bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Diasporic Modernism
Authors: Baillie Justine 
Published: May 2021

Reading Jean Rhys’s novels alongside the theorizations of the German cultural critic, historian and philosopher Walter Benjamin facilitates enhanced understanding of Rhys’s position as dispossessed Caribbean Creole writer. Rhys’s aesthetic of displacement is modernist in its fractured, fragmentary and elliptical form as she charts the movements and memories of her protagonist Sasha Jensen through the streets of pre-war Paris in Good Morning, Midnight (1939). Sasha’s recollections of the past, its events, ephemera and repetitions, reveal how the notion of renewal through the consumption of the fashionable object of desire is the illusion that belies the myth of progress. In his analysis of the discarded objects of capitalist production and consumption, Benjamin highlights how, in the repetitions of obsolescence, the newly fashionable object, like history itself, is prey to deadly repetition despite the narrative it conveys, that of human progress towards perfection. Reading Rhys and Benjamin together, then, invests Rhys’s work with a significance that goes beyond its surface appearance of the individualistic, tragic descent of a particular woman. Sasha Jensen is adrift in a city of objects which offer only fleeting consolation for the dissolution of identity and repetitions of history.
Sampling Plume Deposits on Enceladus’ Surface to Explore Ocean Materials and Search for Traces of Life or Biosignatures
Authors: Choukroun Mathieu , Backes Paul , Cable Morgan L. , Fayolle Edith C. , Hodyss Robert , Murdza Andrii , Schulson Erland M. , Badescu Mircea , Malaska Michael J. , Marteau Eloïse , Molaro Jamie L. , Moreland Scott J. , Noell Aaron C. , Nordheim Tom A. , Okamoto Tyler , Riccobono Dario , Zacny Kris 
Published: May 2021

Abstract
Enceladus is unique as an astrobiology target in that it hosts an active plume sourced directly from its habitable subsurface ocean. Ice particles from the plume contain geochemical constituents that are diagnostic of the ocean conditions, and may hold traces of life and/or biosignatures, if they exist. Up to 93% of the plume particles fall back onto the surface of Enceladus. The low radiation environment and present-day activity are favorable to the preservation of any complex organics and putative biosignatures contained within these particles. Laboratory experiments and modeling suggest that plume deposits would likely be weakly consolidated and relatively easy to sample. Sampling systems like a dual rasp, under development to achieve technology readiness level (TRL) 5 in 2021, would enable a landed mission on Enceladus’ surface to acquire large amounts of surface materials, a requirement for analysis of trace constituents. A landed mission on Enceladus could greatly enhance our understanding of the chemical makeup of plume particles and the subsurface ocean, and seek traces of life and/or biosignatures.
Ant genus Strongylognathus (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) in Bulgaria: a preliminary review
Authors: Lapeva-Gjonova Albena , Radchenko Alexander 
Published: May 2021

StrongylognathusMayr, 1853 is a Palaearctic genus, comprising 25 ant species and one subspecies, all permanent social parasites, infesting colonies of various species ofTetramoriumMayr, 1855. They have patchy distribution throughout their areas and most of them are very rare and listed as vulnerable.The taxonomy of theStrongylognathus huberigroup needs thorough revision and the results presented below can be considered as preliminary.Four species of the socially parasitic ant genusStrongylognathus(S. karawajewiPisarski, 1966,S. huberi dalmaticusBaroni Urbani, 1969,S. aferEmery, 1884 andS. italicusFinzi, 1924) are recorded for the first time from Bulgaria and, together with the previously-knownS. testaceusandS. bulgaricusstat. rev., their total number reaches six. The taxonomic position and geographic distribution of all species are discussed and a Key for their identification, based on worker caste, is compiled.
Note à Lucain, Bellvm Civile , 7, 43
Authors: Chachuat Bénédicte 
Published: May 2021

Le vers 43 du chant 7 du Bellum Ciuile est l’un des vers les plus discutés du poème de Lucain : les éditeurs ne s’accordent pas sur le texte à éditer et nombreux sont ceux à avoir tenté de le corriger. Il s’agira dans cet article de montrer d’abord pour quelles raisons le texte transmis par les manuscrits doit être considéré comme corrompu, ce qui aujourd’hui n’est pas admis par tous les philologues. Après avoir localisé et expliqué l’erreur, nous envisagerons ensuite les différentes solutions, jusque-là insatisfaisantes, qui ont été proposées pour remédier à cette corruption. L’étude d’une conjecture inédite permettra enfin de dégager le sens attendu du passage à défaut de pouvoir reconstituer avec certitude le texte de Lucain.
Forest Dependence among Rural Households in Southern Ghana: Implications for Conservation and Poverty Reduction
Authors: Mantey Philip Prince Kwasi , Teye Joseph Kofi 
Published: May 2021

While it is widely acknowledged that an understanding of the determinants of rural households’ forest extraction and dependence on forest resources is important for policies on forest conservation and rural development, the factors that determine Ghanaian households’ dependence on forests are neither adequately explored nor well-understood. Against this background, this paper examines the extraction and dependence on forest resources among rural households in the forest communities of Southern Ghana. Data were collected through a household livelihood survey and in-depth interviews in two forest communities. Regression models were then used to investigate key factors that condition the households' dependence on forests in the study communities. The findings indicate that almost all households are engaged in forest extraction. The average overall contribution of forests to household income in the study communities was 21 percent and constituted the third largest contributor to household income following crop income and non-farm income. The findings also indicate that forests also play an essential safety net role in the face of unforeseen income shortfalls and ultimately, in poverty alleviation. The results further reveal that the rural household's extraction of forest resources and consequently its dependence on forests (livelihood strategy) are a function of its access to other livelihood assets, its vulnerability context as well as other context variables. Recommended policy interventions for forest conservation and sustainable rural development include securing the natural resource base, broadening poor people's livelihood options and improving access to education in rural communities.
Refractive and binocular vision status of optometry students, Ghana
Authors: Darko-Takyi C. , Owusu-Ansah A. , Appiah-Eduenu C. , Abu E.K. , Boadi-Kusi S.B. , Osei-Akoto Y. 
Published: May 2021

To investigate the refractive and non-strabismic binocular vision status of Optometry students in University of Cape Coast, Ghana and to establish any associations between these conditions. A cross sectional study of 105 Optometry students were taken through a comprehensive optometric examination to investigate the refractive and non-strabismic binocular vision status. Fisher’s exact test (IBM SPSS version 21) was used to assess association between these conditions. Prevalence of refractive error and non-strabismic binocular vision dysfunctions were 59.0% and 34.3% respectively. Prevalence of specific refractive errors were 17.1% myopia, 19.0% hyperopia and 22.9% astigmatism. Non-strabismic accommodative and vergence dysfunctions were found to be 21.9% and 12.4% respectively. Specific types of accommodative and vergence disorders were as follows: accommodative fatigue (8.6%), accommodative infacility (6.7%), accommodative insufficiency (4.7%) and accommodative excess (1.9%), convergence insufficiency (1.9%), convergence excess (1.0%), divergence insufficiency (2.9%), basic exophoria (1.9%), and basic esophoria (4.7%). There was a significant association between refractive errors in general and accommodative fatigue (p = 0.030) and between myopia and accommodative excess (p= 0.028). It is critical that potential primary eye care practitioners become aware of their refractive and non-strabismic binocular vision status.Journal of Medical and Biomedical Sciences (2016) 5(2), 24-29
Prevalence and risk factors of obesity among practicing nurses at three selected hospitals in Kumasi Metropolis, Ghana
Authors: Obirikorang Y. , Obirikorang C. , Enoch O.A. , Acheampong E. , Tuboseiyefah P. , Miriam A.A. , Emmanuella N.B. 
Published: May 2021

Prevalence and risk factors of obesity is increasing in several populations, and is becoming an enormous problem among occupational/professional groups. The study determined the prevalence and risk factors of obesity among practicing nurses in three selected hospitals in the Kumasi metropolis. This cross-sectional study recruited 825 nurses from Suntreso, Manhyia and Kumasi South Hospitals. Structured questionnaire was used to obtain information on socio-demographic characteristics, and lifestyle behaviours of all participants. Obesity was assessed using body mass index (BMI), waist circumference (WC), waist-to-hip ratios (WHR) and Waist to height ratio (WHtR). The prevalence of obesity among nurses was 55.9% by WHtR, 35.7% by WC, 29.4% by BMI classification and 27.3% by WHR classification. The pattern of increased prevalence was higher among female nurses and nurses with high professional rank irrespective of the anthropometric parameters used. Logistic regression model indicates that taking meals late at night [odds ratio (OR) = 2.5 (1.1 to 5.7), p=0.0398], taking meals at stressful hours [OR=7.9 (2.1 to 29.8); p=0.0009], and fast food intake [OR=2.6 (1.1 to 6.0), p=0.0370) were independent risk factors of obesity classified by BMI. Taking meals at stressful hours [OR=3.33 (1.4 to 8.2); p=0.0091] and being female [OR=26.8 (3.5 to 207.7); p<0.0001] were significant independent risk factors of obesity classified by WC. Using WHR, being a female [OR=22.1 (1.31 to 380.0); p=0.0009] was an independent risk factor for obesity. Taking meals late at night [OR=2.4 (1.2 to 4.7); p=0.0121], taking meals at stressful hours [OR=3.1 (1.3 to 7.4); p=0.0148], and physical inactivity [OR=2.2 (1.0 to 4.5); p=0.0478] and being a female [OR=4.6 (1.7 to 12.4), p=0.0024] were independent risk factors of obesity using WHtR. Obesity among nurses in the Kumasi metropolis is on a rise and of public health significance. The need to foster healthy lifestyle is essential in health profession and pertinent to prevent obesity and future morbidity and mortality associated with cardiovascular metabolic risk factors.Journal of Medical and Biomedical Sciences (2016) 5(3), 45-55Keywords: Obesity, overweight, risk, practicing Nurses, Kumasi Metropolis
Prevalence of neural tube defect and hydrocephalus in Northern Ghana
Authors: Alhassan A. , Adam A. , Nangkuu D. 
Published: May 2021

Neural tube defects (NTDs) are congenital anomalies of the central nervous system (CNS) which affects approximately one in every thousand pregnancies. The estimates, however, varies from country to country with countries implementing national programmes on folic acid fortification recording lower estimates. Neural tube defects are a common cause of morbidity and mortality especially in low-middle income countries such as Ghana. The study was conducted to determine the prevalence of neural tube defect and hydrocephalus in the only tertiary hospital in northern Ghana. This was a 4-year retrospective study from January 2010 to December 2014. Data regarding the age, sex, clinical diagnosis, and treatment outcomes were all retrieved from the registry of medical records using a simple data form designed for this study. During the study period, there were 35,426 deliveries at the facility with 57 cases of neural tube defects, thus giving a prevalence of 1.6 per 1000 births. They were more males than females with a male: female ratio of 2.4:1. All cases were diagnosed at birth. All the cases reported in this study were open neural tube defect (NTD). The most common defect was hydrocephalus occurring in 33 patients representing 57.9%, with spinal bifida occurring in 21 patients representing 38.6%. Encephalocele or cranium bifida occurred in only 5.3% (3 patients). Among the spinal bifida cases, myelomeningocele occurred in 13 patients (59.1%), with meningocele occurring in 8 patients (40.9%). Case fatality was about 15% of diagnosed cases. The prevalence of NTDs in this study is relatively high compared to earlier studies but, is consistent with other findings in the subregion. Prenatal screening and diagnosis are highly recommended since most women undergo routine ultrasonography as part of antenatal service.Journal of Medical and Biomedical Sciences (2017) 6(1), 18-23Keywords: neural tube defect, prevalence, spinal bifida, Northern Ghana
The Principle of Effective and Efficient Restructuring and the Future of the Nigerian Nation: The Role of Social Science Education
Authors: Iwegbu Chuks Justus , Uwaifo Emmanuel C. 
Published: May 2021

This study on ‘The Principle of Effective and Efficient Restructuring and the Future of the Nigerian Nation: The Role of Social Science Education’ examines critically the meaning of Restructuring and effective restructuring defining restructuring as a concept which connotes the act of re-organizing, re-arranging, re-planning all the existing institutions and structures in the society while effective and efficient restructuring is one which encapsulate Economic, Political, Social, Cultural Educational, Health structures and institutions of any nation for a possible new and better result for renewed development of man and his environment. The various types of restructuring in our society were outlined and briefly explained with particular emphasis and restricted attention given to Economic Restructuring. The role of Social Science Education in achieving all round restructuring projects for all round national development and sustained unity is holistically discussed. The issue of entrepreneurship is also highlighted as a positive step towards attaining Economic Restructuring. The paper concludes by asserting that functional and effective Entrepreneurship Education in a nation is a panacea for a sustained restructured economy and recommendations on how to better the process of all inclusive Economic Restructuring was proffered.
Keywords: Restructuring, Economic Restructuring, Entrepreneurship, Entrepreneurship Education
Entrepreneurship, Skill Acquisition and Economic Growth
Authors: Ijieh Sunday Okubor 
Published: May 2021

Scientifically, the relationship between knowledge and growth in economic growth has been enhanced by technical breakthroughs and developments over the years, so that economic growth is no longer focused solely on the exploitation of raw materials, energy sources andphysical goods, but on the intangible development of values in the form of essential skills, services, innovative technologies and inventions. Considering the high level of youth unemployment and the high incidence of poverty in Nigeria, this requires a re-adjustment of the traditional methods of human capital growth. The main goal of this paper is to shed light on recent developments in our understanding of the forces that border on information formation, distribution and innovation through the growth phase of the entrepreneur. This paper explored the tertiary institutions' entrepreneurship development programme and the capacity of graduates and future graduates to build jobs. Therefore, at Issele-Uku Delta State NYSC orientation camp, forty youth corps members were surveyed to evaluate their entrepreneurial dispositions. Similarly, surveys were also performed at four Delta State Tertiary Institutions. The sample of institutions consisted of 20 students from the selected schools each. One hundred polled 20 respondents. It was found that thirty-two percent of those who admitted to have taken entrepreneurship education, showed interest in setting up personal businesses using X2 analytical technique, while twenty-two percent preferred to work in private agencies, and the remaining forty-six percent preferred to work in either of the government weapons. In the design of regulations affecting the development of knowledge for the efficient diffusion of knowledge into socially useful needs, the policy implications of this study are significant
Keywords: Entrepreneurs, Knowledge, Innovation, Growth
Restructuring and National Security for Socio-Economic Development in Nigeria
Authors: Efeurhobo Davis , Fredrick Christmas 
Published: May 2021

The paper examined Restructuring and National Security to ascertain how this could possibly enhance and sustain a better nation amidst the many crises that have endangered the unity of our peaceful coexistence. It is imperative to acknowledge that the unending squabbles and schisms threatening the peaceful coexistence of the Nigerian-state is traceable to improper restructuring of the political system. The paper which relied on secondary sources of data submits that addressing issues of ineffective representation, non-inclusion of persons of different segments, religious intolerance among others would help to promote National Security. The paper therefore argues that issues that are capable of triggering crisis and destroying the National Security, should be tackled adequately in order to have an orderly society devoid of rancour and endless acrimony. The conclusion of the paper was anchored on genuine restructuring with proper recommendations that would help promote an organized and egalitarian society.
Keywords: Restructuring, National Security, Peaceful Co-existence, Development
Project alfa-manaus: the rescuer role in emergency and amazon Community
Authors: Barros Laura Brandão , Schreiner Iuri Matias Oliveira 
Published: May 2021

The ALFA-Manaus project is an extension project of the College of Medicine of the Federal University of Amazonas, which was founded in 1997. The academics interested in first aid and accident prevention activities can make training courses when become a member and take their knowledge to society.
Percepción del profesorado acerca de la importancia del uso de las tic para favorecer la inclusión del alumnado
Authors: Marín Patricia Ortiz , Velázquez Ana Belén Giménez , Alonso Jose María Rabal 
Published: May 2021

Hoy en día, la educación inclusiva debería de ser un requisito en las aulas y aunque con el tiempo ha aumentado su presencia aún no está presente en todos los centros. Para que todos los discentes tengan igualdad de oportunidades y una educación de calidad se propone la incorporación de las TIC en las aulas. A través de una revisión bibliográfica se observan los beneficios que se pueden obtener a través de ellas, cuál es su uso y cómo implementarlas.
El siguiente trabajo tiene por objetivo ofrecer, a partir de un estudio detallado y la realización de una encuesta, la opinión de docentes sobre el uso de las TIC en las aulas con alumnos con NEE. Para llevar a cabo este trabajo, se ha realizado la encuesta a 81 docentes en activo de manera totalmente aleatoria para que los resultados sean lo más reales posibles.
Los resultados obtenidos muestran cómo la gran mayoría de los profesionales en educación están a favor de su inclusión en las aulas aunque para ello creen que deberían de recibir una formación adaptada a dichos contenidos.
La importancia de la educación física para el correcto desarrollo físico y cognitivo en la infancia
Authors: Muñoz Juani González , Calderón Belén Cánovas , Melgar Rocío Muñoz , Alonso Jose María Rabal 
Published: May 2021

La práctica de las actividades físico deportivas ha alcanzado especial relevancia en los últimos años como factor determinante para conseguir un estilo de vida saludable y adquirir hábitos beneficiosos para la salud. Además de ello, el desarrollo y la promoción de las actividades físicas contribuye a un mejor bienestar emocional, así como a una mayor promoción de la salud. Adquirir hábitos saludables tales como mantener una buena alimentación, ser constantes con la higiene personal o postural, evitar el sedentarismo o el consumo de sustancias perjudiciales para la salud es una necesidad de primer orden que debe comenzar a inculcarse desde las edades más tempranas.
La asignatura de Educación Física y los profesionales especialistas en este ámbito educativo juegan un papel importante como agentes formadores que contribuirán a que los menores consigan todo lo anteriormente descrito. Para ello, es fundamental hacer un tratamiento global, transversal e integral de la asignatura, de manera que los alumnos consigan aprendizajes duraderos y significativos que poder aplicar en la vida cotidiana.
A lo largo del artículo se expondrá la experiencia y reflexión dos compañeros de profesión como alumnos de Educación Física, en la que se narra lo positivo y lo negativo de la vivencia. Este tipo de entrevistas ayudan a mejorar futuras sesiones o propuestas didácticas, evitando reproducir antiguos errores de los sistemas educativos pasados. Asimismo, se procederá a la definición de la Educación Física desde una perspectiva integral, enumerando sus finalidades y las actitudes que se pretenden desarrollar con la misma. Seguidamente se presentarán las diferentes técnicas o corrientes actuales que se imparten dentro de esta disciplina mediante una explicación y análisis de los puntos débiles que como docentes habrá que tener en cuenta. Cuerpo y motricidad son dos conceptos fundamentales cuando hablamos de esta área y es por ello que se tratarán profundamente a lo largo de este artículo. Estos elementos tan característicos y distintivos pueden conformar la identidad a nivel individual y colectivo mediante las sesiones de esta asignatura.
Por último, no se debe olvidar el tratamiento de la Educación Física como elemento fundamental para la formación integral de nuestros estudiantes, por ello hablaremos de los valores transversales y se harán propuestas de actividades, además de analizar algunos elementos del currículo al cual deben acogerse las actividades que se lleven a la práctica.
Effect of Self-Care Management on Nursing-Sensitive Patients’ Outcomes after Permanent Pacemaker Implantation
Authors: El-Sayed Reham , El-Senousy Tahany , Yassien Sahar 
Published: May 2021

Context: Nursing is striving to build a knowledge base that supports professional practice and improves the quality of care. Aim: This study aimed to evaluate the effect of self-care management guidelines on nursing-sensitive patients' outcomes after permanent pacemaker implantation. Methods: A quasi-experimental design was utilized in this study. A purposive sample of 50 patients admitted to the cardiac catheterization unit at Ain Shams University Hospital after permanent pacemaker implantation during their follow up visit. They are divided into two matched group study and control groups. Their mean age ±SD was 45.37±5.76, and 48.75±4.27 successively. Patient socio-demographic characteristic and medical data sheet, self-care management level assessment scale, and nursing-sensitive outcomes measuring scale were utilized to achieve the study aim.
Results: The study results revealed positive outcomes for patients of the study group compared to the controls and their pre-implementation level of self-care guidelines. Conclusion: The study concludes that implementation of self-care management guidelines reflected positively on enhancing all dimensions of nursing-sensitive patients' outcomes recommending that it should be applied in all cardiac catheterization units and should be updated periodically to enhance self-care management for those patients based on nursing-sensitive outcome classification.