bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Current Scenario of COVID-19 Related Activities in Tertiary Care Hospital of Gwalior
Authors:   Assistant Professor, Department of Community Medicine, G.R. Medical College Gwalior, Changulani Richa
Published: October 2020

Background: During the COVID-19 period all activities were affected for the worse, including the medical facilities. During this period, all health professionals have put their best efforts for delivery of the best possible health services. This study was framed to access the patient care activities in the COVID scenario. Methodology: The data was collected by the Community Medicine Department, G.R. Medical College, Gwalior from Jaya Arogya Hospital and Super Speciality Hospital [Dedicated COVID Hospital (DCH)] attached to this college. The collected data was analysed on Microsoft Excel worksheet 2007. Half monthly (15 days) data was used from the beginning of the month of May to the end of August 2020 and the change in trends was shown by a line diagram. Result: During the period of May to August 2020, a total of 2921 suspected patients were treated, while confirmed COVID-19 patients were 1005; the total number of tests done at our lab and the number of Swab Samples collected in the hospital were 170715 and 22926 respectively during this period. In general, total OPD, total IPD, and total deliveries done during this period were 111029, 20352, and 2954, respectively. Conclusion: Findings show the positive trend in activities as time progresses depicting clearly the hospital and college trying to perform its best with the support of the competent staff.
Aftermath Melancholy of Devastating COVID-19 Issues
Authors:   Former Head Community Medicine, BHU, Varansi and Former Dean Medical Sciences & Dean Academic affairs, Presently Academic Adviser & consultant SGT University, Gurgaon, Mohapatra SC
Published: October 2020

It is difficult to say authentically whether the COVID-19 virus is being developed in Chinese laboratory or shredded from the vet market of China. In any case it’s a Chinese virus affecting the human population, and one such major public health event occurs approximately one in every 100 years. It is as devastating, if not more, than the dinosaurs of past millennia, but as the size reduced from animal to nano particle, the devastating capability also increased in million times. The major pandemics have been usually pneumonic in nature whether plague, flue or Covid. The Global Outbreak Alert and Response Network (GOARN) of WHO (World Health Organization) has been launched as a Knowledge resource. But the role of China or WHO in declaring this pandemic is suspicious even today. This arouses a question, was the discovery actually Chinese in nature and with the help of higher public health organization (WHO?) the matter was hidden and bio-weapon was developed by China to be used for Indian, Taiwan, US or Japanese soldiers in cold seasons, with whom China is engaged in territorial expansion through encroachment? As such excepting US president Mr. Donald Trump, no one expresses it aloud. There has been economic crisis, socio-psycho-political melancholy, vaccine development delays and global health system failure.
Criteria positive and criteria negative anaphylaxis, with a focus on undifferentiated somatoform idiopathic anaphylaxis: A review and case series
Authors: Rosloff Daniel A. , Patel Kunal , Feustel Paul J. , Celestin Jocelyn
Published: October 2020

Background: Undifferentiated somatoform (US) idiopathic anaphylaxis (IA) is considered a psychogenic disorder characterized by a lack of observable physical findings and poor response to treatment. Although failure to diagnose true anaphylaxis can have disastrous consequences,
identification of US-IA is crucial to limit unnecessary expenses and use of health care resources. Objective: To better define the presentation and understand the potential relationship between US-IA and underlying psychiatric comorbidities. Methods: We
retrospectively reviewed 110 visits by 107 patients to our institution for evaluation and management of anaphylaxis over a 1-year period. The patients were classified as having either criteria positive (CP) or criteria negative (CN) anaphylaxis based on whether they met Second National Institute
of Allergy and Infectious Disease/Food Allergy and Anaphylaxis Network Symposium criteria for the clinical diagnosis of anaphylaxis. Patient characteristics, including objective and subjective signs and symptoms, and the presence of psychiatric diagnoses were collected and analyzed. Statistical
significance was assessed by using the Fisher exact test. A literature review of US-IA and other psychogenic forms of anaphylaxis was performed. Results: Patients with CP anaphylaxis were more likely to present with hypotension, wheezing, urticaria, and vomiting than were
patients with CN anaphylaxis. The patients with CN anaphylaxis were more likely to present with subjective symptoms of sensory throat tightness or swelling compared with patients with CP anaphylaxis. No significant difference was detected in the prevalence of psychiatric conditions between
the two groups. Conclusion: Patients who met previously established diagnostic criteria for anaphylaxis were more likely to present with objective physical findings than those who did not meet criteria for true anaphylaxis. CN patients who presented for treatment of anaphylaxis
were more likely to present with subjective symptoms. Formal diagnostic criteria should be used by clinicians when evaluating patients with suspected anaphylaxis.
Long-term health-related quality-of-life data in subjects with a history of wheezing in early childhood
Authors: Heikkilä Paula E. , Ruotsalainen Marja H. , Korppi Matti O. , Backman Katri S.
Published: October 2020

Background:Wheezing in early childhood has implications for respiratory morbidity in later life.Objectives:We evaluated respiratory health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in young adults ages 17‐20 years with a history of early childhood wheezing.Methods:Between 1992 and 1993, 100 children ages < 24 months were treated in the hospital for a lower respiratory tract infection with wheezing, and we followed up this cohort. In 2010, 49 of the patients (cases) and 60 population-based controls attended a clinical follow-up. St. George’s Respiratory Questionnaire (SGRQ) was used to evaluate respiratory HRQoL, expressed as symptom, activity, impact, and total scores.Results:The median (interquartile range) SGRQ symptom scores were higher (13.7 [3.8‐29.1]) in the 49 subjects (cases) with early childhood wheezing compared with the 60 population controls (7.8 [0.0‐18.3]; p = 0.019). However, there were no between-group differences in total scores or in other SGRQ domains. Current asthma was a major risk factor for reduced HRQoL. In univariate analyses, the median symptom scores were 20.2 in those with asthma and 7.8 in those without asthma (p < 0.001), and, in multivariate analyses, the odds ratio (OR) was 8.7 for high total scores (95% confidence intervals, 2.1‐36.6). Other factors associated with reduced HRQoL were current allergy (OR 4.4 for symptom scores), overweight (OR 3.3 for activity scores), tobacco smoking (OR 4.3 for symptom scores), and female sex (OR 3.2 for impact score). Furthermore, we performed post hoc analyses by excluding those with asthma and those who smoked, and found no significant differences on SGRQ scores between the subjects (cases) and the controls.Conclusion:Hospitalization for wheezing in early childhood mainly had indirect effects on HRQoL by increasing the risk of asthma.
Potensi Cangkang Telur Ayam sebagai Media Filter untuk Meningkatkan pH pada Pengolahan Air Gambut (The Potential of Chicken Eggshells as a Filter Media to Increase pH for Peat Water Treatment)
Authors: Novianti Novianti , Fitria Laili , Kadaria Ulli
Published: October 2020

Abstract The availability of clean water in peat areas is limited, for the color of the water in these areas are having some shade of dark brown, the content of organic matter is high, but has a level of acidity (pH), thus making the peat water not fit for consumption and a treatment is needed in advance to use the water suitable for daily use. Therefore, this study aims to analyze the ability of the filter media with a variety of chicken egg shell thickness of 20 cm, 30 cm and 40 cm to increases of pH level of peat water. The use of debit inlet in this matter is 8,3 x 10-3 m3/h and is repeated 2 times (Duplo) on trial. Peat water test results prior to the processing of pH is 4.63 and doesn’t fullfil the quality standard of PERMENKES (minister of health regulation) No. 32 of 2017. The best results were obtained for pH of 4.63 becomes 7.78 with 40.45% efficiency. Optimum results obtained at a thickness of 20 cm filter media has been able to increase pH become 7,31.Keywords: Peat water, Chicken Egg Shells, Filtration  Abstrak Ketersediaan air bersih menjadi terbatas pada wilayah dengan jenis tanah gambut yang memiliki air berwarna merah kecoklatan, kandungan zat organik yang tinggi, namun mempunyai derajat keasaman (pH) yang relatif rendah sehingga membuat air gambut tidak layak konsumsi dan diperlukan pengolahan sebelum menggunakan air tersebut. Oleh sebab itu, penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menganalisis kemampuan media filter cangkang telur ayam dengan variasi ketebalan 20 cm, 30 cm dan 40 cm dalam meningkatkan pH pada air gambut. Debit inlet yang digunakan yaitu 8,3 x 10-3 m3/jam. Dilakukan pengulangan sebanyak 2 kali (duplo) pada percobaan. Hasil uji air gambut sebelum pengolahan untuk pH sebesar 4,63 dan tidak memenuhi baku mutu PERMENKES No 32 Tahun 2017. Hasil terbaik yang diperoleh untuk pH 4,63 menjadi 7,78 dengan ketebalan 40 cm dengan efisiensi sebesar 40,45%. Hasil optimal diperoleh pada ketebalan media filter 20 cm telah dapat meningkatkan pH menjadi 7,31.Kata Kunci: Air Gambut, Cangkang Telur Ayam, Filtrasi
Reversibly Sampling Conformations and Binding Modes Using Molecular Darting
Authors: Gill Samuel C. , Mobley David
Published: October 2020

Sampling multiple binding modes of a ligand in a single molecular dynamics simulation is difficult. A given ligand may have many internal degrees of freedom, along with many different ways it might orient itself a binding site or across several binding sites, all of which might be separated by large energy barriers. We have developed a novel Monte Carlo move called Molecular Darting (MolDarting) to reversibly sample between predefined binding modes of a ligand. Here, we couple this with nonequilibrium candidate Monte Carlo (NCMC) to improve acceptance of moves.We apply this technique to a simple dipeptide system, a ligand binding to T4 Lysozyme L99A, and ligand binding to HIV integrase in order to test this new method. We observe significant increases in acceptance compared to uniformly sampling the internal, and rotational/translational degrees of freedom in these systems.
Russian Medical Society for Arterial Hypertension Expert Consensus: Hypertension and COVID-19
Authors: Chazova Irina E. , Blinova Natalia V. , Nevzorova Vera A. , Zhernakova Juliya V. , Savenkov Mikhail P. , Oshchepkova Elena V. , Ostroumova Olga D. , Kisliak Oksana A. , Boytsov Sergey A.
Published: October 2020

The novel coronavirus infection (COVID-19) caused by the b-coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, and leads to acute respiratory distress-syndrome, has affected more than nineteen million people worldwide, resulting in 0.7 million deaths as of August 2020. The fact that the virus uses angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 as a receptor for entering the target cell, and the high prevalence of hypertension and other cardiovascular diseases among patients with COVID-19, have caused serious discussions on the management of such patients. This consensus of experts from the Russian Medical Society for Arterial Hypertension analyzed the existing data on the relationship between COVID-19 and hypertension, the pathophysiological aspects of the penetration of the virus into target cells and the use of renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system inhibitors in patients with hypertension and COVID-19.
Covid-19: A Pandemic Situation — Review Article
Authors: Sneha Chhapare  , Roshna Sukhdeoji Bhutada
Published: October 2020

Now COVID-19 has been declared as the pandemic disease, i.e. global health emergency by . Till 13/4/20 number of people got affected is 18,64,629 and 1,15,286 death all over the world. Rate of infection is increasing with passing days not only in India but in other countries also. The viruses are and causing severe respiratory diseases in human. In India till 13/4/20, infected people are above 9,352 and death pole crosses 324. Today everyone is known with the name of this disease, but simultaneously the detailed review and precaution measures should also be known to control or stop the further spread. To study COVID-19, the pandemic situations. To explore the origin and spread of the corona virus and COVID-19. The and treatment on it. Interventions by government. Awareness about the disease and pandemic. The data was collected from different websites, news, books and articles. Even after the disease become pandemic, many people are unknown with the facts, the severity of global health outbreaks, precautions to take and importance of intervention by the government as about quarantine and lock down. This review study reaches up to all the facts regarding COVID-19, and it's pandemic to spread more awareness.
LA AUTOEVALUACIÓN COMO PARTE DEL PROCESO DE ACREDITACIÓN EN LA UNIVERSIDAD “SEÑOR DE SIPÁN”, PERÚ
Authors: Tuesta Torres Edgar Roland , Cabrera Cabrera Xiomara , Ramos Ferañan Emma Verónica
Published: October 2020

El artículo forma parte de los resultados de una tesis de doctorado, tiene como objetivo aportar un modelo teórico de gestión para la acreditación de la Escuela Profesional de Contabilidad en la Universidad Señor de Sipán, Perú; parte de insuficiencias en la aplicación del proceso de autoevaluación con relación a las exigencias actuales institucionales, lo que limita una evaluación y acreditación universitaria pertinente. El objeto de investigación lo constituye el proceso de calidad docente educativo de la referida escuela profesional y el campo de acción está en la gestión de ese proceso. El aporte teórico posibilito la lógica que dinamizo el proceso de forma continua en la realización de la autoevaluación, revelándose dos dimensiones fundamentales: La cultura contextualizada de la evaluación y la sistematización de auto evaluación, que permite expresar estadios de desarrollo cualitativamente superiores del proceso formativo de la gestión de la evaluación para garantizar una acreditación con calidad. En el análisis de los resultados se utilizaron métodos del nivel teórico, empírico y estadístico.Palabras clave: Gestión de la calidad; acreditación; patrones de logros; autoevaluación; cultura de evaluación.
PLAN DE GESTION TURÍSTICO LOCAL PARA CONSTRIBUIR AL DESARROLLO DEL DISTRITO DE PUERTO ETEN
Authors: Esparza Huamanchumo Rosse Marie , Cabrera Cabrera Xiomara
Published: October 2020

La investigación se relaciona con la gestión turística local y sus resultados prácticos constituyen aportes de una tesis de maestría. Advirtiéndose un crecimiento notable en estos últimos años en el Perú. En el mismo se analiza el encargo y capacidad del turismo para lo cual se realiza una propuesta práctica, consistente en un plan de gestión turístico local para contribuir al desarrollo del distrito de puerto Eten al 2021, lo que redunda en mejoras en el desarrollo del turismo en esa zona. Se realizó el análisis de un conjunto de instrumentos los cuales posibilitaron diseñar dicho plan basado en los lineamientos del MINCETUR. Como resultado más notable, se muestra los objetivos fundamentales que se incluyen en dicho plan y una aproximación al cronograma de actividades que se planifica desarrollar al 2021.Palabras Clave: turismo, gestión turística, plan de desarrollo local.
ESTRATEGIA METODOLÓGICA DE ENSEÑANZA APRENDIZAJE PARA LA MEJORA DEL DESARROLLO DE COMPETENCIAS EN EL ÁREA DE COMUNICACIÓN DE LA I.E. “NUESTRA SEÑORA DEL ROSARIO” DE CHICLAYO, 2016
Authors: Polo Burga Matilde , Pérez Martinto Pedro Carlos
Published: October 2020

El objetivo general de la investigación es elaborar  una estrategia  metodológica  de enseñanza aprendizaje para la mejora del desarrollo de competencias dentro del área de Comunicación de la I.E. “Nuestra Señora del Rosario”. Para lo que, se aplicó un tipo de estudio descriptivo – propositivo, con un paradigma cuantitativo-cualitativo. La población  encuestada fueron los 11 docentes del área de Comunicación  de la institución educativa referida. Se realizó una encuesta y entrevista para diagnosticar  el proceso de enseñanza aprendizaje  del área mencionada. En las conclusiones se propone una estrategia metodológica que desarrolla el enfoque socioformativo y la competencia cognitiva, comunicativa sociocultural. La estrategia se centró en la propuesta  del currículum vigente: desarrollo de competencias; se estructuró en 6 etapas, a saber: Introducción - fundamentación, diagnóstico, planteamiento del objetivo general, planeación estratégica, instrumentación y evaluación. En la investigación se utilizaron métodos del nivel teórico, empírico y estadístico que corroboran la investigación epistémica y su diagnóstico. Palabras clave: Enseñanza aprendizaje, Desarrollo de competencias, Área de Comunicación
ESTRATEGIA DIDÁCTICA DE ESTIMULACIÓN TEMPRANA PARA El DESARROLLO DE LA CORPOREIDAD EN LOS NIÑOS DE LA INSTITUCIÓN EDUCATIVA INICIAL N° 122: CORAZÓN DE JESÚS, DISTRITO DE LAGUNAS, CHICLAYO
Authors: Sánchez Roalcaba Magally Verónica , Cabrera Cabrera Xiomara
Published: October 2020

La investigación aborda los resultados de una tesis de maestría. Revela insuficiencias en la actividad física motora de los niños, lo que limita el desarrollo de su corporeidad, que deviene en el problema científico. En tal sentido, se formula como objetivo: Elaboración de una estrategia didáctica de estimulación temprana para el desarrollo de la corporeidad en los niños de la Institución Educativa Inicial Nº 122: Corazón de Jesús de Lagunas, Chiclayo, Lambayeque. La investigación revela la necesidad de significar el proceso de construcción biopsicosocial en los niños de educación inicial, desde la dinámica, teniendo en cuenta la relación entre la intencionalidad formativa y la sistematización interactiva en la actividad física. El aporte práctico se estructura en etapas que introduce en la práctica educativa, revelando trasformaciones en el actuar de los estudiantes de 3 a 5 años a través de la ejemplificación parcial de la misma utilizando jugos de roles didácticos. Se corrobora el aporte a través de consulta de expertos especialistas e educación inicial. Se emplearon además métodos del nivel teórico, empírico y estadístico para corroborar las etapas de la investigación.Palabras clave: Desarrollo de la corporeidad; actividad motora; habilidades corpóreas;  prácticas motrices.
ESTRATEGIA MOTIVACIONAL PARA LA MEJORA DEL APRENDIZAJE SIGNIFICATIVO EN ALUMNOS DE SECUNDARIA DE LA I.E. SARA A. BULLÓN
Authors: Veliz Palacios Sonia Mercedes , Callejas Torres Juan Carlos
Published: October 2020

En el presente trabajo se hace un estudio de la inadecuada intencionalidad motivacional, limitante del aprendizaje significativo en I.E SARA A. BULLÓN en los estudiantes del segundo año “B” en la asignatura de Persona, Familia y Relaciones Humanas (PFRH). Se investigan las causas que pueden originar el problema planteado, pudiéndose constatar que es necesario profundizar en el estudio del objeto de la investigación, el proceso motivacional. La presente Investigación tuvo como objetivo Elaborar una estrategia motivacional, basada en la dinámica del proceso, para la mejora  del aprendizaje significativo de las alumnas del segundo año “B” de Educación Secundaria en el área de PFRH de la I.E. Sara A. Bullón de Lambayeque.  Su importancia radica el impacto que tiene al mejoramiento del aprendizaje significativo en los estudiantes a través de la motivación. La muestra estuvo conformada por estudiantes del segundo de secundaria, así como el profesor de la asignatura y el jefe de área de la misma, siendo la investigación no experimental, descriptiva y propositiva. Para el análisis de resultado, se utilizó el programa estadístico SPSS, encontrando los siguientes resultados: existe bajo nivel en cuanto a la aptitud y percepción de los estudiantes para efectuar un aprendizaje significativo, pobre adquisición e integración de conocimientos,  pensamiento alejado a dar solución a la realidad.
Evaluación financiera y económica de un sistema silvopastoril intensivo bajo riego
Authors: Cuevas-Reyes Venancio , Reyes Jimenez Juan Esteban , Borja Bravo Mercedes , Loaiza Meza Alfredo , Sánchez Toledano Blanca I. , Moreno Gallegos Tomas , Rosales Nieto Cesar
Published: October 2020

Los sistemas silvopastoriles son importantes para la sustentabilidad ambiental y económica de los productores que los utilizan. Por lo anterior, el objetivo de este trabajo fue evaluar la rentabilidad financiera y económica del sistema silvopastoril intensivo Leucaena leucocephala en asociación con pradera bermuda cruza dos (Cynodon dactylon), bajo riego en la producción de becerros de engorda en el sur de Sinaloa; a fin de contribuir con información a la sustentabilidad productiva, económica y ambiental en regiones tropicales. Mediante el seguimiento de información técnica y económica a una unidad de producción de 20 ha ubicadas en el sur de Sinaloa, durante 3 años se realizó una evaluación financiera y económica, en la que se consideró el pago por servicio ambiental de captura de carbono del sistema silvopastoril intensivo (SSPi). Se aplicó la metodología del análisis financiero, en el cual se estimaron los tres principales indicadores que se utilizan en la evaluación de proyectos: Valor Actual Neto (VAN), Tasa Interna de Rentabilidad (TIR) y Relación Beneficio Costo (R B/C). En un horizonte de 10 años de planeación, el SSPi es rentable; ya que presenta un VAN de $7 605 792.14, una TIR de 27.9 % y una R B/C de 1.21 en la evaluación financiera, y de 1.24 en la económica. Los resultados de la presente investigación muestran que es factible desarrollar becerros en SSPi de manera rentable y sustentable, por lo que se requiere mayor apoyo institucional para difundir, promover y apoyar estos sistemas silvopastoriles en las regiones tropicales.
Trends in Disseminating Audio on Demand Content through Podcast: An Opportunity and Challenge in Indonesia
Authors: Zellatifanny Cut Medika
Published: October 2020

In the last two years, there has been a significant increase in access to audio on-demand content in Indonesia. The current trend of content dissemination is no longer centered on video-based content such as Youtube but has penetrated audio-based content such as Podcasts. One of the causes of podcasts' interest is the nature of flexibility that allows the audience to listen to audio content while doing other activities. This study aims to analyze the opportunities and challenges of podcasts in Indonesia and present them comprehensively. The method used in this research is literature review which includes the process of reading, sorting, and analyzing articles in journals, reference books, previous research reports, and news related to podcasts. The results of the study concluded that the emergence of trends in the distribution of audio-on-demand content through podcasts could create several opportunities that can be useful for its users in Indonesia, including podcasts that can be a medium for providing information to open new insights and thoughts, podcast also capable in produce more personal content, it can be used as an alternative media to disseminate audio content, it has significant opportunities for monetization, can complement conventional radio and video-based platforms, and has opportunities to be accessed safely and comfortably because of relatively small bandwidth requirements. In addition to opportunities, podcast development cannot be separated from various challenges, including competition with video-based content that has been popular among millennials, challenges in measuring and applying podcast monetization methods, challenges in production aspects, audio quality and optimizing content duration. Last but not least, challenges related to listener experience (LX)
Infecciones en el paciente inmunodeprimido, a propósito de un caso de Esclerosis Sistémica
Authors: Armijos Alex , Villafuerte Silvana , Carrero Castillo Yenndy Nayghit
Published: October 2020

Introducción: La esclerosis es una enfermedad crónica, degenerativa, incapacitante y letal, que afecta a miles de personas. Su presentación clínica variable la ha convertido en un desafío diagnóstico, retrasando el tratamiento oportuno. En Ecuador no se conocen datos estadísticos exactos del número de pacientes con esta patología. El uso de terapias de inmunosupresión para tratar esta enfermedad ha hecho del paciente un blanco fácil para infecciones por patógenos oportunistas que muchas veces pasan desapercibidos.  La infección por tuberculosis es de alta preocupación en estos pacientes, sobre todo cuando se administran terapias con corticoides más inmunosupresores por tiempo prolongado.
Objetivo: Describir los efectos del uso prolongado de inmunosupresores y la susceptibilidad a infecciones por patógenos oportunistas.
Material y métodos: Estudio descriptivo retrospectivo, presentación de caso clínico de una paciente femenina diagnosticada con esclerosis múltiple con tratamiento inmunosupresor prolongado que es diagnosticada de manera fortuita con tuberculosis.
Resultados: Se presenta un caso de una paciente femenina de 46 años, con antecedentes de Esclerosis Sistémica en tratamiento hace 18 años con prednisona 5 y 10 mg, micofenolato mofetil de 500 mg cada día, con antecedentes de cáncer, que es ingresada después de presentar sintomatología variada con tratamiento sin efectividad. Se realiza Tomografía de tórax que evidencia lesión quística cavitada en campo pulmonar izquierdo, con aparente infiltrado, Función renal, electrolitos y gasometría arterial dentro de parámetros normales y BAAR de esputo resultado positivo, por lo cual se inicia tratamiento antifimico.
Conclusiones: Es de gran importancia que todos los profesionales de la salud que atienden a este tipo de pacientes tengan el conocimiento de las posibles complicaciones y el riesgo de infección latente propia de la enfermedad o por las terapias de inmunodepresión de manera prolongada. Se debe enfatizar en la realización de estrategias y protocolos para el correcto seguimiento de pacientes dentro del Sistema Nacional de Salud.
Distrés respiratorio en Covid-19: epidemiología, fisiopatología y su manejo ventilatorio
Authors: Díaz Piedrahita Marco Alfonso , Suin Guaraca Fabián Alejandro , Martínez Calderón Edison Javier
Published: October 2020

Introducción: El COVID-19 es una patología de gran importancia por el contexto actual de la pandemia debido a su letalidad ligada en parte al distrés respiratorio que produce, por lo tanto, un enfoque informado de la literatura mundial es necesario para poder afrontarla de manera adecuada.
Objetivos: Evaluar los estudios sobre el SDRA en COVID-19 mediante una revisión sistemática priorizando el grado de evidencia y por lo tanto unificar conocimientos sobre esta patología y su manejo ventilatorio.
Material y Métodos: Se realizó una búsqueda activa de artículos científicos 2019-2020, en bases de datos indexadas internacionales como PubMed, Elsevier, The Lancet, Springer, Jama, New England Journal of Medicine y Wiley. En donde se encontraron guías de práctica clínica, revisiones sistemáticas, metaanálisis, reportes de casos, boletines y reportes internacionales que fueron sometidos a un proceso de inclusión y exclusión basado en los sistemas GRADE, STROBE y PICO para asegurar el nivel de evidencia y disminuir el riesgo de sesgo.
Resultados: Se obtuvo un total de 74 artículos científicos, los cuales posterior al protocolo de metodología fueron excluidos 44, siendo los restantes aquellos que cumplían los estándares de calidad en epidemiología, fisiopatología, distrés respiratorio y manejo ventilatorio. Lamentablemente la información fue escasa sin embargo se utilizó opiniones publicadas de expertos para sustentar el tema.
Conclusiones: Esta revisión sistemática analizó y consolidó el conocimiento actual en la literatura mundial sobre el COVID-19 y el síndrome de distrés respiratorio agudo enfocándose en la epidemiología, fisiopatología y su manejo ventilatorio para elevar la calidad de la atención médica durante la pandemia.
Tecnologías emergentes con aplicación en Salud: desarrollo de una plataforma integrada para la eva-luación de factores de riesgo, diagnóstico, tratamiento, pronóstico y geolocalización en Pandemia Co-vid- 19 por SARS-Cov-2
Authors: Leiva Suero Lizette Elena , Proaño Alulema Ricardo Xavier , Chicaiza Tayupanta Jesús Onorato , Recalde Navarrete Ricardo Javier , Hernández Navarro Elena Vicenta
Published: October 2020

Introducción: Las denominadas tecnologías emergentes o tecnologías convergentes, son términos usados para señalar la emergencia y convergencia de nuevas tecnologías, respectivamente, con potencial de demostrarse como tecnologías disruptivas muestran un gran potencial de aplicación en Salud y pudieran representar un valioso recurso en el control de la pandemia Covid 19.
Objetivos: Revisar la mejor evidencia médica publicada sobre el empleo de tecnologías emergentes en Salud y aplicar estas experiencias en el desarrollo de una plataforma integrada para la evaluación de factores de riesgo diagnóstico, tratamiento, pronóstico y geolocalización de pacientes en la pandemia Covid 19.
Material y Métodos: Se realizó una búsqueda sistemática en las bases de datos PubMed, ProQuest, Embase, Redalyc,  Ovid,  Medline,  DynaMed  y  ClinicalKey,  EMBASE,  LILACS  durante  el  periodo  2015-2020  en  el contexto internacional, regional y local.
Resultados: La  revisión  sistemática  de  artículos  aportó  un  total  de  62  registros,  de  los  cuales  21  eran elegibles; de estos, 8 fueron relevantes al objeto de esta revisión.
Conclusiones: La aplicación de las tecnologías emergentes para el desarrollo de plataformas integradas con fines, diagnósticos, terapéuticos, pronósticos y de geolocalización en condiciones de pandemia por Covid 19, permite garantizar la atención en Salud en condiciones de aislamiento y perfeccionar la integración de las funciones sustantivas de la Educación Superior en Ciencias de la Salud.
Evaluating Corporate Impacts on the SDGs – Tools, Cases, and Future Challenges
Authors: Vogel-Pöschl Heike , Martinuzzi André , Schönherr Norma
Published: October 2020

This paper provides a state-of-the-art review on how companies try to evaluate their impacts on the SDGs. It presents a quantitative analysis of 170 tools for corporate impact evaluation. In addition, five selected tools were tested in collaboration with three multinational corporations. The diversity of tools is enormous, and the market is relatively new and opaque. Only a few tools use complete logic frameworks, the pathways of impact are rarely uncovered, data assurance is not a common standard, third-party verification is rare, and none of the tools applies systems concepts. As a result, companies run the risk of creating a smooth façade of controllability, while underestimating the complexity of impacts and overlooking important leverage points. Bridging the gap between the business sector and the evaluation community could lift the practice of corporate impact evaluation to a higher level
Exporting China’s Scholarly Books: Current Conditions for Chinese Publishers
Authors: Xu Zhiwu , Chen Bing , Wang Yiming
Published: October 2020

The purpose of this article is twofold: a) to analyse the current situation of Chinese academic book exports from a publisher’s perspective, including models, channels, motivation, and performance; b) to identify the challenges that Chinese scholarly publishers are facing and explain their causes. In all, fifteen publishers from state presses, local presses, and university presses were interviewed. Desk research supplemented the interview data. We found that co-publishing, copyright transfer, and physical book export are the main models and that publishers prefer co-publishing and copyright transfer to exporting actual books. Book fairs and copyright agents are still important channels for negotiating export deals. Applying for funding programs and achieving evaluative benchmarks are the principal motivators for publishers. Surprisingly, over half the publishers interviewed do not profit much from exportation. Nevertheless, supervising departments and chief managers still attach much importance to it. At present, Chinese scholarly publishers are confronted with the challenges of a quality gap, state subsidy substituting for a real market, and information asymmetry. Unreasonable systems of academic evaluation and quality control, state-owned property rights, limited qualified manpower, and rare cooperation are key causes of these challenges.
INNOVATION IN AGRICULTURE AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
Authors:   Innovation Center of the University of Niš, Ltd, Univerzitetski trg 2, 18000 Niš, Serbia, Marković Milan , Marjanović Ivana ,   Faculty of Economics, University of Niš, Trg kralja Aleksandra Ujedinitelja 11, 18000 Niš, Serbia, Rađenović Žarko ,   Innovation Center of the University of Niš, Ltd, Univerzitetski trg 2, 18000 Niš, Serbia
Published: October 2020

The rapid development of individual countries often has unprecedented environmental consequences. This is why more and more innovations are being used to ensure, in addition to economic development, the preservation of environmental quality. In addition to transport and industry, agriculture is an important environmental factor. There are many studies in the literature dealing with the relationship between agricultural development and sustainable development, as well as the study of the economic and social role of innovation in this field. The paper aims to examine the relationships between innovation in agriculture and sustainable development, based on extensive scientific literature. The results of the research show that agriculture, such as organic agriculture, is one of the interesting solutions for maintaining the principles of sustainable development. Such an innovation, concerning the mode of production in agriculture, can have many positive benefits for sustainable development from both an economic and environmental point of view.
UTJECAJ KANALA DISTRIBUCIJE NA PROFITABILNOST OSIGURAVAJUĆIH DRUŠTAVA U REPUBLICI HRVATSKOJ
Authors:   Libertas međunarodno sveučilište, Trg J. F. Kennedy 6b, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia, Šlogar Helena , Šokčević Sandra ,   Libertas međunarodno sveučilište, Trg J. F. Kennedy 6b, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia, Čolić Stjepan ,   Libertas međunarodno sveučilište, Trg J. F. Kennedy 6b, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia
Published: October 2020

Kako bi osiguravajuća društva bila u mogućnosti podmiriti obveze iz osiguranja, odnosno isplatiti štetu svojim osiguranicima, potrebno je da njihovo poslovanje bude profitabilno. Stoga u ovom radu autori istražuju utjecaj kanala distribucije na profitabilnost osiguravajućih društava u Republici Hrvatskoj u razdoblju od 2014. do 2017. godine. Pomoću modela linearne regresije i Pearsonovog koeficijenta korelacije izražena je jačina međuovisnosti između analiziranih varijabli. Prema udjelima pojedinih distribucijskih kanala osiguravajućih društava vodeću poziciju zauzimaju interni prodajni alati, a na drugom i trećem mjestu su agencije i banko kanal distribucije koji predstavlja veliki udio životnih osiguranja. Kod životnih osiguranja izražena je jača povezanost banko kanala prodaje, dok kod neživotnih osiguranja jaku vezu pokazuju interni kanal distribucije te agencijski kanal distribucije koji zauzimaju najveći dio te time utječu na odnos bruto premije poduzeća.
Forecasting Malaysia COVID-19 Incidence based on Movement Control Order using ARIMA and Expert Modeler
Authors: MA Edre , ZA Muhammad Adil , AR Jamalludin
Published: October 2020

INTRODUCTION: Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is a novel pandemic that affects every other country in the world. Various countries have adopted control measures involving restriction of movement. Several studies have used mathematical modelling to predict the dynamic of this pandemic. Forecasting techniques can be used to predict the incidence cases for the short term. The study aims to forecast the COVID-19 incidence using the Auto Regressive Integrated Moving Average (ARIMA) method. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Using publicly available data, we performed a forecast of Malaysia COVID-19 new cases using Expert Modeler Method in SPSS and ARIMA model in R to predict COVID-19 cases in Malaysia. We compare 3 different time frames based on different Movement Control Order (MCO) period. We compare the model fit and prediction across models. RESULTS: All models show static cases for each MCO 7-day prediction. For prediction until 12 May, the third MCO time frame shows the best model fit for both techniques. Both software shows a stationary trend of cases of below 100. CONCLUSION: These MCO models have shown to stabilize the rate of new cases. Further sub analysis and quality of data is needed to improve the accuracy of the model.
Composite Grip Strength as a Marker of Outcome in Patients Surgically Treated for Degenerative Cervical Myelopathy
Authors: Paul Arun John , Amritanand Rohit , Margabandhu Prabakaran , Karuppusami Reka , David Kenny Samuel , Krishnan Venkatesh
Published: October 2020

Study Design: Retrospective case series.Purpose: This study aimed to examine the efficacy of composite grip strength as a marker of surgical outcome in patients with moderate to severe degenerative cervical myelopathy.Overview of Literature: Degenerative cervical myelopathy causes loss of dexterity, muscle strength, and sensations in the hand. The impact of surgical management on improvement in composite grip strength has received scant attention.Methods: This retrospective study was performed on degenerative cervical myelopathy patients with a complete composite grip strength assessment between January 2013 to January 2019. The Biometrics E-link hand kit was used for the assessment. The following parameters were measured: maximum grip strength, sustained grip strength, three-jaw pinch, maximum key pinch, and sustained key pinch. The pre- and postoperative functional status was assessed using the Nurick grade and the modified Japanese Orthopaedic Association (mJOA) score.Results: A total of 40 patients were included in the study. The mean patient age was 51.9 years. The mean preoperative Nurick grade was 3.5 and the mJOA score was 10.9. The anterior approach was used in 25 patients, and the posterior approach was used in 15 patients. Four patients developed complications. Degenerative cervical myelopathy resulted in decreased handgrip and pinch strength as compared to normative Indian data. There was a significant improvement in the postoperative composite grip strength for all five parameters. There was no differential improvement between the anterior and posterior surgical groups. The improvement in the composite grip strength correlated with the improvement in functional scores.Conclusions: Composite grip strength analysis is an objective method for assessing the impact of degenerative cervical myelopathy on grip strength and monitoring the postoperative improvement. Decompressive surgery resulted in global improvement in all the parameters of composite grip strength.
Potential of using scribing technology to increase the level of theoretical material mastering
Authors: Sakulina Julia V.
Published: October 2020

The article is devoted to the discussion of issues of increasing the level of mastering theoretical material by means of a graphical display method. Scribing is the latest technique, the speaker’s speech is illustrated in parallel with the creation of drawings. The main function of the method of submitting information using scribing is the ability to quickly, efficiently and visually convey information to students.
Generation Z: basic concepts, characteristics and current research
Authors: Dutko Julia A.
Published: October 2020

In recent years, digital communications have rapidly entered the lives of modern people. Globalization of digital technologies is solved in Russia at the state level – Federal programs of digitalization are created and implemented. They are aimed at the inclusion a person in the virtual space since the very childhood which undoubtedly affects many aspects of the human life. Thus, children developing in the context of the global spread of digital technologies have been called “generation Z”. Of course, this category of children could not go unnoticed by many domestic and foreign scientists. In this article, the authors provide an overview of studies devoted to the study of the “digital generation”.
Facial Mask Detection Using Stacked CNN Model
Authors: Sandesara Anushka G. , Joshi Dhyey D. , Joshi Shashank D.
Published: October 2020

The coronavirus outbreak has affected the whole world critically. Amongst all other things, wearing a mask nowadays is mandatory to avoid the spread of the virus according to the World Health Organization. All the people in the country prefer to live a salubrious life by wearing a mask in public gatherings to avoid contracting the deadly virus. Recognizing faces wearing a mask is often a tedious job as there are no substantial datasets available comprising of masked as well as unmasked images. In this paper, we propose a stacked Conv2D model that is highly efficient for the detection of facial masks. Such convolutional neural networks work effectively as they can deduce even minute pixels of the images. The proposed model is a stack of 2-D convolutional layers with relu activations as well as Max Pooling and we implemented this model by using Gradient Descent for training and binary cross-entropy as a loss function. We trained our model on an amalgam of two datasets that are RMFD (Real World Masked Face Dataset) and Kaggle Datasets. Overall, we achieved a validation/testing accuracy of 95% and a training accuracy of 97%. In addition to this, we also developed an email notification system that sends an email whenever a person is entering without a mask and it will also prompt the user to wear the mask before entering into the system. Such a system is beneficial to large multinational companies and can be deployed there as the spread of viruses there is high because employees are from different regions.
The Effect of Regional Financial Supervision, Accountability and Transparency of Regional Financial Management on Local Government Performance
Authors: Widajatun Vincentia Wahju , Kristiastuti Francisca
Published: October 2020

This study aims to determine the effect of regional financial supervision on local government performance, the effect of regional financial management accountability on regional government performance, to determine the effect of transparency in regional financial management on regional government performance, and the effect of regional financial supervision, accountability and transparency of regional financial management on performance. Regional government. This research was conducted in West Bandung Regency. The sampling technique used non-probability sampling techniques so that the samples in this study were 34 people. The type of data used in this research is quantitative and qualitative data, while the data source is the primary data source. The method of data collection is done by using a questionnaire. The data analysis technique used multiple linear regression analysis with the help of the SPSS 24.0 program. The results of this study indicate that simultaneously regional financial supervision, accountability and financial management transparency have a significant effect on the performance of local governments. Regional Financial Supervision has no significant effect on Local Government performance, financial management accountability has a significant effect on Local Government performance, financial management transparency has a significant effect on Local Government performance.
Theoretical Foundations of Education: contributions of the Psychology of Mathematics Education of the Early Years of Elementary School L
Authors: Pereira Carlos Luis , Pereira Marcia Regina Santana
Published: October 2020

The central scope of this research addresses the Psychology of Mathematics Education for professionals with a degree in Pedagogy courses, focusing on teachers who exercise the  teaching of mathematics teaching in the early years of elementary school I. This article analyzes and presents the potentialities and contributions of this theoretical field of knowledge in       the teaching-learning  process of Mathematics. Education aiming at improvements of the Brazilian student in the external evaluations of the Brazil Test published by the SAEB of 2017 and 2019, as well as the pedagogical practice between teacher-student-knowledge. It was justified the insufficient proficiency in mathematics of Brazilian students of about 70%, as well as the reduced number of scientific productions on the theme of this article. The objective of this study was to present contributions of the Psychology of Mathematics Education in the early years of elementary school I. On the methodological path, it was characterized within the qualitative approach and in the procedures of bibliographic research. Among the main results were the discourses of the interviewed subjects pointing out the potentiality of the theoretical basis of Psychology of Mathematics Education in their pedagogical knowledge/doing. It was found that the psychological, cognitive and affective-social dimension have implications for students' learning. It concludes an emergence of a further discussion of this field of knowledge in the degree of pedagogy courses in Brazil to increase the quality of pedagogical intervention of pedagogue teachers in mathematics classes, aiming to increase the quality teaching-learning process of mathematics in the early years and the results of institutional and large-scale evaluations.
Acúmulo de matéria seca e absorção de nitrogênio, fósforo e potássio por azevém (Lolium multiflorum Lam.) cultivar BARjumbo
Authors: Dominico Celina de Fátima Tullio , Lustosa Sebastião Brasil Campos , Ávila Fabrício William de
Published: October 2020

O azevém (Lolium multiflorum Lam.) é uma das espécies anuais de inverno mais utilizada para a produção animal no Sul do Brasil. Objetivou-se avaliar o acúmulo de matéria seca (MS) e a absorção dos nutrientes nitrogênio (N), fósforo (P) e potássio (K) pelo azevém cultivar BARjumbo. O experimento foi conduzido em condições de casa de vegetação. Utilizou-se o delineamento inteiramente casualizado com cinco repetições, sendo os tratamentos constituídos de 15 decêndios de avaliação (entre 10 a 150 dias após emergência - DAE). A altura das plantas aumentou linearmente ao longo do período de avaliação, enquanto que para o número de perfilhos, o maior valor obtido foi aos 110 DAE. O IAF foi fortemente incrementado entre 30 e 100 DAE. A produção de MS foi incrementada durante todos os decêndios avaliados (entre 10 e 150 DAE). As maiores taxas de incremento de MS ocorreram entre 50 e 60 DAE. Os teores de N e P na MS de parte aérea diminuíram conforme a idade da planta. Para o teor de K, os valores começaram a diminuir apenas a partir de 100 DAE. Houve aumentos em acúmulos de N, P e K na parte aérea até aos 120 DAE. A partir desta data, os valores diminuíram até o final das avaliações (150 DAE). A ordem decrescente de acúmulo de nutrientes na parte aérea foi K > N > P, enquanto que na raiz a ordem de acúmulo foi N > K > P.