bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Prevalence and risk factors associated with mortalities in COVID-19 patients in Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Authors: Abdul-Aziz Kareem Mohammed , Falemban Maimona Kamal , Mogharbel Bayan Fouad , Bugus Osama Abdul Majeed , Alsahfi Abdullah , Alajhar Mashhor , Alshehri Amjad , Khalawi Alaa Ali 
Published: November 2024

Background: Since the declaration of COVID-19 as a pandemic; researchers have been trying to discern the risk factors determining mortality of the disease. This study aims to explore the risk factors associated with mortalities among COVID-19 patients in Jeddah governorate, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Methodology: Through a record-based retrospective study, laboratory-confirmed cases were included in the study. Results: Out of all respondents (n=381) Most of them were symptomatic (82.9%); mainly cough (44.4%), fever (41.2%), sore throat (22.0%), and runny nose (13.1%). The case mortality rate (CMR) accounted for 19(5.0%); it was higher in males (6.0%), non-Saudis (6.1%), and symptomatic patients (5.4%), however, these differences are not statically significant p>0.05 p<0.05. The binary logistic regression revealed that age was the only significant predictor for mortality, and being old age almost doubles the likelihood of mortality with odds ratio (OR=2.318; 95% CI= 1.806-6.672; p=0.007) Conclusion: The current findings add more evidence to the risk factors of mortality in COVID-19 patients. Age is a significant predictor of mortality, which emphasizes the necessity for targeted care for elderly people to reduce their risk of complications, facilitate recovery, and protect their health and well-being during the pandemic.
Factors associated with vaccination coverage among the general population
Authors: Fagundes Kênia Emanuelle Aguiar , Santos Ian Bastos , Cruz Paula Costa , Rabelo Fernanda Oliveira Andrade , Alves Vivian Emanuelly Barbosa , Pires Mariana Souto , Leão Harley Medawar , Monteiro Marivone de Oliveira , Arcanjo Izabella Nascimento , Gomes Rafael Fernandes , Rocha Diego Barbosa , Alencar Ana Maria , Versiani Lamonielly Gomes , Correia Andreia , Oliveira Bryan Rocha de 
Published: November 2024

The objective of this study was to analyze the factors associated with vaccination coverage among the general population. An integrative literature review was conducted, and articles retrieved from the Virtual Health Library, Latin American and Caribbean Health Sciences Literature, Scientific Electronic Library Online, and Online System for the Search and Analysis of Medical Literature were analyzed based on the descriptors vaccine hesitancy; vaccination coverage and vaccination, from the Boolean operators. In the present study, the factors associated with the analyzed outcome were marital status, low education, income level, physical activity, interaction with the health service, living with one or more siblings, being children of adolescent mothers, smokers, who did not plan pregnancy, who became pregnant in the first year after the birth of the child under study, who are not inserted in the labor market and who have not actively participated in prenatal activities and the spread of fake news. The results of the study are important for the planning of the immunization program, pointing out more vulnerable groups to encourage adherence to vaccination.
In Defense of Cultural Appropriation
Authors: Kershnar Stephen , Bray Nathan 
Published: November 2024

Abstract
Cultural appropriation occurs when an individual from one culture uses another culture's ideas. Often the ideas relate to artifacts, clothes, food, and symbols. Frequently, critics of cultural appropriation claim that it is a type of theft. The critics also claim that it disrespects minorities and also is similar to or involves colonialism. In this paper, we argue that it is neither wrong nor bad to culturally appropriate. It is not wrong because no one owns cultural symbols, not all cultural appropriation involves insult or ridicule, and it is unclear what makes something an instance of cultural appropriation. It is often not bad because a free market in cultural goods frequently maximizes the good.
The Terror of Maximum Pressure Sanctions
Authors: Moin Mehrzad Ali 
Published: November 2024

Abstract
Economic sanctions are often portrayed as peaceful alternatives to traditional warfare and have been distinguished from uses of force. This has the unfortunate effect of distracting us from the impact and nature of so-called maximum pressure sanction campaigns. This paper argues against this distinction by examining maximum pressure sanctions under several definitions of terrorism. Using the sanctions program against Iran as a case study, I begin with a consideration of the impact that sanctions have on ordinary citizens. Next, I weigh the nature of these sanctions against several accounts of terrorism, considering definitions of terrorism from Michael Walzer, Tamar Meisels, David Rodin, Eric Reitan, Joshua Glasgow, and Samuel Scheffler in order to show that sanctions can in fact escalate to terrorism—specifically, economic terrorism—under multiple definitions. In uncovering the terroristic aspects of sanctions that intentionally threaten the welfare, livelihoods, and lives of ordinary citizens, I call for a shift in our moral evaluations of this widely accepted practice.
Sounding Modern-nite: Tabaski in Senegal and the Sonic Production of the Human
Authors: Rowley Margaret Lynn 
Published: November 2024

Abstract
In Senegal, being human is essentially intertwined with listening and hearing, which are necessary for living in a coherent society. This article explores the sonic constitution of the human in Senegal through proverbs, stories, and ethnographic work that centers around the Islamic holiday of Tabaski (Eid al-Adha) in the urban capital of Dakar. As the city fills with the sounds of sheep, and then with the sounds of slaughter, this article asks how the human is crafted—as modern, sociable, and ethical—through the sonic.
Praise Singing, Proxemics, and the Feelingful Iconization of State Relations in Omani ‘Āzī
Authors: Garvey Bradford 
Published: November 2024

Abstract
I present an analysis of the feelingful performance of state relations in the Sultanate of Oman by tracking the proxemics of Arab men's dance and sung poetry practices in state festivals. The spatial performance of the ‘āzī, a processional choral ode, shifted from complete or “shoulder-to-shoulder” circles to semicircles to “face-to-face” lines of performers over the past fifty years. I argue that this shift in Omani dance proxemics feelingfully iconizes state centralization and relations of distributional governance over the same period, offering kinesthetic spatializations and visual images of this broader social phenomenon of political contact in synecdoche.
Apple Stack Cake as Folk Tradition, Myth, and Icon in the Construction of an Appalachian Cuisine
Authors: Long Lucy M. 
Published: November 2024

Abstract
Apple stack cake is a dessert made of multiple cookie-like layers sandwiched together with a sauce of cooked dried apples or apple butter. It is distinctive to the Southern Appalachian region, but ethnographic research suggests that it is not widespread, challenging a popular assumption of homogeneity of mountain food culture. Within those areas of use, it seems to be a folk tradition, passed down in families and occurring in variations reflecting local and individual resources, circumstances, and tastes. Cookbooks and food media oftentimes describe it as a communally made wedding cake reflecting poverty, giving the dish a mythic status reflecting values of community-mindedness and promoting a romanticized stereotype of Appalachian identity. The cake has also become popular in food media, businesses, and scholarship as iconic of traditional Appalachian cookery. These representations frame it as an Appalachian cuisine deserving of celebration and veneration. This rhetorical shift to cuisine opens up the regional food culture to gourmetization, heritagization, fetishization, and tourism, altering the position of Appalachia in the larger public imagination.
“That Secret Power Underground”: Samples of Mountaintop Removal as a Hyperobject in Strange as This Weather Has Been
Authors: Hedges Jennifer R. 
Published: November 2024

Abstract
Ann Pancake's 2007 novel Strange as This Weather Has Been depicts how a family living in Yellowroot, West Virginia, is impacted and influenced by the nonhuman effects produced by a mountaintop removal (MTR) mine located above their town. The effects ultimately led to the family's various displacements, both mentally and physically, thus illuminating a window into the planetary regimes of extraction and destruction occurring in Appalachian communities. In these contexts, this article explores new materialism and, specifically, Timothy Morton's concept of hyperobjects through which humans and nonhuman entities interact with and affect one another. I present a nontraditional analysis of human relationships as Pancake's characters interact with the mine, showing how its effects demonstrate the manner in which nonhuman entities hold power in shaping human surroundings and experiences.
Testing the Rejection-Identification Model in Appalachia
Authors: Baker Jessica , Gore Jonathan 
Published: November 2024

Abstract
The purpose of these two studies was to examine how perceived discrimination predicts personal and collective self-esteem among Appalachians through the Rejection-Identification Model (RIM). Participants (n  = 197 in Study 1, n  = 384 in Study 2) were undergraduate students from a university in Central Appalachia who completed several questionnaires in an online survey that assessed the various aspects of RIM on individual and collective well-being. In Study 1, perceived discrimination was assessed by noting the likelihood of discrimination in hypothetical scenarios, whereas in Study 2, perceived discrimination was assessed as the frequency of firsthand experiences across a variety of discriminatory behaviors from others. The results demonstrated that when Appalachians experience discrimination, it relates directly to a decrease in their psychological well-being, but it also has an indirect positive effect through heightened identification with their ingroup. This was especially pronounced among those experiencing firsthand discrimination and those living in non-rural areas. In contrast to the RIM, there was no evidence that heightened internalization of stereotypical characteristics was related to well-being.
CARACTERÍSTICAS PRODUTIVAS E ESTRUTURAIS DE CULTIVARES DE Panicum maximum EM LATOSSOLO VERMELHO-AMARELO
Authors: Guedes Kassia Borges , Ferreira Thiago Monteiro , Alencar Nayara Martins , Guimarães Carla Regina Rocha 
Published: November 2024

Conhecer as gramíneas que melhor se adaptam para cada região assim como o manejo adequado e produtividade da mesma é de suma importância para uma produção de bovinos com qualidade e menor custo. Objetivou-se com esse trabalho avaliar as características produtivas e estruturais de 9 cultivares de Panicum maximum (sin: Megathyrsus maximus)em Latossolo Vermelho-Amarelo. O experimento foi realizado na cidade de Guaraí-TO, com implantação de 9 parcelas de cultivares de Panicum maximum. As avaliações foram realizadas a cada 21 dias, totalizando 5 cortes, os cortes eram realizados de acordo com a altura de saída recomendada de cada cultivar (Áries II, Massai e Tamani de porte baixo com resíduo 25 cm; Quênia e Tanzânia de porte médio com resíduo 30 cm; Mombaça, Zuri, Paredão e Myagui de porte alto com resíduo 40 cm), as variáveis analisadas foram massa seca total, massa seca de lâmina foliar, massa seca de colmo, massa seca de material morto, proporção de lâmina foliar, proporção de colmo, altura e densidade populacional de perfilho. A produção de massa seca total (MST) e massa seca de lâmina foliar (MSLF) foi maior para a cultivar Quênia (p<0,05), com média de 2214,53 e 1945,49kg ha-1 respectivamente, enquanto os outros cultivares não apresentaram diferença estatísticaO capim Quênia apresentou maior produção de massa seca total e massa seca de lâmina foliar, demonstrando maior adaptação ao clima e ao solo da região em relação as demais forrageiras avaliadas.
RANCANG BANGUN SISTEM JARINGAN FAILOVER AUTOMATIC TELLER MACHINE (ATM) MELALUI JARINGAN PUBLIK BERBASIS PROTOCOL EOIP DAN P2TP
Authors: Ardiansyah Rizka , Pratama Septiano Anggun , Iskandar Iskandar , Anshori Yusuf , Komang Gusti 
Published: November 2024

The network on the Automatic Teller Machine currently uses a VSAT (Very Small Aperture Terminal) network based on Geostationary Satellites. VSAT networks often experience problems such as UP-DOWN or total DOWN. Some of the problems that cause interruptions on the VSAT interconnection include the usage period of the Modem electronic device and also ODU (Outdoor Unit) devices such as RFU, LNB, and BUC, ODU devices have a transmit period and also a received period that is uncertain according to the voltage at the location. Problems with the VSAT interconnection system cause ATM services to become unusable, resulting in losses for the bank's profits. In addition, the repair process is also generally quite time-consuming. The purpose of this study is to design an inexpensive ATM backup network solution so that when there is a break/disruption in the VSAT network the service on the ATM is not interrupted and in terms of operational costs does not swell. The backup network is intended to back up the satellite-based leading network automatically so that ATM services are always available when the satellite-based network is interrupted. The result of the study is that the proposed solution can resolve service outages at ATM machines in 34 seconds. The ATM network system will experience disconnection before finally reconnecting through the backup network. The proposed solution is much cheaper than the VSAT-based failover network solution, as it is based on the public internet network.
Tratamentos da alopecia androgenética: um estudo integrativo
Authors: Ribeiro Ana Caroline Santos , Souza Karolaine Santos de , Schwengber Marceli Brites 
Published: November 2024

Introdução: A AAG consiste numa inflamação crônica que afeta os folículos pilosos e se manifesta quando alguma das fases do ciclo de desenvolvimento do cabelo é alterada. A patologia não é dolorosa, entretanto, pode desencadear problemas físicos resultantes da perda dos cílios e pestanas, assim como irritações na pele. Objetivos: apresentar os tratamentos disponíveis contra a alopecia androgenética. Metodologia: trata-se de um estudo bibliográfico, descritivo, tipo revisão integrativa, de artigos publicados entre os anos de 2019 a 2024, nas bases de dados MEDLINE, LILACS, SCIELO e BVS, publicados em português e inglês. Realizou-se a leitura de títulos, resumos e texto completo que responderam ao objetivo e à pergunta condutora, e, seus resultados discutidos e apresentados em tabelas. Resultados: evidenciou-se que ainda não há um tratamento único e definitivo contra a AAG, contudo, os tratamentos disponíveis vêm demonstrando índices de satisfação elevados no que diz respeito a tratamentos contra a AAG. Conclusão: O estudo destaca os diferentes tratamentos disponíveis contra a AAG e a importância de uma boa avaliação do paciente para que se possa administrar o melhor tratamento em conformidade com as necessidades de cada paciente.
O duplo na ressignificação do trágico no romance Elza e Helena, de Gastão Cruls
Authors: Chagas Thais Regina Gimenes 
Published: November 2024

O trágico é uma forma de expressão artística que lida com a representação de eventos e situações que são marcados pela inevitabilidade e tem sua tradição na filosofia grega antiga, especialmente nas obras de Aristóteles e Sófocles. Assim, o termo trágico surge para qualificar as produções artísticas nas quais a presença de características primordiais da tragédia grega faz-se notória, independentemente de terem sido escritas para serem encenadas, visto que o trágico não se revela de maneira sempre igual. Diante disso, o objetivo deste trabalho é demonstrar como o duplo, um elemento recorrente na literatura fantástica, desempenha um papel significativo na construção do trágico, que se entrelaça com o misterioso, em diferentes contextos do romance Elza e Helena (1949), de Gastão Cruls e que, muitas vezes, não se manifesta apenas na existência do duplo, mas na maneira como as personagens lidam com essa presença, criando uma atmosfera densa e intrigante na obra, explorando os aspectos da psique humana.
Leading Strategic Reset: A Framework for Revisioning University Strategic Priorities
Authors: Olcott, Jr. Don 
Published: November 2024

Strategic reset is the process of reassessing an institution’s strategic priorities, making changes if warranted, and assessing whether the institution can effectively engage and respond to any zeitgeist in the future through agility, flexibility, innovation, and responsiveness to all key stakeholders. The prerequisite for strategic reset is, Why change? What forces are the catalyst for change? The author notes that stakeholder demands for change in education are not new and not all institutions necessarily have to engage in all priority strategic areas for strategic reset. Moreover, reframing strategic priorities must be phased-in based on priority synergy areas. Attempting to do everything fragments resources, increases negative public perceptions about mission ambiguity and diminished quality and leads to mediocrity. Competitors will reframe their institutions with new architectures and streamlined strategic priorities to ensure focus, agility, and responsiveness to highly complex market forces. Competition will drive your institution off the playing field unless the leaders step back, reset, engage and focus their leadership team on resetting strategic priorities and creating the university of the future.
Promoting Cyber Ethics Compliance among Teachers in Tanzania: What should be done?
Authors: Mfaume Hamisi , Bilinga Margareth 
Published: November 2024

The invention of digital ICT devices is one of the most important developments in the history of humankind, and education can greatly benefit from it. However, cyber ethics violations by teachers have become prevalent and are expected to increase unless measures are taken. This study explored education stakeholders’ perspectives on ways to promote teachers’ compliance with cyber ethics in Tanzania. It employed a qualitative case study design involving three secondary schools and 27 participants selected purposively in Kinondoni Municipality in the Dar es Salaam region. Data were sought through semi-structured interviews and document reviews and subjected to thematic data analysis. The findings indicated that teachers’ compliance with cyber ethics requires training of teachers on the pedagogical uses of technology, the inception of a specific national policy for the responsible use of technology in schools, integration of the cyber ethics aspects of the Teachers’ Code of Conduct, improvement of teachers’ living and working conditions, and promotion of teachers’ awareness of the Cyber Crimes Act of 2015, among others. The study recommends that policymakers and education authorities implement the suggested initiatives to promote cyber ethics compliance among teachers for education excellence in Tanzania, and, possibly, elsewhere.
Características epidemiológicas y prevalencia de patologías reproductiva así como tuberculosis en hembras bovina mayores de dos años en los hatos bovinos de las fincas ganaderas del municipio de Danlí, El Paraíso Honduras
Authors: Zavala Murillo Mario Emiliano 
Published: November 2024

El presente estudió fue con el objetivo de describir características epidemiológicas y prevalencia de enfermedades ginecológicas así como tuberculosis en hembras bovina mayores de dos años en los hatos bovinos de las fincas ganaderas del municipio de Danlí, El Paraíso Honduras, con una muestra de 50 fincas lecheras en total y para esta investigación se constó con 10 fincas con un número establecido de 400 bovinos hembras mayores de dos años de 10 fincas ganaderas, El estudio presenta un modelo no experimental porque se manifiesta mediante el diagnóstico científico sin manipular la variable independiente, que son los animales positivos a la prueba, para el análisis estadístico se utilizó tablas de frecuencias. valoración de estado general de cada animal a través de examen fisiopatológico vaginal y rectal, encontrando en este último, las siguientes alteraciones o patologías reproductivas: Hipoplasia Ovárica, Hipoplasia Ovárica + Vulvovaginitis, Atrofia Ovárica, Atrofia Ovárica + Vulvovaginitis Quistes Ováricos. De las 400 vacas analizadas ocho presentaron Hipoplasia Ovárica (2 %), seis Hipoplasia Ovárica + Vulvovaginitis (1.5 %), cinco Atrofia Ovárica (1.25 %), siete Atrofia Ovárica + Vulvovaginitis (1.75) y cuatro Quistes Ováricos (Folicular) (1 %), se encontraron 11 animales reactores a la prueba de tuberculina (11/503), representando el 2.2%. Las causas más frecuentes de patologías reproductivas identificadas son el mal manejo y deficiencias nutricionales, trastornos hormonales, en una menor proporción plantas toxicas y feto grande. Las pérdidas económicas son causadas por las principales patologías reproductivas, obteniendo que los abortos las pérdidas económicas son de 6300 lempiras, anestro prolongado de 6,100 lempiras, retención placentaria de 5800 lempiras, además se realizó ficha técnica para el manejo de la tuberculosis bovina.
State of the Field
Authors: Lewis Simon 
Published: November 2024

This article considers the history and current status of African literary studies in the anglophone academy, especially in the United States. While African literary production has been valorized and validated in recent years, African literary studies lacks the recognition it deserves. In the US, African literary studies has always struggled to gain a foothold, tending to be marginalized within the marginalized. In African/Africana studies programs, literary studies can play second fiddle to political science, anthropology, history, and environmental studies. In language/literature departments, African literature courses—if taught at all—are likely to be infrequently offered electives. Outside of the big Title VI universities, the chances of finding an African literature specialist are slim—and those specialists are likely to be expected to teach a range of more general courses such as introductory surveys and upper-level courses in “rest-of-the-world”/postcolonial/Global South literature. African literary specialists have frequently expressed suspicion of the generalizing tendencies of literary theories, including postcolonial theory. Questions about the validity and applicability of postcolonial theory in the study of African literature still persist, but for grad students starting PhD programs since the mid 2000s what has dominated their experience has been the explosion not only of new primary texts and forms and modes of circulation, but the proliferation of ways of reading. Moving well beyond concerns with authenticity, tradition and modernity, language questions, questions about formalist or political approaches, contemporary scholars and their students are offering radically new kinds of readings, offering hope that the same kind of prominence enjoyed by Africa’s creative writers in recent years may yet be enjoyed by African literary scholars.