bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
New MRI series for kidney evaluation: Saving time and money
Authors: Renzulli Matteo , Brocchi Stefano , Pettinari Irene , Biselli Maurizio , Clemente Alfredo , Corcioni Beniamino , Cappabianca Salvatore , Gaudiano Caterina , Golfieri Rita 
Published: May 2019

Objectives:
This study investigates the diagnostic performance of a new T1 imaging series, generated by the digital subtraction of the opposed phase from in phase T 1 weighted images, in MRI for renal angiomyolipoma (AML) evaluation.

Methods:
This retrospective study involved 96 patients, 63 (65.6%) with at least one renal AML and 33 (34.4%) healthy patients. Two radiologists having different experience retrospectively reviewed two MR imaging series, starting with in and out-phase T 1 weighted images and then the new subtracted T1 images, in which AML appeared white on black background. The presence, number, location, and dimensions of the AMLs, and reading time were collected separately for the two kidneys. Statistical analysis was carried out using the appropriate tests.

Results:
The number of lesions identified and the evaluation of lesion dimension did not statistically differ between the different MR imaging series evaluated, without interobserver variability. Both percentage agreement of the total number of observations and the κ coefficient showed very good agreement between the radiologists. The median time for the diagnosis was statistically lower when using the subtracted T1 imaging series for both observers with a median gain from 6.5 to 15 s per identified lesion, resulting in a total time-saving of more than half (52.9%), in both patients with and without AMLs, and in patients with a single or with more than one AML (p &lt; 0.001).

Conclusions:
The new subtracted T1 imaging series proved to be reliable in identifying fat-containing renal lesions, by both expert and non-expert radiologists, resulting in a saving of both time and money. Moreover, this new subtracted T1 imaging series could be an effective tool in non-dedicated kidney examinations in which a faster reading is advisable.

Advances in knowledge:
The opportunity of using a single set of MRI images in kidney evaluation for identifying fat-containing lesions, considerably reducing reading time, resulting in cost-effectiveness.
Measures of family planning service quality associated with contraceptive discontinuation: an analysis of Measurement, Learning & Evaluation (MLE) project data from urban Kenya
Authors: Feeser Karla , Chakraborty Nirali M. , Calhoun Lisa , Speizer Ilene S. 
Published: May 2019

Introduction: Several measures to assess family planning service quality (FPQ) exist, yet there is limited evidence on their association with contraceptive discontinuation. Using data from the Measurement, Learning & Evaluation (MLE) Project, this study investigates the association between FPQ and discontinuation-while-in-need in five cities in Kenya. Two measures of FPQ are examined – the Method Information Index (MII) and a comprehensive service delivery point (SDP) assessment rooted in the Bruce Framework for FPQ. Methods: Three models were constructed: two to assess MII reported in household interviews (as an ordinal and binary variable) among 1,033 FP users, and one for facility-level quality domains among 938 FP users who could be linked to a facility type included in the SDP assessment. Cox proportional hazards ratios were estimated where the event of interest was discontinuation-while-in-need. Facility-level FPQ domains were identified using exploratory factor analysis (EFA) using SDP assessment data from 124 facilities. Results: A woman’s likelihood of discontinuation-while-in-need was approximately halved whether she was informed of one aspect of MII (HR: 0.45, p < 0.05), or all three (HR: 0.51, p < 0.01) versus receiving no information, when MII was assessed as an ordinal variable. Six facility-level quality domains were identified in EFA. Higher scores in information exchange, privacy, autonomy & dignity and technical competence were associated with a reduced risk of discontinuation-while-in-need (p < 0.05). Facility-level MII was correlated with overall facility quality (R= 0.3197, p < 0.05). Conclusions: The MII has potential as an actionable metric for FPQ monitoring at the health facility level. Furthermore, family planning facilities and programs should emphasize information provision and client-centered approaches to care alongside technical competence in the provision of FP care.
Triangulation Resource Provisioning for Web Applications in Cloud Computing: A Profit-Aware Approach
Authors: Singh Parminder , Gupta Pooja , Jyoti Kiran 
Published: May 2019

The elasticity feature of cloud attracts the application providers to host the application in a cloud environment. The dynamic resource provisioning arranges the resources on-demand according to the application workload. The over-utilization and under-utilization of resources can be prevented with autonomic resource provisioning. In literature, the Service Level Agreement (SLA) based, load-aware, resource-aware and user-behavior aware solutions have been proposed. The solutions are rigid for a particular metric which provides benefit either to end users or to the application providers. In this article, we proposed a Triangulation Resource Provisioning (TRP) technique with a profit-aware surplus VM selection policy. This policy ensures the fair resource utilization in hourly billing cycle while giving the Quality of Service (QoS) to the end-users. The proposed technique used time series workload forecasting, CPU utilization and response time in the analysis phase. The experiment results show that the TRP resource provisioning technique is a profit-aware approach for the application providers and ensure the QoS to the end-users.
Information Transparency in Business-to-Business Auction Markets: The Role of Winner Identity Disclosure
Authors: Lu Yixin , Gupta Alok , Ketter Wolfgang , van Heck Eric 
Published: May 2019

One of the central issues in auction design is how much information should be disclosed to bidders. In this paper, we examine bidder's identity disclosure in sequential business-to-business (B2B) auctions. Specifically, we compare two information disclosure policies, one that publicly discloses winners’ identities (the status quo) and an alternative policy that conceals winners’ identities. Using a large-scale field experiment in the Dutch flower auction market, we find that concealing winners’ identities can significantly increase the average winning price and thereby raise the seller’s revenue. We further explore the underlying mechanism that drives the observed effect. The empirical analysis of bidding behavior in these auctions suggests that bidders tend to imitate some of their competitors who have won in previous rounds of auctions and shade their bids accordingly. Concealing winners’ identities can disrupt such imitation heuristic, which in turn mitigates the price-declining trend in sequential rounds. Our findings have important implications for the design of information disclosure policies in B2B auction markets. This paper was accepted by Chris Forman, information systems.
Suicide and self-harm: vulnerable children and young people
Authors: Burton Maddie 
Published: May 2019

Children and young people are increasingly experiencing mental health problems, including self-harm and suicidal behaviour. Maddie Burton explores the triggers of these two conditions and explains what practice nurses can do for their patients Children and young people’s mental health continues to be a cause for concern at a time of reduced mental health service provision. Worryingly, suicide and self-harm rates continue to rise. An estimated two hundred children and young people lose their lives annually through completed suicide. Half of that number will have a previous self-harm history. Practice nurses are often favoured by young people as being less stigmatising; therefore they can potentially provide opportunities for early help through being vigilant, informed, hearing the young person’s story and then knowing how to support and appropriately respond and signpost. This article explores both the differences between self-harm and suicidal behaviour, and how they are connected.
Beginning our 11th year!
Authors: Mu Enrique 
Published: May 2019

Dear IJAHP Reader:
We are glad to publish our first issue for 2019. It has been 10 years now since we published our very first issue and this is a reason to say thank you for your support. It is the IJAHP community as a whole who make this journal possible, not just by authoring papers and reading and recommending it but also by volunteering as reviewers.
Ecos do religioso na filosofia de P. Ricoeur: a poética da revelação
Authors: Portocarrero Maria Luísa 
Published: May 2019

Embora P. Ricoeur tenha tido sempre o cuidado de distinguir o pensamento filosófico do religioso, procurando não os confundir, podemos dizer que é considerável a atenção consagrada ao fenómeno religioso na sua obra. É o horizonte da crença o motivo principal das suas preocupações em matéria de hermenêutica do religioso. Para o filósofo, o problema da interpretação da linguagem religiosa não pode desaparecer do horizonte filosófico, apesar de o discurso filosófico dever manter a sua autonomia própria. É, pois, possível identificar, no contexto de uma investigação filosófica a particularidade da linguagem religiosa e, tendo em conta que toda a experiência religiosa se articula numa linguagem, é a dimensão poética e narrativa da religião cristã que Ricoeur analisa, sob a ótica nomeadamente da problemática da verdade –revelação.
ANALYSIS OF EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE, STRESS, AND STYLES OF PARTICIPATIVE LEADERSHIP EFFECT TO WORK SATISFACTION IN IMPROVING PERFORMANCE OF EMPLOYEES PT. WASKITA BETON PRECAST Tbk.
Authors: Kusumo Rio Radityo 
Published: May 2019

The purpose of this study was to analyze the influence of emotional intelligence, stress and participative leadership style to employee performance with job satisfaction as mediation. This research type is explanatory research. Population and sample in this research are all employees of the marketing department of PT. Waskita Beton Precast totaling 112. The method of data collection questionnaire. The data type is the primary data. The method of data collection is the questionnaire. Data analysis technique used is the structural equation model. The results showed that: 1). Emotional intelligence has effect positive and significant on job satisfaction. 2). Stress has an effect negative and significant on job satisfaction. 3). Participatory leadership style has effect positive and significant on job satisfaction. 4). Job satisfaction has effect positive and significant on employee performance. 5). Emotional intelligence has effect positive and significant on employee performance. 6). Stress has an effect negative and significant on employee performance. 7). Participative leadership style has effect positive and significant on employee performance
Quality of Life of Long-Term Hemodialysis Patients
Authors: Khrulev A. E. , Kudryavtseva E. S. , Egorova P. A. , Rodionova A. D. , Sorokoumova S. N. , Suvorova O. V. 
Published: May 2019

The outcome of chronic kidney disease (CKD) is frequently development of end-stage kidney failure that requires program hemodialysis (PHD). Increase of the longevity of long-term PHD patients is associated with continuous somatic and psychic stress for the patient, which might adversely affect the quality of life (QoL) of an end-stage CKD patient.Purpose: to determine the influence of age and dialysis duration on the QoL of end-stage CKD patients receiving PHD.Materials and methods. 50 patients receiving PHD (23 men and 27 women), aged 31 to 79 years, were examined. The mean age was 56.72±11.26 years. The PHD duration ranged between 1 month to 20 years, the average figure being 5.26±4.82 years. The control group included 50 healthy subjects of comparable gender and age. The QoL evaluation data were gathered through survey using the Russian version of SF-36 Questionnaire (Short Form Medical Outcomes Study), validated by the Institute of Clinical and Pharmacological Studies (Saint Petersburg) and analysis of case records.Results. As regards the scales of physical health, a decrease of the QoL of PHD patients was found as follows: РF-physical functioning (54.1±25.6 vs. 85.0±21.4), RP-role functioning related to physical condition (38.5±35.4 vs. 74.5±29.7), Pbodily pain (64.7±32.1 vs. 70.5±24.8), GH-general health condition (51.3±15.9 vs. 65.1±21.7). A trend towards inter-group difference was also discovered as regards the scales of vitality (VT) (53.7±19.5 vs. 61.0±19.4), social functioning (SF) (72.5±18.0 vs. 79.5±23.5). Multiple regression analysis established inverse relationship between the patient’s physical health component (PH) and age (rs=-0.317, P<0.05).Conclusion. In PHD patients, the physical health component is the one that suffers most of all, namely: physical functioning, role functioning related to physical condition, pain intensity, and general health condition. The tendency to statistic differences is observed for the scales of vitality and social functioning of the mental health component. Increase of the age and dialysis duration affect adversely the physical health whereas render no influence on the mental health.
Perioperative Myocardial Damage and Heart Failure in Noncardiac Surgery. Part 1. Etiopathogenesis and Prognosis of Perioperative Cardiac Complications (Review)
Authors: Kozlov I. A. , Ovezov A. M. , Petrovskaya E. L. 
Published: May 2019

The purpose of this paper is to provide scientific and practical information on assessment of the risk of myocardical damage development after noncardiac operations (NOMD): ischemia or myocardial infarction (MI), and/or heart failure (HF) and their prevention in adult patients. This overview of literature consists of two parts. The first part analyzes epidemiology, etiopathogeneis, and POCC risk prediction methods; the second part describes the possibilities of adjuvant pharmacological cardioprotection and approaches to optimizing anesthesiological support of operative interventions in high cardiac risk patients.The problem of perioperative cardiac complications in noncardiac surgey is one of relevant complex issues of contemporary medicine. In line with contemporary views, NOMD is now regarded as a separate variant of a pathological process in the heart muscle. According to extensive studies, about 40% of mortality of adult patients during non-cardial operative inverventions are caused by various NOMD and/or HF. The problem under discussion is particularly relevant when medical assistance is rendered to elderly patients.
Treatment Intensification in Patients With Kawasaki Disease and Coronary Aneurysm at Diagnosis
Authors: Dionne Audrey , Burns Jane C. , Dahdah Nagib , Tremoulet Adriana H. , Gauvreau Kimberlee , de Ferranti Sarah D. , Baker Annette L. , Son Mary Beth , Gould Patrick , Fournier Anne , Newburger Jane W. , Friedman Kevin G. 
Published: May 2019

BACKGROUND:
Coronary artery aneurysms (CAA) are a serious complication of Kawasaki disease. Treatment with intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIg) within 10 days of fever onset reduces the risk of CAA from 25% to &lt;5%. Corticosteroids and infliximab are often used in high-risk patients or those with CAA at diagnosis, but there are no data on their longer-term impact on CAA.

METHODS:
Retrospective multicenter study including children who had CAA with a z score ≥2.5 and &lt;10 at time of diagnosis and who received primary therapy with IVIg alone or in combination with either corticosteroids or infliximab within 10 days of onset of fever.

RESULTS:
Of 121 children, with a median age of 2.8 (range 0.1–15.5) years, 30 (25%) received primary therapy with corticosteroids and IVIg, 58 (48%) received primary therapy with infliximab and IVIg, and 33 (27%) received primary therapy with IVIg only. Median coronary z scores at the time of diagnosis did not differ among treatment groups (P = .39). Primary treatment intensification with either corticosteroids or infliximab were independent protective factors against progression of coronary size on follow-up (coefficient: −1.31 [95% confidence interval: −2.33 to −0.29]; coefficient: −1.07 [95% confidence interval: −1.95 to −0.19], respectively).

CONCLUSIONS:
Among a high-risk group of patients with Kawasaki disease with CAA on baseline echocardiography, those treated with corticosteroids or infliximab in addition to IVIg had less progression in CAA size compared with those treated with IVIg alone. Prospective randomized trials are needed to determine the best adjunctive treatment of patients who present with CAA.
Proximate composition of several green, brown and red seaweeds from the coast of Ecuador
Authors: D'Armas Haydelba , Jaramillo Carmita , D'Armas Mayra , Echavarría Ana , Valverde Priscilla 
Published: May 2019

Abstract: Seaweeds are accessible and important marine organisms from coastal zones, which have shown their nutritive potential as food or additive. In the coastline of Ecuador these organisms are relatively abundant, but their biochemical composition has not been adequately studied. Therefore, the aim of this research was to evaluate the proximate composition of seven seaweeds (four red, two brown, and one green) collected from Salinas Bay, Ecuador, as a contribution to the knowledge of the nutritional potential of these organisms that belong to this region. Moisture, ash, fat, fiber and protein contents were determined by standard protocols, while carbohydrates were obtained by difference. Energetic content (or caloric profile) was calculated according to the contributions of macromolecules (fats, proteins and carbohydrates). The parameters in highest proportion found in all species were carbohydrates (32.2-45.5 %) and minerals (or ash, 25.8-36.7 %), which play a significant role in human nutrition and the food industry. Furthermore, protein, fiber, and fat contents were relatively low, with values around 4.7-8.0 %, 0.9-5.0 %, and 0.3-3.0 %, respectively, indicating these organisms are a good option as healthy food. According to statistical analysis (ANOVA), each nutritive parameter was significantly different among the species (p<0.05). Results indicate edible seaweeds from Ecuador have potential as nutritious food that could offer between 1500-2000 kcal kg-1, which is higher than many common vegetables.
Key words: macroalgae; nutritional profile; seafood; Rhodophyte; Phaeophyte; Chlorophyte.
Educación, trabajo infantil y derechos humanos en el noroeste argentino
Authors: Jorge Navarro Marcelo Gaston , Sanchez Enrique Daniela Veronica 
Published: May 2019

La provincia de Salta se caracteriza por su amplia diversidad productiva en materia económica. En el sector agrícola se destaca la producción de tabaco y de azúcar. Ambas producciones se desarrollan en contextos geográficos disímiles, con una fuerte presencia de comunidades rurales que basan su subsistencia en la producción agrícola y el trabajo rural familiar. En este contexto muchos niños y jóvenes, se ven ante la necesidad de dividir su tiempo y actividades entre la escuela y el trabajo familiar.
El presente artículo tiene como objetivo analizar la incidencia del trabajo infantil rural en las trayectorias escolares de los niños, niñas y adolescentes (en adelante NNA) de la provincia de Salta, en el noroeste de la República Argentina, desde la perspectiva de los derechos humanos, y visibilizar la tensión entre las normas protectorias y las prácticas habituales. La hipótesis de investigación presume que el trabajo infantil rural afectaría de un modo negativo la trayectoria escolar de los NNA en el nivel primario, su derecho a la educación de calidad, al desarrollo y a la igualdad de oportunidades. En este sentido la metodología aplicada analiza el derecho de acceso a la educación vinculado a los factores de licencia social y a las posibles causas de naturalización del trabajo infantil en contextos rurales, los valles centrales de Salta, a partir de fuentes documentales, en base a estadísticas de la OIT, UNESCO y el Ministerio de Trabajo y Seguridad Social de la Nación.
Importancia del manejo de competencias tecnológicas en las prácticas docentes de la Universidad Nacional Experimental de la Seguridad (UNES)
Authors: Cruz Rodriguez Eglis Del carmen 
Published: May 2019

La presente investigación trata sobre la importancia del manejo de las Tecnología de la Comunicación (TIC) en las prácticas docentes, es de carácter experimental cuantitativa, se efectuó un estudio exploratorio mediante una encuesta con un índice de confiabilidad ( 0,75) muy alto según la escala Alpha de Cronbach, la misma se aplicó para medir el nivel de destrezas que poseen los docentes de la Universidad Nacional Experimental de la Seguridad en competencias digitales, para el manejo de las TIC en sus ambientes educativos. Estuvo constituida por una muestra de 49 facilitadores, los resultados permitieron corroborar que los docentes poseen los conocimientos básicos de las TIC, manifiestan una actitud positiva en el uso de las TIC como estrategias pedagógicas y alcanzan las competencias técnicas digitales, no obstante una cifra considerable un 37,3% no ha participado en talleres de alfabetización tecnológica, se limitan al uso de herramientas digitales clásicas como el Power Point. Se plantea entre sus recomendaciones un plan de capacitación al personal docente en tecnologías de la información y la comunicación, como también en el diseño de software educativo, con el objetivo de actualizar en el uso de estrategias pedagógicas que permitan el uso efectivo del internet en los ambientes educativos.
La práctica de histología en la Facultad de Medicina: relación entre la calificación de los dibujos y la calificación final
Authors: Falcon Rodriguez Carlos Ivan , Juárez Orozco Sonia María , Torres Garduño Aravid 
Published: May 2019

Dibujar es una actividad que fomenta el pensamiento y el desarrollo de habilidades en el campo morfológico como la histología. Por este motivo, se llevó a cabo un estudio correlacional y descriptivo, para identiﬁcar si existe una relación entre la caliﬁcación de los dibujos realizados en la práctica de histología con la caliﬁcación ﬁnal de los alumnos en la materia Biología Celular e Histología Médica. Se trabajó con 155 alumnos (cuatro grupos) del primer año de la licenciatura Médico Cirujano de la Facultad de Medicina, UNAM (2011-2012). Realizaron la práctica observando las laminillas al microscopio. Se elaboró una tabla cualitativa de referencia de línea bosquejo, color y representación histológica para evaluar la calidad de los dibujos cuantitativamente. La caliﬁcación ﬁnal se utilizó como un indicador del desempeño del estudiante. Se realizó la estadística descriptiva y se calculó el coeﬁciente de correlación de Spearman y de correlación ETA. Las caliﬁcaciones más frecuentes fueron 2 y 3, y 7.5 y 8, puntuación de dibujo y ﬁnal, respectivamente. El análisis de AnoVa mostró diferencias signiﬁcativas en todos los grupos evaluados. La correlación de Spearman expuso que hay una relación positiva entre la caliﬁcación del dibujo y la caliﬁcación ﬁnal. Así mismo el coeﬁciente de correlación ETA fue de 0.71 en grado de asociación para la caliﬁcación de los dibujos con la caliﬁcación ﬁnal. La buena realización de dibujos en la práctica de histología mejora el desarrollo de aptitudes en los estudiantes de medicina, las cuales se reﬂejaron en la caliﬁcación ﬁnal obtenida.