bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Investigating Adolescents’ Video Gaming and Gambling Activities, and Their Relationship With Behavioral, Emotional, and Social Difficulties: Protocol for a Multi-Informant Study
Authors: Cena Loredana , Rota Matteo , Trainini Alice , Zecca Sara , Bonetti Zappa Sofia , Tralli Nella , Stefana Alberto
Published: December 2021

Background

Growing empirical evidence suggests that adolescents have a relatively greater propensity to develop problematic video gaming or gambling habits.

Objective

The main objectives of this study are to estimate the prevalence of potential pathological gambling and video game use among adolescent students and to evaluate their risk factors.

Methods

This is a cross-sectional multi-informant study based on an online survey. It will include a sample of adolescents attending secondary schools located in Brescia, northern Italy, their schoolteachers, and parents. The survey includes extensive data on adolescents’ (1) demographic, social, economic, and environmental characteristics; (2) behavioral, emotional, and social problems and adaptive functioning; (3) emotional and social loneliness; (4) perception of the reasons to use social networks; (5) video game habits and pathological use of video gaming; and (6) gambling behaviors.

Results

This protocol was approved by the Institutional Ethics Board of the Spedali Civili of Brescia (Italy). We expect to collect data from 793 or more adolescent students, as determined by our sample size calculation.

Conclusions

This multisite project will make a substantial contribution to (1) the implementation of a system for identifying pathological gambling and pathological video game use among adolescents, allowing for interventions aimed at improving adolescents’ financial, emotional, and social well-being; and (2) the identification of distinct profiles of gamblers and pathological video gamers that will contribute to setting up effective targeted prevention measures. Understanding the causes and impact of gambling and pathological video gaming on adolescents is a public health issue.

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DERR1-10.2196/33376
Health Care Analytics With Time-Invariant and Time-Variant Feature Importance to Predict Hospital-Acquired Acute Kidney Injury: Observational Longitudinal Study (Preprint)
Authors: Chua Horng-Ruey , Zheng Kaiping , Vathsala Anantharaman , Ngiam Kee-Yuan , Yap Hui-Kim , Lu Liangjian , Tiong Ho-Yee , Mukhopadhyay Amartya , MacLaren Graeme , Lim Shir-Lynn , Akalya K , Ooi Beng-Chin
Published: December 2021

BACKGROUND

Acute kidney injury (AKI) develops in 4% of hospitalized patients and is a marker of clinical deterioration and nephrotoxicity. AKI onset is highly variable in hospitals, which makes it difficult to time biomarker assessment in all patients for preemptive care.

OBJECTIVE

The study sought to apply machine learning techniques to electronic health records and predict hospital-acquired AKI by a 48-hour lead time, with the aim to create an AKI surveillance algorithm that is deployable in real time.

METHODS

The data were sourced from 20,732 case admissions in 16,288 patients over 1 year in our institution. We enhanced the bidirectional recurrent neural network model with a novel time-invariant and time-variant aggregated module to capture important clinical features temporal to AKI in every patient. Time-series features included laboratory parameters that preceded a 48-hour prediction window before AKI onset; the latter’s corresponding reference was the final in-hospital serum creatinine performed in case admissions without AKI episodes.

RESULTS

The cohort was of mean age 53 (SD 25) years, of whom 29%, 12%, 12%, and 53% had diabetes, ischemic heart disease, cancers, and baseline eGFR <90 mL/min/1.73 m2, respectively. There were 911 AKI episodes in 869 patients. We derived and validated an algorithm in the testing dataset with an AUROC of 0.81 (0.78-0.85) for predicting AKI. At a 15% prediction threshold, our model generated 699 AKI alerts with 2 false positives for every true AKI and predicted 26% of AKIs. A lowered 5% prediction threshold improved the recall to 60% but generated 3746 AKI alerts with 6 false positives for every true AKI. Representative interpretation results produced by our model alluded to the top-ranked features that predicted AKI that could be categorized in association with sepsis, acute coronary syndrome, nephrotoxicity, or multiorgan injury, specific to every case at risk.

CONCLUSIONS

We generated an accurate algorithm from electronic health records through machine learning that predicted AKI by a lead time of at least 48 hours. The prediction threshold could be adjusted during deployment to optimize recall and minimize alert fatigue, while its precision could potentially be augmented by targeted AKI biomarker assessment in the high-risk cohort identified.
Campus Smoking Policies and Smoking-Related Twitter Posts Originating From California Public Universities: Retrospective Study (Preprint)
Authors: Yang Joshua S , Cuomo Raphael E , Purushothaman Vidya , Nali Matthew , Shah Neal , Bardier Cortni , Obradovich Nick , Mackey Tim
Published: December 2021

BACKGROUND

The number of colleges and universities with smoke- or tobacco-free campus policies has been increasing. The effects of campus smoking policies on overall sentiment, particularly among young adult populations, are more difficult to assess owing to the changing tobacco and e-cigarette product landscape and differential attitudes toward policy implementation and enforcement.

OBJECTIVE

The goal of the study was to retrospectively assess the campus climate toward tobacco use by comparing tweets from California universities with and those without smoke- or tobacco-free campus policies.

METHODS

Geolocated Twitter posts from 2015 were collected using the Twitter public application programming interface in combination with cloud computing services on Amazon Web Services. Posts were filtered for tobacco products and behavior-related keywords. A total of 42,877,339 posts were collected from 2015, with 2837 originating from a University of California or California State University system campus, and 758 of these manually verified as being about smoking. Chi-square tests were conducted to determine if there were significant differences in tweet user sentiments between campuses that were smoke- or tobacco-free (all University of California campuses and California State University, Fullerton) compared to those that were not. A separate content analysis of tweets included in chi-square tests was conducted to identify major themes by campus smoking policy status.

RESULTS

The percentage of positive sentiment tweets toward tobacco use was higher on campuses without a smoke- or tobacco-free campus policy than on campuses with a smoke- or tobacco-free campus policy (76.7% vs 66.4%, P=.03). Higher positive sentiment on campuses without a smoke- or tobacco-free campus policy may have been driven by general comments about one’s own smoking behavior and comments about smoking as a general behavior. Positive sentiment tweets originating from campuses without a smoke- or tobacco-free policy had greater variation in tweet type, which may have also contributed to differences in sentiment among universities.

CONCLUSIONS

Our study introduces preliminary data suggesting that campus smoke- and tobacco-free policies are associated with a reduction in positive sentiment toward smoking. However, continued expressions and intentions to smoke and reports of one’s own smoking among Twitter users suggest a need for more research to better understand the dynamics between implementation of smoke- and tobacco-free policies and resulting tobacco behavioral sentiment.
Preference of Virtual Reality Game in Psychological Pressure and Depression Prevention: A Discrete Choice Experiment (Preprint)
Authors: Jin Shan , Tan Zijian , Liu Taoran , Chan Sze Ngai , Sheng Jie , Huang Jian , Zhang Casper J.P. , Ming Wai-Kit
Published: December 2021

BACKGROUND

Virtual reality (VR) can be used to build many different scenes aimed at reducing study-related stress. However, few academic experiments about university students for preference testing have been done. Our study aimed to assess the preference of VR games for stress and depression prevention by using a discrete choice experiment (DCE).

OBJECTIVE

The candidate could wear the headset and alleviate the stress and depression in the game. The purpose of this experiment was to investigate the preference of VR technology in college students’ psychological pressure relief and depression prevention.

METHODS

Five different attributes were selected based on the depression therapy parameter and attributes about VR: (1) treatment modality, (2) therapy duration, (3) perceived remission rate, (4) probability of adverse events, and the (5) monthly cost of adding treatment to a discrete choice experiment. By comparing different attributes and levels, we could draw some conclusions about the depression therapy testing preference for university students. One university student was responsible for VR scene development and one for candidate recruitment.

RESULTS

The utility report of different attributes for “zero” probability of adverse events was higher than others (99.22), and the VR treatment as the most popular treatment method when compared with counseling and medicine treatment was 80.95. Three parameter aspects (different treatments for depression) were statistically significant (P＜0.001), including “0%” and “50%” of “Probability of adverse events” and “RMB$500” of “The monthly cost of treatment”. Most individuals preferred 12 months as the therapy duration, and the odds ratio of “12 months” was 1.095 (95% confidence interval [CI] 0.945–1.270) when compared with the reference of level of “6 months”. Meanwhile, the cheapest price (RMB $500) of depression therapy was the optimum choice for most students.

CONCLUSIONS

People placed great preference on VR technology psychological intervention methods, which indicates that VR may have a potential market in prevention and treatment of psychological problems. However, adverse events and treatment costs need to be considered. This study can be used to guide policies that are relevant to the development of application of VR technology in the field of psychological pressure and depression prevention.

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RR2-doi:10.2196/29375
Health Code of Conduct: A Blockchain Model for Health Metrics and Sharing (Preprint)
Authors: Assadi Reza , GHasemi Ghazal
Published: December 2021

BACKGROUND

Health is the most valuable property of all humans, and for long, scientists have had to cope with a tremendous amount of health-related data globally. Recording of health data has always faced challenges concerning privacy, accuracy, and interoperability.
So in this study, we intended to summarize health records to a minimal and abridged string that can be easily reused and shared among health systems. For this purpose, we attempted to use various coding systems and combine them with disability codes defined in Global Burden of Disease (GBD) studies to reach a unique method for presenting health records. However, this type of data is prone to disclosing personal information and should be secured safely. Today, one of the safest methods for storing and sharing data is a blockchain network that makes data transactions safe and secure.

OBJECTIVE

Ultimately, we have envisaged a global network of interconnected health data communicating through approved protocols, namely the Internet of Health data (IoHd).

METHODS

In other words, we propose a decentralized, blockchain-based network where EHRs (Electronic Health Records) are stored in the form of a hashed health code, as explained earlier. The distributed system connects the health-related data among the trusted nodes, leading to the emergence of IoH.

RESULTS

This data would be hashed health codes stored on the blockchain, so all healthcare professionals and health-related corporations/institutions/companies may access this network using their login information. The network consists of three sub-networks, the private (for health wallets), the permissioned (for care wallets), and the or pseudonymous (for data wallets).

CONCLUSIONS

Considering blockchain technology's high security and privacy, it would be possible to safely and widely provide relevant health information for caregivers, healthcare professionals, research centers, big data studies, and artificial intelligence platforms to offer better access, data storage, care provision, data transfer, and surveillance.
Product Brokering Efficiency as a mediator of Online Product Recommendation and Customer Loyalty
Authors: Lilian Felisa , Elgeka Honey Wahyuni Sugiharto , Hariyanto V Heru
Published: December 2021

Marketing strategies in e-commerce have a main goal, that is to pursue customer loyalty. Sociolla is an e-commerce company that sells cosmetic products and has a recommendation feature to make it easier for customers during the shopping process. These recommendations can trigger customer satisfaction and generate loyalty. The purpose of this study was to examine the correlation between online product recommendation and customer loyalty with product brokering efficiency as a mediator. 179 Sociolla customers were recruited in this study using convenience sampling. The data were analyzed using the SPSS-Process Hayes model 4. Results showed that perceived decision quality acts as a mediator in the relationship between enablers and customer loyalty (β = .20, [ .13; .27]). It can be concluded that recommendations that are comprehensive, clear, and meet the customer needs will make it easier for customers to make purchasing decisions, which ultimately leads the customers to form loyalty toward the products.
Understanding the Importance of Sexual Consent among University Students
Authors: Buwono Hanindito Arief , Tyas Tri Hayuning
Published: December 2021

The knowledge about how young people understand sexual consent remains scant. This study aimed to understand how the university students perceived sexual consent and the importance of consent before engaging in sexual related activities with a partner. Using explanatory sequential mixed method approach, an in-depth interview was conducted to five participants following administration of survey questionnaire to obtain a general view on the issues around sexual consent. 102 active university students at the age between 18-25 years old participated in this study. The result of the questionnaire-survey was analysed with descriptive analysis and the in-depth interview data were transcribed and were analysed using the Interpretative Phenomenology Analysis (IPA). Integration of data was done to find pattern and relation between quantitative and qualitative data. Findings from this study suggest that young people, both young men and women, perceived sexual consent as important and, therefore, should be obtained before engaging in any sexual contact. While gesture and direct communication were the common techniques on communicating consent between genders, there were still difficulties in conveying the message of consent because of the subjective feeling and norms of the society.
Twitter Based Digital Social Movement Pattern to Fight COVID-19
Authors: Bahri Mohammad Thoriq , Widhyharto Derajad Sulistyo
Published: December 2021

Twitter has become a tool for people to trigger a social change, like what is happening right now during COVID-19 outbreaks. Most people are using social media platforms to express their perspectives. For the first time, this research aimed to analyze the pattern of a social movement that happened during COVID-19 Outbreaks by analyzing the Twitter dataset contains 23,476 tweets worldwide with the #COVID19 hashtag which was obtained from 02 March to 09 April 2020. Social Network Analysis tools are used to understand the pattern of movement. This research concluded that if the Government and Mainstream Media Twitter account triggered the conversation in the social media platform, followed by the activists and celebrities who engage in conversation between their followers, an ordinary person spread the point of view of the Government and Mainstream Media across their conversation network. The COVID-19 hashtag successfully engaged 10 protest clusters, which pushed the people to fight against COVID-19 in their countries, mostly targeting the government-related account. The digital social movement pattern is relatively different from the traditional social movement, even it has the same steps, which emerge, coalesce, bureaucratise, and the movement itself, but it takes place in the Digital Public Sphere without any social or political boundaries. The digital social movement forced the government to implement a better policy to fight the COVID-19 Pandemic, including to close the national border to prevent unnecessary effects of International Migration.
Impact of Instructional Supervision on Student Performance and Teacher Effectiveness in Public Secondary Schools in Nakuru County, Kenya
Authors: G. Manduku Joshua , Ngok Peter , Mauti Jared
Published: December 2021

Education is widely seen as one of the most promising paths for individuals to realize better, more productive lives and as one of the primary drivers of national economic development. Education also forms the basic component upon which economic, social and political development of any nation is founded. With an ever-increasing population and expanding globalization, the country’s education system continues to experience shortcomings which affect the end product. The primary purpose of this study was to determine the impact of instructional supervision methods on students’ academic achievement and teacher’s effectiveness in curriculum implementation in public secondary schools in Nakuru County. The study was guided by the following specific objectives; (i) To Investigate the effectiveness of instructional supervision methods used by principals in enhancing students’ academic performance in public secondary schools in Nakuru County and (ii) To establish the influence of Instructional Supervision methods used by principals on Teachers’ effectiveness in public secondary schools in Nakuru County The study employed correlational research design as it sought to find out the relationship between the research variables under study. The study was underpinned by the Symbolic Interaction Theory as stipulated by Blumer (1969). The study was conducted in Nakuru County between February 2016 and June 2020. The target population was 65 principals 1800 teachers and the County Director of Education. Purposive stratified and systematic sampling were used to obtain 16 principals and 200 teachers. Data was collected through primary sources such as questionnaires, interviews and document analysis. Secondary sources such as articles, journals and internet were used to define the research gap. A pilot survey was done in the neighboring Baringo County to check the validity and reliability of research Instruments. Data was analyzed using Pearson Moment Correlation formula and hypothesis were tested using chi-square test of independence. The results of the study will be availed to the Kenya Ministry of Education to guide policy, the recommendations will also provide useful literature for further research. The following recommendations were suggested: to improve school administration, develop teachers’ professionalism through robust instructional supervision and improve secondary school student’s academic performance.
Implications of Modern Germany’s Educational Streaming for China’s General-vocational Streaming in an Ageing Society
Authors: Chaoming Duan
Published: December 2021

China, which is at an important stage of economic transformation, is facing the double pressure of an aging population and a shortage of skilled workers. The vocational education system in China today cannot meet the development needs of the national economy. Germany’s successful experience of general-vocational streaming has some significance for the current unbalanced talent structure in China. At the same time, in the process of implementing education streaming, we should also pay attention to the generation of students’ self-identity and help them complete their career planning; vocational schools themselves should promote the quality of teaching, improve the vocational education system and school-enterprise cooperation system to fill the talent needs of China’s economic development in the new era. The vocational schools themselves need to improve the quality of teaching and consummate the vocational education system and school-enterprise cooperation system, so as to fill the talent needs of China’s economic development in the new era.
Un método para valorar la inclusión comunitaria en programas sociales
Authors: Téllez Silva José Merced , Gómez Demetrio William , Herrera Tapia Francisco
Published: December 2021

La integración de la participación comunitaria y social (PCS) en la implementación de la política social mexicana se basa en principios de inclusión y en las buenas prácticas de gobernanza, para mejorar la operatividad y apropiación de la base social sobre las políticas públicas. Con esto se abre un marco de oportunidad teórico-metodológico para caracterizar y valorar dicha acción social. Este aporte muestra un método para analizar la PCS que se instauró en los programas inclusivos más importantes de la Cruzada Nacional contra el Hambre (CNcH), una estrategia con la cual la administración federal mexicana (2012-2018) buscó disminuir la pobreza multidimensional en la población más vulnerable. Utilizando información cualitativa recopilada a través de herramientas de investigación sociológica abocadas al estudio de las instituciones, se obtuvieron referentes que permitieron valorar la PCS y se identificaron áreas de oportunidad para la evaluación de programas sociales implementados en  localidades altamente susceptibles a la carencia alimentaria y con acentuados índices de marginación y pobreza.
From NAFTA to USMCA: Can a Good Idea that Came Too Late Be Born Again?
Authors: Escaith Hubert
Published: December 2021

This article analyzes from the trade perspective the lower-than-expected growth dividends of the export-led strategy adopted by Mexico in the 1990s. Particular attention is given to employment, labor productivity, and regional outcomes. The North American Free Trade Agreement (nafta) caused Mexican exports to skyrocket in the first years of its implementation. This initial lift was quickly sapped by China’s emergence after its entry into the World Trade Organization (wto) in 2001. Recent years witnessed a renewed dynamism of Mexican presence in the U.S. market. In an international context marked by deglobalization and decoupling, this rebound is expected to continue under the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (usmca). Yet, in order to deliver economic growth, Mexico needs to diversify the geographical location of its exporting industries. The analysis of Mexican exports shows also that idiosyncratic weaknesses, such as the low contribution of the business services sector or the deficient trade and transport infrastructure, must be addressed.
Revisión de instrumentos de imagen corporal masculina
Authors: Escoto Ponce de León Consuelo , Cervantes Luna Brenda Sarahi , Camacho Ruiz Esteban Jaime , Alvarez-Rayón Georgina , Rodríguez Hernández Gabriela
Published: December 2021

Para comprender la forma en que piensan y actúan las personas excesivamente preocupadas por su musculatura, es importante contar con instrumentos de medición apropiados. Por esto, el objetivo de este estudio fue examinar la literatura publicada sobre las propiedades psicométricas de las medidas desarrolladas para evaluar la imagen corporal masculina, la motivación por la musculatura y la dismorfia muscular. Para la inclusión de los instrumentos a analizar, se aplicaron los criterios propuestos por Cafri y Thompson (2004). Los instrumentos fueron clasificados en tres grandes grupos: insatisfacción muscular, motivación por la musculatura y dismorfia muscular. Para describir los instrumentos, se consideró la descripción de la escala, sus datos psicométricos obtenidos por los desarrolladores y evidencia psicométrica adicional, con énfasis en poblaciones hispanas y latinas. De los 14 instrumentos que existen para medir insatisfacción muscular, motivación por incrementar la musculatura o sintomatología de dismorfia muscular, solo siete han sido evaluados psicométricamente en muestras hispanas o latinas. En general, todos los instrumentos poseen adecuadas propiedades psicométricas para evaluar los constructos insatisfacción muscular, motivación por la musculatura y dismorfia muscular.
Inventario de Trastornos Alimentarios (Eating Disorder Inventory)
Authors: Rutsztein Guillermina
Published: December 2021

El Inventario de Trastornos Alimentarios (Eating Disorder Inventory, EDI, por sus siglas en inglés) fue desarrollado hace más de 30 años, y es en la actualidad uno de los instrumentos autoadministrables más ampliamente utilizados para la exploración de síntomas y rasgos psicológicos en personas con trastornos alimentarios (TA). Garner, Olmstead y Polivy desarrollaron en 1983 la primera versión del inventario, basándose en una visión multidimensional de los TA. Según estos autores, los instrumentos utilizados hasta entonces se orientaban a la evaluación de los aspectos conductuales y sintomáticos de los TA, dejando de lado los aspectos psicológicos vinculados con ellos. Diseñaron entonces un instrumento cuyo principal objetivo era la evaluación de rasgos psicológicos considerados fundamentales en el desarrollo y mantenimiento de la anorexia y la bulimia nerviosa. Dada la heterogeneidad en la presentación clínica y la variabilidad en los rasgos que intervienen en la aparición y mantenimiento de los TA, la medición de los mismos brindaba la posibilidad de delimitar perfiles psicológicos, resultando de gran utilidad para una mejor comprensión de los cuadros y la planificación de los tratamientos.
Una revisión narrativa de instrumentos de medición de consumo de alimento en niños
Authors: Díaz-Reséndiz Felipe Jesús
Published: December 2021

Las condiciones ambientales alrededor del consumo de los alimentos han contribuido a que éste se modifique, con el consecuente desarrollo de problemas clínica y socialmente relevantes incluyendo los trastornos de la conducta alimentaria (TCA; Sámano, Flores-Quijano y Casanueva, 2005) y el problema del exceso de peso corporal (Castro, Bellido, Pertega y Grupo colaborativo del estudio, 2010; Pardo et al. (2004). Algunos estudios han evidenciado la existencia de consumos inadecuados en cantidades importantes de personas, quienes generalmente desconocen los aspectos básicos de una dieta equilibrada (Mena et al., 2002). Específicamente, la ingesta de dietas ricas en grasa, harinas refinadas y azúcares, así como de bebidas azucaradas se ha asociado con el ­­­exceso de peso desde etapas tempranas del desarrollo (Rivera y Barquera, 2002; Dubois, Farmer, Girard y Peterson, 2007; James y Kerr, 2005; Jiménez-Aguilar, Flores y Shamanh-Levy, 2006). Recientemente se mostró que el consumo de refresco ha aumentado significativamente entre la población mexicana; una persona en México consume hasta 163 litros de bebidas carbonatadas al año (de la Barrera, 2017; Sebastián-Ponce, Sanz-Valero y Wanden-Berghe, 2011).
Instrumentos para Trastorno por Atracón
Authors: López Aguilar Xochitl
Published: December 2021

La primera descripción de patrones de alimentación anormal (atracones) en población con sobrepeso y obesidad fue realizada en 1951 por Hamburger, quien describió un tipo de hiperfagia en obesos, que se caracterizaba por un deseo compulsivo por la comida (caramelos, helados y otros dulces) que era incontrolable. En 1959, Stunkard identificó que un grupo de pacientes obesos presentaban significativos problemas de atracones, sin embargo, este hecho fue olvidado durante mucho tiempo (Faiburn y Wilson, 1993), y hasta 1980 se detectó que: a) una cuarta parte de los obesos que acudían a programas de reducción de peso presentaban atracones, y b) algunos obesos mostraban una importante problemática psicológica y otros no, a partir de ahí comienza el estudio sistemático del problema.
Instrumentos para Evaluar la Anorexia Nerviosa
Authors: Rivas Teresa
Published: December 2021

Este artículo aborda el estudio de los instrumentos más utilizados en la evaluación de la Anorexia Nerviosa (AN) en población de habla hispana, perteneciendo este trastorno a los Trastornos de la Conducta Alimentaria (TCA). Es suficientemente conocido que la prevalencia de este tipo de trastornos ha ido en aumento a lo largo de la historia, y más en población femenina y en sociedades industrializadas, en las que el logro y la aceptación está muy relacionado con estar delgado o sentirse atractivo (Salazar, 2008). Todo esto ha llevado a la realización de diversos estudios de estimación de la prevalencia de los TCA. Rivas, Bersabé y Castro (2001a) en una muestra de 1,555 adolescentes españoles de entre 12 y 21 años de ambos géneros (625 varones y 930 mujeres), obtuvieron los porcentajes 1.1% y 4.0% para TCA, 0.5% y 0.4% para AN, 0.2% y 0.6% para Bulimia Nerviosa (BN), 0.5% y 3.9% para Trastorno de la Conducta Alimentaria No Especificado (TCANE), en varones y mujeres, respectivamente. Otros estudios de prevalencia, en dos etapas, se han realizado en muestras de población general de mujeres adolescentes o adolescentes tempranas españolas (e.g. Pérez-Gaspar et al., 2000; Ruiz-Lázaro et al., 2010).  En México se desconocen datos de prevalencia en población masculina y/o que proporcionen la prevalencia en cada uno de los TCA. Los datos encontrados sobre la prevalencia de los TCA en población femenina mexicana establecen que un 0.2% padecen AN y un 0.9% BN (Benjet et al., 2008). También se han realizado diversos estudios transculturales entre México y España encontrándose mayores porcentajes de sintomatología de TCA en mujeres españolas (Raich et al., 2001; Toro et al., 2006). No obstante, las mujeres mexicanas tienen un número mayor de conductas de riesgo, por ejemplo: insatisfacción con su cuerpo (Gómez-Peresmitré y Acosta, 2000) y, preocupación por el peso y deseo de estar delgadas (Gómez-Peresmitré y Acosta, 2002).
DNA Profiling from Dentine and It’s Role in Signifying Individuality
Authors: S. K. Bansal
Published: December 2021

Abstract: Forensic dentistry is the field which is a combination of forensic and dentistry. In this we go for principles used in dentistry or dentistry forthe use in judiciary. It is one field inwhich we collectthe evidence related to dentistry and analyze them for the purpose of investigation. In a crime scene or a disaster situation a lot of destruction occurs. It becomes important to determine the identity of an individual and we can say it is the identity of the deceased. This study is being conducted based on previous research and literature presented by various research scholars. When it comes to a crime scene where we do not get the victim or culprit but we find the dentalevidence and also in cases of mass disasters, catastrophic events, industrial disasters where identification is necessary if we found the dental evidence, they can help a lot in determining age, gender partial identity can be known through this evidence. Many methods are there to determine identity through dental evidence and also apart from dental evidence we have orthometric methods but dental evidence is found to be more cheap, easy, fast methods. In this we have discussed how DNA is extracted from the teeth and it's further processing so that it will help in establishing someone's identity. Keywords: Dentistry, Forensic Dentistry, Dental Evidence, Extraction, DNA Profiling etc
Evaluation of the Feasibility of an Intelligent Transport System for an Urban Area
Authors: Gawande S. A.
Published: December 2021

Abstract: The Intelligent Transportation System is one of the burgeoning inventions that uses new technology to solve a variety of issues. Its compatibility with real-world issues in developing nations like India, such as traffic congestion, infrastructure demand, high traffic loads, and non-lane traffic systems. It is critical to assess a technology's potential in order to determine its viability. The goal of this article is to determine the utility cost ratio of implementation so that it may be evaluated without changing the existing infrastructure design. The end result is a utility cost analysis approach that takes social, economic, and environmental issues into account. As a result, the analysis is quickly examined so that the technology may be applied according to its appropriateness. Keywords: Investments, Congestion, Intelligent Transportation System (ITS), Benefits, Traffic.
Multimodal Biometric Authentication for Smartphones
Authors: Pathak Mrunal
Published: December 2021

Abstract: Smartphones have become a crucial way of storing sensitive information; therefore, the user's privacy needs to be highly secured. This can be accomplished by employing the most reliable and accurate biometric identification system available currently which is, Eye recognition. However, the unimodal eye biometric system is not able to qualify the level of acceptability, speed, and reliability needed. There are other limitations such as constrained authentication in real time applications due to noise in sensed data, spoof attacks, data quality, lack of distinctiveness, restricted amount of freedom, lack of universality and other factors. Therefore, multimodal biometric systems have come into existence in order to increase security as well as to achieve better performance.[1] This paper provides an overview of different multimodal biometric (multibiometric) systems for smartphones being employed till now and also proposes a multimodal biometric system which can possibly overcome the limitations of the current biometric systems. Keywords: Biometrics, Unimodal, Multimodal, Fusion, Multibiometric Systems
UPI Challenges and Direction in Fund Management with Special Reference Banking Sector
Authors: Muralidhara S.V.
Published: December 2021

Abstract: After demonetization, there was a massive requirement for currency notes, but the government was unable to provide the required quantity of currency notes, and also Indian government wanted to promote cashless transactions. UPI is built over Immediate Payment Service (IMPS) for transferring funds using Virtual Payment Address (a unique ID provided by the bank). Unified Payments Interface is a payment system launched by (NPCI), which is National Payments Corporation of India, and is regulated by the (RBI) Reserve Bank of India, which provides the facility of instant fund transfer between two bank accounts online through payment apps. Digital transactions by UPI have been made very easy. The UPI service is available 24X7, and it is not like RTGS and NEFT, which do not work on holidays and non-banking hours. This will bring tremendous efficiency to the system and help India become a cashless economy. Keywords: Digital illiteracy, Online payments, cashless economy UPI, Mobile phone, digital payment mode
THE EVALUATION OF THE PERCEPTION OF PSYCHOLOGICAL COUNSELING, POPULAR WITH TELEVISION SERIES, IN THE CONTEXT OF META FETISHISM: SAMPLE OF KIRMIZI ODA
Authors: NİZAM Feridun
Published: December 2021

Since its emergence and widespread use as a mass communication medium, the entertainment function of television, in addition to its basic functions such as idealized education and information, continues to exist as indispensable practices. The most basic television content for the entertainment function is undoubtedly serials. In addition to this basic function, serials have been the most suitable presentation medium for commodity fetishism. In these examples of commodity fetishism, in which facts and events from every field of daily life can be seen as serial contents, serials in which psychological analyzes predominate have come to the fore. This study aims to explain the place of psychological counseling/psychotherapy in TV series and its relationship with commodity fetishism. The study is based on the analysis of Kırmızı Oda series, which was selected by purposive sampling method to examine the subject of fetishism, which has not been researched much in Turkish television. In this context, ‘Kırmızı Oda’, which was determined to reflect the phenomenon of meta fetishism, was chosen as a clear presentation of the psychological treatment process as the content of the series, from the universe consisting of TV series in which the psychological counseling profession and psychological analysis predominate. The aim of the study is to analyze how a private subject such as the patient-doctor relationship is used as a rating element and how it is handled as a commodity fetishism element in the related series. In addition, how the main character is depicted and how he is shown in a relationship with other people will be examined on the basis of the concept of fetishism. Before the analysis of the series, the concept of fetishism and commodity fetishism are also mentioned in order to provide a theoretical background. Kırmızı Oda series broadcast on TV8, one of the series on psychotherapy, was chosen as a sample. In the study, it was concluded that mental disorders and psychological disorders and related psychotherapies, which were generally considered as a situation comedy element in the previous periods, were fetishized for rating purposes simultaneously with the popularization of television series content.
Strategi Humas Polsek Bendahara dalam Menciptakan Citra Positif Dimata Masyarakat Pasca Kasus Tewasnya Pelaku Dugaan Penyalahgunaan Narkotika
Authors: Muharman Nadia , Azman Zakirah , Sari Tari Aulia
Published: December 2021

This study entitled "Public Relations Of Bendahara Sector Police's Strategies In Creating A Positive Image In The Eyes Of The Public After The Death Of The Alleged Drug Abuse Perpetrator Case" with the aim of finding out the strategies carried out by the Bendahara Sector Police's Public Relations in creating a positive image in the public after the death of the alleged perpetrator of Narcotics abuse. This research is a descriptive study with a qualitative approach. The data collection technique in this study was done by using interviews with the head of Public Relations of the Bendahara Sector Police and the General Section Chief Public Relation of Bendahara Sector Police. The determination of informant was chosen using a purposive sampling technique. The results showed that there were seven PR strategies used by the Public Relations of the Bendahara Sector Police, namely visiting victims' families regularly, approaching community leaders, counseling in turns to villages, saweusikula (visiting schools) activities, approaching Aceh Tamiang news journalists, uploading activities documentation to social media, and providing donations and assistance to local communities in need. There were several obstacles for the Public Relations of the Bendahara SectorPolice in carrying out the strategies that had been designed, namely the lack of facilities and the lack of personnel in charge of the Public Relations sector or department.
Conjugal Visits in Prisons Discourse: The Prisoners’ Voice in Malawi
Authors: Kajawo Samson C. R.
Published: December 2021

The issue of possible provision of prisoners’ conjugal rights in jurisdictions not yet allowing them, such as Malawi, is still an intricate debate amongst the stakeholders. However, the most important stakeholder in the issue, the prisoner, is usually left out of the discourse. This study analyzed the perceptions of randomly sampled 305 prisoners on conjugal visits at one of the central prisons in Malawi. Both qualitative and quantitative data from prisoners’ perceptions were collected and used concurrently. The key finding was that prisoners (male and female) in Malawi generally had positive perceptions regarding conjugal visits since more than 80% of the respondents (n=305) reported that conjugal visits were good and recommended their possible introduction in Malawi. These incarcerated persons opined that conjugal visits reduced problems of homosexuality, sexual assaults, physical violence in prisons, supporting prisoners’ rehabilitation and reintegration efforts as well as helping prisoners in preserving and establishing family ties. Prisoners also viewed conjugal visits as another way of dealing with the HIV and AIDS problem in Malawi prisons. Though the potential challenge was reported to be its costs, it was opined that the programme was still worthy of introducing. It was therefore concluded that the prisoners’ voice is also valuable in not only conjugal visits discourse but also in all issues related to law and policy that concern them.
Fiction Reading and Empathy Capacity of Selected Filipino Adolescents and Young Adults
Authors: Ubaldo Kathleen Denise H. , Dy Marison Felicidad R.
Published: December 2021

This study aimed to discover if adolescents’ and young adults’ empathy capacity is higher when they engage more in fiction reading. A total of 301 students, aged 16-22, completed a self-administered questionnaire. More than half (56%) of the respondents consider reading as a hobby with books as the preferred reading material. Around 38% have moderate fiction reading scores and around 77% have high empathy capacity scores. Findings showed that the older the respondent is, the less likely they would read fiction and the lower their empathy level. Females are more likely to read fiction and are more empathic than males. Also, results revealed that the more the individual reads fiction, the more empathic they can become. Home and school interventions can be created to increase opportunities and desire for reading fiction and enhancing empathy capacity.
Self-Determination, Deviance, and Risk Factors
Authors: Albrecht Shyanna , Mykota David
Published: December 2021

Deviant behaviours are a significant cost to Canadian society and can incur an immeasurable amount of emotional and physical damage every year (Office of the Parliamentary Budget Officer, 2018; The John Howard Society of Canada, 2018). There have been numerous studies on the role of risk factors in affecting deviant behaviours, however, few of these have examined the influence of self-determination on deviance (Mann et al., 2010; Murray & Farrington, 2010; Zara & Farrington, 2010). This study intends to fill this gap by investigating the interactions between self-determination, gender, risk factors, and deviance. Participants were invited through the University of Saskatchewan’s PAWS and SONA systems to complete an online survey that asked questions relating to gender, self-determination, risk factors, and deviance. A Chi-square Test for Independence was utilized to explore the explicit relationships between the type of self-determination and gender differences. In addition, a two-way MANOVA was used to compare self-determination and gender together in relation to deviance and risk factors. A Chi-square test found that there was not a significant relationship between gender and self-determination while the two-way MANOVA found a significant interaction effect between self-determination, deviance, and risk factors. However, when the interaction was examined further through univariate ANOVAs, no significant differences were found. Future research that examines and expands on the relationship between self-determination, gender, risk factors and antisocial behavior is suggested.
CEO duality and firm performance: An empirical study on listed companies from an emerging market
Authors: Debnath Pranesh , Das Promila , Laskar Najul , Khan Shahbaz Babar , Dhand Shweta , Kaushal Kaushambi
Published: December 2021

The primary purpose of the study is to investigate the impact of CEO duality on firm performance. The study is based on secondary data collected from the published annual reports of respective companies and the Capitaline corporate database. The sample consists of 174 listed non-financial companies for eight years from 2011–12 to 2018–19. This study uses an appropriate panel data regression analysis to examine the impact of CEO duality on firm performance. Based on the panel data regression model, the study found mixed results, i.e., the impact of CEO duality on market capitalization is negative significant; however, the impact becomes positive when the firm performance is measured by return on assets. These outcomes of the present study are consistent with previous studies
LARYNX MYOFIBROBLASTIC TUMOR, A RARE CASE REPORT
Authors: Inostroza Borja Bazán , Pendolero Jorge Prada , Plaza Gustavo Eisenberg , García-Baquero Eduardo Raboso , Adrados Maria Magdalena
Published: December 2021

Myofibroblastic tumour is extremely rare in the larynx, with just over
40 published cases. Despite being a benign tumour, they are tumours with
a marked inflammatory character, local destruction and the possibility
of degeneration to malignant histological types and with metastatic
capacity. Anatomopathological differential diagnosis is fundamental in
this cases.
CT-severity Score in COVID-19 patients, Assessment of Performance in Triage and Outcome Prediction: a Comparative Study of Different Methods
Authors: Nokiani Alireza Almasi
Published: December 2021

BACKGROUND: Lung involvement in COVID-19 can be quantified by
chest CT scan with some triage and prognostication value. At least 7
CT-severity score (CTSS) systems have been proposed. PURPOSE:
We evaluated triage and prognostication performance of seven different
CTSSs for COVID-19. MATERIALS AND METHODS: COVID-19, PCR
positive patients admitted from February 20th 2020 to July
22 were included into a retrospective study.
Demographic data and clinical data indicating disease severity at
presentation and in peak disease severity were recorded. CT images were
reviewed and scored according to seven different scoring systems
(CTSS1-CTSS7) by two radiologists. Interrater reliability was determined
for each CTSS. Then clinical severity of the disease at presentation
(for triage) and peak disease severity (for outcome) were compared with
CTSSs separately. ROC curves for performance of each CTSS in diagnosing
severe/critical disease on admission, severe/critical disease at peak
disease severity and critical disease at peak severity were plotted.
Areas under the curve (AUCs), best thresholds and corresponding
sensitivities and specificities were calculated. RESULTS: 96
patients were included with mean age of 63.6 ± 17.4 years (range: 21-88,
median: 67). 57 (59,4%) were men and 39 (40.6%) were women. All CTSSs
showed good interrater reliability as calculated intraclass correlation
coefficients (ICCs) were 0.764-0.837 for all of the CTSSs. Only three
CTSSs showed acceptable AUCs (AUC =0.7) for triage of severe/critical
patients. All CTSSs showed acceptable AUCs for prognostication
(AUCs=0.76-0.79). Calculated AUCs were not significantly different for
triage and for prediction of severe/critical disease but some difference
was shown for prediction of critical disease. CONCLUSION: Men
are probably affected more frequently than women by COVID19. CTSS
performance in triage was much lower than earlier reports and only three
CTSSs showed acceptable AUCs. CTSS performed better for prognostic
purposes than for triage as all 7 CTSSs showed acceptable AUCs in both
types of prognostic ROC curves. Our results are compatible with those of
recent studies. There is not much difference among performance of
different CTSSs.