bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Awareness of patients towards eye diseases in middle aged population in rural Odisha
Authors: Rath Bhumika , Rath Mahesh , Mahapatra P. C. , Sarangi Lisa , Khan Z. U. , Singh Priyatama 
Published: February 2019

Background: One of the most important public health issue for developing nations in the world with special reference to India is preventive blindness. In the world, 36 million people are blind and 217 million people are with moderate or severe distance vision impairment. The aim and objectives of the study were a qualitative survey to get an initial picture of rural residents knowledge of the prevalent eye disease; serve as an initial assessment of patient’s baseline knowledge of eye conditions and possible treatment methods to aid in the future development of educational outreach initiatives and studies.Methods: A cross sectional study was carried out in the rural areas of Jajpur, Nayagarh, Puri and Cuttack district of Odisha during preventive eye screening camps. The study was carried over 6 months from Jan to July 2018. The sample size was calculated to be 914 and the study subjects were all aged 40 years and above comprising of 64.7% male and 35.3% female.Results: In this study we found out that 60.18% reported previous eye doctor visits, 24.08% reported using eye drops prescribed by a non-doctor, while 60.18% of the non-doctor visitors reported not knowing that a doctor should prescribe eye drops. While 76.69% had little or no awareness regarding glaucoma, 51.87% had a fair idea regarding cataract surgery.Conclusions: The increase in patient awareness of prevalent eye diseases and treatments could lead to an increase in patient acceptance regarding the importance of routine eye examinations for proper identification and treatment of various eye conditions.
Role of computer aided navigation system for surgical treatment of extensive sinonasal polyposis
Authors: Thotappa Lathadevi H. 
Published: February 2019

<p class="abstract"><strong>Background:</strong> The aim of the study was to study the role of computer aided endoscopic sinus surgery for treatment of extensive sinonasal polyposis by comparing cases with and without navigation.</p><p class="abstract"><strong>Methods:</strong> A prospective study of 75 patients with extensive nasal polyposis attending outpatient section of department of ENT, BLDE University’s Sri BM Patil Medical College, Hospital, Vijaypur was done from January 2015 to December 2017. 37 cases were randomly subjected to surgery with navigation. Other group included 38 cases which underwent surgery without navigation. </p><p class="abstract"><strong>Results:</strong> A total of 75 cases of which 39 were males and 36 females with an age range of 9-76 years. Patients were studied for preoperative and postoperative SNOT-22 symptom scores. These values showed significant improvement with p&lt;0.001. The comfort level of the surgeon intraoperatively was good in 89.18%, medium in 10.8% and bad in 0% cases in navigation guided surgeries. Whereas in surgeries without navigation, it was good in 78.9%, medium 10.52% and bad in 10.52% cases. Intraoperatively disease clearance adequacy was partial in 1 case (2.7%) and total in 36 cases (97.3%). In cases without navigation, the scores were 4 (10.5%) partially cleared, 34 (89.5%) totally cleared. No major (0%) and one minor complication, 1(3%) in surgery with navigation occurred. In group without navigation guided surgery, Major complication was 13% and minor was 11%. These values are indicative of P value 0.021.</p><p class="abstract"><strong>Conclusions:</strong> The computer aided navigation guided surgery is a necessary tool in cases of extensive lesions like sinonasal polyposis.</p>
Benign neck swellings: a clinico-radio-pathological study
Authors: Irfana Ayshath , Rai Sheetal , Somayaji K. S. Gangadhara 
Published: February 2019

<p class="abstract"><strong>Background:</strong> The present study aimed to know the common pathologies presenting as neck swellings in our region and their clinical, radiological, and cytopathological correlation in order to understand the nature of the lesion and accuracy of the diagnostic tools in finding a definitive diagnosis.</p><p class="abstract"><strong>Methods:</strong> Patients presenting with neck swelling to the ENT department of a tertiary care centre in Mangalore between June 2013 to July 2018 were included in the study based on retrospective and prospective sampling. Appropriate cytolopathological and radiological investigations were done and analyzed. </p><p class="abstract"><strong>Results:</strong> Out of 160 cases analyzed histopathology diagnosed 86.9% as benign and 13.1% as malignant. Radiologically 94.9% were diagnosed to be benign and 5.6% malignant whereas in cytological investigation 89.4% were diagnosed as benign and 6.9% as malignant while the remaining 3.8% cases were cytologically inconclusive. Intra operatively 6.9% cases had features of malignancy and rest 93% were benign. Thyroid was the most common benign neck swelling (73.2%) followed by cervical lymphadenopathy (6.9%) and thyroglossal cyst (5.6%).</p><p class="abstract"><strong>Conclusions:</strong> Discrepancy in clinico-radio-cytopathological correlation was highest in cases of thyroid swelling (more so in case of solitary thyroid nodule). None of the pre-operative investigations for neck swellings is 100% specific or definitive in diagnosing a benign from a malignant lesion in the neck.</p>
Anxiety and depression associated with vertigo: a cross sectional study from India
Authors: Asha C. S. , Kumar C. T. Sudhir , Punnoose Varghese P. , Jacob Joe 
Published: February 2019

<p class="abstract"><strong>Background:</strong> Vertigo is a common clinical symptom in the community as well as in specialist settings. Depression and anxiety are common among vertigo patients and have a significant impact on the course of illness.</p><p class="abstract"><strong>Methods:</strong> This study was conducted at the outpatient clinics of Department of ENT, Government Medical College, Kottayam. Zung self-rating anxiety and Zung self-rating depression scales were used. </p><p class="abstract"><strong>Results:</strong> There were 158 patients in the study. The commonest diagnosis was benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV) (76; 48.1%) followed by migrainous vertigo (MV) (41; 25.9%), Meniere’s disease (MD) (31; 19.6%) and vestibular neuronitis (VN) (10; 6.3%). 74 (46.83%) patients had depression. Depression was most prevalent among MD (26; 83.87%) followed by MV (29; 70.73%). Mean depression score was highest with MD (58; SD=8.136) followed by MV (54.29; SD=10.441). 70 (44.03%) patients had anxiety. 50 being women and 20 men. A diagnosis of anxiety was most common in MD (25; 80.6%) followed by MV (33; 80.5%). Mean anxiety score was highest in MD (56.48; SD=11.003) followed by MV (54.15; SD=12.041), A diagnosis of anxiety was most common among patients with MD (25; 80.6%) followed by MV (33; 80.5%).</p><p class="abstract"><strong>Conclusions:</strong> There is a high prevalence of depression and anxiety in Meniere’s disease and migrainous vertigo in India as evidenced by this study. Identification and appropriate management of coexisting mental health problems to address the disability, poor quality of life and protracted course is an integral part of managing vertigo.</p><p class="abstract"> </p>
High sensitivity C-reactive protein, a predictor of cardiovascular mortality and morbidity, and psoriasis: a case control study
Authors: Gupta Surinder , Garg Preeti , Gupta Nikita , Gupta Nakul 
Published: February 2019

<p class="abstract"><strong>Background:</strong> Psoriasis, a chronic inflammatory disease, is associated with systemic comorbidities. The blood levels of various inflammatory markers are increased in psoriasis. One of them is high sensitivity C-reactive protein (hs-CRP). The serum level of hs-CRP is increased in many inflammatory diseases like psoriasis, cardio vascular diseases, infections, arthritis and others. The objectives of the study were to determine serum level of hs-CRP in psoriasis in relation to its PASI score, which is a subjective method to determine severity of the disease, whereas hs-CRP is an objective and more reliable method. And to have a better idea of systemic inflammatory process caused by psoriasis, serum level of hs-CRP was evaluated in psoriasis patients.</p><p class="abstract"><strong>Methods:</strong> A case control study was conducted including 38 patients of chronic plaque psoriasis from dermatology outpatient department of Maharaja Agrasen Medical College (MAMC), Agroha, India, and 38 healthy controls.<strong></strong></p><p class="abstract"><strong>Results:</strong> The serum level of hs-CRP was significantly raised in psoriasis patients (p&lt;0.001). The mean hs-CRP level in psoriasis patients was 6.824±8.562 mg/l whereas it was 1.072±0.929 mg/l in controls. Two observations were noticed, one, the increase in hs-CRP level correlated with PASI score and second, it was much higher in psoriatic patients as compared to controls.</p><p class="abstract"><strong>Conclusions:</strong> The much higher hs-CRP levels in psoriasis as compared to controls and its correlation with severity of psoriasis has led us to propose that this much high hs-CRP is a biomarker of systemic inflammatory process of psoriasis as well as inflamed cutaneous lesions.</p><p> </p>
Resting with Pines in Nida – attempts at performing with plants
Authors: Arlander Annette 
Published: February 2019

Is it possible to respond to the challenge of a philosopher with artistic means, rather than on the one hand by attempting to philosophize, or on the other hand by resorting to illustration or application? Perhaps it is not. This text is nevertheless an attempt at responding to the challenge posed to artists by Michael Marder who, in volume 1 of this journal, challenged philosophers and artists ‘to include the spatiality, movement, and perspective of the vegetal in their work’ (Marder 2015, 192). The artistic research project ‘Performing with plants’ could be understood as a response to this challenge. In this text I will briefly outline the plan for the project, relate it to the current interest in plant thinking, plant theory and new materialist feminist theory and then focus on some works loosely related to the project, which seem to resonate with Marder’s challenge in some sense. The variations of Resting with Pines performed in September 2017 in Nida Art Colony on the Curonian spit in Lithuania will serve as attempts to include and even emulate the vegetal, and as an example of a characteristic common to many performance practices, namely the tendency to go on, to ‘keep growing’.
The Shape of Humidity: Performing Black Atlantic Theory Making
Authors: Hyacinthe Genevieve 
Published: February 2019

Following bell hooks’ submission that theory making is “a location for healing” (2017, 59) “The Shape of Humidity: Performing Black Atlantic Theory Making” riffs upon the historically critical and widely circulated subject of the black body politic and Atlantic waters informing but non-exclusive to performance, art history, and visual cultural discourses. The theory making performed here alternatively frames the black Atlantic body in relation to humidity, illustrating what Deleuze and Guattari might call the “possibles” evoked through “a contraction of earth and humidity” (Deleuze 1994, 76–78). The theory is shaped upon a discussion of Winslow Homer’s The Gulf Stream (1899), included in Kara Walker’s cultural-political opus, Kara Walker: After The Deluge (2006), mounted at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Theory making confronts the painting’s adherence to the hegemonic tradition of rendering the black Atlantic body as a perennial form in peril, whose destiny in this instance is as matter consumed by the thermodynamic sublimity of the waters. Alternatively, the action of theory making here collapses space-time separations among black Atlantic flora, the healing processes of artists Lygia Clark and Wangechi Mutu, and modes of breath activation, to access states of limitlessness actualized through bodily openness to humidity’s grace.
An Enhanced CICA Method and Its Application to Multistage Gearbox Low-frequency Fault Feature Extraction
Authors: Leng Junfa , Shi Penghui , Jing Shuangxi , Luo Chenxu 
Published: February 2019

Background:
The vibration signals acquired from multistage gearbox’s slow-speed gear with
localized fault may be directly mixed with source noise and measured noise. In addition, Constrained
Independent Component Analysis (CICA) method has strong immunity to the measured noise but not to
the source noise. These questions cause the difficulty for applying CICA method to directly extract lowfrequency
and weak fault characteristic from the gear vibration signals with source noise.

Methods:
In order to extract the low-frequency and weak fault feature from the multistage gearbox,
the source noise and measured noise are introduced into the independent component analysis (ICA)
algorithm model, and then an enhanced Constrained Independent Component Analysis (CICA) method
is proposed. The proposed method is implemented by combining the traditional Wavelet Transform
(WT) with Constrained Independent Component Analysis (CICA).

Results:
In this method, the role of a supplementary step of WT before CICA analysis is explored to
effectively reduce the influence of strong noise.

Conclusion:
Through the simulations and experiments, the results show that the proposed method
can effectively decrease noise and enhance feature extraction effect of CICA method, and extract the
desired gear fault feature, especially the low-frequency and weak fault feature.
Anti-Authority and Militia Movements in Canada
Authors: Perry Barbara , Hofmann David , Scrivens Ryan 
Published: February 2019

Academic explorations of anti-authority movements are virtually non- existent in Canada. We have no reliable primary data or empirical insights into Freemen-on-the-Land (FOTL) or other similar contingents. What we do know comes largely from Associate Chief Justice Rooke’s decision in Meads v. Meads (2012). He refers to the loose collection of individuals and small cells as “vexatious litigants.” In the absence of any academic assessment of these movements, we embarked on a one-year pilot project, bringing an exploratory and multi-method approach to this first such study. It is grounded in interviews with law enforcement, lawyers, judges, notaries, and movement adherents (n = 32), along with analysis of open source data which included media reports, court documents, and movement websites.
In terms of distribution of the movement, the largest concentrations appeared to be in British Columbia, Alberta, and Ontario. Quantitatively, participants noted the challenge in measuring how expansive adherence to the movement might be. Most, however, roundly rejected the oft-cited estimate of 30,000, suggesting instead numbers closer to 5,000 to 10,000. Another shift in thinking that emerged over the course of our study was that the “movement” we were examining was slightly more diffuse than simply the FOTL bloc. It is, instead, a broadly-based anti-state or anti-authority movement consisting of many diverse, and frequently contradictory arms. In fact, some adherents explicitly distanced themselves from the FOTL label, while others embraced ideologies and practices that bore only passing resemblance to FOTL specifically.
Estrelas Além do Tempo
Authors: Cruz Livia Delgado Leandro da , Gomes Emerson Ferreira 
Published: February 2019

O presente artigo busca analisar as interfaces entre cinema e educação não-formal, investigando como o uso de filmes de temática científica podem mobilizar a geração de debates sobre questões como (des)igualdade de gênero, raça e ciência. Para tanto, foi realizada uma análise das atividades de divulgação científica desenvolvidas com adolescentes de um espaço educativo da zona leste de São Paulo, à luz do filme “Estrelas Além do Tempo” e a partir de referenciais de Análise do Discurso. Tais ações foram desenvolvidas no âmbito do grupo de intervenção E.M.M.A. (Estudos sobre as Mulheres e as Minorias na Arte-Ciência), parte do projeto de extensão universitária A.L.I.C.E. (Arte e Lúdico na Investigação da Ciência nos Espaços Educativos), realizado em parceria entre a USP, UNIFESP e IFSP.

[1] Este artigo se baseia em um trabalho apresentado no XII Encontro de Pesquisadores em Comunicação e Cultura - Cinema e produção audiovisual - da Universidade de Sorocaba.
Analisis Kesulitan Guru PAUD dalam Membelajarakan IPA pada Anak Usia Dini
Authors: Winarni Dyah Setyaningrum 
Published: February 2019

<p>Pendidikan anak usia dini (PAUD) sebagai dasar pendidikan anak yang lebih tinggi dan menyiapkan generasi pembelajar yang memilki jiwa kompetisi yang sehat sangat penting. Hal tersebut bisa dilakukan melalui pembelajaran sains. Penelitian ini menganalisis kesulitan guru PAUD dalam membelajarkan sains pada anak usia dini. Metode yang digunakan deskriptif kualitatif dengan sampel 35 orang guru PAUD di Kecamatan Tegowanu, Kabupaten Grobogan, Jawa Tengah. Data yang diperoleh dianalisis menggunakan teknik <em>informant review </em>atau umpan balik dari informan oleh Milles dan Hubberman. Untuk menjamin validitas data yang dikumpulkan juga menggunakan <em>teknik triangulasi</em>. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa kesulitan guru PAUD dalam membelajarkan sains pemahaman konsep sains yang masih kaku dengan mengikuti buku acuan, keterbatasan alat, bahan, dan waktu, serta penerapan konsep sains yang belum mengacu pada lingkungan anak usia dini. Berdasarkan hasil penelitian tersebut, maka dapat disimpulkan bahwa kompetensi guru PAUD harus ditingkatkan sesuai dengan tujuan membelajarkan sains pada anak usia dini.</p>
Analisis Kesalahan Mahasiswa Semester V dalam Mengerjakan Soal Pengantar Analisis Real
Authors: Hodiyanto Hodiyanto 
Published: February 2019

<p><em>The purpose of this study was to know: (1) Errors made by V semester students of Mathematics Education in working on the test of real analysis introduction. (2) Causes of errors done by student in working on the test of introduction of real analysis. This research method used descriptive method. Based on analysis of student answers and interviews showed that: (1) Students make errors: provide an option, conclusions given in the answer steps, determine the set of quadratic inequalities settlement, and determine infimum and suremum (2) The causes of the student</em><em> </em><em>error in working on the test of introduction of real analysis are: Students are less in doing the proof, rush in solving problems, rarely solve problems that have high difficulty or high order thinking tests, students are weak in the ability of mathematical proof, and students are also not accustomed in answering questions with a structured pattern.</em></p>
Age-dependent association of pulse wave velocity with coronary artery disease and myocardial aging in high-risk patients
Authors: Georgiopoulos Georgios , Papaioannou Theodore G. , Magkas Nikos , Laina Ageliki , Mareti Alexia , Georgiou Stelios , Mavroeidis Ioannis , Samouilidou Elisa , Delialis Dimitris , Tousoulis Dimitris , Kanakakis John , Stamatelopoulos Kimon 
Published: February 2019

Aims
Progressive arterial stiffening, as a marker of arterial aging, may reach a plateau in elderly patients and may thus lose its clinical utility. This phenomenon may be more prominent in high-risk patients. We aimed to investigate if carotid-to-femoral pulse wave velocity (cf-PWV) is related to coronary artery disease (CAD) and diastolic dysfunction in elderly high-risk patients as compared to a control group of younger individuals.

Methods
One-hundred and ninety-two high-risk stable patients who underwent coronary artery angiography and assessment of cf-PWV were consecutively recruited. Indices of diastolic dysfunction were also measured by echocardiography, including the volume of the left atrium and the ratio of early transmitral peak velocity (E) to the mitral annular early diastolic velocity (E’).

Results
Increased cf-PWV was associated with the presence of CAD [odds ratio (OR) 1.34, P = 0.02], number of diseased coronary vessels (OR 1.17, P = 0.029) and CAD severity (P = 0.023) as assessed by Gensini score, in patients less than 65 years old after adjustment for traditional risk factors. Moreover, cf-PWV correlated with E/E’ (P = 0.019) and increased the odds by 16% (OR 1.16, P = 0.048) for more severe diastolic dysfunction in patients aged below 65 years old. None of these outcomes correlated with cf-PWV in the elderly.

Conclusion
In high cardiovascular risk patients, an age-dependent association of cf-PWV with CAD and diastolic dysfunction was evinced. In contrast to younger patients, these results suggest that measuring arterial stiffness in elderly high-risk patients may lack clinical value.
Characteristics and in-hospital outcome of patients with no ST-segment elevation acute coronary syndrome and no obstructive coronary artery disease in the era of high-sensitivity troponins
Authors: Lanza Gaetano A. , Melita Veronica , Mencarelli Erica , De Vita Antonio , Bisignani Antonio , Manfredonia Laura , Covino Marcello , Crea Filippo 
Published: February 2019

Background
Although some previous studies assessed characteristics and outcome of patients with suspected no-ST-segment elevation acute myocardial infarction (NSTEMI), but no obstructive coronary artery disease (NOCAD) at angiography, most were performed before high-sensitivity troponin assays were available.

Methods and results
We reviewed data of patients admitted to our hospital with a suspicion of NSTEMI between 2013 and 2016. Patients with previous evidence of CAD (except those with fully percutaneous coronary revascularization) were excluded. Patients were divided into those with obstructive CAD and those with NOCAD (no coronary stenosis ≥50% in any vessel). The final population included 430 patients – 317 (73.7%) with CAD and 113 (26.3%) with NOCAD. Compared with CAD, NOCAD patients were younger, more frequently women, and had a lower prevalence of cardiovascular risk factors and peak troponin level. In-hospital death or myocardial infarction occurred in eight (2.5%) and two (1.8%) patients in CAD and NOCAD patients, respectively (P = 1.00). A lower left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) and left main CAD were the only independent predictors of in-hospital death and death or myocardial infarction.

Conclusions
Among patients with suspect NSTEMI, about one-fourth showed NOCAD at angiography in the era of elevated sensitivity troponin assays and when excluding patients with largely predictable obstructive CAD. Higher troponin levels were associated with obstructive CAD, but a lower LVEF and left main disease only predicted in-hospital outcome in this population.
The gentrification approach as an analytical tool in assessing the effects of participatory urban policy
Authors: Drozda Łukasz 
Published: February 2019

Abstract
The objective of the article is to present the assumptions of the gentrification approach, which allows one to assess the impact of public spatial actions undertaken by various actors in the process of social production of space. The study proposes a research methodology that distinguishes the social, economic and spatial dimensions of gentrification. The author makes use of source literature on the subject of gentrification and public policy theories as well as the results of the author’s gentrification research conducted in Warsaw, New York and Istanbul on examples of places that were planned using various types of participatory techniques. The study performs the operationalisation of the measurement of gentrification as a useful analytical tool in policy science.