bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
PERFIL EPIDEMIOLÓGICO E CIRÚRGICO DE PACIENTES NEURO-ONCOLÓGICOS SUBMETIDOS A CIRURGIAS NEUROLÓGICAS
Authors: Moura Jamilly Nunes , Santana Mary Elizabeth de , Pimentel Ingrid Magali de Souza , Freitas Maria Da Conceição Nascimento , Vale Jamil Michel Miranda do , Epifane Suelen Gaia , Ferreira Lucimário Valente 
Published: April 2021

Objetivo: investigar o perfil sociodemográfico e cirúrgico de pacientes neuro-oncológicos submetidos a neurocirurgias.Método: estudo descritivo, retrospectivo de abordagem quantitativa, realizado em um hospital com 236 leitos de referência em câncer no estado do Pará, no período de cinco anos (2014-2018). Os dados foram coletados em setembro a dezembro de 2019 e analisados por meio da estatística descritiva.Resultados: o perfil foi a faixa etária 41 a 50 anos (30,8%; n=20), ensino fundamental completo (44,6%; n=29). Foram submetidos a cirurgia eletiva (87,7%; n=57), consideradas limpas (95,4%; n=62) e de grande porte (96,9%; n=63); A principal complicação apresentada foi infecção de sitio operatório (10,7%; n=8) e tumores localizados no encéfalo (60%; n=39).Conclusão: o trabalho contribuiu para delinear o perfil do público atendido pelo hospital, viabilizando a ampliação de debates que visem aprimorar o planejamento hospitalar, aperfeiçoar a qualidade dos serviços de saúde e da assistência de enfermagem.
ANÁLISE DA ETAPA DE GARANTIA DE PREPARO DO TEAM BASED LEARNING NO ENSINO DE ENFERMAGEM
Authors: Menegaz Jouhanna Do Carmo , Dias Alana Celeste Campos , Santos Ana Victória Antônio José dos , Souza Camila Stefany Silva de , Figueiredo Maria Clara Costa , Ferreira Glenda Roberta Oliveira Naiff 
Published: April 2021

Objetivo: analisar a etapa de garantia de preparo do Team-Based Learning por meio do desempenho de estudantes de Enfermagem no Individual Readiness Assurance Test – iRAT e Team Readiness Assurance Test – tRAT.Método: estudo descritivo de abordagem quantitativa. Participaram 26 estudantes do quinto semestre de uma faculdade do Norte do Brasil. A coleta de dados ocorreu nos meses de outubro e novembro de 2018 com questionários aplicados em cinco unidades. A análise foi descritiva, por questionário, questão, equipe e aluno.Resultados: o desempenho em equipe foi superior, porém não em todas as unidades. Há questões em que os estudantes individualmente e em equipe apresentaram dificuldades, sugerindo variáveis intervenientes de origem pedagógica.Conclusão: a análise por desempenho dos estudantes sugere falhas na garantia de preparo. O estudo contribui ao indicar possíveis variáveis pedagógicas que podem influenciar no sucesso desta etapa do Team-Based Learning.
TEMPO DE CONTATO COM INTERVENÇÕES EDUCATIVAS E AUTOCUIDADO DE PESSOAS COM DIABETES MELLITUS
Authors: Silva Álef Lucas Dantas de Araújo , Neves Eloisa Louhany Feitosa das , Lucena Jaciely Gondim Sidrônio de , Oliveira Neta Maria Silvia De , Azevedo Thaysa Fernandes de , Nunes Waleska De Brito , Andrade Lidiane Lima de 
Published: April 2021

Objetivo: verificar a relação entre o tempo de contato com intervenções educativas e as variáveis de autocuidado em usuários com diabetes mellitus.Método: estudo quase experimental do tipo antes e depois. Os dados foram coletados entre agosto e dezembro de 2019, em dois momentos distintos: no primeiro dia de intervenção educativa (momento inicial) e o no último dia (momento final). Na análise, utilizou-se o t-student pareado para comparar as médias dos escores no momento inicial e no momento final.Resultados: participaram do estudo 57 pessoas que viviam com diabetes mellitus tipo 2. A análise demonstrou melhora nos escores de autocuidado entre o momento inicial (4,15) e o momento final (4,81), com significância estatística (p<0,001).Conclusão: verificou-se uma relação positiva entre o tempo de contato com intervenções educativas e as variáveis de autocuidado em usuários acompanhados na estratégia de saúde da família que vivem com diabetes mellitus.
Allergy is not a risk factor for recurrent acute otitis media: a real-life clinical experience
Authors: Ameli Franco , Tosca Maria Angela , Ciprandi Giorgio 
Published: April 2021

Background
Acute otitis media (AOM) is the most common bacterial infection in children. Some children with AOM tend to be otitis-prone, such as to have frequent recurrence of AOM (RAOM). The possible RAOM risk factors are widely debated.

Objective
The aim was to identify predictive factors, including clinical data and endoscopic findings, for RAOM in children.

Methods
The current study was performed in a real-life setting, such as an otorhinolaryngologic (ORL) clinic. In this study, 1,002 children (550 males, 452 females; mean age, 5.77 ± 1.84 years), complaining upper airway symptoms, were consecutively visited. Detailed clinical history and nasal endoscopy were performed.

Results
Throughout the ORL visit, it was possible to define some factors involved in the recurrence of AOM, including female sex, artificial feeding, tonsillar and adenoid hypertrophy, whereas male sex and recurrent respiratory infections could protect from RAOM.

Conclusion
Allergy was not associated with RAOM. In addition, this real-life study identified some predictive factors of RAOM, thus also in a primary care setting it is possible to achieve important information that is relevant in clinical practice.
Ordinal losses for classification of cervical cancer risk
Authors: Albuquerque Tomé , Cruz Ricardo , Cardoso Jaime S. 
Published: April 2021

Cervical cancer is the fourth leading cause of cancer-related deaths in women, especially in low to middle-income countries. Despite the outburst of recent scientific advances, there is no totally effective treatment, especially when diagnosed in an advanced stage. Screening tests, such as cytology or colposcopy, have been responsible for a substantial decrease in cervical cancer deaths. Cervical cancer automatic screening via Pap smear is a highly valuable cell imaging-based detection tool, where cells must be classified as being within one of a multitude of ordinal classes, ranging from abnormal to normal. Current approaches to ordinal inference for neural networks are found to not sufficiently take advantage of the ordinal problem or to be too uncompromising. A non-parametric ordinal loss for neuronal networks is proposed that promotes the output probabilities to follow a unimodal distribution. This is done by imposing a set of different constraints over all pairs of consecutive labels which allows for a more flexible decision boundary relative to approaches from the literature. Our proposed loss is contrasted against other methods from the literature by using a plethora of deep architectures. A first conclusion is the benefit of using non-parametric ordinal losses against parametric losses in cervical cancer risk prediction. Additionally, the proposed loss is found to be the top-performer in several cases. The best performing model scores an accuracy of 75.6% for seven classes and 81.3% for four classes.
Physicochemical Properties, Sensory Acceptance and Storage Stability of Yogurt Flavored with Refractance Window Dried Passion Fruit Powder
Authors: Asiimwe Amos , Kigozi Julia B. , Muyonga John 
Published: April 2021

Aims: The study evaluated the use of refractance window dried passion fruit powder as a flavoring for yogurt.
Place and Duration of Study: Department of Food Technology and Nutrition, Makerere University, Kampala-Uganda between October 2020 and January 2021.
Methodology: Passion fruit pulp was mixed in carboxymethyl cellulose and dried using a laboratory refractance window drier.
Plain yogurt was flavored with 2% passion fruit powder. Passion fruit flavored, plain and commercial yogurt were analyzed for physico-chemical and sensory properties. Statistical analyses were performed using XLSTAT and all results were considered to be significant at P<0.05.
Results: pH values and titratable acidity for all yogurts ranged from 4.67 to 3.77 and 1.21% to 2.89%, respectively throughout the 14 day storage period. The apparent viscosity of all yogurts increased significantly during storage and ranged from 413.76 cP to 525.20 cP, the syneresis of yogurts ranged from 25.6% to 32.2%, vitamin C content of the yogurts ranged from 0.69 mg/100 g to 1.91 mg/100 g, the carotenoid content of yogurts ranged from 0.55 µgRAE to 1.07 µgRAE, phenolic content of the yogurts ranged from 0.50 mg/100 g GAE to 8.01 mg/100 g GAE, whereas total antioxidant activity of the yogurts ranged from 0.21mg/100g VCE to 9.96mg/100g VCE. For all yogurt types, there was no significant change (p<0.05) in any of the sensory parameters (flavor, color, mouth feel, consistency, taste and overall acceptability) over the storage period of 14 days.
Conclusion: Addition of passion fruit powder to yogurt resulted in increased levels of vitamin C, beta carotenoid, total phenolic content and total antioxidant activity, in comparison to plain yoghurt and commercial vanilla flavored yogurt. This will provide consumers with more nutritious options thereby improving nutrition of consumers.
Optimization of Split-Plot Design in the Context of Mixture Process Variable Settings
Authors: Wanyonyi Samson W. , Okango Ayubu A. , Koech Julius K. , Korir Betty C. 
Published: April 2021

In the presence of process variables, a mixture design has become well-known in statistical modeling due to its utility in modeling the blending surface, which empirically predicts any mixture's response and serves as the foundation for optimizing the expected response blends of different components. In the most common practical situation involving a mixture-process variable, restricted randomization occurs frequently. This problem is solved when the split-plot layout arrangement is used within the constraints. This study's primary goal was to find the best split-plot design (SPD) for the settings mixture-process variables. The SPD was made up of a simplex centroid design (SCD) of four mixture blends and a factorial design with a central composite design (CCD) of the process variable and compared six different context split-plot structure arrangement. We used JMP software version 15 to create D-optimal split-plot designs. The study compared the constructed designs' relative efficiency using A-, D-, I-, and G- optimality criteria. Furthermore, a graphical technique (fraction of design space plot) was used to display, explain, and evaluate experimental designs' performance in terms of precision of the six designs' variance prediction properties. We discovered that arranging subplots with more SCD points than pure mixture design points within SPD with two high process variables is more helpful and provides more precise parameter estimates. We recommend using SPDs in experiments involving mixture process settings developments to measure the mixture components' interaction effects and the processing conditions. Also, the investigation should be set up at each of the points of a factorial design.
Nutrient use Efficiency in Calcareous Soil Amended by the Silicate, Humate and Compost
Authors: Sary Dalal H. , Rashad Rama T. 
Published: April 2021

Aims: A study was carried out in the field aims to study the response of a calcareous soil cultivated by soybean to the application of K-silicate (K-Si), K-humate (K-H), and compost at application rates 50% and 100% of the recommended dose.
Study Design: Complete randomized block design with three replicates.
Place and Duration of Study: At El-Nubaryia Agricultural Research Station (latitude of 30° 30°N longitude of 30° 20°E) Agricultural Research Center (ARC), Nubaryia, Egypt (Summer seasons of 2018 and 2019).
Methodology: Compost was mixed with surface soil a week before cultivation at application rates 3.75 and 7.5 kg plot-1 (3.91 and 7.81 t ha-1, respectively). Powder K-H was spread on soil at application rates 7.5 and 15 g plot-1 while aqueous solutions of K-Si; 8 and 16 mL L-1 for plot was sprayed on soil 30, 60, and 90 days after cultivation.
Results: Results showed that soil moisture(SM, %) was increased by the 100% application rate in the order compost (20.6%) > K-Si (19.3%) > K-H (19.1%). A significant increase was found in the seed yield (kg ha-1) by 129.5%, 84.8% and 70.6% by compost, K-H and K-Si, respectively. Compost at 100% application rate showed the most significant increase in the available nitrogen N (mg kg-1) in soil by 104.4% followed by K-H (by 81.8%) then K-Si by 23.4%. Compost also showed the most significant increase in the N uptake from soil (kg ha-1 soil) by seeds and straw followed by K-H then K-Si. The nutrient use efficiency (NUE, %) and agronomic efficiency (AE) values decreased in the order K-H > K-Si > compost at 50% and 100% application rates.
Conclusion: The quite smaller dose and ease of field application by spraying may make the K-H more agronomically efficient than K-Si and compost.
Microbiological Quality and Safety of Fruits and Vegetables from Open Market and Shopping Complex in Port Harcourt Metropolis
Authors: Obinna-Echem Patience C. 
Published: April 2021

Aims: Physicochemical and microbiological quality of fruits and vegetables from open market and shopping mall in Port Harcourt metropolis were determined to ascertain the effect of the sales environment.
Methodology: pH and titratable acidity (TTA) of bananas (Musa sapientum), tomatoes (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill), lettuce (Lactuca sativa L) and cabbage (Brassica oleracae var. capitata L) were determined using standard analytical methods. Conventional microbiological method was used for the microbial analysis.
Results: pH (4.30 - 6.00) and TTA (0.05 - 0.28% lactic acid) of samples from the two locations did not differ significantly (P>0.05). Aerobic colony count (ACC), Coliform, Escherichia coli and Staphylococcus aureus, ranged from 4.49 – 5.96, 3.70 – 4.59, 3.69 - 4.39 and 3.68 – 4.17 Log10 CFU/g respectively for the shopping mall samples, and 6.14 - 6.19, 3.66 – 5.23, 4.60 – 5.66, and 3.69 – 5.15 Log10 CFU/g respectively for the open market samples. Salmonella was detected at a level of 3.74, 4.30 and 4.65 Log10 CFU/g respectively in banana from the shopping mall; and lettuce and cabbage from the open market. Mould growth for the open market samples ranged from 4.01 - 4.40 Log10 CFU/g. Shopping mall samples had no mould and yeast growth except for mould count of 4.29 Log10 CFU/g in banana and yeast count of 4.30 and 3.69 Log10 CFU/g in tomatoes and lettuce. Banana and lettuce from the open market had no yeast count, but tomatoes and cabbage had counts of 4.30 and 4.46 Log10 CFU/g respectively.
Conclusion: Fruits and vegetables from the shopping mall generally had lower microbial count indicating the influence of the chilled storage environment. The detection of pathogens in the fruits and vegetables is unsatisfactory and can pose a health risk to consumers as well as the contamination of other produce.
In-vivo Hepatoprotective and Antioxidant Activities of Sphaeranthus amaranthoides Burm.f. Against Anti-Tubercular Drugs Induced Hepatotoxicity in Rats
Authors: Vinayakamurthi M. R. , Sunilson J. Anbu Jeba , Kumari A. V. Anita Gnana , Aathilakshmi U. 
Published: April 2021

Aim: To evaluate the hepatoprotective and antioxidant activity of Sphaeranthus amaranthoides Burm.f. against isoniazid (INH) and rifampicin (RIF) induced hepatotoxicity in rats.
Study Design: Experimental study.
Place and Duration: Research lab, Department of Siddha Medicine, Tamil University, Thanjavur, India, between March 2018 and November 2019.
Methodology: Liver toxicity was induced by antitubercular drugs (Isoniazid; INH+Rifampicin; RIF) at a dose level of 50+100 mg/kg each, p.o for 15 days. Petroleum ether, Chloroform, Methanol, Aqueous extracts of Sphaeranthus amaranthoides Burm.f. (S. amaranthoides) (200 and 400 mg/kg bt.wt.) were administered orally once daily for 15 days. The hepatoprotective activity was assessed using various biochemical parameters SGOT, SGPT, ALP, bilirubin, total protein, albumin, total cholesterol, total bilirubin, direct bilirubin and LDH. The antioxidant activities such as the enzymatic activity of superoxide dismutase (SOD), and catalase (CAT), and the level of lipidperoxidation as thiobarbituric acid reactive substance (TBA-RS) were measured in liver homogenates and histological examinations were carried out to assess hepatoprotective activity. For Statistical analysis, the values were subjected to one way analysis of variance (ANOVA) followed by Tukey multiple compare test. Results were considered statistically significant when P<0.05.
Results: The treatment with methanolic extract (400 mg/kg bt.wt.) of S. amaranthoides significantly prevented drug-induced increase in serum levels of liver enzymes (P<0.001). The antioxidant activity of a dose of 400 mg/kg of S. amaranthoides significantly prevented the decreases in the activity of enzymatic antioxidants (CAT & SOD) (P<0.01 and P<0.001) and inhibited the elevation of lipid peroxidation (TBA-RS) in the liver homogenate. Histopathology of liver tissue showed that S. amaranthoides attenuated the hepatocellular necrosis, regeneration and repair of cells toward normal.
Conclusion: The methanolic extract of S. amaranthoides showed significant hepatoprotectivity and antioxidant activity against INH + RIF Anti TB drugs.
Muscle Relaxation Strategies on Dysmenorrhea: An Interventional Study
Authors: Ramaiah Pushpamala , Albokhary Afnan A. 
Published: April 2021

Background: The chief complaints of menstruating females can impact their life with several physical and psycho-social wellbeing. Menstrual pain could be due to primary or secondary dysmenorrhea. There has been a lack of ongoing studies to demonstrate the association of crucial variables with day-to-day activities during the cycle.
Aim: Study adopted to explore the effectiveness of pelvic rocking exercises and home workouts among adolescents.
Methods: A case-control randomized design was adopted among the adolescents' community where the pre-post test was carried out, and the selected variables have been statistically analyzed.
Results: In total, 180 adolescents participated in our study. Overweight has been well documented as one of the variables to experience pain, and the intensity of the pain minimized after performing a couple of interventions.
Moreover, few findings appeared that exercises and home workouts reduce the pain level (scores) (p<0.05) and documented fewer dysmenorrhea symptoms in the following cycle.
Conclusion: The study reports muscle relaxation strategies to help in the relief of menstrual pain. The authors recommend performing ongoing research with a larger sample size to interpret the findings with cautions to associate cause-effect relationships.
Highly Efficient 1D/3D Ferroelectric Perovskite Solar Cell
Authors: Zhang Haijuan , Shi Zejiao , Hu Laigui , Tang Yuan‐Yuan , Qin Zhengyuan , Liao Wei‐Qiang , Wang Zi Shuai , Qin Jiajun , Li Xiaoguo , Wang Haoliang , Gusain Meenakshi , Liu Fengcai , Pan Yiyi , Xu Mingsheng , Wang Jiao , Liu Ran , Zhang Chunfeng , Xiong Ren‐Gen , Sha Wei E. I. , Zhan Yiqiang 
Published: April 2021

AbstractWith the capability to manipulate the built‐in field in solar cells, ferroelectricity is found to be a promising attribute for harvesting solar energy in solar cell devices by influencing associated device parameters. Researchers have devoted themselves to the exploration of ferroelectric materials that simultaneously possess strong light absorption and good electric transport properties for a long time. Here, it is presented a novel and facile approach of combining state‐of‐art light absorption and electric transport properties with ferroelectricity by the incorporation of room temperature 1D ferroelectric perovskite with 3D organic–inorganic hybrid perovskite (OIHP). The 1D/3D mixed OIHP films are found to exhibit evident ferroelectric properties. It is notable that the poling of the 1D/3D mixed ferroelectric OIHP solar cell can increase the average Voc can be increased from 1.13 to 1.16 V, the average PCE from 20.7% to 21.5%. A maximum power conversion efficiency of 22.7%, along with an enhanced fill factor of over 80% and open‐circuit voltage of 1.19 V, can be achieved in the champion device. The enhancement is by virtue of reduced surface recombination by ferroelectricity‐induced modification of the built‐in field. The maximum power point tracking measurement substantiates the retention of ferroelectric‐polarization during the continued operation.
Besides the Capacitive and Diffusion Control: Inner‐Surface Controlled Bismuth Based Electrode Facilitating Potassium‐Ion Energy Storage
Authors: Liu Miao , Xing Yuqi , Wang Jianwen , Wang Dong , Huang Lu , Wu Xiaoman , Liu Zhixiao , Wu Yingpeng 
Published: April 2021

AbstractOne of the major challenges of potassium‐ion hybrid capacitors (PIHCs) is to explore favorable anode materials with fast reaction kinetics to match the cathodes. Here, an “inner‐surface” controlled electrochemistry mechanism based on bismuth electrode is proposed and in‐depth studied, which is different from the capacitive or diffusion controlled electrode. Such inner‐surface controlled electrochemistry performance gives a high K ion diffusion ability under not only room temperature (RT) but also low temperature (LT). In this study, a kind of conjunct‐like bismuth nanoparticle (CBN) is fabricated to model such an advantage. The CBN anode for PIBs displays ultra‐long cycling stability and excellent rate capability, especially with a reversible capacity of 212.9 mAh g−1 at 30 A g−1 after 5000 cycles under RT. At −20 °C, the CBN anode achieves a capacity of 191.9 mAh g−1 at 10 A g−1 after 10 000 cycles. Coupling with activate carbon cathode, the as‐assembled PIHCs deliver high energy/power densities (111.8 Wh kg−1/412.8 W kg−1 and 29 Wh kg−1/14 312.6 W kg−1), which outperforms those of previously reported PIHCs and other hybrid capacitors. The study provides a new understanding of the energy storage mechanism for bismuth‐based electrodes and accelerates the development of advancing potassium ion storage devices, especially at LT.
Multiplexed Neurotransmission Emulated by a p–n Cross Nanowire Synaptic Transistor for Satiety, Depression, and Drug Withdrawal
Authors: Zhang Shuo , Guo Kexin , Han Hong , Yu Haiyang , Wei Huanhuan , Gong Jiangdong , Xu Wentao 
Published: April 2021

AbstractThis paper presents the first synaptic transistor (ST) that combines crossed p‐type and n‐type semiconductor nanowires (NWs) to form a bipolar conductive channels. The bipolar channel with both electron and hole transport paths enables the emulation of multiplexed neurotransmission of different neurotransmitters in a brain to realize complex neural functions using nanowires. Except for basic synaptic functions, the device demonstrates the potential to distinguish reward‐processing and aversive responses. The opposite polarities of NWs enable emulation of a series of complex neural activities using a single electronic device, such as satiety, depression, and drug withdrawal. The device is applicable to deep convolutional neural networks for electrocardiograms. The new strategy of versatile use of electro‐hydrodynamically printed NWs (e‐NWs) is expected to facilitate emulation of complex neural behaviors, and the realization of future neuromorphic electronics that are capable of these behaviors.