bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
3D printed phantom to mimic dynamic softening of cervix during pre-labour
Authors: Kim Jung S.
Published: May 2021

It is thought that through the development of more realistic training models for midwives and obstetricians it may be possible to reduce the overuse of labour induction. To this end we demonstrate a method for creating pneumatically-controlled phantom cervixes using thermoplastic elastomer, filled with a granular material. The maximum spring constant of the phantom cervix was measured to be 10.5 N/m at -20 kPa deflated air (vacuum) and the minimum spring constant measured was 5.3 N/m at 20 kPa inflated air. The true stress measured on these elastomeric phantom cervixes indicated a maximum stress of 133 kPa and a minimum stress of 94 kPa at 0.15 strain. Discrimination and threshold tests demonstrated that people can distinguish between the hard and soft states of the phantom. Future work will focus on increasing the softness of these devices.
Accessibility and transportation: a spatial analysis of Go Transit
Authors: Campana Samantha
Published: May 2021

This major research paper presents a spatial analysis of GO Transit’s accessibility coach and explores accessibility and transportation using service design theory. Social implications are also investigated in order to understand the communication of spaces for those with physical disability. There are three guiding questions in this case study, which
are: (1) How is the GO Train passenger carrier car designed for able and disabled riders? (2) What kinds of choices are available to able and disabled riders while using the GO Train’s accessibility coach? (3) What implications do these choices and affordances suggest about the separation of able and disabled riders? To address these questions, an observational study of the accessibility coach was conducted. The data collected yielded qualitative data that was then analyzed using concepts informed by service design theory, accessibility scholarship and social separation concepts. The findings of this study indicate that.
Maud Allan's Salomé : a case study into the psychology of costume, dance and performance
Authors: Kwong Dori
Published: May 2021

Maud Allan (1873-1956) was a trailblazer of modern expressionist dance and costume design who drew from her family’s tradition of shoemaking and her experience in corset making to design and construct a novel costume for her renowned and controversial performance, The Vision of Salomé (1906). She wore this costume more than 250 times to perform on the international stage, becoming one of the most successful dancers of her era from 1906 to 1925. By challenging the customs and conventions of Edwardian London through the use of her revealing costume and performance, she was also pioneering costume design, and yet scholarship to date has largely ignored the costume itself as an important material culture object. By using a material culture approach, and performing an object description and analysis of the two sets of Salomé costumes held at Dance Collection Danse in Toronto, this major research project establishes for the first
time the many important innovations of Allan’s costume design techniques such as illusion mesh, pearl netting, bejeweled breastplates, eyelet hook bra fasteners and other novel details. Furthermore, I argue that scholarly object analysis used alongside theories of enclothed cognition allows us to elucidate the powerful affective link between psychology and dance costumes, further heightening our appreciation of Allan’s dance costume, while also specifying the details of her problematic appropriation of elements of Orientalism and the Femme Fatale in constructing the costume. More than a century after its creation, the aesthetic of Allan’s costume innovations continues to resonate in other dance costumes today.
Simplified method of analysis of adjacent precast “deck free” concrete box beams used in accelerated bridge construction
Authors: Jajjawi Masrra
Published: May 2021

The prefabricated bridge is common method in construction since it provides controlled environmental conditions and long-term durability. These adjacent precast box beams are placed side by side with 15mm gaps, the top flanges connected with longitudinal shear keys poured on-site to assist in truckload distribution. Since the concrete-filled joints provide transverse shear rigidity, the load transferred from one beam to another takes place through transverse shear. A parametric study is conducted to investigate the accuracy of simplified analysis method in CHBDC for shear-connected beams to the adjacent box beams. A 3D finite-element was conducted on a wide range of box beams to obtain their magnification factors for moment and shear when subjected to truck loading. The obtained results were correlated with CHBDC and a more reliable simplified equations for distribution factors was developed. Special attention was given to the limitations of CHBDC simplified method and how it can be revised to include the adjacent box-beam.
Bayesian Crime Investigations: Integrating Actuarial and Expert Models
Authors: Allen Jared C.
Published: May 2021

In response to concerns that some of the most methodologically rigorous predictive studies of criminal offender characteristics may yet be less generalizable and applicable than advertised or assumed, this research first tests how well seven regression analysis models (represented by 28 equations) predict characteristics across three conditions: familiar cases (used to create the regressions), less familiar cases (native to the sample used to create the regressions) and foreign cases (from a similar but novel sample). Here a linear trend shows overfitting of the models to their own sample: a drop-off in prediction accuracy relative to simple mean-based prediction as cases become more foreign (ηp 2 = .646). In response to hopes that subjective input from expert police investigators could be integrated into the models to correct for this overfitting bias, this research also tests an algorithm combining expert ratings with the regression equations. Here moderate and significant improvement in novel-case prediction is observed overall (p = .036, r = .44) and equations for all twelve expert participants are shown to improve prediction to varying degrees. These results suggest that current best methods would perform poorly in the field, but can be improved by expert insight.
Creating content, influencing democracy: situating corporate political communication between marketing and activism
Authors: Hill Stephanie
Published: May 2021

This thesis investigates the commercial backlash to a contentious piece of legislation in North Carolina and considers the implications of commercial incorporation of political content on public service communications. Commercial actors have high social standing and a privileged relationship with the social platforms used to disseminate much of commercial speech. In their pursuit of direct relationships with consumers, unmediated by publishers and free of the distrust of advertisement that has often characterized consumer-marketer relations, brands have cultivated content marketing practices based on serving consumer interests. Access to analytical tools allows companies to evaluate the success of content, eventually creating an environment in which most companies feel comfortable taking political stands in a way they did not before the widespread adoption of social media. Closer examination of political speech by commercial entities reveals strategies of communication that undermine avenues for public exchange and short-circuit non-market means of protest.
Is Long-Term Care Person Centred? A Case Study
Authors: Young Katarina
Published: May 2021

In Ontario long-term care (LTC) settings, person-centred care (PCC) is promoted by government legislation, accreditation organizations and professional practice guidelines aiming to integrate this approach. However, there is currently no standardized approach to providing PCC in LTC. The purpose of this study was to examine public policies on PCC in Ontario and explore how they are interpreted and translated into practice in LTC. A qualitative case study approach was used to examine the perspectives of key stakeholders at one LTC facility in Ontario. Focus groups were conducted with residents, family members, direct care providers and managers. Through content analysis, findings were organized into four categories showcasing both overlapping and differential understandings of PCC in practice: 1) conceptualization, 2) barriers, 3) facilitators, and 4) evaluation. Identified tensions between policy and the delivery of PCC highlight systemic issues that must be addressed to enable equitable person-centred LTC rooted in resident-identified priorities.
Characterization of the Regulation and Function of Phosphatidylinositol 3,5-Bisphosphate
Authors: Ho Shannon Cheuk Ying
Published: May 2021

PtdIns(3,5)P2 is a low abundance phosphoinositide that is involved in a variety of cellular processes. Most notably, PtdIns(3,5)P2 is known to regulate vacuolar/lysosomal morphology. Deficiency in PtdIns(3,5)P2 results in enlargement of the yeast vacuole and, an extensive vacuolation of the late endocytic compartments in higher eukaryotes (1, 2). In addition, PtdIns(3,5)P2 is also involved in cellular functions including membrane trafficking, autophagy, and vacuolar/lysosomal acidification. However, the current study provided evidence that shows that the vacuole/lysosomes of PtdIns(3,5)P2-deficient cells remain acidic. Hence, PtdIns(3,5)P2 may not have a role in steady-state vacuolar/lysosomal acidification. PtdIns(3,5)P2 is synthesized by the Fab1 lipid kinase and degraded by the antagonistic Fig4 lipid phosphatase. Vac14, an adaptor protein, is known to interact with both Fab1 and Fig4 to form a complex on the vacuolar membrane. This study demonstrated that Vac14 is required to form a homodimer for its interaction with Fig4 and Fab1. In addition, formation of the homodimer is necessary for regulation of PtdIns(3,5)P2. Mutations in human Vac14 and Fig4 has been identified in patients with neurodegenerative diseases, such as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and Charcot-Marie-Tooth Type 4J (3, 4). This study provides an important stepping stone in characterizing the regulatory mechanism and understanding the function of PtdIns(3,5)P2
“The many tinted woods”: building online teacher resources with photography collections
Authors: Gray Jennifer Caroline
Published: May 2021

This thesis aims to answer the question: how can photography collections be used as interpretative tools to build visual and media literacy skills through creative learning opportunities aligned with the Ontario education curriculum? The project has two components: an analytical paper and a teacher resource – created according to the Art Gallery of Ontario standard – to introduce teachers to teaching with photographs through interdisciplinary lessons in the visual culture of Canada from 1860 to the early 1900s. An analysis of the Ontario curriculum documents, identifying both limitations and benefits, and aims to support grade 7 and 8 teachers in the classroom are included. Using Canadian photographs from the AGO’s collection unites arts education and visual literacy with core academic subjects by prompting students, through a range of activities to engage with the subjects, aesthetic elements, history and materials of photographic media, and thus to interpret daily life at this time.
Semantic analysis of Twitter content
Authors: Feng Yue
Published: May 2021

Semantic analysis is the process of shifting the understanding of text from the levels of phrases, clauses, sentences to the level of semantic meanings. Two of the most important semantic analysis tasks include 1) semantic relatedness measurement and 2) entity linking. The semantic relatedness measurement task aims to quantitatively identify the relationships between two words or concepts based on the similarity or closeness of their semantic meaning whereas the entity linking task focuses on linking plain text to structured knowledge resources, e.g. Wikipedia to provide semantic annotation of texts. A limitation of current semantic analysis approaches is that they are built upon traditional documents which are well structured in formal English, e.g. news; however, with the emergence of social networks, enormous volumes of information can be extracted from the posts on social networks, which are short, grammatically incorrect and can contain special characters or newly invented words, e.g. LOL, BRB. Therefore, traditional semantic analysis approaches may not perform well for analysing social network posts. In this thesis, we build semantic analysis techniques particularly for Twitter content. We build a semantic relatedness model to calculate semantic relatedness between any two words obtained from tweets and by using the proposed semantic relatedness model, we semantically annotate tweets by linking them to Wikipedia entries. We compare our work with state-of-the-art semantic relatedness and entity linking methods that show promising results.
Dressing Down Migrant Sex Work: the Global Anti-Trafficking Regime, Legal Employment Rights, and Canada’s Temporary Foreign Worker Program
Authors: Montiel Vasti
Published: May 2021

This paper analyzes the contemporary global anti-trafficking regime and discusses the destructive influence this regime has had on the lives of migrant sex workers. Through the use of public documents and academic literature, I deconstruct the global anti-trafficking discourses and argue in favour of more viable rights-based solutions (e.g., labour rights, immigration rights, and sexual rights) for combating human trafficking. Within this analysis, I explore the Canadian government’s gradual commitment to combat human trafficking through the gradual discontinuation of the exotic dancer visa, and eventual implementation of the migrant sex worker ban. In formalizing its commitment to combating trafficking, the Canadian government has implemented restrictive policy measures terminating migrant women’s ability to legally access the Canadian sex industry. While this type of employment was problematic in many ways, the Canadian government should have addressed these issues through rights-based policy initiatives instead of prohibiting access as part of its anti-trafficking campaign
IT’S ALIVE: an exploration of contemporary poetry in the digital age using Rupi Kaur as a case study
Authors: Hood Lysle
Published: May 2021

In the digital age, technology and digital media shapes virtually every aspect of our lives. Poetry, which has seen a surprising revival in recent years, is no exception. One of the most popular contemporary poets today is Rupi Kaur, made famous for her verse posted on the social media platform Instagram. This MRP seeks to answer the following research questions:
1) In what ways has the digital age effected contemporary poetry?
2) What role has digital media played in shaping the success and formal elements of Rupi Kaur’s
body of work?
This MRP begins by offering a brief history of poetry’s relationship with media and an account of how poetry is produced and consumed in the digital age. The core of the MRP is a case study of contemporary Insta-poet Rupi Kaur. Through qualitative visual and textual analysis, the case study considers: 1) Kaur’s poetry, 2) her Instagram content, 3) her readership,
and 4) the criticisms of her work. As to the discussion, the analysis of the four categories reveals
The 2019 policy changes to Canada's parent and grandparent sponsorship program
Authors: Pietrantonio Stephanie
Published: May 2021

On January 28th, 2019, Immigration, Refugee and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) opened the most recent application form for the Parent and Grandparent Sponsorship form (PGP). After 11 minutes, the 27,000 spots allocated for the "Interest to Sponsor" (ITS) forms had been filled and IRCC announced that the application had closed (Harris, 2019). This study will review the literature on the evolution of family reunification in Canadian immigration policies and will include a critical analysis of the 2019 PGP sponsorship program. It will explore the changes to the online system for the 2019 PGP application process, outlining its failure to provide an equitable opportunity for those wishing to reunite with their family members in Canada. By placing the most recent experience with the 2019 PGP application process in the context of the history of family reunification policies in Canada, this study will identify the continuities and changes in the ideologies buiding policy shifts and will highlight what is and isn’t working in the current policy.

Keywords: Canadian immigration policy, family reunification, family sponsorship, parent and grandparent sponsorship program
Electricity Safety Monitoring as a Tool for the State Regulation of Ukraine’s Electricity Market
Authors:   Research Centre of Industrial Problems of Development of NAS of Ukraine, Hubarieva I. O. , Salashenko T. I. ,   Research Centre of Industrial Problems of Development of NAS of Ukraine
Published: May 2021

The article substantiates the methodological approach to electricity safety monitoring and developing practical guidelines for its implementation. Electricity safety is a state of the electric power system, which ensures its existence and guarantees that the electric power interests of its elements are satisfied. Ensuring electricity safety means achieving a systemic state in which electricity consumers are aware of the effective level of their own consumption, which provides them with the chosen option of operation, and electricity producers can meet their electricity interests to the required extent. Electricity safety monitoring should be carried out regularly (daily) and be of an operational and preventive nature in order to quickly identify risks and respond to threats of electricity crises. The methodical approach to monitoring electricity safety includes the following points: development of the electricity safety components and synthesis of the electricity safety indicators; quantitative and qualitative assessment of electricity safety; generalized assessment and qualitative interpretation of electricity safety. A methodical approach to monitoring electricity safety is proposed, which requires daily assessment of the quantitative and qualitative state of electricity safety by consumer (adequacy margin), production (reliability margin) and fuel (supply margin) components, and makes it possible to quickly identify and respond to risks, thus avoiding electricity crises. The approbation of the proposed approach allowed us to specify the crisis level of the real electricity security and the pre-crisis level of the nominal electricity security. Such a situation requires immediate action by the central executive body to prevent power outages
Barriers in the EU-Ukraine cross-border cooperation system: analysis and recommendations
Authors:   Luhansk Taras Shevchenko National University, Chebotarov V. A. , Thekhanivych V. B. ,   Luhansk Taras Shevchenko National University
Published: May 2021

The development of cross-border cooperation (CBC) becomes extremely important due to modern geopolitical processes. Ukraine's entering the European integration space and its recognition by European partners requires coordination of efforts to develop cooperation with the EU member states and Ukraine's neighbors, above all. In order to use the potential of Euroregions within the CBC, it is necessary to reveal the essence of cooperation between the border regions of Ukraine and EU member states while creating and developing common Euroregions. It has become necessary to identify various hindrances to the CBC activation. In general, cross-border cooperation has a rich tradition in the old EU member states and is rapidly gaining importance for the new border regions, as well. This process brings new challenges and specific preconditions in each case, thus causing the development of specific solutions to the arising problems. Cross-border cooperation is an important instrument to develop border areas, and to form growth centers there due to the benefits of territorial division and cooperation; it is also an important component of the European integration process. This fact is emphasized in the Association Agreement between Ukraine, of the one part, and the EU, the European Atomic Energy Community and their Member States, of the other part. At the same time, due to a number of institutional, economic, organizational and financial reasons, the role and efficiency of Euroregional cooperation in the Ukrainian border regions is much less significant than those in the EU member states. The intensification of cross-border and Euroregional cooperation is a way of identifying and overcoming various development constraining factors, and thus will help to expand opportunities for the development of Ukraine’s border regions.
Developing an Adaptive Financial Management System at an Enterprise
Authors:   O. M. Beketov National University of Urban Economy in Kharkiv, Kondratenko N. O. , Novikova M. M. ,   O. M. Beketov National University of Urban Economy in Kharkiv, Spasіv N. Y. ,   West Ukrainian National University
Published: May 2021

The article examines some peculiarities of developing an adaptive financial management system at domestic enterprises. It was found out that the management and application of financial resources in a market economy is carried out through financial payments. This mechanism is based on the control over production expenses level and their divergence from socially necessary costs. It is noted that budgeting is the main basis for building an adaptive financial management system at an enterprise, which pays due regard to the impact of financial risks and the ways to avert them. Cash flow management cannot but use the scheme for behavioral modeling of the possible outcomes of the cash flows. The development of financial models for assessing and managing financial risks is part of the overall budgeting system at an enterprise. They are a fairly reliable instrument for assessing and managing the entire financial risks system at an enterprise, as they make it possible to assess different levels of risk due to different factors influencing them and to the different levels of risk controllability. To describe the relationship of financial indicators, a multifactor model is proposed, which allows a detailed study of the interdependence of features, the closeness of the relationship between variables, their subordination. It makes it possible to describe the mutual influence of internal and external factors on the total capital efficiency, to take into account changes (variations) in the parameters of this environment, the reaction of financial stability to these deviations. It is concluded that the development of an adaptive financial management system at an enterprise helps to improve the financial performance of the enterprise, provides transparency to the financial management and cash flow and allows the management to take viable solutions and create the most profitable financial plans.
Alarming Pattern of Antimicrobial Resistance in Neonatal Sepsis Observed in Neonatal Intensive Care Unit of a Tertiary Care Hospital in Bangladesh
Authors: Rahman Tania , Sultana Sharmeen , Happy Taslima Akber , Alo Kamrunnahar , Begum Momtaz
Published: May 2021

Background: Resistance of micro-organisms to multiple broad-spectrum antimicrobial agents is a major problem in treating neonatal sepsis. It is a matter of utmost importance to have knowledge of trends in changing pattern of antimicrobial resistance.

Objective: This study was done to observe antimicrobial resistance of gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria isolated from cases of neonatal sepsis

Material and Methods: This cross sectional descriptive study was conducted in Department of Microbiology in collaboration with Department of Neonatology, Dhaka Medical College Hospital, Dhaka. Antimicrobial resistance of all the isolated bacteria was performed by Modified Kirby-bauer disk diffusion method following standard guideline after isolation and identification of bacteria from blood samples of suspected septicemic neonates by automated blood culture and standard microbiological protocol.

Results: All of the isolated Staphylococcus aureus, Coagulase negative Staphylococcus, Group-B Streptococcus and Micrococcus showed 100% resistance to ceftriaxone, cefotaxime and ceftazidime. Among the isolated gram-negative bacteria, all of Enterobacter spp., Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Citrobacter spp. showed 100% resistance to amoxiclav, amikacin, ceftriaxone, cefixime, ceftazidime.

Conclusion: Majority of the gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria are developing resistance to multiple antimicrobial agents and surveillance is necessary to tackle this alarming situation.

KYAMC Journal.2021;12(01): 03-07
Pattern of Impacted Mandibular Third Molar Teeth in Rangpur Region, Bangladesh: A Radiological Evaluation
Authors: Prodhan Md Rubayet Alam , Islam Md Shahidul , Rezwana Rifat , Hasan Md Moynul
Published: May 2021

Background: Third molar is the most commonly impacted tooth in the oral cavity and accounts for large of all impactions. The most common complication in the extraction of the third mandibular molars is nerve and vessels damage. Therefore, thorough radiographic assessment is a necessary to avoid these surgical complications.

Objective: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the frequency, angulation, depth of the impacted mandibular third molars and its relationship with ramus on radiographs.

Materials and Methods: This study comprised 800 orthopantomograms (OPGs) of patients attending different dental clinics and hospitals in Rangpur region, Bangladesh between June 2014 to May 2015. Panoromic Radiographic assessment was carried out to evaluate the pattern of third molar impaction in terms of age, gender, angulation of impaction, level of eruption and available retromolar space using panoramic radiographs and Pell & Gregory classification.

Results: A total of 314 radiographic third molar areas were found in this study, out of them 137 belong to male patients and 177 belong to the female patients. The mesio angular types of angulation was most prevalent (46%) whereas distoangular was rare (5%) in our study. In relation to anterior border of the ramus of mandible Level B 52% and Class II 59% were the most common pattern of impaction. The female tends to be dominant as compared to male & the maximum number (35%) of impacted third molars are found in an age group of 38 years and above.

Conclusion: Panoramic radiographs can be used as reliable investigation for evaluation of impacted mandibular third molar.

KYAMC Journal.2021;12(01): 08-13
Correlation of Adenoid Hypertrophy on Nasoendoscopy and Audiological Parameters in Children
Authors: Mahbub Muntasir , Rahman Md Mahbubur
Published: May 2021

Background: Hypertrophy of the adenoid is a common finding in children under 12 years of age, which commonly leads to impairment of hearing.Nasoendoscopyand audiological tests are frequently included in the workup of these patients.

Objectives:Aim for this study was to find out whether any correlation exists between the size of adenoids on nasoendoscopy and the audiological parameters.

Materials & Methods: This is cross-sectional study conducted from Jan 2019 to Jan 2020 in Khwaja Yunus Ali Medical College Hospital, Enayetpur, Shirajganj. Total 50 patients were included in this study. In all patients, Flexible nasoendoscopy, Pure tone audiometry and Tympanometry was done. Findings were evaluated to assess the correlation of degree of adenoid hypertrophy to the severity of hearing impairment.

Results: In this study, mean age of participants was 7.46 (3.62) years. Findings of hypertrophy were – Grade I 7(13%), Grade II 24(47%), Grade III 14(28%), Grade IV 6(12%).Findings of hearing status were – upto 25 dB 14(28%), Between 26–40 dB 32(64%), Above 40 dB 4(8%). Mean hearing loss according to adenoid hypertrophy were – Grade I –19.42dB, Grade II –30.41dB, Grade III – 35.64dB, Grade IV – 38.60dB. Type B curve percentage on adenoid groups were – Grade I – 3(43%), Grade II – 16(67%), Grade III – 11(79%), Grade IV – 6(100%).

Conclusion: Adenoid hypertrophy as seen on nasoendoscopy correlates well with the expected audiological parameters in children.

KYAMC Journal.2021;12(01): 18-21
Significance of Biochemical Difference between Childhood Nephrotic Syndrome with UTI and without UTI
Authors: Parvez Kazi ASM Shamim , Rahman Md Khalilur , Islam Md Razikul , Haque Md Sanaul
Published: May 2021

Background: Nephrotic syndrome is one of most common renal disease in childhood and infection is one of the most important complication in this disease. Infection increase the mortality and morbidity of this type of patients. Most common infection is UTI. So through this study we can able to determine biochemical difference between childhood nephrotic syndrome with Urinary Tract Infection (UTI) and with out UTI patients and its clinical significance.

Objective: To determine the biochemical different in childhood nephrotic syndrome patients and its relation with urinary tract infection.

Materials and Methods: It is prospective study done in pediatric department in Rajshahi Medical College Hospital, 60 patient of both sex age between 1-12 years, diagnosed as idiopathic nephrotic syndrome with and without UTI were included in this study. Data collection ware done by history taking, clinical examination, laboratory investigations and followed up. Patients were followed up till cure of UTI and remission of proteinuria. After data collection statistical analysis were done by computerized software.

Results: In our study we found there were biochemical difference between childhood nephrotic syndrome with UTI and without UTI patients. In patients of nephrotic syndrome with UTI serum albumin decrease significantly and serum cholesterol increase significantly than nephritic syndrome without UTI patients.

Conclusion: Child with nephrotic with UTI patients had lower serum albumin and higher serum cholesterol than nephrotic syndrome without UTI patients and it effect the morbidity mortality of this patients.

KYAMC Journal.2021;12(1): 22-25
Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm
Authors: Ahsan Mahbub , Rahman Lutfar , Islam ASM Shariful
Published: May 2021

Abdominal aortic aneurysm is usually found incidentally. Patient may have vague symptoms of backache, anorexia, dyspepsia. Our patient presented with abdominal pain, dyspepsia, backache. CT scan revealed saccular aneurysm from infrarenal aorta. We decided for laparotomy. A long upper midline incision extending 2.5 cm below umbilicus was made. Gut was mobilized to right side. Inferior mesenteric artery (IMA), the right and left common iliac was taken control. A straight clamp was applied proximal to aneurysm, sac was opened, clot removed. The neck was found and trimmed up to healthy margin. The rent was repaired by a piece of vascular graft. The overlying sac was closed after keeping a drain. Her post operative period was uneventful. She came for follow up with no complain.

KYAMC Journal.2021;12(1): 53-55
Áreas naturales protegidas en el Ecuador en el contexto del nuevo código orgánico ambiental
Authors: Sandoval-Salazar Edwin , Galarraga-Carvajal Marcelo , Galarraga-Carvajal Diego
Published: May 2021

El objetivo del artículo es analizar la importancia de las áreas naturales protegidas en el rol de conservación de la diversidad biológica y los equilibrios ecológicos para una adecuada conservación en el medio ambiente del planeta, así como la protección, conservación y conservación de las especies silvestres.Este artículo aborda temas relacionados con las áreas naturales protegidas en el contexto del nuevo Código Ambiental.
Bicameralidad o Unicameralidad: El dilema del Parlamento Peruano
Authors: Saavedra-Jaramillo Cecilia , Saavedra-Jaramillo de Sedamano Milagritos , Medina-Sotelo Cristian
Published: May 2021

La bicameralidad o unicameralidad representan modelos viables de los sistemas parlamentarios en el mundo, en el caso peruano la experiencia unicameral solo se encuentra evidenciado en los congresos o asambleas constituyentes, y de manera excepcional en dos constituciones políticas en 1867 y la actual de 1993, ahora, ante la cuestionada gestión parlamentaria de los últimos años, que ha perdido la legitimidad ciudadana, nace el dilema del modelo ideal para el adecuado funcionamiento del parlamento peruano. El objetivo del artículo fue realizar una revisión bibliográfica descriptiva que nos permita identificar las aproximaciones teóricas sobre el funcionamiento del sistema parlamentario contemporáneo, y encontrar explicaciones sobre los procedimientos de representación unicameral y bicameral del parlamento peruano. La metodología adoptada fue la revisión bibliográfica, cuya búsqueda de información estuvo sustentada en plataformas virtuales y base de datos de revistas indexadas de rigor académico, las principales conclusiones evidenciaron que el tránsito de la unicameralidad a la bicameralidad en el Perú simboliza una reestructuración legislativa en la constitución peruana, teniendo en consideración las reformas emprendidas en temas de modernización del Estado y la Descentralización.
Pengaruh Penerapan Metode Akuntansi Keuangan Daerah, Transparansi Publik dan Kegiatan Pengendalian terhadap Akuntabalitas Keuangan di Kantor kecamatan Kota Medan
Authors: Wulandari Nur Dwi
Published: May 2021

Perkembangan akuntansi sektor publik di Indonesia semakin pesat seiring dengan adanya era baru dalam pelaksanaan otonomi daerah, warga negara yang semakin kritis dan cerdas menginginkan terciptanya suatu pemerintahan yang transparansi serta pengawasan internalnya yang bisa dipertanggungjawabkan. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mencari pengaruh penerapan metode akuntansi keuangan daerah, transparansi publik dan kegiatan pengendalian terhadap akuntabilitas keuangan. Jenis penelitian kualitatif yaitu metode penelitian yang memfokuskan pada aspek suatu pemahaman secara mendalam terhadap suatu masalah daripada melihat permasalahan untuk penelitian generalisasi. Sampel dalam penelitian ini adalah 30 responden. Metode analisis data yang digunakan adalah model regresi linier berganda, pandangan klasik, uji F dan uji t dengan menggunakan software SPSS. Dari data hasil penelitian penerapan metode akuntansi keuangan daerah, transparansi publik dan kegiatan pengendalian secara parsial berpengaruh signifikan terhadap akuntabilitas keuangan pada seluruh Kantor Kecamatan di Kota Medan karena hasil signifikan t < 0,05. Penerapan metode akuntansi keuangan daerah, transparansi publik dan kegiatan pengendalian secara simultan berpengaruh signifikan terhadap akuntabilitas keuangan pada seluruh Kantor Kecamatan di Kota Medan karena hasil signifikan F < 0,05. Koefisien determinasi dalam hal ini berarti 89,4% akuntabilitas keuangan dapat diperoleh dan dijelaskan oleh penerapan metode akuntansi keuangan daerah, transparansi publik dan kegiatan pengendalian. Sedangkan sisanya 10,6% dijelaskan oleh faktor lain atau variable diluar model. Penerapan sistem akuntansi keuangan daerah, transparansi publik dan aktivitas pengendalian berpengaruh secara parsial berpengaruh positif dan signifikan terhadap akuntabilitas keuangan di Kantor Kecamatan Kota Medan. Penerapan sistem akuntansi keuangan daerah, transparansi publik dan aktivitas pengendalian berpengaruh secara simultan berpengaruh positif dan signifikan terhadap akuntabilitas keuangan di Kantor Kecamatan Kota Medan.
Pengaruh Corporate Governance terhadap Earnings Management Perusahaan IPO
Authors: Siregar Endang Satriani
Published: May 2021

Penelitian ini mengkaji pengaruh corporate governance terhadap earnings management perusahaan yang melakukan IPO. Tujuan perusahaan adalah meningkatkan dana yang dapat diperoleh pada saat IPO  tanpa disadari public. Perusahaan perlu meningkatkan daya tarik saham perusahaan melalui laporan keuangan, karena laporan keuangan merupakan landasan para investor sebelum melakukan investasi. Beberapa penelitian menunjukkan bahwa perusahaan yang melakukan IPO memiliki discretionary accrued income lebih tinggi dibanding dengan  perusahaan yang belum melakukan  IPO. Perusahaan yang melakukan IPO memiliki hak akrual yang lebih tinggi, dan kinerjanya akan menurun dalam tiga tahun setelah IPO. Namun hasil penelitian ini tidak menemukan bukti bahwa penurunan kinerja disebabkan oleh earnings management pada saat IPO. Hasil penelitian ini juga menunjukkan jika hanya dewan komisaris dapat menurunkan earnings management.

Kata Kunci: Earnings Management; IPO; Corporate Governance

Penelitian ini mengkaji pengaruh corporate governance terhadap earnings management perusahaan yang melakukan IPO. Tujuan perusahaan adalah meningkatkan dana yang dapat diperoleh pada saat IPO  tanpa disadari public. Perusahaan perlu meningkatkan daya tarik saham perusahaan melalui laporan keuangan, karena laporan keuangan merupakan landasan para investor sebelum melakukan investasi. Beberapa penelitian menunjukkan bahwa perusahaan yang melakukan IPO memiliki discretionary accrued income lebih tinggi dibanding dengan  perusahaan yang belum melakukan  IPO. Perusahaan yang melakukan IPO memiliki hak akrual yang lebih tinggi, dan kinerjanya akan menurun dalam tiga tahun setelah IPO. Namun hasil penelitian ini tidak menemukan bukti bahwa penurunan kinerja disebabkan oleh earnings management pada saat IPO. Hasil penelitian ini juga menunjukkan jika hanya dewan komisaris dapat menurunkan earnings management.
Relato de experiência de um atendimento a Deficiente Intelectual com o uso taxonomia de Bloom no Atendimento Educacional Especializado
Authors: Pachevitch Sibeli , Almeida Edivânia Floro Nicácio , Fausto Ilma Rodrigues de Souza , Fernandes Francyllayans Karla da Silva
Published: May 2021

Neste artigo apresenta-se um relato de experiência acerca da educação inclusiva, com recorte para o atendimento educacional especializado realizado na Sala de Recursos Multifuncionais (SRM), apontando como o planejamento baseado na taxonomia de Bloom pode contribuir para o aprendizado significativo do estudante, em específico, o público-alvo da educação especial atendidos na SRM dentro das escolas regulares. Neste sentido, pretende-se dialogar acerca das estratégias de ensino e buscar a luz das teorias meios para que se efetive um aprendizado autônomo, baseado nos objetivos educacionais propostos para cada nível de ensino. Tal análise foi realizada com um aluno com deficiência intelectual moderada, dificuldades de articulação da fala e que não apresenta domínios de organização mental esperados para a idade. O aluno possui acompanhamento multiprofissional na área da saúde, o qual é realizado em parceria com os profissionais da escola. Vale destacar que, este trabalho colaborativo entre os profissionais da saúde e da educação trouxe inúmeros benefícios ao desenvolvimento do estudante.
Atuação do enfermeiro nos cuidados em Unidades de Terapia Intensiva Neonatal: Revisão integrativa da literatura
Authors: Prazeres Letícia Erica Neves dos , Ferreira Maria de Nazare Gonçalves Pereira , Ribeiro Marcio Alves , Barros Brenda Tanielle Dutra , Barros Rômulo Leno Miranda , Ramos Catarina Santos , Lima Tatiana Fabíola da Silva , Oliveira Virgínia Mercês Lara Pessoa , Andrade Joyane Mesquita Gois , Campos José Eduardo Resende , Martins Aline Costa , Vale Katielem Melo , Paula Marildete da Conceição , Santos Lidiane do Socorro Carvalho dos , Santos Aline Fabiola Miranda dos
Published: May 2021

A Unidade de Terapia Intensiva Neonatal (UTIN) está destinada ao atendimento de neonatos com até 28 dias de vida que precisem de um suporte assistencial de alta complexidade em tempo integral. Este estudo teve como objetivo descrever as evidências científicas encontradas na literatura científica do período de 2015 a 2019, sobre a atuação do enfermeiro nos cuidados em unidades de terapia intensiva neonatal. Trata-se de um estudo de abordagem qualitativo, do tipo revisão integrativa da literatura que partiu da seguinte questão norteadora: quais as evidências científicas na literatura acerca da atuação do enfermeiro nos cuidados em unidades de terapia intensiva neonatal, no período de 2015 a 2019? As bases de dados pesquisadas foram BDENF, LILACS e SCIELO. A amostra do estudo foi constituída de onze artigos originais. Para extração dos dados foi utilizado o formulário de Ursi e para discussão, a técnica da Análise de Conteúdo de Bardin. Os resultados foram apresentados e discutidos a partir de duas categorias temáticas: “O papel do enfermeiro na assistência da UTIN” e “A sistematização da assistência de enfermagem (SAE) aplicada em UTIN”. Concluiu-se que o uso da Sistematização da Assistência de Enfermagem (SAE) na UTIN faz de grande importância, pois a assistência qualificada não deve se limitar a garantir a sobrevida do prematuro, mas também planejar ações e implementá-las de acordo com o que cuidado irá necessitar.
Tratamento cirúrgico de frenectomia lingual: Relato de caso
Authors: Recchioni Christian , Leite Luis Augusto , Gomes Pamela , Pellicioli Augusto Soares do Prado , Meneghetti Rafael Martins , Fernandes Ana Luiza da Silva , Passos Gabriela Carvalho dos
Published: May 2021

Anquiloglossia, também conhecida popularmente como ¨língua presa¨ é uma anomalia congênita, definida como uma prega mediana localizada no dorso da língua e próximo ao assoalho bucal, que se estende até face lingual da crista alveolar. É constituído por pregas da membrana mucosa, tecido conjuntivo rico em fibras colágenas e elásticas, tecido gorduroso e fibras musculares, além de vasos sanguíneos protegidos por tecido epitelial pavimentoso estratificado. Tem a função de auxiliar na movimentação tridimensional da língua, deglutição, dicção e sucção. Nos casos de alterações congênitas, observa-se limitações dos movimentos linguais, interferências periodontais, ortodônticas, protéticas, além da socialização. A indicação cirúrgica geralmente é diagnosticada por dentistas, fonoaudiólogos e pediatras, podendo ser tratada cirurgicamente em qualquer idade através de técnicas convencionais e outras técnicas descritas na literatura, com auxílio de lâminas frias, eletrocautérios ou laser cirúrgico. O objetivo desse trabalho é relatar o caso de frenectomia lingual de um paciente do gênero masculino de 15 anos de idade.
A importância da procalcitonina associado aos pacientes em tratamento de covid-19
Authors: Silva Sátira Alves , Leite Alexsandra Laurindo , Abreu Dandara Dias Cavalcante , Oliveira Pierri Emanoel de Abreu
Published: May 2021

Objetivo: Avaliar a importância da procalcitonina associado aos casos de covid-19. Metodologia: Trata-se de uma revisão literária com construção qualitativa, embasada em artigos pesquisados na base de dados do SciELO –Scientific Electronic Library Online, National Library of Medicine – PubMed e Biblioteca Virtual da Saúde – BVS. Tendo como filtro artigos científicos publicados entre os anos de 2016 a 2020, onde os critérios de inclusão serão: data de publicação, textos livremente disponíveis, entre os artigos previamente selecionados seus resumos serão lidos, e aqueles que não estiverem dentro dos resultados esperados serão excluídos. Serão utilizados os seguintes descritores: covid-19, procalcitonina e biomarcadores. Considerações finais: A realização desse estudo, demonstra que a dosagem da procalcitonina ajuda a distinguir pacientes graves críticos e moderados. Mostrou-se em estudos a evolução do parâmetro no setor laboratorial acerca da sua utilização como ferramenta elementar no setor da covid-19, afim de identificar precocemente pacientes com risco apresentável de coinfecção bacteriana e efeitos adversos, estratificando-os conforme o quadro clinico-laboratorial, logo esse prenuncio possibilita a destreza no tratamento terapêutico orientando o uso dos antibioterápicos, melhorando o prognóstico.
Propriedades funcionais e organolépticas de plantas condimentares: Revisão
Authors: Izidoro Maiqui , Prates Adrielle Rodrigues , Neves Caio  Scardini , Souza Emanuele Possas de , Lossolli Nathalia Aparecida Barbosa , Bonfim Filipe Pereira  Giardini
Published: May 2021

As plantas condimentares estão presentes no cotidiano e possuem uma grande aceitação no mundo devido ao gosto requintado e aroma diferenciado, tornando os pratos mais apetitosos e nutritivos. Além das  propriedades organolépticas, possuem também propriedades funcionais que realçam a sua importância na alimentação. Tendo  em vista a importância dos condimentos, o presente estudo buscou descrever por meio de materiais científicos as propriedades funcionais e organolépticas das principais plantas condimentares. Foi elaborado a partir de uma revisã o da literatura acerca das propriedades funcionais e organolépticas dos condimentos orégano (Origanum vulgare), pimenta-do-reino (Piper nigrum), urucum (Bixa orellana), gengibre (Zingiber officinale), tomilho (Thymus vulgaris) e manjericão (Ocimum basilicum). A pesquisa foi realizada  nas bases de dados Google Scholar, Periódicos Capes, Scielo e ScienceDirect englobando o período entre 1984 e 2019, realizando uma análise da  adequabilidade do conteúdo ao tema proposto, compilação dos dados e posterior reunião por tópicos específicos e fichamento das informações e referências respeitando a fidelidade dos originais. Deste modo, após a seleção com base no referencial bibliográfico, foi realizada uma análise multivariada da variância, onde foi atribuído pontuação 1 para presença da função ou do composto secundário ou especializado, e 0 para ausência , a seguir submetidos à análise quimiométrica por meio do software estatístico gratuito Metabo Analyst (4.0). Concluiu-se através dessa revisão que para as propriedades funcionais, o urucum tem características em comum com a pimenta -do-reino, ambos podendo ser utilizados quando o objetivo é principalmente a   obtenção de condimentos com propriedades anticonvulsivantes. Já para as propriedades organolépticas, manjericão e orégano assemelham -se, possuindo metabólitos em comum.
Atividade Assistida por Equinos em pacientes com transtornos mentais: Implementação de projeto piloto em Unidade Básica de Saúde em Pelotas - RS
Authors: Silva Margarida Aires da , Pivato Giovana Mancilla , Eduardo Neto Marcos , Moares Bruna dos Santos Suñe , Nogueira Carlos Eduardo Wayne , Curcio Bruna da Rosa , Stelmach Lenara Lamas , Favaretto Paulo Eduardo , Bandeira Carlos Alberto Pupper
Published: May 2021

A atividade assistida por animais (AAA) é utilizada como uma interação alternativa as terapias tradicionais, na qual o animal é usado como mediador para estabelecer relações informais com fins recreativos e de entretenimento. Assim, desenvolveu-se este estudo com objetivo analisar a interação entre treze pessoas diagnosticadas com transtornos mentais e a espécie equina, dentro do contexto de atividades assistidas por animais, em uma Unidade Básica de Saúde na cidade de Pelotas-RS. As atividades foram divididas em dois momentos: encontros presenciais utilizando dois equinos selecionados e treinados, e encontros remotos através de plataforma digital durante a pandemia de COVID-19. Durante os encontros, presencias e virtuais, foram observados comportamentos e reações dos pacientes e questionamentos sobre suas percepções das atividades. Fizeram parte das avaliações também a equipe de saúde da Unidade e os próprios participantes. Com essa experiência foi possível observar que a intervenção foi positiva para os pacientes, demonstrando a importância dos equinos como mediadores na comunicação e interação social dos participantes com transtornos psiquiátricos. Assim, a atividade assistida por equinos mostrou-se uma potencial alternativa terapêutica em diferentes serviços de saúde mental.