bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Magnitude of Intestinal Parasites Among Food Handlers Working in Food Service Establishments in Gondar Town, Northwest Ethiopia
Authors: Wondimu Hailegebriel , Moges Feleke , Addis Zelalem
Published: September 2022

The authors have requested that this preprint be removed from Research Square.
COVID-19: Clinical Assessment, And Prognosis
Authors: Obeid Alaa , Jib Iman Abou , Daher Nizar
Published: September 2022

Background
When COVID-19 first appeared in December 2019, it quickly spread to become a pandemic. It is a member of the coronavirus family of viruses, which has previously been responsible for a few attacks. The development of preventative and management methods during the early phases of this pandemic was greatly aided by information derived from earlier studies on the etiology and epidemiology of other viruses belonging to this family. Additionally, the general Syrian population already has a number of comorbidities as a result of a poor healthcare system and difficult economic situations, which might have a negative impact on the treatment of COVID-19-infected individuals.
Methods
A retrospective study was conducted at Damascus Hospital to assess the most important clinical symptoms and prognostic markers for COVID-19 patients between the middle and end of 2021. The chi-square test was employed to investigate the association between illness outcome and research factors. The threshold for statistical significance was set at P 0.05.
Results
The gender split among the 127 COVID-19 patients was 54% men and 46% women. 31% of patients were between the ages of 61 and 70, making up the majority. Diabetes and high blood pressure were present in 41% and 60% of the patients, respectively. Dyspnea, tiredness, coughing, and severe heat were all experienced by 86% of the patients. Acute respiratory failure caused 64% of deaths, whereas 23% of deaths were due to cardiac and respiratory arrest. A statistically significant correlation between COVID-19 results and clinical symptoms and laboratory results was found (P 0.05).
Conclusion
The results of the study indicated that the main cause of death in Covid 19 is either due to acute respiratory failure or to cardiac and respiratory arrest. Patients with comorbidities were more likely to develop disease, and some laboratory tests could predict disease progression and death: creatinine, urea, and hepatic parameters could be used as indicators of disease progression.
CitoLIMS: a tool for managing laboratory data for academic laboratory
Authors: Damasceno Jullian Gabriel , Carvalho Gleyson Francisco da Silva , Nascimento Amom Mendes do , Vieira Lucas Liro , Almeida Vanessa Tavares , de Oliveira Yanca Gasparini , Kulikowski Leslie Domenici
Published: September 2022

The diversity of techniques used in an academic research laboratory generates a range of raw data with different formats and information that can exceed 1 gigabyte or terabyte per processing performed. Thus, laboratories need to seek efficient solutions for the management, analysis and curation of your data. The CitoLIMS tool was developed in-house to meet this specific demand and facilitate the secure management of data or analytics published within the scope of academic research in the healthcare field.
The effect of Shoulder Proprioceptive Neuromuscular Facilitation with Scapular Stability Exercises on pain, range of motion and function in Adhesive capsulitis –A case study
Authors: Malpani Kalyani , Mungikar Sanket , Katage Goutami
Published: September 2022

Background
-Adhesive capsulitis is a nonspecific chronic inflammatory reaction of tissues in the Glenohumeral joint which causes synovial thickening. This Thickening results in limited range of motion (ROM) most commonly seen in Shoulder abduction and external rotation. The onset can be insidious or occur after an injury.
Aim
-The purpose of this case report is to describe proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation with scapular stabilization exercise Interventions on pain, range and function for a patient with adhesive capsulitis. Case Description:-The patient was a 50-year-old right-handed male who presented with left Shoulder pain and limited range of motion (ROM) The diagnosis of adhesive capsulitis was determined following mechanism of Injury, past medical history, and physical therapy examination and evaluation. Intervention:-The patient was seen for a total of 12 physical therapy sessions over the Span of 3 weeks. Interventions included a proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation, Scapular stabilization exercise including Scapular clock exercise,shoulder sling exercise and Lawnmower exercise .Outcome measures included ROM measurements, pain Ratings, the Shoulder Pain and Disability Index (SPADI)
Conclusion
-Proprioceptive Neuromuscular Facilitation with Scapular stability exercise were found to be effective interventions for a patient with adhesive capsulitis.
A Shortcut in Bayesian Application
Authors: Wang Jin
Published: September 2022

For a well-established class of medical products, when a similar or improved version of a product in the class has been developed, to evaluate the safety and effectiveness of the new product, the Bayesian approach is gaining popularity to save resource and reduce trial duration by leveraging highly relevant external data. However, the Bayesian approach can appear daunting to practitioners, including statisticians without sufficient exposure to the Bayesian methodology. Instead of using the typical modeling approach to borrow evidence from external data, this paper proposes to quantify the effective sample size from the external data first and then combine the effective portion of the external data with the current trial data through a Bayesian scheme. Guided by the fundamental principles of the central limit theorem and sufficient statistics, the proposed method provides a shortcut to assess and implement the Bayesian methodology in a transparent and generalized fashion. For two selected case studies, the proposed method generates comparable analysis results with those from the typical modeling approaches.
The relationship between Lipoprotein(a) and risk of cardiovascular disease: A Mendelian Randomization Analysis
Authors: Wang Shiyue , Zha Li , Chen Jian , Du Dongjie , Liu Danyang , Zhong Ming , Shang Rongfang , Sun Dongxue , Sun Chang , Jin Enze
Published: September 2022

Background: Lipoprotein(a)[ Lp(a) ] is one of the residual risk factors for cardiovascular disease(CVD) in the setting of optimal low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C). The association between Lp(a) and CVD is still in the exploratory phase, with few studies indicating a causal connection between Lp(a) and various CVD.
Methods: Lp(a) (n=377590) was a genome-wide association study(GWAS) based on European populations from Neale Lab. Large GWAS datasets for CVD, including aortic aneurysm(AA)(n=209,366), atrial fibrillation(AF) (n=1,030,836), coronary heart disease(CHD) (n=361,194), secondary hypertension(HBP) (n=164,147), heart failure(HF) (n=208,178), ischemic stroke (IS) (n=218,792), large artery atherosclerosis stroke(ISL) (n=150, 765), small vessel stroke(ISS) (n=198048), lacunar stroke(LIS) (n=225419), and pulmonary embolism(PE) (n=218413) were also based on European populations. We performed separate univariate two-sample Mendelian randomization(MR) analysis for Lp(a) andCVD as described above. We evaluated this connection mainly using the random-effects inverse-variance weighted technique(IVW1) with a 95% confidence interval(CI) for the odds ratio (OR). This was supplemented by MR-Egger, Weighted median, Maximum likelihood, Penalised weighted median, and fixed-effects Inverse variance weighted methods. MR-PRESSO offers another means of statistical detection.
Results: Our two-sample MR, which was predominately based on IVW1, revealed a causal relationship between Lp(a) and AA (OR=1.005,95%CI: 1.001-1.010, P=0.009), CHD (OR= 1.003,95%CI: 1.001-1.004, P=0.010), and ISL (OR= 1.003,9 5%CI: 1.002-1.004, P=9.50E-11), in addition, there is no causal association with AF, HBP, HF, IS, ISS, LIS, or PE. Similar conclusions were reached by the MR-PRESSO method.
Conclusion: This MR study suggested a causal relationship between Lp(a) and CHD, AA, and ISL, but not associated with AF, HF, IS, LIS, ISS, HBP, or PE. Our work further verifies the association between Lp(a) and various CVD, resulting in improved Lp(a) management and a reduction in the prevalence of CVD.
Pilot Use of Alternative Compliance Criterion for Cement-soil in a Slope Upgrading Works Project
Authors: Lo Dominic O K , Ng Raymond S L , Chiu Kian Y K , Wong Victon W L , Lau Dennis K F
Published: September 2022

Currently the General Specifications for Civil Engineering Works stipulates the use of in-situ density tests as compliance criterion for both compacted fill and cement-soil. However, the latter derives its strength from cementation between particles and could exhibit very high strength as opposed to the former whose strength closely relates to its density. Hence, the use of strength as a compliance criterion for cement-soil seems more direct and appropriate. This paper describes the pilot application of unconfined compressive strength as the compliance criterion for cement-soil in a slope upgrading works project. It details the field trial conducted prior to the production run to work out the mixing and placement procedures, the cement content to be adopted and identification of appropriate field control measure to augment the compliance criterion. It also covers the experience gained, the potential benefits of such application and areas where further optimisation could be achieved.
Quick Methods of Measurement of Relative Compaction and Moisture Content
Authors: Chung Philip W K , Chu Florence L F
Published: September 2022

The need of compaction control is well-recognized to ensure safety and satisfactory performance of fill body. Minimum relative compaction is commonly used in the end-product specification for earthworks. The Hilf method is a way to determine the relative compaction and deviation from optimum moisture content without the need to know the moisture content of soil. Infrared with convection heating is a drying method to dry soil rapidly (within 3.5 hours for common fill materials in Hong Kong). These two methods facilitate the quick determination of the relative compaction. This paper examines these two quick methods. It also presents the review of the applicability of the Hilf method in fill compaction control based on 271 pairs of results conducted in public works projects and the effectiveness of the infrared with convection drying in measuring moisture content of soil based on 167 sets of test results. The results showed that there is a reasonably good correlation between the relative compaction determined from the Hilf method and sand replacement test, with an absolute difference in relative compaction mainly within 3%; while the moisture content obtained from the infrared with convection drying and the conventional oven drying method are statistically identical with majority of the results having differences less than 0.4% which is considered practically insignificant for geotechnical engineering applications.
GIS-BIM Adoption for Construction Digitalization
Authors: Tsui Paul , Leung Vincent , Leung Simon , Chan Kevin , Hui Anthony
Published: September 2022

GIS is assisting architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC) companies build smart assets and communities for the future. The fusion of GIS and BIM enables stakeholders to put their projects, issues, and assets on a map, while gaining a deeper understanding of their interaction within the geographic context. Cited with examples and applications of adopting GIS-BIM integration technology in Hong Kong, we will examine how construction digitalization can supercharge projects collaboration and to build smarter, more resilient infrastructure for our city. It is worth taking an in-depth look at the GIS-BIM integration in geotechnical engineering in Hong Kong, 3D voxel for visualization of the geological condition underground, and other latest development in construction digitalization.
Self-Esteem and Social Support are Needed to Increase the Resilience of Student's Mothers
Authors: Anwar Choiril , Rochmawati Nikmah , Aini Dewi Khurun
Published: September 2022

Resilience is essential for mothers who experience pressure and stress while accompanying their children to take part in distance learning during the Covid-19 pandemic. This study aims to empirically examine the effect of self-esteem and social support on mothers' resilience of Early Childhood Education students during distance learning assistance. This quantitative study uses a sample of 117 mothers of Early Childhood Education students in Bulusari Village, Sayung District, Demak Regency. The sampling technique used is non-probability sampling with a convenience sampling method. The measuring instrument of this study consisted of a self-esteem scale, a social support scale, and a resilience scale with data collection techniques through questionnaires. The data analysis method in this study used multiple linear regression analysis. The study's results showed that self-esteem and social support simultaneously significantly affected resilience with a significance value of 0.000 0.05 with a contribution of 41.3%. This proves that self-esteem and social support empirically have a role in the resilience of mothers of Early Childhood Education students during distance learning assistance.
Inventing the Reinvention? Tradition and the Body of Dancing Women
Authors: Nurwendah Yusti Dwi
Published: September 2022

Dance practice has long been associated with complex social and political historical functions. There is a lot of evidence showing the centrality of dance in society, and it has become an inseparable part of the historical process. At the same time, dance became a site associated with women. Based on Hobsbawn's idea of the invention of tradition, this paper investigates the Jathilan Obyog tradition in Ponorogo concerning the dominant elite and the role of Jathil women. To facilitate the investigation, this paper is conducted by a qualitative method with an ethnographic approach that includes participant observation, interviews, and documentation adapted to context and needs to reach the research objectives. This research applies the concept of the invention of tradition, which was first initiated by Eric Hobsbawn and Terence Ranger as the center of analysis. Finally, this paper argues that in a hegemonic endeavor that attempts to 'discipline' the tradition, Jathil women have succeeded in determining the power to reinvent tradition in picturesque ways, especially through the body and massive support of media to create a process of reconstructing social memory and imagination.
De lluvias y desastres
Authors: García López Jhosiel Manuel
Published: September 2022

Reseña del libro: Rodríguez Esteves, Juan Manuel. (2021). De lluvias y desastres: un modelo para manejar el riesgo en Tijuana, Baja California. El Colegio de la Frontera Norte.
La obra aborda la construcción social del riesgo de desastres en Tijuana, Baja California, a través de un análisis transversal sobre los principales factores que han generado escenarios de riesgo ante lluvias e inundaciones en la ciudad. El autor realiza un  recuento sobre los enfoques y modelos explicativos para entender el riesgo y los principales desastres en la ciudad derivados por las lluvias extremas e inundaciones, recabando información empírica proveniente del testimonio de actores locales. Finaliza la obra con algunas recomendaciones por parte del autor para la gestión del riesgo de desastre en Tijuana.
Different Techniques of Data Fusion in Internet of Things (IoT)
Authors: Pratap Singh Harsh , Singh Bhaskar , Singh Rashmi , Naiyer Vaseem
Published: September 2022

An IoT (Internet of Things) technology is a dynamic area of research, which
has been growing at a remarkable rate for the last few years. The IoT is a mammoth
network of associated things and people, which accumulates and shares data about how
they are used and the environment around them. It is the discernment of connecting any
device to the internet and other associated devices. When something is associated with
the internet, it can propel or receive information, or both. This ability to propel and/or
receive information makes things smart. IoT permits businesses and people to get more
insights from the world around them and do more evocative higher-level work. Data
fusion techniques are used to extract eloquent information from dissimilar IoT data. It
ferocities dissimilar data from sensor sources to mutually find a consequence, which is
more dependable, precise, and comprehensive. This chapter briefly designates the IoT
by the characteristics of data procurement and data fusion.
Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare: on the Verge of Major Shift with Opportunities and Challenges
Authors: Sami Nahid , Aziz Asfia
Published: September 2022

In the last few decades, artificial intelligence (AI) has shown rapid growth in
medicine with the evolution of computer vision, robotics, natural language processing,
and deep neural networks. The technology has also been applied to healthcare with an
inexact thought that AI will replace the workforce. AI works as a helping hand for
human clinicians because a machine can never replace a human brain. Present
healthcare systems can implement AI technology for diagnosing patients and their
treatments, drug invention, prediction of disease outbreaks, real-time monitoring of
critical patients, radiology, and many more. The latest achievements by Google for the
diagnosis of cancer, and diabetic retinopathy by JAMA using deep learning algorithms
and surgical robots show substantial shifts in medicine. A simple assessment of
electronic health records (EHR) provides more opportunities for the medical experts
during the invention and application of improving medicines. The coming future of
health care depends on the advancement of AI. However, with ease comes difficulty,
such as the privacy of data and causality problems which should be considered when
deploying such strategies.
Application of Nature Inspired Algorithms to Test Data Generation/Selection/Minimization using Mutation Testing
Authors: Jatana Nishtha , Suri Bharti
Published: September 2022

This chapter builds the foundation of software testing techniques by
classifying the various testing approaches and testing coverage criteria. It gradually
advances in the concepts and process of Mutation Testing and its application areas.
Mutation testing has been applied at both the source code level and specification level
of the software under test. Mutation testing, when applied to the source code, is named
as Program Mutation. Similarly, when applied to the specifications, it is named as
Specification Mutation. The relevant Mutation Testing tools available for different
programming languages for both program and Specification Mutations are hereby
listed. Owing to the high cost incurred in applying Mutation Testing to industrial needs,
the on-going endeavors of the researchers in the area are elaborated here. Applying
nature-inspired algorithms along with Mutation Testing for data
generation/selection/minimization is an upcoming area of research. Search based
Mutation Testing (SBMT) applies evolutionary techniques like Genetic Algorithms or
other metaheuristic approaches for automating the tasks associated with mutation
testing, which otherwise requires a lot of human effort, thus, making it a practical
approach. This chapter concludes by giving the seminal recent advancements in the
area.
Computational Algorithms and Study of Elastic Artery and their Applications
Authors: Kumar Anil
Published: September 2022

The concept of computational algorithmic and sustainable elastic artery
evaluation and its impact on different variables such as structural and morphological
variations and its applications are explored in this chapter. The Crank-Nicolson
approach has solved the mathematical goal of the equation. The result is explained in
the case of blood supply in elastic vessels while the electromagnetic effect is
established. In this computational analysis, the discrepancy between the arteries and
veins attached to the elastic arteries in the blood vessel is easier than determining the
presence or absence of the elastic layer within the vessel. The obtained results in the
analysis are in relatively accurate compliance with the computational findings in this
chapter. The findings may be applicable to cases of pulmonary edema, etc.
Performance Analysis of CCS on Inclined Plane using Fuzzy-PID Controller
Authors: Prakash Yadav Saty , Kumar Singh Amit
Published: September 2022

Nowadays, in the automation industries, the Cruise Control System (CCS) is
one of the essential aspects, and it is necessary to have a well-designed controller that
can suit a new improvement in innovation. The CCS is a very famous and important
model in control system engineering. The fundamental objective of CCS is to regulate
vehicle speed depending upon the chosen speed. The CCS is an example of a close
loop control system. Speedometer is utilized in the feedback path for measurement of
the speed. This is a simple model used to solve the many problems of drivers like road
accidents, weariness, etc. In this paper, we analyze the performance of different
controllers such as Proportional-Integral-Derivative (PID) controller, the fuzzy logic
controller (FLC) and the fuzzy-PID (F-PID) controller in the different situations on the
road, such as friction, road grad, or angle of inclination to attain the chosen speed of the
vehicles. The tuning of PID parameters is done using the method of Ziegler-Nichols,
and FLC uses the gaussian Membership Function (MF) in this paper. The MF is a
graph that lies between zero and one. It indicates the mapping of every point in the
input state and the values of MF. The mathematical model of this system is considers
the road grad and the friction. Finally, in this paper, we see the response of models with
and without a controller in different situations on the road.
Erzurum'da Bir Aile Sağlığı Merkezi'ne Kayıtlı Kadınların Kanser Tutumları ve Etkileyen Faktörlerin İncelenmesi
Authors: ARI Özlem , KILIÇ Meral
Published: September 2022

Giriş: Bu çalışma kadınların kanser tutumlarının değerlendirilmesi ve etkileyen faktörlerin incelenmesi amacıyla yapılmıştır. Yöntem: Bu araştırma tanımlayıcı tipte yapılmıştır. Araştırma Erzurum Palandöken İlçe Sağlık Müdürlüğü’ne bağlı Solakzade Aile Sağlığı Merkezi’nde 1 Aralık 2018 - 31 Mart 2019 tarihleri arasında yapılmıştır. Bu tarihler arasında başvuran, araştırmaya dahil edilme kriterlerine uyan ve çalışmaya katılmaya gönüllü olan 380 kadın araştırmanın örneklemini oluşturmuştur. Verilerin toplanmasında ‘Kişisel Bilgi Formu’ ve ‘Kansere İlişkin Tutumları Ölçme Anketi (Kanser Damgası)-Toplum Versiyonu Ölçeği’ kullanılmıştır. Verilerin değerlendirilmesinde, frekans, yüzde, t Testi, Tek Yönlü Varyans analizi, LSD Post Hoc testi, Kruskal Wallis H testi, Mann Whitney U testi, Dunnet T3 Post Hoc analizleri kullanılmıştır. Ölçekten alınan puan ortalamasının 2.5 ve üzeri olması kansere karşı olumsuz bir tutumu ifade etmektedir. Bulgular: Bu çalışmada kadınların kansere ilişkin tutumları ölçme anketi toplam puan ortalamasının 2.06±0.66, iyileşmenin imkânsız olması alt boyutu puan ortalamasının 2.30±0.91, ayrımcılık alt boyutu puan ortalamasının 1.76±0.99, kanser tanısını ortaya çıkarma/yayma alt boyutu puan ortalamasının 1.97±0.91 olduğu bulunmuştur. Yapılan istatistiksel analizde katılımcılara uyguladığımız tutum ölçeğinin iyileşmenin imkansız olması alt boyutu ile kadının yaşı, eğitim durumu, evlilik yılı, eşinin yaşı, eşinin eğitim durumu, çalışma durumu, meslek, gelir durumu ve aile tipi arasında anlamlı fark olduğu bulunmuştur (p<0.05). Sonuç: Bu çalışmada kadınların kansere ilişkin tutumları ölçme anketi toplam puan ortalaması 2.06±0.66 bulunmuş ve katılımcıların % 24.2’sinin kansere karşı olumsuz tutuma sahip olduğu görülmüştür. Kadınların sosyodemografik özellikleri kansere karşı tutumlarını etkilediğinden tarama davranışları üzerindeki etkisi de yok sayılamaz. Kadınlara kansere karşı olumsuz tutumlarını azaltmak için sağlık eğitim verilmesi ve bu eğitimlerde kadınlarla sürekli iletişim halinde olan sağlık profesyonellerinin aktif rol alması kadınların kansere ilişkin negatif tutumlarının azaltılmasında faydalı olabilir.
Protez ilişkili eklem enfeksiyonu olan hastalar neler yaşıyorlar? Nitel araştırma.
Authors: NAZLI Arzu , LİMNİLİ Gizem , ÖZÇAKAR Nilgün , AVKAN-OGUZ Vildan
Published: September 2022

Giriş: Günümüzde yaşam süresinin uzamasıyla birlikte eklem protezi operasyonları, yaşam kalitesini arttırmak amacıyla daha sık yapılmaktadır. Ancak protez ilişkili eklem enfeksiyonu (PPE) komplikasyonu geliştiğinde kişilerin hayatları olumsuz olarak etkilenmektedir. Çalışmamızda, hastaların bu süreçte neler yaşadıklarını ortaya koymak amaçlanmıştır. Yöntem: Hastaların PPE ile ilgili duygularını, düşüncelerini ve yaşantılarını anlayabilmek amacıyla nitel çalışma yöntemi tercih edilmiştir. Kişilerin seçilmesinde olasılıklı olmayan örnekleme yöntemi kullanılmıştır. Yarı yapılandırılmış sorular hazırlanarak hastalar ile yüz yüze görüşmeler yapılmış ve ses kayıtları alınmıştır. Veriler açısından doyuma ulaşıldığında hasta alımı sonlandırılmıştır. Veriler deşifre edilerek yazıya aktarılmış, kodlanmış ve tematik analiz yapılmıştır. Bulgular: Çalışmamızdaki hastaların yaş ortalaması 64,25±7,43 (min:50, maks:74) yıldır. Hastalar takılan ilk eklem protezinden sonra 4-12 kez daha operasyon geçirdiklerini belirtmişlerdir. Analizde; zaman, tedavide hastanın gündemi, hasta hekim ilişkisi, maddi sıkıntılar, hastaların geleceğe bakışı ve destek görme olmak üzere altı ana tema saptanmıştır. Hastalar tedavi protokollerini karışık ve uzun bir öykü ile anlatmışlardır. Tedavi sürecinde genel olarak ağrı, akıntı, uyku sorunları, sosyal ilişkilerin bozulması, sevk zincirinin olmaması, kendilerinin yerine getiremedikleri sorumluluklar, onlara bakım verenin üzerindeki yük, iş bulma sorunları karşılaşılan zorluklar olarak belirtilmiştir. Bu enfeksiyonların tedavisinin uzun sürmesi, operasyon sonrası hareket kabiliyetinin etkilenmesiyle temel ihtiyaçlarını, öz bakımlarını yerine getirememeleri nedeniyle başkalarına bağımlı hale geldiklerini ifade etmişlerdir. Sonuç: Protez ilişkili enfeksiyonların uzun ve zorlu tedavi süreci, hastaların iyilik halini olumsuz yönde etkilemektedir. Hastalar tedavi sırasında ve sonrasında fiziksel ve psikososyal rehabilitasyona ihtiyaç duymaktadırlar. Tedavi sürecindeki hekimlerin ve sağlık otoritelerinin bu sorunların farkında olmasıyla, farklı destek planlamaları yapılabilir.
Evaluation of women’s life satisfaction and effecting factors during COVID-19 Pandemic in Turkey
Authors: UĞURLU Meltem , KUL UÇTU Arzu
Published: September 2022

Aims: This study aimed to determine the life satisfaction and affecting factors of women during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. Material and Methods: This descriptive, cross-sectional study was conducted with 512 women, aged between 18 to 68, using a web-based online survey in all regions of Turkey. The data were collected with the 'Participant Information Form', 'Fear of COVID-19 Scale (FCV-19S)' and 'The Satisfaction with Life Scale (SLS)'. Results: The mean FCV-19S and SLS scores were 19.08±5.49 and 14.69±4.16, respectively. The life satisfaction of women was significantly higher for, those who were 35 years of age and older, married, with a university or higher education level, paid less attention to social isolation rules and received moral support from their spouses. A negative and statistically significant correlation was observed between women’s scores on the FCV-19S and the SLS (r= -0.094, p = 0.033). Conclusions: Identifying women whose life satisfaction has decreased and negatively affected during the pandemic and providing timely and appropriate intervention by health professionals are important in terms of increasing women's health and life satisfaction.
Aplicação da termografia infravermelha para análise da temperatura corporal na atividade de reboco de teto
Authors: Franchini A. S. , Catai R. E. , Amarilla R. S. D.
Published: September 2022

Este estudo tem como objetivo principal aplicar a termografia infravermelha em grupamentos musculares mais exigidos dos trabalhadores do setor da construção civil. Visando a identificação de fatores negativos como desconforto térmico e queixas osteomusculares. Para tanto, optou-se pelo processo de reboco de teto, tal atividade foi avaliada por meio de simulação com três colaboradores em um ambiente controlado. A fim de obter a coletas de dados utilizou-se uma câmera infravermelha, um termômetro auricular, um medidor de stress térmico e aplicação de um Questionário Bipolar. A pesquisa mostrou que o uso da termografia superficial como ferramenta complementar, apresenta-se como um método eficiente para implantação em um programa ergonômico. Notou-se que existem poucos estudos na literatura sobre o uso da termografia para monitorar a temperatura dos trabalhadores na construção civil. Assim, este estudo pode servir de base para a aplicação da termografia em outros processos do setor construção, com o intuito de prevenção de lesões musculoesqueléticas.
Influência do gesso e do cimento Portland nas propriedades de compósitos contendo partículas de madeira
Authors: Rocha T. M. S. , Pereira L. S. , Miranda L. F. R. , Reis A. S. , Manns M. P. A.
Published: September 2022

A utilização da madeira como estrutura temporária, nos canteiros de obra, contribui para o aumento do volume de resíduo de construção e demolição (RCD) gerado e, por isso, compósitos de madeira têm se tornado uma alternativa para o reaproveitamento desses resíduos. Neste sentido, o presente artigo tem como objetivo verificar a influência da substituição de teores de gesso por cimento Portland em compósitos de gesso-madeira. Os resíduos de madeira (compensado, eucalipto e pínus) foram coletados, moídos, tratados e secos. Foi utilizado o gesso de pega lenta e o cimento Portland, com uma relação aglomerante/madeira de 1:0,15 (em massa), e relação água/aglomerante de 0,70. Os teores de substituição do gesso por cimento Portland foram de 5%, 10%, 15% e 20%, em massa. As partículas de madeira foram caracterizadas, e os compósitos produzidos foram ensaiados no estado fresco e produzidos corpos de prova prismáticos para realização de ensaios nas idades de 7 e 28 dias). Os resultados indicaram que a substituição do gesso por cimento Portland contribuiu para a aceleração do tempo de fim de pega e para a diminuição das resistências mecânicas quando comparado aos compósitos de referência, isto porque, na presença dos dois aglomerantes, o fator de compatibilidade das espécies utilizadas pode ter sido alterado.
Code-Switching Automatic Speech Recognition for Nursing Record Documentation: System Development and Evaluation
Authors: Hou Shih-Yen , Wu Ya-Lun , Chen Kai-Ching , Chang Ting-An , Hsu Yi-Min , Chuang Su-Jung , Chang Ying , Hsu Kai-Cheng
Published: September 2022

Background

Taiwan has insufficient nursing resources due to the high turnover rate of health care providers. Therefore, reducing the heavy workload of these employees is essential. Herein, speech transcription, which has various potential clinical applications, was employed for the documentation of nursing records. The requirement of including only one speaker per transcription facilitated data collection and system development. Moreover, authorization from patients was unnecessary.

Objective

The aim of this study was to construct a speech recognition system for nursing records such that health care providers can complete nursing records without typing or with only a few edits.

Methods

Nursing records in Taiwan are mainly written in Mandarin, with technical terms and abbreviations presented in both Mandarin and English. Therefore, the training set consisted of English code-switching information. Next, transfer learning (TL) and meta-TL (MTL) methods, which perform favorably in code-switching scenarios, were applied.

Results

As of September 2021, the China Medical University Hospital Artificial Intelligence Speech (CMaiSpeech) data set was established by manually annotating approximately 100 hours of recordings from 525 speakers. The word error rate (WER) of the benchmark model of syllable-based TL was 29.54% in code-switching. The WER of the proposed model of syllable-based MTL was 22.20% in code-switching. The test set comprised 17,247 words. Moreover, in a clinical case, the proposed model of syllable-based MTL yielded a WER of 31.06% in code-switching. The clinical test set contained 1159 words.

Conclusions

This paper has two main contributions. First, the CMaiSpeech data set—a Mandarin-English corpus—has been established. Health care providers in Taiwan are often compelled to use a mixture of Mandarin and English in nursing records. Second, an automatic speech recognition system for nursing record document conversion was proposed. The proposed system can shorten the work handover time and further reduce the workload of health care providers.
The Clinical Impact of Flash Glucose Monitoring—a Digital Health App and Smartwatch Technology in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes: Scoping Review (Preprint)
Authors: Diez Alvarez Sergio , Fellas Antoni , Santos Derek , Sculley Dean , Wynne Katie , Acharya Shamasunder , Navathe Pooshan , Girones Xavier , Coda Andrea
Published: September 2022

BACKGROUND

Type 2 diabetes has a growing prevalence and confers significant cost burden to the health care system, raising the urgent need for cost-effective and easily accessible solutions. The management of type 2 diabetes requires significant commitment from the patient, caregivers, and the treating team to optimize clinical outcomes and prevent complications. Technology and its implications for the management of type 2 diabetes is a nascent area of research. The impact of some of the more recent technological innovations in this space, such as continuous glucose monitoring, flash glucose monitoring, web-based applications, as well as smartphone- and smart watch–based interactive apps has received limited attention in the research literature.

OBJECTIVE

This scoping review aims to explore the literature available on type 2 diabetes, flash glucose monitoring, and digital health technology to improve diabetic clinical outcomes and inform future research in this area.

METHODS

A scoping review was undertaken by searching Ovid MEDLINE and CINAHL databases. A second search using all identified keywords and index terms was performed on Ovid MEDLINE (January 1966 to July 2021), EMBASE (January 1980 to July 2021), Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (CENTRAL; the Cochrane Library, latest issue), CINAHL (from 1982), IEEE Xplore, ACM Digital Libraries, and Web of Science databases.

RESULTS

There were very few studies that have explored the use of mobile health and flash glucose monitoring in type 2 diabetes. These studies have explored somewhat disparate and limited areas of research, and there is a distinct lack of methodological rigor in this area of research. The 3 studies that met the inclusion criteria have addressed aspects of the proposed research question.

CONCLUSIONS

This scoping review has highlighted the lack of research in this area, raising the opportunity for further research in this area, focusing on the clinical impact and feasibility of the use of multiple technologies, including flash glucose monitoring in the management of patients with type 2 diabetes.
Звернення головного редактора
Authors: Nikonov V.V.
Published: September 2022

No abstract
Стратегія зниження гіперкапнії при трансабдомінальних і екстраабдомінальних ендовідеохірургічних герніопластиках
Authors: Cherniy V.I. , Denysenko A.I.
Published: September 2022

Актуальність. Анестезіологічне забезпечення трансабдомінальної та екстраабдомінальної ендовідеохірургічної герніопластики має враховувати особливості технологій ендовідеохірургічного втручання (ЕВХВ): використання карбоксиперитонеуму, специфічні «круті» положення тіла на операційному столі, нерідко більша тривалість операції. Будучи розчинною кислотою, СО2 викликає гіперкапнію, гіперкарбію та ацидоз, які анестезіолог повинен компенсувати гіпервентиляцією. Отже, розробка стратегії зниження гіперкапнії при трансабдомінальній і екстраабдомінальній ендовідеохірургічній герніопластиці є актуальною. Мета: вивчити можливість корекції гіперкапнії при трансабдомінальних і екстраабдомінальних ендовідеохірургічних герніопластиках. Матеріали та методи. Досліджено 139 чоловіків, яким проводилися ЕВХВ у зв’язку з грижами передньої черевної стінки й паховими грижами. Вік хворих становив 34–76 років, функціональний клас тяжкості стану за ASA — II–IV. У групу І (n = 72) увійшли пацієнти, яким проводилася трансабдомінальна преперитонеальна герніопластика. У групу ІІ (n = 67) — пацієнти, яким було проведено тотальну екстраперитонеальну герніопластику. Тривалість операції становила 2–2,5 год. Загальне знеболювання з використанням інгаляційного анестетика севофлюрану й наркотичного анальгетика фентанілу в умовах низькопотокової штучної вентиляції легень. Здійснювали моніторинг інтраперитонеального й екстраперитонеального тиску, CI, DO2, VO2, O2ER, TV, PaCO2, PetCO2, рН. Результати. Встановлено, що при підвищенні інтраабдомінального й екстраперитонеального тиску під час оперативного втручання зростала концентрація СО2 як в артеріальній крові, так і в суміші, що видихається. З негативних ефектів гіперкапнії на особливу увагу заслуговує респіраторний, а надалі — змішаний ацидоз. Розроблена програма періопераційного менеджменту усунення гіперкапнії та її наслідків. Для цього застосовувалися безпечне збільшення дихального об’єму й частоти дихання, підвищення позитивного тиску наприкінці видиху, зміни співвідношення вдиху/видиху з 2 : 1 на 1 : 1. Незважаючи на всі заходи, повної компенсації процесів, що відбуваються, досягти не вдалося. Висновки. В обох групах під час операції підвищувалися TV, PaCO2, etCO2. Однак підвищення PetСО2, PaCO2 у групі I розвивалося лише через 1,5 год після початку операції, не було критичним і легко коригувалося протягом операції. У групі II підвищення PetСО2, PaCO2, що вимагають ретельної корекції, наставало вже через 30 хв після створення екстраперитонеального тиску. Розроблена програма періопераційного менеджменту усунення гіперкапнії та її наслідків.
Панель Surviving Sepsis Campaign COVID-19
Authors: Kobelyatskyy Yu.Yu. , Maltseva L.A. , Maltsev I.A. , Lisnichaya V.N. , Kazimirova N.A.
Published: September 2022

Наприкінці 2019 року новий коронавірус, названий коронавірусом-2 тяжкого гострого респіраторного синдрому (SARS-CoV-2), призвів до епідемії гострого респіраторного синдрому, а згодом до пандемії. Група експертів Surviving Sepsis Campaign COVID-19 розробила 54 термінових рекомендації, що стосуються ведення COVID-19 у відділенні інтенсивної терапії, з яких 4 є рекомендаціями передових технологій, 9 — сильними рекомендаціями, 35 — слабкими рекомендаціями. Автори не проводили нову систематичну пріоритизацію результатів, а ґрунтувалися на поточній роботі Surviving Sepsis Campaign Guideline 2020 та думках експертів. Панель Surviving Sepsis Campaign COVID-19 розділена на 4 групи: 1) інфекційний контроль та тестування: визначення процедур з утворенням аерозолів, медичним працівникам виконувати процедури з утворенням аерозолів у палаті з негативним тиском, використовуючи відповідні респіратори (респіратори № 95, FFP2) та захисне спорядження (рукавички, халат, засоби захисту очей тощо); 2) лабораторний контроль та зразки: кожного пацієнта, що надійшов до ВРІТ з ознаками респіраторної інфекції, розглядати як потенційно інфікованого SARS, після інтубації та ШВЛ отримувати зразки з нижніх дихальних шляхів для діагностичного тестування; 3) гемодинамічна підтримка; 4) респіраторна підтримка. Для оцінки якості доказів використовувався метод класифікації рекомендацій, оцінки та розробки (GRADE). Якість доказів оцінювалася як висока, середня, низька і дуже низька. Використовувалося онлайн програмне забезпечення — GDT (http://gdtguidelinedevelopment.org) для створення профілів доказів.
Інструменти скринінгу, розроблені для раннього виявлення сепсису і септичного шоку: огляд сучасних рекомендацій
Authors: Maltseva L.O. , Lisnycha V.M. , Kazimirova N.A.
Published: September 2022

Інструменти скринінгу сепсису та/або септичного шоку розроблені для раннього виявлення сепсису. Для скринінгу використовуються різні клінічні параметри, такі як критерії синдрому системної запальної відповіді (Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome — SIRS), життєво важливі ознаки, ознаки інфекції, швидка оцінка послідовної органної недостатності поза відділенням анестезіології та інтенсивної терапії (Q-SOFA) або критерії послідовної органної недостатності в умовах відділення анестезіології та інтенсивної терапії (Sequential (Sepsis related) Organ Failure Assessment — SOFA), шкали ймовірності або ризику розвитку сепсису (Sepsis Risk Score та Severe Sepsis Risk Score), оцінка тяжкості стану та прогнозу результату (шкала Sepsis Severity Score), шкали національної оцінки раннього попередження (National Early Warning Score — NEWS2) або модифікованої оцінки раннього попередження (Modified Early Warning Score — MEWS2). Метою дослідження є ретельний аналіз наданих у літературі інструментів скринінгу сепсису та/або септичного шоку для вибору оптимальних із них. Загалом сьогодні дискусія ведеться щодо діагностичної цінності клінічних параметрів SIRS, шкал Q-SOFA, NEWS2, MEWS2. Установлено, що ні SIRS, ні Q-SOFA не є ідеальними інструментами скринінгу сепсису. Лікарю, який працює біля ліжка хворого, необхідно розуміти обмеження кожного з них. Хоча позитивний результат за Q-SOFA має попереджати про можливість наявності сепсису, враховуючи низьку чутливість тесту, не слід використовувати його як єдиний інструмент перевірки. Аналогічні результати були отримані при порівнянні пацієнтів за NEWS2 та MEWS2.
Тези четвертої науково-практичної конференції «Інфекційні захворювання мандрівників. Сучасні виклики і стан проблеми в Україні» (м. Одеса, 22–23 вересня 2022 р.)
Authors: Authors No
Published: September 2022

No abstract
Investigating the Effect of Mother Tongue on the Iraqi Undergraduates’ Use of English Segmentals and Syllables
Authors: Jasim Betti Prof. Dr. Mohammed , Naeem Hmedi Zeena
Published: September 2022

This study investigates the effect of mother tongue on the Iraqi undergraduates’ use of English segmentals and Syllables. English segmentals and Syllables are two basic topics that are studied under the domains of phonetics and phonology. Those Iraqi undergraduates consist of Iraqi EFL learners (the two terms are used interchangeably in this study). English segmentals and Syllables involve consonants, vowels, diphthongs, consonant clusters and vowel clusters. The problem of the study is that EFL Iraqi students have no capacity to recognize English consonants and syllables. However, the following questions are focused upon in this study:1) What are the English consonants and vowels which are not recognized by Iraqi undergraduates under the effect of their mother tongue?2) What are the types of consonant and vowel clusters which are not recognized by Iraqi undergraduates under the effect of their mother tongue?The aims of the study include investigating the effect of learners’ mother tongue on their recognition of English segmentals and syllables, knowing whether Iraqi learners at the university level face difficulties in the recognition of consonants and vowels, ensuring whether EFL Iraqi students have difficulties in the recognition of consonant clusters and vowel clusters, and determining whether the difficulties faced by Iraqi EFL learners are caused by the learners’ mother tongue.It is hypothesized that Iraqi EFL undergraduates do not recognize some English consonants, English vowels, diphthongs, some types of consonant clusters and vowel clusters. In addition, it is hypothesized that the incorrect answers of Iraqi learners’ recognition of consonants, simple vowels, diphthongs, consonant clusters and vowel clusters are more than the correct ones.To achieve its aims and verify its hypotheses, the study adopts a quantitative method of investigation. The study chooses a sample for the present study, designs the test containing items concerned with consonants, vowels, and consonant clusters and vowel clusters. It includes only a recognition question. After applying the test on 100 undergraduate students of fourth stage/Department of English/College of Education for Humanities/University of Thi-Qar, the study arrives at some conclusions, some of which include that most Iraqi EFL learners find difficulty in recognizing some consonants, they appeared to be efficient in recognizing some simple vowels and diphthongs, they have the capacity to distinguish only some consonants but they are unable to recognize other consonant clusters and they appeared to be also inefficient in recognizing all vowel clusters.
Rereading of Samuel Taylor Coleridge's Rime of the Ancient Mariner as an allegorical poem, a ballad with Ecocritical touch
Authors: Das Arunava
Published: September 2022

In recent times many critics view Samuel Taylor Coleridge epoch-making work ‘The Rime of the Ancient Mariner’ from many different perspectives. This paper mainly tends to unify all major perspectives of critics in one single reading. 'The Rime of the Ancient Mariner' as a supernatural poem, a lyrical ballad, a Christian allegory of sin, sufferings and exploitation leading to spiritual elimination along with ecocritical conscious with which ‘The Rime of the Ancient Mariner’ recently associated by the Eco critics and environmentalist. Within the structural framework of seven parts, the poem is formally designed as a romantic lyrical ballad in which the basic ingredients of medieval gothic ballad tradition are satisfactory found how an adventurous journey change into a journey of sin and how the mariner harm the natural world and how he realises his sin and bent before God for forgiveness. The main motto of this paper is to discuss the above mention aspects of the poem which can give a new light to the poem as well as to bring forth the poetic genius of Coleridge.