bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Prospective observational study for appropriateness of blood and blood components therapy in children up to 16 years of age admitted in a tertiary care hospital
Authors: Hegade Vinayaka P. , Rao Anjana H. 
Published: December 2018

Background: Blood component therapy is a rational replacement therapy of proven clinical value and efficacy, but it is a double-edged sword as it is associated with many hazards of transfusion reaction. Because of ease of availability and gap in the knowledge of medical professional’s blood products are being used very liberally leading to huge mismatch in the demand and supply of life saving blood product.Methods: Prospective cross-sectional observational study was done over a period of 1 year in a tertiary hospital, in western part of India. 225 events of blood component therapy were studied in neonates (<1month) and pediatric (1month-16years) age groups. Indications and reactions to blood components therapy were studied in both the groups. Each component therapy was considered as one event and its indication was compared with standard guidelines for terming it as appropriate or inappropriate.Results: Out of total 225 events of transfusions, most commonly used was PRBC (48.9%) followed by FFP (24.9%), platelet (16.0%), IVIG (9.8%) and whole blood (0.4%). Authors found that overall 17.3% of the component therapy were inappropriate( neonates 10.2% and 7.1% in the rest). Most commonly misused blood product was FFP (37.5%) followed by IVIG (22.7%), platelets (16.7%) and PRBC (6.4%).Conclusions: Regular audit of blood and its component usage is essential to assess the blood utilization pattern and set ideal policies in all the medical specialties to make it appropriate, ensure availability and save patients from its hazards.
Comparison of diagnostic and prognostic value of serum procalcitonin and serum lactate in pediatric sepsis
Authors: Jerry Antony Leo , S. Sundari , S. Alph Shirley , Ramesh Shanthi , R. Shiji 
Published: December 2018

Background: The clinical manifestations of sepsis are highly variable. The signs of both infection and organ dysfunction may be subtle, and thus the most recent international consensus guidelines provide a long list of warning signs of incipient sepsis. Lactic acid, which is a by-product of anaerobic metabolism, can be used as a marker of tissue hypoperfusion. It is being used widely. Procalcitonin has more recently been studied in children.Methods: Totally 60 Children admitted with Septic Shock in PICU between Ages 3 Months to 12 Years were assessed for Serum Lactate & Serum Procalcitonin levels. Evaluation of the biomarkers was done on individual and combinational basis using receiver operating characteristics curve.Results: Out of 60 children, male were 40, female were 20 children. In stage-1 serum lactate level was 47.83 (mg/dl) sensitivity is about 35.63 and specificity was 63.82 off p-value <0.065**.In stage -2 serum procalcitonin was 49.62 (mg/dl) sensitivity is about 37.77 and specificity was 69.28 off p-value <0.549**.In stage -3 serum procalcitonin was 52.89 (mg/dl) sensitivity is about 41.63 and specificity was 73.89 off p-value <0.651**Conclusions: Early recognition of risk factors will help in timely appropriate therapy and thereby will help in reducing mortality and morbidity in pediatric septic shock. The results suggest that PCT is valid for auxiliary diagnosis of septic conditions in children and used as an indicator of the severity of patients.
Prediction of gestational age of newborn by measurement of foot length at birth
Authors: K. Senthilkumar , R. Senthilprabhu , B. Mythili , Zacharias Ann Mary 
Published: December 2018

Background: Gestational age of the newborn can be assessed by various methods. Aim of this study was to estimate the gestational age using foot length of the neonate and to find the correlation between foot length and gestational age assessed by last menstrual period and first trimester ultrasound.Methods: It was a hospital based prospective cross-sectional study done at Newborn ward, Department of Pediatrics, MGM Govt. hospital attached to KAP Viswanatham Govt. Medical College, Tiruchirappalli, involving 170 newborns with 10 babies in each gestational age ranging from 26 weeks to 42 weeks. Gestational age of all babies were assessed using last menstrual period, first trimester ultrasound and New Ballard Score soon after birth. Right foot length of each baby was measured from heel to tip of great toe or second toe whichever was longer, within 12-24 hours of life. Measurements were taken using a plastic ruler, measuring tape and by measuring the length of foot print ink impression. Gestational age obtained by various methods were assessed for their correlation with foot length.Results: Positive correlation was obtained between foot length and gestational age determined by LMP (r= 0.965) and ultrasound (r= 0.964). Hence foot length could be reliably used to predict gestational age of newborn.Conclusions: Foot length measurements can be used as a non-invasive alternative method to assess gestational age of newborn, especially by community health workers and thus can facilitate the early identification of preterm babies.
Complementary feeding practice in infants of 6-12 months: a study from tertiary care centre of eastern Nepal
Authors: Yadav Shankar Prasad , Chamlagain Anita , Dhakal Sneha , Shah Gauri Shankar 
Published: December 2018

Background: Initial years of life are crucial for child growth and development. Breast feeding for first six months of life, followed by adequate complimentary feeding is necessary for preventing malnutrition and its complication in children. This study accessed the complementary feeding practice and the time of initiation of complementary feeding among infants.Methods: This was a cross-sectional study conducted for 3 weeks, among 92 infants. Details of feeding practice were taken from the parents from semi-structured questionnaire and nutritional status was evaluated by anthropometric assessment tools.Results: Ninety-two mothers were interviewed, and their corresponding infants were evaluated. The mean age of infant was 8.8 months with equal proportion of male and female. The mean age of mother interviewed was 26.6 yrs. 59.8% had timely initiation of complimentary feeding. Timely complimentary feeding was directly related to maternal literacy where literate mother follows the practices of appropriate complimentary feeding (p<0.007). There was significant association between ethnicity and timely initiation of complimentary feeding practices. 78.2 % babies who had timely initiation were of higher ethnicity. Overall in our cohort 18.4% were stunted, 14.1% were wasted. The stunted and wasted child were significantly more in whom there was absence of timely initiation of complimentary feeding (p<0.05).Conclusions: Proper complimentary feeding is still lagging in our society, proper parental education and nutritional counselling will be required to prevent under nutrition in infants.
Assessment of epidemiological profile of neonatal seizure cases admitted to a tertiary health center of Odisha, India: a cross-sectional study
Authors: Sethy Geetanjali , Jena Dhaneswari , Mallik Pullakranjan , Patro Sithun Kumar , Mishra Biswakalyan 
Published: December 2018

Background: Neonatal seizures are common manifestations of neurologic dysfunction in newborns. The incidence of seizures in neonatal period is higher than any other period of life. It is one of the common causes of admission to special newborn care unit. Therefore, it has been decided to assess the epidemiological profile of neonatal seizure.Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted from January2017 to June 2018, in the SNCU of MKCG Medical College and Hospital, Berhampur. A total of 300 neonates admitted to SNCU with clinically apparent seizure were the study population and convenient sampling method was used for selecting them. The approval was taken from IEC MKCG Medical College to carry out the study. The data was collected by using a pretested proforma from parents and hospital records. Verbal informed consent was taken from parents. The data so collected was analysed in the department of Pediatrics.Results: Out of the total 300 babies, 66% were males, 61.34% were early neonates,77% babies were of primi mothers,76% of babies were outborn . 62.12% of babies were born by vaginal route. HIE was most common (88%) cause of seizure. Out of the all seizure types, subtle seizure was most common (87.67%), followed by clonic seizure (35.67%). Various maternal risk factors were present in 81.81 % of cases. Most common risk factor was anemia (50.57%).18.93% of cases were born with history of obstructed labor/prolonged labor. Overall mortality was 8%.Conclusions: Neonatal seizures are important causes of morbidity and mortality in newborns. Prevention of HIE and maternal risk factors along with early use of an effective drug with minimum side effects are the ways to overcome this problem.
The correlation between contact history and knowledge with incidence of leprosy in Jeneponto district, South Sulawesi, Indonesia
Authors: Sapriadi S. , Wanci Risman , . Syahridha 
Published: December 2018

Background: Leprosy is one of neglected tropical diseases, which is caused by Mycobacterium leprae. This disease attacks especially on the skin, peripheral nerves, mucosa of the upper respiratory tract, and eyes. This study aims to analyze the influence of contact history and knowledge on the incidence of leprosy in Jeneponto district.Methods: This study used observational descriptive research with a case control approach. This research was conducted in the work area of the Health Office in Jeneponto district from January to June 2018. A total of 31 leprosy patients and 31 non lepers were sampled in this study. Statistical analysis of Chi square test was used to determine the relationship between contact history and knowledge with the incidence of leprosy.Results: The results showed that there was a significant relationship between contact history with the incidence of leprosy (p=0.001<0.05). But knowledge did not have a significant relationship with the incidence of leprosy, (p=0.203> 0.05).Conclusions: Contact history is a predictive factor for leprosy in Jeneponto. It is expected that the population who has contact with leprosy patients to pay attention to other things that can increase the risk of leprosy.
PHYSICAL FRACTIONS OF GRAY FOREST SOIL OF VLADIMIR’S OPOLE AND ITS RELATIONSHIP WITH CROP PRODUCTIVITY OF AGRICULTURAL CROPS
Authors: Rogova O. B. , Kolobova N. A. , Karpova D. V. , Ivanov A. L. 
Published: December 2018

In the physical fractions of gray forest soil (agroseraya typical): clay (up to d = 0.001 мм), light (lighter than 2 g/cm3) and the residue fraction, the contents of total carbon and phosphorus (total, organic and mineral forms) were determined. We have found that fertilizing increased the content of total carbon in the soil after 20 years of rotation system. Content of light fractions also increased. Mineral fertilizers reduced the content of organic carbon in the light fractions of this soils, this effect requires further study. The application of lime and manure reduced the content of clay fraction, but increased the content of total carbon in it. The yield of cereals and perennial grasses depended little on the amount of total carbon in the soil and its clay and light fractions. In this case, its feedback is established with the content of light fraction and carbon in the residue. The yield of grain crops is proportional to the proportion of mineral phosphates and weakly dependent on organic forms in the subsurface horizon. In general, the yield of cereals increases with the application of mineral fertilizers. The effect of manure was less pronounced.
Sera Domatesi Yetiştiriciliğinde Farklı Yaprak Budama Tekniklerinin Verim ve Meyve Kalitesi Üzerine Etkisi
Authors: Ildır Muhammet İbrahim , Aktaş Hakan 
Published: December 2018

Bu
çalışmada, sera domatesi yetiştiriciliğinde farklı yaprak budama tekniklerinin
verim ve meyve kalitesi üzerine etkileri incelenmiştir.&nbsp; Vitellio F1 sırık domates çeşidi kullanılarak
6 farklı budama şekli 3 tekerrürlü olarak denenmiştir. 1. Budama şekli
(Kontrol) : Yetiştirme periyodu boyunca bitkiden hiç yaprak alınmamıştır. 2.
Budama şekli: Hasada gelen salkımın altındaki yapraklar alınmış üstündeki
yapraklar ise budanmamıştır. 3. Budama şekli: 1. Salkım kızarmaya başladığında
3. salkıma kadar ara yapraklar alınıp, salkımların karşısındaki yapraklar
bırakılmıştır. İkinci salkım kızardığında ise 4. salkıma kadar aynı uygulama
yapılıp, çalışma bu şekilde devam ettirilmiştir. 4. Budama şekli: 1. Salkım
kızarmaya başladığında 3. salkıma kadarki iki ara yapraktan üstte olan alınıp,
salkımların karşısındaki yapraklar bırakılmıştır. 2. salkım kızardığında ise 4.
salkıma kadar aynı uygulama yapılmış ve çalışma üst salkımlar için de bu
şekilde devam ettirilmiştir.&nbsp; 5. Budama
şekli: 4 numaralı budama şeklinden tek farkı iki salkım arasındaki iki
yapraktan alttaki yaprağın budanmasıdır. 6. Budama şekli: 1. Salkımın meyveleri
ceviz büyüklüğünde iken 1. salkımın altındaki yapraklar alınmıştır. 1. Salkım
kızarmaya başladığında 3. salkıma kadar olan tüm yaprakları alınıp, 2. salkım
kızarmaya başladığında ise 4. salkıma kadar aynı uygulamalar yapılmış ve
çalışma bu şekilde devam ettirilmiştir. Ayrıca 2-3-4-5-6 numaralı budama
modellerinde hasadı bitmiş salkımın altındaki yaprakların tamamı alınmıştır. Bu
sonuçlara göre kontrol parselinden en yüksek toplam verim, en iyi meyve dış
görünüş, en düşük erkenci verim, en düşük yaprak indeksi ve en zayıf renk
değerleri sonuçlarına ulaşılmış olup, 6 numaralı parselden en yüksek erkenci
verim ve en düşük ortalama meyve ağırlığı değerleri elde edilmiştir. Meyve
kalite parametreleri açısından ise en yüksek değerler 4 ve 5 numaralı
parsellerden elde edilmiştir.
Savonius Rüzgâr Türbini (İkili ve Üçlü) Kanat Çevresi Akışının Sayısal Analizi
Authors: Kılıç Faruk , Göktaş Mustafa 
Published: December 2018

Yapılan
bu çalışmada, ikili ve üçlü kanat dikey tip Savonius rüzgâr türbinlerinin kanat
çevresindeki hava akışı Ansys Fluent ticari yazılımı ile sayısal olarak elde
edilmiştir. 6 m/s rüzgâr hızı için farklı türbin açılarında (0°, 45° ve 90°)
analiz yapılmıştır. Yapılan analiz sonucunda kanat çevresinde farklı hız ve
basınç dağılımları incelenmiştir. İkili kanat çevresinde oluşan en yüksek
rüzgâr hızı 13,8 m/s iken üçlü kanatta bu hızın 13,4 m/s olduğu gözlenmiştir.
Ayrıca ikili kanatta en yüksek basınç oluşumu 28,52 Pa etkin basınçta iken üçlü
kanatta 28.92 Pa olduğu tespit edilmiştir.
Neo-patriarchy and the Problem of the Arab Crisis: A Critical Study on Hisham Sharabi’s Works
Authors: Yoyo Yoyo 
Published: December 2018

<p>The paper tries to elaborate the ideas of Hisham Sharabi on Neo-patriarchy culture and its relevance to the current situations. He perceived that Neo-patriarchy as one of main causes of the Arab crisis. According to him, the Arab societies in general did not adopt modernism in its real form. Therefore, rather transforming into modern society they turned into “distorted modernism.” The data of this research particularly are Sharabi’s works that were published during 1980s as crucial period of his intellectual journey. The paper found three major conclusions on neo-patriarchy culture postulated by Sharabi: 1) neo-patriarchy culture is the real form of Arab’s failure in transforming its societies into modern one, it reflected such as in authoritarian political system, economic dependent and social-political fragmentation; 2) criticism is pre-conditions for modern Arab societies’ transformation. One of the efforts to achieve real modernism according to Sharabi is to deconstruct some distorted definitions of democracy, civil society, etc., and build fresh meaning of the terms. <strong> </strong><strong><em></em></strong></p>
THE IMAGE OF THE PROFESSIONAL FUTURE AND SPORT ENGAGEMENT OF THE CADETS OF THE INSTITUTE OF THE NATIONAL GUARD TROOPS OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION
Authors: Kuznetsov A. V. , Utyuganov A. A. 
Published: December 2018

The research defines the relationship between the content of the image of the professional future and sport engagement in the future N ational Guardsmen. Methods: the study involved 170 cadets of the military institute. They were asked to write an essay entitled «My professional future». The texts were studied with the help of the content analysis and qualitative psychosemantic analysis. Besides, a questionnaire survey was used: the participants were to rank the maturity indicators of the image of the future. Results: cadets with an average level of sport involvement showed a better image of professional future. According to the content of the image, athletes demonstrated a deeper understanding of the true values of the officer as opposed to utilitarian and selfish aspirations displayed by those not involved in sports. The scope of the results: the results can be used in the organization of sports activities in military schools. Summary: sports activities play an important role in the training of an officer of the National Guard troops: it is a necessary condition for the formation of the image of the professional future as part of the value-semantic foundations of the professional identity of the future officer.
FACTORS OF LINGUISTIC AND CULTURAL TRANSFER IN NAMING UNITS OF SOCIAL DISEASES: A DIACHRONIC APPROACH
Authors: Arkhipova E. V. , Fomin A. G. 
Published: December 2018

This article deals with the processes of linguistic and cultural transfer of nominations of the social diseases sphere in the diachronic aspect, as well as the factors that lead to the appearance and consolidation of new linguistic units in the language. The study features nominations related to the social diseases and medical spheres taken from bilingual and multilingual medical dictionaries and dictionaries of foreign words, scientific and popular science literature. We can distinguish the following diachronic classification of English words in Russian language: 1) non-assimilated anglicisms; 2) partially assimilated anglicisms; 3) fully assimilated anglicisms. The extralinguistic factors of linguistic and cultural transfer may include the interaction of cultures and the authority of the source language. The intralinguistic factors may include the absence of the equivalent in the native language, the tendency to use one word instead of a descriptive phrase, impossibility of formation of derivatives in the native language.
THE REVOLUTION AND THE PEOPLE OF L. LEONOV AND V. SHAROV: HISTORIOSOPHICAL DIALOGUE OF TWO WRITERS
Authors: Ashcheulova I. V. 
Published: December 2018

The article examines the historical communication between two writers – Leonid Leonov («The Pyramid») and V. Sharov («Rehearsals», «Before and During», «Raising Lazarus», «Be like children»). The analysis featured the central artistic images and motifs of their novels, namely the Russian revolution and the people. According to the hypothesis, there are points of convergence between their historiosophical concepts. The Russian history, the way it was presented in their novels, was subjected to a multidimensional analysis, which revealed its catastrophism and eschatology. The revolution was largely demythologized by both Leonov and Sharov: they did not see it as an event that opened the possibility of creating a new world (paradise on earth) and a new man. So was the image of a God-bearing people who lost faith in the pursuit of social miracles. Both writers saw the revolution as the central historiosophical image of all Russian history. Both authors stressed the catastrophic and eschatological effect the revolution had for the foundations of Russian life, traditions, and Existence. Both authors used the symbolism of fire devouring Russia, its people, and every individual. In their novels, the revolution was an abyss which devoured millions of people and the country itself. L. Leonov followed the theory of cyclical nature of Russian history; for him, the phenomenological essence of the revolution was a strange and terrible delusion that captured the country and its people. V. Sharov was trying to prove the usual, repeatable character of revolution in Russian history: the cyclical nature of history was obvious to the writer. Sharov’s artistic strategy was to reproduce the individual word as a reaction to the revolution, words as expressions of attitudes towards reality, the metaphysical world, and God. History, according to Sharov, retains the traces of individual presence: it has a memory of i ts own.
THE POTENTIAL OF THE CROWDSOURCING AS A METHOD OF LINGUISTIC EXPERIMENT
Authors: Danilchuk M. V. 
Published: December 2018

The present research considers crowdsourcing as a method of linguistic experiment. The paper features an experiment with the following algorithm: 1) problem statement, 2) development, 3) and questionnaire testing. The paper includes recommendations on crowdsourcing project organization, as well as some issues of respondents’ motivation, questionnaire design, choice of crowdsourcing platform, data export, etc. The linguistic experiment made it possible to obtain data on the potential of the phonosemantic analysis in solving naming problems in marketing. The associations of the brand name designer matched those of the majority of the Internet pannellists. The experiment showed that crowdsourcing proves to be an available method within the network society. It gives an opportunity to receive objective data and demonstrates high research capabilities. The described procedure of the crowdsourcing project can be used in various linguistic experiments.
VIOLATION OF LINGUISTIC NORMS IN TRANSLATION IN В1-С1 STUDENTS
Authors: Kobzeva O. V. 
Published: December 2018

The present study features speech errors Italian students make in translation as the most complex form of speech activity. The examined speech errors were made by both students at the Higher School of Translation and budding traslators. The low quality of technical translation and the large number of translation errors determined the scope of the present research: to draw the scientists’ attention to the problem in question, to generalize the translation practice, and to work out recommendations on preventing translation errors. The research employed general scientific methods (generalization, analysis, synthesis) and empirical research methods. The author puts forward some possible causes of error making, e.g. interlingual and cross-language interference, loan translations, etc. The author gives examples of the most typical student errors, indicates the specific reasons behind them, and offers recommendations for error prevention. The results of this study can be used for training and practical purposes. The author comes to the conclusion that it is impossible not to make errors due to the fact that the students cannot overcome interference while in their native linguistic environment. However, it is quite possible to reduce the number of errors. The article is composed of three parts. The introduction specifies the aims and tasks of the work. The main body of the article introduces some specific examples of student errors. In the conclusion, the author sums up recommendations for effective work in the learning process.