bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Relationship Between HbA1c Level with Retinal Nerve Fiber Layer Thickness in Diabetic Retinopathy
Authors: Febrina Art  , Ansyori AK , Amin Ramzi 
Published: July 2020

Abstract
Background: Diabetes mellitus (DM) have a direct effect to retinal neural tissue. Diabetic retinopathy slowly proggress with reserved visual acuity and no symptoms in early stage. Retinal nerve fiber layer thickness significantly decrease in type 2 diabetes mellitus patients related to glycemic blood level.
Purpose: To analyze the relationship between HbA1c level and retinal nerve fiber layer thickness in diabetic retinopathy patients.
Methods: A cross sectional analytical study was conducted in RSUP dr. Mohammad Hoesin Palembang from October 2017 until March 2018. Sixty eight type 2 diabetes mellitus patients consist of various grade of diabetic retinopathy. Measurement of HbA1c level was performed on these samples and retinal nerve fiber layer thickness was measured by Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT).
Results: There is a significant relationship between duration of DM with RNFL thickness (p = 0,002). There is a significant relationship between hypertension with RNFL thickness (p = 0,007). There is a significant relationship between HbA1c level with RNFL thickness in all quadrants (superior, nasal, inferior quadrants p
= 0,000, temporal quadrant p = 0,011). The most important factor of RNFL thinning in superior, nasal and inferior quadrants is HbA1c level (superior and nasal adjusted p value 0,002, inferior adjusted p value 0,002) while in temporal quadrant is hypertension (adjusted p value 0,042).
Conclusion: There is a significant relationship between HbA1c level with RNFL thickness in all quadrants in which the patients with HbA1c > 7% have a higher risk of thinner RNFL compared to patients with HbA1c ≤ 7%.
The Relationship Between Immunoglobulin E Serum Levels And Age-Related Cataract
Authors: Meidina Rahmah  , Alie Solahuddin  
Published: July 2020

ABSTRACT

Objective: To determine the relationship of serum IgE levels and age-related cataract at the Special Eye Hospital in Palembang.
Methods: An observational study with cross-sectional design study was undertaken in October 2018 to May 2019 at the Special Eye Hospital in Palembang. There were 86 patients who met the inclusion and exclusion criteria. The independent variable in this study is the level of serum immunoglobulin E and the dependent variable is senile cataract. The data analysis has been done with diagnostic research by SPSS version 20.0 (SPSS, Inc Chicago, Illinois).
Results: Thirty five people suffered from senile cataracts and fifty one people did not suffer from cataracts. The mean IgE level in senile cataract patients was 5.129 ± 1.588 ng /mL while in patients without cataracts it was 5.001 ± 1.564 ng/mL. There was no difference in IgE levels between senile cataract patients and patients without cataracts (p = 0.891). With statistical analysis using the ROC curve it was found that the IgE concentration cut off point was 5.046 ng/mL. There were 54.3% of senile cataract patients and 51% of patients without cataracts who had IgE levels > 5.046 ng/mL. Patients with IgE levels > 5.046 had an almost equal risk of senile cataracts compared to patients with IgE levels <5.046 (PR = 1.142 (CI95% 0.482 - 2.705; p = 0.935).
Conclusion: There is no significant relationship between IgE levels and the incidence of senile cataracts.
Accommodation Amplitude Before and After Laser In Situ Keratomiletus (LASIK) In Myopic Patients
Authors: Bonita Asyigah  , Ani Ismail  
Published: July 2020

ABSTRACT
Introductions: Laser in situ Keratomileusis (LASIK) is the most common refractive surgery to treat myopia. One of the most common complain after this procedure is blurry near- vision.
Objectives: To evaluate the role of accommodation amplitude (AA) in myopic patients before and after LASIK and its effect to blurry near-vision in myopic patients after LASIK
Methods: Patients with myopia who underwent LASIK procedure in Sriwijaya Eye Center Hospital from January to February 2018 studied prospectively. AA was assessed before and after LASIK with 1 day, 1 week and 1 month. Myopia degree, intraocular pressure (IOP), age, gender, ablation and corneal profile were also assessed.
Results: A total 52 eyes from 32 patients were included. Visual acuity (VA) of all sample were significantly improve in 1 day after LASIK (p 0,001). Mean AA in myopic patients before LASIK 9,25 D and AA 1 day after LASIK were all significantly decrease into 9,00D (p 0,012) which can cause in blurry near- vision after LASIK. In 1 month followed-up, mean AA is significantly improved into 11,00 D (p 0,000) with no complain. Other factor that affect the changing AA were corneal cell density (CD), IOP and AA before LASIK.
Conclusions: There is significant AA difference in myopic patients before and after LASIK. Blurry near-vision after LASIK is caused by AA adaptation mechanism after LASIK.
High-resolution LA-ICP-MS trace-element mapping of magmatic biotite: A new approach for studying syn- to post-magmatic evolution
Authors: Azadbakht Zeinab , Lentz David R. 
Published: July 2020

ABSTRACT
Biotite grains from 22 felsic intrusions in New Brunswick were mapped in situ using a laser ablation-inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometer (LA-ICP-MS). We investigated the extent to which biotite can retain its magmatic zoning patterns and, where zoning does exist, how it can be used to elucidate early to late stage, syn-magmatic to post-crystallization processes. Although the major element and halogen contents of the examined biotite phenocrysts are homogeneous, two-thirds of the grains display trace-element zoning for Ba, Rb, and Cs. The results also indicated that zoning is better retained in larger grains (i.e., &gt; 500 × 500 μm) with minimal alteration and mineral inclusions.
An exceptionally well-zoned Li-rich siderophyllite from the Pleasant Ridge topaz granite in southwestern New Brunswick shows Ti, Ta, Sn, W, Cs, Rb, and V (without Li or Ba) zoning. Cesium values increase from 200 to 1400 ppm from core to rim. Conversely, Sn and W values decrease toward the rim (50 to 10 and 100 to 10 ppm, respectively). Tantalum and Ti values show fewer variations but drop abruptly close to the rim of the grain (100 to 20 and 2000 to 500 ppm, respectively). These observations may indicate crystallization of mineral phases with high partition coefficients for these highly incompatible elements (except Ti) (e.g., cassiterite and rutile) followed by fractionation of a fluid phase at a later stage of magma crystallization. The preservation of zoning may indicate rapid cooling post-crystallization of the parent magma.
Source credibility modulates the validation of implausible information
Authors: Wertgen Andreas G. , Richter Tobias 
Published: July 2020

AbstractValidation of text information as a general mechanism for detecting inconsistent or false information is an integral part of text comprehension. This study examined how the credibility of the information source affects validation processes. Two experiments investigated combined effects of source credibility and plausibility of information during validation with explicit (ratings) and implicit (reading times) measurements. Participants read short stories with a high-credible versus low-credible person that stated a consistent or inconsistent assertion with general world knowledge. Ratings of plausibility and ratings of source credibility were lower when a credible source stated a world-knowledge inconsistent assertion compared with a low-credible source. Reading times on target sentences and on spillover sentences were slower when a credible source stated an assertion inconsistent with world knowledge compared with a low-credible source, suggesting that source information modulated the validation of implausible information. These results show that source credibility modulates validation and suggest a bidirectional relationship of perceived plausibility and source credibility in the reading process.
DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY OF SALINE HYSTEROSONOGRAPHY IN DETECTING ENDOMETRIAL HYPERPLASIA IN PATIENTS WITH POST MENOPAUSAL BLEEDING
Authors: Benish Yousuf  , Hira Ambreen  , Tahira Mariam  , Abdul Raouf  , Ambreen Yaseen  , Rabia Aslam  , Muhammad Ahsan  
Published: July 2020

BACKGROUND & OBJECTIVE: Saline hysterosonography is a simple and cost-eﬀective method with high sensitivity to detect uterine abnormalities causing postmenopausal bleeding. The objective of this study was to evaluate the diagnostic accuracy of saline hysterosonography in detecting endometrial hyperplasia in women with postmenopausal bleeding by taking histopathology as a gold standard.
METHODOLOGY: A hundred and twenty (120) cases were enrolled from the outpatient and inpatient department of obstetrics and gynecology. Proper history and relevant examination of the patient was done. Then preparations were made for the procedure. The patient was counseled and the technique explained to her. Then Foley catheter no 12 was passed in cervix and sonography was done while instilling normal saline through a cervical catheter and scan pictures were frozen and results were given by expert gynecologist of Allied Hospital, Faisalabad. Histopathology specimen was sent to the pathology lab.
RESULTS: Sensitivity, speciﬁcity, positive predictive value, negative predictive value, and diagnostic accuracy of saline hysterosonography in detecting endometrial hyperplasia was recorded as 96.15%,91,49%,75.76%,98.85%, and 92.5% respectively.
CONCLUSION: Saline hysterosonography has high sensitivity to detect uterine hyperplasia. It can be used as a cost eﬀective alternative to hysteroscopy in many units in Pakistan.
Optical Detection of the 1.1 day Variability at the White Dwarf GD 394 with TESS
Authors: Wilson David J. , Hermes J. J. , Gänsicke Boris T. 
Published: July 2020

Abstract
Recent discoveries have demonstrated that planetary systems routinely survive the post-main-sequence evolution of their host stars, leaving the resulting white dwarf with a rich circumstellar environment. Among the most intriguing of such hosts is the hot white dwarf GD 394, exhibiting a unique 1.150 ± 0.003 day flux variation detected in Extreme Ultraviolet Explorer (EUVE) observations in the mid-1990s. The variation has eluded a satisfactory explanation, but hypotheses include channeled accretion producing a dark spot of metals, occultation by a gas cloud from an evaporating planet, or heating from a flux tube produced by an orbiting iron-cored planetesimal. We present observations obtained with the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) of GD 394. The space-based optical photometry demonstrates a 0.12 ± 0.01% flux variation with a period of 1.146 ± 0.001 days, consistent with the EUVE period and the first re-detection of the flux variation outside of the extreme ultraviolet. We describe the analysis of the TESS light curve and measurement of the optical variation, and discuss the implications of our results for the various physical explanations put forward for the variability of GD 394.
Design of Mobile Application for Community Health Workers: A Case Study in Rwanda
Authors: Emmanuel Gahizi , Emanuel Andi Wahju Rahardjo , Setyohadi Djoko Budiyanto 
Published: July 2020

Community health workers (CHWs) are the basis of public health services that aim to connect the gap between public health and the human service system. This gap can be completely bridged by navigating the health and human service systems and educating communities on disease prevention. Unfortunately, the way of sharing, accessing information, and delivering health services is still non-digitalized in Rwanda. Community Health workers use a manual system in their daily activities, which is prone to error and falsification. Moreover, these people selected to perform these activities often do not have adequate knowledge about diseases and health systems since they are not professional health workers. To address the above problem, we designed a prototype mobile application to enable these workers to automatically submit reports, transfer knowledge, share information, and receive training from professionals. The design process followed a User-Centered Design approach to meet the users’ requirements. The evaluation of the design showed that 91.7% of the CHWs agreed with the designed application prototype. This finding shows that CHWs has an interest in using the mobile application in their work. Using the mobile application will help CHWs to improve data collection, the reporting process, and ease of receiving training.
Étude archéozoologique d’un dépotoir du xive siècle au château de Suscinio (Sarzeau, Morbihan)
Authors: Borvon Aurélia 
Published: July 2020

Les vestiges fauniques analysés proviennent du château de Suscinio (Sarzeau, Morbihan). Les fouilles archéologiques menées depuis 2013 ont dévoilé de grandes quantités de restes osseux, notamment en provenance d’un dépotoir daté du xive siècle. Des prélèvements de sédiments ont été réalisés en vue de récolter les plus petits éléments fauniques comme les restes ichthyologiques. Plus de 7 300 vestiges sont issus de ce dépotoir, dont un peu plus de 700 sont identifiés, essentiellement des mammifères et des poissons. Une dizaine de taxons mammaliens domestiques comme sauvages ont été reconnus. Les ossements de caprinés dominent. Les restes d’espèces sauvages sont nombreux, avec 15 % des restes identifiés de mammifères, spécialement ceux du daim. La présence de l’ours et du marsouin est également à signaler. Les rares ossements aviaires correspondent surtout à la poule. Parmi les restes ichthyologiques, plus de 20 taxons ont été identifiés, essentiellement marins. La famille des labridés (vieilles et crénilabres) est particulièrement bien représentée. Les ossements de merlu, de rouget et de divers poissons plats sont également assez nombreux. Les vestiges fauniques proviennent en majorité d’espèces consommées. La diversité, particulièrement dans le cas des poissons, et la forte présence du gibier à poils, spécialement représenté par le daim, sont révélatrices du statut social élevé des consommateurs.
O rádio cativo nas escolas radiofônicas
Authors: Maciel Rogerio Andrade 
Published: July 2020

O presente artigo analisa os sentidos e significados do rádio cativo para os caboclos ingênuos nas escolas radiofônicas da Prelazia do Guamá, Amazônia paraense (1961-1971). Para isso, a metodologia utilizada foi a abordagem da Nova História Cultural. As fontes foram identificadas no Tribunal de Contas da Diocese de Bragança com seus respectivos ‘livros de tombo’, dentre outras. Desse modo, foi diagnosticado que o rádio cativo operava enquanto um objeto de consumo e ensino para alfabetizar e escolarizar os caboclos ingênuos, jovens e adultos. Assim, a partir dos resultados, é fato que o funcionamento do rádio cativo nas escolas radiofônicas está associado a outros artefatos culturais, tais como as antenas, as castanhas, os fios de cobre e os transmissores.
A POÉTICA DO SAGRADO NA OBRA ESCULTÓRICA DE JOSÉ RESENDE
Authors: Momesso Orandi , Resende José 
Published: July 2020

José Resende se formou arquiteto em 1967, iniciou suas atividades como artista ainda quando cursava a faculdade. Participou de inúmeras exposições coletivas em diversos museus no Brasil e no exterior, inclusive Bienais de Paris e Veneza e Sidney, e de várias Bienais de São Paulo. Sua primeira exposição individual foi no MASP em 1974. Desde então ininterrupta e regularmente por mais de 50 anos expõe seu trabalho, tendo peças de grandes dimensões instaladas em espaços públicos nas cidades de São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro e Porto Alegre, assim como em Vancouver. Foi professor na ECA da Universidade de São Paulo, na Universidade Mackenzie e na Faculdade de Arquitetura da Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Campinas. Recentemente inaugurou o Instituto José Resende em São José do Barreiro que tem por finalidade conservar e divulgar seu trabalho.
Factores de permanencia empresarial, como punto de partida para el fortalecimiento de los emprendimientos sociales.
Authors: Becerra Bizarron Manuel Ernesto , Delgado Diaz Luz Amparo , Sandoval Ballesteros Georgina Dolores 
Published: July 2020

En la actualidad la situación de los emprendimientos de un negocio se ve cada vez más complicada, enfrenta problemas que causan el fracaso en sus primeros años de operación, el propósito de este artículo es analizar los factores de permanencia empresarial de los emprendimientos sociales, que sirva como referencia para desarrollar líneas de acción que fortalezcan la operación, utilizando un instrumento de 13 factores desarrollado con base en el recorrido contextual y teórico, aplicado a 15 administradores de emprendimientos sociales con 5 años o más de operación como criterio de inclusión, obteniendo como resultados principales la Identidad Organizacional, la Diferenciación y La Eficiencia en los procesos.
Derribando muros: la lectura en pantalla y la docencia universitaria
Authors: Bernarda Torres María 
Published: July 2020

Introducción: En esta investigación, se han analizado las categorías “lectura en papel”, “lectura en pantalla” y “maneras de leer” a través de la palabra de docentes que pertenecen a diferentes disciplinas y sedes de la Universidad Nacional del Comahue (UNCo), Patagonia, Argentina. Método: Para este estudio, un avance de una investigación mayor realizada en el marco de una tesis doctoral en educación, se ha utilizado el método comparativo constante y se han analizado datos cualitativos provenientes de entrevistas semi-estructuradas a docentes, efectuadas durante el período 2014-2017. Objetivo: El objetivo principal ha sido determinar cuáles son las representaciones de las y los docentes de la UNCo sobre la lectura en pantalla y su relación con la tarea de enseñar en la universidad. Resultados: En cuanto a los resultados, por un lado, se ha observado que las valoraciones sobre la lectura en pantalla se muestran diferentes si el foco es desplazado de la tarea de enseñar a la de investigar. Por otro, se han percibido varios cambios en las formas de leer y de enseñar, aunque se admite que estos no siempre conllevan transformaciones profundas en educación. Conclusión: La principal conclusión a la que se ha arribado se basa en que, en determinadas situaciones, pareciera que las llamadas “nuevas” tecnologías han derribado varios muros, permitiendo una enseñanza más extensiva y abierta, pero al mismo tiempo, se advierte que se han erguido nuevas murallas, algunas de las cuales no hacen más que reproducir viejos modelos pedagógicos.
Introduction: In this study, the categories "paper reading", "screen reading" and "ways of reading" were analyzed through the words of teachers who belong to different disciplines and headquarters of the Universidad Nacional del Comahue (UNCo), Patagonia, Argentina. Method: For this study, part of a major investigation carried out within the framework of a doctoral thesis in Education, the constant comparative method was used, and qualitative data from semi-structured interviews with teachers, conducted during the 2014-2017 period, were analyzed. Objective: The main objective was to determine the representations of UNCo lectures regarding screen reading and their relationship with the task of teaching at university. Results: Concerning results, on the one hand, it was observed that the ratings on screen reading were different when the focus was shifted from the task of teaching to research. On the other hand, there were several changes in the ways of reading and teaching, although it was admitted that these do not always lead to profound transformations in education. Conclusion: The main conclusion was that, in certain situations, it seems that the so-called “new” technologies have demolished several walls, allowing for more extensive and open ways of teaching, but at the same time, it is noted that new walls have been erected, some of which only reproduce old pedagogical models.
In or out: Response slowing across housing conditions as a measure of affect in three Western lowland gorillas (Gorilla gorilla gorilla)
Authors: McGuire Molly , Vonk Jennifer M. 
Published: July 2020

Background
Individuals experiencing negative affect have shown response slowing, a longer latency to respond in relation to baseline, when presented with aversive stimuli. We assessed response slowing in three male gorillas housed in a bachelor group as a function of daytime and nighttime housing arrangements.

Methods
In both experiments, three gorillas were rewarded for touching a single image (baseline, non-threatening gorilla or threatening gorilla) on a touchscreen. In Experiment One, they completed 48 50-trial sessions across combinations of three nested daytime and three nighttime conditions. In Experiment Two, they completed eight 50-trial sessions with novel stimuli across two daytime conditions, which were nested within two nighttime conditions. Housing conditions represented different amounts of space and degree of choice. We predicted that the gorillas would show response slowing to threatening stimuli when space and choice were restricted.

Results
We did not observe response slowing in Experiment One, although daytime and nighttime conditions interacted to predict response latencies. The gorillas responded more slowly when they had access to indoors and outdoors overnight compared to when they were in their stalls or together in an indoor habitat, but only if they had been given access to both indoors and outdoors or locked in the indoor habitat the day before. In Experiment Two, the gorillas did show response slowing to threatening stimuli, but this pattern did not interact with housing conditions. Our results, although limited by a small sample, are somewhat consistent with those of a previous study that did not find significant response slowing for apes as a function of aversive testing conditions, although the procedure has been effective in identifying dysregulated fear (high fear in low threat conditions) in macaques. The utility of this paradigm for testing affect in apes awaits further evaluation.
Haematological Alterations among Cement Loaders in Port Harcourt, Nigeria
Authors: Jacob Ransom Baribefii , Obianuju Mba Chinyelu , Deborah Iduh Patience 
Published: July 2020

Background: Exposure to cement dust without necessary precautions to prevent its inhalation is found to cause respiratory, dermatological, ocular as well as hematological problems and this is a matter of great concern to the health of cement loaders.
Aim of Study: This study was aimed at determining haematological alterations among cement loaders in Port Harcourt, Nigeria.
Study Design: Cross sectional study design.
Methodology: A total of 100 apparently healthy male subject consisting of 50 cement loaders and 50 non cement loaders aged between the ages of 20- 45years old were recruited for the study. Four millilitres (4 mls) of blood was collected aseptically from the antecubital vein of each participant using standard venepuncture technique into ethylene diamine tetra acetic acid (EDTA) anticoagulated vacutainer bottles with proper mixing to avoid blood clotting and then analysed using Sysmex haematology autoanalyser. Graphpad prism version 6.2 was used to analyse the data obtained.
Results: Results obtained showed a statistically higher value (p<0.05) in platelet count (p=0.0001), lower values (p<0.05) in haemoglobin concentration (Hb), Packed cell volume (PCV), Mean cell volume (MCV) and Mean cell haemoglobin (MCH) (p=0.0001). No significant difference (p>0.05) was observed in the mean red blood cell (RBC) count value (p=0.3110), white blood cell (WBC) count (p=0.8138) and mean cell haemoglobin concentration (MCHC) (p=0.0584) respectively.
Conclusion and Recommendation: This study has confirmed that there are haematological alterations among cement loaders in Port Harcourt, Nigeria and these alterations are attributed to inhalation of cement dust during work. It is recommended that cement loaders should be mandated to use appropriate personal protective equipment during work hours and around areas where cement dust are generated.