bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Assessment of the predictive capability of the biometric video analytics complex for improving the professional psychophysiological selection of candidates for military educational institutions
Authors: Dmitriev P. I. , Chermyanin S. V. , Roznova I. A. 
Published: August 2020

At the present stage of development of labor physiology, the issues of scientific substantiation of research methods for the professional suitability of candidates for military specialties and their new instrumentation remain relevant in connection with the increasing requirements of the profession to the psychophysiological capabilities and qualities of employees.The aim of study is to assess the predictive ability of the biometric video analytics system (for example, the “MIX-GT–19” complex) to determine the professional fitness of military personnel.The method of videoculographic recording of responses was used to examine young men aged 17–20 years, classified in different categories of professional aptitude, when answering questions from two types of express questionnaires (adaptation and deviant behavior).A classification of modern systems of biometric video analytics is proposed. The principles of their operation and functionality are described. The prognostic ability of the MIX-GT–19 complex was evaluated by identifying the correlation of its operation with the MLO “Adaptability” method of operation. The results of research conducted using the “MIX-GT–19” complex are presented. The prospects for its further development and application are described.The physiological efficiency of using hardware and software complex (HSC) based on eye-tracker technology for the purposes of professional selection by studying psychophysiological and behavioral responses is established.
Factors influencing knowledge levels among hypertensive patients receiving treatment at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital in Kumasi, Ghana: a cross-sectional study.
Authors: Nyantakyi Richardson Adjei , Perditer Okyere  , Edward Appiah Boateng  , Isaac Okyere  , Francis Adjei Osei  , Samuel Frimpong Odoom  , Frank Micah  , Joseph Attakorah  
Published: August 2020

Background
Basic knowledge about hypertension and its treatment can have a positive impact on high blood pressure control reducing cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. This study aimed at assessing the knowledge levels and to determine the factors that influenced knowledge levels among hypertensive patients receiving treatment at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) in Kumasi, Ghana.
Methods
A cross-sectional study was conducted at the outpatient hypertensive clinic of KATH between April and May 2019. Three hundred and ninety-seven (397) hypertensive patients aged 18 years and above who had been diagnosed with hypertension for at least six months and currently taking at least one antihypertensive drug completed a self-administered questionnaire. The questionnaire consisted of basic socio-demographic profile, patient-related information on hypertension and its treatment and knowledge on hypertension. The Hypertension Knowledge-Level Scale (HK-L) was used to determine the level of knowledge among patients receiving treatment at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH), Kumasi.
Results
Out of the 397 patients, 199 (50.1%) had high knowledge level on hypertension and its treatment. Binary logistic regression analysis was conducted for hypertension knowledge level. Respondents with a junior level of education, paid for their antihypertensive drugs by themselves, had asthma as a comorbidity and took non-prescribed drugs had a significant association with knowledge level on hypertension and its treatment.
Conclusion
Knowledge about hypertension in hypertensive patients is moderate and therefore much effort should be made in educating and involving them in the condition to help them gain control over the disease and improve adherence rates.
Some Antiviral Mushrooms of Nepal
Authors: Adhikari Mahesh Kumar 
Published: August 2020

The present paper is a review based on published articles to highlight some potential antiviral mushrooms, which are also found in Nepal. Nepalese mushrooms have not yet been analyzed and investigated so far for their antiviral properties except antioxidant and ACE-Inhibition sources of 62 Nepalese mushrooms as evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine. OphicordycepsSinensiswas screened for its chemical compound in Nepal
The published paper from abroad includes the species like Calvatia gigantia, Cordyceps militaris, Cortinarius caperatus, Fomes fomentarius, Ganoderma lucidum, Grifolafrondosa, HericiumErinaceus, Inonotushispidus, Inonotus obliquus, Lentinula edodes, Omphalotusilludens, Ophiocordyceps Sinensis, Phellinus Ignarius, Pleurotus citrinopileatus, Pleurotus eryngii. Pleurotus ostreatus, Polyporus Umbellatus, Russula Delica.Schizophyllum commune, Scleroderma citrinum, Tremella sp., and Trametes Versicolor are also found in the natural temperate (Schima – Castanopsis- Rhododendron – Quercus) forests of Kathmandu valley. This paper may provide the researchers with a glimpse of the aspects of the experiment and lead to investigate on medicinal, antiviral, and antibacterial properties of mushrooms found in Nepal.
Monitoring Antimicrobial Susceptibility in bacterial isolates causing Urinary Tract Infections in a Tertiary Hospital in Kathmandu
Authors: Singh Vivek Kumar , Chaudhary Mahesh Kumar , Banjara Megha Raj , Tuladhar Reshma 
Published: August 2020

Urinary tract infection is the most common infection in females worldwide. One in three women experiences at least one episode of urinary tract infection during their lifetime. The objective of this study was to determine the etiology and antimicrobial profile of urinary tract infection. A cross-sectional study was conducted at a tertiary care hospital in Nepal. Thirteen hundred clean catch mid-stream urine samples were tested through standard microbiological techniques. The isolates from urine samples were identified from biochemical tests. Antibiotic susceptibility testing was performed through the Kirby-Bauer disc diffusion technique following CLSI guidelines. The prevalence of urinary tract infection was found at 24.23%. Escherichia Coli was a predominant etiological agent followed by Staphylococcus aureus. The majority of the infection was found between the age group 21-40, with females mostly infected. Most of the microorganisms were isolated from emtergency, obstetrics-gynecology, and nephrology wards. Most of the isolates were resistant to ampicillin, whereas the majority of the gram-positive isolates were resistant to penicillin.A large number of isolates were found to be sensitive to Gentamycin and nitrofurantoin. Routine antimicrobial susceptibility testing of the isolates causing urinary tract infection is recommended to reduce antimicrobial resistance and for the proper treatment of infection.
URBAN PROPERTIES IN CONSTRUCTING THE FUNCTIONAL DEVELOPMENT REGIONS IN IRAQ
Authors: حافظ جواد حسين نهلة 
Published: August 2020

In spite of the efforts exerted in the previous studies in limiting the regions in Iraq, but these studies were specialized in limiting regions that were closer to the traditional geographical divisions, as the standard of harmony is one of the standards used in the regional division , also administrative divisions which are not useful in specific conditions to be as main component for limiting the developmental regions, as an issue which is to be considered, because these governorates vary in their administrative parts, and this is the problem of the study. Thus the hypothesis of the study was based on that the method followed in classifying and planning the functional regions map in Iraq, in the light of what the previous studies had stated, had depended on the standard of the topographic and social harmony, as a result it does not differ from the method which was followed in carrying out the process But the aim of the study was concerned with limiting the developmental regions in accordance with the characteristics mentioned above included the applied aspect of the study by adopting the standards of the
discriminative properties for the regions , which are amounting to (81) region, and which represent the urban properties, and to divide Iraq into four developmental regions, by using the factorial analysis pattern as one of the quantitative patterns in the analysis, then to find a group of the discriminative properties factors which each one of them is distinguished by and the benefit of these factors is clarified in the possibility of comparing the regions with each other, and finally the conclusions which stated the properties of each region, and its similarity with the other regions, which adds the feature of comparison among these factors, besides knowing the nature of the spatial gathering for the standards of the discriminative properties of regions, as the results of the matrix of the abstracted factors for the collection of urbanization properties, had shown the consolidation status and similarity in the urbanized properties in the southern region.
ЧИННИКИ, ЯКІ ВПЛИВАЮТЬ НА СМЕРТНІСТЬ ХВОРИХ НА СИСТЕМНИЙ ЧЕРВОНИЙ ВОВЧАК (ПРОСПЕКТИВНЕ ДОСЛІДЖЕННЯ)
Authors: Abrahamovych Ulyana , Abrahamovych Orest , Dutka Roman , Farmaha Marta , Guta Solomiia 
Published: August 2020

Вступ. Системний червоний вовчак супроводжується ураженням життєво важливих органів та систем і суттєво знижує тривалість життя хворих. Були спроби виокремити основні чинники, які погіршують прогноз хворих та збільшують ризик смерті, однак отримана інформація часто була фрагментарною, результатом аналізу лише поодиноких чинників, а деколи суперечливою.Мета дослідження. Виявити чинники, які впливають на смертність хворих на системний червоний вовчак.Матеріали й методи дослідження. У рандомізований спосіб із попередньою стратифікацією за наявністю системного червоного вовчака у проспективне дослідження залучено 294 хворих. Дослідження проводили у два етапи: перший етап, який складався з трьох послідовних кроків, де на першому кроці ми аналізували інформацію з паспорта хворих, на другому – наявність критеріїв ACR, а на третьому – наявність патогенетично асоційованих із СЧВ уражень органів, присвячений аналізу тих виокремлених на кожному кроці чинників, які впливають на виживання хворих на СЧВ; другий етап присвячений виявленню констеляцій ознак, які найбільш вагомо впливають на ризик смерті.Результати дослідження. Чинниками, що збільшують смертність хворих на СЧВ, є чоловіча стать, вік (молодші за 42,5 років), протеїн- та циліндрурія, судоми, лімфопенія, вовчаковий антикоагулянт, також наявність міокардиту, пневмоніту, автоімунного гепатиту, асептичного некрозу кісток та хронічного карієсу, проте найбільш вагомим є поєднання чоловічої статі, збільшеної маси тіла понад 92,5 кг та автоімунного гепатиту.
Prevalence Of Musculoskeletal Disorders In Patients Undergoing Haemodialysis in a Tertiary Care Hospital: A Cross-sectional study
Authors: Jayaprakash Sanjaitha , Anap Deepak B. 
Published: August 2020

Background: Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a significant public health problem. Dialysis is the mainstream method of treatment in these patients. This causes the patients to have a monotonous and restricted daily life, joint pain, limiting their activities after treatment onset. Hence this study was carried out to find the prevalence of common musculoskeletal disorders in patients undergoing haemodialysis in a tertiary care hospital.
Method: 50 participants undergoing dialysis in a tertiary care hospital under the age group of 18-70 years diagnosed with stage V CKD were included using convenient sampling. They were assessed using Nordic Questionnaire to locate the different areas of pain.
Result: The first group consisted of 41 participants who underwent dialysis from 2- 41 months. Body regions commonly affected in the last 7 days were low back 25(60.97%); neck 21(51.21%); shoulder 15(36.58%); elbow 14(34.14%) in the extremity with arteriovenous fistula; upper back 14(34.14%); hips/thighs, knees 9(21.95); wrist/hands 7(17.07%) in the extremity with arteriovenous fistula; ankle/feet 6(14.63%). The second group consisted of 9 participants who underwent dialysis from 42-84 months. Body regions commonly affected in the last 7 days were low back 8(88.88%); upper back 7(77.77%); hip/thigh 6(66.66%); neck, knee 5(55.55%); elbow 4(44.44%) in the extremity with arteriovenous fistula; shoulder, ankle/feet, wrist/hands 3(33.33%).
Conclusion: The study concluded that the highest prevalence of musculoskeletal disorders in the participants undergoing haemodialysis was low back pain (66%) followed by neck (52%), upper back (42%), shoulder (36%), elbow (36%), hips/thighs (30%), knees (28%), wrist/hands (20%) and ankle/feet pain (18%).
Evaluation of sweet taste sensitivity in type-II Diabetes Mellitus patients
Authors: Kumar Z. Naveen , Kumari B.N.S. Gowri 
Published: August 2020

Background: The objective is to evaluate the sweet taste sensitivity among type-II diabetes mellitus patients.
Methods: This is a cross sectional study consisted of 227 subjects (127 type-II Diabetic patients & 100 non diabetic individuals) of both the genders and age matched. Sweet taste sensitivity tests were done using different concentrations of glucose solution and compared among the diabetic patients with FBS more than 180mg/dl and diabetic patients with FBS less than 180mg/dl and also compared among the diabetic patients and non diabetic individuals. The final concentration at which patient was able to perceive the taste was recorded. statistical analysis was done using Student’s unpaired T test. P­values of < 0.05 were considered to be statistically significant.
Results: The mean of sweet taste sensitivity among diabetic patients with FBS >180 mg/dl was 6245 mg/l and the mean of sweet taste sensitivity in the diabetic patients with FBS <180 mg/dl was 2249mg/l with P<0.001 which is significant. The mean of sweet taste sensitivity among diabetic patients with FBS >180 mg/dl was 6245mg/l and the mean of sweet taste sensitivity in the non diabetic individuals was 1979mg/l with P<0.01 which is significant. the mean of sweet taste sensitivity among diabetic patients with FBS <180 mg/dl was 2249 mg/l and the mean of sweet taste sensitivity in the non diabetic individuals was 1979mg/l with P>0.05 which is not significant.
Conclusion: In our study it was concluded that type-II Diabetes Mellitus patients have lesser sensitivity for the sweet taste. Loss of sensitivity leads to the increase in sugar consumption being the risk factor for worsening the disease.
Inter and Intra-rater Reliability and Validity of an instrument made in rural set up to measure Maximum Inspiratory Pressure termed as Dhiraj Maximum Inspiratory Pressure Device
Authors: Rasal Sarvesh Vivekanand , Diwate Abhijit D. , Anap Deepak B. 
Published: August 2020

Background: Maximum Inspiratory Pressure (MIP) measures inspiratory force generated by respiratory muscles. MIP is measured with non-invasive pressure transducer device which has mouthpiece, pressure gauge, and dial showing readings. Respiratory muscle weakness is a common sign depicted in conditions like neuromuscular disorders, cardiovascular disease, and other respiratory pathologies which affect the individual’s lung volume and capacity. The devices available in the market to measure the MIP are costly.
Aim: This study was undertaken to find out inter-rater and intra-rater reliability and validity of therapist made instrument in rural set up to measure maximum inspiratory pressure (DMIPD).
Method: This cross-sectional study was carried out in 40 normal healthy individuals without lung diseases were recruited as per inclusion criteria. MIP values were noted by two raters using the DMIPD and were then compared between two rater values to that of the gold standard values. Validity and reliability were calculated using interclass correlation coefficients (ICC) and p-value.
Result: Statistical analysis for inter-rater reliability by Kappa using SPSS 1.000 showing almost perfect agreement as per Kappa interpretation also for intra-rater analysis an ICC value of 0.96 depicting excellent validity and Cronbach alpha value of 0.97 thereby proving it to have excellent reliability.
Conclusion: We conclude that DMIPD has excellent reliability and validity.
Bebidas prehispánicas y novohispánicas de cacao y maíz en la Chontalpa, Tabasco
Authors: Pérez-Flores Julián , Córdova-Ávalos Víctor , CHÁVEZ-GARCÍA ELSA , HERNÁNDEZ-MALDONADO EFRÉN , Córdova-Lázaro Cristobal Enrique , Córdova-Ávalos Antonio , Hinojosa-Cuéllar José Antonio 
Published: August 2020

Objetivo: Registrar las bebidas prehispánicas y novohispanas elaboradas a base de cacao y maíz, consumidas en la región de la Chontalpa, Tabasco.
Diseño/metodología/aproximación: El estudio fue realizado en comunidades rurales y urbanas de los municipios de Cunduacán, Cárdenas y Huimanguillo. Se realizó observación participativa en rituales al cacao y Día de Muertos, talleres y seis entrevistas semi-estructuradas. Se complementó con una revisión documental. La información se analizó con una matriz de importancia para determinar la preferencia de las bebidas reportadas y consumidas por la población.
Resultados: Se registraron 29 bebidas a base de cacao y/o maíz, 22 prehispánicas y 7 bebidas novohispánicas. De siete bebidas a base de maíz, dos son alcohólicas, consumidas en rituales. De 14 bebidas elaboradas a base de cacao y/o maíz, cinco incluyen miel, vainilla y achiote, y una bebida es solo de cacao tostado, reportada en la literatura como el chocolate amargo. Tres bebidas son a base de cascarilla de cacao (te de cacao) y mucilago de la mazorca de cacao (atole de chaqueta). Las bebidas mayormente preferidas por la población de Tabasco son: el pozol, el polvillo de cacao, el atole de maíz y de cacao, el atole de mujer, y el chocolate amargo.
Limitaciones del estudio/implicaciones: En los rituales sacralizados al cacao está prohibido grabar, tomar fotos y videos. Lo anterior limitó contar con evidencia de fotos y audios.
Hallazgos/conclusiones: De las 29 bebidas reportadas a base de cacao y/o maíz, el pozol y polvillo con cacao son las de mayor preferencia. La primera es una bebida pre-hispánica que combina el cacao y el maíz.
Panorama de la producción y comercialización de naranja en México
Authors: Rivera-Lopez Samuel , Perales-Salvador Arturo , Del Valle-Sanchez Manuel , Caamal-Cauich Ignacio 
Published: August 2020

Objetivo: analizar las variables de producción y comercialización de la naranja en el mercado mexicano.
Diseño/metodología/aproximación: se calculó la participación del mercado mexicano en el mercado mundial de naranja, la tasa de cambio de las variables de producción de este cítrico en México, la balanza comercial del cultivo en mención, el margen de comercialización productor-exportador, el consumo aparente nacional y per cápita, y el Índice de Ventaja Comparativa Revelada (IVCR).
Resultados: México posee alrededor del 8% de la superficie mundial cosechada de naranja y produce el 6% del volumen total de este cítrico. La tasa de variación de la superficie sembrada y cosechada de este cultivo fue negativa; el volumen de producción presentó una tasa positiva de 19.13%, atribuible al alza en el rendimiento promedio por hectárea. La balanza comercial de la naranja en México tuvo saldo positivo en la mayoría de los años analizados; en 2018, Estados Unidos de América (EUA) consumió el 91.33% de las exportaciones y proveyó el 100% de las importaciones mexicanas de dicho cítrico. El consumo aparente per cápita ha sido mayor a los 35 kg. El margen de comercialización del productor con respecto al precio de exportación fue de 24.57%, mientras que, con respecto al precio del consumidor final, en el mercado nacional, fue de 26.92%. El IVCR con respecto a los EUA ha sido positivo de 2014 a 2018.
Limitaciones del estudio/implicaciones: las bases de datos de los organismos internacionales presentan datos con retrasos de hasta dos años. No existe un repositorio de los márgenes de comercialización calculados mensualmente por el Servicio de Información Agroalimentaria y Pesquera (SIAP).
Hallazgos/conclusiones: los productores de naranja no son los principales beneficiarios del valor del comercio nacional e internacional de este fruto. El mercado mexicano presenta una ventaja competitiva en el mercado internacional de la naranja, el IVCR es positivo con respecto a EUA; sin embargo, el volumen de las exportaciones mexicanas es poco en comparación con la producción.
Crecimiento de plantas de Cedrela odorata L., Tabebuia chrysantha (Jacq.) G. Nicholson yTabebuia rosea (Bertol.) DC. con fertilización sintética y biológica
Authors: Vázquez-Luna Dinora , Mora Olivera Amairani , Cuevas Díaz María del Carmen , Retureta Aponte Alejandro , Lara Rodríguez Daniel Alejandro , Ávila Bello Carlos Héctor , Hernandez Romero Ángel Héctor 
Published: August 2020

Objetivo: El objetivo fue evaluar el crecimiento y la acumulación de biomasa en plántulas de Cedrela odorata, Tabebuia chrysantha (especie amenazada) y T. rosea, utilizando fertilizantes sintéticos y basados en microorganismos, así como su efecto rizosférico.
Diseño/metodología/enfoque: Se estableció un diseño completamente al azar con cuatro réplicas, evaluando tres tratamientos y un control a plántulas de tres especies forestales: T1, biofertilizante con micorrizas; T2, biofertilizante a base de Azospirillum sp.; T3, fertilizante de liberación lenta, usando de la semana uno a la cuatro la fórmula comercial de arranque 10-15-5, aplicando 50ppm/planta; mientras que la semana 10 a la 12, se utilizaron 100ppm/planta de Nitro® 30-0-0, con sus correspondientes controles. La variable de respuesta (crecimiento), se midió la altura cada diez días y se estimó la biomasa acumulada a las 12 semanas. Para finalizar se tomaron muestras de suelo rizosférico de cada tratamiento, por especie y se cultivaron Bacterias Fijadoras de Nitrógeno de Vida Libre (BFNVL) en agar rojo Congo.
Resultados: El biofertilizante con Azospirillum sp. fue el tratamiento que mejoró el crecimiento de las plántulas y la calidad microbiológica del suelo rizosférico de Cedrela odorata y Tabebuia rosea; mientras que con T. chrysantha, no se encontraron diferencias estadísticamente significativas entre los diferentes tipos de fertilización. El crecimiento de BFNVL fue favorecido por los biofertizantes.
Limitaciones del estudio/implicaciones: El estudio duró tres meses, por ello se sugiere analizar estas variables a largo plazo y su respuesta en campo.
Hallazgos/conclusiones: La biofertilización puede ser una alternativa para el crecimiento de especies forestales como Cedrela odorata y Tabebuia rosea.