bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Bahraini Women and Municipal Elections: A failure or a step towards the future?
Authors: Society AWAL Women
Published: March 2020

Since coming to power in 1999, King Shaikh Hamad bin Isa Al-Khalifa of Bahrain has initiated important political reforms. Whether these reforms are a sincere attempt at democratic reform or a limited appeasement of the internal opposition is the challenge at hand. A review of the recent changes in Bahrain may shed light on how this small nation can move to a stable democracy that respects the rights of all its citizens, including women. We will have to determine the nature of these reforms and whether they will concretely take Bahrain on the road to participatory democracy. The starting point of these reforms was in February 2001, when Bahrain held a plebiscite in which an overwhelming proportion of Bahrainis approved the National Action Charter, a series of wide-ranging proposals for democratic reforms.
Toujan Al-Faisal
Authors: Husseini Rana
Published: March 2020

AMMAN — Toujan Al-Faisal, the first and only woman to ever be elected to the Jordanian Lower House of Parliament, who recently was pardoned by HM King Abdullah for slandering the state and its officials, vowed to continue her political struggle by running in the upcoming elections expected to be held in the Spring of 2003.
Prison is a Wild Society
Authors: Al-Abiad Rania
Published: March 2020

By Mona Fayyad
Triple Trouble: Mixed Marriages and Interlocking Forms of Discrimination in Lebanon
Authors: Dabbous-Sensenig Dima
Published: March 2020

For a number of years now I have been researching, writing, and lecturing on gender issues, with an emphasis on the condition of women in the Arab world. I knew the statistics, most of the related data, and several stories about the plight of individual Arab and Moslem women in these patriarchal societies. In brief, I knew my subject. At least I thought I did, until I got married. What had previously been mostly an academic exercise suddenly and unexpectedly became a personal saga.
International Women's Day
Authors: American University Lebanese
Published: March 2020

To celebrate the International Women's Day, the Institute for Women's Studies in the Arab World in collaboration with the Lebanese National Higher Conservatory ofMusic held a concert "Women and Music" on Saturday, March 10, 2001 .
Quota in the Field: "My Lady Take Your Place."
Authors: Hassaf Hind Soufi
Published: March 2020

Under this title, Hind Soufi Assaf conducted a study aimed at identifying the impact of the quota system on different categories of Lebanese society and the possibility of implementing the right to a "share" in the political domain. It also sheds light on the problems likely to result from the introduction of such a procedure.
From Saudi Arabia/From Jordan
Authors: American University Lebanese
Published: March 2020

From Saudi Arabia:Saudi Arabia Becomes a Signatory to CEDAWFrom Jordan: Highest Rates of Honor Crimes
Eileen Kuttab, Director of Women Studies Institute at Birzeit University, Recounts
Authors: Sfeir Myriam
Published: March 2020

Interview with Eileen Kuttab
Assessing Gender/Women's Studies: A Comparative Perspective
Authors: Abdo Nahla
Published: March 2020

The academization/institutionalization of Women's Studies has emerged as a result of the need to legitimize, develop, and further promote the feminist movement. Western feminists have considered this phenomenon the culmination of their long struggle: as enabling a credible and legitimate voice to a large sector of society that has long been silenced. Bringing women's issues and concerns to the University has accorded feminist academics a platform to undertake research, publish studies, and develop different conceptual and methodological tools to deal with traditionally ignored social phenomena.
Mi'at 'Am M AI-Riwaya AI-Nisa'iyya AI-Arabiyyo
Authors: Hamdar Abir
Published: March 2020

Author: Buthayna ShaabanDar Al Adab, 1999, 1st ed.
A Tribute to Lebanese Women Resistance Fighters
Authors: Aghacy Samira
Published: March 2020

After twenty-five years of armed struggle against Israeli occupation, Lebanon has finally been liberated through the sacrifices of the Lebanese resistance and the Lebanese people. In this context, one could say that the role of women in the resistance cannot be underestimated. In a film entitled Zahrat alKandoul ("Women from South Lebanon") directed by May Masri and Jean Chamoun on the Lebanese resistance activist Khadija Herez, the latter tells us that there was no way women could have extricated themselves from the conflict.
Arab Women and the Media
Authors: Aghacy Samira
Published: March 2020

Despite changes emerging in contemporary society regarding women's role and contributions, the images of women represented in the media have not reflected these changes sufficiently enough. Women have generally been presented within the restrictive mold of domesticity and subservience reinforcing traditional roles andbehaviors where a woman is defined in relation to men who see her within the framework of marital, maternal and sexual roles.
Asmahan's Secrets: Art, Gender and Cultural Disputations
Authors: Zuhur Sherifa
Published: March 2020

Asmahan, born Amal al-Atrash, of the Suwayda' branch of the Druze al-Atrash clan of southern Syria, achieved fame in Arabic music and cinema from J 938 until her death in 1944. My general acquaintance with Asmahan dates from my late teenage years, when I went mad for Arabic music. I learned one of her songs in the early 1980s from a gifted musician, my friend Simon Shaheen - "Imta Hata' raf Imta".
United Nations Principles for Older Persons To add life to the years that have been added to life
Authors: American University Lebanese
Published: March 2020

United Nations Principles for Older Persons To add life to the years that have been added to life
Elderly Women in the Netherlands
Authors: Poppe Dr. Maria
Published: March 2020

In politics, the media and the public eye, the "older woman" is under regular discussion. That older women can be an active group could be seen in a recent edition of the magazine Rails (a consumer publication from the Dutch Railway) entitled "Old is in" with an eighty year old model on the cover. The eighty year old model illustrated with her sophisticated outfit the kind of classic tops, body stockings and singlets that will soon be available in the shops.
Highlights on Pension Schemes in Nine Arab Countries
Authors: Mallat Dr. Hyam
Published: March 2020

With the exception of Qatar and the United Arab Emirates, all the Arab countries of the Asian Middle East have implemented pension and lump sum payments schemes based on employer and employee participation. Lebanon is the only state to continue to apply terminal lump sums in the private sector.
Care with Love Training Program for Home Health Care Providers
Authors: Iskander Magda
Published: March 2020

The Egyptian society has experienced socio- economic changes as a result of development and modernization strategies, which resulted in a decline in the family size, education and employment of female family members, as well as migration of adult family members in pursuit of employment opportunities. These changes have affected the structure of urban families .
Dalal Aziz: Resident Surgeon
Authors: Daziz Dalal
Published: March 2020

Born in J 972, in Saida [Sidon); originally from Neeha [Shouf]; currently living in Beirut. Recorded in her house. Language: colloquial/educated Arabic.)
Free Sex
Authors: Kan'aan Joelle Abi
Published: March 2020

What exactly is sexual freedom? Sex that is free of commitment or obligation has a high price tag - physically, emotionally, relationally, and spiritually. There is no such thing as "free sex", someone always pays. We often have a misconception of the true meaning of freedom ; it is not our ability to do whatever we want whenever we want but it is our ability to be free from bondage - the bonds that the consequences of our choices can put us in. Sexual freedom means the ability to let down all barriers and become completely vulnerable to your partner knowing that you can trust him/her without reservation.
Quote/Unquote
Authors: American University Lebanese
Published: March 2020

We are all housewives, the natural people to turn to when there is something unpleasant, inconvenient, or inconclusive to be done. It will not do for women who have jobs to pretend that society's ills will be cured if all women are gainfully employed.
Nimat Kanaan: Director General of the Ministry of Social Affairs
Authors: Sfeir Myriam
Published: March 2020

If she truly wants to. the Lebanese woman is able to work alongside her male partner in any field. The Lebanese woman has a role these days in theParliament, and hope she'll also have an increasing role in the ministries.
My Feminism
Authors: Alameddine Lina
Published: March 2020

In this article I would like to put forth my perspective on feminism. I do not claim to hold a universally acceptable vision nor do I claim to hold the solution to the undeniable gender gap that exists in many dimensions of our daily life. I simply want to present my ideas concerning this multidimensional issue as they stand today within the framework of my personal experiences.
Rhetorical Strategies and Official Policies on Women's Rights: The Merits and Drawbacks of the New World Hypocrisy
Authors: Mayer Ann Elizabeth
Published: March 2020

This essay suggests that, with regard to campaigns on behalf of equal rights for women, we now face similar frustration due to the new world hypocrisy on questions of women's rights. Spokespersons who are prepared to admit publicly that they consider women inferior or that they favor discrimination against women are becoming increasingly rare.
Report on the Situation of CEDAW
Authors: Badri Dr. Balghis , Hamza Amel , Ibrahim Alawia
Published: March 2020

Despite changes in the political system of Sudan since 1979, none of the four governments that came to power saw any reason to ratify CEDAW.
Salma Khan: The First Asian Woman to Chair the CEDAW Committee
Authors: Sfeir Myriam
Published: March 2020

I met Dr. Salma Khan, Chairperson of the UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) and President of the CEDAW Forum ,around mid October. She was invited by UNICEF and the Lebanese University to attend a workshop, held in Beirut, whose aim was the incorporation of the Convention of the Rights of the Child (CRC) and the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) into the curriculum of Law Schools .
From Lebanon/From Algeria/From Egypt
Authors: American University Lebanese
Published: March 2020

From Lebanon: Antonia Caccia in BeirutFrom Algeria: Sakharov Prize for Human Rights goes to Algerian Rights ActivistFrom Egypt: Female circumcision
Agricultural Engineers in the Municipality of Beirut
Authors: Milki Maha
Published: March 2020

Thirty three years ago, The Parks and Public Gardens Department was established in the Munic ipality of Beirut. During the war period, the only male agriculturist in the Department quit and the Director, himself a professional, kept the work going exclusively by himself and without the aid of a secretary. In short , the scope of work in the Department was minimized to a near standstill.
The Agricultural Sector in Lebanon: Analysis and Perspectives
Authors: Neuwirth D.
Published: March 2020

The Agricultural Sector in Lebanon: Analysis and Perspectives Towfiq labirAl-Markaz al-Lubnani lil Dirasat, Beirut, 1997
Tribute to Edward Said
Authors: Amyuni Mona Takkiedine
Published: March 2020

The Theatre de Beyrouth, the Center for Behavioral Research at the American University of Beirut, Dar al-Adab, and Dar al-NahaJ: organized a Conference in Beirut (June 29 to July 2nd) to pay tribute to Edward Said, the leading Arabintellectual in the world.
Poverty in the Life Stories of Palestinian Women in Lebanon
Authors: Sayegh Rosemary
Published: March 2020

The following are excerpts from life stories that were told to me between 1990 and 1992 by 18 women from the Shateela Camp, a camp for Palestinian refugees in Lebanon. These women were between 90 and 26 years old, and they varied with respect to marital status, educational level, origin, socia-economic level, and employment history.
Laure Moughaizel: Lebanese Lawyer
Authors: Ismail Ghena
Published: March 2020

On Sunday, May 25, 1997, Maitre Laure Moughaizel decided to bid us farewell, leaving us all in utter dismay and grief.
Opinions and Practices of University Students Surveyed
Authors: Ismail Ghena
Published: March 2020

Herefollow the results from the survey mentioned in the News Briefs section (p.6).
To Mother on Mother's Day
Authors: Adeeb Abdel Kareem
Published: March 2020

Your heartbeat I could hear'Cause my world was so nearTruly I could not breatheBut my life was at easeIn such a wonde(ful world!Yes I felt like a birdAfraid to leave its nestI was living my bestNine months through motherhood!
Facing the Law, Bruised
Authors: Achcar-Naccache Tina
Published: March 2020

For the first time, the Lebanese police began processing reported crimes on a computer data-base system in 1994. The first comprehensive statistics werereleased in 1995, The information in the data-base can be accessed by date, age, gender, location, and every type of crime recognized by Lebanese criminal law, including the latest to have entered the books. e.g., the buying and selling of children. a criminal activity that has flourished during and after the war. We now know how many rapes of virgins were reported. but we still do not know how manywomen have been battered by their husbands.
Faith and freedom: Women's human rights in the muslim world
Authors: Sirois Nathali
Published: March 2020

Edited by Mahnaz AfkhamiLondon: I.B. Taurus and Co., Ltd., 1995
Photography
Authors: American University Lebanese
Published: March 2020

Photo credit: Hayat Karallouh
Women, Education and Social Change
Authors: Lattouf Mirna
Published: March 2020

As I walked across AUB's campus one afternoon, I overheard a conversation between two students, a woman and a man. The male student was trying to explain to his friend that there are times when it is necessary for a man to beat a woman. I was tempted to stop. I turned back, and the look on the young woman 's face stunned me more than what the young man was saying.
" I was painting in dark colors because my spirit was feeling dark." - An Interview with Helen Khal
Authors: Ismail Ghena
Published: March 2020

" I was painting in dark colors because my spirit was feeling dark." - An Interview with Helen Khal
Women in Management Means Women in Power
Authors: King-Irani Laurie
Published: March 2020

At.first glance, the general topic of women in management does not appear especially controversial, revolutionary, or potentially threatening to the established social order. However, a closer examination of Arab women's role in management, as well as a consideration of the social, political and cultural ramifications of women's actual and potential power as decisionmakers, reveals the stirrings of a significant revolution in attitudes, values, and behaviors concerning gender, power and social structure in the Arab world.
"The Secret Pocket"
Authors: Amyuni Mona Takkiedine
Published: March 2020

Dramatic art, for Lebanese director Siham Nasser, means not only survival, as she phrases it, but life itself. After earning a degree in Theatre Production from the American Catholic University in Washington, D.C. , she began teaching dramatic art at the Lebanese University in Beirut, where she is still working today. Nasser alsoacted in many plays and produced many others adapted from the world repertOire.
Coucher de soleil sur la route de Yarze
Authors: Amyuni Rima
Published: March 2020

This issue of Al-Raida features two paintings by Lebanese women artists who are also graduates of Lebanese American University (fomerly Beirut University College), Ghada Jamal and Saloua Raouda Choucair.
Afifa Karam: A Pioneering Lebanese Journalist
Authors: Ghurayyib Rose
Published: March 2020

She was born in Aamshit, a village neighboring Jbail (Byblos) and Nahr Ibrahim (Adonis River), a district rich in memories and legends. Her family, known for their advocacy of education for women, sent Afifa to the school of the Holy Family inJbail, a French school for girls.
Award
Authors: American University Lebanese
Published: March 2020

Julinda Abu Nasr Receives the Asahi Reading Promotion Award, 1994, for the Portable Library Project
Huguette Caland: Painter, Fashion Designer
Authors: American University Lebanese
Published: March 2020

I was excited about meeting Huguette Caland. Her background was very intimidating, being the daughter of a previous President of the Republic, a renown painter whose paintings have been exhibited in highly reputed galleries in Paris, Rome, Washington, Barcelona and Lebanon, a designer who created hand-woven silk gowns conceived and realized a Jashion line for the Pierre Cardin collections of haute couture, ready-to-wear and environmental design.
Bringing Up an Eco-Child
Authors: Ghosn Irma K.
Published: March 2020

Conserving water and energy, recycling the newspaper and soda cans, using mass transportation - we have all heard about these things and thought about them.
Drawing
Authors: American University Lebanese
Published: March 2020

Drawing
Women's Human Rights are Universal!
Authors: Abul-Husn Randa
Published: March 2020

Fortunately, women's human rights have become an intrinsic item on world agendas, whatever and whoever the declared International Year may promote. United Nations committees, concerned institutions and feminist groups all over the world highlight women's human rights in the family and warrant for the elimination of all forms of discrimination against women.
Child 94
Authors: American University Lebanese
Published: March 2020

Child-94 was a national Conference organized by BeirutUniversity College on October 27-31, 1993.
The Moral Landscape and Women’s Agency: Toward a Feminist Theory of Transnational Responsibilities
Authors: Rajeh Khaled
Published: March 2020

The emergence of postcolonial feminism in the late 20th century ushered in new debates surrounding the theory of agency and women in non-Western countries. In feminist discourse, agency can be defined as a woman’s capacity for individualized choice and action, free from the invasive influence or coercion of any other individual.
“From ‘why me’ to ‘try me’: a Muslim mother reflects on her journey of raising a child with additional needs’’.
Authors: Kramer-Roy Debbie
Published: March 2020

The story My Daughter - My Inspiration was written by Madiha Sajid, a Pakistani mother of a child with a physical impairment, who participated in a Participatory Action Research project that brought six Pakistani families with disabled children together to explore their support needs in the UK context (Kramer-Roy, 2012). During the study, the individual families initially explored their experiences of welcoming the child into their family. After that three Action Research groups were formed for the fathers, mothers and non-disabled siblings of the families respectively, each of which chose a shared issue to explore through creative activities (Kramer-Roy, 2015) and action research cycles (Kemmis et al, 2004).
Incidence and long-term effects of treatment of malignant germ cell neoplasms in Ukraine
Authors: Fedorenko Z.P. , Mikhailovich Yu.I. , Goulak L.O. , Ryzhov A.Yu. , Gorokh Ye.L. , Soumkina O.V.
Published: March 2020

Summary. Aim: To describe incidence of malignant germ cell neoplasms (GCNs) in Ukraine and assess the medical care to patients with GCNs and its efficacy. Materials and Methods: Records on 6495 males and 1038 females with malignant GCNs diagnosed in 2000–2013 extracted from the database of National Cancer Registry of Ukraine have been analyzed using methods of descriptive epidemiology and survival evaluation. Results: In Ukraine, GCNs covered 79.1% of testicular cancers and 48.9% of ovarian cancers in patients aged 0–19 years, while their proportions in total cancer incidence did not exceed 0.7% in males and 0.1% in females. Most of GCNs in males (75.9%) were diagnosed at the reproductive age (20–49) and in females 72.2% of GCNs were diagnosed at the age of 0–44 years. Female gonadal GCNs were divided by germinomatous and nongerminomatous as 49.3% vs 50.7% while in males this proportion was 65.3% vs 34.7%. Age-specific incidence of genital GCNs in Ukraine reached peak values in males aged 25–39 years and in females aged 10–24 years. Nonseminomatous testicular GCN cases were more common than seminomatous cases in males until the age of 30 years with an incidence of seminomas peaked 10 years later than non-seminomas. Ovarian germinomas were more common than non-germinomas in females aged 15–29. Total GCN incidence rate in 2013 was 1.99 ± 0.090/0000 in males and 0.32 ± 0.040/0000 in females, being closer to that in the countries of Eastern Europe and Asia. In Ukraine, 5-year survival of patients with testicular GCN of stage I who received surgery combined with chemotherapy or radiotherapy was lower than that reported for Europe and USA, and substantially lower in patients with stages II–IV. Five-year survival of patients with ovarian GCN treated with surgery plus chemotherapy was close to that reported in a study for populations of European countries. Conclusion: The trends and patterns of GCN incidence in Ukraine are similar to those in other European countries, while patterns of treatment and survival in Ukraine are closer to that in countries in transition. Further research and analysis are impossible without due registration of both the diagnosis and the treatment undertaken as well as close follow-up of patients’ life status.
STRUCTURE AND ELECTROCHROMIC OF VANADIUM PENTOXIDE THINFILMS PREPARED BY MAGNETRON DC SPUTTERING AT ROOM TEMPERATURE
Authors: Le Hieu Van , Tran Tuan , Nguyen Hao Duc , Tran Hien Quang
Published: March 2020

Vanadium pentoxide (V2O5) electrochromic thinfilms have been manufactured by magnetron DC sputtering method from Vanadium target (99.5% purity) in compound of O2 and Ar gases. In especially, films have crystalline structure at low depositing temperature (room temperature), which has been defined by XRD, Raman spectrum and SEM figure. The optical property of films has been investigated by transmittance – absorption spectroscopy. Moreover, electrochemic and electrochromic properties of films have been examined. As the result, films have high transmittance (>70%), low crystalline structure, high insertion lithium ability and stability with many electrochemic cycles. With these high properties, V2O5 sputtering thinfilms have capability to be used in application.
Xao tam phan (Paramignya trimera) methanol extract induced apoptosis in hepatocellular carcinoma HepG2 cell line in vitro
Authors: Nguyen Sinh Truong , Do Nghia Minh , Vo Phuc Hong , Nguyen Trinh Thi – Tu , Truong Kiet Dinh , Pham Phuc Van
Published: March 2020

Introduction: Xao Tam Phan (Paramignya trimera) has long been used in Viet Nam as an herbal medicine for the treatment of Hepatitis, hepatocellular carcinoma, and diabetes. This study aimed to determine the anti-proliferation effect of Paramignya trimera extract (P. trimera extract) on HepG2 hepatocellular carcinoma cells.

Methods: AlamarBlue assay was used to determine the IC50 values of P. trimera extract on HepG2 cells. Adipose-derived stem cells (ADSCs) was used as normal cell control. For apoptosis examination, P. trimera extract-treated HepG2 cells were incubated with Annexin V/Propidium iodide (PI). Then they have been analyzed their expression of Annexin-V and PI by flow cytometry. The cell nuclear degradation also was evaluated by PI/Hoechst 33342 staining assay.

Results: Doxorubicin and P. trimera extract IC50 values on HepG2 cells were 55.13 +/- 2.028 ng/ml and 582.533 +/- 16.521 mg/ml, respectively. Those on ADSCs were 5.96 +/- 0.56 ng/ml and 268.976 +/- 19.325 mg/ml, respectively. Side effect index value (SEI) of P. trimera extract was 2.175 +/- 0.12, and the SEI of doxorubicin was 8.71 +/- 0.36. Flow cytometry analysis indicated significant apoptosis on P. trimera extract-treated HepG2 cells at a dose of 500 mg/ml (32.39 +/- 2.28% apoptotic cells, and 14.63 +/- 1.59% necrotic cells). Nuclear aggregation and degradation was seen on 500 mg/ml P. trimera treated HepG2 cells.

Conclusion: P. trimera extract could inhibit HepG2 hepatocellular carcinoma cell proliferation by inducing apoptosis.
An extension of Vroom’s expectancy theory (1964) in examining lecturers’ motivation in Vietnam
Authors: Nhung Tran Thi-Kim , Do Nguyen Thanh
Published: March 2020

As academic activities and research performances become important criteria in evaluating the quality of a university, research activities have received a special concern from universities. The key questions are what prompts faculty members to do research and how to motivate them. In order to answer these questions, it is necessary to examine the factors affecting the research motivation, then measure the impact of these factors on the faculty members' research motivation. In this study, the authors employed the expansive expectancy theory proposed by Chiang & Jang to investigate key factors that motivate faculty members to conduct research. The regression results on data collected from a survey on 475 faculty members at universities in Hanoi showed that faculty members are motivated by the intrinsic instrumentality factor (INTIN), financial value factor (FINVA) and expectancy factor (EXPECT – the factor that yields controversial results in previous studies). These findings suggest that the research motivation of lecturers has a positive correlation with academic degree, administrative position and has no relationship with age and gender.
Perfil Epidemiológico dos Pacientes com Câncer de Cabeça e Pescoço em um Centro Oncológico no Sul do Brasil
Authors: Da Silva Fernanda Alessandra , Roussenq Suellen Cristina , Gonçalves de Souza Tavares Michelle , Pezzi Franco de Souza Cristiana , Barreto Mozzini Carolina , Benetti Magnus , Dias Mirella
Published: March 2020

Introdução: O câncer de cabeça e pescoço aumentou significativamente na última década. Objetivo: Determinar o perfil epidemiológico dos pacientes com câncer de cabeça e pescoço atendidos em um Centro Oncológico de referência no Sul do Brasil no período de janeiro de 2013 a dezembro de 2018. Método: Estudo de caráter descritivo e retrospectivo realizado no Centro de Pesquisas Oncológicas (Cepon). Resultados: Foram obtidos dados preliminares de 133 pacientes. O gênero masculino foi o mais prevalente (65,4%), com média de idade acima dos 50 anos, baixa escolaridade (40%), baixa renda (77,3%), sendo sua grande maioria tabagistas (72%) e etilistas (58,1%). A região de cavidade oral (26,3%) foi o sítio mais prevalente, a cirurgia mais realizada foi a tireoidectomia total (19,4%) e o estadiamento mais observado foi T2 (30,8%) N2 (41,1%). Foram encontradas complicações pós-radioterapia como a radiodermite (82,7%) e, pósquimioterapia, náuseas (81%). As fibroses cicatriciais foram mais frequentes após a cirurgia (18,2%), sendo avaliadas no pós-operatório tardio. Conclusão: Caracterizar o perfil dos pacientes com câncer de cabeça e pescoço permite conhecer os diversos acometimentos advindos do tratamento e possibilita, dessa maneira, maior qualidade e direcionamento das ações de reabilitação.
Optimizing expectations about endocrine treatment for breast cancer: Results of the randomized controlled psy-breast trial
Authors: Shedden-Mora Meike C. , Pan Yiqi , Heisig Sarah R. , von Blanckenburg Pia , Rief Winfried , Witzel Isabell , Albert Ute-Susann , Nestoriuc Yvonne
Published: March 2020

Background

Medication side effects are strongly determined by non-pharmacological, nocebo mechanisms, particularly patients’ expectations. Optimizing expectations could minimize side effect burden. This study evaluated whether brief psychological expectation management training (EXPECT) optimizes medication-related expectations in women starting adjuvant endocrine therapy (AET) for breast cancer.

Method

In a multisite randomized controlled design, 197 women were randomized to EXPECT, supportive therapy (SUPPORT), or treatment as usual (TAU). The three-session cognitive-behavioral EXPECT employs psychoeducation, guided imagery, and side effect management training. Outcomes were necessity-concern beliefs about AET, expected side effects, expected coping ability, treatment control expectations, and adherence intention.

Results

Both interventions were well accepted and feasible. Patients’ necessity-concern beliefs were optimized in EXPECT compared to both TAU and SUPPORT, d = .41, p < .001; d = .40, p < .001. Expected coping ability and treatment control expectations were optimized compared to TAU, d = .35, p = .02; d = .42, p < 001, but not to SUPPORT. Adherence intention was optimized compared to SUPPORT, d = .29, p = .02, but not to TAU. Expected side effects did not change significantly.

Conclusion

Expectation management effectively and partly specifically (compared to SUPPORT) modified medication-related expectations in women starting AET. Given the influence of expectations on long-term treatment outcome, psychological interventions like EXPECT might provide potential pathways to reduce side effect burden and improve quality of life during medication intake.
Only the lonely: A study of loneliness among university students in Norway
Authors: Hysing Mari , Petrie Keith J. , Bøe Tormod , Lønning Kari Jussie , Sivertsen Børge
Published: March 2020

Background

Loneliness is a major public health concern among college and university students, the evidence is inconsistent regarding whether there is an increasing trend or not. Furthermore, knowledge of the demographic determinants for loneliness are limited. The present study assesses recent trends of loneliness from 2014 to 2018, and explores demographic risk indicators of loneliness among students.

Method

Data was drawn from two waves of a national student health survey from 2014 and 2018 for higher education in Norway (the SHoT-study). In 2018, all 162,512 fulltime students in Norway were invited to participate and 50,054 students (69.1% women) aged 18-35 years were included (response rate = 30.8%). Loneliness was measured by “The Three-Item Loneliness Scale” (T-ILS) and one item from the Hopkins Symptom Checklist-25 (HSCL-25).

Results

Age showed a curvilinear association with loneliness, with the youngest and oldest students reporting the highest level of loneliness across all measures. Other significant demographic determinants of loneliness were being female, single and living alone. There was a considerable increase in loneliness from 2014 (16.5%) to 2018 (23.6%, p < .001), and the increase was particularly strong for males, for whom the proportion of feeling “extremely” lonely had more than doubled.

Conclusion

The high rate of loneliness and the increasing trends indicate the need for preventive interventions in the student population.
Long-term stability of benefits of cognitive behavioral therapy for obsessive compulsive disorder depends on symptom remission during treatment
Authors: Elsner Björn , Wolfsberger Frieder , Srp Jessica , Windsheimer Antonia , Becker Laura , Jacobi Tanja , Kathmann Norbert , Reuter Benedikt
Published: March 2020

Background

Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) is an effective treatment for obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) and may afford stable long-term improvements. It is not clear, however, how stability or symptom recurrence can be predicted at the time of termination of CBT.

Method

In a 1-year follow-up intention-to-treat study with 120 OCD patients receiving individual CBT at a university outpatient unit, we investigated the predictive value of international consensus criteria for response only (Y-BOCS score reduction by at least 35%) and remission status (Y-BOCS score ≤ 12). Secondly, we applied receiver-operating characteristic (ROC) curves in order to find an optimal cut-off score to classify for deterioration and for sustained gains.

Results

Response only at post-treatment increased the likelihood of deterioration at follow-up compared to remission at an odds ratio of 8.8. Moreover, ROC curves indicated that a post-treatment score of ≥ 13 differentiated optimally between patients with and without symptom deterioration at follow-up assessment. The optimal cut-off score to classify for any sustained gains (response, remission, or both) at follow-up relative to baseline was 12. Importantly, previous findings of generally high long-term symptom stability after treatment in OCD could be replicated.

Conclusion

The findings highlight the clinical importance of reaching remission during CBT, and suggest that a recently published expert consensus for defining remission has high utility.
Enhancing approach for information security in Hadoop
Authors: Awasthi Yogesh
Published: March 2020

This article by Yogesh Awasthi (Email: dryogeshawasthi@lfu.edu.krd) has been retracted (i.e. withdrawn from the press) due to violating our Publication Ethics:

plagiarism of text from the previously published article titled "Enhancing Approach Using Hybrid Pailler and RSA for Information Security in Bigdata" Shadan Mohammed Jihad ABDALWAHID, Raghad Zuhair YOUSIF, Shahab Wahhab KAREEM in the journal "Applied Computer Science" (2019. Т. 15, № 4. http://acs.pollub.pl/pdf/v15n4/6.pdf);

publishing of the same article by Yogesh Awasthi and Ashish Sharma "Enhancing Approach for Information Security in Hadoop" in "Journal of Information Technology and Computer Engineering" (2020. Т. 4, № 1. https://doi.org/10.25077/jitce.4.01.5-9.2020 ).
Funkcja warszawskich druków muzycznych wydanych w latach 1875- 1918, na przykładzie czterech największych kolekcji przechowywanych w Bibliotece Głównej Akademii Muzycznej im. Stanisława Moniuszki w Gdańsku
Authors: Walkusz Marta
Published: March 2020

The article presents a fragment of provenance researches conducted on the largest mu­sical legacies stored in the Main Library of the Stanisław Moniuszko Music Academy in Gdańsk, containing music prints published in Warsaw in the years 1875-1918. These legacies belonged primarily to the musicians who, after World War II, moved to the Coast, mainly from Warsaw. The purpose of the discussion is to prove that the music prints they brought were a canon of mu­sic literature for promoting Polish culture and music education both in Warsaw in 1875-1918 and in post-war Gdańsk. Due to the weak publishing situation in Tricity, the musicians were forced to use their own collections, which properties prove that these prints were used primarily by artists to promote Polish music, to train new generations of professional musicians, and thus to develop Polish higher music education.
Informacja o zbiorach dawnego Muzeum Księży Marianów im. ks. Józefa Jarzębowskiego w Fawley Court (Wielka Brytania) – obecnie w Muzeum im. ks. Józefa Jarzębowskiego w Licheniu Starym koło Konina.
Authors: Wrede Maria , Brynda Maria , Głowicka Zofia
Published: March 2020

History of the Museum of Marian Fathers, founded at the college for boys in Bielany, the district of Warsaw, reconstituted in the Fawley Court at Henley-on-Thames, Great Britain, and finally moved to the Shrine of Our Lady of Sorrows in Licheń Stary, is the key to understanding the content and organization of this collection. Patriotic, religious and educational aspects of the museums, its role for the Polish diaspora in Great Britain, and its depletion in the results of historical changes. Presentation of the collection content” museum objects – sidearm, sculptures, artistic fabrics, drawings and watercolors, paintings, graphics, commemorative items; book collection – books from the 19th and 20th centuries, journals, music prints, maps, and cityscapes. A more detailed presentation of the collection of early printed books, ephemera, and journals from the 19th century.
Mengukur Kesiapan Elektronik Dalam Mewujudkan Pariwisata Cerdas : Studi Kasus Kota Malang
Authors: Satya Wibowo Tatang , Endroyono Endroyono , Pratomo Istas
Published: March 2020

Pariwisata ditetapkan sebagai sektor yang penting untuk dikembangkan dan dibina sebagai sektor unggulan. Untuk memperoleh informasi tentang pariwisata dengan memanfaatkan TIK disebut pariwisata cerdas. Agar pengembangan pariwisata cerdas dapat di implementasikan, perlu adanya persiapan elektronik. Pengukuran kesiapan Infrastruktur TIK ini diharapkan sebagai tool dalam memaksimalkan potensi pariwisata di Kota Malang. Metode penelitian ini dimulai dengan menentukan dimensi kesiapan yaitu menggunakan New e-readiness integrated model, yang terdiri dari 5 dimensi kesiapan. Setelah disusun pernyataan, dilakukan survey interen untuk mengetahui apakah pernyataan tersebut valid atau tidak. Setelah hasilnya valid maka baru dilaksanakan survei tehadap Organisasi Perangkat Daerah (OPD) Pemerintah Kota Malang dan juga wisatawan. Kemudian dilakukan uji validitas dan uji reliabilitas. Kesimpulan dari penelitian ini adalah Pemerintah Kota Malang siap dalam mewujudkan Pariwisata Cerdas
How Cycling is Perceived in Budapest Based on Household Survey Results
Authors: Mátrai Tamás , Tóth János , Cruz Julio
Published: March 2020

With the increasing awareness of ecosystem limitation, cycling, as a transportation mode, has been promoted as an approach to preserve our resources of raw materials and encourage healthier habits in our everyday lives.Aiming to gather data about cycling in Budapest and its agglomeration, a random walk based household survey with 1511 individuals was carried out. Two main groups were targeted during the household survey: citizens who have used their bicycle for transportation in the past 30 days (n = 672) and those who are willing to use bicycles given the right circumstances (n = 839). After the general household related questions, the main part of the questionnaire explored cycling behavior through 7 questions. It was possible to value parameters such as cycling impacts in society, cycling infrastructure development and its spatial behavior, perceived safety, morale, safe infrastructure, facilities, cost sensitivity and the impact of dedicated cycling infrastructure in Budapest.
Dysfunctional Team-Based Learning
Authors: Dharmasaroja Permphan
Published: March 2020

Team-based learning (TBL) is an innovative teacher-driven teaching method that uses a specific sequence of activities to foster individual and group responsibility in small groups of students that have been formed in order to answer questions and solve problems. TBL appears to have a number of benefits compared to conventional lecture-based teaching and traditional small group learning models. However, TBL has been modified in several ways for use in teaching within the curricula of medical schools. Research on the effects of TBL on the learning of students is still limited, and studies aimed at investigating whether the goals of TBL are achieved are rare. Medical schools that want to implement TBL in their curriculum and gain the benefits of TBL should ensure that those involved in the curricular process understand the essence of TBL. This review is primarily aimed at describing how dysfunctional TBL develops, and providing some suggestions regarding how to avoid it.
ANALYSIS OF TRANSLATION USED IN TRANSLATING USAGE INSTRUCTION OF BEAUTY PRODUCTS
Authors: Purnama Aji Hani Wani , Gunawan Hero , Simatupang Ervina CM
Published: March 2020

This study focus on analysis of translation used in translating usage  instruction of beauty products. The purpose of this research are (1) to identify translation method which are used in translating usage  instruction of beauty products. (2) to identify translation technique which are used in translating usage  instruction of beauty products. (3) and to identify the shift in meaning that occurs in translating usage instructions of beauty products. Data sources used are several beauty products that use English and Indonesian translations. The method used in this study is a qualitative descriptive approach. The theoretical basis of this research is Newmarks (1988) translation method theory, Molina & Albirs (2002) translation technique theory, and Nida (1975) shift in the translation process theory. The results of this study show that there are: (1) 3 translation methods used are 40% of data using the free translation method, 40% of the semantic method, 20% of the adaptation method. (2)  4 translation techniques used are 40% using adaptation techniques, 20% transposition, 20% linguistic amplification, and 20% amplification. (3) there was a shift in translation in the translating usage instruction of beauty products, namely 40% Changing information (skewing of information), 40% Information gain, and 20% Loss of information.
Força isocinética dos rotadores de ombro em jogadores de handebol: estudo seccional descritivo
Authors: Schindler Ingara Fernanda Silva Ribeiro , Vasconcelos Amanda Leite , Sena da Conceição Cristiano , Neto Mansueto , Queiroz Luana Rios , Garzedin Daniela Dias da Silva , Da Costa Antonio Marcos Andrade
Published: March 2020

Introdução: As repetições atribuídas aos ombros, principalmente aos músculos rotadores internos, durante os movimentos de arremesso aumentam o risco de lesão. Assim, é preciso garantir um equilíbrio adequado entre os músculos rotadores internos (RI) e os seus antagonistas, rotadores externos (RE). Objetivo: Descrever a força e equilíbrio muscular rotadores internos e externos dos ombros em praticantes de handebol. Métodos: Estudo seccional descritivo com 58 atletas de handebol. A função muscular foi avaliada pelo dinamômetro isocinético, as variáveis analisadas foram o pico de torque (PT) entre os ombros direito e esquerdo e a relação antagonista/agonista. Resultados: O menor valor do PT nas mulheres variou de 2,18 na velocidade angular de 300º/s (RE) a 33,0 na velocidade angular de 60º/s (RI). Para relação RE/RI o menor valor foi de 0,11 e o maior de 0,79. Já para a sexo masculino o menor valor do PT foi 27,5(RE) na velocidade angular de 300º/s, maior valor de 69,5 (RI) na velocidade angular de 60º/s. E a relação RE/RI variou de 0,54 a 0,71. Conclusão: Foi demonstrado que os maiores valores de força estão no ombro dominante, para ambos os sexos, o que é considerado normal. Contudo, contatamos também um déficit na relação RE/RI acima do ponto de corte indicado pela literatura, sugerindo um significativo desiquilíbrio muscular.
Aumento da capacidade de exercício após uma sessão de flexibilidade em um paciente com lobectomia pulmonar parcial
Authors: Larrateguy Santiago , De Carlo Nicolas , Larrateguy Luis , Dabin Johana , Wustten Sebastian , Balla Noelia
Published: March 2020

Introdução: A lobectomia parcial é uma das operações escolhidas nos estágios iniciais da doença como o câncer de pulmão. Diante de determinadas situações, como cirurgias torácicas ou algumas doenças respiratórias, tanto as estruturas duras quanto as moles sofrem alterações que levam à rigidez e perda de mobilidade, alterando a mecânica e o padrão respiratório correto. Apresentação do caso: Paciente do sexo feminino, 75 anos, ingressada no programa de reabilitação pulmonar do Hospital de la Baxada de Paraná, Entre Ríos, Argentina; derivado de uma lobectomia inferior esquerda devido a câncer de pulmão. Plano e evolução do tratamento: A paciente participou do programa de reabilitação pulmonar e treinou por 6 semanas variando características da carga. Observamos uma mudança significativa na recuperação, comparando um minuto após o término do primeiro teste: a dispneia era 4 e no segundo teste 3. A paciente comentou que após a sessão de flexibilidade ela senti que tinha uma maior capacidade de aspiração de ar. Conclusão: No caso apresentado, a aplicação de técnicas de flexibilidade aumentou a capacidade de exercício.
Assessment Of Angiosperm Plant Diversity Of Nijhum Dweep, Bangladesh
Authors: Uddin Mohammad Zashim , Kibria Md Golam , Hassan Md Abul
Published: March 2020

The present article focuses the status of angiosperm plant diversity of Nijhum Dweep, a small Island in the Bay of Bengal close to Hatiya channel. From the analysis of the data a total of 152 plant species belonging to 56 families has been recorded. Among the recorded species, tree is represented by 66, shrub by 15, herbs by 58 and 13 by climbers. Of the species recorded from the area 51% species represented by 11 families and 49% represented by 45 families. Fabaceae appears to be largest in the Dicotyledones having 10 species whereas Poaceae is the largest in Monocotyledones having 12 species. Analysis confirmed that 68% of the recorded species found to be medicinal and 32% are used for other than medicinal purposes. Data analysis also showed that homesteads supported maximum plants followed by road side, cultivated land, mangrove and mangrove meadows. Collected data revealed that the occurrence of seven species namely Bruguiera gymnorrhiza, Diospyros blancoi, Derris trifoliata, Heliotropium curassavicum, Tamarix gallica, Typha elephentanea and Sarcolobus carinatus in the study area might be rare. Dolichandrone spathacea, a threatened of plant species of Bangladesh, was also found in this mangrove forest area. Through observations and discussion with local people, a number of threats to plant diversity have been identified. Finally, a number of possible conservation measures have been suggested for the management of angiosperm plant diversity of Nijhum Dweep.

Asiat. Soc. Bangladesh, Sci. 41(1): 19-32, June 2015
Differentiation Of Clarias Batrachus, C. Gariepinus And Heteropneustes Fossilis By Pcr-Sequencing Of Mitochondrial 16s Rrna Gene
Authors: Alam Mohammad Shamimul , Jahan Hawa , Begum Rowshan Ara , Shahjahan Reza M
Published: March 2020

Heteropneustesfossilis, Clariasbatrachus and C. gariepinus are three major catfishes ofecological and economic importance. Identification of these fish species becomes aproblem when the usual external morphological features of the fish are lost or removed,such as in canned fish. Also, newly hatched fish larva is often difficult to identify. PCRsequencingprovides accurate alternative means of identification of individuals at specieslevel. So, 16S rRNA genes of three locally collected catfishes were sequenced after PCRamplification and compared with the same gene sequences available from othergeographical regions. Multiple sequence alignment of the 16S rRNA gene fragments ofthe catfish species has revealed polymorphic sites which can be used to differentiate thesethree species from one another and will provide valuable insight in choosing appropriaterestriction enzymes for PCR-RFLP based identification in future.

Asiat. Soc. Bangladesh, Sci. 41(1): 51-58, June 2015
Study On The Interaction Of Zn(Ii) Ion With Metronidazole Drug In Aqueous Medium Using Electrochemical Techniques
Authors: Islam GJ , Hossain Elius , Hasan Mahmudul , Ehsan MQ
Published: March 2020

This study includes the investigation of redox behavior of Zn2+ ion and its electrochemical nature when interacts with pharmaceutical drugs metronidazole. This research was carried out using cyclic voltammetry (CV), chronoamperometric (CA) and chronocoulometric (CC) techniques. The redox process of the Zn ion system in presence and in absence of metronidazole is diffusion controlled as well as adsorption controlled. This fact is supported by both CA and CC. The redox process of Zn ion system is quasireversible but almost irreversible in presence of metronidazole. pH change affects the redox behavior sharply and maximum interaction accurse at pH%.

Asiat. Soc. Bangladesh, Sci. 41(2): 193-201, December 2015