bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Effect of Bio-Organomineral Fertilizer on Soil Chemical Properties and PB Content of Industrial Waste Polluted Soil
Authors:   Undergraduate Student of Agrotechnology at Faculty Agriculture, Universitas Padjadjaran, Jalan Ir. Soekarno Km.21 Jatinangor-Sumedang 45363, Indonesia, Rachinda Amalia Rizqika Chikal , Sudirja Rija ,   Department of Soil Science, Universitas Padjadjaran, Jalan Ir. Soekarno Km.21 Jatinangor-Sumedang 45363, Indonesia, Yuniarti Anni ,   Department of Soil Science, Universitas Padjadjaran, Jalan Ir. Soekarno Km.21 Jatinangor-Sumedang 45363, Indonesia
Published: December 2023

Rancaekek Sub-district is one of the agricultural centers in Bandung Regency, Indonesia, which is currently experiencing land conversion into an industrial area. The industrial activities produce waste containing heavy metal lead (Pb), which if not treated can pollute the soil and surrounding waters. Efforts to overcome soil pollution are through fertilization. The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of the dose and incubation time of Bio-organomineral fertilizer with Bacillus subtilis biological agent on improving soil chemical properties and reducing soil Pb levels. This study used a two-factor Factorial Randomized Block Design, namely the dose and incubation time of Bio-organomineral fertilizer. The results showed that the combination of Bio-organomineral fertilizer dose of 225 kg.ha-1 and an incubation time of 30 days was able to increase soil K-potential. The independent factor of Bio-organomineral fertilizer dose had a significant effect on increasing soil pH. The independent factor of incubation time had a significant effect on reducing soil Pb levels. In particular, there was an interaction between the dose and incubation time of Bio-organomineral fertilizer on soil K-potential.
Analysis Of The Efficiency Of Insurance Companies In Serbia
Authors: Lukic Radojko
Published: December 2023

It is very challenging to investigate the efficiency of insurance companies in all countries based on the DEA (Data Envelopment Analysis) model. This is also the case with Serbia. This paper analyzes the efficiency of insurance companies in Serbia based on the DEA Super-Radial model. According to the results of Super-Radial (Super-CCR-I and Super-CCR-O) in 2021, no insurance company in Serbia was efficient. In the same year, according to the Super-Radial (Super-BCC-I) results, only two insurance companies in Serbia were efficient: DUNAV OSIGURANJE and ĐENERALI OSIGURANJE SERBIA. According to the results of Super-Radial (Super-BCC-O) in 2021 in Serbia, only two insurance companies were efficient: DDOR RE and SAVA ŽIVOTNO.Other insurance companies were ineffective. In order to improve the efficiency of insurance companies in Serbia, it is necessary, in addition to efficient adapting to a dynamic business environment, managing assets, capital, human resources, sales of insurance products and profits as efficiently as possible. Digitalization of the entire business plays a significant role in this. It significantly mitigated the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on the efficiency of insurance companies in Serbia.
Bolnišnične obravnave zaradi bolezni mišično-skeletnega sistema in vezivnega tkiva v Sloveniji v obdobju 2016–2022
Authors: Simonović Sandra , Sedlak Sabina , Jelenc Marjetka
Published: December 2023

Zaradi svoje pogostosti predstavlja velika skupina 150 bolezni mišično-skeletnega sistema in vezivnega tkiva v Sloveniji javnozdravstveni problem. Tovrstna obolenja namreč omejujejo mobilnost in spretnost, kar vodi do odsotnosti od dela, zgodnje upokojitve, nižje ravni dobrega počutja in zmanjšane sposobnosti sodelovanja v družbi. Pandemija covid-19 je negativno vplivala na stanje bolnikov s tovrstnimi boleznimi. S pričujočo retrospektivno-opazovalno raziskavo smo analizirali vse bolnišnične obravnave zaradi bolezni mišično-skeletnega sistema in vezivnega tkiva v Sloveniji v obdobju med letoma 2016 in 2022. Rezultati raziskave so pokazali, da je bila med leti 2016 in 2019 povprečna letna stopnja bolnišničnih obravnav 10,8 na 1.000 prebivalcev, v letih 2020 in 2021 pa je opazen močan upad. V letu 2020 je bila stopnja 8,3, v letu 2021 pa 7,9 na 1000 prebivalcev. Artroza kolka in artroza kolena sta bila najpogostejša vzroka za bolnišnične obravnave zaradi bolezni mišično-skeletnega sistema in vezivnega tkiva v opazovanem obdobju. Upad števila bolnišničnih obravnav je zelo verjetno posledica različnih omejevalnih ukrepov, povezanih s pandemijo covid-19.
Mišično-skeletna obolenja zaposlenih pri delu z računalnikom
Authors: Plemelj Mohorič Alenka , Kacjan Žgajnar Katarina
Published: December 2023

Obolenja roke, vratu in/ali rame so najpogostejša posledica dolgotrajnega dela z računalnikom. Poleg fizičnih dejavnikov na delovnem mestu je njihova prevalenca povezana s psihosocialnimi in osebnimi dejavniki tveganja. Namen raziskave je bil oceniti prevalenco obolenja rok, vratu in/ali rame pri pisarniških delavcih v izbranem slovenskem podjetju. Ugotavljali smo povezanost teh obolenj in dejavnikov tveganja. V kvantitativno obdelavo podatkov je bilo vključenih 65 preiskovancev, večinoma žensk (86,2 %), v starosti med 28 in 59 let. Spletna različica Maastrichtskega vprašalnika za zgornji ud je bila poslana preko elektronske pošte zaposlenim, ki pretežno delajo z računalnikom. Z metodo opazovanja so bili proučevani dejavniki delovnega mesta. Najpogosteje so bila navedena obolenja vratu s prevalenco 0,48. Eksploratorna faktorska analiza je izločila dvanajst faktorjev, med njimi jih je nekaj izkazalo povezanost z obolenji vratu in zgornjega uda. Pri opazovanju je bilo največ nepravilnosti na delovnem mestu zaznanih pri naslonjalu stola in postavitvi slikovnega zaslona. Prevalenca mišično-skeletnih obolenj zgornjega uda preiskovancev je primerljiva z dvema slovenskima raziskavama in raziskavami v drugih državah razvitega sveta. Ugotovitve o povezanosti z dejavniki tveganja in obolenji se v naši raziskavi malce razlikujejo od ugotovitev drugih raziskav.
Türkiye'de Sürdürülebilir Ekonomik Büyüme ve Orta Gelir Tuzağı İlişkisi Üzerine Literatür Taraması
Authors: YALÇINKAYA Hakan , SALKIM Arzu
Published: December 2023

Ekonomik büyümenin sürdürülebilir olması gerektiği ile ilgili ilk düşüncelerin sanayi devrimi sonrası meydana gelen üretim ve nüfus artışının etkisiyle gerçekleştiği söylenmektedir. Bu dönemde ekonomik büyümelerini hızlı bir şekilde arttıran ülkeler ile sanayi devrimini tamamlayamayan ve durağan bir büyümeye mahkûm olan ülkeler arasında ciddi gelir farklılıklarının olduğu bilinmektedir. Bu nedenle ortaya çıkan orta gelir tuzağı kavramının çıkış noktası ekonomik büyüme de ve kişi başına düşen gelir ortalamasında meydana gelen yavaşlamalar olarak görülmüştür. Bu açıdan orta gelir tuzağı sorunu aynı zamanda bir büyüme-refah problemidir. Bu sorunun üstesinden gelebilmek ve tuzağa düşme riskinin önüne geçebilmek için sürdürülebilir ve uzun vadeli bir ekonomik büyüme performansı ile orta gelir tuzağı sorunu çözümlenmelidir.
Bu makalede Türkiye de orta gelir tuzağı ile ilgili yapılan çalışmalar araştırılmış ve literatür tarama sonuçlarına göre Amerika Birleşik Devletleri’nin referans alınarak gerçekleştirilen Robertson ve Ye yaklaşımına dair sonuçlar incelenmiştir. Bu sonuçlar Türkiye’nin orta gelir tuzağında olmadığını göstermiş ise de dünya ülkelerinin kişi başına düşen gelir ortalaması baz alınarak yapılan yöntemde ise, Türkiye’nin orta gelir tuzağında olduğu tespit edilmiştir.
Anahtar Kelimeler: Sürdürülebilir Ekonomik Büyüme, Orta Gelir Tuzağı, Literatür Çalışması.
Jel Kodları: O40, O11, O10
Tanggung Jawab Hukum Rumah Sakit Dalam Pelayanan Kesehatan
Authors: Prayoga Fills , Fifik Wiryani  , Nasser
Published: December 2023

Tujuan dari penelitian kali ini guna mengetahui tanggung jawab hukum rumah sakit dalam pelayanan kesehatan. Penelitian ini menggunakan jenis penelitian yuridis normatif dan menggunakan pendekatan kualitatif bersifat library research (kajian kepustakaan). Sumber data yang digunakan yaitu bahan hukum primer dari Undang-undang. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa Undang-undang terkait rumah sakit merupakan sarana pengawasan agar pelayanan kesehatan dari rumah sakit dapat tercapai. Bentuk tanggungjawab rumah sakit ketika menyebabkan kerugian pada pasien terdapat pada Undang-undang Republik Indonesia tentang Rumah Sakit Pasal 46 yaitu pertama rumah sakit bertanggungjawab penuh kelalaian yang diakibatkan oleh pihak rumah sakit, kedua ketika tidak ada kelalaian yang diakibatkan pihak rumah sakit maka tidak akan ada pertanggungjawabannya, ketiga rumah sakit tidak bertanggungjawab terhadap kelalaian yang dilakukan di rumah sakit.
Islam, Tourism Development and Religious Behavior: Analysis of the Implementation of Tourism Development Policy at the PB VI Selo-Boyolali Intersection
Authors: Mahmudi Imam , Mufid Moh.
Published: December 2023

The development of the tourism industry is the agenda of the Boyolali Regency government to encourage economic development and to increase regional PAD. The aim of industrial development is to encourage progress in the economic, social, cultural and religious fields of society. Currently, in the VIllage of Samiran Selo-Boyolali, a tourism object at the Simpang PB VI Selo-Boyolali has been built. This study will analyze the impact of implementing tourism development policies on people's religious behaVIor. This study uses a qualitative descriptive method. Then in the data collection process using the method of observation, interVIews, and documentation. The implementation of the Simpang PB VI tourism development policy has an impact on two things, namely positive and negative impacts. The positive impact of tourism development on people's religious behaVIor is in the form of: (a). Increasing public knowledge about the modern economic system. (b). Strengthening the economy and religion of society. (b). The opening of employment opportunities for the community so that they are able to send their children to Islamic boarding schools. (c). Minimizing behaVIor that is not in accordance with religious norms. The negative impacts of tourism are: (a). Westernized lifestyle (lifestyle) that is not in accordance with religious teachings. (b). Reducing the comfort of the community in carrying out makhdzoh and ghoiru makhdzoh worship. (c). Changes in youth behaVIor that are not in accordance with religious and cultural teachings.
Character Education Strategy In Improving Student Discipline At Islamic State University Higher Education Mahmud Yunus Batusangkar
Authors: Putri Rahayu Eka
Published: December 2023

The vulnerability of knowledge about discipline in the world of education today is the result of a lack of respect for others. Therefore, it is necessary to instill character education to make improvements in students so that it becomes a form of disciplined assessment of character formation in the educational environment. The role of character improvement in education is the aim of the author's research to analyze the extent to which character is implemented as a form of improving moral discipline among Islamic State University Higher Education Mahmud Yunus Batusangkar students. This research is a type of qualitative descriptive research with data collection taken from field observations carried out by researchers regarding the 3 option assessments observed and interview techniques. From the results of the research, it was found that the application of the options observed was able to provide increased discipline in students. The results of this observation were also supported by an interview process which provided views on whether the application of student character was able to instill discipline towards others. Therefore, the conclusion in this research is that it is able to provide an allocation if Islamic State University Higher Education Mahmud Yunus Batusangkar students have implemented maximum character education, thereby creating students who have moral character and high discipline
Variáveis e dimensões do marketing de relacionamento:possibilidades de intervenção diante do porte das organizações
Authors: Ferreira Helena da Glória Valarini , Garcia Isabela Marçal Coltro , Bispo Cristiano Molinari
Published: December 2023

O marketing de relacionamento é uma ferramenta que busca direcionar as ações da organização para suprir às expectativas dos clientes, sendo este um processo contínuo de assimilação e concepção de novos valores e formas de comunicação, podendo obter, a partir dele, o compartilhamento mútuo de vantagens. A discussão do marketing de relacionamento é desdobrada em variáveis que explicam o construto e dimensões que vislumbram possibilidades de análise. Este artigo discute a postura das pequenas e grandes organizações nesse contexto a partir das prescrições da literatura dominante a respeito do tema. O artigo analisa os diversos fatores que diferenciam a gestão das organizações de pequeno e de grande porte, sobretudo no que diz respeito a sua cultura, a sua estratégia e a suas operações. O estudo sugere algumas proposições posicionando o aspecto estratégico como elemento principal na discussão entre o porte das organizações e a efetividade do marketing de relacionamento.
Políticas públicas de saúde e vulnerabilidade familiar: estudo interdisciplinar no campo da bioética
Authors: Da Cunha Thiago Rocha , Cunha Maria Karoline , Dias Orlene Veloso , Reis Andreia Francesli Negri , Gimenes Alexandre Dantas , Carlos Carla Patrícia , Girardi Dennys Robson
Published: December 2023

Introdução: A vulnerabilidade familiar é resultado de diversos fatores, como a ruptura de laços afetivos devido ao estilo de vida contemporâneo, a persistência da estrutura patriarcal que expõe mulheres a abusos domésticos, deficiências nas políticas públicas e desigualdades sociais ligadas ao sistema econômico. Abordar essa complexidade requer uma perspectiva interdisciplinar, como a proporcionada pela bioética. Objetivos: Analisar, por meio de revisão integrativa da literatura, as políticas públicas que se relacionam com as vulnerabilidades em saúde das famílias brasileiras.  Materiais e Método: A pesquisa integrativa foi realizada nas bases de dados LILACS (Literatura Latino-Americana e do Caribe em Ciências da Saúde) e o BDENF (Banco de Dados em Enfermagem – Bibliografia Brasileira), ambas indexadas pela Biblioteca Virtual em Saúde (BVS). Como critérios de inclusão e exclusão foram definidos: artigos completos correspondentes às palavras-chave "saúde da família" AND "vulnerabilidade" publicados entre os anos 2012 e 2022 no idioma em português.  Resultados: Como resultados, foram analisados 88 artigos cujos conteúdos foram sintetizados em 5 categorias: 1) Saúde da família e comunidade, que evidencia desafios teóricos, metodológicos e programáticos relacionados à localização da família em seus contextos comunitários; 2) Saúde da criança e adolescente, que destaca a importância da atuação dos profissionais de saúde sobre o tema de prevenção das violências e abusos de crianças e adolescentes; 3) Saúde da mulher, que relaciona a vulnerabilidade da saúde da mulher à políticas públicas de igualdade de gênero e saúde reprodutiva; 4) Saúde do idoso, que aponta para a importância de políticas públicas de saúde que partam da identificação das fragilidades dos idosos nas famílias, viabilizando o trabalho mútuo envolvendo profissionais de saúde, familiares e cuidadores.  5) Saúde da população rural ou ribeirinha, que analisa como as desigualdades regionais nas condições de vida e de oferta de serviços de saúde encontram-se mais evidente nas áreas em que vivem famílias rurais e ribeirinhas. Considerações Finais: Os fatores de vulnerabilidade familiar afetam contextos variados como violência doméstica contra mulheres, o abuso de crianças e adolescentes, negligências com idosos e desigualdades sociais, contribuindo no processo de saúde-doença dos sujeitos em seus contextos familiares. Nota-se uma defasagem tanto da literatura quanto das políticas públicas no reconhecimento das especificidades das vulnerabilidades familiares, tornando-se, necessário aprofundar os estudos que relacionam as vulnerabilidades enfrentadas pelas famílias brasileiras nas diversas áreas do conhecimento voltadas à saúde.
Produção, otimização e purificação de L-glutaminase de origem fúngica: revisão sistemática
Authors: Do Nascimento Sarah Signe , Melquiades Davi Bezerra , De Souza-Motta Cristina Maria , Da Silva Leonor Alves de Oliveira , De Oliveira Neiva Tinti
Published: December 2023

A L-glutaminase é uma enzima multifuncional no aproveitamento industrial, principalmente no melhoramento do sabor dos alimentos e apresenta inclinação para aplicação farmacêutica em tratamentos de alguns tipos de canceres. O objetivo do presente trabalho foi identificar na literatura, artigos sobre fungos produtores de L-glutaminase. A busca foi realizada em cinco bases de dados: MEDLINE/ PubMed, Science Direct, LILACS, SCOPUS e Web of Science publicados entre 2013 há novembro de 2023, na língua inglesa. A metodologia aplicada nesse estudo, possui como palavras-chave: L-glutaminase AND production of enzymes AND fungi, e foram selecionados quanto a produção fúngica da L-glutaminase, otimização da produção, processos de purificação e caracterização enzimática e qual tipo de aplicação. Dos 214 artigos inicialmente reunidos, 12 atenderam aos critérios de inclusão e exclusão cruzados nas diferentes plataformas. Seis gêneros de fungos foram relatados como produtores de L-glutaminase: Aspergillus, Fusarium, Hypocrea, Rhodotorula, Monascus e cepa recombinante AYA 20-1; identificados tanto com fermentação submersa quanto com a fermentação sólida, dos quais cinco apresentaram tratamento estatístico visando o aumento da produção da enzima. O gênero Aspergillus foi identificado como produtor da L-glutaminase em ambas as fermentações, tanto em estado sólida quanto submersa. A fonte de nitrogênio que potencializa a produção da enzima é a glutamina. Seis relataram processos de purificação e a precipitação com (NH₄)₂SO₄ é a técnicas comuns entre eles. A enzima purificada possui peso estimado entre 45 a 83.2 kDa. Quatro periódicos descrevem aplicações com efeito antitumoral, antioxidante e antibacteriano. Diversos fungos podem produzir a L-glutaminase em diferentes condições de cultivo com potencial para aplicação farmacêutica. Contudo, mais pesquisas devem ser realizadas para confirmar os efeitos promissores da L-glutaminase fúngica.
Organização da comunicação das informações é uma estratégia de engajamento dos usuários hipertensos e/ou diabéticos na atenção primária
Authors: Alexandre Bianca Maria Bernardino , Viana Andrezza Lima , Nunes João Victor Albuquerque Resende , Nogueira Kathlyn Oliveira , Taveira Maria das Graças Monte Mello , De Vasconcelos Priscila Nunes , Quintiliano Kátia Macário Santos , Macedo Ricardo Fontes
Published: December 2023

Diante da prevalência das doenças crônicas no Brasil, especialmente hipertensão e diabetes, um desafio enfrentado pelos programas de saúde da atenção primária é a falta de adesão e de engajamento dos pacientes hipertensos e diabéticos ao tratamento. A combinação do método design thinking à pesquisa-ação busca propor soluções com base nas necessidades dos usuários mediante um trabalho colaborativo entre todos os sujeitos envolvidos. O objetivo deste artigo é relatar a construção e aplicação de uma solução para o engajamento e adesão de pacientes hipertensos e diabéticos nos programas de saúde da atenção primária. A metodologia utilizada foi o Design Thinking combinado à Pesquisa-Ação. Nesta pesquisa, profissionais de saúde de uma unidade docente assistencial foram os principais participantes. A falta de comunicação entre as equipes da unidade e entre os profissionais e os usuários foi a problemática observada que implicou diretamente na adesão do paciente ao tratamento. Assim, foi desenvolvida uma solução tangível visando a melhoria do problema mediante o desenvolvimento de uma rede de comunicação entre as equipes e de um documento para melhor instruir os pacientes. Portanto, infere-se que as metodologias utilizadas permitiram uma imersão na problemática alvo, possibilitando o levantamento de déficits e a criação de soluções.
Utilização do sistema irrigas para o manejo da irrigação no município de Imperatriz – MA
Authors: Da Silva Wilson Araújo , Dos Santos Lauanda Symon Souza , Da Silva Cristiane Matos , Fernandes Elizabeth Nunes , Viana Jonathan dos Santos , Santana Jhonata Santos , Angelo Dalton Henrique , Da Silva Alinne
Published: December 2023

A agricultura irrigada é atualmente um dos setores que mais demandam a utilização de grandes quantidades de água. A irrigação é uma técnica de engenharia agrícola muito utilizada por produtores rurais, a fim de suprir as necessidades hídricas estabelecida por cada cultura durante o seu ciclo de desenvolvimento. Desse modo, o conhecimento acerca da quantidade de água requerida pelas culturas, constitui-se um aspecto importante na agricultura irrigada, possibilitando uma adequada programação do manejo de irrigação, visando principalmente, maximizar a eficiência do uso da água, além de manter favoráveis as condições de umidade do solo e de fitossanidade das plantas, possibilitando a diminuição no consumo de energia elétrica imposta pelo sistema de irrigação. O estudo foi desenvolvido em uma comunidade de olericultores localizada no Centro de Difusões Tecnológicas de Imperatriz (CDT). Com base nessas premissas, o objetivo desse trabalho foi utilizar e difundir um sensor de umidade do solo, de baixo custo, desenvolvido pela Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuária – EMBRAPA. Se trata de um sensor de tensão de água, denominado irrigas, que visa monitorar a umidade do solo, auxiliando os produtores na tomada de decisão de quando e quanto irrigar. É um equipamento simples e bastante acessível, constituído de três partes: uma cápsula porosa que fica enterrada no solo próximo a região das raízes, uma cuba de leitura que com o auxílio de um copo de água permite determinar se há ou não umidade no solo, e um tubo flexível que liga a cuba de leitura à cápsula. O sensor foi instalado em uma área cultivada com a cultura da couve (Brassica oleracea var. acephala).  Com base nas condições em que a pesquisa foi realizada, foi possível concluir que o uso do sensor irrigas para o manejo de irrigação é uma ferramenta de baixo custo, fácil construção, calibração e instalação podendo ser utilizada para evitar desperdícios de água na agricultura irrigada, pois, se bem instalado, contribui para melhorar a produtividade, qualidade dos produtos e economia de água, energia elétrica e mão de obra.
Role of Transformational Leadership and Social Entrepreneurship in Achieving Enterprise Performance: Taking Creativity as a Mediator
Authors: Al Doghan Mohammed A. , Channa Amanullah , Abdelwahed Nadia A. Abdelmegeed , Soomro Bahadur Ali
Published: December 2023

Purpose: In the recent business context, the pivotal drivers of organizational success are increasingly identified as transformational leadership and social entrepreneurship. These dynamic forces have emerged as crucial predictors, shaping the trajectory of enterprise performance. The present study proposed to explore the role of transformational leadership and social entrepreneurship in achieving enterprise performance through creativity among employees of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Egypt.
 
Design/Methodology/ Approach: We applied quantitative methods to detect this problem by collecting data from the employees of Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) in Egypt. Finally, we utilized 294 samples to get the results.
 
Findings: Applying the analysis of moment structures (AMOS) version 26.0, the results show a positive and significant impact of transformational leadership, social entrepreneurship and creativity on enterprise performance. The mediating path leads to a positive mediating impact of creativity in developing the connection between transformational leadership and enterprise performance. On the other hand, creativity did not mediate the relationship between social entrepreneurship and enterprise performance.
 
Research, practical and social implications: The research outcomes serve as a strategic compass for policymakers and planners, offering actionable insights to elevate enterprise performance through the strategic integration of transformational leadership and social entrepreneurship. Furthermore, the study provides valuable guidance for organizations aspiring to cultivate a culture of innovation and creativity, fostering the essential elements for sustained success in today's dynamic business environment.
 
Originality/ value: This study addresses the gaps in the empirical evaluation of enterprise performance through transformational leadership, social entrepreneurship and creativity among Egyptian employees of Egyptian SMEs.
البنية الفكرية لنظام الرفاه الاقتصادي بين النظامين الرأسمالي والإسلامي
Authors: SALIM Mohammed Meelad Seed , DERSHWI Khaled
Published: December 2023

نهدف في هذه الدراسة إلى تحليل البنية الفكرية لنظام الرفاه في الاقتصادين الرأسمالي والإسلامي، والآليات المتبعة في كلا النظامين، ومدى نجاحها في تحقيق الرفاه الاقتصادي للمجتمع، واتبعت المنهج الوصفي الاستقرائي لاستقراء أدبيات البحث، والمنهج المقارن للمقارنة بين النظامين من حيث المفهوم والمنطلقات والآليات المتبعة، وخلصت الدراسة إلى أن النظام الرأسمالي يؤسس مفهوم الرفاه على تحقيق الكفاءة الاقتصادية للسوق، ويستهدف زيادة الطلب الكلي على السلع لإنعاش الاقتصاد والمحافظة على توازنه، دون اعتماد اعتبارات قيمية أو أخلاقية في تأسيسه، ويعتمد على السوق من حيث الأساس في تحقيقه، ولا يمانع من تدخل الدولة لزيادة الطلب، وفي المقابل يؤسس النظام الإسلامي الرفاه على دوافع قيمية وأخلاقية مثل العدالة والمساوة والكرامة، ويتبع آليات مختلفة عن النظام الرأسمالي لتحقيقه، مثل توسيع دائرة المشاركات، والتمويل الاستثماري، وآليات إعادة التوزيع الإلزامية القائمة على أساس زيادة الدخل مثل الزكاة، أو النفقات الاجتماعية الإلزامية، إضافة لقائمة مطولة من الصدقات الطوعية التي أعاد صياغة مفهوم المنفعة الفردية والأنانية بها بما يتلاءم مع المعتقدات الإسلامية في الحياة الآخرة.
Public health expenditure, government effectiveness and labour productivity in West Africa
Authors: Onya Osim Rosemary , Uzoigwe Michael Chukwudi , Okpa Ovat, Egbe , Abane Okpechi Philip , Osa Igbineweka Paul
Published: December 2023

Purpose: This study aimed at empirically exploring how the expenditure of public health and the effectiveness of government impacted the productivity of labour in West Africa.

Design/Methodology/Approach: This study used data from 1980 to 2022 generated by the World Bank and adopted multiple regression, mediation and correlation analysis. Additionally, the co-integration test of Johansen and the residual-based test using the Engel-Granger approach were used.  

Findings: Expenditures on the health of the public and the effectiveness of government indicated some positive but insignificant impacts on labour productivity in the short run. At the same time, the expenditure on public health indicated a long-term, significant and adverse impact on labour productivity in Nigeria, Togo, Guinea, Senegal and Mali.

Conclusion: The present study explored how expenditure on public health and the effectiveness of the   government impacted the productivity of labour in West Africa. Apparently, the level of public health expenditure and government effectiveness are yet to positively impact the productivity of labour.

Practical Implications: These results presented the critical role of public health expenditure and government effectiveness in enhancing the productivity of labour. Therefore, the study suggests that the government invest significantly in healthcare services in order to promote and safeguard the health of the people.

Contribution to the Literature: This study offers an innovative perspective on labour productivity by highlighting the crucial roles played by governments in public health investment for productivity.
The mediating role of higher-order thinking skill in the relationship between mathematics strength and achievement in electrical and electronic engineering education
Authors: Oduro-Okyireh Theodore , Mulyanti Budi , Rohendi Dedi , Oduro-Okyireh George , Mensah Alice Constance , Acheampong Kennedy
Published: December 2023

Purpose: The paper aims to examine the casual role of higher-order thinking skills as a mediator in the relationship between students’ strength in mathematics and achievement in electrical and electronic engineering education.

Design/Methodology/Approach: The study adopted a quantitative research design where random cluster sampling was used to select a total of 488 final-year students from four technical universities in Ghana. Mathematics achievement tests were used to gather data on students’ higher-order thinking skills and competence in five areas of mathematics. Also, their examination results were collected from their respective universities. Mediation analysis was done using AMOS 26.

Finding: The study revealed that the positive effect of students’ strengths in the five selected mathematics topics on their performance in electrical and electronic engineering education is mediated by their higher-order thinking skills.

Conclusion: The research concludes that there is a partial mediation in the relationship between students’ strength in mathematics and achievement in electrical and electronic engineering education by higher-order thinking skills.

Research Limitations: It is recommended that further researchers carry out similar research with more mathematics indicators to explain more variations in achievement in electrical and electronic engineering education.

Practical Implication: Engineering mathematics curriculum developers should stress the need for mathematics, especially algebra, for the development of higher-order thinking skills to facilitate problem-solving in electrical and electronic engineering education and practice.

Contribution to Literature: This study highlights the relationship between the understanding of the concepts of specific mathematics topics, higher-order thinking skills, and achievement in electrical and electronic engineering education.
Events allegedly attributable to vaccination and immunization of COVID-19 in people who received up to the third dose, Tacna-Peru, 2022
Authors: Luque- Ramos Lourdes , Vilca Julio Aguilar , Pilco Angel Vega , Cachicatari -Vargas Elena
Published: December 2023

Purpose: This study aimed to analyze the events supposedly attributable to vaccination or immunization (ESAVI) after the administration of vaccines against COVID-19 in the population of Tacna, Peru.

Design/Methodology/Approach: An observational, descriptive and transversal design was used   with a sample of 383 residents who received three doses of the Pfizer, AstraZeneca and Sinopharm vaccines. Data collection was carried out through surveys using a questionnaire validated by experts and evaluating reliability using Cronbach's alpha coefficient. Statistical analysis was carried out with SPSS version 26 software.

Findings: The findings revealed that the majority of participants were women between the ages of 18 and 32. The most common ESAVI related to local reactions was injection site pain   with rates of 63.4%, 60.6% and 45.20% for the first, second and third doses, respectively. In terms of systemic effects, transient fever predominated in the first two doses (7.8% and 5.7%) while headache predominated in the third dose (8.90%). These adverse effects manifested mainly on the first day after vaccination and lasted 24 to 48 hours.

Conclusion: The most common local symptom was pain among the systemic symptoms.

Practical Implications: This study contributes by providing valuable information on the safety and side effects of COVID-19 vaccines in a specific population. These results may be useful to inform public health policies and give people a clearer understanding of what to expect after being vaccinated.

Contribution to the Literature: This study in residents of Tacna, Peru characterizes the effects of COVID-19 vaccines reporting on common local and systemic reactions   that may be relevant for future research and public health decisions related to vaccination.
Analysis of the correlation between operational performance and profitability over time in public hospitals
Authors: Ahmad Syed Raziuddin , Khan Imran Ahmad
Published: December 2023

Purpose The public hospitals are not-for-profit entities, and their purpose is not to generate and distribute profits as a result of business activities. Therefore, in the context of hospital management, where many hospitals are running into losses and improving profitability has become a major issue, it is necessary to study the relationship between operational performance and profitability.

Design/Methodology/Approach: In this study, targeting public hospitals, an empirical study was attempted on the correlation between operational performance and profitability. The 303 hospitals were analyzed for the financial years 2022 and 2023. To confirm the validity of the results for the entire group of public hospitals (population), including hospitals other than those subject to this analysis, an uncorrelated test was conducted.

Findings: As a result, there was a positive correlation between the volume of surgeries performed and profitability. On the other hand, the shortening of the average length of hospital stay did not lead to an improvement in profitability. Profitability improved as the number of inpatients per physician increased, but there was no correlation between the number of outpatients per physician and profitability.

Conclusion: The results of this study suggest the importance of index correction.
The influence of transactional leadership style on employees' innovation ability
Authors: Zhao Wei , Sun Xi Ming
Published: December 2023

Purpose: This study delves into two mainland Chinese footwear manufacturing companies to understand the link between transactional leadership and employee creativity, focusing on the mediating role of psychological empowerment.
Design/Methodology/Approach: Employing descriptive statistical analysis, reliability analysis, confirmatory factor analysis, correlation analysis, and regression analysis, the study collected 576 valid questionnaires. Data analysis was conducted using SPSS 25 and Analysis of Moment Structures statistical software.
Findings: Results confirm that psychological empowerment positively influences employee creativity. Transactional leadership also has a significant positive impact. Notably, psychological empowerment partially mediates the relationship between transactional leadership and creativity.
Conclusions: Both transactional leadership and psychological empowerment are key factors in enhancing employee creativity, particularly in the two Chinese private footwear companies studied.
Research Limitations: The research focuses on large and medium-sized firms from two Chinese regions, excluding smaller entities. Several potential influencing factors for creativity still need to be addressed.
Practical Implications: Business leaders are advised to possess professional, solid skills, ensure fair treatment of employees, and provide appropriate rewards. Such practices can bolster team cohesion, spur innovation, and support sustainable enterprise growth.
Contribution to literature: This work underscores the influence of psychological empowerment and transactional leadership on creativity, shedding light on the former's mediating role. The findings enrich the literature and offer a foundation for future research in similar domains.
Convenor’s Focus | December 2023
Authors: Siemensma Gemma
Published: December 2023

A regular update from the convenor of Health Libraries Australia.
Extending high quality health information to non-government organisations across the Northern Territory: experiences of NT Health Library Services
Authors: Kahkonen Saara , Purnell Margaret
Published: December 2023

This paper discusses NT Health Library Services’ initiative to provide resources and services to health professionals who work for non-government organisations across the Territory. In 2009, Memorandums of Understanding (MOUs) were established. Since then a website has been created specifically for these MOU members and a recent renewal and upgrade project ensured the agreements were updated and the website security standards were being met. With vendor permission the library currently offers access to the following: eight research databases, two clinical decision support tools, one medication database and five electronic book and journal collections. Marketing has begun to increase awareness among these external clients.
Gratisnet: the power of the network
Authors: Velli Gina
Published: December 2023

No Library is an island with a collection that stretches to provide everything a client might want. GratisNet to the rescue! Whilst never a replacement for collections, an efficient resource sharing system is a means to acquire those papers from infrequently required journals that are now so discoverable.
Pearl millet (Pennisetum glaucum) restorer lines for breeding dual-purpose hybrids adapted to arid environments
Authors: YADAV O P , RAI K N , BIDINGER F R , GUPTA S K , RAJPUROHIT B S , BHATNAGAR S K
Published: December 2023

The adoption of pearl millet hybrids in the north-western arid zone has been very limited in contrast to their widespread coverage in relatively more favourable areas. This research was conducted to assess the combining ability of progenies derived from a composite, called Mandor Restorer Composite (MRC) that was synthesized using 12 lines with inbuilt combination of characters that are useful for arid environments. Testcross hybrids of 43 MRC progenies made on five diverse male-sterile lines were evaluated for their performance in four environments over three years (2005–07) under rainfed conditions of arid zone. There existed significant and exploitable differences among restorer (R) lines in their combining ability for biomass, grain yield, stover yield, harvest index and panicle harvest index under receding moisture conditions. General combining ability (GCA) for early flowering was consistently and positively related to GCA for grain yield. GCA for harvest index was positively and significantly related to GCA for grain yield, but was variably negatively related to stover yield. Neither GCA for HI nor GCA for time to flowering had as large an effect on GCA for grain and stover yields as did GCA for biomass. The results suggested that GCA for earliness, biomass and HI are not necessarily mutually antagonistic characteristics under arid zone conditions indicating that there are good prospects of identifying lines to produce hybrids with enhanced grain and stover yields without compromising crop duration. This study also identified a few progenies that had significant GCA for grain and stover yield in early-maturity background.
Performance of clustering procedures for grouping germplasms based on mixture data with missing observations
Authors: SARKAR RUPAM KUMAR , RAO A R , WAHI S D , BHAT K V
Published: December 2023

Occurrence of missing observations in mixture of qualitative and quantitative trait data is a common feature in breeding experiments. However, it becomes difficult to cluster the germplasms in presence of missing data. In the present study, five different clustering methods, six different ways of imputing missing data and three levels of missing observations have been considered in order to compare the performance of clustering procedures meant for mixture data. It was found that all the clustering methods are robust against imputation up to 5% missing observations. The INDOMIX and PRINQUAL methods in conjunction with k-means clustering with imputation of missing observations by (i) mean substitution in quantitative traits and frequency substitution in qualitative traits and (ii) multiple imputation in quantitative traits and 0 imputation in qualitative traits found to perform better than EM, ANN and PCAMIX methods for classification of germplasms. This study has been conducted during 2009–10 at Indian Agricultural Statistics Research Institute and for illustration purpose data has been obtained from National Bureau of Plant Genetic Resources.
Soil erosion-productivity relationship assessment in sloping lands of north-west Himalayas
Authors: GHOSH B N , DOGRA P , SHARMA N K , DADHWAL K S
Published: December 2023

Crop productivity loss due to soil erosion by water plays an important role in degrading soil health and economic loss to the farmers. The multiple regression methodology used for determination of soil erosion-productivity relationship is quite reliable and may be utilized to find out erosion – productivity relationship. The results indicated that maize and wheat yield is declined due to soil erosion not only below the soil loss tolerance level but also below the lower limit (very slight) of potential erosion rates. For moderate to severe erosion class, the predicted potential erosion rate overestimated compared to observed productivity loss. The results of this study are useful in estimating the economic loss of crop productivity due to soil erosion and would be helpful in determining crop productivity loss due to soil erosion for other crops of this region.
Pitavastatina como estatina de escolha para o controle da dislipidemia em pacientes infectados pelo HIV em uso de antirretrovirais
Authors: Monteiro Borges da Silva Valente Thiago José , Pacífico Fernando Augusto , Campos Falcão Antônio Diego
Published: December 2023

Objetivo: explicar o porquê da pitavastatina ser o hipolipemiante de escolha para controle lipídico e redução do risco cardiovascular em pessoasinfectadas pelo HIV. Métodos: Realização de buscas na PubMed e na Biblioteca Virtual em Saúde (BVS), com uso destes descritores, em inglês e português: “Pitavastatina”, “HIV”, “Estatinas”, “Infectados pelo HIV”, “Dislipidemia” e “Antirretrovirais”. Foram recuperados 46 artigos, reduzidos, após o refinamento, a 9, sendo 6 da PubMed e 3 da BVS. Resultados: O uso de antirretrovirais (ARV) aumenta significativamente as alterações lipídicas em pessoas infectadas pelo HIV, devendo ser associado à terapia hipolipemiante com as estatinas. Mas, como a maioria é metabolizada pelo sistema do citocromo P450 3A4, inibido por alguns ARV, destaca-sea pitavastatina, visto que seu processo de metabolização ocorre, primariamente, por glucoronidação. Além disso, comprovou-se que esta estatina reduziu mais significativamente os marcadores inflamatórios e os níveis do LDL-c, do que a pravastatina, cuja metabolização é através do mesmo mecanismo. Conclusão: Portanto, a pitavastatina é, preferencialmente, o hipolipemiante para corrigir a dislipidemia em pacientes infectados pelo HIV, devido às suas mínimas interações medicamentosas e maior redução lipídica e dos marcadores inflamatórios. Conclusão: A pitavastatina é, preferencialmente, o hipolipemiante para corrigir a dislipidemia em pacientes infectados pelo HIV, devido às suas mínimas interações medicamentosas e maior redução lipídica e dos marcadores inflamatórios.
Tratamento cirúrgico pela técnica de Keystone para recuperação funcional e estética do hálux após queimadura química - relato de caso
Authors: Alves Rodrigues Myllena , Barbosa de Almeida Medeiros Cláudia , Vieira e Silva de Albuquerque João Paulo , De Barros Araújo André , Guimarães Torres Maria Beatriz , Fonseca Esteves Maria Eduarda , Borges de Miranda Marcelo José
Published: December 2023

O trabalho tem como objetivo descrever o caso de uma paciente que sofreu queimadura química no hálux esquerdo. Paciente com onicocriptose foi submetida a tratamento com ácido fênico, evoluindo com necrose, odor fétido e secreção purulenta. Após avaliação médica, diagnosticou-se queimadura de terceiro grau infectada, sendo submetida, a princípio a abordagem não cirúrgica, e posteriormente a realização de retalho cutâneo Keystone para fechamento da lesão com recuperação completa após dois meses. Concluiu-se, com tal estudo, que o uso de ácidos pode evoluir com queimaduras químicas graves, comprometendo a função e viabilidade do dedo.Ademais, em feridas profundas, retalho Keystone mostra-se boa alternativa local com rápida recuperação.
Addressing the Social Health of the Elderly Population through the Media in Buenos Aires
Authors: Lepez Carlos Oscar , Gómez María Ester , Simeoni Irene Amelia
Published: December 2023

Introduction: the sources, modes of production and circulation of information in the journalistic field represent an alienated system, intervened and sifted by multiple processing filters, which make the presence of news relativized and contextualized in the light of the relevance that the interlocutors (consumer society) adopt from that cut of reality provided by the press in its various structural forms of dissemination.Objective: to gather from journalistic sources available information related to the elderly in the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires.Methods: the data collection work is applied to the territory corresponding to the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires, through the system of newspaper libraries that keep the journalistic sources: newspapers in force, constituting the data collection tools as a testing system of the available information, whose search criteria required a priori the determination of key words such as: elderly, old age, aging, geriatric, retired, elderly, gerontology, geriatrics, geriatrics, third age, longevity, long-lived, old, senitude and geronte.Results: we found values of informational presence in the press media that followed the structure of a taxonomy of thematic categories of the publications related to the search criteria according to the selected keywords, where the predominance of the police section was obtained in 20 %, in second place the health section and general information with 12 % respectively, and in smaller proportion the categories politics, economy, shows, international and supplements in 8 % each, and finally the editorial areas of opinion, cities, readers' letters and Argentina reached 4 % of available publications.Conclusions: in the information society, the presence of news and informative material reveals, on the one hand, the ideological positioning of journalistic sources within the reach of the community and, on the other hand, of health professionals who are nourished by them to recognize the reality reported in the mass media, such as the press
Strengthening the Implementation of the One Health Approach in the Americas: Interagency Collaboration, Comprehensive Policies, and Information Exchange
Authors: Rodríguez-Pérez José Alejandro
Published: December 2023

In the 21st century, the One Health approach recognizes the interdependence between human, animal and plant health and environmental conservation. In a globalized world where boundaries are blurring, this approach has become essential to address challenges such as zoonotic diseases, environmental degradation and food security. One Health fosters collaboration between public health, animal health, plant health and environmental conservation. Its implementation requires the cooperation of governments, NGOs, the private sector and civil society. Challenges include the lack of a common data platform and the need for sound legislation. Data collection and scientific evidence are essential, as is consideration of sociological factors in health. Social and technological innovation also play a crucial role. One Health offers the opportunity to comprehensively address public and environmental health issues, seeking a healthier and more equitable world for all species