bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Evaluación de conocimientos sobre salud en secundarias de Baja California
Authors: Cantú González Valeria , Rodríguez Macías Juan Carlos
Published: August 2019

En México, el plan de estudio para educación secundaria de 2001 incluyó temas de salud —considerados de relevancia social—, pero se carece de evidencia empírica sobre el nivel de dominio que tienen los estudiantes sobre estos conocimientos. El estudio buscó identificar el grado de conocimientos que presentan los estudiantes al egreso de la educación básica en materia de salud. La investigación es de tipo cuantitativo y se basó en un diseño no experimental-correlacional. El examen al egreso de la educación básica en el área de salud (EXEEBAS) se aplicó a 14 mil 545 estudiantes de tercero de secundaria de Baja California. Los hallazgos indican que muy pocos estudiantes dominan los conocimientos en salud que se establecen en el Plan de Estudio 2011, y sugieren la necesidad de indagar en qué medida se cumple el currículo en los temas definidos como de relevancia social y la forma en que se evalúan.
Epistemología personal y aprendizaje en la formación de investigadores
Authors: Zanotto Mercedes , Gaeta González Martha Leticia
Published: August 2019

En el presente trabajo se realiza una revisión teórica del concepto de creencias epistemológicas —o epistemología personal— y de sus dimensiones; además, se abordan investigaciones que indagan la influencia de estas creencias en los procesos de aprendizaje, específicamente el de la ciencia, y se analiza su vínculo con los aportes de estudios que abordan la formación de investigadores en México. El objetivo de este texto es llevar a cabo una reflexión sobre la pertinencia de desarrollar investigación educativa en México enfocada a la epistemología personal de los aprendices de investigación, que permita entender su influencia en la comprensión de los procesos investigativos teórico-metodológicos y en su puesta en práctica, así como también determinar el tipo de contextos de enseñanza y estrategias educativas propicios para el desarrollo de una epistemología personal que contribuya al aprendizaje de la investigación científica y a la formación de investigadores.
Habilidades didácticas de los profesores y creatividad en la educación superior. Experiencia en una universidad mexicana
Authors: Morlà Folch Teresa , Eudave Muñoz Daniel , Brunet Icart Ignasi
Published: August 2019

El objetivo del estudio es analizar los obstáculos que afronta el profesorado universitario para la enseñanza de la creatividad, y concretar actuaciones educativas que superan estos obstáculos. Se presenta un estudio de caso en dos licenciaturas: Arquitectura y Biotecnología, en una universidad pública mexicana. El conjunto de datos analizados se obtuvo mediante tres técnicas de la metodología comunicativa: se entrevistó a ocho profesores, se realizaron tres grupos de discusión con alumnos y se realizaron dos observaciones en clases. El caso estudiado evidencia cómo la actitud hacia la creatividad, las habilidades del profesorado y el método de enseñanza tienen relación directa en el progreso del pensamiento creativo de los estudiantes. Los participantes demandan que desde la investigación se evidencien aquellas actuaciones educativas que garantizan la formación exitosa de las capacidades y competencias creativas del profesorado y delos estudiantes.
MODERN METHODIC APPROACH FOR MRI STUDY OF RECTAL CANCER
Authors: Grishko P. Yu. , Mishchenko A. V. , Grinfeld Y. A. , Samsonov D. V. , Karachun A. M.
Published: August 2019

This article reviews the correct methodology of MRI in patients with rectal cancer (RC). The technical aspects of scanning, the advantages and disadvantages of the various sequences and methods used, the particularities of preparation and positioning, and their rationale are considered. Compliance with the correct methodology allows to obtain high-quality and high-informative images, thereby allowing to assess the extent of the process, the invasion of adjacent organs and structures with high accuracy.
COMPUTED AND MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING IN THE DIAGNOSIS OF PERITONEAL CARCINOMATOSIS
Authors: Rubtsova N. A. , Levshakova A. V. , Peshkov A. O. , Khomyakov V. M. , Utkina A. B. , Sidorov D. V. , Grishin N. A.
Published: August 2019

Peritoneal carcinomatosis is a common variant of metastasis of malignant tumors of the abdominal cavity and pelvis. Modern methods of complex and combined treatment of peritoneal carcinomatosis can significantly increase the survival of patients with this pathology. Determining the prevalence of peritoneal lesions is crucial for both planning and evaluating treatment. The lecture presents the anatomy and function of the peritoneum, the epidemiology of peritoneal carcinomatosis, the analysis of the capabilities of existing methods of computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging in detecting signs of tumor dissemination of the peritoneum, reflects the principles for assessing the peritoneal carcinomatosis index (PCI) and its role in choosing a treatment strategy in cancer patients.
Simulating boson sampling in lossy architectures
Authors: García-Patrón Raúl , Renema Jelmer J. , Shchesnovich Valery
Published: August 2019

Photon losses are among the strongest imperfections affecting multi-photon interference. Despite their importance, little is known about their effect on boson sampling experiments. In this work we show that using classical computers, one can efficiently simulate multi-photon interference in all architectures that suffer from an exponential decay of the transmission with the depth of the circuit, such as integrated photonic circuits or optical fibers. We prove that either the depth of the circuit is large enough that it can be simulated by thermal noise with an algorithm running in polynomial time, or it is shallow enough that a tensor network simulation runs in quasi-polynomial time. This result suggests that in order to implement a quantum advantage experiment with single-photons and linear optics new experimental platforms may be needed.
Stochastic Models for Optimizing Availability, Cost and Sustainability of Data Center Power Architectures through Genetic Algorithm
Authors: Austregésilo Márcio Sergio Soares , Callou Gustavo
Published: August 2019

In recent years, the growth of information technology has required higher reliability, accessibility, collaboration, availability, and a reduction of costs on data centers due to factors such as social network, cloud computing, and e-commerce. These systems require redundant mechanisms on the data center infrastrucutre to achieve high availability, which may increase the electric energy consumption, impacting in both the sustainability and cost. This work proposes a multi-objective optimization approach, based on Genetic Algorithms, to optimize cost, sustainability and availability of data center power infrastructures. The main goal is to maximize availability and minimize cost and exergy consumed (adopted to estimate the environmental impacts). In order to compute such metrics, this work adopts the energy flow model (EFM), reliability block diagrams (RBD) and stochastic petri nets (SPN). Two case studies are conducted to show the applicability of the proposed strategy: (i) takes into account 5 typical data center architectures that were optimized to conduct the validation process of the proposed strategy; (ii) uses the optimization strategy in two architectures classified by ANSI / TIA-942 (TIER I and II). In both case studies, significant improvements were achieved in the results, which were very close to the optimum one that was obtained by a brute force algorithm that analyzes all the possibilities and returns the optimal solution. It is worth mentioning that the time used to obtain the results using the genetic algorithm approach was significantly lower (6,763,260 times), in comparison with the strategy which combines all the possible combinations to obtain the optimal result.
Analysis of the Performance of Genetic Algorithm Parallelized with OpenMP Through Execution Traces
Authors: Andrade Gabriella Lopes , Cera Marcia Cristina
Published: August 2019

Run tracing allows you to identify issues affecting the performance of parallel applications. This work consists in evaluating the parallelization of a Genetic Algorithm applied to the Vehicle Routing Problem with OpenMP, where the performance obtained was not ideally expected. Being that it was possible to obtain a performance increase of 1.4 times in the architecture used, however, but still below ideal. Therefore, the general objective of this work is to investigate the causes of the low performance obtained by the Genetic Algorithm, performing an analysis from the execution traces. Our results showed that the parallelization of the Genetic Algorithm is according to the model in which it was implemented and to the set of instances of the target Vehicle Routing Problem used.
Data Fusion through Fuzzy-Bayesian Networks for Belief Generation in Cognitive Agents
Authors: Mittelmann Munyque , Marchi Jerusa , Von Wangenheim Aldo
Published: August 2019

Situation Awareness provides a theory for agents decision making to allow perception and comprehension of his environment. However, the transformation of the sensory stimulus in beliefs to favor the BDI reasoning cycle is still an unexplored subject. Autonomous agent projects often require the use of multiple sensors to capture environmental aspects. The natural variability of the physical world and the imprecision contained in linguistic concepts used by humans mean that sensory data contain different types of uncertainty in their measurements. Thus, to obtain the Situational Awareness for Agents with physical sensors, it is necessary to define a data fusion process to perform uncertainty treatment. This paper presents a model to beliefs generation using fuzzy-bayesian inference. An example in robotics navigation and location is used to illustrate the proposal.
O ver e ouvir em um espaço de memória
Authors: Duque José Venceslau Pereira , Leite Reuel Machado , Sampaio Andrecksa Viana Oliveira
Published: August 2019

O presente estudo teve como objetivo retratar o significado de lugar através da observância e interação entre os frequentadores do terreiro Oxogunladê, na cidade de São Cristóvão, Sergipe, Brasil. O lugar é o redimensionamento do espaço dotado de sensações, afeição e referências de experiência vivida. Está relacionado com a prática cotidiana, do vivido, do desenvolvimento da vida em todas as suas dimensões. As histórias contadas no passar do tempo estão impregnadas no meio, através de relatos de saudade, além de registros e sinais de ausência. O auto reconhecimento só acontece quando o indivíduo conhece a própria história, o caminho percorrido, em que o sentimento de pertença, afetividade e identidade se afloram através da integração temporal.
Palavras-chave: Espaço. Lugar. Memória.
Auditor Choices during Event Log Building for Process Mining
Authors: Jans Mieke
Published: August 2019

Applying process mining as an analytical procedure is a relatively young stream of thought in auditing. This paper examines the first step of such process-mining projects, which involves extracting and structuring the data in the required format for analysis. The article has a dual purpose: (1) to provide an overview of the choices to be made in this phase, and (2) to provide insights into the current event log preferences of auditors. These insights are valuable for a better understanding of how event logs are currently structured, along with the consequences of this structure for the analytical procedure. This matter is important because different preparation steps could lead to varying analytical procedures and consequently, to other audit evidence. This study also aims to reveal what data are perceived as most valuable to the auditor for further analysis. To address this goal, a case study has been conducted.
Analyst Contrarianism
Authors: Bozanic Zahn , Chen Jing , Jung Michael J.
Published: August 2019

We examine a specific form of what we term analyst contrarianism. We define contrarianism as cases where an analyst expresses a summary opinion contrary to the direction of a given earnings surprise or revision. Distinct from analyst optimism or boldness, we document that analysts interpret negative (positive) earnings news in a positive (negative) light in approximately 11–15 percent of reports. We conjecture that some analysts look for opportunities to make a contrarian stock call for their clients in order to gain visibility, recognition, and career advancement. Our empirical evidence, which is supported by analyst interviews and content analysis of analyst reports, shows that: (1) analysts at non-top-tier brokerage houses are more likely to make a contrarian call, (2) analyst reports that contain contrarian opinions are associated with greater market reactions, and (3) contrarian analysts are more likely to exhibit career advancement.

JEL Classifications: G41; M41.
Protocol for evaluation of enhanced models of primary care in the management of stroke and other chronic disease (PRECISE)
Authors: Andrew Nadine E , Kim Joosup , Cadilhac Dominique A , Sundararajan Vijaya , Thrift Amanda G , Churilov Leonid , Lannin Natasha A , Srikanth Velandai , Kilkenny Monique F
Published: August 2019

IntroductionThe growing burden of chronic diseases means some governments have been providing financial incentives for multidisciplinary care and self-management support delivered within primary care. Currently, population-based evaluations of the effectiveness of these policies are lacking.

AimTo outline the methodological approach for our study that is designed to evaluate the effectiveness (including cost) of primary care policies for chronic diseases in Australia using stroke as a case study.

MethodsPerson-level linkages will be undertaken between registrants from the Australian Stroke Clinical Registry (AuSCR) and (i) Government-held Medicare Australia claims data, to identify receipt or not of chronic disease management and care coordination primary care items; (ii) state government-held hospital data, to define outcomes; and (iii) government-held pharmaceutical and aged care claims data, to define covariates. N=1500 randomly selected AuSCR registrants will be sent surveys to obtain patient experience information. In Australia, unique identifiers are unavailable. Therefore, personal-identifiers will be submitted to government data linkage units. Researchers will merge the de-identified datasets for analysis using a project identifier. An economic evaluation will also be undertaken.

AnalysisThe index event will be the first stroke recorded in the AuSCR. Multivariable competing risks Poisson regression for multiple events, adjusted by a propensity score, will be used to test for differences in the rates of hospital presentations and medication adherence for different care (policy) types. Our estimated sample size of 25,000 patients will provide 80% estimated power (α >0.05) to detect a 6-8% difference in rates. The incremental costs per Quality-adjusted life years gained of community-based care following the acute event will be estimated from a health sector perspective.

ConclusionCompletion of this study will provide a novel and comprehensive evaluation of the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of Australian primary care policies. Its success will enable us to highlight the value of data-linkage for this type of research.
Using deterministic record linkage to link ambulance and emergency department data: is it possible without patient identifiers?
Authors: Clark Sophie Jane , Halter Mary , Porter Alison , Smith Holly Christina , Brand Martin , Fothergill Rachael , Lindridge Jaqualine , McTigue Martin , Snooks Helen
Published: August 2019

IntroductionRoutine linkage of emergency ambulance records with those from the emergency department is uncommon in the UK. Our study, known as the Pre-Hospital Emergency Department Data Linking Project (PHED Data), aimed to link records of all patients conveyed by a single emergency ambulance service to thirteen emergency departments in the UK from 2012-2016.

Objectives We aimed to examine the feasibility and resource requirements of collecting de-identified emergency department patient record data and, using a deterministic matching algorithm, linking it to ambulance service data.

Methods We used a learning log to record contacts and activities undertaken by the research team to achieve data linkage. We also conducted semi-structured interviews with information management/governance staff involved in the process.

Results We found that five steps were required for successful data linkage for each hospital trust. The total time taken to achieve linkage was a mean of 65 weeks. A total of 958,057 emergency department records were obtained and, of these, 81% were linked to a corresponding ambulance record. The match rate varied between hospital trusts (50%-94%). Staff expressed strong enthusiasm for data linkage. Barriers to successful linkage were mainly due to inconsistencies between and within acute trusts in the recording of two ambulance event identifiers (CAD and call sign). Further data cleaning was required on emergency department fields before full analysis could be conducted. Ensuring the data was not re-identifiable limited validation of the matching method.

Conclusion We conclude that deterministic record linkage based on the combination of two event identifiers (CAD and call sign) is possible. There is an appetite for data linkage in healthcare organisations but it is a slow process. Developments in standardising the recording of emergency department data are likely to improve the quality of the resultant linked dataset. This would further increase its value for providing evidence to support improvements in health care delivery.

Highlights

Ambulance records are rarely linked to other datasets; this study looks at the feasibility and resource requirement to use deterministic matching to link ambulance and emergency department data for patients conveyed by ambulance to the emergency department.

It is possible to link these data, with an average match rate of 81% across 13 emergency departments and one large ambulance trust.

All trusts approached provided match-able data and there was an appetite for data linkage; however, it was a long process taking an average of 65 weeks.

We conclude that deterministic matching using no patient identifiers can be used in this setting.
Culpas e traumas no pós-Segunda Guerra em O leitor
Authors: Souza César Martins de , Martins Leonardo , Saraiva Luis Junior Costa
Published: August 2019

Após a Segunda Guerra Mundial, diversos traumas e interditos assombraram o mundo contemporâneo que passou a se ver diante de situações difíceis de explicar ou de mal entendidos sobre as ações e culpas de diferentes sujeitos, nos massacres perpetrados pelos nazistas contra judeus. A obra O leitor, do jurista e literato alemão Bernhard Schlink, possibilita mergulhar no julgamento de Hanna, acusada de liderar um massacre contra mulheres judias e adentrar nas dolorosas memórias da Segunda Guerra, para analisar as culpas de diferentes sujeitos que vivenciaram aquele período e indagar sobre as possibilidades de terem feito algo contra os expurgos e massacres fascistas que se alastraram pela Europa.
AO RITMO DE TAMBORES E MARACÁS: TAMBOR DE MINA E PAJELANÇA NO MARANHÃO DE MEADOS DO SÉCULO XX
Authors: Almeida Barros Antonio Evaldo Almeida
Published: August 2019

O presente artigo enfoca o Maranhão de meados do século XX, quando, a exemplo de outros estados do Brasil, observa-se que alguns lugares de expressão das religiões de matriz africana começam, ainda que timidamente, a ser vistos, positivamente, como elementos da cultura nacional e regional. Entretanto, isto não impede que os sujeitos identificados com religiões e religiosidades populares e de matriz africana continuem a ser objeto de preconceito, discriminação e violência. Diante disso, o povo de santo, alvo prioritário da perseguição policial e ao qual se nega até o direito de existir, insiste em demarcar sua alteridade e em intervir no mundo social.
Formação política, organização e movimentos sociais: Encontros de Entidades Comunitárias (ENECOMs)
Authors: Silva Vera Lúcia
Published: August 2019

Esta notícia discorre sobre o desenvolvimento da pesquisa de doutorado que aborda a experiência de trabalhadores de diversas categorias, ligados a associações de moradores, de produtores e de outras instituições, no processo de constituição dos Encontros de Entidades Comunitárias (ENECOMs), em Camocim, Barroquinha e Granja, no litoral oeste cearense, no período de 1994-2002.Tais encontros reuniam esses trabalhadores para estudarem e discutirem a organização comunitária, temáticas acerca da realidade e do momento histórico em que viviam. Também tratavam da mobilização de seus participantes para o fortalecimento do associativismo em contraposição ao individualismo e para que juntos lutassem por melhorias nas condições de vida e de trabalho. Aponta as fontes – entrevistas orais e documentos escritos, como relatórios, atas, registros de planejamento e autoavaliação, folders, ofícios, listas de presenças nos encontros, materiais de apoio a discussão das temáticas discutidas – e a metodologia utilizadas na tese.
Gambaran Perilaku Pengasuhan Remaja oleh Orang Tua di Lingkungan Keluarga
Authors: Anggraini Efriza
Published: August 2019

Penelitian ini dilatarbelakangi oleh tingkah laku anak yang baik, pribadi yang baik, sifat ramah tamah dan juga sifat sopan santun kepada semua orang. Tujuan penelitian ini adalah untuk mengungkapkan gambaran peran orang tua yang ditinjau dari kontrol, dukungan, komunikasi, kedekatan, dan pendisiplinan terhadap remaja dalam perilaku pengasuhan di Jorong Tanjung Betung, Kecamatan Rao Selatan, Kabupaten Pasaman. Jenis penelitian adalah deskriptif kuantitatif. Populasinya adalah orang tua yang memilki remaja usia 13-20 tahun sebanyak 65 orang dengan sampel 24 orang. Teknik pengambilan sampel menggunakan cluster random sampling. Teknik pengumpul data adalah angket dengan alat pengumpul data berupa daftar pernyataan. Teknik analisis data menggunakan perhitungan persentase. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan perilaku pengasuhan oleh orang tua terhadap remaja sangat baik, terlihat dari tingginya persentase jawaban selalu dan sering. Disarankan kepada orang tua agar bentuk perilaku pengasuhan pada remaja lebih ditingkatkan lagi.Kata Kunci: Perilaku Pengasuhan, Remaja
Hubungan antara Komunikasi Interpersonal dalam Keluarga dengan Kenakalan Remaja
Authors: Amalia Amalia , Natsir MHD
Published: August 2019

Penelitian ini dilatarbelakangi oleh tingginya tingkat kenakalan remaja. Kenakalan remaja dapat mempengaruhi banyak faktor, salah satunya adalah kurangnya aplikasi komunikasi interpersonal keluarga. Diperkirakan ada hubungannya dengan komunikasi interpersonal dalam family. Penelitian ini untuk mendeskripsikan komunikasi interpersonal remaja pada keluarga, menggambarkan kenakalan, dan hubungan antara komunikasi interpersonal dalam keluarga dengan kenakalan remaja di Kampung Cimpu. Penelitian ini adalah tipe korelasional kuantitatif dengan 30 subjek penelitian yang sedang dipelajari siswa di SMAN 1 Sutera. Hasil penelitian ini dapat menunjukkan bahwa ada hubungan yang signifikan antara komunikasi interpersonal dalam keluarga dengan kenakalan remaja. Kata Kunci: Komunikasi Antarpribadi, Kenakalan Remaja
Optimalisasi Pengawasan Orang Tua terhadap Bahaya Pelecehan Seksual pada Anak di Era Digital
Authors: Murni Sri
Published: August 2019

Keberadaan anak menjadi salah satu bagian terpenting keluarga, mereka bisa menjadi sumber kebahagiaan generasi penerus orang tua. Fenomena perkembangan di era digital, khususnya di bidang komunikasi selain berdampak positif dalam kehidupan, juga dapat memiliki dampak negatif. Penggunaan media komunikasi seperti internet, ponsel atau gadget oleh orang-orang yang tidak bertanggung jawab, membahayakan keselamatan anakanak. Semakin meningkatnya kasus pelecehan seksual pada anak merupakan dampak negatif yang terjadi. Untuk memastikan keselamatan anak dari bahaya pelecehan seksual di era digital, para orang tua perlu mengoptimalkan kontrol dengan menerapkan berbagai strategi. Di antara strategi yang dapat dilakukan orang tua adalah; terjalin komunikasi intens dengan anak-anak, ajarkan anak-anak untuk berani, mandiri, disiplin dan memberi mereka pengetahuan tentang keterbatasan dalam berurusan dengan orang-orang di sekitar mereka.Kata Kunci: Optimisasi, Pengawasan Orang Tua, Bahaya, Pelecehan Seksual
The Science and Technology Program for Homemakers at the Society Learning Centre (PKBM) in Padang
Authors: Hayatunnufus Hayatunnufus , Aini Wirdatul
Published: August 2019

This community service was because many homemakers had much free time, but they did not yet have productive activities that could help adding the family income. Therefore, they were put in a program and trained to sew bajukurung. The aim was to have the women skillfully so that they were motivated to work hard and eager to open their own sewing business. The participants of the program were 17 homemakers living at Parupuk Raya Air Tawar Barat. The methods used in the program were: a) counseling; it was to prepare the participants to have a motivation, passion and characters, b) experiment; used to train the participants to be skillful in sewing bajukurung, begin with the measurement, cutting, and then sewing. The outcomes of the programs were having the participants informed and trained, the instructors helped them and showed them ways to sew. The training had been conducted. The participants could do measurement; they could draft the patterns, cut the cloth and sew it to be bajukurung.Keywords: Science and Technologi, Homemakers, Society Learning Center
Difficulties of Equality Education in the Sumatera Area
Authors: Aini Wirdatul
Published: August 2019

This research is motivated by the role of Pendidikan Kesetaraan Kejar Paket (A, B, and C) in completing the 9-year compulsory education. However, in the implementation of the Kejar Paket there are still many problems faced. The research objective was to describe the difficulty of implementing Kejar Paket in North Sumatra, West Sumatra, and South Sumatra. Expost facto descriptive research type. The population of the study was that all subjects involved in the Kejar Paket were study residents, tutors, managers in three research locations. Samples were taken purposively for each study location. Data collection techniques are interviews, and the tools are interview guidelines. Data is processed in a quantitative descriptive manner. The research findings illustrate the low interest in learning as seen in the presence of learning citizens. Some tutors are recruited from Strata I and graduated from high school, so the learning approach is felt to be incompatible with learning in education outside school. Facilities and infrastructure used to use what is available at the venue for the activities. Some managers have not been so serious in managing learning activities. Learning materials for learning citizens are often too late for the study schedule, so tutors find it difficult to provide material to the learning community. Funding for learning activities is felt to be lacking. The standard of assessment to the learning community is felt to be very high, while the material provided has not supported the achievement of the expected results.
What Are the Client, Organisational and Employee-Related Outcomes of High Quality Leadership in the Allied Health Professions? A scoping review.
Authors: McKeever Janice , Brown Ted
Published: August 2019

Background: Leadership is viewed as the panacea the complex problems in modern health care where chronic disease, contracting budgets and rising consumer expectation are challenging care provision. As the second largest workforce in Australia, Allied Health Professionals (AHP) are core contributors to health teams however they are largely absent from leadership positions and there is little evidence of their impact on client outcomes. Aim: A scoping review was carried out to synthesise evidence on the client, organisational and employee-related outcomes of high quality leadership in Allied Health. Method: A search of grey literature, peer and non-peer reviewed literature was undertaken using Embase, Emcare, SCOPUS and Psychinfo from 2010-2017. Data were sourced from journals, government reports, conference presentations and other grey literature. The reference list of key articles were hand searched for relevant research. Results: A total of 5880 articles were identified and after screening 35 articles were included for in depth review. Leadership contributed towards positive outcomes in all three domains and had influence across professional groups and services. Leaders are highly valued and respected by their teams. Allied Health leaders did not feature in any of the articles and AHP were the focus of only seven studies. The majority of articles were conference papers or case reviews that provided little robust data making it difficult to draw substantive conclusions on the outcome of AHP leadership. Conclusion: There was a lack of robust data specific to AHP leaders. Future research should attempt to gather evidence of the outcomes of AHP leadership through qualitative and quantitative means to substantiate the anecdotal evidence for high quality AHP leaders.
The Health Literacy Environment of a Regional Australian Elective Surgery Access Unit: consumer perspectives from pre-admission to post-discharge
Authors: Neil Sarah , Murphy Kylie , Chapman Glenda
Published: August 2019

Background: Healthcare services should conscientiously ensure their health literacy environment (HLE) supports wayfinding, and provides comprehensible health information. Despite the increasing focus on the importance of evaluating and enhancing the HLE, consumer perspectives about HLE barriers and enablers have received limited attention in the published literature. 

Objective: This study aimed to identify barriers and enablers in the HLE of the Elective Surgery Access Unit (ESAU) at Albury Wodonga Health in regional south-east Australia. 

Methods:Three consumers participated in the study. Two of these participants completed a wayfinding interview, verbalizing the barriers and enablers encountered during wayfinding from the nearest carpark to the ESAU. All participants reviewed samples of written materials for ESAU consumers. Two participants, who had been discharged, commented on whether any important information was overlooked, from a post-discharge perspective. The data was categorized into inter-related themes within broader overarching domains. 

Results:The helpfulness of the physical environment was one domain, involving three themes: signage, parking, and visual cues. The helpfulness of written information was another domain, involving three themes: comprehensiveness, readability and relevance. A third overlapping domain was: the importance of verbal information-giving. This domain also involved three themes: the importance of a phone number to seek assistance, a clearly identifiable reception area, and in-person communication. 

Conclusions: The insights of these three service users can inform health services trying to enhance access for everyone needing healthcare. If more Australian health services reviewed their HLE, the findings could inform organizational improvements towards safer, more efficient, and higher quality healthcare.
A Practical Toolkit of Strategies for Building Research Capacity in Allied Health
Authors: Matus Janine , Wenke Rachel , Mickan Sharon
Published: August 2019

Objectives: The objectives of this project were firstly to develop a practical toolkit of evidence-informed strategies for building research capacity in allied health, and secondly to disseminate and apply this toolkit to inform tailored research capacity building plans for allied health teams. 

Design: This project used a plan, do, study, act (PDSA) service quality improvement methodology to develop, disseminate and apply a toolkit which was based on the results of a recent systematic review of allied health research capacity building frameworks and a narrative review of other interventions and theoretical recommendations. 

Setting: Eight allied health professional teams in a publicly funded tertiary health service were supported to develop tailored research capacity building plans based on their specific needs, goals and context. 

Main outcome measures: The outcomes of this project were evaluated using process measures including whether a research capacity building plan was developed and to what extent short-term goals were achieved within three months. 

Results: A practical toolkit was developed which consolidates existing evidence-informed strategies and organises these around three components including ‘supporting clinicians in research’, ‘working together’ and ‘valuing research for excellence’ and 17 sub-components. Several barriers and facilitators to applying the toolkit to teams were identified and this paper suggests some recommendations and future directions for addressing these.

Conclusions: This toolkit may be a useful resource to inform the development of team-based research capacity building plans for allied health. The application of the toolkit may be enhanced by a needs assessment and facilitation from a researcher.
A Descriptive Analysis of a Health Management Work Integrated Learning Course: moving from Health Services Management learning to employment readiness
Authors: McConnell Duncan , Linwood Russell , Day Gary , Avery Mark
Published: August 2019

Health Management Work Integrated Learning is a 40 credit point penultimate course of experiential learning in the Master of Advanced Health Services Management M(Adv)HSM now offered by the School of Medicine Health at Griffith University.

WIL was initiated in 2009 within the School of Public Health (Lilley et al (2009) based on a Teaching and Learning Grant to meet an existing experiential learning need identified for students studying in the enabling professional area of health management. After 15 semesters of delivery of these courses (completed at December 2016), it is timely to report on the quantitative attributes on the course to inform the post-graduate literature on this type of education. An objective of this review is to influence both curricula and student decision making regarding the future conduct and enhancement of tertiary preparation for health services management HSM employment. WIL has experienced a large increase in student enrolments in recent years suggesting that there is both strong demand for this nature of learning and student satisfaction with the quality of the learning modality in preparing for a career in HSM.
ACHSM Library Bulletin - July 2019
Authors: Liu Yaping
Published: August 2019

It provides that recent multidisciplinary articles related to healthcare management topics.
Women and Body Image: A Sociological Study of Women in India
Authors: Zimik Chingri
Published: August 2019

The narrative of the body holds an important place in the studies on gender and its relation to society. Body image arises with one having a physical body and an awareness of how it is viewed by others or oneself. Studies conducted by various academic researchers, fashion trend analyst and others found that both women and men all over the world seem to be in favour one ideal body type, that is, a slim, tall and perfectly proportionate body. This paper attempts to analyse the notion of beauty and body image ideals among Indian women and present any similarities or differences it may have with the rest of the world. Women are influenced by what they see every day on the TV, Internet and foreign print magazines. The influence is visible by the change in health consciousness and body weight among women  who make efforts to change how they look. The huge boom in the beauty industry and slimming clubs are testimony of this change. However, the changes among Indian women are varied and differ from place to place or economic status of the person.
PENGARUH LITERASI EKONOMI DAN MODERNITAS TERHADAP PERILAKU KONSUMTIF MAHASISWA
Authors: Agusti Ivo Selvia
Published: August 2019

Masalah penelitian adalah bagaimana perilaku konsumsi mahasiswa. Tujuan penelitian untuk mengetahui seberapa besar pengaruh literasi ekonomi dan modernitas terhadap perilaku konsumtif mahasiswa. Risnawati, et al (2018: 431) Terkait dengan perubahan perilaku konsumsi yang terjadi terhadap perilaku konsumtif, literasi ekonomi dianggap sangat penting dalam meningkatkan kompetensi masing-masing individu untuk membuat keputusan pribadi dan sosial tentang banyak masalah ekonomi yang akan dihadapi sepanjang masa hidupnya. Penelitian dilakukan di Fakultas Ekonomi Universitas Negeri Medan dengan jumlah populasi dan sampel adalah 90 orang. Uji instrumen penelitian menggunakan uji validitas dan reliabilitas dengan SPSS. Teknik analisis data penelitian yang digunakan: uji normalitas, uji linieritas, uji multikolinieritas, linier berganda, koefisien determinasi, uji t dan uji f menggunakan aplikasi SPSS 25 for windows. Hasil uji F menunjukkan bahwa literasi ekonomi dan modernitas berpengaruh negatif dan signifikan terhadap perilaku konsumtif dengan Fhitung 7,024> Ftabel3,10 dengan nilai signifikansi 0,001 <0,05. Hasil perhitungan regresi linier berganda adalah Y = 156,609 + (- 0, 615) X1 + (- 0, 625) X2 dengan koefisien determinasi adalah 13,9%. Diskusi penelitian Rosida (2018: 224) bahwa modernitas dan literasi ekonomi adalah dua hal yang sama-sama memprioritaskan ide rasionalitas, sehingga ketika siswa memiliki modernitas dan literasi ekonomi yang baik, mereka harus dapat membantu siswa mempertimbangkan dan membandingkan berbagai hal. dibutuhkan atau diinginkan melalui teknologi yang ada dan berdasarkan pada pemahaman ekonomi bahwa siswa; miliki sehingga siswa dapat berperilaku rasional Kata Kunci : Literasi Ekonomi, Modernitas, Perilaku Konsumsi
Technical Efficiency of Green Pepper Production
Authors: HAYRAN Seyit , GÜL Aykut
Published: August 2019

The main objectives of this research were to measure the technical efficiency of green pepper production in the greenhouse and to examine the determinants of technical efficiency in the Mersin province of Turkey. Data envelopment analysis was used to measure technical efficiency. 102 randomly selected farmers were visited to obtained data belong to the 2015 - 2016 production periods. The results of the research showed that farmers may reduce their input use by 10.5% by maintaining current production under prevailing technology. The technical efficiency scores of the sample farms ranged from 0.748 to 1 (0.905 average). The variables of extension, off-farm income, cooperative partnership, credit usage, record keeping, and soil test positively affected technical efficiency. However, farm size had a negative relationship with efficiency. Therefore, this study proposes strategies such as providing better extension services, providing farmers with greater access to credit, encouraging farmers to have agricultural insurance and soil tests, encouraging co-operative formation, in order to improve technical efficiency.
PERSEPSI MASYARAKAT PADA PERCERAIAN Society Perception Of Divorce
Authors: Gunawan Noeranisa Adhadianty , Nurwati Nunung
Published: August 2019

ABSTRAKPerceraian merupakan terputusnya hubungan pernikahan yang telah diputuskan sesuai dengan hukum yang berlaku dan sudah berdasarkan kepada kesepakatan antara kedua belah pihak. Perceraian saat ini fenomena yang masih dianggap tabu oleh sebagian masyarakat, karena perceraian ini menandakan bahwa makna-makna yang terdapat dalam pernikahan tidak dijalankan dengan semestinya. Tujuan penulisan artikel ini adalah untuk mendeskripsikan persepsi masyarakat tentang permasalahan yang terjadi dalam keluarga sebagai pemicu perceraian dan untuk menganalisis persepsi masyarakat terhadap banyaknya kasus perceraian saat ini. Tulisan ini menggunakan pendekatan kualitatif dengan metode studi kasus, dengan pengumpulan data berupa wawancara dengan informan, studi litelatur, dan studi dokumentasi. Hasil kajian menunjukkan bahwa sebagian masyarakat mempresepsikan perceraian sebagai sesuatu yang tidak baik, terutama kasus gugat cerai yang diajukan istri. Masih adanya label di masyarakat yang menunjukan bahwa perempuan harus berperan sesuai kodratnya, walaupun saat ini telah banyak perempuan yang bekerja di luar rumah. Masyarakat mengungkapkan bahwa seharusnya pernikahan harus dapat dipertahankan agar makna kesakralannya sendiri tetap terjaga.Kata Kunci : Perceraian, Persepsi, Masyarakat
KOMPETENSI KULTURAL DALAM PEKERJAAN SOSIAL PASCA BENCANA
Authors: Poluakan Marcelino Vincentius , Apsari Nurliana Cipta , Raharjo Santoso Tri
Published: August 2019

Dalam praktek pekerjaan sosial, seorang pekerja sosial membutuhkan pengetahuan dan keterampilan tertentu. Salah satu dari pengetahuan dan keterampilan tersebut adalah kompetensi kultural. Konsep tentang kompetensi kultural telah dikenal dan menjadi bagian dari pekerjaan sosial sejak lama terutama di tempat-tempat dimana tingkat etnisitas dan kelompok marginal yang tinggi. Dengan dimilikinya kompetensi kultural, seorang pekerja sosial dapat memahami, menerima dan menghargai sasaran pekerjaannya yang berbeda secara sosial dan kultural. Indonesia sebagai negara dengan tingkat keanekaragaman yang tinggi membutuhkan pekerja-pekerja sosial yang memiliki kompetensi kultural. Melalui artikel ini, penulis ingin menggali sejauh mana kompetensi kultural telah diimplementasikan oleh pekerja sosial dalam praktek pekerjaan sosial di Indonesia. Penulis akan mengambil ruang lingkup pekerjaan sosial pasca bencana untuk menggali kompetensi kultural pekerja sosial. Metode yang digunakan berupa kajian literatur dan dokumen. Berdasarkan kajian tersebut, dapat disimpulkan bahwa kompetensi kultural sangat relevan untuk diimplementasikan di Indonesia karena kondisi masyarakat yang majemuk dan beranekaragam. Oleh karena itu, pekerja sosial perlu dibekali dengan pengetahuan dan keterampilan sehingga memiliki kompetensi kultural.
A Low Complexity Slm Scheme for Papr Reduction of OFDM Signals
Authors: Omar Mohammed Salih
Published: August 2019

The selected mapping (SLM) is an effective technique for peak-to-average power reduction (PAPR) of orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) signals. SLM has high computational complexity due to the computation of multiple IFFTs. In this paper, low complexity SLM is proposed based on a novel simplified IDFT algorithm developed such that it does not involve any complex arithmetic. The proposed SLM, with U candidate signals, achieves a computational complexity reduction ratio of (1−1
Design A Dependent Voice Commands Selective System
Authors: Ahmed Salah Hameed
Published: August 2019

Voice commands recognition is a way of understanding human speech and converting it to a communication input of computer. Based on the data used to feed the voice recognition system, systems could be classified as dependent or independent systems. In this paper, a dependent voice commands selective system is presented. The system uses the spectral subtraction algorithm for noise cancellation. A new algorithm is named Select Matching Command Algorithm SMCA is used for matching voice command identification. Six different users (3 male and 3 female) are used to test the system. Each user tests the system two times, one by using twenty four voice commands samples previously selected and other time by using another twenty four voice commands out of the twenty four preselected samples. The proposed system is able to correctly identify the matching voice commands 90.97% of the time when testing the system with the predefined voice commands. Testing the system with voice commands out of the predefined commands shows 92.36 % of no matching identification. According to the results noted from the six users, overall percent of selective accuracy of the suggested system is 91.67 %.
Effect Of External Sulfate Attack On Mechanical Properties And Modeling Of Hybrid Fiber Reactive Powder Concrete
Authors: Shifaa Al-Bayati
Published: August 2019

Sulfate attack is a serious factor play important role in the degradation of structural capacity of reinforced concrete structures members especially those members exposure with ground water or sea water. This paper study the effect of external sulfate attack on mechanical properties of hybrid fiber reactive powder concrete (HFRPC) containing (polypropylene fiber and steel fiber) and normal strength concrete (NSC) after specimens have been casted, directly and continuously cured, and full immersed in saline solution containing magnesium sulfate, the concentration of the sulfate ion used in this study was equal to upper limit defined in ACI318M building code (10000 ppm), other specimens have been direct and continuously cured and fully immersed in tap water, prepare 108 cylinder, 36 cube and 36 prism for this purpose. The mechanical properties such as compressive strength, splitting tensile strength (measured splitting resistance and tensile strength), modulus of rupture (measured tensile strength) and modulus of elasticity (measured flexural strength) tests were investigated for HFRPC and NSC at different exposure periods (28, 90 and 180) days. Test results showed continuous development with time in mechanical properties for HFRPC when cured in sulfate water but test results for NSC showed significant deterioration when cured in sulfate water. An analytical equations have been derived by curve fitting to derive the relationships between the mechanical properties and compressive strength for HFRPC and NSC and its validation with ACI predicted. The ACI expression for the mechanical properties may result in underestimation of HFRPC and good accuracy of NSC under tap water and sulfate water curing condition.
تأثير دورات الترطيب والتجفيف على خواص التربة الطينية الملوثة بمياه المخلفات الصناعية
Authors: فاروق مجيد مهوس  , وليد محمد شيت العبد ربه  , ايهاب نافع شاكر الأحبابي
Published: August 2019

تلوث التربة بالمخلفات لمختلف انواعها ابتداءً من مياه الصرف الصحي الى مياه الصرف الصناعي من المشاكل الكثيرة التي تؤثر على خواص التربة واستخداماتها بشكل عام وعلى الخصائص الهندسية بشكل خاص ود ا رسة تأثير هذه الملوثات وطرق معالجة تأثي ا رتها على التربة من أولويات الباحثين في هذا المجال . إذ يتضمن هذ البحث د ا رسة تأثير المخلفات الصناعية )المياه الصناعية( على الخواص الهندسية للتربة الطينية , وكذلك د ا رسة تأثير دوا رت الترطيب والتجفيف على الخواص الهندسية للتربة الطينية المعاملة بالمياه الصناعية , إذَّ تم جلب التربة من منطقة ليلان في محافظة كركوك , وأظهرت الفحوصات أنّ التربة ذات خواص انتفاخية متوسطة وكان تصنيف التربة حسب نظام التصنيف الموحد ) CL . ) إذ تمت معاملة هذه التربة بنوعين من المياه الصناعية التي تم جلبها من المعامل الموجودة في مدينة كركوك , فقد تم تعريض نماذج التربة المعاملة بالمياه الصناعية الى ) 12 ( دورة من دوا رت الترطيب والتجفيف بعد رص التربة بقوالب خاصة . اظهرت النتائج ان دو ا رت الترطيب والتجفيف تؤدي الى خفض قيمة حد السيولة بنسبة 14) %( للتربة نوع ) A ) و) 14.3 %( للتربة نوع ) B ( وكذلك خفض حد اللدونة ودليل اللدونة كما تؤدي الى زيادة الكثافة الجافة العظمى وانخفاض نسبة المحتوى الرطوبي الأمثل كما تزيد في قيمة كل من ا زوية الاحتكاك , قوة تماسك التربة , وقوة الانضغاط غير المحصور للتربة . اما تأثير دوا رت الترطيب والتجفيف على خواص الانضمام فقد ادت الى انخفاض معامل الانضمام ( vC (  ودليل الانضغاط ) cC ( ودليل الانتفاخ ) sC ( , واما بالنسبة لخصائص الانتفاخ فإنَّ دو ا رت الترطيب والتجفيف تؤدي الى خفض قيمة نسبة الانتفاخ بنسبة 29) %( للتربة نوع ) A ( و) 28.3 %( للتربة نوع ) B ( وكذلك خفض قيمة ضغط  الانتفاخ بنسبة 37.4) %( للتربة نوع ) A ( و) 36.7 %( للتربة نوع ) B ( . كما بينت الفحوصات الكيمياوية بأنه لا تتغير نسبة المواد العضوية ونسبة الاملاح الذائبة الكلية وهناك انخفاض قليل لنسبة الكبريتات في التربة وزيادة في الرقم الهيدروجيني مع تعرض التربة الى دوا رت الترطيب والتجفيف