bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Surveillance of surgical site infections to determine incidence, risk factors and microbiologic spectrum following obstetric and gynaecological surgeries
Authors: Panicker Seetha , Chitra T. V. 
Published: September 2018

Background: Surgical site infections (SSI) are one of the major health problems throughout the world with an incidence of 3%-16%. Hospital acquired surgical site infection is further complicated by the emergence of multi drug resistant strains. SSI surveillance is an established monitoring tool and has been shown to reduce infection rates. The importance of preventing surgical site infections is well recognized since they lead to increased morbidity, prolonged hospital stay, need for readmission, high end antibiotic treatment and re-surgery. This study was undertaken to determine the incidence, risk factors, and microbiological spectrum of surgical site infections and to identify the multidrug resistant strains. Analysis of the effectiveness of the existing surveillance methods was also done.Methods: This retrospective study was done for a period of 1-year form Jan 2016 to Dec 2016. All patients with infection following caesarean section and abdominal and vaginal hysterectomy were included. Laparoscopic surgery and patients with preexisting infection were excluded.Results: Incidence of SSI in present study is 5.27%. The major risk factors identified were obesity, diabetes and prolonged operating time. The commonest infective organism was Klebsiella Pneumoniae in 37% of which 19% were ESBL producing and 3.8% were carbapenemase producing. E. coli was identified in 20% of isolates. The incidence of ESBL in both isolates was higher.Conclusions: Regular audit of SSIs is a very effective tool to analyse risk factors, identify causes and plan strategies to prevent infection.
Delivery by repeat caesarean section today: an overview
Authors: Christe D. M. , Gunasingh Shaanthy T. K. , Bharani V. 
Published: September 2018

Background: To find out the maternal and neonatal outcome and background characteristics of women delivering by repeat caesarean section in a tertiary care centre in Chennai, South India.Methods: Parturition records for the year 2017, were accessed and case records, for the calculated sample size were selected. Demographic features, obstetric history, gestational age and antenatal complications were recorded. Maternal outcome and baby details including sex of the baby, birth weight, APGAR and admission to New born Intensive Care Unit (NICU) data and acceptance of postpartum contraception was noted.Results: In the study group, 156 women delivered by repeat caesarean section. The age group of women ranged from 20 years to 38 years. Majority of 83.4% of women were Para one. Threatening rupture was recorded in 2.6% of women. The risk of previous two CS scars was noted in 3.2% of women. More than 41% of women had other complications. Most often observed complications were Gestational hypertension, Gestational diabetes, preeclampsia and eclampsia. Pregnancy complications of oligohydramnios, twins, breech and abnormal presentation, were significant. 1% of women had associated medical complications of anaemia and hypothyroidism. Maternal and Fetal causes were the most important indication for caesarean section in 74% of women. There were no maternal deaths in present study group. Postpartum contraception was accepted by 55 % of women.Conclusions: Majority of repeat caesarean section was observed most commonly in para one women in the age group of 26-30 years More than 41% of women had associated medical and obstetric complications. There were no maternal deaths in this study. Neonatal deaths were 2.5%.
Urothelial bladder carcinoma with major clinical presentation as overactive bladder, without hematuria: case report and literature review
Authors: M. Alexander de J. Rafaelano , Navarro Junior J. Araiza , Sosa María Isabel Tolentino , Reyes Fernando López , Gutiérrez Marlene De la Peña 
Published: September 2018

The urothelial carcinoma is the most common type of bladder cancer, comprising approximately 90% of cases in the United States. The most common symptom of bladder cancer is macroscopic hematuria, increased urinary frequency, urgency, or irritative symptoms may occur. Generally, occurs in elderly people, about 9 out of 10 people are over 55 years old, with the average age at diagnosis of 73 years. Males are more likely than women to have this neoplasm with a probability of 1 in 27 (for women the probability is 1 in 89). Most bladder cancers begin in the inner layer, also called the urothelium or transitional epithelium. As it advances, it invades the layers of the bladder and can invade adjacent structures, often metastasizing to distant lymph nodes, bones, lungs or the liver. Among the cancers that originate in the bladder authors have: Urothelial carcinoma (transitional cell carcinoma), squamous cell carcinoma, adenocarcinoma, small cell carcinoma, sarcoma. Hematuria occurs in the majority of patients with urothelial carcinoma. Symptoms such as dysuria, frequency, urgency and pain may also occur, or it may also be asymptomatic. In this case report, an atypical presentation of bladder cancer is shown, simulating the symptomatology of a Hyperactive Bladder Syndrome.
Second trimester rupture of an unscarred uterus following blunt trauma: a case report
Authors: Mathews Basil , T. Chitra 
Published: September 2018

Uterine rupture is a life-threatening emergency in obstetrics carrying an increased risk of maternal and foetal morbidity and mortality. Often, uterus ruptures during labour; however, scarred uterus may rupture before the onset of contractions in the late third trimester. Uterine rupture in an unscarred uterus occurs extremely rare. Various aetiology has been described in literature from anomalous uterus, uterine manoeuvres, and abnormal placentation to congenital exposure to Diethylstilbestrol. Maternal outcome depends greatly on the early diagnosis, prompt management and availability of emergency expert care and blood transfusion. However, the diagnosis is not always obvious with its varied non-specific presentation. Most common presentation of rupture uterus is acute abdomen, which is often mistaken for other causes like acute pancreatitis, appendicitis, cholecystitis, especially in the early pregnancy. Authors report a case of grand multipara at 19 weeks of gestation presented as acute abdomen. She was referred as incomplete abortion in need of blood transfusion, later diagnosed to be rupture of uterus. She had abdominal pain and vaginal bleeding for 14hours duration prior to admission. On further inquiry, history of blunt trauma to abdomen, the day prior was revealed.
Pulmonary function analysis in carpenters: a study from Kerala
Authors: Pandarikkal Jagadees R. , Kurien Annamma , Paul Davis 
Published: September 2018

Background: There has been an increase in proportion of workers suffering from occupational diseases compared to past. Only limited studies have been conducted to evaluate the pulmonary functions of carpenters, exposed to wood dust. Hence the present study was undertaken to find out any functional impairment in carpenters due to their occupational environment.Methods: Study was done in 300 subjects who were divided into two groups of 150 each. One group comprised carpenters with minimum 5 years exposure to wood dust. Other group comprised matching healthy subjects who served as controls. Pulmonary function parameters were recorded from all subjects. Parameters recorded were SlowVital Capacity (SVC), Forced Vital Capacity (FVC), Forced Expiratory Volume in 1 second (FEV1), and Peak Expiratory flow Rate (PEFR). ‘Knudson and Collagens’ standard reference values for south Indians were used here for interpretation. Statistical analysis of the data of study subjects and the controls were done by using student’s ‘t’ test. The level of significance was fixed as 5%.Results: A statistically significant reduction in SVC, FVC, FEV1and PEFR was seen in the study group compared to control group. FEV1/FVC was less than 80% of the predicted values in 8% of the study population. Seventeen percentage of the study population had less than 80% of predicted value of both FEV1 and FVC with normal FEV1/FVC.Conclusions: Lung functions of carpenters show statistically significant reduction compared to normal healthy adults. This could be due to their exposure to wood dust.
Sejarah Nalar Diplomasi Politik Indonesia di Kawasan Timur Tengah
Authors: Nawawi Imam 
Published: September 2018

The historiography of Indonesian political diplomacy in the Middle-East regions faces obstacles from the researchers themselves. The perspective contradictions are compounded by sorting data and sources. The appearance of Indonesian political diplomacy in the Middle East regions according to the Middle East researchers and academics themselves seems to be gloomy and lethargic, because they demand more than what Indonesia has achieved and done. Indonesia is considered not too interested in contributing to the recovery of conflict countries and the acceleration of the transition to democratic values. According to the other researchers who are not based on the Middle East institutions, the appearance of Indonesian political diplomacy in the Middle East is quite positive and slightly vague. Unlike the case with the version that came out directly from the Government of the Republic of Indonesia about their achievements and performance in building diplomatic relations with related countries in the Middle East. Some achievements are recorded annually and submitted to the public in their annual reports. The constraints in historical writing can be overcome by the historical reasoning approach which tries to examine reason, thought and awareness, and which not only focuses on historical facts and events themselves. This approach is able to map the narrative contestation and discourse ideology, and find solutions to the problems.
Being as Value: The Phenomenology of Value and the Ontology of Self-Realization in Charles Taylor’s Sources of the Self
Authors: Holmgren Andrada-Elena 
Published: September 2018

This paper explores one way of putting selves and values back into the world. I analyze Charles Taylor’s, Iris Murdoch’s, and Donald Walhout’s arguments showing that to be a self is to relate to being as a value. I show that the intentional relation of world-directedness that is central to self discloses being first as a value. I argue that our best account of what it is to be a self commits us to the objectivity of values. I then explore Taylor’s arguments that, by denying a place for objective values in nature, the standard naturalist ontology leaves a gap between nature and self. I argue that this gap arises because current naturalism cannot account for the place of the intentional relation, which is our first guide to value, in the world. It thereby leaves a gap between third- and first-personal perspectives that obscures the nature of values as properties of relational situations. I explore Michiel Meijer’s objection that Taylor leaves an unresolved gap between ontology and phenomenology in his defense of value realism. I draw on the little-known work of Donald Walhout to show how this gap can be filled by analyzing value in terms of function.
DA BELEZA À PERDIÇÃO: A NUDEZ FEMININA, O EROTISMO E O MAL EM CARMEM DE PROSPER MÉRIMÉE A VICENTE ARANDA
Authors: Carvalho Sueleny Ribeiro 
Published: September 2018

<p>Este artigo pretende verificar a representação da mulher como objeto de voyeurismo e fetichismo através da exposição da nudez no filme Carmem de Vicente Aranda e a forma de representação da personagem na novela homônima de Prosper Mérimée, e o citado filme. Para tanto, propomos, em nossa análise, o entrelaçamento teórico entre as questões do erotismo – sexualidade e identidade – e gênero. Em se tratando das representações de Carmem, tanto no texto literário quanto no cinema, o que prevalece são as representações da mulher demônio em oposição à mulher santa. Acreditamos que essa forma de representação que coloca a personagem entre os sentimentos masculinos de atração e repulsa, é resultado da própria idealização masculina a respeito da mulher, fruto do discurso dominante sobre a mulher e o erotismo que culmina no processo de construção dos estereótipos femininos, construído e fixado ao longo da história da civilização ocidental. Nesse sentido, buscaremos fundamentar nossa pesquisa nos estudo sobre cinema, identidade e erotismo, fundamentados por teóricos(as) e estudiosos(as) como Anne Kapla, Flores Nogueira Diniz, Renato Cunha, Judith Butler, Otavio Paz, Georges Bataille, dentre outros. </p>
CARACTERIZAÇÃO E ANÁLISE DO PERFIL COMO GÊNERO EM ‘SINATRA ESTÁ RESFRIADO’
Authors: Braz Michelle Moreira , Sardinha Antonio Carlos 
Published: September 2018

<p>A apreensão das características gerais, estratégias e delineamentos da produção do perfil como narrativa produzida pelo repórter a partir da apropriação técnica e estética na construção de sentido operadas pelo jornalismo nas especificidades lingüísticas/discursivas é uma questão, por si só, que provoca inquietações de ordem teórica e prática. Compreender a dimensão conceitual do perfil como gênero peculiar no jornalismo e elaborar por meio das técnicas de reportagem essa narrativa demanda problematização que alcance, sobretudo, a instância de produção de sentido, operado pelo repórter-narrador. Neste artigo, o interesse é compreender o perfil como gênero na perspectiva de Mikhail Bakhtin, considerando abordagem teórico-metodológica do teórico russo, a partir da análise do perfil “Frank Sinatra has a cold”, produzido pelo jornalista Gay Talese para a revista Esquire em abril de 1966. Em termos gerais, a compreensão das características de produção do discurso no perfil torna um elemento conceitual para refletir sobre o fazer jornalístico, ética, construção de uma personagem em trânsito com a esfera pública e privada, tomadas de posição – e poder – nas relações entre jornalista e perfilado.</p><p> </p>
Hypertension related to the antitumor treatment with angiogenesis inhibitors: an iatrogenic hypertension
Authors: Kobalava Zh. D. , Shavarova E. K. 
Published: September 2018

One of the key regulators of vascular tone is the vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF), which can enhance the production of nitric oxide, a potent vasodilator, and reduce vascular resistance by generating new vessels. Both mechanisms contribute to blood pressure decrease. The implementation of a new class of antitumor therapy — inhibitors of VEGF signaling pathway — results in the growth of cardiovascular complications such as arterial hypertension (HTN). The paper analyzes the causes of HTN development, approaches to the timely diagnosis of HTN and the correct assessment of cardiovascular risk before administration of VEGF inhibitors and during the treatment. We also review the features of the approaches of elevated blood pressure management in patients receiving targeted therapy.
A Discussion with Jamie Bittle about Building an Inverted Integrated Gate Bipolar Transistor Torque Tool
Authors: Bittle Jamie , 2016 Class of 
Published: September 2018

Video Segments:

Can you describe your research and findings? 0:03-0:25
Can you describe the tool? 0:25-1:03
Were you in a group? 1:03-1:28
What was your job as Project Lead? 1:28-1:48
What’s the finished product? 1:48-2:01
How did it feel to be done? 2:01-2:11
What was your favorite part of the project? 2:11-2:38
Did your group have an advisor? 2:38-2:52
Did you have to get the parts approved? 2:52-3:34
What was the most challenging part? 3:34-3:54
What was your biggest takeaway? 3:54-4:13
What advice do you have for the next class? 4:13-4:34
Anything else we should know? 4:34-4:40
Brien Twomey Discusses His Research about Privacy Practices by Global Smartphone Application Users
Authors: Twomey Brien , 2016 Class of 
Published: September 2018

Video Segments:
Can you describe your research? 0:04-0:50
What did you find out about your research? 0:50-1:41
Can you elaborate more on that? 1:41-3:20
What made you interested in doing a research project? 3:20-4:13
What was your favorite part? 4:13-4:50
What are you doing next with your project? 4:50-5:16
What was the hardest part? 5:16-5:52
What was it like seeing all of the other research? 5:52-6:22
What skills did you get from this project? 6:22-7:13
What advice do you have for other researchers? 7:13-7:31
#Terrorism: Factors Shaping the Nature of Social Media Campaigns Responding to Terrorism
Authors: Mather Allison , 2017 Class of 
Published: September 2018

Terrorism is a prevalent problem across the globe. While many scholars focus on counterterrorism strategies and potential causes, little research exists about the reactions of civilians to terrorist attacks. Civilians increasingly turn to digital platforms to generate social media campaigns in response to terrorism. To identify the elements of terrorist attacks that shape social media campaigns, this study assesses two cases: the Charlie Hebdo shootings on January 7, 2015, and the Paris attacks on November 13, 2015. By assessing the nature of the attacks in both cases and examining the news media and Twitter content surrounding both incidents, this study generates several hypotheses about the factors that influence civilian reactions to terrorism and the impacts of civilian-produced social media campaigns. Exploring an area that is largely untapped by scholars, this study develops suggestions for further research into the effects of civilian responses to terrorism.
The Lessons Learned from Media Coverage of Racial Unrest in Ferguson, Missouri
Authors: Carter Tobi , 2017 Class of 
Published: September 2018

The idea of media representation of ethnic minorities has been an issue that journalists faced for centuries. There has been a recent demand for more representative journalism and more diversity in the newsroom to increase the number of perspectives shown. This paper investigates the Ferguson riots, how journalists covered the event and what they can do to improve coverage of racial riots (a public outbreak of violence between two different ethnic groups, whether the violence be to physical property or to other people) to create a more nuanced and representative picture.
Through the analyses of online news articles reporting on the riots in Ferguson and a series of interviews conducted with reporters who were on the ground in Ferguson, some common themes to improve the representation of ethnic minorities emerge: Simply do not “parachute” in to the scene, but rather get to know the community you are reporting on. Do not rely on only government officials to tell the story. Lastly, do not take the riots at face value; gather information and data to create some context surrounding the events.
Identifying High Priority Areas for Addressing Lead-in-Water Potential in Fort Worth
Authors: Miller Annaliese , 2017 Class of 
Published: September 2018

In this project, data about lead testing of drinking/drinkable water in the Fort Worth Independent School district was combined with infrastructure-related data, spatial analysis, and spatial statistics techniques to identify potential high priority areas for the city's lead pipe replacement project and for residential plumbing rennovations.

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The Walk of (Body) Shame: The Detrimental Repercussions of Cyberbullying
Authors: Stacey Carly , 2017 Class of 
Published: September 2018

Since the 1990s, the Internet has blossomed into a platform designed to provide access to an unlimited amount of information at the click of a putton. It did not take long for this technology to become an integral part of our social interaction. In recent years, as a pernicious consequence of the Internet's "faceless" communication, the internet has become an ideal space for cybverbullying. This research focuses specifically on the problem of "body shaming" in online spaces. The essay explores causes of cyberbullying and online body shaming in order to better understand strategies for creating mroe empathetic online spaces and to promote an culture of positive body image.
Expression of the phosphorylated variant of the AKT1-kinase (p-AKT1) in well-differentiated pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors: immunohistochemical evaluation
Authors: Delektorskaya V. V. , Solov'eva O. N. , Chemeris G. Yu. , Patyutko Yu. I. 
Published: September 2018

Background:Well-differentiated pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors (pNETs) represent a group of rare epithelial neoplasms with a highly variable clinical course. AKT1 is one of the most frequently activated protein kinases in pNETs, which promotes the tumor growth and is of interest as a prognostic factor and a target for new treatment approaches.Aim:To study the expression of the phosphorylated variant of AKT1-kinase (p-AKT1) in primary pNETs and their liver metastases and to correlate the results with various clinical and pathological parameters and the disease prognosis.Materials and methods:P-AKT1 expression was studied by the immunohistochemical analysis of the primary lesions and liver metastases in 52 pNETs patients.Results:A high level of cytoplasmic and/or nuclear immunoreactivity was detected in 24/52 of the primary pNETs (46.2%) and in 16/27 of their liver metastases (59.3%). p-AKT1 expression was observed in 3 (21.4%) of NET grade (G) 1, in 14 (46.7%) of NET G2, and in 7 (87.5%) of NET G3. p-AKT1 expression was more frequently identified in pNET G3 category and increased during the tumor progression in metachronous liver metastases, as compared to the corresponding primary tumor. In addition, p-AKT1 positivity was significantly associated with an increase of grade from G1 to G3 (p = 0.004), the Ki-67 index (p = 0.029), the pTNM stage (p = 0.0008), perineural invasion (p = 0.031) and a decrease in disease-free survival (p = 0.05).Conclusion:The results suggest that p-АКТ1 plays an important role in the pathogenesis of pNETs and may be an additional criterion for assessment of the prognosis and treatment effectiveness in this type of tumors.