bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Kinerja Pegawai dan Kualitas Pelayanan di Instalasi Gawat Darurat RSUD Kabupaten Buleleng
Authors: Ariawan Putu , Suprapta I Nyoman
Published: August 2022

Pelayanan kesehatan oleh petugas di Rumah Sakit merupakan suatu kegiatan dalam rangka meningkatkan derajat kesehatan yang optimal bagi masyarakat. Untuk itulah pegawai harus menunjukkan kinerja yang baik dan maksimal supaya bisa memberikan pelayanan yang berkualitas supaya masyarakat dalam hal ini pasien dan keluarga pasien merasa puas dengan pelayanan yang diberikan dengan tetap mengutamakan keselamatan pasien. Dalam penelitian ini, beberapa pokok permasalahan dapat dirumuskan yaitu : 1) bagaimanakah kinerja pegawai di IGD RSUD Kabupaten Buleleng ?;2) bagaimanakah kualitas pelayanan di IGD RSUD Kabupaten Buleleng ?. Untuk menjawab permasalahan tersebut, penulis menggunakan jenis penelitian kualitatif dengan maksud memperoleh gambaran yang jelas tentang kinerja pegawai dan kualitas pelayanan di IGD RSUD Kabupaten Buleleng. Pengambilan informan menggunakan teknik purposive sampling. Sedangkan pengumpulan datanya menggunakan teknik observasi, wawancara dan pemanfaatan dokumen. Analisis data dilakukan secara sirkuler dimana analisis dilakukan sepanjang proses penelitian,dengan tahapan ;pengumpulan data, reduksi data, penyajian data, serta simpulan dan verifikasi. Dari hasil penelitian melalui observasi, wawancara dan pemanfaatan dokumen, ditemukan fakta bahwa kinerja pegawai di IGD RSUD Kabupaten Buleleng sudah sesuai dengan indikator kinerja pegawai yaitu : kualitas, kuantitas, efektifitas, ketepatan waktu, kemandirian, dan hubungan interpersonal. Dengan tercapainya indikator kinerja pegawai tersebut, maka pegawai di IGD RSUD Kabupaten Buleleng sudah mampu memberikan pelayanan yang maksimal kepada masyarakat. Dari hasil penelitian juga ditemukan fakta bahwa kualitas pelayanan IGD RSUD Kabupaten Buleleng mengacu pada tolok ukur yang disebut TERRA (Tangible, Empaty, Responsiveness, Reliability, dan Assurance ). Dengan tolok ukur pelayanan seperti itu, pelayanan yang diberikan oleh pegawai baik tenaga medis maupun non medis di IGD RSUD Kabupaten Buleleng sudah mampu memuaskan masyarakat yang datang mencari layanan kesehatan
Penerapan Aplikasi Uji Hipotesis (One-Tail Dan Two-Tail) pada Data Simulasi
Authors: Handayani Vitri Aprilla , Hernando Luki
Published: August 2022

Technological developments are now growing rapidly in various layers of science such as in the development of science which has made many changes to the system towards a digital system in solving problems. The use of digital technology in the learning process is considered to increase the learning interest and motivation, the quality of the learning process, and learning outcomes. The younger generation is currently using more of a digital mindset by utilizing increasingly developing technology. Mathematics is one of the basic sciences that always developed to the demands of human needs for technological developments. Mathematics was born because of the human desire to systematize life experiences, organize them, and make them easy to understand, to be able to predict and if possible be able to control events that will occur in the future (forecasting). Problems in mathematics are often considered difficult by the younger generation, for that research will examine the application of desktop-based applications that can solve mathematical problems easily in a shorter time. The application that was built was applied to the One-Tail and Two-Tail hypothesis testing problems on the simulation data.
MRI Evaluation of Anterolateral Ligament and Associated Lesions of the Knee
Authors: PETİK Bulent
Published: August 2022

Aim: This study aimed to evaluate the anatomy of the anterolateral ligament (ALL), ALL injuries and the relationship between ALL injuries and other knee ligaments injuries, meniscal tears, bone injuries by retrospectively scanning patients’ knee magnetic resonance imaging (MRI).

Material and Methods: Our study was designed as a retrospective, non-randomized, and single-center clinical study. We included knee MR images of 320 patients who applied to our tertiary care institution and underwent knee MRI between August 2021 and March 2022.

Results: A total 320 knee MRI’s [female;163 (50.9%), mean age; 39.60±14.16 years, range; 21-77 years, left knee; 172 (53.7%)] were included study. At least one component of ALL was visualized in 319 (99.7%) cases [whole components: 276 (86.3%), meniscal: 311 (97.2%), femoral: 314 (98.1%), tibial: 280 (87.5%)]. Of the 182 ALL-injured knee, 182 (100%) had anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury, 116 (63.7%) had lateral meniscal injury, and 103 (56.6%) had bone injury. ACL (p=0.001), lateral meniscus (p=0.001), and bone injury (p=0.001) were more frequently in ALL-injured as compared with ALL-intact knee.

Conclusion: There is a statistically significant relationship between acute ACL rupture, lateral meniscus, bone injury, and ALL injury. When evaluating MRI in patients with ACL, lateral meniscus, and bone injury, ALL evaluation should also be performed.
ANALYSIS OF WATER SUPPLY NETWORK HYDRAULIC MODELLING INFORMATION SYSTEM
Authors: Paulauskaitė Gabija , Burinskienė Marija
Published: August 2022

This article deals with the issues of data processing, storage, analysis and optimisation of urban water supply networks using information systems. The water supply network of Aleksotas–Narsiečiai–Mastaičiai–Garliava and surrounding areas is analysed. The absence of hydraulic modelling information system hampers the ability to deal promptly with day-to-day problems, plan repairs and reconstructions of water supply networks, or to analyse further developments and their impact on the system. For the first time, the hydraulic model of the system is being developed for the territory of Kaunas City Municipality in order to simulate the real operation of the system with minimal deviations. Based on the results of the hydraulic model analysis, recommendations are provided on how to rationally adjust the operation of the analysed water supply system and how to develop the drinking water network in a sustainable and coherent way in the future.
Discovery of γ-Ray Pulsations from PSR J1835–3259B in the Globular Cluster NGC 6652
Authors: Zhang Pengfei , Xing Yi , Wang Zhongxiang
Published: August 2022

Motivated by the recent discovery of the pulsar J1835−3259B with a spin period 1.83 ms in the globular cluster (GC) NGC 6652, we analyze the γ-ray data obtained with the Large Area Telescope on board the Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope (Fermi) for the GC and detect the pulsations of this millisecond pulsar (MSP) at a 5.4σ confidence level (the weighted H-test value is ∼41). From timing analysis of the data, a pulse profile that is similar to the radio one is established. We thus consider that we have detected the γ-ray emission of the MSP, and discuss the implications. Based on the results of our analysis and different studies of the sources in the GC, the observed γ-ray emission from the GC could mainly arise from this MSP, like the previous two cases in the GCs NGC 6624 and NGC 6626. Assuming this is the case, the pulsar, at the GC’s distance of 9.46 kpc and having a spin-down luminosity of ≤4.3 × 1035 erg s−1, would have a γ-ray luminosity of ≃(5.04 ± 0.44) × 1034 erg s−1 and a γ-ray efficiency of ≳0.12.
The Role and the Purpose of National Biodiversity Data Infrastructures in between the Local and International Data Services
Authors: Lahti Kari
Published: August 2022

The FinBIF (Schulman et al. 2021) Research Infrastructure is a national service with a broad coverage of the components of biodiversity informatics. Data flows are managed under a single information technology architecture, services are delivered through an on-line portal representing an umbrella concept and one brand. Data is collated from all available sources (e.g., research institute's data management systems, national monitoring schemes, natural history collection management systems and citizen science projects). Where does it stand between the local and international data infrastructures?

The discussion among national stakeholders in Finland has been active under the themes of whether aggregating biodiversity data services would actually replace the local and organisation-level data services. The same discussion dwells on whether we need national level data aggregating services since we have the international infrastructures that provide, seemingly, the same services: data queries and data downloads. Through the years of agile development of FinBIF, since 2015, we have learned that all levels— local, national, and international data services—are very much needed since they all serve, in most cases, different purposes.

At the local or institutional level, the biodiversity data managing and providing services are very much tailored to serve the tasks set to meet the responsibilities of the individual organisations. They are often not planned even to be interoperable with other data infrastructures that may be using or providing similar data. They rarely have a masterplan or a strategy that would have taken the big picture into account. However, they are often user-friendly, simple, and satisfying the basic needs.

National level services, like FinBIF, on the other hand, have often a strategic approach to ensure data compilation and sharing with wide array of relevant users. Their challenge is the big number of potential users and their diverse needs and thus how to make a service so flexible that it would become useful for most.

International data repositories may be similar to national level data services but are often lacking some crucial information like restricted-use or sensitive data. They are good for big data; they improve data findability and also with most developed data managing systems, they serve as a source of inspiration for smaller scale services.

Finally, it became clear that the most important task, when serving all biodiversity data user groups, is to ensure the interoperability among the local, national, and international data infrastructures. Allowing uncomplicated data flows between different level data providers is a crucial step for the successful data FAIRification process.
manIAS: A community-driven data model and data exchange format for the management of invasive alien species and wildlife
Authors: Reyserhove Lien , Hillaert Jasmijn , Adriaens Tim , Desmet Peter , D'hondt Bram , Groom Quentin , Oldoni Damiano
Published: August 2022

Invasive alien species (IAS) are recognised as one of the major threats to biodiversity. The European Union (EU) Regulation 1143/2014 on the prevention of introduction and spread of invasive alien species imposes an obligation on Member States to develop management responses against a list of IAS of Union Concern and requires reporting on those interventions. However, the actors involved in IAS management are typically diverse and include authorities, managers, businesses and non-governmental organizations (NGOs). Reporting on management actions, if performed at all, is often crude and does not capture essential information. Data on management are heterogeneous both in quality and format as well as what information is captured. They are recorded using a plethora of tools, are managed in data silos and not openly available.

Here, we propose a community-driven data model and data exchange format for IAS and wildlife management data, called manIAS (management of Invasive Alien Species, Fig. 1). This was drafted in two consecutive workshops (Oldoni et al. 2022), building on the experience of the managerial community, combined with the existing european network of wildlife professionals (ENETWILD) standard (Body et al. 2020) for management reporting in the framework of animal health. We feel the development of such a data model is necessary and can bring multiple benefits within and outside the IAS management community. First, the data model can create awareness with data providers and project managers on the minimum quality standards for reporting on IAS management such as the target species, the management objective, the methods used, the effort spent, the results of the action and any encountered non-target effects. Second, the data exchange format will allow for easy aggregation of management data across taxa, regions, management actors and projects. Such exchanges of data on management, for example through visualisations, are necessary for running coordinated management programmes. Thirdly, it will ease the reporting on management for the EU IAS Regulation since authorities will have to spend less time in collecting and standardizing data from different actors. Lastly, the standardisation will allow more straightforward analysis of the effectiveness of management methods and the efficiency of control programmes.
The Specimen Data Refinery: Using a scientific workflow approach for information extraction
Authors: Livermore Laurence , Brack Paul , Scott Ben , Soiland-Reyes Stian , Woolland Oliver
Published: August 2022

Over the past three years, we have been developing the Specimen Data Refinery (SDR) to automate the extraction of data from specimen images as part of the SYNTHESYS project (Walton et al. 2020). The SDR provides an easy to deploy, open source, web-based interface to multiple workflows that enable a user to create new or enhance existing natural history specimen records. The SDR uses the Galaxy workflow platform as the basis for managing data analysis, and where possible, using existing Galaxy community tools and approaches (Jalili et al. 2020, Hardisty et al. 2022). We have developed a library of domain-specific tools including semantic segmentation, optical character recognition, hand-written text recognition, barcode reading and natural language processing. These tools have been designed to work on standardised images of specimens, specifically herbarium sheets, pinned insects and microscope slides.

In this presentation, we provide our technical approach in developing the SDR, including the Galaxy workflow platform, application deployment, and tool interoperability, using FAIR digital objects (e.g., RO-Crates and openDigital Specimen objects (Soiland-Reyes et al. 2022, Addink and Hardisty 2020)). We present an evaluation of the tools, including segmentation, text recognition, and others, and the new challenges in using the resulting data from both a technical and social perspective.
Taiwan Biodiversity Information Facility (TaiBIF)’s Role in Facilitating Open Biodiversity Data in Taiwan
Authors: Hoh Daphne , Liu Melissa , Tuanmu Mao-Ning
Published: August 2022

Taiwan Biodiversity Information Facility (TaiBIF) was established in 2001 as one of the first Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) nodes. Funded by Taiwan's Ministry of Science and Technology and Forestry Bureau, TaiBIF’s missions are to:

Develop infrastructures for biodiversity-related data,

Promote the open data concept,

Facilitate the publication and integration of biodiversity information,

Support biodiversity-related research and policy-making, and

Connect Taiwan and international biodiversity information.

Develop infrastructures for biodiversity-related data,

Promote the open data concept,

Facilitate the publication and integration of biodiversity information,

Support biodiversity-related research and policy-making, and

Connect Taiwan and international biodiversity information.

As part of the work to fulfill its missions, TaiBIF develops and maintains infrastructures such as a data portal, Taiwan Catalogue of Life (TaiCoL), and a tool for scientific name-checking - NomenMatch, for public and researchers to use as needed. Additionally, as the only GBIF data hosting centre currently available in Asia, TaiBIF offers all services mentioned in the GBIF’s data hosting criteria. Briefly, this includes a regularly maintained Integrated Publishing Toolkit (IPT) and help desk for supporting users in dataset and data paper publishing process. In the continuous effort to promote open biodiversity data, TaiBIF organises workshops annually for students, researchers, and any governmental or non-governmental organisations, providing hands-on training focusing on data standardising and the publishing process. As of June 2022, Taiwan has exposed more than 13 million occurrence records and 83 datasets through GBIF's data platform, contributed mostly by 19 data publishing units, making it the second-largest data contributor in Asia (after India). These data have been used in many peer-reviewed studies on various topics and for guiding conservation policies. TaiBIF has maintained close interactions and cooperation with GBIF, regularly assisting in the Biodiversity Information Fund for Asia (BIFA) projects, regional workshops and communications between members from Asian countries. TaiBIF’s current active tasks include allying with the Taiwan Biodiversity Information Alliance (TBIA), a national biodiversity network aimed at the integration of local biodiversity data from various governmental agencies and museums. Furthermore, a volunteer training system is being developed to support workloads at the TaiBIF office. Recognising the importance of data coverage, a data review study of open biodiversity data status in Taiwan is ongoing.
Honing the Visibility of TDWG: Communications expertise required
Authors: Petersen Mareike , Alonso Jose , Barve Vijay , Kampmeier Gail , Little Holly , Paul Deborah L , Ulate William , Ung Visotheary , Zermoglio Paula
Published: August 2022

All organizations need clear and succinct mission and vision statements to communicate the purpose and overall goals of the group. These products provide the foundation for development of long(er) term strategic planning including communication plans. Logos offer us another way to highlight and brand what we do and why we do it. Periodically, for all organizations, these all need to be reviewed. The Biodiversity Information Standards (TDWG) Outreach and Communication Subcommittee took on this challenge and started a process to re-assess our current identity as presented in the existing original vision, mission, and logo.

From the beginning, the subcommittee decided to follow a bottom-up method and invite all members to contribute to this process and refine its results. Community members had observed that the current logo, a simple lettering of the abbreviated old name and the organization's current name, needed to be revised to be more memorable and fit for use not only on the website, but for everything from slide decks to hex stickers for laptops. Similarly, some noted the mission and vision statements were combined and included other information like “how” TDWG works on its community-driven mission to make biodiversity data accessible. It was time to refresh TDWG’s brand with the additional challenge to keep reflecting the current values and long-standing traditions that characterize the community through a new more modern glass.

Notable keys to our success in moving these goals forward started with leadership of the Outreach & Communications Committee Chair, from the Museum für Naturkunde Berlin, and the facilitation and expertise of a Communication (Comms) and Outreach specialist from DiSSCo (Distributed System of Scientific Collections). Having the skills and knowledge of the Comms person meant we benefited from a clear step-by-step process. All involved learned a lot about what to do, to expect, and whom to engage in the future for any similar reviews in other groups.

In this talk, we'll take you on this journey and present the new products of the community-led process: TDWG’s Mission, Vision and the new logo. This is, however, just the starting point and there is more work to be done. The next step would be the development of a strategic plan based on this foundation as TDWG continues to work on inclusion, increased global participation, recognition of our expertise, and strategic leadership in the creation, maintenance, implementation, and adoption of our standards.
Facilitating the Mobilization and Sharing of Biodiversity Data using a Standard, Open, and Replicable Course Curriculum
Authors: Russell Laura Anne , Raymond Mélianie , Bagard Laursen Maheva , Grant Sharon , Pamerlon Sophie , Bloom David
Published: August 2022

The Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) empowers its global network through capacity-building activities that promote and enable the efficient mobilization and use of information about biodiversity. These activities work across capacity development levels, targeting individuals, institutions, nations, and global regions. This work expands the communities of practice engaged with the collection and curation of biodiversity. GBIF efforts build partnerships that institutionalize new capacity within a growing network of data publishing institutions. Coordination and dissemination is supported through the development of Participant nodes and regional collaborations.

The Biodiversity Information for Development (BID) and the Biodiversity Information Fund for Asia (BIFA) programmes illustrate how a standardized, open, and replicable training curriculum underpins the success of funding programmes. These programmes support the biodiversity community and increase the amount of data mobilized and shared openly for use in science and research.

During this presentation, we will describe the role that the Biodiversity Data Mobilization course plays in GBIF’s approach to capacity enhancement. We will review successes and challenges and discuss the processes used to continually improve our approach to training and capacity development.
A Pre-ingestion Framework for Darwin Core Archives
Authors: Sadeghi Mahmoud , Koh Patricia , Newman Peggy
Published: August 2022

The Atlas of Living Australia’s (ALA) Pre-ingestion Framework is our alternative to managing datasets via the Global Biodiversity Information Facility's (GBIF) Integrated Publishing Toolkit (IPT). The framework uses a system-agnostic Python codebase to create and update Darwin Core archives: building an archive from a core and extension csv files, merging two archives together, deleting records and identifying duplicates based on the identifiers. The framework dynamicly supports current Darwin Core and GBIF namespace terms.

Previously, this functionality was handled internally by a Java-based biocache-store ingestion application. While flexible and easy to call, this black box approach to data management created challenges like removing problem records and tracking and verifying data sources. Last year, as the ALA merged our ingestion codebase with GBIF's pipelines and upgraded our data store infrastructure, we took the opportunity to manage our source data exclusively as full Darwin Core archives, rather than partial text files or spreadsheets. Consequently, the Python-based framework consolidates a lot of work previously managed using a range of methodologies and technologies including Talend, Java and unix based scripting. Alongside the Darwin Core archive manipulation tools, it has handlers for harvesting data from secure external web services, web hosts or file servers.

The standardised approach to data loading paves the way for improved automation and workflow. The work has the potential to become an open source project to share with the Living Atlas and biodiversity informatics communities.
The Sociological History of Transforming TDWG to Biodiversity Information Standards (TDWG)
Authors: Ung Visotheary , Kampmeier Gail
Published: August 2022

Thirty-seven years—why celebrate this prime number anniversary of the founding of the Taxonomic Databases Working Group (TDWG) in 1985? Because we wanted to look at the history of TDWG through its people (and coincidentally, 37˚C is considered "normal" human temperature, so why not?).

Records from 1985's inaugural meeting at the Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques in Geneva, Switzerland, 28–30 September show that it was attended by 12 representatives of the botanical community. Although the attendees were listed by salutation (i.e., Dr., Prof., Mr.) and by first initials along with surnames, the group was all male, composed mainly of European and American botanists with doctorates.

How has TDWG morphed over these 37 years from a group of geeky botanists in the early days of museum computerization and six years before the World Wide Web was introduced to the public, to the organization known today as Biodiversity Information Standards (TDWG)?

TDWG has always been an open and community-driven organization with decisions made by consensus. Anyone can become a member, individuals as well as institutions (including government agencies, non-governmental organizations, programs, and projects). Everything TDWG produces comes from the expertise, collaboration, and support of its members—people and organizations who create, manage, integrate, and analyze biodiversity information.

Today's TDWG looks very different from the one in 1985, but the seeds of the organization were there, even then.

While this presentation is about TDWG's history as an organization, its focus will be on the heart of TDWG: its people. We would like to show how the organization has evolved in terms of gender balance, inclusivity actions, and our engagement to promote and enhance diversity at all levels. But more importantly, where do we—as a community—want to go in the future?
Revolutionising Collection Management at the National Museum of Namibia
Authors: Coetzer Willem , Becker Francois
Published: August 2022

Despite its aridity, Namibia contains a surprisingly species-rich biota with high levels of endemism and an unprecedented land portion of intact wilderness. However, as a developing country, the expanding human population is increasing pressure on the country’s rich, but severely understudied ecosystems. An efficient flow of baseline biodiversity data is key for facilitating biosystematics and biogeographic research, which inform conservation planning and sustainable development. The National Museum of Nambia (NMNW) is the custodian of important specimen collections representing Namibian biodiversity, with holdings of about 500 000 specimens from a broad range of vertebrate and invertebrate groups. The NMNW is increasing its drive to make these data available to the necessary stakeholders to facilitate research and conservation assessments, based on digitised specimen collections. The first digitisation initiatives , in the 1980s and 1990s, used software such as FileMaker Pro. These collection-specific database development projects were not aligned with each other or standardised, and resulted in separately developed, heterogeneous databases. Recent changes in research priorities, standards (e.g., Darwin Core Darwin Core Task Group 2009), and data-types (e.g. multimedia files, genomic samples and DNA sequences) now necessitate the use of the latest technologies to revolutionise collection management and data management, facilitate workflows and integrate data into a single platform. We describe plans to implement Specify software (Specify Collections Consortium 2022) for collections / biodiversity data management at NMNW. We will form a small team to execute the required data cleansing and migration operations in-house, to develop a Specify database to manage the herpetology collection, in the first instance. Proper management of genomic and image metadata, and the longevity of database management in a staff-constrained environment, will require special database design considerations. Of particular importance is the representation of both individual organisms and the specimen-lots containing them, and we describe the capability of Specify software to handle such data. We also describe the approach that will be followed in introducing new users to a conceptually complex database schema and application. This will draw from previous experience in developing Specify databases for, and undertaking training courses with, several natural history museums in South Africa.
AMS-VegBank: a new database of vegetation plots for the Italian territory
Authors: Alessi Nicola , Bruzzaniti Vanessa , Buldrini Fabrizio , Centomo Emma , Cervellini Marco , Enea Mirko , Landi Sara , Lelli Chiara , Montanari Irene , Nascimbene Juri , Pezzi Giovanna , Virzí Gianmarco , Zannini Piero , Chiarucci Alessandro
Published: August 2022

The importance of collection, storage and exchange of georeferenced vegetation plot-based data has significantly grown in the recent decades, because of the new potentialities offered by ecoinformatics. In this article we introduce the Alma Mater Studiorum – University of Bologna vegetation database (AMS-VegBank; GIVD code EU-IT-021) compiling 17,505 georeferenced vegetation-plot observations within a time span of 90 years. This database includes 337,799 occurrence data of vascular plant species, belonging to many different habitat types. The historical relevance of the presented database is highlighted by the presence of some of the most ancient vegetation-plot observations in Europe (years 1930–1938). The geographic coverage of the database is mostly for Italian territory but it includes also data from other countries. The thematic focuses represented in the database are various, such as small Mediterranean islands, the Dolomite Mountains and the Italian National Parks. The large amount of historical plots available for the country not previously included in existing databases, combined with the constant action to improve the georeferencing of existing data and the addition of new data, highlight the uniqueness of this database. AMS-VegBank represents thus an important tool for studying plant biodiversity within the context of continental and global vegetation plot databases.

Taxonomic reference: All plant names reported in this article follow the nomenclature by Pignatti et al. (2017–2019).

Abbreviations: EVA = European Vegetation Archive; GIVD = Global Index of Vegetation-Plot Databases.
Bi-clean and clean Hopf modules
Authors: Puspita Nikken Prima , Wijayanti Indah Emilia
Published: August 2022

Let $ R $ be a commutative ring with multiplicative identity, $ C $ a coassociative and counital $ R $-coalgebra, $ B $ an $ R $-bialgebra. A clean comodule is a generalization and dualization of a clean module. An $ R $-module $ M $ is called a clean module if the endomorphism ring of $ M $ over $ R $ (denoted by $ End_{R}(M) $) is clean. Thus, any element of $ End_{R}(M) $ can be expressed as a sum of a unit and an idempotent element of $ End_{R}(M) $. Moreover, for a right $ C $-comodule $ M $, the endomorphism set of $ C $-comodule $ M $ denoted by $ End^{C}(M) $ is a subring of $ End_{R}(M) $. A $ C $-comodule $ M $ is a clean comodule if the $ End^{C}(M) $ is a clean ring. A Hopf module $ M $ over $ B $ is a $ B $-module and a $ B $-comodule that satisfies the compatible conditions. This paper considers the notions of a clean ring, clean module, clean coalgebra, and clean comodule in relation to the Hopf Module. We divide our discussion into two parts, i.e., clean and bi-clean Hopf modules. A $ B $-Hopf module $ M $ is said to be clean if the endomorphism ring of $ M $ is clean, and $ M $ is a bi-clean Hopf module if $ M $ is clean as a module over $ B $ and also clean as a comodule over $ B $. Moreover, we give sufficient conditions of (bi)-clean bialgebras and Hopf modules related to the cleanness concept of modules and comodules.
Stability property of the boundary equilibria of a symbiotic model of commensalism and parasitism with harvesting in commensal populations
Authors: Liu Xiaowan , Yue Qin
Published: August 2022

This article demonstrates the stability property of two boundary equilibria of a symbiotic model of commensalism and parasitism with harvesting in the commensal population. The model was proposed by Nurmaini Puspitasari, Wuryansari Muharini Kusumawinahyu, Trisilowati (2021). We first give two numeric examples to show that the corresponding results of the mentioned paper may be incorrect. Then, by analysis of the characteristic roots of the characteristic equations, we obtain sufficient conditions that ensure the locally asymptotic stability of the equilibria. After that, by applying the standard comparison theorem, some novel results on the global attractivity of these two equilibria are obtained respectively. Our results complement and supplement some known results.
As licenciaturas interdisciplinares: conceitos e fundamentos do processo formativo
Authors: Souza da Luz Aline , Carvalho Da Silva Medeiros Goncalves Pinto Maria Das Gracas , Morem Cóssio Rodriguez Rita de Cássia
Published: August 2022

Propomos neste artigo sistematizar e analisar os conceitos e fundamentos de cursos de Licenciaturas Interdisciplinares (LI). A metodologia baseou-se na análise documental dos projetos pedagógicos de cinco cursos de Universidades Federais, um de cada região do Brasil. Dentre os achados, evidenciamos que os cursos reconhecem sua ênfase na formação de professores; contudo, apresentam diferentes concepções de formação pautadas, pelo menos, por três racionalidades: Técnica, Prática e Crítica. Também percebemos que os cursos buscam superar antigas dicotomias, como Licenciatura x Bacharelado. Entretanto, não percebemos uma unidade em relação à reunião das áreas de constituição dos cursos.
Physical Education Teaching Quality Evaluation Method Using Collaborative Edge Computing and Social Internet of Things
Authors: Hu Shaopeng
Published: August 2022

A quality assessment technique for physical education and digital hybrid learning application of mobile edge devices is presented to improve physical education and evaluation hybrid instruction. As a result, the primary goal of this study is to showcase the rapid gains of social internet of things (SIoT) materials for applications and to provide various challenges and opportunities for future cases with collaborative edge computing (CEC). This work creates the quality assessment indicator system of mixed physical and digital evaluation based on aim, index, the value of the index, and assessment standard. Collaborative edge computing and social internet of things in the classroom for research into the use of SIoT and its implementations in underdeveloped nations is strongly encouraged, according to the findings of this study by increasing 28.1% enhancement. The fuzzy extensive analysis methodology is employed to successfully achieve the hybrid physical training quality assessment and digital evaluation method.
Editorial Note
Authors: Priyanath H. M. S.
Published: August 2022

No abstract available
The Impact of Fertilizer Subsidy on Average Paddy Yield in Sri Lanka
Authors: Dulanjani P. A. , Shantha A. A.
Published: August 2022

Concerning Paddy cultivation, it is one of the major sectors of livelihood in Sri Lanka, employing more than 1.8 million people. The Fertilizer subsidy scheme was initiated in 1962 with the invention of High Yielding Varieties parallel to the Green Revolution. There were three main components given under the subsidy program Urea, Triple Super Phosphate (TSP), and Potassium Chloride (MOP). As in other developing countries, fertilizer subsidy has become a politically sensitive issue in Sri Lanka, since paddy farmers are the majority of voters in the country. Mostly, it has favorably affected paddy yield, self-sufficiency, effectiveness, and food security while there are many bad effects such as overuse of chemical fertilizer, ignoring organic fertilizer, dependency on imported fertilizers, a huge burden on the government budget, etc. Therefore, the objective of the study is to evaluate the impact of fertilizer subsidy on average paddy yield in Sri Lanka. Secondary data was gathered in order to find the impact of fertilizer subsidy on average paddy yield. Multiple regression analysis was used to analyze the impact of providing Urea and all fertilizers with the changes in fertilizer scheme from time to time and other data were represented using relevant graphs and tables. Can be seen a gradual increase in the import of fertilizer subsidy in Sri Lanka. In this study, it was found that fertilizer subsidy has a positive significant relationship with average paddy yield in Sri Lanka. So, it can be concluded that, the need for the existence of fertilizer subsidies in Sri Lanka with the moderation the of fertilizer subsidy scheme in order to reduce the huge government burden on fertilizer subsidy in Sri Lanka.
Moonlighting Farmers: Factors Associated with Secondary Job Holding in the Agricultural Sector of Sri Lanka
Authors: Liyanapathirana I. D. , Samaraweera G. R. S. R. C.
Published: August 2022

The highest rate of Secondary job holding (moonlighting) was recorded among two groups in Sri Lanka, including professionals and agricultural workers, although their objectives of moonlighting are different. Sri Lanka has been keeping a record of the lowest productivity in the agricultural sector for years with a higher rate of underemployment and hidden unemployment. Moonlighting is a way to enhance maximum utilization of labour in the sector and the main objective of this research is to identify the factors that affect the engagement in secondary jobs, among agricultural workers in Sri Lanka. This was further analyzed among the farmers for three specific crops, including paddy, vegetable and tea. A total of 8,165 agricultural workers from the Sri Lanka Labour Force Survey (LFS) 2018, were used for this study. The Logit regression models were used to identify the factors to engage in secondary jobs for agricultural workers in Sri Lanka. The study concluded that the income and number of hours of the main jobs, being a female, being unmarried, not being a Sinhalese, living in non-Western provinces, size of the household, and engaging in agricultural activities during the second and third quarters have significant relationships on the choice of holding secondary jobs among agricultural work-ers. Engagement in secondary jobs increases with age at a decreasing rate. The study proposes policies for the promotion of moon-lighting to utilize the full capacity of Sri Lanka’s agricultural workers.
Visual impairments amongst preschool and school attendees: A scoping review of vision school screening in Nigeria and Kenya
Authors: Langeggen Irene , Ofochebe Kenechukwu
Published: August 2022

Background: The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child emphasises the importance of quality education and good health. Vision problems affect the academic performance of schoolchildren in developing and under-resourced countries. The most prevalent vision problem amongst children is uncorrected refractive errors (URE).Aim: To gain knowledge about vision problems and visual impairments (VI) through school vision screening amongst children in Kenya and Nigeria.Method: A scoping review of online databases (Web of Science and PubMed) and one African registry (African Journals Online) for articles from January 2011 until April 2021 was conducted. The authors included 26 articles of the 439 screened.Results: The literature revealed inconsistencies in how VI was defined. The main cause of vision problems is URE. Furthermore, there is a lack of systematic school vision screening tools and programmes.Conclusion: Efficient eye care services to schoolchildren aged 3–18 years in Kenya and Nigeria must involve multiple disciplinary interventions and governmental responsibility. Collaboration models between public and private health sectors, nongovernmental organisations and families are necessary to prevent VI amongst children. Better vision enhances school performance.
Tinea Incognita with Secondary Bacterial Infection
Authors: Nadelman Daniel A.
Published: August 2022

Tinea incognita is a phenomenon occurring when a fungal infection is erroneously treated with topical corticosteroids. This worsens the underlying infection without becoming clinically apparent until treatment is withdrawn, in which case the tinea infection becomes acutely symptomatic. We herein report a case of tinea incognita in a young woman treated with high-potency topical corticosteroids, leading to worsening dermatophyte infection and coinfection with Klebsiella oxytoca. The resulting infection required aggressive oral and topical antimicrobial treatment before resolving. This case illustrates the potentially harmful sequelae of using high-potency topical corticosteroids without first ruling out tinea infection.
Nonfamilial Isolated Collagenoma
Authors: Taj Farhana T. , Shareef Dilsha
Published: August 2022

Connective tissue nevi (CTN) are hamartomas consisting of the various components of the dermal connective tissue. The predominant element of the extracellular connective tissue within an individual nevus can be collagen, elastic fibers, or glycosaminoglycans. Those predominantly composed of collagen are called collagenomas. CTN can be classified as congenital or acquired, and independent or in association with a systemic disease. Collagenomas are asymptomatic and can be seen over the trunk, arm, thigh, and soles. We present the case of an 18-year-old boy with an isolated collagenoma over the lower back.
Lichenoid Drug Eruption Induced by Chlordiazepoxide
Authors: Alkhuzaim Osamah M.
Published: August 2022

Lichenoid drug reaction is a cutaneous drug eruption due to a Type IV delayed hypersensitivity reaction. It usually occurs months to years following the intake of the drug and is characterized by purple, flat, polygonal papules that spread symmetrically and diffusely across the body. We report the case of a 26-year-old female, who was on chlordiazepoxide for the treatment of insomnia, and presented with multiple, annular, purple, scaly, itchy plaques over her breasts. The eruption progressed to involve the thighs and buccal mucosa and did not respond to topical antifungals. Skin biopsy revealed lichenoid lymphocytic infiltrate consistent with lichen planus. After discontinuation of chlordiazepoxide, her skin eruption significantly improved within 3 months. To our knowledge, this is the first case report of a patient who developed a lichenoid drug reaction to chlordiazepoxide.
Glomus Tumor Presenting as Atypical Tender Papule on the Lower Limb
Authors: Mani Banupriya , Priyadarshini Anuradha , Rajesh Gayathri , Sankarasubramanian Anandan
Published: August 2022

Glomus tumor is a benign vascular tumor derived from modified smooth muscle cells of the glomus body. Although they can develop in any part of the body, they commonly do so in the upper extremities, most frequently in the subungual region of fingers. They can be either solitary or multiple. Extradigital glomus tumors are often misdiagnosed owing to their nonspecific clinical presentations and unusual locations. We report two cases of extradigital glomus tumor occurring at unusual sites such as knee and thigh.
Atypical Presentation of Bullous Herpes Zoster and Necrotizing Fasciitis in Immunocompromised Patients
Authors: Al Muqarrab Fatimah , Al Mozayen Mohammed , Al Muqarrab Ayah , Almosbeh Mohammed
Published: August 2022

Herpes zoster infection represents a localized reactivation state of latent varicella-zoster virus. Zoster presents as a grouped vesicular rash on an erythematous base distributed over sensory dermatomes. Disseminated zoster is defined as the presence of >20 vesicles outside the primary area or adjacent dermatomes. Atypical manifestations of zoster infection, especially in immunocompromised patients, may lead to delayed diagnosis, infection dissemination, and potentially life-threatening systemic complications. Bacterial superinfection of zoster lesions is a common complication; however, more serious deep soft-tissue infection is not. Here, we present two atypical cases of zoster infection, which needed a high index of suspicion to avoid misdiagnosis and inappropriate treatment. Our first patient is a 30-year-old Saudi male, with systemic lupus erythematosus on oral steroids who presented with a tense vesiculobullous eruption over two adjacent dermatomes. Biopsy revealed herpes infection. The second case is for a 58-year-old diabetic female who presented to the emergency department for evaluation of an extremely painful eruption in a dermatomal distribution 1 week after zoster resolution. Clinical and radiologic evaluation of the lesions identified necrotizing fasciitis. Although zoster commonly affects immunocompromised individuals, the atypical presentation of the initial lesions in our two patients was challenging. A high index of suspicion is required for early detection, with special consideration of the painful lesion in a cropped configuration.
Diverse Radiologic Presentations of Common Pathology
Authors: Kulkarni Amol Anil , Ramiah Rajeshkannan , Chudgar Priya Darshan , Burkule Nitin J.
Published: August 2022

Thrombus represents the most common cardiac mass compared to primary or secondary cardiac tumors. It has variable size, shape, location, and imaging features. Differentiating the cardiac mass as a tumor, thrombus, or vegetation is clinically important due to their different therapeutic implications and prognostic outcomes. Thrombi carry an inherent risk of systemic and pulmonary embolism and warrant appropriate anticoagulation. For over two decades, echocardiography (transthoracic as well as transesophageal) has been the gold standard investigation to detect intracardiac thrombi. However, recent advances in cardiac magnetic resonance imaging allow higher sensitivity and specificity in the detection of thrombi and the assessment of the age of the thrombi by characterization of their contents. The objective of this review is to demonstrate different imaging presentations of cardiac thrombi and how imaging can help differentiate it from other mimics.
The Utility of Three-Dimensional Echocardiography in the Assessment of Pulmonary Valve Function in a Novel “Hand-Made” Pulmonary Valve Conduit
Authors: Krishna Mani Ram , Raju Vijayakumar
Published: August 2022

The right ventricle to pulmonary artery valved conduit is a key component of surgeries to rehabilitate the right ventricular outflow tract in children with congenital heart disease. Evaluation of the conduit valve function forms a key part of follow-up evaluation of these children. We report the utility of three-dimensional transthoracic echocardiography to evaluate the conduit valve function in these children.
Clinical Presentation of Acute Ruptured Sinus of Valsalva Aneurysm as a Mimic of Acute Coronary Syndrome
Authors: Jain Gaurav , Sivakumar Kothandam , Mumtaz Zeeshan Ahmed
Published: August 2022

Acute ruptured sinus of Valsalva aneurysm may present with chest pain and rapidly worsening dyspnea. A 41-year-old male without known atherosclerotic risk factors presented with ST-segment elevation in leads aVR and V1 on electrocardiogram and elevated cardiac troponins and was diagnosed as acute coronary syndrome. After antiplatelet loading, statin, and heparin, he was referred due to worsening hypotension and tachycardia. Clinical examination and echocardiogram was challenging in the acutely dyspneic restless patient. Transesophageal echocardiography delineated the ruptured aneurysm and assisted in its management. Importance of physical examination and echocardiography in the emergency room is highlighted as manifestations may be varied.
Interarterial Pseudoaneurysm
Authors: Singhal Shantanu , Chavan Chandrakant Bhagwat , Kalra Ravi
Published: August 2022

Femoral artery pseudoaneurysm (FAP) is one of the most troublesome complications related to femoral artery access site after cardiovascular catheterization procedures and occurs in 0.8%–2.2% of the cases of cardiovascular interventional procedures. Management is by ultrasound-guided compression repair (UGCR). A 75-year-old male presented with anterior wall ST-elevation myocardial infarction and after percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty, developed FAP. This pseudoaneurysm had an interarterial communication between superficial femoral artery and deep femoral artery. It is unusual to have communication of pseudoaneurysm with two branches of femoral artery. Diagnosis was made using vascular sonography and Doppler study. Closure of this aneurysm was done by simple pressure with Doppler probe at both the narrow ends of the aneurysm. Arterial color Doppler is the mainstay for diagnosing FAPs. This case describes an interarterial pseudoaneurysm which is a rare entity to witness and the different modalities for its management, the most common one being UGCR.