bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Reliance on emotion promotes belief in fake news
Authors: Martel Cameron , Pennycook Gordon , Rand David Gertler
Published: September 2019

What is the role of emotion in susceptibility to believing fake news? Prior work on the psychology of misinformation has focused primarily on the extent to which reason and deliberation hinder versus help the formation of accurate beliefs. Several studies have suggested that people who engage in more reasoning are less likely to fall for fake news. However, the role of reliance on emotion in belief in fake news remains unclear. To shed light on this issue, we explored the relationship between experiencing specific emotions and believing fake news (Study 1; N = 409). We found that across a wide range of specific emotions, heightened emotionality was predictive of increased belief in fake (but not real) news. Then, in Study 2, we measured and manipulated reliance on emotion versus reason across four experiments (total N = 3884). We found both correlational and causal evidence that reliance on emotion increases belief in fake news: Self-reported use of emotion was positively associated with belief in fake (but not real) news, and inducing reliance on emotion resulted in greater belief in fake (but not real) news stories compared to a control or to inducing reliance on reason. These results shed light on the unique role that emotional processing may play in susceptibility to fake news.
Sample size calculation in economic experiments
Authors: Gruener Sven
Published: September 2019

Clinical studies and economic experiments are often conducted with randomized controlled trials. In clinical studies, power calculations are carried out as a standard. But what’s about economic experiments? After describing the basic idea of the calculation procedure, I tackle the practice of sample size calculations in the realm of experimental economics by considering the publications of 5 economic journals in the period 2000–2018. These are two top-ranked economic journals (Quarterly Journals of Economics and American Economic Review), the leading field journals in the area of experimental economics (Experimental Economics) and behavioral sciences (Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization), and a leading field journal in environmental economics (Environmental and Resource Economics). In contrast to clinical drug trials, sample size calculations have rarely been carried out by experimental economists. But the number of power calculations has slightly increased in recent years, especially in the leading journals of economics. However, this can be partly explained by the fact that field experiments (in which scholars pay more attention to power analyses than in lab experiments these days) play an important role in these journals.
Phenotypic Heterogeneity and the Unviability of Latino as a Unit of Analysis
Authors: Licea Ricardo
Published: September 2019

This article reviews the literature on the impact of phenotype on those classified as Latino to ascertain whether Latino is a suitable unit of analysis. The literature shows that phenotype has statistically significant effects on educational attainment, wages, job prestige, and other life outcomes; further those with more European phenotypes generally have more favorable life outcomes. These differences are obscured when Latino is used as a unit of analysis, suggesting that Latino is not a viable unit of analysis. Using Latino as a unit of analysis serves to misallocate resources intended to benefit victims of racial discrimination to Latinos with European phenotypes, as well as hiding the impact of discrimination on those with African or Amerindian phenotypes. The origin of Latino as a political term that attempted to distance and at the same time bring its members closer to whiteness makes its failure as a scientific tool unsurprising. Further research is needed on the impact of phenotype, and other areas of heterogeneity such as culture, religion, and language.
Role of Health Literacy on Menstrual Hygiene Practice among the Girl Students
Authors: Khanal Shanti Prasad
Published: September 2019

The main aim of this study was to find out the role of health literacy on menstruation hygiene practice of campus girls. The population of this study were girls studying health and physical education in Surkhet Campus and HA/Staff Nurse in SEDA Campus. Surkhet was selected by proportional stratified sampling. This study followed descriptive and cross-sectional design. The study used two tools Short Test of Functional Health Literacy in Adults (S-TOFHLA) and Self Administrated Questionnaire for collecting data. It was found that health literacy among girls of study area is not satisfactory. The findings indicate that 53.93 percent respondents have adequate health literacy. Adequate health literacy level of girls of HA/Staff nurse, aged 16-18 years and 19-21 years and Chhetri and Janajati had adequate health literary. The findings support that higher proportions of the adequate health literate respondents have good menstruation hygiene practice than inadequate health literate respondents. Finally, the results indicated that health literacy among the girls is inadequate, that calls more concern to the matter of health literacy in educational programs.
Food Consumption Habits and Nutritional Status of Women and Infants
Authors: Pokharel Tanka Maya
Published: September 2019

This paper attempts to find-out the existing knowledge of nutrition on food consumptions and dietary practices of women and infants. I have used the systematic review of the Hinari database which were published from 2012 April to 2018.These data show that women and infant food consumption behaviour and nutrition status is directly related to family food consumptions. Research shows that low cobalamin and folic acid was found in women before they conceive and folate deficiency was uncommon on food consumptions. Low intakes of iron are consistent with a high prevalence of an aemia seen in the six to twenty-four months of children. Food beliefs and practices tend to reduce women’s consumption of micronutrient-rich foods, such as dietary restrictions during menstruation, pregnancy and lactation. The research shows that are overlapping with these beliefs and practices on intra household allocation of food. The poor dietary practice among pregnant women which ranges from 39.3 percent to 66.1 percent have limited nutritional knowledge and wrong perception towards dietary behaviour. It was also found that basis underweight is greater in rural areas (31 percent) than in urban areas (23 percent). Those children whose mothers are illiterate are more than twice as likely to be underweight than the children whose mothers have at least basic education.
Hand Gesture Vocalizer for Dumb and Deaf People
Authors: Manandhar Sanish , Bajracharya Sushana , Karki Sanjeev , Jha Ashish Kumar
Published: September 2019

The main purpose of this paper is to confer the system that converts a given sign used by disabled person into its appropriate textual, audio, and pictorial form using components such as Arduino Mega, Flex sensors, Accelerometer, which could be under standby a common person. A wearable glove controller is design with fl ex sensors attached on each finger, which allows the system to sense the finger movements, and aGy-61 accelerometer, which are uses to sense the hand movement of the disabled person. The wearable input glove controller sends the collected input signal to the system for processing. The system uses Random forest algorithm to predict the correct output to an accuracy of 85% on current training model.
Autorka i tłumaczka: dwie pełnoprawne postacie? O przekładzie feministycznym w Kanadzie na przykładzie Lettres d’une autre Lise Gauvin i „przekładu w rodzaju żeńskim” Susanne de Lotbinière-Harwood
Authors: Warmuzińska-Rogóż Joanna
Published: September 2019

Author and Translator: Two Full-Fledged Characters? On the Feminist Translation in Canada Based on the Example of Lettres d’une autre by Lise Gauvin and “Feminine Translation” by Susanne de Lotbinière-HarwoodAmong many translation activities characteristic for Canada, a “feminine translation”, meaning an act of re-creation, is particularly worth mentioning. One of its representatives is Susanne de Lotbinière-Harwood, a translator of the texts of Quebec feminists, including Lise Gauvin’s Lettres d’une autre (1984) translated into English in 1989 (Letters from an Other). De Lotbinière-Harwood’s translation caused controversy, as — according to the critics — she explained to much to a reader, inserted too many footnotes and feminized the text more than the original. The translation activity of de Lotbnière-Harwood proves how, by using the creative approach to translation, the act of translation itself becomes visible, and the feminization of the target text creates a space for female expression also in a real world.KEY WORDS: feminist translation, Canada, Quebec, re-creation, Lise Gauvin
“I (Don’t) Want To Be Seen: A Performative Auto-Ethnography of the Young Feminist Artist in Public”
Authors: Fournier Lauren
Published: September 2019

In this article, I bring together three auto-ethnographic vignettes, written between 2011 and 2014, that converge around issues of public space, feminist cultural production, technology, and physical exposure in Vancouver and Berlin. Drawing from performance studies frameworks, I position both the rituals of everyday life (like ordering an Americano from a coffeeshop in Vancouver) and moments of explicitly making an artwork (like collaborating on a performance for Vancouver’s LIVE 2011 biennale) as performative. What began as an attempt to read a Vancouver coffeeshop through a fairly straightforward, auto-ethnographic, de Certeauian framework during my Masters research evolved into a scene of sexual harassment and assault, and this article is both a trace of, and a testament to, the challenges that young women-identifying artists and scholars continue to come up against when they do their work in public.
Computed Tomography Meets Failure Analysis – XCT, the Failure Analyst's Darling
Authors: Neidel A. , Giller M. , Ullrich T. , Wallich S.
Published: September 2019

X-ray computed tomography (XCT) is a powerful volumetric non-destructive testing tool. In this contribution, its application for large pieces of equipment is demonstrated, after the main components of an XCT scanner are described. While the technology has been well known in the scientific community for many years, its industrial-scale use is relatively new, especially as far as very large units are concerned. In a number of case studies, the benefits to the failure analyst of readily available XCT machines will be shown. The advantages in employing non-destructive XCT for metallurgical root cause failure analysis, prior to cutting up a failed part for sectioning and opening of cracks or other imperfections, will be revealed. It will be indicated how XCT can be conveniently applied in failure cases, for the sake of both the failure analyst and the fractographer. XCT can be used as a first testing method to get an understanding of the exact location of imperfections, fields of porosity, crack systems and the like, before macro- and microstructural anomalies are opened by the fractographer. To state it more clearly, the fractographer who has a high-powered XCT, with excellent spatial resolution at his or her disposal, will never again run the risk of cutting away a crack tip that is so valuable in determining the fracture mode.
Foliar Fertilization as a Strategy to Increase the Proportion of Mature Pods in Peanut (Arachis hypogaea L.)
Authors: Pierre A.K. , Mulvaney M.J. , Rowland D.L. , Tillman B. , Grey T.L. , Iboyi J.E. , Leon R.G. , Perondi D. , Wood C.W.
Published: September 2019

Foliar application of nutrients is used by growers to remediate crop nutrient deficiencies, but anecdotal reports indicate there may be associated effects of accelerated crop maturity, particularly for irrigated peanut (Arachis hypogaea L.). Research was conducted to determine whether application of foliar fertilizers during early pod set could increase the proportion of early-maturing pods, and thereby increase the mature proportion of the profile under irrigated conditions. Field experiments were conducted in Florida at Citra in 2016, Jay in 2016 and 2017with a randomized complete block with four foliar fertilizer treatments, applied to GA-06G at R1 and again two wks later at R2. Treatments consisted of no foliar fertilizer (control), 10.0 kg N/ha, 1.0 kg P2O5/ha, and 0.34 kg B/ha at each application and two harvest timings. Harvest treatments were based on the adjusted growing degree d model for peanut and were timed to represent early and optimal crop maturity. Leaf tissue nutrient concentrations were determined from samples collected 24h after each foliar treatment application. Yield and proportion of mature pods were quantified after each digging date. Normalized difference vegetation index data showed no treatment differences. The maturity profile (percentage of mature pods present in the sample) was not consistently different from respective controls during either harvest period. Results indicate foliar fertilizer applied during flowering had little effect on maturity acceleration in peanut, though foliar fertilization may still be effective at alleviating in-season nutrient deficiencies. Within site-year, application of foliar fertilizer did not increase yield. Under sound soil fertility management programs, foliar fertilizers did not increase yield or the maturity profile of peanut.
Time of Day Effects on Peanut Herbicide Efficacy
Authors: Carter O.W. , Prostko E.P.
Published: September 2019

Recent research on the effects of time of d (TOD) when glufosinate is applied to cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.) and several protoporphyrinogen-inhibiting herbicides in soybean (Glycine max L.) has growers concerned about potential TOD effects on peanut weed control. Consequently, research was conducted in 2015, 2016, and 2017 to determine if TOD influences the performance of peanut herbicides acifluorfen, bentazon, imazapic, lactofen, paraquat, and 2,4-DB. Both non- (bare-ground) and in-crop (peanut) studies were conducted. For non-crop, paraquat plus bentazon plus acifluorfen plus S-metolachlor, imazapic plus S-metolachlor plus 2,4-DB, and lactofen plus S-metolachlor plus 2,4-DB were applied to Palmer amaranth and a non-uniform mixture of annual grasses including Urochloa texana (Buckley), Dactyloctenium aegyptium (L.), Eleusine indica (L.), Digitaria spp. at 7:00, 12:00, 17:00, and 22:00 hr. For in-crop studies, two peanut weed control programs were used and herbicide programs were applied at the same TOD. Herbicides were paraquat plus acifluorfen plus bentazon plus S-metolachlor (EPOST) followed by imazapic plus S-metolachlor plus 2,4-DB, or lactofen plus S-metolachlor plus 2,4-DB (POST). For the non-crop studies, a significant interaction between TOD and herbicide program was observed for the 7 d after treatment (DAT) rating of Palmer amaranth control. Control was reduced with imazapic applied at 22:00 hr. At 14 DAT, there was no TOD effect and control was reduced with all imazapic treatments due to ALS resistance. There was no interaction between TOD and herbicide program for annual grass control. Annual grass control was unacceptable (<50%) with lactofen. For in-crop studies, there was no interaction between TOD or herbicide program. Peanut injury was lower at 7:00 hr and 22:00 hr when compared to other timings. Lactofen was more injurious to peanut than imazapic. Palmer amaranth control was not influenced by timing or herbicide program. A reduction in sicklepod control was observed at the 22:00 hr timing and with lactofen. While TOD influenced peanut injury and weed control, peanut yield was not affected.
KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS OF A CREWING COMPANY ACTIVITY
Authors: DANCHENKO O.О.
Published: September 2019

Topicality. Enterprises must inculcate modern economic tools in the management practice to provide efficiency of their work. The universal set of parameters that can be used equally well for all kinds of activity without the exception is absent. The complexity of forming financial results of a crewing company activity and necessity of taking into account the specific features of its functioning require to research the key parameters of effectiveness concerning specifically crewing activity.
Aim and tasks. Identification of performance indicators (qualitative and quantitative) of the company, which will cover all aspects of the crewing company activity without any exceptions, taking into consideration the specifics of their activities and the peculiarities of formation of incomes and expenses for various types of crewing.
Research results. Most companies use traditional techniques to assess the competitive position on the market. Besides today, more and more attention is paid to valuing the company. In our view, to assess the work of a crewing company, it is necessary to focus on the so-called key performance indicators (KPIs). They are an element of a balanced system of parameters, which should have a set of indicators that can clearly identify the company's goals and the extent to which they are achieved. In particular, it is necessary to use both financial and non-financial indicators, to determine quantitative and qualitative KPIs, as well as perspective and actual indicators. A list of KPIs must be developed for each employee of a crewing company. Their number should not exceed 5-7 indicators. They all should be simple, understandable, clear and achievable. All KPIs should be known to all employees in order to ensure proper transparency, stimulate competition and motivate employees to develop.
Conclusion. Today, more emphasis is placed on traditional quantitative financial indicators that reflect the results achieved. In turn, promising indicators as KPIs provide a benchmark for company employees to the place of application of effort and reflect key improvements in the work of the crewing company. Therefore, it is necessary to make efforts and develop promising KPIs in order to determine what factors and how they affect the actual KPIs. This will help identify the specific services and processes that are key factors to the success of the company.
FEATURES OF FOOD MARKET FUNCTIONING IN UKRAINE
Authors: KARPENKO OLHA , TURENKO YELIZAVETA , KARPENKO HERMAN , KHAMID KIRA
Published: September 2019

Topicality. Beekeeping in our country is an important and especially valuable branch of agriculture. It is based on the cultivation of honey bees, which exist bee families - unique biological units [4]. Features of beekeeping as a branch of agricultural production predetermine the specificity of determining its economic efficiency. Sources of honey harvest are agricultural crops, as well as natural honey fields - forests, plantations of gullies and beams, forest belts, meadows and pastures. However, in bee-keeping of pollination and pollination-honey directions, products obtained as a result of increasing the yield of dust-pollinated bees of agricultural crops, the profit of the industry is not counted. In this regard, all the costs of bee pollination, in addition to the cost of honey, wax, fruit moth, roes and other by-products, are attributed to crops and perennial cultures pollinated [3]. Production of honey in apiaries of the country's population when used different methods of keeping bees and selling products provides significant revenues and high profitability. [2]. Economic efficiency of the field of beekeeping is characterized by profits from the sale of products, which ultimately determines the level of beekeeping profitability.Aim and tasks. The purpose of the article is to analyze the information on scientific sources and statistical data, as well as scientific and practical developments and knowledge related to the development of the beekeeping industry in the world and the peculiarities of honey exports, to substantiate practical recommendations for improving the organizational and economic principles of the functioning of the beekeeping market in terms of integration . The task was to summarize scientific publications and methodological materials on research topics.Research results. The theoretical and methodological basis of the study was the works of the classics of economic science, the works of scientists M.Tokarev, V.Haidar, V.Pilipenko, A.Rustamov, A.Vakulin. The rational and efficient use of production facilities, forage and livestock provides an increase in the gross output of beekeeping and improvement of its quality [7].Conclusion.The dynamics of world production of honey is estimated and it is established that Ukraine is among the five most honey producing countries in the world. The necessity of reorientation of export of honey as a finished product in the individual brand packaging is proved. The growth of the number of exporters of honey has been established
Dinasti Politik pada Pemerintahan di Tingkat Lokal
Authors: Fitri Adelia
Published: September 2019

This paper will explore the phenomenon of local politicians who perpetuate power through political dynasties at the local government level. This is important to discuss because Indonesia as a democratic country in an era of transparency and accountability needs visionary leaders who properly represent the people in accordance with their capacities and capabilities. The focus of this study examines the electoral system that occurs at the local level through politicians who build political dynasties in Riau Islands Province. Riau Islands Province was made a study area because there were still phenomena of families becoming politicians in the 2019 general election. To obtain comprehensive data, the authors used research data collection through library research. The results of the study found that political dynasties can occur due to several factors, among others, in the context of a plural or plural society such as Indonesia, individual political behavior will be strongly influenced by the production of social, economic, psychological, historical, political and cultural factors. Second, the absence of periodic restrictions makes candidates who have charismatic and popularity in the community continue to run themselves as a great opportunity for families to participate in electoral politics at the local level.
Unbecoming Veteranship
Authors: van Roekel Eva , Salvi Valentina
Published: September 2019

In post-authoritarian Argentina, veterans who participated in the brutal counterinsurgency of the last dictatorship (1976–1983) inhabit an extremely inconsistent citizenship, alternatively violating and respecting legal rights and entitlements. This article looks at how alternating transitional justice practices and the ever-changing moral discourses about warfare and accountability create highly unstable access to rights, resources, and entitlements for these veterans in Argentina. Th e recent shift toward retribution for crimes against humanity in Argentina has legally consolidated their moral downfall. From being untouchable and exemplary officers until the early 1980s, the now convicted military officers have been demoted twice by the state and the military institution. Based on long-term fieldwork with the convicted officers and their kin, this article traces the contingent relation between the moral and legal practices that underlie this double downfall that constitutes a fluctuating process of un/becoming veteranship for these veterans. Their veteranship, for that matter, depends on highly conflictive and transformative sociopolitical processes that speak to broader moral dispositions surrounding legal rights, entitlements, and worthiness for veterans.
The Good, the Bad, and the Awkward
Authors: Wiegink Nikkie
Published: September 2019

Th is article traces the emergence of three categories of war veterans in postindependence Mozambique: former fighters of the liberation war against the Portuguese colonial administration, the former soldiers of the Mozambican Armed Forces, and former Renamo combatants who both fought in the postindependence war. The article follows the emergence, negotiation, contestation, and transformations of these categories through memory politics, bureaucratic practices of inclusion and exclusion, and veterans’ collective political practices “from below.” By showing how some war veterans are come to be regarded as “worthy” of privileged state resources and others as enemies of the state, while again others are in an in-between position, the article shows how war veterans come to occupy specific citizenship positions and that these positions are contingent and changeable over time.
George Roerich Annual International Meeting (Ancient and Medieval India and Central Asia Text and memory of Culture)
Authors: Tyulina E. V.
Published: September 2019

Abstract: The article offers a review of the 58th George Roerich Annual International Meeting. The meeting was attended by 34 scholars from Russia and Ukraine who conduct their research in the fields, which did interest the late Yu.N. Roerich, such as Tibet, India and Central Asia. The talks were held on the subjects closely related to the political history, history of art, language philosophy and the history of religion. The scholars analyzed mostly unknown or very little texts, both ancient and medieval, written in Sanskrit, Pali, Tibetan, Nepalese, Chinese, Japanese and other languages. Along with the textual analysis they also offered results of their research in such areas as textual tradition, migration, as well as interpretation and translation into other languages.
Imagination, Desire, and Aesthetics in Engendering a Vision of Śambhala
Authors: Wallace V. A.
Published: September 2019

Abstract: the legend of Śambhala and a related eschatological battle between the twenty-fifth kalkī king of Śambhala and the enemy of Dharma, which initially appeared in the eleventh-century Indian, Buddhist tantric tradition of the Kālacakratantra, proliferated in the later Tibetan and Mongolian sources. In the nineteenth, and particularly in the early twentieth-century Mongolia, when the demolishing of Buddhist monasteries and persecution of Buddhist monks were carried out by the Mongolian Peoples’ Revolutionary Party, a wealth of literature on meditational and ritual practices related to the transference of consciousness (‘pho ba) to the Buddhist kingdom of Śambhala emerged. Witnessing the executions of monks and a destruction of Buddhism in Mongolia, Mongolian lamas in the country’s capital felt the urgency to compose practical guides to a swift transference of consciousness to Śambhala for the lamas who were facing an immanent death. The instructions on the transference of consciousness to Śambhala abound in meditations with visualization and imagination practices and accompanying rituals.
EXPERIMENTAL AND NUMERICAL INVESTIGATION TO THE EFFECT OF EGG SHELL NANOPARTICLES ON THE PERFORMANCE OF DOUBLE PIPE HEAT EXCHANGER
Authors: Kassim Muna
Published: September 2019

ABSTRACTThermal systems are involve in many applications the most important of which are cooling system, so most research aims to improve heat transfer, the enhancement of egg shell nanoparticles with distilled water in double pipe counter flow heat exchanger was studied. The results show that Nusselt number increase as volume concentration and Reynolds number increase. The increasing percentage of Nusselt number, friction factor, performance factor of (10.95, 11.878 and 6.88)% respectively than plain tube for maximum volume concentration and volume flow rate 5%,1.6 l/min respectively, fully developed turbulent flow, homogeneous Nano fluid with ranging Reynolds number from 3256.27 to 5202.33. ANSYS FLUENT 2015 package is used to simulate the heat transfer and fluid flow in the heat exchanger. The results show that the heat transfer increases when Nano fluid was added. The agreement observed with the experimental work with maximum discrepancy (12%).
STUDY OF MECHANICAL PROPERTIES AND WEAR BEHAVIOR OF ALUMINUM MATRIX COMPOSITES REINFORCED WITH SILICON CARBIDE PARTICLES
Authors: Jilham Zehra
Published: September 2019

ABSTRACTThe aim of this research is to study the mechanical properties and wear behavior of aluminum composite material (AMCs) reinforced with silicon carbide particles with varying percentages (0, 3, 6 and 9) wt. %. These composites samples were prepared by stir casting process. Tensile strength, compression strength, hardness and wear resistance of the prepared composites were analyzed. The result showed that adding SiC reinforced in Al matrix increased tensile strength, compression strength, wear resistance and hardness with increased wt. percentage of silicon carbide reinforced AMCs. Maximum tensile and compression strength and hardness showed at 9 wt. percentage SiC reinforced AMCs.
Comparación del análisis de orina por el método manual y el automatizado
Authors: Montalvo Torres María Alexandra , Peralta Mosquera Melissa Andrea , Robalino Montalvo Santiago José , Ordoñez Revelo Marisol Bertha
Published: September 2019

El urianálisis se solicita frecuentemente en los laboratorios clínicos. Permite determinar la existencia de problemas renales, trastornos del sistema urinario, así como el funcionamiento general del organismo mediante la determinación de los metabolitos de la orina y la presencia de bacterias, células, entre otros en el sedimento. Es un examen visual, químico y microscópico que demanda de una necesaria experticia del analista. Su ejecución manual implica tiempo, es laboriosa y está ligada a numerosos errores. Por este motivo, los sistemas automatizados se convierten en la mejor opción. Entre las ventajas están: estandarización de los métodos, disminución de la variación asociada al observador, obtención de resultados inmediatos, incremento en el número de muestras procesadas y eliminación de errores por transcripción. Se realizó un estudio observacional para obtener información sobre la concordancia y precisión del equipo automatizado AutionHybrid AU-4050 en 100 muestras que cumplieron los criterios de inclusión y exclusión en el Hospital Pablo Arturo Suárez. Se concluyó que este sistema automatizado de urianálisis tiene un excelente desempeño. Se sugiere la implementación de la esta tecnología sanitaria en los laboratorios por todos los beneficios que se evidenciaron. Así, se beneficiará a los pacientes y a los profesionales pues se agilitará la toma de decisiones en las conductas terapéuticas. Además, se optimizará el trabajo en el laboratorio.
Índice de masa corporal como factor de riesgo en estudiantes de la carrera de enfermería
Authors: Paredes Garcés Wilson Gonzalo , Rea Guamán Mery Rocío , Taco Vega Janine Maribel , López Paredes Silvana Ximena
Published: September 2019

El índice de masa corporal de estudiantes varía según el estilo de vida, interviniendo factores como; trastornos en hábitos nutricionales, exceso de actividades escolares, sueño, descanso, cambio de zona geográfica, y otros patrones.  Objetivo: Determinar el índice de masa corporal como factor de riesgo en los estudiantes de Enfermería. Metodología: Población 651 estudiantes medidos en peso y talla y a partir de éstos en el SPSS se determina su estado nutricional, según OMS. Resultados: IMC  52 estudiantes (11,1%) desnutridos, 253 (54,1%) estado normal, 124 (26,5%) sobrepeso, 23 (4,9%) obesidad y 4 (0,9%) obesidad mórbida. Discusión El IMC indica factores de riesgo en jóvenes independientemente del sexo, por lo cual mediante la obtención del IMC se podría evidenciar la relación como un factor indicador de riesgo a la salud. Conclusión: Un IMC elevado o bajo constituye riesgo para la salud, por carencia, exceso o malos hábitos alimenticios.
The Utility of Beta 2 Microglobulin (B2M) as an Initial Diagnostic Tool for Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma (OSCC): Evidence from a Malaysian Scenario
Authors: Narayanan Maithrea Suresh , Kassim Nur Karyatee , Liszen Tang , Abdullah Baharuddin , Omar Julia , Mohd Hairon Suhaily , Lazim Norhafiza Mat
Published: September 2019

Background: The delay in diagnosis of oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC) is a factor in rendering the poor prognosis, and recent research has explored the use of serum tumour markers such Beta 2 Microglobulin (B2M), to aid early diagnosis. However, despite a high incidence of OSCC in Southeast Asia, no studies on the clinical use of B2M in the region were found.

Objectives: To determine if serum B2M level can serve as an initial diagnostic tool to indicate if a biopsy is warranted, and if so, to propose a local B2M serum reference value to identify OSSC patients.

Methodology: Twenty-one patients were seen at Hospital Universiti Sains Malaysia (HUSM) for a one-year period, between June 2016 and June 2017, and equal number of healthy controls participated in the study. Apart from patient history, venous blood of approximately 5ml volume was collected from each subject at the pre-treatment stage and analysed by an Abbot ARCHITECT c8000 analyser using the immunoturbidimetry method. The results were analysed using ROC analysis and the Mann Whitney test.

Results: Serum B2M levels showed a statistically significant increase (p<0.001) in patients compared to controls. The test was shown to have 90.5% sensitivity and 90.5% specificity. It was found to be a sensitive and specific serum tumour marker at a cut off value of 1.57mg/l to differentiate cases from controls.

Conclusion: B2M is a sensitive and specific tumour marker to differentiate OSCC cases from controls. It is cost effective and minimally invasive, making it a potentially useful adjunct diagnostic tool in a high-risk patient pool.

Bangladesh Journal of Medical Science Vol.18(4) 2019 p.729-735
A Study of Social Support among Non-Depressed and Depressed Mothers after Childbirth in Jahrom, Iran.
Authors: Jahromi Marzieh Kargar , Mohseni Fatemeh , Manesh Esmail Parsayee , Pouryousef Sajad , Poorgholami Farzad
Published: September 2019

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the social support provided for non-depressed women and women with postpartum depression referring to health centers in Jahrom.

Method: In order to achieve the mentioned goal, three health care centers randomly selected. 60 referring women who had the required criteria were selected by convenience sampling method and were divided into two groups of postpartum depression (30) and non-depressed (30) people. For evaluation of social support, the Phillips Social Support scale was used, and Edinburgh Postpartum Depression Questionnaire was used to evaluate postpartum depression. Data were analyzed by T-test.

Results: The results showed that there was a significant difference between the non-depressed and those with postpartum depression in terms of social support (P = 0.03). These findings are remarkable in that they can be used to prevent the progression of treatment for postpartum depression.

Conclusion: It is necessary to implement social and behavioral interventions in order to encourage and educate families, friends and kinship networks in order to provide socially desirable support for mothers, as well as cultural interventions in order to modify the morbidity of men to reduce postpartum depression.

Bangladesh Journal of Medical Science Vol.18(4) 2019 p.736-740
Bronchoscopy for Removal of Foreign Body in Lower Airway: A Retrospective Analysis
Authors: Ramasundram Shankar , Kuppusamy Sharmini , Kumarsamy Sivakumar , Ambu Valuyeetham Kamara , Mohamad Irfan
Published: September 2019

Bronchoscopy is performed for diagnostic or therapeutic purpose. Therapeutic bronchoscopy is mainly done for removal of foreign body from lower airway. Both the condition and procedure itself are associated with high mortality and morbidity. The aim of the study was to audit data regarding demography, types and location of foreign body, onset of symptom, admission duration, clinical and investigation findings along with duration of ventilation. We also highlight on the complications pertaining to the condition in our series.

Bangladesh Journal of Medical Science Vol.18(4) 2019 p.779-782
A Very Rare Case Report of Sigmoid Adenocarcinoma with Involvement of the Bladder at the time of initial diagnosis
Authors: Hadian Babak , Khodadadi Babak , Rezaei Nahid , Ghanadi Kourosh
Published: September 2019

In nephro-urologic field, extent of approach to causes of lower urinary tract complaints in fourth decade or more of life is challenging matter. Physicians must notice to alarm signs in diagnosis of patients to prevent misdiagnosis of important causes. in practice, combination of hematuria and constipation accompany weight loss are red flags. Bladder neoplasm is a malignant cause of above symptoms that sometime originate from neighboring organ. Bladder metastases are very rare in colorectal cancers (CRC). Symptoms of primary tumor may be precede or coincide with urinary symptoms. The present study describes an unusual case of symptomatic bladder involvement from sigmoid adenocarcinoma. A 68-year-old man with complaints of dysuria, frequency, microscopic-hematuria, nausea, vomiting, and abdominal pain was diagnosed as adenocarcinoma of sigmoid colon metastatic to the bladder. This case underlined the need to prompt and careful attention to patients with hematuria-dysuria in adult age.

Bangladesh Journal of Medical Science Vol.18(4) 2019 p.827-829
“Poison of Thirst” and “Poison of Suppressed Hatred” (Panteleimon Kulish on Yevhen Malaniuk’s Scales of State Formation)
Authors: Крупач Микола
Published: September 2019

The paper focuses on Y. Malaniuk’s search for the national-state criteria of evaluating the activities of prominent ﬁgures in the national history, in particular, the classics of the Ukrainian literature. Most clearly this issue was raised in the article “On the Anniversary of Kulish”, written in 1947 in the DP camps. Y. Malaniuk criticized a number of fundamental scales in interpreting P. Kulish’s social activity and creative work, which were used by such critics as S. Yefremov, D. Dontsov, Yu. Lypa, and V. Petrov. Y. Malaniuk was skeptical about attempts to ﬁnd a ‘uniﬁ ed universal formula’ that would cover ‘all Kulish’ emphasizing his ‘vacillations’ and ‘treasons’. At the same time, in those attempts Y. Malaniuk saw the subconscious belief of such researchers that P. Kulish still held the ‘integrity’ of some kind. On the contrary, for those who assess P. Kulish’s personality Y. Malaniuk suggested taking into account not ‘small’, but ‘considerable facts’ of his great social life and creative work. In Malaniuk’s opinion, P. Kulish’s entire activity was ‘state-forming’, and he himself was a politically conscious ‘cultural activist’. Even when his words sounded as disclosure, in the sonnet “Kulish”, Y. Malaniuk emphasized the writer’s “poison of thirst” for the national statehood. Instead, in the writings of some Soviet scholars-emigrants, among which were the researchers of the works by P. Kulish, in particular, V. Petrov, Y. Malaniuk felt ‘infernal poisonous breath of suppressed hatred, devilish lie’ ‘disguised under scholarly forms’, which was aimed at political demoralization of Ukrainians. Y. Malaniuk urged to reveal it ‘slowly reading’ the publications of some critics whom he considered to be the agents of the Kremlin inﬂuence.
Poetics, Structure and Senses of Conﬁ ned Space (“Story of Sanatorium Zone” by Mykola Khvylovyi)
Authors: Barabash Yurii
Published: September 2019

“Story of Sanatorium Zone” by Mykola Khvylovyi, ﬁ rst published in 1924 under the title “Sanatorium Zone”, has been considered in two interconnected contexts – the one of European modernism of the initial decades of the 20th century and that of the so-called Ukrainian ‘latent’ modernism of the 1920s – 1930s. The mentioned fact of the story’s relation to the ‘sanatorium’ theme in the works of European writers (“The Magic Mountain” by T. Mann, “The Last Chapter” by K. Hamsun, “Sanatorium” by S. Maugham, “Sanatorium under Clepsydra” by B. Schultz, “Health-Resort Visitor” by H. Hesse) is considered as a testimony of the writer’s concentration on the conﬁ ned area, which is one of the conceptual signs of the modernist aesthetics. The analysis of the conﬁned space, shown in the story, is carried out in several aspects: a) a metaphor of ‘zone’ as a factor of forming the semantic ﬁeld of the conﬁned space; b) typology of conﬁned spaces: pragmatic, prophanic, social and historical, space of memory, existential, mythological, absurdist; c) relation of the sanatorium space to the out-of-sanatorium one, frontiers and borders, verticals and horizontals, collision ‘inside/outside’; d) composition of the textual space of the story (frame composition, the beginning and the end as compositional elements, assembly, principle of counterpoint, doubling of the narration subject; e) the structure of the conﬁned space as a Text (‘beginning/end’ as structural component, binary oppositions, intertextuality – ‘autointertext’, intertextual ‘Dostoyevsky’ palimpsest). The analysis of poetics, structure, and semantics of the conﬁned space in “Sanatorium Zone” gives the basis for marking the innovative role of the story by Mykola Khvylovyi in the establishment of the Ukrainian model of modernism.
What’s at Stake in Digital Social Research?
Authors: Couldry Nick
Published: September 2019

I am a social researcher who uses both theoretical and empirical enquiry not so much to describe the social as to understand the conflicts involved in constructing an order that appears to us as ‘social’. I seek to address the paradox of doing social research: for the social is not something concrete at which we can point, but a dimension of how whatever in our life is concrete holds together as a world. Media are crucial to what hangs together as a world – and in ways that much social research to this day still ignores. Media are in the contemporary era irrevocably ‘digital’: they take forms that automatically bring possibilities for recombination, retransmission, and reworking by multiple actors. As such, and unavoidably, digital media can be woven tight into the fabric of social life much more than previous media. But what does this mean for the social world, that is, for our possibilities to enhance or undermine how we live together today?
El papel del Federal Bureau of Narcotics en el diseño de la política de drogas en México (1940-1968)
Authors: Pérez Ricart Carlos A
Published: September 2019

The paper examines the role played by the Federal Bureau of Narcotics (FBN) – a law enforcement body within the U.S. Department of the Treasury – in the design and execution of drug policy in Mexico between 1940 and 1968. Drawing on primary sources from half a dozen collections of documents in Mexico and the United States, the article aims to answer two key questions: “What mechanisms did the FBN use to intervene in Mexican drug policy during the period?” and “What was its true impact and effectiveness?” This case study aims to contribute to research on drug policy in Mexico and study the influence exercised by various U.S. actors and organizations in this regard.
Вплив реформи управління в галузі водних відносин на правове забезпечення повноважень органів місцевого самоврядування з питань водокористування та охорони вод
Authors: Єрофеєв М. І.
Published: September 2019

У статті розглянуто особливості реформування управління в галузі водних відносин, наслідки впливу цього реформування на повноваження органів місцевого самоврядування з питань водокористування, охорони вод. Зроблено висновки та надано аргументовані пропозиції, спрямовані на удосконаленняводного законодавства в частині, що стосується участі органів місцевого самоврядування в управлінні водним господарством.
Особа злочинця як елемент криміналістичної характеристики несанкціонованого втручання в роботу електронно-обчислювальних машин (комп’ютерів), автоматизованих систем, комп’ютерних мереж чи мереж електрозв’язку
Authors: Бородай О. В.
Published: September 2019

На підставі аналізу наукових досліджень, практики органів досудового розслідування висвітлено питання, що стосуються особи злочинця як елементу криміналістичної характеристики несанкціонованого втручання в роботу електронно-обчислювальних машин (комп’ютерів), автоматизованих систем, комп’ютерних мереж чи мереж електрозв’язку. Виведено типові характерні риси особи злочинця, розглянуто криміналістичний аспект особи злочинця у взаємозв’язку з іншими елементами криміналістичної характеристики й установлено зв’язок між певними рисами особи злочинця та обстановкою, слідами, способом учинення злочину та його приховуванням.
Електронні докази в кримінальному провадженні: сучасний стан та перспективи використання
Authors: Коваленко А. В.
Published: September 2019

У статті досліджено стан наукової розробленості та нормативного врегулювання питання використання електронних доказів у кримінальному провадженні. Вивчено досвід впровадження категорії «електронні докази» до господарського, адміністративного та цивільного процесуального законодавства.Розглянуто окремі правові положення КПК України щодо використання електронних джерел доказової інформації. Проаналізовано погляди науковців на поняття «цифрові джерела інформації», «електронні відображення», «електронний документ», «електронні сліди», «електронні докази». Окреслено перспективи використання електронних доказів на практиці та можливі напрями їх дальшої доктринальної розробки.
Truancy in Adolescence as a Predictor of Sexual Risk Outcomes in Young Adulthood
Authors: Muchimba Maureen
Published: September 2019

Objectives: To examine the associations between truancy in adolescence and sexual risk outcomes in young adulthood.

Methods: Data were drawn from 2677 participants of the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health. Assessed when participants were aged 13-18 years, truancy was categorized as no truancy, low-level truancy and high-level truancy. When participants were aged 25-31 years, age of sexual debut, number of lifetime sexual partners and having a sexually transmitted disease (STD) in the previous 12 months were assessed. Logistic regression was used to estimate the associations.

Results: Compared to non-truants, the likelihood of early sexual debut was higher among low-level truants and highest among high level truants. For lifetime number of sexual partners, low-level truants were more likely to have a high number of lifetime sexual partners compared to non-truants in young adulthood, while there was no relationship between high-level truancy and number of lifetime sexual partners. Low-level truants were just as likely as non-truants to report having an STD in the previous 12 months in young adulthood; however, high-level truants were more likely report having an STD in the same time period.

Conclusions: Truancy in adolescence is associated with sexual risk outcomes in adulthood. Although not a cause of risky sexual behavior, habitual truancy presents an important point of intervention and may therefore be a useful indicator for programs that aim to prevent STDs
Effects of Cognitive Restructuring Techniques on Physical Activity in Older Adults
Authors: Larsen Keri D. , Shrestha Sabita , Jones Katie
Published: September 2019

Background: : This study examined the effects of cognitive restructuring techniques on self-efficacy and physical activity.

Methods: An intervention was designed to increase the self-efficacy of 61 older adults and then evaluated to measure the effectiveness of the intervention. A pretest/posttest analysis of variance was conducted to look for differences in knowledge, attitudes, physical activity, and self-efficacy.

Results: Significance was found on the knowledge assessment, F(1, 59)=18.570, p<.01; attitude assessment, F (1, 54)=6.317, p<.05; physical activity assessment, F (1, 54)=5.054, p<.05; confidence portion of self-efficacy, F (1, 44)=6.477, p<.05; control portion of self-efficacy, F (1, 57)=4.475, p<.05; and the PPA portion of selfefficacy, F (1, 58)=4.580, p<.05.

Conclusions: Results showed not only a change in self-efficacy, but in actual behavior change or an increase in physical activity. This behavior was maintained at one-month follow-up. Results indicate that an intervention on this level is sufficient to produce a change in knowledge, attitudes and behavior.