bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Analyzing Russia's financial potential in global development
Authors: SMIRNOV Valerii V.
Published: April 2022

Subject. This article explores the financial position of Russia in global development.
Objectives. The article aims to determine the financial potential of Russia in global development.
Methods. For the study, I used a systems approach based on the methods of statistical, neural network, and cluster analyses.
Results. The article shows the values of Russia's financial potential in global development, defined in the position of connectivity of the Russian and Chinese economies.
Conclusions and Relevance. Russia's financial potential points to the possibility of ensuring economic growth in global development by adjusting the growth rate of the balance of payments account in US dollars, transactions and loans in the national currency, strengthening the role of the financial market and institutions. The study expands the scope of knowledge and develops the competencies of the Government of the Russian Federation to ensure economic growth in global development.
Trends in the development of the Russian system of lending to small and medium-sized businesses
Authors: MOKEEVA Natal'ya N. , GOLOVANOVA Karina A.
Published: April 2022

Subject. The article investigates trends in the development of the Russian system of lending to small and medium-sized businesses (SMEs).
Objectives. The aim is to identify the structure of trends in the development of the Russian system of lending to SMEs.
Methods. The study draws on methods of statistical and logical analysis.
Results. We identified three groups of current trends, i.e. general trends, those that appeared during the pandemic, and those stemming from the consequences and results of the COVID-19 pandemic. The identified groups of trends help analyze the effectiveness of individual elements of the SME lending system. From the perspective of macroeconomics, they enable to see the impact of the public sector on SMEs during the crisis period, to show the current development of the SME lending system. From the perspective of financial institutions – to identify their role as a financial intermediary in participating in the SME lending system under different economic conditions. These groups can contribute to the improvement of State support measures, including the identification of weaknesses in current activities and their elimination. As for financial institutions, the said groups of trends may help analyze economic behavior in different economic conditions, adjust their working methods within the framework of lending to SMEs, and increase competitive advantages.
Conclusions. The findings may improve policies and measures in the sphere of lending to small and medium-sized businesses, including the recovery of SMEs from the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Rereading the Zimbabwean “Land Question”: Gender and the Symbolic Meanings of “Land”
Authors: Mawere Tinashe
Published: April 2022

As the source of all food production, land in southern Africa has been highly contested. Using a variety of texts that express themes relating to land, I show that in Zimbabwe, in the face of massive political competition, land became the foundation for reform and national sovereignty in dominant nationalist, patriarchal and gendered discourses. I demonstrate that cultural texts centred on land have been embodied and generated in familial troupes, revealing dominant gendered and sexualised overtones that naturalise land ownership and particular land uses. At the same time, these texts reveal symbolic violence meted out on particular bodies. This discursive analysis of texts examines the gendered and sexualised discourses associated with Zimbabwe’s national reforms and security, where the imagining of the security, protection and sanctity of land has been driven by nationalist ideas about its centrality in the healthy (re)production of obedient social and national subjects.
Thriving in the Shadows: Black Men’s Habitus in the Academy
Authors: Canham Hugo
Published: April 2022

Notwithstanding the recent turn towards research about Black academics in South Africa, the experiences of Black men academics have largely remained out of view. The numerical data suggest that they are better represented and hold a higher proportion of doctorates and seniority when compared to Black women academics. Against this background, this paper sought to understand the experiential accounts of Black men academics in order to apprehend their career journeys with the view towards illuminating their relative advantage over Black women. By conducting a discourse analysis of interviews with 15 Black men academics across three universities, the paper elucidated two significant findings. Despite a history of racialised exclusion of Black men and Black women, relative to reports of discrimination against Black women, Black men academics reported relatively smooth career progression. Secondly, the study found that Black men academics tend to engage in emotionally distant care work with students. The findings suggest that despite the race penalty, the patriarchal habitus of the South African university is an important protective attribute that enables Black men to better navigate their careers relative to Black women. Moreover, the masculine orientation to gendered orders of care work means that Black men are insulated from the emotional struggles of students. This implies that in addition to racially conscious support for Black academics, Black women require greater gender-aware backing and an interrogation of the academic field and habituation demands that result in the unfair distribution of affective care work.
Eating from One Pot: The Dynamics of Survival in Poor South African Households, by Sarah Mosoetsa
Authors: Bayane Percyval
Published: April 2022

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Birinci Trimester Maternal Hemoglobin ve B12 Vitamini Düzeylerinin Yenidoğan Antropometrik Ölçümleri Üzerine Etkilerinin İncelenmesi
Authors: Kılınç Gül Eda , Ünlü Söğüt Mehtap
Published: April 2022

Giriş: Demir eksikliği anemisi; düşük doğum ağırlığı, preterm doğum, maternal-perinatal mortalite ve morbitide artışı, yenidoğan ve ileri çocukluk döneminde motor-mental gelişmede gerilik gibi olumsuz sonuçlar ile yakından ilişkilendirilirken, gebelikte hemodilüsyon ve negatif demir dengesi sebebi ile hemoglobin konsantrasyonlarında azalma görülmektedir. Bunun yanında gebelikte B12 vitamini ihtiyacının artması ve B12 vitamini yetersizliği, annelerde riskli gebelik ve megaloblastik anemiye yol açarken, yenidoğanlarda nörogelişimsel gerilik ile ilişkilendirilmektedir. Amaç: Bu bilgiler ışığında bu çalışmada postnatal dönemde gebelikte serum Hb düzeyleri ile vitamin B12 düzeyleri ile yenidoğanların antropometrik ölçümleri arasındaki ilişkiyi değerlendirmek amaçlanmıştır. Gereç ve Yöntem: Çalışma 19-43 yaş arası 126 birey ile yürütüldü. Gebeliğin ilk trimesterinde serum Hb düzeyleri ve vitamin B12 düzeyleri ile yenidoğanların doğum ağırlığı, doğum uzunluğu ve baş çevresi uzunluğu değerlendirildi. Ayrıca anne yaşı, doğum sayısı ve gebelik haftası değerlendirildi. Sonuç ve Öneriler: Maternal vitamin B12 düzeyleri ile yenidoğan doğum ağırlığı ve baş çevresi uzunluğu arasında istatistiksel olarak anlamlı ilişki bulunmasına rağmen (p<0.05), maternal vitamin B12 düzeyleri ile doğum uzunluğu arasında ilişki bulunmadı (p>0.05). Çalışmada maternal birinci trimester B12 eksikliğinin yenidoğanda prematürite ve diğer ve antropometrik ölçümleri ile ilişkili olduğu belirlendi.
Privacy Concerns and Data Sharing in the Internet of Things: Mixed Methods Evidence from Connected Cars
Authors:   Bern University of Applied Sciences, Cichy Patrick , Salge Torsten Oliver ,   RWTH Aachen University, Kohli Rajiv ,   William & Mary
Published: April 2022

The Internet of Things (IoT) is increasingly transforming the way we work, live, and travel. IoT devices collect, store, analyze, and act upon a continuous stream of data as a by-product of everyday use. However, IoT devices need unrestricted data access to fully function. As such, they invade users’ virtual and physical space and raise far-reaching privacy challenges that are unlike those examined in other contexts. As advanced IoT devices, connected cars offer a unique setting to review and extend established theory and evidence on privacy and data sharing. Employing a sequential mixed methods design, we conducted an interview study (n=120), a survey study (n=333), and a field experiment (n=324) among car drivers to develop and validate a contextualized model of individuals’ data sharing decisions. Our findings from the three studies highlight the interplay between virtual and physical risks in shaping drivers’ privacy concerns and data sharing decisions—with information privacy and data security emerging as discrete yet closely interrelated concepts. Our findings also highlight the importance of psychological ownership, conceptualized as drivers’ feelings of possession toward their driving data, as an important addition to established privacy calculus models of data sharing. This novel perspective explains why individuals are reluctant to share even low-sensitivity data that do not raise privacy concerns. The psychological ownership perspective has implications for designing incentives for data-enabled services in ways that augment drivers’ self-efficacy and psychological ownership and thereby encourage them to share driving data. These insights help reconcile a fundamental tension among IoT users—how to avail the benefits of data enabled IoT devices while reducing the psychological costs associated with the sharing of personal data.
Influence in Social Media: An Investigation of Tweets Spanning the 2011 Egyptian Revolution
Authors:   Cal Poly Pomona, Venkatesan Srikanth , Valecha Rohit ,   University of Texas at San Antonio, Yaraghi Niam ,   University of Miami, Oh Onook ,   University of Colorado Denver, Rao H. Raghav ,   University of Texas at San Antonio
Published: April 2022

Through the lens of social movement theory, this paper investigates the drivers of individual users’ social influence on Twitter during the Egyptian Revolution of 2011. Following this lens, we suggest an extended model of sustained social influence (that considers retweets as the measure of user influence) as a function of the duality of individual Twitter users’ social actions and the underlying facilitating Twitter network structure. Based on an analysis of organic large-scale Twitter data on this social movement, we examine how characteristics of individuals’ social actions, namely activity and tenure on Twitter, and characteristics facilitated by the network (i.e., the number of followers as well as centrality in the community structure of Twitter), impact retweet influence in time windows spanning the movement. Utilizing a mixed methods approach consisting of machine learning and human coding we conceptualize social movement-related engagement activities of Twitter users, which map to generic frames of social movement mobilization. The analysis reveals interesting patterns across different contexts of the Egyptian Revolution. Regarding individual social action, social movement related to “who” and “where” activities, as well as tenure, were found to contribute to individual social influence. In terms of the facilitating structure, the follower network (an observed network structure) and centrality (an unobserved network structure) were both found to contribute significantly to sustained influence.
Algorithmic Management of Work on Online Labor Platforms: When Matching Meets Control
Authors:   Bentley University, Möhlmann Mareike , Zalmanson Lior ,   Tel Aviv University, Henfridsson Ola ,   University of Miami, Gregory Robert Wayne ,   University of Miami
Published: April 2022

Online labor platforms (OLPs) can use algorithms along two dimensions: matching and control. While previous research has paid considerable attention to how OLPs optimize matching and accommodate market needs, OLPs can also employ algorithms to monitor and tightly control platform work. In this paper, we examine the nature of platform work on OLPs, and the role of algorithmic management in organizing how such work is conducted. Using a qualitative study of Uber drivers’ perceptions, supplemented by interviews with Uber executives and engineers, we present a grounded theory that captures the algorithmic management of work on OLPs. In the context of both algorithmic matching and algorithmic control, platform workers experience tensions relating to work execution, compensation, and belonging. We show that these tensions trigger market-like and organization-like response behaviors by platform workers. Our research contributes to the emerging literature on OLPs.
CEO Risk-Taking Incentives and IT Innovation: The Moderating Role of a CEO’s IT-Related Human Capital
Authors:   Texas Tech University, Choi Inmyung , Chung Sunghun ,   Santa Clara University, Han Kunsoo ,   McGill University, Pinsonneault Alain ,   McGill University
Published: April 2022

Despite the importance of information technology (IT) innovation in today’s digitalized world, little research attention has been paid to examining how firms can incentivize IT innovation. To fill this gap, the current study investigates the impact of managerial incentives provided to chief executive officers (CEOs) on IT innovation, measured by the number of IT patents. In particular, we examine the role of risk-taking incentives provided to CEOs, captured by the sensitivity of CEO wealth to stock return volatility (i.e., Vega). Vega can motivate CEOs to engage in risky IT innovation projects by aligning their wealth with firm-specific risk. In so doing, we focus on how CEOs’ IT-related human capital (i.e., IT education and IT experience) moderates the relationship between Vega and IT innovation. Our empirical analyses reveal that a higher Vega encourages CEOs to support more IT innovation; more importantly, the impact of Vega on the amount of IT patents is stronger for firms with CEOs who have higher levels of IT education and IT experience. Our study contributes to research and practice by conceptualizing a CEO’s IT-related human capital and validating its moderating role in the relationship between risk-taking incentives provided to the CEO and the amount of IT innovation.
INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGIES OF PRODUCTION OF AROMATIC CIGARETTES
Authors: Остапченко И.М. , Пережогина Т.А. , Дурунча Н.А.
Published: April 2022

За последние годы новейшие исследования в области капсулированных ароматизаторов позволилипроизводить сигареты, являющиеся высокотехнологичным продуктом с широкими возможностямиудовлетворения разнообразных вкусов потребителей, снижения токсичности табачного дыма, оптимизации технологии производства сигарет, создания оригинальных брендов сигарет.
CYBER-PHYSICAL INTEGRATION OF CONSTRUCTION SYSTEMS
Authors: Челышков П.Д.
Published: April 2022

В статье рассмотрены подходы к применению технологий BIM, Smart City, Big Data, IoT и другихв практике современного строительства (в широком смысле этого понятия). Сформулирован и предложен взгляд на методологию киберфизической интеграции строительных систем, имеющей цельюзамещения существующих в современной практике строительных систем киберфизиескими строительными системами. Предложены и рассмотрены подходы к определению топологии киберфизических строительных систем, предложена модель киберфизической интеграции строительных систем.Обозначены исследования, направленные на разработку подходов к автоматизации проектированиякиберфизических строительных систем.
ADJUSTABLE ELASTIC DEVICE
Authors: Попов В.Е. , Парышев Д.Н. , Моисеев О.Ю. , Харин В.В. , Попов И.П.
Published: April 2022

Представлено регулируемое упругое устройство, содержащее упругий гидравлический элементи систему управления упругостью с нагнетающим устройством. Целью работы является расширение функциональных возможностей устройства за счет улучшения характеристик регулирования:точности, быстродействия и запаса устойчивости. Устройство может эффективно применяться вподвесках транспортных средств.
A TWO-STAGE SCHEME OF BACTERIAL-CHEMICAL PROCESSING OF SULPHIDE COBALT-COPPER-NICKEL ORE
Authors: Левенец О.О.
Published: April 2022

В статье обобщены результаты экспериментального изучения влияния различных параметров напроцесс биовыщелачивания: объема бактериального инокулята, температуры, состава питательнойсреды для выщелачивающей бактериальной культуры. На основе анализа экспериментальных результатов рекомендована двухстадийная схема переработки сульфидной кобальт-медно-никелевой руды путем бактериально-химического выщелачивания с разделением стадий выщелачивания меди и выщелачивания никеля и кобальта.
ПРИМЕНЕНИЕ МЕТОДА СИНГУЛЯРНОГО РАЗЛОЖЕНИЯ ДЛЯ АНАЛИЗА АКУСТИКО-ЭМИССИОННЫХ ДАННЫХ
Authors: Куценко М.И. , Овчарук В.Н.
Published: April 2022

В данной работе рассматриваются возможности метода сингулярного разложения при исследовании акустико-эмиссионных (АЭ) данных. Отмечены основные проблемы, связанные с анализом сигналов в частотной области. Получены принципиально новые результаты, подтверждающие перспективность метода, в частности при решении задачи идентификации сигналов АЭ.

The article is devoted to possibilities of the singular decomposition method for studying acoustic-emission (AE) data signals. The main problems associated with the use of traditional methods of analysis in the frequency domain are noted. There have been obtained fundamentally new results in the paper, which confirm the prospects of the method, in particular, in the identification of AE signals.
THE STUDY OF THE PROBLEM OF MEASURING AND CORRECTING ESPECIALLY IMPORTANT CHARACTERISTICS OF THE ACTIVE PHASED ARRAY ANTENNA
Authors: Чан В.Х.
Published: April 2022

В статье представлены некоторые вопросы, связанные с решением задачи построения системы измерения, корректировки и управления (СИКУ) особо важных хаpактеристик активной фазированной антенной решётки (АФАР) для многофункциональных РЛС. Результаты нового подхода и методики построения СИКУ были применены в системном проектировании трёх-координатной мобильно-подвижной РЛС «HR»

The paper presents some questions related to the study of the problem of constructing the system of measurement, correction and control (SМCC) of special characteristics of the active phased array antenna (APAA) for multifunction radars. The results of the new approach and the method of constructing the SМCC were applied in the system design of the three-axis mobile – multifunction radar HR ISI-MTU.
THEORETICAL JUSTIFICATION OF THE PRINCIPLE OF SELF-ADAPTING THE UNIFIED HYDRAULIC ACTUATOR MODULE WITH FUNCTION STABILIZATION OF LOADING ON EXECUTIVE BODY
Authors: Першин В.А. , Хиникадзе Т.А.
Published: April 2022

Предложены устройство и математическая модель самоадаптации по нагрузке унифицированного модуля гидропривода, определяющая состав и вид адаптивных внутренних связей в зависимости от его назначения, требуемых силовых и кинематических характеристик и вида согласованных движений исполнительного органа в условиях нестабильных нагрузок сопротивления среды.

The device and the mathematical model of self-adapting on loading of the unified hydraulic actuator module defining structure and a type of the adaptive internal communications depending on his appointment demanded power and kinematic characteristics and a type of the coordinated movements of executive body in the conditions of unstable loadings of resistance of the environment are offered.
ИДЕОЛОГИЧЕСКИЕ АСПЕКТЫ РАЗВИТИЯ МУСУЛЬМАНСКОЙ ОБЩИНЫ КЫРГЫЗСТАНА: ВНУТРЕННИЕ ПРЕПЯТСТВИЯ И СТЕРЕОТИПЫ МЫШЛЕНИЯ
Authors: Канаев А.Б.
Published: April 2022

В научной статье автором детально раскрываются основные идеологические направления развития тех или иных групп или сообществ (джамаатов), которые также имеют свою спецификуи особенности взглядов на имплементацию исламской доктрины в общество страны.
Terápiás lehetőségek alkalmazása a dohányzók leszokásának segítésére a kardiológiai gyakorlatban
Authors: Fényes Márta , Cselkó Zsuzsa
Published: April 2022

The role of smoking in the development and the prognosis of cardiovascular disease had been clearly demonstrated. During cardiology specialist care and rehabilitation, the secondary prevention and targeted treatment of patients’ risk factors is a daily therapeutic routine in the line of specialist and assistant tasks. Organized support for smoking cessation is strongly recommended in the context of cardiology specialist care and rehabilitation for both high-risk population and those who had experienced a cardiac event or smokers with a chronic heart disease. Up-to-date and personalized physician’s advice on quitting smoking significantly increases the willingness to quit. For those who are motivated to quit, the success of the quit attempt is enhanced by combining the required level of counseling with personalized pharmacotherapy.
Cu+ transient species mediate Cu catalyst reconstruction during CO2 electroreduction
Authors: Vavra Jan , Dattila Federico , Kormányos Attila , Cherevko Serhiy , Lopéz Núria , Buonsanti Raffaella
Published: April 2022

Understanding metal surface reconstruction during operation is of the uttermost importance in heterogeneous catalysis as it directly affects the available active sites. However, surface reconstruction is notoriously difficult to study because of the dynamic nature of the phenomena behind it. Here, we report on the mechanism and the intermediates, which drive the rearrangement of copper catalysts during the electrochemical CO2 reduction reaction. In-situ methods, including mass spectrometry and fluorescence spectroscopy, evidence a dissolution – redeposition process mediated by transient species containing copper in +1 oxidation state. Theory identifies copper-adsorbate complexes which form in solution under operating conditions. Copper carbonyls and oxalates emerge as the major reaction-specific species driving copper reconstruction. This work motivates future studies to specifically target these compounds to improve the catalyst operational stability in the electrochemical CO2 reduction reaction.
Loan Modifications and the Commercial Real Estate Market
Authors: Glancy David , Kurtzman Robert , Loewenstein Lara
Published: April 2022

Banks modify more CRE loans than CMBS, contributing to better loan performance when property incomes decline. However, banks have higher delinquency rates for less-stressed loans, consistent with modification policies encouraging strategic default. Motivated by these facts, we develop a tradeoff theory model in which lenders vary in their modification technologies. Modification frictions discourage strategic renegotiation, enabling CMBS to offer higher LTV loans and attract borrowers seeking higher leverage. The model produces cross-lender differences in LTVs and spreads consistent with the data. Reducing modification frictions at CMBS decreases welfare by restricting debt capacity for the borrowers that value it most.
Gestión e impacto de las medidas de intervención para la reducción de casos por COVID-19 en Costa Rica
Authors: Rojas Guaner , Romero Rodolfo
Published: April 2022

Objetivo.

Evaluar el impacto de las intervenciones introducidas en Costa Rica durante 2020 y 2021 para el control de la pandemia por COVID-19.

Método.

Se empleó un modelo bayesiano de regresión de Poisson que incorporó las medidas de control o intervención como variables independientes sobre la modificación de la cantidad de casos por semana epidemiológica.

Resultados.

Los resultados evidenciaron el efecto relativo y conjunto que han tenido las políticas o medidas de contención en la reducción de casos, principalmente la restricción vehicular, el uso de mascarillas y la puesta en práctica de los lineamientos y protocolos sanitarios. Las evidencias de los efectos se optimizaron y se pusieron a disposición para la toma de decisiones de las autoridades sanitarias y de emergencia del país. Se generaron varias iteraciones para el monitoreo constante de la variación en los efectos en cuatro momentos distintos del avance de la pandemia.

Conclusión.

La aplicación simultánea de distintas medidas de mitigación en Costa Rica ha sido un agente promotor de la disminución de casos de COVID-19.
Mecanismos de evaluaciones realistas en intervenciones de atención primaria en salud en poblaciones rurales y urbanas marginales
Authors: García-Zapata Lina María , Alarcón-Gil María Teresa
Published: April 2022

Objetivo.

Identificar los mecanismos reportados en intervenciones de atención primaria en salud (APS) en poblaciones rurales y urbanas marginales entre los años 1997 y 2019.

Métodos.

Se utilizó el método de revisión sistemática exploratoria para identificar la literatura. La búsqueda de literatura fue realizada en las bases de datos Medline (Pubmed y Ovid), Global health, Embase, Web of science, Scopus y Lilacs. La inclusión de literatura consideró estudios de intervención primaria, observacionales con metodologías cualitativas, cuantitativas o mixtas. Se incluyeron artículos en inglés, portugués y español publicados entre 1997 y 2019. Para la selección de documentos definitivos se utilizó Rayyan QCRI, se excluyeron fuentes de información de literatura gris o investigación en progreso.

Resultados.

A nivel individual se identificaron tres grupos de mecanismos: niveles de relaciones entre las intervenciones y los sujetos, transformaciones que pueden generar en los individuos y las relaciones recíprocas. A nivel institucional se relacionaron con la temporalidad, el dinero, relaciones de poder, relaciones de confianza, el sistema de salud, las expectativas y las condiciones administrativas.

Conclusiones.

Los mecanismos individuales son similares en los diferentes contextos, los mecanismos institucionales son susceptibles a la variación del contexto, se representan en la temporalidad, recursos económicos, relaciones de poder y de confianza, el sistema de salud, las expectativas y condiciones administrativas.
Funcionalidad y personas mayores: ¿dónde estamos y hacia dónde ir?
Authors: Echeverría Antonia , Astorga Constanza , Fernández Carolina , Salgado Marisol , Villalobos Dintrans Pablo
Published: April 2022

El proceso de envejecimiento poblacional llevará a un aumento en problemas de salud en personas mayores, principalmente relacionados a su funcionalidad. En esta línea, los países de la Región de las Américas deben comenzar a actuar para hacer frente a este desafío. Una de las tareas fundamentales en este reto tiene que ver con la capacidad de medir y monitorear la funcionalidad de la población. Los instrumentos utilizados para evaluarla están enfocados principalmente en las actividades básicas de la vida diaria, lo que limita su capacidad preventiva por ser las actividades instrumentales las que permiten un mejor pronóstico. Usando el caso de Chile identificamos desafíos para la Región, principalmente relacionados con las ventajas de incorporar nuevas metodologías de evaluación de la capacidad funcional que no solo permitan las estrategias actuales sino, también, detectar precozmente su deterioro y monitorear sus estadios a lo largo de la dependencia en las personas mayores. Ello permitirá, a la vez, evaluar las iniciativas de prevención y manejo de la pérdida de la funcionalidad.
A Systematic Review Incorporating Meta-Analysis on the Effectiveness of Intravenous Immunoglobulin Versus Corticosteroids in the Treatment of Pediatric Myocarditis
Authors: Abdelhaleem Ali Ahmed Mahmoud , Abdelrahim Mohamed EA
Published: April 2022

Background: Concerns have been raised about the efficacy of intravenous immunoglobulin and corticosteroids in pediatric myocarditis; however, the relationship between the risk and efficacy of these two therapies in children with myocarditis varies. Methods: A systematic review on seventeen studies was conducted in July 2020, which included 1,960 subjects at the baseline, with 788 receiving intravenous immunoglobulin and 142 receiving corticosteroids. The mean difference (MD) or odds ratio (OR) with 95% confidence intervals (CIs) was calculated to assess the prognostic role of both treatments using dichotomous and continuous methods with random or fixed-effect models. Results: The use of intravenous immunoglobulin was significantly associated with a lower mortality rate or heart transplantation in children with myocarditis (OR, 0.55; 95% CI, 0.40-0.77, p < 0.001) compared with the control group. However, corticosteroids were not significantly associated with the same parameters (OR, 0.72; 95% CI, 0.31-1.63, p = 0.43). The use of intravenous immunoglobulin was not significantly related to improving left ventricular ejection in children with myocarditis (OR, 2.30; 95% CI, -9.65-14.25, p = 0.71) and so were corticosteroids (MD, 5.17; 95% CI, -0.26-10.60, p = 0.06). Conclusion: The use of intravenous immunoglobulin might have an independent risk relationship with a lower mortality rate or heart transplantation and is recommended in children with myocarditis to prevent complications.
The Screening of Diabetes, Obesity, and Hypertension Risks Associated with Hepatitis C Within the Egyptian Population in a Community Pharmacy Setting
Authors: Kassem Amira B , Abdelrahim Mohamed EA , Mousa Alaa , Harun Amira , Al-husseini Heba , Khaled Salma , Elhadidy Mahmoud , Ibrahim Osama Mohamed
Published: April 2022

Background: Diabetes and hypertension have been identified as risk factors for HCV complications in previous studies. This has sparked the interest in the field of prevention by identifying at-risk individuals and increasing investments for screening among pharmacists. The aim of this study was to screen for risk factors, including age, gender, BMI, hypertension, diabetes, and obesity, in Egyptian patients with HCV. Methods: A prospective cross-sectional study was carried out from September 2018 to February 2019, with a total of 1,959 medical records collected. By comparing the patients’ characteristics, variables related to metabolic risk, and body composition measurements, regression models have been established to determine any confounding factors. Results: The prevalence of HCV antibody was 41.0% in men and 59.0% in women. Among the variables included in the regression analysis, age, BMI, and uncontrolled hypertension were found to have statistically significant associations with diabetes in HCV positive cases (p < 0.001). HCV patients ? 40 years old with high BMI were found to have significant associations with both, diabetes and hypertension (p < 0.001). Hypertensive HCV patients were found to have significant associations with gender, age ? 40, and DM (p < 0.001). Conclusion: HCV infection and metabolic disorders have a closed cycle relationship. Reducing the complications of DM has a promising prospective of limiting the complications of HCV.
The Effectiveness of Mentorship Programs: Increasing Attendance and Graduation Rates among African American Males
Authors:   , Wright III Louis Charles
Published: April 2022

College attendance is one of the leading problems affecting African Americans. African Americans continue to register lower attendance compared to White Americans. Indeed, in the United States, African American males record low attendance and graduation statistics. At national levels, African American male students’ graduation rates remain as low as 42%. While this figure has improved phenomenally over the last 10 years, high-ranking universities and colleges still have a high underrepresentation of African American males (Department of Education, 2020). African American women outpace their male peers in college attendance and graduation rates. From 1990 to 2000, the community witnessed a 1% reduction in men’s graduation rates than women colleagues (Cheung, 2019). The attendance rate helps assess whether affirmative action programs are effective in bridging the differences. Many critics of affirmative action programs argue that they are ineffective in reducing college dropout rates; however, they overlook that African American students’ graduation rates are adversely affected by race-sensitive admissions.
Numerical Investigation of Multi-body Wave Energy Converters’ Configuration
Authors: Heo Kyeonguk , Choi Yoon-Rak
Published: April 2022

We investigate the performance of multi-body wave energy converters (WECs). This investigation considers multiple scattering of water waves by the buoys of a WEC under the generalized mode approach. Predominantly, the effect of a WEC’s configuration on its energy extraction is studied in this research. First, single-row terminator and single-column attenuator arrays of vertical cylinders have been studied. The performance of these attenuator arrays shows that the wall effect induced by the periodic buoys influences the wave propagation and energy extraction in these WECs. Further studies show that a single-row terminator array of vertical cylinders performs better than the corresponding single-column attenuator array. Subsequently, multi-row terminator arrays of vertical cylinders are investigated by conducting a parametric study. This parametric study shows that the hydrodynamic property of three resonance phenomena makes energy extraction efficiency drop down, and the magnitude of energy extracted oscillates between the resonance points in these WECs. Finally, a 4×8 terminator array of vertical cylinders is studied to determine the effect of various dx (x-directional distance between adjacent rows) within this WEC on its performance. In particular, this study enforces at least two equal dx values within the 4×8 terminator array of vertical cylinders. It shows that a small value of this dx leads to better energy extraction efficiency in some of these various dx arrays than that of a corresponding regular array with the same dx.
Intertektualitas dalam Pertunjukan Teater Hikayat Puyu-Puyu Karya Muhammad Kafrawi
Authors: Rahmah Fitri , Gusanti Yurina
Published: April 2022

This paper discusses the theatrical performance of Hikayat Puyu-Puyu, one of the works of the culturalist and activist of the Riau Theater, namely Muhammad Kafrawi, better known as Hang Kafrawi. The Hikayat Puyu-puyu show is a social critique of the event of land clearing for a paper mill on Padang Island which is opposed by the community because it can damage the beauty of Padang Island, Teluk Bintan, Merbau District, Meranti Regency, Riau Islands. This social criticism was poured by Muhammad Kafrawi through the adaptation of the allegory poem Ikan Terubuk which implies the meaning of great power which is always able to overthrow small power. Using the theory of Intertextuality, the study analyzes the relationship between the text of the Hikayat Puyu-puyu performance and the text of the poem as an old literary work, whose content and meaning are used to reflect the phenomena of this era. Research shows that the Hikayat Puyu-Puyu performance is packaged as a blend of modern theater and traditional Riau Makyong theater. This show was born as a form of presentation of the relationship between old literature and issues of contemporary life, which gave birth to a new text that has the same implicit elements.Keywords: Modern theater, Hikayat Puyu-Putu; Terubuk Fish verse, Makyong; intertextualityAbstrakTulisan ini membahas tentang pertunjukan teater Hikayat Puyu-Puyu, salah satu karya dari budayawan dan penggiat Teater Riau, yakni Muhammad Kafrawi yang lebih dikenal sebagai Hang Kafrawi. Pertunjukan Hikayat Puyu-puyu merupakan kritik sosial terhadap peristiwa pembukaan lahan pabrik kertas di Pulau Padang yang ditentang oleh masyarakat karena dapat merusak keasrian Pulau Padang Teluk Bintan Kecamatan Merbau Kabupaten Meranti Kepulauan Riau.Kritik sosial tersebut dituangkan oleh Muhammad Kafrawi melalui adaptasi syair alegori Ikan Terubuk yang menyiratkan makna mengenai  kekuatan besar yang selalu mampu merobohkan kekuatan kecil. Menggunakan teori Intertektualitas, penelitian menganalisis hubungan antara teks pertunjukan Hikayat Puyu-puyu dengan teks syair sebagai karya sastra lama, yang kekuatan isi serta maknanya digunakan untuk merefleksikan fenomena masa ini. Penelitian menunjukkan bahwa pertunjukan Hikayat Puyu-Puyu  dikemas sebagai perpaduan teater modern dan teater tradisional Riau Makyong. Pertunjukan ini lahir sebagai bentuk presentasi hubungan antara sastra lama dengan isu kehidupan masa sekarang, yang melahirkan teks baru yang memiliki unsur implisit yang sama.Kata Kunci: Teater modern, Hikayat Puyu-Putu; syair Ikan Terubuk,  Makyong; intertekstualitas
STRATEGI PEMBELAJARAN KESENIAN ULU AMBEK PADA MASA PANDEMI DI PARIAMAN
Authors: Yulinis Yulinis
Published: April 2022

Tulisan ini membicarakan tentang strategi pembelajaran kesenian ulu ambek pada masa pandemi Covid-19 di Pariaman, yang menghadapi persoalan baru yaitu dilarangnya kegiatan berkumpul. Keadaan ini tentunya sangat berisiko bagi setiap unit kebudayaan jika tidak kuat dalam mempertahankan dirinya. Seni ulu ambek mau tidak mau harus berusaha untuk menemukan alternatif dari strategi pembelajaran guna menyikapi pandemi, salah satunya adalah mencoba pembelajaran daring dengan memanfaatkan media teknologi digital. Hasil analisis menunjukkan bahwa strategi pembelajaran daring sulit diterapkan atas ulu ambek. Sebab, seni ulu ambek sebagai bagian penting kebudayaan Pariaman, menyimpan nilai-nilai dan persepsi masyarakat Pariaman, terutama atas nilai kepemimpinan penghulu. Seni ulu ambek didefinisikan sebagai wujud dari abstraksi penghulu di Pariaman, mencakup gagasan, kelakuan, dan hasil kelakuan. Baik nilai-nilai maupun persepsi, berkaitan dengan aspek-aspek kejiwaan para pendukung ulu ambek, yang penting artinya dalam mengarahkan tingkah laku mereka, yang sulit diinternalisasikan melalui trategi pembelajaran daring.Kata Kunci: pandemi; strategi; pembelajaran; Pariaman; ulu ambek
Examining Sex-Specific Neurobehavioral and Metabolic Effects of Early-Pubertal Stress and Adult Diet Condition
Authors: Salhany Kenneth
Published: April 2022

Metabolic syndrome (MetS) and its associated comorbidities has become increasingly prevalent on a global scale. Features of MetS (i.e., insulin resistance and obesity) have been studied in effort to reduce the likelihood of disease onset. Both obesogenic diets and stressful experiences impact metabolic regulation to variable degrees, where sex differences in metabolic programming, alongside environmental exposures, can alter the likelihood of disease progression. Thus, neurobehavioral, and metabolic changes associated with energy homeostasis may be attributed to inherent sex differences in endocrine physiology. Accordingly, our study aimed to further elucidate the sex-specific neurobehavioral and metabolic effects of both chronic obesogenic feeding and age-restricted stress experience. Our findings show that males were more responsive to obesogenic challenge than females, exhibiting increased weight gain, energy intake, fasting hyperglycemia, and insulin resistance. Further, they exhibited altered levels of endocrine hormones, anxiogenic behavior, and hepatic metabolic protein expression. Preliminary data also suggest that adolescent and adult stress exposure altered bodyweight and glycemia to variable degrees. These effects were both diet-dependent and sex-specific. Collectively, our findings implicate inherent sex-differences in adrenal axis physiology in the mediation of diet induced metabolic defects. The current study provides a framework to enable further investigation of the molecular relationships between stress, diet, and sex conditions to identify key factors that may determine the detrimental outcomes associated with MetS.
The Impact of Behavioral Health Training in Primary Care Settings
Authors: Woodamansee Raquel
Published: April 2022

A program evaluation of a behavioral health certificate program designed for primary care paraprofessionals. This study aimed to assess the change in participants behavioral health knowledge and self-efficacy after course completion and assess the participants satisfaction with the behavioral health certificate program.
A DESCRIPTIVE STUDY ON FOREIGN LANGUAGE ENJOYMENT OF LEARNERS IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE CLASSROOMS
Authors: KAPLAN Yaşar Üstün
Published: April 2022

This current study was carried out to find out learners’ foreign language enjoyment levels (FLE). Participants chosen based on purposive sampling method were 150 EFL learners studying at a university in Turkey. The present study was designed as a mixed method research design. For quantitative part of the study, Foreign Language Enjoyment scale developed by Dewaele and MacIntyre (2014) was used to collect data. As for the qualitative part of the study, semi-structured interview was used. Data obtained from the questionnaire were analyzed through descriptive and inferential statistics while qualitative data were analyzed based on inductive content analysis. As a result of analyses, it was found that learners experience moderate level of enjoyment in their English classes and there is not a significant difference among participants based on high school department from which they graduated. Inductive content analysis also showed that FLE personal, FLE environment, FLE instructional were found as main categories for explaining sources of learners’ foreign language enjoyment.
OSMANLI’DAN CUMHURİYET’E MİLLİ İKTİSAT İDEOLOJİSİ VE MİTHAT ŞAKİR ALTAN
Authors: CAN Ayşegül
Published: April 2022

Türk iktisat tarihinde, milli iktisat düşüncesi ilk kez İkinci Meşrutiyet döneminde ortaya çıkmıştır. İlerleyen süreçte bir devlet politikası olarak uygulanmaya başlanan bu düşünce, Birinci Dünya Savaşı’nın başlamasıyla birlikte zirve yapmıştır. Bu minvalde Türk-Müslüman sermayedar oluşturulmasına, yerli sermeye ile milli banka ve şirketlerin kurulmasına, yerli üretimin ve müteşebbislerin teşvikine önem verilmiştir. Osmanlı Devleti’nin son bulması ile milli iktisat ideolojisini savunan aydınlar ve milli kurumlar, bu kez yeni Türkiye Cumhuriyeti’nin iktisadi bağımsızlığını sağlama noktasında önemli rol oynamıştır.

Bu çalışmada Osmanlı’nın son dönemlerine ve yeni bir Türk devletinin doğuşuna tanıklık etmiş, eğitimini Osmanlı Konya’sında almış, Cumhuriyet Türkiye’sine öğretmen, yazar, avukat, halkevi başkanı ve milletvekilliği yaparak hizmet etmiş Mithat Şakir Altan’ın milli iktisat hakkındaki görüşleri irdelenmiştir. Bilhassa, Birinci Dünya Savaşı’ndan itibaren, ortaya koymuş olduğu milli iktisat anlayışı dönemin Osmanlı aydınlarının görüşleri çerçevesinde değerlendirilmiştir. O’nun şahsiyetinin ve fikirlerinin oluşmasında 19. ve 20. yüzyılda Osmanlı Devleti’ndeki ve dünyadaki gelişmelerin önemli bir yeri olduğu tespit edilmiştir. Zira dünyaya geldiği dönem; Osmanlı Devleti’nin en çalkantılı zamanına rastlamasına rağmen fikrî ideolojiler açısından oldukça zengin bir devire denk gelmiştir. Birinci Dünya Savaşı sırasında Osmanlı Devleti’nde milli iktisat politikasının hayata geçirildiği sırada, Konya’da Türk Sözü gazetesinde çoğunlukla “Türklük Etrafında” köşesinde bu politikayı destekleyen yazılar kaleme almıştır. Osmanlı Devleti’nin son bulmasıyla Cumhuriyet’te milli iktisat düşüncesini taşıyan kimseler arasında M. Şakir, Konya’da öne çıkmıştır.
TALİBAN’IN TOPLUMSAL GERÇEKLİĞİNİN KURUCU ZEMİNİ: “BİZ” VE “ÖTEKİ” OLUŞUMU
Authors: KATILMIŞ Canan , GÜVEN Mehmet Emin
Published: April 2022

20. yüzyıl itibariyle siyasi ve toplumsal tartışmaların izahında kullanılan “biz ve öteki” ayrımı, bir homojenliğin zorunluluğuna işaret eden modern devletin inşası ile birlikte yeni bir biz ve öteki bilinci ortaya çıkarmıştır. Bu bilinç, topraklarına izinsiz girmeye çalışan tüm tehditlere karşı yurttaşlarını içeride tutacak, yabancıları ise dışarda tutacak bir ulusal güvenlik anlayışı ile inşa edilmiştir. Bu ulusal güvenlik anlayışı sadece Batı coğrafyasını ve Batı değerlerini ihtiva eden alanların sınırlarını belirlememiştir. Bu durum aynı zamanda siyasal, sosyal ve kültürel olanla içkin bir anlayış inşa etmesinden ötürü, her devletin, her farklı siyasal, toplumsal ve kültürel düşüncenin kendi sınırlarını oluşturması, kendisi için normal ve anormal olanın alanını belirlemesi ile sonuçlanmıştır. Kan ve akrabalığa ve kültürel kimliğe dayalı ‘‘biz” bilinci ile hareket eden Taliban, topraklarına izinsiz girmeye çalışanlardan, “haksız ve meşruiyet dışı” olandan, ötekinden, varlığını koruyarak meşruiyet kazanmıştır. Siyasal ve demokratik kurumların varlığı ve işlevselliği açısından oldukça zayıf, ancak toplumsal kimlik inşası açısından bir bütünlüğün olduğu Afganistan’da Taliban, toplumsal gerçekliğini “biz ve öteki” karşıtlığı üzerinden kazanmıştır. Bu doğrultuda çalışmanın amacı, Taliban açısından “biz”i ve “öteki”yi oluşturan, aynı zamanda Taliban’ı Afganistan’da meşru gösteren unsurları ortaya koymaktır. Çalışmada dini radikalizmi, aynı zamanda Taliban’ı ortaya çıkaran unsurlar; siyasal ortam, toplumsal nedenler dini politik hedefler, bireysel durum ve felsefi nedenler olmak üzere beş başlık altında değerlendirilmiştir. Çalışmada tarihsel ve betimsel araştırma yöntemleri kullanılmıştır.
FRANSA İLE RUSYA ARASINDA İMZALANAN TİLSİT ANTLAŞMASI’NIN (1807) OSMANLI DEVLETİ’NİN DIŞ POLİTİKASINA ETKİLERİ
Authors: ULUERLER Sıtkı
Published: April 2022

1807 yılı, Osmanlı tarihinin en sıkıntılı senelerinden biriydi. Bu yılda meydana gelen hadiselerin çokluğu, etkileri ve sonuçları, Osmanlı Devleti’ni ciddi anlamda sarsmıştı. Bu süre zarfında Osmanlı-Rus savaşının seyri, Osmanlı’nın aleyhine devam ediyordu. III. Selim, saltanatının en zor yılını geçiriyordu. Ülke içinde Padişaha ve Nizam-ı Cedid yeniliklerine karşı olan kesimler, her geçen gün kuvvet buluyorlardı. En sonunda da Mayıs 1807’de yaşanan Kabakçı İsyanı ile padişah tahttan indirilmişti. Osmanlı Devleti’nin bulunduğu bu zor durumdan çıkabilmesi için güvendiği devlet Fransa’ydı. Zira bu devletle 1806 senesinden beri yakın siyasi ilişkiler kurulmuştu. 1807 yılından itibaren de özellikle Rusya’ya karşı ittifakın gerçekleştirilmesi için görüşmeler başlatılmıştı. Fransa İmparatoru Napolyon ise, çeşitli vaatler ve diplomatik söylemlerle Osmanlı’yı yönlendiriyordu. Osmanlı yönetimi, Fransa’yı kendine dost zannederken, Napolyon’un gizli planlarından haberi yoktu. Napolyon, asıl amacı olan Rusya ile kalıcı bir ittifak kurmak için Osmanlı Devleti’ni feda etmeye hazırdı. Bu durum Fransa’nın Haziran 1807’de Friedland Savaşı’nda Rusya’yı yenmesi ile belli olmuştu. Bu savaştan hemen sonra 7 Temmuz’da Fransa ile Rusya arasında imzalanan Tilsit Antlaşması, Fransa’nın Osmanlı’yı nasıl yok saydığını açıkça ortaya koymuştu. Olan bitenin farkına varan Osmanlı yönetimi, mevcut durumunu da göz önünde bulundurup, dış politikada hangi adımlar atması gerektiğini düşünmeye başlamıştı. Buna bağlı olarak Osmanlı bürokrasisi tarafından, Tilsit Antlaşması ve sonrasındaki gelişmeler iyice analiz edilmeye çalışılmıştı. Bu çerçevede Tilsit Antlaşması’nın imzalanmasından 1808 senesine kadar geçen süre zarfında meydana gelen siyasi gelişmeler, diplomatik temaslar, ittifaklar ve düşmanlıklar ele alınmaya çalışılmıştır. Ağırlıklı olarak Osmanlı arşiv belgelerinden elde edilen bilgiler ışığında, devletlerarası ilişkilerin, diplomasinin bilhassa da Osmanlı dış politikasının nasıl bir seyir izlediği irdelenmiştir.