bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Evaluation of Thyroid Dysfunction in Adult Patients of Celiac Disease
Authors: Wazir Nauman , Rehman Shafqat Ur 
Published: October 2021

OBJECTIVES:
To assess free thyroxine (fT4), thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH), and anti thyroid peroxidase antibodies (anti TPO abs) in adult Celiac disease patients and non-celiac controls and to find out any statistically significant difference in their corresponding means between the two groups.
METHODOLOGY:
The study design was analytical cross sectional. Sixty adult patients of celiac disease (CD) and 30 apparently healthy non-celiac adults were included in the study. CD patients had earlier been diagnosed by elevated levels of serological evidence of elevated (greater than 15X ULN) anti tissue transglutaminase (TTG) (IgA class) antibodies. CD was ruled out in the control group by normal levels of the antibodies. TSH, fT4 and anti TPO abs were obtained from all individuals of CD patient and control groups.
RESULTS:
Mean age of Celiac disease in patients was 23.85±5.43 years. Mean age of individuals in the control group was 24.26±5.55 years. Statistically significant difference in mean TSH and anti-TPO abs levels between the CD patient group and control group (p values of 0.03 and 0.038, respectively) was present. No statistically significant difference was seen between mean fT4 of patients and control group (p=0.74). Subclinical and overt hypothyroidism was present in 10% and 5% of CD patients, while anti TPO abs was positive in 16.6% of CD patients.
CONCLUSION:
There is a considerably high prevalence of subclinical and overt hypothyroidism as well as serological evidence of thyroid dysfunction in adult patients of CD.
Bacterial Profile and Antimicrobial Susceptibility Pattern of Aerobic Vaginal Pathogens in Gynae Patients Visiting to Khyber Teaching Hospital Peshawar
Authors: Asghar Muhammad , . Naheed , Khattak Aakash Ahmad , Azam Sadiq , Rehman Noor , Khan Ibrar , Sehra Gul e , Farid Anila 
Published: October 2021

OBJECTIVES:
The aim of this study was to determine the prevalent aerobic vaginal bacteria and their antibiogram to commonly prescribed antibiotics for the treatment of aerobic vaginitis (AV).
METHODOLOGY:
A total of 200 high vaginal swabs (HVS) samples were collected from different AV suspected patients visiting Khyber Teaching Hospital (KTH) and processed for identification of bacterial isolates followed by antibiotic susceptibility patterns as per CLSI protocols.
RESULTS:
Out of 200 clinical samples, 70 (35%) HVS isolates yielded bacterial growth. Of the isolates, E.coli was the common pathogen 36 (51.4%) followed by S.aureus 20 (28.5%), Enterobacter spp 08 (11.4%), Pseudomonas spp 04 (5.7%) and Citrobacter spp 02 (2.8%). The highest prevalence was observed in the age group of 21-35 years (31.4%) followed by age groups 16-20 years (25.7%) and 26-30 years. S.aureus isolates (n=20) were resistant to ciprofloxacin (90%), cephradine (70%), erythromycin (70%), gentamicin (50%) and cefotaxime (40%) while 1 (5%) of each isolate was resistant to methicillin and vancomycin. Majority of the gram-negative isolates (n=50) were resistant to cotrimoxazole, cephalosporins, quinolones, aminoglycosides and susceptible to carbapenems, tigecycline, sulbactam and tazobactam.
CONCLUSION:
Aerobic vaginitis should be treated very selectively in order not to kill the beneficial bacteria. Before treating AV, the causative agents should be accurately identified and tested for drug susceptibility patterns and empirical antibiotic therapy should be avoided.
Orbital Dynamics in a Triaxial Barred Galaxy Model. I. The 2D System
Authors: Alrebdi H. I. , Dubeibe Fredy L. , Zotos Euaggelos E. 
Published: October 2021

Abstract
We present the planar orbital dynamics of a realistic barred galaxy model, containing a nucleus (bulge), a triaxial bar, and a disk. After conducting a systematic and exhaustive orbit classification, we manage to determine how the dynamical parameters associated with the bar (mass, semiaxes, and angular velocity) affect the nature of the trajectories of the test particle. In our analysis, we distinguish not only between ordered, chaotic, and escaping motions but also between different types of regular orbits. More specifically, we reveal how the main types of regular orbits are influenced by the changes in the parameters of the galactic bar. Of particular interest is the phenomenon of trapped chaos that occurs in this galaxy model.
On the Impact of an Intermediate Duration X-Ray Burst on the Accretion Environment in IGR J17062–6143
Authors: Bult Peter , Altamirano Diego , Arzoumanian Zaven , Ballantyne David R. , Chenevez Jerome , Fabian Andrew C. , Gendreau Keith C. , Homan Jeroen , Jaisawal Gaurava K. , Malacaria Christian , Miller Jon M. , Parker Michael L. , Strohmayer Tod E. 
Published: October 2021

Abstract
We report on a spectroscopic analysis of the X-ray emission from IGR J17062−6143 in the aftermath of its 2020 June intermediate duration Type I X-ray burst. Using the Neutron Star Interior Composition Explorer, we started observing the source 3 hr after the burst was detected with the Monitor of All-sky X-ray Image Gas Slit Camera, and monitored the source for the subsequent 12 days. We observed the tail end of the X-ray burst-cooling phase, and find that the X-ray flux is severely depressed relative to its historic value for a three-day period directly following the burst. We interpret this intensity dip as the inner accretion disk gradually restoring itself after being perturbed by the burst irradiation. Superimposed on this trend we observed a 1.5 day interval during which the X-ray flux is sharply lower than the wider trend. This drop in flux could be isolated to the nonthermal components in the energy spectrum, suggesting that it may be caused by an evolving corona. Additionally, we detected a 3.4 keV absorption line at 6.3σ significance in a single 472 s observation while the burst emission was still bright. We tentatively identify the line as a gravitationally redshifted absorption line from burning ashes on the stellar surface, possibly associated with 40Ca or 44Ti.
Observational Constraints on the Pulsar Wind Model: The Cases of Crab and Vela
Authors: Coelho Jaziel G. , de Araujo José C. N. , Ladislau Samantha M. , Nunes Rafael C. 
Published: October 2021

Abstract
As is well known, pulsars are extremely stable rotators. However, although slowly, they spindown thanks to brake mechanisms, which are in fact still a subject of intense investigation in the literature. Since pulsars are usually modeled as highly magnetized neutron stars that emit beams of electromagnetic radiation out of their magnetic poles, it is reasonable to consider that the spindown has to do with a magnetic brake. Although an interesting and simple idea, a pure magnetic brake is not able to adequately account for the spindown rate. Thus, many alternative spindown mechanisms appear in the literature, among them the pulsar wind model, where the wind of particles coming from the pulsar itself can carry part of its rotational kinetic energy. Such a spindown mechanism depends critically on three parameters, namely, the dipole magnetic field (B), the angle between the magnetic and rotation axes (ϕ), and the density of primary particles (ζ) of the pulsar’s magnetosphere. Differently from a series of articles in this subject, we consider for the first time in the literature a statistical modeling that includes a combination of a magnetic dipole and wind brakes. As a result, we are able to constrain the above referred parameters in particular for Crab and Vela pulsars.
La urgencia y lo indecible en las obras de Burton, Aizenberg y Fontes, tres artistas argentinos
Authors: Almiron Miguel 
Published: October 2021

Le contexte de l'art en Argentine dans les années 1970 et 1980 a été marqué par le fait tragique de la dictature civico-militaire qui a gouverné le pays entre 1976 et 1983, avant que l'état de droit ne soit rétabli avec l'élection démocratique d'un président constitutionnel. Les séquelles de l'horreur et de la terreur vont marquer fortement le pays et laisseront une énorme charge difficile à porter aux générations futures : une charge émotive psycho-sociale d’un pays divisé, sectionné, ému, fragilisé et fondamentalement blessé ; une charge esthétique largement diversifiée et conceptualisée par les mouvements artistiques antérieurs ; une charge de reconstruction sociale, culturelle et historique, qui traverse le silence de la violence de l’indicible et en passant par l’oubli revendiquera la mémoire et l’identité. Les traumatismes de l’époque font naître dans le travail artistique de Burton, Aizenberg et Fontes un besoin de laisser une empreinte testimoniale.
Étude de l’industrie du livre : perspectives franco-allemandes. Les SIC et la Buchwissenschaft
Authors: Bousquet Laura 
Published: October 2021

Bien que l’industrie du livre soit un objet de recherche aussi bien en France qu’en Allemagne, les travaux qui lui sont dédiés traversent rarement le Rhin. Cet article propose une approche franco-allemande de l’étude des mutations actuelles de cette industrie. Deux perspectives sont ici adoptées : celle des sciences de l’information et de la communication (SIC), et en particulier celle de la théorie des industries culturelles, et celle de la Buchwissenschaft, une discipline allemande entièrement consacrée au livre. Les deux approches sont présentées dans cet article, qui conclut en leur complémentarité et en la pertinence de leur utilisation dans le contexte de travaux portant sur les mutations de l’industrie du livre.
Sexual dysfunction: Prevalence and relationship with depression and other socio-demographic factors among the type II diabetic women of Pakistan
Authors: Rubab Gul  , Sana Gul  , Muhammad Azmat Khan  , Raja Rizwan Ul Haq Satti  
Published: October 2021

Objective: To find out the association between sexual dysfunction and depressive symptoms among the type II diabetic women of Pakistan.
Methods: Study was conducted at Military hospital RWP from November 2017 to October 2018Two hundred and fiftydiabeticwomen reporting for the routine follow-upat a tertiary care hospital in Rawalpindi Pakistan were approached to participate in our study. Female sexual function index (FSFI) was used to assess the sexual function of the women who participated in our study. Presence of depressive symptoms was assessed by using the Beck depressive inventory II (BDI-II). Relationship of age, duration of diabetes, depression, education, level of family income and type of treatment (insulin or oral hypoglycemic)was assessed with the sexual dysfunction when regression analysis was applied.
Results: Out of 250 diabetic women, who were administered FSFI, 35.6% had no sexual problem while 64.5% had significant dysfunction regarding their sexuality. 71.6% of the patients had presence of depressive symptoms while 28.4% were negative on screening of depression with BDI-II. Increasing age and presence of depressive symptoms had considerable association with the sexual dysfunction.
Conclusion:
High prevalence of sexual dysfunction was recorded among diabetic women of our part of the world. Women with psychological problems should be paid special attention in this regard.Female diabetic patients with increasing ageshould also be screened regularly for psycho-sexual problems during the course of treatment of DM.
Keywords: sexual dysfunction; DM; FSFI; depressive symptoms
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ISU STATELESS DALAM KALANGAN ETNIK KURDIS DI TURKI: PUNCA DAN IMPLIKASI
Authors: Gusman Ermah 
Published: October 2021

This article is regarding the stateless issue among the Kurds in Turkey. It is undeniable that this issue has clearly affected the political institution in Turkey and has been a big concern to the international community. Hence, a thorough research on this issue has its significant importance. The failure of the Treaty of Sevres 1920 had brought to the partition plan of the Kurdistans territory that later became a state-border for Turkey, Syria, Iran and Iraq. As a result of the partition plan, the Kurds in Turkey had lost their territory and the Kurds are known as one of the largest stateless group today. The stateless issue among the Kurds in Turkey has led to a severe diaspora among them to several countries especially in the Europe. The Kurds' nationalist organizations such as PKK (Kurdish Workers Party) were involved in the attempt of self-determination to gain autonomy in Kurdistan. The Kurds in diaspora were also associated with self- determination and the promotion of nationalism through the encouragement of the Kurds' language and culture especially in the liberal west countries.

ABSTRAK
Penulisan ini adalah mengenai isu stateless (tidak bernegara) bangsa Kurdis di Turki. Kajian mengenai isu ini adalah sangat signifikan kerana isu ini telah memberi kesan terhadap institusi politik di Turki dan secara tidak langsung turut menjadi perhatian masyarakat antarabangsa. Kegagalan Perjanjian Sevres pada tahun 1920 telah menyebabkan wilayah Kurdistan terpaksa dibahagikan dan dijadikan sempadan kepada empat buah negara, iaitu Turki, Syria, Iran dan Iraq. Pembahagian sempadan tersebut telah menyebabkan etnik Kurdis di Turki kehilangan wilayah dan menjadi antara golongan stateless yang terbesar pada hari ini. Isu stateless etnik Kurdis di Turki juga telah membawa kepada diaspora yang besar ke beberapa buah negara terutamanya di Eropah. Usaha self-determination etnik Kurdis yang memperjuangkan kemerdekaan wilayah Kurdistan giat dijalankan oleh pergerakan nasionalis Kurdis di Turki terutamanya PKK (Kurdish Workers Party). Etnik Kurdis yang berada di dalam diaspora juga turut menjalankan usaha self-determination dan mempromosikan semangat nasionalisme dalam kalangan mereka dengan penerapan budaya dan bahasa Kurdis terutamanya mereka yang berada di negara-negara barat yang bersifat liberal.
PROGRAM PEMULIHAN PELANCONGAN PASCA BENCANA GEMPA BUMI 2015 DI SEKITAR PINGGIRAN GUNUNG KINABALU, KUNDASANG: CABARAN DAN STRATEGI
Authors: Anas Raihan , Hussin Rosazman , Ab Rahman Badariah 
Published: October 2021

This study is on the post-earthquake disaster recovery program in Kundasang located on the outskirts of Mount Kinabalu, Ranau Sabah. Therefore, this study reviews the post-disaster tourism recovery program conducted by members of the local community to revive existing tourism products. The main approach of this study is the qualitative approach. Methods of collecting data such as in-depth interviews with seven informants involved. Besides, field observations have been applied to obtain more in-depth data for this study. The results show that the community in Kampung Mesilou Kundasang has been directly and actively involved in the post-disaster tourism recovery program. The findings show that there are issues and challenges faced by community members whose issues and challenges are different in the process of implementing and implementing the post-earthquake earthquake recovery program in Sabah Kundasang.

ABSTRAK
Kajian ini adalah mengenai program pemulihan pelancongan pasca bencana gempa bumi di Kundasang yang terletak di pinggiran Gunung Kinabalu, Ranau Sabah.Gempa bumi yang berlaku pada 05 Jun 2015 di kawasan Gunung Kinabalu telah menyebabkan aktiviti pelancongan di sekitar Kundasang telah terjejas. Oleh itu, kajian ini meninjau program pemulihan pelancongan pasca bencana yang dilakukan oleh ahli komuniti setempat untuk memulihkan semula produk pelancongan yang sedia ada. Pendekatan utama kajian ini adalah pendekatan kualitatif. Kaedah kutipan data seperti temubual mendalam kepada tujuh orang informan yang melibatkan ahli komuniti yang berkepentingan. Selain itu, pemerhatian di lapangan telah diaplikasikan untuk mendapatkan data yang lebih mendalam bagi kajian ini. Hasil kajian mendapati bahawa komuniti di Kampung Mesilou Kundasang telah terlibat secara langsung dan aktif dalam program pemulihan pelancongan pasca bencana. Hasil kajian mendapati bahawa wujud isu serta cabaran yang dihadapi oleh ahli komuniti dimana isu dan cabaran yang dihadapi adalah berbeza dalam proses melaksanakan dan semasa melaksanakan program pemulihan pelancongan pasca bencana gempa bumi di Kundasang Sabah.
URBANIZATION AND IT IMPACTS TO LAND SURFACE TEMPERATURE ON SMALL MEDIUM SIZE CITY FOR YEAR 1991, 2011 AND 2018: CASE STUDY KOTA KINABALU
Authors: Kemarau Ricky Anak , Eboy Oliver Valentine 
Published: October 2021

Transformation of land cover vegetation toward urban areas causes the temperature at urban higher to compare to suburban and rural areas, namely urban heat island (UHI) effect. The UHI has a negative impact, such a stroke heat, air pollution, green gasses emission, and electric consumption. UHI studies at a tropical country still limited due to the containment of cloud cover. Besides that, studies only focus on big cities which have residents above than 2 million. The outcome this studied important to enhance our knowledge of urban heat effect at small-medium cities and guidelines to policymaker and urban planner to discover there has effectively taken to decrease the effect of urban heat at the hot spot area. The main goal of this research about to discovered influence of urban growth and selected urban index, namely the Normalized Difference Built Index (NDBI) to LST. NDBI is an index which denotes intensity of urban built up. In the first step, we generate the LST and NDBI from Landsat 8 OLI at year 2018 and Landsat 5 TM for the year 2011 and 1991. Second, we applied the unsupervised classification of Landsat 8 OLI and Landsat 5 TM to generate the land cover maps for the years 1991, 2011, and 2018. Third of our method to examine the relationship between Land surface temperature (LST) and NDBI. The higher value NDBI is a hot spot, and the low value is a cold spot. In the last step, we applied for Change Detection analysis using GIS to examine the land cover change between 1991 and 2018. Our results show the higher the value of NDBI and LST at the centre of the city and the lowest value at vegetation land cover. The transformation of land cover vegetation to urban increase at countryside area and out-of-town and significantly increase of distribution of UHI. On another hand, the shows positive relationships between LST and NDBI. The output of the study provides a guideline for policymakers and town designers to develop to toward city zero carbon, sustainable and health.
Effects of Simulation Fidelity on Learning Transfer
Authors: Jones Morgan 
Published: October 2021

Abstract

This paper examines, via literature review, the relationship between simulation fidelity and transfer of learning to the operational environment. This paper focuses on the application of simulation to medical, maritime and aviation training. The literature showed that, contrary to intuition, novice learners derived little benefit from high-fidelity simulation. There were even some indications that high-fidelity simulation could impair transfer for novice learners. The literature showed that expert, or near expert, learners required high-fidelity simulation for effective transfer. The literature also showed strong evidence that cognitive skill transfer required high levels of cognitive fidelity, but was mostly unrelated to physical and functional fidelity. There was little information regarding the link between psychomotor and procedural skill transfer and cognitive fidelity.
Keywords: Simulation, fidelity, learning transfer, skill transfer
Connections/Communities Impact on Online Learning
Authors: Gerard Tammy , Brathwaite Sarah , Lawrence Jason , Barber Wendy 
Published: October 2021

Abstract
Building a sense of community within online learning environments has taken on greater significance during the COVID-19 pandemic, where online learning has become essential given the suspension of in-person classes around the world. Theoretical concepts such as the Community of Inquiry theoretical framework (Garrison et al., 2000) and the Fully Online Learning Community Model (VanOostveen et al, 2016) offer a conceptual basis for understanding the importance of online communities. A method of measuring virtual communities is necessary to track both their development and identify curriculum and instructional practices that foster and maintain their success. Rovaiâ€™s Classroom Community Scale (2002) and other measurement tools were found to be critical for measuring student connectedness and learning, and how virtual communities can meet the educational needs of students. Furthermore, analyzing the implications of technology on user perception and sustainability of virtual communities is crucial. Widespread and equitable access to emerging technologies have enhanced multimodal forms of collaboration and interaction. Overall, online communities may prove to be beneficial to online learning, by eliminating the sense of isolation often felt in traditional distance learning classrooms and decreasing the attrition rate of online students as a result.

Keywords: community, online learning, technology, measurement, connections
Implementasi Manajemen Humas dalam Peningkatan Mutu Layanan Berbasis Digital di SMP Islam Terpadu Al-Hijrah Deli Serdang
Authors: Mesiono Mesiono , Hadijaya Yusuf , Abdillah Abdillah , Suwandi Suwandi 
Published: October 2021

This study uses qualitative research, the subject of this research is public relations management in SMP IT Al-Hijrah Deli Serdang in shaping the quality of digital-based education services. Digitalization systems in improving the quality of education services such as using virtual accounts in the process of paying school fees. The role of public relations in improving the quality of digitalization-based education at SMP IT Al-Hijrah Deli Serdang . Already implementing a digitalization system in conveying information about student development, student financial administration, attendance, student and teacher attendance and so on The policies formulated by SMP IT Al-Hijrah Deli Serdang related to the implementation of public relations management in improving digitalization-based education services have been formulated properly and accordingly the needs of stakeholders are also realized through various strategic programs. Although overall it has not yet fulfilled the stages of good policy formulation. Public relations management has a role in the dissemination of policies and commitment in implementing the ability to improve the quality of education based on digitalization at SMP IT Al-Hijrah Deli Serdang , the management planning process in improving digitalization-based education services is considered sufficient. good and cooperative by involving related elements. The role of public relations management in improving the quality of digitalization-based education services still tends to be a reactive formal institution but less progressive so that the organization has not been able to accelerate the process of implementing digitalization-based education quality services at SMP IT Al-Hijrah Deli Serdang so that the image of public relations management in improving the quality of education services is still lacking. and due to a lack of commitment from all stakeholders at SMP IT Al-Hijrah Deli Serdang .