bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
ANALISIS HUBUNGAN ANTARA SKORING MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING-ANXIETY QUESTIONNAIRE (MRI-AQ) DENGAN DENYUT JANTUNG TERHADAP TINGKAT KECEMASAN PASIEN PADA PEMERIKSAAN MRI LUMBOSAKRAL
Authors: Amaliya Mirza Isna , Setiawati Rosy , Sari Amilia Kartika , Muqmiroh Lailatul , Muhaimin Muhaimin
Published: June 2019

Background: Anxiety during MRI examination becomes a common constraint and can have a negative effect that is the quality of the resulting image due to the existence of motion artifacts until the failure of the examination. Purpose: One of the signs of anxiety can be seen an increase in heart rate, in addition there is one questionnaire specifically aimed to determine the level of anxiety in patients with MRI examination, namely Magnetic Resonance Immunization-Anxiety Quistionnaire (MRI-AQ). Method: This research used correlational method with cross-sectional approach. The sampling technique used is purposive sampling. In this research, there were 30 samples. Each sample will be measured heart rate before, during, and after Lumbosacral MRI examination. A Magnetic Resonance Imaging Anxiety Questionnaire (MRI-AQ) was then completed at the time of examination. Collected data were then tested for differences using paired-t test and pearson correlation test. Result: The result of paired-t test shows that there was difference of heart rate during and after examination with p-value 0,036 <α. The patient's heart rate during Lumbosacral MRI was higher than the patient's heart rate after Lumbosacral MRI at 85.63 bpm ± 14.709. Conclusion: Pearson correlation test results showed a correlation between Magnetic Resonance Imaging- Anxiety Questionnaire (MRI-AQ) with heart rate to patient anxiety level at Lumbosacral MRI Examination, this is reinforced by correlation value r = 0.636.
THE ROLE OF BLACK TEA AND PINEAPPLE JUICE AS NEGATIVE ORAL CONTRASTS ON MAGNETIC RESONANCE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY (MRCP) EXAMINATION
Authors: Hapsari Shinta J. , Latifah Risalatul , Muhaimin Muhaimin
Published: June 2019

Background: Magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography examination is a superior examination in the detection of anatomic structures or pathological abnormalities in the human pancreatobiliary system. This examination is recommended to use negative oral contrast which aims to eliminate gastrointestinal signals that are around the pancreatobiliary system which can be a barrier to the visualization of the pancreatobiliary tract. Materials that can be used as oral contrast contrast must be able to survive for a long time in the gastrointestinal tract and contain elements of iron (Fe) and Manganese (Mn). The high Mn content of black and pineapple juice and its abundance need to be explored as contrast oral negative. Purpose: To prove the role of pineapple juice and black tea which are natural ingredients of negative oral contrast in the visualization of the pancreatobiliary system on MRCP examination. Methods: Experimental quasy studies have been carried out on 9 samples prospectively. Each sample underwent MRCP examination with three treatments, namely given black tea, pineapple juice and plain water. The image results from the three treatments were assessed by Radiology Doctors to assess the quality of their image. Results: The results showed that black tea was more effective in providing optimal image results on MRCP examination than pineapple juice and without using oral contrast contrast. The metal content of negative oral contrast can cause magnetic susceptibility which is characterized by the presence of shortening at the time of T2 relaxation. Negative contrast agents affect signal intensity usually by shortening T2 or T2 *, as an effect, areas of concern, especially areas with negative contrast agents will experience darkening. Conclusion: Black tea is effectively used as a negative oral contrat on MRCP examination.
Cancer: Strange Attractors and Complexity
Authors: Uthamacumaran Abicumaran
Published: June 2019

Cancer is a complex adaptive ecosystem and remains the lead cause of ‘disease’-related death in pediatric patients in North America. Machine learning, Network science, Fluid dynamics and Quantum Mechanics are hereby discussed as tools to advance oncology and cancer reprogramming. The fluid dynamics of cell-fate transitions, cancer pattern formation and invasion are reviewed in this paper. Cancer cell decision-making is investigated through dynamical systems and complexity theory. A fluid-dynamics grid-scheme based Deep Learning neural networks is proposed as the solution to identify strange attractors in time-series multi-omics (scRNA-Seq) data and time lapse imaging of cancer stem cell differentiation. Cancer is discussed within the context of two unsolved foundational problems in science: the three-dimensional Navier-Stokes equations global regularity, smoothness and existence and the P vs. NP problem.
Factors Enhancing Serum Syndecan-1 Concentrations: A Large-Scale Comprehensive Medical Examination
Authors: Oda Kazumasa , Okada Hideshi , Suzuki Akio , Tomita Hiroyuki , Kabayashi Ryo , Sumi Kazuyuki , Suzuki Kodai , Takada Chihiro , Ishihara Takuma , Suzuki Keiko , Kano Soichiro , Kondo Kohei , Iwashita Yuki , Yano Hirohisa , Zaikokuji Ryogen , Sampei So , Fukuta Tetsuya , Kitagawa Yuichiro , Okamoto Haruka , Watanabe Takatomo , Kawaguchi Tomonori , Kojima Takao , Deguchi Fumiko , Miyazaki Nagisa , Yamada Noriaki , Doi Tomoaki , Yoshida Takahiro , Ushikoshi Hiroaki , Yoshida Shozo , Takemura Genzou , Ogura Shinji
Published: June 2019

Endothelial disorders are related to various diseases. An initial endothelial injury is characterized by endothelial glycocalyx injury. We aimed to evaluate endothelial glycocalyx injury by measuring serum syndecan-1 concentrations in patients during comprehensive medical examinations. A single-center, prospective, observational study was conducted at Asahi University Hospital. The participants enrolled in this study were 1313 patients who underwent comprehensive medical examinations at Asahi University Hospital from January 2018, to June 2018. One patient undergoing hemodialysis was excluded from the study. At enrollment, blood samples were obtained, and study personnel collected demographic and clinical data. No treatments or exposures were conducted except for standard medical examinations and blood sample collection. Laboratory data were obtained by collection of blood samples at the time of study enrolment. According to nonlinear regression, the concentrations of serum syndecan-1 were significantly related to age (p = 0.016), aspartic aminotransferase concentration (AST, p = 0.020), blood urea nitrogen concentration (BUN, p = 0.013), triglyceride concentration (p < 0.001), and hematocrit (p = 0.006). These relationships were independent associations. Endothelial glycocalyx injury, which is reflected by serum syndecan-1 concentrations, is related to age, hematocrit, AST concentration, BUN concentration, and triglyceride concentration.
PENERAPAN TEKNOLOGI PENDIDIKAN DI LEMBAGA PENDIDIKAN NONFORMAL
Authors: Hanum Fathia Fairuza , Suprayekti
Published: June 2019

Teknologi pendidikan sebagai suatu disiplin ilmu terapan yang mengalami perubahan definisi dari waktu ke waktu membuat kawasan kajian dan kontribusi teknologi pendidikan dalam sistem pendidikan di Indonesia turut berubah. Penelitian ini dilakukan untuk mengidentifikasi penerapan kawasan teknologi pendidikan yang telah dilakukan di lembaga pendidikan nonformal yang ada di DKI Jakarta, sehingga dapat memperluas cakupan hasil penelitian mengenai penerapan disiplin ilmu teknologi pendidikan di lembaga pendidikan dan agar di kemudian hari para peneliti di Strata Satu (S1) bisa melakukan penelitian lanjutan. Penelitian ini termasuk dalam penelitian deskriptif dengan pendekatan survai. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengidentifikasi penerapan kawasan teknologi pendidikan yang ada di lembaga pendidikan nonformal yang terdiri dari kawasan penciptaan, penggunaan, pengelolaan dan evaluasi. Penelitian ini dilakukan di LPBB Solusi Kayumanis dan PKBM Negeri 23 Jakarta pada bulan Juni sampai Oktober 2018. Pengumpulan data dilakukan dengan lembar angket, pedoman wawancara dan dokumentasi. Hasil penelitian, secara kuantitatif, seluruh kawasan teknologi pendidikan telah diterapkan di kedua lembaga pendidikan nonformal. Pada kawasan penciptaan dan pengelolaan kedua lembaga mendapatkan predikat baik, pada kawasan penggunaan kedua lembaga mendapatkan predikat sangat baik, sedangkan untuk kawasan evaluasi, LPBB Solusi Kayumanis mendapat predikat  sangat baik dan PKBM Negeri 23 Jakarta mendapat predikat baik. Secara analisis deskriptif, beberapa indikator pada keempat kawasan sudah diterapkan dengan sangat baik karena lembaga telah memiliki aturan dan regulasi yang baik dalam melakukan penerapan. Ada juga beberapa indikator yang sudah diterapkan dengan baik, namun penerapannya masih sederhana dan terbatas, namun ada juga beberapa indikator yang belum diterapkan. Berdasarkan hal tersebut, maka teknologi pendidikan sebagai suatu bidang studi, kajian dan profesi perlu memperkenalkan diri lebih dalam ke lembaga pendidikan nonformal, agar dapat membantu lembaga didalam menciptakan, menggunakan, mengevaluasi dan mengelola produk-produk teknologi pendidikan yang dapat memfasilitasi belajar peserta didik.
Induced-Membrane Technique in the Management of Posttraumatic Bone Defects
Authors: Azi Matheus Lemos , de Almeida Teixeira Armando Augusto , Cotias Ricardo Britto , Joeris Alexander , Kfuri Mauricio
Published: June 2019

Update

This article was updated on April 30, 2020, because of a previous error. On pages 1 and 10, in the byline section and author affiliation section, “Augusto de Almeida Armando Teixeira” now reads “Armando Augusto de Almeida Teixeira.”

An erratum has been published: JBJS Essent Surg Tech. 2020 June 2;10(2):e0099ER.

Background:

Critical-size bone defects are defined as bone defects where spontaneous regeneration is not expected without treatment
1
. The characteristics of bone defects (etiology, location, size, presence of infection, and soft-tissue conditions) vary greatly and, to be effective, the treatment method should address this variability. The induced-membrane technique, or Masquelet technique, is a method for treating critical-size bone defects
2,3
of various sizes and anatomic locations. It has been used to treat infected and noninfected bone defects and may be performed with a variety of fixation methods
2,3
.

Description:

The induced-membrane technique is a 2-stage procedure. The first stage consists of debridement followed by insertion of a polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA) spacer in the bone defect. The presence of the PMMA leads to a foreign-body reaction with the development of a thick pseudosynovial membrane that is extremely vascularized and rich in growth factors. The filling of the bone defect with the cement spacer prevents fibrous tissue invasion and allows the development of an optimal vascularized gap for bone-grafting. After 6 to 8 weeks, the membrane around the spacer is carefully opened for the removal of the spacer, which is then replaced by bone graft
2,3
, which can be expanded with allograft or biomaterials.

Alternatives:

Alternatives include vascularized or nonvascularized autologous bone graft, allograft, bone transport methods, titanium cages, megaprostheses, shortening, and amputation.

Rationale:

Posttraumatic bone defects frequently are associated with soft-tissue injury and infection that impair the local vascularization and the healing potential. The highly vascularized induced membrane may play a role in restoring the local regenerative capacity. Numerous studies have demonstrated its successful use in the treatment of posttraumatic bone defects in the hand, forearm, humerus, femur, tibia, and foot. The induced-membrane technique is especially advantageous in the treatment of infected bone defects because the presence of the spacer helps in the treatment of the infection by reducing dead space, acting as a local antibiotic carrier, and promoting some degree of bone stability
3–5
.
Stratigraphic Revision of the Miocene Trealla Limestone (cape Range, Western Australia): Implications For Australasian Foraminiferal Biostratigraphy
Authors: Riera Rosine , Haig David W. , Bourget Julien
Published: June 2019

Outcrops of Miocene coral-rich limestones mapped as Trealla Limestone are widespread along the coast of north-west Western Australia. Despite their central importance in Australian Miocene stratigraphy, the age of these outcrops is poorly constrained as they were only dated in their type area, and as the age assignation was based only on off-centred sections of sparse planktonic foraminifera and a broad correlation based on larger benthic foraminiferal species.

This study aims to refine the dating of the Trealla Limestone in its type area, and to provide the first dating of outcrops located elsewhere in the Cape Range Anticline. Results are based on microscopic observations made on large acetate peels, which allowed the observation of numerous planktonic foraminifera, and also of serial sections of species.

The coral-rich deposits mapped as “Trealla Limestone” can be divided into three age-based units in the Cape Range Anticline: (1) upper Burdigalian, (2) Langhian to lower Serravallian, and (3) Serravallian. This revised stratigraphic framework provides a standard for future correlations with sections located elsewhere in Australia. The Trealla Limestone at its type section on Mt Lefroy contains mainly upper Burdigalian strata of the mid-neritic zone, with the top of the formation marked by an erosion surface. It may in part be equivalent to the Tulki Limestone mapped elsewhere in the anticline. Further north in the anticline, the Trealla Limestone ranges stratigraphically higher into the Langhian and Serravallian in shallower water facies. An influx of quartz sand in the Cape Range Anticline, probably indicative of a wetter environment in the hinterland to the east, started during or after the Serravallian.

This study also brings new insight into the environmental and stratigraphic ranges of larger benthic foraminifera from north-west Western Australia. Austrotrillina asmariensis was recorded above levels with Orbulina universa. This suggests that the species has a more extended stratigraphic range in this area than in Asia. A re-examination of the soritids reveals that Marginopora, previously recorded here, is not present in the deposits. Borelis is replaced by Flosculinella after the end of the Te Letter Stage, a zone based on larger benthic foraminifera recognized throughout the Indo-West Pacific region. The morphology of Flosculinella may be environmentally controlled, with the most globular specimens more abundant in protected and shallow environments. Finally, Cycloclypeus from the Cape Range Anticline had a similar bathymetric range to its modern analogue found in the lower part of the photic zone, as indicated by its co-occurrence with minute planktonic foraminifera.
Analysis of factors influencing hospital-acquired infection in postoperative patients with intracranial aneurysm
Authors: Wang Jun , Ji Yuanyuan , Jiang Lidan , Zhao Xia , Guan Shaochen , Yang Piao , Yu Jie , Liu Yunyun , Zhang Hongqi
Published: June 2019

Background Hospital-acquired infection (HAI) is a serious complication of neurosurgery. In recent years, the medical profession has paid increasing attention to this issue.

Aim We investigated the status of HAIs in patients who had undergone surgery for intracranial aneurysms and analysed their risk factors.

Methods A retrospective analysis was carried out on the medical records of 542 patients with intracranial aneurysms after admission for neurosurgery at Xuanwu Hospital of Capital Medical University between January and December 2016. Cases were divided into an infection group and control group. Logistic regression analysis of the data was carried out.

Findings Of the 542 patients with intracranial aneurysms who underwent surgery, 77 HAIs occurred in 64 patients, with an infection prevalence of 11.8% and prevalence of infection cases of 14.2%. Logistic regression showed that a Glasgow Coma Scale score upon hospital admission ≤8 points (odds ratio = 4.261, 95% confidence interval 1.102–16.476), hyperglycaemia (2.759, 1.159–6.564), hypothermia treatment (6.557, 2.244–19.159), and central venous catheterisation (CVC) (8.853, 2.860–27.398) were independent risk factors for HAIs in patients with intracranial aneurysms who underwent surgery.

Conclusion Being comatose upon hospital admission, having hyperglycaemia or hypothermia, and indwelling CVC are major risk factors for HAIs in patients undergoing surgery for intracranial aneurysms.
Working hard to belong: a qualitative study exploring students from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic backgrounds experiences of pre-registration physiotherapy education
Authors: Hammond John Anthony , Williams Annabel , Walker Saskia , Norris Meriel
Published: June 2019

Background

Previous research has demonstrated that attainment inequalities exist for students from Black Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) groups in pre-registration physiotherapy education. While previous research has explored student from BAME backgrounds experience of university, the context of physiotherapy is unique and is under researched. Therefore the purpose of this study was to explore BAME student experiences during their physiotherapy training.

Methods

Using a phenomenological approach pre-registration BSc and MSc students from BAME backgrounds from two universities who had completed both academic and clinical modules were invited to participate. Focus groups followed a topic guide developed from the literature and were facilitated by physiotherapy educators from outside the host institution. They were digitally recorded, transcribed verbatim and analysed thematically. Analytical triangulation was adopted throughout the research process as a mechanism to enhance rigour.

Results

17 students participated from a range of self-identified BAME backgrounds that were also representative of age, gender and course. Themes derived from the data included: feeling an outsider in reflections of belonging, behaviours by others that marginalise BAME and personal strategies to integrate in physiotherapy despite the lack of power and influence. Collectively these themes demonstrate a range of challenges which students from BAME backgrounds face within both an academic and practice learning environment.

Conclusions

Studying physiotherapy as a student from BAME background requires persistence to overcome a series of many implicit challenges. Understanding the experiences of students from BAME backgrounds presents unique opportunities to educate the profession and co-create opportunities for a more diverse profession with practitioners and educators as role models. There is a need for greater training for educators to listen to these students’ voices and their stories, understand where inequalities exist, and be willing to challenge entrenched privilege and power in physiotherapy education and practice.
Polymorphisms rs693421 and rs2499601 at locus 1q43 and their haplotypes are not associated with primary open-angle glaucoma: a case-control study
Authors: Kondkar Altaf A , Azad Taif A. , Sultan Tahira , Al-Mobarak Faisal A. , Kalantan Hatem , Al-Obeidan Saleh A.
Published: June 2019

Objective: The genetic spectrum of primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG) in middle-eastern Saudi's is still elusive. To this end, we investigated an association between rs693421, rs2499601 and their haplotypes at chromosome 1q43 locus with POAG and its clinical phenotypes. Genotyping was performed with TaqMan® assays. Haplotypes and their interaction analysis were carried out by SHEsis and SNPStats online tools.
Results: The minor “T” allele frequency of rs693421 was 0.48 in controls and 0.52 in cases (odds ratio (OR)=1.15, 95% confidence interval (CI)=0.85–1.54, p=0.368). Similarly, for rs2499601, the minor “C” allele frequency was 0.49 in controls as compared to 0.53 in cases (OR=1.19, 95% CI=0.89–1.60, p=0.236). Besides, genotype distribution for both these polymorphisms was also not significant in additive, dominant and recessive models. rs693421 and rs2499601, showed significant linkage disequilibrium (D’ statistics = 0.69, p<0.001) but haplotype association was non-significant (p=0.698). The significance did not vary after adjustment to age and sex. No significant genotype association was observed with intraocular pressure, cup/disc ratio and number of anti-glaucoma medication in POAG group. Furthermore, age, sex and genotypes did not contribute any significant risk of POAG in regression analysis. We report no association between rs693421, rs2499601 and their haplotypes with POAG and related phenotypes.
Anxiety, perceived stress and coping strategies in nursing students: a cross-sectional correlational descriptive study
Authors: Onieva-Zafra María Dolores , Fernández-Muñoz Juan José , Fernández-Martínez Elia , García-Sánchez Francisco José , Abreu-Sánchez Ana , Parra-Fernández María Laura
Published: June 2019

Background: Although nursing students generally have lesser responsibility in the care of patients compared to professional nurses, clinical training is recognized as being a stressful experience for many students. The study objective was to investigate the relationship between anxiety, perceived stress and coping strategies used by nursing students during their clinical training.
Methods: A cross-sectional correlational descriptive study. The sample consisted of 190 nursing students enrolled in the Nursing Faculty of Ciudad Real University in Spain. Participants provided data on background characteristics and completed the following instruments: the Perceived Stress Scale; the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory and the Coping Behavior Inventory. Relationships between scores were examined using Spearman’s rho.
Results: The mean age of participants was 20.71+ 3.89 years (range 18-46 years). Most students (47.92%) indicated a moderate level of stress with a mean PSS score of 22.78 (±8.54). Veteran nursing students perceived higher levels of stress than novice students. The results showed a significant correlation for perceived stress and state anxiety (r= 0.463, p<.000) and also for trait anxiety (r=0.718, p<.000). There was also a significant relationship between the total amount of perceived stress and the following domains of the Coping Behavior Inventory: problem solving, self-criticism, wishful thinking, social support, cognitive restructuring and social withdrawal. In the current study, the coping strategy most frequently used by students was problem-solving, followed by social support and cognitive restructuring.
Conclusions: Nursing teachers and clinical preceptors/mentors should be encouraged to develop programs that could help prepare nursing students to cope with the challenges they are about to face during their clinical placements.
Course Design of Nursing Clinical Thinking Training Based on STEM Education Concept
Authors: Yang Fen , Zhu Xinhong
Published: June 2019

Background: The STEM education philosophy aims to incorporate the core content of the STEM field into a real and attractive problem scenario, using problem-driven and student-centered teaching methods to support students' multidisciplinary content integration learning and help students master the practice skills which coincide with the training of nursing students' clinical thinking ability. The STEM education concept not only enables nursing students to translate their previous knowledge and skills into the real nursing situation, but also develops students' critical thinking skills, thereby improving the ability to solve clinical nursing problems.
Methods: Based on the STEM education concept, this paper constructs the design of nursing clinical thinking training course for nursing undergraduate nursing, including six teaching parts: writing teaching case, group discussion, teacher commentary, student mutual evaluation, heuristic guidance and case scenario simulation.
Results: Clinical thinking training teaching model based on STEM education concept may be able to cultivate critical thinking ability of nursing undergraduate students.
Conclusions: To construct nursing clinical thinking training teaching model based on STEM education concept, in order to cultivate critical thinking ability and realize knowledge transfer through STEM curriculum education.
Perceptions, attitudes and practices of information and communication technology use in health related research among the health sciences faculty members in medical universities in southern China
Authors: Liang Xia , Yang Jun , Abdullah Abu S , Huang Kaiyong , Chen Lulin , He Huimin , Quintiliani Lisa , Friedman Robert H , Urmi Dilshat S , Yang LI
Published: June 2019

Background

Information and communication technology (ICT) has been widely used in medical education as well as biomedical and population based research, however, the use of ICT in China is still insufficient. This study aimed to investigate the use, perceptions and attitudes of ICT use in biomedical and population based research among faculty members in medical universities in southern China.

Methods

A cross-sectional study was conducted among faculty members working in the health sciences discipline in 6 major universities in southern China. A self-completed online questionnaire was used for data collection.

Findings

Of 270 faculty members enrolled, 206 faculties (76%) used ICT in their work and 54% were female. Few faculty members took an online course or were trained on ICT use before. The ICT- using group was more experienced than the ICT-free group (P= 0.047). The most frequently used ICT tools were mobile phone, the Internet, non-mobile computer system, WeChat (similar to Facebook - a popular social communication tool in China) and QQ (a popular chat tool in China). The use of non-mobile computer systems, WeChat and QQ in ICT-using group was more frequent than in ICT-free group (P<0.05). The attitudes towards the use of ICT in professional work varied between two groups, mainly on the practicability of ICT; the best way to reach their universities with an ICT related training program was introducing the successful examples of ICT used by faculties.

Conclusions

This study suggests that faculty members from medical universities in southern China use ICT commonly, but they lack in-depth understanding of ICT use. The findings also demonstrate the shallow perception and positive attitude of ICT use among faculty members and highlight an urgent need for an ICT training course to promote the learning and teaching environment in most medical universities in China.
The analysis of evolution in eradicating mortalities caused by infectious diseases in East and Central African Countries coinciding with gross national income
Authors: Haijun Xiao , Namahoro Jean Pierre
Published: June 2019

Background: Infectious diseases are predominantly within poor population living in low-income countries, while are either treatable or preventable with existing medicines in the first occurring. The highlighted cause is some government choose to spend national budget on several projects do not coincide the basic needs and demands of the population. The objectives of this study were to 1) compare the performance between new cases and deaths caused by diseases; 2) show the effect of gross national income (GNI) in the mortalities reduction, and 3) assess potential evolution in eradicating mortalities in East African countries.
Method: WHO database contains data on several responses (new cases of Malaria, Neonates protected at birth against neonatal tetanus, mortalities from tuberculosis among HIV-negative people and new cases of leprosy) recorded from 2004 to 2015. IMB SPSS modeler and Origin 8 were used especially, One-way ANOVA and Pearson’s correlation to achieve the objectives of the study.
Results: The p-values for either Levene’ and Brown-Forsythe compared with 0.05 significant level for testing the performance between countries, correlation between GNI with leprosy is -0.5 to -1.0, in five countries, with TB is closer t0 -1.0 in four countries, with deaths from Malaria, is -0.5 to -1.0 in three countries, and new cases from Malaria and protected neonates is 0.5 to 1.0.
Conclusion: The relationship between GNI and new cases and deaths indicate the weak effect of GNI in the process of eradicating mortalities, therefore, the government should prioritize the healthcare and use a national budget to monitoring the all complications related to infectious diseases.

Key wards: infectious diseases, eradicating mortalities, gross national income
Unilateral Inferior Oblique Anterior Transposition for Markedly Asymmetric Dissociated Vertical Deviation with Unilateral Inferior Oblique Over-action
Authors: Wu Shuang-Qing , Xu Qi-Bin , Sheng Wen-Yan , Zhu Li-Wei
Published: June 2019

Background: To evaluate the results of unilateral inferior oblique anterior transposition (IOAT) for markedly asymmetric dissociated vertical deviation (DVD) combined with inferior oblique over-action (IOOA).
Methods：Retrospective chart review of the records of all patients with asymmetric DVD combined with unilateral IOOA in the non-dominant eye who received unilateral IOAT on the non-dominant eye. No other muscles were operated on simultaneously. The amount of DVD and IOOA were measured before and after the operation and statistically analysed.
Results: Seventeen patients were included. The mean age at surgery was 23.5 ± 8.4 (range 12–38) years old. The mean postoperative follow-up period was 15.7 ± 7.2 (range 6–32) months. The primary position DVD was 19.6 ± 5.4 (range 14–36) PD preoperatively and decreased significantly to 2.9 ± 2.0 (range 0–8) PD postoperatively (P < 0.01). Preoperatively, there were 2, 7, and 8 patients with +1, +2, and +3 IOOA, respectively, and these were reduced from 2.4 ± 0.7 to 0.3 ± 0.4 postoperatively (P < 0.01). None of the patients were complicated obvious hypotropia, anti-elevation syndrome or IOOA in the contralateral eye.
Conclusions: Unilateral IOAT was recommended in patients with asymmetric DVD coexists with unilateral IOOA.
The prevalence of HIV among MSM in China: a large-scale systematic analysis
Authors: Dong Mengjie , Peng Bin , Liu Zhen-Feng , Ye Qian-ni , Liu Hao , Lu Xi-Li , Zhang Bo , Chen Jia-Jia
Published: June 2019

Objectives：The prevalence of HIV among men who have sex with men (MSM) has become a significant public health challenge. The aim was to comprehensively estimate the national prevalence of HIV among MSM and its time trends through a large-scale systematic analysis.
Methods：Systematic search of Cochrane Library, PubMed, EMBASE, CNKI, VIP, and Wanfang Data databases without language restriction for studies on the prevalence of HIV among MSM published before March 2016. Studies were eligible for inclusion if they were published in the peer-reviewed literature and used validated assessment methods to assess the prevalence of HIV among MSM. Estimates were pooled using random-effects analysis.
Results：Data were extracted from 325 cross-sectional studies (482,977 individuals) covered 59 cities from 30 provinces and municipalities of China. The overall national prevalence of HIV among MSM from 2001 to 2014 was estimated to be 6.3% (95% CI: 6.1–6.6%), with high between-study heterogeneity (I2 = 92.3%, P < 0.001). The pooled estimates of HIV infections among MSM for years 2000–2004, 2005-2009, and 2010–2014 were 1.3% (95% CI: 0.9-2.0, N=14), 4.3 (95% CI: 3.8- 4.8, N=235), and 7.5 (95% CI: 7.0-8.2, N=241), respectively. HIV prevalence was the highest in those aged 50 years and older with HIV prevalence of 19.3%( 95%CI: 13.1-27.4%, N=13). HIV was more prevalent in the illiterate population (16.76%), than in those who had received an education. Although the internet was a major venue for Chinese MSM seeking male sex partners (41.7%, 95%CI: 39.5%-43.9%, N=100), seeking MSM in bathhouses/saunas had the highest associated prevalence of HIV (14.6%, 95%CI: 11.4%-18.5%, N=20). The HIV prevalence among MSM varied by location: compared with other regions in China, HIV was highly prevalent among MSM in the southwest (11.1%, 95%CI: 10.2%-12.0%, N=57). Compared to participants who sometimes or always used condoms, participants who had never used a condom in the past 6 months had a higher risk of HIV infection, with odds ratios of 0.1 (95%CI:0.08-0.14).
Conclusions：Our analysis provided reliable estimates of China’s HIV burden, which appears to present an increasing national public health challenge. Effective government responses are needed to address this challenge and include the implementation of HIV prevention.
Where the Civilization Ends Horror Begins: Cultural Shaping of Fear in Simmons’ “Terror”
Authors: Žikić Bojan , Sinani Danijel , Milenković Miloš
Published: June 2019

One of the most famous enterprises within the British search for the so-called Northwest Passage in the nineteenth century, the Franklin expedition, was described in the novel "Terror" (2007) by American writer Dan Simmons, as well as in the TV series based on the book (2018) of the same name. What the expedition became known for was its disappearance in the Arctic wastelands despite – for its time – the most modern technological equipment, as well as the fact that its command staff consisted of experienced researchers. Simmons' presentation of the circumstances that led to the collapse of the expedition was based, to a certain extent, on the scientific knowledge about it, collected from the first searches for the expedition to this day, but also on the cultural idea that was formed first in Great Britain, and then in Canada and the United States, during that time period. As the essence of cultural communication produced by the novel and the series, we see the inability of civilization as a source of fear – or horror – before the socially ontologically uncertain position that people are brought into, when they are displaced outside their original sociocultural context and find themselves in conditions in which norms of that context can be contrary to the measures that are taken for the sake of physical survival. This given fear is of cultural origin: its root is in a situationally generated idea that it is possible that the reality is different from the one which is being defined by the social order and cultural norms, namely the rules, that make our world known and subject to human control, are not fully applicable. The boundaries of this fear are permeable for those things which a person is not able to face successfully on the basis of his/her innate abilities and cultural development.
“War of Peoples for World-Views”: Werner Sombart and Ideas of 1914
Authors: Antolović Mihael
Published: June 2019

One of the leading German economists and sociologists, Werner Sombart, actively took part in the "spiritual war", led by German intellectuals during World War One. Sombart systematized his views on the war that Germany led against the coalition of the enemy force in the book "Merchants and Heroes: Patriotic Rumifications" (Händler und Helden in German), published in 1915. Beside his unhidden propaganda intentions, Zombart in his book exposed the critique of the contemporary capitalist society, starting from his early anti-capitalist conceptions. Considering England as an embodiment of capitalist "civilization", Sombart made the boundary between the German and the English people in the form of antitheses. Sombart confronted the German culture, conservatism, social state and organic community to the Eniglish materialistic civilization, liberalism, capitalism and class society, interpreting the war primarily as a "battle for world-views", between the English "merchant" and the German "heroic" spirit. In this way, he gave significant contribution on the shaping of the "ideas of 1914" – the specific conservative ideology of German intellectuals, by which they legitimized the German Reich’s policy during the war years.
Between the Real and the Imagined: Variola Vera Epidemic in the Area of Yugoslavia Through Film Narrative
Authors: Mandić Marina
Published: June 2019

The ideas about the epidemics of infectious diseases, both imagined and those that are known to human societies, are becoming more frequent topic of popular culture, that is the film industry. As one of the ever-present threats during the development of civilization through history, infectious diseases have played a significant role in shaping and changing social communities and, as such, have left a deep historical and cultural trace on social groups and their contemporary mythologies. Variola, that is smallpox, is among the most infectious diseases that human society has encountered in history, and the disease was also present on the territory of the former Yugoslavia during different historical periods. The paper deals with the Variola Vera film analysis, that is with the film ideas of the latest epidemic of the variola that occurred in the former Yugoslavia in 1972, in order to point out the ways in which the infectious diseases are presented on film, as well as the relation between historical data and film adaptation in the case of variola.
Posthumanism as a Mode of Problematization and Enhancement of Humanism
Authors: A. Veljović Jelica
Published: June 2019

The main objective of the present work is to concisely, descriptively and comparatively present the fundamental concepts, perspectives and postulates of the contemporary posthumanist theories. Besides these observations, the paper also aims to express and maintain a critical scope of all the posthumanist tendencies developed till present day, starting from non-modern and antimodern, and passing to the transhumanism and critical posthumanism. At the beginning of the paper there is an outlook on the origins and development of the posthumanism, dating it back to the deconstruction and poststructuralist philosophy and relating it to the technological improvement of the human society. Due to the paper’s critical approach to the posthumanist phenomena different representations of human and his environment will be taken into account, especially when it comes to categories such as cyborg, virtual reality and cyber-culture. At the end of the paper, all of these diverse and yet complementary posthumanist concepts and perspectives will be displayed through their presence in the framework of literature, which is conceived as one of the primary fields for creating and investigating the future of humanity. Related to this, it will be analyzed the relation between posthumanism and cyber-punk literary genre, and concepts such as ergodic literature, cyber-text and information narrative. As a matter of conclusion, the paper brings out the stances of the representative theoreticians of critical posthumanism, who focus on the establishment of new ethical and aesthetical fundaments of the new humanism, taking also into consideration the radical reform of the academic field of humanities as well.
What the eye does not see: visualizations strategies for the data collection of personal networks
Authors: Maya-Jariego Isidro , Cachia Romina
Published: June 2019

The graphic representation of relational data is one of the central elements of social network analysis. In this paper, the author describe the use of visualization in interview-based data collection procedures designed to obtain personal networks information, exploring four main contributions. First, the author shows a procedure by which the visualization is integrated with traditional name generators to facilitate obtaining information and reducing the burden of the interview process. Second, the author describes the reactions and qualitative interpretation of the interviewees when they are presented with an analytical visualization of their personal network. The most frequent strategies consist in identifying the key individuals, dividing the personal network in groups and classifying alters in concentric circles of relative importance. Next, the author explores how the visualization of groups in personal networks facilitates the enumeration of the communities in which individuals participate. This allows the author to reflect on the role of social circles in determining the structure of personal networks. Finally, the author compares the graphic representation obtained through spontaneous, hand-drawn sociograms with the analytical visualizations elicited through software tools. This allows the author to demonstrate that analytical procedures reveal aspects of the structure of personal networks that respondents are not aware of, as well as the advantages and disadvantages of using both modes of data collection. For this, the author presents findings from a study of highly skilled migrants living in Spain (n = 95) through which the author illustrates the challenges, in terms of data reliability, validity and burden on both the researcher and the participants.
Studying New Venture Ideas using an Online Funding Platform
Authors: Manjiri Kunte  , Triyuth Promsiri
Published: June 2019

Venture ideas in the entrepreneurship process have been studied as a micro-level construct and have been defined in multiple ways in literature. However, previous reviews indicate a lack of studies on the qualities of opportunities or venture ideas and of empirical evidence regarding their effects on entrepreneurial process outcomes. To address this issue, the current study attempts to validate five characteristics of the new venture ideas construct (Davidsson, 2015) towards the outcome variable of the decision to invest or not. The study utilises 80 new venture ideas (projects) from the online funding website. A group of five entrepreneurs rated these ideas independently on novelty, appropriability, diffusability, scalability, and scope, using a 5-point Likert scale ranging from “1 = not at all” to “5 = extremely”. A comparison of the results from regression analysis by the judges and the backers on the funding platform suggested that the characteristic of appropriability was the most important factor in determining the final investment decision. Empirical support for the definition and characteristics of new venture ideas and the validity of appropriability as a significant indicator of the investment decision are the main contributions of this study. The findings of this study will be helpful to both entrepreneurs and investors alike in the future.
The Influence of Brand Orientation and Knowledge Creation on Organisational Performance of Malaysian Tourist Resorts
Authors: Melissa Li Sa Liow  , Kim Chai Yeow  , Choon-Yin Sam  , John Aik Joo Heng
Published: June 2019

The purpose of this paper is to examine the effects of brand orientation and knowledge creation process on the organisational performance of tourist resorts from the perspective of tourism entrepreneurs. Despite a plethora of branding and knowledge management literature, a limited number of studies have investigated the effects of brand orientation and knowledge creation process together on organisational performance. The studied tourism entrepreneurs exhibit low involvement in branding activities and knowledge creation according to government of Malaysia sources. The significance of brand orientation and knowledge creation process for improving the organisational performance of tourist resorts remains inconclusive. For this study, empirical data was drawn from 322 tourist resorts in Malaysia. The hypothesised relationships are analysed using structural equation modelling (SEM). The results show that brand orientation and knowledge creation process have a positive and significant effect on organisational performance whereas knowledge creation process partially mediates brand orientation and organisational performance. We propose higher involvement of tourism entrepreneurs in knowledge sharing sessions to develop distinctive brands to attract customers, which will in turn improve organisational performance. The top-down management approach in instituting branding activities remains pervasive in tourist resorts in Malaysia’s high-power distance society.
Use of Geospatial Techniques for Groundwater Potential Zone Mapping from Phonda Basin in Sindhudurg District Maharashtra: A Geological Influence Approach
Authors: Shirke Krushnath , Bandivdekar Kunal
Published: June 2019

The study was conducted to find out the groundwater potential zones (GWPZ) by using geospatial techniques in Phonda basin in Sindhudurg district of Maharashtra (India). Analytical Hierarchical Process (AHP) was used to demarcate the GWPZ using thematic layers: geology, geomorphology, lineament density, drainage density, elevation, slope, soil, rainfall and land use land cove (LULC). The ranks were assigned for each individual parameter of thematic layer and weights assigned to each thematic layer and final groundwater map was prepared by intersection all thematic layers in Arc GIS environment. GWPZs were categorized as: low, moderate, high and very high. Geological factors are influencing groundwater potentials according to geological formations and human activities. Geological influence approach of delineating the GWPZ is useful for planning and monitoring the groundwater resource for sustainable development.
O CORPO HUMANO E O NEGRO EM LIVROS DIDÁTICOS DE BIOLOGIA
Authors: Silvério Florença Freitas , Motokane Marcelo Tadeu
Published: June 2019

As relações étnico-raciais são pouco estudadas no ensino de ciências. Entretanto este é um campo de estudo que pode contribuir muito para a construção de relações raciais mais positivas. Entender as construções históricas da Ciência sobre as relações raciais é fundamental para podermos elaborar maneiras de combater hierarquizações, estereótipos e reproduções negativas para a população negra no ensino de Ciências. Os conhecimentos sobre a história da Ciência, perpassada pelo racismo científico e uma análise ancorada na teoria das representações sociais, ajudam-nos a interpretar melhor esse fenômeno. Nesse trabalho buscamos investigar como o corpo humano é representado, do ponto de vista racial, em algumas coleções de livros didáticos de Biologia. Utilizamos a análise do conteúdo proposta por Bardin (2011) para levantar e analisar os dados. Analisando os livros didáticos de Biologia, constamos uma sub-reprensetação dos corpos negros como corpos humanos, trazendo uma representação que parece normatizar o branco como legítimo representante da espécie.
SHAPING PRODUCTIVE CULTURAL CONTENT FOR EFL MATERIALS IN CONTEMPORARY RUSSIAN ELT PRACTICES
Authors: Mitchell Peter J. , Shilnov Andrei G.
Published: June 2019

The article attempts to develop guidelines for the inclusion / non-inclusion of specific cultural content into EFL materials for contemporary ELT practices in Russia. Cultural circumstances surrounding the ELT practices in today’s Russia and their connection with the past are analyzed. Some approaches to the usage of materials are considered, with examples of specific published and online materials provided. An exemplar of a lesson plan on a thought-provoking topic with sample activities and materials is presented based on the approaches and principles described. A conclusion is made on the necessity of offering teacher training on shaping productive cultural content for EFL materials that are appropriate to the teaching context.

Keywords: English language teaching (ELT), English as a foreign language (EFL), textbook, cultural content.
DIÁLOGOS INTERCULTURAIS, ESCOLA E IDENTIDADE ÉTNICA: O QUE REVELAM DISSERTAÇÕES DE MESTRES INDÍGENAS EM MATO GROSSO DO SUL?
Authors: Alves Thiago Moessa , Ciríaco Klinger
Published: June 2019

Analisamos neste artigo duas narrativas de mestres indígenas em decorrência dos resultados de suas dissertações vinculadas à uma universidade pública. No cerne da questão geradora do tema debatido está o papel da escola indígena na busca pela ressignificação das identidades étnicas em Mato Grosso do Sul (MS). Para este fim, destacamos o debate a partir das produções científicas de dois colaboradores, bem como por entrevistas concedidas por estes pesquisadores. A perspectiva metodológica de tratamento dos dados é a pesquisa qualitativa em educação de caráter descritivo-analítico. As análises apontaram que a escola é vista pelos sujeitos como uma instituição fundamental aliada à luta por direitos essenciais negados aos povos indígenas, fato emergente e recorrente das narrativas elegidas como objeto de estudo aqui apresentado.