bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Developing wheelchair as a tool to promote recovery for stroke survivors
Authors: Umar Umar , Ihsan Nurul , Okilanda Ardo , Saputra Mardepi , Sepriadi Sepriadi
Published: July 2023

Study Purpose. Principle of recovery for stroke patients is based on supportive activities that promote mobility functions and muscle movement. This situation requires attention to develop recovery aids as physical exercise for stroke survivors to regain the lost functions through rehabilitation. The aid is designed as an adapted wheelchair that is used both for strength training and as a means of transportation for stroke patients
Material and Methods. Borg and Gall’s model of research and development consisting of 10 steps were adopted. 15 experts were used to evaluate the design of a wheelchair treadmill, and the criteria for their selection are licensed, authorized, and competent in their respective fields. Closed questionnaire on Likert scale with 5 optional answers was used to collect responses. Three aspects assessed were the mechanical, load intensity, and safety design. The data was in form of an expert's judgment, which will be calculated to obtain the mean score.
Results. Results showed that machinist's average score was 77.50%, placing it in the appropriate category. Average score obtained from sports coaching experts was 83.50%, and its usage is also appropriate. Furthermore, average score obtained from physiotherapists’ assessment was 69.82% and should be majorly repaired before use. In conclusion, the design was 76.94% which indicates that the expert assessment is on “proper to use” criteria. However, the aspect of patient safety still needs to be improved.
Conclusions. Data analysis concluded that the wheelchair design developed can be used as a therapeutic tool and as a mode of transportation for mild-severe stroke patients.
Self-assessment of back pain incidence in nursing staff and physicians
Authors: Puszczałowska-Lizis Ewa , Lizis Sabina , Szymański Dominik , Rutkowska Izabela
Published: July 2023

Introduction. Musculoskeletal disorders and diseases related to the spine constitute a seri-ous medical, social and economic problem. The aim of this study was to self-assessment of back pain incidence in nursing staff and physicians.
Material and methods. The results of 100 professionally active people aged 40-50 were analyzed, including 50 representing the nursing staff and 50 physicians who suffered from back pain in the two years preceding the study. The research tool was the author’s question-naire and the NDI and ODI indicies. The collected research results were analysed with the use of Mann-Whitney U test and Chi-square test.
Results. Among representatives of both medical professions, back pain occurred with a simi-lar frequency in the cervical and lumbar parts of the spine. We found that 48% of the nursing staff and 46% of physicians used medical care, and about 80% of the respondents used physiotherapy.
Conclusions. There is a need to disseminate spinal pain prevention programs among nursing staff and physicians, which will improve work efficiency.
An interdisciplinary concept for the treatment of Bell’s palsy – a case report
Authors: Kijak Konrad , Kopacz Łukasz , Cieślar Grzegorz , Śliwiński Zbigniew , Skomro Piotr , Kowacka Małgorzata , Berczyński Paweł , Lietz-Kijak Danuta
Published: July 2023

Background. Bell’s palsy is a spontaneous paralysis of the facial nerve (i.e. cranial nerve VII). It presents with muscle weakness leading to facial asymmetry, with a drooping corner of the mouth, loss of the ability to whistle, blink, close the eyelid, purse lips or grin. The forehead on the affected side becomes smooth and the patient is not able to frown or raise eyebrows.
Objective. The aim of the study was to evaluate the effect of combined electrophysical and physiotherapeutic methods on accelerating recovery from facial nerve palsy.
Material and Methods. The authors describe two cases of Bell’s palsy, treated with simulta-neous application of electrophysical agents, in the form of an extremely low-frequency elec-tromagnetic field (ELF-EMF) and high-energy LED light, and physiotherapy modalities, i.e. proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation (PNF) and kinesiotaping (KT).
Results. After four weeks of electrophysical and physiotherapeutic treatments, a fully satis-factory and stable therapeutic effect was achieved.
Conclusions. The interdisciplinary therapy using ELF-EMF + LED combined with PNF and KT treatments proved to be effective in accelerating recovery from facial nerve palsy. Further studies are needed to establish appropriate protocols.
Diversity and distribution of andean tubers: an agrogeographic analysis
Authors: García-Díaz Roger Fabian , Valdez Hernandez Edna Fabiola , Martínez-Cardenás Leonardo , Díaz-Najera Francisco , Ayvar-Serna Sergio
Published: July 2023

Andean tubers are a group of basic plants in the security and food sovereignty of Andean community for thousands of years. The conservation of the infra and interspecific diversity of these plants is a strategy for environmental adaptation rooted in the high-Andean cultural identity. Solanum tuberosum, Oxalis tuberosa, Tropaeolum tuberosum and Ullucus tuberosus, have in common that they develop edible modified stems with a wide variety of shapes, colors, and flavors, and these are cultivated in the Andean countries. The high diversity of Andean tuberous species is heterogeneously distributed and concentrated in micro-centers of diversification distributed in South American countries. The aim of this work was to determine the general distribution pattern of the four mentioned species and their agrogeographic nodes. With the coordinates of presence of these four species, registered in the GBIF platform (Global Biodiversity Information Facility), biogeographical methods were applied to model the individual traces that show the distribution pattern of each species and through the intersection of these, a generalized trace that makes visible the distribution patterns of Andean tubers, as well as their agro-geographical nodes. The greatest diversity of the four species is concentrated in these intersections, favoring domestication scenarios. Some micro-centers of diversity identified, correspond to those defined in the investigations of morphological or molecular characterizations. The main nodes were found in Peru and Ecuador between the biogeographic provinces of Puno, in the South American Transition Zone and the Yungas, from the southern Brazilian domain. The study of the geographical distribution patterns of cultivated plants allows to identify the patterns of plant exchange of the human groups involved in their management. The study of the geographical distribution patterns of cultivated plants allows to identify the patterns of plant exchange of the human groups involved in their management.
Electrical Characteristics of Single Layer Graphene Ribbons in a Wide Temperature Range
Authors: FATES Rachid , REMMOUCHE Riad , BENKEDIDAH Toufik
Published: July 2023

This paper provides electrical characterization of single layer graphene ribbon devices defined as back-gated graphene transistors. The two-terminal back-gated graphene ribbon devices were fabricated on a conventional Si substrate covered by a 90 nm-thick thermal SiO2. The chemical vapor deposition process was used for the graphene layer deposition and its quality was checked with optical microscopy, scanning electron microscopy and Raman spectroscopy. For the device fabrication, optical lithography was used for electrode patterns through a mask, and Ti/Au (10 nm/100 nm) metallic contacts were deposited by thermal evaporation. We report low and high field electrical measurements of several devices, under a controlled environment over a wide temperature range, from 77 to 300 K. At 77 K, the drain current decreases, i.e. the resistance of the graphene increases, and the nonlinearity is still present. The maximum influence of the temperature is reached at the charges neutrality point, and we observe that the temperature could influence the position of the charge neutrality point. This indicates that the carriers are thermally activated, which yields a least pronounced current with the increase of the back gate voltage.
The Effects of Opioid Dependency Use on Postoperative Spinal Surgery Outcomes: A Review of the Available Literature
Authors: Fortier Luc , Sinkler Margaret A. , De Witt Audrey J. , Wenger Danielle M. , Imani Farnad , Morsali Seyedeh Fatemeh , Urits Ivan , Viswanath Omar , Kaye Alan D.
Published: July 2023

: There is a lack of evidence to support the effectiveness of long-term opioid therapy in patients with chronic, noncancer pain. Despite these findings, opioids continue to be the most commonly prescribed drug to treat chronic back pain and many patients undergoing spinal surgery have trialed opioids before surgery for conservative pain management. Unfortunately, preoperative opioid use has been shown repeatedly in the literature to negatively affect spinal surgery outcomes. In this review article, we identify and summarize the main postoperative associations with preoperative opioid use that have been found in previously published studies by searching on PubMed, Google Scholar, Medline, and ScienceDirect; using keywords: Opioid dependency, postoperative, spinal surgery, specifically (1) increased postoperative chronic opioid use (24 studies); (2) decreased return to work (RTW) rates (8 studies); (3) increased length of hospital stay (LOS) (9 studies); and (4) increased healthcare costs (8 studies). The conclusions from these studies highlight the importance of recognizing patients on opioids preoperatively to effectively risk stratify and identify those who will benefit most from multidisciplinary counseling and guidance.
Tracing the Singular of Contradiction in Contradiction(s) Set Free
Authors: Flicker André ,   DePaul University
Published: July 2023

Goldschmidt’s Contradiction Set Free confronts us with a variety of topics, political and philosophical topoi, in which he traces contradictions of thought and action. This article focuses on Goldschmidt’s omission of the sphere of language as a site of contradiction in Contradiction Set Free. I argue that it is a deliberate choice on the part of Goldschmidt to not project a metalanguage of contradiction, but to probe philosophy’s involvement in the practice of language and thus present a critique of philosophy through the contradictory impulse of language. First, I discuss the status Goldschmidt ascribes to the work of language for philosophy. From here, I engage in a discussion of the meaning of Ergriffenheit (awe) in Contradiction Set Free. Finally, I analyze two of Goldschmidt’s uses of parables and conclude with a reference to a parable by Franz Kafka.
Dialogue Set Free?
Authors: Fowler Anne-Marie ,   DePaul University
Published: July 2023

Goldschmidt’s evocation of Leviticus 19:18 in Contradiction Set Free accomplishes heavy lifting within the distinction of the dialogic from the dialectic. Analogized to a necessary recognition of each particular and unique fulfillment of the immediate command to “love your neighbor as yourself,” dialogue is temporalized within an already near, yet not ever complete, messianic infinite. As an ongoing, active and unfinished composition of unique “nows,” dialogue’s structure is likewise epistemically distinct from the structure of dialectical synthesis. How might this distinction’s lens of Leviticus 19:18 illumine opportunities—and obstacles—for “dialogue” between humans and artificial systems? Does examining the specific case of OpenAI’s ChatGPT under the lens of Goldschmidt’s text suggest that certain questions about generative AI learning capacity might actually be questions of time?
Teaching Business Ethics: A Model
Authors: Smith Charles G. , Božac Marli Gonan , Paulišić Morena ,   Philosophy Documentation Center
Published: July 2023

The business enterprise is a major instrument in the creation of a just society. However the tension between profit and ethicality requires sound decision making and business ethics instruction is central to creative alternatives to business leaders. Therefore, instruction is aided with a model for framing one’s thoughts about ethics and while several earlier business ethics models exist, they tend to be closed and at times parochial. This paper draws on insights from other academic disciplines to offer a broader yet flexible framework for professors, students, scholars, and decision makers. At the center of the model is the four stage framework of Rest et al. as impacted by four sets of variables—individual, organizational, environmental, and issue. These are rooted in the work of Dunlop’s Industrial Relations Theory and Jones’ Moral Intensity. A literature review of important variables is presented and the paper concludes with several take aways for instruction and policy suggestions.
Pelatihan Penggunaan Fitur Kesehatan Digital Untuk Mencegah Kecanduan Gadget Pada Anak-Anak
Authors: Zakaria Aminudin , Safitri Afaurina Indriana , Pertiwi Nadila Wahyu , Febrianto M. Aflah Rizqi , Alhusni Hanan Zaki , Mahtari Saiyidah , Yantidewi Meta
Published: July 2023

Teknologi mengalami perkembangan yang sangat pesat ketika memasuki abad ke-20 serta memberikan dampak besar berupa perubahan dalam kehidupan manusia. Salah satu hal yang mampu memberikan perubahan besar dalam kehidupan manusia ialah gadget. Gadget merupakan barang yang memiliki kecanggihan memuat berbagai macam aplikasi serta menyediakan hal yang menjadi kebutuhan manusia. Di sisi lain, kemajuan teknologi berdampak pada perkembangan gadget tersebut memberikan dampak dalam kehidupan manusia, terutama bagi tumbuh kembang anak yaitu secara tidak langsung mampu memengaruhi kesehatan tubuh manusia, merubah sikap social anak, serta mampu menurunkan jiwa kreativitas siswa. Oleh karena itu, penulis menggagas kegiatan sosial dengan judul “Pelatihan Penggunaan Fitur Kesehatan Digital untuk Mencegah Kecanduan Gadget pada Anak-Anak”. Tujuan dari penulisan karya ini adalah untuk meningkatkan kesadaran orang tua serta anak agar bijak dalam menggunakan gadget. Metode penulisan yang digunakan dalam karya tulis ilmiah ini adalah deskriptif kuantitatif, dengan teknik pengumpulan data berupa kuisioner untuk memperkuat gagasan yang diajukan. Pada kuesioner, dapat dilihat masih rendahnya kesadaran masyarakat akan bahaya penggunaan gadget yang berlebihan serta pengetahuan fitur kesehatan untuk monitoring dan control penggunaan gadget. Dapat diketahui sebanyak 90% peserta dapat memasang fitur kesehatan digital dan timer aplikasi. 10% belum dikarenakan smartphone yang digunakan masih menggunakan sistem operasi dibawah android 8.1.
Tinjauan Literatur Tentang Pengembangan Pembelajaran Dalam Mengimplementasikan Kurikulum 2013
Authors: Nuryani Alfin , Masithoh Nadia Dewi , Nugraha Via Aprilia , Suliyanah
Published: July 2023

Kurikulum 2013 yang berbasis kompetensi sekaligus berbasis karakter diharapkan mampu untuk meningkatkan mutu proses dan hasil pendidikan mengarah pada pembentukan budi pekerti dan akhlak mulia peserta didik secara utuh, terpadu dan seimbang, dan dengan pengetahuannya, mengkasi dan menginternalisasi nilai – nilai karakter dan akhlak mulia sehingga dapat terwujud dalam kehidupan sehari – hari, seperti yang dijelaskan oleh menteri pendidikan dan kebudayaan RI. Kesiapan guru dalam proses implementasi kurikulum 2013 memegang peranan penting. Metode penelitian menggunakan studi literatur. Studi pustaka adalah mencari data atau informasi riset melalui membaca jurnal ilmiah, buku – buku referensi dan artikel yang terdapat di internet mengenai tinjauan pengembangan pembelajaran dalam mengimplementasikan kurikulum 2013. Sistem pembelajaran dalam Kurikulum 2013 ini memiliki beberapa keberhasilan dan kegagalan. Keberhasilan yang dicapai ialah pengembangan model pembelajaran, instrument dan terkait perangkat pembelajaran. Kurikulum 2013 ini dinilai berhasil dalam mendorong siswa yang lebih otentik, terampil dan aktif dalam penyampaian materi, serta lebih leluasa untuk mengembangkan informasi yang didapatkan. Kemudian, untuk kegagalan nya yaitu terkait Kurangnya pemahaman guru mengenai kurikulum 2013 juga menjadi suatu masalah dalam pelaksanaan pembelajaran, guru-guru mengalami keterlambatan dalam pengadaan pelatihan mengenai kurikulum 2013 ini sehingga berkurangnya kualitas dalam implementasi kurikulum 2013 di sekolah.
PENGGUNAAN MEDIA SEARCH ENGINE DALAM MENINGKATKAN CIVIC INTELLEGENCE SISWA PADA MATA PELAJARAN PKN
Authors: Septiana Tina , Ginanjar Heri
Published: July 2023

This study aims to explore the benefits of using search engine media in improving students' civic intelligence in Civic Education (Civics). Media search engines, such as online search engines, provide easy and quick access to various sources of information relevant to Civics Education materials. This study involved high school student participants who were involved in the use of search engines as a learning tool in Civics class. The results showed that the use of search engines has significant benefits in improving students' civic intelligence. The students reported that they were able to access extensive and diverse information, deepen their understanding of Civics concepts, and develop digital literacy skills. The use of search engines also provided opportunities for students to actively participate in class discussions, presentations and Civics projects.
Enhanced Prepare2Excel: Its Effect on the Board Licensure Examination for Professional Teachers Reviewees
Authors: Villanueva Emelyn , Dalisay Alvin , Fabiala Dana Kaye , Lachica Alphee , Balderama Cristina Marie M. Juanzo
Published: July 2023

This study tested the effectiveness of the college-developed online review facility, Prepare2Excel. Primarily, it purported to provide enhanced learning-tool both for Board Licensure Examination for Professional Teachers (BLEPT) reviewers and facilitators; customize review programs based on the current reviewers’ needs; extend the reach of the review facilities beyond RSU premises; and achieve 100% rate of BLEPT passers. Reviewers’ scores in diagnostic, pre-board, and actual BLEPT test results were compared. The intervention was done through a series of sessions, and participants took the tests at the scheduled time as set by the college. Paired sample t-test was employed to test for significant differences between the three conditions. Interview was also conducted to supplement the quantitative data gathered. Based on the findings, the intervention was found to be helpful for the participants’ performance in BLEPT. With that, it is highly recommended for the BLEPT takers for the succeeding years. Most importantly, since this is technology-based, it is expected that data from each phase of the program can be secured well and organized for future reference, hence an ideal way for an effective data management system, which includes database management systems, data warehouses, data integration tools, analytics, and more.
Análisis bibliométrico de la producción científica sobre educación virtual en tiempos de COVID-19
Authors: Ramón Noblecilla Angel Mauricio , Hidalgo Encarnación Dayana Oded , Rivas Sánchez Oscar Eduardo , Coronel Fárez Darwin Fabián
Published: July 2023

La pandemia por COVID-19 ha provocado cambios en la educación mundial, pasando rápidamente de una formación presencial a una virtual. El objetivo del presente manuscrito es describir a través de indicadores bibliométricos la producción científica relacionada con la educación virtual en el contexto de la pandemia por COVID-19. La investigación es cuantitativa con un nivel descriptivo, comparativo y retrospectivo, se seleccionaron 691 documentos usando ecuaciones de búsqueda aplicadas a la base de datos Web of Science. Los resultados presentan un incremento porcentual de la producción científica, donde, la mayor cantidad de documentos y citas se realizan en el primer semestre del 2021, asimismo, las revistas con mayor número de publicaciones se encuentran en los cuartiles superiores y pertenecen a las categorías de ciencias sociales, aprendizaje en línea y aplicaciones informáticas. Se concluye que la academia y las entidades gubernamentales procuran contribuir con soluciones a los problemas educativos generados por la presencia del coronavirus, mediante la generación de ciencia, con la finalidad de proponer estrategias para migrar de una educación presencial a la virtual, reconociendo como opciones y herramientas validas a los entornos virtuales de enseñanza aprendizaje, acceso remoto, servicios de videoconferencia, simuladores de realidad virtual y realidad aumentada, entre otros.
Peningkatan Kompetensi Guru melalui Pelatihan Pembuatan E-PRESENTATION dengan Aplikasi Canva dan Google Class Room pada SMK Satu Nusa 1 Bandar Lampung
Authors: Junaidi Muhammad , Syafitri Yuli , Septia ER Lusia , Budi Utama Wahyu , Rizal Usman
Published: July 2023

Dalam meningkatan mutu Pendidikan di indonesia yang tertuang dalam Undang-undang Republik Indonesia No. 14 tahun 2005 tentang guru dan dosen. Guna meningkatkan kompetensi guru dibutuhkan kegiatan pelatihan pelatihan yang mampu mewujudkan kompentensi guru. Penggunaan dan pengembangan Media pembelajaran merupakan salah satu yang harus dikembangkan mengingat pentingnya media yang menarik dan inovatif sehingga mampu membangkitkan semangat belajar peserta didik. Saat ini berbagai macam aplikasi yang tersaji dapar digunakan sebagai media pembelajaran dalam bentuk electronic presentation. E-Presentation merupakan penerapan teknologi yang menghadirkan efektifitas pada aktivitas pembelajaran. Konsep e-presentation ialah guru dan siswa memanfaatkan teknologi yang ada kapanpun dan dimanapun secara real time, tidak perlu dilakukan secara tatap muka. Demi tercapainya pemahaman akan teknologi guru maka dilakukan pelatihan yang bertujuan meningkatkan kemampuan kompetensi guru, harapannya dengan diberikan pelatihan ini berupa pelatihan pembuatan e- presentation dengan dengan mengunakan aplikasi canva dan diterapkan melalui google classroom dapat meningkatkan kompetensi guru SMK Satu Nusa 1 Bandar lampung. Analisa kegiatan pelatihan ini menggunakan pretest dan postest untuk mengetahui keefektifan kegiatan pelatihan pembuatan e- presentation dengan dengan mengunakan aplikasi canva dan diterapkan melalui google classroom. Berdasarkan hasil pretest dan postest yang telah dilakukan, dapat disimpulkan bahwa terdapat peningkatan pemahaman secara signifikan pembuatan e- presentation dengan dengan mengunakan aplikasi canva dan di terapkan melalui google classroom.
New Public Management Critical Riview
Authors: Arif Lukman
Published: July 2023

The emergence of various criticisms directed at public sector organizations eventually gave rise to a public sector management reform movement, namely the concept of New Public Management. In the NPM concept, all leaders or managers are encouraged to be able to find new and innovative ways to get maximum results or to privatize government functions. This research is part of a qualitative research using a systematic review approach. Systematic review is a method that uses previous evidence-based evidence through review, evaluation, structured evaluation, classification and categorization. Because the steps and strategies for carrying out a systematic review are well planned and structured, this method is very different from the method used only to convey literature studies. Based on the results of the analysis that has been carried out, several things that have become critics regarding the implementation of NPM are: 1) decentralization can have a negative impact on community participation, especially in social policies. 2) Refers to the application of management techniques from the private sector to the public sector. Many academic commentators such as Pollitt (1990) and Armstrong (1998) argue that most fields of public service and administration have distinct political, ethical, constitutional, and social dimensions, and that these factors make the public sector different from the private sector. 3) National culture influences the implementation of NPM.
Characteristics of Klebsiella bloodstream infections and risk factors for carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella infections in children
Authors: Yahşi Aysun , Bayhan Gülsüm Iclal , Arslan Emel , Gökdöl Muhammed Yasin , Atay Beyza Nur , Karaciğer Seren , Kanık Yüksek Saliha , Gülhan Belgin , Özkaya Parlakay Aslınur
Published: July 2023

Objective: Klebsiella spp. is a common and severe pathogen of bloodstream infections (BSI) due to gram-negative bacilli. Carbapenems are commonly used agents for the treatment of serious infections. However, the incidence of carbapenem-resistant (CR) Klebsiella infections has increased significantly in recent years. The aim of this study was to determine the characteristics, risk factors, and outcomes of BSI caused by Klebsiella spp. in a tertiary care pediatric hospital.
Method: A retrospective review of pediatric patients with BSI caused by Klebsiella spp. between August 2019 and September 2021 was conducted. Patients with CR isolates were compared with carbapenem-susceptible (CS) isolates for risk factors, outcome, and mortality.
Results: Among 345 Klebsiella isolates, 95 (27.5%) were CR. Catheter-related bloodstream infections (CRBSI) accounted for 52.4% of infections. There was an underlying disease in all patients, most commonly malignancy (31.3%). Mechanical ventilation, percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) tube feeding, previous antibiotic use, especially carbapenems, aminoglycosides, glycopeptides, fluoroquinolones, and colistin, (p<0.001, p<0.001, p<0.001, p<0.001, p<0.001, p: 0.033, p<0.001, respectively) were strongly affected the development of BSI due to CR Klebsiella spp. Antibiotic treatment in the previous 14 days increased the risk of developing carbapenem resistance by 14 times. Elevated C-reactive protein (CRP) (p<0.001), thrombocytopenia (p<0.001), CRBSI (p=0.002), use of indwelling devices, previous antibiotic therapy (carbapenems, aminoglycosides, glycopeptides, colistin) (p=0.002), and carbapenem resistance (p=0.001) increased the risk of mortality from Klebsiella-associated BSI. The use of colistin in treatment was higher in the CR group (p<0.001). The 28-day mortality was 15.7%.
Conclusion: CR Klebsiella spp. Infections are important and serious causes of BSI in children. The use of indwelling devices and previous antibiotic therapy are risk factors for mortality and carbapenem resistance. Preventive measures, including targeted antimicrobial therapy, good surveillance networks, and less invasive procedures, are important aspects of infection control management in children.
Parenting knowledge of child development in Turkish mothers and fathers
Authors: Güven Baysal Şenay , Gümüş Doğan Derya , Kortay Sinem , Arslan Feyzullah Necati , Demirkıran Öztürk Yeşim , Yağın Fatma Hilal
Published: July 2023

Objective: Many studies have shown a positive relationship between parenting knowledge and early childhood development. We aimed to assess parenting knowledge about early childhood development and child-rearing in a sample of Turkish mothers and fathers.
Methods: A total of 106 married Turkish couples with children under the age of three participated in our study. Mothers and fathers completed 45 questions of the Knowledge of Infant Development Inventory (KIDI) and a sociodemographic questionnaire, individually. The KIDI is widely used in the international literature on child development and parenting knowledge. Permission to use the inventory was obtained from its author.
Results: The median KIDI questionnaire scores were 8 (min-max: (-10)- 20) for mothers and 6 (min-max: (-14)- 20) for fathers (maximum score 30). The average knowledge score obtained by mothers was significantly higher than the average score obtained by fathers (p=0.024). Maternal education is associated with parenting knowledge (p<0.001). Mothers had the most experience in changing diapers and dressing their children, while fathers had the most experience in playing with their children. The least experience for mothers and fathers was reading books with their children. It was found that mothers learned the information about their children mostly by talking to their families and fathers learned mostly by talking to their wives.
Conclusion: The results of the study show that Turkish couples’ parenting knowledge, especially in child development, is an area that needs to be reinforced. Education level played an important role in parenting. Policies to improve parental education may also include increasing parental knowledge of child development.
NGHIÊN CỨU ĐÁNH GIÁ HIỆU QUẢ THỰC HIỆN CHIẾN LƯỢC GIÁM SÁT VÀ ĐÁP ỨNG SỐT RÉT (RASR) TẠI CƠ SỞ Y TẾ TẠI 2 TỈNH PHÚ YÊN VÀ BÌNH THUẬN
Authors: Nguyễn Thị Hoàng Yến  , Nguyễn Xuân Thắng  , Bùi Thị Luận  , Vũ Tuấn Anh,  , Nguyễn Hà Nam
Published: July 2023

Hướng tới mục tiêu loại trừ sốt rét vào năm 2030, Việt Nam đã triển khai chiếnlược giám sát và ứng phó chủ động - RASR (báo cáo và điều tra trường hợp bệnh trongvòng 2 ngày, điều tra và xử lý ổ bệnh trong vòng 7 ngày). Năm 2021, Bộ Y tế ban hànhQuyết định 4922/QĐ-BYT về việc Hướng dẫn giám sát và phòng chống bệnh sốt rét [1].Nghiên cứu này sử dụng phương pháp nghiên cứu định tính để đánh giá thử nghiệm việctuân thủ quy trình báo cáo, điều tra trường hợp bệnh theo Hướng dẫn giám sát và phòngchống bệnh sốt rét đã ban hành của nhân viên y tế các tuyến (NVYT) tại 2 tỉnh Phú Yênvà Bình Thuận. Kết quả khảo sát cho thấy 77,1% (27/35) nhân viên y tế xác nhận rằnghọ đã được đào tạo và tuân thủ quy trình trong Hướng dẫn giám sát và phòng chống sốtrét. Nhân viên y tế xã/ y tế thôn bản (YTTB) gặp khó khăn trong việc theo dõi và liên hệvới các trường hợp bệnh (THB) chỉ điểm khi họ đang đi làm việc trong rừng/ rẫy, do tínhiệu của mạng điện thoại di động và internet tại đây không có, dẫn đến tình trạng thôngbáo bệnh không kịp thời. Nhân viên y tế xã chủ động đến thăm gia đình bệnh nhân đểbáo cho họ biết tình trạng bệnh của họ chiếm 31,6% (12/38,). Công việc của nhân viêny tế xã/ huyện bị quá tải do phải đảm nhiệm nhiều chương trình y tế công cộng cùng mộtlúc. Mặc dù có nhiều hạn chế nhưng nhân viên y tế sẵn sàng tuân thủ đúng các nội dunghoạt động RASR trong tương lai.
HIỆU LỰC PHÁC ĐỒ ARTESUNATE-PYRONARIDINE (Pyramax®) TẠI VÙNG SỐT RÉT Plasmodium falciparum KHÁNG THUỐC ARTEMISININ CỦA TỈNH ĐĂK NÔNG (2017-2020)
Authors: Huỳnh Hồng Quang  , Phạm Minh Quân  , Nguyễn Thanh Thùy Nhiên  , Phạm Thanh Hiền
Published: July 2023

Quan tâm đến kháng thuốc artemisinin , các sáng kiến toàn cầu phải phát triểnthuốc đi kèm mới nhằm bảo vệ dẫn suất artemisinin trong thuốc ACT và pyronaridineartesunate (Pyramax®) là một thuốc ACT mới đó. Thử nghiệm lâm sàng một nhánh,nhãn mở, theo dõi dọc thực hiện tại vùng sốt rét lưu hành tỉnh Đăk Nông từ năm 2017-2020. Phân tích theo từng bệnh nhân, đáp ứng lâm sàng và ký sinh trùng đầy đủ sauhiệu chỉnh PCR vào thời điểm ngày D42 là 95,2%, thất bại lâm sàng muộn là 4,8%, đặcbiệt đột biến gen K13 (chủ yếu C580Y) là 38,2% trên các phân lập P. falciparum. Tácdụng ngoại ý của Pyramax® gồm nhức đầu, chóng mặt 1 ca (2%), chán ăn, buồn nôn 2ca (4%), đau bụng 1 ca (2%). Pyronaridine-artesunate có hiệu lực cao, tác dụng phụthấp, đóng vai trò như liệu pháp lựa chọn trong bối cảnh kháng thuốc.
ĐÁNH GIÁ HIỆU QUẢ ĐIỀU TRỊ CỦA PHÁC ĐỒ PRIMAQUIN 7 NGÀY LIỀU 0,5MG/KG/NGÀY TRÊN BỆNH NHÂN SỐT RÉT DO Plasmodium vivax TẠI MỘT SỐ VÙNG SỐT RÉT LƯU HÀNH TỪ NĂM 2019 - 2022
Authors: Đặng Thị Tuyết Mai  , Bùi Quang Phúc  , Vũ Thị Sang  , Nguyễn Đức Long  , Nguyễn Lương Hiếu  , Hoàng Thu Ngân  , Đào Mạnh Cường  , Ngô Văn Mát  , Đào Thị An
Published: July 2023

Thử nghiệm in vivo được tiến hành tại Lai Châu và Gia Lai, từ tháng 8 năm 2019đến tháng 12 năm 2020 tại Gia Lai và từ tháng 3 đến tháng 12 năm 2022 tại Lai Châuvới hai phác đồ dùng thuốc primaquin (PQ) trên bệnh sốt rét P. vivax: PQ liều0,5mg/kg/ngày trong 7 ngày và PQ liều 0,25mg/kg/ngày trong 14 ngày. Tất cả các bệnhnhân được xác định không thiếu G6PD (xác định bằng phương pháp định lượng trênmáy xét nghiệm của hãng SD Biosensor). Kết quả có 46 bệnh nhân (BN) nhiễm P. vivaxđưa vào NC. Trong đó, 25 BN trong nhóm 7 ngày và 21 BN trong nhóm 14 ngày. Theodõi BN đủ 120 ngày thấy: Tỷ lệ xuất hiện lại P. vivax ở phác đồ 7 ngày là 8,0% và 14ngày là 9,5%. Hai phác đồ Primaquin liều 7 ngày và 14 ngày không ghi nhận trườnghợp nào có đái huyết cầu tố cũng như các biến cố bất lợi liên quan đến thuốc. Nghiêncứu không tìm thấy sự khác biệt về hiệu quả điều trị giữa phác đồ 7 ngày Primaquin liều0,5mg/kg/ngày và phác đồ 14 ngày liều 0,25mg/kg/ngày (p>0,05).
THỰC TRẠNG KIẾN THỨC, THÁI ĐỘ, THỰC HÀNH VỀ PHÒNG CHỐNG DỊCH BỆNH COVID-19 CỦA SINH VIÊN TRƯỜNG CAO ĐẲNG Y TẾ HÀ ĐÔNG NĂM 2022
Authors: Nguyễn Việt Hằng  , Trần Nhị Hà
Published: July 2023

Mô tả thực trạng kiến thức, thái độ, thực hành về phòng chống dịch bệnh Covid-19của sinh viên trường Cao đẳng Y tế Hà Đông năm 2022. Nghiên cứu mô tả cắt ngangtrên 531 sinh viên ngành Điều dưỡng và ngành Dược-hệ Cao đẳng chính quy năm thứnhất đến năm thứ ba trường Cao đẳng Y tế Hà Đông từ tháng 1/2022 đến tháng 6/2022.Tỷ lệ sinh viên có kiến thức đạt về phòng chống dịch bệnh covid 19 là 74%, sinhviên có thái độ đạt là 69,1%, sinh viên có thực hành đạt là 63,7%. Kiến thức, thái độ vàthực hành về phòng chống dịch bệnh Covid-19 của sinh viên vẫn còn một số hạn chế.Do vậy, cần xây dựng kế hoạch, tăng cường công tác truyền thông về kiến thức phòngchống dịch bệnh cho đối tượng sinh viên của nhà trường, tích cực tuyên truyền giáo dụcnâng cao hơn về tâm thế đề phòng rủi ro ở mỗi sinh viên, giúp đối tượng có thể hiểu rõtác hại của dịch bệnh.
RISK FACTORS FOR Opisthorchis viverrini INFECTION IN A CENTRAL PROVINCE, VIETNAM
Authors: Nguyễn Quang Thiều  , Khổng Minh Quang  , Đỗ trung Dũng
Published: July 2023

Opisthorchiasis caused by Opisthorchis viverrini is a major public health problem inthe Mekong Basin in South East Asia. This cross-sectional survey was conducted in 2021in a rural area of Phu Yen province in central Vietnam to investigate the apparentprevalence of O. viverrini infection in the community and its associated risk factors. Atotal of 696 stool samples were collected and examined using the Kato Katz technique.Risk factors were investigated using a structured questionnaire and the association withinfection was evaluated by univariate and multivariate logistic regression analysis. Theprevalence of O. viverrini infection in the study population determined by stoolexamination was 8.2%. Males, the age group of above 60 years, no education, andconsumption of raw fish dishes were significantly associated with Opisthorchiasis in thearea. These findings confirm the presence of O. viverrini in central Vietnam and therelated factors to infection. Intergrated awareness campaigns and control programs shouldbe implemented in the region to combat this potentially fatal fluke infection.
ANOPHELES SPECIES DIVERSITY, SUSCEPTIBILITY STATUS OF MALARIA VECTORS TO INSECTICIDES IN TWO COMMUNES WITH HIGH MALARIA TRANSMISSION IN DAK LAK AND KHANH HOA PROVINCES
Authors: Do Van Nguyen  , Tran Phuong Duyen  , Nguyen Xuan QUang  , Huynh Hong Quang  , Ho Van Hoang
Published: July 2023

This study determined the species diversity of Anopheles mosquitoes andsusceptibility status of malaria vector to insecticides in high malaria endemic communesof Khanh Hoa (Khanh Vinh District) and Dak Lak (Ea So District) provinces, located inthe Central Highlands in 2021. Anopheline mosquitoes were collected by the threesampling methods as human-landing catch, CDC light trap, and cattle shed collections.Mosquitoes were initially identified using morphological characters and susceptibility testby WHO bioassay. The results showed: Overall, 3.188 Anopheles females belongs to 14species were collected, 1.815 individuals from Khanh Hoa, with 67,2% and 32,8% invillage and plot hut areas, respectively, and 1.374 individuals from Dak Lak province,with 912 individuals in village and which 462 in plot hut areas. Three malaria vectorswere detected in both communes, the main vector of An. dirus was the most predominantspecies in plot hut area of both communes, and this species was collected mainly byhuman landing catch method. An. aconitus was the most prevalent species in village areain both communes.The main vector of An. dirus was susceptible (mortality rate of 100%) to alphacypermethrin in both communes. The secondary vector of An. aconitus was susceptible toalpha-cypermethrin and deltamethrin in Khanh Thanh commnune. However, in Ea Socommune, An. aconitus was remained susceptible to alpha-cypermethrin (mortality rate of100%) but possible resistance to detlamethrin with 95% mortality.
CHANGES IN MOSQUITOES POPULATIONS AT SOME SITES IN HANOI, 2020-2021
Authors: Nguyễn Quang Thiều  , Hoang Dinh Canh  , Nguyen Van Dung  , Hee Il Lee  , Hoonbok Yi
Published: July 2023

In recent years, the application of technology in science has raised concernsamong scientists. This report summarized the evaluation of the effectiveness ofmosquito collection by the digital mosquito monitoring system (DMS) using CO2 gas,which could be a potential tool for mosquito collection in the future. The study wascarried out in 2 phases: Phase 1 from September to October 2020; phase 2 from April2021 to July 2021 in 2 districts in Hanoi city, Vietnam. Numbers of mosquitoes werecollected from 2 digital mosquito monitoring systems (DMS). The data of mosquitoescollected from each machine is updated continuously for 24 hours on the system.The number of mosquitoes collected in April was the highest in both locations andfrom 9.00 - 10.00 am of the day. The actual results obtained in the two traps weresignificantly different: The automatically updated insects were 37 630 individuals, andthe collected insects were 48 079 individuals. The majorities of collected insects wereCulex (91.76%) with 23 745; followed by Aedes albopictus (2.49%) with 1 096individuals; Aedes aegypti (1.63%) with 422 individuals and other species (2.37%)with 614 individuals such as fruit flies and drain flies belong to Tipulidae and Pieridaefamily. The automatically updated data of 2 machines showed that mosquitoes hadbeen collected at all time frames of the day, followed by the number of collectedmosquitoes at 9-10 am (11.87%), the lowest number was recorded at 7-8 a.m. (1.14%).
A Study of the Effect of Some Natural and Human Factors on Date Palm Cultivation in the Hilla District, Iraq
Authors: Khudair Sarah Mohammed
Published: July 2023

The current study aimed to study some of the natural and human factors that affect date palm cultivation in the south of Babil Governorate, as the natural factors included the surface, climate, water and soil, and the human factors included labor force, capital, market, fertilization, transportation and marketing. The study includes several areas in the south of Babil Governorate, such as (Al-Hashimiyyah district, Al-Qasim district, Al-Tali’a district, as well as Al-Hamza Al-Gharbi district and Al-Shomali district) as all these areas contain palm trees. The rate of rainfall and wind speed in the study area were based on previously published information. It showed The results of the study indicate the impact of natural and life factors clearly on the decline in the productivity of palm trees through the problem of soil salinity. Also, human factors have the greatest impact on the decline in palm productivity through its role in providing water requirements for palm trees, the lack of number of workers in the agricultural sector and the neglect of farmers, and Thus, the productivity of palm trees is deteriorating in quantity and quality.
Pupils’ Participation in Online Eucharistic Celebration During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Authors: Garrido Yvonne A. , Anciano Grace L. , Cabahug Mary Fair V. , Calagui Resethe M.
Published: July 2023

Covid-19 Pandemic has brought a lot of restrictions, especially on physical gatherings. Despite this crisis, St. Paul University Surigao continues to aid the spiritual nourishment of the students. SPUS has made use of different social media platforms to continue the spiritual well-being of the students by live-streaming the Eucharistic Celebration. Thus, this study aims to understand the spiritual well-being of the students of St. Paul University and how online Eucharistic Celebration helps their spiritual well-being during the COVID-19 Pandemic. The Spiritual Health and Life-Orientation Measure (SHALOM) shows whether there is harmony or dissonance in the ideal spiritual well-being and the lived experience of the participants where each person becomes the standard by which they are being measured, rather than being compared to other groups. Results have shown that there was no significant difference between the ideals and lived experiences of the pupils in terms of their spiritual well-being. The online Eucharistic Celebration highly helped the students in their spiritual with a very high level of harmony. Thus, the online Mass helped them cope with their spiritual well-being despite the situation brought on by the Pandemic.
Algorithmic employment decisions in academia?
Authors: Brembs Björn
Published: July 2023

According to a recent study, employee surveillance is rampant in today’s corporate work environment. This study documents how, often under the pretense of cybersecurity or risk analysis (sort of like academic publishers, actually), companies analyze the behavioral data they collect from their employees to help them make “evidence-led”, i.e., algorithmic employment decisions.
Plan S: how open access can nurture new positive and collective forms of ‘academic freedom’
Authors: Moore Samuel
Published: July 2023

Following on from my last post on academic freedom and statements of principle, I want to further clarify my thoughts on how academic freedom relates to open access mandates. Paradoxically, despite claiming that objections to open access mandates on the grounds of academic freedom are mere conservatism, it is likely that the coercive aspect of mandates is what perpetuates such objections.
Prioritizing academic publishers
Authors: Brembs Björn
Published: July 2023

The debate over how publishers use the large “non-publication costs” (Fig. 1) that they incur and academic libraries, mainly, are funding has been going on for some time now. Above and beyond the cost items we discuss in our paper on publication costs, it has been established that investments in surveillance technology are also part of the publisher spending academic libraries are financing.
What sinister time machine?
Authors: Brembs Björn
Published: July 2023

A recent OASPA guest post reminded me of something I have been wondering about for several years now. What sinister time travel device is keeping some sections of the scholarly ecosystem from leaving the past and coming back to the present?
Common Struggles: Policy-based vs. scholar-led approaches to open access in the humanities (thesis deposit)
Authors: Moore Samuel
Published: July 2023

I’ve just made my Ph.D thesis available on Humanities Commons: http://dx.doi.org/10.17613/st5m-cx33 Title: Common Struggles: Policy-based vs. scholar-led approaches to open access in the humanities Abstract: Open access publishing (OA) not only removes price and permission restrictions to academic research, but also represents an opportunity to reassess what publishing means to the humanities.
How the academic publishing oligopoly skews debates on the cost of publishing
Authors: Moore Samuel
Published: July 2023

When the original BOAI declaration on open access was published, one of its stated aims was to ‘save money and expand the scope of dissemination at the same time’ through open access publishing.
Nobody’s Boy
Authors: Grieve-Smith Angus Andrea
Published: July 2023

I got a paper rejected from a generativist conference a few years ago. A generativist friend of mine said, “Why did you bother submitting your paper to that conference? You knew they were going to reject it.” I said, “Well, the conference was in town, so I figured I’d send something in anyway.” My friend proceeded to tell me a story from her early grad school days about reviewing papers for her school’s signature conference.
The ultimate Open Access timeline
Authors: Brembs Björn
Published: July 2023

NIH, 1961: Journals are slow and cumbersome, why don’t we experiment with circulating preprints among peers to improve on the way we do science (Information Exchange Groups)? Publishers, 1967: You have got to be kidding. Nobody cares about improving science, […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry...
New publication in JASIST
Authors: Moore Samuel
Published: July 2023

I have recently had an article published in the Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology (JASIST) entitled ‘Revisiting “the 1990s debutante”: Scholar‐led publishing and the prehistory of the open access movement’. The article explores a small number of early scholar-led e-journals and their relevance to open access today.
New release of the EcoData Retriever
Authors: White Ethan
Published: July 2023

We are very exited to announce the newest release of the EcoData Retriever, our software for automating the downloading, cleaning, and installing of ecological and environmental data. Instead of hours or days trying to get complicated datasets like the Breeding Bird Survey ready for analysis, the Retriever lets you simply click a button or run a single command from R or the command line, and your computer does the rest.
Notes on open access and COVID-19
Authors: Moore Samuel
Published: July 2023

As this feels like the first day in a while that I have enough concentration to write, I thought I’d take the opportunity to jot down some thoughts guided by the question: what on earth can the pandemic teach us about open access to knowledge? I say this because I don’t have any idea just yet.
Minimizing the collective action problem
Authors: Brembs Björn
Published: July 2023

Most academics would agree that the way scholarship is done today, in the broadest, most general terms, is in dire need of modernization. Problems abound from counter-productive incentives, inefficiencies, lack of reproducibility, to an overemphasis on competition at the expense of cooperation, or a technically antiquated digital infrastructure that charges to much and provides only few useful functionalities.
Can funders mandate institutions?
Authors: Brembs Björn
Published: July 2023

For a few years now I have been arguing that in order to accomplish change in scholarly infrastructure, it likely is an inefficient plan by funding agencies to mandate the least powerful players in the game, authors (i.e., their grant recipients). The legacy publishing system still exists because institutions pay for its components, publishers.
Why do academic institutions seem stuck in 1995?
Authors: Brembs Björn
Published: July 2023

Until the late 1980s or early 1990s, academic institutions such as universities and research institutes were at the forefront of developing and implementing digital technology. After email they developed Gopher, TCP/IP, http, the NCSA Mosaic browser and experimented with Mbone. Since then, at most academic institutions, infrastructure has moved past the support of email and browsers only at a glacial pace.
Resisting Amazon’s influence on open access publishing
Authors: Moore Samuel
Published: July 2023

I was recently given Amazon credit as payment for peer-reviewing a monograph. While this was a nice perk for doing something I probably would have done for free, it is striking to see just how much Amazon impacts on the publishing industry in often unexpected ways.
Governing the scholarly commons: the Radical Open Access Collective
Authors: Moore Samuel
Published: July 2023

The Radical Open Access Collective (ROAC) is a community of 60+ not-for-profit presses, journals and other open access projects. One of the aims of the collective is to legitimise scholar-led publishing as an important alternative model for open access, while supporting our members and encouraging others to experiment with scholar-led publishing too.
An illustration of the problem with the literature on predatory publishing
Authors: Moore Samuel
Published: July 2023

I’m becoming increasingly interested in the academic literature on predatory publishing, especially the differing definitions and argumentative strategies these articles use to illustrate the problem of poor-quality publishing.