bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Predicting the spatial distribution of soil organic carbon stock in Swedish forests using a group of covariates and site-specific data
Authors: Hounkpatin Kpade O. L. , Stendahl Johan , Lundblad Mattias , Karltun Erik 
Published: July 2021

Abstract. The status of the soil organic carbon (SOC) stock at any position in the landscape is subject to a complex interplay of soil state factors operating at different scales and
regulating multiple processes resulting either in soils acting as a net sink or net source of carbon. Forest landscapes are characterized by high spatial variability, and key drivers of SOC stock might be specific for sub-areas compared to those influencing the whole landscape. Consequently, separately calibrating models for sub-areas (local models) that collectively cover a target area can result in different prediction accuracy and SOC stock drivers compared to a single model (global model) that covers the whole area. The goal of this study was therefore to (1) assess how global and local models differ in predicting the humus layer, mineral soil, and total SOC stock in Swedish forests and (2) identify the key factors for SOC stock prediction and their scale of influence. We used the Swedish National Forest Soil Inventory (NFSI) database and a
digital soil mapping approach to evaluate the prediction performance using
random forest models calibrated locally for the northern, central, and
southern Sweden (local models) and for the whole of Sweden (global model).
Models were built by considering (1) only site characteristics which are
recorded on the plot during the NFSI, (2) the group of covariates (remote sensing, historical land use data, etc.) and (3) both site characteristics and group of covariates consisting mostly of remote sensing data. Local models were generally more effective for predicting SOC stock after
testing on independent validation data. Using the group of covariates
together with NFSI data indicated that such covariates have limited
predictive strength but that site-specific covariates from the NFSI showed
better explanatory strength for SOC stocks. The most important covariates
that influence the humus layer, mineral soil (0–50 cm), and total SOC
stock were related to the site-characteristic covariates and include the
soil moisture class, vegetation type, soil type, and soil texture. This study showed that local calibration has the potential to improve prediction
accuracy, which will vary depending on the type of available covariates.
Aproximación al concepto de observatorio editorial: recomendaciones para su creación
Authors: Colmenares Moreno Wilson Enrique 
Published: July 2021

El concepto de ‘observatorio’ se ha interpretado y utilizado de diferentes maneras. Su conceptualización es reducida y no se tiene una caracterización, lo que afecta la percepción y la credibilidad que proyecta como instrumento. Este artículo presenta los resultados de una aproximación al concepto de observatorio editorial que permite determinar algunas de sus principales características y, sobre esa base, proponer recomendaciones para su creación. Se diseñó una metodología de investigación documental de alcance exploratorio y descriptivo. Se buscaron y recopilaron 66 fuentes bibliográficas; de ellas, se codificaron 25 mediante el software atlas.ti 8. Para ello, se crearon tres redes semánticas agrupando 146 códigos, con el fin de responder a las preguntas ¿qué es un observatorio?, ¿qué hace? y ¿para qué lo hace? Así, se construyeron 20 categorías para caracterizar los sitios web de tres observatorios editoriales existentes. Como resultado, se encontró que un observatorio se concibe, mayoritariamente, como un ‘espacio’ o ‘lugar; y que sus principales acciones se relacionan con ‘analizar’ y ‘evaluar’ la ‘toma de decisiones’ y el ‘seguimiento a las políticas’. La caracterización realizada a través de los sitios web evidenció las tensiones, las dificultades y las incertidumbres que existen entre la conceptualización y la implementación de los observatorios editoriales analizados. Asimismo, la presente investigación contribuye con la generación de conocimiento para que se puedan fortalecer, diseñar o implementar observatorios editoriales, los cuales no deben competir o replicar esfuerzos; su identidad está llamada a brindarle un valor más alto a la información para fortalecer la producción de nuevo conocimiento.
Preliminary results of rigid fixation (locking plate/screw) after triple pelvic osteotomy without a hip spica cast: A modified fixation method in 21 patients
Authors: Kamacı Saygın , Kaymakoğlu Mehmet , Ramazanov Rafik , Cemalettin Aksoy Mehmet , Yılmaz Güney 
Published: July 2021

Objectives: The aim of this study is to investigate whether rigid fixation after triple pelvic osteotomy (TPO) utilizing a 3.5-mm locking plate and screws without hip spica cast can provide enough stability and prevent correction loss in pediatric patients with developmental dysplasia of the hip (DDH) and Legg-Calvé-Perthes disease (LCPD).
Patients and methods: A total of 21 hips of 21 pediatric patients (9 males, 12 females; mean age: 9.3±2.0 years; range, 6 to 14 years) who underwent rigid fixation with locking plate/screws after TPO for DDH and LCPD between June 2015 and October 2018 were retrospectively analyzed. Preoperative, immediate postoperative, and six-month follow-up anteroposterior radiographs were compared for the Wiberg’s center-edge angle (CE), Sharp angle, acetabular coverage of the femoral head (ACFH), and center-head distance discrepancy (CHDD). The patient demographics, surgery time, perioperative complications were evaluated.
Results: Underlying diagnosis were DDH in 14 patients and LCPD in seven patients. In patients with DDH, postoperative evaluation showed significant increase in the mean CE angle (5.6±16.1° vs. 30.5±9.3°, respectively) and ACFH (46.4±16.8% vs. 84.5±12.1%, respectively), and a significant decrease in the mean Sharp angle (55.3±6.2° vs. 35.6±7.8°, respectively) and CHDD (14.6±10.7% vs. 6.2±5.6%, respectively). The final follow-up revealed that there was no correction loss in these parameters. In the patients with LCPD, postoperative evaluation showed a significant increase in the mean CE (20.1±11.1° vs. 38.3±9.6°, respectively) and ACFH (62.9±18% vs. 91.4±10.1%, respectively), and a significant decrease in the mean Sharp angle (46±3.6° vs. 25.2±5.5°, respectively). The final follow-up revealed that there was no correction loss in radiological parameters. No perioperative complications were noted.
Conclusion: Our study results suggest that rigid fixation construct with a 3.5-mm locking plate and screws without hip spica cast can provide adequate stability to allow early mobilization following TPO in children without any loss of correction, until bony healing at the osteotomy sites.
Orthopedics and 3D technology in Turkey: A preliminary report
Authors: Ertürk Cemil , Ayyıldız Simel , Erdöl Cevdet 
Published: July 2021

Objectives: In this study, we present the use of case specific three- dimensional (3D) printed plastic models and custom-made acetabular implants in orthopedic surgery.
Materials and methods: Between March 2018 and September 2020, surgeries were simulated using plastic models manufactured by 3D printers on the two patients with pilon fractures. Also, custom-made acetabular implants were used on two patients with an acetabular bone defect for the revision of total hip arthroplasty (THA).
Results: More comfortable surgeries were experienced in pilon fractures using preoperative plastic models. Similarly, during the follow-up period, the patients that applied custom-made acetabular implants showed a fixed and well-positioning in radiographic examination. These patients did not experience any surgical complications and achieved an excellent recovery.
Conclusion: Preoperative surgical simulation with 3D printed models can increase the comfort of fracture surgeries. Also, custom-made 3D printed acetabular implants can perform an important task in patients treated with revision THA surgery due to severe acetabular defects.
Effects of different vardenafil doses on bone healing in a rat fracture model
Authors: Atcı Tolgahan , Alagöz Ender , Yaprak Saraç Elif , Özbay Hakan , Fatih Daşcı Mustafa , Acar Abdurrahman , Karabulut Derya , Akif Güleç Mehmet 
Published: July 2021

Objectives: We aimed to investigate the radiological, biomechanical, histopathological, histomorphometric, and immunohistochemical effects of different doses of vardenafil on fracture healing.
Materials and methods: Fifty-one rats were divided into three groups. Group V5 was given 5 mg/kg/day of vardenafil; Group V10 was given 10 mg/kg/day of vardenafil; and the control group was given the same volume of saline. Six rats from each group were sacrificed on Day 14 (early period) and the remaining rats were sacrificed on Day 42 (late period). Callus/femoral volume and bone mineral density were measured using micro- computed tomography. Five femurs from each group in the late period were examined by biomechanical tests. In addition to the histopathological and histomorphometric evaluations, immunohistochemical analyses were performed to examine the levels of inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS), transforming growth factor-3 (TGF-β3), and nuclear factor kappa B (NF-κB) proteins.
Results: Both doses of vardenafil increased primary bone volume and maximal bone fracture strength in late period, compared to the control group (p^lt;0.05). Histological healing scores of vardenafil groups were significantly higher in early period (p<0.001). While cartilaginous callus/total callus ratio in early period was higher, callus diameter/femoral diameter ratio in late period was lower in vardenafil groups (p<0.01). The NF-κB immunopositivity in V10 group decreased in early period, compared to control group (p<0.001). The TGF-β3 and iNOS immunopositivity increased in both V5 and V10 groups, compared to the control group in early period, but returned to normal in late period.
Conclusion: During the first period of fracture healing process in which vasodilation is mostly required with increasing inflammation, vardenafil has ameliorating effects on the bone union and supports fracture healing.
InSafeLOCK® humeral nailing for humeral nonunions: Clinical and radiological results
Authors: Polat Oktay , Toy Serdar , Kibar Birkan 
Published: July 2021

Objectives: This study aims to evaluate the clinical and functional results of patients treated with InSafeLOCK® humeral nail and iliac crest autograft for humeral nonunion.
Patients and methods: A total of 15 patients (11 males, 4 females; mean age: 52.1±15.3 years; range, 31 to 78 years) who were followed conservatively for humeral fractures and operated with the InSafeLOCK® humeral nail and iliac bone graft in our center between June 2018 and January 2020 were retrospectively analyzed. Data including demographic and clinical characteristics of the patients, operative data, and pre- and postoperative Visual Analog Scale (VAS), Disabilities of the Arm, Shoulder, and Hand (DASH), and Constant-Murley Scores (CMS) were recorded.
Results: The mean time from injury to nonunion treatment was 10.9±1.6 months. Five patients had atrophic, eight patients had oligotrophic, and two patients had hypertrophic nonunion. Preoperatively, the mean DASH was 37.7±9.1, the mean CMS was 69.7±6.3, and the mean VAS was 3.8±0.7. In all patients, union was achieved. The mean operation time was 59.0±16.2 min. The mean postoperative DASH score was 16.1±8.7, CMS 87.4±3.4, and VAS score 0.8±0.7. Regarding the shoulder joint, the mean abduction was 164.7±11.3 degrees, the mean internal rotation was 82.0±6.8 degrees, the mean external rotation was 81.3±8.3 degrees, and the mean flexion was 162.0±12.1 degrees. During follow-up, complications such as vascular-nerve injury, reflex sympathetic dystrophy, screw migration or loosening, implant failure, and loss of reduction did not occur in any of our patients.
Conclusion: Considering the satisfactory functional and radiological results, the InSafeLOCK® humeral nail can be used safely in humeral nonunions.
RETRACTION: Open reduction internal fixation versus minimally invasive percutaneous fixation for calcaneus fractures: Mid-term outcomes and social consequences
Authors: Emre Fahri , Çağlar Ceyhun , Kaya Özgür 
Published: July 2021

Objectives: This study aims to evaluate the mid-term clinical, functional, radiological, and socioeconomic outcomes of calcaneus fractures treated with open reduction-internal fixation (ORIF) versus minimally invasive percutaneous fixation (MIPF).
Patients and methods: A total of 48 patients (34 males, 14 females; mean age: 44.05 years; range, 19 to 64 years) who underwent either ORIF or MIPF for calcaneus fractures between January 2010 and January 2016 were retrospectively analyzed. The patients were divided into two groups as the ORIF group (n=36) and MIPF group (n=12). The American Orthopaedic Foot & Ankle Society (AOFAS) score, Maryland Foot Score (MFS), and the Short Form-36 (SF-36) scores were assessed for the clinical assessment. The mean duration of operation, mean length of hospitalization, pedobarographic gait analysis, the incidence of contralateral knee pain, increased shoe size, and change of profession due to significant heel pain were also evaluated. The Böhler’s angle, Gissane angle, and calcaneal varus were measured for radiological assessment.
Results: There was a significant difference in the mean operation time (p=0.001) and length of hospitalization (p=0.001) between the two groups. There was no significant difference between the pre- and postoperative third-year Böhler’s and Gissane angles (p=0.05, p=0.07, p=0.09, respectively). There were no significant differences between the postoperative first-, second-, and third-year AOFAS, MFS, and SF-36 scores (p=0.57, p=0.55 p=0.85, p=0.64, p=0.21, p=0.51, p=0.20, p=0.15, p=0.22, respectively). Thirteen patients in the ORIF group and five patients in the MIPF group changed their job due to significant heel pain. The increased shoe size was correlated with the residual calcaneal varus (p=0.001).
Conclusion: Both methods have pros and cons in the treatment of calcaneal fractures. Although MIPF is more advantageous in terms of operation duration and length of hospitalization, more favorable radiological results can be obtained with ORIF. Calcaneal varus should be corrected to prevent the increased shoe size and contralateral knee pain.
FAKTOR- FAKTOR YANG MEMPENGARUHI INTEREST OF REVISIT WISATAWAN PADA WISATA UJONG BLANG KOTA LHOKSEUMAWE
Authors: Putri Juliana , Andriani Fitria 
Published: July 2021

Traveling is a necessary thing in everyday life, traveling on a tour can eliminate boredom and can remember thoughts of everyday problems. A good tourist spot will greatly affect the desire to make a visit on that tour, and a good tourist spot will be interesting to make a repeat visit on that tour. The research aims to see the effect of service influence, tourism image, tourist attraction and promotion partially and simultaneously on the interests of visiting tourists. This research uses quantitative methods. Sampling combines accidental sampling and purposive sampling, involving 97 tourists as respondents. Data processing using multiple linear regression with IMB 22 statistical tools: The results of data analysis show that service quality (X1) does not have a significant effect on the interest of returning tourists with a significant value of 0.394> 0.05. The results of data analysis show that the tourism image ( X2) has a significant effect on the interest of returning tourists with a significant value of 0.000 <0.05. The results of data analysis show that tourist attraction (X3) has a significant effect on the interest of returning tourists with a significant value of 0.031 <0.05, the results of data analysis show that Promotion (X4) has a significant effect on the interest of returning tourists with a significant value of
0.022 <0.05 on testing service quality, tourism image, tourist attraction, promotion is able to influence the interest of returning visits simultaneously where the significance value is 0.000 <0.05.
ANALISIS DAMPAK KEBIJAKAN MERGER DALAM PENGEMBANGAN BANK SYARIAH DI INDONESIA
Authors: Siregar Erwin Saputra , Sissah Sissah 
Published: July 2021

This study aims to analyze the impact of the merger policy on the progress of Islamic banks. The slow progress of Islamic banks in Indonesia makes experts think of a policy so that Islamic banks can develop rapidly. This type of research is library research, which is a series of activities that focus more on the methods of collecting library data, reading, taking notes and analyzing research materials. This type of research uses qualitative methods. The nature of this research is descriptive analysis, which is to systematically explain the data obtained as they are and be analyzed in depth. The results of this study are the sharia bank merger policy has not been able to increase the market share of Islamic banks in Indonesia, even the chance of decreasing the market share of Islamic banks is very high considering that many small Islamic banks will be unable to compete with the merged Islamic banks. It is different if the policy issued is to establish a new Sharia BUMN Bank. This policy will make competition more evenly distributed because it is seen from the asset side between Islamic banks that the difference is not too far away.
Keyword : Policy; Merger; Islamic Banks

Abstrak
Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menganalisis dampak kebijakan merger dalam kemajuan bank syariah. Lambatnya kemajuan bank syariah di Indonesia membuat para ahli memikirkan suatu kebijakan agar bank syariah dapat berkembang pesat. Jenis penelitian ini adalah library research, yaitu rangkaian kegiatan yang lebih menitikberatkan pada metode pengumpulan data pustaka, membaca, dan mencatat serta menganalisis bahan penelitian. Jenis penelitian ini menggunakan metode kualitatif. Sifat penelitian ini adalah analisis deskriptif yaitu menjelaskan data-data yang diperoleh apa adanya secara sistematis dan dianalisis secara mendalam. Hasil penelitian ini adalah kebijakan merger bank syariah belum bisa menaikkan market share bank syariah di Indonesia, bahkan peluang turunnya market share bank syariah sangat tinggi mengingat banyak bank syariah-bank syariah kecil yang akan kalah bersaing dengan bank syariah hasil merger. Berbeda halnya jika kebijakan yang dikeluarkan adalah mendirikan Bank BUMN Syariah yang baru. Kebijakan tersebut akan membuat persaingan lebih merata karena dilihat dari sisi aset antara bank syariah selisihnya tidak terlalu jauh.
Kata Kunci: Kebijakan; Merger; Bank Syariah
Techno-Economic Analysis of Green Construction Regulations Plus Survey for Prototype Implementation in Karachi
Authors: Majid Muhammad Imran , Khan Muhammad Ibrahim 
Published: July 2021

Conventional buildings consume large amounts of energy and are the source of greenhouse gas emissions contributing to climate change. The shortage of green buildings in Pakistan have been said to be due to shortage of knowledge of the benefits of essential green building materials and the absence of a regulatory framework. The study is qualitative and quantitative and is divided into two parts. This review paper focuses on awareness in the Pakistan's local construction market concerning green buildings through a survey questionnaire. Data collection procedure consists of 60 questionnaires related to green building construction awareness and priorities within Karachi's construction sector. Also, a focus group and personal interviews conducted with at least 5 professionals working in local construction projects are analyzed. The research questions formed from detailed literature review were analyzed and found that energy conservation, environmental/resource conservation and improving indoor environmental quality are major driving factors for green building development. Similarly, there is a lack of knowledge of green construction methods and regulations and lack of support from the government. This has been found as the major barrier in going towards green construction. We recommend policy directions towards this end and elaborate points of concern to the authorities.
Critical Fiction: Reading Seinte Margarete through Robyn Cadwallader’s The Anchoress
Authors: Winstead Karen A. 
Published: July 2021

Abstract
This article examines Robyn Cadwallader’s 2015 novel The Anchoress as an interpretation of the early thirteenth-century saint’s life Seinte Margarete. The Anchoress is at once a scrupulously researched historical novel and what the author calls a “critical fiction,” that is, a work of fiction that undertakes the same analytical project as conventional literary criticism: it self-consciously interprets a narrative through its own narrative and investigates many of the same issues that are explored in more familiar forms of literary scholarship and cultural history. The author analyzes The Anchoress’s critical strategies and considers how it can prompt us to think in new and creative ways about Seinte Margarete and the devotional culture that produced it. As it interprets Seinte Margarete, this article shows, Cadwallader’s novel mimics the medieval text, producing a Saint Margaret for a twenty-first-century secular audience. Despite their limitations, which are also considered, critical fictions such as Cadwallader’s can deepen our appreciation of the past we love and stimulate us to rethink its relation to the present we inhabit.
Fetterley's Feminist Blueprint for Resisting Scholars
Authors: Bona Mary Jo 
Published: July 2021

ABSTRACT
This article highlights three ways in which Fetterley's feminist methodology anticipated intersectional praxis and enabled my own critiques of how American writers disguised and reified violent erasures of gender, class, and race. First, it highlights the misogyny extant in the Italian-American literary tradition, epitomized by Mario Puzo's The Godfather, in ways that recall Fetterley's analysis of The Great Gatsby. Second, it argues that Fetterley's attention to the violent erasure of gender paved the way for thinking about the effacement of race as examined by Toni Morrison in Playing in the Dark. Third, it suggests that The Resisting Reader produced the conditions for a feminist methodology embracing interdisciplinary scholarship on race, class, and citizenship.
PENERAPAN POSISI SEMI FOWLER TERHADAP KETIDAKEFEKTIFAN POLA NAFAS PADA PASIEN CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE (CHF)
Authors: Yuli Ani Ahmad Muzaki, Yuli Ani 
Published: July 2021

Congestive Heart Failure or more commonly known as Heart failure is a disease of clinical syndrome that is characterized by shortness of breath and fatique at rest or during activities caused by structural abnormalities or heart function. CHF patients with ineffective breathing patterns need to be given a semifowler position. Objective: is given this position to decrease oxygen consumption and increase maximal lung expansion, so the ineffectiveness of the client breathing pattern is more optimal CHF patients at RSUD Wates. Method: This type of research is descriptive using case study approach method. Subjects in this case study were two patients who had CHF patient with ineffective breathing pattern. Semifowler interventions is given where the position of the head and body is increased with declivity 45°. Results: The application of semi-fowler position (sitting position 45 °) for 3x24 hours in accordance with the SOP helps reduce shortness of breath and helps optimize RR on the client so that the problem of ineffective breathing patterns can be overcome. Conclusion: Significant sleep angle adjustment interventions can produce good respiration, so it can be considered as one of the interventions to maximize the ineffectiveness of breathing patterns.