bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
10-Year Study of Christian Church Support for Domestic Violence Victims: 2005-2015
Authors: Zust Barbara , Flicek Breanna , Moses Katie , Schubert Courtney , Timmerman Jessica 
Published: February 2018

Religious beliefs play a significant role in the lives of victims of domestic violence. Victims find strength in their faith and would rather endure the violence at all costs to keep a family or a marriage together, than to compromise their faith by leaving. Purpose: This 10 –year study explored the climate of support for victims of domestic violence among Christian clergy and church members between 2005 and 2015. Method: Using a convenience sample, surveys were sent out to congregations in the Upper Midwest in 2005 and 2015. The survey included demographics; two items measuring perception of domestic violence in the congregation andcommunity; six Likert Scale items regarding agreement with statements concerning leaving an abusive marriage; four ‘Yes-No’ items regarding the impact of faith in leaving, support of the congregation, community resources,and clergy as counselors. The clergy’s survey had the same questions, plus open-ended questions about their skills in counseling victims, their congregation’s support for victims, community resources, and beliefs that could impact a victim’s choice in leaving. Analysis: Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, simple frequencies, and bivariate correlations. Narrative data were analyzed using content analysis. Results: The results of this study indicated that change is slow. Members want their clergy to become more educated in counseling and in speaking about domestic violence from the pulpit. Clergy felt comfortable in making referrals for professional counseling, while the majority of members would prefer counseling with their pastor if they were in a violent relationship. Both clergy and members want to create a safe and supportive environment for victims/survivors of violent relationships. Findings from this study exemplify the need for pastors to remove the silence about domestic violence in their congregations and address the misunderstood social religious beliefs that may bind a victim to the violence.
Evaluation of strength, agility and aerobic capacity in Brazilian football players
Authors: Raymundo Ana Carolina Gago , Pernambuco Carlos Soares , de Oliveira Brum Rosana Dias , Castro Juliana Brandão Pinto de , de Oliveira Flávio Boechat , da Gama Dirceu Ribeiro Nogueira , de Alkmim Moreira Nunes Rodolfo , de Souza Vale Rodrigo Gomes 
Published: February 2018

SummaryStudy aim: To evaluate the levels of strength, agility and the maximal oxygen uptake (VO2max) between the offensive and de­fensive teams of football players. Material and methods: In the present cross-sectional study, 20 male Brazilian football players were divided into an offensive group (OG, n = 10, age: 25.50 ± 6.15 years) and a defensive group (DG, n = 10, age: 22.50 ± 5.48 years). We used the dy­namometer for back and legs, the shuttle run test, and the Cooper test to evaluate strength, agility and VO2max, respectively. Results: The independent Student t-test showed that the OG was significantly more agile than the DG (p < 0.05). The other variables did not show any statistically significant differences. In the OG there was a strong correlation between agility and VO2max (r = - 0.834, p = 0.003, r2= 0.70). However, in the DG there was a moderate correlation between the same variables (r = - 0.677, p = 0.031, r2= 0.46). This shows that the greater the agility is, the higher is the VO2max. There was no correlation between the variables muscle strength and body fat percentage. Conclusions: The study showed that the OG has a better physical condition than the DG.
“Send & hold” clinical decision support rules improvement to reduce unnecessary testing of vitamins A, E, K, B1, B2, B3, B6 and C
Authors: Rodriguez-Borja Enrique , Corchon-Peyrallo Africa , Barba-Serrano Esther , Villalba Martínez Celia , Carratala Calvo Arturo 
Published: February 2018

Abstract

Background:
We assessed the impact of several “send & hold” clinical decision support rules (CDSRs) within the electronical request system for vitamins A, E, K, B1, B2, B3, B6 and C for all outpatients at a large health department.

Methods:
When ordered through electronical request, providers (except for all our primary care physicians who worked as a non-intervention control group) were always asked to answer several compulsory questions regarding main indication, symptomatology, suspected diagnosis, vitamin active treatments, etc., for each vitamin test using a drop-down list format. After samples arrival, tests were later put on hold internally by our laboratory information system (LIS) until review for their appropriateness was made by two staff pathologists according to the provided answers and LIS records (i.e. “send & hold”). The number of tests for each analyte was compared between the 10-month period before and after CDSRs implementation in both groups.

Results:
After implementation, vitamins test volumes decreased by 40% for vitamin A, 29% for vitamin E, 42% for vitamin K, 37% for vitamin B1, 85% for vitamin B2, 68% for vitamin B3, 65% for vitamin B6 and 59% for vitamin C (all p values 0.03 or lower except for vitamin B3), whereas in control group, the majority increased or remained stable. In patients with rejected vitamins, no new requests and/or adverse clinical outcome comments due to this fact were identified.

Conclusions:
“Send & hold” CDSRs are a promising informatics tool that can support in utilization management and enhance the pathologist’s leadership role as tests specialist.
Measuring media and information literacy skills: Construction of a test
Authors: Lopes Paula , Costa Patrícia , Araujo Luisa , Ávila Patrícia 
Published: February 2018

Abstract
Research on media and information literacy has been growing exponentially over the past years, but it has focused more on the examination of media practices than on the assessment of media and information literacy skills. In this paper we describe the process of designing and implementing a Media and Information Literacy Test comprising 20 items. We present the results of the analysis carried out to validate the items and to construct a scale of media and information literacy skills using Item Response Theory (IRT). Findings indicate that the conceptual framework adopted is adequate to measure media and information literacy and that the test has good discrimination and difficulty parameters. The test is based on a more comprehensive framework used to assess media and information literacy skills than those used in previous studies and can be used on an item-by-item basis. In this sense, it is a novel contribution to current efforts to measure media and information literacy skills.
Voltage Stability Improvement of Transmission Systems Using a Novel Shunt Capacitor Control
Authors: Furukakoi Masahiro , Sayed Shah Danish Mir , Motin Howlader Abdul , Senjyu Tomonobu 
Published: February 2018

AbstractThis paper proposes a novel shunt capacitor (SC) based voltage stability method for a power system operation. The integration of distributed generators e.g. wind and PV powers to the grid, and fluctuations nature of load power cause the attention of voltage stability management for a power system operation and planning. The SC based proposed method improves the voltage stability by using the flow of active and reactive powers in the transmission line. The Voltagestability index (VSI) is utilized for the voltage stability analysis. The SC is installed at the load bus so that it can inject a proper amount of reactive power for ensuring the voltage stability of power system. The proposed method is investigated in the IEEE-14 bus test system. Simulation results are compared with the non-SC based method. Extensive simulation analyses have been done by the MATLAB/Simulink software.
Broken or Fixed Effects?
Authors: Gibbons Charles E. , Suárez Serrato Juan Carlos , Urbancic Michael B. 
Published: February 2018

Abstract
We replicate eight influential papers to provide empirical evidence that, in the presence of heterogeneous treatment effects, OLS with fixed effects (FE) is generally not a consistent estimator of the average treatment effect (ATE). We propose two alternative estimators that recover the ATE in the presence of group-specific heterogeneity. We document that heterogeneous treatment effects are common and the ATE is often statistically and economically different from the FE estimate. In all but one of our replications, there is statistically significant treatment effect heterogeneity and, in six, the ATEs are either economically or statistically different from the FE estimates.
Compression of hyper-spectral images using an accelerated nonnegative tensor decomposition
Authors: Li Jin , Liu Zilong 
Published: February 2018

Abstract
Nonnegative tensor Tucker decomposition (NTD) in a transform domain (e.g., 2D-DWT, etc) has been used in the compression of hyper-spectral images because it can remove redundancies between spectrum bands and also exploit spatial correlations of each band. However, the use of a NTD has a very high computational cost. In this paper, we propose a low complexity NTD-based compression method of hyper-spectral images. This method is based on a pair-wise multilevel grouping approach for the NTD to overcome its high computational cost. The proposed method has a low complexity under a slight decrease of the coding performance compared to conventional NTD. We experimentally confirm this method, which indicates that this method has the less processing time and keeps a better coding performance than the case that the NTD is not used. The proposed approach has a potential application in the loss compression of hyper-spectral or multi-spectral images
Calculating degree-based topological indices of dominating David derived networks
Authors: Ahmad Muhammad Saeed , Nazeer Waqas , Kang Shin Min , Imran Muhammad , Gao Wei 
Published: February 2018

Abstract
An important area of applied mathematics is the Chemical reaction network theory. The behavior of real world problems can be modeled by using this theory. Due to applications in theoretical chemistry and biochemistry, it has attracted researchers since its foundation. It also attracts pure mathematicians because it involves interesting mathematical structures. In this report, we compute newly defined topological indices, namely, Arithmetic-Geometric index (AG
1 index), SK index, SK
1 index, and SK
2 index of the dominating David derived networks [1, 2, 3, 4, 5].
The structure and conductivity of polyelectrolyte based on MEH-PPV and potassium iodide (KI) for dye-sensitized solar cells
Authors: Szindler Magdalena M. , Szindler Marek , Dobrzański Leszek A. 
Published: February 2018

Abstract
This article presents the results of a research on the effects and properties of the potassium iodide additive onto the structure of the MEH-PPV polymer material, in its aspect of application in the dye-sensitized solar cell. Changes in MEH-PPV surface morphology were researched through increasing of the potassium iodide content measured by scanning electron microscope. The increased content of potassium iodide also led to increased electrical conductivity measured by the Keithley meter. The electrical properties of the dye-sensitized solar cell were also studied, in which the liquid electrolyte was replaced with a thin layer of polyelectrolyte, based on MEH-PPV and potassium iodide.
Numerical solution for fractional Bratu’s initial value problem
Authors: Ghomanjani Fateme , Shateyi Stanford 
Published: February 2018

Abstract
In this paper, a method for solving fractional Bratu’s initial value problem (FBIVP) is presented. The main idea behind this work is the use of the Bezier curve method (BCM). To show the efficiency of the developed method, numerical results are presented.
Induction heating process of ferromagnetic filled carbon nanotubes based on 3-D model
Authors: Wiak Sławomir , Firych-Nowacka Anna , Smółka Krzysztof , Pietrzak Łukasz , Kołaciński Zbigniew , Szymański Łukasz 
Published: February 2018

Abstract
Since their discovery by Iijima in 1991 [1], carbon nanotubes have sparked unwavering interest among researchers all over the world. This is due to the unique properties of carbon nanotubes (CNTs). Carbon nanotubes have excellent mechanical and electrical properties with high chemical and thermal stability. In addition, carbon nanotubes have a very large surface area and are hollow inside. This gives a very broad spectrum of nanotube applications, such as in combination with polymers as polymer composites in the automotive, aerospace or textile industries. At present, many methods of nanotube synthesis are known [2, 3, 4, 5, 6]. It is also possible to use carbon nanotubes in biomedical applications [7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14], including the destruction of cancer cells using iron-filled carbon nanotubes in the hyperthermia process. Computer modelling results of Fe-CNTs induction heating process are presented in the paper. As an object used for computer model creation, Fe-CNTs were synthesized by the authors using CCVD technique.
Refusals of invitations and offers in Persian: Genuine or ostensible?
Authors: Shishavan Homa Babai 
Published: February 2018

AbstractThis study investigated instances of Persian genuine and ostensible (ritual) refusals produced in response to genuine offers and invitations. The data was collected through ethnographic observations and was analyzed in light of a modified version of defining properties and features of ostensible speech acts proposed by Isaacs and Clark (1990). Furthermore, cultural schemas and sociocultural norms underlying ostensible refusals in Persian were investigated through focus group interviews (FGI). The results revealed that although the features of ostensible speech acts proposed by Isaacs and Clark (1990) are present in ostensible refusals in Persian, they are not always sufficient to distinguish Persian ritual and genuine refusals. The results of the focus group interviews also showed that ritual refusals in Persian are complex speech acts strongly linked to Persian cultural schemas of
Outcome of standard tabularized incised plate urethroplasty repair using dartos flap and tunica vaginalis flap in of hypospadias cases
Authors: Patel Jiwan Lal , Chandrakar Sandeep , Memon M. Amin , Mishra Basumitra 
Published: February 2018

Background: Hypospadias, with prevalence of 1 per 300 live births, is a congenital malformation caused by incomplete fusion of urethral folds, in which the meatal orifice opens on the inferior surface of the penis. The commonest complication of hypospadias surgery is fistula formation which requires re-operation. Several techniques of providing vascularised soft tissue cover to neourethra have been described. They include de-epithelized skin, corpus spongiosum, dartos fascia and tunica vaginalis. The purpose of our study was to compare outcomes of standard tubularised incised plate urethroplasty (TIP) repair using dartos flap and TVF in of hypospadias cases.Methods: This study was carried out in the Department of Surgery (Paediatric Surgery Division) of Pt. JNM Medical College and associated Dr. BRAM Hospital, Raipur in patients diagnosed to had distal, mid penile and proximal penile type of hypospadias. The study was carried out during the period from February 2016 to September 2017. Total no of cases studied was 55. All admitted patients for primary Snodgrass repair were randomized into two groups by Simple Random method to avoid selection bias. Group A of 27 patients were prospectively selected for repair using TVF for soft tissue cover. Group B of 28 Patients, comparable in age and type of hypospadias, who underwent TIP repair using dartos flap as soft tissue cover. Descriptive statistics were employed to characterize the data.Results: Patients were from 1 year to 13 years of age at time of surgery for hypospadias. Mean age being 4.69+3.15. There was almost equal number of patients in both groups of flap. Both groups were comparable in terms of age and type of hypospadias. Overall, dartos flap group had significantly higher rate of urethrocutaneous fistula formation than tunica vaginalis flap. In TVF group only one patient (3.7%) developed skin necrosis while in Dartos group 5 patients (17.86%) developed skin necrosis. Both TVF group and Dartos group had one patient with residual torsion.Conclusions: In present study we have noted higher rate of fistula formation and skin necrosis in dartos flap group as compared to tunica vaginalis. Tunica vaginalis flap definitely have an edge over preputial dartos flap and we would recommend its use as waterproofing second layer in hypospadias cases.
Tympanometric changes following adenoidectomy in children with adenoid hypertrophy
Authors: Rajashekhar Rashmi P. , Shinde Vinod V. 
Published: February 2018

<p class="abstract"><strong>Background:</strong> Adenoid Hypertrophy is the commonest disorder in children. The size of adenoids varies from child to child and also in the same individual as he grows and attains maximum size between age of 3 to 7 years. Adenoid hypertrophy plays a significant role in the pathogenesis of otitis media with effusion. Our objective was to study the tympanogram changes following adenoidectomy. i.e to find out the effect of adenoidectomy on Otitis Media with Effusion.</p><p class="abstract"><strong>Methods:</strong> Patients showing &gt;50% of airway obstruction by the adenoids were included in the study. 20 patients with adenoid hypertrophy underwent adenoidectomy. Pre-operative and postoperative tympanograms of 40 ears were studied. </p><p class="abstract"><strong>Results:</strong> Type A curve (normal) was found in 12 ears. Type B Flat tympanogram – 12 ears s/o Gross Serous Otitis Media. Type C tympanogram – 8 ears s/o uncomplicated eustachian tube obstruction. 5 ears showed tympanogram s/o Eustachian tube block without significant collection of middle ear fluid. 3 ears showed tympanogram s/o uncomplicated eustachian tube obstruction. Post adenoidectomy, 32 ears showed normal tympanogram. 8 ears showed tympanogram s/o negative middle ear pressure with normal compliance.</p><p class="abstract"><strong>Conclusions:</strong> Our study shows high prevalence of Otitis Media with Effusion in patients with adenoid hypertrophy. Otitis Media with Effusion is treated by adenoidectomy in most of the patients which is confirmed by post adenoidectomy tympanogram. Also, problem of decreased attention in school due to reduced hearing secondary to OME can be corrected by adenoidectomy. Hence, all patients should undergo pre and post-adenoidectomy tympanometry to know the compliance and pressure changes in the middle ear.</p>
Unusual sites of dermoid cysts
Authors: D. C. Sathyaki , Roy Mereen Susan , Sherif Razal Mohammed , Rao Ashish 
Published: February 2018

<p class="abstract"><strong>Background:</strong> Epidermoids are ectoderm lined inclusion cysts which can be present anywhere in the body, but are rare in head and neck. Although only 7% of the dermoid cysts occur in head and neck region they are a part of differential diagnosis of neck swellings. They are more common in midline. This study presents to you the dermoids which present in unusual sites.</p><p class="abstract"><strong>Methods:</strong> It was a descriptive study. Cases which were proven as dermoid or epidermoid cysts by FNAC or by histopathology were included in this study. </p><p class="abstract"><strong>Results:</strong> Male patients were more affected than female patients.</p><p><strong>Conclusions:</strong> Complete removal should be carried out to prevent recurrence. </p>
ANALISIS TINGKAT KESEHATAN KEUANGAN PERUSAHAAN ROKOK YANG TERDAFTAR DI BURSA EFEK INDONESIA (BEI)
Authors: Yati Sri 
Published: February 2018

The competitive advantages of the company’s are mainly determined by the performance. One important aspects of performance is financial aspects which are illustrated in financial statements. However, it is not enough to only assess the financial performance of companies. It required the analysis of financial statements to obtain the whole picture of company’s progress which is can be used by management or other users of financial statements to make decision making. The financial analysis in this research is used Z-Score to determine the company's financial performance more accurately and the health level of cigarettes companies in facing global competition and also dealing with the smoking ban regulations. The research was conducted on three tobacco companies that go public on the Stock Exchange Indonesia, that are PT Bentoel International Tbk., PT. Gudang Garam Tbk., PT. Hanjaya Mandala Sampoerna Tbk. Z-Score results showed that PT Bentoel International Tbk in 2008 and 2009 had a poor financial performance and classified as highly vulnerable company, whereas in 2010 the company was in a good performance and healthy condition. Meanwhile, PT Gudang Garam Tbk from 2008, 2009 and 2010 is classified as healthy company. PT. Hanjaya Mandala Sampoerna Tbk has a good financial performance and categorized as healthy company began in 2008, 2009 to 2010. To conclude, among the three tobacco companies that go public on the Stock Exchange Indonesia, PT Hanjaya Mandala Sampoerna Tbk is a company that has the best financial performance and classified as a healthy company.
METODE PENILAIAN HARGA WAJAR SAHAM PERUSAHAAN MANUFAKTUR YANG TERCATAT DI BURSA EFEK INDONESIA
Authors: Rahadjeng Erna Retna 
Published: February 2018

This study aims to determine how the stock prices in a state overvalue or undervalue, as well as to identify and empirically examine the methods used to determine the fair price of the stock of manufacturing companies and Fundamental analysis, Benjamin, Gordon method. To answer the above purpose will be done in stages that is to prove that the price of shares in the conditions used overvalue or undervalue the fundamental analysis by measuring three variables: EPS, PER, and PBV, whereas to answer the second objective is to determine and empirically examine the methods used for determining the fair price of the stock in order to form the new method. Based on the result of the analysis that in order to assess the fair price of the stock with Fundamental methods, Gordon and Benjamin still needs to be done because the method of proof based on the research there is still no common shares in the fair value of manufacturing companies during the years 2000 until 2007. This writer tried to make the method for calculating the fair value of stock with the method of fundamental analysis, Gordon, and Benjamin combined. Researchers Hope to the formation of reasonably priced stocks can help investors to invest in capital markets, if when the price is nearly equal to its intrinsic value, then the investor will buy, but if the market price is greater than its intrinsic value, the investor will sell the shares.
DESAIN MONETARY POLICY RULE UNTUK PEREKONOMIAN TERBUKA: KASUS INDONESIA
Authors: Budhiasa G. Sudjana 
Published: February 2018

This paper is trying developing a small scale Keynesian macroeconometric model for Indonesia as the main framework to explain some characterized of macroeconomic variables and its transmission path in order to understand how economy of one country is work. However, the main goal of the developing this macroeconomic model is based on monetary perspective, so that the model would be linked with policy framework of Central Bank as guidance and its strategy for combating inflation and at the same time can be achieve the expansion of employment and economic growth as well. This macroeconometric model is transmitted facilities and take function as the macroeconomic channel for testing the effectively of BI rate as monetary instrument. So that the model as developed in this paper will be examine using 2SLS simultaneous econometric methods and the next simulation process as an effort in understanding the fenomena as Indonesian economy is working under the recognition of monetary instrument policy.