bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
PENGARUH KEBERHASILAN TERAPI SPRITUAL EMOTIONAL TECHNIQUE (SEFT) TERHADAP PENURUNAN TEKANAN DARAH DI DESA PANDAU JAYA KEC.SIAK HULU KAB.KAMPAR
Authors: Warni Maswarni 
Published: July 2020

Hipertensi adalah masalah utama dalam kesehatan masyarakat di Indonesia serta di beberapa negara di dunia. SEFT termasuk teknik relaksasi yang penggabungan teknik sistem tubuh dan terapi spiritual menggunakan menekan pada titik-titik tertentu pada tubuh. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk pengaruh Spiritual Emotional Freedom Technique (SEFT) terhadap tekanan darah pada pasien hipertensi Tujuan dalam penelitian ini adalah untuk melihat apakah ada pengaruh keberhasilan terapi Spiritual Emotional Freedom Technique (SEFT) terhadap penurunan tekanan darah pada masyarakat di Desa Pandau Jaya. Penelitian ini menggunakan desain quasi-eksperimental pre dan post control group design dan berjumlah 64 responden dibagi menjadi dua kelompok,kelompok intervensi 32 responden dan kelompok kontrol 32 responden. Instrumen penelitian teriri dari tensimeter air raksa, manset ukuran dewasa dan stetoskop. Teknik pengambilan sampel menggunakan purposive sampling. Pada penelitian ini digunakan ujistatistik Uji t dependent(paired-sample t test) untuk mengetahui apakah ada perubahan yang bermakna antara nilai tekanan darah sebelum dan sesudah terapi SEFT, baik tekanan darah sistolik maupun tekanan darah diastolik. Dalam penelitian ini menggunakan tingkat kepercayaan CI 95% dan tingkat kemaknaan 0.05. Hasil: Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa nilai-P = 0,000 (P <0,05). Ada pengaruh terapi SEFT terhadap penurunan tekanan darah sistole dan diastole pada pasien hipertensi
A New Metal-poor Globular Cluster and Resolved Stars in the Outer Disk of the Black Eye Galaxy M64: Implication for the Origin of the Type III Disk Break
Authors: Kang Jisu , Kim Yoo Jung , Lee Myung Gyoon , Jang In Sung 
Published: July 2020

Abstract
M64 is a nearby spiral galaxy with a Type III antitruncation component. To trace the origin of the Type III component, we present Hubble Space Telescope/Advanced Camera for Surveys (ACS) F606W/F814W photometry of resolved stars in a field located in the outer disk (

) of M64. At

(7 kpc) to the east, we discover a new metal-poor globular cluster (

pc and M

V
= −9.54 ± 0.09 mag), M64-GC1. This is the first globular cluster found in M64. The color–magnitude diagram (CMD) of the resolved stars in M64-GC1 is well matched by 12 Gyr isochrones with [Fe/H] = −1.5 ± 0.2, showing that this cluster belongs to a halo. The CMD of the resolved stars in the entire ACS field shows two distinguishable red giant branches (RGBs): a curved metal-rich RGB and a vertical metal-poor RGB. The metal-rich RGB represents an old metal-rich ([Fe/H] ≈ −0.4) disk population. In contrast, the CMD of the metal-poor RGB stars is very similar to the CMD of M64-GC1, showing that the metal-poor RGB represents a halo population. The radial number-density profile of the metal-rich RGB stars is described by an exponential disk law, while the profile of the metal-poor RGB stars is described by a de Vaucouleurs’s law. From these, we conclude that the origin of the Type III component in M64 is a halo that has a much lower metallicity than the disk or bulge population.
Repenser le contrat
Authors: Rotondo Anna , Mazzini Elena , Hémier Corinne 
Published: July 2020

L’auteure explore le contexte philosophique des origines du contrat bilatéral de l’Analyse Transactionnelle d’Eric Berne ainsi que les aspects intersubjectifs annexes. Elle explicite la coexistence des racines psychanalytiques Berniennes avec les instances phénoménologiques à l’origine de la contractualisation. Dans cette perspective, certains aspects fondamentaux du contrat Bernien vont être analysés et approfondis : la bilatéralité, les contrats multilatéraux, l’entretien, l’élaboration. Il en émerge la centralité et l’éthique de la posture contractuelle dans le processus de soin et de counselling.
Burgbichl pri Irschnu na avstrijskem Koroškem
Authors: Kainrath Barbara , Grabherr Gerald , Gugl Christian 
Published: July 2020

Poznoantično višinsko naselje Burgbichl pri Irschnu v dolini Drave na avstrijskem Koroškem je bilo do sedaj raziskano v dveh arheoloških akcijah. Burgbichl leži na križišču ene glavne poti v jugovzhodnih Alpah – poti po Dravski dolini – in prečne poti, ki poteka iz Italije čez prelaz Gailpass (Gailbergsattel). Ker hrib kasneje ni bil poseljen, so antične zgradbe izredno dobro ohranjene: na severu obkroža približno hektar veliko poselitveno območje masiven obodni zid. Delno so bili izkopani deli vhoda in obzidja, velika stanovanjska stavba, dve obrtni območji, vodni zbiralnik in zgodnjekrščanska cerkev. V cerkvi s prizidkom na vzhodu sta ugotovljeni dve gradbeni fazi. Pomemben je dokaz o uporabi marmorja na več mestih: za prag, stopnico in okrasitev prezbiterija. V osrednjem delu prezbiterija je jama za relikviarij. Doslej sta bila odkrita dva grobova – eden v grobnici.
Pri poznoantičnih najdbah iz 5. in 6. st. gre za tipičen spekter, znan s sočasnih najdišč, z množico grobe keramike, posameznimi uvoženimi kosi keramike, novci in fibulami. Posebnost je koščena pasna spona, okrašena s koncentričnimi krožci s pikami. Na več mestih na hribu so vidni ostanki starejše uporabe prostora, tudi med najdbami je veliko predmetov iz rimskega imperialnega obdobja. Razumevanje teh starejših najdb v povezavi z očitno aktivnostjo na najdišču v obdobju od 1. do 3. st. bo vsekakor med glavnimi cilji prihodnjih raziskav.
Poselitev Bele krajine v prvi polovici 1. tisočletja pr. n. št. v luči novih raziskav
Authors: Mason Philip , Mlekuž Vrhovnik Dimitrij , Udovč Katarina 
Published: July 2020

Arheološke raziskave v zadnjih petnajstih letih dopolnjujejo naše poznavanje poselitve in razumevanje pokrajine v Beli krajini v pozni bronasti in starejši železni dobi. Raziskave vključujejo več pristopov, predvsem terenske preglede in pedološke analize ter radiokarbonsko datiranje vzorcev z izkopavanj. Opravljene so bile tudi analize podatkov zračnega lidarskega snemanja, slednje ponuja velik potencial za razkrivanje razsežnosti poselitve na pogozdenih območjih hribovitih obronkov ter nižinskega krasa v Beli krajini, pa tudi nove poglede na že znana arheološka najdišča.
V prispevku je posebna pozornost posvečena pomenu omenjenih pristopov pri terenskih raziskavah, opravljenih v mestnem jedru Črnomlja (1995–2008), na zahodni črnomaljski obvoznici (2004–2009) ter Dragatuškem polju (2000– 2019), ki so razkrili vzorce in podrobnejšo sliko poselitve v pozni bronasti in starejši železni dobi ter prazgodovinske rabe prostora na območju Črnomlja in Dragatuškega polja.
Non-Palpable Invasive Lobular Carcinoma Initially Diagnosed by Inguinal Lymph Node Biopsy
Authors: Zuhdy Mohammad , Zaky Mona , Alghandour Reham , Abdelazeem Gena , Hamdy Omar , Shebl Abdelhadi 
Published: July 2020

Metastasis from breast cancer to the inguinal lymph nodes or the vulva is a rare event with very few cases reported in literature. A 38-year-old lady presented complaining of progressive abdominal enlargement. Physical examination was unremarkable apart from abdominal enlargement and enlarged right inguinal lymph node. Radiology showed marked ascites, omental thickening, bilateral small ovarian masses, suspicious right inguinal lymph node (LN) as well as breast fibrocystic disease. Cytological examination of the ascitic fluid revealed malignant cells. Core needle biopsy from the inguinal LN suggested metastatic breast carcinoma. Breast MRI showed heterogeneous fibro-glandular tissue and moderate parenchymal enhancement. Random core needle biopsies from the breast led to the diagnosis of invasive lobular carcinoma. The patient received 8 cycles of docetaxel/carboplatin protocol, with partial response. Next, she was maintained on hormonal treatment (Anastrazole) till the ascites re- accumulated. Vulvar nodules appeared whose biopsy revealed infiltration by the same tumoral tissue. She received 6 cycles of Endoxan and Pharmarubicin till regression was achieved, and then she was subjected to Exemestane. Thorough clinical assessment including of all lymph node basins and gynecological assessment are crucial in all breast cancer patients, particularly those with invasive lobular subtypes.
Keywords: Breast neoplasms, Lobular, Vulva, Vulvar metastasis, Neoplasm metastasis
Sleep Quality and Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms Among Patients with Prostatic Diseases
Authors: Oyelekan Abimbola , Ogunsemi Olawale , Afe Taiwo , Ayoade Babatunde , Nwokoro Collins , Oluyemi Olukayode , Oyelekan Funmilayo , Adeleye Olufunke 
Published: July 2020

Background: Incidence of symptomatic prostatic diseases increases with age. Nocturia disturbs sleep. We set out to determine the quality of sleep and severity of lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) and bother score in patients with benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) and carcinoma of the prostate (CAP).
Methods: A cross-sectional study of new patients seen in the urology outpatient clinic with bladder outlet obstruction (BOO) from either BPH or CAP over a period of 18 months. Patients were interviewed using Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) and International prostate symptoms score (IPSS) questionnaires. Data obtained were analyzed using SPSS version 23.
Results:168 patients were interviewed. CAP patients were older than their BPH counterparts. About 45% of the patients had poor sleep quality. CAP patients (52.9%) were more of poor sleepers compared with BPH patients (40.0%). CAP patients (46.3%) had more severe IPSS than BPH patients (33.3%). Both CAP (70.6%) and BPH (76.0%) patients reported high bother score.
Conclusion: CAP and BPH patients have high bother score, affirming need for early treatment. CAP patients had more severe lower urinary tract symptoms and poorer sleep quality than BPH patients.
Keywords: IPSS, Sleep quality, LUTS, Bother score
Application of the finite element method to solving the duffing equation of ground motion
Authors: Mbah Godwin C.E. , Ibeh Kingsley Kelechi 
Published: July 2020

In this paper, we applied the Galerkin Finite Element Method to solve a damped, externally forced, second order ordinary differential equation with cubic nonlinearity known as the Duffing Equation. The Galerkin method uses the functional minimization technique which sets the equation in systems of algebraic equations to be solved. Various simulation on the effect of change on some parametric values of the Duffing equation are shown.
Keywords: Galerkin Finite Element Method, stiffness matrix, Duffing Equation, shape functions, basis functions, weight functions.
Effect of ionic concentrations and ph on the Atterberg limit of cohesive soil
Authors: Ike E. 
Published: July 2020

The addition of salt to pore water can affect the behaviour of the soil by influencing the electrochemical forces exist between the solid, liquid and dissolved phases. Changes in geotechnical behaviour of fine grained soils under the influence of ionic concentrations and pH depends on the chemistry of the soil constituents and the pore fluid chemistry. The geotechnical modifications of soil behaviour largely depend on the clay particles and the diversities in the nature of the clay types is due to their specific surface and the net electrical charge on them. Generally, clay particles surface are negatively charged while its edges are positively charged. To preserve electrical neutrality the negative charge of the clay particle is balanced by the attraction of cations which are held between the layers, and on the surface of the particles. The charged clay surface together with the counter–ions in the pore water at the diffuse double layer. The present study focuses on the effect of the ionic concentrations of potassium chloride (KCl) and pH on the liquid limit of fine grained soil. Fall cone test was conducted to measure the liquid limit in different concentrations of the pore fluid, with each of the ionic concentrations prepared in four different pH values (3.5, 5.5, 7.5 and 9.5). From the test results, it was observed that the pH values generally has no significant effect on the liquid limit of the samples; while the liquid limit lightly undulated at lower pH values at ionic concentrations of 0.00001 M, 0.0004 M and 0.003 M, the pH values had least influence at higher ionic concentrations (0.1 M and 1.8 M) of KCL. This behaviour is attributed to the buffering effects of the relatively high solute content at 0.1 M and 1.8 M. On the other hand, the liquid limit decreased with increasing ionic concentrations of KCL. Increasing the ionic concentration reduces the thickness of the diffuse double layer thereby depleting the repulsive forces and hence increases the effective stress leading to flocculation of clay particles that gave rise to the reduction in the liquid limit of the clayey sample
Keywords: Liquid Limit, potassium chloride, pore fluid, ionic concentrations, pH
Disclosing HIV-Positive Status: What Do Questions Have to Do with It?
Authors: Kiranga Jacinta Wanjiku , Lumala Masibo F. P. , Richard Musebe 
Published: July 2020

This article discussed the need to ask questions among people living with HIV to facilitate disclosure. This is because disclosure of a HIV-positive status is an important tool for prevention of HIV and early treatment, many people who know their status do not disclose to their spouse or sexual partners. Disclosure would not only protect the spouse from risk of infection and if already infected be able to access treatment, support and care but also promote adherence to antiretroviral therapy. The paper looked at questioning as an important communication skill that can facilitate disclosure. This paper is based on a larger qualitative study that investigated the factors influencing disclosure of HIV-positive status to spouses among people living with HIV in Kirinyaga County in Kenya. Data was collected using semistructured In-Depth Interviews. The paper argued that questions play a crucial role in disclosure of a HIV-positive status in accessing information which would otherwise be unavailable about the HIV-positive status of their spouses and suggests incorporation of communication skills on questioning and disclosure at the comprehensive care Centre services.
Key Words: HIV disclosure, person living with HIV, questioning, spouses, psychological safety
Forces and Flaws in Flora Nwapa’s Efuru and Idu
Authors: Asiegbu Perp’ St. Remy 
Published: July 2020

Considering her unique position as the premier African woman to publish a novel in English, given, also, her relatively artistic delineation of the African woman’s experience at a time when there is a dearth of female voice on that topic; when works of the male authors generally denigrate women, Flora Nwapa receives a commendable level of attention from critics all over the world. While most of the critics appreciate her for drawing attention to the strength and challenges of the African woman, others fault her for the absence of literary dexterity in her narrative. But for some critics’ romance with Uhamiri, not enough attention, relatively, has been given to the intrinsic and extrinsic forces surrounding Nwapa as a writer and how she manages these forces in plot development. Thus, this paper addresses this concern through the analysis of her foremost works, Efuru andIdu. Certain oversights are, also, noted some of which result from her deliberate or unconscious attempt to handle the forces that influence her. This is to draw attention to a writer’s conscious or unconscious struggle with forces, natural or supernatural, and, also, point to certain flaws, in Nwapa’s narrative, for the advancement of scholarship. The choice of Nwapa and her first two novels derives from the need to approach a relatively new topic from the beginning.
Key Words: Forces, flaws, tradition, love, muse, influence.
Implications of Hegel’s Dialectical Evolution of the Spirit to the Problem of Shortcut Mentality in Nigeria
Authors: Anetoh Bonaventure Chike , Izuegbunam Hilary 
Published: July 2020

This article focused on Hegel’s dialectical evolution of the spirit and its implications to shortcut mentality in Nigeria. Hegel’s evolution of the spirit is a process of change and human development, which moves from the individual to the state and then to the absolute. This process identifies and represents the world’s civilization as a gradual realization of the absolute. The fundamental questions are: What actually is Hegel’s dialectical evolution of the spirit? What is shortcut mentality? Has Hegel’s dialectical evolution of the spirit any implication for shortcut mentality in Nigeria? This article argued and insisted that Hegel’s dialectical evolution of the spirit has remarkable implications for shortcut mentality in Nigeria. A critical look at Nigeria today simply portrays a country beset by shortcut mentality in her quest for civilization. This is evidenced in many contemporary issues menacing our country today. The issues of get rich quick syndrome, quick fixes, examination mal-practice, Ponzi schemes, betting sites, corrupt practices, utopian prosperity gospel etc. are easily noticeable in almost every part of Nigeria. All these ills which have led to the malfunctioning of the economic, religious, educational, agricultural, and administrative sectors of Nigeria, are certainly the offspring of shortcut mentality. This shortcut mentality presupposes people not following the right and gradual path of change and development. It entails abhorrence of labour as well as suffering. Hence, the researchers employed analytical and hermeneutical methods to explore the implications of Hegel’s dialectical evolution of the spirit to shortcut disorder in Nigeria. This article argued that application of Hegel’s dialectical evolution of the spirit contributes enormously in combating the problem of shortcut mentality in Nigeria. Hence, the researchers recommended creativity, mutual recognition as well as positive attitude to labour and suffering as solutions to the issue of shortcut mentality in Nigeria.
Key Words: Hegel, Spirit, Shortcut, Change and Nigeria
Roles of Perceived Locus of Causality, Social Distance and Gender on Willingness to Volunteer in Nigeria Local Community
Authors: Okafor Chiedozie Okechukwu , Njemanze Vivian Chizoma , Onyeneje Edwin C. 
Published: July 2020

The present study investigated potential enhancement factors in relation to volunteerism. Specifically, we examined how perceived locus of causality, social distance and gender may influence willingness to volunteer help for victims of road accident. The study was based on a controlled experiment among students of a university (N = 80). Hypotheses were tested simultaneously in a univariate analysis which showed non-significant influence of perceived locus of causality (H1, p > .05); significant influence of social distance (H2, p < .05); non-significant influence of gender (H3, p > .05); significant interaction of perceived locus of causality and gender (p < .01), and significant interaction of perceived locus of causality, social distance and gender on willingness to volunteer (H4, p < .01). That is, people were more willing to help when those in need are related to them. The present study contributes to theory within this research field which explain African disposition by showing that kinship and familiarity are significant predictors of willingness to provide help for victims of disaster. However, the researchers encourage all Nigerians to look beyond family ties and affiliations in providing help to people in need.
Key Words: Volunteerism; Social distance; Perceived locus of causality; Gender; Nigeria; Local culture
Application of Resource–Based Learning (RBL) in Nigerian Language Teaching and Learning: The Case of Ìgbò Language
Authors: Ikonne, Ugochi Happiness 
Published: July 2020

In this technological dispensation, foreign languages are already on board with ICT applications and advancement with different language courses online thereby encouraging independent study of these languages. Teaching and learning of Nigerian languages cannot be said to be at a comparable rank with these foreign languages in this respect. In view of the seemingly lack of interest in the Nigerian languages study ad usage, it is believed that the application of Resource-Based Learning in this scenario will rekindle interest as well as place Nigerian languages study in a comparable terrain with their foreign languages’ counterparts. This paper explored the possibility of applying Resource-Based Learning in the teaching and learning of Nigerian languages in this ICT dispensation. It is delimited to the application of RBL on the teaching/learning of Ìgbò grammar, culture and literature. Recommendations include creating of online Ìgbò grammar lessons, running audio/visual documentaries and cutting/burning into CDs, different cultural activities, different aspects of Ìgbò oral literature like, folksongs, folktales, ballads, anecdotes, lullabies, satires, getting learners to act out same etc. Text writers are encouraged to develop varieties of children’s literature and story books.
Key Words: Resource-based Learning, teaching, learning and Ìgbò language.
Brechtian Methodology in Wise’s The Sound of Music: Insights into Theatre in Education
Authors: Ejiofor Benjamin Asodionye , Mark Tekena Gasper 
Published: July 2020

Methods are problem solving devices for the benefit of education in society. When a method assumes regimental fixations, society suffers hackneyed bouts of limitation and contention necessitating flux. This paper examines issues of regimentalism as they affect society in Robert Wise’s The Sound of Music, and the staccato notes of change inevitably mobilizing a Brechtian methodological reading amplifying social change, in a Theatre in Education performance. Bertolt Brecht (1898-1965), accomplished German director, playwright and theorist, mobilized theatre for social change by setting up Marxist dialectics in pursuit of retrenchment of total empathy; giving free reign to critical consciousness in theatrical productions. This paper has investigated analytically, the representations of this Brechtian methodology in The Sound of Music with the manifest result that the experiment in the movie has produced a healthier and better organized society than the German regimental machine.
Key Words: Education, Theatre in Education, Brecht, Alienation Effect, Social Change, Family, Critical, Learning and Socialization
Emurobome Idolor and the Discourse of Nigerian Art Music: A 60th Birthday Celebration
Authors: Bolaji David 
Published: July 2020

This article focused on some of the contributions of Emurobome Idolor in the Nigerian music studies. His scholarly contributions cut across different areas of Art Music including Ethnomusicology, Music Composition, Conducting, African Music and Music education in Nigeria. This article identifies and acknowledges the ideological concept of Idolor’s Philosophy towards excellence. Also, this article justified and abstracted some musical attributes that he portrayed as a scholar in Nigerian Art music. Empirical method of research was used for this study, through the holistic overview of some of his scholarly publications and two of his art music compositions titled “Glory Hallelujah and Nigeria’ Otoro So Owan. Through abstractive analysis of these creative works, younger art composers will learn and acquire divers’ compositional techniques that can be used and adopted in promoting African indigenous music.
Key Words: Hard Work, Philosophical Perspective, Art Music and African Music