bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
A Population-Based Cohort Study on Chronic Comorbidity Risk Factors for Adverse Dengue Outcomes
Authors: Lien Chia-En , Chou Yiing-Jenq , Shen Yi-Jung , Tsai Theodore , Huang Nicole 
Published: September 2021

ABSTRACT.
The global burden of dengue is increasing against a background of rising global prevalence of chronic noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) and an epidemiological shift of dengue toward older age groups. The contribution of NCDs toward risk for adverse clinical and healthcare utilization outcomes was assessed in a national linked-database study. About 51,433 adult dengue cases between 2014 and 2015 were assessed for outpatient and inpatient claims data in Taiwan’s National Health Insurance Research Database for the 30 days after their dengue diagnosis. A multivariable logistic regression with generalized estimating equations was used to estimate the probability of adverse dengue outcomes in patients with NCDs compared with dengue patients without underlying diseases. Rheumatoid arthritis and related disease were associated with the highest risk of hospitalization after dengue diagnosis (odds ratio: 1.78; 95% CI: 1.37–2.30), followed by stroke, chronic kidney disease (CKD), liver cirrhosis, asthma, coronary artery disease, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, diabetes, congestive heart failure, hypertension, and malignancy. Chronic kidney disease and diabetes were associated with higher risks of hospitalization, intensive care unit (ICU) use, and all-cause mortality. After adjusting for socioeconomic status and other variables, the number of coexisting chronic diseases was associated with increasing risk of adverse dengue outcomes. Specific NCDs were associated with longer hospitalizations, ICU admission, and higher healthcare costs. Quantifying the risks of adverse dengue outcomes and health expenditures among dengue patients with preexisting NCDs provides insights for improved clinical management and essential inputs for health economic analyses on the cost-benefit of risk-based routine or catch-up immunization programs.
Sectarianism: Nature and Defining Criteria
Authors: Al-Hindawi Fareed Hameed , Kadhim Basim Jubair 
Published: September 2021

This paper investigates the linguistic account of sectarianism in terms of definition, forms, defining criteria, types of sectarianism and all the strategies which may represent sectarianism within a certain society. To define the sectarian discourse, defining criteria as well as parameters to specify the discourse genre which is related to sectarianism are to be explored and discussed. This can set the blueprints of analysis of the sectarian discourse.
Psychological Problems of Patients with a Stoma during Preoperative and Postoperative Period
Authors: Girdžiūtė Ieva , Bukartienė Loreta , Lukianskytė Rūta 
Published: September 2021

Aim of the study. To reveal the psychological problems of patients with a stoma in the preoperative and postoperative periods.
Methods. Analysis of scientific literature and quantitative research. A quantitative research was conducted to reveal the psychological problems experienced by patients with a stoma in the preoperative and postoperative periods. It also aimed at revealing the opinion of nurses about the psychological problems experienced by patients with a stoma in the preoperative and postoperative periods. Patients and nurses were provided with anonymous questionnaires. The study included patients with a stoma (N = 34) in one of the largest cities hospital X and nurses who were caring of them (N = 30). A descriptive statistics was used for analysis.
Results. The majority of patients agreed that they had felt fear before the operation, and this was noticed by all the nurses in the study. Nearly half of patients agreed that after surgery they feared they would not be able to cope with a stoma, and almost all nurses agreed. Most patients agreed that they experienced the lack of information and psychological discomfort. However, the patients disagreed that they had felt lonely and unsup-ported after surgery. The patients noted the lack of theoretical knowledge about stoma care after surgery.
Social change, preserving what is valuable
Authors: Stănescu Nina , Tasențe Tănase 
Published: September 2021

Social relationships are generally defined as that type of interconnection between two, three or more social actors acting together, thinking together, feeling together, waiting or asking for an answer from one another, within life manifestations or common, palpable, sustainable and meaningful activities. The foundation of social relationships (and their framework) is, therefore, represented by the manifestation of life that includes at least two individuals. When this life manifestation takes the form of the meaning of life, the foundation of a social action and, thus, the manifestation of a social relationship, is created. When the manifestation of life takes the form of a professional activity, we say that it has a professional meaning. The meaning of life is expressed in connection to the profession and, cumulatively, as a vocation”
Psychological well-being in college students: Psychometric properties of the Brief Inventory of Thriving (BIT) and the Comprehensive Inventory of Thriving (CIT)
Authors: Arslan Gökmen 
Published: September 2021

The purpose of the present study is to investigate the psychometric properties of two integrative inventories of psychological well-being– the Brief Inventory of Thriving (BIT) and the Comprehensive Inventory of Thriving (CIT)– that could be widely used among Turkish young adults. This study also aimed to examine whether students with severe psychological health symptoms reported higher levels of loneliness, lack of control, and negative feelings, and fewer positive domains of the CIT (e.g., support, belonging, positive feelings, and self-efficacy). The participants of this study included 314 Turkish undergraduate students (76% female with an age range of 18–47 years [M = 22.83, SD = 4.09]) from a state university in Turkey. Confirmatory factor analyses showed good psychometric fit statistics of both the CIT and BIT, confirming the latent structure of inventories. Factor loadings of the CIT items were strong, with robust indicator reliabilities. With regard to the concurrent validity of the measures, the study results showed that the domains and the brief version of the measure had significant correlations with psychological health symptoms. Additionally, individuals with severe mental health symptoms reported fewer positive psychological domains of psychological well-being, whereas having higher negative domains of psychological well-being than those with mild symptoms. Specifically, Cohen's d effect sizes were large for some social resources and subjective well-being domains. Overall, these results provide evidence suggesting that both the CIT and BIT could be used to assess psychological well-being among Turkish young adults.
EFFECT OF MACRO-ECONOMIC FACTORS ON FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE IN KENYA OF REGISTERED REAL ESTATE INVESTMENTS TRUSTS
Authors: Wanjiku Sophia , Bosire Joshua , Matanda Joshua 
Published: September 2021

Purpose: The purpose of the study was to determine the macroeconomic effect on Registered Real Estate Investments Trusts (REITs) financial performance in Kenya.
Materials and Methods: Causal research design was used to describe the REITs financial performance. This study used the population comprising of thirteen REITs firms in Kenya. The entire population (census) was used for the study. This study utilized secondary sources of data to get the information required to satisfy the research objectives. Time series data on REITs financial performance was computed for a four-year period as at 1st January 2016 to 31stDecember 2019, thus making use of 4 data points. The process of data analysis entailed preparation of the collected data through cleaning, editing and coding so that statistics could be keyed in the SPSS (statistical package for social sciences) package. The data was presented through tables and figures
Results: The regression model results without the moderating variable showed that R = 0.792, R² = 0.627 indicating that 62.7% of the variance in the REITs financial performance can be accounted for by the independent variables (macroeconomic variables). On the other hand, the regression model results with the moderating variable showed that R = 0.838, R² = 0.703 indicating that 70.3% of the variance in the REITs financial performance can be accounted for by the independent variables (macroeconomic variables) and the moderating variable considered in this study.
Unique contribution to theory, practice and policy: The study recommended that the government and REITs stakeholders should focus on policies and strategies that encourage favorable balance of payment in Kenya. REITs develop and design their products to suit consumers tastes and preferences to ensure their increased as consumption increases. Lastly, the government should expand the money supply to lower the inflation rates through tight fiscal and economic policies.
Global distribution of methane emissions: a comparative inverse analysis of observations from the TROPOMI and GOSAT satellite instruments
Authors: Qu Zhen , Jacob Daniel J. , Shen Lu , Lu Xiao , Zhang Yuzhong , Scarpelli Tia R. , Nesser Hannah , Sulprizio Melissa P. , Maasakkers Joannes D. , Bloom A. Anthony , Worden John R. , Parker Robert J. , Delgado Alba L. 
Published: September 2021

Abstract. We evaluate the global atmospheric methane column retrievals from the new TROPOMI satellite instrument and apply them to a global inversion of
methane sources for 2019 at 2∘ × 2.5∘ horizontal resolution. We compare the results to an inversion using the sparser but
more mature GOSAT satellite retrievals and to a joint inversion using both TROPOMI and GOSAT. Validation of TROPOMI and GOSAT with TCCON
ground-based measurements of methane columns, after correcting for retrieval differences in prior vertical profiles and averaging kernels using the
GEOS-Chem chemical transport model, shows global biases of −2.7 ppbv for TROPOMI and −1.0 ppbv for GOSAT and regional biases of
6.7 ppbv for TROPOMI and 2.9 ppbv for GOSAT. Intercomparison of TROPOMI and GOSAT shows larger regional discrepancies exceeding
20 ppbv, mostly over regions with low surface albedo in the shortwave infrared where the TROPOMI retrieval may be biased. Our inversion uses
an analytical solution to the Bayesian inference of methane sources, thus providing an explicit characterization of error statistics and information
content together with the solution. TROPOMI has ∼ 100 times more observations than GOSAT, but error correlation on the
2∘ × 2.5∘ scale of the inversion and large spatial inhomogeneity in the number of observations make it less useful than
GOSAT for quantifying emissions at that scale. Finer-scale regional inversions would take better advantage of the TROPOMI data density. The TROPOMI
and GOSAT inversions show consistent downward adjustments of global oil–gas emissions relative to a prior estimate based on national inventory
reports to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change but consistent increases in the south-central US and in Venezuela. Global
emissions from livestock (the largest anthropogenic source) are adjusted upward by TROPOMI and GOSAT relative to the EDGAR v4.3.2 prior estimate. We
find large artifacts in the TROPOMI inversion over southeast China, where seasonal rice emissions are particularly high but in phase with extensive
cloudiness and where coal emissions may be misallocated. Future advances in the TROPOMI retrieval together with finer-scale inversions and improved
accounting of error correlations should enable improved exploitation of TROPOMI observations to quantify and attribute methane emissions on the
global scale.
Tense Alternation in Japanese Literature: Translating Free Indirect Discourse and Focalization in Kashimada Maki’s Meido meguri
Authors: Trowell Haydn 
Published: September 2021

This paper examines the phenomenon of tense alternation in Japanese literary narrative, making specific reference to Kashimada Maki’s (鹿島田 真希) novella Meido meguri (冥途めぐり Touring the Land of the Dead, 2012) as a case study. It argues that tense alternation in sentence‑final predicative verbs should be regarded a stylistic technique that serves as an indicator of free indirect discourse and of focalization through a central character, and that it moreover establishes an opposition between external narration and internal focalization. It then illustrates how this dynamic is employed in Meido Meguri to create a contrast between a mode suggesting narrative distance and another suggesting mental interiority. This paper thus highlights a significant linguistic difference in the construction of free indirect discourse in Japanese and English narratives.
Pemasangan Paving Block Jalan Desa Mekar Jaya Kecamatan Panongan Kabupaten Tangerang
Authors: Widiarto Hendro , Sukamto  , Endrawijaya Ika , Asih Pribadi , Samanhudi Asep 
Published: September 2021

Jalan adalah akses penting bagi warga untuk beraktifitas, tetapi jalan desa masih berupa jalan tanah belum adanya perkerasan maka hal tersebut akan menjadi kendala, terutama pada saat musim hujan yang akan menyulitkan aktifitas warga. Jalan desa adalah sesuatu hal yang sangat dibutuhkan oleh warga khususnya untuk mobilitas dalam kehidupan sehari-hari. Jalan desa merupakan sarana yang sangat dibutuhkan oleh warga di Kp. Blok Benda RT.10 RW.04 Desa Mekar Jaya Kec. Panongan Tangerang Banten Oleh sebab itu, masyarakat Kp.Blok Benda Mekar Jaya menginginkan pengadaan serta pengerasan jalan segera dilaksanakan di sepanjang jalan yang termasuk pada wilayah Panongan, khususnya jalan yang dianggap rawan terjadinya kecelakaan karena jalanan desa yang licin . Melihat adanya permintaan warga yang sangat membutuhkan perkerasan (betonisasi atau pavingisasi) jalan ini.maka kami melaksanakan Tri Darma Perguruan Tinggi dimana Politeknik Penerbangan Indonesia Curug salah satu kewajiban dosen dalam melaksanakan pengabdian pada masyarakat dengan mengambil kasus
Overvejelser om prøver
Authors: Holm Anne Lindebo 
Published: September 2021

Prøver og deres resultater er i stigende grad i søgelyset. Både som en del af uddannelsen for den studerende, men også som dokumentation for institutionens arbejde. Heraf følger, at man må gøre sig nogle overvejelser over hvor sikker man kan være på at bedømmelsen både er pålidelig,og reelt fortæller os noget om det vi måler på. Denne artikel vil gennemgå nogle tanker man som underviser eller studie bør gøre sig i den forbindelse. Der findes ingen perfekte løsninger eller prøveformer, men basale overvejelser kan medvirke til et øget udbytte af eksamen og det der ligner for såvel studerende som institution.
Flere studerende – bedre uddannelse
Authors: Laustsen Carsten , Slavensky Henning , Schmidt Ina , Lysgaard Per 
Published: September 2021

Denne artikel er en praksisorienteret artikel, der omhandler et praksisorienteret projekt på en praksisorienteret uddannelse. Artiklen beskriver tiltag og erfaringer på en uddannelse med henblik på at mindske frafaldet og øge optaget. Det drejer sig om Elektroingeniøruddannelsen på AU Herning, hvor der altid har været et stort frafald. Projektet bag tiltagene er det 2-årige projekt ”Flere og bedre studerende”. Et projekt med fokus på at mindske frafaldet samt at rekruttere flere studerende. Et større udbytte af uddannelsen for de studerende er et selvfølgeligt delmål. Af tiltag beskrives funktionen studiementor, mentorvirksomhed, screening for læse-skrivevanskeligheder, studieteknik og pædagogisk dag. I de enkelte tiltag har mål og metode, struktur og bevidstgørelse været kernebegreber. Siden projektstart er frafaldet reduceret fra ca. 50 % til under 20 %.
Ph.d.-vejledning i et akademisk, markedsdrevet og samfundsforandrende perspektiv
Authors: Bøgelund Pia , Kolmos Anette 
Published: September 2021

Denne artikel identificerer og analyserer 3 idealtypiske ph.d.–vejlednings­per­spektiver, der korresponderer med forskellige forståelser af viden­skabs­syn og akademiske værdisæt. De 3 vejledningsperspektiver bygger på en inter­viewundersøgelse blandt 12 erfarne vejledere ved Det Teknisk-Na­tur­videnskabelige Fakultet på Aalborg Universitet. De identificeres på baggrund af vidensskabssyn og empirisk analyse, og udgør 1) et klassisk akademisk perspektiv; 2) et nyt management perspektiv, der i højere grad vægter projektledelse og produktivitet samt 3) et samfundsforandrende perspektiv baseret på uddannelse af forandringsagenter og ’empowerment’ af den ph.d.-studerende. Artiklen konkluderer, at ph.d.-vejlederes viden­skabs­syn og akademiske værdisæt sætter rammerne for udfoldelsen af vejlederrollen og valg af værktøjer, og som sådan bør ph.d.-vejledere eksplicit stifte bekendtskab med og diskutere disse væsensforskellige perspektiver på vidensproduktion. This article aims to identify successful strategies used by PhD supervisors when assessing knowledge production, taking into account their perceptions of science in a contextual and historical setting. The empirical data is made up of statements from 12 supervisors from two different research programs at the Faculty of Engineering and Science at Aalborg University. Three different supervisory perspectives are identified in relation to their understanding of knowledge production: A classical professional perspective, a perspective based on productivity management and a perspective based on change agency and empowerment. In the final discussion it is argued that in light of current challenges that include pressure to increase the number of PhD students and secure an international profile for the PhD education program a balanced use of all three perspectives could prove beneficial.
En problematisering af samspillet mellem centrale pædagogiske principper på arkitektuddannelsen
Authors: Grønbæk Niels , Møller Camilla Hedegaard 
Published: September 2021

Ud fra John Deweys erfaringspædagogik, bygget op om begreberne erfaring, situation og samspil, undersøges aspekter af en strukturel adskillelse af målstyrede og projektbaserede undervisningspraksisser med arkitektuddan­­nelsen på Kunstakademiets Skoler for Arkitektur Design og Konservering som eksempel på en uddannel­­­se baseret på både et videnskabeligt og et kunstnerisk grundlag. Det dis­kuteres om den også konkret rumlige adskillelse af de to grundlags respektive pædagogiske platforme i henholdsvis kursusundervisning og projektundervisning er tilsigtet og hensigtsmæssig med særligt henblik på at opspore tiltag, der kan styrke uddannelsens forskningsbasering. I et bredere perspektiv plæderer artiklen for etableringen af fagstudiemiljøer til befordring af erfaringsdannelsen i samspilssituationer på tværs af grundlag - i dette tilfælde det kunstneriske og videnskabelige. John Dewey’s pedagogy of experience, inspired by the concepts of experience, situation and interaction forms the frame for contemplating the apparent conflict between curriculum and project based pedagogical methods encompassing both the sciences and the arts. Investigating a particular case, the article considers whether the spatial separation of practiced pedagogical methods relative to the scientific and the artistic, has been intentional and appropriate. The inquiry aims at identifying new ways of strengthening the scientific basis of the education framework under discussion. Considering Dewey’s understanding of a learning context as ‘total social set-up’ the article in a broader perspective, argues in favour of an understanding of ‘learning context’ potentially as ‘context which learns’: Accordingly, given that the total social set-up of learning is considered dynamic rather than static the article suggests to affect such dynamic processes deliberately. In conclusion such deliberations, as motivated by pedagogical intentions of integrating scientific and artistic disciplines in the total social set-up, are considered.
Undervisningsevalueringens dilemmaer: kontrol og udvikling – to verdener?
Authors: Andersen Hanne Leth , Ravn Jakob , Colerick Thomas 
Published: September 2021

Evalueringspraksisser skifter løbende, og der eksperimenteres med nye tilgan­ge, metoder og procedurer. Artiklens fokus er på dilemmaet imellem kon­trol og udvikling. Der rapporteres fra en undersøgelse af holdninger til forskellige tilgange til evaluering og udbyttet af disse. Undersøgelsen er en kvalitativ undersøgelse baseret på interviews med centrale aktører på forskellige niveauer (ledelse, lærere, studerende, studieledere og institutledere) og dokumentariske studier af materiale, på tre danske universiteter. Vi sammenligner, hvordan forskellige aktører opfatter mål med evaluering, praksis og udbytte. Alle tre tilfælde viser, at ydre krav og forventninger fører til større centralisering og mere standardisering. Selv om ledelsen forsøger at kombinere udvikling og kontrol, sker der ofte en opdeling i to paral­lelle processer. Undersøgelsen dokumenterer, at kombinationen af kontrol og udvikling i den samme undervisningsevaluering er uhensigtsmæssig: Såvel studerende som undervisere mister engagementet og savner mulig­heder for feedback og opfølgning. Det fremgår, at standardisering, centra­lisering og formalisering af undervisningsevalueringer fører til mindre ud­vikling og regnes for mindre nyttigt af såvel undervisere som studerende. Evaluation practices at Danish universities are changing continuously. There is an ongoing experimentation with new approaches, methods and procedures. Our focus in this article is on evaluation as a balancing act between control and development. We report from an investigation of key stakeholder’s attitudes to different practices and to the outcomes of those practices, having interviewed management, teachers, students, program directors and department heads at three different faculties belonging to three different Danish universities. We compare how the different key stakeholders perceive evaluation objectives, practices and outcomes within and across the three faculties. It seems clear in all three cases that external demands and expectations lead to more centralized initiatives and more standardized procedures. Even though faculty management tries to encompass both development and control objectives in the ongoing teaching evaluations, the division between evaluations for control purposes and evaluations for development purposes are clearly divided into two parallel evaluation structures. The study documents that the combination of control and development into the same teaching evaluation is counterproductive: it neither engages the students nor the teachers, it does not allow for closure of the feedback loop and it does not ensure follow-up. It is therefore suggested that more standardized, centralized and formalized teaching evaluations lead to less development and are thus less useful to both teachers and students.