bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
OPTIMALISASI DANA DESA MELALUI ANALISIS PEMBELANJAAN DI DESA PABELAN KABUPATEN SEMARANG
Authors: Yulianti Lutfi Ade , Alviani Anita Wahyu , Muchlisun Muhammad , Al Umar Ahmad Ulil Albab , Anwar Saiful
Published: May 2020

Kegiatan Penelitian dan Pengabdian kepada masyarakat ini bertujuan untuk merumuskan gagasan dalam rangka optimalisasi penggunaan dana desa. Gagasan tersebut dihasilkan melalui pelaksanaan kajian ilmiah, yaitu studi kasus penggunaan dana di Desa Pabelan Kabupaten Semarang. Bentuk kegiatan ini adalah analisa pertanggungjawaban dana desa di Kabupaten Semarang, identifikasi masalah yang terjadi, dan mencari solusi untuk masalah tersebut. Kegiatan ini dilakukan dengan metode penelitian kualitatif deskriptif dengan pendekatan studi kasus. Pengumpulan data dilakukan melalui wawancara dan analisis dokumen. Penelitian dilakukan di sebuah desa di Kabupaten Semarang, yaitu di Desa Pabelan. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa akuntabilitas dana desa di Kabupaten Semarang belum berjalan dengan baik. Ada beberapa masalah dalam pertanggungjawaban dana desa di Kabupaten Semarang, termasuk laporan pertanggungjawaban yang disampaikan kepada Bupati tidak lengkap, laporan pertanggungjawaban tentang pelaksanaan APBD terlambat diinformasikan kepada publik dan ada informasi yang tidak sinkron dari informan yang diwawancarai. Berdasarkan hal tersebut, dihasilkan sebuah gagasan, yaitu diperlukan adanya pelatihan secara intensif agar kualitas perangkat desa menjadi lebih baik sehingga dapat menyusun laporan keuangan secara lengkap, perangkat desa perlu lebih berinisiatif serta tanggap dalam pelaksanaan pertanggungjawaban dana desa, perangkat desa diharapkan lebih terbuka sehingga tidak terjadi asimetric information.
PEMANFAATAN UV-C CHAMBER SEBAGAI DISINFEKTAN ALAT PELINDUNG DIRI UNTUK PENCEGAHAN PENYEBARAN VIRUS CORONA
Authors: Muvianto Cahyo Mustiko Okta , Yuniarto Kurniawan
Published: May 2020

Penyebaran virus corona tidak hanya terjadi pada interaksi antara penderita (human to human), namun juga dapat menyebar melalui piranti yang digunakan oleh tenaga medis atau biasa disebut alat pelindung diri (APD). Penggunaan kembali APD boleh dilakukan apabila sudah di lakukan tahapan disinfektan sehingga dukungan alat untuk disinfektan APD sangat diperlukan bagi tenaga medis yang menangani virus Corona. Kegiatan pengabdian ini bertujuan untuk memberikan informasi langkah-langkah dalam pembuatan disinfektan alat penglindung diri dalam penanganan virus Corona berbasis iradiasi sinar UV-C. Pelaksanaan kegiatan ini meliputi: desain dan pembuatan fisik prototype disinfektan UV-C chamber; petunjuk penggunaan dan penyerahan prototype disinfektan ke rumah sakit Unram. Prototype disinfektan UV-C chamber ini memiliki dimensi 1000x1000x2000 mm dan didukung lampu UV-C dengan daya sebesar 200 W. Untuk keperluan disinfektan APD dimana inti DNA virus corona akan hancur apabila terkena paparan iradiasi UV-C sebesar 67 J/m2 maka operasional penyinaran APD dapat dilakukan selama minimal 15 menit. Saat ini, disinfektan UV-C chamber telah dimanfaatkan untuk disinfektan virus corona masker N-95 di Rumah Sakit Unram.
L’altro sono io | El otro soy yo
Authors: Regazzoni Susanna , Domínguez Gutiérrez M. Carmen
Published: May 2020

La identidad y la alteridad, caras opuestas de una misma moneda, son el objeto de estas páginas. Común denominador de las autoras y autores de estos trabajos que, en varios idiomas y desde latitudes distintas, han afrontado con enfoques y metodologías diferentes la representación de la identidad – especialmente, pero no de manera excluyente, en el ámbito literario – y todos los temas que pivotan a su alrededor, como la migración, la violencia, el nacionalismo o el racismo.
‘Pero… yo ¿soy el otro?’
Authors: Mancini Adriana
Published: May 2020

This work investigates, through literary texts and other artistic expressions, the variations, distances and alterations between the ‘I’ and the ‘Other’: possession, total or partial identification, rejection, aversion.
Identidades en conflicto en dos novelas de Abel Posse
Authors: Barrera Trinidad
Published: May 2020

Ever since Abel Posse’s first works, the author’s narrative has been drawing the difficult map of the indentity of America. With time, it has progressively been focusing on the author’s own country, Argentina. All his narrative about charismatic heroes or antiheroes of the American conquest represents the pieces of an identity puzzle. From there it advanced towards the flood of ideas and European philosophies transplanted to its territory, as is the case of the novels that this paper deals with: Los demonios ocultos and El viajero de Agartha, belonging to the so-called ‘Nazi cycle’ of the author. Both works constitute a revealing mosaic of the implications of Nazism not only for Europe, but also for his own country, through the gaze of Alberto Werner Lorca, the son of a Spanish woman and German man.
La letteratura della migrazione nei manuali di letteratura italiana per la scuola secondaria di secondo grado
Authors: Spaliviero Camilla
Published: May 2020

This article aims at advocating for the inclusion in the Italian school literary canon of migration literature, the application of the hermeneutic method and the use of methodologies such as peer education and cooperative learning. To do so, it presents the results of a content analysis conducted on three textbooks of Italian literature used in five secondary schools, which show that only the hermeneutic method is partially applied while the other aspects are not at all addressed.
Cuerpos en marcha, insumisos y resistentes
Authors: Scarabelli Laura
Published: May 2020

Sumar tells the story of a great and nomadic march, led by an army of women, testimonies of their and all times. As in the author’s last six novels, the first-person monologue of female and marginal figures dominates the scene and constructs a powerful zone of dissidence, an alternative archive of what does not fit into the rigid representations of the present. Eltit creates an imaginative and proactive space where the memory of the past, the values of militancy, the desire for a better world, the feelings of community and solidarity come true and project themselves into the future. This rebellious zone of dicibility and livability, coincides with the body and the writing: the exhibition of wandering bodies and corpora, which transmigrate from one territory to another. And the narr-action, enabling the act of narration as the ultimate space of salvation.
Attraversando il Sahel: Elena Dak in cammino con i nomadi
Authors: Crotti Ilaria
Published: May 2020

The essay intends to examine the most recent reportage written by travel writer Elena Dak, published by Corbaccio in 2016, dedicated to Peulh Wodaabe nomads, better known as Bororo. The experience of nomadism, firmly rejecting a ‘touristic’ idea of visit, is experienced and narrated by a woman’s voice as an exception that can facilitate the contact with the customs and traditions of a migrant culture, featured by ritual traditions, social practices and dances of extraordinary significance.
Blanca Lydia Trejo: una mexicana en la guerra civil española
Authors: Domínguez Gutiérrez M. Carmen
Published: May 2020

The Spanish Civil War (1936-39) aroused the solidarity of hundreds of thousands of foreigners who fought in the ranks of the Republican army and numerous intellectuals who travelled around the country and left written testimony of their experiences. This is the case of Blanca Lydia Trejo, a Mexican woman who, installed in Barcelona at the request of President Lázaro Cárdenas, participates in the rescue brigades organised by the anarcho-syndicalist women’s movement of Mujeres Libres. Deeply disillusioned by the frictions between the republican forces, especially by the performance of the communist leading cadres, her testimony, published in Mexico in 1940, is an interesting literary material because it is the witness to the author’s narrative alterity.
Impact of chronic plantar fasciitis on work-related activity
Authors: Pires Eduardo Araújo , Miziara Carmen Silvia Molleis Galego , Barban Sposeto Rafael , Fonseca Fabio Correa , Godoy-Santos Alexandre Leme , Fernandes Túlio Diniz
Published: May 2020

Objective: Compare the real need for rest of chronic plantar fasciitis patients with the leave of absence time and criteria used by national and international technical medical expert examination manuals. Methods: We conducted a review of the medical literature from 2013 to 2018, selecting only randomized controlled clinical trials on the treatment of chronic plantar fasciitis. National and international medical expert examination manuals were also selected. The treatment time for chronic plantar fasciitis was then compared with the leave of absence time recommended by the manuals. Results: Of the six articles selected, we ascertained that three articles evaluating second-line treatment managed to reduce the VAS by 60% after 4 weeks, one after 3 months, one after 6 months, and one that showed no improvement at all. In all studies, no control group receiving first-line treatment alone achieved a 60% reduction in the VAS during the follow-up period. The evaluated manuals recommend leave from work ranging from zero to 21 days, with only two using the criterion of the type of work performed by the employee for the expert decision. Conclusion: We observed that none of the medical expert examination manuals provides support for the medical expert to grant leave to workers with chronic plantar fasciitis from their work-related activities to receive secondary treatment for at least four weeks. In addition, stratification by acute or chronic disease is not observed. Two manuals scale leave time by type of activity. Level of Evidence III; Economic and Decision Analyses; Analyses Based on Limited Costs and Alternatives.
Isolated subtalar arthrodesis causes loss of ankle mobility
Authors: Tavares Camilo Miranda de Pinho , Pinto Roberto Zambelli de Almeida , Lopes Fernando Araújo Silva , Castilho Rodrigo Simões , Silva Thiago Alexandre Alves , Baumfeld Daniel Soares
Published: May 2020

Objective: To evaluate and quantify, through physical examination, loss of ankle mobility in patients undergoing subtalar fusion, in comparison to the contralateral side. Methods: A total of 12 patients who underwent unilateral isolated subtalar arthrodesis for different conditions were selected. The assessment was performed with the aid of a goniometer, measurements of the bilateral range of motion of the tibiotarsal joint, in closed chain weight-bearing and open chain non-weight-bearing. The same foot and ankle surgeon performed all measurements. Results: The operated side achieved significantly lower range of motion values in the closed chain weight-bearing test compared to the contralateral side, with a mean difference of 5.4° (p=0.029) for dorsiflexion and 7.6° (p=0.006) for plantar flexion. No statistically significant difference was found in the open chain test. Conclusion: Isolated subtalar joint arthrodesis leads to reduced range of motion in the ipsilateral ankle. Level of Evidence III; Therapeutic Study; Comparative Retrospective Study.
Tendoscopy in stage I posterior tibial tendon dysfunction
Authors: Khazen Gabriel , Khazen Cesar
Published: May 2020

Objective: To evaluate the progression of patients with this pathology treated by tendoscopy and with a minimum 8-year follow-up. Methods: This is a retrospective study of patients operated on between 2008 and 2011. During that period, 11 patients with this pathology aged between 28 and 56 years (average 37 years) underwent surgery. The patients were assessed subjectively using the VAS scale and the AOFAS scale was used as the objective method. Results: Nine of the 11 operated patients could be evaluated. Tendon injury was evident in three patients during the tendoscopy and open repair was indicated. Seven patients improved their symptoms according to the VAS and did not progress to stage II. Two patients progressed to stage II and underwent hindfoot reconstruction: one with tendon injury and the other without. The AOFAS scale improved on average from 64 to 96 in the patients who did not progress to stage II. Conclusion: Tendoscopic synovectomy of the PTT is an effective surgical procedure to treat patients with stage I PTTD. It has the advantages of less pain and fewer complications of the soft tissues. If a tendon injury is encountered during the tendoscopy, it must be repaired through a 3 to 4cm incision above the injured area of the tendon. Level of Evidence IV; Therapeutic Study; Case Series.
Proteus Syndrome in the minimal form
Authors: Cunico Caroline , Silva João Luis Vieira da , Mugnol Leonardo , Fedato Rosangela Alquieri , Cunha Luiz Antonio Munhoz da
Published: May 2020

This is the case report involving a 14-year-old male patient with Proteus syndrome. In an outpatient consultation, the patient complained of pain in the right foot on exertion. On physical examination, the findings were gigantism observed through lateral growth of the right foot, hemangioma on the back, and lipomas on the forearm. Clinical follow-up and orthotic measures were introduced after clinical and baropodometric analyses, achieving total relief of complaints. The minimal form of Proteus syndrome is rare and its diagnosis is hard. Its diverse manifestations constitute an obstacle to a systematic approach, hence its treatment must be individualized for each particular patient. Level of Evidence V; Therapeutic Study; Expert Opinion.
Patients’ perspective on the surgical treatment of hallux valgus
Authors: Souza Júnior Eli Ávila , Vieira Mateus Cardoso Thiers , Baumfeld Tiago Soares , Soares Baumfeld Daniel
Published: May 2020

Objective: To evaluate patients’ perspectives on the risk factors for hallux valgus, and their quality of life before and after surgery. Methods: This is a cross-sectional, retrospective study, conducted in a tertiary hospital with 50 patients undergoing surgical treatment of hallux valgus. Data were tabulated using three methodological figures: central idea, key expressions and collective subject discourse. Results: Regarding the risk factors, most of the patients demonstrated knowledge, expressed through central ideas such as: heredity, and wearing inappropriate shoes. In relation to quality of life before surgery, impairment was noted, inferred by central ideas such as: pain and discomfort, restriction in the use of shoes, functional limitation and aesthetic impairment; and regarding postoperative quality of life, most patients expressed satisfaction with the results. Conclusion: Authentic discourses in the context of a prevalent pathology have expressed, for the first time, the conceptions of risk factors, quality of life before and after hallux valgus surgery. Level of Evidence V; Therapeutic Study; Expert Opinion.
The place of cholespasmolytics in the conservative treatment of diseases of the biliary tract in children
Authors: Kharitonova L. A.
Published: May 2020

The article presents modern data on etiology and pathogenesis of biliary tract diseases in children. Clinical forms of diseases are described, taking into account the anatomical and physiological age-related features of a child’s organism. The features are shown of conservative and drug therapy of biliary tract diseases in children. We present our own experience in the treatment of pain and dyspeptic disorders in children with biliary tract diseases against the background of various biliary dysfunctional disorders and associated diseases of the upper gastrointestinal tract. The article is intended for pediatricians, gastroenterologists, surgeons, and internists.
Epidemiological risk factors of pancreas diseases in children and adolescents of the Krasnodar region
Authors: Chashelle V. A. , Levin P. V.
Published: May 2020

Goal. To establish significant epidemiological risk factors for pancreatic diseases in children and adolescents in the Krasnodar region.

Materials and methods. This paper examines 24 of the endogenous and exogenous risk factors in 839 children and adolescents with diseases of the pancreas and 150 healthy children. Were identified from medical, biological, social, hygienic and environmental risk factors that significantly affect the formation of pancreatic diseases in the younger population living in the territories of Krasnodar region with different environmental conditions.

Results. The study of the influence of different endogenous and exogenous epidemiological risk factors on the occurrence of diseases of the pancreas in children let set 24 the most important factor. Used the methods of analytical epidemiology to identify risk factors for the formation of pancreatic diseases allowed to identify the most informative factors.

Conclusion. Discovered risk factors allow to generate children at risk for the occurrence of disease of the pancreas,promptly appoint a survey of diagnosis, treatment and to develop targeted programmes in primary prevention and rehabilitation of these diseases.
Mandatory assessment of trophological status and nutrition in children in drugs prescribing
Authors: Kharitonovа L. A. , Zaprudnov A. M. , Grigoriev K. I.
Published: May 2020

The article discusses interactions between medications (Ms) and food. The influence of Ms on the processes of absorption of the essential food ingredients, vitamins, macro- and trace elements in the gastrointestinal tract is analyzed. The significance of the malabsorption syndrome, antibiotic-associated diarrhea as cause of the impaired nutritional status is emphasized. Simultaneously, food products are able of altering the pharmacological effect of some most common drugs. Administration of Ms depending on food intake is discussed. The importance of taking into consideration the influence of foods and theirbiologically active substances on the pharmacokinetics of Ms in the body is pointed out.
Modern view of biliary atresia in children
Authors: Volynets G. V. , Khavkin A. I. , Nikitin A. V.
Published: May 2020

Atresia of the biliary tract, or biliary atresia (BA), is a destructive, inflammatory disease in which progressive biliary tree fibrosis in an infant leads to obstruction of the bile ducts and, as a result, to cirrhosis of the liver. If untreated, progressive cirrhosis leads to death by 2 years. Biliary atresia can be divided into 3 types, each of which depends on the level closest to biliary obstruction. Type I (obstruction of the common bile duct), type II (patency of the bile ducts to the level of the common hepatic duct), type III (obstruction at the level of the gates of the liver). It is very important to distinguish between types of BA and conduct differential diagnosis with other cholestatic diseases. There are nonsyndromic, syndromic, and BA, combined with other malformations. In diagnostics, in addition to clinical manifestations and specific changes in blood biochemical parameters characterizing cholestasis, an ultrasound examination of the abdominal cavity organs, gepatobiliscintigraphy, magnetic resonance cholecystopancreatocholangiography, according to indications, a puncture biopsy of the liver and histological examination are performed. The main method of treatment is hepatoportoenterostomy according to Kasai, which must be performed no later than 3 months, and with liver cirrhosis and hepatic insufficiency, liver transplantation. Additional methods of treatment include the use of ursodeoxycholic acid, fat-soluble vitamins.
The role of dyslipidemia in pregnant women with diabetes mellitus in the genesis of comorbid conditions in children
Authors: Kharitonova L. A. , Papysheva O. V. , Kotaish G A.
Published: May 2020

Hyperlipidemia is a known cause of atherosclerosis and directly contributes to the current epidemic in cardio-vascular disease. Pregnancy is typified by an increase in serum levels of total cholesterol and triglycerides pushed by the rise in estrogen, progesterone and lactogen. Mobilization of stored fat depots in late pregnancy may provide a reservoir of fatty acids for fetal growth and placental tissue steroid synthesis. This physiologic increase in lipids performs an essential role during pregnancy. However, elevated levels of lipids in predisposed women can carry increased risk for maternal-fetal complications. Hyperlipidemia during pregnancy is associated with preeclampsia, preterm birth and gestational diabetes. Lipid profile abnormalities in maternal patients with GDM increase the risk of vascular injury, which may lead to endothelial dysfunction. Offspring of these mothers show a propensity to enhanced fatty streak formation and an increased risk of progressive atherosclerosis, neurological, cognitive and emotional disorders
اثر استراتيجية الكرسي الساخن في إكتساب المفاهيم النحوية والاحتفاظ بها عند طلاب الصف الثاني المتوسط في مادة القواعد
Authors: Dhiyab Abdul Ali Al-Rafaei. Qais
Published: May 2020

يهدف البحث الحالي  لمعرفة (اثر استراتيجية الكرسي الساخن في إكتساب المفاهيم  النحوية والاحتفاظ بها عند طلاب الصف الثاني المتوسط في مادة القواعد) 

ولتحقيق هدف البحث صاغ الباحث فرضيات صفرية هي :

يوجد فرق ذو دلالة احصائية بين طلاب المجموعة التجريبية التي درست على وفق استراتيجية الكرسي الساخن على طلاب المجموعة الضابطة التي درست على وفق الطريقة الاعتيادية في اختبار اكتساب المفاهيم .

لا يوجد فرق ذو دلالة إحصائية عند مستوى دلالة (0,05) بين متوسط اكتساب طلاب المجموعة التجريبية الذين يدرسون مادة القواعد على وفق استراتيجية (الكرسي الساخن) ومتوسط مفاهيم وتنمية طلاب المجموعة الضابطة الذين يدرسون مادة القواعد على وفق الطريقة التقليدية

في ضوء النتيجة التي توصل إليها البحث الحالي يمكن استنتاج ما يأتي :

إنَّ استعمال إستراتيجية (الكرسي الساخن) قد يسهم في زيادة فاعلية تفوق الطلاب ونشاطهم يجعلهم محور العملية التعليمية.

واستكمالاً لنتائج البحث الحالي ، يقترح الباحث أجراء الدراسات الآتية :

إجراء دراسات مماثلة للدراسة الحالية على الجامعات والمدارس المتوسطة .
Disseminated intravascular coagulation: enumerating studies of Lemierre’s syndrome and Covid19 to highlight the similarities between these diseases
Authors: Chakraborty Sandeep
Published: May 2020

Disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC) is a serious disorder characterized by small blood clots de- veloping throughout the bloodstream, blocking small blood vessels, depleting platelets and clotting factors leading to excessive bleeding. Lately, it is been reported that Covid19 is more of a vascular problem, than one of the lungs. Here, I enumerate studies of Lemierre’s syndrome with DIC, and also papers highlighting the Covid19 cases - this is based on my hypothesis that Covid19 is very similar to Lemierre’s Syndrome, wherein an anaerobic bacteria is enabled by a virus (SARS-Cov2/EBV) to form an abscess, from which a blood clot (carrying the bacteria) disseminates through the blood stream [1].
IDENTIFICATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF MEK1-MIP1-SMEK MULTIPROTEIN SIGNALING COMPLEX
Authors: Sobko Alex
Published: May 2020

In our previous study we characterized Dictyostelium SUMO targeted Ubiquitin Ligase (StUbL) MIP1 that associates with protein kinase MEK1 and targets SUMOylated MEK1 to ubiquitination and proteasomal degradation. These modifications happen in response to activation of MEK1 by chemoattractant cAMP. SMEK – second site genetic suppressor of mek1- null phenotype also identified in Dictyostelium. MEK1 and SMEK belong to the same linear pathway, in which MEK1 negatively regulates SMEK, which then negatively regulates chemotaxis and aggregation. RNF4 is mammalian homologue of MIP. RNF4 interacts with human homologue of Dictyostelium SMEK – hSMEK2. We propose existence of evolutionarily conserved MEK1-SMEK signaling complex that upon MEK1 activation and SUMOylation, recruits Ubiqutin Ligase MIP1/RNF4, which, in turn, ubiquitinates SMEK and targets this protein for proteasomal degradation. This could be a mechanism for negative regulation of SMEK by MEK1 signaling.
Meningkatkan Keaktifan Peserta Didik Dalam Pembelajaran Dengan Menggunakan Role Playing
Authors: Sitohang Cattrina Rohani
Published: May 2020

Ada beberapa faktor yang dapat mempengaruhi keaktifan belajar peserta didik dianatarannya adalah guru kurang melibatkan peserta didik dalam proses pembelajaran. Selama ini, kita mengetahui bahwa pembelajaran cenderung masih berpusat pada guru. Peserta didik hanya mendengarkan ceramah dari guru dan mencatat yang sekiranya penting. Untuk meningkatkan dan mengoptimalkan hasil belajar diperlukan metode pengajaran yang lebih menekankan pada aktivitas para peserta didik selama proses pembelajaran berlangsung. Diharapkan dengan metode pengajaran yang efektif dan menekan aktivotas siswa hasil belajar menjadi meningkat dan mencapai nilai Ketuntasan Kriteria Mininum (KKM). Untuk mengatasi permasalahan tersebut, maka diperlukan cara belajar yang tepat untuk menarik dan memotivasi peserta didik agar lebih semangat dan berpartisipasi aktif dalam proses pembelajaran sehingga peserta didik tidak merasa jenuh. Dalam hal ini penulis akan membahas peningkatan keaktifan belajar menggunakan metode Role Playing yang dapat meningkatkan keaktifan peserta didik dalam proses belajar mengajar yang dilakukan
The olfactory receptor gene OR56A4 is differentially expressed based on disease stage in breast cancer.
Authors: Mamoor Shahan
Published: May 2020

To understand the transcriptional behavior that accompanies breast cancer progression, we compared the global gene expression profiles of 100 tumors at stages I, II and III using two independent published microarray datasets (1, 2). We found that the olfactory receptor, family 56, subfamily A, member 4 OR56A4 was among the genes whose expression was most different when comparing stage I, stage II, and stage III primary tumors from patients with breast cancer. OR56A4 expression was lower in stage III tumors as opposed to stage I tumors.
Value system and life satisfaction: exploration of well-being amongst Indian students
Authors: Mehta Naisargi
Published: May 2020

This paper proposes to establish a connection between two variables - Value System and Life Satisfaction - amongst Indian students. Ten value types are measured based on Schwartz's Theory of Basic Values. A value, defined by Milton Rokeach (1973) is ‘an enduring belief that a specific mode of conduct or end-state of existence is personally or socially preferable to an opposite or converse mode of conduct or end-state of existence’. While the dependent variable, as in life satisfaction refers to how comfortable an individual is with regards to the social, economic, religious/spiritual and personal aspects of their lives. The data was collected from 100 college-going students using the random sampling technique. For the purpose, two paper-pencil tests were used. One of the two tools was The Portrait Values Questionnaire (PVQ) by Shalom Schwartz (2001), which is used to measure an individual's value system. It comprises of 40 items and 10 variables, which include conformity, tradition, benevolence, universalism, self-direction, stimulation, hedonism, achievement, power and security. While the second instrument used was Sense of Coherence Scale from the "Satisfaction With Life Scale" (1985) which measures life satisfaction of an individual. It consists of 29 items and one factor, which is life satisfaction itself. Analysis of the collected data was done using Excel and SPSS. To analyze the collected data, a correlation was used. All of the values exhibited a negative correlation with life satisfaction. However, the correlation coefficient of stimulation, achievement, power, and security in comparison to life satisfaction was found to be the lowest.
Health Care Workers’ Mental Health During the First Weeks of the SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic in Switzerland – A Cross-Sectional Study
Authors: Weilenmann Sonja , Ernst Jutta , Petry Heidi , Pfaltz Monique , Sazpinar Onur , Gehrke Samuel , Francesca Paolercio , von Känel Roland , Spiller Tobias Raphael
Published: May 2020

Background: The current SARS-CoV-2 pandemic poses various challenges for health care workers (HCWs), which may impair their mental health. First evidence from China suggests that HCWs are at risk for anxiety and depression. However, generalizability to western countries is limited. The current study aimed at exploring HCWs’ mental health during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic in Switzerland. In addition, we conducted a network analysis to investigate the independent effect of risk and protective factors on HCWs’ mental health and their interplay.Methods: In an exploratory, cross-sectional, nation-wide online survey, we assessed demographics, work characteristics, COVID-19 exposure, and anxiety, depression, and burnout in 857 physicians and 553 nurses during the pandemic in Switzerland. At the time of data collection, Switzerland had among the highest per capita rate of COVID-19 cases in the world.Results: Overall symptom levels of anxiety, depression, and burnout were elevated. Women, nurses, frontline staff and HCWs exposed to COVID-19 patients reported more symptoms than their peers. However, these effects were all small and, in the network analysis, most of them did not remain significant after controlling for the other factors. Whereas COVID-19 exposure was only partially associated with mental health, perceived support by the employer independently predicted anxiety and burnout. Conclusions: Our finding that HCWs had elevated levels of anxiety, depression, and burnout underscores the importance to systematically monitor HCWs’ mental health during this ongoing pandemic. Because perceived support and mental health impairments were negatively related, we encourage the implementation of supportive measures for HCWs’ well-being during this crisis.
Social norms motivate COVID-19 preventive behaviors
Authors: Goldberg Matthew H. , Gustafson Abel , Maibach Edward , Linden Sander van der , Ballew Matthew Thomas , Bergquist Parrish , Kotcher John , Marlon Jennifer R. , Rosenthal Seth A. , Leiserowitz Anthony
Published: May 2020

In this working paper, we used a large national survey of American adults (N = 3,933) to estimate the effect of perceived social norms among friends and family (i.e., how often friends and family perform preventive behaviors, and whether they think it is important for the respondent to do so) on people’s own COVID-19 preventive behaviors. We found that perceived norms within these close relationships are often strongly associated with the adoption of preventive behavior--in some cases more than doubling the odds that an individual will engage in a given behavior.
Numerosity and cumulative surface area are perceived holistically as integral dimensions
Authors: Aulet Lauren S , Lourenco Stella F.
Published: May 2020

Human and non-human animals have the remarkable capacity to rapidly estimate the quantity of objects in the environment. The dominant view of this ability posits an abstract numerosity code, uncontaminated by non-numerical visual information. The present study provides novel evidence in contradiction to this view by demonstrating that number and cumulative surface area are perceived holistically, classically known as integral dimensions. Whether assessed explicitly (Experiment 1) or implicitly (Experiment 2), perceived similarity for dot arrays that varied parametrically in number and cumulative area was best modeled by Euclidean, as opposed to city-block, distance within the stimulus space, comparable to other integral dimensions (brightness/saturation and radial frequency components), but different from separable dimensions (shape/color and brightness/size). Moreover, Euclidean distance remained the best-performing model, even when compared to models that controlled for other magnitude properties (e.g., density) or image similarity. These findings suggest that numerosity perception entails the obligatory processing of non-numerical magnitude.
Knowledge of Eye Care Workers among Students of a School of Optical Dispensing Technology in Birnin Kebbi, Nigeria
Authors: Monsudi Kehinde Fasasi , Ayodapo Abayomi Olusola , Oladigbolu Kehinde K , Ogbu Ike
Published: May 2020

Background: Eye care workers comprise of both clinical and non-clinical staff. For effective prevention of blindness and visual impairment the eye care health professionals must work in harmony.  Also, the consumer of the eye care servicers must have good knowledge of these categories of workers to prevent financial loss, ocular morbidity from quackery and late hospital presentation. The main aim of this study is to assess the knowledge of students of school of optical dispensing technology, Birnin Kebbi, Nigeria about eye care workers. 

Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted in August 2017, among students of School of Optical Dispensing Technology, Birnin Kebbi.  A semi-structured questionnaire was used to elicit information which include socio-demographic characteristics, the knowledge of students about eye care team, the composition of eye care team, and the functions of eye care team members.  Data entry and analysis was done using SPSS version 20. 

Results: 71 students participated, of which 44(62%) were males. The mean age of the participants was 23.6 ± 4.8years, with age range between 18-48years.  Majority 32 (45.1%) were in the age group of 23 - 27years.  Most 28 (39.4) of the participants were in year 2. More than two-third (97.2%) of the students agreed that eye care was a team work. About 98.2% of the respondents were aware that different cadres of eye care workers exist. Sources of information about eye care team among the study participants was mainly during workshop or hospital seminar 31 (43.7%) organised by the department of ophthalmology

Conclusions: The awareness and knowledge about different cadres of eye care workers was high among the students. The participants agreed that eye care is a team work. The sources of informations about eye care team was hospital seminal/workshop organised by the department of ophthalmology.
Prevalence and Antibiograms of Uropathogens from the Suspected Cases of Urinary Tract Infections in Bharatpur Hospital, Nepal
Authors: Adhikari Sanjib , Khadka Sujan , Sapkota Sanjeep , Rana Jid Chani , Khanal Santosh , Neupane Asmita , Sharma Babita
Published: May 2020

Background: This study was conducted to determine the prevalence and antibiotic susceptibility pattern of the uropathogens among the patients attending Bharatpur Hospital. Methods: A laboratory-based cross-sectional study was carried out among the patients attending Bharatpur Hospital from December 2017 to February 2018. Aseptically collected clean catch mid-stream urine samples from 200 clinically suspected patients were cultured and processed for the identification of the uropathogens in the laboratory using standard microbiological procedures. Antibiotic susceptibility test was performed for all the isolates against commonly used antibiotics using the Kirby-Bauer disc diffusion method according to Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute guidelines 2017. Results: Out of 200 samples collected, 59(29.5%) of the samples showed the presence of pathogens causing urinary tract infection (UTI). Among them, 43(72.9%) were Gram-negative and 16(27.1%) were Gram-positive bacteria. UTI was found to be the most prevalent in females compared to the males and in the age group of 21-30 years. E. coli (72.0%) and Staphylococcus epidermidis (50.0%) were the most predominant Gram-negative and Gram-positive isolates respectively. The isolates were resistant to cefpodoxime (54.2%) and least resistant to gentamicin (10.2%). Twenty (33.9%) isolates were found to be multi-drug resistant (MDR). Conclusions: Higher frequency of antibiotic resistance among UTI patients alerts for continuous surveillance to assure effective control of this infection. Awareness of good hygienic practice especially in females and prudent use of antibiotics in case of infection can be sug-gested.

Keywords: antibiotic susceptibility test; E. coli; MDR; urine.
Artificial Intelligence and the Development of Smart Tourism
Authors: GENÇ Ruhet
Published: May 2020

The main intention of this manuscript is to fill this gap by evaluating the impacts of artificial intelligence on the development of smart tourism. The study will start with discussing previous literature on smart tourism and contributions of artificial intelligence on the development of tourism based on earlier academic findings and practical implications. For methodology, the paper will follow literature review as a guideline and the findings will be critically evaluated. Besides that, the study will suggest a model whereby the impact of artificial intelligence on smart tourism will be quantitatively analyzed. In the suggested model, related economic, technological, social and environmental variables including total revenue created by smart tourism using artificial intelligence, contributions of technological improvement, the degree of social inclusion to tourism activities for disadvantaged individuals (such as elderly, people with disabilities, pregnant women etc.) with respect to the artificial intelligence applications, and the degree of environmental degradation parallel to the shift to smart tourism.
Effects of sections added to multi-cell square tubes on crash performance
Authors: Albak Emre İsa
Published: May 2020

In this study, the effects of sections added to multi-cell square tubes on crash performance are examined. Square, hexagonal and circular sections are added to multi-cell square tubes and their results are examined. Finite element analyses under axial loading are performed to examine the crash performance of the multi-cell tubes. Analyses show that by adding a section to the multi-cell square tubes. the crash behavior of the tubes is improved. According to the results, S5H multi-cell square tube reveals the best crash performance. The optimization of S5H is carried out by using genetic algorithms and radial basis functions. The S5H tube presents a good crashworthiness performance and could be used as an energy absorber.
Microstructure, Mechanical and Corrosion Behavior of Additively Manufactured Steel: A Review (Part 1)
Authors: Taban Emel , Oladimeji Ojo Olatunji
Published: May 2020

Flexible and digital manufacturing technologies like additive manufacturing (AM) have evolved as the future of modern manufacturing with the capability of obtaining multi-dimensional components and material functionality improvement. In the past decade, the additive manufacturing of steel has advanced into an effective approach for controlling local microstructure and fabricating hybrid build with tailored performance. As an emerging technology, there are still some challenges in the additive manufacturing of steel that need to be circumvented in order to attain the full potentials of this novel technology. This review paper examines the current state of additively manufactured steel as well as the associated microstructure, mechanical properties, and corrosion of as-built steel. An insight into further and future research directions is provided.
Mechanical and thermal properties of PVC and polyurethane foam hybrid composites
Authors: Ramnath B. Vijaya , Kesavan A. , Chinnadurai E.
Published: May 2020

Sandwich foam composites are mostly used today in structural applications in aerospace and automobile industries due to light weight and high stiffness of the sandwich composites. In this research work, the composites were fabricated by using polyurethane and PVC foam and carbon fiber as skin. Sandwich composites were fabricated by the hand lay-up method. Mechanical tests such as tensile, flexural, impact, double shear, inter delamination and hardness tests were conducted. A thermo gravimetric analysis (TGA) test was also performed for the analysis of the temperature characteristics of the sandwich composites. The internal structures of tested samples were analyzed through a scanning electron microscope (SEM). The results show that the tensile, flexural, impact, thermal and inter delamination strengths of PVC foam composites are superior to those of other composites.
Effects of process parameters on the formability of sheet metal during plastic injection forming
Authors: Altan Mirigul , Sener Bora , Altan Mirigul
Published: May 2020

Plastic injection forming (PIF) is an alternative sheet metal forming method for complex geometrical parts with dimensions in low tolerance. This method is a combination of injection molding and hydroforming in which a molten polymer material has been injected over a sheet metal via a plastic injection molding machine. In this study, aluminum sheets 1.5 mm thick were shaped by PIF at various injection pressures, melt temperatures and injection speed. The effects of these parameters on the formability of the sheet metal were investigated using the experimental design technique. The thinning rate, flange radius and the hardness values of the shaped sheets were considered in the experimental study. Injection pressure was found to be the most effective parameter and melt temperature was the second degree effective parameter for the thinning rate. The usability of the PIF process in industrial applications as an alternative method was emphasized by comparing PIF with conventional hydroforming by means of the finite element method (Ls-Dyna). A 2.07 % deviation was observed between the FE results for hydroforming and the experimental results for PIF.
Effects of adding Ni and Co on microstructure and gamma prime phase stability in Ni superalloy Inconel 738 with 1 wt.-% Al
Authors: Wangyao Panyawat , Rojhirunsakool Tanaporn , Korthamniwet Witchawet , Saenarjhan Nithi , Lothonkum Gobboon
Published: May 2020

The effects of adding nickel and cobalt to Inconel 738 along with adding 1 wt.-% of aluminum were investigated in this study. The alloys, with various amounts of nickel and cobalt, were prepared using a vacuum arc melting process. The alloys were heat treated using a standard heat treatment procedure which consisted of solution treatment at 1448 K for 14.4 ks and precipitation aging at 1118 K for 86.4 ks. Increased nickel content was shown to enhance the stability of gamma prime particles and the gamma matrix as well as assist the formation of gamma prime particles. In the case of the addition of cobalt, the coarsening rate of gamma prime particles decreased with increasing cobalt content. Furthermore, a further addition of aluminum to Inconel 738 resulted in an increase in the area fraction of the gamma prime phase and more rapid growth of gamma prime particles during long-term heating compared to standard Inconel 738.
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT: THE CHALLENGES OF ACTION RESEARCH IMPLEMENTATION IN KAZAKHSTAN
Authors: Gulzina Nagibova
Published: May 2020

This study explores the challenges teachers of Kazakhstani secondary schools face when conducting action research as a part of their professional development. The study also aims to provide recommendations to overcome identified action research implementation challenges. The qualitative study design is used to research and interpret the teacher’s action research implementation challenges within one of the Nazarbayev Intellectual Schools in Kazakhstan.Findings of the study demonstrated several issues teachers face while conducting action research. Firstly, teachers indicate they lack action research knowledge; secondly, they lack the necessary skills to conduct research; and finally, they do not have enough support and resources. Along with these challenges, experienced teachers provided solutions for these problems. If most of them needed continuous support from experienced colleagues, the rest believed that they have to be self-organized.
РОМАНТИЧЕСКИЙ ОБРАЗ МУДЖАХИДА В ПРОПАГАНДЕ ИГИЛ КАК ОСНОВНОЙ ПРИНЦИП ГЕРОИЗАЦИИ БОЕВИКОВ ДЕСТРУКТИВНЫХ ГРУПП. КОНТЕНТ-АНАЛИЗ ДЕСТРУКТИВНОЙ ПРОПАГАНДЫ
Authors: Саида Арифханова
Published: May 2020

Violent extremism is a factor that reduces the level of security of any country. Preventing the spread of extremism is possible when you know and understand the factors and conditions of its occurrence. The development of extremist movements is impossible without the expansion and the increasing of the number of adepts of these destructive groups and therefore their consistent radicalization.For that reason it is necessary to understand the mechanism of recruitment. Here, as we know, we are dealing with propaganda in order to attract supporters, mainly from the members of young generation.
МАКРОАНАТОМІЯ ТА АНГІОАРХІТЕКТОНІКА ВЕЛИКИХ СЛИННИХ ЗАЛОЗ БІЛОГО ЩУРА
Authors: Михалевич М. М.  , Блищак Н. Б.  , Борис Р. Я.
Published: May 2020

Macroanatomy, topography of a large salivary glands of rats, the size and the functional mechanism are defined by the structural features of the skull and the cervical area, by the horizontal position of the rat’s body and by the features of functional purpose of the salivary glands. The morphological methods of research the large salivary glands of rats, proved that submandibular gland is located together with the large and small sublingual glands in the anterior region of the neck, the parotid gland is localized in the lateral region of the neck. The submandibular gland, the large and small sublingual glands are supplied by the facial artery, when the parotid gland is supplied by the temporal artery. A venous blood from the submandibular gland, the large and small sublingual glands is drained by sublingual vein and from the parotid gland- by the mandibular vein.
СРАВНИТЕЛЬНЫЙ АНАЛИЗ МЕТОДИК КОЛИЧЕСТВЕННОГО ОПРЕДЕЛЕНИЯ АСКОРБИНОВОЙ КИСЛОТЫ В СУБСТАНЦИИ
Authors: Д. Т. Гаибназарова  , Г. У. Тиллаева  , Д. Б. Касимова  , У. М. Тиллаева
Published: May 2020

Increasing requirements for the safety, effectiveness and quality of medicines make it necessary to develop new and improve existing methods for their analysis. As a rule, the quality of substances is ensured by a set of analytical methods that confirm their authenticity, determine the purity and quantitative content of the active substance.In this study, a comparative analysis of the physicochemical methods for the quantitative determination of ascorbic acid in substances is carried out. The advantage of using the method of high performance liquid chromatography over the spectrophotometric method is determined.
EARLY DIAGNOSIS OF KIDNEY DISEASE IN CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE DISEASE OF LUNG PROBLEMS COMBORIDE STATES IN THE CONDITIONS OF THE LOW ALTITUDE
Authors: Dolgalev D. V.  , Kaliev R. R.
Published: May 2020

The high incidence of concomitant pathology on the part of the renal system can lead to a mutual burden of various diseases, which in turn requires additional methods of examination, prevention, and further mandatory medical correction in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.Objective: to identify a moderately increased albuminuria and analysis of the functional state of the kidneys in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in low altitude at an earlier stage of its manifestation.Material and methods: 82 low-altitude patients (Tokmok) were examined with COPD of varying severity, as well as 10 healthy individuals. The average age was 60.53 + 15.48 years. In addition to general clinical examination, patients underwent an early marker of damage to the MIA, assessment of the function of external respiration and indicators of renal function, which included the calculation of glomerular filtration rate (GFR), analyzes of proteinuria, leukocyturia, hematuria, total protein and serum creatinine.Results: In patients with COPD, an early and significant change in renal function indices is noticeably observed, which in turn tends to correlate with the degree of bronchial obstruction.
COMPULSORY HEALTH INSURANCE AS ONE OF THE MECHANISMS OF ENSURING PUBLIC HEALTH
Authors: Huseynova Saida Ramis
Published: May 2020

Insurance relations are one of the most important elements of the market relations system. In the context of market relations, the principles of insurance, formation of the insurance market and the expansion of insurance services are important factors.The study was aimed to determine the ways of attracting resources for the protection, strengthening and provision of health care of population by the means of health insurance.Furthermore, the value and quality of resources allocated by both state and other market players, and the effectiveness of their use in the health sector have been analyzed.In this regard, the author has conducted analyze of key health indicators and also examined healthcare financing system of different countries. The mechanism of applying compulsory health insurance in Azerbaijan as a pilot project and the project’s outcomes were taken into consideration while conducting a research.