bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Welcome to work in Taiwan! Investigation of international students' employment opportunities
Authors: Duong N. T. , Pham Thi T. D. , Ngo Q. T. , Pham V. K. 
Published: May 2021

Introduction. Employment plays an important role in vocational development. However, not many studies of job search among international students have been reported.Aim. The current study aims to examine the relationship between self-efficacy, behavioural intentions, and perceived discrimination in the field of job search (JS).Methodology and research methods. The authors used Social Cognitive Model of Career Self-management (CSM) as the theoretical background to explain the relationships among the constructs of self-efficacy, behavioural intentions and perceived discrimination in JS. The study was conducted in a Chinese cultural context (Taiwan) with a sample of 301 international students from Southeast Asian countries. Structural Equation Modelling (SEM) was used to test the model about the relationships between the three variables in the study.Results and scientific novelty. The research findings show that self-efficacy strongly predicts behavioural intentions. Besides, self-efficacy partly mediates the influence of perceived discrimination on behavioural intentions. A quantitative research method was applied to investigate the population of international students, which has not been much reported in previous studies. This indicates that the influence of a contextual factor (e.g. perceived discrimination) on behavioural intentions is direct and indirect through self-efficacy.Practical significance. The research findings can be used by practitioners for enhancing self-efficacy and behavioural intentions as well as helping international students to cope with discrimination in the JS process.
Pendugaan Umur Simpan Rendang Telur yang Dikemas Plastik High Density Polyetilen (HDPE) dan Aluminium Foil dengan Teknik Pengemasan Berbeda Menggunakan Metode Akselerasi
Authors: Efendi Raswen , Ayu Dewi Fortuna , Nofaren Nadya 
Published: May 2021

The purpose of this research is to estimate the shelf life of egg rendang that is packed with High Density Polyetilen (HDPE) plastic, aluminium foil, and vacuum aluminium foil. Estimation of shelf life using the acceleration method by storing the egg rendang for 30 days at three different temperatures, i.e, 30°C, 35°C, and 40°C. The parameters observed during the storage process were sensory assessments of rancidity and thiobarbituric acid (TBA) values of egg rendang. Data were analyzed using linear regression and the equations obtained were used to calculate the shelf life of egg rendang at normal temperature, which is 27°C. The egg rendang stored using vacuum aluminium foil packaging have a longer shelf life compared to HDPE packaging and non vacuum aluminum foil. The egg rendang shelf life packed with aluminium foil vacuum based on rancidity sensory test was 100 days, with the regression equation y =-7241,9x+20,317, an activation energy (Ea) of 14.382,4 kal.mol-1, and the value of quality degradation (k) was 0.021 quality unit per day. The egg rendang shelf life packed with aluminium foil vacuum based on the TBA value was 99.50 days, with the regression equation y =-6995,3x+18,577, the activation energy (Ea) of 13.892.7 kal.mol-1, and the value of quality degradation (k) was 0.008 quality unit per day.
Pembuatan Snack Bar dari Tepung Pisang Kepok (Musa paradisiaca formatypica) dan Pure Pisang Ambon Hijau (Musa paradisiaca sapientum)
Authors: Hutapea George , Harun Noviar , Fitriani Shanti 
Published: May 2021

Snack bar was a solid rod-shaped food, made from a mixture of dry ingredients such as cereals, nuts, grains and fruits which can be consumed as a snack. Binder is needed in making a snack bar. Puree can be used as binder in making snack bar. The snack bar in this research was made from kepok plantain flour and ambon hijau banana puree. The purpose of this research was to obtain the best ratio of kepok plantain flour and ambon hijau banana puree in making snack bar with the best chemical and sensory characteristics. This research used a completely randomized design of one factor with four different formulations; kapok plantain flour and ambon hijau banana puree composite in the ratio of 50:50 (TP1), 40:60 (TP2), 30:70 (TP3) and 20:80 (TP4) mixed with other snack bar ingridients. Treatments with 4 replicat, which followed by Duncan’s New Multiple Range Test (DNMRT) at level 5%. The result showed that the ratio of kepok plantain flour and ambon hijau banana puree significantly affected the parameters except fat content and protein content, while sensory assessment had a significantly effected except the parameters of color and density hedonic. Based on the results, the ratio of kepok banana flour : ambon hijau banana puree (40:60) was chosen as the best formula which had chemical characteristics of 25.55% moisture content, 1.33% ash content, 10.47% fat content, 1.47% protein content, crude fiber content 4.83%, and carbohydrate content of 56.35% and the panelists preferred hedonically with a description of yellowish brown, banana flavored, sweet taste and solid texture.
Construção e validação de conteúdo do instrumento: consulta de enfermagem para pessoa com úlcera falcêmica à luz da teoria de Orem
Authors: Melo Larissa Houly De Almeida , Bernardo Thaís Honório Lins , Sarmento Patrícia De Albuquerque , Santos Amuzza Aylla Pereira dos 
Published: May 2021

<p>Este artigo objetiva construir e validar o conteúdo do instrumento “Consulta de enfermagem para pessoa com úlcera falcêmica, à luz da teoria de Orem”. Estudo metodológico, baseado no modelo de Pasquali. A pesquisa conteve 3 momentos: 1) Construção do instrumento; 2) Análise dos juízes peritos na área que julgaram o instrumento, através da escala <em>Likert</em> de 5 pontos, quanto clareza de linguagem, pertinência prática e relevância teórica. A análise aconteceu mediante Coeficiente de Validade de Conteúdo (CVC), sendo adotada CVC ≥ 0.8; 3) Análise semântica, utilizando a técnica de <em>brainstorming</em>. Pesquisa aprovada pelo CEP da UFAL com número CAAE: 04247718.4.0000.5013. O instrumento contém 23 itens e 271 subitens; 9 juízes peritos na área julgaram os itens; No quesito clareza de linguagem, 91,3% dos itens obtiveram CVC ≥ 0.9, apenas 8,7% CVC=0.8; Quanto pertinência prática 91,3% dos itens obtiveram CVC=1 e 8,7% CVC=0.9; Quantos relevância teórica, 87% dos itens tiveram CVC=1 e 13% CVC=0.9; O instrumento obteve CVC total de 0,94; Houve 96 comentários, 73 sugestões foram acatadas; Na análise semântica<strong>, </strong>4 itens receberam sugestão de adequação e todas foram acatadas. O instrumento<strong> </strong>apresenta conteúdo válido e viabiliza o embasamento científico ao enfermeiro e ao pensamento crítico, para tomar as decisões.</p>
Perfiles de involucramiento de los consumidores de implementos deportivos en la ciudad de Santiago de Cali
Authors: David Tenorio Luis Enrique , Cruz González Natali , Rojas Ospina Alexis 
Published: May 2021

Existe poca evidencia empírica sobre la relación entre el involucramiento del producto desde el abordaje del consumidor; en especial, cuando se habla del sector de la venta minorista de implementos deportivos.
Esta investigación tiene como objetivo determinar el grado de involucramiento de los consumidores en la ciudad de Santiago de Cali, lo cual permitirá a las Empresas del sector en el país, ofrecer nuevas líneas de productos de acuerdo con características diseñadas para su satisfacción
La metodología utilizada en la presente se basa en un estudio en un enfoque cuantitativo y como instrumento de recolección de información se utilizó la encuesta, basada en el instrumento IP6.
Como principal resultado se encontró que la dimensión que más pesa en el momento de la compra es el placer percibido, aunque no existen diferencias significativas entre cada dimensión
A Mathematical Model for Estimating Fracture Permeability with Invasion Damage of Formation Sand
Authors: Timiyan Tamaralayefa Ayemidi , Guo Boyun 
Published: May 2021

Summary
Fracture packing is a well-known completion technique used in the hydraulic fracturing of low-permeability reservoirs. As much as fracture packs are very effective, the proppant-pack permeability damage formed from particle intrusion reduces that effectiveness because it causes low well productivity. It is important to address the issue of permeability damage caused by formation-particle intrusion. An analytical model was developed in this study to predict the permeability of proppant packs in hydraulic fractures with consideration of different levels of invasion damage of formation sand. The accuracy of the model was verified by model comparison with data from the Eagle Ford Shale field. The model result shows that for the Eagle Ford field and the corresponding proppant size used, three blocking levels were achieved that correspond to high proppant-pack permeability. Three case studies were considered in this study: California sand, Gulf Coast sand, and South China Sea silt. The proppant-pack permeability damage was calculated using the analytical model for three levels of invasion for all case studies. The results from applying the analytical model on the three case studies showed the amount of invasion that is possible in each sand according to the proppant size used. The level of invasion is a factor of the sand distribution and the initial proppant size chosen. More analysis showed that for two of the case studies, only Levels 1 and 2 blockings can develop, while for the last case study, three blocking levels considered can develop. This study, for the first time, gives an insight into how selecting the optimal proppant size can improve sand-control performance while enhancing fracture conductivity.
Modeling and Formal Analysis of Meta-Ecosystems with Dynamic Structure using Graph Transformation.
Authors: Flotterer Boris , Maximova Maria , Schneider Sven , Dyck Johannes , Zöllner Christian , Giese Holger , Hély Christelle , Gaucherel Cédric 
Published: May 2021

Abstract

The dynamics of ecosystems is of crucial importance. Various model-based approaches exist to understand and analyze their internal effects. In this paper, we model the space structure dynamics and ecological dynamics of meta-ecosystems using the formal technique of Graph Transformation (short GT). We build GT models to describe how a meta-ecosystem (modeled as a graph) can evolve over time (modeled by GT rules) and to analyze these GT models with respect to qualitative properties such as the existence of structural stabilities. As a case study, we build three GT models describing the space structure dynamics and ecological dynamics of three different savanna meta-ecosystems. The first GT model considers a savanna meta-ecosystem that is limited in space to two ecosystem patches, whereas the other two GT models consider two savanna meta-ecosystems that are unlimited in the number of ecosystem patches and only differ in one GT rule describing how the space structure of the meta-ecosystem grows. In the first two GT models, the space structure dynamics and ecological dynamics of the meta-ecosystem shows two main structural stabilities: the first one based on grassland-savanna-woodland transitions and the second one based on grassland-desert transitions. The transition between these two structural stabilities is driven by high-intensity fires affecting the tree components. In the third GT model, the GT rule for savanna regeneration induces desertification and therefore a collapse of the meta-ecosystem. We believe that GT models provide a complementary avenue to that of existing approaches to rigorously study ecological phenomena.
Isolation, purification and identification of biological compounds from Beauveria sp. and their evaluation as insecticidal effectiveness against Bemisia tabaci
Authors: An Ran , Ahmed Maqsood , Li Haiyan , Wang Yanbin , Zhang Aimin , Bi Yuhui , Yu Zhiguo 
Published: May 2021

Abstract
Bemisia tabaci is one of the most notorious agricultural pests in the world. A vicious circle among insect resistance, dose increased, environment and human body impaired as the overuse of synthetic pesticides are becoming increasingly evident. Entomopathogenic Beauveria sp. is known as an effective natural enemy to control B. tabaci. Therefore, this study aimed to purify and identify the biological compounds from Beauveria sp. LY2 via extensive chromatographic techniques, NMR and MS and evaluated for their insecticidal activities against B. tabaci via contact and feeding assay. The outcome identified that one new cerebroside, cerebroside F (1), nine known compounds, cerebroside B (2), bassiatin (3), methyl 1,4-dihydro-4-oxo-2-quinolinecarboxylate (4), cerevisterol (5), 9-hydroxycerevisterol (6), 6-dehydrocerevisterol (7), (22E,24R)-ergosta-8(14),22-diene-3β,5α,6β,7α-tetrol (8), melithasterol B (9) and ergosterol peroxide (10) were isolated. Among the known compounds, methyl 1,4-dihydro-4-oxo- 2-quinolinecarboxylate (4) was isolated from natural origin for the first time. It is evident from the results that compounds 3, 4 and 7 strongly featured insecticidal activities against B. tabaci, being the LC50 value as 10.59, 19.05, 26.59 μg/mL respectively in contact as well as 11.42, 5.66, 5.65 μg/mL respectively in feeding experiment. Moreover, no adverse effect on plant growth/height or phytotoxicity was observed on pepper, cucumber, tomato and cotton. The data from the current study has provided the foundation for the use of newly purified compounds against Bemisia tabaci as an alternative to synthetic chemical compounds.
The viral accelerated NF-κB pathway drives COVID-19-associated coagulopathy via excessive transcription of tissue factor and plasminogen activator inhibitor 1 – case report
Authors: Leitzke Marco , Schönknecht Peter 
Published: May 2021

Abstract
Background: The current COVID-19 pandemic creates new clinical challenges almost daily, especially in terms of individual prognoses, diagnostics involving newly discovered pathogenic mechanisms, and the appearance of SARS-CoV-2 mutations. In terms of the thromboembolic complications frequently occurring in COVID-19 patients, there is new evidence that pathognomonic COVID-19-associated coagulopathy (CAC) differs considerably from the coagulant malfunction of common disseminated intravascular coagulation. Thus, bleeding is a rare complication in the initial stages of the disease, whereas thrombotic formations can be seen autopticly in the vasculature of several organs. Therefore, it is speculated that most thromboembolic complications are thrombotic rather than embolic, and CAC is more likely to be a pro-coagulant form of coagulopathy. The reasons for these key differences have remained unknown until very recently. The relationship between SARS-CoV-2 infection and the virus-related acceleration of the transcriptional nuclear factor kappa B (NF-κB)-pathway, with the accompanied excessive downstream release of NF-κB-dependent proteins, is undisputed. Therefore, the roles of the NF-κB-transcribed anti-fibrinolytic plasminogen activator inhibitor (PAI 1) and NF-κB-dependent tissue factor (TF) have become worthy of attention. Inappropriate TF action results in enhanced fibrin clot formation, whereas overexpression of PAI 1 prevents appropriate fibrinolytic reactions. CAC is interpreted as critically contributing to overall COVID-19 pathology and is most likely an independent risk factor for mortality.
Case report: A 49-year-old male patient was admitted for initially non-specific signs of a previously detected SARS-CoV-2 infection. Despite antibiotic and anti-inflammatory, anticoagulant such as respiratory-supporting therapy, respiratory and inflammatory parameters deteriorated continuously. The COVID-19 specific procoagulant hemostatic disarrangement deteriorated concordantly with the inflammatory parameters. Finally, a pulmonary arterial obstruction was detected, and an ultima ratio veno-pulmonary arterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) was carried out, which required additional anticoagulatory management. The next day, multiple intracerebral bleeding led to the death of the patient.
Conclusions: The usual anticoagulatory management is unlikely to avoid intravascular clot formation without developing severe bleeding complications. The ventilation-related acceleration of NF-κB pathway should be limited, as should procoagulatory blood flow interventions. In order to limit the excessive transcription of NF-κB-dependent procoagulant/anti-fibrinolytic proteins with vagus nerve stimulation should be considered as a therapeutic tool.
Using Fuzzy-Rough Subset Evaluation for Feature Selection and Naive Bayes to Classify the Parkinson’s Disease
Authors: LANBARAN Naiyer Mohammadi , Çelik Ercan 
Published: May 2021

Abstract
Feature selection is one of the issues in machine learning as well as statistical pattern recognition. This is important in many fields (such as classification) because there are many features in these areas, many of which are either unused or have little information load. Not eliminating these features does not make a problem in terms of information, but it does increase the computational burden for the intended application. Besides, it causes to store of so much useless information along with useful data. A problem for machine learning research occurs when there are many possible features with few attributes of training data. One way is to first specify the best attributes for prediction and then to classify features based on a measure of their dependence. In this study, the Fuzzy- Rough subset evaluation has been used to take features in core of similar features. Fuzzy-rough set-based feature selection (FS) has been demonstrated to be extremely advantageous at reducing dataset size but has various problems that yield it unproductive for big datasets. Fuzzy- Rough subset evaluation algorithm indicates that the techniques greatly decrease dimensionality while keeping classification accuracy. This paper considers classifying attributes by using fuzzy set similarity measures as well as the dependency degree as a relatedness measure. Here we use Artificial Neural Network, Naïve Bayes as classifiers, and the performance of these techniques are compared by accuracy, precision, recall, and F-measure metrics.
Breast Cancer-Related Apps in Google Play and App Store: Evaluate of Their Functionality and Quality
Authors: AYDIN Aydanur , GÜRSOY Ayla 
Published: May 2021

Abstract
Aim: This study aimed to evaluate the functionality and quality of breast cancer-related apps which can be accessed from Turkey. Methods: The research covers 707 mobile applications, which were searched using the keywords "cancer", "oncology" and "breast cancer" in Google and App store stores between January and June 2019. The quality of apps was assessed with the user version of the Mobile App Rating Scale (MARS). Results: Mobile applications focus on communication, education and treatment order / plan categories. The average MARS quality score for applications in all of the two stores was determined as 3.42. According to the average score of the scale sub-dimensions; It was seen that they were ranked as functionality, aesthetics, information quality and participation. MARS scale sub-groups were listed as functionality, aesthetics, knowledge quality, and participation. Conclusion: e-Health is a subject that has just started to be used actively in health. Although basic information about breast cancer was used, information on prevention, early diagnosis and precautions was relatively limited and was not personalized. Support from healthcare professionals and further efforts should be made to develop evidence-based breast cancer knowledge and innovative technology and applications regarding cancer. Implications for practice: e-Health technologies are a good tool in breast cancer, but appear to lack evidence-based content and individual specific areas such as age and education level.
Use of Organomineral at Fertilization of Beans in the Midwest Region of Brazil
Authors: Almeida Verediana Rosa , Carneiro Gisele , Teixeira Itamar Rosa , Vieira Jonas , Mozena Wilson , Almeida Renato Rosa 
Published: May 2021

Abstract
This study aimed to evaluate the nutrition and yield of common bean according to the application of different doses of organomineral formulations (OMF), using filter cake as a basic organic compound in the presence and absence of nitrogen. The experiments was implemented and conducted in June "autumn/winter season" and November "rainy season" of the 2018 e 2018/2019 harvest, respectively. A randomized block design was used in a 6 x 2 factorial scheme, with four replications. The treatments were composed of six organomineral formulation doses: (0, 30, 60, 90, 120, and 150 kg ha− 1), with and without the addition of a nitrogen dose of 40 kg ha− 1, using urea as the mineral source. It was concluded that the organomineral fertilizer based on filter cake showed greater absorption of macronutrients N and K, an increase in the 100-grain weight, number of grains per pod, number of pods per plant, and grain yield in comparison with the absence of fertilization or mineral fertilizers, highlighting the doses of 90 and 150 kg ha− 1. The use of OMFs is a viable alternative with great potential for soil fertilization in agricultural production, besides the environmental sustainability generated by their inclusion in the production cycle of common bean.
L-ergothioneine and Metformin Alleviates Liver Injury in Experimental Type-2 Diabetic Rats via Reduction of Oxidative Stress, Inflammation, and Hypertriglyceridemia
Authors: Dare Ayobami , Channa Mahendra , Nadar Anand 
Published: May 2021

Abstract
Diabetic-induced liver toxicity is a serious complication that cause significant metabolic dysfunction. L-ergothioneine (L-egt) is a bioactive nutraceutical obtained from mushrooms and certain food products, with reported cytoprotective, antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties and potential to improve efficacy of existing therapy. Thus, this study evaluates the effects of L-egt, and/or metformin, on diabetes-induced liver injury. Diabetes was induced in male Sprague-Dawley rats using 10% fructose for two weeks, followed by a single low dose streptozotocin (STZ, 40 mg/kg i.p) injection. After induction of diabetes, animals were treated either with de-ionized water (DW), L-egt (35 mg/kg bwt), metformin (500 mg/kg bwt), or a combination of L-egt and metformin orally for seven weeks. Body weight and glucose were monitored during the experiment. At the completion of experiment, blood samples were collected, and liver tissue was excised for biochemical analysis, enzyme-link immunosorbent assay (ELISA) of various liver function biomarkers, reverse transcription-quantitative polymerase chain reaction (RT-qPCR) analysis of genes associated with inflammation, oxidative stress, and lipid metabolism, as well as histopathological evaluation. Diabetic animals showed liver hypertrophy, increased liver injury, hepatic triglycerides, oxidative stress, and hepatic inflammation. However, L-egt, and/or metformin, improved glycemic control, reduced liver injury, triglycerides, oxidative damage, inflammatory injury, and normalize liver histology by upregulating Nrf2/Sirt1, downregulate NF-kB/TGF-B1, and reduce SREBP1c/FAS expression. In conclusion, these results showed that combination of L-egt and metformin improve therapeutic efficacy than either treatment alone. Thus, L-egt can be used as an adjuvant to mitigate diabetes-induced liver complication.