bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Characterizing and predicting person-specific, day-to-day, fluctuations in walking behavior
Authors: Chevance Guillaume , Baretta Dario , Heino Matti Toivo Juhani , Perski Olga , Klasnja Predrag , Hekler Eric B. , Godino job
Published: November 2020

Despite the positive health effect of physical activity, one third of the world’s population is estimated to be insufficiently active. Prior research has mainly investigated physical activity on an aggregate level over short period of time, e.g., during 3 to 7 days at baseline and few-month later, post intervention. To develop effective interventions, we need a better understanding of the temporal dynamics of physical activity. We proposed here an approach to studying walking behavior at “high-resolution” and by capturing the idiographic and day-to-day changes in that behavior. We analyzed daily step count among 151 young adults with overweight or obesity who had worn an accelerometer for an average of 226 days (~25,000 observations). We then used a recursive partitioning algorithm to characterize patterns of change, here sudden behavioral gains and losses, over the course of the study. These behavioral gains or losses were defined as a 30% increase or reduction in steps relative to each participants’ median level of steps lasting at least 7 days. After the identification of gains and losses, fluctuation intensity in steps from each participant’s individual time series was computed with a dynamic complexity algorithm to identify potential early warning signals of sudden gains or losses. Results revealed that walking behavior change exhibits non-linearities that can be described as sudden gains and losses. On average, participants experienced six sudden gains or losses over the study. We also observed a significant and positive association between critical fluctuations in walking behavior, a form of early warning signals, and the subsequent occurrence of sudden behavioral losses in the next days. Altogether, this study suggests that walking behavior could be well understood under a dynamic paradigm. Results also provide support for the development of “just-in-time” behavioral interventions based on the detection of early warning signals for sudden behavioral losses.
A Review of Parental Role on Risky Sexual Behaviour of Adolescents
Authors: Sharma Sushil
Published: November 2020

Adolescence is a phase in human life which is characterized as the growing desire for sexual intercourse. Furthermore, the lack of knowledge on sexual health during this phase may result in risky sexual practices. So, parental monitoring is essential for this group of people. On this basis, I have conducted a review on parental monitoring of risky sexual behaviour of adolescents. While reviewing, accessible and eligible resources are consulted from PubMed, Hinari, Research Gate, etc up to November 2018. This review primarily focuses on how the parents monitor the probable risky sexual practices of their adolescent children. On the basis of existing literature, this review attempts to explore the growing risky practices of sexual behaviour among children without parental guidance.
Menstrual Hygiene Management and Practices in Campuses
Authors: Ghimire Madhavi Gautam
Published: November 2020

Studies on menstruation hygiene management (MHM) in education have focused mostly on adolescent school girls indicating the need to investigate this particular phenomenon in the context of higher education. In this study, I wanted to explore the experiences of female students and teachers during menstruation while they are at the campus and document them to unpack the realities of the phenomenon to persuade the campus authorities for better MHM on the campuses. Using the qualitative design, the study is aimed at exploring and probing students and teachers on their MHM practices. This research has nested the life experiences of myself and participants of purposively selected two constituent and one affiliated campuses of Tribhuvan University in the Kathmandu Valley. In-depth interviews with six teachers and focus group discussions with six groups of students were included in this study. The research revealed multiple issues during menstrual hygiene management that include lack of appropriate water sanitation and hygiene (WASH) facilities, no access to emergency absorbent during menstruation, no provision of pain killer medicines during uterine cramps (dysmenorrhea) and back-aches and no provision of dust bin for absorbent disposal. This indicates that higher education institutions in Nepal need to pay more attention to ensure dignified menstruation on campus.
Problems and Practice of Management on Menstruation by Adolescents Girls of Basic Schools of Chitwan, Nepal
Authors: Ghimire Sudha
Published: November 2020

Managing menstruation in a hygienic way is a challenge in most of the low and middle-income countries (LMIC) including Nepal, where normal and natural physiological process of menstruation is considered as girls’ problem which is viewed as sinful, unholy and matter of shame. This paper explores the current practice and existing difficulties that adolescents girls encounter hygienic management of menstruation (MHM) especially during school days. The study was conducted on five purposively selected community schools of Chitwan district. The study adopted Participatory Action Research (PAR) as an approach, that is encapsulated with mixed method research design. For qualitative information observation, focus group discussions (FGD) and field notes were used, whereas for quantitative data self-administrative questionnaires were used. Quantitative information was collected from 205 girls students who were present at schools on the day of data collection. The finding shows that majority of the girls (93.7%) who encounter hygienic management of menstruation were of 10-14 years old age, whereas nearly one third of them were (29%) from grade eight. Similarly, among the total 205 girls, only 79 girls have already started their menstruation; among those who have started menstruation majority (78%) had heard about menstruation form their mothers. Likewise, 35% girls used homemade cotton pads and 40.5% of them changed pad three times a day. During FGD, adolescents girls shared that lack of water and soap in toilets, stress and lack of concentration during menstruation are the major difficulties which they encounter during days of menstruation. They suggested the concerned authorities to manage pad bank, make soap and water available, and develop skills for proper disposing of used sanitary pads for MHM at schools.
Zło trzeba dobrem nakrywać. O kulturowej, narodowej i religijnej zagładzie Tybetańczyków
Authors: Grupińska Hanka
Published: November 2020

Tekst Hanki Grupińskiej pt. Zło trzeba dobrem nakrywać. O kulturowej, narodowej i religijnej zagładzie Tybetańczyków
Rwanda z reportaży Jeana Hatzfelda – czytana przez różnie formułowane definicje ludobójstwa
Authors: Kuczyńska-Koschany Katarzyna
Published: November 2020

The present essay reflects upon the outstanding, from the reporter’s craft point of view, and unprecedented when it comes to empathy (which sometimes borders on European, colonialcomplicity) books by Jean Hatzfeld (born 1949), which consist of five volumes on Rwanda: Dans le nu de la vie. Récits des marais rwandais (2000), Une saison de machettes (2002), La stratégie des antilopes: récits (2007), Engelbert des collines (2014), Un papa de sang (2015).

Various definitions of genocide (starting with the notion itself, authored by criminal lawyer, a Polish Jew Rafał Lemkin (1900–1959)), that were also formulated ad hoc in works of art (thecase of a feature film by Joanna Kos-Krauze and Krzysztof Krauze Ptaki śpiewają w Kigali [Birds Are Singing in Kigali]) prove to be a kind of Ariadne’s thread.

Embedding Hatzfeld’s reportages in the context of the notion of genocide aims at broadening the field of associations for both, the narrator himself and his Rwandan interlocutors, whosporadically and comparatively/by way of comparison refer to the Shoah.
The Atlas of Cultural Heritage of the Polish Village (a Project)
Authors: Kłodnicki Zygmunt , Pieńczak Agnieszka
Published: November 2020

The ethnographic atlases hitherto published in Europe have been created to meet the needs of particular countries and nations rather than with any prospect of comparative studies in mind. Thereby, it is difficult to find maps which are comparable when it comes to systematics and chronology. Therefore, we believe it necessary to interpret anew source materials deposited in Cieszyn workshop of the Polish Ethnographic Archives – to deepen the systematics of mapped phenomena along with their chronology and earmark for future development and studies topicsthat appear in other European atlases. The resultant maps are to compose an innovative edition, tentatively entitled The Atlas of Cultural Heritage of the Polish Village. The present article familiarizes readers with the concept of the planned endeavour, including aims, preliminary assumptions of the project, and the methodology of research.
The Concept of Lexicon Devoted to Silesian Culinary Art
Authors: Przymuszała Lidia , Świtała-Trybek Dorota
Published: November 2020

As far as Silesia is concerned the language and cuisine constitute fundamental and distinguishing factors of the Silesian ethnic group, they are the determinants of cultural identity and the symbol of cultural identification. The concept of perceiving the culinary art from two perspectives, cultural and linguistic one, was born taking the above into account. Culinary art, as a component of culture understood in a broad manner, serves as a significant element of the language system as well. It plays a crucial culture-forming role in human life and it has certain position in the semantic structure of language which is adequate to its rank. The lexicon of Silesian cuisine, which is being currently prepared, aims at collecting names of dishes in one publication, not only those which are still in use today and dishes recorded in the general consciousness of Silesians, but it also aims at archiving culinary vocabulary which is basically forgotten by presenting it in close connection with the culture of the aforementioned region
Wybory repertuarowe Sceny Polskiej Tĕšínského divadla w Czeskim Cieszynie na rzecz zachowania tożsamości narodowej i regionalnej polskiej mniejszości narodowej na Zaolziu
Authors: Pindór Mirosława
Published: November 2020

The article quotes, as a context for the problematics defined in the title, demographic data indicating systematic decrease of Polish population in Zaolzie. The publication referred to, Wizja 2035. Strategia rozwoju polskości na Zaolziu [Vision 2035: Strategies for the Development of Polishness in Zaolzie] (2015), suggests that national and regional awareness are two fundamental values of collective identity which consolidate the community in question. According to the mentioned study, amongst the major positive factors that have to be accounted for while considering the future of the Polish national identity, Scena Polska Tĕšínského divadla w Czeskim Cieszynie is prominent. The repertoire choices presented in the article were made as early as in 1951 by the said professional theatre company run by Polish autochthons in Těšín Silesia, and those choice ought to be perceived as both the carriers of Polishness and an important indicator of regional identity. They prove unambiguously that the only Polish-language professional theatre operating outside Poland may be considered a benchmark of rejuvenating and embedding the national and regional awareness of the Polish minority in Zaolzie.
The perception of the journalist’s profession in the context of fake news dissemination by official and social media
Authors: Krawczyk Dariusz
Published: November 2020

The majority (57%) of Polish press, radio and TV journalists participating in a survey conducted in 2019 considered the dissemination of fake news to be a common phenomenon. The mass scale of this process was also noted by the majority (88%) of communication experts participating in an international research project also carried out in 2019. The threat of misinformation has become one of the elements that shapes the perception of the profession’s prestige by journalists, and also influences the selfesteem of professionalism. A comparison with surveys conducted in 2015 and 2016 showed that the percentage of journalists perceiving high (from 13% to 38%) rather than low (from 7% to 17%) social recognition for their profession increased significantly. However, their belief in a high level of professionalism decreased (from 60% to 49%), and the number of respondents reporting a noticeable lack of competence and substantive preparation among journalists (from 16% to 35%) increased.
Mapping groundwater hardness in wells as a source of drinking water for the people
Authors: SOLOSSA HERCE FARIDA , Yulfiah Yulfiah
Published: November 2020

Herce Farida Solossa 20.2018.2.00117 Mapping of Groundwater Hardness Distribution of Drinking Water for Bangkalan District Community, in 2019. Thesis, Department of Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Civil Engineering and Planning, Adhi Tama Institute of Technology Surabaya, Advisor Dr. Yulfiah, ST., Msi.              Water hardness is the content of certain minerals in water, generally calcium (Ca) and magnesium (Mg) ions in the form of carbonate salts and this content if it exceeds quality standards can have an impact on human health. The purpose of this study is to map the distribution of groundwater hardness as a source of water supply in Kab. Bangkalan. The sample of this study is shallow wells with a depth not exceeding 20 m. This type of research is a descriptive study with a qualitative and quantitative approach. The research sample was taken as many as 18 following the number of subdistricts in Kab. Base Samples taken are water source wells used by the community. Sampling time is the dry season. Samples taken are stored in bottles and immediately taken to the laboratory for examination. Sampling locations are made in the form of maps with the ArcGis application. The conclusion of this research is that the level of hardness in groundwater in Kab. Base has moderate value - maximum. The distribution of hard water is also evenly distributed throughout the Kab. Base with the maximum distribution from east-west to east and east-east while the hardening is starting from north and northeast to south, southwest and west. This suggestion that can be made is that residents who use shallow wells should use a filter and cook it first for drinking needs. Keywords: Mapping, hard groundwater, drinking water sourcesKeywords: Mapping, hard groundwater, drinking water sources.
Text and Context: Exploring Values of Character in "Al-Qiro'ah Al-Rosyidah" Text
Authors: Muassomah Muassomah
Published: November 2020

Al-Qiro'ah al-Rosyidah textbook studied by beginner santri (a term for students admitted to study in Islamic boarding schools) in several Islamic boarding schools in Indonesia is due to its simple vocabulary and easy-to-understand word structure character values that are in line with Islamic values. From the textbook, al-Qiro'ah al-Rosyidah, children and adolescents can learn aspects of language and understand the values and norms implied in each text title. This paper aims to explore the character values contained in the textbook al-Qiro'ah al-Rosyidah. The activities described in the book indicate past activities such as farming, gardening, anchoring, etc. which are different from the present conditions. Therefore, it needs contextualization with value activities in the present.  This paper is employing descriptive qualitative research with a literature study approach, namely extracting from a textbook. Data collection was carried out through reading and recording, which were then followed by mapping and classification. Critical discourse analysis techniques are used in analyzing the data in this paper. This paper concludes that the textbook al-Qiro'ah al-Rosyidah contains character values that follow Islamic norms, which are reflected in society's life in the past. These values are in the form of patience, trustworthiness, sincerity, responsibility, help, cooperation, respect for others, etc. This study suggests analyzing the same book as a whole for volumes 1, 2, and 3 so that the values extracted are more diverse according to the varied descriptions of past experiences
Survey of 252 Veterinary Students to Assess How Undertaking a Research Project Affects Attitudes toward Research in Practice
Authors: Allan Freddie , Dunning Mark
Published: November 2020

Veterinary students at the University of Nottingham must conduct a research project for their third-year dissertation. The aim of this mixed methods study was to assess how undertaking this research project affects veterinary students’ perceptions of research in veterinary practice, and whether their experiences with the projects influences their willingness to participate in future research. Of the 252 veterinary students who completed the survey, the majority (81%) enjoyed their project. Significantly more students enjoyed small animal clinical research projects than lab-based projects ( p = .04). Eighty-nine percent of respondents indicated that they would like to be involved in research post-graduation. The majority of students (88%) indicated they would be willing to be involved with sample collection as part of their contribution to future research. The most prevalent emergent theme when asked about perceived barriers to being involved in research after graduation was time constraints. While no significant associations were found between enjoyment of project and willingness to be involved in future research, respondents who did not wish to be involved in future research cited bad experiences and a lack of interest as the main reasons. Many veterinarians in practice are not involved in research; therefore, vast quantities of valuable data go unexamined. This survey showed that there is notable interest in being involved in future research among this cohort of respondents. This study concludes that veterinary educational organizations can improve participation in future practice-based research by ensuring positive experiences with research and by addressing perceived barriers to research that may develop during undergraduate years.
Evaluation of Retention of Veterinary Clinical Pathology Knowledge between Second-Year and Fourth-Year Clinical Pathology Courses
Authors: Stowe Devorah M. , Schoenfeld-Tacher Regina M. , Royal Kenneth D. , Neel Jennifer A.
Published: November 2020

There is a concern over long-term retention of knowledge in professional programs. The goal of this study was to evaluate the retention of veterinary clinical pathology knowledge between the fourth-semester and fourth-year clinical pathology courses. We hypothesize that students will forget a significant amount of content area knowledge between the fourth semester and fourth year in the Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (DVM) program. We further hypothesize that a review of material during the fourth-year clinical pathology rotation will help students rebuild existing knowledge and increase performance on specific test questions, between T2 (rotation pre-test) and T3 (rotation post-test). Initial mastery of course material was assessed via a 94-item multiple-choice final exam (T1) given in the semester 4 clinical pathology course. Retention of course material from semester 4 to year 4 was assessed via a 55-item multiple-choice pre-test, administered at the start of the clinical pathology rotation in year 4 while learning/mastery during the clinical rotation was assessed via a 55-item multiple-choice post-test, administered at the end of each clinical pathology rotation. In this study, evidence of knowledge retention between semester 4 and year 4 was 55.5%. There is a small increase in the measure of knowledge gain from the beginning to the end of the rotation. As an added benefit, we were able to use identified trends for retention of knowledge within specific subject areas as a mechanism to evaluate the effectiveness of our course and reallocate additional instructional time to topics with poorer retention.
Perceptions of Assessment Literacy among Current and Prospective Veterinary Students
Authors: Marsh Samuel J. , Cobb Kate A. , Mossop Liz H.
Published: November 2020

Developing assessment literacy is important for veterinary students because the demands of a veterinary medicine course require students to rapidly adapt to new ways of learning and assessment. In this study, we investigate the understanding of assessments at university from applicants and current veterinary students and how this understanding can be improved and developed throughout the course. Data were gathered from three groups—applicants, naïve veterinary students, and experienced veterinary students—using questionnaire-based surveys. Of the applicants, 69% expected university assessments to be different from those at school, whereas only 13% agreed they had a good idea of what assessments would be like at university. More than 50% of students in their first term agreed they had a good understanding of assessments at university, although students had no significant improvement in their understanding of assessments as they progressed through the course. All three groups agreed that having a better understanding of assessments would make them feel more confident about exams. We conclude that more could be done to prepare prospective veterinary students for different styles of assessments and that current veterinary students would benefit from the opportunity to develop their assessment literacy. An assessment literacy curriculum is therefore proposed to develop students’ assessment literacy from high school through graduation. Further research could investigate the development of assessment literacy interventions aimed at both applicants and veterinary students.
Isolation of Stenotrophomonas maltophilia from Clinical Samples in Some Hospitals in Shiraz, Iran
Authors: Baserisalehi Majid , Zarezadeh Samira , Baserisalehi Majid , Shoa Saeed
Published: November 2020

Stenotrophomonas maltophilia is an emerging pathogenic non-fermentative Gram-negative Bacillus
species. It has caused many nosocomial infections and can be isolated from various hospital wards and
healthcare facilities. Research has shown that most of its strains are inherently resistant to many antibiotics
and have multidrug resistance. This research intended to determine its occurrence frequency at some
Hospitals in shiraz, Iran. The present study was conducted in six months (from early spring to late summer
2019). Clinical samples (Blood, Urine and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF)) collected from 120 patients afflicted
with various infections. The samples were transferred to the Laboratory and subjected to microbiological
analysis. Identification of the isolates was carried out by phenotypic methods and Stenotrophomonas
maltophilia isolates verified using molecular methods. In total, various bacteria were isolated from 84
clinical samples. The isolates were Escherichia coli, Enterobacter aerogenes, Klebsiella pneumoniae,
Stenotrophomonas maltophilia, Staphylococcus aureus and Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Stenotrophomonas
maltophilia was isolated from 17 (20.2%) positive samples and most of them were isolated from blood
samples. Our finding indicated that Stenotrophomonas maltophilia isolated more from blood samples follow
by CSF sample. In addition, our finding illustrated that Stenotrophomonas maltophilia can be considered as
the common nosocomial agent at hospitals in Shiraz, Iran.
Monkey on My Back. An Autoethnographic Narrative of a Therapeutic Experience
Authors: Wiesner Adam
Published: November 2020

With a conscious attempt to contribute to contemporary discussions in mad/trans/queer/monster studies, the monograph approaches complex postmodern theories and contextualizes them from an autoethnographic methodological perspective. As the self-explanatory subtitle reads, the book introduces several topics as revelatory fields for the author’s self-exploration at the moment of an intense epistemological and ontological crisis. Reflexively written, it does not solely focus on a personal experience, as it also aims at bridging the gap between the individual and the collective in times of global uncertainty. There are no solid outcomes defined; nevertheless, the narrative points to a certain—more fluid—way out. Through introducing alternative ways of hermeneutics and meaning-making, the book offers a synthesis of postmodern philosophy and therapy, evolutionary astrology as a symbolic language, embodied inquiry, and Buddhist thought that together represent a critical attempt to challenge the pathologizing discursive practices of modern disciplines during the neoliberal capitalist era.
Micra Transcatheter Pacing System Implant under Direct Visualization During Minimally Invasive Tricuspid Valve Surgery
Authors: Sinno Mohamad
Published: November 2020

Atrioventricular nodal conduction abnormalities are common after open heart surgery and more so during or after valve surgery. The incidence of atrioventricular (AV) block after tricuspid valve (TV) surgery is higher than what is observed following coronary artery bypass surgery or left sided valve interventions due to the proximity of the TV annulus to the AV node and hence requirements for cardiac pacing are high. However, the mechanical interference between pacing leads and TV leaflet mobility and coaptation can result in regurgitation rendering such an approach counterintuitive. We report a case of Micra Transcatheter pacing system (TPS) implant under direct visualization at the time of tricuspid valve surgery performed via a right mini-thoracotomy approach.
DYNAMICS OF COVID-19 SPECIFIC G-CLASS IMMUNOGLOBULINS LEVELS IN PATIENTS AFTER THE RECOVERY
Authors: Dubrovskyi E. I. , Dons’koi B. V.
Published: November 2020

Introduction. This article is devoted to determining the level of protective antibodies of the patients at the early and further stages after being suffered from COVID-19.

Materials and methods. On the first stage of the research 66 patients of different age  and gender were examined. All patients, with no exception, had positive PCR results on COVID-19. All patients were  relatively divided into two age groups: from  18  to  39   (n = 39) and from 40 to 65 (n = 27). The light form of disease was detected in 40 patients, the moderate form – in 15 and the severe one – in other 3 patients. 8 people  were ill without symptoms. There were 11 patients hospitalized at the department of infectious diseases of the hospital. Afterwards the level of the antibodies was controlled  on the 60th, 90th and 150th day after the onset. All patients were tested for antibodies to COVID-19 by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) performed on the equip- ment: enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay Tecan (Austria); PW 40 Microplate Washer (France). ELISA set for serology COVID-19 test system IgG SARS-CoV-2 VitroTest (Ukraine).

Results. Analyzing the data obtained via laboratory research, it can be seen that the immune response to COVID-19 was formed in 82 % of the examined patients.   The maximum level of antibodies, which remains as such up to 40th day.

Results. IgG  increases from 12 to 40 days and then has not changed significantly for 60; 90 and 150 days. Only 4 patients had a noticeable decrease on day 150 (however, they still had a positive level).

Conclusion. IgG levels in patients with Sars-Cov2 remain high for at   least 150 days. The formation of antibodies is not affected by the age difference, neither depends on the severity of the disease.
Peculiarities of the influence of agroclimatic factors of the humid subtropics of Russia on the yield of Hayward Actinidia deliciosa variety
Authors: Besedina T. D. , Tutberidze Ts. V. , Kiseleva N. S.
Published: November 2020

The aim of the research is to reveal the peculiarities of the influence of agro-climatic factors of the humid subtropics of Russia on the yield of the industrial variety Hayward. The causal relationship between the value of variety Hayward yield and weather condition of the subtropics of Russia is revealed by multiple correlation-regression analysis over a 20-year period (2000-2019). Investment embedding in agrofi tocenosis creation of Actinidia allow effi ciently use the variety Hayward rather long time, considering its potential productivity, resistance to diseases and pests, quality of fruit, requirements to soil condition and pay-back period of the establishment of the planting. Long-term observations of productivity and modeling of the interaction of weather factor with yield of Hayward Actinidia deliciosa variety have shown the following: weather conditions of humid subtropics in the flowering phase of the crop are decisive for the year’s harvest size and are critical in their importance, since they refer to independent factors; unfavorable weather conditions in the Russian subtropics are repeated two years in a decade. At the same time, due to late spring frosts (-1,80 and -5 0 С) at the end of March – begin of April, young escapes perish, and against the background of a signifi cant deterioration in the conditions of pollination and fruit setting at temperatures above 30 0 C, abnormal pollen grains appear during flowering and the fertility decreases. At the late variety Hayward in such periods the yield forms 8-10 % from average (112.5 centers per hectare).
Anxiety growth rate among first year students studying through the distance learning in Rostov State Medical University due to the new coronavirus infection
Authors: Grigoryan Narine A. , Kolmakova Tatyana S. , Galustyan Lusine K.
Published: November 2020

Anxiety is defined as a strong negative feeling of worry and expectation of ill-being from others. Situational anxiety is triggered by specific situations and is gone when the situation is solved. The article presents the results of studying the degree of anxiety growth among first-year students of all faculties of Rostov State Medical University due to the self-isolation and the transition to distance learning, within the framework of the threat of the new coronavirus infection spreading. 400 young people aged 18–20 took part in the survey.
Caso de paraqueratosis pustulosa: entidad poco frecuente y síntoma de enfermedad inflamatoria del aparato ungueal en pacientes pediátricos
Authors: Iglesias Contreras Francisca Beatriz , Castellon Valdivieso Jose Miguel , Carreño Osorio Matias Ignacio Joaquin , Feuerhake Gonzalez Teo
Published: November 2020

La paraqueratosis pustulosa es una entidad poco descrita en la literatura y se define como un proceso inflamatorio cutáneo, ungueal y periungueal en el area distal de un dedo habitualmente pulgar o indice, frecuentemente en la infancia. Su evolución suele ser benigna y la respuesta a emolientes tópicos es favorable. A continuación, se presenta un caso de esta enfermedad con el objetivo de resaltar su consideración en patologías ungueales pediátricas.
Conocimiento y conducta de protección solar de pescadores en Chile
Authors: Galvez Karla , Gubelin Alvarado Hans Walter , De la Fuente Raúl , Zemelman Viviana
Published: November 2020

La sobreexposición a la radiación ultravioleta (RUV) es un factor de riesgo importante para el desarrollo de cáncer de piel (CP). Aquellos trabajadores que realizan labores al aire libre, como los pescadores, son un grupo de riesgo, por lo que es importante saber si tienen los conocimientos y realizan las conductas que les permitan protegerse de la RUV. El objetivo de este trabajo es evaluar en un grupo de pescadores el conocimiento respecto a los riesgos de la exposición solar y sus conductas respecto a medidas de protección solar.  Los datos fueron obtenidos por encuestas a 133 pescadores. Se obtuvieron antecedentes sociodemográficos y se aplicó un cuestionario de 11 preguntas para evaluar conocimiento sobre riesgos de la RUV y conductas de fotoprotección. La cohorte incluyó a 133 pescadores, todos fueron hombres con edad promedio de 48 +/- 11,2 años. Un 86% de los pescadores conocía la relación entre exposición solar/CP.  En cuanto al uso de filtro solar, un 54,8% de los trabajadores reportó nunca haberlo utilizado y un 41 % lo hacía solo 1 vez al día.  Los pescadores con escolaridad incompleta presentan 2,6 veces menor probabilidad de utilizar FS (OR 2.6) (p<0.05). Además, aquellos con conocimiento de la relación RUV y fotoenvejecimiento, presentaban 3,75 veces más probabilidad de utilizar FS (OR 3.75) (p<0.05).  Este primer estudio sobre protección solar en pescadores muestra que la mayoría están en conocimiento de los riesgos a la salud, sin embargo, no utilizan las medidas de protección recomendadas y aquellos que las utilizan, no lo hacen de la manera adecuada.
Implicit Taxes Amid Race to the Bottom in a Global Tax Game
Authors: Semenenko Igor , Yoo Junwook , Akathaporn Parporn
Published: November 2020

Growing tax competition among national governments in the presence of capital mobility distorts equilibrium in the international corporate tax market. This paper is related to the literature that examines impact of international tax policies on corporate accounting statements. Employing international firm-level data, this study revisits the race-to-the-bottom hypothesis and documents that tax exemptions lowering effective tax rates relative to statutory rates increase pre-tax returns. This finding directly contradicts the implicit tax hypothesis documented by Wilkie (1992), who provided empirical evidence on inverse relationship between pre-tax return and tax subsidy. We also find evidences that relative importance of permanent versus timing component depends on the geography and that decline in corporate tax rates reduces impact of tax subsidies on profitability. Our findings suggest that tax subsidies play a different role than in 1968-1985, which was examined by Wilkie (1992). These results are consistent with the race-to-the-bottom hypothesis and income shifting explanation
Visualization of Guideline-Based Decision Support for the Management of Pressure Ulcers in Nursing Homes
Authors: Abdellatif Abir , Bouaud Jacques , Belmin Joël , Seroussi Brigitte
Published: November 2020

Though a preventable risk, the management of pressure ulcers (PUs) in nursing homes is not satisfactory due to inadequate prevention and complex care plans. PUs early detection and wound assessment require to know the patient condition and risk factors and to have a good knowledge of best practices. We built a guideline-based clinical decision support system (CDSS) for the prevention, the assessment, and the management of PUs. Clinical practice guidelines have been modeled as decision trees and formalized as IF-THEN rules to be triggered by electronic health record (EHR) data. From PU assessment yielded by the CDSS, we propose a synthetic visualization of PU current and previous stages as a gauge that illustrates the different stages of PU continuous evolution. This allows to display PU current and previous stages to inform health care professionals of PU updated assessment and support their evaluation of previously delivered care efficiency. The CDSS will be integrated in NETSoins nursing homes EHR where gauges for several health problems constitute a patient dashboard.
Integrating Healthcare Data for Enhanced Citizen-Centred Care and Analytics
Authors: Bowles Juliana K.F. , Mendoza-Santana Juan , Vermeulen Andreas F. , Webber Thais , Blackledge Euan
Published: November 2020

The potential of healthcare systems worldwide is expanding as new medical devices and data sources are regularly presented to healthcare providers which could be used to personalise, improve and revise treatments further. However, there is presently a large gap between the data collected, the systems that store the data, and any ability to perform big data analytics to combinations of such data. This paper suggests a novel approach to integrate data from multiple sources and formats, by providing a uniform structure to the data in a healthcare data lake with multiple zones reflecting how refined the data is: from raw to curated when ready to be consumed or used for analysis. The integration further requires solutions that can be proven to be secure, such as patient-centric data sharing agreements (smart contracts) on a blockchain, and novel privacy-preserving methods for extracting metadata from data sources, originally derived from partially-structured or from completely unstructured data. Work presented here is being developed as part of an EU project with the ultimate aim to develop solutions for integrating healthcare data for enhanced citizen-centred care and analytics across Europe.
Latent COVID-19 Clusters in Patients with Chronic Respiratory Conditions
Authors: Cui Wanting , Cabrera Manuel , Finkelstein Joseph
Published: November 2020

The goal of this paper was to apply unsupervised machine learning techniques towards the discovery of latent COVID-19 clusters in patients with chronic lower respiratory diseases (CLRD). Patients who underwent testing for SARS-CoV-2 were identified from electronic medical records. The analytical dataset comprised 2,328 CLRD patients of whom 1,029 were tested COVID-19 positive. We used the factor analysis for mixed data method for preprocessing. It performed principle component analysis on numeric values and multiple correspondence analysis on categorical values which helped convert categorical data into numeric. Cluster analysis was an effective means to both distinguish subgroups of CLRD patients with COVID-19 as well as identify patient clusters which were adversely affected by the infection. Age, comorbidity index and race were important factors for cluster separations. Furthermore, diseases of the circulatory system, the nervous system and sense organs, digestive system, genitourinary system, metabolic diseases and immunity disorders were also important criteria in the resulting cluster analyses.
User-Centred Design with a Remote Approach: Experiences from the Chronic Pain Project
Authors: Smaradottir Berglind F. , Bellika Johan Gustav , Fredeng Aina , Fagerlund Asbjørn J.
Published: November 2020

User-centred design involves end-users or user groups during all the parts of the development process. The research project Chronic Pain aims to develop a shared decision making application for patients and physicians, addressing individually adapted pain treatment. The project employs a user-centred design process, and in middle of it, Covid-19 pandemic social distancing restrictions were imposed. This paper presents how the user-centred design process together with a patient organisation was transformed to a digital approach and the experiences from performing a remote co-creation user workshop. The digital approximation had a satisfactory result and the main contribution lies in the sharing of recommendations for how to practically apply a remote user-centred design methodology.
Citizens’ Opinions About a Digital Health Insurance Record
Authors: Kostikidis George , Gallos Parisis , Triantafyllou Ioannis S. , Plagianakos Vassilis
Published: November 2020

An Electronic Health Insurance Record (EHIR) could give all the information needed to the insured citizens, informing them about the history of benefits and the health expenses. The aim of this work is to evaluate a Digital Health Insurance Record system as well as to explore the benefits of using this system, both for society and for each citizen individually. A quantitative survey was carried out using a questionnaire shared among 180 people in Greece in 2019. The questionnaire consisted of 25 closed-ended questions, 3 of which related to demographics and the remaining 22 related to the use and benefits of use of the EHIR system. Most of all people who took part in this study believe that EHIR can contribute positively giving both social benefits and benefits for the patients. An important finding of the study is the concern expressed by respondents about the security of the system in the management of sensitive personal data. Based on citizens’ opinions a Digital Health Insurance Record can provide a lot of benefits to citizens and to the society as well as to the national health insurance system.
Organisasi dan Desain Pengembangan Kurikulum PAI
Authors: Sholeh Hutomo Ghamal , Hamami Tasman
Published: November 2020

Islamic education curriculum is not separated from its relation to the basicand objectives of Islamic education. Some parts of the curriculum materials can bedeveloped by the demands of the times and the human environment but considered thetimes and the human environment, but considered that the curriculum of Islamiceducation should be substantive in the purpose of Islamic education. The curriculumorganization is considered to be able to achieve that goal. Acting as a determinant ofhow a defection will take place, of course, this curriculum organization is one of the important factors. Curriculum design is a framework in drafting curriculum organization and is a preparation of one component of the curriculum that is the content of curriculum material. This research uses library research by analyzing the data, documents related to the discussion is systematically analyzed. The purpose of this research is to know the form of the Islamic Education curriculum organization, the design principles of the Islamic Education curriculum, and the Islamic Education curriculum design.
Pemikiran Fikih Abuya Muhammad Wali Al-Khalidi (Analisis Kitab Al-Fatawa)
Authors: Saifuddin Safriadi
Published: November 2020

The Book of al-fatawa has a great contribution to the dynamics of development of Islamic law in this region of the Archipelago Islands. As for the complexion of his fikih thoughts nuanced bayāni-Tahlīlī. This research is descriptive-analysis with qualitative approaches. The results of this study revealed that Abuya Muhammad Waly al-Khalidi was a mujaddid (renewer) in the 14th-century hijrah, and a scholar was highly productive, during his lifetime preoccupied with scholarship activities with various disciplines, many of the wreaths he had made, which showed the breadth of science he had. One of his works in fikih is the book of al-Fatawa which is a collection of answers from questions sent by the community from various regions of Aceh as well as outside Aceh.
Learning english based on education environment
Authors: Yos Ahdar , Rafiqa Rafiqa , Teguh Siregar Yosef
Published: November 2020

The focus of the problem statement of this article is whether the educational environment can develop English vocabulary? This study aims to find out that the education environment can develop students’ vocabulary. The significance of this study is expected to give useful information on English teaching and learning process, especially in learning English vocabulary based on the education environment. In this case, the researcher used experimental as a research method, and She used random sampling technique in choosing the sample. Vocabulary test as a research instrument, it consists of 20 items, then pretest and posttest were used to collected data, statistic analysis as a technique of data analysis. Based on the result of the data analysis and the discussion of the result in the previous chapter, the writer would like to put forward conclusion that the school environment is a good medium in the teaching-learning process especially to develop students’ vocabulary
Object Tracking by Detection using YOLO and SORT
Authors: Thakkar Heet , Tambe Noopur , Thamke Sanjana , K. Gaidhane Vaishali
Published: November 2020

Over the past two decades, computer vision has received a great deal of coverage. Visual object tracking is one of the most important areas of computer vision. Tracking objects is the process of tracking over time a moving object (or several objects). The purpose of visual object tracking in consecutive video frames is to detect or connect target objects. In this paper, we present analysis of tracking-by-detection approach which include detection by YOLO and tracking by SORT algorithm. This paper has information about custom image dataset being trained for 6 specific classes using YOLO and this model is being used in videos for tracking by SORT algorithm. Recognizing a vehicle or pedestrian in an ongoing video is helpful for traffic analysis. The goal of this paper is for analysis and knowledge of the domain.
A Study on Artificial Intelligence Technologies and its Applications
Authors: S Haripriya , Manikandan L. C.
Published: November 2020

Artificial Intelligence (AI) helps computers to learn from experience, adjust to new stimuli, and perform tasks of a human nature. It works by combining large amounts of data with fast, iterative processing and smart algorithms, allowing the program to learn from patterns or features in the data automatically. We address AI and various subfields of AI in article. In this paper, we are studying the types, applications, tools. In addition, few examples of existing Internet of Things services with AI working behind them are discussed in this context.
Breast Cancer Prediction Using Machine Learning
Authors: Singh Gaurav
Published: November 2020

Breast cancer may be a prevalent explanation for death, and it's the sole sort of cancer that's widespread among women worldwide. The prime objective of this paper creates the model for predicting breast cancer using various machine learning classification algorithms like k Nearest Neighbor (kNN), Support Vector Machine (SVM), Logistic Regression (LR), and Gaussian Naive Bayes (NB). And furthermore, assess and compare the performance of the varied classifiers as far as accuracy, precision, recall, f1-Score, and Jaccard index. The breast cancer dataset is publicly available on the UCI Machine Learning Repository and therefore the implementation phase dataset is going to be partitioned as 80% for the training phase and 20% for the testing phase then apply the machine learning algorithms. k Nearest Neighbors achieved a significant performance in respect of all parameters.
Game Theory : A Case of Infectious Diseases
Authors: A. Yinka Adekunle , Ebiesuwa Seun , Blaise Ohwo Onome
Published: November 2020

Game theory is a mathematical model which deals with interactions between various entities by analyzing the strategies and choices. In today’s world, Game Theory is being extensively used in fields like computer science, economics, sociology, political science, and so on, due to its versatile nature and applications in numerous conflicts and problems. The application of game theory has been extended to real life problems also due to its versatility and robustness. In this research, various game theory methodologies applied during pandemic was reviewed. Various aspects of these methodologies were highlighted such as methods applied, description, expected result and limitation. This research will act as a reliable and efficient way of understanding the concept of game theory and its application in combating infectious diseases, analyze and eventually understand different strategic scenarios. The main importance of game theory is to formulate the alternative strategy to compete with one another and in the same sense it is an essential tool for decision making process according to fluctuations in relevant contents. These reviewed methodologies would be further categorized into prevent, control or both based on the application they favour most.