement method for a peripherally inserted central catheter in newborns, with respect to the positioning of the catheter tip.

Method: A randomized clinical trial, conducted in a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit in south Brazil. The sample comprised the number of catheter insertion procedures in newborns, being randomized in the control group by applying the traditional measure and in the experimental group by applying a modified measure. The sample included 155 procedures, with 88 procedures included in data analysis. The data collection period was from September 2018 to September 2019.

Results: The group-related variable was considered a risk factor for tip location. The control group was 28.87 times more likely to have the tip’s initial location peripheral than the experimental group, and 44.80 times more likely that the location would be intracardiac than in the experimental group.

Conclusions: The modified measurement method proved to be more effective for the central location of the tip. The need for new assessments of this method in future research studies is highlighted.
Longevity of Crown Margin Repairs Using Glass Ionomer Cement: A Retrospective Study
Authors: Watson JI , Patel JS , Ramya MB , Capin O , Diefenderfer KE , Thyvalikakath TP , Cook NB
Published: August 2021

Objective:

The objective of this study was to determine the survival time of crown margin repairs (CMRs) with glass ionomer and resin-modified glass ionomer cements on permanent teeth using electronic dental record (EDR) data.

Methods:

We queried a database of EDR (axiUm; Exan Group, Coquitlam, BC, Canada) in the Indiana University School of Dentistry (IUSD), Indianapolis, IN, USA, for records of patients who underwent CMRs of permanent teeth at the Graduate Operative Dentistry Clinic. Two examiners developed guidelines for reviewing the records and manually reviewed the clinical notes of patient records to confirm for CMRs. Only records that were confirmed with the presence of CMRs were retained in the final dataset for survival analysis. Survival time was calculated by Kaplan-Meier statistics, and a Cox proportional hazards model was performed to assess the influence of age, gender, and tooth type on survival time (a<0.05).

Results:

A total of 214 teeth (115 patients) with CMR were evaluated. Patient average age was 69.4 ± 11.7 years old. Posterior teeth accounted for 78.5% (n=168) of teeth treated. CMRs using glass ionomer cements had a 5-year survival rate of 62.9% and an annual failure rate (AFR) of 8.9%. Cox proportional-hazards model revealed that none of the factors examined (age, gender, tooth type) affected time to failure.

Conclusion:

The results indicate the potential of CMRs for extending the functional life of crowns with defective margins, thus reducing provider and patient burden of replacing an indirect restoration. We recommend future studies with a larger population who received CMR to extend the generalizability of our findings and to determine the influence of factors such as caries risk and severity of defects on survival time.
Aplicación del programa “Galicia de reeducación de agresores de género” en el Estado de México
Authors: González Jaimes Elvira Ivone
Published: August 2021

El presente trabajo tiene como objetivo dar cuenta del impacto que tuvo el programa “Galicia de reeducación de agresores de género” en 65 participantes del género masculino tipificados como agresores primarios de violencia de género y atendidos en los Centros de Atención y Retención ubicados en los municipios de Atizapán, Ecatepec y Tlalnepantla del Estado de México. Se trata de un procedimiento psicológico enfocado en disminuir la agresión ante el género femenino y con ello contribuir a reducir la tasa de feminicidios. La intervención consistió en realizar una investigación documental de los casos para poder proceder a la aplicación del tratamiento adecuado (flexible y adaptable). La duración fue de entre seis a ocho meses, de acuerdo con las sanciones legales que estipulaban los casos. En los resultados se observó una disminución de la conducta agresiva en los participantes mediante la mejora de habilidades de solución de problemas cotidianos, de comunicación con el género femenino y la reducción de conductas violentas en contra el género femenino.