bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Robotic inguinal hernia repair in patients aged eighty and older
Authors: Kudsi Omar Yusef , Gokcal Fahri , Bou-Ayash Naseem 
Published: February 2021

BACKGROUND:
Minimally invasive techniques, such as robotic inguinal hernia repair (RIHR), have potential benefits for patients in various clinical scenarios. However, the value of RIHR in older age groups has not yet been established, as increased age may place patients at a higher risk of postoperative morbidity and mortality. The aim of the study is to evaluate the feasibility of RIHR in patients ≥80 years old.

MATERIALS AND METHODS:
Among patients who underwent RIHR between February 2013 and August 2020, patients ≥80 years old were included. Preoperative, intraoperative, and postoperative variables were reviewed. Postoperative complications were assessed according to the Clavien–Dindo (CD) classification and the Comprehensive Complication Index (CCI®) scoring system. Univariate and multivariate analyses were used to identify the risk factors for patients with complications.

RESULTS:
A total of 51 patients were included in the study. The average operative time was 58.7 min. The average length of stay was 0.5 days. Urinary retention and seroma were the commonly encountered complications (CD Grades 1 and 2). A procedural intervention and overnight intensive care unit follow-up were needed in two patients for each (CD Grade-3a and-4a). The maximum morbidity CCI score was 43.3. There was no hernia recurrence or reoperation during the mean follow-up period of 42 months. No statistically significant difference was found between patients with and without complications.

CONCLUSION:
This is the first study to demonstrate the feasibility of RIHR in patients ≥ 80-year-old. Although advanced age is associated with increased comorbidities and physiological irregularities, RIHR may be performed with short operative time, length of hospital stay, and low rate of postoperative complications in these patients.
Case–control comparison of separation of component retrorectus urinary bladder extracellular surgical device hernia repair with acellular dermal matrix underlay and prosthetic mesh overlay hernia repair
Authors: Gonzalez Candace , Russo Nicholas , Hanna John P , Tran Thanh , Montera Beth , Chharath Khattiya , Saad Adham R , Velanovich Vic 
Published: February 2021

PURPOSE:
The purpose of this study is to compare the complication rates and recurrence rates of two types of incisional hernia repairs by a single surgeon.

MATERIALS AND METHODS:
The medical records of all patients undergoing incisional hernia repair by the senior author were reviewed. Patients who underwent the biologic mesh underlay/synthetic mesh overlay (BUSO) “sandwich” repair and separation of components with retrorectus mesh (SOCRM) repair were assessed. Only Grades I, II, and III incisional hernias were included. The two groups were matched for age, sex, hernia size, and body mass index. The groups were compared for any 30-day complication, any adverse event in the follow-up period, and any recurrence as determined by physical examination or imaging.

RESULTS:
Fifty-six patients were successfully matched. There were no differences in the type of suture used, skin closure, dressing, or drain use. There was no difference in 30-day postoperative complications or discharge status. The BUSO group had a 29% recurrence rate, compared to 4% in the SOCRM group (P = 0.0248). However, the follow-up was longer in the BUSO group.

CONCLUSIONS:
The results of this study suggest that for incisional hernias not amenable to primary closure, SOCRM repair may be superior to even a two-mesh layer bridging repair.
Auditoria em Terras Tucujus:
Authors: Corrêa Arionildo Barbosa , Galindo Alexandre Gomes 
Published: February 2021

O artigo analisa a implantação de política de controle interno no governo do Estado do Amapá no quinquênio 2013-2017, através da transformação da Auditoria Geral do Estado em Controladoria Geral do Estado – CGE com a inserção das quatro macrofunções de Auditoria, Correição Administrativa, Ouvidoria e Ações Estratégicas recomendadas pela Declaração de Lima de 1977 e as atividades executadas pelo órgão central de controle interno do Poder Executivo Estadual nos anos de 2013 a 2017. Além disso, identifica as percepções dos stakeholders envolvidos na implantação e execução das ações da Controladoria-Geral do Estado do Amapá, com ênfase na macro função de Auditoria. A metodologia do estudo combinou pesquisa documental e a pesquisa de campo realizada de forma quali-quantitativa junto aos stakeholders. Após o estudo inferiu-se que no contexto Controladoria Geral do Estado é possível perceber que a CGE tem enfrentado muitos desafios para realizar suas atividades fins, em especial a efetivação do controle e planejamento no tocante aos aspectos financeiros, estruturais e os recursos humanos envolvidos no processo de auditoria.
Global and Local Corrosion of Welded Joints of High-Strength Low-Alloy Automotive Steel
Authors: Garcia Mainã Portella , Sarango de Souza Juliana , Glover Carol , Ansell Phil , Williams Geraint , Mantovani Gerson Luiz , Vasant Kumar Ramachandran , Antunes Renato Altobelli 
Published: February 2021

Global and local corrosion techniques were used to study the corrosion behavior of weld joints of a high-strength low-alloy steel (LNE500) typically used in the automotive industry in Brazil. The welded joints were prepared by gas metal arc welding. Two welding transfer modes were used to obtain different heat inputs: pulsed (PUL) and cold metal transfer (CMT). Local and global corrosion analysis techniques presented complementary information. While the local in situ analysis (scanning vibrating electrode technique) revealed the weld metal (WM) as the region where corrosion started, conventional electrochemical techniques (potentiodynamic polarization [PP] and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy [EIS]) revealed a higher corrosion rate in the coarse-grained heat affected zone, which was preferentially corroded. A superior corrosion resistance of the WM obtained using CMT over the PUL transfer mode was revealed by EIS and PP. In addition, the results from CMT and PUL samples show that the austenite grain size affects the propagation of the corrosion process. The results are discussed based on microstructural and compositional aspects of the different regions that characterize the welded joints.
Efficacy of an Intervention to Teach Zippering: A Two-Group Control Study
Authors: Silverman Fern , Knight Carrie , Grasso Anna 
Published: February 2021

AbstractImportance: Engaging and pulling up a zipper is a functional skill needed by young children.Objective: To compare the efficacy of a standard zippering teaching vest presented with general verbal prompts to a modified zippering teaching vest presented with a related story and vocabulary among typically developing preschoolers.Design: An experimental, two-group, pre–post design.Setting: A local preschool.Participants: Fifty preschoolers ages 3 yr, 6 mo to 4 yr, 11 mo were recruited.Intervention: Eligible children received three zippering practice sessions from occupational therapy and speech-language pathology graduate students supervised by faculty; either a standard (control group) or modified (comparison group) zippering teaching vest was used.Outcomes and Measures: Individual sessions were video recorded. We coded data using a score of 2, 1, or 0, indicating degree of success through seven zippering steps. Using IBM SPSS Statistics (Version 26) for analysis, we conducted independent t tests to compare measures between the two groups.Results: Each cohort consisted of 14 preschoolers (N = 28); 252 separate zippering trials were analyzed. Pretrial zippering ability demonstrated no initial differences. Results indicate that both groups advanced their skills with added practice; however, the comparison group performed statistically significantly better than the control group, beginning with the second set of interventions.Conclusions and Relevance: Beginning with a second exposure to a novel instructional method, preschoolers increased their success by completing more of the seven identified steps of zippering than those receiving traditional input. This study demonstrates the ability of occupational therapy–speech-language pathology partnerships to create innovative treatments that facilitate occupationally based skill acquisition.What This Article Adds: This article adds evidence supporting the use of a modified practice zippering vest with added visual and language cues to teach zippering skills to occupational therapy clients.
The Bloomsbury Introduction to Postmodern Realist Fiction
Authors: Reed T. V. 
Published: February 2021

Postmodernist realism is a body of fiction that uses realism-disrupting literary techniques to make interventions into the real social conditions of our time. It seeks to capture the complex, fragmented nature of contemporary experience while addressing crucial issues like income inequality, immigration, the climate crisis, terrorism, ever-changing technologies, shifting racial, sex and gender roles, and the rise of new forms of authoritarianism. A lucid, comprehensive introduction to the genre as well as to a wide variety of voices, this book discusses more than 50 writers from a diverse range of backgrounds and over several decades with special attention to 21st century novels.
Writers covered include: Sherman Alexie, Margaret Atwood, Paul Auster, J.G. Ballard, Octavia Butler, Angela Carter, Don DeLillo, Junot Diaz, Dave Eggers, Bret Easton Ellis, Louise Erdrich, John Fowles, Jonathan Franzen, William Gibson, Alan Hollinghurst, Maxine Hong Kingston, Ursula Le Guin, David Lodge, Ian McEwan, China Mieville, David Mitchell, Alan Moore, Toni Morrison, Vladimir Nabokov, Michael Ondaatje, Richard Powers, Thomas Pynchon, Salman Rushdie, Leslie Marmon Silko, Zadie Smith, Art Spiegelman, Kurt Vonnegut, David Foster Wallace, and Jeannette Winterson.
Swipe, Scan, Shop
Authors: Schaefer Kate 
Published: February 2021

Successful fashion merchandising, branding, and communication start with satisfyingly sensory and interactive shopping experiences. With Kate Schaefer's beautifully illustrated and practical book, learn how retailers create these experiences to connect with shoppers, enhance the retail experience, and achieve brand loyalty.
With company highlights from brands such as Amazon Go, FIT:MATCH and Sephora, Swipe, Scan, Shop shows how fashion retailers are embracing the omnichannel retail experience, by using virtual and augmented reality, beacon technologies, and facial recognition, among other techniques. As shoppers become more dependent on digital devices as part of their shopping experience, visual merchandisers are adapting by incorporating mobile tech to tell a story, alert shoppers of product locations and inventory levels, and allow for the customization of products and sharing with friends.
With a companion website that includes resources and links to further information and videos discussed in the book, this practical guide shows how to inform, entice, and engage customers by incorporating social technology throughout the shopping experience.
Shakespeare and Meisner
Authors: Gonsalves Aileen , Irish Tracy 
Published: February 2021

This practical handbook is invaluable for anyone performing, teaching, studying or simply wanting a new way to enjoy Shakespeare. It provides an outline of Meisner’s work and legacy, a discussion of that legacy in the light of the enduring global popularity of Shakespeare, and a wealth of practical exercises drawn from Meisner’s techniques.
Shakespeare writes about the truth in human relationships and human hearts. Sanford Meisner’s work unlocks truthful acting. They would seem a perfect match. Yet, following Meisner’s note to his actors that ‘text is your greatest enemy’, Shakespeare and Meisner are often considered ‘strange bedfellows’.
The rhetorical complexity of Shakespeare’s text can often be perceived as rules an actor must learn in order to perform Shakespeare ‘properly’. Meisner’s main rule is that ‘you can’t say ouch until you’ve been pinched’: in other words, an actor must genuinely feel something in order to react in a performance which is alive to the moment. This book explores how actors can use Meisner’s tools of ‘acting is reacting’ to discover the infinite freedom within the apparent constraints of Shakespeare’s text.
More-Than-Human Literacies in Early Childhood
Authors: Hackett Abigail 
Published: February 2021

More-Than-Human Literacies in Early Childhood draws on a three-year ethnographic study into the role of place, materiality and the body in the literacies of young children aged 12–36 months. It builds a picture of how children participate in, or become caught up in, literacies and language in the contexts of their everyday lives.
Throughout the book, recognised understandings of young children are decentred in favour of experiential knowing of parents and communities, body-place knowing and ordinary affects. Abigail Hackett argues that young children’s literacies are always more-than-human, involving sounds, gestures and movements between humans and nonhuman places and things. By paying close attention to the more-than-human nature of these literacies, which rely on bodies, places, animals, humans, objects and atmospheres for their ongoingness, a case is made for the decentring of young children.
The book will be of particular interest to researchers looking at feminist-new materialism, posthumanism, affect theory, and critical literacy in early childhood settings.
The Terminator
Authors: French Sean 
Published: February 2021

Made on a low budget, The Terminator was one of the most influential films of the 1980s. Combining explosive special effects and an intricate time-travel plot, it set Arnold Schwarzenegger on the road to superstardom and allowed its director, James Cameron, to go on to make some of the most expensive films of all time. The Terminator quickly found a cult following who appreciated its deadpan humour, comic-book violence and elaborate variations on standard science fiction themes. Resolutely populist, accomplished and instantly memorable, The Terminator has dramatically outlived its humble beginnings.
Sean French’s insightful study traces the film’s production history, its sources and the extent of its influence. He argues that The Terminator’s visual flair, stylised acting and choreographed violence are so compelling not so much because they offer intellectual rewards but because they traffic in the darker, more visceral pleasures of moviegoing.
In his foreword to this new edition, Sean French reflects on Terminator sequels and reboots, suggesting that the original film has more in common with the gritty visions of the New Hollywood than present-day action blockbusters.
¿Desdolarizar para qué?
Authors: Martínez Julia Evelyn 
Published: February 2021

El objetivo de este trabajo es ubicar el debate sobre dolarización o desdolarización que se lleva a cabo actualmente en El Salvador, en el contexto más amplio de las tendencias sistémicas del capitalismo y su impacto sobre la economía salvadoreña y centroamericana. La tesis principal que se sostiene es que el debate sobre la dolarización versus la desdolarización no se puede reducir a un problema de eficiencia o de equilibrios macroeconómicos o microeconómicos que restringen el crecimiento económico o la acumulación de capital, sino que este debate debe ubicarse en el contexto más general de las estrategias económicas en marcha en El Salvador y en Centroamérica. Hasta ahora, las posiciones en el debate de la dolarización han estado centradas en aspectos tales como la responsabilidad que tiene la decisión de mantener una economía dolarizada y sin política monetaria (y cambiaria) sobre el rezago de la tasa de crecimiento del PIB, de la inversión privada o de la competividad de las exportaciones salvadoreñas con respecto al resto de Centroamérica y de Suramérica. Poco o nada se ha mencionado hasta ahora cómo el desdolarizar (o mantener la dolarización) puede incidir en la distribución del poco o mucho crecimiento que se logre en El Salvador. De igual manera, cuando se insiste en que la desdolarización es una de las claves para incrementar la inversión privada nacional y extranjera, todavía no se ha abordado cuántos empleos decentes (por utilizar el término acuñado por la OIT) se pueden esperar de este aumento en los niveles de inversión, especialmente de cara a las tendencias mundiales que indican que la recuperación de la acumulación de capital en el norte y en el sur está acompañada de una tendencia a la precariedad laboral de los nuevos empleos que se crean. Pero sobre todo, no se ha tocado ni siquiera tangencialmente el “tema tabú” de la desdolarización y de la recuperación de la posibilidad de devaluar la moneda: ¿en el corto plazo será recomendable la opción de devaluar la moneda para mejorar la situación de la balanza comercial? Y si la respuesta es afirmativa, ¿esa medida significará un mejoramiento de la posición competitiva de las exportaciones nacionales a costa de la caída de los salarios reales de las trabajadoras y los trabajadores? Por ello, en este trabajo se insiste en que el debate sobre la dolarización o desdolarización se sitúe en el contexto más amplio de las estrategias económicas actuales en El Salvador y en Centroamérica y, más aún, en el contexto del debate sobre la necesidad de transformación de dichas estrategias.
ECA Estudios Centroamericanos, Vol. 66, No. 726, 2011: 321-329.
El Salvador
Authors: Arias Peñate Salvador , Sol Pérez Jorge 
Published: February 2021

El restablecimiento de nuestra moneda propia, el colón, para que tenga éxito, debe incorporar una serie de medidas complementarias, de tal forma que el país tenga la fortaleza financiera para enfrentar este reto, ante el cual, sin duda alguna, sectores privados nacionales e internacionales se opondrán y tratarán de hacerlo fracasar. El documento que proponemos para el debate tiene cuatro partes: primero, se analizan los trece efectos más nocivos provocados por diez años de dolarización; segundo, se hace una propuesta de las diferentes medidas que implicaría el restablecimiento del colón; tercero, se planten las medidas complementarias, desde las más urgentes e inmediatas, hasta las que terminarían de concretar un modelo alternativo de crecimiento y desarrollo para la economía salvadoreña; y cuarto, se explicitan las facilidades financieras que estas medidas le darían al Estado salvadoreño para llevar a feliz término esta doble estrategia: el restablecimiento del colón y el abandono del modelo neoliberal.
ECA Estudios Centroamericanos, Vol. 66, No. 726, 2011: 363-379.
PERANCANGAN SISTEM INFORMASI RADIO STRAMING SUARA SABALONG SAMALEWA BERBASIS WEB PADA DINAS KOMUNIKASI INFORMATIKA DAN STATISTIK KABUPATEN SUMBAWA
Authors: Aliyah Jannatun , Jumirah  , Qifli Ilhamdi Jizan 
Published: February 2021

Radio Streaming atau biasa dikenal sebagai web radio, radio internet, radio net atau e-radio, sebenarnya merupakan sebuah radio yang disiarkan melalui media internet.. Sistem informasi radio streaming Suara Sabalong Samalewa bekerja melalui jaringan internet sehingga mampu menjangkau wilayah dimana saja dengan syarat terkoneksi dengan jaringan internet. Penelitian ini bertujun Memberikan sarana media informasi, edukasi dan hiburan dalam bentuk website dengan konten radio streaming. Penelitian ini dilakukan menggunakan metode waterfall dengan melakukan observasi langsung ke lapangan. Dengan tahapan Communication (Komunikasi), Planning (Perencanaan), Modeling (Pemodelan), Construction (Konstruksi), Deployment (Penyebaran).
Korelasi Sertifikasi dan Motivasi Kerja terhadap Kinerja Guru di Masa Pandemi Covid-19
Authors: Amruddin Amruddin , Pujiyati Wresni , Dekawati Ipong 
Published: February 2021

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk memperoleh deskripsi korelasi antara sertifikasi guru, motivasi kerja guru, dan kinerja guru di Sekolah Dasar Negeri Kecamatan Wanasari Kabupaten Brebes. Penelitian ini menggunakan pendekatan kuantitatif dengan metode analisis desskriptif. Populasi dan sampel penelitian ini adalah guru bersertifikasi pada sekolah dasar negeri. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa (1) terdapat korelasi signifikan antara sertifikasi guru dengan kinerja guru. (2) terdapat korelasi signifikan antara motivasi kerja dengan kinerja guru. (3) terdapat korelasi signifikan sertifikasi guru dan motivasi kerja secara bersama-sama dengan kinerja guru.
Permutative (al-badal) and Apposition (ʻaṭf al-bayān) in the Arabic Language - Similarities and Differences
Authors: Trnka-Uzunović Amira 
Published: February 2021

This paper examines two secondary elements of a clause in the Arabic language, namely the permutative and the apposition. The permutative is a noun complement that follows the noun as the appositive and tries to additionally explain it or even take its place, which justifes the semantics of the term badal (permutation). Furthermore, the rules say that a non-derived noun can act as the permutative, and owing to the different semantics it creates, four different types of the permutative are defined and they all keep case agreement with the antecedent in all forms. The apposition in the Arabic language is characterised by the function of additional explanation of the antecedent with which it shares the same case inflexion, which brings it closer to the permutative, but what separates them is the fact that the permutative is independent in its semantic content and it can replace the antecedent, while the clause stays syntactically correct. Without an ambition to make a serious comparison and with the sole aim of a better understanding of the apposition in the Arabic language, by comparing terminological solution in two separate language systems, we will try to justify the attitude that an equal sign between the terms apposition in the Arabic language and the apposition in the Bosnian language cannot be put to the fullest extent. The apposition in the Bosnian language additionally explains the antecedent, following its inflexion, but it is a more general term than the latter, as opposed to the apposition in the Arabic language. Formally, they differ by the place they take within a syntagm in relation to the antecedent.
PENGARUH PEMBERIAN JERAMI DAN JARAK TANAM TERHADAP PERTUMBUHAN DAN PRODUKSI TANAMAN PADI (Oryza sativa L)
Authors: Hikmawati Meiyana 
Published: February 2021

The objectives of this research is the effect of straw and range on the yield of rice (Oryza sativa L).
The method of the research use factorial design based on the Randomized Block Design with two factors of treatment. The first factor was straw (without straw (P0), fermented straw (P1) dan straw burned (P2)) and second factor was range (spacing of 25 x 20 cm (J1), spacing of 25 x 25 cm (J2) and spacing of 25 x 30 cm (J3)) and each kombination of treatment three times replicated so that it is obtained 9 trial combinations and 27 trial plots.
The result of the research : (1) There was not interaction between straw and range on the yield of rice (Oryza nivara). (2) The highest yield was treatment P1(fermented straw) for all parameters except plant height in 14 hst, penicle length per clump and weight of 1000 grains of dry grains milled. (3) The highest yield was treatment J3 (spacing of 25 x 30 cm) for all parameters except weight of grain per plot dan weight of 1000 grains of dry grains milled.

Key word : straw, range and interaction.