bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Development Of Carrots (Daucus Carota L.) Flour Steamed Brownies
Authors: Agustin Arum Dwi , Purwasih Ratih , Kalimasadha Pelangi Pagi
Published: August 2022

Background: Carrots production in Indonesia is quite abundant but has not been used optimally. How to process carrots is very necessary so that they become foods that have a high selling value while maintaining the content of antioxidant compounds contained therein One way to optimize is to make carrot flour that can reprocess into food products, steamed brownies. This research was conducted to increase the selling value of carrots, to determine the quality and antioxidant activity of carrot flour steamed brownies.

Methods: The research type is quantitative with a design of descriptive research. Determination of the quality of carrots flour and carrots flour steamed brownies included water and ash content assays. A qualitative assay using color reaction assays, quantitative analysis, and antioxidant activity using UV-Visible Spectrophotometry.

Results: The quality assay result content of water and ash in carrots flour was 4.1% and 0.5% and in carrots flour steamed brownies was 26.8% and 1.8%. A qualitative assay using a color reaction assay with antimony trichloride showed positive results, both for carrot flour and carrot flour steamed brownies. The result of antioxidant activity with IC50 values of 241.4822 ± 2,1294 ppm

Conclusion: The quality assay results in carrots flour and carrots flour steamed brownies in accordance with the flour parameters of SNI 3751: 2009 and SNI 01-3840-1995 for steamed brownies. The result of antioxidant activity for carrots flour steamed brownies including a medium level. It is necessary to carry out proximate tests such as fat, protein, carbohydrate, and microbiological tests on carrot flour and carrots flour steamed brownies.
Effect Of Use Of Flexible Transfemoral Prosthesis On Level Of Independence In Performing Daily Activities Of Transfemoral Amputee
Authors: Rachmat Nur , Kuncoro Bambang
Published: August 2022

Background: Transfemoral amputees experience many difficulties in carrying out daily activities. One of the devices that can be used in above-knee amputation patients is transfemoral prosthesis. The use of transfemoral prostheses in post-amputation patients can help with activities, one of which is independence in self-care, mobility, and locomotion.

Methods: The study was conducted at PT Kuspito Orthotic Prosthetics and the time of the study was carried out in 2021. The population of this study was users of flexible prostheses at PT Kuspito Ortotik Prosthetic. The samples of this study were flexible prostheses users at PT. Kuspito prosthetic orthotic that meets the criteria as many as 30 users. The sampling technique was purposive sampling, inclusion criteria: subjects aged 17-35 years, subjects in good health, subjects using a flexible unilateral prosthesis, at least using an artificial leg for 1 month, having a strength value of 4, having normal Range Of Motion. Exclusion criteria: the subject had advanced disease, bilateral prosthesis user. The measuring instrument used was the Functional Independence Measure (FIM) questionnaire that is valid and reliable.

Results: The value of Sig. is 0.000, there is a significant difference in the level of independence between the results of the pre-test and post-test. there is a significant difference in the results that using a flexible prosthesis can increase the level of independence in above-knee amputees in carrying out daily activities.

Conclusion: The functional independence of above-knee amputation patients is strongly influenced by the use of a flexible prosthesis. It is recommended that above-knee amputation patients can use a flexible prosthesis to increase the level of independence.
Postoperative cervical pseudotumor secondary to oxidized cellulose patch.
Authors: Ruiz Juliá ML , Díaz Roldán J , Ruiz Luque V , Parra Membrives P
Published: August 2022

El parche de celulosa oxidada es uno de los agentes hemostáticos más utilizados en cirugía cervical. Sin embargo, se han descrito complicaciones postoperatorias en relación con su uso. Presentamos cinco casos de complicaciones en el seguimiento tras el uso del parche de celulosa oxidada en cirugía tiroidea. En algunos casos, puede ocurrir una absorción incompleta o una reacción a cuerpo extraño, planteándose el diagnóstico diferencial con abscesos, recurrencia, persistencia tumoral o restos tiroideos. El uso de este material hemostático en cirugía de tiroides es controvertido. En ocasiones, obliga a exámenes adicionales e incluso segundos procedimientos quirúrgicos por dificultades diagnósticas.
Combining real-world data with randomized controlled trials results in better information oncology decision making
Authors: Usmanova T. A. , Verbitskaya E. V.
Published: August 2022

Randomized controlled trials (RCTs) are the gold standard for testing the efficacy of cancer therapy. Although the results of clinical trials have high internal validity, their generalizability, that is, the ability to transfer the results to a wide patient population, is limited. Therefore, users and health care workers may experience less effective intervention in real practice than stated in the RCT. There are many reasons for the formation of a gap between efficacy and effectiveness (efficacyeffectiveness gap; EEG), that is, the measure of impact on RCTs and the real-world. These reasons include, for example, different characteristics of patients in the trial and real practice, compliance to treatment, features of medical care, and others. To illustrate this problem, a review of some studies on the estimation of the magnitude and analysis of the possible causes of this gap is presented. In most of the studies cited, EEG was identified, its probable explanations were proposed, and additional estimates were made to establish the contribution of various factors to its magnitude. These publications» authors show that real-world patients are older, have worse functional status, and have a greater number of comorbidities. They are women mostly and are less likely to complete the treatment they have started or move to the next line of therapy, in contrast to participants in RCTs. Additionally, this article proposes various analytical approaches to determine the weight of the main causal factors in the formation of a discrepancy between efficacy and effectiveness, which can be used in the development of the methodology of relevant studies.

Knowing the size of the EEG when using different treatment regimens in their region and understanding the extent to which one or another factor can influence the size of this gap, the clinician will be able to predict the effectiveness of treatment and choose the best therapy for a particular patient.
SENTINEL SYSTEM – electronic system for collecting real-world data
Authors: Eremenko E. O. , Baranova M. I.
Published: August 2022

The need to use more and more data to generate evidence in response to new challenges in clinical medicine requires a specific response from the healthcare system. The high pace of development of medicine, the acceleration of the development of new drugs in response to the increasing needs of clinicians for treating patients leads to the need for a rapid assessment of treatment outcomes, efficacy and safety of new drugs. The development of a tool for centralized collection of data on efficacy and safety, capable of connecting as many clinical centers as possible: hospitals, private medical centers, scientific institutions — is a priority for the health system to implement these responses. An example of this type of data collection and analysis coordination system development is the 2007 Food a nd Drug Administration (FDA) Sentinel initiative.

Sentinel is a national electronic system that has changed the way researchers monitor the safety of FDA-regulated medical products, including drugs, vaccines, biologics, and medical devices. Monitoring the safety of regulated products is an important part of the FDA»s mission to protect public health.

This review is devoted to the history of development, organizational structure, principles of operation and demonstration of some projects of the Sentinel system. The review will consider both projects developed for application within the framework of general clinical problems (use in vulnerable groups of patients, patients with kidney diseases, etc.), and projects developed in response to the needs of researchers that have arisen in the era of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Ethical review of real-world study
Authors: Volskaya E. A. , Khokhlov A. L. , Belousov D. Yu.
Published: August 2022

This article is devoted to an ethical review of planned real-world studies. The legal basis of such examinations has also been considered. Most real-world studies are non-interventional, so the ethical review of such studies is similar to that of observational studies.
Biomonitoring mit Moosen zur Erfassung atmosphärischer Deposition von Metallen, Stickstoff, persistenten organischen Verbindungen und Mikroplastik/Biomonitoring with mosses for the investigation of atmospheric deposition of metals, nitrogen, persistent organic compounds and microplastics
Authors: Schröder Winfried , Nickel S. , Völksen B. , Dreyer A. K. , Wenzel M. , Kube C. , Türk J. ,   C. Wolf
Published: August 2022

Moose werden in Europa als Bioakkumulatoren atmosphärischer Deposition verschiedener Stoffe verwendet. Am Beispiel von Deutschland werden Messergebnisse zur Anreicherung von Schwermetallen und Stickstoff zwischen 1990 und 2015 zusammenfassend dargestellt. Weiterhin werden Ergebnisse der Bestimmung persistenter organischer Verbindungen in 2015 gesammelter Moose präsentiert. Schließlich werden die Entwicklung von Methoden für das Monitoring von Mikroplastik mit 2021 entnommenen Moosen erläutert und erste Ergebnisse vorgestellt. Die Schwermetallanreicherungen in Moosen sanken während der Jahre 1990 bis 2015 deutlich. Dabei ist dieser Trend nicht bei jedem Element kontinuierlich, sondern bei einigen mit zwischenzeitlichem Stillstand oder Anstieg verbunden. Unverändert hoch sind die Stickstoffgehalte der Moose zwischen 2005 und 2015. Mit Ausnahme von polybromierten Biphenylen (PBB) und perfluorierten Alkylsubstanzen (PFAS) konnten im Moosmonitoring 2015 persistente organische Schadstoffe (POP) aller Substanzgruppen quantifiziert werden, wenn auch in unterschied- lichem Ausmaß. In allen bislang untersuchten Moosproben des Moss Survey 2020/2021 konnte Mikroplastik gefunden werden. Moos scheint zum Nachweis von Mikroplastik durch atmosphärische Deposition geeignet zu sein.
Ser mujer en el norte del valle de Punilla a inicios del primer milenio (Sitio El Vado, Córdoba). Aportes desde la bioarqueología social
Authors: Zárate Paloma , Fabra Mariana , Tavarone Aldana , González Claudina
Published: August 2022

En este trabajo se presentan los datos obtenidos de análisis bioarqueológicos, arqueobotánicos, isotópicos y genéticos de una mujer que habitó el valle de Punilla, provincia de Córdoba (Argentina) hace 2156 ± 86 años 14C AP, con el objetivo de reconstruir su historia de vida desde un enfoque osteobiográfico. Desde esta perspectiva fundamentada por la bioarqueología social, se considera el interjuego de tres esferas: su cuerpo individual, social y político. Se relevaron patologías orales, craneales y poscraneales, así como marcadores entesiales y degenerativos, y se realizaron análisis de microrrestos vegetales contenidos en el cálculo dental. Se complementaron estos análisis con información arqueológica, mortuoria, isotópica (13C, 15N), arqueobotánica (silicofitolitos y almidones) y genética (linaje mitocondrial). En conjunto, los indicadores relevados dan cuenta de una dieta fibrosa y abrasiva; a nivel óseo se registraron diversas patologías y se detectaron elevados niveles de actividad física a lo largo de su vida. Este caso tiene, además, la particularidad de ser los restos humanos más antiguos de Sudámerica con presencia de defectos congénitos, lo que podría estar indicando existencia de prácticas endogámicas de larga data para las comunidades serranas.
Study on the Improvement of Public Trust Taxation System
Authors:   KOREAN SOCIETY OF TAX LAW, Hwang In Gyu
Published: August 2022

The Public Trust Act (“PTA”) was enacted in 2014 and came into effect in 2015. According to the PTA, a public trust is a trust under the Trust Act which mainly engages in public services and has been approved by the Minister of Justice. The Minister of Justice discloses the status of approved public trusts pursuant to the PTA, and as of May 2022, a total of 33 public trusts have been identified.
The total entrusted amount in Korea’s trust business has increased rapidly, reaching KRW 1,166.7 trillion as of December 2021. On the other hand, the growth of public trusts has not reached that level. One of the reasons to account for the unpopularity of public trusts is that, while many studies have been accumulated on trusts in general, successfully resolving uncertainty in terms of tax practice, research on the taxation system of public trusts has not been active. Therefore, defining the taxation system for public trusts, to spot potential issues and present possible solutions, will aid in promoting the use of public trusts and developing the relevant taxation system.
This study focuses on the concept of public trust and how the current taxation system of public trusts are operated, to spot potential issues with reference to case studies of other countries and finally recommending solutions to improve the public trusts taxation system.
In order to find specific problems and suggest solutions, this study organized the issues that may come up at establishment stage of a public trust. In addition, this study conducted an analysis according to the subject of public trusts, such as grantor, trustee, recipient (the word ‘recipient’ is used instead of a ‘beneficiary’, because public trusts are a type of a purpose trust without a beneficiary), and trust property. During this process, systematic errors and problems appearing in each respective subject were discovered, and directions for improvement were found.
In this process, several problems were discovered and improvement mea- sures were suggested. First, the possibility of conflicts between the provisions of the Corporate Tax Act was discovered and suggestions for improvement were suggested. Second, a plan was proposed to organize and simplify the complex public trust taxation system. Third, since it was confirmed that the income tax taxation regulations for public trusts were insufficient, we proposed an amendment to the regulations. Fourth, it pointed out that public trust trusts are not included in “public interest corporations, etc.” under the Corporate Tax Act, and suggested improvement measures. Fifth, it pointed out that public trusts are being discriminated against compared to public interest corporations in non-inclusion of deductible expenses for projects for specific purposes, and suggested improvement measures. Finally, argued for the resolution of the discrepancy between PTA and relevant taxation system.
THE The Virtuosity of Traditional Africa and the Plasticity of Its Affects: The Cross-Cultural Fertilization of “Yela” in the Western Sahel and Savanah
Authors: Diallo Souleymane
Published: August 2022

Throughout the poetic image and imaginative construction of the self, the Yela embodies a protrusive source of vindication within the intellective and creative process of understanding become an object of perception. From an ingenuous beget to a more compound whole of a convention of representation and the association of experience, the Yela inside the Puular language becomes a structural material. Thus, the constituent of conservative imagery and the colonialist dynamic influences frame an innovative eccentric variety that appraises the formation of reality, memory, and symbol. Therefore, the domain of Yela through its cultural and artistic body, and within its existing essentiality of Gaandal and Demngal overtakes the principles of basic linguistics and the colonialist conventional perception of productivity. In effect, the Yela art through the all-encompassing relation of the Puular language with the whole performance of time and space, emphasizes on a cosmopolitan wholesome recombination, settlement and re-appropriation of material imagination and objective reality of intellection. The foundation of intellectual and artistic image, and imaginative expression, the corresponding inventiveness of the Yela art, and the musical nationalism arrange move beyond comatose understanding. Therefore, the commitment of this article underlines the question of the effective temperature of the Yela indigenous value of imagination, and its transformative experience as regard language, sociolinguistic and ecological reflectivity, and then its emphasis on its contemporary stylistic compass of performance.
Poor Officiatintg, Lack of Sportsmanship Spirit and Poor Facilities as Triggers of Violence Among Sports Audience in Portharcourt Metropolis, Nigeria
Authors: Ezomoh Olumide Olusoga , Nwankwo Gloria O.
Published: August 2022

This study examined if poor officiating, lack of sportsmanship spirit and poor facilities are triggers of violence among sports audience in Port Harcourt Metropolis, Nigeria. This study was conducted among the inhabitants of Port Harcourt metropolis in River state. The descriptive survey research design and a sample size of 1,000 participants were used. The multi-stage sampling technique, a structured, validated and modified Likert type questionnaire were employed. The reliability of the instrument was determined through the Crombach Alpha, which gave a value of r = 0.89. The data collected was analyzed using the Chi-square statistics. The study revealed that poor officiating, lack of Spirit of Sportsmanship and poor facility were triggers of violence among sports audience in Port Harcourt metropolis, Nigeria. It was consequently recommended that only competent and knowledgeable officials should be used for matches. Both players and supporters should be educated on the rules of games and trained to accept the decision of referees’ umpires etc. and should not see competition as a do-or-die affair/event.
Implementation Analysis of Nasocomial Infection Prevention in the Central Surgery Room of Panyabungan Hospital
Authors: Hasibuan Alihot , Asriwati Asriwati , Megawati Megawati
Published: August 2022

The purpose of the study was to analyzethe implementation of prevention and control of nosocomial infections in thecentral operating room of Panyabungan Hospital, Mandailing Natal Regency. The research design used qualitative research methods through in-depthinterviews accompanied by direct observation (observation). Hospital PPI(Infection Prevention and Control) Committee, IPCN Hospital, Central Operating Room Doctors and Central Operating Room Nurses amount 2 people. The results of the study showed that the number of personnel wassufficient, there was no special budget for PPI (Infection Prevention and Control),infrastructure was not adequate, the policy was complete, the implementation of hand hygiene was not in accordance with the 5 moments and 6 steps of washing hands, the use of PPE was carried out accordingly, Cough and sneeze etiquette has been done properly and safe injection practices have been done, implementation of prevention and control of nosocomial infections. The conclusion of this study is that the implementation of prevention and control of nosocomial infections was not all in accordance with the standards. It is suggested to IPCN and IPCLN in order to increase supervision of officers in doing prevention and control of nosocomial infections in the Central Surgery Room of Panyabungan Hospital, Mandailing Natal Regency in accordance with SOPs, especially in the implementation of hand hygiene, use of PPE, coughing and sneezing etiquette, and injecting practices.
Factors Affecting the Utilization of the Elderly Post Integrated Service in the Work Area of Hinai Kiri Health Center, Langkat Regency
Authors: Situmorang Idahman , Utami Tri Niswati , Wulan Mayang
Published: August 2022

The purpose of the study was to determine the factors that influence the use of posyandu for the elderly in the Hinai Kiri Health Center Work Area, Langkat Regency in 2021. This study uses a quantitative method with a cross sectional design, a population of 1271 people, a sample with a stratified random sampling technique as many as 93 respondents. This study uses a questionnaire. The analysis of this study used univariate, bivariate and multivariate. The statistical test used was the chi square test and logistic regression. The results of the chi-square test were obtained on the knowledge variable p = 0.008, attitude p = 0.005, occupation p = 0.007, distance p = 0.005 and family support p = 0.006 which indicated that there were factors that influenced the use of posyandu for the elderly. The most influential variable is knowledge with an Exp(B) value of 1.438-5.400. The conclusion in this study is that there is an influence of knowledge, attitudes, work, distance and family support on the use of the Posyandu for the elderly in the Hinai Kiri Health Center Work Area, Langkat Regency in 2021. It is recommended to health workers at the Puskesmas in particular to improve counseling and counseling more intensively about the importance of Posyandu the elderly regularly and motivate the elderly to be more routine to participate in elderly visits at least once a month so that the health conditions of the elderly are maintained.
Evaluation of Satisfaction Level in Family-Centered Intensive Care Concept; A Single-Center Survey Study
Authors: YALÇIN Demet , AYYILDIZ Ayşe , YELKEN Birgül
Published: August 2022

Aim: In our study,it was aimed to determine and improve the quality of the intensive care unit(ICU) of our hospital by evaluating the satisfaction perception of patient relatives through a questionnaire.

Materials and Methods: The revised version of the questionnaire named FS-ICU-24 was applied to the patients relatives whose patients had been treated for at least 48 hours in Eskişehir Osmangazi University Anesthesia ICU.

Results: According to evaluation results of 79 questionnaires that fit the criteria of the study, it was seen that the satisfaction with the decision-making process of the patients with high satisfaction with care was also significantly higher (p
Calcium Deposits of the Metacarpophalangeal Joint on the Fourth and Fifth Finger
Authors: EKREM Serhat , KÖSE Harun , MARAŞ ÖZDEMİR Zeynep , ERTEM Kadir
Published: August 2022

Acute calcium deposition disease is characterized by calcium hydroxyapatite crystal deposition within tendons and surrounding tissue of joints. It can manifest acute or chronic. It’s most common symptom is pain in affected area. Two patients applied to our outpatient clinic with complaints of hand pain. Calcific masses were detected by radiological imaging. After radiological imaging and laboratory examinations the patients diagnosed acute calcium deposition disease. One of the patients had ongoing symptoms for 2 years, the other one had ongoing symptoms for 3 years. Both of the patients had tried conservative treatment multiple times. These patients were treated surgically because of long-standing symptoms. Although acute calcium deposition disease usually resolves spontaneously with conservative treatment, patients with recurrent or persistent lesions can be treated surgically.
Health promoting benefits of postbiotics produced by lactic acid bacteria: Exopolysaccharide
Authors: GEZGİNÇ Yekta , KARABEKMEZ-ERDEM Tuğba , TATAR Hazel Dilşad , AYMAN Sermet , GANİYUSUFOĞLU Eda , DAYISOYLU K. Sinan
Published: August 2022

Exopolysaccharides are high molecular weight polymers of repeated sugar units with diverse chemical structure and unique properties and produced by microorganisms. Lactic acid bacteria are important exopolysaccharide producers. Lactic acid bacteria derived exopolysaccharides, one of the postbiotics, are known to have technological properties such as stabilizing, thickening, emulsifing and also biological activities. Lactic acid bacteria can synthesis exopolysaccharides with large structural variability and this diversity brings these polymers to possess several bioactivities. Bioactivities such as immunomodulatory, antiinflammatory, antitumor and antimutagenicity, antioxidant, antibacterial and antiviral, cholesterol-lowering, antihypertensive activity and gastro-protective activity bring these biopolymers commercial value in the global market and potential to be used in biomedical and pharmaceutical applications. Therefore, to evaluate the availability of these natural exopolysaccharides for new applications extensive understanding of the structure-function relationships will be required. In this review, it is presented a comprehensive overview for the most recent reports on the health benefits of postbiotic lactic acid bacterial exopolysaccharides.
En la búsqueda de índices climáticos como predictores de precipitación
Authors: Ramírez-Carabalí Carolina
Published: August 2022

Varios autores han establecido que diferentes índices, que caracterizan fenómenos oceánicos y atmosféricos en ultramar, tienen relación con el comportamiento del tiempo y el clima en la región Andina colombiana. No obstante, la aplicación de este conocimiento es casi nulo y está asociado básicamente a dos situaciones: La primera es la incertidumbre representada por la escasa cantidad de información meteorológica existente, para explicar eventos o anomalías climáticas de baja periodicidad; la segunda es la concepción establecida de que, el Índice Oceánico El Niño (ONI) es el único índice capaz de describir la variación de los valores de los elementos del clima a escala mensual. En este seminario se presentarán los resultados de tres investigaciones que evalúan el efecto de diferentes índices sobre la lluvia en la zona cafetera colombiana, los cuales buscan reducir las incertidumbres antes mencionadas y determinar su idoneidad espacio-temporal como moduladores del clima.
The Open Cluster Chemical Abundances and Mapping Survey. VI. Galactic Chemical Gradient Analysis from APOGEE DR17
Authors: Myers Natalie , Donor John , Spoo Taylor , Frinchaboy Peter M. , Cunha Katia , Price-Whelan Adrian M. , Majewski Steven R. , Beaton Rachael L. , Zasowski Gail , O’Connell Julia , Ray Amy E. , Bizyaev Dmitry , Chiappini Cristina , García-Hernández D. A. , Geisler Doug , Jönsson Henrik , Lane Richard R. , Longa-Peña Penélope , Minchev Ivan , Minniti Dante , Nitschelm Christian , Roman-Lopes A.
Published: August 2022

The goal of the Open Cluster Chemical Abundances and Mapping (OCCAM) survey is to constrain key Galactic dynamic and chemical evolution parameters by the construction and analysis of a large, comprehensive, uniform data set of infrared spectra for stars in hundreds of open clusters. This sixth contribution from the OCCAM survey presents analysis of SDSS/APOGEE Data Release 17 (DR17) results for a sample of stars in 150 open clusters, 94 of which we designate to be “high-quality” based on the appearance of their color–magnitude diagram. We find the APOGEE DR17-derived [Fe/H] values to be in good agreement with those from previous high-resolution spectroscopic open cluster abundance studies. Using a subset of the high-quality sample, the Galactic abundance gradients were measured for 16 chemical elements, including [Fe/H], for both Galactocentric radius (R
GC) and guiding center radius (R
guide). We find an overall Galactic [Fe/H] versus R
GC gradient of −0.073 ± 0.002 dex kpc−1 over the range of 6 > R
GC < 11.5 kpc, and a similar gradient is found for [Fe/H] versus R
guide. Significant Galactic abundance gradients are also noted for O, Mg, S, Ca, Mn, Na, Al, K, and Ce. Our large sample additionally allows us to explore the evolution of the gradients in four age bins for the remaining 15 elements.
Testing White Dwarf Age Estimates Using Wide Double White Dwarf Binaries from Gaia EDR3
Authors: Heintz Tyler M. , Hermes J. J. , El-Badry Kareem , Walsh Charlie , van Saders Jennifer L. , Fields C. E. , Koester Detlev
Published: August 2022

White dwarf (WD) stars evolve simply and predictably, making them reliable age indicators. However, self-consistent validation of the methods for determining WD total ages has yet to be widely performed. This work uses 1565 wide (>100 au) WD+WD binaries and 24 new triples containing at least two WDs to test the accuracy and validity of WD total age determinations. For these 1589 wide double WD binaries and triples, we derive the total age of each WD using photometric data from all-sky surveys, in conjunction with Gaia parallaxes and current hydrogen atmosphere WD models. Ignoring the initial-to-final mass relation and considering only WD cooling ages, we find that roughly 21%–36% of the more massive WDs in a system have a shorter cooling age. Since more massive WDs should be born as more massive main-sequence stars, we interpret this unphysical disagreement as evidence of prior mergers or the presence of an unresolved companion, suggesting that roughly 21%–36% of wide WD+WD binaries were once triples. Among the 423 wide WD+WD pairs that pass high-fidelity cuts, we find that 25% total age uncertainties are generally appropriate for WDs with masses >0.63 M
⊙ and temperatures <12,000 K and provide suggested inflation factors for age uncertainties for higher-mass WDs. Overall, WDs return reliable stellar ages, but we detail cases where the total ages are least reliable, especially for WDs <0.63 M
⊙.
Unsigned Magnetic Flux as a Proxy for Radial-velocity Variations in Sun-like Stars
Authors: Haywood R. D. , Milbourne T. W. , Saar S. H. , Mortier A. , Phillips D. , Charbonneau D. , Cameron A. Collier , Cegla H. M. , Meunier N. , III M. L. Palumbo
Published: August 2022

A major obstacle to detecting and characterizing long-period, low-mass exoplanets is the intrinsic radial-velocity (RV) variability of host stars. To better understand RV variability, we estimate disk-averaged RV variations of the Sun over its magnetic cycle, from the Fe i line observed by SDO/HMI, using a physical model for rotationally modulated magnetic activity that was previously validated against HARPS-N solar observations. We estimate the unsigned magnetic flux and show that a linear fit to it reduces the rms of RV variations by 62%, i.e., a factor of 2.6. We additionally apply the FF′ method, which predicts RV variations based on a star’s photometric variations. At cycle maximum, we find that additional processes must be at play beyond suppression of convective blueshift and velocity imbalances resulting from brightness inhomogeneities, in agreement with recent studies of RV variations. By modeling RV variations over the magnetic cycle using a linear fit to the unsigned magnetic flux, we recover injected planets at a period of ≈300 days with RV semi-amplitudes down to 0.3 m s−1. To reach 0.1 m s−1, we will need to identify and model additional phenomena that are not well traced by

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or FF′. This study motivates ongoing and future efforts to develop observation and analysis techniques to measure the unsigned magnetic flux at high precision in slowly rotating, relatively inactive stars like the Sun. We conclude that the unsigned magnetic flux is an excellent proxy for rotationally modulated, activity-induced RV variations, and could become key to confirming and characterizing Earth analogs.
Imaging and Spectroscopic Observations of the Dynamic Processes in Limb Solar Flares
Authors: Yu Ke , Li Y. , Hong Jie , Song De-Chao , Ding M. D.
Published: August 2022

We investigate various dynamic processes including magnetic reconnection, chromospheric evaporation, and coronal rain draining in two limb solar flares through imaging and spectroscopic observations from the Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph (IRIS) and the Atmospheric Imaging Assembly (AIA) on board the Solar Dynamics Observatory. In the early phase of the flares, a bright and dense loop-top structure with a cusp-like shape can be seen in multiwavelength images, which is cospatial with the hard X-ray 25–50 keV emission. In particular, intermittent magnetic reconnection downflows are detected in the time–space maps of AIA 304 Å. The reconnection downflows are manifested as redshifts on one half of the loops and blueshifts on the other half in the IRIS Si iv 1393.76 Å line due to a projection effect. The Si iv profiles exhibit complex features (say, multipeak) with a relatively larger width at the loop-top region. During the impulsive phase, chromospheric evaporation is observed in both AIA images and the IRIS Fe xxi 1354.08 Å line. Upward motions can be seen from AIA 131 Å images. The Fe xxi line is significantly enhanced and shows a good Gaussian shape. In the gradual phase, warm rains are observed as downward moving plasmas in AIA 304 Å images. Both the Si iv and Fe xxi lines show a relatively symmetric shape with a larger width around the loop top. These results provide observational evidence for various dynamic processes involved in the energy release process of solar flares and are crucial to the understanding of this process.
Vaccination strategies for Korean patients with inflammatory bowel disease
Authors: Lee Yoo Jin , Kim Eun Soo
Published: August 2022

Patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) are vulnerable to vaccine-preventable infectious diseases. Immunosuppressive drugs, which are often used to manage IBD, may increase this vulnerability and attenuate vaccine efficacy. Thus, healthcare providers should understand infectious diseases and schedule vaccinations for them to reduce the infection-related burden of patients with IBD. All patients with IBD should be assessed in terms of immunity to vaccine-preventable diseases at the time of IBD diagnosis, and be vaccinated appropriately. Vaccination is becoming more important because of the unprecedented coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) global health crisis. This review focuses on recent updates to vaccination strategies for Korean patients with IBD.
Outcomes in Sutured Versus Sutureless Wound Closure in Pediatric Cataract Surgery
Authors: Broyles Heather V. , Edens Steven N. , Neuhouser Adam J. , Rather Peyton A. , Lowery Robert S.
Published: August 2022

Purpose:

To analyze the postoperative course, specifically postoperative complications, of pediatric patients who underwent cataract surgery by a single surgeon. The type of wound closure was compared to provide an evidence-based approach to surgical technique in pediatric cataract surgery.

Methods:

This retrospective study analyzed pediatric patients who underwent cataract extraction by a single surgeon from 2014 to 2020. Excluded from the study were patients with postoperative follow-up of less than 1 month. The primary outcome compared postoperative complications between patients with sutured and sutureless wound closure. Other outcomes analyzed included intraocular pressure, mean corrected distance visual acuity, and incidence of procedure needed to remove posterior capsule opacification.

Results:

The study comprised 116 eyes with sufficient follow-up; 86 had sutureless wound closure and 30 had sutured wound closure. An intraocular lens was placed in 52% of eyes in the sutureless group and in 80% of eyes in the sutured group. There was no statistically significant difference between preoperative and postoperative intraocular pressure between groups. The best corrected distance visual acuity was better in the sutured group at 6 months but not at the most recent follow-up visit. No cases of endophthalmitis were found in either group. There was no statistically significant difference between the incidence of retinal detachments and iris prolapse.

Conclusions:

The incidence of endophthalmitis, retinal detachment, and iris prolapse was similar between pediatric patients who underwent cataract removal with sutureless versus sutured wound closure. Therefore, it may be reasonable to avoid the suture after pediatric cataract surgery.

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J Pediatr Ophthalmol Strabismus
. 2023;60(2):147–151.]
Clinical Profile, Neuroimaging Characteristics, and Surgical Outcomes of Patients With Acute Acquired Non-accommodative Comitant Esotropia
Authors: Sheth Jenil , Goyal Ashima , Natarajan Divya , Warkad Vivek U. , Sachdeva Virender , Kekunnaya Ramesh
Published: August 2022

Purpose:

To report the clinical presentations, neuroimaging findings, and surgical outcomes in patients with acute acquired non-accommodative comitant esotropia (AACE).

Methods:

A retrospective review of records of all patients diagnosed as having AACE between January 2011 and December 2019 across three tertiary eye care centers was done. Cases with AACE onset after age 1 year were included. Patients were divided into two groups based on age of onset of esotropia: childhood (16 years or younger) and adult (older than 16 years). Surgical success was defined as postoperative horizontal deviation of 8 prism diopters (PD) or less at the last follow-up visit.

Results:

A total of 338 patients (220 males and 119 females; mean age at presentation: 12.60 ± 9.8 years) met the study criteria. The mean age at onset of esotropia in the childhood and adult onset groups was 3.61 ± 1.1 and 26.6 ± 8.7 years, respectively. There were significantly more individuals with myopia (30%) in the adult onset group compared to the childhood onset group (6%) (
P
= .004). Thirty-seven (16%) had positive neuroimaging findings (16.4% adult onset vs 9.4% childhood onset). A total of 148 (44%) patients underwent surgery for esotropia, and the overall success rate was 73%. Mean preoperative esotropia was comparable in either group (
P
= .20), but surgical success was better in the adult onset group (75.6% vs 66.3% in the childhood onset group). Mean duration of follow-up postoperatively was 13.6 ± 12 months.

Conclusions:

Two-thirds of the patients had childhood onset of AACE. Intracranial pathology was found in 1 of 6 patients. Surgical success was better in the adult onset group, which was not influenced by preoperative esotropia, neuroimaging findings, or refractive status, but was dependent on age at onset of esotropia and duration between onset and intervention.

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J Pediatr Ophthalmol Strabismus
. 2023;60(3):218–225.]
Advanced analysis in epidemiological modeling: detection of waves
Authors: Atangana Abdon , Araz Seda İğret
Published: August 2022

Mathematical concepts have been used in the last decades to predict the behavior of the spread of infectious diseases. Among them, the reproductive number concept has been used in several published papers to study the stability of the mathematical model used to predict the spread patterns. Some conditions were suggested to conclude if there would be either stability or instability. An analysis was also meant to determine conditions under which infectious classes will increase or die out. Some authors pointed out limitations of the reproductive number, as they presented its inability to help predict the spread patterns. The concept of strength number and analysis of second derivatives of the mathematical models were suggested as additional tools to help detect waves. This paper aims to apply these additional analyses in a simple model to predict the future.
Pravopis 8.0 – Pravila novega slovenskega pravopisa za javno razpravo
Authors: Dobrovoljc Helena , Lengar Verovnik Tina , Jakop Nataša , Kocjan Barle Marta , Weiss Peter , Tivadar Hotimir , Orešnik Janez , Bizjak Končar Aleksandra , E. Skubic Andrej
Published: August 2022

Since 3 December 2019, the Commission on Orthography at the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts and the Scientific Research Centre of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts has been publishing updated or redesigned chapters of the normative rules, which are published as one of the collections on the Fran website.
In the first part of the publication, the second two chapters of the orthographic rules were published. The chapters “Capitalization” and “Loanwords and loan phrases” were released for public discussion in December 2021.
In relation to the existing rules in Slovenski pravopis 2001, the proposal for capitalization rules was expanded and adapted for online media and public discussion. One of the most complex issues was the use of capital letters in non-initial constituents of geographical multi-word names, which is conventionalized and considered one of the narrower orthographic problems. The chapter on “Loanwords and loan phrases” aims to present borrowing as a process and to show that words can coexist in different forms – depending on the text and its type. The section on the general principles of word borrowing mainly provides the guidelines for establishing more detailed rules for borrowing from foreign languages.
In an effort to ensure a transparent process of reforming the rules, comments were collected from the public discussion. These comments were received in March 2021 through online forms or from various participants of the discussion, either individually or as a group (comments from proofreading groups or from members of media company teams).
Sodobna romana o drugi svetovni vojni v njunih tranzicijskih kontekstih
Authors: Matajc Vanesa
Published: August 2022

Članek primerjalno analizira motivno-tematska razmerja dveh sodobnih romanov, v katerih je časovno središče zgodbe obdobje II. svetovne vojne, s sodobnim znanstvenim zgodovinopisjem in spominopisjem o vojni v njunih referenčnih kulturnih prostorih. Na vojno v slovenskem prostoru se nanaša slovenski roman Alojza Rebule Nokturno za Primorsko (2004), na vojno v estonskem prostoru pa roman Ko golobice izginejo (2012) finske pisateljice Sofi Oksanen. Primerjalna analiza temelji na aplikaciji novohistoristične primerjalne analize »tekstov in kontekstov« v teorijo kulture spominjanja. Kombinacija obeh pristopov pokaže, da se oba romana kot literarna teksta motivno-tematsko ujemata z njunima zgodovinopisnima in spominopisnima kontekstoma v obdelavi novih, predhodno relativno zamolčanih tem spomina na II. svetovno vojno in njene specifične geopolitične konsekvence v obeh (re)nacionaliziranih kulturnih prostorih. Nokturno oblikuje eno, Golobice pa mnoštvo sintetično povezanih podedovano-spominskih tem, ki so se predhodno vzdrževale predvsem v domeni komunikacijskega spomina in prezentirajo t. i. razdeljeni spomin. Primerjalna analiza tako vodi v sklep, da oba romana s svojima strukturacijama pripovedi očitno sodelujeta v sodobnem, tranzicijskem preformiranju kulturnega spomina na to, še bližnjo in živo preteklost vojne in njenih geopolitičnih konsekvenc v njunih zgodbeno-referenčnih kulturnih prostorih (re)konstituiranih nacionalnih držav.
Synthesis of Carboxymethyl Cellulose/Bentonite/N-P-K Composite as Slow-Release Fertilizer Model Using Twin-Screw Extruder
Authors: Nafisyah Wini , Sutarno Sutarno , Sedayu Bakti Berlyanto , Wahyuni Silvia , Kartini Indriana
Published: August 2022

CMC/Bentonite/N-P-K composites have been prepared as the macronutrient slow-release fertilizer. The composites were made by mixing natural bentonite, carboxymethyl cellulose (CMC), and N-P-K using a twin-screw extruder at 100 °C and screw rate of 600 rpm. The weight ratio of CMC to N-P-K was set at 1:0.5. The mass of bentonite was varied at 0.1; 0.5; and 1 (wt.%). The composites were characterized using infrared (IR) spectroscopy and X-ray diffraction (XRD). Mechanical properties of the composites were evaluated through tensile and compressive strength, water absorption capacity and stability test in water. It is found that increasing the natural bentonite ratio in the composite decreased the tensile and compressive strength but increased water absorption capacity and stability. The release of N-P-K from CMC/Bentonite/N-P-K followed the kinetic release model of pseudo-second-order.
Relationship between nursing supervision and the incidence of medication administration errors
Authors: Zewien Hala T. , Abed Fatma A. , Bayoumy Somya A.
Published: August 2022

Background

Nursing supervision has an essential role in staff development and quality improvement through development of professional practice, safeguarding the standards of patient care, ensuring that registered nurses have the necessary skills and knowledge to reduce patient harm as well as the incidence of medication errors, and providing safe administration of medication by nurses.

Aim

The current study aimed to assess the relationship between nursing supervision and the incidence of medication administration errors.

Design

A descriptive correlational design was utilized.

Setting

The current study was conducted at Al-Mattar Psychiatric and Addiction Health Hospital. The study sample was composed of all staff nurses (70 nurses) who were working in inpatient departments and accepted to participate in the study.

Tools

Data were collected using two tools: the first tool was a nursing supervision questionnaire developed by researchers. It was designed to assess nursing supervision efficacy. It contained 77 items. The second tool was the medication administration error observational checklist developed by Kim and Bates (2012).

Result

Regarding nursing supervision, the highest mean percentage for staff nurses about nursing supervision was personal issues (84.63%) and the lowest mean percentage was finding time (69.20%). Regarding the incidence of medication administration errors, the highest mean percent age for staff nurses’ medication administration errors was for adherence to basic infection regulation and safety regulation: external and oral administration (78.3), whereas the lowest mean percentage was for adherence to the five rights of medication safety (65.5%).

Conclusion

There was no statistically significant correlation between perceived nursing supervision and observed medication administration errors. There was a significant correlation between adherence to the five rights of medication safety and finding time.

Recommendation

A supportive and establishing healthy work environment that helps nurses to reflect on their personal and professional-work related issues should be provided. Periodic formal and informal evaluation of nurses’ performance should be conducted, and guidelines should be developed on how to prevent medication administration errors.
Physical need assessment of recovery among patients with burn injuries
Authors: Fahmy Fatma S. , Abdelaziz Salwa H. , Yahia Ehsan A.
Published: August 2022

Background

Patients with burn injuries suffer from lack of quality care that may be partially caused by unmet patient’s physical needs and affect the physical health, mental health, and quality of patients’ life. Physical needs assessment is defined as physiological needs that patients with burn injuries require to improve recovery and to reduce morbidity and mortality rates. Physical needs assessment includes wound care, medications, and adequate nutrition.

Aim

The study aimed to assess the physical needs for recovery among patients with burn injuries.

Design

Cross-sectional descriptive design was utilized.

Setting

Data were collected from the Burn Unit in Beni-Suef Specialized Hospital, affiliated to Beni-Suef University Hospitals.

Sample

A convenient consecutive sample of 150 adult males and females with burn injuries.

Tools

Two tools were utilized to collect data: sociodemographic and medical data sheet, and Burn Injury Physical Needs Assessment Tool.

Results

The current study showed that the higher percentage of the study sample age ranged between 30 and 40 years. Of the study sample, 43.3% had severe pain during wound dressing and 45.3% were moderately malnourished. A statistically significant relation was found between pharmacotherapy needs and wound care needs assessment (r=0.421 at P=0.000).

Conclusion

The current study concluded that burn patients have essential physical needs required for complete recovery such as wound care, pharmacotherapy, pain and nutritional assessment needs.

Recommendations

Raising awareness of nurses who care for burn patients regarding the importance of physical needs assessment of burn patients and its application in the protocol of care. Continuing assessment of burn patients in collaboration with a multidisciplinary team is essential for early detection of complications.