bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Strategic Indicators of the Role of Government in Developing Dubai as a Medical Tourism Hub
Authors: Haq Farooq , Medhekar Anita
Published: October 2019

Medical tourism is a growing phenomenon in the Middle East. Dubai is strategically located to competitively attract patients from Islamic backgrounds given the cultural congruence with the Middle Eastern countries for medical tourism. Dubai is famous for its shopping, sightseeing, desert safaris, state-of-the art tourism facilities, and as a melting pot for Eastern and Western civilizations. The government of United Arab Emirates is playing a key role to support the development of Dubai as a medical tourism hub of the Middle East and diversify the oil-based economy in an innovative way. It is developing various niche tourism products and services embedded in the non-oil sectors of the economy by applying the five strategic indicators required to study the role of governments in planning and supporting sustainable tourism.
A Study of Green Marketing Practices in the Selected Ayurvedic Resorts of Kerala
Authors: Hamid Sheeba , Jameel Syed Talha
Published: October 2019

Ayurveda is a unique system of healthcare with more than 5000 years of history. It is presumed that Ayurveda is one of the oldest scientific ways of keeping, promoting, and conserving a healthy life. The various natural ingredients that are used in Ayurvedic therapy are of great medical value as is described in the Vedic literature on Ayurveda. The Ayurveda's history laid down the instructions of maintaining healthy lifespan as well as fighting against illness by different types of therapies like massages, diet control, herbal medicines, and exercises. Nowadays, green marketing is a rapidly growing concept, and consumers are willing to pay more for green products. Green marketing affects all areas of the economy. It does protect not only the environment but also creates a new market and job opportunities. The study is focused on the concept of Ayurveda especially in the resorts of Kerala. The majority of consumers have felt that their actions had a proportional impact on the environment.
A Collaborative Framework for Medical Tourism Service Supply Chain Operations
Authors: Karadayi-Usta Saliha , Serdarasan Seyda
Published: October 2019

Medical tourism is a combination of medical and tourism services that attracts medical travelers to destination countries. Collaboration between the members of the medical tourism service supply chain (MTSSC) is important to maintain a sustainable business. Thus, in this chapter, the authors use Collaborative Planning Forecasting Replenishment (CPFR) model as a reference and adapt it for medical tourism services. The focus of this chapter is on the collaboration between an assistance company and a medical institution. This chapter suggests a collaborative MTSSC operations framework including steps, tools, and techniques for collaboration arrangement and joint business plans, demand planning and forecasting, balancing the demand and capacity, the execution phase, and the final performance measurement. It describes how multiple supply chain partners intelligence could be combined to fulfill demand of medical tourists by aligning the planned actions and available resources with the real execution process by a set of tools and techniques.
Prospects and Challenges of Medical Tourism
Authors: Akoijam Sunildro LS , Khan Tabassum
Published: October 2019

Medical tourism has seen rapid growth in the past few years in Manipur from neighboring states as well as countries, particularly Myanmar. Manipur is also trying to be on the medical tourism map of India with eminent medical practitioners across the state trying to take advantage of the Act East Policy of the Indian Government. Manipur witnessed a significant investment in healthcare over the last decade. With the emergence of some of the eminent hospitals and research institutes with advanced technology in the state, the diagnosis of many of the complicated medical problems are done effectively with minimal cost. The prospect looks bright, but challenges such as tag of being a ‘disturbed area' and complex visa procedures for foreign nationals could constraints to the exponential growth of medical tourism in Manipur, especially from neighboring countries. The chapter is an attempt to study the prospects and challenges of medical tourism in Manipur. The study is exploratory in nature with insights from available literature and data from various sources.
Alignment of OER Platforms With SDGs
Authors: Jha Ratan Kumar , Ganguly Shantanu , Mishra Shesh
Published: October 2019

Given that India is a fast-developing country, education can play a transformative role in societal change in the country. However, disparities continue persist in access to education, provisioning of quality education. This has been reiterated and manifested even in recently declared SDGs with specific reference to SDG 4. SDG 4 recognizes the need for inclusive education to drive the change. This chapter highlights the role and importance of OERs in transforming the education and making it more inclusive. More importantly, OERs can play significant role in bridging the digital divide in the country by imparting access to education to both haves and have-nots. The chapter in this context focuses on comprehending the challenges, prospects, and finest practices connected with Indian Open Educational Resources (OER) initiatives. This chapter will also address some of the relevant queries or questions such as, ‘Why do Indian university, college, and school educators adopt—or are reluctant to adopt—OER?'
Technologies for Handling Big Data
Authors: Agrawal Rashmi
Published: October 2019

In today's world, every time we connect phone to internet, pass through a CCTV camera, order pizza online, or even pay with credit card to buy some clothes, we generate data and that “ocean of data” is popularly known as big data. The amount of data that's being created and stored on a universal level is almost inconceivable, and it just keeps growing. The amount of data we create is doubled every year. Big data is a critical concept that integrates all kinds of data and plays an important role for strategic intelligence for any modern company. The importance of big data doesn't revolve around how much data you have, but what you do with it. Big data is now the key for competition and growth for new startups, medium, and big enterprises. Scientific research is now on boom using big data. For the astronomers, Sloan Digital Sky Survey has become a central resource. Big data has the potential to revolutionize research and education as well. The aim of this chapter is to discuss the technologies that are pertinent and essential for big data.
Machine Learning for Smart Tourism and Retail
Authors: Rodríguez-Pardo Carlos , Patricio Miguel A. , Berlanga Antonio , Molina José M.
Published: October 2019

The unprecedented growth in the amount and variety of data we can store about the behaviour of customers has been parallel to the popularization and development of machine learning algorithms. This confluence of factors has created the opportunity of understanding customer behaviour and preferences in ways that were undreamt of in the past. In this chapter, the authors study the possibilities of different state-of-the-art machine learning algorithms for retail and smart tourism applications, which are domains that share common characteristics, such as contextual dependence and the kind of data that can be used to understand customers. They explore how supervised, unsupervised, and recommender systems can be used to profile, segment, and create value for customers.
Child Protection and Development in Nigeria
Authors: Okpara Stellamaris Ngozi
Published: October 2019

It is unarguably true that one of the social institutions from which children need protection is the media. This is because some media content violates and poses a harmful influence on their development. The media has been accused of being weak in protecting the rights of Nigerian children from the standpoint of the content it disseminates. This chapter focuses on the power of the media to advocate for the child's rights and shape the childhood process through its content. The study discovered that media outlets are not predisposed to reporting issues regarding child rights but rather place more attention on entertainment programmes that attract big sponsors. The study recommends that media content should focus on promoting child rights issues in Nigeria.
Agricultural Trade and Quality of Nutrition
Authors: Chaunina Elena , Korsheva Inna
Published: October 2019

Proper nutrition is not only a biological but also a social, economic, and political issue. Insufficient intake of essential elements may result in the occurrence of hidden hunger and metabolic disorders. Some regions of the world are characterized by a lack of certain nutrients in the environment which leads to their lack in plant and animal products. The most common problem is a deficiency of iodine and selenium. To solve this problem, the government takes various measures, such as direct inclusion of necessary additives in food products, as well as the modernization of technological process of crop and livestock production. In this chapter, the authors analyze the provision of the population in various countries and regions with limiting nutrients. The study specifically aims at exploring the issues of production and trade in fortified (modified) food products that can directly fill in the lack of essential elements in particular territories.
Resource-Saving Technology of Dehydration of Fruit and Vegetable Raw Materials
Authors: Simakova Inna , Strizhevskaya Victoria , Vorotnikov Igor , Pertsevyi Fedor
Published: October 2019

Thousands of tons of fruit and vegetables are lost annually during harvesting, transportation, and storage. Meanwhile, there is a problem of insufficient consumption of fruit and vegetables in the diet of modern people which results in an increase in the occurrence of alimentary-dependent diseases. One of the possible solutions to these two interrelated problems is the development of a technology of processing of substandard raw materials directly at the harvesting site. This study aims at the development of the technology of dehydration of fruit and vegetables applicable in a field. The economic effect of the proposed solution is contingent on the reduction of losses at the stage of cleaning and saving water resources and saving transportation and storage costs.
New Financial Technologies, Cryptocurrencies, Blockchain, and Challenges
Authors: Sakiz Burcu
Published: October 2019

As technological innovation transforms our economies, companies and start-ups all over the world are performing developments on financial technologies called “FinTech/fintech” for a chance to thrive. It even sparked the invention of blockchain and the inception of cryptocurrencies (digital/virtual money) such as Bitcoin. The blockchain technology provides Bitcoin's public ledger, an ordered and timestamped record of transactions. Blockchain is one of a kind decentralized technology mainly used by fintechs and it is a distributed as well as decentralized ledger that presents a radical, new, modern, and disruptive way of conducting all manner of transactions over the internet. Blockchain-based applications provide many opportunities to create a more sustainable world. With this research agenda, this chapter contributes to the discussion on future avenues for sustainability and information systems research on fintechs, especially cryptocurrencies and blockchain-based platforms and services.
Analysis of Quality of Services in Higher Education Institutions
Authors: Jošanov-Vrgović Ivana , Vuković Ana Jovičić , Papić-Blagojević Nataša , Bolesnikov Dragana
Published: October 2019

An overview of domestic and foreign literature shows that the concept of quality of services at higher education institutions (HEIs) is the focus. Quality of service is one of the main factors of competitive advantage. Perceived quality of services in HEIs can be defined as the difference between what students expect to receive and their perceptions of what they really get. If HEIs get acquainted with students' expectations, they will have the opportunity to adjust their behavior to what is expected of them, and thus to positively influence on the students' perceived quality of services. Globalization has created a more competitive environment and opened market for HEIs. It affected on ensuring high quality in HEIs. The quality of HEIs is of key importance for a society because the students, employers, and society have the benefits of it, and quality education contributes to economic development of the country.
Religion, Rehabilitation, and Reintegration of Prison Inmates Into Mainstream Society
Authors: Yin Elijah Tukwariba
Published: October 2019

This chapter surveys scholarly works on the extent to which religion influences inmate rehabilitation and reintegration into mainstream society. Apart from conceptual explanations, the empirical reviews add to its analytic claims. This study argues that despite the functions of religion in relation to crime and its pro-social behaviour, its rehabilitation and reintegration function is limited due to the neglected roles of faith communities, families, and other legal institutions. The literature analysis concludes that the efforts to institute religion in prison to reform and rehabilitate inmates are fruitless due to the divergent interests of the actors involved. The religious civil society organisations that participated in convicted prisoner rehabilitation did not show the same interest in their reintegration into mainstream society.
Offending, Victimization, Forensic Investigation, and Prevention of Cyberstalking
Authors: Gopalan Rejani Thudalikunnil
Published: October 2019

The term cyberstalking has been used to describe a variety of behaviors that involve repeated threats and/or harassment by the use of electronic mail or other computer-based communication that would make a reasonable person afraid or concerned for their safety. It is growing fast and creating problems, especially psychologically. This chapter mainly focused on its definition, typologies, characteristics of victims and offenders, forensic investigation, and its prevention. There is not much agreement on the definition of cyberstalking as it appeared recently due to technological advancement. Many of the researches were done on university students and the prevalence of cyberstalking among general population and special groups are not much known. But researches repeatedly confirm it as a growing issue. Technical advancements and thorough knowledge on technical details among researchers from different backgrounds poses a big problem to its complete understanding and prevention. Future research needs to focus on all these aspects.
Cyber Bullying
Authors: Pembecıoglu Emıne Nılufer , Irmaklı Hatıce
Published: October 2019

Cyber bullying is a serious and newly arising problem of today's world due to the negative intentions in using the recent technological improvements. However, despite its being a relatively new area, a significant number of studies conducted on this issue can be found. This chapter provides a general overview of the current literature with exemplary research to present some insight into the global and local practices in relation to any possible solution of prevention/intervention program for the cyber bullying problem. The global scale involves many studies of various scholars from several countries with different focuses while the local scale concentrates on the case of Turkey and the same of Turkish students or teachers.
Entropy Based Identification of Fake Profiles in Social Network
Authors: Sarna Geetika , Bhatia M.P.S.
Published: October 2019

Cyberbullying is a felonious act carried out against the victim by sending harassing/ embarrassing/ abusing information online. Normally offenders create fake profiles in order to hide their identity for unscrupulous activities. Assuming a fake identity is very harmful as the real picture of the offender is not visible, and also it can become difficult to entrap them. Sometimes, some trustworthy friends can also take advantage of the fake identity in order to harm the victim. Culprits can reveal victim's personal information like financial details, personal history, family, etc., and along with it, he can harass, threaten or blackmail the victim using fake profiles and permeates that information on the social network. So, it is necessary to resolve this issue. In this article, the authors used the concept of entropy and cross entropy to identify fake profiles as entropy works on the degree of uncertainty. Also, this article shows the comparison of proposed method with the existing classifiers.
Gamification
Authors: Mori Biancamaria
Published: October 2019

This chapter will discuss Gamification and video games, analyzing their peculiarities. After a brief historical introduction to the disciplines that intertwine the design of Gamification applications, such as User interaction, User Interface, and Game Design, authors analyze the real areas in which Gamification can be applied with verifiable results, citing scientific studies and examples of applications. We will see then how from the video games Toca Boca for children, to the “tourist” version of Assassin's Creed Oringis presented at the British Museum, up to the latest interactive applications for business training, the techniques of the game are exceeding the playful areas to make more deep human interaction with the real surrounding it.
Employing Digital Reality Technologies in Art Exhibitions and Museums
Authors: Kang Yowei , Yang Kenneth C. C.
Published: October 2019

The global AR, MR, and VR markets will reach USD$40.6 billion in 2019. As a result, digital reality technologies have become a key component of promoting art exhibition and museum industries to the general public around the world. Emerging applications such as ARCHEOGUIDE, ARCO, and 3D-MURALE have allowed museum-goers to access archeological artefacts and sites remotely without physically visiting the museums. Digital reality technologies have therefore been perceived to have the great potential to promote (creative) cultural industry contents, because of the characteristics of these platforms (e.g., interactivity, realism, and visualization). This chapter employs a case study approach to discuss the current state of digital reality technology applications in museums and art exhibitions around the world. The study provides several best practice examples to demonstrate how digital reality technologies have fundamentally transformed the art exhibitions and museums.
Evaluating Augmented and Virtual Reality in Education Through a User-Centered Comparative Study
Authors: Pierdicca Roberto , Frontoni Emanuele , Puggioni Maria Paola , Malinverni Eva Savina , Paolanti Marina
Published: October 2019

Augmented and virtual reality proved to be valuable solutions to convey contents in a more appealing and interactive way. Given the improvement of mobile and smart devices in terms of both usability and computational power, contents can be easily conveyed with a realism level never reached in the past. Despite the tremendous number of researches related with the presentation of new fascinating applications of ancient goods and artifacts augmentation, few papers are focusing on the real effect these tools have on learning. Within the framework of SmartMarca project, this chapter focuses on assessing the potential of AR/VR applications specifically designed for cultural heritage. Tests have been conducted on classrooms of teenagers to whom different learning approaches served as an evaluation method about the effectiveness of using these technologies for the education process. The chapter argues on the necessity of developing new tools to enable users to become producers of contents of AR/VR experiences.
Translanguaging Pedagogy to Support Bi/Multilingual Students' Language Learning in Social Studies
Authors: Deroo Matthew R.
Published: October 2019

This qualitative case study investigates how Mrs. Vega, a high school social studies teacher, supported her emergent bi/multilingual immigrant students' development of academic, content-based language learning in a U.S. Government class. Drawing upon data collected as part of a larger ethnography and using translanguaging pedagogy as a theoretical frame, this chapter centers Mrs. Vega's translanguaging stance, design, and shift. Findings demonstrate the multiple and varied ways Mrs. Vega's pedagogy supported her students' already-present linguistic and cultural abilities in support of their disciplinary learning. Implications are provided for theory and practice.
Digital Transformation Challenges for the Implementation of Quality Electronic Medical Records
Authors: Katehakis Dimitrios G. , Kouroubali Angelina
Published: October 2019

The purpose of this work is to analyze the digital transformation challenges related to the implementation of quality electronic medical record systems in Greece, within the wider frame of the European digital single market. The authors explore characteristics of quality, interoperable and secure electronic medical records, and provide an overview of the challenges and factors affecting their adoption, implementation, and operation. Key challenges relate to linking electronic medical records with the workflow, building trust and acceptance by making the best use of champions and key stakeholders, and financing the digital transformation transition and sustainability. The foreseen benefits include better support of medical decisions across all stages of the patient pathway, patients empowered to carry with them clinically significant information, fostering research, and unlocking the full potential of vendors to implement innovative tools to support continuity of care.
Examining the Effects of Strategies, Competition Intelligence, and Risk Culture on Business Performance in International Enterprises
Authors: Adiguzel Zafer
Published: October 2019

The top management of the organizations attach importance to both the cultural structure and performance by paying attention to the risk level of the decisions taken in order to be successful in the competitive environment. With the success of the organization performance, the organization of employees with different cultural characteristics of the same common value comes to the fore. Therefore, human resources and corporate culture of institutions attach importance to the management of the interaction of people from different segments in their management policies. How risks are understood and managed by employees in an organization is examined within the scope of risk culture, which depends on internal and external factors in the organization. As a result of cultural differences, both the advantages of orientation are recognized and explained and the problems that need to be managed continue to arise. This chapter sets out the existing cultural framework in organizations, and supports a bridge function and a systemic understanding of cultural differences.
Understanding the Investment Behavior of Individual Investors
Authors: Bilgin Yavuz , Camgoz Selin Metin , Karan Mehmet Baha , Yildiz Yilmaz
Published: October 2019

The FOREX market has become a popular ground amongst all kinds of market players. The leverage transactions of the market that may generate higher profit levels with low capital/investments make it very attractive for the individual risk takers. The research investigates the trading behavior of FOREX investors relying on the survey data collected from 167 Turkish investors in 2019. Within the scope of the research, the authors evaluate whether and to what extent behavioral factors, namely demographic characteristics; personal characteristics such as personality traits, love of money, and biases like disposition effect influence investment performance. The results reveal that among the personality traits, openness to experience and conscientiousness have a positive impact while disposition effect and love of money have a negative impact on the performance of investors. Additional analysis suggests that the effects of personality traits and biases on trading performance remarkably change among subgroups of investors regarding their income level.
Acquisition of Financial Literacy as a Life Skill
Authors: Gezmen Başak , Eken ihsan
Published: October 2019

Alongside the phenomena such as crisis, prosperity, etc., which emerged with the increase of global competition, the development of literacy levels has become critical. In the acquisition and development of financial literacy, first of all, the current situation should be determined, then the relevant policies should be developed and the literacy should be acquired through the necessary trainings to be provided. This chapter determines the relationship between the acquisition of financial literacy awareness as a life skill and the participation of the students who took the Introduction to Economics course in the Faculty of Communication at Istanbul Medipol University in 2018-2019 in the axis of survey method. Authors discuss the students' financial literacy awareness and skill in general. The chapter also gains insight into the situation of similar courses such as economics and finance to improve the perspective on financial literacy awareness.
Machine Learning Applications in Nanomedicine and Nanotoxicology
Authors: Casañola-Martin Gerardo M. , Pham-The Hai
Published: October 2019

The development of machine learning algorithms together with the availability of computational tools nowadays have given an increase in the application of artificial intelligence methodologies in different fields. However, the use of these machine learning approaches in nanomedicine remains still underexplored in certain areas, despite the development in hardware and software tools. In this review, the recent advances in the conjunction of machine learning with nanomedicine are shown. Examples dealing with biomedical properties of nanoparticles, characterization of nanomaterials, text mining, and image analysis are also presented. Finally, some future perspectives in the integration of nanomedicine with cloud computing, deep learning and other techniques are discussed.
Designing Online Courses as a Team
Authors: Abdous M'hammed
Published: October 2019

Unlike the traditional “lone ranger” method for online course design—a method that hinges on individual faculty efforts, expertise, and knowledge—a team-based approach (TBA) harnesses the collective intelligence of several experts to design effective online learning experiences. Using learning design (LD) as a conceptual framework, this article describes the experience of a public institution in using a team-based approach to produce a large number of online courses for degree programs. After establishing the relevance of a team-based approach, the author discusses the premises that underpin the model, in terms of process, faculty relationship, and quality assurance. Building on these premises, a cyclical backward design process is described which is intended to (1) clarify course-learning outcomes and align course content, (2) determine acceptable evidence of students' learning, and (3) plan the learning experience. The article is concluded with a few insights and lessons learned from the institutional experience.
Utilizing Radio Frequency Identification in Libraries
Authors: Ganapathi Parameshwar , Abu-Shanab Emad Ahmed
Published: October 2019

Nowadays, RFID technology is widely being used in libraries across the world. This study is in line with global literature pertaining to the implementation of RFID technology in libraries and intends to explore and examine the perceptions of employees from two libraries in Qatar. Data was collected from both staff and managers using two separate surveys. The perceptions of both sets of employees were analyzed and compared to highlight the differences in benefits, drawbacks, and issues concerning the implementation of RFID in contrast to barcode. ‘Shelf management of resources,' ‘perceived RFID contributions,' and ‘workplace efficiency' were the top 3 rated dimensions pertaining to the use of RFID. Additionally, ‘increased customer satisfaction' was rated the highest among the reasons as to why RFID is adopted in libraries and the fact that all negative decision determinants were moderately perceived when compared to the positive ones indicates the overall positive attitude of managers in these libraries towards RFID technology. Further conclusions and future work are proposed at the end of the study.
Exploring the Challenges and Possibilities of Pan African International Police Cooperation
Authors: Gyamfi Gerald D.
Published: October 2019

In the promotion of global peace and security, police cooperation is considered one of the major pillars. This exploratory qualitative study focuses on the possibilities and challenges that should be overcome in the quest to practicalize the implementation of security policies and other legal instruments relating to police cooperation and collaboration in Africa. Twenty-five top police officers and other security experts in Ghana were selected as participants using snowball approach. The participants were interviewed for their views on international police cooperation focusing on cooperation among the various police forces in Africa. The outcome of the study revealed that the major challenges include financial constraints, language barriers, political interference, and problems associated with information technology systems. Recommendations made to overcome most of the challenges include strengthening the African Union Police (AFRIPOL), intelligence sharing with the aid of advanced information technology, and promoting research on police effectiveness on the African continent.
Strategizing SCM-M Interface Using DeLone and McLean Model of IS Success and Fuzzy Cognitive Maps
Authors: Shukla Shekhar , Mohanty B.K. , Kumar Ashwani
Published: October 2019

The article presents a unique approach to explore and evaluate the critical factors of supply chain management-marketing (SCM-M) interfaces in e-commerce. This article systematically identifies the critical factors of SCM-M interface in e-commerce using DeLone and McLean (D&M) Model of IS Success. The critical factors identified are used to form the dynamic scenarios based on Fuzzy Cognitive Maps (FCM) for strategizing the e-commerce success. To understand and evaluate the proposed research methodology, some scenarios were developed based on the critical factors of SCM-M interface in e-commerce. The analysis of these scenarios aid in identifying the improvement areas as well as strategizing and improving those areas of SCM-M interface in e-commerce for enhanced customer satisfaction and leveraging organizational success.
Bleaching melanin in formalin-fixed and paraffin-embedded melanoma specimens using visible light: a pilot study
Authors: Pigoli Claudio , Gibelli Lucia Rita , Caniatti Mario , Moretti Luca , Sironi Giuseppe , Giudice Chiara
Published: October 2019

In fluorescence microscopy, light radiation can be used to bleach fluorescent molecules in formalin-fixed and paraffin-embedded (FFPE) samples, in order to increase the ratio between signal of interest and background autofluorescence. We tested if the same principle can be exploited in bright field microscopy to bleach pigmented melanoma FFPE sections together with cell morphology maintenance. After dewaxing and rehydration, serial FFPE sections of a feline diffuse iris melanoma, a canine dermal melanoma, a gray horse dermal melanoma and a swine cutaneous melanoma were irradiated with visible light for 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 days, prior to Hematoxylin and Eosin staining. Complete bleaching was obtained after 1-day treatment in feline and swine melanomas, while 2 and 3 days were required in canine and equine neoplasms, respectively. In all treated samples, cell morphology was maintained. Photo-induced bleaching combined with immunohistochemistry was tested after a 3-day photo-treatment using five different markers. According to the literature, in all samples neoplastic cells stained positive for vimentin, S100 and PNL2, while negative for FVIII and pancytokeratin. In conclusion, visible light can be effectively exploited to bleach pigmented melanoma FFPE sections prior to perform routine histochemical and immunohistochemical stains.
The correlation between perceived communication quality and customer satisfaction at Bhayangkara Hospital Emergency Department, Indonesia
Authors: Percunda Alita Dewi , Chalidyanto Djazuli
Published: October 2019

Overcrowding at emergency department with domination of non-emergency patient based on triage process could lead to the decrease of communication quality from the care giver. An approach through communication media at hospital should be optimized to fulfill the information needs from the customer. This study aimed to identify the correlation between the communication quality and the customer satisfaction can give us a better understanding to improve our service at emergency department. A questionnaire to measure perceived communication quality of care giver (consists of communicator and media aspects) and customer satisfaction was given to patient or his/her guardian at emergency department. The sample size of 93 had been validated from 100 questionnaires collected. The regression test result is significant for both communicator aspects (sig 0.000) and information media (sig 0.011) with p<0.05. The perceived communication quality both communicator and media aspect is correlated with customer satisfaction. Thus, understanding and improvement in those factors are important to increase customer satisfaction especially at emergency department where situations are often busy and care givers tend to underestimate the importance of communication.
Abdominal breathing affects blood pressure in hypertension sufferers
Authors: Zahroh Chilyatiz , Nurjanah Siti , Widyarti Ninin Khumairoh Siti
Published: October 2019

Hypertension is a significant risk factor for heart disease and stroke. This study was conducted to determine the effect of abdominal breathing on blood pressure in a hypertensive patient using the non-pharmacological treatment. This study used a pre-experimental method, which comprises of the one-group pre-test/post-test design. A total of 39 hypertensive respondents taken from a population in Wonokromo, Surabaya were chosen by using simple random sampling technique. Data was analyzed by Wilcoxon Signed-Rank Test, with an assigned significance level of ɑ=0.05. The results of this study showed that before abdominal breathing, the systolic blood pressure was 146.41 mmHg, whereas the diastolic blood pressure was 117.43 mmHg. After performing abdominal relaxation, it was 135.64 mmHg and 87.95 mmHg, respectively. Moreover, the results of the Wilcoxon Signed-Rank Test showed a p-value of 0.000, illustrating that the results of blood pressure measurement were different before and after conducting the abdominal breathing. Therefore, abdominal breathing is suspected of having the ability to decrease the blood pressure.
Identification of tuberculosis infection and sociodemographic risk among children who come into household contact with tuberculosis in Medan, Indonesia
Authors: Siregar Fazidah A. , Andayani Lita Sri , Sinaga Mhd. Makmur
Published: October 2019

Although the incidence of tuberculosis (TB) in Medan remains high, cases of TB infection among children who come into household contact with adult TB patients is still low (5.4%). The purpose of the study was to investigate the proportion of TB infection among children in the households of adult TB patients and to identify risk factors for TB infection in this population. This study was an unmatched case control study with a total of 86 study participants and a case:control ratio of 1:1. Tuberculosis skin tests and assessment with TB scoring for children were performed to determine TB infection. Data were analyzed using simple and multiple logistic regressions. The results showed positive tuberculin tests in 17 of the 43 children who had household contact with TB (39.5%). It can be concluded that the proportion of tuberculosis infection among children in households where they have contact with adult TB patients is higher than before. Therefore, it is recommended to identify children at high risk for TB and improve TB control program to minimize the risk factors.
Modification of activated carbon with titanium dioxide as a water treatment material
Authors: Pujiono Fery Eko , Mulyati Tri Ana , Fizakia Mifta Nor
Published: October 2019

Activated carbon is a porous material that has high absorption power which can increase the quality of drinking water. Modifying the activated carbon with Titanium Dioxide (TiO2) can increase the quality of drinking water. This experiment study used activated carbon which then immersed in a Titanium Tetraisoproxide solution, each with a concentration of 5% and 10% with a ratio of 1: 5 then stirred with a magnetic stirrer for 2 hours. The results showed that FTIR peaks at a wavelength of 700-500 cm-1, as Ti-O. The diffractogram at 250, 400, 500, and 550 indicates anatase. The SEM-EDX results showed 79% carbon and there was a Ti of 4%. The Chemical Oxygen Demand (COD) test results showed that COD before being treated with ACTi was 1 ppm (pH = 6). After being processed with ACTi, the water has decreased COD levels of 93.28%, which is 0.0372 ppm (pH = 7). Modification of activated carbon with TiO2 has been carried out as evidenced by the characteristics of FTIR, XRD, and SEMEDX. Activated carbon modified with TiO2 can reduce COD levels by 93.28%.
Analysis of factors related to maternal health in female workers in the industrial area of Sidoarjo, Indonesia
Authors: Rahman Firman Suryadi , Martiana Tri
Published: October 2019

Female workers are often exposed to various risk factors that potentially threaten their health, including reproductive health. One of the reproductive problems for female worker is a pregnancy disorder. Disorders during pregnancy can result in the occurrence of infant mortality and maternal death. The aim of this study was to analyze the factors associated with maternal health in female workers in Sidoarjo Industrial area. The study was a cross-sectional study with 388 chosen by simple random sampling. Data was analyzed using chi-square. The results showed that there was a correlation between pregnancy disorders and maternal education (p=0.05), work shift (p=0.036), dust (p=0.04), vibration (p=0.009). Maternal and child health is influenced by internal factors such as education level and external factors in the form of work shifts, hazards dust and vibration in the company environment. Industrial management needs to provide health education to reduce the risks of pregnancy disorders.
The independence of pregnant women in early detection of high risk of pregnancy in terms of parity, knowledge and information exposure
Authors: Mardiyanti Ika , Nursalam Nursalam , Devy Shrimarti R. , Ernawaty Ernawaty
Published: October 2019

The ability of pregnant women to detect early of a high risk pregnancy is still below the average which is one of the causes of complications that can endanger the wellbeing of the mother and fetus. The purpose of this study is to determine the relationship between factors of parity, knowledge and exposure to information on the independence of mothers in early detection of the risk of pregnancy. This type of analytic observational research uses a cross sectional design. A total sample of 125 pregnant women was chosen by “Stratified Random Sampling” technique. The results of Multiple Logistic Regression Analysis show that the knowledge variable Exp (B) 6.657 is a significant variable, the exposure to danger information variable Exp (B) 7.657 is a significant variable and the parity variable Exp (B) 8.060 is also a significant variable. Midwives and health workers further increase counseling so that pregnant women and families can receive more information about the danger signs of pregnancy, especially the high risk of pregnancy and being able to do early detection.
Correlation between nutritional status and participation in the growth and development of cognitive ability in children aged 2-5 years in Makassar, Indonesia
Authors: Ibnu Indra Fajarwati , Saleh Umniyah , Hidayanti Healthy
Published: October 2019

This study aimed to determine the correlation between of nutrition status and participation on child’s growth development services on cognitive abilities of children aged 2-5 years in Makassar. This study design used Cross Sectional Study in Biringkanaya Sub-District of Makassar. 55 children aged 2-5 years were chosen as samples in the study. Data were processed and analyzed by SPSS, using Chi-Square. The results showed that 58.2% of respondents did not follow the complete development of the service; 60% had underweight and 58.9% had low cognitive abilities. There was no significant correlation between participation in the child’s growth development services and nutritional status on the cognitive ability of the respondents (p>0.05). Since there was high nutritional status of underweight children, there should be programs to help improve the nutritional status of children, especially children aged less than 5 years such as counseling and coaching for mother, teacher and officer of Posyandu.
Antibiotic prescribing pattern on extemporaneous compounding suspension in primary health care centers
Authors: Hapsari Indri , Marchaban Marchaban , Wiedyaningsih Chairun , Kristina Susi Ari
Published: October 2019

Extemporaneous compounding is one of traditional drug prescribing methods. Although this compounding is still used until present days, but it remains problems since many unexpected cases happen such as medication error, quality of the compounding and also bacterial contamination that may appear in each compounding dosage. This study aims to determine prescribing pattern of antibiotic on dosage of extemporaneous compounding suspension in primary health care centers. The employed method is cross sectional survey conducted in 24 primary health care centers; it is obtained 87 extemporaneous compounding suspensions containing antibiotics. The result shows the antibiotics frequently used in the compounding in the primary health care centers are amoxicillin (90.62%) in form of tablet dosage (10.42) and suspension dosage (89.58%). The most used pattern of antibiotic prescribing in dosage of extemporaneous prescribing suspension is antibiotic suspension + anti-histamine tablets + corticosteroids tablet (18.39%). It can be concluded that the most used prescribing pattern of antibiotic in dosage of extemporaneous prescribing suspension is antibiotic suspension + anti-histamine tablets + corticosteroids tablet.
Minimizing behavioral disorders in victims and bullying in perpetrators by providing counseling groups in MI Roudlotul Banat Taman-Sidoarjo, Indonesia
Authors: Santy Wesiana Heris , Machmudah Machmudah
Published: October 2019

Bullying is known as a social problem, which can be found at the elementary school level. The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of group counseling in minimizing the behavior disorders among victims and perpetrators of bullying. The design in this study uses Pre- Experiment with approach one group preposttest design. The population in this study was all children in grades V and VI who experience bullying. The results of the study before counseling groups at MI Roudlotul Banat Sidoarjo obtained an average value (mean) of 76.23 and after counseling groups obtained an average value (mean 89.14). The Paired T-Test got the value p = 0.000 with significance level α = 0.05, meaning that there is an influence of group counseling on the reduction of victim behavior disorder and perpetrators bullying. The conclusion of this study is that group discussion can minimize behavior disorders, therefore it is expected that teachers can apply group counseling methods as a program to reduce behavioral disorders in victims and actors bullying.
Correlation between folic acid and sulfas ferrosus supplementation during antenatal care and low birth weight at General Hospital Jombang, Indonesia
Authors: Ma’roef Mochamad , Hendrawan Bayu
Published: October 2019

Antenatal care is a service provided by healthcare professionals for identifying health conditions among pregnant mothers. This study aimed to identify the correlation between Supplementation Folic Acid and Sulfas Ferrosus during Antenatal Care and Low Birth Weight (LBW) at General Hospital Jombang, Jombang, East Java. Observational analytic design was used in this study with case control. Simple random sampling was chosen in this study. The data was analyzed using chi-square test if p (0.000) < (0.05). According to chi-square test, the results showed a significance level of p (0.000) < (0.05). Significant correlation was obtained from the result and depicted on contingency coefficient value reaching (0.626) with OR 0.11 (95%CI:0.02-0.65). It can be concluded that there is a significant correlation between supplementation Folic Acid and Ferrous Sulfas during Antenatal Care and Low Birth Weight (LBW).
The influence of health education to improve community knowledge of basic life support procedure in Dlanggu district, Mojokerto regency, Indonesia
Authors: Kushayati Nuris , Fibriana Linda Presti , Aini Luthfiah Nur , Siswantoro Edy , Purwanto Nasrul Hadi , Sari Kurnia Indriyanti Purnama , Anggraeni Widya
Published: October 2019

Basic Life Support (BLS) is an attempt to sustain life when a person experiences a life-threatening situation. BLS should be given to survivors with cardiopulmonary arrest. Ignorance of help and incompetent BLS management of a helper often occur in real cases in the field. This study aimed to determine the effect of health education on basic life support to the level of public knowledge. This research design used Pre- Experimental Design, with One Group Pretest-Posttest Design method. The population of this research is the community of Dlanggu District, Mojokerto Regency. The sample was taken as many as 59 respondents. The sampling method used is Probability type Simple Random Sampling. The data were collected using a questionnaire. The data was analyzed by using Wilcoxon Signed Rank Test with a significance level <0.05. The results showed a significance value of 0.000 (p<0.05), thus it can be concluded that there were significant differences before and after the provision of health education about BLS procedures.
Islamic perspective on the effect of exclusive breastfeeding on prolactin levels and children development during 6-12 months in East Java, Indonesia
Authors: Kamariyah Nurul , Saleh Nanang Rokhman
Published: October 2019

This article aimed to analyze the Islamic perspective on the effect of exclusive breastfeeding on prolactin hormone level and children development during 6-12 months in East Java. An analytical crosssectional study was conducted to collect data from 26 mothers with children aged 6- 12 months by simple random sampling technique. Data was analyzed by using Mann-Whitney test with significance value α=0.05. The results showed value of p=0.002<α=0.05, which means that exclusive breastfeeding affects the development of children during 6–12 months. This article concludes that exclusive breastfeeding with religious approaches will increase prolactin hormone levels and children’s development in accordance with his age. It is expected that mothers should be able to give exclusive breastfeeding, healthy food consumption of food, and stimulate the development of their children.