bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Infertility and associated factors in three hospitals in Douala, Cameroon: a cross-sectional study
Authors: Obinchemti Egbe Thomas , Ngo Mbaki Charmaine , Tendongfor Nicholas , Temfack Elvis , Belley-Priso Eugene 
Published: December 2020

Aim: We determined the prevalence and factors associated with couple infertility in three hospitals in Douala, Cameroon.
Methods: We conducted a cross-sectional study from December 18th 2015 to March 18th 2016 in three public hospitals in Douala. Three hundred and sixty participants were studied prospectively for associated fac- tors using a multivariate logistic regression model and 4732 files were studied retrospectively for the prevalence of infertility. Statistical significance was set at p < 0.05.
Results: The prevalence of couple infertility was 19.2%. In logistic models, the factors which independently increased the risk of couple infertility were a history of reproductive tract infection/STI, a history of uterine fibroids, a history of dys- menorrhea and abortion for the females while for males it was a history of mumps, erectile dysfunction and exposure to chemicals/toxic substances/pesticides.
Conclusion: One in every five couples in this study was infertile. Several factors affect the risks associated with couple in- fertility. The identification of these factors could help detect subgroups of couples at high risk of infertility. Reproductive health education, screening programmes for STI’s that may lead to infertility should be offered to couples.
Keywords: Couple infertility; prevalence; associated factors; Douala; Cameroon.
A systematic review and meta-analysis of the prevalence and predictors of anemia among children in Ethiopia
Authors: Gebrie Alemu , Alebel Animut 
Published: December 2020

Background: Anemia is a wide-spread public health problem characterized by a decrease in hemoglobin concentration and/ or red blood cell volume below an established cut-off value. In developing countries including Ethiopia, about half of children are estimated to be anemic. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to determine the pooled prevalence of anemia and its predictor factors among children in Ethiopia.
Method: The studies were identified through explicit and exhaustive search of reputable databases (PubMed, Google schol- ar, Science Direct, EMBASE, Cochrane library, and the hand search of reference lists of previous prevalence studies to retrieve more related articles. Thirty-nine studies were selected based on a comprehensive list of inclusion and exclusion criteria. Data were extracted using a standardized and pre-tested data extraction checklist, and the analysis was done using STATA 14 statistical software. To assess heterogeneity, the Cochrane Q test statistic and I2 tests were used. In our analysis, considerable heterogeneity was observed. Therefore, a random effect meta-analysis model was used to estimate the pooled prevalence of anemia. Moreover, the predictor factors of anemia were examined.
Results: The forest plot of 39 included studies revealed that the overall pooled prevalence of anemia among children in Ethiopia was 34.4% (95% CI: 29.1, 39.7%). Sub-group analysis showed that the highest anemia prevalence was observed in Somali Region with a prevalence of 49.4 % (95% CI: 20.9, 77.8). Also, anemia in children was found to be highest in the age group of less than five years (45.2, 95% CI: 39.6,50.8). Low literacy of families: 1.3 (95% CI: 1.1, 1.7), low family socioeco- nomic status: 1.9 (95% CI: 1.1,3.01.3), having housewife mothers or with no job: 1.5 (95% CI: 1.4, 1.9) and rural residence: 3.3 (95% CI: 1.7,6.1) were found to be predictors of anemia among children.
Conclusion: In this study, one in three children were anemic in Ethiopia. It is a moderate public health problem in children in this study. Low literacy, low socioeconomic status as well as rural residence of the families and helminthic infection of the children were found to be predictors of anemia in the children. Community and school-based interventions should be strengthened to improve the problem.
Keywords: Anemia; prevalence; predictors; children,; Ethiopia; systematic review; meta-analysis.
EXPLORING LEARNERS’ AUTONOMY IN ONLINE LANGUAGE-LEARNING IN STAI SUFYAN TSAURI MAJENANG
Authors: Pipit Muliyah  , Dyah Aminatun  , Nasution Sukma Septian , Tommy Hastomo  , Setiana Sri Wahyuni Sitepu  , Tryana  
Published: December 2020

The impact of the coronavirus outbreak on the education system is inevitable that higher education institutions choose to transform their instructional practices to entirely online using specific platforms. This shifting comes with challenges to students as they are demanded to be independent and autonomous. This study investigated the students’ readiness and perception towards being an autonomous learner in online language-learning. This case study investigated 25 students who joined online language learning by the WhatApps group in an English department of STAI Sufyan Tsauri Majenang. The data were gained by giving an online questionnaire, having an online interview with some students who were chosen randomly, and also assigning students self-report. The data showed that the students do not have enough autonomy in online language-learning. It means that the students are not ready to be autonomous learners in online language learning. The result of the study indicated that the students prefer having a face to face class and direct guidance from the teacher where 66.9% of the same students prefer learning in class or face to face meeting. In comparison, only 18.5 % who share no problem having an online class. 14.6% of them enjoy both options. This finding suggests that teachers need some strategies to promote and foster students’ learner autonomy to achieve learning objectives in online language learning.
TEACHING-21ST CENTURY LEARNING-MEDIA INNOVATION FOR EFL TEACHING AND LEARNING: PRE-SERVICE TEACHERS PERSPECTIVE
Authors: Asmi Rusmanayanti  , Nasrullah  
Published: December 2020

Nowadays, EFL teachers are benefited by the abundance of technological resources that enable them to provide learners with sufficient comprehensible input. Yet, not all of them are literate to the available supported devices neither in the form of webs nor other internet applications. Therefore, this study aims at describing a view toward a trend of ICT use as learning resources both in a form of web and internet based applications used by pre-service teachers.This research employed mix-method research by using an open-ended questionnaire and interview with 24 pre-service teachers as participants who study in English department, Lambung Mangkurat University. The finding of this study revealed that even there are several pre-service teachers who encountered problems when using the available applications, nevertheless, most of them have a positive perspective on ICT use in teaching and learning activities. Moreover, it is found that mostly MALL (Mobile Assisted Language Learning) applications have familiar to be used during the learning time especially out of the class rather than CALL applications.
O Projeto de extensão “Falando em família” como vetor de acesso à justiça e exercício pleno de cidadania
Authors: Mara Consalter Zilda , Do Nascimento Pereira Dirce 
Published: December 2020

O acesso à justiça é direito constitucionalmente assegurado no artigo 5º, inciso XXXV da Constituição (1988) e figura entre os direitos fundamentais conferidos à pessoa. Contudo, para ser exercido em sua plenitude, impera que o processo judicial tenha celeridade e seja capaz de solucionar o conflito havido entre as partes em tempo e condições razoáveis.Diante dessa constatação, é inevitável a busca por uma nova forma de lidar com a resolução de demandas, sendo que as vias da conciliação e mediação despontam como boas alternativas a serem seguidas sendo, inclusive, incisivamente estimuladas pela legislação mais recentes.Somente a título de ilustração, a base principiológica do novo Código de Processo Civil (CPC) se assenta sob os princípios da conciliação e mediação, buscando estabelecer o diálogo e o entendimento entre as partes e fazendo-se dever de todos – juízes, advogados, defensores públicos e integrantes do Ministério Público, estimular a resolução pacífica dos conflitos, conforme estabelecido no seu artigo 3º. Somado ao aporte normativo, tem-se que dos milhares de processos que tramitam nos tribunais brasileiros, boa parcela corresponde a ações afetas ao Direito das Famílias e que, nessa área, despontam com um diferencial: a íntima relação com os sentimentos das partes e o envolvimento de vulneráveis, que nem sempre são partes nos feitos, mas que se mostram como diretamente afetados. Essas peculiaridades fazem com que, na maioria das vezes, as ações perdurem por muito tempo, causando grande sofrimento e desgaste aos envolvidos. Com base nisso, verifica-se a necessidade de uma abordagem diferenciada para com os jurisdicionados, permitindo-lhes conhecer novas alternativas para a solução de seus conflitos - além da sentença – que lhes garanta de modo efetivo o acesso à justiça. Daí surgiu o Projeto de extensão “Falando em família” como uma prática institucional voltada ao exercício pleno da cidadania.
PENELUSURAN SEJARAH KEBO BULE “KYAI SLAMET” DAN KELAHIRAN KESENIAN KEBO BULE SEBAGAI MEDIA DAKWAH ISLAM DI PONOROGO
Authors: Karim Rudianto , Widaningrum Ida , Widiyahseno Bambang 
Published: December 2020

Sejauh ini sebagian masyarakat Jawa masih menganggap bahwa kebo bule di Keraton Surakarta memiliki nilai-nilai yang disakralkan. Banyak kisah menunjukkan bahwa sebagian masyarakat Jawa menyakini kebo bule membawa berkah dan keselamatan. Bahkan kotoran hewan tersebut dianggap sebagai obat dari segala penyakit. Jika dibiarkan hal ini akan menjadi sesuatu yang menyesatkan bagi kehidupan masyarakat. Yang menjadi masalah adalah bagaimana asal-usul sejarah kebo bule di keraton Surakarta dan munculnya kesenian kebo bule “Kyai Slamet Geyol” Ponorogo. Penelitian ini merupakan studi kasus yang terjadi di Ponorogo di Surakarta di mana sejarah kebo bule di keraton Surakarta berasal dari Adipati Ponorogo. Untuk menjawab permasalahan tersebut peneliti menggunakan pendekatan sejarah melalui observasi, wawancara, dokumentasi dan Fokus Group Discussion. Data yang terkumpul dianalisis menggunakan prinsip on going analysis melalui tahapan pengumpulan data, display data, reduksi data dan penarikan kesimpulan. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa: 1) Kebo bule di keraton Surakarta merupakan hadiah dari adipati Ponorogo Surobroto putra Ki Ageng Besari Tegalsari, sebagai kenang-kenangan dan mengandung makna simbolik menyatunya antara ulama, petani, dan pemerintah kerjaaan. 2) Kesenian kebo bule “Kyai Slamet Geyol” di Ponorogo merupakan budaya lokal yang bermaksud untuk mengenang sejarah kebo bule di keraton Surakarta merupakan hadiah dari adipati Ponorogo dan sekaligus sebagai media dakwah Islam di Ponorogo.
IMPORTANCE OF MENTAL HEALTH DURING COVID CRISIS: A DESCRIPTIVE STUDY
Authors: Jeetika Duggal  , Manu Bhai Gaur  
Published: December 2020

The global pandemic of Coronavirus (COVID-19), also termed as health emergency affecting nearly 210 countries and territories has led to negative emotions of fear and agony in the general population. The healthcare regulators and the governments have imposed emergencies and lockdowns in their countries which has led to an adverse effect on the mental health of general public ultimately leading to a rise in anxiety, depression, and associated mental illness. The fear and rising COVID-19 crisis is putting extreme limitations on our finite resources. This report aims to improve status of mental health altered as a result of pandemic, emphasizing to help the general public, mitigate the negative emotions to improve the general wellbeing in this detached period of isolation.
With no standard treatment or vaccine yet, the goal is primarily symptomatic relief for those affected and preventive for those at risk. Most countries have curtailed the spread of COVID-19 through measures such as lockdowns, social distancing and voluntary self-isolation. Although necessary, such measures and the disease itself may have an adverse impact on mental health. In view of research from previous pandemic crisis, it is known that such situations are likely to increase stress levels and have negative psychiatric effects. The impact is likely to be felt by the general public, sufferers of COVID-19, their families and friends, persons with pre-existing mental health conditions and healthcare workers. COVID pandemic related psychological distress in the general public, including symptoms of anxiety and depression, is associated with alterations in immune function, including an elevated risk of viral respiratory tract infection.
PENERAPAN STRATEGI PEMBELAJARAN “InEL WeS GoBlog BerMasalah” : MENUJU PENINGKATAN MUTU GURU DAN SISWA PINTAR MEMECAHKAN MASALAH
Authors: Asyharuddin Mr. 
Published: December 2020

Proses seleksi siswa baru dengan kondisi baik pengetahuan maupun skill yang tidak sama dan mempunyai latar belakang dari SMP yang berbeda, maka tidak serta merta siswa cakap dalam pembelajaran produktif khususnya di tingkat SMK. Ketidaksamaan persepsi dalam pembelajaran tentunya membuat pendidik harus kreatif dan inovatif dalam memilih dan memilah metode atau strategi pembelajaran. Langkah konkret dalam implementasi strategi pemecahan masalah atau dalam penerapan strategi “InEl WeS GoBlog BerMasalah” adalah untuk meningkatkan dan mengoptimalkan minat dan partisipatif aktif siswa, masalah cara memecahkan cording dan prestasi pemrograman web dengan menggunakan program HTML dan CSS sehingga menjadi PINTAR memecahkan masalah cording pelajaran pemrograman web dasar pada program keahlian Multimedia. Meskipun demikian, secara keseluruhan hasil yang diperoleh siswa sudah jauh lebih baik. Nilai yang diperoleh siswa meningkat rata-rata 34 point dari rata-rata 53 menjadi rata-rata 87, dan nilai tersebut di atas KKM/SPM, sehingga siswa dinyatakan tuntas. Perubahan yang terjadi pada aktivitas siswa tersebut sudah dapat membuktikan bahwa strategi pembelajaran “InEl WeS GoBlog BerMasalah” ini cukup efektif dalam meningkatkan keaktifan siswa, terutama mata pelajaran pemrograman web dasar yang berhubungan dengan cording. Dengan demikian dampak yang ditimbulkan dari penerapan strategi pembelajaran ini adalah adanya peningkatan capaian SPM, meningkatnya minat dan semangat partisipasi aktif siswa dalam pembelajaran serta kemampuan memecahkan masalah dalam mendeskripsikan desain web, content web, dan coding.
Fodder cutter (Tokka) injuries; a preventable morbidity
Authors: Danish Ali  , Muhammad Adeel kaiser  , Muhammad Imran khokhar  , Anwer Zeb  , Hassan Zaheer  , Muhammad Farooq Afzal  
Published: December 2020

Abstract
Pakistan is an agricultural country where fodder cutter (Tokka) is a commonly used machine on the farms. While using it, farmers often meet with accidents causing injuries which are disastrous, and mainly involve the young generation often causing lifelong disability.
This is a hospital-based case series, conducted from June 2018 to January 2019 in the Department of Surgery, Lahore General Hospital, Lahore. For this study the patient’s demographic data, site of injury, procedure performed and post-operative outcome were recorded.
The study includes a total of 30 cases of tokka injury, (23 males and 07 females) with median age of 25 years. Most commonly injured part of the body was the upper limb, in 26 patients, while the lower limb was involved in 2 patients. There were 18 amputations, Continuous...
Contribuciones y desafíos para los estudios comparativos internacionales sobre roles y valores periodísticos
Authors: Paul Dairan , Kikuti Andressa , Da Luz Suelyn 
Published: December 2020

En esta entrevista, la investigadora Dra. Claudia Mellado analiza los desafíos y avances de los estudios comparativos internacionales, detalla aspectos de la investigación del que actualmente coordina - Journalistic Role Performance (JRP), sobre cultura, roles y valores profesionales, y la JRP-COVID, sobre los ciclos de atención mediática en la cobertura periodística de COVID-19. Mellado también analiza la influencia del contexto político y económico en la investigación en las áreas humana y social, en cuanto al financiamiento y la crisis generada por la pandemia.
Effectiveness of yoga intervention enhanced by progressive muscular
relaxation on pain in women after breast cancer surgery
Authors: Odynets Tetiana , Briskin Yuriy , Todorova Valentina , Pasichna Tetiana , Yefremova Anzhelika 
Published: December 2020

IntroductionThe aim of the study was to evaluate the effectiveness of yoga intervention enhanced by progressive muscular
relaxation on pain in women after breast cancer surgeryMethodsOverall, 84 patients after Madden mastectomy were eligible for this study. After the exclusion of 7 women, 77 participants were randomly allocated to group A (<i>n</i> = 38), receiving progressive muscular relaxation and visualization exercises in addition to yoga intervention, and group B (<i>n</i> = 39), receiving yoga intervention only. McGill Pain Questionnaire and visual analogue scale were used to evaluate pain at baseline and after the 4-week intervention.ResultsMost of the investigated pain characteristics in both studied groups steadily improved during the 4-week rehabilitation. However, the 4-week monitoring indicated that using progressive muscular relaxation and visualization exercises in addition to the yoga intervention was more effective for reducing self-reported pain in women after Madden mastectomy. The post-intervention level of pain reported in the visual analogue scale and present pain intensity were statistically lower in group A compared with group B by 0.99 points (<i>p</i> < 0.05) and 1.68 points (<i>p</i> < 0.05), respectively.ConclusionsPerforming progressive muscular relaxation and visualization exercises in addition to yoga intervention helped reduce pain in women after Madden mastectomy.
UK surface NO2 levels dropped by 42 % during the COVID-19 lockdown: impact on surface O3
Authors: Lee James D. , Drysdale Will S. , Finch Doug P. , Wilde Shona E. , Palmer Paul I. 
Published: December 2020

Abstract. We report changes in surface nitrogen dioxide (NO2) across the UK during the COVID-19
pandemic when large and rapid emission reductions accompanied a nationwide lockdown (23 March–31
May 2020, inclusively), and compare them with values from an equivalent period over the previous
5 years. Data are from the Automatic Urban and Rural Network (AURN), which forms the basis of
checking nationwide compliance with ambient air quality directives. We calculate that
NO2 reduced by 42 %±9.8 % on average across all 126 urban AURN sites, with a
slightly larger (48 %±9.5 %) reduction at sites close to the roadside (urban traffic). We
also find that ozone (O3) increased by 11 % on average across the urban background
network during the lockdown period. Total oxidant levels
(Ox=NO2+O3) increased only slightly on average
(3.2 %±0.2 %), suggesting the majority of this change can be attributed to photochemical
repartitioning due to the reduction in NOx. Generally, we find larger, positive
Ox changes in southern UK cities, which we attribute to increased UV radiation
and temperature in 2020 compared to previous years. The net effect of the NO2 and
O3 changes is a sharp decrease in exceedances of the NO2 air quality objective
limit for the UK, with only one exceedance in London in 2020 up until the end of May. Concurrent
increases in O3 exceedances in London emphasize the potential for O3 to become
an air pollutant of concern as NOx emissions are reduced in the next
10–20 years.
Ozone deposition to a coastal sea: comparison of eddy covariance observations with reactive air–sea exchange models
Authors: Loades David C. , Yang Mingxi , Bell Thomas G. , Vaughan Adam R. , Pound Ryan J. , Metzger Stefan , Lee James D. , Carpenter Lucy J. 
Published: December 2020

Abstract. A fast-response (10 Hz) chemiluminescence detector for
ozone (O3) was used to determine O3 fluxes using the eddy covariance
technique at the Penlee Point Atmospheric Observatory (PPAO) on the south
coast of the UK during April and May 2018. The median O3 flux was −0.132 mg m−2 h−1 (0.018 ppbv m s−1),
corresponding to a deposition velocity of 0.037 cm s−1
(interquartile range 0.017–0.065 cm s−1) – similar to the
higher values previously reported for open-ocean flux measurements but not
as high as some other coastal results. We demonstrate that a typical single
flux observation was above the 2σ limit of detection but had
considerable uncertainty. The median 2σ uncertainty of deposition
velocity was 0.031 cm s−1 for each 20 min period, which
reduces with the square root of the sample size. Eddy covariance footprint
analysis of the site indicates that the flux footprint was predominantly
over water (> 96 %), varying with atmospheric stability and, to
a lesser extent, with the tide. At very low wind speeds when the atmosphere
was typically unstable, the observed ozone deposition velocity was elevated,
most likely because the footprint contracted to include a greater land
contribution in these conditions. At moderate to high wind speeds when
atmospheric stability was near-neutral, the ozone deposition velocity
increased with wind speed and showed a linear dependence with friction
velocity. This observed dependence on friction velocity (and therefore also
wind speed) is consistent with the predictions from the one-layer model of
Fairall et al. (2007), which parameterises
the oceanic deposition of ozone from the fundamental conservation equation,
accounting for both ocean turbulence and near-surface chemical destruction,
while assuming that chemical O3 destruction by iodide is distributed over
depth. In contrast to our observations, the deposition velocity predicted by
the recently developed two-layer model of Luhar et al. (2018) (which
considers iodide reactivity in both layers but with molecular diffusivity
dominating over turbulent diffusivity in the first layer) shows no major
dependence of deposition velocity on wind speed and underestimates the
measured deposition velocities. These results call for further investigation
into the mechanisms and control of oceanic O3 deposition.
Umwelt Extended: Toward New Approaches in the Study of the Technologically Modified Body
Authors: Kadlecová Jana , Krbec Jaroslav 
Published: December 2020

ABSTRACTThis study introduces the practice of body hacking, modification, and extension of the body through technological means, and discusses a possible approach to anthropological research on people with technologically extended sensory apparatus. Most DIY modifications promise to extend capacities of the body not just quantitatively by enhancing what already exists, but qualitatively by adding new senses or organs that enable new connections with the outer world. The question is how it is possible to approach in social science research the subjective bodily experience of someone with sensory abilities beyond the human norm. This article proposes to look at this phenomenon from the standpoint of von Uexküll’s concept of Umwelt, which focuses on the study of the subjective experiential world of nonhuman animals and puts emphasis on processes of meaning creation, and not only in a symbolic and discursive way. Following current criticism of representationalism in anthropology, it will be suggested here that the Umwelt concept has a great potential for conceptualization of the technologically modified body in sociocultural anthropology and related disciplines.