bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
The Relationship between Role of Drug Supervisor (PMO) with Successful Treatment of Pulmonary Tuberculosis Patients in Working Area Sukamerindu Public Health Center Bengkulu
Authors: Suryani Suryani , Effendi S. , Herizon Refin
Published: July 2020

The impact and dangers  of  Pulmonary Tuberculosis  incidence is causing death. In Bengkulu province in 2011 there were 1.565 cases of  pulmonary  tuberculosis in 2012  there were 1,670 cases of pulmonary tuberculosis in 2013 there were 2.671 cases of pulmonary tuberculosis and in 2014 there were 2.014 cases of pulmonary tuberculosis this showed that pulmonary tuberculosis was still high. The purpose of this study was to study the relationship of PMO role with                         the success of the treatment of pulmonary tuberculosis patients in working area of Sukamerindu Public Health Center Bengkulu. The type of research used was                 an analytic survey, with Cross Sectional research design. Population in this research was all patient of pulmonary tuberculosis in working area of  Sukamerindu Public Health Center Bengkulu which had treatment 5 months amounted to 36 people in 2015. Samples taken by using total sampling which amounted to 36 people. Data analysis was done by univariate and bivariate analysis using uni Chi-Square (χ2). The results of this study were 41 patients with pulmonary tuberculosis,  20 people (55.6%)  had good role of  PMO, and there were 30 people (83.3%) who had successful treatment, there was a significant relationship between the role of PMO with successful treatment of patients with pulmonary tuberculosis with moderate category. It was  suggested to the related institution to improve and supervise the cadre of  (PMO) so that the success of   the treatment of pulmonary tuberculosis will  increasing. Keywords : drug  supervisor (PMO), successful  treatment, pulmonary  tuberculosis  patients
Knowledge Level, Sosioeconomy Status of Family Head, and Ownership of Latrines in Gunung Agung Village Argamakmur North Bengkulu
Authors: Suryani Suryani , Fauzi Yusran , Sari Fikitri Maya , Wilis Nahari Ratu Cempaka
Published: July 2020

Sanitation is intentional behavior in empowering clean life that has the purpose of preventing humans from being in direct contact with dirt and other hazardous waste materials in the hope of maintaining and improving human health. The use of latrines as a place to dispose of human waste is very necessary to avoid and reduce various types of environmental pollution and transmission of diseases, and can support the creation of a clean and healthy environment. This study aims to determine the relationship between the level of knowledge and socioeconomic status of the family head with ownership of family latrines in Gunung Agung Village, Argamakmur City, North Bengkulu. The design of this study uses analytical survey with Cross Sectional approach. The population taken was all family heads in Gunung Agung Village, Argamakmur City, North Bengkulu. Sampling in this study were 85 samples, using proportional random sampling technique, namely 66 samples that had family latrines and 19 samples that did not have family latrines. Data collection in this study uses primary and secondary data with data analysis techniques carried out by univariate and bivariate analysis with Chi-Square test through SPSS program. The results obtained: from 85 household head respondents, it can be seen that there are 66 families (77.6%) who have family latrines, there are 42 families (49.4%) have a sufficient level of knowledge, there are 56 households (65.9%) with the status of Prosperous    Family I. This study shows that there is a significant relationship between the level of knowledge and socioeconomic status of the head of the family with ownership of family latrines in Gunung Agung Village, Argamakmur City, North Bengkulu. Keywords: knowledge of family heads, ownership of family latrines, socio-economic status
Knowledge, Working Mother, Husband’s Support, and Exclusive Breastfeeding in Working Area of Padang Serai Primary Health Care Bengkulu City
Authors: Khairani Nurul , Suryani Suryani , Effendi S. , Wulandika Herly
Published: July 2020

The bad impact caused by not giving exclusive breastfeeding is the baby's immune system decreases, disruption of baby's growth and development, increases the risk of disease, and is susceptible to bacteria causing diarrhea. The purpose of the study was to determine the relationship between knowledge, working mothers and husband's support with exclusive breastfeeding in Padang Serai Public Health Center in Bengkulu. This type of research was an analytical survey using Cross Sectional design. The sample in this research was mothers who had  babies over the age of 6-12 months in Baruna 3 Posyandu and Baruna 2 Posyandu and the sampling used Accidental Sampling techniques, which  were as many as 34 mothers. Data collection used primary data and secondary data. This study used the Chi-Square test (Pearson Chi-Square) and Contingency Cofficient. The results of this research were obtained from 34 mothers, there were 17 mothers (50.0%) with less knowledge, 25 mothers (73.5%) who did not work outside the home, 19 mothers (55.9%) whose husbands not supportive and 26 mothers (76.5%) who did not give exclusive breastfeeding, there was a significant relationship between knowledge of mothers with exclusive breastfeeding, there was no significant relationship between mothers working with exclusive breastfeeding, and no significant relationship between husband's support with exclusive breastfeeding in the working area of Padang Serai Health Center in Bengkulu City. It was expected for mothers who had babies to be able to take part in health promotion activities, read books about ASI, to increase their knowledge of the importance of Exclusive Breastfeeding. Keywords: exclusive breastfeeding, husband’s support, knowledge, working                  mother
Adaptive Energy Management System for Smart Hybrid Microgrids
Authors: Alhasnawi Bilal , Jasim Basil
Published: July 2020

The energy management will play an important role in the future smart grid by managing loads in an intelligent way. Energy management programs, realized via House Energy Management systems (HEMS) for smart cities, provide many benefits; consumers enjoy electricity price savings, and utility operates at reduced peak demand. This paper proposed an adaptive energy management system for islanded mode and grid-connected mode. In this paper, a hybrid system that includes distribution electric grid, photovoltaics, and batteries are employed as energy sources in the residential of the consumer in order to meet the demand. The proposed system permits coordinated operation of distributed energy resources to concede necessary active power and additional service whenever required. This paper uses home energy management system which switches between the distributed energy and the grid power sources. The home energy management system incorporates controllers for maximum power point tracking, battery charge and discharge and inverter for effective control between different sources depending upon load requirement and availability of sources at maximum powerpoint. Also, in this paper, the Maximum Power Point Tracking (MPPT) technique is applied to the photovoltaic station to extract the maximum power from hybrid power system during variation of the environmental conditions. The operation strategy of energy storage systems is proposed to solve the power changes from photovoltaics and houses loads fluctuations locally, instead of reflecting those disturbances to the utility grid. Furthermore, the energy storage systems energy management scheme will help to achieve the peak reduction of the houses daily electrical load demand. The simulation results have verified the effectiveness and feasibility of the introduced strategy and the capability of the proposed controller for a hybrid microgrid operating in different modes.
Robotic Glove for Rehabilitation Purpose: Review
Authors: Ahmed Yahya , Al-Neami Auns , Lateef Saleem
Published: July 2020

Rehabilitation robots have become one of the main technical instruments that Treat disorder patients in the biomedical engineering field. The robotic glove for the rehabilitation is basically made of specialized materials which can be designed to help the post-stroke patients. In this paper, a review of the different types of robotic glove for Rehabilitation have been discussed and summarized. This study reviews a different mechanical system of robotic gloves in previous years. The selected studies have been classified into four types according to the Mechanical Design: The first type is a tendon-driven robotic glove. The second type of robotic glove works with a soft actuator as a pneumatic which is operated by air pressure that passes through a plastic pipe, pressure valves, and air compressor. The third type is the exoskeleton robotic gloves this type consists of a wearable mechanical design that can used a finger-based sensor to measure grip strength or is used in interactive video applications. And the fourth type is the robotic glove with a liner actuator this type consists of a tape placed on the fingers and connected to linear actuators to open and close the fingers during the rehabilitation process.
Synchronization and tracking control of a novel 3 dimensional chaotic system
Authors: Jasim Basil , Rashid Mofeed , Omran Khulood
Published: July 2020

In this article, a novel three dimensional chaotic systems is presented. An extensive analysis including Lyapunov exponents, dissipation, symmetry, rest points with their properties is introduced. An adaptive tracking control system for the proposed chaos system has been designed. Also, synchronization system for two identical systems has been designed. The simulation results showed the effectiveness of the designed tracking and synchronization control systems.
Novel Memory Structures in QCA Nano Technology
Authors: Majeed Ali , Alkaldy Esam , Zainal Mohd , Nor Danial
Published: July 2020

Quantum-dot Cellular Automata (QCA) is a new emerging technology for designing electronic circuits in nanoscale. QCA technology comes to overcome the CMOS limitation and to be a good alternative as it can work in ultra-high-speed. QCA brought researchers attention due to many features such as low power consumption, small feature size in addition to high frequency. Designing circuits in QCA technology with minimum costs such as cells count and the area is very important. This paper presents novel structures of D-latch and D-Flip Flop with the lower area and cell count. The proposed Flip-Flop has SET and RESET ability. The proposed latch and Flip-Flop have lower complexity compared with counterparts in terms of cell counts by 32% and 26% respectively. The proposed circuits are designed and simulated in QCADesigner software.
Encrypted Vehicular Communication Using Wireless Controller Area Network
Authors: Al-Qaraghuli Mohammed , Ahmed Saadaldeen , Ilyas Muhammad
Published: July 2020

In this paper, we focus on ensuring encrypted vehicular communication using wireless controller area network performance at high node densities, by means of Dedicated Short-Range Communication (DSRC) algorithms. We analyses the effect of the vehicular communication parameters, message-rate, data-rate, transmission power and carrier sensing threshold, on the application performance. After a state-of-the-art analysis, we propose a data-rate DSRC algorithm. Simulation studies show that DSRC performs better than other decentralized vehicular communication algorithms for a wide range of application requirements and densities. Vehicular communication plays one of the most important roles for future autonomous vehicle. We have systematically investigated the impact of vehicular communication using the MATLAB© application platform and achieved an accuracy of 93.74% after encrypting all the communications between the vehicles and securing them by applying the encryption on V2V communication in comparison with the existing system of Sensor Networks which stands at 92.97%. The transmission time for the encryption is 165 seconds while the rate of encryption is as low as 120 Mbps for the proposed awareness range of vehicles to vehicle using DSRC algorithm in Wireless-Controller Area Network for communication. Experimental results show that our proposed method performs 3% better than the recently developed algorithms.
Knowledge and utilization of non-pneumatic anti-shock garment for the management of postpartum hemorrhage among Midwives in government hospitals in Ogun State, Nigeria
Authors: Dada Samuel , Aina Folasade , Oyedele Mary , Aina Daniel
Published: July 2020

Objective: To assess the knowledge and determine the level of utilization of Non-Pneumatic Anti-Shock Garment (NASG) for the management of PPH among Midwives.
Method: The study employed a descriptive cross-sectional study design, using a validated self-administered questionnaire. A total of 198 randomly selected midwives across three health facilities in Ogun State participated in the study. A 10-point knowledge scale was used to assess the knowledge of midwives on NASG. Descriptive statistics were used to determine the level of utilization of NASG among midwives, while Chi-square statistics were used to determine the relationship between the dependent and independent variables of interest at p<0.05 level of significance.
Results: Most (88.9%) of the respondents were female with a mean age of 40.2±5.6years. Most (48.5%) had a BNS degree. The majority (74.7%) of the respondents were aware of NASG. Close to a half (49.3%) of the respondents had fair knowledge scores, 34.5% had good knowledge scores, while 16.2% had poor knowledge scores. Only 22.7% of the respondents had ever used NASG in the management of PPH; 77.3% never used it before. Also, 67.2% of the respondents reported NASG was not available in their facilities. There was a significant influence of knowledge of NASG on the utilization among midwives (X2=37.151, P<0.05, df=2).
Conclusion: This study demonstrated that midwives in healthcare facilities were aware, but did not have good knowledge of NASG. The utilization of the garment for the management of PPH was also very poor, probably due to suboptimal knowledge and non-availability of the garment.
A Nemzeti Közszolgálati Egyetem Rendészettudományi Kar fejlesztésének tapasztalatai 2015–2018
Authors: Boda József
Published: July 2020

The author provides an overview of the developments of the Law Enforcement Faculty of the National University of Public Service.
A lélek rendje, avagy milyen legyen a jövõ büntetés-végrehajtási tisztje?
Authors: Ruzsonyi Péter
Published: July 2020

The author provides an overview of the training philosophy and the triggering criminal policy developments on the Faculty of Law Enforcement operating at the National University of Public Service.
A rendőrség szervezeti kultúrája
Authors: Farkas Johanna , Kovács Gábor , Krauzer Ernő
Published: July 2020

The authors provide an overview of organizational culture in the law enforcement filed in Hungary.
A Nemzetbiztonsági Szakszolgálat felvételi eljárási rendszere
Authors: Tóth Tamás
Published: July 2020

The author provides an overview of the recruitment procedures and principles the Hungarian Special Service for National Security.
Az olasz műkincsrendőrség és a komplex műtárgyvédelmi projekt
Authors: Lukács Dalma
Published: July 2020

A szerző bemutat egyet a világ vezető műtárgyvédelmi szervezeteiből.
A rendvédelmi szervek (rendőrség) végrehajtó állományának utánpótlása és a korosztályi jellemzők viszonya
Authors: Beregnyei József
Published: July 2020

Regarding the topic indicated in the title, I assume that – compared to the issue of training commissioned officers and would-be leaders –, there is relatively little discussion going on about the workforce supply of the executive (warrant officers) staff, the prediction of their situation, the prevention of their problems, and this applies to special literature. In the current situation of the police organisation it is precisely the recruitment of warrant officers that is more of a problem – since the number of decommissioners exceeds the number of candidates, and we have not even taken into account that the knowledge and practice of those who leave the organization with many years, sometimes decades of professional experience, cannot be replaced by the mere presence of staff. It may well be asked: ‘Why is this happening?’ Also, it would be interesting to know why the warrant officers who are already members of the staff (obviously those who have already graduated from state or law enforcement higher education institutions) want to study further at a given specialisation of the National University of Public Service to become commissioned officers. Additionally, there are quite a huge number of warrant officers with these parameters in law enforcement bodies, especially police organizations. The answer could be very simple: they want to get ahead, to work in a better paying, working in a more managering position. But can this be the only way? Taking all this into account, I think it would be very timely to deal with the status, recruitment and working conditions of the subordinate (executive) staff working in the implementation as deeply as scientifically as it does for the officer.
A bűnüldözés és a bűnmegelőzés rendészettudományi tényezői című tudományoskonferencia-kötetről
Authors: Éberhardt Gábor
Published: July 2020

The mentioned scientific conference volume which is a real book in the classical typographic sense of the word. The appearance with the white, glossy soft cover adoring sciences and including 357 numbered pages confirm for the readers to have here many useful things to read.  On the cover grows apparent the label in border guards’ green, with the emblematic figure of border guards, the Turul bird holding a sword with the claws, is already indicative for the producers of the volume. Pécs, indicated as the place of publishing, was the centre of the suspended Boarder Guard till the end of 2007. Within the Hungarian Border Science Association founded In the time of system change was in the Section Border Police active from 1991 (later Section Border Guard) set up the professional group Pécs by eight  enthusiastic and science appreciating border guard officers in 2000. This guard, celebrating his 20th anniversary next year, organised its first conference in connection with the feast day of St. László one year after its foundation. The first scientific book was published in 2002 and this year’s volume has the number XXI.
A híd
Authors: Korinek László
Published: July 2020

According to my ideas a Hungarian law enforcement scholar with excellent knowledge of foreign languages should be able to indicate occasionally a professional article in foreign language that could be irremissible important for the knowledge of Hungarian experts. As first step should be started with periodicals of free access and later could be subscribed some more expensive law enforcement periodicals, too. From these marked periodicals students of doctoral schools could monthly freely choose a paper and another one would their tutor prescribe obligatory. The students would read and - according to the examples in the enclosure - review, that is briefly summarize them. (Do not think it would be a work needing awful big efforts, because in the so-called abstracts at the beginning of the papers the author has already made it courteously). The student of the doctoral school will get for this work credit points according to the adequate rate.
Az Europol szerepe a nyugat-balkáni illegális migráció kezelésében
Authors: Hornyik Zsuzsanna
Published: July 2020

Europol (European Police Office) is the EU’s law enforcement agency, whose remit is to help make Europe safer by assisting law enforcement authorities in EU member countries. Europol plays a central role among the institutions dealing with safety of the European Union. It offers on the spot support for law enforcement actions, acts as admin on information about offences and acts as a centre of law enforcement knowledge. The agency employs more hundred criminal analysers from the best European experts having the task to help every day’s work of member state authorities by most up-to-date means of labour. How is it realised in the practice and what are the activities of the organisation in the West-Balkans – we asked Gábor Sztankovics, action group leader of European Migrant Smuggling Centre at Europol by Zsuzsanna Hornyik as dialogue partner.
A Magyar Honvédség részvétele a járványhelyzet kezelésében
Authors: Hornyik Zsuzsanna
Published: July 2020

In the declared pandemic situation, the Hungarian Defence Force had special tasks to manage, too. The army became one of the leading performers in containment of the virus, which they managed bravely offering a maximum of measurements in connection with this situation. In our interview we asked the generals about their tasks nationwide and locally in Szolnok, about the regulations on the base and about adherence of rule of procedure in connection with coronavirus, about evolving of rooms for preventive isolation and about presence of military police on community areas. The interview was conducted by Zsuzsanna Hornyik.
CONTEXT AS A CREATIVE TOOLKIT FOR ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN: PERSPECTIVES OF MANAGEMENT AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT OF URBAN HERITAGE
Authors: Navickienė Eglė
Published: July 2020

Integration into architectural or urban context as an evaluation criterion is claimed to be subjective and hardly substantiated.
In spite of its ambiguity, it is generally accepted as one of the basic demands in architectural design. So what the context is in architectural design?
The article explores specific understandings of architectural-urban context from characteristic perspectives in urban heritage protection and management.
From perspective of architectural heritage protection, context is physical architectural objects nearby, perceived visually in a static mode, and
respected in interventions by achieving harmonious relationship with it. From the point of view of cultural landscape, context is an interacting natural
and man-made environment, constantly changing according to place-specific natural and cultural processes; its processual character and the accumulated
meanings that rise from imbedded experiences ought to be continued in following architectural transformations. Historic urban landscape approach assumes
that context is constantly developing through urbanization, cultural, social and economic processes, which cultural uniqueness and identity is saturated
by place-based meanings, experiences and emotional relationships attributed by local community, ought to be contributed in present-day architectural
transformations. From the point of view of sustainable development, context is an inherited cultural, social, material, economic resource and a source of
traditional knowledge, performance and behaviours to be adapted and carried on towards a greater sensitivity to the environment, culture, climate, and
place, and for the wellbeing of local community.
Origin of Sources of Repeating Fast Radio Bursts with Periodicity in Close Binary Systems
Authors: Popov Sergei B.
Published: July 2020

It is proposed that sources of repeating fast radio bursts with detected periodicity are magnetars with extremely short initial spin periods at the protoneutron star stage, formed in binaries after tidal synchronization of their progenitor cores during late stages of thermonuclear burning in very close systems with orbital periods about a few days. This formation channel is in several respects different from evolution of progenitors of normal magnetars, and thus, it explains some differences between repeating and non-repeating sources of fast radio bursts.
A Search for Bursts from FRB 191228 in Breakthrough Listen Archival Data
Authors: Kumar Pravir , Price Danny C. , Deller Adam T. , Gajjar Vishal , Shannon Ryan M.
Published: July 2020

We describe archival Breakthrough Listen (BL) observations of Fomalhaut which is within the 90% confidence localization region of FRB 191228. We report non-detection of any radio bursts in a total of 6.4 hr of BL data.
Dynamical Masses of Young Stars Inferred from Two Transitions of CO with ALMA
Authors: Premnath Pranav H. , Wu Ya-Lin , Bowler Brendan P. , Sheehan Patrick D.
Published: July 2020

Stellar masses are fundamental but often difficult to measure. Thanks to the Atacama Large Millimeter Array (ALMA) and Gaia, dynamical masses of pre-main sequence stars can be precisely measured using the Keplerian rotation of protoplanetary disks. We used ALMA CO(2−1) and CO(3−2) observations of CT Cha and DS Tau to determine their masses by modeling the geometry, kinematics, and physical properties of their disks with a Bayesian-based radiative transfer modeling code (pdspy). We found that the posterior distributions of the masses from the two transitions are inconsistent at the 2–4σ level. These systematic errors may originate from assumptions in the disk model, or perhaps the modest spatial or spectral resolutions used in this study. Regardless, this indicates that dynamical mass measurements using disk kinematics should be treated with caution when using only a single transition line because of these systematic errors.
Perceptions of alien plants and animals and acceptance of control methods among different societal groups
Authors: Höbart Raphael , Schindler Stefan , Essl Franz
Published: July 2020

Biological invasions are a widespread phenomenon and cause substantial impacts on the natural environment and human livelihoods. Thus, the European Union (EU) recently adopted Regulation No 1143/2014 to limit the negative impacts of invasive alien species (IAS). For implementing IAS management and policies, public support is highly and increasingly important, especially when it comes to charismatic species and lethal methods. Recognising the importance of the interaction of public perception with acceptance of IAS management methods, we used an online survey targeting three different stakeholder groups in Austria to evaluate potential differences in perception of IAS and management methods.

In total, we received 239 completed responses: 20 nature users (farmers, hunters), 91 nature experts (conservationists, biologists) and 128 from the general public. Participants were more likely to accept lethal management methods when it was an IAS. Nature experts’ acceptance of IAS management methods was rather similar to those of nature users, while the general public preferred non-lethal methods. Chemical lethal methods (herbicides, poison pellets) received low rates of acceptance throughout all stakeholder groups, although nature users were more open to accept such methods for plants. Most respondents (> 50%) were not aware of the role of the EU in IAS topics nor did they know of the existence of the EUIAS regulation 1143/2014. However, more than 75% of respondents agreed that IAS measures and regulations should be implemented at EU level.

This study shows that knowledge about native versus invasive alien status has an influence on the acceptance of management methods. Nature users may have higher levels of acceptance of lethal methods because they are economically dependent on extracting resources from nature. Invasive alien species regulations on EU level are generally acceptable, but there is low awareness for actions already undertaken EU.
Trait–environment relationships of plant species at different stages of the introduction process
Authors: Milanović Marija , Knapp Sonja , Pyšek Petr , Kühn Ingolf
Published: July 2020

The success of alien plant species can be attributed to differences in functional traits compared to less successful aliens as well as to native species, and thus their adaptation to environmental conditions. Studies have shown that alien (especially invasive) plant species differ from native species in traits such as specific leaf area (SLA), height, seed size or flowering period, where invasive species showed significantly higher values for these traits. Different environmental conditions, though, may promote the success of native or alien species, leading to competitive exclusion due to dissimilarity in traits between the groups. However, native and alien species can also be similar, with environmental conditions selecting for the same set of traits across species. So far, the effect of traits on invasion success has been studied without considering environmental conditions. To understand this interaction we examined the trait–environment relationship within natives, and two groups of alien plant species differing in times of introduction (archaeophytes vs. neophytes). Further, we investigated the difference between non-invasive and invasive neophytes. We analyzed the relationship between functional traits of 1,300 plant species occurring in 1000 randomly selected grid-cells across Germany and across different climatic conditions and land-cover types. Our results show that temperature, precipitation, the proportion of natural habitats, as well as the number of land-cover patches and geological patches affect archaeophytes and neophytes differently, regarding their level of urbanity (in neophytes negative for all non-urban land covers) and self-pollination (mainly positive for archaeophytes). Similar patterns were observed between non-invasive and invasive neophytes, where additionally, SLA, storage organs and the beginning of flowering were strongly related to several environmental factors. Native species did not express any strong relationship between traits and environment, possibly due to a high internal heterogeneity within this group of species. The relationship between trait and environment was more pronounced in neophytes compared to archaeophytes, and most pronounced in invasive plants. The alien species at different stages of the invasion process showed both similarities and differences in terms of the relationship between traits and the environment, showing that the success of introduced species is context-dependent.
Genetic evidence for the recognition of two allopatric species of Asian bronze featherback Notopterus (Teleostei, Osteoglossomorpha, Notopteridae)
Authors: Lavoué Sébastien , Zafirah Ghazali Siti , Amirul Firdaus Jamaluddin Jamsari , Azizah Mohd Nor Siti , Zain Khaironizam Md.
Published: July 2020

The fish genus Notopterus Lacepède, 1800 (Notopteridae) currently includes only one species, the Asian bronze featherback Notopterus notopterus (Pallas, 1769). This common freshwater species is widely distributed in the Oriental region, from the Indus basin in the west, the Mekong basin in the east and Java Island in the south. To examine the phylogeographic structure of N. notopterus across its range, we analysed 74 publicly available cytochrome oxidase I (COI) sequences, 72 of them determined from known-origin specimens, along with four newly-determined sequences from Peninsular Malaysian specimens. We found that N. notopterus is a complex of two allopatric species that diverge from each other by 7.5% mean p-distance. The first species is endemic to South Asia (from Indus basin to Ganga-Brahmaputra system), whereas the distribution of the second species is restricted to Southeast Asia. The exact limit between the distributions of these two species is not known, but it should fall somewhere between the Ganga-Brahmaputra and Salween basins, a region already identified as a major faunal boundary in the Oriental region. The name N. notopterus is retained for the Southeast Asian species, while the name Notopterus synurus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) should be applied to the South Asian species. A comparative morphological study is needed to reveal the degree of morphological differentiation between the two species.
Mortality among Patients with Giant Cell Arteritis: A Large-scale Population-based Cohort Study
Authors: Ben-Shabat Niv , Tiosano Shmuel , Shovman Ora , Comaneshter Doron , Shoenfeld Yehuda , Cohen Arnon D. , Amital Howard
Published: July 2020

Objective.

Studies regarding mortality among patients with giant cell arteritis (GCA) have yielded conflicting results. Thus in this large population-based study we aimed to examine whether GCA is associated with increased mortality, and if so, the effect of age at diagnosis and sex on the association.

Methods.

We used the medical database of Clalit Health Services for this retrospective cohort study. Followup was from January 1, 2002, and continued until death or end of followup on September 1, 2018. Incident GCA patients were compared with age- and sex-matched controls. Estimated median survival times were calculated using the Kaplan-Meier method. HR for all-cause mortality were obtained by the Cox proportional hazard model, adjusted for sociodemographic variables and cardiovascular risk factors.

Results.

The study included 7294 patients with GCA and 33,688 controls. The mean age at start of followup was 72.1 ± 9.9 years with 69.2% females. Estimated median survival time was 13.1 years (95% CI 12.6–13.5) in patients with GCA compared with 14.4 years (95% CI 14.1–14.6) in controls (p < 0.001). The multivariate analysis demonstrated increased mortality risk in the first 2 years after diagnosis (HR 1.14, 95% CI 1.04–1.25) and > 10 years after diagnosis (HR 1.14, 95% CI 1.02–1.3). The mortality risk was higher in patients diagnosed at ≤ 70 years of age [HR 1.5 (95% CI 1.14–1.99) 0–2 yrs; HR 1.38 (95% CI 1.1–1.7) > 10 yrs].

Conclusion.

Patients with GCA have a minor decrease in longterm survival compared to age- and sex-matched controls. The seen difference is due to excess mortality in the first 2 years, and > 10 years after diagnosis. Patients diagnosed ≤ 70 years of age are at greater risk.
“Unspoken Questions”: A Qualitative Study of Rheumatologists’ Perspectives on the Clinical Implementation of Patient-reported Outcome Measures
Authors: Kasturi Shanthini , Wong John B. , Mandl Lisa A. , McAlindon Timothy E. , LeClair Amy
Published: July 2020

Objective

To identify rheumatologists’ views on perceived barriers and facilitators to the clinical implementation of patient-reported outcome measures (PROM).

Methods

Semistructured interviews were conducted with academically affiliated clinical rheumatologists. Interviews were audio-recorded and transcribed. Deidentified transcripts were independently coded and analyzed for themes.

Results

Fifteen attending rheumatologists, 8 women (53%) and 7 men (47%) with a mean of 17.3 years in practice (range 5–43) at 2 urban academic medical centers, participated in interviews. Rheumatologists identified several barriers to integrating PROM in clinical care, highlighting physician buy-in and culture change as significant challenges beyond logistical considerations. They further underscored the lack of effective interventions and resources for addressing the domains of most interest to patients. Physicians also recognized significant benefits of PROM in clinical care, including contributing to the clinical impression by providing the patient perspective, and promoting agenda setting by uncovering “unspoken questions.” They additionally noted that PROM could support treatment planning, build patient-physician relationships, and facilitate patient engagement. Participants suggested that technology, physician education, and team-based care could facilitate the effective implementation of PROM.

Conclusion

Rheumatologists identified multiple mechanisms through which PROM could augment clinical care, but also noted several obstacles to implementation, questioning the added value of PROM and the limited availability of interventions to improve patient-centered outcomes. Programs seeking to successfully integrate PROM to enhance patient-centered care and meet quality benchmarks should prioritize physician buy-in and training, and provide resources to address the outcomes that are measured.
Propensity Score Methods in Rare Disease: A Demonstration Using Observational Data in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Authors: Almaghlouth Ibrahim , Pullenayegum Eleanor , Gladman Dafna D. , Urowitz Murray B. , Johnson Sindhu R.
Published: July 2020

Observational studies allow researchers to understand the natural history of rheumatic conditions, risk factors for disease development, and factors affecting important disease-related outcomes, and to estimate treatment effect from real-world data. However, this design carries a risk of confounding bias. A propensity score (PS) is a balancing score that aims to minimize the difference between study groups and consequently potential confounding effects. The score can be applied in 1 of 4 methods in observational research: matching, stratification, adjustment, and inverse probability weighting. Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a rare disease characterized by a relatively small sample size and/or low event rates. In this article, we review the PS methods. We demonstrate application of the PS methods to achieve study group balance in a rare disease using an example of risk of infection in SLE patients with hypogammaglobulinemia.
Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) to Promote Building Developers Safety Performance in the Construction Industry
Authors: Mahmoud Abubakar Sadiq , Hamdan Ahmad Mohd , Mohd Yatim Yahya , Aminu Dodo Yakubu
Published: July 2020

Purpose: The aim of this study is to establish key performance indicators (KPIs) that can be deployed in the evaluation and promotion of safety performance of building developer`s in NigeriaDesign/methodology/approach: A thorough review of the literature was performed to generally identify sets of KPIs used to evaluate the safety performances of building developer`s during construction. Interviews and focus group discussions were conducted with eleven (11) subject matter experts and professionals to ensure inclusion, validation and clarity of the indicators and to further provide agreement/disagreement, and importance ratings for the identified KPIs. The KPIs was grouped into appropriate categories, keeping out redundant KPIs, and ensuring KPIs are clear and measurable. The Relative Importance Index (RII) and Mean values were computed.Findings: Results from the study consist of 137 KPIs, grouped into 9 categories including: Planning, design and procurement, communication on & maintenance of effective safety behaviour, construction safety policy, construction safety personnel, management effort and support, safety training and enlightenment, administration of safety processes, investigation and reporting of accidents, and rewards and sanctions for project stakeholders.  These KPIs were observed to be at different levels of importance from the respondents. The following KPIs were considered based on their extreme importance judging from the respective RII values: communicating safety requirements to designer (98.18%), safety performance set as part of contractor selection criterion (96.36%), availability and accessibility of the relevant insurance policies (98.18%) and appropriate issuance of motivational directives by the top management (100%).Originality/value:  Many studies have been done in the past where KPIs as it relates to construction safety were identified. However, the specificity of these KPIs to countries other than Nigeria requires similar research be conducted to identify building developer safety performance KPIs for the Nigerian construction industry.
Factors Moderating the Influence of Intergenerational Contact on Ageism: A Systematic Review
Authors: Yaghoobzadeh Ameneh , Navab Elham , Mirlashari Jila , Nasrabadi Alireza Nikbakht , Goudarzian Amir Hossein , Allen Kelly A. , Pourmollamirza Afsaneh
Published: July 2020

The authors conducted a systematic review of factors that moderate the influence of intergenerational contact on ageism. MEDLINE (using PubMed), EMBASE, Scopus, Web of Science, and Proquest databases were searched, using terms and keywords including
intergenerational conflict
,
intergenerational relation
,
intergeneration gap
, and
ageism
, and no date restrictions. The search yielded a total of 247 articles, of which 23 met eligibility criteria for the review. Findings revealed that the experience of ageism for older adults is widespread and highly prevalent in Western and Eastern countries. In addition, culture, age, and gender played important roles in young people's decisions to contact older adults. These factors were important moderators of intergenerational relationships and ageism. Robust, trans-disciplinary research is needed to examine factors related to intergenerational relations, particularly with older adults in clinical populations. [
Journal of Psychosocial Nursing and Mental Health Services, 58
(8), 48–55.]
The Importance of Antepartum Maternal Depression Screening and Education: A Narrative Review of the Literature
Authors: Beasley Danielle R.
Published: July 2020

The purpose of this literature review is to explain the current practice of antepartum maternal depression screening and education. The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists recommends that pregnant women be screened at least once during the antepartum phase of pregnancy by their health care provider. The fact that many women present with depression or anxiety at several time points during pregnancy suggests that only one screening during pregnancy is not enough. Antepartum and postpartum depression education is lacking within the prenatal period. This lack of education may decrease self-identification, leading to the decreased screening of pregnant women. Antepartum depression has a high probability of becoming postpartum depression, which might have significant implications for early discovery during pregnancy. These circumstances make antepartum depression one of the most under-recognized and under-treated conditions. [
Journal of Psychosocial Nursing and Mental Health Services, 58
(10), 19–23].
Effectiveness of Best Possible Self and Gratitude Writing Intervention on Mental Health Among Parents of Troubled Children
Authors: Kim-Godwin YeounSoo
Published: July 2020

The current study was conducted to determine if journaling focused on best possible self and gratitude could improve physiological and mental health outcomes in a sample of affected parents who have teenagers or adult children with emotional and/or behavioral problems. A quasi-experimental, pretest/posttest design was used with blood pressure measure and saliva collection at baseline, after a first journal entry, and after a 6-week journaling intervention. Among 42 parents who completed the pretest, 37 (88.1%) completed the 6-week guided journal and posttest. Findings of paired
t
tests indicated a statistically significant decrease in stress level (
p
< 0.001), anxiety (
p
< 0.001), somatic symptoms (
p
= 0.001), and depression (
p
= 0.01), as well as increased gratitude (
p
= 0.012) among participants. Repeated measures analysis of variance indicated the journaling intervention showed a statistically significant reduction in systolic blood pressure (
p
= 0.016), but not diastolic blood pressure, or cortisol level at the three testing times. [
Journal of Psychosocial Nursing and Mental Health Services, 58
(9), 31–39.]
Comment on “Efficient Resource Allocation on the Basis of Priorities”
Authors: Narita Yusuke
Published: July 2020

This note points out that the proof of Theorem 1, the main theorem, in Ergin (2002) needs two corrections. We provide two counterexamples to Ergin's (2002) proof and show that the theorem holds as it is by providing an alternative proof.
Nuevas alóctonas en Malvaceae para la flora africana del norte, con notas nomenclaturales
Authors: El Mokni R. , Iamonico D.
Published: July 2020

Como parte de los estudios en curso sobre las Malvaceae de Túnez, se descubrieron poblaciones de dos especies de Hibiscus (H. rosa-sinensis y H. syriacus) y de Lagunaria patersonia en el norte de Túnez, que representan los primeros registros de la flora nacional y norteafricana. Se describen caracteres morfológicos, así como datos ecológicos y corológicos. Se proporcionan notas nomenclaturales sobre los nombres H. acerifolius (= H. syriacus), H. chinensis (= H. syriacus), H. patersonius (basiónimo de L. Patersonia) y H. rhombifolius (= H. syriacus), incluida la designación de holótipo para H. Chinensis (ilustración de van Braam Houckgeest), y designación de lectótipos para H. Acerifolius (una ilustración de Salisbury), H. Rhombifolius (ilustración de Cavanilles) y H. Patersonius (ilustración de Andrew). También se tratan otros nombres ilegítimos e inválidos (Althaea frutex, H. floridus, Ketmia syrorum, K. Arborea y K. Arborescens).
Camellia oil saponins: Solid phase extraction and its effect on mice blood and organs
Authors: Ahmed H. O.A. , Wang C. M. , Mariod A. A. , Hammoda T. A.A.
Published: July 2020

In this study, the tea saponin extracted experiment was adopted to optimize extraction conditions. The solid phase extraction technique was used to extract saponin from camellia tea oil. Four macro-porous resins (DM301; NKA-9; HZ-841; S-8), two cation exchange resins (D001; 732), chitosan and diatomite, respectively, were used in a preliminary experiment; the HZ-841 macro-porous resin was determined as the optimal solid adsorbent material. The extraction conditions were; temperature 23.78 ºC; adsorption time 5.20 hour; liquid-to-solid ratio 12.54:1; predicted adsorption rate 20.20%; ethanol concentration 83.27%; eluent flow rate 1.18 mL/min; liquid-to-solid ratio 21.85:1; and the elution rate of tea saponin was calculated as 59.55%. The effect of tea seed oil saponin on mice blood and organs (liver, kidney, spleen and heart) was studied. The mice were randomly divided into six groups and fed for 90-days. Their weights were recorded every day. On the last day of the experiment serum ele­ments: Total cholesterol (TC), triglycerides (TG), low and high-density lipoproteins (LDL, HDL), as well as AST (aspartate aminotransferase), ALT (alanine aminotransferase) and total protein (TP) and organ (liver, kidney, spleen and heart) histopathologies were determined. The study results demonstrated that tea oil saponin expanded TC, TG, LDL and HDL. However, it generally increased ALT, AST activities and TP values compared to control groups. Tea oil saponin had no effect on organ tissue histopathology compared to control groups.
Seafood Security and Sustainability Through Sustainable Development
Authors: Yildirim Seda , Kaplan Merve
Published: July 2020

The world has understood that hunger is one of the most dangerous problems for the future. Accordingly, food security and sustainability are both important issues through sustainable development. This chapter highlights the role of seafood security and sustainability for sustainable development. In this context, seafood security and sustainability for Turkish seafood market was investigated. Turkey is a coastal country, which has accepted 2030 Sustainable Development Goals, with a seafood market and a good sample to investigate seafood sustainability. This study employed secondary data from TURKSTAT and FAO websites to determine Turkish seafood market profile. The study determined seafood security and sustainability based on five dimensions as availability, economic access, physical access, utilization, and stabilization. Seafood sustainability is vital for coastal countries because seafood market brings economic, social, and environmental benefits at the same time.