bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Performance Measurement in Business Management with Information Technologies
Authors: Ersoz Taner , Ersoz Filiz , Merdin Deniz 
Published: December 2018

Abstract
Widespread usage of the internet and computers have facilitated a number of human resource management activities such as compensation management, performance management, vocational training and other personnel management affairs across various enterprises. It is known that the employment of a qualified labour force becomes increasingly difficult due to increasing competition conditions. Therefore, it is important to ensure that the right person is recruited for the enterprise and that he/she is attached to his/her employer. Thanks to information technologies, the recruitment process can be implemented more quickly and effectively. The present study aims at determining whether the employer-employee has a sense of trust; whether employee’s performance, disciplinary action, reporting status and significant inconvenience status are taken into account by an enterprise in the iron and steel industry. Logistic regression method is used as an analysis method. The effects of the demographic variables on the dependent variables are also determined. Considering the results obtained, it is observed that the loyalty of the employees to the employer is not very strong, but at the level of improvement, the employees do not consider working at the company for many years.
Efficient Resource Allocation and Utilization: The Missing Link in Nigeria’s Quest for Sustainable Development
Authors: Ehiorobo Abraham Osa 
Published: December 2018

Abstract
This study examines resource allocation and utilization in Nigeria as the missing link in the nation’s quest for sustainable development. The main objective of the research is to examine how inefficient allocation and utilization of material, human and financial resources has made the attainment of sustainable development goals (SDGs) elusive in Nigeria. Given the abundant resources at the disposal of successive regimes in the country, it is difficult to explain why the citizens remain desperately poor with 70 percent living below poverty line. The excruciating poverty faced by the rural majority and the urban poor has led some people into indulging in unwholesome practices such as armed robbery, pipeline vandalism, prostitution, risky migrations, advanced fee fraud and other forms of social vices. The paper utilizes a qualitative design based on the interpretivist philosophy while the ontological orientation is subjectivism. Findings from the study indicate that there has been gross inefficiency in resource allocation and utilization in Nigeria due to corruption, ethnic prejudices, bad governance practices, absence of accountability, lack of transparency and wasteful spending on frivolous activities. Conclusion drawn from the study indicates that if proper project planning, execution, monitoring and evaluation are carried out in a transparent manner, and resources are efficiently allocated and utilized, Nigeria would be on the path to sustainable development. The paper therefore recommends that economic and technical efficiencies should be embraced in resource allocation and utilization for Nigeria to attain sustainable development goals.
OBESITY AND KIDNEY DISEASE: HIDDEN CONSEQUENCES OF THE EPIDEMIC
Authors: Kovesdy Csaba P. , Furth Susan , Zoccali Carmine 
Published: December 2018

on behalf of the World Kidney Day Steering Committee. Obesity has become a worldwide epidemic, and its prevalence has been projected to grow by 40% in the next decade. This increasing prevalence has implications for the risk of diabetes, cardiovascular disease and also for Chronic Kidney Disease. A high body mass index is one of the strongest risk factors for new-onset Chronic Kidney Disease. In individuals affected by obesity, a compensatory hyperfiltration occurs to meet the heightened metabolic demands of the increased body weight. The increase in intraglomerular pressure can damage the kidneys and raise the risk of developing Chronic Kidney Disease in the long-term. The incidence of obesity-related glomerulopathy has increased ten-fold in recent years. Obesity has also been shown to be a risk factor for nephrolithiasis, and for a number of malignancies including kidney cancer. This year the World Kidney Day promotes education on the harmful consequences of obesity and its association with kidney disease, advocating healthy lifestyle and health policy measures that makes preventive behaviors an affordable option.
Risk factors that provoke development of the digestive pathology and psoriasis
Authors: Salikhova A. S. , Kryukova A. Ya. , Khismatullina Z. R. , Ibliyaminova A. A. 
Published: December 2018

The paper deals with the risk factors that provoke aggravation of psoriasis, with special attention to the stress the patient experiences among coworkers. Careful examination of the digestive system organs has shown that in case of their pathology and in case of psoriasis there are similar risk factors – the fact to be taken into account in complex management of such patients.
Hyperactivity disorder in adolescents with hypertension
Authors: Glushchenko V. V. 
Published: December 2018

We have examined 59 adolescents, at the age of 16–19 years, with hyperactivity disorder and hypertension disorder using clinicopsychopathological, psychometric and electroencephalographic methods. The following components of the disorder have been singled out: hyperactivity (arousal); subdepressive and emotionautonomic subjective disturbances in adolescents with high blood pressure. The significance of neurophysiological dysfunction in the pathogenesis of the disorder has been proved.
Pathogenetic mechanisms of psychosomatic components of the myometrium increased tone in the pregnancy period
Authors: Demin A. N. , Sergeev V. A. 
Published: December 2018

In order to study the psychosomatic component of myometrium hypertonus two groups of pregnant women were examined: the main group (n=32) and the control one (n=14). The character and frequency of the complaints associated with the uterus tone increase, the level of personal and reactive anxiety, association of the symptoms of the myometriumhypertonus with psychoemotional tension
Intraoperative assessment of the left colon blood supply after elective abdominal aortic aneurysm repair
Authors: Bedrov A. Y. , Moiseev A. A. , Ustyuzhaninov A. S. 
Published: December 2018

The retrospective analysis of the data of 197 patients who had undergone elective abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) repair showed that almost half of them (43.1 %) had impaired passability of the inferior mesenteric artery (IMA), 19.3 % – of the internal iliac artery (IIA) and both arteries were affected in 8.3 % of the patients. IMA after elective AAA repair was ligated in 130 patients, 65 patients had it implanted into prosthesis and 2 patients underwent stenting of the aorta. The operation resulted in preserved antegrade and retrograde blood flow in the IIA in a quarter (25.4 %) and a third (32.1 %) of the patients, respectively. In the early postoperative period ischemic colitis was found in 8 patients (4.1 %), and more than a third of them (37.5 %) developed infarction in the left side of the colon with a lethal outcome. To objectify the intraoperative assessment of the blood supply in the left colon after elective AAA repair the methods of direct manometry and ultrasonography were used in 41 and 40 patients, respectively, and both methods were applied in 21 patients. The level of statistical significance and the positive values of the coefficients of correlation between the values of the peak systolic velocity and the indices of pressure intraoperative ultrasonography as a reliable and noninvasive method for assessing perfusion in the left side of the colon after electively AAA repair.
Cephalometric characteristics of autochthonous population in the Republic of Kazakhstan
Authors: Soloviev M. M. , Ormanov C. E. , Aleksina L. A. , Baindurashvili A. A. 
Published: December 2018

Front and side view photos of 320 Kazakh and Uzbek residents of Kazakhstan were studied by means of photo grammetry and a computer aided program «Harmony». Analysis of 46 cephalometric parameters resulted in the following findings: statistically significant difference between Uzbek and Kazakh males was detected in 39,1 % of the cases, while those among females were noted in 54,3 %, of the cases, i. e. ethnic distinctions were more pronounced in the females. An architectonic comparison of Kazakh and Uzbek facial features with the European types of faces has revealed that the facial features of the Kazakh females bear a stronger similarity to the Caucasoid facial types.
Macroeconomic Policy and Agricultural Value Chain in Nigeria
Authors: Iyoboyi Martins , Okereke Samuel Felix , Musa-Pedro Latifah 
Published: December 2018

The objective of the paper was to investigate macroeconomic policy and agricultural value chain in Nigeria. The period covered is 1981–2016. The analysis is based on the autoregressive distributed lag framework. A long-run equilibrium relationship was found among the variables used in the investigation. Government expenditure and broad money supply (the macroeconomic policy variables used) were found to have significant positive impact on the agricultural value chain. Energy was found to also have a direct statistically significant impact on agricultural value chain. Based on the results, it is recommended that there should be an enabling macroeconomic policy framework, which gives emphasis to improved budgetary allocation to the agricultural sector, increases money supply, and promotes agencies that can directly impact the level of finance to agricultural value chain related businesses in Nigeria. Above all, electricity supply should be enhanced.
Jam Terbang Dalam Tujuh Hari, Jenis Penerbangan dan Risiko Acute Fatigue Syndrome
Authors: Rahmah Nida Fakhriyyah , Savitri Pritha Maya , Irmarahayu Agneta , Dewi Suzy Yusna 
Published: December 2018

Flight Hours Within Seven Days, Flight Type and Risk of Acute Fatigue Syndrome: Fatigue on pilots is a serious problem in aviation safety. Flight hours and flight types may affect the occurrence of acute fatigue complaints on pilots. This study aims to determine the correlation of total flight hours within 7 days and the type of flight with the Acute Fatigue Syndrome risk on civil pilots in Indonesia. The design of this study used cross sectional method on civil pilots at Civil Aviation Medical Center in December 2017 with consecutive sampling as the sample determination technique. Data were collected by interview and questionnaire methods. Respondents were 112 civil pilots of fixed wing aircraft. The study population was all the pilots who conducted medical examination at Civil Aviation Medical Center in December 2017. The results showed that as many as 65 (58%) respondents experienced Acute Fatigue Syndrome, 110 (98.2%) respondents had flight hours ≤ 30 hours within 7 days, 76 (67.9%) respondents have short haul flight type. The result of bivariate analysis with Chi-Square test showed that there was no significant relationship between flying hours within 7 days (p = 0,509) and acute fatigue syndrome and there was significant relationship between flight type (p = 0,018) and acute fatigue syndrome.
Fatigue pada penerbang merupakan masalah serius dalam keselamatan penerbangan. Jam terbang dan jenis penerbangan dapat mempengaruhi timbulnya keluhan kelelahan akut pada penerbang. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui hubungan jumlah jam terbang dalam 7 hari dan jenis penerbangan dengan risiko Acute Fatigue Syndrome pada penerbang sipil di Indonesia. Desain penelitian ini menggunakan metode cross sectional pada penerbang sipil di Balai Kesehatan Penerbangan bulan Desember 2017 dengan teknik penentuan sample yang digunakan adalah consecutive sampling. Data dikumpulkan dengan metode wawancara dan pengisian kuesioner. Responden sejumlah 112 penerbang pesawat sayap tetap. Populasi penelitian adalah semua penerbang yang melakukan medical examination di Balai Kesehatan Penerbangan pada bulan Desember 2017. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan sebanyak 65 responden atau 58% mengalami Acute Fatigue Syndrome, 110 responden atau 98,2% memiliki jam terbang ≤ 30 jam dalam 7 hari, 76 responden atau 67,9% melakukan penerbangan jenis Short Haul. Hasil analisis bivariat dengan uji Chi-Square didapatkan bahwa tidak terdapat hubungan yang bermakan / signifikan antara jam terbang dalam 7 hari (p = 0,509) dengan acute fatigue syndrome serta terdapat hubungan yang bermakna / signifikan antara jenis penerbangan (p = 0,018) dengan acute fatigue syndrome.
Biobriket Limbah Kulit Durian dengan Pencelupan pada Minyak Jelantah
Authors: Efelina Vita , Naubnome Viktor , Sari Dessy Agustina 
Published: December 2018

<p class="E-JOURNALAbstractBody">Kulit Durian memiliki potensi sebagai sumber energi terbarukan. Isu tersebut menjadi <em>trending topic </em>bidang energi sebagai solusi kelangkaan minyak bumi dan gas. Kandungan selulosa kulit durian mencapai 64,51% menjadi sumber energi biobriket. Kulit durian menjadi salah satu opsi karena komposisi kulitnya mencapai 60-75%. Kulit durian ini mampu memperbesar densitas dan nilai ekonomis produk yang dihasilkan. Lalu, selain menggunakan kulit durian, peneliti juga melakukan penambahan minyak jelantah yang berperan sebagai pelapis biobriket agar produk sulit mengikat air, kadar air menjadi lebih rendah. Penggunaan lem kanji bertujuan untuk menjaga kerapatan briket sehingga produk tidak mudah hancur. Penelitian ini menggunakan proses karbonisasi kulit durian dengan suhu600<sup>o</sup>C selama 60 menit. Karbon yang terbentuk digerus, lalu saring dengan pengayak ukuran 100 mesh. Nilai kalor paling tinggi sebesar 5673,367 kal/gram dengan perlakuan mencelupkan ke dalam minyak jelantah. Nilai kadar abu, kadar air, kadar uap dan <em>fix carbon</em> masing-masing adalah 12,90%, 9,37%, 17,79%, dan 59,94%.</p>
Efektivitas Ekstrak Daun Pegagan (Centella asiatica (L.) Urban ) terhadap Pertumbuhan Jamur Aspergillus flavus
Authors: Habibi Mohammad Wildan , Setiawan Mohammad Arfi , Ulfa Risa Munika , Istiqomah Lin 
Published: December 2018

<p class="E-JOURNALAbstractBody"><em><span lang="EN-GB">Aspergillus flavus</span></em><span lang="EN-GB"> merupakan jamur yang bersifat aerobik karena memiliki kemampuan untuk tetap hidup jika kondisi medianya dipenuhi oksigen. Jamur mikroskopis ini dapat menghasilkan satu zat tertentu bernama aflatoxin. Ini adalah mikotoksin yang memiliki tingkat dampak toksik yang tinggi. Tujuan dari penelitian ini adalah untuk mengetahui pengaruh ekstrak daun dari <em>Centella asiatica</em> (L.) Urban terhadap pertumbuhan <em>Aspergillus flavus</em>. Metode yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini adalah Rancangan Acak Lengkap (RAL). </span><span>H</span><span lang="EN-GB">asil penelitian </span><span>diperoleh bahwa </span><span>e</span><span lang="EN-GB">kstrak daun pegagan (<em>Centella asiatica</em> (L.) Urban) berpengaruh terhadap pertumbuhan jamur <em>Aspergillus flavus</em></span><em></em><span>dengan </span><span>K</span><span lang="EN-GB">onsentrasi Hambat Minimum (KHM) pada konsentrasi 0,8%. </span></p>
Penentuan Kadar Alkaloid Total pada Ekstrak Bunga Pepaya (Carica papaya L) dengan Metode Microwave Assisted Extraction
Authors: Mukhaimin Iman , Latifahnya Anne Nur , Puspitasari Ernawati 
Published: December 2018

<p>Bunga pepaya (<em>Carica papaya</em><em> L</em>) mengandung senyawa bioaktif alkaloid seperti <em>carpaine</em>, <em>pseudocarpaine</em> dan <em>dehydrocarpaine</em>. Alkaloid tersebut dipercaya bermanfaat untuk sebagai obat <em>antidengue, anti­cancer, antimicrobial, antiparasitic, anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, antidiabetic activities</em>. Pada penelitian ini, bunga pepaya diekstrak menggunakan metode ekstraksi padat-cair menggunakan metode <em>Microwave Assisted Extraction</em> (MAE) dan ekstraksi cair-cair. Sebelum proses ekstraksi, bunga pepaya dikeringkan dan dikecilkan hingga memiliki ukuran partikel sebesar 0,125 mm. Bunga pepaya yang telah kering diekstraksi menggunakan metanol 80% (<sup>v/</sup><sub>v</sub> untuk menentukan pengaruh waktu ekstraksi (1-5 menit), daya <em>microwave</em> (40, 120, 200, 280 Watt), dan rasio sampel terhadap pelarut ( 1:10 ; 1:15 ; 1:20 <sup>b</sup>/<sub>v</sub><sup>) </sup>terhadap kadar alkaloid total. Hasil ekstrak menunjukkan hasil positif adanya alkaloid setelah diuji dengan pereaksi Mayer dengan terbentuknya endapan berwarna putih kekuningan. Adapun kadar <em> </em>alkaloid total terbesar adalah 0,02981 mg/g sampel dengan kondisi operasi ekstraksi waktu ekstraksi 3 menit, rasio sampel terhadap pelarut 1:10 (m/v) serta daya <em>microwave </em>40 Watt.</p>
Intra-annual variability of the mixed layer parameters in the Okhotsk Sea
Authors: Luchin V. A. 
Published: December 2018

All available oceanographic data for the deep-water part of the Okhotsk Sea, in total 111,944 stations collected in 1931–2014, are analyzed after removing the duplicate and lowquality ones. The mixed layer depth is determined on the water temperature profle for each station and monthly mean values of temperature and salinity in the mixed layer are calculated for the 0.5о-size grid. In May-October, the mixed layer depth varies within the range 5–25 m, with the highest values in the areas with active water dynamics. On the contrary, the mixed layer is much deeper in December-April when its thickness exceeds 40–60 meters and even reaches 100–120 m in the central Kuril Straits. Two types of temperature distribution change annually within the mixed layer in the Okhotsk Sea: the winter pattern with higher (positive) temperature at Kuril Islands occurs in December-April and the summer pattern is formed in June-September and is distinguished by spots of lower temperature in the dynamically active areas with strong tidal and non-tidal currents (Kuril Straits, Kashevarov Bank, entrance to the Shelikhov Bay, Shantar Islands vicinity, northeastern shelf of Sakhalin Island). Transition patterns of the temperature distribution are observed in May, October, and November. Largescale patterns of salinity distribution within the mixed layer are permanent throughout a year and indicate prevailing currents and other processes in the upper layer of the Okhotsk Sea. The maximum salinity is observed in the southern Okhotsk Sea, whereas the lower salinity values are usual for the coastal waters (except the coasts of Kuril Islands) affected to the river runoff.
Features of conducting medial branches radiofrequency neurotomy in the cervical spine
Authors: Sichinava V.G. 
Published: December 2018

Objective — optimize the technique of radiofrequency destruction of the medial branch of the spinal nerve and evaluate its effectiveness in the treatment of reflex pain syndromes of the cervical spine.
Materials and methods. In 30 patients with chronic pain in the neck and upper extremities who were treated in the department of neurosurgery N 2 of the Kyiv City Clinical Emergency Hospital from 2014 to 2017, the effectiveness of the radiofrequency neurotomy of the medial branch of the spinal cord back root and the clinical significance of diagnostic blockades. There were 14 men (46.7 %), women — 16 (53.3 %). The age of the patients is from 38 to 75 years (the average age is 53.7 years). Neurotomy was performed in patients with chronic neck pain with irradiation in the upper limbs, in which diagnostic blockades were effective. The study did not include patients with myelopathy and radiculopathy. Preoperative pain intensity ranges from 5 to 9 points (on average, 7.50 ± 0.86 points) on a visual analog scale (VAS). The duration of pain before surgery ranged from 6 months to 20 years (an average is 3.5 years). In 21 patients, the pain was one-sided (9 in the right, 12 in the left), and the others with a bilateral one. All patients underwent clinical and neurological examination, roentgenography of the cervical spine and magnetic resonance imaging. The efficacy of the therapy was assessed with the help of the VAS, the functional state using the NDI (Neck Disability Index) questionnaire.
Results. The pain intensity was assessed after 1, 3, 6 and 12 months. The pain intensity according to the VAS decreased from (7.50 ± 0.86) point before the operation to (2.07 ± 0.74) points after 12 months. A significant statistically significant (p < 0.05) improvement in the functional state compared with the baseline was noted in the postoperative period. Preoperative functional status was assessed on average (27.80 ± 1.19) points on the NDI scale. A week after the neurotomy, there was a statistically significant decrease in the total score on the NDI scale to an average of 12.90 ± 0.69, after 12 months to 13.10 ± 1.01.
Conclusions. Factors affecting the effectiveness of radiofrequency destruction include the proper selection of patients, the accuracy of diagnostic tests and the technically correct installation of the electrode. Knowledge of the anatomical features of the medial branch of the spinal nerve, the X-ray anatomy, the characteristics and size of the damage during radiofrequency destruction ensure the effectiveness of neurotomy.
Individualization of microsurgical tactics during clipping cerebral arterial aneurysms
Authors: Lytvak S.O. 
Published: December 2018

Objective — to determinate clinical and anatomical options of influence of strategy and tactics of microsurgical treatment cerebral arterial aneurysms (AA) to increase the effectiveness of clipping surgery.
Materials and methods. A retrospective analysis of the results of a comprehensive clinical and instrumental examination of 437 adult patients who were operated by clipping cerebral AA, which were on screening and treatment in the department of «Institute of Neurosurgery named after acad.
A.P. Romodanov NAMS of Ukraine» in the period from 2009 to 2018 (results of treat of AA distal part anterior cerebral artery (ACA) were analyzed for the period from 1998 to 2015). Men were 235 (53.8 %), women — 202 (46.2 %). In all age groups men dominated. All patients performed a comprehensive clinical and instrumental study in accordance with the supplement to the Order of the Ministry of Health of Ukraine No. 317 dated 13.06.2008. The code for ICD-10: І60.1. Survey results for unification were evaluated according to international scales and classifications.
Results. Often, AA was affected by the complex anterior communicating artery (145 (33.2 %)), bifurcation of the M1–M2-segment of the middle cerebral artery (112 (25.6 %)), C5–C6-segments of the internal carotid artery (98 (22.4%)), A2–A5-segments of ACA (79 (18.1 %)). AA of the basilar bifurcation were only 3 (0.7 %) cases. Clinically, cerebral AA was found after ruptured in 382 (87.6 %). Most of AAs were «berry»-type of shape — 364 (83.3 %). Complex AA was detected in 73 (16.7 %) patients. Extended basal craniotomy was used in 46 (10.5 %) cases, pterional craniotomy — in 323 (73.9 %), and other accesses — in 68 (15.6 %). The technique of simple clinging of aneurysms was used in 273 (57.4 %) cases, multiple clipping with clip reconstruction — in 148 (39.0 %), other methods — in 16 (3.6 %). Temporary clip proximally before final dissection was performed in 319 (73.0 %) patients, «pilot» clipping — 76 (17.4%), without proximal control — 42 (9.6 %).
Conclusions. When choosing the appropriate strategy and tactics of the microsurgical devascularization of cerebral AA should take into account clinical manifestations and features of the course of the disease. The choice of the optimal microsurgical corridor and AA clinging technique depends on the anatomic-topographic and hemodynamic parameters of AA and the affected arterial segment cerebral artery.