bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Pesantren Virtual: Dinamisasi atau Disrupsi Pesantren?
Authors: Fakhrurrozi Hatta
Published: April 2021

The industrial revolution that penetrated the world of education forced Islamic boarding schools (Pesantren), as part of education, to mutate in new form to find the ideal format as an adaptive step to keep up to date. Pesantren which have a cultural base of traditional society make various efforts to make acculturation with technology. The efforts of these pesantren can be seen from the number of pesantren websites, which provide information about pesantren and religious programs online. On the other hand, virtual pesantren have also emerged, which do not have a real pesantren institutional base in the community, using online media as an operational base. Some of these virtual Islamic boarding schools have strong buildings in cyberspace, with a wider reach than Islamic boarding schools. Its flexible and open nature makes virtual pesantren have their own community in cyberspace. Furthermore, problems arise when virtual Islamic boarding schools intersect with conventional Pesantren in cyberspace. This research is a library research that uses printed and online media as data sources. This study aims to find differences in the characteristics of virtual pesantren, and their relationship with the dynamics of pesantren in the era 4.0. From the content analysis conducted at several virtual pesantren, it was found that some of them used the same name as real pesantren, thus creating ambiguity of virtual pesantren
Disability Theatre Manifesto
Authors: Gray Emily
Published: April 2021

For my thesis project, I have researched the current state of disability theatre in an effort to determine which practices are helpful or harmful to disability theatre. I have investigated: the inaccessibility of mainstream theatre, the connotations behind the word ‘disabled’, disability theatre’s past, disability theatre’s current state, who can play what role, professionalism in theatre, reviews, disclosures, methods to remove barriers, and calls to action. The end product of this research is an annotated manifesto that will be transformed into a presentation for Inquiry at Queen’s. The rationale behind this manifesto is to contribute to the conversation about barriers to the disabled community, and be a reference point for how theatre artists can be more inclusive.
Is Canada's Post-Graduate Medical Education Curricula Producing Physicians who can Provide Culturally Safe Care?
Authors: Wortzman Annie
Published: April 2021

Indigenous peoples living in Canada experience significant health inequities relative to non-Indigenous people, which stem largely from experiences of colonization, past and present. An important contributor to such inequities is the paucity of culturally safe healthcare available to Indigenous people. A lack of relevant educational experiences for healthcare professionals has been implicated in both creating culturally unsafe healthcare environments and in perpetuating these healthcare-related inequities (Guerra & Kurtz, 2017). The Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada (TRC, 2015) calls for improved cultural safety training for healthcare professionals treating Indigenous patients. Recently, post-graduate medical education training programs have shifted to a competency-based model (CBME) whereby specific learning objectives must be attained to graduate, compared to the historical time-based model (Iobst et al., 2010). However, it is unknown whether the CBME programs sufficiently fulfill the TRC calls to action pertaining to Indigenous health. The objective of this study is to determine the extent to which Canada’s CBME curricula provide cultural safety training regarding Indigenous health. An environmental scan of the publically available national CBME curricula will assess the content of the core portions of the training programs. A self-report mixed-methods survey will be distributed to medical residents at Queen’s University to determine the extent to which they perceive that such training is provided to them. This research aims to identify gaps in the CBME curricula pertaining to Indigenous health, so as to contribute to improved cultural safety training, and thus health equity, in the future.
Personalizing Chatbot Conversations with IBM Watson
Authors: Ralston Kennedy
Published: April 2021

Systems powered by artificial intelligence are being developed to communicate with users in a progressively “human-like” conversational way, in order to make them more user-friendly. Such systems are utilized across many industries including teaching, marketing, and health care, and are commonly made available to the public as interactive chatbots. It is important to explore new possibilities in development to make these systems more personalized to their users by improving and expanding their functionality and interactivity. This project delves further into this topic by creating a system that generates increasingly customized responses to user input. One crucial way to improve the functionality of an artificial intelligence system is by molding a personal profile of the user, which can be referenced by the system in order to respond to the user’s needs in an adaptive way based on their preferences. The project is focused on investigating packages that can be used to more effectively respond to the user’s mood, personality, and language, including IBM Watson Tone Analyzer, Watson Personality Insights, and Watson Language Translator. These packages are then utilized to work towards creating an intelligent, interactive system that can effectively fulfill the individual needs of its users.
Droning Discourse
Authors: Imre-Millei Bibi
Published: April 2021

How is gendered language utilised to position the United States in relation to target states to morally justify Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA) strikes? State discourse of the US during the George W. Bush and Barrack Obama administrations projected an image of remotely piloted systems as mechanisms of masculine protection. US officials assert that RPAs not only protected Americans at home, they protected populations vulnerable to terrorist attack abroad. While the RPA itself was coded as masculine, RPA pilots are feminised because they are protected from battle while using the RPA. The RPA takes the position of the ultimate masculine protector and its operators become feminised in US rhetoric. The surveillant assemblage of pilot, RPA, and sensor-analytics systems sustaining the RPA, is examined through a rigorous discourse analysis of state officials’ statements during the Bush and Obama administrations. Statements are taken from a number of reputable publications including The New York Times, The New Yorker, The Atlantic, Al Jazeera, CNN, and BCC, among others. Statements are also taken from the report “Living Under Drones,” from the law schools of Stanford and New York University. This research begins to answer the question of how technology is gendered in relation to RPAs and RPA strikes.
Being Uprooted and Re-planted
Authors: Shanmugam Anjali
Published: April 2021

The ethnographic study focuses on the experience of inclusion and exclusion for young transnational women who were adopted from India, by Indian-Canadian immigrant parents. The study examines the process of international adoption, and the emerging themes of belonging, identity and connectedness in Canada. The feelings of inclusion and exclusion will be analyzed through the lens of the self and relationships with family, friends and the local community. The paper will unpack the meaning of identity and belonging through reflecting on the experiences and memories of growing up in a single parent Indian family as an international adoptee from India. The focus of the paper will further contrast theories of scholars (Manzi, Ferrari, Rosnati, and Benet-Martinez, 2014) who have introduced concepts of multiple identities, and belonging. These scholars have applied these concepts to transracial adoptees, who have been adopted by families of a different race and/or ethnic background. By interviewing other international adoptees and analyzing their experiences, this paper will establish the similarities international adoptees encounter, and the challenges adoptees face in families of the same origin when they deal with integration into Canadian culture. Through a compare and contrast I will examine these factors in relation to my identity and its development. In conclusion, I have used my experiences and recent travel back to India to address the feelings of inclusion and exclusion. This has resulted in a cultural identity conflict between the country of origin and my adopted country. Therefore, I find myself neither included nor excluded, but rather I am placed in the center of both cultural identities.
Virtual Reality in 3D Slicer
Authors: Choueib Saleh
Published: April 2021

Virtual reality is a rapidly expanding technology which places users in an immersive and interactable virtual environment. To this day, VR technology has been implemented in an array of applications. One such application is medical visualization. To evaluate such an application, SlicerVR was developed. SlicerVR is a virtual reality extension of 3D Slicer, an open-source medical image analysis and visualization platform. By extending 3D Slicer, SlicerVR will have easy access to a wide variety of tools used for medical visualization. SlicerVR was designed to be a flexible and extensible basis for virtual reality technology in the medical field, for use by medical professionals, researchers, students. With this in mind, we designed SlicerVR with intuitive controls for ease of use, progressive rendering to manage issues of motion sickness, and a variety of customizable settings to optimize an individual’s experience. To test SlicerVR, we designed an experiment that requires participants to complete timed-tasks while traversing complex virtual environments. With our experiment we can asses the advantages of stereoscopic vision in comprehending complex anatomical structures as well as the feasibility of navigating said scenes.
Design of a Portable Soil Analysis Instrument for Remote Teleoperated Rover Platforms
Authors: Xie James , Archer Emily
Published: April 2021

The search for extant life has long been an interest since people have been able to successfully explore other worlds. However, on space missions, experiments must be performed autonomously, with limited resources, and a carefully selected suite of instruments. Instruments are additionally constrained by weight, reliability, and size which limits use of many modern advanced systems. The Queen’s Space Engineering Team (QSET) is proposing the design of a portable (12” x 12” x 12”) instrument to identify signs supporting extant life aboard a mobile rover platform during exploration missions. The instrument will receive soil samples collected by the rover, analyse the composition to identify key molecules, and transmit data back to a ground station. This system relies on colorimetric measurements using a UV-VIS spectrometer and features a solvent recycle system to minimize weight and waste. This project is part of a larger environment characterisation module to be mounted on a Mars rover system designed for competition at the University Rover Challenge (URC) at the Mars Desert Research Station (MDRS) in Utah. As of this date, each subsystem has successfully passed performance testing and the entire instrument is entering its system-level prototyping stage.
Use of Convolutional Neural Network for Fully Automated Segmentation of Hard Exudates in Retinal Images
Authors: Lochbihler Aidan
Published: April 2021

Diabetic retinopathy (DR), is a complication with diabetes caused by damaged blood vessels in the back of the retina. DR affects 126.6 million people around the world and is the leading cause of blindness. Hard exudates are a type of lesion caused by the damaged blood vessels and are an early marker for DR. In this research, a fully automatic deep learning method has been developed that is able to delineate hard exudate lesions in retinal images. This allows the lesion volume to be calculated and thus determine DR severity. This technology would remove the need for doctors in the diagnosis process, therefore making the diagnosis faster and more accessible to people around the world. Our dataset consisted of 58 images and was used to train a fully convolutional neural network with a U-net architecture. The U-net consists of a contracting path followed by a symmetric expansive path that was used to learn features of the images. These features were then used to differentiate hard exudates from regular tissue allowing them to be segmented. After creating the model 26 images were used for testing. Results of the U-net model showed a Dice similarity coefficient of 67.23 ± 13.60%, a specificity of 99.74 ± 0.25%, and precision of 75.87 ± 18.14% when comparing the algorithm generated images to the manually segmented ground truths. These results show that the model is precisely delineating the hard exudates and therefore is a viable way to diagnose the severity of DR.
Creating Hybrid Identity: the Function of Epigraphs in The Wondrous Woo
Authors: Li Gloria
Published: April 2021

Multiculturalism in Canada has created many hybrid identities among the children of immigrants. The novels of second-generation writers often reflect this reality. This presentation examines the function of epigraphs and its allusions to traditional customs, classics, and oral legends in The Wondrous Woo by Carrianne Leung. Miramar Woo, the protagonist and daughter of immigrants from Hong Kong, imagines a world of magical realism in the suburbs of Scarborough to encapsulate the space that lies between Canadian and Chinese culture. The novel is divided into chapters with each chapter introduced by an epigraph associated with Chinese-cultural references which is suggestive—although separate from the main narrative. An epigraph ironically references Tomb-sweeping to show the importance of ancestry and juxtaposes it to make sense of death. Classical allusions to the Monkey King act as a tool to express views toward love interests. Oral legends of the Snake Sisters exemplifies sibling interactions. Furthermore, the omission of an epigraph in the novel’s final chapter performs the same function—to not only create tension, but also give perspective to Miramar’s fluid experience. The epigraphs perform as a structural framework that capture the essence of Chinese traditions and channels them towards Miramar’s experience as a “hybrid” Chinese Canadian. The significance of the epigraphs is not to emphasize dissonance in the reference, but rather the epigraphs act as a tool to show how Miramar understands the world as a Chinese Canadian in response to her alienation from dominant society.
Seedling regeneration at northern treeline, Northwest Territories tundra
Authors: Grishaber Emily
Published: April 2021

Global warming has had an amplified effect in northern environments (i.e. Arctic and Subarctic regions). An indirect result of this warming is what is known as Arctic greening, which is the increase of photosynthetic material, or plant matter, in Arctic environments. How this greening trend is represented by trees at latitudinal (or northern) treeline is largely unknown. To determine how treeline may respond, I am investigating the physical environment surrounding seedlings found growing at treeline in the Northwest Territories, as well as the reproductive capacity of the mature trees in this region. Physical characteristics of sites which contain seedlings are compared to sites within the same region which do not in an attempt to determine what aspects of these environments are significant in the establishment of seedlings at treeline. Site characteristics include vegetation cover, distance to mature trees, and distance and dimensions of the nearest shrub. Reproductive capacity of mature trees is also tested to determine how significant seed viability may be in generating seedlings in this region. The limiting factor in treeline expansion may be an issue of pre-dispersal (i.e. viable seed production) as opposed to post-dispersal (i.e. seedling growth). I am conducting a germination test where I have extracted seeds from fifteen trees dispersed throughout the treeline region and have placed them under ideal growth conditions for an honest depiction of viable to unviable seed ratios. These tests may show conclusive evidence regarding what factors are contributing to treeline dynamics within a changing environment.
Validation of a low-cost adjustable, handheld needle guide for spine interventions
Authors: Wiercigroch Julia
Published: April 2021

Purpose: MR-guided injections are safer for the patient and the physician than CT-guided interventions but require a significant amount of hand-eye coordination and mental registration by the physician. We propose a low-cost, adjustable, handheld guide to assist the operator in aligning the needle in the correct orientation for the injection.

 Methods: The operator adjusts the guide to the desired insertion angle as determined by an MRI image. Next, the operator aligns the guide in the image plane using the horizontal laser and level gradient. The needle is inserted into the sleeve of the guide and inserted into the patient. To evaluate the method, two operators inserted 5 needles in two facet joints of a lumbar spine phantom. Insertion points, final points and trajectory angles were compared to the projected needle trajectory using an electromagnetic tracking system.

 Results: On their first attempt, operators were able to insert the needle into the facet joint 85% of the time. On average, operators had an insertion point error of 2.92 ± 1.57 mm, a target point error of 3.39 ± 2.28 mm, and a trajectory error of 3.98 ± 2.09 degrees.

 Conclusion: A low-cost, adjustable, handheld guide was developed to assist in correctly positioning a needle in MR-guided needle interventions. The guide is as accurate as other needle placement assistance mechanisms, including the biplane laser guides and image overlay devices when used in lumbar facet joint injections in phantoms.
Digitally Mapping the Poetry and Correspondence of Amelia Opie
Authors: Chernos Naomi
Published: April 2021

Amelia Opie was a Romantic era writer, engaged in revolutionary politics, who in midlife, became a devout Quaker, and gave up the publishing of fiction. Many scholars and contemporaries of Opie have commented on her sudden religious conversion, and suggested that Opie was engaged in a complicated “conscious struggle to mediate an identity which could include both her talents as a writer and her personal faith (“Introduction” LII). The Quaker faith had strict rules against the publishing of fiction, and a Quaker should never be engaged in creative authorship. Consequently, Opie’s poetry written after her turn to Quakerism forms an interesting area, and raises questions about her negotiation of artistic and religious identities. Digital methods of statistical analysis were used to examine the shifts in her poetry personal correspondence, particularly with regards to Opie’s attitudes towards mourning and religious faith were examined. Indications were that Opie used religion as consolation in her elegies as well as her life. However, a closer examination of her poetry and letters reveal that Opie was somewhat uneasy with her reliance on Christian faith, negotiating between that and her worldly concerns, rather than being wholly comforted by God. In the case of her father Opie found her faith to be inadequate, showing that only a whole acceptance allows for proper mourning. Although a digital analysis indicates that Opie used her faith as consolation for suffering, a closer reading suggests that this process was complex that her faith was ultimately unable to provide an adequate substitute.
Understanding Children’s Perspectives on the Definitions and Importance of Play
Authors: Goldfarb Dayna
Published: April 2021

Ideas about children and play are socially constructed by hegemonic societal values, beliefs, and institutions. Research engages with children’s play in ways that are constructed and reinforced by adults. Therefore, it is important to deconstruct dominant discourses about play because they are used to maintain adult-dominated power stratification and enforce normative beliefs. This study aims to understand how children define, conceptualize, and operationalize play in ways that may diverge from adult assumptions. Focusing on 6-9 year olds in a mid-sized Canadian city, it makes an important contribution to the field, which is overwhelming based on studies conducted in the United States. This study uses a drawing analysis to elicit children’s perspectives, which are frequently ignored in adult-centric research. Five to ten children will be recruited from an afterschool program. The children will draw pictures of themselves playing and be interviewed about their drawings. The results will be interpreted within the paradigms of the new sociology of childhood and playwork. These theories acknowledge the socially constructed nature of children and play, engage with children’s agency, and address the power dynamics that govern adult-child relations. This study does not aim to make predictable or generalizable findings. Instead, this study focuses on eliciting and expressing the opinions and worldviews of the children who participate. Expected results are that children conceptualize play in non-traditional ways that adults do not consider.
Lower Extremity Musculoskeletal Screening Tool Practices Among Athletic Trainers in Secondary School and Collegiate Settings
Authors: Fowler Megan , Neil Elizabeth , Powden Cameron
Published: April 2021

Purpose: Musculoskeletal (MSK) screening tools can allow athletic trainers (AT) to focus prevention efforts by providing patient risk information. The purpose of this study is to examine lower extremity MSK screening tool practices and perceptions of ATs in traditional settings. Methods: A cross-sectional online survey was distributed to 4,937 full- and part-time collegiate and secondary school ATs randomly selected by the NATA. MSK screening tools were grouped into 7 categories: Range of Motion (ROM), Strength, Balance, Drop and Jump Landing (D/J Land), Double- and Single-Leg Hopping (D/S Hop), Movement Quality (MQual), and Injury History (History). For each screening tool category, questions assessed MSK screening tool usage, the perceived effectiveness of MSK screening tools to provide relevant injury risk and return to play (RTP) information, and MSK screening tools effect on decisions to implement prevention programs. Results: A total of 372 participants (female=215(48.4%), male=152(34.2%), age=35±10 years, experience=12±10 years, secondary school=194(52.2%), collegiate=178(47.8%)) completed the survey. Participants within our study indicated the used of the following screening tools categories in clinical practice: ROM=339(91.1%), Strength=342(91.9%), Balance=238(64.0%), D/J-Landing=134(36.0%), D/S-Hopping=233(62.6%), MQual=212(57.0%), History=316(85.0%), and None=18(4.8%). Conclusions: ATs in traditional settings indicate that they primarily use ROM, Strength, and History screening tools to gather information concerning LE injury risk and RTP. Implementation of screening tools most frequently occurred post-injury. Lastly, it seemed that intervention prescriptions were consistent regardless of screening tool used, suggesting blanket interventions prescription. This may have been do feelings of moderate effectiveness of these tools to determine injury risk.
Fahr’s syndrome in adolescence: a case report
Authors: Costa Karla , Nunes Junior Jamson , Giunzioni Guilherme , Rizzo Maria de Fatima , Paladini Gabriela
Published: April 2021

We present here a case of Fahr’s disease in the pediatric age group. Fahr’s disease is a neurological, degenerative and rare disease, especially in this age group. It differs from Fahrs syndrome, which is associated with infectious pathologies, such as human immunodeficiency virus infection and metabolic causes, such as hypoparathyroidism. In contrast, Fahr’s disease has an idiopathic or familial cause and is related to neuropsychic symptoms. However, the differentiation of these terms is still poorly established in the literature. It has an unknown prevalence and affects individuals of both sexes in any age group, and individuals from the 4th decade are more likely to develop it. It has polygenic etiology being autosomal dominant, characterized by abnormal deposits of minerals, including mainly calcium and phosphate in the basal ganglia. It presents extra-pyramidal, psychiatric and epileptic manifestations. It is an incurable disease with progressive and irreversible evolution. Due to the involvement of the central nervous system, the prognosis is reserved and eventually fatal. The patient in question was MF, 15-years-old, male, with severe holocranial headache and convulsive crisis with findings of calcifications in the base ganglia bilaterally tomography of the skull.
Diagnostic value of lymph node fine-needle aspiration cytology
Authors: Ton Eryilmaz Ozlem , Ucak Ramazan , Ozagari Ayse Aysim , Kabukcuoglu Fevziye
Published: April 2021

Objectives:

This study aims to assess the diagnostic accuracy of cytology by comparing the results of fine-needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) and histopathologic examination.

Material and Methods:

A 4-year retrospective study design was conducted on FNAC samples from the lymph nodes of patients in our hospital between January 2015 and December 2018. The cytopathological diagnoses were compared with the histopathological results of the same excised lymph nodes. Diagnostic sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value (PPV), negative predictive value (NPV), and accuracy rate were calculated.

Results:

A total of 392 lymph nodes were aspirated during the study period. Cytologic analysis of the lymph nodes revealed the following: Reactive lymphoid hyperplasia, 239 (61%); metastatic, 61 (15.6%); granulomatous lymphadenitis, 24 (6.1%); suspicious, 24 (6.1%); pyogenic abscess, 10 (2.6%); necrosis, 4 (1%); non-Hodgkin lymphoma, 2 (0.5%); and non-diagnostic, 28 (7.1%). Immunohistochemical analysis was performed on 26 (6.6%) cases to the cell block samples. Histopathological correlation was available in 73 (18.7%) cases. The overall diagnostic sensitivity, specificity, PPV, and NPV of FNAC of lymph nodes were 87.9%, 100%, 100%, and 89.7%, respectively. The overall diagnostic accuracy was 94.1%. In case of malignancies, the histopathological correlation was 100%. Of four cases with false negative, three were low-grade non-Hodgkin lymphoma and one was granulocytic sarcoma.

Conclusion:

FNAC of lymph nodes is a safe, easy, cheap, quick diagnostic tool and reduces the need for diagnostic excisional biopsy in many patients. Cytological diagnosis can be supported with immunohistochemical analysis of cell block samples. However, lymphomas, particularly low-grade non-Hodgkin lymphomas, are a diagnostic challenge and additional studies such as flow cytometry are required in cases with suspicious for lymphoma.
Linear trends over 20 years in sexually transmitted infections among patients attending a tertiary care centre in north Kerala, India
Authors: Suresh Archana , Jose Reeshma , Sasidharanpillai Sarita , Chathoth Anuradha Thalian , Ajithkumar Kidangazhiathmana
Published: April 2021

Background:

Worldwide, a declining trend is observed in sexually transmitted infections of bacterial origin which is reflected as a rise in the proportion of viral sexually transmitted infections.

Aims:

To find out the clinical referral patterns of sexually transmitted infections among patients who attended the sexually transmitted infection clinic attached to Dermatology and Venereology Department of Government Medical College, Kozhikode from 1.1.1998 to 31.12.2017 and to study the linear trends in the pattern of sexually transmitted infections over 20 years.

Methods:

After clearance from the institutional ethics committee, a retrospective study was conducted among patients who attended the sexually transmitted infection clinic of Government Medical College, Kozhikode from 1.1.1998 to 31.12.2017 and were diagnosed to have sexually transmitted infections.

Results:

During the 20 year study period 5227 patients, attended the sexually transmitted infection clinic of our institution. Diagnosis of sexually transmitted infection was made in 2470 (47.3%) cases. Predominant sexually transmitted infections were herpes genitalis (964, 39%), condyloma acuminata (921, 37.9%) and syphilis (418, 17.2%). Viral sexually transmitted infections (1885, 76.3%) outnumbered bacterial sexually transmitted infections (575, 23.3%). A declining trend was noted for both bacterial and viral sexually transmitted infections over the 20 year period, which was more marked for the former. But the latter years of the study documented a rising trend in total sexually transmitted infections including bacterial sexually transmitted infections.

Limitations:

The study does not reflect the status of sexually transmitted infections in the general population since it was conducted in a tertiary referral center.

Conclusion:

The disturbing ascending trend recorded in sexually transmitted infections including syphilis during the final years of the 20-year period needs to be watched closely, to plan future strategies.
Non-venereal genital dermatoses and their impact on quality of life—A cross-sectional study
Authors: Vinay N. , Ranugha P. S. S. , Betkerur Jayadev B. , Shastry Veeranna , Ashwini P. K.
Published: April 2021

Background:

Lesions on the external genitalia could be venereal or non-venereal. Non-venereal genital dermatoses are common and may cause considerable anxiety to patients, particularly if noticed after sexual intercourse. However, this aspect has not been studied much till now.

Objectives:

Our study proposes to describe the profile of non-venereal genital dermatoses and determine their impact on quality of life both social and sexual, using the dermatology life quality index questionnaire.

Methods:

We recruited patients aged 18 years and above, who were diagnosed to have non-venereal genital dermatoses during the study period. A detailed history was obtained and clinical examination done with relevant investigations when necessary. The dermatology life quality index was assessed and graded in all patients using Finlay dermatology life quality index questionnaire.

Results:

A total of 293 patients with non-venereal genital dermatoses were seen and 25 different dermatoses were observed. Men 242(82.6%) outnumbered women. The commonest age group affected was 31–50 years 144(50%). Chronic inflammatory dermatoses 135(41.6%) constituted the majority of cases. Scrotal dermatitis 46(15.7%), lichen simplex chronicus 37(12.6%), vitiligo 31(10.6%) were seen most frequently. In the study group, 111(37.9%) patients had moderate and 133(45.4%) had large impact on the quality of life. Erectile dysfunction was seen in 48(19.8%) men and 9(3.7%) had premature ejaculation. A significant effect on dermatology life quality index was found with increasing age (P = 0.007), positive marital status (P = 0.006), history of unprotected sex (P < 0.001), history of recurrences (P = 0.002) and venereophobia. (P = 0.008).

Limitations:

The number of women in the study group was less compared to men and we could not ascertain the type of sexual dysfunction in them.

Conclusion:

Non-venereal genital dermatoses are common, more so among men. They have a significant impact on the quality of life of the individual. Recognizing and addressing this problem will help in managing these patients effectively.
Quality of Life in Ovarian Cancer: A Threat to Women Health in Pakistan
Authors: Madeeha Malik  , Emmama Jamil  , Azhar Hussain
Published: April 2021

Quality of life evaluation is a valuable measure in optimizing care of patients with ovarian cancer, but more research is required to make such evaluations suitably inexpensive and easy to perform so that they can be more fully incorporated into general oncologic practice. The present study was designed to assess the quality of life among ovarian cancer patients in Pakistan. A descriptive cross-sectional study design was used. A pre validated questionnaire, i.e. EORTC-QLQ-Ov-28 was self-administered to a sample of 383 women diagnosed with ovarian cancer selected using a convenience sampling technique. After data collection, data was cleaned, coded and entered in SPSS. Univariate analysis was performed to find out the differences among different variables. Univariate analysis was conducted comparing the symptom and functioning scales with clinical factors such as age, obesity, setting, hormonal issue, family history, and marital status. The results of the current study highlighted a significant difference (p ≥ 0.05) in the quality of life of women with respect to all of the indicators. The results of the present study concluded poor quality of life among women with ovarian cancer in Pakistan. The lowest quality of life score was observed in hormonal problems followed by peripheral neuropathy, whereas the attitude to disease or treatment was found positive. Cancer care should be extended beyond primary treatment to include long-term care that addresses physical, psychosocial, and emotional factors that influence survivor’s quality of life throughout their lifetime.
El caso del juicio de comiso de José Francisco Córdova en Chiapas.
Authors: Torres Freyermuth Amanda Úrsula
Published: April 2021

El objetivo del presente artículo es explorar los procesos de comiso de mercancía en la “raya” Chiapas-Guatemala del caso de José Francisco Córdova, un abogado y expatriado guatemalteco. A partir de su descripción y análisis se vislumbra de qué manera las distintas autoridades en el estado de Chiapas, actuaron en el “combate” al contrabando.
La Administración Autónoma del norte y este de Siria frente a la pandemia por Covid-19
Authors: Aguilar Silva Erika Susana
Published: April 2021

Acechada por el régimen sirio, así como por un buen número de actores locales, regionales y extra-regionales que no ven con buenos ojos el afianzamiento de una forma de organización anti-sistémica y emancipatoria, la Administración Autónoma del Norte y Este de Siria (AANES) ha hecho frente a la actual crisis sanitaria mediante la práctica del comunalismo, el trabajo cooperativo y formas de vida que se apartan de la modernidad capitalista. Por ello, el artículo tiene como objetivo identificar la serie de estrategias implementadas por este ejercicio de democracia radical para hacer frente a la pandemia por Covid-19, al tiempo que sus detractores redoblan esfuerzos para desarticular su proyecto, basado en la ideología del Confederalismo Democrático.
Kitarske šole slovenskih avtorjev od Adolfa Gröbminga do Stanka Preka / Guitar Schools by Slovenian Authors from Adolf Gröbming to Stanko Prek
Authors: Rauter Branislav
Published: April 2021

The main purpose of the article is to present textbooks for guitar written by Slovenian authors and published between 1925 and 1950. With basic instructions for playing in Slovenian and mostly domestic musical examples they satisfied the needs of selftaught people for the basics of guitar technique and chordal accompaniment to singing. The first textbooks were entitled Kitarska šola (Guitar School), the basic problems of the guitar playing were treated comprehensively and as such did not envisage continuation. In addition to the basics of the guitar playing, they also included music theory, which was essential for self-taught people without prior musical knowledge, as this was the only way they could follow the practical instructions for playing according to the musical notation. With the reintroduction of guitar teaching into public music education, textbooks were created from the end of the 1960s, entitled Začetnica za kitaro (The Textbook for Beginners) with sequels, and followed the guidelines and development of public music education.
PROCESSO DE ETNODEMOCRATIZAÇÃO: AS (IN)CONGRUÊNCIAS ENTRE AS DEMANDAS E AS PROPOSIÇÕES LEGISLATIVAS SOBRE “INDÍGENAS” (1988-2020)
Authors: Albuquerque Antonio Armando Ulian do Lago
Published: April 2021

O artigo objetiva correlacionar as diretrizes e categorias da Conferência Nacional de Política Indigenista (CONPI) com o conteúdo das proposições legislativas da Câmara Federal, apontando as congruências e incongruências entre ambas. Utiliza-se a análise de conteúdo para compor as unidades de análise e avaliar a congruência ou não entre as medidas, possibilitando situar a atuação política indígena em relação ao processo de etnodemocratização. O substrato teórico tem funda-se nas teorias políticas democráticas que investigam a participação como variável a influenciar a representação política, seja para corrigi-la, fortalecê-la ou subsidiar conteúdo para a criação de proposições legislativas. Espera-se como resultado confirmar a hipótese de maior congruência entre as demandas indígenas e as proposições favorecem o processo de etnodemocratização.
A PROTEÇÃO E PROMOÇÃO DOS DIREITOS HUMANOS DAS PESSOAS AFETADAS PELO TRÁFICO HUMANO E TRABALHO ESCRAVO NO BRASIL: UM ESTUDO SOBRE A PORTARIA N. 87/2020-MJSP
Authors: Souza Mércia Cardoso de , Soares Mário Lúcio Quintão , Nhatave Guirino Dinis Jose
Published: April 2021

A Portaria do Ministério da Justiça e Segurança Pública n. 87, de 23, de março de 2020 dispõe sobre a concessão e os procedimentos de autorização à pessoa que tenha sido vítima de tráfico de pessoas, de trabalho escravo ou de violação de direitos agravada pela sua condição migratória. Nesse sentido, essa norma se apresenta num plano maior em relação à Portaria n. 374, de 8 de maio de 2017, por ela revogada, vez que esta se referia somente à concessão de permanência no Brasil a estrangeiro considerado vítima de tráfico de pessoas. Mediante a pesquisa bibliográfica e documental, com apoio da literatura estrangeira e o suporte da internet, o presente artigo tem por objetivo analisar a relevância da Portaria n. 87/2020-MJSP para a proteção e promoção dos direitos humanos das pessoas afetadas pelo tráfico humano e trabalho escravo. A pesquisa concluiu que a essa Portaria, ao dispor sobre os procedimentos de concessão de residência às vítimas reduz a sua vulnerabilidade e garante seu acesso aos direitos básicos, assim como a possibilidade dessas vítimas melhorarem sua condição de vulnerabilidade socioeconômica.
CONSIDERAÇÕES SOBRE ELEMENTOS TEÓRICOS E METODOLÓGICOS DA RELAÇÃO ENTRE SOCIEDADE, DIREITO E TECNOLOGIA
Authors: Aglantzakis Vick Mature , Prata David Nadler
Published: April 2021

O presente artigo tem como objetivo de forma reflexiva, apresentar elementos teóricos e metodológicos essenciais à compreensão da relação existente entre sociedade, direito e tecnologia, os quais possibilitarão o estabelecimento de considerações sobre o lugar do direito na Sociedade da Informação. No plano metodológico foi utilizado o raciocínio lógico-dedutivo, bem como, o raciocínio analítico reflexivo. A abordagem foi de natureza qualitativa e interdisciplinar, possibilitando a análise dos objetos em estudo e das variadas dimensões que envolvem a relação a ser estudada. O artigo foi desenvolvido em cinco seções. Na primeira foi apresentada a introdução; na segunda foram abordados aspectos teóricos e relacionais entre sociedade, direito e tecnologia; na terceira sessão foram apresentados os pressupostos metodológicos da relação entre sociedade, direito e tecnologia, a partir de uma perspectiva histórico-reflexiva; na quarta seção foram feitas considerações pontuais sobre a inserção do direito na Sociedade da Informação e; na quinta seção foram apresentadas as considerações finais com reflexões pontuais sobre o tema desenvolvido, especialmente no tocante ao acesso à justiça e a prestação jurisdicional por meio do processo judicial eletrônico.
DE HEGEMONÍAS, INSTITUCIONALIDADES Y BIG DATA: OTRA PULSIÓN DESLABORALIZADORA
Authors: Gambacorta Mario L.
Published: April 2021

El presente trabajo se orienta a constituirse en un aporte preliminar para el debate en torno a las nuevas tecnologías y el futuro del trabajo. Particularmente, con relación a la denominada big data. Es nuestro propósito señalar aspectos de esta temática en vista a atender nuevos escenarios y permitir esbozar estrategias tutelares hacia lo laboral que no caigan en meras generalizaciones antagónicas ante el discurso neoliberal prevalente.
Socialisation and learning to teach using the teaching personal and social responsibility approach
Authors: Richards KAR , Gordon Barrie
Published: April 2021

Occupational socialisation theory (OST) is a dialectical approach to understanding teachers’ recruitment, training, and lived experiences in school settings. Research using this model has shown that socialisation influences how physical educators interpret or ‘read’ pedagogical models. However, this research has not been extended to the teaching personal and social responsibility (TPSR) model, which differs from other models in its concurrent focus on responsibility and physical activity outcomes. This study, therefore, sought to understand how physical educators learned to use the model in light of current and prior socialisation. Participants included eight physical education teachers (five females, three males) from two schools in New Zealand. Data collection included four individual interviews with each teacher and systematic and ethnographic observations of teaching. Results indicated that prior socialisation and influences within the current school influenced fidelity to the TPSR model. Social support and alignment of the model with other school initiatives supported implementation, whereas a lack of clarity and competing priorities reduced fidelity. Results are discussed in relation to OST, and future directions for research are proposed.
Knowledge, Attitude on Health Practices of University Students and Staffs During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Malaysia
Authors: Ahmad Zeti Azreen , Manan Kamaruzzaman Abdul
Published: April 2021

A novel coronavirus; COVID-19 is posing a great threat to mankind worldwide. The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared the deadly pathogen as a pandemic in view of its alarming spread. Literature affirms that universities have a higher potential to be centres of a pandemic outbreak. The infectious disease could easily transmit from one person to many others within a university vicinity, thus creating a cluster if not properly contained. The Malaysian government has imposed the movement control order (MCO) to flatten the curve of infection. All economic sectors were closed during the MCO period. This study was conducted to explore the knowledge, attitude and health practices towards COVID-19 among internal stakeholders of a public university in Malaysia. An online survey was carried out on the first week of MCO. A total of 340 respondentsD comprised of students and staffs took part in the survey. The regression analysis found knowledge and attitude were significant predictors for adopting appropriate health practices among the internal stakeholders during the new coronavirus outbreak. This present study extends the existing literature on health crisis focusing on internal stakeholders of an institute of higher learning particularly during an early phase of MCO in Malaysia.
Investigação de Ilhas de Calor em Brasília: Análise Multitemporal com Enfoque na Cobertura do Solo (Investigation of Heat Islands in Brasilia: Multi-Temporal Analysis with Focus on Land Cover)
Authors: Santana Nickolas Castro
Published: April 2021

As questões relacionadas com o clima urbano tem se intensificado a partir da crescente urbanização imposta pelo sistema de desenvolvimento vigente. Um dos problemas gerados são as Ilhas de Calor, um aquecimento da superfície que tende a se formar em centros de cidades onde há intensa urbanização, sendo que a cidade de Brasília possuí as características básicas para a formação das mesmas. Para detectar a formação das ilhas de calor em Brasília foram utilizadas quatro imagens termais do satélite Landsat – 5, de 1987 á 2011. A partir da análise dos mapas de temperatura superficial foi possível perceber o constante aumento das temperaturas e abrangência das ilhas de calor em Brasília, fato este influenciado pela expansão urbana e intensificação do uso urbano, outro grande foco de calor foram as áreas de solo exposto que se apresentaram em certos casos com temperaturas maiores até mesmo que o centro da cidade, percebe-se portanto a necessidade de uma melhor gestão e planejamento das áreas urbanas para minimizar os impactos climáticos que tendem a se tornar cada vez mais significativos.    A B S T R A C T Issues related to urban climate has intensified from increasing urbanization imposed by the current development system. One of the problems generated are the heat islands, a warming of the surface that tends to form in city centers where there is intense urbanization, and the city of Brasilia possess the basic characteristics for forming the same. To detect the formation of heat islands in Brasilia the research used four thermal images of Landsat - 5, 1987 to 2011. Based on the analysis of the maps of temperature was possible to perceive the rising temperatures and breadth of heat islands in Brasilia, this fact influenced by urban expansion and intensification of urban use, another major focus of heat were the areas of exposed soil that performed in some cases with even higher temperatures than the city center, so realizes the need for better management and planning of urban areas to minimize climate impacts that are likely to become increasingly significant.   Keywords: Heat Islands; Thermal Sensor; Brasília; Land Use;
Comparative hydrology: relationships among physical characteristics, hydrological behavior, and results of the SWAT model in different regions of Brazil (Hidrologia comparativa: relações entre características físicas, comportamento hidrológico e ....)
Authors: Lima Jorge Enoch Furquim Werneck , Montenegro Suzana , Montenegro Abelardo Antônio de Assunção , Koide Sergio
Published: April 2021

Comparative hydrology studies, either by the similarities or the differences in the obtained data and results, represent an important tool for advancing knowledge of cause-effect relationships between the physical characteristics of the basins and their hydrological behavior. The objective of this study was to present a comparative analysis of measured and simulated characteristics of experimental and representative basins in different regions of Brazil. The SWAT model was used. Four catchments were evaluated: Alto Ipanema, located in the Caatinga biome, with semi-arid climate; Tapacurá, in the transition zone between the Caatinga and Atlantic Forest biomes, with hot and humid tropical climate; and Lago Descoberto and Alto Jardim, both in the Cerrado biome and with tropical altitude climate. The catchments were compared with respect to their physical characteristics (climate, soil, altitude, and land use). Using sensitivity analysis, it was found which of the SWAT model parameters best explain the hydrological behavior of the study regions. Considering its characteristics, the parameters values obtained in each catchment after model calibration were analyzed and compared, indicating the possibility of using these values as reference for their regions. The results indicate a clear relationship between the physical characteristics of watersheds, their respective hydrological behavior, and the values of two SWAT model parameters, CN2 and SOL_K. For other parameters, the relationship between the obtained values do not reflected adequately the characteristics of the catchment, indicating a need for improvement in the physical basis of the calibrated model.