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Nutritional status of Bali Rugby Team athletes preparing for PON Papua 2021
Authors: Hita I Putu Agus Dharma , Kushartanti B.M. Wara , Pranata Doni , Widiyanto Widiyanto
Published: June 2021

Nutritional status is an important factor in maintaining body immunity. Poor nutritional status is one of the causes of degenerative diseases caused by a damaged lifestyle. This study aims to determine the nutritional status of Bali Rugby team athletes in preparation for the 2021 National Sports Week (PON) held in Papua Province. The type of research used is descriptive quantitative research with a survey method. The sample of this study was 14 athletes from the Bali Rugby Team, with an average age of 20 years. The data collected were height and weight and then analyzed using the Body Mass Index (BMI) formula. The results of this study are the average nutritional status of the Bali Rugby team athletes in preparation for PON Papua 2021, namely in the obesity category I, with details of the normal category as many as 5 athletes (35.7%), overweight category as many as 3 athletes (21.4%), and obesity category I as many as 6 athletes (42.9%). The conclusion in this study is that the average nutritional status of Bali Rugby team athletes in preparation for the 2021 National Sports Week (PON) held in Papua Province shows that athletes are in the obesity category I. From these results, it is hoped that the coach can use it as information to face PON 2021. by evaluating a training program that is tailored to the condition of the athlete so that it can produce maximum performance in the Rugby sport in Bali Province. STATUS GIZI ATLET TIM RUGBY BALI PERSIAPAN PON PAPUA 2021 AbstrakStatus gizi merupakan salah satu faktor penting dalam menjaga imunitas tubuh. Status gizi yang buruk adalah salah satu penyebab timbulnya penyakit-penyakit degeneratif yang disebabkan oleh rusaknya gaya hidup. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui status gizi atlet tim Rugby Bali dalam persiapan Pekan Olahraga Nasional (PON) 2021 yang dilaksanakan di Provinsi Papua. Jenis penelitian yang digunakan yaitu penelitian deskriptif kuantitatif dengan metode survei. Sampel penelitian ini merupakan atlit Tim Rugby Bali yang berjumlah 14 orang wanita dengan rata-rata usia 20 tahun. Data yang terkumpul yaitu tinggi badan dan berat badan dan kemudian dianalisis menggunakan rumus Indeks Massa Tubuh (IMT). Hasil dari penelitian ini yaitu rata-rata kondisi status gizi atlet tim Rugby Bali dalam persiapan PON Papua 2021 yaitu dalam kategori obesitas I, dengan rincian kategori normal sebanyak 5 atlet (35,7%), kategori overweight sebanyak 3 atlet (21,4%), dan kategori obesitas I sebanyak 6 atlet (42,9%). Kesimpulan dalam penelitian ini yaitu rata-rata status gizi atlet tim Rugby Bali dalam persiapan Pekan Olahraga Nasional (PON) 2021 yang dilaksanakan di Provinsi Papua menunjukan bahwa atlet termasuk kategori obesitas I. Dari hasil tersebut, diharapkan pelatih dapat menjadikannya sebagai informasi untuk menghadapi PON 2021 dengan cara mengevaluasi program latihan yang disesuaikan dengan kondisi atlet sehingga dapat menghasilkan prestasi yang maksimal pada cabang olahraga Rugby di Provinsi Bali.
The relationship between arm muscle strength, leg muscle strength, arm power and leg power on the 25 meter crawl style swimming achievement
Authors: Falaahudin Ardhika , Iwandana Dody Tri , Nugroho Wildan Alfia , Rismayanthi Cerika
Published: June 2021

This study aims to determine the relationship between arm muscle strength, leg muscle strength, arm power and leg power on the 25 meter crawl style swimming achievement. This research is a correlational research. The subjects of this study were all members of the swimming club Tirta Serayu Banjarnegara totaling 11 respondents. Data collection techniques using surveys. Data collection techniques using tests and measurements. The instruments used in this study were Hand grip dynamometer, Leg and Back dynamometer, modified spring scales, vertical jump, and 25 meter crawl style swimming. The data analysis technique used regression and correlation analysis, through the prerequisite test for normality and linearity. From the results of the study it can be concluded that there is a significant relationship between arm muscle strength and 25 meter crawl style swimming achievement, there is no significant relationship between leg muscle strength and 25 meter crawl style swimming achievement, there is a significant relationship between arm power and crawl style swimming achievement. 25 meters, there is no significant relationship between leg power and 25 meter crawl style swimming achievement. Overall, there is no significant relationship between arm muscle strength, leg muscle strength, arm power and leg power on the 25 meter crawl swimming achievement. HUBUNGAN KEKUATAN OTOT LENGAN, OTOT TUNGKAI, POWER LENGAN DAN POWER TUNGKAI TERHADAP PRESTASI RENANG GAYACRAWL 25 METER AbstrakPenelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui hubungan antar kekuatan otot lengan, kekuatan otot tungkai, power lengan dan power tungkai terhadap prestasi renang gaya crawl 25 meter. Penelitian ini merupakan penelitian korelasional. Subyek dari penelitian ini adalah seluruh anggota klub renang Tirta Serayu Banjarnegara yang berjumlah 11 responden. Teknik pengumpulan data menggunakan survey. Teknik pengambilan data menggunakan tes dan pengukuran. Instrumen yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini berupa hand grip dynamometer, leg and back dynamometer, timbangan pegas modifikasi, vertical jump, dan renang gaya crawl 25 meter. Teknik analisis data menggunakan analisis regresi dan korelasi, melalui uji prasyarat normalitas dan linearitas. Dari hasil penelitian bisa disimpulkan bahwa ada hubungan yang signifikan antara kekuatan otot lengan dengan prestasi renang gaya crawl 25 meter, tidak ada hubungan yang signifikan antara kekuatan otot tungkai dengan prestasi renang gaya crawl 25 meter, ada hubungan yang signifikan power lengan dengan prestasi renang gaya crawl 25 meter, tidak ada hubungan yang signifikan antara power tungkai dengan prestasi renang gaya crawl 25 meter. Secara keseluruhan tidak ada hubungan yang signifikan antara kekuatan otot lengan, kekuatan otot tungkai, power lengan dan power tungkai terhadap prestasi renang gaya crawl 25 meter.
Developing a Management Guide (the DemPower App) for Couples Where One Partner Has Dementia: Nonrandomized Feasibility Study
Authors: Lasrado Reena , Bielsten Therese , Hann Mark , Schumm James , Reilly Siobhan Theresa , Davies Linda , Swarbrick Caroline , Dowlen Robyn , Keady John , Hellström Ingrid
Published: June 2021

Background

Promoting the health and well-being of couples where one partner has dementia is an overlooked area of care practice. Most postdiagnostic services currently lack a couple-centered approach and have a limited focus on the couple relationship. To help address this situation, we developed a tablet-based self-management guide (DemPower) focused on helping couples enhance their well-being and relationship quality.

Objective

The aim of this study is to investigate the feasibility and acceptability of the DemPower app.

Methods

A nonrandomized feasibility design was used to evaluate the DemPower intervention over 3 months among couples where a partner had a diagnosis of dementia. The study recruited 25 couples in the United Kingdom and 19 couples in Sweden. Outcome measures were obtained at baseline and postintervention. The study process and interventions were evaluated at various stages.

Results

The study was completed by 48% (21/44) of couples where one partner had dementia, of whom 86% (18/21) of couples accessed all parts of the DemPower app. Each couple spent an average of 8 hours (SD 3.35 hours) using the app during the study period. In total, 90% (19/21) of couples reported that all sections of DemPower were useful in addressing various aspects of daily life and helped to focus on how they interacted in their relationship. Of the 4 core subjects on which the DemPower app was structured, home and neighborhood received the highest number of visits. Couples used activity sections more often than the core subject pages. The perception of DemPower’s utility varied with each couple’s lived experience of dementia, geographic location, relationship dynamics, and opportunities for social interaction. A 5.2-point increase in the dementia quality of life score for people with dementia and a marginal increase in the Mutuality scale (+1.23 points) for caregiver spouses were found. Design and navigational challenges were reported in the DemPower app.

Conclusions

The findings suggest that the DemPower app is a useful resource for couples where one partner has dementia and that the implementation of the app requires the support of memory clinics to reach couples at early diagnosis.

Trial Registration

ISRCTN Registry ISRCTN10122979; http://www.isrctn.com/ISRCTN10122979
Email Patient-Provider Communication and Cancer Screenings Among US Adults: Cross-sectional Study
Authors: Kindratt Tiffany B , Allicock Marlyn , Atem Folefac , Dallo Florence J , Balasubramanian Bijal A
Published: June 2021

Background

The growth of electronic medical records and use of patient portals have allowed for patients and health care providers to communicate via email and direct messaging between health care visits. Email patient-provider communication (PPC) may enhance traditional face-to-face PPC by allowing patients to ask questions, receive clear explanations, engage in shared decision-making, and confirm their understanding between in-person visits. Despite increasing trends in the use of email PPC since the early 2000s, few studies have evaluated associations between email PPC and the uptake of preventive services.

Objective

The objective of this study was to determine associations between the use of email PPC and the likelihood of undergoing breast, cervical, and colon cancer screenings among adults who have received health care in the past 12 months.

Methods

Secondary, cross-sectional data from the 2011-2015 National Health Interview Survey were combined and analyzed. For each cancer screening, inclusion criteria were based on the age of screening recommendations and prior history of cancer diagnosis (n=35,912 for breast, n=48,512 for cervical, and n=45,884 for colon). The independent variable was whether adults used email PPC in the past 12 months (yes or no). The dependent variables were whether (1) women (aged ≥40 years) received a mammogram in the past 12 months; (2) women (aged 21-65 years) received a Pap test in the past 12 months; and (3) individuals (aged ≥50 years) received a colon cancer screening in the past 12 months. Bivariate and multivariable logistic regression analyses were conducted.

Results

Adults who reported receiving all three cancer screenings in the past 12 months were more likely to be non-Hispanic White; be married or living with a partner; have a bachelor’s degree or higher education level; have health insurance coverage; and perceive their health as excellent, very good, or good (all P<.001). Men were more likely to receive colon cancer screenings than women (P<.001). Multivariable logistic regression models showed women who used email to communicate with their health care providers had greater odds of receiving breast (odds ratio [OR] 1.32, 95% CI 1.20-1.44) and cervical (OR 1.11, 95% CI 1.02-1.20) cancer screenings than women who did not use email PPC. Adults who used email to communicate with their health care providers had 1.55 times greater odds (95% CI 1.42-1.69) of receiving a colon cancer screening than those who did not use email PPC.

Conclusions

Our results demonstrate that email PPC is a marker of increased likelihood of adults completing age-appropriate cancer screenings, particularly breast, cervical, and colon cancer screenings. More research is needed to examine other factors related to the reasons for and quality of email PPC between patients and health care providers and determine avenues for health education and intervention to further explore this association.
Community Mitigation of COVID-19 and Portrayal of Testing on TikTok: Descriptive Study
Authors: Basch Corey H , Mohlman Jan , Fera Joseph , Tang Hao , Pellicane Alessia , Basch Charles E
Published: June 2021

Background

COVID-19 testing remains an essential element of a comprehensive strategy for community mitigation. Social media is a popular source of information about health, including COVID-19 and testing information. One of the most popular communication channels used by adolescents and young adults who search for health information is TikTok—an emerging social media platform.

Objective

The purpose of this study was to describe TikTok videos related to COVID-19 testing.

Methods

The hashtag #covidtesting was searched, and the first 100 videos were included in the study sample. At the time the sample was drawn, these 100 videos garnered more than 50% of the views for all videos cataloged under the hashtag #covidtesting. The content characteristics that were coded included mentions, displays, or suggestions of anxiety, COVID-19 symptoms, quarantine, types of tests, results of test, and disgust/unpleasantness. Additional data that were coded included the number and percentage of views, likes, and comments and the use of music, dance, and humor.

Results

The 100 videos garnered more than 103 million views; 111,000 comments; and over 12.8 million likes. Even though only 44 videos mentioned or suggested disgust/unpleasantness and 44 mentioned or suggested anxiety, those that portrayed tests as disgusting/unpleasant garnered over 70% of the total cumulative number of views (73,479,400/103,071,900, 71.29%) and likes (9,354,691/12,872,505, 72.67%), and those that mentioned or suggested anxiety attracted about 60% of the total cumulative number of views (61,423,500/103,071,900, 59.59%) and more than 8 million likes (8,339,598/12,872,505, 64.79%). Independent one-tailed t tests (α=.05) revealed that videos that mentioned or suggested that COVID-19 testing was disgusting/unpleasant were associated with receiving a higher number of views and likes.

Conclusions

Our finding of an association between TikTok videos that mentioned or suggested that COVID-19 tests were disgusting/unpleasant and these videos’ propensity to garner views and likes is of concern. There is a need for public health agencies to recognize and address connotations of COVID-19 testing on social media.
Technological Ecological Momentary Assessment Tools to Study Type 1 Diabetes in Youth: Viewpoint of Methodologies (Preprint)
Authors: Ray Mary Katherine , McMichael Alana , Rivera-Santana Maria , Noel Jacob , Hershey Tamara
Published: June 2021

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Type 1 diabetes (T1D) is one of the most common chronic childhood diseases, and its prevalence is rapidly increasing. The management of glucose in T1D is challenging, as youth must consider a myriad of factors when making diabetes care decisions. This task often leads to significant hyperglycemia, hypoglycemia, and glucose variability throughout the day, which have been associated with short- and long-term medical complications. At present, most of what is known about each of these complications and the health behaviors that may lead to them have been uncovered in the clinical setting or in laboratory-based research. However, the tools often used in these settings are limited in their ability to capture the dynamic behaviors, feelings, and physiological changes associated with T1D that fluctuate from moment to moment throughout the day. A better understanding of T1D in daily life could potentially aid in the development of interventions to improve diabetes care and mitigate the negative medical consequences associated with it. Therefore, there is a need to measure repeated, real-time, and real-world features of this disease in youth. This approach is known as ecological momentary assessment (EMA), and it has considerable advantages to in-lab research. Thus, this viewpoint aims to describe EMA tools that have been used to collect data in the daily lives of youth with T1D and discuss studies that explored the nuances of T1D in daily life using these methods. This viewpoint focuses on the following EMA methods: continuous glucose monitoring, actigraphy, ambulatory blood pressure monitoring, personal digital assistants, smartphones, and phone-based systems. The viewpoint also discusses the benefits of using EMA methods to collect important data that might not otherwise be collected in the laboratory and the limitations of each tool, future directions of the field, and possible clinical implications for their use.
Partisan Differences in Twitter Language Among US Legislators During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Cross-sectional Study (Preprint)
Authors: Guntuku Sharath Chandra , Purtle Jonathan , Meisel Zachary F , Merchant Raina M , Agarwal Anish
Published: June 2021

BACKGROUND

As policy makers continue to shape the national and local responses to the COVID-19 pandemic, the information they choose to share and how they frame their content provide key insights into the public and health care systems.

OBJECTIVE

We examined the language used by the members of the US House and Senate during the first 10 months of the COVID-19 pandemic and measured content and sentiment based on the tweets that they shared.

METHODS

We used Quorum (Quorum Analytics Inc) to access more than 300,000 tweets posted by US legislators from January 1 to October 10, 2020. We used differential language analyses to compare the content and sentiment of tweets posted by legislators based on their party affiliation.

RESULTS

We found that health care–related themes in Democratic legislators’ tweets focused on racial disparities in care (odds ratio [OR] 2.24, 95% CI 2.22-2.27; P<.001), health care and insurance (OR 1.74, 95% CI 1.7-1.77; P<.001), COVID-19 testing (OR 1.15, 95% CI 1.12-1.19; P<.001), and public health guidelines (OR 1.25, 95% CI 1.22-1.29; P<.001). The dominant themes in the Republican legislators’ discourse included vaccine development (OR 1.51, 95% CI 1.47-1.55; P<.001) and hospital resources and equipment (OR 1.22, 95% CI 1.18-1.25). Nonhealth care–related topics associated with a Democratic affiliation included protections for essential workers (OR 1.55, 95% CI 1.52-1.59), the 2020 election and voting (OR 1.31, 95% CI 1.27-1.35), unemployment and housing (OR 1.27, 95% CI 1.24-1.31), crime and racism (OR 1.22, 95% CI 1.18-1.26), public town halls (OR 1.2, 95% CI 1.16-1.23), the Trump Administration (OR 1.22, 95% CI 1.19-1.26), immigration (OR 1.16, 95% CI 1.12-1.19), and the loss of life (OR 1.38, 95% CI 1.35-1.42). The themes associated with the Republican affiliation included China (OR 1.89, 95% CI 1.85-1.92), small business assistance (OR 1.27, 95% CI 1.23-1.3), congressional relief bills (OR 1.23, 95% CI 1.2-1.27), press briefings (OR 1.22, 95% CI 1.19-1.26), and economic recovery (OR 1.2, 95% CI 1.16-1.23).

CONCLUSIONS

Divergent language use on social media corresponds to the partisan divide in the first several months of the course of the COVID-19 public health crisis.
Correlation of Population SARS-CoV-2 Cycle Threshold Values to Local Disease Dynamics: Exploratory Observational Study (Preprint)
Authors: Tso Chak Foon , Garikipati Anurag , Green-Saxena Abigail , Mao Qingqing , Das Ritankar
Published: June 2021

BACKGROUND

Despite the limitations in the use of cycle threshold (CT) values for individual patient care, population distributions of CT values may be useful indicators of local outbreaks.

OBJECTIVE

We aimed to conduct an exploratory analysis of potential correlations between the population distribution of cycle threshold (CT) values and COVID-19 dynamics, which were operationalized as percent positivity, transmission rate (Rt), and COVID-19 hospitalization count.

METHODS

In total, 148,410 specimens collected between September 15, 2020, and January 11, 2021, from the greater El Paso area were processed in the Dascena COVID-19 Laboratory. The daily median CT value, daily Rt, daily count of COVID-19 hospitalizations, daily change in percent positivity, and rolling averages of these features were plotted over time. Two-way scatterplots and linear regression were used to evaluate possible associations between daily median CT values and outbreak measures. Cross-correlation plots were used to determine whether a time delay existed between changes in daily median CT values and measures of community disease dynamics.

RESULTS

Daily median CT values negatively correlated with the daily Rt values (P<.001), the daily COVID-19 hospitalization counts (with a 33-day time delay; P<.001), and the daily changes in percent positivity among testing samples (P<.001). Despite visual trends suggesting time delays in the plots for median CT values and outbreak measures, a statistically significant delay was only detected between changes in median CT values and COVID-19 hospitalization counts (P<.001).

CONCLUSIONS

This study adds to the literature by analyzing samples collected from an entire geographical area and contextualizing the results with other research investigating population CT values.
Using Electronic Health Records to Mitigate Workplace Burnout Among Clinicians During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Field Study in Iran (Preprint)
Authors: Esmaeilzadeh Pouyan , Mirzaei Tala
Published: June 2021

BACKGROUND

The COVID-19 pandemic spread worldwide in 2020. Notably, in the countries dealing with massive casualties, clinicians have worked in new conditions characterized by a heavy workload and a high risk of being infected. The issue of clinician burnout during the pandemic has attracted considerable attention in health care research. Electronic health records (EHRs) provide health care workers with several features to meet a health system’s clinical needs.

OBJECTIVE

We aim to examine how the use of EHR features affects the burnout of clinicians working in hospitals that have special wards for confirmed COVID-19 cases.

METHODS

Using an online survey, we collected data from 368 physicians, physician assistants, and nurses working in six hospitals that have implemented EHRs in the city of Tehran in Iran. We used logistic regression to assess the association between burnout and awareness of EHR features, EHR system usability, concerns about COVID-19, technology solutions, hospital technology interventions, hospital preparedness, and professional efficacy adjusted for demographic and practice characteristics.

RESULTS

The primary outcome of our study was self-reported burnout during the COVID-19 pandemic. Of the 368 respondents, 36% (n=134) reported having at least one symptom of burnout. Participants indicated that the leading cause of EHR-related stress is inadequate training for using technology (n=159, 43%), followed by having less face-to-face time with patients (n=140, 38%). Positive perceptions about the EHR’s ease of use were associated with lower odds of burnout symptoms. More interventions, such as clear communication of regulations; transparency in policies, expectations, and goals regarding the use of technology in the clinical workflow; and hospital preparedness to cope with the challenges of the pandemic, were associated with lower odds of burnout.

CONCLUSIONS

The use of EHR applications, hospital pandemic preparation programs, and transparent technology-related policies and procedures throughout the epidemic can be substantial mitigators of technology-based stress and clinician burnout. Hospitals will then be better positioned to devise or modify technology-related policies and procedures to support physicians’ and nurses’ well-being during the COVID-19 pandemic. Training programs, transparency in communications of regulations, and developing a clear channel for informing clinicians of changes in policies may help reduce burnout symptoms among physicians and nurses during a pandemic. Providing easily accessible mentorship through teleconsultation and 24-hour available information technology support may also help to mitigate the odds of burnout.
Correction: Moderated Online Social Therapy for Young People With Active Suicidal Ideation: Qualitative Study (Preprint)
Authors: Bailey Eleanor , Robinson Jo , Alvarez-Jimenez Mario , Nedeljkovic Maja , Valentine Lee , Bendall Sarah , D'Alfonso Simon , Gilbertson Tamsyn , McKechnie Ben , Rice Simon
Published: June 2021

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Correction to article
Digital Contact Tracing in Combating COVID-19 Pandemic in Malaysia, New Zealand and China (Preprint)
Authors: Harith Abdul Aziz , Muhamad Nor Asiah , Griffiths Robin
Published: June 2021

BACKGROUND

Digital contact tracing is a method of tracing contact relying on tracking systems using artificial intelligence (AI) as an epidemic prevention solution for the COVID-19 pandemic. Normally it relies on mobile devices using Bluetooth, Quick Response (QR) code, or Global Positioning System (GPS) technologies

OBJECTIVE

This review compares the digital contact tracing (DCT) systems that are used in Malaysia, New Zealand and China.

METHODS

Data sources were from existing electronic articles, newspapers, press releases, government documents, reports, and web pages that are available online

RESULTS

There are five mobile applications (app) and one Bluetooth device in used by these countries; Malaysia uses MySejahtera app and MyTrace app, New Zealand uses NZ CovidTrace and Bluetooth COVIDCard, China uses a Health Code app that is available in WeChat and Alipay. However, Malaysia has suspended the MyTrace app, while New Zealand is awaiting the government’s decision on more general adoption of the COVIDCard. All apps are available via download through Apple store, Google Play and App Gallery, except for the NZ COVID tracer is not supported by App Gallery that operates Huawei devices. All 3 countries utilises the QR code as the main DCT with additional extra features. However, the number of users could not be determined as certain official platform such as the App Store does not provide such data. But, based on other available databases; MySejahtera has recorded around 74.9% users in Malaysia as at December 2020, NZ CovidTrace logged around 55.1% as at 19th April 2021, and Alipay tracked around 64.3% as at early 2021.

CONCLUSIONS

Bluetooth component and framework that is added to the NZ COVID Trace could apply to both MySejahtera and Health Code to improve their existing DCT system to assist in identification of close proximity. Conversely, dissimilarities in social, economic, political and cultural aspect could differentiate the outcome of several public health interventions.
COVID Vaccine and Cardiovascular Signals: An Analysis of Vaccine Adverse Event Reports (Preprint)
Authors: Zhao Yiqing , Ison Michael , Luo Yuan
Published: June 2021

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Adverse events (AEs) following COVID vaccination have been intensely monitored. In our study, we analyzed data from a spontaneous reporting system - Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System and detected signals of AEs following administration of COVID vaccines. We identified several cardiovascular and inflammatory-related AEs that demonstrated high odds ratio. We demonstrated our system can serve as a complementary system to identify and monitor AEs outside of pre-defined outcomes routinely monitored by existing databases or projects.
The Effectiveness of the Digital Care Platform CMyLife for Patients With Chronic Myeloid Leukemia: Patient-Preference Trial (Preprint)
Authors: Verweij Lynn , Ector Geneviève ICG , Smit Yolba , van Vlijmen Bas , van der Reijden Bert A , Hermens Rosella PMG , Blijlevens Nicole MA
Published: June 2021

BACKGROUND

The two most important factors determining treatment success in chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) are adequate medication compliance and molecular monitoring, but both are still suboptimal. The CMyLife platform is an eHealth innovation, co-created with and for CML patients. CMyLife aims to provide these patients with tools and knowledge to have more control over their disease process and improve medication compliance and molecular monitoring. This could eventually lead to an increased quality of life and the opportunity of hospital-free care.

OBJECTIVE

The aim of this study was to explore the effectiveness of CMyLife in terms of information provision, patient empowerment, medication compliance, molecular monitoring, and quality of life.

METHODS

The effectiveness of CMyLife was explored using a patient-preference trial. Participants received a written baseline questionnaire by mail. Upon completion of the baseline questionnaire, participants actively used (intervention group) or did not actively use (questionnaire group) the CMyLife platform for at least six months, after which they completed the post-intervention questionnaire. The scores between the intervention group and the questionnaire group were compared with regard to the within-subject change between baseline and post-measurement using Generalized Estimating Equation models.

RESULTS

At baseline, 33 patients were enrolled in the questionnaire group and 75 in the intervention group. After six months, 29 patients filled in the post-intervention questionnaire in the questionnaire group and 57 patients filled in the post-intervention questionnaire in the intervention group. Online health information knowledge improved significantly when actively using CMyLife and patients felt more empowered. No significant improvements were found regarding medication compliance and molecular monitoring, which were already outstanding. However, self-reported effectiveness showed that patients experienced that using CMyLife improved their medication compliance and helped them to oversee their molecular monitoring. Patients using CMyLife reported more symptoms but were better able to manage these.

CONCLUSIONS

In the future, an iterative process of assessing patients’ needs and further adjustment of CMyLife is required, to keep care patient-centered and put patients in lead of their disease process. Since hospital-free care has shown to be feasible in time of the COVID-19 pandemic, eHealth-based innovations such as CMyLife could be a solution to maintain the quality of care and make current oncological health care services more sustainable.

CLINICALTRIAL

ClinicalTrials.gov NCT04595955
FRUIT ORIENTATION ALTERS THE QUALITY OF LITCHI (LITCHI CHINENSIS SONN.) UNDER THE AGRO-CLIMATIC CONDITIONS OF EASTERN INDIA
Authors: LAL NARAYAN , NATH VISHAL
Published: June 2021

Objective: The experiment was conducted on ten litchi cultivars, namely; Purbi, Bedana, Lal Bombay, Mandaraji, Calcuttia, Late Bedana, Trikolia, Dehradoon, Dehrarose, and Seedless No. 2 to assess the physical and chemical composition of fruit as affected by fruit orientation on the tree.

Methods: Fruits were picked both from the lower and upper half portion of the tree at fully ripened stage and physio-chemical attributes were analyzed.

Results: The result indicated that fruits at lower half portion were not only heavy in weight but also had more percentage of total acidity. However, stone weight, ascorbic acid content, and total sugars were found to be more in fruits collected from the upper half portion of the tree.

Conclusion: It can be suggested that picking should be started from those fruits which are positioned at the lower half portion of the tree to collect fruits of superior quality.
EVALUATION OF NUTRIENT STOCKS AND SOME SOIL INDICES OF AGRO-ECOSYSTEM AS AFFECTED BY LONG-TERM MONOCROPPING SYSTEM
Authors: AFOLABI AKINJIDE MOSES , MUOGHALU JOSEPH IKECHUKWU , OLOWOLAJU EZEKIEL DARE , ADEMOH FATIMOH OZAVIZE
Published: June 2021

Objectives: This study investigates nutrients stock and some soil indices of agro-ecosystem soil as affected by monoculture cropping system (cacao plantation). This was with a view to provide comprehensive understanding of soil nutrient dynamics in the ecosystems due to their different management practices.

Methods: The study was carried out in 0.063 ha sample plots, three each in natural forests and cacao plantations adjacent to each other. In each plot, five core soil samples were randomly collected at two depths (0–15 and 15–30 cm), bulked according to depth, air-dried, sieved through 2 mm sieve, and analyzed for soil physicochemical properties using standard methods. One-way analysis of variance was used to test significant mean differences of the soil properties among cacao plantation and natural forest at probability level (p≤0.05) at different soil depth.

Results: The results showed that soil physical properties such as particle size distribution, moisture contents, and bulk density; chemical properties such as pH, exchangeable cation, organic carbon, organic matter, phosphorus, and sulfur from natural forest were higher than the soil properties in cacao plantation for both top and subsoil. Soil indices such as soil structural stability index, base saturation percentage, and sodium adsorption ratio were higher in natural forest ecosystem than the soil indices of cacao plantation.

Conclusion: From this study, it can be concluded that long-term monoculture cropping system had significant effect on nutrients stock and soil indices. This subsequently might result in permanent soil degradation and productivity.
A REVIEW OF LAST DEVELOPMENTS IN THIN FILMS PARAMETERS OF DIRECT CURRENT SPUTTERING FOR OPTICAL AND BIOMEDICAL APPLICATIONS
Authors: JAWAD AKRAM JASSIM
Published: June 2021

Nano thin films and nano coating have been applied in different fields in health care system because of their higher antiviral properties. Additionally, as the world have suffered since December 2019 from Covid-19 situation, different scientists and industrials people have tried to apply nano antiviral films and coatings in our daily life. In this short review, nano thin film coating procedure by DC sputtering technique has been reviewed, investigated, and evaluated by using different materials and device parameters in recent years. This report focuses on device factors that affect the thickness of nano-thin films for optical and optic-electric applications. These parameters including time, temperature, power, pressure, and flow rate of gases. The review provides more understanding meaning of the coating procedure by DC sputtering process.
ANTI-OBESITY EFFECTS OF THE METHANOL EXTRACT OF MOMORDICA FOETIDA (CUCURBITACEAE) IN MALE WISTAR RATS
Authors: APHRODITE CHOUMESSI T. , NKWENTI CHI H. A. , DESIRE SOH , MARIAM MBOUH , DONATIEN ATSAMO A.
Published: June 2021

Objective: This study was designed to evaluate the effect of the methanol extract of M. foetida (MEMf) on high fat diet-induced obese male rats.

Results: HFD induced an increase (P<0.05) in the body and liver weights and the relative abdominal fat pad of the animals in the experimental groups as compared to those in the normal diet group. Also, HFD in the experimental groups reduced (P<0.05) superoxide dismutase and catalase activities, glutathione levels and increased lipid peroxidation in the liver, heart and kidney as well as altered lipid profile (increased serum triglycerides, total cholesterol, low-density lipoproteins (LDL-C), very low-density lipoproteins (VLDL-C), decreased high-density lipoproteins (HDL-C), increased atherogenic index and coronary risk index), when compared to the normal diet animals. All altered parameters were subsequently normalized when obese rats received either MEMf (50 or100 mg/kg) or the reference drug Atorvastatin.

Conclusion: This study demonstrates the potential of MEMf to normalize hyperlipidemia, oxidative stress and animal visceral organ weights increased by HFD in rats. Thus, M. foetida is an interesting medicinal plant that could be exploited as sources of anti-obesity agents.
On the History of Aleksandr Blok Party in Arzamas Society
Authors: Ivanova Evgeniia V.
Published: June 2021

The paper traces the history of a short-lived Petrograd literary society “Arzamas” and analyses its connections with the Second Workshop of Poets. A special attention is paid to the Party organized by G. Ivanov and G. Adamovich on behalf of Arzamas society in May 1918. At the party L.D. Blok made her first public performance reciting Blok’s poem The Twelve. The scandal that took place during the party, demonstrated the overreaction of Blok’s contemporaries to the poem. Anna Akhmatova and Vladimir Piast refused to participate in the party  – for different reasons, as it is proved in paper. The paper also considers F. Sologub’s opinion of Blok’s works written on January 1918. An attempt is made to recreate Nikolay Gumilev’s attitude to the poem The Twelve.
Rivals in Symbolism
Authors: Bagno Vsevolod E. , Misnikevich Tatiana V.
Published: June 2021

The article examines the reception of Western European modernism in Russia in the late 19 th — early 20th centuries, with the emphasis on the phenomenon of the “crooked mirror” of a different nation perception, which not only endows the work of a foreign author with new functions, but sometimes also gives it a new scale (as with Byron, Zola, some of whose novels were published in Russian translation earlier than in the original in France, the Parnassian poet Jose Maria de Heredia, who received real fame in Russia, in contrast to the very short recognition in his homeland). The subject of the analysis is the texts that are maximally indicative and convincing for the stated topic, above all the translations from Paul Verlaine by Fyodor Sologub, who, along with Bryusov, opened the French poet to the Russian reader, and his original poems, created in the course of and largely as a result of work on translations. The systematization of observations on specific texts makes it possible to conclude that Russian Symbolists, adhering to sometimes opposite views on art, relying on the authority of Baudelaire and Verlaine who are perceived in France more as predecessors of Symbolism than its representatives, walked alongside them, never meeting along the way, but recognizing the “other” as “equal”.
The Philosophical Subtext of a Scandal (Viacheslav Ivanov, Eduard von Hartman, and ‘Universal Co-crucifixion’)
Authors: Wachtel Michael
Published: June 2021

The essay examines the notorious sacrificial rite that took place in Nikolay Minsky’s apartment in May of 1905. The event is viewed as a direct reflection of the philosophical and religious convictions of Viacheslav Ivanov. Ivanov’s “scandalous” behavior, which so shocked and repulsed his contemporaries, fits in neatly with his general understanding of the world, which is clearly expressed in his essays, scholarly work, and poetry of that time. Special attention is given to the concept of “universal co-crucifixion,” which is derived from the New Testament through the mediation of the philosopher Eduard von Hartman. At the end of the essay the question is raised about the potential application of the same concept to the personal relationship of Ivanov and his wife, Lidia Dmitrievna Zinov’eva-Annibal.
Annotating Kharms
Authors: Kobrinsky Аleksandr А.
Published: June 2021

The paper is dedicated to the quest for the sources of the two notes made by Daniil Kharms in his notebooks and dated May 1927 and July 1933. The first one is devoted to someone “great Rebbe from Liadi”: Kharms was going to get his book with musical score from Doibver Levin. The motif in question is the arba bavot nigun, also called “the great nigun”, ascribed to Schneur Salman Schneerson von Liadi, the founder of Liubavich Hasid dynasty, The paper analyses the “magic” context of Kharms interest in nigun (which, according to the followers of Habad, could influence reality) and the circumstances of the hypothetic visit of Levin, Kharms and Bekhterev to the sixth Liubavich Rebbe Joseph Yitzhak Schneerson, who was then residing in Leningrad. The second part of the paper is dedicated to the origins of Kharm’s note on the ship “Pyatnitsa” (“Friday”) alledgedly created to fight superstitions. It is demonstrated that the form of the legend written down by Kharms points to its direct source — Fenimore Cooper’s novel The Red Rover. However the Russian source could have been the first edition of the novel that contained the author’s note telling the legend; this note was withdrawn from all later reeditions.
Bibliography of N.M. Minsky’s Works. Part 1. Poetic texts
Authors: Sapozhkov Sergei V.
Published: June 2021

This publication is the first part of the bibliography of works by the famous poet, playwright, critic, translator Nikolai Minsky (1855/1856–1937). It includes a list of the first publications of Minsky's poems (lyrics, narrative poems, poetic dramas). Both the works included in lifetime collections and those published in periodicals, as well as those remaining in manuscripts, are taken into account. When compiling the list, the author relied on the data of A.D. Alexeyev (Pushkin House), as well as personal continuous viewing of journal and newspaper periodicals, both domestic and émigré, for 1877–1937. In total, about 50 titles of journals, newspapers and almanacs of the pre-revolutionary period and about 17 titles of the same branches of periodicals of the émigré period were viewed. When describing the title of an individual poem, the compiler of the list took into account its following components: title; subtitle; revision of the first line; the presence or absence of dedication. The list reflects cases of changes in each of these components for all author collections. Reprints in non-author collections are not included. It is planned to continue the bibliography in the next issues of the journal.
Bibliography of Literary Criticism and Essays by A. S. Dolinin from 1906 to 1920
Authors: Bogdanova Olga A.
Published: June 2021

The bibliography of literary criticism and essays (articles, reviews, literary portraits and parallels, critical and biographical essays, etc.) by Arkady Semyonovich Dolinin (1880–1968), first published here, gives an idea of the field of interest of a great Soviet literary critics before the beginning of his scholarly activity, in the first decades of the XX century. The paper traces the path of Dolinin - literary critic, his appeal to the classical (F.M. Dostoevsky, L.N. Tolstoy, A.I. Herzen, etc.) and modern (A.P. Chekhov, B.K. Zaitsev, F. Sologub, D.S. Merezhkovsky, etc.) literature, his artistic and aesthetic preferences (from realism to modernism), and his religious and philosophical quest against the background of social and political struggle during the First World War, the Revolution and the Civil War. The paper gives an analysis of Dolinin's method: biographical and psychological approach, Critical attitude to the sociological (“pypinism”) and formal- aesthetic (“shklovskism”) methods, comments on the ideological and creative relations with S.A. Vengerov, his teacher at Petrograd University. Special attention is paid to Dolinin's intensive critical work in 1918 –1920 in the Arkhangelsk newspaper Renaissance of the North, where he chronicled Russian literary life at a historical turning point, reflecting on the works of V.V. Rozanov, L.N. Andreev, A.M. Gorky, A.M. Remizov, A.A. Blok, etc. An important achievement of Dolinin was the discovery of young, still unknown talents: L.M. Leonov, B.V. Shergin, A.V. Tufanov.
Z.N. Gippius’s Letters to F.A. Chervinsky
Authors: Sobolev Alexander L.
Published: June 2021

The publication introduces 33 letters of the 1890s from Z.N. Gippius to the writer, poet and playwright, St. Petersburg lawyer F.A. Chervinsky. Gippius’s short romance with Chervinsky, as happened with her other heartfelt passions, provoked an intense epistolary dialogue, avoiding, however, direct expression and self-reflection of feelings. Gippius's letters are dominated by playing and light coquetry, full of hints and provocations, and the life romance itself is built by her as a tense psychological experiment. Their relationship in 1892 –1893 found reflection in the works of both participants — in Gippius's fairy tale “Time” and Chervinsky's story “Sylphide”, typical examples of modernist interrelation of literature and life. At the same time, the letters are interesting for the details of literary events reported in them, for the characteristics of a number of contemporary writers — N. Minsky, D. Merezhkovsky, A.P. Chekhov and other common acquaintances.
From Lyubov Gurevich’s Memoirs About the Journal ‘Severny Vestnik’. Part One
Authors: Pavlova Margarita M. , Bogomolov Bogomolov
Published: June 2021

The journal “Severny Vestnik” (1891 –1898), around which relatively young Petersburg writers — A. Volynsky, N. Minsky, D. Merezhkovsky and Z. Gippius, F. Sologub — were grouped in the last years of the 19th century, was of exceptional importance for the early stage of Russian Symbolism. The publication presents new archival materials on the history of the journal: an article “Symbolism of the 1890s and the journal 'Severny Vestnik'” by L.Ya. Gurevich, prepared for an unpublished collection of articles “Russian Symbolism” edited by N.K. Gudzii and read in the form of a report at a meeting of the Literary Subsection of the State Academy of Arts, as well as the minutes of the meeting dated May 14, 1926 with the discussion of this report. An addition to L. Gurevich’s article is her notes (1897 –1898), which record the real and biographical context of the publication of “Severny Vestnik” from the moment the journal passed into her hands until it was closed, as well as her plan for reorganizing the journal. These materials will be presented in the second part of the publication. Documents introduced into scientific circulation allow expanding the range of sources for studying the history of “Severny Vestnik” and early Russian Symbolism.
Changing Work Practices
Authors: moomal shekhawat  , Vastavikta Bhagat
Published: June 2021

We at SEA believe that the pandemic has a granularity of meta, non-linear narratives that become useful in making sense of the relational complexities of the pandemic and society. Thus, we set out to collect stories of fears, joys, agilities, fragilities, friendships, networks, collectives, home, work, infrastructures, entrepreneurship, privileges, marginalizations, migrations, desperation, gender, equity, etc. The glossary as a method became useful to reflect on this granularity of experiences and account for slippages during these times. These spatio-temporal stories, when read together or as individual instances produce a new sense of the emergent contemporary. This framework also allows us to speculate on the kind of world we will inhabit once the storm has passed.

We draw on multiple readings to bring out the nuances and patterns of social life produced in a pandemic. This we hope would allow us to collectively reflect on the restructured ideas of the self, the collective, society, space, and time.

Individual micro-curated expositions are linked together for www.covidglossary.net in order to generate non-linear readings of the pandemic.
Narrowing of the Gaze
Authors: Vastavikta Bhagat  , moomal shekhawat
Published: June 2021

We at SEA believe that the pandemic has a granularity of meta, non-linear narratives that become useful in making sense of the relational complexities of the pandemic and society. Thus, we set out to collect stories of fears, joys, agilities, fragilities, friendships, networks, collectives, home, work, infrastructures, entrepreneurship, privileges, marginalizations, migrations, desperation, gender, equity, etc. The glossary as a method became useful to reflect on this granularity of experiences and account for slippages during these times. These spatio-temporal stories, when read together or as individual instances produce a new sense of the emergent contemporary. This framework also allows us to speculate on the kind of world we will inhabit once the storm has passed.

We draw on multiple readings to bring out the nuances and patterns of social life produced in a pandemic. This we hope would allow us to collectively reflect on the restructured ideas of the self, the collective, society, space, and time.

As the self became the field, the gaze was narrowed and began looking inwards into the physical confines of the house.