bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
KNOWLEDGE AND ATTITUDE REGARDING EYE DONATION AMONG THE ADOLESCENTS : A CO-RELATIONAL STUDY
Authors: Chacko Heyke M. , Mathew Jasmine , Jose Jidiya , Dominic Jisha , T. Sachina B. , D. Babu 
Published: April 2020

Abstract:
Background: Vision is the most important sense because it allows interacting freely with the environment and enjoying the beauty of life. The eye is the window to the world and it is a sensitive, highly specialized sense organ subject to various disorders, many of which lead to impaired vision. Blindness is a lack or loss of ability to see; lack of perception of visual stimuli. The diseases of the cornea are one of the major causes of blindness in India for which the vision can be restored by eye donation. Eye sight is very important for human life. The World Health Organization (W.H.O) estimates that for every 5 seconds, someone goes blind. Globally 37 million people are blind and of these nearly 10 lakh blind people are willing for corneal transplantation. Well informed adolescents could be expected to influence eye donation rates.
Methods: Descriptive survey approach with co-relational design was used for the study. The aim of the study was to assess the knowledge and attitude regarding eye donation among the adolescents and to identify the relationship between them. The Structured knowledge questionnaire and Attitude scale on eye donation were used to collect the data. The data were collected by questionnaire method from 100 adolescents, who were selected using non-probability purposive sampling technique at Yenepoya pre- university college, Mangalore, India. Data collected from the subjects were analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics.
Results: The mean percentage of the knowledge scores among adolescents were 57%, the mean percentage of the attitude scores among adolescents were 70.5% and there was a positive correlation between knowledge and attitude among adolescents (r(98) = 0.201). Table value r(98) = 0.236, p&lt; 0.313).
Conclusion: The findings of the study showed that the adolescents had good knowledge and positive attitude towards eye donation and there was a positive co-relation between knowledge and attitude among adolescents.
EFFECTIVENESS OF JACOBSON'S PROGRESSIVE MUSCLE RELAXATION (JPMR) TECHNIQUE ON SOCIAL ANXIETY AMONG HIGH SCHOOL ADOLESCENTS IN A SELECTED SCHOOL OF UDUPI DISTRICT, KARNATAKA STATE
Authors: Joy Febu Elizabeth , Jose Tessy Treesa , Nayak Asha K. 
Published: April 2020

Abstract:
Problem: Epidemiologic studies show that social anxiety is among the most prevalent of all mental disorders and very less attention has been given to this area.
Methods: The purpose of this exploratory study was to identify the adolescents with social anxiety and teach the JPMR technique to those who would score high on social anxiety scale. The data were collected from 193 high school adolescents using Demographic Proforma, Social Anxiety Scale for Adolescent and Tool to Assess the Associated Factors of Social Anxiety. The JPMR technique was administered to the adolescents with moderate to severe social anxiety.
Findings: The study found that 52(27%) adolescents were having moderate social anxiety and there was significant association 2 (x2=15.297, p<0.05) between age of the adolescents and social anxiety. The significant related factors of social anxiety were parental strictness, parental conflict, teacher's strictness, peer rejection, troubled with appearance and being treated differently from siblings by parents. The Jacobson's Progressive Muscle Relaxation Technique was found to be effective (t =10.646, df= 39, p=0.001) in reducing the social anxiety.
Conclusion: Social anxiety is common among adolescents and many modifiable factors related to parents and teachers are associated with it. Appropriate interventions in an early time may help them to reduce it.
A CORRELATIONAL STUDY ON ACADEMIC STRESS AND SELF - EESTEEM AMONG HIGHER SECONDARY STUDENTS IN SELECTED SCHOOLS OF UDUPI DISTRICT
Authors: S. Nikitha , Jose Tessy Treesa , Valsaraj Blessy Prabha 
Published: April 2020

Abstract:This study identified the academic stress and self - esteem among higher secondary school students in selected private schools of Udupi district. It also found out the existing correlation between academic stress and self-esteem. Academic stress rating scale, constructed by the researcher and Rosenberg self-esteem scale were used for the data collection. Questionnaires were completed by 96 first year higher secondary students of science batch. Academic stress rating scale was a four point scale which includes 32 statements regarding examination stress, stress from peers, intrapersonal stress, study habit and time management. The study found that 80.20% students have moderate stress, 13.5% have mild stress and 6.2% have severe stress. Among the subjects 82.30% were having normal self - esteem and 6.2% were having low self- esteem. Significant but low negative relationship is found between academic stress and self-esteem.
ORAL PYOGENIC GRANULOMA: A CASE REPORT
Authors: Kejriwal Swati , Bhandary Rahul , Thomas Biju 
Published: April 2020

Abstract:Pyogenic granuloma is an inflammatory hyperplasia affecting the oral tissues. It is a tumour-like growth of the oral cavity, which usually arises in response to nonspecific infection. Because of the high frequency of pyogenic granuloma in the oral cavity, this case report describes a pyogenic granuloma in a 59-year-old male patient, discussing the clinical features and histopathologic features that distinguish this lesion from other similar oral mucosa lesions and also the successful management of the lesion.
SIMULTANEOUS BILATERAL ANTERIOR DISLOCATION OF THE SHOULDER WITH FRACTURES OF THE GREATER TUBEROSITY FOLLOWING TRAUMA- A CASE REPORT
Authors: Shetty Sanath Kumar , Mathias Lawrence J. , Rai H. Ravindranath , Babu P. Nirmal , R. Raj Sankar N. , C. Vinay Kumar 
Published: April 2020

Abstract:Simultaneous bilateral shoulder dislocations are usually posterior with anterior dislocations1 being rare and simultaneous anterior shoulder dislocations with fractures of the greater tuberosity5 being even more rare usually associated with trauma or seizures2,3 . Here we present a rare case of simultaneous bilateral anterior dislocation of the shoulder with fractures of the greater tuberosity following an unusual injury mechanism which was treated surgically.
EVALUATION OF RADIO PROTECTIVE EFFECT OF AVERRHOA CARAMBOLA LEAVES EXTRACT IN WISTAR RATS
Authors: Kumar Arunachalam , N. Suchetha Kumari , K. Kavitha , S. Rojin T. 
Published: April 2020

Abstract:The present study was designed to investigate the radio protective efficacy of ethanolic extract of leaves of the Averrhoa carambola by studying the following parameters: radioprotective effect before and after radiation, estimating the Total Antioxidant Status, haematological parameters, assessing the histopathology of liver and kidney. Extract was given orally at a dose of 450 mg/kg, orally for 15 days prior to and 15 days after radiation (2 Gy). The rats were kept under observation for 15 days for any sign of radiation sickness, morbidity, behavioural toxicity, urination and defecation pattern or mortality, which showed no changes. The haematological parameters showed a significant decrease in the irradiated rat when compared with the control group. Antioxidant activity revealed from the data obtained in the present study showed that A.carambola leaves ethanolic extract possess good antioxidant activity. Histopathological changes in the irradiated liver and kidney sections showed improved cellular architecture when compared to the normal. The present study suggests that supplementation with Averrhoa carambola has potent antioxidant activity and act as probable radioprotector against gamma radiation induced oxidative damage.
AN AWARENESS PROGRAM ON PREVENTION OF VAGINAL CANDIDIASIS AMONG PREGNANT WOMEN
Authors: Kamath Pratibha , Pais Maria , Nayak Malathi G. , D'souza Clara Pramila 
Published: April 2020

Abstract:
Introduction: Vaginal candidiasis common problem among pregnant women. According to Jumbo G.T.A et al., during pregnancy women who did not know Candidiasis as a disease were 94.1% and 83.6% of the respondents felt there was no compelling need for treatment while 86.3% did not consider the disease of any serious clinical significance1.
Objective: This study was conducted to find the effectiveness of an awareness programme on prevention of vaginal candidiasis among pregnant women in selected seven Rural Maternity Child Welfare centres (RMCW's) of Udupi district.
Materials and Method: Evaluative survey approach was used to find the effectiveness of awareness program. The sampling technique used was non probability convenient sampling. Total of 142 pregnant women those who visited antenatal clinics of RMCW's were selected. One group pre-test – post-test design was used to assess the knowledge by administering a structured knowledge questionnaire, followed by awareness program. On seventh day post-test was conducted using same questionnaire to evaluate the knowledge of the subject.
Result: Majority of the pregnant women (89.2%) had poor knowledge in pre-test whereas 95.8% of them acquired a good knowledge in post-test.
Conclusion: Health professionals caring for pregnant women should find out about symptoms of vaginal candidiasis and they can give them knowledge and make aware, which may help them in improving their health by adopting preventive measures and help them to avoid the complications.
VARIATION IN HAEMOGLOBIN LEVELS DURING MENSTRUAL CYCLE
Authors: Kotwaney Surbhi , Shetty Pushparaja 
Published: April 2020

Abstract:
Context: A cyclic event occurs in women of reproductive age, called as menstrual cycle. During this, variation in levels of steroid sex hormones occurs that influences various organs of humans including haematopoiesis.
Aim: Assess the variation in levels of haemoglobin during the follicular and luteal phases of menstrual cycle.
Materials and Methods: Fifteen women were a part of this study. Heparinized whole blood samples were drawn during the follicular and luteal phases, and levels of haemoglobin recorded using colorimetric method. The data was subjected to statistical analysis.
Statistical analysis: Student t-test was used to analyse the values of haemoglobin levels obtained.
Conclusion: Statistically significant variation occurs in the levels of haemoglobin between the follicular and luteal phases of menstrual cycle.
FRIEDREICH ATAXIA – A CASE REPORT
Authors: V. Deepthi R. , Pavanam Seema , Shenoy Vijaya , Joshi Siddarth S. 
Published: April 2020

Abstract:Friedreich ataxia is an autosomal recessive disorder, due to expansion of trinucleotide repeat in Frataxin gene which presents with ataxic gait, absent tendon reflexes, extensor plantar response and positive Romberg test. We present a child who came with complaints of progressive ataxia of gait since the age of 10 years and was diagnosed to have Friedreich ataxia. They have associated cardiomyopathy and endocrine abnormality like diabetes and hypothyroidism.
A RARE CASE OF CYANOSIS AND CLUBBING –LIVER INDUCED VASCULAR DISORDER OF LUNG
Authors: Krishna Pothukuchi Venkata , Manne Manasa , Chepuri Venkata Ravikumar 
Published: April 2020

Abstract:The hepatopulmonary syndrome (HPS) is under recognized complication of chronic liver disease. Hepatopulmonary syndrome has three components: liver disease, pulmonary vascular dilatation, and a defect in oxygenation. If hypoxemia and dyspnea develop in these patients in the absence of known intrinsic cardiopulmonary disorder, the hepatopulmonary syndrome must be considered. Clinical features include digital clubbing, cyanosis, spider neavi. It is a rare complication of liver disease of varied etiology and indicates a poor prognosis. We are reporting a case of severe clubbing of fingers associated with severe cyanosis and chronic liver disorder in a very young girl to highlight that other causes also should be thought of in addition to cyanotic congenital heart disease in such a young age.
Lymphoplasmacyte-Rich Meningioma of the Third Ventricle: Case Report
Authors: Ferreira Marcelo Paglioli , Cambruzzi Eduardo , Martins Otávio Garcia , Gago Guilherme , Vial Antônio Delacy Martini 
Published: April 2020

Abstract
Introduction Meningiomas are the most common primary intracranial tumors, accounting for up to 35% of the neoplasms in this category. Approximately 10–20% of these neoplasms are histologically atypical, and the lymphoplasmacyte-rich meningioma (LPM) corresponds to a very rare subtype of meningioma that is characterized histopathologically by massive infiltrates of inflammatory cells. The case described in the present study is the sixth case of an intraventricular LPM found in the literature and the first case considering the location in the third ventricle.
Case Description A 21-year-old male without previous comorbidities sought medical attention due to visual impairment (complaining of intermittent visual blur) for 2 months. A magnetic resonance imaging of the brain confirmed the presence of a well-delimited solid mass in the third ventricle of 3.0 × 2.3 cm with a cystic component that extended itself inferiorly and distorted the visual pathway anatomy. Neurosurgeons decided to access the lesion using an interhemispheric transcallosal approach with a transforaminal access, and the lesion was resected completely. The patient has an ambulatorial endocrinological follow-up and is neurologically stable 6 months after the procedure. No new visual deficits were noted.
Conclusion Lymphoplasmacyte-rich meningioma is a very rare intracranial tumor, and the involvement of the third ventricle make this case unique
Modelo Predictivo de la No Unión de Tibia
Authors: Zamorano Álvaro Igor , Albarrán Carlos Felipe , Zecchetto Pierluca , Oyarzún Andrés Sebastián , Ramirez Luis Felipe , Durán Gabriel Ignacio , Vaccia Matías Alejandro , Bahamonde Luis Alberto 
Published: April 2020

Resumen
Objetivos Estimar un modelo predictivo para la no-unión en pacientes que presentan fractura de tibia.
Materiales y Métodos Estudio de cohorte retrospectivo, en pacientes con fractura de tibia operadas entre 2012 y 2018, con un mínimo de 12 meses de seguimiento, excluyendo amputaciones traumáticas. Realizamos un modelo de regresión logística con 13 variables descritas en la literatura. Se descartaron las variables estadísticamente no significativas y las que no causaban efecto de confusión. Se evaluó la bondad de ajuste mediante el test de Hosmer-Lemeshow y la discriminación del modelo con la curva ROC.
Resultados Se incluyeron 411 fracturas de tibia, las variables estadísticamente significativas fueron: exposición ósea OR = 2,57(IC:1,15–5,75, p = 0,022), diabetes OR = 3,29(IC:1,37–7,91, p = 0,008) y uso de tutor externo OR = 1,77(IC:0,81–3,85), el que tuvo efecto de confusión. La bondad de ajuste demostró que los datos se ajustan adecuadamente al modelo (p = 0,35). La curva ROC demuestra un 70,91% de poder discriminatorio. Al evaluar aisladamente las fracturas expuestas, no hubo asociación estadísticamente significativa con ninguna variable.
Discusión Al evaluar el modelo, obtuvimos una asociación estadísticamente significativa entre: no unión, exposición ósea, diabetes y uso de tutor externo, información concordante con la literatura. Al estudiar el subgrupo de fracturas expuestas, las demás variables son estadísticamente no significativas. Eso refleja que la exposición ósea es la variable que confiere mayor riesgo. El seguimiento adecuado de esos pacientes es fundamental dado este alto riesgo de evolucionar con no-unión.
Conclusión En nuestra serie, la exposición ósea es el factor de riesgo más importante para presentar no unión de tibia.
On the group of spheromorphisms of a homogeneous non-locally finite tree
Authors: Neretin Yu. A. 
Published: April 2020

Abstract
We consider a tree

all whose vertices have countable valency.	Its boundary is the Baire space

and the set of irrational numbers

is identified with

by continued fraction expansions. Removing

edges from

, we get a forest consisting of copies of

. A spheromorphism (or hierarchomorphism) of

is an isomorphism of two such subforests regarded as a transformation of

or

. We denote the group of all spheromorphisms by

. We show that the correspondence

sends the Thompson group	realized by piecewise

-transformations to a subgroup of

. We construct some unitary representations of

, show that the group

of automorphisms is spherical in

and describe the train (enveloping category)	of

.
On the uniform approximation of functions of bounded variation by Lagrange interpolation polynomials with a matrix

of Jacobi nodes
Authors: Trynin A. Yu. 
Published: April 2020

Abstract
Let sequences

,

satisfy the relations

,

,

,

as

, and let

and

. We redefine the function

as

on the interval

by polygonal arcs in such a way that the function remains continuous and vanishes on a neighbourhood of the ends of the interval. Also let the function

and the pair of sequences

,

be connected by the equiconvergence condition. Then for the classical Lagrange–Jacobi interpolation processes

to approximate

uniformly with respect to

on

it is sufficient that

have bounded variation

on

. In particular, if the sequences

and

are bounded, then for the classical Lagrange–Jacobi interpolation processes

to approximate

uniformly with respect to

on

it is sufficient that the variation of

be bounded on

,

.
Solenoidal attractors of diffeomorphisms of annular sets
Authors: Glyzin S. D. , Kolesov A. Yu. , Rozov N. Kh. 
Published: April 2020

Abstract
An arbitrary diffeomorphism

of an annular set of the form

is considered, where

is a ball in a Banach space and

is a (finite- or infinite-dimensional) torus. A system of effective sufficient conditions is proposed which ensure that

has a global attractor

that can be represented as a generalized solenoid, that is, the inverse limit

, where

is an expanding linear endomorphism of the torus

. Furthermore, the restriction

is topologically conjugate to a shift map of the solenoid.
Bibliography: 25 titles.
Nation and race in the twentieth century scientific discourse on
Viking Age runestones
Authors: Holmberg Per 
Published: April 2020

Abstract
The boom for researching runestone inscriptions in the
early twentieth century coincided with a renewed romantic and often
nationalistic interest in the Viking Age. This study investigates
how a passage of the most famous runestone inscription, the Rök
Runestone, was interpreted as a reference to the Ostrogoth emperor
Theodoric the Great. It focuses on the work of two linguists, Otto
Höfler (1901–1987) and Elias Wessén (1889–1981), who engaged in a
three-decade-long debate on this issue. The analysis unfolds a
discursive tension between race and nation in the legitimisation of
the supposed Gothic connection.
Processes of destandardization and demotization in the micro-macro perspective
Authors: Dovalil Vít 
Published: April 2020

Abstract
The fact that the processes of language standardization can be interpreted in terms of language management has been well known for decades. However, this kind of language change should not be taken for a one-way process, because there is clear evidence of opposite processes in which the degree of standardization decreases. Some of these processes are called destandardization, others demotization (Auer & Spiekermann, 2011; Kristiansen & Coupland, 2011; Mattheier, 1997). This paper seeks to explore the differences between these concepts and to operationalize them for empirical research. To achieve these goals, it refers to different kinds of expectations, the phases of the language management process and micro-macro-perspectives, which are a part of language management theory (Nekvapil & Sherman, 2015; Fairbrother, Nekvapil & Sloboda, 2018).
Experimental study and numerical estimation of moisture effect on charge transport in polymer nanocomposites
Authors: Qiang Dayuan , Wang Xinyu , Wang Yan , Andritsch Thomas , Chen George 
Published: April 2020

Abstract
Polymer nanocomposites as dielectrics have attracted a wide range of research interests due to their improved performance. One of the observed characteristics of polymer nanocomposites is the suppression on space charge injection and accumulation and the charge transport mechanism behind is also investigated based on thermally activated hopping (TAH) and quantum mechanical tunnelling (QMT) mechanisms. However, there still lacks research on the effect of moisture on charge transport characteristics and its relationship with experimental results. We herein proposed a method to re-virtualize the distribution of nanoparticles/their aggregates based on the multidimensional scaling method in the first step, and a simple numerical method is further following to estimate the contribution of TAH and QMT conductivities to the experimental ones. The results, firstly, indicate the presence of moisture could lead to significant charge injections, and for different relative humidity conditions, due to their diverse water shell thickness, the separation distances of nanoparticles where deep/shallow traps locate show an obvious reduction and consequently vary the contribution of TAH and QMT conductivities in the measured ones. Second, the TAH mechanism plays the main role in charge transport/conduction, especially under lower RH conditions, while the obvious increment of QMT conduction is attributed to the reduced trap distances caused by thicker conductive water shells and support the existence of deep traps. Besides, the proposed model could be potentially extended to other research topics on electrical properties of polymer nanocomposites, such as particle size, dispersion/distribution status and filler loading concentrations which can be reflected and explained via the variation of nanoparticle surface/trap site distances.
Neutron scattering study of the orientational disorder and phase transitions in barium carbonate
Authors: Cai Guanqun , Phillips Anthony E , Tucker Matthew G , Dove Martin T 
Published: April 2020

Abstract
Orientational disorder of the molecular

C
O

3

2
−

anions in BaCO3, which occurs naturally as the mineral witherite, has been studied using a combination of neutron total scattering analysed by the reverse Monte Carlo method and molecular dynamics simulations. The primary focus is on the phase transition to the cubic phase, which assumes a rocksalt structure (Strukturbericht type B1) with highly disordered orientations consistent with the mismatch between the site (

m

3

¯

m

) and molecular (3/m) symmetries. Both experiment and simulation show a high degree of disorder, with the C–O bond orientation distribution never exceeding 25% variation from that of a completely uniform distribution, although there are differences between the two methods regarding the nature of these variations. Molecular dynamics simulations are also reported for the analogous phase transitions in the very important mineral calcite, CaCO3. The combination of the simulations and comparison with BaCO3 shows that the properties of calcite at all temperatures within its stability field are affected mostly by the onset of orientational disorder associated with the high-temperature cubic phase, even though this lies outside the stability field of calcite. This is a new understanding of calcite, which previously had been interpreted purely in terms of the phase transition to an intermediate partially-disordered phase. Finally, we also found that witherite itself appears to support the development of orientational disorder on heating, with the simulations showing a sequence of phase transitions that explain the much larger thermal expansion of one axis.