bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
The effects of supplier relationship management practices on organizational performance and competitive advantage of large manufacturing companies in Bahir Dar, Ethiopia
Authors: Yehuala Abate Ayelign
Published: March 2023

The purpose of the study is to examine the effects of supplier relationship management practices on organizational performance and competitive advantage of large manufacturing companies in Bahir Dar, Ethiopia. The study employed an explanatory research design. A standardized five-point Likert scale questionnaire was administered to manufacturing companies' executives, top managers, and procurement managers. Structural equation modeling with the help of analysis of moment structure 23 is used to analyze the relationship between variables. The result reveals that supplier relationship management practices lead to enhancing organizational performance and competitive advantage. Also, competitive advantage significantly affects the performance of manufacturing companies. The study is limited by the effects of supplier relationship management practices on organization performance and competitive advantage over a quantitative research approach. Further, it only focused on large manufacturing companies in Bahir Dar, Ethiopia. The study contributes evidence on the effects of supplier relationship management practices on organization performance and competitive advantage. Moreover, it helps the supply chain managers in large manufacturing companies to have a deeper understanding of supplier relationship management and its importance to organizational performance and competitive advantage.
Ebstein anomaly. Retrospective study.
Authors: Platash Victor , Ciubotaru Anatol , Cheptanaru Eduard , Guzgan Iurie , Sciuca Nichifor
Published: March 2023

Ebstein anomaly is a congenital heart malformation of the tricuspid valve and right ventricle. Surgical correction of Ebstein’s anomaly improves functional class and exercise tolerance, eliminates intracardiac right-to-left shunting (if present), and reduces the incidence of supraventricular tachyarrhythmias [3, 4, 6]. Due to the degree of variability of Ebstein’s Anomaly, correction is based on anatomical factors. In the case of unfavorable anatomical conditions, the replacement of the tricuspid valve is resorted to [3, 8]. The application of bidirectional cavopulmonary anastomosis is reserved for patients with poor right ventricular function [6, 9, 10]. Currently, overall early mortality after surgical correction in children and adults has decreased to less than 3% in experienced centers [4]. Surgical treatment of the symptomatic neonate remains a significant challenge, with approaches including either a biventricular correction or a univentricular correction. The given study is retrospective and reports the data on the incidence of the types according to the Carpentier classification, the severity and the surgical procedure applied for the correction of the anomaly [1, 9].
Phẫu thuật nội soi tán sỏi thận qua da đường hầm nhỏ tại Bệnh viện Đa khoa Tỉnh Yên Bái
Authors: Tân Vũ Duy , Hiếu Nguyễn Trung , Sơn Diêm
Published: March 2023

Đánh giá kết quả của phẫu thuật nội soi qua da đường hầm nhỏ tán sỏi thận. Nghiên cứu trên 37 bệnh nhân được phẫu thuật nội soi qua da đường hầm nhỏ tán sỏi thận tại khoa Ngoại, Bệnh viện Đa khoa tỉnh Yên Bái từ tháng 01/2021 đến tháng 08/2021. Nghiên cứu mô tả cắt ngang. Xử lý số liệu bằng thống kê y học. Tuổi trung bình là 47,3 ± 10,5 (28 ÷ 67) tuổi. Tai biến, biến chứng theo phân loại Clavien Dindo gồm độ I, độ II và độ III. Trong đó, có 1 trường hợp chảy máu nhiều phải truyền máu trong phẫu thuật, 1 trường hợp sốt sau phẫu thuật, 1 trường hợp nút mạch thận sau phẫu thuật do chảy máu kéo dài. Tỉ lệ sạch sỏi sớm sau phẫu thuật 91,9%, sót sỏi 8,1%. Tỉ lệ sạch sỏi sau 1 tháng 94,6%, sót sỏi 5,4%. Phẫu thuật nội soi tán sỏi thận qua da đường hầm nhỏ trong điều trị sỏi thận mang lại kết quả tốt 81,1%, trung bình 16,2% và kém 2,7%. Tỉ lệ biến chứng thấp.
Vai trò của cắt lớp vi tính đa dãy trong tiên lượng khả năng cắt bỏ ung thư ngoại tiết đầu tụy theo tiêu chuẩn nccn
Authors: Dũng Lê Thanh , Huề Nguyễn Duy , Hiếu Nguyễn Thị
Published: March 2023

Nghiên cứu được thực hiện với mục đích đánh giá khả năng cắt bỏ ung thư đầu tụy trên cắt lớp vi tính đa dãy đặc biệt là liên quan với tình trạng diện cắt sau mổ. Có nhiều tiêu chuẩn đánh giá được đưa ra trong đó khuyến cáo của mạng lưới ung thư toàn diện quốc gia (Mỹ) (NCCN) được sử dụng phổ biến, được phân loại thành có thể cắt bỏ (Resectable), ranh giới (borderline) và không thể cắt bỏ (Locally advanced). Chúng tôi lựa chọn được 105 bệnh nhân (BN) được chẩn đoán ung thư ngoại tiết đầu tụy trên CLVT 64 dãy từ 1/2020 đến 8/2022 tại bệnh viện Việt Đức. Kết quả cho thấy khối u có kích thước < 4cm có ảnh hưởng tới khả năng cắt bỏ hoàn toàn khối u R0 với OR = 7,58 (95%CI: 3,12 - 18,42, p < 0,001). Xâm lấn động mạch và xâm lấn tĩnh mạch có liên quan tới khả năng cắt bỏ hoàn toàn khối u (p < 0,001). Tỷ lệ R0 ở nhóm có thể cắt bỏ hoặc ranh giới là 75% (43/57), ở nhóm không thể cắt bỏ là 6% (p < 0,001).
Xác định đột biến gen cacna1c ở bệnh nhân mắc hội chứng Brugada
Authors: Nhung Lê Hồng , Tuấn Phạm Lê Anh , Khánh Trần Vân
Published: March 2023

Hội chứng Brugada gây ra 4% - 12% các trường hợp tử vong đột ngột và 20% trường hợp tử vong ở bệnh nhân có cấu trúc tim bình thường. Tỷ lệ mắc bệnh là 5 - 14/10.000 dân, trong đó phổ biến ở những người gốc Á, đặc biệt là khu vực Đông Nam Á trong đó có Việt Nam. Nguyên nhân của bệnh là do đột biến gây mất hoặc giảm chức năng của ít nhất một trong 23 gen liên quan, mã hóa cho các kênh ion dẫn truyền điện thế ở màng tế bào cơ tim. Trong đó, có gen CACNA1C của kênh calci tim (Cav1.2) gây đột biến mất dòng chảy kênh calci. Mục tiêu: Xác định đột biến gen CACNA1C ở bệnh nhân Brugada. Đối tượng và phương pháp: 50 bệnh nhân được chẩn đoán mắc hội chứng Brugada tại Viện Tim mạch Việt Nam và Viện Tim mạch TP. Hồ Chí Minh được tiến hành giải trình tự Sanger. Kết quả: Nghiên cứu xác định được 3/50 bệnh nhân có đột biến gen CACNA1C với 3 loại đột biến trên exon và intron. Cả 3/3 đột biến là đột biến thay thế nucleotide, trong đó có 1/3 đột biến chưa từng được công bố trước đây.
Giá trị của PET/CT trong chẩn đoán giai đoạn bệnh ung thư phổi tại Bệnh viện K
Authors: Thăng Vũ Hồng , Nga Đỗ Thị Thu , Thắng Trần , Sơn Phạm Lâm
Published: March 2023

Nghiên cứu nhằm đánh giá vai trò của PET/CT trong xác định giai đoạn bệnh ung thư phổi không tế bào nhỏ tại Bệnh viện K. Tỷ lệ phát hiện di căn xa bằng PET/CT là 49,1% cao hơn có ý nghĩa so với phương pháp thường quy là 38,9%. Tỷ lệ phát hiện di căn xa tại xương, thượng thận, phổi đối bên, màng phổi bằng các phương pháp chẩn đoán hình ảnh thường quy và bằng PET/CT lần lượt là 20,1%; 5,8%; 13,6%; 1,5% và 25%; 11,7%, 7,4%; 9,7%. Tỷ lệ phát hiện này đều cao hơn có ý nghĩa thống kê. PET/CT không phát hiện di căn não mặc dù có di căn trên MRI. Có 50% bệnh nhân từ giai đoạn II chuyển sang giai đoạn III,IV sau chụp PET/CT. Tỷ lệ chung về thay đổi giai đoạn là 34%, tăng chiếm 22,8%, hạ chiếm 11,2%. Sau khi chụp PET/CT thì 28,6% bệnh nhân sẽ thay đổi hướng điều trị so với các phương pháp chẩn đoán thường quy. Chụp PET/CT nên thực hiện thường qui chẩn đoán để xác định chính xác giai đoạn, giúp cho chỉ định điều trị thích hợp cho người bệnh.
تحديات مؤسسات التعليم العالي بسلطنة عُمَان في تطوير المهارات والوظائف المستقبلية، وسُبُل التَّغَلُّب عليها تحقيقاً لرؤية عُمَان 2040: دراسة نوعية
Authors: الصيعرية مشاعل بنت عوض
Published: March 2023

ملخص: هدفت الدراسة الحالية للكشف عن واقع جاهزية مؤسسات التعليم العالي بسلطنة عُمَان لمهارات، ووظائف المستقبل تحقيقاً لرؤية عُمَان 2040، والكشف عن أهمِّ التحديات المرتبطة بتلك المهارات والوظائف، والتوصل لعدد من المقترحات لمعالجة تلك التحديات. استخدمت الدراسة المنهج النوعي لملاءمته لأهداف الدراسة الحالية من خلال إجراء المقابلات، وتكوَّنت عيِّنة الدراسة الحالية من تسعة أفراد من قيادات مؤسسات التعليم العالي الحكومية والخاصة، وخمسة أفراد من عيِّنة من الخبراء. وأظهرت نتائج الدراسة الحالية أَنَّ أغلب آراء عيِّنتها بشأن واقع جاهزية مؤسسات التعليم العالي لمهارات ووظائف المستقبل جاءت بمستوًى متوسط بحسب وجهة نظرهم. وكذلك كشفت الدراسة الحالية عن بعض التحديات تمثَّلت في الموارد البشرية، وأساليب التدريس، والبيئة التعليمية، كما قدَّمَتْ جملةً من الإجراءات المقترحة؛ لتطوير مهارات ووظائف المستقبل تمثَّلَتْ في جوانب عديدة، كالطلبة، والمحاضرين، والمناهج التعليمية، والتعاون الصناعي والدولي.
أثر برنامج إرشادي يستند على اللعب في خفض النشاط الحركي الزائد لدى أطفال الروضة
Authors: "علي احمد" نافز ايوب محمد
Published: March 2023

ملخص: هدفت الدراسة إلى معرفة أثر برنامج إرشادي قائم على اللعب في تخفيض الحركة الزائدة لدى أطفال الروضة من وجهة نظر المعلمات والأمهات. تم استخدام المنهج شبة التجريبي، وتم اختيار عينة قصدية من روضة النمو التربوي في بلدة بديا/ فلسطين والتي تكونت من 28 طفلاً موزعين على مجموعتين متساويتين إحداهما مجموعة ضابطة والأخرى مجموعة تجريبية. خضعت المجموعة التجريبية لبرنامج الإرشاد الذي استمر ستة أسابيع بمعدل ثلاث جلسات أسبوعيا، كما تم تطبيق المقياس البعدي على كلا المجموعتين بالإضافة إلى المقياس التتبعي على المجموعة التجريبية بعد ثلاثة أشهر. أظهرت النتائج عدم وجود فروق دالة إحصائياً لأفراد المجموعة الضابطة للتطبيقين القبلي والبعدي، وجود فروق دالة إحصائياً بين أفراد المجموعة الضابطة والتجريبية في التطبيق البعدي لصالح المجموعة التجريبية، وجود فروق داله إحصائياً لدى أفراد المجموعة التجريبية للتطبيقين القبلي والبعدي لصالح التطبيق البعدي، وعدم وجود فروق دالة احصائياً لدى أفراد المجموعة التجريبية بين التطبيقين البعدي والتتبعي. أكدت الدراسة أثر هذا البرنامج في خفض مظاهر النشاط الحركي الزائد لدى أطفال الروضة، وأوصت بضرورة استخدامه لمساعدة الأطفال ذوي النشاط الحركي الزائد.
Gig Economy During Pandemic in East Java
Authors: Hanivan Hilman , Rakhmawan Suryo Adi
Published: March 2023

The COVID-19 pandemic that hit Indonesia has harmed health, socially and economically. However, the pandemic has also indirectly become a catalyst for innovation, including in the employment sector including the Gig Economy. This study aims to describe the gig phenomenon in East Java, both in the form of gig workers and the gig economy during the new normal. Using data from the August 2021 National Labor Force Survey, this study then builds a model using binary logistic regression to determine the impact of the pandemic on workers' income or wages and working hours so that it is expected to be an analysis for the government to plan policies in the new normal. This study also builds a probability model using bayesian network analysis to determine the probability that gig workers will fall into the survival or by choice category. With the simulation image through the Bayesian model, the authorities can map out policies based on the variables used in the model. This research is empirical evidence that the gig economy is growing in East Java but raises problems related to gender discrimination and indications of wage differences between gig workers in the service sector and industry. The regression model that was built resulted in the conclusion that the working hours and wages of gig workers tend to be affected by the Pandemic. The handling can be started from the results of the Bayesian analysis, namely starting with female workers in urban areas because they have an excellent opportunity to be in the survival group of gig workers.
The development of number sense and its conceptual nexuses in early childhood education
Authors: Mendonça Regina Alves Pinto , Rodrigues Adriana
Published: March 2023

This article is the result of a Master's in Education research on the organization of teaching-learning numbers, in the context of Early Childhood Education. In the singularity of this text, bibliographical reflections and results are approached about the development of the numerical sense and the conceptual nexus of number, in a cultural-historical perspective. Authors from the Vigostsky school and their followers were used as a theoretical-methodological framework, in line with the defense of a childhood education that promotes children's development. The results show the importance of didactic intentionality in the organization of teaching-learning numbers in Early Childhood Education. They highlight the centrality of play in the appropriation of numerical sense, in order to understand the principles of counting, as well as the training of teachers who work in this educational segment.
Time for a new paradigm shift in literacy difficulties: From ‘flat earth’ to rational, effective and equitable systems
Authors: Stanbridge Joanna , Branigan Kirsten , Walter Louise
Published: March 2023

Aims and rationale

There is broad consensus among those working within literacy-related research that there is not a subgroup of learners struggling with literacy whose difficulties can accurately be distinguished as dyslexic. Decades of endeavour to identify a robust process of diagnosis have proved fruitless. Nonetheless, systems, processes and some government policies relating to literacy difficulties continue to be dominated by a narrative of diagnosis.

This article advocates a paradigm shift in approaches to literacy difficulties in systems and processes that is consistent with the weight of academic understanding. Factors relating to theoretical consistency, operationalisation and equity are considered in turn, leading to the conclusion that an explicit shift is needed away from a model of individual diagnosis and towards systemic frameworks (i.e. school systems) which can address the needs of all. The Response to Intervention model is proposed as a framework and a case example is provided of how this has been operationalised systemically.

Limitations

Previous attempts to shift narratives and systems around literacy difficulties have met with resistance and flawed argument, including a statement in the House of Lords equating them to asserting that ‘the earth is flat’.

Conclusions

The nature of paradigm shifts is that they are initially met with resistance and scepticism. This should be no deterrent to the goal of creating rational, effective and equitable systems. These must bring narratives, processes, systems and policies in line with the weight of evidence about literacy difficulties and how best to support them for all children and young people, no matter their background.
Pleang (แผลง): Portraying Prince Naris’ Cultural Hybridity in Architectural Forms
Authors: Chitrabongs Chittawadi , Phlernjai Malin
Published: March 2023

His Royal Highness Prince Narisaranuvativongse (1863 –1947) was a court designer whose works transcended various fields of art, design, music, and architecture in Siam. Since his death, the prince’s legacy has been fading from the public consciousness. This research comprises an architectural design proposal to resurrect recognition of his designs, and to create public connectivity in terms of physical spaces by focusing on Prince Naris’ way of thinking, as expressed in a Thai word, pleang (แผลง), employed by Prince Naris himself. Pleang does not mean conventional, nor does it mean atypical. Pleang is a way of thinking that has limited relation to building typologies. We chose to study one architectural element that has an integral place in architectural theory and practice, namely, the window, which has often been considered as a “device” to create human comfort, and a “destination” of a room, with the qualities of being both “somewhere” and “nowhere.” On-site observations and architectural surveys were used to document Prince Naris’ placement of windows and fake windows in religious buildings along with his arrangement of the windows in his own private residence and studio known as Ban Plainern. The findings were later applied to an architectural design of existing shophouses that buffer a residential complex belonging to Prince Naris’ descendants from Rama IV Road. We propose a renovation project, under the Prince Naris Learning Center program, to turn this building into an aperture to Ban Plainern putting it clearly into the public eye.
CCI’s Jurisdictional Conflict with the Proposed Cement Industry Regulator: An Analysis
Authors: Pandey Pariekh
Published: March 2023

Controversial activities by manufacturers in the Indian cement industry have repeatedly invited investigations by the Competition Commission of India (CCI) for allegations of anti-competitive cartelising agreements. These manufacturing firms have created an artificial scarcity of production and supply in the market, using their association meetings as a front for illegal collusive activities. In spite of CCI having penalised the firms for their activities, the continued cartelisation in the cement market has led the Indian government to propose the establishment of a cement and steel industry regulator for proper governance. Along these lines, this paper aims to achieve a middle ground for removing conflict and ensuring cooperation between CCI and the proposed regulator. The author takes the initiative to study the nature of the cartelising activities of Indian cement manufacturers and the action taken by CCI through analysing the stance of the Supreme Court on the primacy of institutions in competition law matters relating to the cement industry. The paper additionally discusses competition enforcement against cement cartels in China and South Africa—two developing nations competing with the growing Indian economy and facing the same issues of deep-rooted cartelisation in the cement industry.
HEAT CONDUCTED THROUGH FINS OF VARYING CROSS-SECTIONS
Authors: Gupta Rohit , Pandita Neeraj , Singh Inderdeep
Published: March 2023

The conduction of heat takes place through the fins or spines from particle to particle due to a temperature gradient in the direction of decreasing temperature. Heat is not lost equally by each element of the fin but is lost mostly near the base of the fin. Thus there would be a waste of the material if a uniform fin is used. These aspects demand the construction of fins of varying cross-sections like triangular fin, hyperbolic fin, and parabolic fin. The paper analyzes a triangular fin and a parabolic fin to find the rate of conduction of heat through them via Laplace Transform means. The results obtained are the same as obtained with other methods.
Efektivitas Ekstrak Daun Pegagan (Centella asiactica L.) Sebagai Anti Kontaminan Dalam Pertumbuhan Kultur Jaringan Kentang (Solanum tuberosum L.) Varietas Tedjo MZ
Authors: Septiani Alya Hasna Irbah , Kusmiyati Florentina , Kristanto Budi Adi
Published: March 2023

Kentang merupakan tanaman yang mengandung tingkat karbohidrat tinggi sehingga menjadi pangan alternatif pengganti beras. Kultur jaringan menjadi teknik perbanyakan tanaman kentang yang sering digunakan karena dapat menghasilkan bibit kentang dalam jumlah banyak sekaligus. Namun, permasalahan yang sering terjadi pada kultur jaringan adalah kontaminasi oleh mikroorganisme. Penanganan kontaminasi bisa dilakukan dengan menambahkan bahan bersifat menekan pertumbuhan mikroorganisme seperti pegagan. Pegagan mengandung senyawa triterpenoid yang bersifat antimikrobial dan antifungal. Tujuan penelitian adalah untuk mengkaji efektivitas konsentrasi ekstrak daun pegagan (Centella asiatica L.) sebagai anti kontaminan pada pertumbuhan kultur jaringan kentang var. Tedjo MZ. Penelitian ini menggunakan Rancangan Acak Lengkap (RAL) faktor tunggal dengan empat kali ulangan. Faktor yang digunakan adalah konsentrasi ekstrak daun pegagan; C0: 0%, C1: 2,5%, C2:5%, C3: 7,5% dan C4: 10%. Parameter yang diamati adalah panjang akar, panjang cabang, jumlah daun, tinggi planlet, waktu pertama kontaminasi, persentase kontaminasi jamur dan bakteri serta persentase keberhasilan kultur jaringan.  Hasil penelitian menunjukkan pemberian ekstrak pegagan pada berbagai konsentrasi belum memberikan dampak signifikan pada seluruh parameter. Pemberian ekstrak pegagan pada media planlet kentang terlihat menghambat pertumbuhan planlet kentang daripada perlakuan kontrol, hal ini dapat disebabkan zat senyawa yang terdapat pada ekstrak pegagan bersifat toksik bagi planlet. Perlakuan kontrol memberikan hasil terbaik pada parameter waktu pertama kontaminasi, persentase kontaminasi jamur dan bakteri, persentase keberhasilan kultur jaringan, panjang akar, panjang cabang, jumlah daun dan tinggi planlet.
Factors Related to Use KB Participants are Active in Understanding Contraceptive Devices (IUD) UPT Working Area DPPKB Bandar District, Simalungun Regency
Authors: Eka Sihombing  , Yeci Theresia Simanjuntak
Published: March 2023

Based on a preliminary survey conducted in the working area of UPT. DPPKB found that the use of Intrauterine Contraceptive Devices (IUD) was still small compared to other contraceptive methods. Meanwhile, IUD use has begun to be targeted every year. The purpose of this research is to find out what are the factors associated with IUD use. This type of research is quantitative research that is analytic in nature. This research was conducted in the working area of UPT. DPPKB Bandar District in August 2017. The population in this study amounted to 10,429 people with a sample of 189 people. The instrument used was a questionnaire using the Chi-sguare test and SPSS program assistance. Based on the results of the study it was found that the total number of family planning participants had low education, namely 123 people (65.1 % ). The majority of respondents with low education did not use the IUD as many as 118 people (95.9 % ) while only $ people (4.1%) used it. There is a relationship between education and IUD use (P=0.000<0.05 ). Family planning participants had low knowledge, namely 123 people (65.1 % ). The majority of respondents with low knowledge did not use the IUD as many as 121 people (98.4 % ) while only 2 people (1.6%) used it. There is a relationship between knowledge and use of the IUD (P=0.000<0.05 ) . Family planning participants who did not receive support from their husbands were 175 people (92.6 % ). The majority of respondents who did not receive support from their husbands did not use the IUD as many as 164 people ( 93.7 %) while only 1 person (6.3%) used it. There is a relationship between husband's support and IUD use (P=0.000<0.05 ).
The Relationship Between Food Consumption and Hypertension in the Elderly in the Working Area of the Sarimatondang Health Center, Simalungun Regency
Authors: Nur Mazdalifah  , Barimbingan Diana Lorenta
Published: March 2023

Hypertension is currently a risk factor for morbidity and mortality for Jansia. Or Riskesdas 2013 states that the prevalence of hypertension in Indonesia ranges from 25.8 % , with more disease incidence occurring in women (28.8%) and in the elderly. In North Sumatra, the prevalence of hypertension is also high, which is around 24.7 % based on the 2013 Riskesdas data. Data from the Sarimatondang Health Center states that the prevalence of hypertension in the elderly is around 21 people (8.8 % ). The purpose of this study was to determine and analyze the relationship between food consumption and the incidence of hypertension in the elderly at the Sarimatondang Health Center in 2018. This type of research is an observational analytic with a cross-sectional study design. The population in this study were all elderly aged ≥ 60 years at the Sarimatondang Health Center, totaling 120 people, with a sample size of 55 respondents. This research was conducted at the Sarimatondang Health Center from 2018 to August. The results showed that the types of food to prevent hypertension that were often consumed by respondents were corn, fresh water fish, tempeh, tomatoes, bananas, green beans and the types of foods that triggered hypertension which were often consumed by respondents were pork, salted fish, and biscuits. The results also showed that the variables significantly related to the incidence of hypertension were fat (p=0.025), sodium (p0=039) and fiber (p=0.029), while carbohydrates (p=0.821) and protein (p=0.189). ) was not significantly associated with the incidence of hypertension. Advice that can be given to the community at the Sarimatondang Health Center in 2018, especially the elderly, is to reduce consumption of foods that are high in sodium or salt, high in fat, and also increase consumption of vegetables and fruit at affordable prices every day.
SAĞLIK ÇALIŞANLARININ EL HİJYENİ KONUSUNDA DEĞERLENDİRİLMESİ
Authors: GÜRBÜZ Esra , ŞAHİNOĞLU Mustafa Serhat , ÇALLI Gülüzar , ÇELİK Mehmet
Published: March 2023

Amaç: Bu çalışma, bir eğitim ve araştırma hastanesindeki sağlık çalışanlarının el hijyeni bilgi düzeylerinin belirlenmesi ve el hijyeni uyumunun değerlendirilmesi amacıyla yapıldı. Yöntem: Çalışmada, sağlık çalışanlarından demografik özelliklerle birlikte güncel literatür taranarak el hijyeni endikasyonları, uygulanma şekilleri, süresi, önemi ve eğitimi ile ilgili konuları içeren 20 sorudan oluşan bir anketin doldurulması istendi. Bu çalışmaya Sağlık Bilimleri Üniversitesi Van Eğitim ve Araştırma Hastanesi’nde çalışan 220 erkek 180 kadın olmak üzere toplam 400 sağlık çalışanı dahil edildi. Bulgular: Altı yıllık süre içerisinde el hijyenine uyum oranının %74 olduğu saptandı. Meslek gruplarından el hijyenine en yüksek uyumun %80 oranında hemşirelerde, en düşük uyumun ise %55 oranında doktorlarda olduğu görüldü. El hijyenine en yüksek uyum, vücut sıvıları ile temas sonrasında olduğu gözlendi. El hijyeni uygulamasına, hemşireler ve diğer sağlık personelinde en düşük uyum hastayla temastan önce, doktorlarda ise hasta çevresi ile temastan sonra olduğu saptandı. Sonuç: Sağlık çalışanlarının el hijyeni konusunda bilgi ve uygulama eksiklikleri belirlenerek hedefe yönelik etkin eğitim programlarıyla el hijyenine uyumun artırılması sağlanmalıdır.
أثر القدرات الذهنية لأساتذة الجامعة في تحقيق التفوق التنظيمي للكليات الأهلية - بحث استطلاعي لآراء عينة من أساتذة كلية دجلة الجامعة
Authors: الجبوري زياد
Published: March 2023

تعد القدرات الذهنية احد المواضيع الاستراتيجية والسلوكية المعاصرة وذات الاهمية البالغة لأساتذة الجامعات الاهلية في تحقيق الابداع والتميز في ظل تعقد ظروف المنافسة من قبل الجامعات الحكومية والتي تدفعهم نحو تحقيق البقاء وضمان سير العمل، مما يتطلب زيادة الاهتمام بالمهارات والقدرات وخاصة لدى القيادة العليا للجامعة لكونها الجهة المسؤولة عن تحديد الرؤية الاستراتيجية في أدارة مواردها وبكافة اشكالها (البشرية، المالية، الفنية، المعلوماتية. الخ) من اجل تحقيق التفوق التنظيمي قياسا بالجامعات الاخرى المنافسة. ومن هنا فقد ذهب الباحث الى الخوض لفهم مضامين القدرات الذهنية والفكرية والمعرفية لدى الاساتذة خاصة والذين لديهم ممارسة في هذا المجال المعرفي التراكمي المحصور بسنوات الخبرة لدى الجامعات العراقية قبل التقاعد وتوظيفها بالشكل الصحيح لدى الكليات الاهلية. وقد جرت صياغة مشكلة البحث بإثارة تساؤلات تدور حول تحديد مضامين هذه القدرات وانعكاسها في تحقيق التفوق والابداع التنظيمي وخاصة وانها مقبلة على مرحلة التصنيف الوطني للجامعات العراقية والذي سوف يضعها في مصاف الجامعات ذات التصنيف العالي. وقد جاء البحث ليسلط الضوء على الحاجة الماسة لمثل هكذا مواضيع ومن اجل تحقيق اهداف البحث، فقد وضع مخطط الفرضي المقترح في ظل مجموعة من الطروحات الفكرية لإيجاد الحلول لهذه المشكلة التي تعاني منها الجامعات.
بناء حدود سيطرة حصينة للمتوسط والمدى للسيطرة على جودة مياه الشرب في حالة التوزيعات الملتوية
Authors: عباس زمن , الحارثي عبد الرحيم
Published: March 2023

تم في هذا البحث معالجة مشكلة عدم تماثل متغير خاصية الجودة وذلك من خلال بناء حدود سيطرة حصينة وغير حساسة لعدم تحقق شرط التوزيع الطبيعي وتم استخدامها كبديل للوحات مراقبة الجودة لشيورات  في حالة تعذر اتباع بيانات متغير خاصية  الجودة للتوزيع الطبيعي والمتمثلة بطريقة التباين الموزون   The Weighted Variance (WV) Method وطريقة الانحراف المعياري الموزون The Weighted Standard Deviation (WSD) Method  لمراقبة جودة المياه الصالحة للشرب في العراق من خلال اخذ (120) مشاهدة لمتغير الكلور المتبقي  ومن خلال الاعتماد على معدلات  طول التشغيل The Average Run Length (ARL) اتضح ان لوحات السيطرة للوسط الحسابي والمدى لطريقة التباين الموزون (WV)  تعطي افضل اداء مقارنةً بلوحات الوسط الحسابي والمدى لطريقة الانحراف المعياري الموزون (WSD)  وذلك من خلال امتلاكها اكبر قيم لمعدلات طول التشغيل ARL)) .
Phytochemical Screening and In Vitro Antimicrobial Activity of the Root Extracts of Ampelocissus grantii (Baker) Blanch. (Vitaceae)
Authors: S. Y Maiyama,
Published: March 2023

The medicinal plant Ampelocissus grantii is frequently used in traditional medicine to treat a variety of illnesses, including bacterial, parasite, and fungal infections. This study was created to look into the antibacterial properties and do a preliminary phytochemical screening of extracts from A. grantii roots. The root sample of A. grantii was ground into powder and extracted successively by maceration using n-hexane, ethyl acetate and methanol. The antimicrobial profile of various concentrations (200mm/ml, 100 mm/ml, 50 mm/ml and 25 mm/ml) of the extracts was examined against clinical isolates of bacteria (Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Escherichia coli) and fungi (Aspergillus niger and Candida albicans) using standard procedures. Preliminary phytochemical screening of the extracts was conducted to test for the presence of steroid/triterpenes, alkaloids tannins, flavonoids, saponins and proteins. The highest antimicrobial activity was observed in methanol extract, followed by ethyl acetate extract with E. coli and A. niger being the most susceptible. The result also showed that the activity of all the extracts is concentration dependent, with the highest value of the zone of inhibition observed at 200 mm/ml. Preliminary phytochemical screening revealed the presence of steroid/triterpenes, tannins, flavonoids, saponins and proteins. However, alkaloids were not detected in any of the extracts. The antimicrobial activity may be due to the presence of these phytochemicals. Therefore, A. grantii can be used to source new drugs for the treatment of various microbial infections.
There is no metalanguage; or, Truth has the structure of a fiction: The Žižekian system, between post-ideology and post-truth
Authors: Flisfeder Matthew
Published: March 2023

This article examines Slavoj Žižek’s overall approach to the critique of ideology. His Hegelian-Lacanian approach to ideology criticism is addressed by looking at the historical shift from the problem of post-ideology to that of post-Truth. In the process, this article explains simply Žižek’s brand of ideology criticism.
The Basque and Catalan questions since 1980
Authors: Dowling Andrew
Published: March 2023

Our contemporary age is one where national identity retains important salience which can partly facilitate explanation. Teaching the Basque and Catalan questions since 1980 to British university students poses a number of challenges to educators. Themes that emerge in teaching about these political conflicts in Spain include state violence, terrorism, nationalism and social movements, minority languages and immigration. Some issues are more complex than others to consider particularly those around political violence and terrorism. However potentially sensitive material does not mean it cannot be tackled. This was a course that sought to demonstrate that questions of identity are contingent and continually subject to re-creation and re-interpretation. The goal of university education should be to explain why these disputes and their causation are contested and inseparable from historically inflected political framing.
Investigation of the effect of different experimental acid solutions applied on the zirconia surface on the bond strength between zirconia and resin cement: A pilot study
Authors: Yılmaz Savaş Tuba , Savaş Abdulhaluk , Akın Ceyda , Tunçdemir Ali Rıza
Published: March 2023

Aim: The purpose of this study is to examine the effects of two different experimental acid solutions and sandblasting on the bond strength between zirconia ceramic core material and resin cement.
Methodology: Forty zirconia core materials were prepared and separated into four groups based on the surface treatment to be applied (n = 10) as follows: 1) Control Group: no surface treatment was performed; 2) Sandblasting Group: the specimen surfaces were sandblasted with 50 µm aluminum oxide particles from a distance of 10 mm at 3 bar pressure for 15 seconds; 3) Sol-1 Group: H2O:HF:H2O2 solution was applied for 60 seconds, washed, and then dried; and 4) Sol-2 Group: H2O:HF:HNO3 solution was applied to the surfaces of the specimens for 60 seconds, washed, and then dried. All specimens were coated with a dual-cure resin cement with a 2.8-mm diameter. After 24 hours, the specimens were tested for shear bond strength (SBS) at 1 mm/min using a universal testing device. Statistical analysis was conducted using one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) and Tukey HSD tests with a confidence interval of 95%.
Results: The difference among the groups was statistically significant (p = 0.002) based on the one-way ANOVA results. The Control Group had the lowest SBS (8.06 ± 4.52), whereas the Sol-1 Group had the highest SBS (17.10 ± 5.67). The Sol-1 and Sol-2 Groups demonstrated comparable bonding strength values (p = 0.17). The Sandblasting and Sol-1 Groups exhibited considerably stronger bond strength than the Control Group (p = 0.05).
Conclusion: The experimental acid solutions enhanced the bond strength between the resin cement and the zirconia ceramic at the sandblasting treatment level.
 
How to cite this article:
Yılmaz Savaş T, Savaş A, Akın C, Tunçdemir AR. Investigation of the effect of different experimental acid solutions applied on the zirconia surface on the bond strength between zirconia and resin cement: A pilot study. Int Dent Res 2022;12(Suppl.1):69-73. https://doi.org/10.5577/intdentres.458
 
Linguistic Revision: The English in this manuscript has been checked by at least two professional editors, both native speakers of English.
Early and efficient pregnancy diagnosis in ewes: expression profile of ISG15 mRNA in peripheral blood leucocytes compared to transrectal ultrasonography
Authors: KIYMA Z , KOSE M , KAYA M S , ATLI M O
Published: March 2023

The objective of this study was to compare the measurement of one of interferon-tau stimulated genes (ISGs; ISG15) expression in peripheral blood leukocytes (PBLs) with transrectal ultrasonography (TUSG) for early pregnancy detection in ewes. Ewes (46) were examined 18 and 25 days after mating by TUSG. PBL samples were collected from 16 pregnant ewes on the day of mating (d0) and on days 15 and 18 after mating. Total RNAs were extracted from PBLs and converted to cDNA. ISG15 mRNA expression was detected using qPCR in triplicate. All pregnancies were confirmed by birth. In TUSG examinations on day 18, the embryonic vesicle and embryonic vesicle plus the embryo were visible for 14 and 32 ewes, respectively, of the 46 total. Both the embryonic vesicle and embryo were detected in 42 ewes on day 25. Four ewes out of 46 with a visible embryonic vesicle on day 18 were detected as non-pregnant on day 25. While significant differences in ISG15 mRNA expression levels of PBLs were detected in 13 of 16 ewes on day 15, ISG15 mRNA levels for all ewes were significantly different on day 18, compared with levels on the day of mating. The results suggested that profiles of ISG15 mRNA can provide pregnancy detection earlier than TUSG.
Threshold analysis of indicator traits for involuntary disposal in Holstein Friesian crossbred cattle
Authors: DASH SHAKTI KANT , GUPTA ASHOK KUMAR , SINGH AVTAR , CHAKRAVARTY A K , MANOJ M , KUMAR VIRENDRA
Published: March 2023

AIREML heritability estimates for production traits F305MY, FTMY and FLL were 0.31±0.09, 0.14±0.06 and 0.04±0.01, respectively. Heritability estimates for binary or threshold traits RP, TUP, LP and PHW were 0.05±0.003, 0.11±0.008, 0.04±0.003 and 0.02±0.001, respectively. Results revealed that disposal was affected to a lesser extent by additive gene action. The estimates of spearman’s rank correlation of production traits with disposal causes were negative. The disposal causes studied under the above analysis can be viewed as indicator of functional performance of dairy cattle. Selection of sires based on superior production performance of its daughters was going to have a negative impact on the functional traits; which underlines the fact that sire evaluation should be inclusive of functional performance of the daughters in addition to the production performance. Such selection would lead to lesser veterinary costs and also reduce the cost of other inputs thus maximizing profits in dairying.
Development and performance evaluation of a water lifting device
Authors: MANDAL SUBRATA KUMAR , KUMAR B SAMPATH
Published: March 2023

The uninterrupted availability and price of electric power is a great solicitude for a common man; thus, irregular power availability for irrigation is a daily problem faced by rural farmers. In most rural communities, hand-operated water pumps are very predominant due to lack of electricity to power borehole water systems. Conventional energy is also a great concern and now, core attention of the people is being diverted towards the use of an alternate form of energy derived from human and animals. The need for water as a basic necessity in life has led to various developmental and engineering innovations that are designed to meet this need optimally. The water pump is the most useful machine, and it is the second most commonly used equipment by the farmers for irrigation purposes. An appropriate alternative to diesel pump, which requires neither diesel nor electricity, yet meets irrigation requirements, may be beneficial. With this, a simple hand-operated water-lifting device has been developed at CSIR-Central Mechanical Engineering Research Institute at Durgapur, West Bengal. Three prototypes were developed and evaluated successfully. From the results, it has been observed that, input effort has the largest effect on efficiency. The highest efficiency was found as 80% in case of prototype-III.
Pandemic! and now? banned bodies: virtual museum of sustainable experiences
Authors: Salvaterra Consuelo , Alves Luanda dos Santos , Faria Sandra Elizabete Carlos Ribeiro de
Published: March 2023

This work aims to highlight the importance of using social media in the transmission of scientific knowledge in the context of social isolation/distance. Based on the premise of inseparability between teaching, research, and extension in universities, it is understood here that extension activities and the sharing of scientific knowledge must be reinvented and made possible through social media – WhatsApp, YouTube, Instagram, and Blog, among others. The current pandemic context of Covid-19 initially stalled individuals who are in constant search for new forms of readaptation in face of this reality. Sustainable experiences via virtual museum is another way in which the extension project “Creativity with Sustainability: exchanging experiences in a virtual format” aspires to spread environmental education with demonstrations of its actions with the reuse of solid waste.
International data transfer. An analysis of schrems cases I and II
Authors: Sakamoto Maria Laura Grisi
Published: March 2023

Addressing the current technology landscape, the internet, and the devices that are connected play a key role. Today's media open up a range of opportunities for man to present ideas, business, and forms of interaction[1]To make these interactions, we can understand that the transfer of countless amounts of data between one person and another is quite significant, so let us think about international data transfers and what their impacts on the world economy are. Here, the aim is to address the issue of international data transfer and discuss important decisions that directly interfere with the business made between the United States and the European Union, which also reflects on the global economy.
Experiences of nutrition education by Nursing, remotely, in times of pandemic COVID-19
Authors: Silva Carolina Vilela Santos da , Gevú Kamile Santos Siqueira , Silva Lucas Lima da , Santos Natália Cardoso da Silva , Freire Jonathan Costa , Heringer Maria Eduarda Alves , Palermo Matheus Vidal Azevedo , Knupp Virginia Maria Azevedo Oliveira , Santos Janaina Luiza dos , Gevú José Carlos Amaral
Published: March 2023

Nutrition education provides basic requirements for health promotion and protection; moreover, it enhances human growth and development with quality of life and citizenship. In this sense, the objective of this work was to guide students and the academic community - among other audiences - about proper nutrition in times of pandemic through social media and teleconsultation. To this end, an Instagram profile and a website called "nutrition in action" were created, in which several posts with various topics about food and health were made available. To enable nutritional guidance through teleconsultations, a material was built by the project team to guide nurses, nursing students, and nutritionists regarding the care provided in the nursing office. Given the amount of fake news and orientations diverging from the appropriate scientific literature, it was concluded that it is extremely relevant to guide the non-academic population about proper nutrition through digital media and teleconsultations.
Harm reduction, evidence-based practices and prevention of drug use
Authors: Ricetti Eduardo Silva , Orlando Maria Eduarda , Reichert Richard Alecsander , Lavezzo Beatriz de Oliveira , Reichert Karoline Gabrieli
Published: March 2023

This paper aims to present a literature review of the last five years that examines the characteristics of programs, policies, and actions in Brazil. The article addresses the concept of evidence-based preventive practices, establishing relationships between the prevention of drug use in Brazilian school contexts and Harm Reduction, based on the assumption that evidence-based preventive practices are essential to ensure the right of access to comprehensive approaches to people who use drugs. Thus, it is expected to contribute to the formulation and implementation of effective, effective and bioethical interventions in the field of prevention of alcohol and other drug use.
A implantação do sistema de ensino no município de Bragança-PA: o fórum e o conselho municipais como ferramentas de construção democrática
Authors: Reis Nazaré , Paixão Karine , Sousa Adrian , Dourado Viviane , Damasceno Alberto
Published: March 2023

Por acreditar que os processos de tomada de decisão dos órgãos de gestão e controle da área educacional acarretam consequências determinantes para os rumos das políticas públicas é que compreendemos a relevância dos órgãos colegiados tais como os Fóruns de Educação e os Conselhos de Educação, este último, componente do sistema de ensino no bojo do federalismo brasileiro. Nesse cenário, a reflexão sobre sistema municipal de ensino (SME) torna-se cada vez mais relevante tanto para os governos quanto para a sociedade civil na medida em que os sistemas de ensino se constituem como base para democratização da educação básica, possibilitando a participação social na construção de propostas alinhadas às demandas educacionais do município.
Wrestling with the Paradoxes of Equity: A Cultural-Historical Reframing of Technical Assistance Interventions
Authors: GONZÁLEZ TAUCIA , ARTILES ALFREDO J.
Published: March 2023

Equity assistance centers (EACs) have played key roles in fulfilling the legacy of the Civil Rights Act by providing technical assistance (TA) to districts and schools in addressing discriminatory behaviors on the basis of race, ethnicity, gender, and religion for over 50 years. In 2002, the National Center for Culturally Responsive Education Systems (NCCRESt) was federally funded as an EAC offering a new model of TA. In a mere seven years, the NCCRESt played a pivotal role in shifting the discourse and efforts to address disproportionality. In this article, we provide an historical contextualization of policies and research that converged to shape the NCCRESt’s TA, reframing and producing new forms of critical evidence on the racialization of disability and the required responses to tackle this long-standing equity problem. We close with reflections on the promises and possibilities of building on the NCCRESt’s disproportionality legacy.
First-Generation, English-Speaking West Indian Families’ Understanding of Disability and Special Education
Authors: McLeod Tracy A.
Published: March 2023

This study examines the perceptions of first-generation, English-speaking West Indian immigrant families, in regard to the education of their children once they are determined to be eligible for special education services. Data were obtained primarily from conducting audio-taped, semi-structured interviews with three families. Grounded theory techniques were used to analyze the data. The study findings revealed that the families’ understanding of the concepts of disability and special education differed from that of educators as presented in the literature. The educational and social implications of these differences are discussed, and directions for future research are provided.
Code Switching: a Bridge or Barrier Between Two Languages?
Authors: Brice Alejandro , Rosa-Lugo Linda
Published: March 2023

Communication in English can be a barrier for second language learners since English serves both as a content subject and also as the means of instruction in classrooms. The issue is compounded when speech-language pathologists (SLPs) provide services to students from culturally and linguistically diverse (CLD) homes who may be suspected of a communicative disorder. As a result, large numbers of culturally and linguistically diverse children with disabilities and their families are underserved, overserved, or misdiagnosed. Exposing a recent study of one classroom in one school located in southwestern Minnesota, this article performs a dual service of providing information on code switching used by culturally and linguistically diverse students, and information on the usefulness of this in the planning and management of communication problems with this population in academic settings.
Single-Gender and Co-Educational Special Education Classrooms: Latina Student Attitudes, Perceptions, and Experiences
Authors: Madigan Jennifer
Published: March 2023

This qualitative research was designed to give voice to Latina students in single-gender and co-educational secondary-level special education placements for students with mild to moderate learning disabilities. Classroom observations and interviews were conducted with Latina special education students and classroom teachers in both single-gender and coeducational special education classrooms in one urban school site serving a large special education population. The findings of the study indicate that the single-gender special education environment provides greater comfort levels and less distractions in the classroom and increased levels of classroom participation and school attendance than the co-educational classroom environment.
Listening to and Raising the Voices of At-Risk and Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Children in Foster Care
Authors: Lovitt Thomas , Emerson John , Sorensen Phil
Published: March 2023

This article is about children in foster care and their educational problems. We define those children and present statistics as to their numbers, ages, and types of placements. We then make a case that too few individuals have listened to the voices of children in foster care or are aware of the many barriers they face. Next, we present statistics to show that they have been an overlooked group and offer reasons to account for their problems in schools. We then offer 24 ways in which teachers and other school personnel can assist these youngsters while they are in school. Throughout the article we provide comments of youths who were in foster care about their past circumstances and future aspirations, most of which are related to schools and education.
Prereferral A Time to Empower Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Families through a Family-Centered Approach
Authors: Argus-calvo Beverley , Tafoya Nancy , Grupp Laurie
Published: March 2023

Screening and prereferral are not required by the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act; however, many educators recognize that implementation of prereferral interventions is a measure of best practices. The authors address the need to establish a family-centered approach within the prereferral process in order to promote early and preventative, problem-solving, action-oriented implementation. Within the literature, current definitions of the prereferral process focus on educators as the major participants in the process. Families are not specifically included as members of the prereferral team. A familycentered approach is recommended to engage culturally and linguistically diverse populations as stakeholders in their children's education.