bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Efectividad de un protocolo de cuidados para prevenir úlceras por presión en un hospital pediátrico
Authors: Sarduy Lugo Mirelys , Collado Cabañín Lidia Esther , Sarduy Lugo Anabel
Published: November 2018

Objetiv Evaluar la efectividad de un protocolo de cuidados en la prevención y el manejo de las ulceras por presión. Metodología Se realizó una investigación descriptiva, longitudinal, prospectiva en la Unidad de Cuidados Intensivos del Hospital Pediátrico Universitario José Luis Miranda de Villa Clara en el periodo de enero 2014 a 2015. El Universo de estudio fue heterogéneo: 945 pacientes pediátricos, 47 profesionales y 1572 familiares. Los instrumentos aplicados fueron: una guía de observación y entrevistas a profesionales y familiares. Para medir el riesgo de úlceras por presión en los pacientes se utilizó la escala Sarduy. Resultados Las acciones evaluadas en la guía de observación, según el protocolo de cuidados, se ejecutaron en más de un 93,0% y todos los profesionales y familiares encuestados catalogaron como excelente y muy buena su implementación. Sólo se observó la aparición de nuevas lesiones en 2 pacientes que se habían declarado como de riesgo máximo para padecer úlceras por presión y cuya aplicación del protocolo de cuidados fue parcialmente correcta. Conclusiones Se evaluó la implementación del protocolo de cuidados como efectivo ya que después de su aplicación n lesiones en el 98,6% de los pacientes estudiados.
Proceso caritas en una narrativa de enfermería
Authors: Guerrero Castañeda Raúl Fernando
Published: November 2018

La narrativa de enfermería es plasmar por escrito la experiencia vivida por enfermería, en una relación significativa y profesional, con una persona sujeto de cuidado, en un momento de cuidado, constituyéndose así en un refiexionar sobre lo que las enfermeras realizan en el acto de cuidado, entendido como la práctica suprema del profesional de enfermería. Este concepto de cuidado ha sido identificado en la Teoría del Cuidado humano o Caring sciencie de Jean Watson, la cual sostiene que es necesario el rescate del aspecto humano en el acto de cuidar, mismo que se denomina cuidado transpersonal y que está basado en el Proceso Caritas como un proceso determinado por la conexión más allá del ego; una conexión entre persona que cuida (enfermera) y persona sujeto de cuidado (ser humano que recibe el cuidado). Este artículo lleva a la refiexión mediante la identificación l Proceso Caritas en un momento de cuidado, plasmado en una narrativa de enfermería.
Correction: Ethn Dis. 2010;20:[Suppl 1]:S1-60-S1-64
Authors: Disease Ethnicity &
Published: November 2018

In the article, Inhibition of DNA Methyltransferases and Histone Deacetylases Induces Bone Marrow-derived Multipotent Adult Progenitor Cells to Differentiate into Endothelial Cells, Ethn Dis. 2010;20:[Suppl 1]:S1-60-S1-64, the lead author’s name was spelled incorrectly. The corrected name is Saswati Mahapatra.The corrected citation is: Mahapatra S, Firpo MT, Bacanamwo M. Inhibition of DNA methyltransferases and histone deacetylases induces bone marrow-derived multipotent adult progenitor cells to differentiate into endothelial cells, Ethn Dis. 2010;20(1 Suppl 1):S1–60-S1-64.
EVALUASI ATRIBUT KESEDERHANAAN, KETEPATAN WAKTU DAN STABILITAS PADA SURVEILANS KESEHATAN HAJI
Authors: Noviyanti Riva
Published: November 2018

Every year, the Indonesian pilgrims reached 200 thousand people and the health risks were still high. Hajj health surveillance are conducted to determine the progression of the disease in terms of place and time in pilgrims, and used for prevention efforts. The purpose of this research was to evaluate the attributes of surveilance performed by Dinkes Kota Surabaya in 2015. The research was done in Dinkes Kota Surabaya. This research was descriptive and its implementation using interview techniques using an instrument such as a questionnaire sheet. Respondents were a managing officer of health surveillance program Hajj in Dinkes Kota Surabaya and at Puskesmas. Results from this study is the evaluation of the attributes of surveillance shows that health Hajj surveillance systems in Dinkes Kota Surabaya in 2015 already meet the attributes of flexibility, timeliness, sensitivity, representativeness and acceptability. The evaluation of the attributes of surveillance is not fulfilled on health Hajj surveillance systems in Dinkes Kota Surabaya are attributes of simplicity, data quality and stability, while the positive predictive value can not be calculated. Advice that can be given are making plans a schedule for examining prospective pilgrims, monitoring the reporting and increasing the number of surveillance personnel.Keywords: evaluation, atribute of surveillance, health hajj surveillance
EVALUASI KEGIATAN SURVEILANS EPIDEMIOLOGI DI PELABUHAN DALAM UPAYA PENCEGAHAN WABAH FLU BURUNG (STUDI KASUS DI PELABUHAN MALUNDUNG KKP KELAS II TARAKAN)
Authors: Al ghozali Jamaludin Abduh
Published: November 2018

Avian Influenza cases remains an international concern, including Indonesia after it was first discovered in China and spread to Indonesia and caused 165 deaths up to 2014. Avian Influenza cases was set to Extraordinary Events in Indonesia at that time. One of the agencies that perform basic tasks and functions of epidemiological surveillance to the risk of occurrence of Avian Influenza outbreak is Port Health Office Class II Tarakan. This study aimsto evaluate epidemiological surveillance operations of Avian Influenza outbreak risk at Foreign Ships in Port Health Office Class II Tarakan. This research was conducted descriptively with qualitative approach. Research variable included input (personnel, funds, data, methods, tools), process (data collection, data processing, analysis and interpretation of data) and output (report and dissemination of the report). From the research there were several indicators of sufficiency in conducting surveillance activities that were still less than the standard, such as personnel, tools, transportation, and communication. Surveillance officers are still less qualified, where many officers who are also tasked with other activities and only one officer who has attended the surveillance training. Vehicle also became one the factor that weren’t enough, while the process and output indicators has met the standard. The conclusion of this research is that the process and output of epidemiological surveillance activities in the Port Health Office Class II Tarakan has been going well and according to indicators, although there is a shortage on the input. It is recommended that Port Health Office Class II Tarakan need to recruit surveillance officers and give training to officers who have been there as well as the provision of transportation to anticipate input shortages in surveillance activities.Keywords:evaluation, epidemiological surveillance, avian influenza, port
ANALISIS KUALITAS BAKTERIOLOGIS AIR MINUM ISI ULANG DI KELURAHAN SEMEMI, KECAMATAN BENOWO
Authors: Dewanti Ria Ayu , Sulistyorini Lilis
Published: November 2018

The high demand for drinking water consumption leading to increase public interest to consuming refilled drinking water, because it’s more practice, hygienic and affordable price. But still many Refilled Drinking Water Depots which not yet fulfilled conditions of drinking water quality which have beenspecified. This aims of this researchwas to analyze the bacteriological quality of raw water and refilled drinking water in the refilled drinking water depots and the incidence of diarrhea in Sememi village, Benowo district. This research was an analytical survey by cross-sectional design. Interview conducted on 100 respondents who are use bulkdrinking water using simple random sampling. Interviews were also to handlers in refilled drinking water depot. The observation included condition and the type of disinfectant were used, and taking water sample to laboratory for examination. The independentvariables were bacteriological quality of refilled drinking water, while the incidence of diarrhea most of the dependent variable. Another variable that also studied including duration of use and period storage of refilled drinking water. For the result, all samples of raw water showed growth of E. coli, afterprocessing 2 depots were not eligible. The prevalence of diarrhea in consumens was 16%. It is concluded that 11 of 16 (68.75%) diarrhea patients are consume eligible drinking water refills. Supervision to depots also important to prevent and reduce the incidence diarrhea from drinking water produced.Keywords: Refilled Drinking Water, Drinking Water Depot, diarrhea, E. coli
HUBUNGAN KARAKTERISTIK INDIVIDU DAN PENGAWASAN K3 DENGAN UNSAFE ACTION TENAGA KERJA BONGKAR MUAT
Authors: Suryanto Datuh Inayah Dibyaguna , Widajati Noeroel
Published: November 2018

An unsafe action is a problematic behavior by a worker that deviates from workplace safety protocols or is not in accordance with workplace risk procedures. Accidents (80–85%) are caused by omission labor who demonstrate low compliance to the occupational safety and health in the workplace.The purpose of this research is to analyze the correlations for two sets of parameters related to unsafe loading-unloading labor practices in PT Pelabuhan Indonesia III Cabang Tanjung Perak individual characteristic and occupational safety and health supervision. A quantitive study with a cross sectionalapproach was conducted. In this study, primary data were obtained from questionnaires and observations in the workplace. Secondary data were obtained from the documents available on the PT Pelabuhan Indonesia III Cabang Tanjung Perak. Study respondents consisted of the loading-unloading workers in PT Pelabuhan Indonesia III Cabang Tanjung Perak. Respondents were obtained from simple random sampling technique, and 59 respondents were enrolled. This study analyzed individual characteristics and occupational safety and health supervision. Data were analyzed by using the Pearson’s correlation coefficient pearson with a linear significance of 0.05. Study results indicated that unsafe labor actions by labor occurred in the medium and heavy categories. The Pearson’s correlation coefficient indicated that unsafe actions correlated with age and occupational safety and health supervision, while insignificant variables related to unsafe actions included working time and level of education. Training-associated occupational safety and health also required enhanced knowledge about workplace dangers and unsafe actions at work. Especially to labor loading unloading whose aged 31-40 years old and had elementary school.Keywords: unsafe action, individual characteristic, occupational safety and health supervision
ANALISIS RISIKO KECELAKAAN LALU LINTAS BERDASAR TIPE KEPRIBADIAN DAN PELANGGARAN PADA PENGENDARA SEPEDA MOTOR
Authors: Anwar Defia Rosalina
Published: November 2018

It is reasonable that the traffic accident increased because of the massive motor vehicle accident. WHO recorded that the traffic accident was the third most enormous killer after tuberculosis and coronary heart disease. The majority of motorcyclist is teenager that causes the increase of traffic accident. This research was conducted to acknowledge the relation between the type of personality and the violation of motorcyclist toward the traffic accident occurred to senior high school student. This research was analytical observation using two stage random sampling method. The population of the research was all student in Sampang regency in 2017. It was involving 127 respondents. The variables applied were the type of personality and the violation of motorcyclist (including traffic sign and road markings). The data was analysed by Chi Square and suggested that (α = 0.05) the type of personality (p = 0.537; RR 1.457), and the violation of the motorcyclist (p = 1; RR 0.930) have no significant relation to the traffic accident among senior high school student. The conclusion of this research is there is no relationship between p ersonality type, violation by motorcycle with the incident of traffic accident. It is suggested to  high school students not to drive a motor vehicle if they do not have a driver’s license, in order to minimize the occurrence of  traffic accidents.
Knowledge and the Mystery of Black Boxes: The Construction of a Techno-scientific-culture in The Case of Digital Maritime Safety
Authors: Munaf Dicky Rezady , Piliang Yasraf Amir
Published: November 2018

The growth of knowledge in an institution is highly determined by the cultural system and environment, in which the knowledge is produced, disseminated and appropriated. Knowledge, which is substantially demanded for the continuation of the institution, can only be systematically generated in a good social and cultural environment. Yet, in many cases, there is a kind of “black box” that structurally impedes the production of knowledge, because of incapability of the system in constructing a collective “scientific culture”. This paper analyze the techno-scientific system usage in the Indonesia Maritime Security Coordinating Board (IMSCB) worked from 2006-2014. Here, two related systems are responsible for the production of knowledge in the institution, i.e., “techno-science” and “techno-culture”. Yet, the capacity of certain institutions in generating useful knowledge is highly determined by the capability of “techno-scientific-culture” to open “black boxes”, that is capable to reveal and understand the complexity behind natural or social realities: earthquake, Tsunami, flood, traffic jam, chaos or mass violence. Thus a cultural transformation has to be systematically initiated to integrate techno-science and techno-culture, create self-reflectivity of the scientific world, and build “public awareness” about the function, significance and science benefit and technology for community, society and humankind in general.
The India-Pakistani Military and Nuclear Arms Race in Post-Cold War Period: The Regional Security Complex in South Asia
Authors: Sudirman Arfin
Published: November 2018

The article examines the India-Pakistani nuclear arms race and its effect to the regional security in South Asia today as a Cold War’s legacy. By using regional security complex theory and qualitative method, this article argues that the balance of power and security dilemma principles also work in the region level due to the fact that both countries use nuclear weapons as a deterrence power, a similar pattern that also occurred during the Cold War era. External power such as US, China and Russia are actually aggravating the situation by selling the nuclear material (such as uranium) and technology to both countries regardless the future consequence. However, since multipolar system gives level of threat into more complex and broader sectors of security issues-not to mention the existence of non state actors such as terrorist groups, the regional security in South Asia is essential to prevent further damage to the nearby region. Therefore, the role of international community such as the UN to restore order in the regions is vital.
The Modernization of Poland Defense Forces to Respond Russia Military Presence in Kaliningrad Oblast (2014-2017)
Authors: Perwita Anak Agung Banyu , Rachmawati Widya Dwi
Published: November 2018

The geopolitical security condition of Eastern Europe has undergone a drastic shift from Communist to Democratic ideology. After the collapse of the Soviet Union, Poland immediately joined the Western alliance, which led to the massive structural changes of the country. The shift has had an enormous impact on Russia where it has made various confrontations to regain its influence in the region. Russia continues to increase tensions by increasing the military capabilities of Kaliningrad Oblast, which is directly bordered by Poland. In response, the Polish government made efforts to modernize its military as part of the Defense White Book 2013 to improve its military capabilities in response to Russian military presence in Kaliningrad Oblast. The role of the global players (EU, NATO, and the USA) is key important to the security stability of the region. Poland on its four pillars specifically calls the alliance with the USA and becomes a member of NATO as an important factor in the formulation of its defense policy, in which Poland could increase the capabilities of its Armed Forces.
Bilateral and Multilateral Approach of The United States and China Towards ASEAN
Authors: Jati Irawan
Published: November 2018

The U.S. and China relations in Southeast Asia have been a long contesting history. It is no question that the U.S. and China are playing strategy to stronghold Southeast Asia for their gain. Both states seek greater influence by applying the multilateral and bilateral approach to ASEAN and its member states. In engaging to ASEAN, the U.S. and China joined ASEAN led multilateral forums such as the ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) and ASEAN Plus Three. Traditionally, the U.S. and China already have bilateral diplomatic relations with all ASEAN member states. But it does not necessarily represent their deep commitment to the Southeast Asia region. Furthermore, ASEAN relations with the U.S. and China are overshadowed by the rivalry between the two major powers. The US increasing military tied with the Philippines and Thailand's strategic plan to acquire submarines from China are the recent development of rivalries between the two. Therefore, it is fascinating to examine how the US and China's bilateral and multilateral approaches affecting ASEAN and its member states policies. It is argued that ASEAN should maintain neutral performance in engaging with the U.S. and China. It also suggests that ASEAN member states should keep their 'community' identity to derogate the possible deterioration of the stability in the region. Hubungan antara Amerika Serikat (A.S) dan Tiongkok di kawasan Asia Tenggara memiliki sejarah persaingan yang panjang. A.S dan Tiongkok memainkan strategi untuk menguasai Asia Tenggara demi kepentingan mereka. Kedua negara berusaha untuk mencapai pengaruh yang lebih luas dengan melakukan pendekatan multilateral dan bilateral pada ASEAN dan negara anggotanya. Dalam hubungaannya dengan ASEAN, A.S dan Tiongkok terlibat dalam forum multilateral ASEAN seperti ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF), dan ASEAN Plus Three. Secara tradisional, A.S dan Tiongkok telah memiliki hubungan diplomasi bilateral dengan negara anggota ASEAN. Namun hal tersebut belum menunjukkan komitmen utama mereka di kawasan Asia Tenggara. Lebih jauh lagi, hubungan ASEAN dengan A.S dan Tiongkok dibayangi oleh persaingan antar kedua negara besar tersebut. Peningkatan hubungan militer A.S dengan Filipina dan rencana strategis Thailand untuk membeli kapal selam dari Tiongkok merupakan perkembagan teranyar dari persaingan antar kedua negara tersebut. Oleh karenaya, artikel ini akan menganalisis bagaimana pendekatan multilateral dan bilateral yang dilakukan oleh A.S dan Tiongkok mempengaruhi kebijakan ASEAN dan negara anggotanya. Argumen utama dalam artikel ini adalah ASEAN harus tetap mempertahankan netralitas dalam kebijakannya terhadap A.S dan Tiongkok. Artikel ini juga merekomendasikan agar ASEAN dan negara anggotanya tetap berpegang pada identitas ‘komunitas’ untuk menghindari kemungkinan eprpecahan di kawasan.
Effect of Health Belief Model-Based Educational Intervention About Breast Cancer on Nursing Students' Knowledge, Health Beliefs and Breast Self-Examination Practice
Authors: Mahmoud Manal Hamed , Sayed Samiha Hamdi , Ibrahim Heba Abdel-Fatah , Abd-Elhakam Eman Mohammed
Published: November 2018

Background: Breast cancer is a global health emergency and it is the principal reason of cancer related deaths in Developing Countries owing to the prevailing cultural beliefs and lack of awareness among women. This study aimed to evaluate the effect of health belief model-based education about breast cancer on nursing students' knowledge, health beliefs and breast self-examination practice.Subjects and Methods: A quasi-experimental design was utilized. Setting: The study was conducted at the Faculty of Nursing, Benha University, Benha city. A purposive sample of 104 nursing students were included in the study and divided into a study group (52) and control group (52). Three tools were used for data collection; first tool: self-administrated questionnaire to collect data about the subjects' socio-demographic characteristics, and knowledge regarding breast cancer. Second tool: the health belief model scale. Third tool: an observation checklist to assess the nursing students' practice of breast self-examination.Results: A statistically significant differences were observed between the study and control groups regarding knowledge about breast cancer after educational intervention based on health belief model (t test = 19.53, P=0.000). The mean scores of perceived susceptibility, severity, benefits, cues for action, self-efficacy and total heath belief model were significantly higher in the study group compared to control group (P = 0.000). Moreover a statistically significant difference was observed between both groups regarding breast self-examination practice after educational intervention (t test = 31.266, P= 0.000).Conclusion and recommendation: The health belief model based education is an effective and efficient manner in enhancing girls’ breast self-examination practice and improving their knowledge level and health beliefs about breast cancer. Thus the current study recommends implementing health belief model based educational intervention about breast cancer at different stages of life and settings to reach all targeted women to fight the disease.
A Switching Hybrid Dynamical System: Toward Understanding Complex Interpersonal Behavior
Authors: Yamamoto Yuji , Kijima Akifumi , Okumura Motoki , Yokoyama Keiko , Gohara Kazutoshi
Published: November 2018

Complex human behavior, including interlimb and interpersonal coordination, has been studied from a dynamical system perspective. We review the applications of a dynamical system approach to a sporting activity, which includes continuous, discrete, and switching dynamics. Continuous dynamics identified switching between in- and anti-phase synchronization, controlled by an interpersonal distance of 0.1 m during expert kendo matches, using a relative phase analysis. As discrete dynamics, return map analysis was applied to the time series of movements during kendo matches, and six coordination patterns were classified. Furthermore, state transition probabilities were calculated based on the two states, which clarified the coordination patterns and switching behavior. We introduced switching dynamics with temporal inputs to clarify the simple rules underlying the complex behavior corresponding to switching inputs in a striking action as a non-autonomous system. As a result, we determined that the time evolution of the striking action was characterized as fractal-like movement patterns generated by a simple Cantor set rule with rotation. Finally, we propose a switching hybrid dynamics to understand both court-net sports, as strongly coupled interpersonal competition, and weakly coupled sports, such as martial arts.
Morphological Variability of Submarine Mass Movements in the Tectonically-Controlled Calabro-Tyrrhenian Continental Margin (Southern Italy)
Authors: Casalbore Daniele , Bosman Alessandro , Casas David , Chiocci Francesco Latino , Martorelli Eleonora , Ridente Domenico
Published: November 2018

The acquisition of high resolution morpho-bathymetric data on the Calabro Tyrrhenian continental margin (Southern Italy) enabled us to identify several mass-wasting processes, including shallow gullies, shelf-indenting canyons and landslides. In particular, we focus our attention on submarine landslides occurring from the coast down to -1700 m, with mobilized volumes ranging from some hundreds up to tens of millions of cubic meters. These landslides also show a large variability of geomorphic features in the headwall, translational and toe domain. Based on their morphology and distribution, four main classes of coastal/submarine landslides have been recognized: a) rocky coastal/shallow-water failures characterized by large hummocky deposits offshore; b) large-size and isolated scars with associated landslide deposits, mostly occurring on open slope environment and lower part of tectonically-controlled escarpments; c) a linear array of coalescent and nested landslide scars occurring in the upper part of tectonically-controlled escarpments and canyon flanks; d) a cauliflower array of small and coalescent scars occurring in canyon headwall.  The latter two classes of landslides are also characterized by a marked retrogressive evolution and their landslide deposits are generally not recognizable on the morpho-bathymetric data. By integrating the morpho-bathymetric dataset with the results of previous studies, we also discuss the main factors controlling the variability in size and morphology of these submarine landslides to provide insights on their failure and post-failure behavior.
Sustainability in Material Purchasing: A Multi-Objective Economic Order Quantity Model under a Cap and Trade System
Authors: Battini Daria , Calzavara Martina , Isolan Ilaria , Sgarbossa Fabio , Zangaro Francesco
Published: November 2018

Sustainability in material purchasing is a growing area of research. Goods purchasing decisions strongly affect transportation path flows, vehicle consolidation, inventory levels and related obsolescence costs. Within a global sourcing context, companies experience the need of new decision making approaches capable to consider a large variety of factors, also linked with society and environment. Environmental impact assessment has become a key requirement for materials purchasing and transportation decisions since global warming is a rising concern both in academic and industrial researches. In fact, it is well known that the freight transport industry is responsible for large amounts of carbon emissions contributing to global warming. In this paper, we initially analyse and compare the environmental economic policies established by the International Governments in relation to the carbon trading systems adopted. Then, we develop a multi-objective lot sizing approach useful in practice to define the sustainable quantity to purchase when a Cap and Trade mitigation policy is present. We further analyse the model behaviour according to different carbon price values by demonstrating that carbon prices are still far too low to motivate managers towards sustainable purchasing choices.
Research on Retailer Pricing Based on Extended Regret Theory in E-commerce Environment
Authors: Qiu Ge
Published: November 2018

Based on the Expected Utility Theory and Regret Theory, the Extended Regret Theory (ERT) is proposed in this paper to study the optimal pricing strategy of retailers in e-commerce environment. Taking the diversity of sales channels and the uncertainty of consumers in e-commerce environment into consideration, author of the paper designs an extended regret utility function which comprehensively considers both pessimistic and optimistic attitudes of decision makers in retailing industry to describe their regret-avoidance behavior. According to the sensitivity analysis, it is found that the optimal retail price decreases as the consumer price sensitivity coefficient increases, yet does not show variation with changes of the consumers pessimism degree. Moreover, the optimal retail price(s) obtained under EUT, ERT and combination of EUT and ERT represent the same.
Indicadores de calidad de la atención a neonatos con patologías seleccionadas: estudio piloto
Authors: Saturno-Hernández Pedro Jesús , Poblano-Verástegui Ofelia , Flores-Hernández Sergio , Ángel-García Daniel , O'Shea-Cuevas Gabriel Jaime , Villagrán-Muñoz Víctor Manuel , Halley-Castillo María Elizabeth , Delgado-Sánchez Verónica
Published: November 2018

Objetivo. Desarrollar y pilotar indicadores de calidad de la atención a neonatos con padecimientos relevantes en México (prematuridad, sepsis neonatal, asfixia perinatal e hipoxia intrauterina). Material y métodos. Se cons­truyeron indicadores propios a partir de recomendaciones clave de las guías de práctica clínica nacionales e indicadores encontrados en repositorios internacionales. Previa búsqueda, selección y priorización, los indicadores fueron pilotados en dos hospitales. Se analizó la factibilidad de medición, fiabilidad (índice kappa) y utilidad para detectar problemas de calidad. Resultados. Se seleccionaron y pilotaron 23 indicadores; 12 eran compuestos. Del total, nueve fueron factibles y fiables. La calidad de la información en los hospitales fue diversa y fre­cuentemente deficiente, limitando tanto la factibilidad como la fiabilidad de los indicadores. Los niveles de cumplimiento identificaron oportunidades de mejora. Conclusiones. Se propone un set de nueve indicadores válidos, factibles, fiables y útiles para la monitorización de la calidad en la atención a neonatos patológicos.
Comparison between refractive outcome of primary piggy back intraocular lens versus secondary lens iris claw lens in posterior microphthalmos
Authors: Elhofi Abdelhamid , Helaly Hany Ahmed , Said Amr
Published: November 2018

Purpose: to compare the refractive outcome of 2 different methods of intraocular lens implantation in cases of posterior microphthalmos, primary piggy back IOLs versus secondary iris claw lenses.

Methods: This study was a retrospective interventional comparative study that included 60 eyes of 30 patients. The included patients had bilateral microphthalmos with high axial hyperopia and had undergone a lens based surgical procedure for hyperopia correction. The included patients were equally divided into two groups. The first group had undergone refractive lens exchange (RLE) with primary piggyback IOL implantation. The second group undergone RLE with maximum available IOL power implanted followed by a secondary implantation of Artisan iris-fixated IOL (Ophtec B.V., Groningen, The Netherlands).

Results: The 2 groups were highly comparable to each other regarding the mean age, axial length (AL), manifest refraction (MR), and K readings. Postoperative, there was a statistically significant difference between the 2 groups regarding the manifest refraction spherical equivalent (MRSE), mean absolute error (MAE), and uncorrected distance visual acuity (UDVA). There was no significant difference between the 2 groups regarding the CDVA. At 36 months, 20 % and 73 % of eyes were within + 0.5 D of intended refraction at 36 months in 1ry piggy back and 2ry Artisan groups respectively. Fifty-three % and 93 % of eyes were within + 1.0 D of intended refraction at 36 months in 1ry piggy back and 2ry Artisan groups respectively (p = 0.001).

Conclusion: secondary procedure with implantation of iris-fixated intraocular lens yielded very good results for treatment of axial hyperopia in cases of posterior microphthalmos. The primary piggyback IOL showed less satisfactory results with cases of under correction and the possible complication of inter-lenticular opacification. Both groups showed good safety parameters.
TERESA VILLAVERDE: MAKING OMELETS WITHOUT EGGS
Authors: Rehman Sharaf
Published: November 2018

Nearly 50 percent of the students graduating with degrees in film directing programs are women; nearly half of the film audiences around the globe are women; yet, women direct only 8 percent of the films. Like most other industries, men control by men the film industries. An opportunity to direct a film is hard to come by for men. It’s even harder for women. However, when a woman breaks through the glass ceiling, the results are refreshingly satisfying – bringing new perspectives on the female experience and interpersonal relationships. The purpose of this paper is to bring to focus the work of a Portuguese film director, Teresa Villaverde. She began her film career as an actor in À Flor do Mar /Hovering over the Water (1986) and directed her first feature film, A Idade Maior (1991). Since then, she has directed more than a dozen films. For many of these, she has also doubled as writer, editor, cinematographer, and producer. Not only is she a prolific auteur director, her work has earned recognition at international film festivals. The paper describes her professional career and some of the themes she has tackled in her films, e.g., the homeless, the socially alienated, the abused and silenced and the economically unnecessary. Although working with small budgets, she has established herself among the most significant directors in Europe. Relying on existing interviews and reviews, the paper presents Villaverde as a role model for other young filmmakers pursuing careers in cinema.
PLASTIC SURGERY IN UKRAINE: LEGAL ASPECT
Authors: Tsekhmister Yaroslav , Lysenko Oleksandra
Published: November 2018

The article highlights the problem of plastic surgery legal status in Ukraine, in particular describes the absence of postgraduate study programs for doctor-specialist in plastic surgery qualification award in comparison with the process of plastic surgeons training in the USA. Also describes some steps for separation of plastic surgery as an independent specialty in Ukraine in particular the resolution of the XXIII Congress of Surgeons of Ukraine (Kyiv, Ukraine, 2015) which announced the proposals on the introduction of the specialty “Plastic and Reconstructive Corrective Surgery” in the list of medical specialties, as well as to approve the draft order by the Ministry of Health of Ukraine, “On the improvement of medical aid in plastic surgery to population in Ukraine”, developed by the All-Ukrainian Association of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgeons. As well the research analyzes the potential responsibility for plastic operations performing by a physician whose qualification is not confirmed as “Doctor-Plastic Surgeon” due to the existing legal collision. The necessity of a term “cosmetic interference” official definition is present, in particular, it defines the importance of the legal definition of the term “cosmetic interference” in the context of sick leave certificate design because according to the legislation of Ukraine, disability payments due to “cosmetic interference” are not provided while that the diagnosis in a sick leave certificate can be mentioned only because of the written consent of the person to whom it is issued. Besides the paper presents the examples of court cases and legislation that confirm the necessity to regulate the legal status of plastic surgery in Ukraine.
GENDER GAPS IN VOTER'S BEHAVIOUR IN MODERN UKRAINE: FACTORS AND INFLUENCE
Authors: Dziuba Nataliia
Published: November 2018

The article deals with the important and insufficiently studied problem of specificity of the gender influence on electors’ orientations in modern Ukraine. The studies fixed the presence of gender gaps in the electoral behavior – certain difference in electoral activity (participation in elections) and electoral preferences (decision about whom to give the own voice) among men and women.
Based on the analysis of the situation in the Ukrainian society, there was determined, that the real gender gap in the electoral behavior of women and men is conditioned by the series of factors: historical (1), ideological (2), economic (3), social (4), political (5), cognitive-propagandist (6), stereotype and others (7).Their influence really determines a motivation of making electoral decisions by them. It was established, that just these factors, added by the series of partial ones (regional, type and level of elections, strategies of organizing election campaigns and so on) determine the presence of differences in the electoral behavior of men and women.
Present gender gaps testify not only to the difference in the attitude to elections, they manifest the difference in approaches as to the attitude to the whole totality of social and political problems among men and women. Historical, economic, social, political, ideological factors, separated at the analysis, are more or less manifested in gender stereotypes that function in the society, that describe and legitimize men’s and women’s status in the society, their attitude to different social phenomena that results in the necessity to take them into account obligatorily at organizing elections.
CHARACTERISTICS OF PEDAGOGICAL CONDITIONS OF RESPONSIBLE ATTITUDE TOWARDS STUDENTS’ FUTURE PROFESSION FORMATION IN PEDAGOGICAL UNIVERSITIES
Authors: Zhytnukhina Kateryna
Published: November 2018

The article gives characteristics of pedagogical conditions of responsible attitude towards students’ future profession formation in pedagogical universities based on the analysis of scientific sources and empirical material:
1) purposeful motivation, awareness of the need for the formation of the specified quality as the future teacher’s spiritual value (motivational-value component of a responsible attitude to the future profession formation);
2) improvement of students’ educational and non-auditing activities content in pedagogical universities (cognitive component);
3) organization of student activity on the implementation of responsible organizational and teaching assignments (operational and activity component).
It is substantiated that the second pedagogical condition is realized by deepening the future teachers’ educational professional training disciplines content (classroom educational activity) as educational material of the given direction in order to master professional duty requirements; students’ non-auditing educational activities through the circle “Pedagogical Volunteering” functioning. It is indicated that the third pedagogical condition is realized by the way of: student self-government, aimed at organizing various educational activities for the purpose of multi-role execution of responsible orders by the students, modern methods of using future teachers’ self-education on a reflection basis; application of interactive forms and methods in extra-curriculum educational work; organization of managerial interaction between the practice organizers at different levels and educational institutions in order to monitor the formation of a responsible attitude towards students’ future profession.However, only the harmonization of the general pedagogical conditions will be a prerequisite for the effective formation of a responsible attitude towards the students’ future profession in pedagogical universities.
DETERMINANT OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE PRECIOUS METALS MARKET AND PECULIARITIES OF INVESTMENTS IN PRECIOUS METALS
Authors: Ksenzhuk Oleksandr
Published: November 2018

It is argued that precious metals function as an attractive investment means for hedging in the period of appearing high liquidity risks of other financial assets. There was revealed the rationality of using precious metals not only for protecting from high risks and also for profit making. It was established, that favoring the development of the market of precious metals improves the financial-investment climate of a country. Precious metals function as a valuable asset that improves the credit trust level and prevent crises of efficiency, liquidity and default. There is grounded the influence of globalization on functioning of the world market of precious metals and their investment attractiveness. Factors that influence the development of the precious metals market are determined. The role of price formation in functioning and stability of the precious metals market is determined. There was argued, that the mechanism of price formation – is a multi-factor process; precious metals are indicators of the general state of world economy: gold draws the greatest attention of investment-seeking economic agents; platinum price indicates the state of economic and financial processes to the date; silver and palladium are found to be not elastic and highly dependent of demand created by industrial economic entities; gold is regarded as the financial asset of the highest liquidity level in the structure of gold and currency reserves across countries worldwide, ten countries keep leading positions, most of them demonstrate stable indices. The analysis of the dynamics of prices and modern tendencies at the world precious metals market allows to reveal their functional destinations as a means for determining a cost limit of a good, investment instrument, provident fund of the money system of a state, means of accumulation and creation of treasures, we can conventionally separate direct and intermediate factors that have the most influence on price formation of one or another precious metal.
The association between foreign directors and opportunistic financial reporting
Authors: Suh JungHwa , Lee Ho-Young , Lee Hansol
Published: November 2018

This study examines the effect of foreign directors in the board of directors on the monitoring function by analyzing the association between foreign directors and opportunistic financial reporting. The authors address this question by examining the effect of the foreign directors in the board on firms’ discretionary accruals and book-tax difference. The researchers analyze by using Korean firm data for the years 2001–2014 as Korea is one of the few countries that nepotism is strong within the board, providing the ideal setting to analyze the effect of foreign directors on the monitoring function of the board. The authors find that foreign directors have a positive effect on the monitoring function of the board, as discretionary accruals and book-tax differences of firms with foreign directors are lower than those without foreign directors. Further, the researchers find that the positive effect of foreign directors on the monitoring function is more pronounced if foreign directors are independent directors or expertise in accounting or finance. Overall, the findings support the view that foreign directors in the board increase the board diversity, which increases the independence of the board and so the monitoring function.
Health costs and benefits from a pilot rural sanitation intervention in India
Authors: Weis David , Hutton Guy , Kumar Manish
Published: November 2018

India hosts two-thirds of the global population defecating in the open and faces a worrying trend of districts declared ‘water scarce’. This paper aims to assess the costs and health benefits of sanitation interventions undertaken by the National Rural Drinking Water Security Pilot Project in India between 2012 and 2015. To achieve this goal, a pretest–posttest control group study was undertaken in two study areas located in Karnataka and Uttar Pradesh states. Full software and infrastructure costs were included as well as health endpoints, sourced from primary health centers. In Karnataka, latrine coverage of households increased from 16% to 59% in villages with high level of interventions, and from 7% to 18% in villages with lower levels of intervention. In Uttar Pradesh, coverage increased from 33% to 70% in high intervention villages and from 27% to 39% in the low intervention villages. We found health-related net benefits of USD 13 and USD 10 per person per year and benefit/cost ratios of 2.5 and 5.0 in Karnataka Uttar Pradesh, respectively. Given the positive economic returns on the intervention in culturally heterogeneous sites of southern and northern India, this intervention has potential for bringing significant benefits to the Indian population.
A low-cost, open-source autonomous surface vehicle as a multipurpose waste stabilization pond monitoring platform
Authors: Cuppens A. , Menesse G. , Caligaris E. , Marecos O. , Wyseure G.
Published: November 2018

Although waste stabilization ponds (WSPs) are widely used in developing countries, monitoring data on their operational performance are scarce. Traditional methods for monitoring in-pond conditions, i.e. conducting hand held measurements from a small boat or installing fixed sensor networks, are not straightforward to realize and create an unhealthy working environment for field workers. A promising technology for the safe and efficient collection of monitoring data is a compact autonomous surface vehicle (ASV), capable of autonomous navigation along a predefined trajectory based on geographic coordinates and measurements in different places and depths. In this practical paper, the development process, technical details and functional testing results of a low-cost ASV for WSP monitoring are presented. Commonly available construction materials and electronic components were used to ensure affordability and reparability. The access to online tutorials and peer-support was crucial for assembling the open-source autopilot and data logger. The ASV demonstrated satisfactory performance for both the autonomous navigation as well as the georeferenced data logging of measurements at a real-scale WSP in Paraguay. This study demonstrates how the adoption of open-source hardware and software offers the flexibility for the wastewater professionals to develop customized DIY solutions for specific monitoring applications and working environments.
CIDADANIA E DIREITOS APRISIONADOS DE BRASILEIROS IMIGRANTES ILEGAIS NA SUÍÇA: IMPLICAÇÕES NA SAÚDE E QUALIDADE DE VIDA
Authors: Ramos Natália , Franken Ieda
Published: November 2018

Este artigo apresenta e discute aspetos multidimensionais e interativos do contexto imigratório internacional, relativos à cidadania, direitos humanos, saúde e qualidade de vida, de mulheres brasileiras imigrantes que vivem em situação migratória irregular na cidade de Genebra (Suíça), acompanhadas deseus filhos menores. Trata-se de uma pesquisa multimétodo, desenvolvida à luz da teoria das representações sociais e da clínica e psicossociologia da saúde, utilizando a entrevista enquanto dispositivo enunciativo fundamental, delineando-se uma permanente articulação entre observação, reflexão, diálogo e análise. Os resultados evidenciam que a imigração está relacionada com motivoslaborais/econômicos, com informações de redes sociais e de parentes ou amigos já imigrantes naquela cidade. Embora as participantes considerem como positiva a sua decisão de imigrar, a totalidade delas revelou inúmeras e diferentes dificuldades, designadamente: de adaptação, isolamento, exploração, sofrimento psicológico, choro frequente, irritabilidade e intolerância com os seus filhos, insônias, dores musculares, ansiedades e medos quanto ao seu presente e futuro e o de seus filhos. Com os direitos e cidadania aprisionados pela sua situação de ilegalidade e de seus filhos, hipotecam os seus direitos, vivemsob o anonimato, o medo e a ameaça da deportação. Conclui-se que o estresse, o medo e a ansiedade constantes vivenciados no país dito de acolhimento, comprometem a saúde física e emocional e o bemestar do núcleo familiar. Sugerem-se estudos mais amplos com o intuito de um conhecimento maisaprofundado das famílias imigrantes vivendo em situação irregular.