bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Knowledge, attitude and practice regarding COVID-19 among healthcare workers in Chitwan, Nepal
Authors: Nepal Richa , Sapkota Kalyan , Paudel Pramod , Adhikari Bhojraj , Adhikari Kalidas , Sapkota Kiran , Nepal Rhishikesh , Adhikari Bishow Nath , Paudyal Nabin 
Published: October 2020

Background: The cases of Coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) has been gradually increasing in Nepal. The objective of this study was to evaluate knowledge, attitude and practice regarding COVID-19 among healthcare workers in Chitwan, one of the districts located in central Nepal.
Methods: It was a descriptive, cross-sectional study, conducted among healthcare workers from differ­ent health institutions of Chitwan, over the span of two weeks from 1st April, 2020 till 14th April, 2020. Bivariate analyses of knowledge, attitude and practice scores were done with different variables using appropriate tests in SPSS IBM version 25.
Results: Out of 353 responses, 166 (47%) were nurses, 102 (28.9%) were doctors, 41 (11.6%) were health assistants, 7 (2%) were community medical assistants, and the remaining 37 (10.5%) were cat­egorized as others. 290 (82.2%) healthcare workers obtained moderate to good knowledge scores, 295 (83.6%) obtained moderate to good practice scores, and 321 (90.9%) had positive attitude scores. Doctors had highest mean knowledge scores (23.70 ± 4.48, p value- 0.000) and health assistants had highest mean practice scores (15.10±3.61, p value- 0.007). Positive correlation was obtained between knowledge and practice scores (r= 0.476, p value- 0.000); and attitude and practice scores (r= 0.238, p value- 0.000). Only 20.4% healthcare workers were confident to handle the pandemic in their health­care setup.
Conclusions: The majority of healthcare workers had moderate to good knowledge and practice scores and had a positive attitude toward COVID-19. There was a significant association between knowledge, attitude and practice scores obtained by healthcare workers from Nepal.
Do they understand more? Turkish EFL speakers perception of sentence stress in English
Authors: Buczek-Zawiła Anita 
Published: October 2020

As one of the most prominent elements of intonation sentence stress frequently contributes to the meaning expressed by speakers. It most typically signals details of an utterance information structure, but it also performs a contrastive or emphasizing function, thus expressing focus in the spoken discourse. In English and many other languages its location, while exhibiting certain regularities it additionally determined by extra relevant or relative information. As such, either alone or in combination, it may communicate certain additional shades of meaning that, similarly to the contribution of sentence intonation, may escape the attention of EFL speakers.
The paper explores the comprehension sensitivity of Turkish speakers of English when it comes to identifying meaning details contributed by sentence stress. It investigates their awareness as detected through perception of variable sentence stress location. The target group are Turkish advanced speakers of English, with various levels of competence, and only sporadic phonetic training in English for part of them. In a perception-based experiment they were asked to identify the details they perceive. Their results were then compared and analysed, also in relation to what their native language (with a distinction into sentential and focal stress) adds in terms of this module of utterance intonation. Finally, their results were correlated with those achieved by Polish advanced speakers of English as investigated in a similar study conducted earlier. The interpretation of the results reveals that Turkish EFL speakers are more sensitive to the highlighting or contrastive function of sentence stress, achieving overall better result here than when they are to judge its contribution to notion such as politeness or impatience. They are also rather competent at detecting the prominent element in an utterance.
Verbal prefixation and realizations of antipassive alternations in Polish
Authors: Mroczyńska Katarzyna 
Published: October 2020

Various works on transitivity suggest that aspectual notions may constitute semantic determinants of argument realization. Observations included in these works prompted theories implying that argument realization may be aspectually driven. Following this line of thought, this article presents the results of corpus-based studies on antipassive structure in the Polish language and makes an attempt at confirming the fact that aspectual notion may determine argument realization.
The article consists of three main sections. The first one focuses on notions of aspect and various aspectual propositions distinguished in the literature on the subject, regarding the Polish language in particular. The second section, illustrated with examples extracted from the National Corpus of Polish (NKJP) and the corpus of Wielki Słownik Języka Polskiego (KWSJP), gives an overview of Polish perfectivizing verbal prefixes, i.e. a roz‑, na-, o-/ob- and u-prefix, and deals with the effect they may have on sentence structure and semantics. It also shows how the prefixed verbs combine with the marker się, which flags antipassive, i.e. is a recurring marker attested in antipassive constructions in the Polish language. In section three, an attempt is made at analyzing the interrelations between aspect and antipassive reading of a structure. As it seems that a perfective prefix used with a verb imposes certain requirements on the argument structure of the verb it combines with, we also offer a possible explanation to different aspectual requirements of verbs occurring in antipassive structures, assuming that projections coded in a verb may play a role here.
Pola Penggunaan Media Sosial Whatsapp Dalam Pemenuhan Informasi Mahasiswa Universitas Terbuka Mataram
Authors: Prihandoyo Windi Baskoro , Sudarwo Raden , Suryani Nining 
Published: October 2020

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengidentifikasi dan menganalisis pola penggunaan media sosial WhatsApp dalam pemenuhan informasi mahasiswa Universitas Terbuka Mataram. Metode yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini adalah survei korelasional deskriptif. Hasil penelitian ini adalah: 1. Frekuensi dan waktu yang digunakan oleh responden dalam mencari informasi di komunitas WhatsApp tergolong tinggi. Jenis informasi yang paling banyak dicari oleh responden adalah tutorial dan nilai. Faktor kepemilikan TIK dan motif mencari informasi memiliki hubungan yang sangat nyata dengan pola penggunaan komunitas WhatsApp, sedangkan faktor jenis kelamin, umur, pekerjaan dan informasi yang paling banyak dicari tidak memiliki hubungan yang nyata. 2. Tingkat pemenuhan kebutuhan informasi mahasiswa melalui komunitas WhatsApp tergolong tinggi. Faktor pola penggunaan komunitas WhatsApp seperti jumlah hari kunjungan, jumlah kunjungan, dan jumlah waktu kuncungan memiliki hubungan yang sangat nyata dengan tingkat pemenuhan informasi mahasiswa.This study aims to identify and analyze pattern of the use of WhatsApp social media in fulfilling information of students of Mataram Open University. The method used in this research is a descriptive correlational survey. The results in this study: 1. The frequency and time spent by respondents in finding information in the WhatsApp community is high. The types of information most sought by respondents were tutorials and grades. ICT ownership factors and information seeking motives have a very real relationship with WhatsApp community usage patterns, while the sexes, age, occupations and information that are most sought after do not have a real relationship. 2. The level of fulfillment of student information needs through the WhatsApp community is high. Factor patterns of use of the WhatsApp community such as the number of visit days, the number of visits, and the amount of time the kuncungan has a very real relationship with the level of student information fulfillment.
The Successful Treatment of High Lethal Dose ‎Paraquat Poisoning With Hemoperfusion
Authors: Banagozar Mohammadi‎ Ali , Zaare Nahandi‎ Maryam , Mohammadian Soraya 
Published: October 2020

Paraquat (PQ), as an herbicide, is mostly used by farmers, especially in the north-west of Iran. Easy access to PQ is the reason for PQ intoxication in farm­ers. However, poisoning with PQ is rare. Most of the PQ-poisoned patients ingest it deliberately and following a suicidal attempt. PQ poisoning treatment has a poor outcome; only a small dose of slightly more than 10 mL PQ could be harmful and damage lungs forever. Under the conditions of no specific clinical feature, proper history, and diagnostic test, diagnosis is usually difficult. The ingestion of PQ in toxic doses could be fatal, destroying the lungs, kidney, heart, gastrointestinal tract, liver, and other organs. To remove PQ from the blood and intoxicants, one of the best recommendations is Hemo­perfusion (HP), as an extracorporeal method. In this case report, according to our treatments, early management of high lethal dose PQ poisoning, especially with HP could reduce the morbidity and mortality rates.
Examining Metabolic Profiles in Opioid-‎Dependent Patients ‎
Authors: Molavi Nader , Ghaderi Amir , Banafshe Hamid Reza 
Published: October 2020

Background: Drug abuse is a social burden and a public health disorder. Previous evidence suggested numerous illicit substances (e.g., opioids, amphetamines, cocaine, & cannabis) affect immune system functions, oxidative stress mechanisms, inflammatory cytokines, and reactive oxygen species production.
This study aimed to determine the extent of these metabolic parameters in opioid-dependent patients. We also compared these patients with a healthy control group.
Methods: This study was conducted in Amirie Clinic, Kashan, Iran. Plasma and serum samples from 50 illicit opioid users (study group) and 50 non-opioid users (control group) were studied. Metabolic levels for MDA, NO, TAC, GSH, Insulin, HOMA-IR, and hs-CRP were assessed in both research groups (N=100).
Results: There was a significant difference in the status of MDA (P=0.003), NO (P=0.01), TAC (P=0.003), GSH (P=0.001), insulin (P=0.04), HOMA-IR (P=0.02), and hs-CRP (P=0.001) between the study and control groups. Furthermore, there was a significant correlation among the duration of illicit opioid use and MDA concentrations (r=-0.424, P=0.002), as well as TAC levels (r=0.314, P=0.02).
Conclusion: The study results suggested metabolic profiles were impaired in the study group, compared to the controls.
The Anti-Inflammatory and Antioxidant Activity of Aspirin in Septic ‎Animal Models
Authors: Yaghmori Fariba , Hajihosseini Reza , Kassaee Seyed Mehrdad , Seifizarei Bahram 
Published: October 2020

Background: Sepsis is a systemic body reaction to invasive microorganisms, such as bacteria and fungi. Furthermore, it is one of the top ten main causes of death among all patients admitted to the hospital. Multiple potential drug therapies have been investigated in this area; however, an effective pharmacotherapy for sepsis remains undiscovered. Therefore, we explored the effect of Aspirin or Acetylsalicylic Acid (ASA) on the treatment outcomes and reduction of sepsis complications concerning the parameters involved in the oxidative damage of liver tissue. To perform an in vivo experiment, an experimental inflammatory model Cecal Ligation and Puncture (CLP) was performed in rats.
Methods: The investigated rats were divided into 4 groups (n=40), as follows: 1. controls, 2. Laparotomy (LAP) group ,­ 3. CLP group, and 4. the treatment group with aspirin 2 mg/kg bw for 48 h after CLP induction. Then, the explored rats were anesthetized and blood samples were collected from their hearts. Next, the animals were sacrificed and the liver tissue was separated for histopathologic and biochemical studies.
Results: The obtained data suggested that the treatment of animals with aspirin was effective in adjusting the antioxidant and inflammatory parameters. Pathological studies also indicated that sepsis led to injuries in the liver tissues, which could be improved by interventions.
Conclusion: In conclusion, sepsis caused oxidative damage in the liver tissue, and using aspirin was effective in preventing and improving these injuries.
Healing Rates of Venous Leg Ulcer Using Four Layer Bandage and Short Stretch Bandage- A Comparative Study in Aspect of Bangladesh
Authors: Hasan Rakibul , Khan Md Saif Ullah , Mahmud Mainul , Saha Samaresh Chandra , Bhowmick Sourav 
Published: October 2020

Background: Chronic venous leg ulcer is one of the common medical conditions encounter by the vascular surgeons in Bangladesh. Many of these patients develop venous leg ulcer as a sequel of the disease. In advance chronic venous disease such as development of ulcer, single or multilayer dressings are usually used.
Objective: To find out a compression therapy (single layer crepe/short stretch bandage and multilayer/four layer bandage) in patients with venous leg ulcer. Materiel & Methods: This study was conducted on 200 patients with in last two years, march 2017 to february 2019 at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU), Department of vascular surgery. In which 100 patients with venous leg ulcer where treated with four layer bandage and another 100 patients with same condition were treated with single layer crepe bandage. Before application of bandage, proper history of patient was taken and duplex scan was done. The primary outcome was measured by time duration of ulcer healing. Secondary outcome included incidence and number of adverse events in every patient. Results: Healing time of venous ulcers was accessed with periodic interval. The four layer bandage was associated with significantly shorter time of healing. P value reached from unpaired t-test. Primary outcome shows 68% of patients who received four layer bandages achieved healing within one month. On the other hand, 12% of patients who received single layer/crepe bandage did so.
Conclusion: Four layer bandages heals venous leg ulcer more rapidly than the single layer crape bandage. These data suggest that the benefits observed the consistent despite prognosis is different. Patients with large ulcers have poor healing prognosis regardless of its treatment modalities.
University Heart Journal Vol. 16, No. 2, Jul 2020; 78-85
Lifestyle Modification in Cardiac Patient in COVID 19 Pandemic Time
Authors: Joarder Ariful Islam , Akand AKM Imtiaz , Ahmed Sharmin , Islam Md Azharul , Mahabub SM Ear E , Adhikary Dipal Krishna , Haque Md Mostashirul , Mandal Mohammed Rayhan Masum , Khaled Md Fakhrul Islam , Hossain Shah Md Zakir , Hoque Md Harisul 
Published: October 2020

Abstract not available
University Heart Journal Vol. 16, No. 2, Jul 2020; 111-114
EXPERIENCE OF APPLICATION OF ELEMENTS OF INFORMATION MODELING TECHNOLOGY
Authors: Manukovskiy Andrey , Kurdyukov D. , Korotkov V. 
Published: October 2020

This article describes the experience of using elements of information modeling technology. Where the process of forming the information model was controlled by representatives of the Customer service in an organized environment of common data on the Internet server of the design organization. Also in this paper, a description is given of the application of elements of information modeling technology during the Customer’s verification, and the deadlines for completing the work are given, which at the end of the experiment gave a significant increase in productivity. The content of the article contains a description of an effective method of interaction of all participants at the design, construction and operation stages and continues to find application in existing projects, while not reducing the productivity time.
Research in the article, in the case of joint work using elements of information modeling technology, leads to a certain experience, from which it can be concluded that the introduction of information modeling technology in the road industry is expected not only to improve the quality of the project, but also becomes more effective interaction of all participants at the design, construction and operation stage. The content of the article gives an idea that in fact, the information model of the project is an analog of a paper project. Also, the article discusses the issue of reducing the time of production of design works and works on making changes to the project documentation. This article will be useful for design specialists at the development stage, as well as the working stage.
COMBINED ELECTRICITY SYSTEM FOR FORESTRY MACHINES
Authors: Novikov Aleksey , Khripchenko M. , Kaschennko V. 
Published: October 2020

The work proposes an improved combined power supply system for forest transport machines, consisting of a small-power electromagnetic generator and a thermoelectric generator, which will increase the efficiency and environmental friendliness of the machines used in the forest complex. The global and domestic modern scientific potential is tuned to solve an urgent problem, namely: the use of new technologies to obtain nanomaterials. The result of the use of new materials is the development and implementation of highly efficient energy-saving systems [1].
When designing modern forest transport machines, elements of modern electronics, energy, communication systems, heating and air conditioning are widely used, where polymer materials (PM) are widely used. Especially often they are used in the form of gaskets, films, coatings and adhesive layers. Harsh operating conditions for timber transport quite often require the use of PM products with special properties (increased thermal conductivity) while maintaining mechanical characteristics [2].
As you know, environmental requirements for vehicles of any kind are increasing every year. One of the ways to improve environmental friendliness is to increase profitability, and this is possible with the modernization of forest transport machines, in particular, through the use of energy-saving technologies, which undoubtedly include the use of a thermoelectric generator as a power source for the onboard network of a forest transport machine.
Formação continuada em neurociência: percepções de professores da educação básica
Authors: Lima Karine Ramires , Lopes Luiza Freitas , Marks Náthaly , Franco Ronan Moura , Mello Elena Maria Billig , Mello-Carpes Pâmela B 
Published: October 2020

O conhecimento básico sobre a neurociência é importante em diversos aspectos da vida, já que permite o entendimento de processos neurais presentes em nosso dia a dia, como a cognição e a aprendizagem. Para o professor, principal mediador da construção do conhecimento na sala de aula, o conhecimento desta temática é importante para facilitar sua prática pedagógica, já que a neurociência contribui para a compreensão dos processos cognitivos e das individualidades de cada aluno. O objetivo deste estudo é relatar a percepção e o conhecimento de professores da Educação Básica do município de Uruguaiana/RS acerca da neurociência e sua importância para a educação, antes e após a realização da oitava edição do curso de formação continuada intitulado “Curso de Neurociência Aplicada à Educação”. No total, vinte e oito (28) professores participaram do curso, que abordou diferentes temas: neurociência e educação, neuroanatomia, neurofisiologia, neurobiologia da aprendizagem e memória, fatores que interferem na aprendizagem e inovação pedagógica. De acordo com a percepção dos professores, o curso ministrado foi de fundamental importância para a aquisição de novos conhecimentos sobre a neurociência, e todos concordaram que os conceitos abordados podem ser aplicados para melhorar sua prática pedagógica e seu ambiente de ensino.
Palavras-chave: Aprendizagem; Ensino; Cérebro; Professor

Continuing training in neuroscience: perceptions of basic education teachers
Abstract: Basic neuroscience knowledge is important in all aspects of life, as it allows the understanding of neural processes present in our daily lives, such as cognition and learning. For the teacher, the central mediator of knowledge in the classroom, it is essential to understand this theme since it can facilitate his pedagogical practice since neuroscience teaches to understand the student through their individualities. This study aims to report the perception and knowledge of primary education teachers in Uruguaiana, Rio Grande do Sul state, Brazil, about neuroscience, before and after the eighth edition of the continuing education course entitled "Course of Neuroscience Applied to Education." In total, twenty-eight (28) teachers participated in the course, divided into two modules that addressed different themes: neuroscience and education, neuroanatomy, neurophysiology, the neurobiology of learning and memory, factors that interfere in learning, and pedagogical innovation. According to the teachers' perception, the course taught was of fundamental importance for acquiring new knowledge about neuroscience, and everyone agreed on the possible applicability of the concepts covered to improve their pedagogical practice and their teaching environment.
Keywords: Learning; Teaching; Brain; Teacher
Uma Controvérsia Esquecida: A Querela dos Nevoeiros Secos do Rio de Janeiro nos Meados do Século XIX
Authors: Silva José Antônio Dias da 
Published: October 2020

Tradicionalmente, a História das Ciências no Brasil recorre a exemplos clássicos como a disseminação das ideias darwinistas para exemplificar uma controvérsia científica nacional. O presente trabalho apresenta o desenrolar de uma controvérsia científica ocorrida na metade do século XIX entre consócios da Sociedade Vellosiana de Ciências Naturais do Rio de Janeiro em que os debatedores procuravam explicar as causas dos nevoeiros secos que cobriam a cidade entre os meses de agosto e setembro. Os debatedores eram personagens pouco conhecidos do cenário científico brasileiro, mas a participação do químico e naturalista Alexandre Vandelli chama a atenção. Vandelli era filho do professor de Química e História Natural de Coimbra, Domingos Vandelli, genro de José Bonifácio e professor de Ciências do jovem D. Pedro II. Os debatedores propuseram hipóteses surpreendentes para explicar a causa do fenômeno como as queimadas, erupções vulcânicas, terremotos e fatores astronômicos. Produzido a partir de fontes da literatura científica, o presente trabalho traz aportes teóricos interessantes sobre a natureza das controvérsias científicas. Apesar da solução do tópico debatido estivesse ainda bem distante do alcance da ciência do século XIX, destaca-se o empenho dos estudiosos brasileiros nas argumentações mesmo diante de um tema complexo para a época.