bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Analyzing the operational conditions of crash carts in clinical and surgical hospitalization units
Authors: Silva Vanessa Fortes da , Lazzari Daniele Delacanal , Reisdorfer Nara , Michaelsen Simara Claudia , Kuhnen Adriana Eich
Published: April 2021

ABSTRACT Objective: To evaluate the operational conditions of crash carts in all clinical and surgical hospitalization units of public hospitals in a region in Southern Brazil. Method: Quantitative, cross-sectional study to evaluate crash carts in adult clinical and surgical hospitalization units. The data were collected through a checklist containing 16 continuous variables. Results: Nineteen crash carts in nineteen units were evaluated. Analysis shows that the most frequent problems were excess of equipment and its lack of organization, medication in incorrect compartments and/or with no identification, and inappropriate environment for transportation. Conclusion: The most relevant factors that possibly interfere with the operational conditions of crash carts are directly related to the organization and management of material resources, which may lead to the reduction of its functionality during patient care. Such problem may be solved by readjusting items and performing frequent verification.
Content validation of the nursing diagnosis Risk for disturbed maternal-fetal dyad
Authors: Mendes Ryanne Carolynne Marques Gomes , Frazão Cecília Maria Farias de Queiroz , Lacerda Ana Catarina Torres de , Lopes Marcos Venícios de Oliveira , Linhares Francisca Márcia Pereira , Mangueira Suzana de Oliveira
Published: April 2021

ABSTRACT Objective: To validate the content of the diagnosis Risk for disturbed maternal-fetal dyad in high-risk pregnant women. Method: Nursing diagnosis content analysis study in which 48 nurses evaluated agreement regarding title, definition, class, and domain of the studied nursing diagnosis, as well as the relevance of its antecedents. The items were considered relevant when the Confidence Interval of the Content Validity Index was 0.8 or higher. When lower, the item was modified or excluded according to the experts’ suggestions. Results: Out of 21 antecedents, 14 were considered relevant. The labels of five elements considered irrelevant were changed, and one item was excluded. The experts did not choose the title and definition proposed by NANDA-I, preferring instead the ones suggested in this study. The experts agreed with the class and domain proposed by the taxonomy. Conclusion: Ten risk factors, four populations at risk, and six associated conditions for this nursing diagnosis were maintained; these may provide a basis for nursing practice. The phase of clinical validation is suggested to be conducted to corroborate this study’s results.
War-on-Crime Fiction
Authors: Martin Theodore
Published: April 2021

This essay tells the story of how the War on Crime helped remake American crime fiction in the 1960s and 1970s. Amid starkly racialized public anxieties about rising crime rates and urban uprisings, Lyndon B. Johnson officially launched the War on Crime in 1965. The cultural logic of Johnson's crime war infiltrated various kinds of crime writing in the ensuing decade. Tracking the crime war's influence on the police procedurals of Joseph Wambaugh; the Black radical novels of Sam Greenlee, John A. Williams, and John Edgar Wideman; and the vigilante fiction of Donald Goines and Brian Garfield, I argue that crime fiction in the War-on-Crime era emerged as a key cultural site for managing divergent political responses to a regime of social control that worked by criminalizing both race and revolt. By studying how novelists responded to the formative years of the War on Crime, we can begin to understand the complex role that literature played in alternately contesting and abetting the postwar transformation of the United States into a carceral state.
Simile for the Devil:Paradise Regainedand the Secularization of Satan
Authors: Magarik Raphael
Published: April 2021

A central, secularizing plot of John Milton'sParadise Regainedis the dissolution of Satan. As the Son passes from scriptural figure to reality, Satan is gradually reduced from mythological character to metaphor. While both the demythologization of evil and the explanation of religious concepts as metaphor have long histories as central examples of secularization and of the liberalization of religion, theorists from the political-theological right (e.g., Carl Schmitt) and postsecularist left (e.g., Talal Asad) have called attention to the analogies that can be drawn between apparently secular concepts and stories and earlier, religious doctrines and myths, claiming that such analogies call into question the legitimacy and distinctiveness of the secular. Against those critiques, I argue that secularization stories can be distinguished from religious narrative, albeit not for their naturalism, their liberalism, their rationalism, or other doctrinal content. Rather, they force us to face their own constructed, literary qualities.
Migrants and Spatial Marginality in Urban Digital Media (The Case of Irkutsk)
Authors: Timoshkin Dmitriy
Published: April 2021

The article analyzes “migrant” spaces created in Irkutsk by journalists and users of urban digital media. We considered professional news agencies, groups in Vkontakte, and forums as a tool for “space production” in combining many autobiographical descriptions of interaction with the city, images, and publicistic texts into an integral socio-spatial image. We were interested in how the texts’ authors of digital media integrate migrants into the “image of Irkutsk”: do they create specific “migrant” places on the map of Irkutsk? What are their features? Do the “migrant” spaces created on various digital platforms differ from each other? Does the social marginality of the “migrant” receive spatial expression? The materials were selected in the Google search engine, as well as in the built-in search engines of urban communities on Vkontakte and forums, using the keywords “Irkutsk” + “migrants” or “newcomers”. We used the method of retrospective online observation and discourse analysis. By observing the users’ dialogues and publicistic texts posted at different times, we determined which localities “migrants” and “newcomers” were placed in, and what characteristics they were given. It was found that the professional media mainly broadcasts the bureaucratic vision of the “migrant” and its location: it is associated with a set of “suspect spaces”, points of concentration of informal jobs, and are regularly “checked” by officials. Spaces are presented as marginal, do not fit into the city as an established socio-spatial order, and therefore are “dirty” and dangerous. These images move to social media where the image of “dirty” spaces and the “migrant” hiding there, as transmitted by the bureaucracy, collide with the subjective experience of users, becoming more complex and ambiguous. Thus, the “migrant” is placed in a wider range of spaces and social situations, gradually becoming a part of everyday urban life.
Political Theology of International Law: Methodological Facets and Borders
Authors: Kondurov Viacheslav
Published: April 2021

The article investigates the possibility of applying political theology as a specific methodological approach to international law. As the key theses of political theology were originally formulated by C. Schmitt in the context of national law acting in a homogeneous environment, political theology discourse in the modern philosophy of international law is mainly related to the universalist projects of global law based on an analogy with national law. The first of such strategies, the expansionist strategy, presupposes the construction of global order by the world hegemon. The second, the cosmopolitan strategy, assumes that international law can be built on the basis of an ongoing process of discussion of the global order foundations by the widest possible range of actors. Both of these strategies charm “eternal peace” and are nourished by a common messianic spirit and, therefore, are utopian. However, Schmitt’s international law legacy offers an atypical non-universalist and anti-messianic view on international law as a heterogeneous global legal order based on spatial concepts. Despite the fact that the application of political theology to this kind of order is difficult, it shall not be excluded for several reasons. The pluralistic structure of the heterogeneous order can be seen as a katechon that holds back the end of history. Finally, the political theology of international law can be applied to analyze the historical transformations of the international legal order.
The East is a Delicate Matter
Authors: Müller Martin
Published: April 2021

This article is Martin Müller’s response to essays and remarks that critically examined the Russian translation of his article “In Search of the Global East: Thinking between North and South” (Russian Sociological Review. Vol. 19. № 3). The material for the analysis were texts published in the thematic block “The Global East: The Politics of Naming and Knowledge Production” (found in the same issue). The article analyzes these texts according to the standpoint principle, that is, in keeping with the desire to go beyond the dominant social construction of reality in order to understand marginalized groups and regions by giving them a voice. The focus is on the generational differences between the author and his critics, as well as the inevitability of the differences in reactions to the author’s proposal to pay more attention to a region traditionally referred to as post-socialist. Examples of the specific reactions and positions of the critics are given. The author has highlighted the following aspects of the problems associated with the popularization of the concept of the Global East: the non-identity of this concept to post-socialism, the importance of “global” in this concept, the pros and cons of understanding the Global East through the prism of strategic essentialism, and the complex temporality of this concept (“future for the past”).
PANDEMİDE AŞILAMANIN ÖNEMİ VE COVİD 19 AŞILAMA ÇALIŞMALARI
Authors: YILDIRIM BAŞ Funda
Published: April 2021

Aşılar; bireylerin sağlığını korumada, bulaşıcı hastalıkları önlemede maliyet ve güvenilirlik açısından 20. yüzyılın en önemli ve en etkili uygulamalarından biridir. Küresel salgın olarak kabul edilen ve milyonlarca insanı enfekte eden Covid 19 virüsüne karşı verilen mücadelede etkili ve güvenli aşı geliştirilmesi önemli bir aşamadır. Bulaş, ölüm hızı, bulaştırma süresi gibi hastalığa özgün parametrelerin, yerel COVID-19 görülme sıklığı, hastane doluluk oranları gibi temel epidemi parametrelerinin, aşı etkinliği ve güvenliği gibi aşı spesifik parametrelerin, yaş ve popülasyon dağılımı gibi demografik verilerin, aşı elde edilebilirliği ve hedef popülasyonlarda ulaşılan aşılama oranları gibi lojistik parametrelerin kullanılarak, ülkelerin kendi aşılanma stratejilerini oluşturmaları, etkin aşılama çalışmalarını sürdürmeleri pandeminin sona ermesinde büyük öneme sahiptir.
The Consecration of Altars in 17th–21st Century Siberian Orthodox Churches: The Neurosymbolic Aspect
Authors: Mainicheva A. Y.
Published: April 2021

This study explores the ways the symbolic aspects of the consecration of altars are manifested in 17th–21st century Siberian Orthodox churches. I focus on altars of Sophia the Wisdom of the Word of God, and the Holy Great Martyr Barbara of Heliopolis. Sources include diocese registers published in the early 1900s, 17th century documents, works of Old Russian literature, church indexes, and the “Temples of Russia” (temples.ru) database. On the basis of a neurosymbolic approach to completely record reference data, a conclusion is made that the consecrations of altars dedicated to Sophia Wisdom were elitist, whereas altars in the name Holy Great Martyr Barbara were rare, but were re- energized in the late 20th and early 21st century, after this saint had become the patroness of Russia’s strategic missile forces. Specific cults of saints have a chance to re-emerge when biographical or historical events of a local, regional, or state level come to be associated with episodes in the history of Christianity and hagiographic vitae. Everyday life is thereby linked to a religious context, and numerous repetitions account for the fact that consecrations of altars become traditional. Temples become material symbols, and memorial dates relating to saints turn into verbal symbols functioning as mental labels.
International adaptation of the hydrologic rational method: floods study in the North Portugal region
Authors: Vázquez-Rodríguez Alexandre Luis
Published: April 2021

Floods have a big capacity of create great social and economic losses in a short time interval. Spain and other countries have this problem in their territories. These can have different origins, being the rivers overflowing the more common cause. There are different approaches of these phenomena studies, and the modified Témez rational method is the referenced one in Spain, which with the GIS and hydrological simulation programs can create the flooding areas cartography, key information in the floods hazard management. But, is this method only valid for Spain, or is it applicable to other countries? The answer is that its adaptation to other countries is possible, always that the relevant modifications are made.In the Iberian Peninsula, Portugal is a country that has the flooding problem too. Because this country has a similar geological and geographical conditions to the western Spain, and the floods effects are similar in the Portuguese territories, the adaptation to this country it´s relatively simple.The aim of this work is the study of floods dynamics in Portugal, adapting the modified Témez rational method. This method will be applied in the Âncora river, in North Portugal region fluvial system because the geological and geographical conditions are similar to the west of Spain ones.
Estructura de variación de las precipitaciones en la provincia de Santa Fe (Argentina)
Authors: Zucarelli Agostina , París Marta , Macor José
Published: April 2021

Las prácticas de muchas disciplinas requieren un registro completo y consistente de datos de precipitación. Sin embargo, habitualmente no se dispone de series históricas de las variables hidrometeorológicas. Por lo tanto, es necesario optimizar la información disponible mediante estimaciones, considerando que estos cálculos sean consistentes con el fenómeno regional analizado. El propósito de esta investigación fue definir regiones pluviométricas homogéneas en la provincia de Santa Fe (Argentina) que sirvan de base para optimizar la red de mediciones existente. Para ello se utilizaron los datos publicados por la Dirección Provincial de Comunicaciones de la Provincia. Ante la imposibilidad de lograr una matriz de precipitaciones medias mensuales que contenga datos de lluvia que cubran la totalidad del territorio provincial, se definieron regiones con valores mensuales de precipitación correspondientes a los años 2006 y 2007, mediante el análisis de agrupamiento jerárquico por el método Ward. Como parte de la caracterización inicial se realizó el control de consistencia de la información, se analizó la estructura geoestadística de variación espacial de las precipitaciones mensuales y se trazaron las curvas isohietas. Ello permitió corroborar y caracterizar las variaciones espaciotemporales de la variable. Se identificaron tres regiones pluviométricas homogéneas, cada una de las cuales tiene una delimitación espacial definida con precipitaciones anuales medias características que oscilan en los 1100 mm para el NE provincial, 1350 mm para el centro sur y 1500 mm para el centro de la provincia. El sector NO no pudo ser caracterizado por falta de datos. En lo que respecta al análisis de calidad del resto de la base de datos los resultados no son alentadores pues presentan deficiencias sustanciales que condicionan la confiabilidad de las series registradas.
Judo mixed team event match outcome and the Judo World Ranking List
Authors: Maçaneiro Gustavo Goulart Braga , Pardo-Ginés Andrés , Franchini Emerson
Published: April 2021

The Judo World Ranking List has been used to assess its predictive power regarding athletic performance. The aim of this study was to check if the ranking difference among athletes in the individual rankings could be used as a predictor for the outcome of mixed teams judo competition. We sought to verify the association between the variable “rank difference” and the probability of the higher-ranked athlete winning against that lower-ranked. This heterogeneity between athletes is a major factor in increasing or decreasing the team’s chances of winning. The higher ranked athlete’s defeat seems to have a significant negative effect on his/her teammates in subsequent bouts. These findings imply that future studies on mixed teams judo competitions should consider individual ranking differences among athletes as a predictor of performance.
Time-motion analysis in elite female Wushu Sanda athletes according to competitive phases and weight categories
Authors: Vasconcelos Breno Berny , Vecchio Fabrício Boscolo Del
Published: April 2021

Introduction: Wushu Sanda is a Chinese combat sport. Objective: To measure the time-motion structure of elite female wushu sanda athletes during the 13th World Wushu Championships in different weight divisions (light, middle, and heavy categories) and competition phases (eliminatory, quarterfinals, semifinals and finals). Material and methods: Fifty-five female athletes from 31 countries participated in 46 matches during the competition. All 46 matches, accounting 95 rounds, 35 in light, 25 in middle and 35 in heavyweight divisions, took part in the study. Matches were analyzed using the software Kinovea™. Each match was reproduced in slow motion (50%) twice; therefore, one athlete was observed each time to ensure that all activities would be registered, totalizing 92 observations (46 matches, 2 observations per match). We registered the time in observation, preparation, interaction, effort, pause, high-intensity and low-intensity activities. Results: Descriptive data showed an effort:pause ratio of 2.2:1, a high:low intensity efforts ratio of 1:1.3, and mean observation-preparation-interaction times of 4.5-1.2-4.2 seconds. When comparing by weight category, heavyweight categories had higher total fighting time per round than the light and middle categories. Also, heavyweight categories had longer preparation and interaction mean-time; and referee interruption time frequency, total and mean times than the light and middle categories. Total pause time was also higher for heavyweights. According to the competitive phase, semifinal matches had shorter observation times than eliminatory and final matches. Also, semifinal matches had lower low-intensity time than quarterfinals and finals. Conclusions: Wushu sanda is an intermittent combat sport, and female athletes present some time-motion differences according to weight division and competitive phase.
Developing aerobic power and capacity for combat sports athletes
Authors: Julio Ursula Ferreira , Franchini Emerson
Published: April 2021

This chapter describes the physiological responses associated with aerobic power and capacity of combat sports athletes from different modalities (judo, Brazilian jiu-Jitsu, wrestling, Olympic boxing, taekwondo, karate and muay-thai) during specific and non-specific situations. Moreover, we describe the most used methods for the control and monitoring of these variables. Finally, the longitudinal studies that investigated the effects of aerobic power and capacity training for combat sports athletes are descripted.
Developing maximal strength for combat sports athletes
Authors: Magnani Branco Braulio Henrique , Franchini Emerson
Published: April 2021

This chapter deals with historical aspects of strength training, contextualizing the relevance of strength training for combat sports to maximize the performance of grapplers, strikers, and mixed martial artists. Scientific articles were listed that presented data related to maximum strength in the leading research databases. Scientific evidence presented in official and simulated matches, and official competitions are presented. Likewise, longitudinal studies on the development of maximal strength in combat sports athletes, maximal strength tests for combat sports athletes (dynamic, isometric, and isokinetic tests), and reference for maximal strength (dynamic and isometric exercises) values in several exercises, as well as normative tables are presented. Another point approached was training prescription for muscle hypertrophy and maximal strength development (dynamic and isometric) for combat sports athletes.
Developing flexibility for combat sports athletes
Authors: Franchini Emerson , Herrera-Valenzuela Tomás
Published: April 2021

The range of motion of a joint is extremely important in combat sports, especially when there is a need to execute a certain motor gesture with maximum range of movement, as in throwing techniques such as uchi-mata in judo, certain types of guards in Brazilian jiu-jitsu or the high kicks common in a variety of striking combat sports. Therefore, in this chapter, we will discuss the elements related to flexibility response during training sessions or combat sports competitions, flexibility tests commonly used for these athletes, and the monitoring and control of the evolution of flexibility in athletes. We will also present the means and methods used for the development of flexibility and longitudinal studies on the development of flexibility in combat sports athletes. Finally, this chapter supports based on the evidence the inclusion of flexibility development within training sessions is an important consideration to maximize performance and other physical capabilities that may be affected both acutely or in the long-term by flexibility.
Sınıf Öğretmenlerinin Dijital Okuryazarlık Düzeylerinin İncelenmesi
Authors: AKSOY Nuri Can , KARABAY Ersoy , AKSOY Evrim
Published: April 2021

Dünyada olduğu gibi ülkemizde de hız kesmeden gelişen teknoloji çalışmaları eğitimde de kendini göstermektedir. COVİD19 pandemi nedeniyle eğitimin ulusal çapta zorunlu olarak uzaktan yapılmasıyla eğitimde teknoloji kullanımı zorunlu hale gelmiştir. Bu süreç dijital yerli olarak adlandırılan günümüz öğrencilerine sürece uyum sağlamasının kendini geliştiren ve teknolojiyi derslerde kullanabilen öğretmenler ile mümkün olduğunu göstermiştir. Bu durumda öğretmenlerin dijital okuryazarlık becerileri uzaktan eğitimin verimliliği açısından önemlidir. Bu çalışmada, sınıf öğretmenlerinin dijital okuryazarlık becerilerinin çeşitli değişkenlere bağlı olarak incelenmesi amaçlanmıştır. Bu çalışma nicel araştırma yöntemlerinden tarama modeli kullanılarak gerçekleştirilmiştir. Çalışmaya Türkiye’nin yedi bölgesinden toplamda 41 ilde görev yapan 329 sınıf öğretmeni gönüllü olarak katılmıştır. Çalışmada veri toplama aracı olarak “Kişisel Bilgi Formu” ve “Dijital Okuryazarlık Ölçeği” kullanılmıştır. Araştırmadan elde edilen bulgulara göre araştırmanın birinci alt problemine ilişkin bulgularda sınıf öğretmenlerinin kendilerini yüksek düzeyde dijital okuryazar gördükleri sonucuna ulaşılmıştır. Cinsiyet değişkenine göre dijital okuryazarlık düzeylerine bakıldığında kadın ve erkek öğretmenlerin benzer düzeyde dijital okuryazar oldukları sonucuna ulaşılmıştır. Sınıf öğretmenlerinde yaş arttıkça dijital okuryazarlık düzeyinin azaldığı görülmüştür. Ayrıca lisans üstü eğitime sahip öğretmenlerin dijital okuryazarlık düzeyleri diğer öğrenim düzeyindeki öğretmenlere kıyasla daha yüksek bulunurken, 21-25 yıl kıdeme sahip öğretmenlerin dijital okuryazarlık düzeyleri diğer kıdemdeki, öğretmenlere göre daha düşük bulunmuştur. Öğretmenlerin günlük internet kullanım ve günlük dijital araçları kullanım sürelerine bakıldığında anlamlı bir farklılaşma görülmemiştir.
Plasma high density lipoproteins phospholipds as an indirect indicator of their cholesterol efflux capacity — new suspected atherosclerosis risk factor
Authors: Tereshkina Yu.A. , Kostryukova L.V. , Torkhovskaya T.I. , Khudoklinova Yu.Yu. , Tikhonova E.G.
Published: April 2021

High density lipoproteins (HDL) are a unique natural structure, protecting the body from the development of atherosclerotic vascular lesions and cardiovascular diseases due to this ability to remove cholesterol from cells. Plasma HDL level estimated by their cholesterol content, is a common lipid parameter, and its decrease is considered as an established atherosclerosis risk factor. However, a number of studies have shown the absence of positive clinical effects after drug-induced increase in HDL cholesterol. There is increasing evidence that not only HDL concentration, but also HDL properties, considered in this review are important. Many studies showed the decrease of HDL cholesterol efflux capacity in patients with coronary heart diseases and its association with disease severity. Some authors consider a decrease of this HDL capacity as a new additional risk factor of atherosclerosis. The review summarizes existing information on various protein and lipid components of HDL with a primary emphasis on the HDL. Special attention is paid to correlation between the HDL cholesterol efflux capacity and HDL phospholipids and the ratio “phospholipids/free cholesterol”. The accumulated information indicates importance of evaluation in the HDL fraction not only in terms of their cholesterol, but also phospholipids. In addition to the traditionally used lipid criteria, this would provide more comprehensive information about the activity of the reverse cholesterol transport process in the body and could contribute to the targeted correction of the detected disorders.
Drumheller Institution
Authors: Anonymous Prisoner 18 *
Published: April 2021

Contribution to the dialogue on Canada’s federal penitentiary system and the need for penal reform.
Mission Institution
Authors: Anonymous Prisoner 20 *
Published: April 2021

Contribution to the dialogue on Canada’s federal penitentiary system and the need for penal reform.
Chubby mothers-maternal and perinatal outcome in high body mass index
Authors: Garikapati Kavitha , Gayathri K. B. , Lalitha K. Naga
Published: April 2021

Background: Obesity is a state of excess adipose tissue mass. Body mass index (BMI) is a crucial predictor of nutritional status of pregnant women. High BMI may lead to various adverse maternal and perinatal outcomes. This study is designed to see the effect of maternal BMI on pregnancy outcome and perinatal outcome according to Asian standards.Methods: This is an institutional retrospective, descriptive study of 100 pregnant women conducted in the department of obstetrics and gynaecology of a rural tertiary centre Dr. PSIMS and RF, Chinaoutpalli, Gannavaram, Vijayawada, AP, India from June 2017 to July 2019.Results: It was observed that as BMI increased risk of complications increased like hypertension disorders in pregnancy, gestational diabetes mellitus, preterm labour. Also risk of macrosomia, operative delivery, Neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) admissions increased.Conclusions: As maternal BMI is a good predictor has strong correlation with pregnancy complications and outcomes, measures should be taken to motivate for pre pregnancy counselling regarding weight management and close surveillance in antenatal period to diagnose at the earliest any complications.
Chest X-ray findings in COVID-19 patients: a descriptive study
Authors: Hussain Asraf , Mishra Jeetendra , Karn Achutanand Lal , Singh Alok Kumar , Ansari Parwez , Akhtar M. Kalim , Rimal Bikranta , Shah Dambar , Mahato Rajan , Bista Sagun , Singh Aadarsh , Kushwaha Omprakash , Yadav Surendra , Shah Rupesh , Ram Ramji
Published: April 2021

Background: Early suspicion and diagnosis remains the cornerstone for the better outcome of patients and to decrease cross infection in cases of COVID-19 pneumonia. In a country like Nepal X-ray facilities are readily available radiological tool in most of the centers and can be important screening tool.  There is a lack of studies detailing the chest XR (C-XR) findings in these patients when compared to that dedicated to the CT features. Study aims to describe the patterns of the lung opacities in CXR in these patients.Methods: This is retrospective descriptive study conducted at NMCTH in COVID-19 patients from 12 September to 17 October 2020. Demographic characteristics, symptoms, co-morbidities and C-XR findings were studied. CXR findings were categorized according to BSTI classification.Results: Among 111 COVID-19 RT-PCR positive cases admitted 102 (91.9%) belonged to age group 18-65 years, 89 (80.2%) were males. Cough and fever were the commonest symptoms present in 109 (98.2%) patients. Ischemic heart disease and hypertension in 32 (28.8%) patients were the commonest co morbidities. According to British society of thoracic imaging (BSTI) COVID-19 CXR classification, six patients (5.4%) had normal chest X-rays. Classic/probable COVID-19 picture was present in 79 (71.17%) patients while (7.2%) had intermediate for COVID-19 X-ray findings. Among 79 patients with classic/probable COVID-19 CXR findings 71 (89.8%) had bilateral consolidation/ground glass haze, 72 (91.1%) had peripheral lung involvement while 66 (83.5%) had middle and lower zone involvement.Conclusions: Ground glass opacities/consolidations with bilateral location, peripheral distribution and middle- lower zone predominance were the commonest X-ray findings in our study.
Relationship between C-reactive protein and periodontal disease: A new tale of an old molecule
Authors: Tejnani Avneesh , Gandevivala Adil , Bhanushali Devang
Published: April 2021

Oral fluids are a substrate for a new generation of non-invasive diagnostic tools through the development of ultra- and high-sensitive detection systems and the fact that they contain many serum analytes that reflect normal function or disease status. Within the oral cavity C-reactive protein (CRP) has been detected in both gingival crevicular fluid (GCF) and saliva, and is considered to be an important biomarker for systemic disease. We review the biological properties of CRP, the association between CRP and periodontal disease, and the possibility that CRP may be a potent therapeutic target. A systematic search for data related to the association between CRP and periodontal disease was performed to recognize studies on animals and human (PUBMED, MEDLINE, COCHRANE, and Google search).
A comparative assessment of root coverage of gingival recession using modified coronally advanced flap using microsurgical and macro surgical techniques
Authors: Kaur Avineet , Kansil Shanam , Khilji Iqra , Kashyap Akanksha , K Dhillon Sonampreet , Kaur Jagjit
Published: April 2021

Gingival anatomic factors, chronic trauma, periodontitis, and tooth alignment are the main conditions leading to gingival recession. The present study was conducted to compare the root coverage of localized GR using modified coronally advanced flap (CAF) and root conditioning with 24% EDTA when performed under magnification and without magnification.

This study was conducted on 30 patients with Miller’s Class I and II GR. Patients were divided into 2 groups i.e 15 in each group. Group I (Coronally advanced flap with microsurgery ) was test group and group II (Coronally advanced flap with macrosurgical approach) was control. Plaque index (PI), gingival index (GI), pocket probing depth (PD), and clinical attachment level (CAL) width of keratinized gingival, recession width and recession depth was recorded in both groups at baseline 1and 3 months for the test and control group. Visual analog scale (VAS) was used to record pain postoperatively on 3rd and 7th day of the surgery. CAF and root conditioning were done with 24% EDTA. Surgical procedure at test site was carried under magnification 3.5 and at control site was done without magnification.

The mean gingival index at baseline in group I was 0.45 and in group II was 0.66, PI was 0.86 in group I and 0.86 in group II, clinical attachment level was 3.02 in group I and 3.34 in group II, PD was 0.76 in group I and 0.74 in group II, width of keratinized tissue 4.20 in group I and 3.26 in group II, recession depth was 2.54 in group I and 2.68 in group II and recession width was 3.60 in group I and 3.68 in group II. There was alteration in mean GI, PI, CAL, PD, width of keratinized tissue, recession depth and recession width between both groups recorded at 1 month. Significant reduction was found in GI, CAL, width of keratinized tissue, recession depth and recession width in both groups (P< 0.05). We found that mean VAS at 3 day in group I was 4.12 and in group II was 1.84 and at 7 day 0.68 in group I and 0.34 in group II.

Authors found that microsurgery had less postoperative pain and discomfort when compared to macrosurgical approach. The use of the microscope augments the results, but obtaining an expertise in using needs a lot of practice.
Platelet Rich Fibrin (PRF) along with Coronally Repositioned Flap (CRF) compared with that of CRF alone in the management of isolated Miller class-I gingival recession defects: A non-randomized controlled clinical trial
Authors: Kurien J Tony , RM Baiju , Narayan Vivek
Published: April 2021

Periodontal plastic surgical techniques for root coverage are aimed to attain optimal results with less patient discomfort. Platelet-rich fibrin (PRF) containing a wide array of growth factors within fibrin network has shown beneficial results in healing of tissues.

Study evaluated clinical effects of PRF along with Coronally Repositioned Flap (CRF), test group, and compared it with CRF alone, control group, in the treatment of Miller Class I gingival recession.

From the subjects who attended the out-patients clinic, a non-randomized controlled clinical study was done on those who satisfied the inclusion criteria.

In the control group 29 patients and in the test group 27 patients completed six months of study period. Clinical parameters pertaining to periodontal health and recession anatomy were recorded.

Student t-test was used for intra and inter-group comparison. Multiple linear regression model was developed using three predictor variables.

Mean root cover percentage in PRF and CRF groups were 96.25±6.89 and 94.59±10.31 respectively. PRF group showed reduction in gingival thickness at sixth month. Linear regression model showed a negative association of baseline gingival recession value with complete root coverage.

CRF+PRF as well as CRF alone are equally effective in attaining >90% root coverage in Miller Class I gingival recession. The observed clinical benefits along with less invasive procedure involved in PRF technique, shows that it is a promising biomaterial in terms of objective appraisal. However, additional studies overcoming the limitations noticed are needed to ascertain the findings.
Second Life comme espace de sociabilité pendant la pandémie de COVID-19
Authors: Krischke-Leitão Débora , Gomes Laura Graziela
Published: April 2021

Les mondes virtuels et les jeux en ligne ont connu une remarquable croissance en termes de fréquentation dans les premiers mois de la pandémie COVID-19. Nous discutons ici de l’utilisation de Second Life comme espace de sociabilité dans ce contexte. Partant de notre recherche ethnographique nous présentons quelques hypothèses pour expliquer comment ce type de plateforme en ligne est privilégié au détriment d’autres, notamment dans la situation de distanciation physique vécue dans plusieurs pays. Une analyse centrée sur les caractéristiques sociotechniques de cet environnement numérique, ainsi que sur les expériences vécues par ses utilisateurs, nous permet de proposer l’immersion, la corporéité des avatars, la synchronicité et la persistance de ce monde comme éléments distinctifs de l’attraction exercée aujourd’hui par ce type de plateforme.
AODV routing protocol performance assessment for wireless sensor network scenarios
Authors: Abdulwahid Shihab Luay , Basher Manhalmohammed
Published: April 2021

Emerging WSN applications include a wide selection of traditional situations with many nodes. The messages are propagated through intermediate nodes, in order to ensure correct contact between the network nodes with the base station, so that a path has many connexions. Generally speaking, the nodes on the sensor network are distinguished by their minimal resources, so protocols must be used that not only guarantee connectivity but also conserve the most energy while maintaining scalability. Different protocols for routing wireless sensor networks have been suggested, however, reactive routing algorithms have been shown to be energy efficient and adaptable to wireless sensor networks. In this paper, under the OMNeT + + simulation platform, the performance of the reactive protocol will be tested, evaluating different scripts. In contrast to the supplementary responsive protocols stated in literature, the AODV protocol has been selected for supremacy in performance. The following parameters have been evaluated: the transmission rate of packets, average delays, overhead routing and energy usage. The findings show that AODV decreases its efficiency with the growth in the number of nodes. As a result, its usability limits the network scalability and the outcomes demonstration that the spatial distribution of nodes affects protocol performance. The standardised delivery shows the best outcomes for our particular works.
Optimization of Renewable Energy Production by Utilizing Methane Gas And plastic waste from sources at the Puuwatu landfill Kendari City
Authors: Gunawan Yuspian , Karimuna La , Kano M. Lukas , Endriatno Nanang
Published: April 2021

This study aims to determine how much electric power can be generated from methane gas obtained from organic waste and how much electrical energy has not been utilized from the potential methane gas produced and how much volume of pyrolysis oil is produced from plastic waste produced by the people of the City. Kendari. To obtain the electrical energy produced, the volume of waste is first calculated so that the potential for waste (Q), Biogas Production Volume (VBS), and Methane Gas Volume (VGM) can be obtained. Referring to Kadir's research, 2012, the volume of pyrolysis oil produced by Kendari City is obtained. The results showed that the energy produced from the Puuwatu TPA in a daily average was 288,466,5332 kWh. While the energy flowing through the Mandirin Energi area is 125 houses and each house with a power of 450 VA (MCB 2 Ampere), the daily count used to fulfill the energy independent area is 1,080 kWh, so that energy has not been utilized from its potential. in Puuwatu TPA is 287,386.5332 kWh. While the production of plastic waste in Kendari City per year is 792 tons, the average plastic waste produced in 500 grams is 423.25 ml of pyrolysis oil or the equivalent of 1000 grams produces pyrolysis oil of 845.6 milliliters, so the amount of plastic waste in Kendari City per year year it can produce pyrolysis oil of 670 428 000 liters.

 

Keywords: Organic Waste, Methane Gas, Electrical Energy, Pyrolysis Oil, Plastric Waste.
Disposición hacia el pensamiento crítico, nivel académico, género y resolución de problemas en educación secundaria
Authors: Piquer Ramada José , Solaz-Portolés Joan Josep , Sanjosé López Vicente
Published: April 2021

El propósito de este estudio fue investigar la posible influencia de la disposición hacia el pensamiento crítico, el nivel académico y el género (variables independientes) sobre el desempeño en resolución de problemas de estudiantes de secundaria (variable dependiente). Han participado 114 estudiantes de educación secundaria españoles, 55 chicos y 59 chicas, de 3º y 4º de ESO y de 1º de Bachillerato (9º, 10º y 11º grado, respectivamente). A todos ellos se les ha administrado un cuestionario sobre disposición hacia el pensamiento crítico y una prueba de resolución de problemas (un problema de las pruebas PISA). De la matriz de correlaciones producto-momento de Pearson entre variables y del análisis de regresión backward stepwise efectuado se han derivado las siguientes conclusiones: 1) la disposición hacia el pensamiento crítico (esto es, el potencial uso del pensamiento crítico) y el género parecen tener un insignificante peso en el desempeño en la resolución de problemas; y 2) el nivel académico muestra una contribución muy destacada en el rendimiento en la resolución de problemas.
Producción de textos argumentativos publicitarios sobre promoción lectora. Propuesta en la formación inicial de docentes
Authors: Giraldo Gaviria David Mauricio
Published: April 2021

La presente investigación tuvo como objetivo general potenciar la producción argumentativa publicitaria de los estudiantes del Programa de Formación Complementaria de la Escuela Normal Superior del Quindío. Lo anterior debido a que carecen de habilidades argumentativas e identificación de géneros propios de la argumentación, elaboración de puntos de vista, deliberaciones, manejo de argumentos y debates. Tal propósito llevó a tres acciones específicas planteadas así: el diagnóstico del nivel de competencia argumentativa de los estudiantes; la identificación de los factores contextuales que influyen en el desarrollo de la producción argumentativa y la indagación de algunas teorías para el diseño e implementación de un proyecto que potencie la producción argumentativa sobre la promoción lectora. La metodología utilizada correspondió a la Investigación Acción, a partir de los planteamientos de Jhon Elliott y Miguel Martínez, con sus 9 fases de investigación en el aula y desde un enfoque Crítico social. Los resultados obtenidos vislumbran la necesidad de implementar las habilidades argumentativas desde sus diversos géneros discursivos; a su vez, se muestra el dinamismo del Modelo Didactext (2015) el cual evidencia ser adaptable a diversas tipologías textuales; en este caso específico, a la tipología argumentativa y al género discursivo de la publicidad. No podría aseverarse que con la intervención se solucionó por completo la problemática existente en torno a la argumentación, puesto que el fomento de actitudes argumentativas es inacabable y, por ello, se busca incentivar el interés de los estudiantes frente a las situaciones de carácter lector que los apremian.
The role of cystatin C and various methods of glomerular filtration rate calculation in evaluation of renal dysfunction in children with acute infectious diarrhea
Authors: Chugunova O. L. , Grebеnkina E. Yu. , Usenko D. V. , Volodina I. I. , Galeeva E. V. , Drozhzhin E. A. , Korsunskiy А. А. , Legoshina N. Yu. , Muzyka A. D. , Naryshkina M. I. , Pavlushkina L. V. , Rykova А. S.
Published: April 2021

Rationale: Acute infectious diarrhea (AID) is the fourth leading cause of death among children < 5 years worldwide. Kidney damage is one of the poorly studied aspects of pediatric AID. The level of serum cystatin C is independent on gender and age, and it is highly informative even in the early stages of renal dysfunction.

Aim: To optimize diagnosis of renal dysfunction in children with moderate AID through comparison of different methods of glomerular filtration rate (GFR) calculation and determination of serum cystatin C level.

Materials and methods: Observational cross-sectional study enrolled 80 children in pediatric hospital with moderate AID not followed by hemolytic uremic syndrome. Serum creatinine and serum cystatin C levels were determined in all the patients in acute period with GFR calculating according to Schwartz equation in unmodified (1976) and modified (2009) versions. GFR was also calculated using a single-factor equation based on serum cystatin C level.

Results: GFR in acute period, calculated according to unmodified and to modified Schwartz equation was in patients < 3 years (n = 40) 115.47 ± 3.33 ml/min/1.73 m2and 98.56 ± 2.84 ml/min/1.73 m2(p < 0.001), in patients 3-7 years 132.13 ± 4.2 ml/min/1.73 m2and 108.85 ± 3.84 ml/min/1.73 m2(p < 0.001), respectively. Increased serum cystatin C level (> 950 ng/ml) occurred in 18 patients (22%). In other patients level of serum cystatin C remained within the reference range or lower. The risk of acute kidney injury development based on two indicators - GFR according to the modified Schwartz equation and GFR according to the equation used cystatin C level - occurred in 4 (10%) patients aged 1-3 years and in 1 (2.5%) child in the age group 3-7 years; risk, based on one indicator - the calculation of GFR according to the formula using cystatin C - in 8 (20%) and 9 (22.5%) children, respectively, and based on the assessment of only GFR according to the modified Schwartz equation - in 3 (7.5%) children of both age groups.

Conclusion: We have confirmed that the GFR values calculated with usage of unmodified Schwartz equation (1976) are higher than those calculated with usage of modified Schwartz equation (2009) and taking into account the level of cystatin C.

Thus, usage of unmodified Schwartz equation for GFR calculation in infants and preschool children seems incorrect. Level of serum cystatin C is promising marker permitted to select patients with risk of acute kidney injury development among children in acute period of moderate AID.
A Preliminary Study Examining the Validity of Brief Trauma Screening Tools for Young Adolescents in School-Based Health Centers
Authors: Soleimanpour Samira , Schapiro Naomi A. , Faxio Adrienne , Brindis Claire D.
Published: April 2021

Background and Purpose

There are very limited brief, validated, open access screening tools for trauma symptoms in adolescent populations. This study aimed to test two brief tools used with adults in primary care settings for use with adolescents.

Methods

Youth (n = 77) completed the Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) Checklist (PCLC-2), the Primary Care PTSD Screen for Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorder, Fourth Edition (DSM-IV; PC-PTSD), and the PTSD Reaction Index for DSM-5 (reference tool). Sensitivities and specificities were analyzed.

Results

The PCLC-2 and PC-PTSD demonstrated high sensitivity and specificity with adolescents when using lower cutoff scores than those recommended for adults.

Conclusions

The PC-PTSD and PCLC-2 have the potential to be used as brief screens with adolescents. Additional research is needed to further examine their validity with larger, diverse youth samples in primary care and school-based settings.
Development and Testing of an Acute Care Nurses' Job Satisfaction Scale (ACNJSS)
Authors: Yasin Yasin M. , Kerr Michael S. , Wong Carol A. , Bélanger Charles H.
Published: April 2021

Background and Purpose

Factors affecting nurses' job satisfaction in the acute care setting may differ from nurses working in other settings. The aim of this study was to develop a new tool that measure the job satisfaction of acute care nurses who provide direct patient care.

Methods

Content validity then exploratory factor analysis (EFA) were used for validation of the new tool using a random sample of 349 acute care nurses.

Findings

The EFA resulted in 31 items suggesting 6 factors were present in the instrument. The identified factors were: achievement/job interest/responsibility, hospital policy, quality of supervision, peer support/work condition, growth/advancement, and benefits/job security.

Conclusion

A new tool for measuring acute care nurses' job satisfaction was developed based on a robust theoretical foundation and demonstrated sound psychometric properties.