bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Keeping the Snout in the Plough Furrow
Authors: Helligsøe Kasper Pape , Frederiksen Martin Demant
Published: June 2023

In recent years the concept of performance (in the sense of effort) has come under criticism in Danish societal debates due to its dubious relation to increasingly widespread illnesses such as depression and stress. While acknowledging these potentially harmful consequences, we argue in this article that performance in itself is not necessarily a bad thing, yet it needs to unfold within a particular temporal logic in order to be both possible and not lead to stress. Based on empirical material from a professional handball club and an international software company, we show how immersion in the present moment and the immediate future enhances abilities to perform, and how anthropological studies of time open up for new ways of understanding high performance.

Ces dernières années, le concept de performance (dans le sens d'effort) a été critiqué dans les débats sociétaux au Danemark en raison de sa corrélation évidente avec la généralisation de pathologies comme la dépression et le stress. Tout en reconnaissant ses conséquences potentiellement nocives, nous proposons dans cet article de considérer que la performance en elle-même n'est pas nécessairement une mauvaise chose, mais qu'elle doit en revanche se dérouler selon une logique temporelle particulière afin d’être à la fois possible et de ne pas conduire au stress. Basé sur une étude empirique conduite dans un club de handball professionnel et une compagnie internationale de software, cet article montre comment l'immersion dans le moment présent et le futur immédiat augmente la capacité à performer. Il montre aussi comment les études anthropologiques du temps ouvrent de nouvelles manières de comprendre la haute performance
Rare clival localization of an eosinophilic granuloma: illustrative case
Authors: Weidemeier Martin E. , Fleck Steffen , Hosemann Werner , Vogelgesang Silke , Ehlert Karoline , Lode Holger N. , Schroeder Henry W. S.
Published: June 2023

BACKGROUND

Eosinophilic granuloma (EG) belongs to the family of Langerhans cell histiocytosis (LCH) and is considered to be a benign disease typically found in children younger than 15 years of age. Here, the authors describe an EG of unusual localization and clinical presentation.

OBSERVATIONS

The authors report a 9-year-old girl with an EG presenting as an osteolytic lesion of the clivus. After transsphenoidal resection and histological confirmation, adjuvant chemotherapy was initiated. Presenting signs and symptoms were weight loss, episodic grimacing, and moderate ballism-like movements. After a follow-up-period of 32 months, the patient presented with a total resolution of initial symptoms and no further tumor growth.

LESSONS

Although these lesions are rare, one should consider EG as a differential diagnosis when confronted with osteolytic lesions of the clivus.
Acute unilateral orbital varix thrombosis in preexisting bilateral orbital varices: illustrative case
Authors: Pichayawat Chanokgarn , Chokthaweesak Weerawan , Leelawongs Sasikant , Chanthanaphak Ekachat , Tritanon Oranan , Putthirangsiwong Bunyada
Published: June 2023

OBJECTIVE

Orbital varix is a rare distensible orbital venous malformation. Most patients present with unilateral intermittent periorbital pain and positional proptosis that is exacerbated by the Valsalva maneuver. Complications include hemorrhage and thrombosis, leading to sudden painful proptosis and visual disturbance.

OBSERVATIONS

A 42-year-old female with a history of bilateral intermittent painless proptosis that was accentuated by a postural head-down position presented with acute painful proptosis in her right eye. Ophthalmic examination revealed right eye proptosis with a bluish mass at the right upper eyelid, and another bluish mass at the left lower eyelid that was prominent during the Valsalva maneuver. Computed tomography scans of the orbits indicated right orbital varix thrombosis and left orbital varix. Surgical excision of the right thrombosed varix was performed along with intralesional bleomycin injection in the left orbital varix. Histopathological examination confirmed the right thrombosed varix diagnosis. The patient had good clinical improvement at the 6-month follow-up.

LESSONS

Orbital varices have a spectrum of clinical manifestations, from asymptomatic to severe visual loss. Most cases are successfully treated conservatively; however, in complicated cases, interventions with a multidisciplinary team approach such as sclerotherapy, embolization, and surgical excision should be considered.
Internal iliac artery aneurysm masquerading as a sciatic nerve schwannoma: illustrative case
Authors: Bhenderu Lokeshwar S. , Taghlabi Khaled M. , Hassan Taimur , Guerrero Jaime R. , Cruz-Garza Jesus G. , Goldstein Rachel L. , Sharma Shashank , Le Linda V. , Dinh Tue A. , Faraji Amir H.
Published: June 2023

BACKGROUND

Schwannomas are common peripheral nerve sheath tumors. Imaging techniques such as magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and computed tomography (CT) can help to distinguish schwannomas from other types of lesions. However, there have been several reported cases describing the misdiagnosis of aneurysms as schwannomas.

OBSERVATIONS

A 70-year-old male with ongoing pain despite spinal fusion surgery underwent MRI. A lesion was noted along the left sciatic nerve, which was believed to be a sciatic nerve schwannoma. During the surgery for planned neurolysis and tumor resection, the lesion was noted to be pulsatile. Electromyography mapping and intraoperative ultrasound confirmed vascular pulsations and turbulent flow within the aneurysm, so the surgery was aborted. A formal CT angiogram revealed the lesion to be an internal iliac artery (IIA) branch aneurysm. The patient underwent coil embolization with complete obliteration of the aneurysm.

LESSONS

The authors report the first case of an IIA aneurysm misdiagnosed as a sciatic nerve schwannoma. Surgeons should be aware of this potential misdiagnosis and potentially use other imaging modalities to confirm the lesion before proceeding with surgery.
Subependymal giant cell astrocytoma in the absence of tuberous sclerosis: illustrative case
Authors: Shelley India , Mahtabfar Aria , Farrell Christopher J.
Published: June 2023

BACKGROUND

Subependymal giant cell astrocytoma (SEGA) is a benign intraventricular tumor classically arising near the Foramen of Monro. SEGAs almost always present as a component of tuberous sclerosis complex (TSC), an autosomal dominant disorder characterized by lesions in multiple organs.

OBSERVATIONS

A 22-year-old female with no past medical history presented with new-onset right-eye pressure, floaters in the right visual field, and pulsatile tinnitus. Imaging revealed an avidly enhancing mass abutting the right Foramen of Monro, causing obstructive hydrocephalus. Following resection, histopathological analysis identified the lesion as a SEGA. However, on further workup, the patient was found to have no genetic or clinical findings of TSC, which exemplifies a rare case of SEGA in the absence of a TSC diagnosis.

LESSONS

It is essential for physicians to be aware of the possibility of SEGA in the absence of other characteristics of TSC, which has many implications for a patient’s clinical course. The authors present the seventh case of SEGA without genetic or clinical features of TSC described in the literature.
Development of multifocal glioblastoma after radiotherapy for craniopharyngioma: illustrative case
Authors: Yuan Edith , Lin Michelle , Min Elliot , Liu Kristie , Attenello Frank J.
Published: June 2023

BACKGROUND

Radiation-induced glioblastoma (GBM) in patients previously treated for craniopharyngioma is a rare phenomenon. To the authors’ knowledge, only seven cases have previously been documented in the literature.

OBSERVATIONS

Herein, the authors report a case of a patient presenting with a new diagnosis of multifocal GBM 15 years after having received adjuvant radiotherapy for a craniopharyngioma. Magnetic resonance imaging revealed an extensive enhancing infiltrative lesion in the right frontal lobe as well as two satellite lesions in the contralateral frontal lobe. Histopathology on biopsy was consistent with GBM.

LESSONS

Even though this case is rare, it is nevertheless important to recognize GBM as a potential side effect of radiation. Long-term follow-up in postradiation craniopharyngioma patients is crucial for early detection.
Analisis Implementasi Sistem Penilaian Perilaku Kerja Pegawai pada Badan Kepegawaian Daerah Provinsi Jawa Barat
Authors: Azzahra Alya , Supriatna Metha Djuwita
Published: June 2023

Behavioral appraisal for civil servants is part of performance appraisal by using a 360-degree method. This method involves a team which consists of ratee’s direct superiors, co-workers, ratee, and subordinates, to evaluate civil servant’s work behavior in accordance with the provisions of the legislation. However, in practice there are some obstacles, such as in the Regional Personnel Agency (BKD: Badan Kepegawaian Daerah of  West Java Province. Therefore, this study aimed to: 1) find out the behavior appraisal system with the 360 method at the West Java BKD, 2) improve the behavior appraisal system, and 3) find out the results of the evaluation of the behavior appraisal system improvement. A qualitative method with a descriptive approach was used in this study, through interviews and observations. As result, there were three problems i.e.  the behavioral appraisal instrument used by the BKD did not fully  support performance appraisal, the performance appraisal rater were incompetent, and the results of the behavior appraisal were only in the form of values that would be used as the basis for providing additional employee allowance (or TPP: Tambahan Penghasilan Pegawai). Therefore, improvements were made to the system by designing comprehensive behavioral assessment guidelines and then evaluating the improvements to the system. So that the compiled guidelines can be used as a reference for the implementation of civil servants’ behavior appraisal at the BKD West Java Province.
Otonomi Daerah dan Upaya Peningkatan Pelayanan Publik di Indonesia
Authors: Dawud Joni
Published: June 2023

Seiring dengan bertambahnya daerah otonom dan besarnya alokasi anggaran yang disalurkan ke daerah semestinya akan berkorelasi dengan meningkatnya perkembangan pencapaian tujuan dari otonomi daerah. Tujuan dari otonomi daerah menurut undang-undang Nomor 32 Tahun 2004 tentang Pemerintahan Daerah, Pasal 2 ayat 3 menyebutkan bahwa tujuan otonomi daerah ialah menjalankan otonomi yang seluas-luasnya, kecuali urusan pemerintahan yang memang menjadi urusan pemerintah, dengan tujuan untuk meningkatkan kesejahteraan masyarakat, pelayanan umum, dan daya saing daerah. Sedangkan dalam UU 23 Tahun 2014 tidak tergambar secara ekplisit tujuan dari otonomi daerah seperti apa. Adapun Menurut Bagir Manan mengidentifikasi 5 fungsi dari otonomi, salah satunya adalah fungsi pelayanan publik, yaitu agar lebih dekat dengan rakyat yang wajib dilayani, selain fungsi pengelolaan pemerintahan, fungsi politik, fungsi polisionil, dan fungsi keragaman Sedangan Tujuan otonomi daerah seperti yang dijelaskan oleh Bhenyamin Hoessein (1994) adalah untuk mengurangi beban dipundak pemerintah yang lebih atas, tercapainya efisiensi dan efektivitas layanan kepada masyarakat, penggunaan sumber daya yang lebih efektif, pemantapan perencanaan pembangunan dari bawah, peningkatan persatuan dan kesatuan nasional serta keabsahan politik pemerintah dengan memberikan kesempatan yang lebih besar kepada masyarakat untuk mengenali masalah yang dihadapi dan menyampaikannya kepada instansi pemerintah tersebut.
Occupational Therapist-Led Mindfulness Training Program for Older Adults Living with Early Cognitive Decline in Primary Care: A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial
Authors: Tran Todd , Finlayson Marcia , Nalder Emily , Trothen Tracy , Donnelly Catherine
Published: June 2023

Background:

Community-dwelling older adults with early cognitive deficits experience less efficiency in performing everyday life tasks, resulting in decreased satisfaction and other adverse psychological outcomes. Mindfulness training has been linked to cognitive and psychological improvements and, most recently, has been identified as a potential intervention supporting performance of everyday life activities.

Objective:

This study aimed to evaluate whether mindfulness practice can improve perceived performance and satisfaction with everyday life activity and secondary psychological outcomes.

Methods:

This study is a pilot randomized controlled trial (RCT) in an interprofessional primary care team practice in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The participants were 27 older adults aged 60 years of age or older living with early cognitive deficits. Participants were randomized into an 8-Week mindfulness training program ( n = 14) group or a Wait-List Control (WLC; n = 13) group compared at baseline, post-intervention and 4-weeks follow-up. MANOVAs with post-hoc independent t-tests were used to compare between groups at different time points.

Results:

There was a significant improvement in anxiety for the intervention group compared to the WLC group at post-intervention; Time-2 (mean difference = 3.90; CI = 0.04-7.75; p = 0.04) with large effect size ( d = 0.80).

Conclusion:

Mindfulness training significantly improved anxiety scores for patients with early cognitive deficits post-intervention. Further work is required to test the sustainability of reduced anxiety over time, but this study demonstrated that MBSR is a promising primary care intervention for those living with early cognitive deficits. This study warrants the pursuit of a future study in exploring how long the reduced anxiety effects would be sustained.
The Novel Role of Mitochondrial Citrate Synthase and Citrate in the Pathophysiology of Alzheimer’s Disease
Authors: Chhimpa Neeraj , Singh Neha , Puri Nikkita , Kayath Hanuman Prasad
Published: June 2023

Citrate synthase is a key mitochondrial enzyme that utilizes acetyl-CoA and oxaloacetate to form citrate in the mitochondrial membrane, which participates in energy production in the TCA cycle and linked to the electron transport chain. Citrate transports through a citrate malate pump and synthesizes acetyl-CoA and acetylcholine (ACh) in neuronal cytoplasm. In a mature brain, acetyl-CoA is mainly utilized for ACh synthesis and is responsible for memory and cognition. Studies have shown low citrate synthase in different regions of brain in Alzheimer’s disease (AD) patients, which reduces mitochondrial citrate, cellular bioenergetics, neurocytoplasmic citrate, acetyl-CoA, and ACh synthesis. Reduced citrate mediated low energy favors amyloid-β (Aβ) aggregation. Citrate inhibits Aβ25–35 and Aβ1–40 aggregation in vitro. Hence, citrate can be a better therapeutic option for AD by improving cellular energy and ACh synthesis, and inhibiting Aβ aggregation, which prevents tau hyperphosphorylation and glycogen synthase kinase-3 beta. Therefore, we need clinical studies if citrate reverses Aβ deposition by balancing mitochondrial energy pathway and neurocytoplasmic ACh production. Furthermore, in AD’s silent phase pathophysiology, when neuronal cells are highly active, they shift ATP utilization from oxidative phosphorylation to glycolysis and prevent excessive generation of hydrogen peroxide and reactive oxygen species (oxidative stress) as neuroprotective action, which upregulates glucose transporter-3 (GLUT3) and pyruvate dehydrogenase kinase-3 (PDK3). PDK3 inhibits pyruvate dehydrogenase, which decreases mitochondrial-acetyl-CoA, citrate, and cellular bioenergetics, and decreases neurocytoplasmic citrate, acetyl-CoA, and ACh formation, thus initiating AD pathophysiology. Therefore, GLUT3 and PDK3 can be biomarkers for silent phase of AD.
Fear of Falling as a Behavioral Symptom in Neurocognitive Impaired Patients: Evidence from an Underrepresented Population
Authors: Castelblanco-Toro Sandra Milena , Jurado-Delgado Janeth , Meneses-Bernal Juan Felipe , Santacruz-Escudero José Manuel , Santamaria-García Hernando
Published: June 2023

Background: Fear of falling (FoF) is a condition associated with falls, multi-morbidity, and functional impairment. To date it remains unknow which clinical, somatic, socio-demographic, behavioral, and emotional factors are associated with FoF and how these factors interact in people with Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and behavioral variant frontotemporal dementia (bvFTD). Objective: Identify the association of FoF with clinical, socio-demographic, and neuropsychiatric factors in patients with AD and bvFTD. Methods: We evaluated 98 participants, 58 with AD and 40 with bvFTD at mild or moderate stages and assess FoF using the Falls Efficacy Scale-International. Additionally, we analyzed cognitive, physical performance variables, functional impairment, and affective and behavioral symptoms associated with FoF using standardized scales and a regression model analysis. Results: The prevalence of FoF in AD and bvFTD was 51% and 40%, respectively. In the AD group, physical performance [F (3, 53) = 4.318, p = 0.009], the behavioral symptoms model [F (19, 38) = 3.314, p = 0.001], and the anxiety model [F (1, 56) = 13.4, p≤0.01] showed statistically significant values. In addition, the presence of hallucinations assessed with the Neuropsychiatric Inventory and social behavior assessed with the Mild Behavioral Impairment Checklist were significant. In contrast, in the bvFTD group, a homologous group of models was evaluated but we did not find any significant results. Conclusion: FoF in people with AD was related to physical performance, neuropsychiatric symptoms such as apathy and hallucinations, and affective symptoms such as anxiety. However, this pattern was not seen in the bvFTD group, and therefore further studies are required.
Research on indirect measuring method of dynamometer diagram of sucker rod pumping system based on long-short term memory neural network
Authors: Li Hao , Niu Haisha , Zhang Yong , Yu Zhengxian
Published: June 2023

Traditional mechanical models and sensors face challenges in obtaining the dynamometer diagram of the sucker rod pump system (SRPS) due to difficulties in model solving, high application costs, and maintenance difficulties. Since the electric motor powers the SRPS, its power output is highly correlated with the working state of the entire device. Therefore, a hy-brid method based on electric motor power and SPRS mechanical parameter prediction is proposed to predict the dyna-mometer diagram. First, a long short-term memory neural network (LSTM) is used to establish the LSTM-L model for predicting the dynamometer load based on electric motor power. Then, a mathematical and physical calculation model (FLM-D) of the dynamometer diagram displacement at the hanging point is constructed by combining the four-bar linkage structure of the sucker rod pump. Finally, the experimental production data of oil wells are collected through an edge computing device to verify the prediction performance of the LSTM-L&FLM-D hybrid model. Experimental results show that the proposed LSTM-L&FLM-D model has a high fitting degree of 99.3%, which is more robust than other models considered in this study, and exhibits better generalization ability.
Moment estimation based on the composite Heun scheme for parameters in uncertain differential equations
Authors: Zhou Shaoling , Tan Xiaoman , Wang Xiaosheng
Published: June 2023

Uncertain differential equations are widely used in the fields of finance, chemistry, and so forth. In this paper, the problem of parameter estimation in uncertain differential equations is discussed. The trapezoidal scheme is derived to approximate the uncertain differential equations, then a difference scheme named the composite Heun scheme is proposed to obtain the difference equations of uncertain differential equations. The method of moments based on the composite Heun scheme is given to estimate the parameters in uncertain differential equations. Several examples are used to illustrate the viability of the composite Heun scheme.
Structural optimization of continuous box Girder Bridge using swarm-optimized deep learning algorithm
Authors: Dingjun He , Liang Xu , Hui Yang
Published: June 2023

Box girders are commonly utilized in bridge engineering because of their economical and visually appealing form. Due to recent advancements in the design sector. However, safety in the economy is the fundamental demand of the current generation, therefore, it is vital to pick an optimal design. Prestrained concrete is used for large-span bridges. Standard heuristic optimization is frequently used to do structural optimization because of how complex structural concerns remain. However, traditional heuristic optimization still takes a significant amount of time. Particle Swarm trained Hierarchically Stepped Adversarial Networks (PS-HSAN) are presented as an alternative approach to speeding up the optimization of complex problems, and their use reduces the cost of computation for optimization. To find the best design for “a three-span continuous box-girder pedestrian bridge, this research” will apply both classical heuristic optimization and PS-HSAN. This will include analyzing and assessing a variety of crime types and sample sizes. Particle swarm optimization is shown to be as effective as conventional heuristic optimization but with significant time savings. Therefore, using a PS-HSAN in structural design challenges provides an original method for handling certain structural difficulties that need a great degree of computing power while simplifying the solution of other problems.
A novel stacking framework with PSO optimized SVM for effective disease classification
Authors: Arukonda Srinivas , Cheruku Ramalingaswamy
Published: June 2023

Disease diagnosis is very important in the medical field. It is essential to diagnose chronic diseases such as diabetes, heart disease, cancer, and kidney diseases in the early stage. In recent times, ensembled-based approaches giving effective predictive performance than individual classifiers and gained attention in assisting doctors with early diagnosis. But one of the challenges in these approaches is dealing with class-imbalanced data and improper configuration of ensemble classifiers with optimized parameters. In this paper, a novel 3-level stacking approach with ADASYN oversampling technique with PSO Optimized SVM meta-model (Stacked-ADASYN-PSO) is proposed. Our proposed Stacked-ADASYN-PSO model uses base models such as Logistic regression(LR), K-Nearest neighbor (KNN), Support Vector Machine (SVM), Decision Tree (DT), and Multi-Layer Perceptron (MLP) in layer-0. In layer-1 three meta classifiers namely LR, KNN, and Bagging DT are used. In layer-2 PSO optimized SVM used as the final meta-model to combine the previous layer predictions. To evaluate the robustness of the proposed model It is tested on five benchmark disease datasets from the UCI machine learning repository. These results are compared with state-of-the-art ensemble models and non-ensemble models. Results demonstrated that the proposed model performance is superior in terms of AUC, accuracy, specificity, and precision. We have performed statistical analysis using paired T-tests with a 95% confidence level and our proposed stacking model is significantly differs when compared to base classifiers.
Respiratory-Swallow Coordination in Individuals with Parkinson’s Disease: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
Authors: Rangwala Rabab , Saadi Raneh , Lee Jungwha Julia , Reedy Erin L. , Kantarcigil Cagla , Roberts Megan , Martin-Harris Bonnie
Published: June 2023

Background:

Swallowing impairment, including altered physiology and aspiration, occur across the progression of Parkinson’s disease (PD). The phase of respiration during which a swallow is initiated has been linked to swallowing impairment and aspiration in cohorts with dysphagia following stroke and head and neck cancer treatment, but has been understudied in PD. If similar findings are shown in individuals with PD, the implications for swallowing assessment and treatment are significant.

Objective:

The aim of this systematic review and meta-analysis of literature was to examine respiratory-swallow coordination measures and potential implications on swallowing physiology in individuals with PD.

Methods:

An extensive search of 7 databases (PubMed, EMBASE, Central, Web of Science, ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, Scopus, and CINAHL) with predetermined search terms was conducted. Inclusion criteria were individuals with PD and the use of objective evaluations of respiratory-swallow coordination.

Results:

Of the 13,760 articles identified, 11 met the inclusion criteria. This review supports the presence of atypical respiratory swallow patterning, respiratory pause duration and lung volume at swallow initiation in individuals with PD. The meta-analysis estimated an occurrence of 60% of non-expiration-expiration and 40% of expiration-expiration respiratory phase patterns surrounding swallowing.

Conclusion:

Although this systematic review supports the occurrence of atypical respiratory-swallow coordination in individuals with PD, the evidence is limited by the variability in the methods of data acquisition, analysis, and reporting. Future research examining the impact of respiratory swallow coordination on swallowing impairment and airway protection using consistent, comparable, and reproducible methods and metrics in individuals with PD is warranted.
Conjunctive query answering over unrestricted OWL 2 ontologies
Authors: Igne Federico , Germano Stefano , Horrocks Ian
Published: June 2023

Conjunctive Query (CQ) answering is a primary reasoning task over knowledge bases. However, when considering expressive description logics, query answering can be computationally very expensive; reasoners for CQ answering, although heavily optimized, often sacrifice expressive power of the input ontology or completeness of the computed answers in order to achieve tractability and scalability for the problem. In this work, we present a hybrid query answering architecture that combines various services to provide a CQ answering service for OWL. Specifically, it combines scalable CQ answering services for tractable languages with a CQ answering service for a more expressive language approaching the full OWL 2. If the query can be fully answered by one of the tractable services, then that service is used, to ensure maximum performance. Otherwise, the tractable services are used to compute lower and upper bound approximations. The union of the lower bounds and the intersection of the upper bounds are then compared. If the bounds do not coincide, then the “gap” answers are checked using the “full” service. These techniques led to the development of two new systems: (i) RSAComb, an efficient implementation of a new tractable answering service for RSA (role safety acyclic) (ii) ACQuA, a reference implementation of the proposed hybrid architecture combining RSAComb, PAGOdA, and HermiT to provide a CQ answering service for OWL. Our extensive evaluation shows how the additional computational cost introduced by reasoning over a more expressive language like RSA can still provide a significant improvement compared to relying on a fully-fledged reasoner. Additionally, we show how ACQuA can reliably match the performance of PAGOdA, a state-of-the-art CQ answering system that uses a similar approach, and can significantly improve performance when PAGOdA extensively relies on the underlying fully-fledged reasoner.
Factors influencing teacher wellbeing and burnout in schools: A scoping review1
Authors: Sohail Malik Muhammad , Baghdady Ahmed , Choi Jessica , Huynh Hy V. , Whetten Kathryn , Proeschold-Bell Rae Jean
Published: June 2023

BACKGROUND: Teacher’s wellbeing and mental health play a pivotal role in learning experiences and educational environment. For a better future, we need thriving teachers with strong wellbeing. OBJECTIVE: The current scoping literature review aimed to explore the factors fostering wellbeing and causing burnout among school teachers. METHODS: Applying appropriate search terms to relevant databases for the years 2016–2020 yielded 934 potentially relevant research articles which were further filtered to 102 articles. RESULTS: The findings of this review suggested that emotion regulation, positive workplace milieu and teacher self-efficacy (feeling successful as a teacher) are important factors fostering teachers’ wellbeing whilst negative workplace environment and negative emotions along with feeling marginalized or bullied by coworkers are factors behind teacher burnout. The strengths of this study include a rigorous research design and relational analysis approach. CONCLUSION: Teacher wellbeing needs a workplace environment with minimum bullying and marginalization. An atmosphere of respect, inclusion, and mutual teacher support is needed to promote wellbeing.
Musculoskeletal discomfort and wrist flexor tendonitis among street sweepers and associated risk factors
Authors: Idrees Ayesha , Kashif Muhammad , Kompal Rabab , Umar Aneela , Nadeem Iqra , Fatima Raees
Published: June 2023

BACKGROUND: Street sweepers are reported to suffer from high rates of work-related musculoskeletal discomfort worldwide, especially in their wrists. OBJECTIVE: The study aimed to 1) determine the prevalence of musculoskeletal disorders and 2) specifically determine the prevalence of wrist flexor tendonitis and its associated risk factors among street sweepers. METHODS: Three hundred and eighty-five sweepers employed by the Faisalabad Waste Management Company (FWMC) participated in this cross-sectional study. A self-structured questionnaire was used to collect data: the first section provided demographic information, the second assessed musculoskeletal disorders, and the third section assessed the wrist flexor tendonitis among street sweepers. RESULTS: The mean age of the sweepers was 38.34 years. Out of 385 street sweepers, the prevalence of musculoskeletal discomfort was reported in 265 (68.83%). The prevalence of musculoskeletal discomfort in sweepers reported during COVID-19 according to the past 12 months, the highest three prevalence rates were 46.5% in the wrists/hands, 37.9% in the shoulders and 35.1% in the lower back. The three highest prevalence rates of musculoskeletal discomfort in sweepers according to the last 7 days were 29.6% in the wrists/hands, 24.4% in the lower back and 24.2% in the shoulders. Out of total 385 participants, prevalence of wrist flexor tendonitis was reported in 103 (26.8%) sweepers. Significant association was found (p < 0.05) between wrist flexor tendonitis and gender (p < 0.003), age (p < 0.05), working experience (p < 0.003), street sweeping distance (p < 0.01), number of brooms used per month (p < 0.002) and getting tired at the end of work (p < 0.001). CONCLUSION: The prevalence of musculoskeletal discomfort and wrist flexor tendonitis seen during COVID-19 is high among sweepers, with wrist/hand being the most commonly reported region for pain. This study emphasizes the importance of providing guidelines about effective precautionary healthcare measures for street sweepers.
Occupational safety perceptions of prehospital emergency health services employees: A sample of Sivas central district
Authors: Alacahan Ömer Faruk , Güllüoğlu Arif Nihat , Karagöz Naim
Published: June 2023

BACKGROUND: Prehospital emergency health services ambulance workers are in the risky class in terms of occupational health and safety, and they are faced with more risks due to the fact that they are the first responders to the events, especially regarding COVID-19. OBJECTIVE: The aim of the present study is to determine the occupational risk perceptions of health care workers and their relations with demographic variables. METHODS: A literature review was performed to develop a questionnaire. This questionnaire was used in a survey with 250 respondents. The collected data was analysed through factor analysis. Cronbach’s Alpha was calculated to verify the reliability of the data. RESULTS: The risk perceptions of the employees (Factor 1 and Factor 3) differ significantly according to gender. Another important point is that 60.3% of the participants stated that they “agree” with the statement that health workers “experience violence” during work. CONCLUSION: The risk perception of women was found to be higher, and the reason for this is that women are less physically strong than men along with social gender roles and gender discrimination.
Set-up errors of the neck are underestimated using the overall registration frame of head and neck in IMRT for NPC
Authors: Xu Junjie , Wang Tong , Luo Yu , Shang Lintao , Mai Xiuying , Ruan Junjie , Pan Xiaofen , Chi Feng
Published: June 2023

Background: There is no standardized registration frame of cone beam CT (CBCT) in intensity modulated radiotherapy (IMRT) for nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC). The overall registration frame that covers the whole head and neck is the most commonly used CBCT registration frame for NPC patients in IMRT. Objective: To compare the set-up errors using different registration frames of CBCT for NPC to assess the set-up errors for different region of the commonly used clinical overall registration frame. Methods: 294 CBCT images of 59 NPC patients were collected. Four registration frames were used for matching. The set-up errors were obtained using an automatic matching algorithm and then compared. The expansion margin from the clinical target volume (CTV) to the planned target volume (PTV) in the four groups was also calculated. Results: The average range of the isocenter translation and rotation errors of four registration frames are 0.89∼2.41 mm and 0.49∼1.53°, respectively, which results in a significant difference in the set-up errors (p < 0.05). The set-up errors obtained from the overall frame are smaller than those obtained from the head, upper neck, and lower neck frames. The margin ranges of the overall, head, upper neck, and lower neck frames in three translation directions are 1.49∼2.39 mm, 1.92∼2.45 mm, 1.86∼3.54 mm and 3.02∼4.78 mm, respectively. The expansion margins calculated from the overall frame are not enough, especially for the lower neck. Conclusion: Set-up errors of the neck are underestimated by the overall registration frame. Thus, it is important to improve the position immobilization of the neck, especially the lower neck. The margin of the target volume of the head and neck region should be expanded separately if circumstances permit.
VDVM: An automatic vertebrae detection and vertebral segment matching framework for C-arm X-ray image identification
Authors: Zhang Ruyi , Hu Yiwei , Zhang Kai , Lan Guanhua , Peng Liang , Zhu Yabin , Qian Wei , Yao Yudong
Published: June 2023

BACKGROUND: C-arm fluoroscopy, as an effective diagnosis and treatment method for spine surgery, can help doctors perform surgery procedures more precisely. In clinical surgery, the surgeon often determines the specific surgical location by comparing C-arm X-ray images with digital radiography (DR) images. However, this heavily relies on the doctor’s experience. OBJECTIVE: In this study, we design a framework for automatic vertebrae detection as well as vertebral segment matching (VDVM) for the identification of vertebrae in C-arm X-ray images. METHODS: The proposed VDVM framework is mainly divided into two parts: vertebra detection and vertebra matching. In the first part, a data preprocessing method is used to improve the image quality of C-arm X-ray images and DR images. The YOLOv3 model is then used to detect the vertebrae, and the vertebral regions are extracted based on their position. In the second part, the Mobile-Unet model is first used to segment the vertebrae contour of the C-arm X-ray image and DR image based on vertebral regions respectively. The inclination angle of the contour is then calculated using the minimum bounding rectangle and corrected accordingly. Finally, a multi-vertebra strategy is applied to measure the visual information fidelity for the vertebral region, and the vertebrae are matched based on the measured results. RESULTS: We use 382 C-arm X-ray images and 203 full length X-ray images to train the vertebra detection model, and achieve a mAP of 0.87 in the test dataset of 31 C-arm X-ray images and 0.96 in the test dataset of 31 lumbar DR images. Finally, we achieve a vertebral segment matching accuracy of 0.733 on 31 C-arm X-ray images. CONCLUSIONS: A VDVM framework is proposed, which performs well for the detection of vertebrae and achieves good results in vertebral segment matching.
Turkey Al-Kindî About Religion And Interpretation In Life
Authors: Saruhan Müfit Selim
Published: June 2023

Al-Kindî represents the epistemological relationship between religion and philosophy. He tried to confirm and explain religion through pure reasoning and observation. The portrait of the philosopher represented by Al-Kindî, considers the text as symbolic or encrypted and acts on the basis of its etymological meaning within the limits of language. Al-Kindî translated the Qur'anic verse "the same Who produced for you fire from a green tree" (Qur'an 36/80) under the principle of light "contrast is made of contrasts" introduced in the time of Plato and Aristotle. He mentions that every being is made of something of itself and insists that every thing has come into existence from non-existence (ex-nihilio). In this article, Yaqub Ibn Ishaq Al Al-Kindî's views on religion and the interpretation of religious texts will be analyzed in detail. Al-Kindî's different philosophical methods reflect his understanding of religion. In this article, we aim to explain his views on religion, language, meaning and comments regarding Al Kindi. This article will review in more detail related to al kindi's understanding of religion and his understanding in interpreting it.
Better Credit Reporting
Authors: Ford Franklin
Published: June 2023

Published in Textile America, Vol. 1, No. 17, p. 34–35
The News System: A Scientific Basis for Organizing the News
Authors: Ford Franklin
Published: June 2023

Letter to Clinton W. Sweet sent from New York
Draft of Action
Authors: Ford Franklin
Published: June 2023

Written in 1892 in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Printed but not published.
Government is the Organization of Intelligence or News
Authors: Ford Franklin
Published: June 2023

Leaflet from the General News Office, 1905
The Mercantile Agencies and Credit Reporting
Authors: Ford Franklin
Published: June 2023

Published in Textile America, Vol. 3, No. 11, p. 5–7, June 3, 1889
СИСТЕМА РОЗПОДІЛЕНОГО ЗАХИЩЕНОГО ЗБЕРІГАННЯ ДАНИХ
Authors: Kulyna S. V.
Published: June 2023

Проблема. Основною метою кібербезпеки є гарантувати безпеку користувачів та їх даних. Зазвичай кібератаки спрямовані на пошкодження важливих даних у корпоративній і персональній мережі або отримання доступу до них. Такі атаки можуть здійснювати як окремими особами, так і цілими організаціями. Вимоги кібербезпеки часто замість того, щоб стимулювати проектування стійких мереж, призводять до додавання засобів контролю безпеки до архітектури існуючої системи, проте зазвичай неможливо перешкодити зловмиснику, який має намір проникнути в систему цілі. Тому на перше місце виходять технології резервного копіювання даних та збільшення стійкості систем у випадку атак. Одним із таких рішень, що дає можливість негайного відновлення даних, можуть слугувати децентралізовані системи зберігання файлів. Вони є привабливим та поширеним рішенням для керування великими та складними системами, такими як енергетичні підприємства, робототехніка, водопровідні мережі, бездротові сенсорні мережі, керування трафіком тощо.Метою роботи є розробка структурної схеми системи розподіленого захищеного зберігання даних та основних її компонентів.Методи. При дослідженні та розробці системи розподіленого захищеного зберігання даних використано методи модулярної арифметики, методи виявлення та виправлення помилок в системі залишкових класів, оцінювання та порівняння показників систем, що дало змогу реалізувати системний підхід до оцінки стійкості розроблюваної системи. Загальні принципи побудови системи дають можливість визначити її компоненти та ефективно їх поєднати.Результати дослідження. Одним із методів побудови розподілених систем можна вважати систему залишкових класів. Завдяки розділенню файлів на блоки - залишки та збереженню їх в розподілені сховища досягається шифрування даних та можливість відновлення у випадку втрати.Висновки. В роботі представлено структуру системи розподіленого захищеного зберігання даних. Розроблено блок-схеми модулів, а також алгоритми компонент. Запропоновано метод відновлення пошкоджених файлів при спотворенні частини файлів залишків. Для запропонованого методу розраховано залежність ймовірності виправлення помилок від кількості помилок із врахуванням кількості пошкоджених файлів залишків. Наведено приклад відновлення пошкодженого файлу при виникненні трьох помилок у двох файлах залишків.
CO-MANAGEMENT DALAM PENELOLAAN SAMPAH DI TPST DESA MULYOAGUNG KECAMATAN DAU KABUPATEN MALANG
Authors: Indah Perwari , Ayunisa Amelia Ning , Ayu Dilah Saras
Published: June 2023

Konsep Co-Management merupakan alat yangdiharapkan dapat meminimalisir terjadinya permasalahan antar serta konflik yang dapat terjadi di pengelolaan TPST Mulyo Agung.Co-Management merupakan salah satu pendekatan pengelolaan yang memberi peran besar bagi partisipasi masyarakat dengan fasilitasi oleh pemerintah dalam TPST Mulyo agung yang melibatkan dari Pemerintah Desa, Pemerintah Pusat berupa Dinas Cipta Karya dan Tata Ruang serta kelompok swadaya masyarakat desa Mulyo Agung. Dalam pengelolaan Co-Management sangatlah efisien digunakan dalam program TPST Mulyo Agung walaupun sangat efisien namun konflik pernah terjadi pada awal pengoprasian kegiatan kerja TPST Mulyo Agung, dimana konflik datang dipicu dari awal pembangunan TPST. Namun hal ini dapat diatasi dengan pembaruan dan pengembangan program pemilihan dan pengelolaan sampah. Dalam sytem Co-Management memang masih sering di temui konflik. Penelitian ini menggunakan metode penelitan kualitatif dengan cara observasi dan wawancara
Pelatihan Penggunaan Simulator Online sebagai Alat Bantu Ajar Materi Rangkaian Listrik
Authors: Sari Lydia , Harahap Devianda Sari , Surjati Indra , Ningsih Yuli Kurnia , Fitriana Rina
Published: June 2023

Sejak Pemerintah Indonesia memberlakukan Pembatasan Sosial Berskala Besar guna menekan laju penyebaran virus Covid-19 pada bulan Maret 2020, proses pembelajaran di sekolah harus dilaksanakan secara jarak jauh. Hal ini menimbulkan kesulitan dalam penyampaian materi ajar yang memerlukan peralatan laboratorium.  Pengabdian kepada Masyarakat (PkM) ini bertujuan mengatasi kesulitan tersebut dan berupa pelatihan penggunaan simulator online untuk Materi Rangkaian Listrik. Materi ini memerlukan pemahaman konsep yang abstrak, dan biasanya diajarkan menggunakan alat laboratorium. Metode pembelajaran materi ini perlu disesuaikan agar siswa tetap dapat memahami materi tersebut walaupun tidak dapat mengakses perangkat percobaan di sekolah. Simulator yang akan digunakan adalah Multisim Live, yang dapat diakses secara mudah dan gratis, serta tidak memerlukan instalasi perangkat lunak apapun untuk dapat digunakan. Kegiatan PkM ini dilaksanakan dengan mitra MTs Tarbiyatul Falah, secara daring. Dalam pelatihan, dilakukan demonstrasi penggunaan simulator yang memungkinkan guru dan siswa merancang rangkaian menggunakan berbagai komponen dan mengamati keluarannya secara real time. Dari hasil pelatihan diketahui bahwa peserta memahami materi dengan baik, terlihat dari hasil post-test dimana 58,3% hingga 100% peserta menjawab dengan benar. Berdasarkan evaluasi yang dilakukan, 100% peserta menyatakan materi pelatihan yang diberikan bermanfaat, dan 86,96% peserta menyatakan pelatihan metode pembelajaran daring perlu dilanjutkan.
Liver Disease Classification Using the Elbow Method to Determine Optimal K in the K-Nearest Neighbor (K-NN) Algorithm
Authors: Abrar Ihya' Nashirudin , Abdullah Asrul , Sucipto Sucipto
Published: June 2023

Diagnosing liver disease in the field of healthcare is not an easy task. However, by utilizing medical records as datasets and applying data mining methods such as K-Nearest Neighbor (K-NN), we can analyze and extract knowledge automatically. The K-NN method has proven to be more effective compared to other methods as it clusters new information by selecting the nearest neighbors based on the value of k. In this study, we employed the Elbow method to determine the optimal value of k by measuring the error rate. The test results revealed that the optimal value of k was found to be 4, with the lowest error rate. In the third test, we achieved a training accuracy of 80.5% and a testing accuracy of 78.9%. After fine-tuning the training data, we were able to improve the accuracy to 82.2% for training and 77.1% for testing. However, in the fourth test, we encountered overfitting issues due to data imbalance caused by inappropriate resampling, resulting in a model that was overly complex and prone to excessive noise.
Sentiment Analysis of Social Media Platform Reviews Using the Naïve Bayes Classifier Algorithm
Authors: Saepudin Sudin , Widiastuti Selviani , Irawan Carti
Published: June 2023

The Covid-19 pandemic has caused significant changes in people's lifestyles which are further strengthened by the rapid development of technology. This has resulted in increased use of the internet and accelerated dissemination of information through social media platforms. Not only for self-expression, social media can also be a means of communication, information, education, and even used as a marketing tool. Several social media platforms have recently been popular and widely used, the number of users is increasing from year to year, and each user can provide a rating review of the application. To find out public opinion on social media platforms, sentiment analysis will be carried out on several social media platform applications on the Google Play Store, namely Twitter, Instagram and Tiktok which will later be used as material for evaluating these applications. In this study, the dataset was taken based on ratings from user reviews on the Google Play Store using the NBC (Naïve Bayes Classifier) method with the Python programming language. Based on testing of 1000 comment review data from each application, it was found that the majority gave positive sentiment (Twitter 57.2%, Instagram 74.1%, Tiktok 83.9%), and negative sentiment (Twitter 42.8%, Instagram 25.9%, Tiktok 16.1%) with an accuracy rate of 85.6% for the Twitter application, 83.6% for the Instagram application, and 84.8% for the Tiktok application.
Exploration of Consumer Buying Interests at Tiktok Stores Live Streaming Based on the Stimulus Organism Response (SOR) Framework
Authors: Dinanti Windy Dara , Bharata Wira
Published: June 2023

Technological developments are currently increasing rapidly so that entrepreneurs advance their business ventures with various innovations. No wonder there are many emerging marketplaces that provide several conveniences in shopping. The TikTok application is one of the most popular marketplaces. This study aims to determine the effect of Store Atmosphere, Online Customer Reviews and Online Customer Ratings on Purchase Intention with Trust as a mediating variable at the TikTok Shop. This study uses quantitative data and this type of research is associative research. The population used in this research is live streaming viewers @oktaviana_tas_grosir. The sample collection technique uses a non-probability sampling technique. The sample in this study was determined by 100 respondents. The data analysis technique in this study used the Smart PLS version 3.0 tool. The results of this study indicate that Store Atmosphere, Online Customer Reviews and Online Customer Ratings have a positive effect on Trust. Online Customer Reviews and Online Customer Ratings have a positive effect on Purchase Intention, while the Store Atmosphere has a negative effect on Purchase Intention. Trust has a positive effect on Purchase Intention. Trust is able to mediate Store Atmosphere, Online Customer Reviews and Online Customer Ratings on Purchase Intention positively.