bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Detection of Antibiotic Resistance Genes Among Multiple Drug Resistant Pseudomonas Aeruginosa Isolated from Clinical Sources in Selected Health Institutions in Kwara State
Authors: Adekunle Catherine , Mustapha Abdulrasaq , Odewale Gbolabo , Richard Ojedele 
Published: November 2020

Background:
Pseudomonas aeruginosa (P. aeruginosa) is a frequent nosocomial pathogen that causes severe
diseases in many clinical and community settings. Strains of P. aeruginosa are associated with increased morbidity, mortality and healthcare costs. The rapid emergence of antimicrobial resistance among these strains is a public health crisis. Moreover, there is paucity of data on characterization of P. aeruginosa isolates from human clinical samples in Kwara State.

Objectives:
The objectives are to investigate the occurrence of metallo β-lactamase enzyme, multiple antibiotic resistant P.
aeruginosa among clinical samples and detection of antibiotic resistance genes among them.

Methods:
Two hundred and thirty-five samples comprising of 145 males and 90 females human clinical specimens were
collected aseptically from five selected health institutions within Kwara state, Nigeria. The samples were cultured immediately using standard microbiological procedures. Multiple drug resistance patterns of the micro-organisms to different antibiotics were determined using the Bauer Kirby disc diffusion technique. Metallo β-lactamase production was determined
using E – test strip and the DNA samples of the multiple resistant P. aeruginosa strains were extracted and subjected to Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) for resistant genes determination. Data were subjected to descriptive statistics using Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) software.

Results:
A total of 145 isolates were identified for P. aeruginosa from the clinical samples .Thirty were positive for metallo
β-lactamase production; 11 (8 %) males and 19 (13 %) females. Absolute resistance to ceftazidime (100 %), gentamicin
(100 %), ceftriaxone (100 %) were observed while low resistance to ciprofloxacin (12.4 %), piperacillin (6.9 %) and
imipenem (6.9 %). All isolates were sensitive to colistin. The prevalence of various encoding genes blaVIM, , blaCTX-M and
blaTEM were 34.4 %, 46.7 %, 16.7 % and 37.7 % respectively.

Conclusion:
This study has shown that there is a high occurrence of metallo β-lactamase enzyme producing and antibioticresistant strains of P. aeruginosa in clinical specimens from the studied area. Necessary measures must therefore be implemented to stop the problems of this antibiotic resistance.
Current Advances in Novel SARS-CoV-2 Disease (COVID-19) Treatment and Intervention Strategies
Authors: Parvez Mohammad Khalid , Padhan Kartika 
Published: November 2020

Background:
During the eleven months of the novel SARS-CoV-2 disease (COVID-19) outbreak
in China and its global spread, there is a remarkable understanding of its epidemiology, pathobiology,
and clinical management strategies. While countering a heavy toll on health and the economy,
world’s regional authorities are enforcing safety guidelines and providing patient care. Currently, there
is no globally approved treatment or intervention for COVID-19.

Methods:
A structured online literature search for peer-reviewed articles was conducted on PubMed,
Europe PMC, Google, WHO, CDC, FDA, and ClinicalTrials portals, using phrases such as COVID-19
treatment and intervention, COVID-19 drugs and COVID-19 vaccines.

Results:
Analysis of the retrieved data showed that as a part of ‘Solidarity Clinical Trials’, hundreds of
treatment and intervention strategies, including antiviral drugs, cytokine antagonists, convalescent
plasma therapy, and vaccine candidates, have been registered worldwide. While remdesivir, the anti-
Ebola virus drug, has been approved as an ‘emergency use’ drug in the USA, favipiravir, the anti-flu
drug, has been recently approved in Russia. Tocilizumab and sarilumab, the cytokine (IL-6) antagonists,
have entered Phase-II/III clinical trials in hospitalized COVID-19 patients. Among the leading vaccine
candidates, Phase-III clinical trial results of Moderna, Pfizer and Oxford vaccines seem to be game
changers for COVID19.

Conclusion:
The world health authorities have strongly and quickly responded to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Nonetheless, world bodies must unite in combating this health crisis by developing cost-effective
drugs and vaccines and making them accessible to resource-poor countries.
Escola Brasileira de Administração Pública da Fundação Getúlio Vargas
Authors: Siqueira Belmiro 
Published: November 2020

No decorrer de nosso curso de Administração de Pessoal, tivemos ocasiãode vos lembrar que, segundo pesquisas realizadas, o mais significativo para afelicidade humana não era alto salário ou alto cargo em si, era o indivíduosaber-se considerado, era o indivíduo saber-se merecedor de atenções. Chegamosmesmo a vos dizer que a primeira tragédia registada na Bíblia originouse,justamente, do fato de Caim achar que não tinha sido considerado peloSenhor Jeová : ficou magoado, aborrecido, e, interpelado pelo irmão, sua irase ascendeu, chegando ao ponto de matá-lo.Assim, com base científica, estribado na Psicologia Experimental, afirmamosque nada é mais importante para o bem-estar de cada um de nós do quesermos objeto de cuidados, alvo de atenções, merecedores de consideração. Apartir desta afirmativa, todos os prezados ouvintes poderão aquilatar a satisfaçãoque tivemos ao receber votos dos caros amigos, considerando-nos, elegendo-nos à posição de paraninfo da turma.
A sistemática Penal do Estatuto
Authors: De Magalhães Celso 
Published: November 2020

Estado pode punir. Daí a razão do Direito Penal, conjunto de normasque regulam essa faculdade, definindo os crimes e lhes estabelecendo assanções. Justifica-se o direito de punir, por vários sistemas que podem ser diferentemente classificados: morais, subjetivos ou absolutos; utilitários, objetivos ou relativos; e ecléticos ou mistos.
The Laurentian University CAE Coffeehouse
Authors: Brockerhoff-Macdonald Bettina , Brennan Kelly , Houle Megan 
Published: November 2020

Laurentian University’s Teaching and Innovation team recently created the virtual CAE Coffeehouse, an online repository of a variety of faculty development resources. The online CAE Coffeehouse supports the physical in-person Faculty Learning Community through web-streamed workshops, drop-in hours, a teaching “book club”, individual consultation sessions, and various departmental outreach initiatives. This article presents the characteristics of a Faculty Learning Community (FLC), as defined by Cox (2004, 2013), and a Professional Learning Community (PLC), as defined by Cherrington et al., (2018), and describes how the development of the CAE Coffeehouse builds upon these principles to extend the community into a virtual space.

Récemment, l’équipe Enseignement et Innovation de l’Université Laurentienne a créé, sous une forme virtuelle, la CAE Coffeehouse, un répertoire en ligne proposant un éventail de ressources en perfectionnement des corps professoraux. Cet outil en ligne vient en appui à la communauté d’apprentissage professorale – laquelle prend quant à elle une forme physique, présentielle – en offrant des ateliers en direct sur le web, des heures de rencontre sans rendez-vous, un club de lecture sur l’enseignement, des séances de consultation individuelles et différentes activités d’information départementale. Dans notre article, nous présentons les notions de communauté d’apprentissage professoral, telle que définie par Cox (2004, 2013), et de communauté d’apprentissage professionnel, telle que définie par Cherrington et al. (2018). Ensuite, nous montrons comment l’élaboration de la CAE Coffeehouse se fonde sur de tels principes pour étendre la portée de la communauté jusque dans l’univers virtuel.
Exploring the impact of a task-based faculty development certificate program.
Authors: Salter Diane , Rushe Shannon 
Published: November 2020

Faculty Development programs aim to improve the knowledge, attitudes and behaviours of teaching faculty with the goal of enhancing the student learning environment. This article describes a two-year research project that explored the impact of a task-based faculty development certificate program. Attitudinal and behavioural changes were assessed by using both quantitative and qualitative measures. Participants’ approaches to teaching were measured by administration of an established pre- and post-participation inventory to provide quantitative data; qualitative analysis was conducted in a review of the written post-session tasks and reflection papers. Results suggest that participation in this certificate contributed to attitudinal and behavioural change with a shift from teacher focused/content-based approaches towards student focused/learner centered approaches to teaching.

Les programmes de perfectionnement du corps professoral visent à améliorer la connaissance, l’attitude et le comportement des enseignants de manière à fournir aux étudiants un meilleur milieu d’apprentissage. Dans cet article, nous présentons un projet de recherche qui a duré deux ans et qui portait sur l’incidence d’un programme de certificat en perfectionnement du corps professoral axé sur les tâches. On évaluait les changements dans l’attitude et dans le comportement au moyen d’outils quantitatifs et qualitatifs. On prenait la mesure des approches enseignantes des participants au moyen de relevés an amont et en aval de la participation de manière à recueillir des données quantitatives. Quant à l’analyse qualitative, elle provenait du matériel écrit, soit les tâches d’après-séance et les travaux réflexifs. Les résultats indiquent que la participation à ce programme de certificat a engendré des changements dans l’attitude et le comportement des professeurs, lesquels sont passés d’une approche axée sur l’enseignant et le contenu à une approche axée sur l’étudiant ou l’apprenant.
Sequential Writing Assignments to Critically Evaluate Primary Scientific Literature
Authors: Wood Suzanne 
Published: November 2020

In the later years of undergraduate study, students read, process, and evaluate primary literature within specific fields of study. Shifting from textbooks to the vast amounts of peer-reviewed current literature can be difficult for students. This article details an innovative approach to helping students successfully make this transition through a series of sequential assignments based on the levels of increasing cognitive complexity in Bloom’s taxonomy. These assignments are designed to be flexible enough to use in fields throughout the sciences and beyond, while allowing instructors to tailor these assignments to meet the needs of their particular students.

Dans les dernières années de leurs études de premier cycle, les étudiants procèdent à la lecture, à l’assimilation et à l’examen des principaux travaux dans des domaines d’études particuliers. Le passage des manuels d’apprentissage à la masse profuse des travaux de recherche actuels évalués par les pairs peut être difficile pour les étudiants. Dans notre article, nous présentons une approche novatrice visant à aider les étudiants à réussir cette transition grâce à un ensemble de devoirs dont la succession répond à l’échelle de complexité cognitive selon la taxinomie de Bloom. Ces devoirs sont conçus de manière flexible pour un usage dans différents domaines scientifiques et ailleurs, ce qui permet aux enseignants de les adapter selon les besoins particuliers de leurs étudiants.
Navigating the landscape of pedagogical training: The journeys of three mathematics graduate students
Authors: Coles Matthew , Leung Fok-Shuen , Radzimski Vanessa , Sargent Pam 
Published: November 2020

This article describes the landscape of teaching assistantships (TAships) in the Mathematics Department of a large, public, research institution. First, we present visualized data describing the terrain for all mathematics graduate students. Second, we focus on three specific journeys in that terrain. We employ an autoethnographical research methodology to analyze the pedagogical paths of three recent graduates through written reflection. We highlight some surprising themes that emerge, identify key moments in each reflection, and make three proposals, applicable in broader contexts, to capture and confer their benefits.

Dans notre article, nous traçons le portrait de l’assistanat d’enseignement dans le département de Mathématique d’un grand établissement public de recherche. Tout d’abord, nous présentons des données sous forme visuelle de manière à décrire la réalité sur le terrain des étudiants en mathématique des cycles supérieurs. Ensuite, nous portons notre attention sur trois parcours particuliers. Au moyen de réflexions menées par écrit, nous utilisons une méthodologie de recherche autoethnographique afin d’analyser le parcours pédagogique de trois nouveaux diplômés. Nous soulignons certains thèmes surprenants, nous dégageons les moments clés de chaque réflexion, puis nous énonçons trois propositions – lesquelles peuvent être utilisées dans un contexte plus large – et nous en présentons les avantages.
SURVEI PASAR ONLINE: STRATEGI RISET PASAR UNTUK MENGEMBANGKAN USAHA MIKRO WANITA di KELURAHAN PEKAN LABUHAN KECAMATAN MEDAN LABUHAN
Authors: Junita Audia , Hasbulla Iman Indrafana Kusumo , Azhmy Muhammad Fauzan 
Published: November 2020

Kegiatan pengabdian pada masyarakat yang dilakukan pada pengusaha mikro di Kelurahan Pekan Labuhan Kecamatan Medan Labuhan bertujuan untuk memberikan pemahaman tentang pentingnya survey pasar dalam menjalankan usaha dan secara spesifik memberikan pengetahuan dan ketrampilan teknis cara membuat kuesioner online dan melakukan survei online ke pasar. Metode yang dipakai adalah ceramah (penyuluhan) dan praktik (pelatihan) menggunakan Handphone (HP) untuk membuat kuesioner online dengan aplikasi Google Form. Hasil kegiatan penyuluhan dan pelatihan terkait survei pasar online sebagai strategi pengembangan usaha mikro di Kelurahan Pekan Labuhan Kecamatan Medan Labuhan relatif efektif untuk merubah persepsi dan ketrampilan pengusaha dalam memanfaatkan survey pasar online melalui pembuatan kuesioner online dengan bantuan google form. Dominasi pengusaha mikro yang sebelumnya kurang memahami arti penting survei pasar sekaligus bagaimana melakukan survei pasar dengan bantuan teknologi secara online menjadi tercerahkan melalui kegiatan ini. Bahkan pengusaha mikro wanita memiliki minat besar untuk memanfaatkan ketrampilan dan ilmu yang diperoleh secara praktis guna memberikan hasil yang lebih baik bagi perkembangan usaha mereka. Kata kunci: Survei Pasar Online, Kuesioner Online, Pengusaha Mikro
UPAYA PENINGKATAN POLA HIDUP BERSIH SEHAT DI DESA IBUS MELALUI DISEMINASI TEKNOLOGI TEPAT GUNA FILTER AIR, CUCI TANGAN DIGITAL DAN MESIN PEMBUAT SABUN UNTUK MENGHADAPI PANDEMI COVID-19
Authors: Harahap Mukti Hamjah , Fibriasari Hesti , Ihsan Miftahul , Irfand Irfand , Panggabean Deo Demonta , Syah Dedy Husrizal 
Published: November 2020

Pola hidup bersih dan sehat merupakan program yang telah lama dicanangkan oleh pemerintah melalui kementrian kesehatan. Berbagai upaya telah dilakukan oleh pemerintah akan tetapi belum menyentuh seluruh lapisan masyarakat. Program ini sangat relepan untuk menghadapi pandemi covid-19 yang sedang melanda dunia. Melalui program Diseminasi Teknologi Filter Air, Cuci Tangan Digital dan Mesin Pembuatan Sabun diharapkan dapat meningkatan pola hidup besih dan sehat di Desa Ibus, Kabupaten Serdang Bedagai. Metode yang dilakukan adalah pelatihan penggunaan dan perawatan alat yang di Diseminasikan kepada masyarakat serta penyuluhan perlunya pola hidup besih sehat untuk menghadapi pandemi Covid-19. Setelah dilakukan pelatihan dan penyuluhan selama periode satu bulan maka dilakukan pengukuran dampak dari program Diseminasi ditengah masyarakat. Dampak dari kegiatan ini ada dua hal yaitu dampak peningkatan kesadaran masyarakat akan pola hidup bersih sehat hususnya menggunakan air bersih, mencuci tangan dengan sabun serta dampak peningkatan ekonomi masyarakat. Dengan demikian dapat disimpulkan bahwa bahwa kegiatan ini sangat baik dilakukan dan disarankan kesinambungan program melalui perangkat yang ada ditengah masyarakat. Kata kunci: desiminasi, PHBS, Covid-19
WEBINAR DAN PENDAMPINGAN DARING PENULISAN ARTIKEL HASIL PENELITIAN PADA JURNAL NASIONAL TERAKREDITASI BAGI GURU BAHASA INDONESIA TINGKAT SMA KOTA BENGKULU
Authors: Wardhana Dian Eka Chandra , Basuki Rokhmat , Noermanzah Noermanzah 
Published: November 2020

The understanding of Indonesian high school level teachers in Bengkulu City on writing scientific articles on research results is still low. This is evidenced by the small number of Indonesian language teacher publications in accredited national journals and it has an impact on teachers having difficulty advancing in rank. For this reason, the aim of this community service is to provide understanding to Indonesian high school teachers in Bengkulu City in writing scientific articles and how to publish them in accredited national journals through webinars and mentoring activities. The community service method uses webinars and online mentoring through the Zoom Cloud Meeting. Participants totaled 37 Indonesian high school teachers in Bengkulu City. Community service techniques use lecture, discussion, and practice techniques. Data collection techniques using questionnaires, documentation, and observation. The results of the webinar indicate that the Indonesian language teacher is able to write articles quite well, starting from writing titles, abstracts, introductions, methods, research results, discussions, conclusions and suggestions, and bibliography. However, some teachers still have difficulty in pouring out the introductory section, especially mapping research positions based on relevant research results, difficulty in pouring out the discussion, especially finding the novelty of their research results, and difficulty finding references from online journals. Then, from the results of mentoring, Indonesian language teachers still have difficulty in submitting and the process of fixing articles in the OJS system. Keywords: webinars; accompaniment; scientific journal articles; accredited national journal
The Jews in Hollywood: Altering Image through Religious Movies
Authors: Witriani Witriani 
Published: November 2020

This article discusses the altering image of American Jews in Hollywood movies. Coming to America during the great migration, mostly from Eastern Europe, this Azkenazic Jews then contributed to the building and transformation of the Hollywood movies as a world icon. Though quite dominant, Jews are quite careful in this industry. Anti-Semitism, the World War and the Great Depression are some of the things that make Jews uncomfortable about being in the spotlight or talking about their identity among the Christian audience of the movies. However, the condition changed after the Second World War and the civil rights movement in the 1960s. Jews and Judaism later appeared in various representations, which does not only change their image in Hollywood, but also the acceptance of American society broadly. Focusing on the movie, Ben Hur: A Tale of the Christ (1959) as the object of research, the study explores how Jewish people represent themselves through films produced, including the negotiations and changes made as part of the American Jews. Using the theory of Stuart Hall’s Politics of Representation and Critical Discourse Analysis from Fairclough and Leuween as an approach, this work focuses on the analysis of text and images as a sign that represents the Jews and Judaism in the movie. Related to movie as a media construction, the filmmakers are able to reconstruct Jews in different image. Through the movie, the represented Jews are found to have conveyed various messages to the audience about their cultural and religious identity.
Evaluation of P-wave dispersion in patients with newly diagnosed coronavirus disease 2019
Authors: Yenerçağ Mustafa , Arslan Uğur , Şeker Onur O. , Dereli Seçkin , Kaya Ahmet , Doğduş Mustafa , Öztürk Çağatay E. , Akpınar Çetin K. , Şen Ahmet 
Published: November 2020

Aim
The aim of the current study was to evaluate P-wave dispersion (PWD) as a predictor of atrial fibrillation in patients with newly diagnosed COVID-19. In addition, the relationship between the PWD and inflammation parameters was investigated.

Methods
A total of 140 newly diagnosed COVID-19 patients and 140 age- and sex-matched healthy individuals were included in the study. The risk of atrial fibrillation was evaluated by calculating the electrocardiographic PWD. C-reactive protein (CRP), white blood cell, neutrophil and neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (NLR) were measured in patients with newly diagnosed COVID-19.

Results
PWD, white blood cell, NLR and CRP levels were significantly higher in the COVID-19 group than the control group. There was a significant positive correlation between PWD and CRP level (rs = 0.510, P < 0.001) and NLR in COVID-19 group (rs = 0.302, P = 0.001). In their follow-up, 13 (9.3%) patients, 11 of whom were in the ICU, developed new atrial fibrillation.

Conclusion
Our study showed for the first time in literature that the PWD, evaluated electrocardiographically in patients with newly diagnosed COVID-19, was prolonged compared with normal healthy individuals. A positive correlation was found between PWD, CRP level and NLR. We believe that pretreatment evaluation of PWD in patients with newly diagnosed COVID-19 would be beneficial for predicting atrial fibrillation risk.
Asymptotic behavior of solutions to barotropic vorticity equation on a sphere
Authors: Skiba Yuri N. 
Published: November 2020

Abstract
The behavior of a viscous incompressible fluid on a rotating sphere is described by the nonlinear barotropic vorticity equation (BVE). Conditions for the existence of a bounded set that attracts all BVE solutions are given. In addition, sufficient conditions are obtained for a BVE solution to be a global attractor. It is shown that, in contrast to the stationary forcing, the dimension of the global BVE attractor under quasiperiodic forcing is not limited from above by the generalized Grashof number.
Electronic and Thermoelectric Properties of Li-Based Half-Heusler Alloys: A DFT Study
Authors: Issaad F. , Maafa A. , Rozale H. , Boukli Hacene M.A. , Bouabça A. 
Published: November 2020

Abstract
In this paper, we have studied the electronic, elastic and thermoelectric properties of the half-Heusler LiCrZ (Z = C, N, Si, and P) materials in Type II phase, in this structure the atomic occupations are X (1/2,1/2,1/2), Y (0,0,0) and Z(1/4,1/4,1/4). The ferromagnetic state of Type II structure was found to be the most stable phase for all studied alloys. After calculating the elastic constants, we found out that the conditions of mechanical stability were verified only for LiCrSi and LiCrP alloys in Type II phase, at both equilibrium a0 and half metallic ahm lattice constants, which indicates that these two compounds can be synthesized experimentally. We should also mention that the half metallic behavior in Type II structure, for LiCrSi and LiCrP compounds, was obtained by straining the equilibrium lattice constants by 2% and 6%, respectively. At ahm, these two systems were identified to be true half metals due to their complete spin polarization and integer value of total magnetic moment. These last ones have reached 3μB per unit cell when Z = Si, and 4μB when Z = P. Using the mean field approximation (MFA), the Curie temperatures of Type II structure were also determined, where the values are estimated to be 456.2 K and 302.8 K, respectively. Finally, the thermoelectric performance has been explored by the classical Boltzmann theory. At low temperatures, the figure of merit has reached 0.73 and 0.93 for LiCrSi and LiCrP, respectively. The considerable ZT values and all calculated physical properties make these two systems promising candidates for thermoelectric applications.