bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Bath PUVA versus oral PUVA in the treatment of chronic palmo-plantar psoriasis
Authors: Ahmed Shamim Sarker Mahbub , Rashid Shumi Farhana , Afroz Shoma Rabeya , Sharmin Shumona , Kabir Sharmin , Mumtaz Fahima 
Published: April 2021

<p><strong>Background: </strong>Psoriasis is a chronic, recurring inflammatory disease of the skin with an unpredictable course and variable prognosis. Palms and/or soles are involved in 10% to 21.1% of all psoriasis cases. Palmo-plantar psoriasis is a therapeutically challenging condition that can significantly impact quality of life. It is frequently resistant to traditional topical therapies, such as potent steroids, calcipotriol and anthralin but show good response to photochemotherapy (PUVA).<strong> </strong>Aim of the study was to compare the efficacy and safety of bath PUVA versus oral PUVA in patients with chronic palmo-plantar psoriasis.<strong></strong></p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>This randomized clinical open trial was conducted in the department of dermatology and venereology, BSMMU, Dhaka from 1<sup>st</sup> September 2007 to 28<sup>th </sup>February 2008. Patients clinically diagnosed with chronic palmo-plantar psoriasis were selected by simple random sampling. A sample size of 50 patients was taken, 25 for bath PUVA and 25 for oral PUVA group. Psoriasis area and severity index (PASI) score was used to determine the percentage of reduction of Palmo-plantar psoriasis in both groups. Data were analysed with computer-based program SPSS version.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Reduction of psoriasis at 1<sup>st</sup> follow-up in bath PUVA and oral PUVA were 29.85±8.95 and 31.93±11.55 respectively. At 2<sup>nd</sup> follow-up were 85.86±7.33 and 28.48±39.32 respectively. Significantly higher improvement was observed in Bath PUVA group than oral PUVA group, both at 1<sup>st</sup> and 2<sup>nd</sup> follow-up (p=0.001).</p><p><strong>Conclusions:</strong> Bath PUVA was significantly more effective at reducing Palmo-plantar psoriasis than oral PUVA.</p>
The Elder Abuse Policy Landscape in the United States
Authors: Anetzberger Georgia J. 
Published: April 2021

AbstractElder abuse has been seen as a complex problem of potentially severe consequence to its victims for more than a half century. Therefore, not surprisingly, it is believed that only a multidisciplinary response is appropriate. The background and perspective of no single discipline or system alone seems sufficient. In the decades that followed initial problem recognition, elder abuse policy evolved, taking on the philosophies and approaches of the various disciplines or systems that assumed key roles in addressing the issue, namely social work, Aging Network, family violence programming, justice, and health care and promotion. This article, along with identifying and describing representative elder abuse policies, presents each of these disciplines or systems. Later two sets of policy recommendations are cited—National Policy Summit on Elder Abuse and Elder Justice Roadmap—that have been instrumental in providing elder abuse policy direction since 2000. Finally, challenges and opportunities are listed for current and future policy efforts, followed by special notation on the necessity of securing adequate funding for effective policy implementation.
Age‐Differentiated vs. Age‐Integrated: Neoliberal Policy and the Future of the Life Course
Authors: Dannefer Dale , Lin Jielu , Gonos George 
Published: April 2021

AbstractObserving the human costs for persons of all ages of the institutionalized tripartite life course (ILC) characterizing advanced postindustrial societies, gerontological pioneer Matilda White Riley proposed an “age‐integrated” alternative that would support a more balanced engagement with education, work, and leisure (i.e., retirement) across the life course. Without denying the kinds of manifest benefits that the ILC has provided to modern citizens (notably enhanced educational opportunities and retirement support), Riley rightly pointed out the opportunities lost due to the restrictions imposed by the normative age‐graded or age‐differentiated model of the “three‐box” life course. However, both the age‐segmented ILC and the age‐integrated alternative envisioned by Riley have presupposed the broad floor of support of essential components of the life course (i.e., education, work and retirement/leisure) provided by the post‐World War II social contract. We demonstrate that this floor of support has been dangerously eroded by the neoliberal turn in social policy, which has undermined that social contract. Ironically, the ideas of a more individualized or “flexible” life course are often co‐opted to legitimate the off‐loading of risk to individuals that is integral to neoliberal policy. In reality, viable implementation of Riley's proposed age‐integrated model would require a rejection of such policies and a renewed public commitment at least equal to the support that undergirded the institutionalized life course. We detail some dimensions of neoliberalism's impact on the life course, and we suggest the types of policy changes that could rebuild support for the institution of the life course, with special attention to Riley's age‐integrated model and its potential to advance human interests.
Policy Options to Reduce the Black‐White Gap in Retirement Security
Authors: Johnson Richard W. 
Published: April 2021

AbstractThe racial gap in retirement security is profound. Black people aged 65 and older are four times as likely as their White peers to live in poverty, and on average hold only one‐fourth as much household wealth. This deficit has not changed much over the past two decades, but various policy options could help narrow the gap. Shoring up Social Security's finances, boosting Social Security payments to low‐income beneficiaries, and expanding Supplemental Security Income would improve financial well‐being for many older Black adults. Other policy options, including boosting employment and earnings, facilitating homeownership, and promoting savings could help many younger Black workers build wealth over their lifetime, leaving them more financial secure when they eventually retire.
“A Prison of Our Own Sins”: The Unacknowledged Legacy of 19th Century Slave Narratives in HBO's Westworld and Hulu's The Handmaid's Tale
Authors: O'Malley Emily , Reich Paul 
Published: April 2021

ABSTRACTBoth HBO's Westworld (2016) and Hulu's The Handmaid's Tale (2017) feature white female protagonists who find themselves in societies that enslave and subject them to horrific harm. Although these near‐future, alternative Americas imagine worlds free of systematic racism, the show's creators employ the features and stylistic elements of 19th century slave narratives and recast the central roles with white women. These misappropriations neglect to recognize the complicated legacy of slavery in America and its impact on intersectional Black women.
Spaces of Critique & Transformation in Bande de filles
Authors: McLaughlin Noah 
Published: April 2021

ABSTRACTIn Sciamma's 2014 Bande de filles, cinematic articulations of space have multiple significant functions. Drawing from Augé's “non‐place” and Deleuze's “any‐space‐whatever,” a close reading of Bande de filles' cinematography synthesizes the film's blend of banlieue cinema, bildungsroman, and superhero archetypes with notions about gender and identity within an anticolonial critique. This synthesis, in turn, contributes to our appreciation of emerging conversations about French identity and its intersections with gender, urban space and the legacy of colonialism.
Przenikanie się zadań duszpasterskich i ekonomicznych rad parafialnych w wypełnianiu misji Kościoła w kontekście polskiego prawa partykularnego
Authors: Kiliszek Maciej 
Published: April 2021

Rady parafialne są środkami realizacji apostolstwa świeckich w świecie i podejmowania przez nich odpowiedzialności za wspólnotę Kościoła. Kwestie ekonomiczne i duszpasterskie są ściśle ze sobą połączone. Wynika to z obowiązku wiernych do przepajania świata duchem Ewangelii. W związku z tym prawny obowiązek powoływania dwóch oddzielnych rad często nie spotyka się z faktyczną realizacją. Rady, mimo prawnego erygowania, mogą nie działać należycie. Powołanie rady ekonomicznej, która nie będzie współgrać z celami duszpasterskimi Kościoła, mogłoby podważyć sensowność działania takiej rady. Natomiast działalność rady duszpasterskiej, która zajmowałaby się przede wszystkim stanem ekonomicznym parafii, byłaby w sprzeczności z celem działania Kościoła. Należy zwrócić uwagę, że działalność świeckich w zakresie administracji dóbr doczesnych Kościoła, aktywność charytatywna i misyjna są istotnymi elementami dojrzałej formacji chrześcijańskiej, która wymaga podejmowania współodpowiedzialności zarówno za wspólnotę lokalną, Kościół misyjny, ale też za osoby odpowiedzialne za sprawowanie kultu i troskę nad miejscami świętymi.
Legal Regulation of the Military Chaplaincy in Modern Ukraine
Authors: Bilash Oleksandr , Karabin Tetyana 
Published: April 2021

Regulacje prawne duszpasterstwa wojskowego we współczesnej Ukrainie
Niniejsze opracowanie dotyczy tworzenia regulacji prawnej duszpasterstwa wojskowego na Ukrainie. Zawiera analizę etapów jego rozwoju w ostatnich trzydziestu latach. W artykule przeanalizowano szereg aktualnych zagadnień m.in. konieczność zapewnienia prawa do wolności sumienia i wyznania każdemu obywatelowi w zróżnicowanym środowisku religijnym. Istnieje potrzeba wsparcia finansowego ze strony państwa kapelanów w Siłach Zbrojnych. Należy podnieść obowiązek zapewnienia równego zaspokojenia potrzeb religijnych wyznawców wszystkich wyznań bez dyskryminacji w warunkach wojny ukraińsko-rosyjskiej i wpływów Federacji Rosyjskiej.
Optimization of the antifungal metabolite production in Streptomyces libani isolated from northern forests soils in Iran
Authors: Azish Maryam , Shams-Ghahfarokhi Masoomeh , Razzaghi-Abyaneh Mehdi 
Published: April 2021

Background and Purpose: Soil bacteria have extreme population diversity among natural sources and are able to produce a wide array of antifungal metabolites. This study aimed to isolate and identify the bioactive metabolite-producing bacteria from forest soils and evaluate their antimicrobial potent against some pathogenic organisms.
Materials and Methods: In this study, soil samples were screened for antifungal activity against Aspergillus fumigatus on glucose-yeast extract (GY) agar using a visual agar plate assay method. All growing bacteria were examined for antifungal activity, and antagonistic bacteria were identified based on 16S ribosomal RNA sequence analysis. For optimization of the production of antifungal bioactive metabolites, inhibitory bacteria were cultured on different culture conditions, including media, pH, temperature, and incubation time.
Results: In total, 110 bacterial strains were isolated from the forest soils and four species with high antifungal activity were identified as Streptomyces libani, Streptomyces angustmyceticus, Bacillus subtilis, and Sphingopyxis spp. on the basis of 16s ribosomal RNA sequencing. Dichloromethane extract of the starch casein broth culture filtrate of the S. libani (incubated at 30° C for five days) showed strong antifungal activity against A. fumigatus, Aspergillus niger, and Aspergillus flavus.
Conclusion: Based on the results, forest soils contain organisms with antifungal activity and could be considered as a good source for novel antifungal metabolites as effective and safe therapeutics.
Dodatek kwartalny
Authors: Zimny Artur , Hajdys Dagmara , Witczak Radosław , Kuchciak Iwa , Ślebocka Magdalena , Tylman Aneta 
Published: April 2021

„Koniunktura w sektorze przedsiębiorstw niefinansowych”
„Nowa ustawa o umowach koncesji na roboty budowlane lub usługi”
„Zmiany w świecie podatków w połowie roku 2016”
„Dostęp do podstawowego rachunku płatniczego w ograniczaniu wykluczenia finansowego”
"Koniunktura giełdowa"
"O potrzebie wypracowania metod angażowana społeczności lokalnych w programy rewitalizacji – DiverCity II – kroki partycypacji (cz. I)"
Gestión del conocimiento en las Instituciones de Educación Superior para la apropiación social del conocimiento
Authors: Urrego-Estrada Gleidy Alexandra , Gutiérrez-Ossa Jahir Alexander , Jurado-Zambrano Diego Armando 
Published: April 2021

El propósito del artículo es reflexionar acerca de la gestión del conocimiento en las Instituciones de Educación Superior en Colombia IES para la apropiación social del conocimiento, a través de las actividades de investigación para la transferencia de información y conocimiento en un área del saber. La ruta metodológica es de tipo cualitativa y está orientada en la reflexión analítica de asuntos y bases de la gestión del conocimiento en las IES para la apropiación social del conocimiento, a partir de establecer horizontes reflexivos que permitan comprenderla. Se desarrolló en dos momentos: En el primero, se realizarán discusiones conceptuales sobre categorías como: región del conocimiento y apropiación social del conocimiento. En el segundo momento se realizó el procesamiento y análisis de la información. Los resultados se centran hacia un nuevo enfoque donde la prioridad sea la transferencia como un proceso de intercambio y apropiación social del conocimiento para la innovación y transformación social. Como principal conclusión considera que la gestión del conocimiento implica para las IES el reconocerse como entidades que generan, impactan, transfieren y promueven el conocimiento como un proceso de intercambio, y no se limitan a su adquisición como sucede en la actualidad.
Aceptabilidad por el conejo de la harina de coco desgrasada entre diferentes fuentes de alimento
Authors: Acosta Acosta Yanixi , La O Michel Ángel Luis , Valdivié Navarro Manuel , Betancourt Santos Nelson Nixon , Villalón Moracen Yudelkis 
Published: April 2021

Con el propósito de determinar el grado de aceptabilidad de la harina de coco desgrasada suministrada como alimento único e incorporado en diferentes niveles en la dieta para conejos, fueron realizados dos experimentos en los que se emplearon diseños bloques al azar. En el primer experimento los tratamientos fueron: T1 harina de maíz, T2 harina de alfalfa y T3 harina de coco desgrasada; para el segundo, los tratamientos consistieron en el suministro de las dietas con la inclusión de 0, 10, 20, 30 y 40 % de harina de coco desgrasada. En los dos estudios se utilizaron conejos machos de la raza chinchilla de 80 días de edad, con un peso promedio de 2150 ±103 g, 21 y 35 animales respectivamente. Se observó una conducta similar en las variables intento de consumo y consumo de alimentos, tanto cuando se suministró la harina de coco desgrasada como alimento único como cuando se mezcló con otros ingredientes. Los animales realizaron intentos de consumo durante casi las 24 h, con los mayores intentos de consumo en el horario nocturno. Los animales muestran la mayor aceptación por las dietas del 10 % de inclusión de harina de coco desgrasada. Los resultados sugieren que la harina de coco desgrasada es un subproducto agroindustrial con potencialidades para ser incorporada en las dietas de conejos y sustituir alimentos convencionales tradicionalmente empleados en los piensos elaborados para esta especie.
Perspectiva de la Ingeniería Geográfica y Ambiental a partir de la producción académica potenciada desde el pregrado
Authors: Olarte Riaño José Ricardo , García Espitia Daniel Fernando , Posada Arrubla Adriana 
Published: April 2021

Producir nuevo conocimiento en disciplinas emergentes que combinan varios campos del saber es aún una tarea que tiene un largo camino por recorrer, particularmente sobre integraciones entre temas ambientales y geográficos en los cuales algunos investigadores de amplia trayectoria han generado aportes importantes. En este artículo se revisan los pasos de jóvenes que, desde una ingeniería de contexto latinoamericano, empiezan a expresar al mundo sus ideas. El objetivo es establecer una perspectiva de la Ingeniería Geográfica y Ambiental a partir de la producción académica que es potenciada desde el pregrado. La metodología se desarrolló en cuatro etapas que iniciaron con la exploración y compilación de 91 productos académicos visibles en el periodo 2005-2019, lo que permitió una categorización posterior; luego se pasó a un análisis cuantitativo general de los contenidos y se complementó la perspectiva con la aplicación de una entrevista sintética a expertos. Como resultados, se logró clasificar la producción académica en cinco categorías y trece subcategorías, se realizó un análisis espacial de tal producción y se evidenció un proceso constructivo de aportes sucesivos. Con ello, se muestra una exploración que permite trazar nuevas trayectorias, revisar la posibilidad de vincular esfuerzos y, sobre todo, impulsar a las nuevas generaciones en el ejercicio del diálogo de saberes y la interdisciplina.
Marcos Saquet. Saber popular, práxis territorial e contra-hegemonia
Authors: Flávio Luiz Carlos 
Published: April 2021

Saquet, M. (2019). Saber popular, práxis territorial e contra-hegemonia. Editora Consequência, 141 pp. ISBN: 9788569437628.
Saquet, M. (2020). Saber popular, praxis territorial e contra-hegemonía. Editorial Itaca, 128 pp. ISBN: 9786078651382.
O livro é uma leitura primorosa para se pensar a relação da universidade com a sociedade e os movimentos sociais do/no campo/cidade! A principal contribuição é tentar aliar as pesquisas com ações de projetos de extensão realizados, demonstrando um pensamento profundo que se propõe à reflexão acadêmica que busca implementar ações sociais.
Community environmental education and the struggle for water
Authors: Pelacani Bárbara , Kassiadou Anne , Camargo Daniel Renaud , Sánchez Celso , Stortti Marcelo 
Published: April 2021

In this article, we propose to reflect on the environmental education that emerges from the conflict over the construction project of the Guapiaçu dam, in Cachoeiras de Macacu, Rio de Janeiro. To this end, we start from the perspective of community environmental education developed by the Environmental Education Study Group from the South, especially in the interaction with the Movement of Dam Affected People, for the pursuit of environmental justice. Thus, such meetings unveil the necropolitical bias of this “development” project, that clashes with farmers and with life in this territory. Therefore, we highlight the communityenvironmental education, interwoven from the encounter with the voices and the waters that flow through this environment, as a possible way to confront a necropedagogy that supports such necropolitics.
Endoscopic findings in the older patients with iron-deficiency anemia
Authors: ŞENKAYA Ali , ÇELİK Ferit , ÖZÜTEMİZ Ömer 
Published: April 2021

Aim: The presence of iron-deficiency anemia, which is an important indication for endoscopic
procedures, in the geriatric population necessitates the exclusion of a possible malignancy in the
gastrointestinal system. This study aims to examine endoscopic findings in geriatric patients that
underwent esophagogastroduodenoscopy and colonoscopy because of iron-deficiency anemia.
Materials and Methods: Sixty patients aged 65 and over who underwent
esophagogastroduodenoscopy and colonoscopy because of iron-deficiency anemia between August
2019 and August 2020 were retrospectively evaluated. Age, sex, geriatric age groups of patients,
presence of Helicobacter pylori in gastric biopsy, esophagogastroduodenoscopy findings, colonoscopy
findings, presence of internal and / or external hemorrhoids, and duodenal biopsy results were
examined.
Results: Thirty (50%) of 60 patients included in the study were male and the mean age was 72.47 ±
6.07 years. Of these patients, 41 (68.4%) were young-old, 17 (28.3%) were middle-old and 2 (3.3%)
were old-old. The most common causes that might explain iron-deficiency anemia in
esophagogastroduodenoscopy were atrophic gastritis (21.2%), Helicobacter pylori-positive gastritis
(20%), gastric polyp (11.7%), and gastric cancer (3.3%), whereas colonoscopy results were found
colon polyps in 23.3% of patients, diverticulum in 15% and angiodysplasia in 15%, and colon cancer in
8.3%. Internal hemorrhoids were also observed in 44 (73.3%) patients.
Conclusion: In the older population, blood loss from the gastrointestinal system is the most important
cause of iron-deficiency anemia and just hemorrhoids cannot explain IDA. While examining the
etiology of patients diagnosed with iron-deficiency anemia, performing both
esophagogastroduodenoscopy and colonoscopy is an accurate approach to reach the underlying
cause and not to miss a possible malignancy
Burden, quality of life and coping strategies of palliative care patients’ caregivers
Authors: TİMUR Özge , GÜNDÜZ Nermin , ALTAŞ Halime , TURAN Hatice , KARAŞAHİN Ömer , TOSUN TASAR Pınar , BİNİCİ Doğan Nasır 
Published: April 2021

Aim: The burden of the caregiver can affect the caregiver socially, psychologically and physically in time. Since becoming a caregiver is always an unpredictable situation adaptation to this situation takes place after the situation arises. The aim of this study is to examine the attitudes of coping with caregiver burden and quality of life in caregivers of patients hospitalized in palliative care units.
Materials and Methods: The study was carried out with caregivers of 59 hospitalized patients in the palliative care unit of a university hospital. The Zarit caregiver burden scale was used to determine the caregiver burden, the SF 36 to determine the quality of life, and the COPE self-report scales to reveal the coping attitudes.
Results: The mean score of Zarit caregiver burden scale in caregivers was 50.7 and was interpreted as a moderate burden. The highest score among the COPE subscale scores was COPE 7 (religious coping) (15.7); the lowest score is COPE 12 (4.4) (Substance use). A significant negative correlation is found between the Zarit caregiver burden scale and the education level of the caregiver (R = -0.291, p = 0.025).
Conclusion: Caregiver burden is the totality of possible physical, psychological, social or financial responses while providing care. In our country, mostly women, unemployed and low-educated family members become caregiving. In our study, the participants defined a moderate burden, although they provided care to chronic and severe patients. This indicates that in addition to the treatment of patients in palliative care centers, caregivers are also provided with medical, social and psychological support.
Huzurevlerinde yaşayan yaşlı bireylerde fiziksel aktivitenin uyku kalitesi üzerine etkisi
Authors: DAŞDEMİR İLKHAN Gülay , ÇELİKHİSAR Hakan , KILAVUZ Aslı 
Published: April 2021

Amaç: Bu çalışmanın amacı, huzurevinde yaşayan 65 yaş ve üzeri yaşlı bireylerin fiziksel aktivite ile uyku kaliteleri arasındaki ilişkiyi değerlendirmektir.
Gereç ve Yöntem: Çalışmaya huzurevlerinde yaşayan toplam 456 yaşlı birey dahil edildi. Karşılıklı görüşme yöntemiyle demografik bilgileri kaydedildi. Yaşlıların gündüz uykululuğu (Epworth Uykululuk Skalası), fiziksel aktivite düzeyi (International Physical Activity Questionnaire) ve uyku kalitesi (Pittsburgh Uyku Kalitesi İndeksi) değerlendirildi.
Bulgular: Bireyler fiziksel aktivite düzeyine göre puanlanarak gruplandırıldı. Uyku kalitesi açısından gruplar arasında anlamlı fark görülmemiştir (p = 0,41). Gündüz uykululuğu açısından ise gruplar arasında istatistiksel olarak anlamlı fark saptanmıştır (p