bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Perceived Need for and Perceived Sufficiency of Mental Health Care in the Canadian Armed Forces
Authors: Fikretoglu Deniz , Liu Aihua , Zamorski Mark A. , Jetly Rakesh 
Published: March 2016

Objectives: Failure to perceive need for care (PNC) is the leading barrier to accessing mental health care. After accessing care, many individuals perceive that their needs were unmet or only partially met, an additional problem related to perceived sufficiency of care (PSC). The Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) invested heavily in workplace mental health in the past decade to improve PNC/PSC; yet, the impact of these investments remains unknown. To assess the impact of these investments, this study 1) captures changes in PNC/PSC over the past decade in the CAF and 2) compares current PNC/PSC between the CAF and civilians. Methods: Data were drawn from the 2013 and 2002 CAF surveys and the 2012 civilian mental health survey (total N = ∼40 000), conducted by Statistics Canada using similar methodology. Exclusions were applied to the civilian sample to make them comparable to the military sample. Prevalence rates for No need, Need met, Need partially met, and Need unmet categories across service types (Information, Medication, Counselling and therapy, Any services) were calculated and compared between 1) the 2 CAF surveys and 2) the 2013 CAF and 2012 civilian surveys after sample matching. Results: Reports of Any need and Need met were higher in the CAF in 2013 than in 2002 by approximately 6% to 8% and 2% to 8%, respectively, and higher in the CAF than in civilians by 3% to 10% and 2% to 8%, respectively. Conclusions: These results suggest that investments in workplace mental health, such as those implemented in the CAF, can lead to improvements in recognizing the need for care (PNC) and subsequently getting those needs met (PSC).
Prevalence Comparison of Past-year Mental Disorders and Suicidal Behaviours in the Canadian Armed Forces and the Canadian General Population
Authors: Rusu Corneliu , Zamorski Mark A. , Boulos David , Garber Bryan G. 
Published: March 2016

Objective: Military personnel in Canada and elsewhere have been found to have higher rates of certain mental disorders relative to their corresponding general populations. However, published Canadian data have only adjusted for age and sex differences between the populations. Additional differences in the sociodemographic composition, labour force characteristics, and childhood trauma exposure in the populations could be driving these prevalence differences. Our objective is to compare the prevalence of past-year mental disorders and suicidal behaviours in the Canadian Armed Forces Regular Force with the rates in a representative, matched sample of Canadians in the general population (CGP). Methods: Data sources were the 2013 Canadian Forces Mental Health Survey and the 2012 Canadian Community Health Survey–Mental Health. CGP sample was restricted to match the age range, employment status, and history of chronic conditions of Regular Force personnel. An iterative proportional fitting method was used to approximate the marginal distribution of sociodemographic and childhood trauma variables in both samples. Results: Relative to the matched CGP, Regular Force personnel had significantly higher rates of past-year major depressive episode, generalized anxiety disorder, and suicide ideation. However, lower rates of alcohol use disorder were seen in Regular Force personnel relative to the matched CGP sample. Conclusions: Factors other than differences in sociodemographic composition and history of childhood trauma account for the excess burden of mental disorders and suicidal behaviours in the Canadian Armed Forces. Explanations to explore in future research include occupational trauma, selection effects, and differences in the context of administration of the 2 surveys.
Using distributional semantics in loanword research: A concept-based approach to quantifying semantic specificity of Anglicisms in Spanish
Authors: Serigos Jacqueline 
Published: March 2016

Aims and objectives: This study aims to redress the paucity of research on the semantics of loanwords, by extending and empirically testing Backus’s ((2001). The role of semantic specificity in insertional codeswitching: Evidence from Dutch-Turkish. Jacobson, Rodolfo (Hg): Codeswitching Worldwide. Bd, 2, 125–154) Specificity Hypothesis – ‘Embedded language elements in code-switching have a high degree of semantic specificity’ (p. 128). Approach: Adopting a concept-based approach to examine loanwords in a large, reliable corpus, the study pursues the following question: Do loanwords have a high degree of semantic specificity relative to their receiving-language equivalents? Specificity is operationalized as an entropy measure of the target word’s environment, the assumption being that more specific words have less variety in their surrounding context. Data and analysis: To test this hypothesis, Anglicisms in a 24-million-word newspaper corpus of Argentine Spanish were processed in three stages: detecting loanwords, selecting semantic equivalents, and measuring specificity. Findings/conclusions: A Wilcoxon Signed-Rank Test revealed that loanwords receive significantly lower entropy scores, that is, they are more specific than their Spanish equivalents. The results suggest a possible motive for adopting loanwords when terms already exist in the source language, namely, to utilize words that provide more nuanced meaning. Originality: Methodologically, this study offers innovative applications of computational methods to loanword research, employing a distributional model to measure entropy. Theoretically, it addresses an underrepresented aspect of loanword adoption, semantics, by extending Backus’s hypothesis to loanwords and increasing its scope to data often viewed as ‘monolingual’. Significance/implications: The conclusions offer novel perspectives on loanwords with existing semantic equivalents, often viewed as ‘unnecessary’ when compared to loanwords that introduce new concepts into the recipient language (e.g. blog). With the notion of specificity, we may understand these loanwords as disruptors to the semantic system of the recipient language, dividing up the semantic space formerly occupied solely by the native equivalent, thus increasing the level of nuance expressed in the original concept.
Stroke incidence, prevalence and mortality in women worldwide
Authors: Arnao Valentina , Acciarresi Monica , Cittadini Elisabetta , Caso Valeria 
Published: March 2016

Background The study of sex differences on stroke incidence, prevalence and mortality is an emerging field of stroke epidemiology and care. Aims This study sought to determine the information available on stroke epidemiology in women worldwide and possible sex differences in stroke epidemiology, and, if so, describe the nature of these differences and whether they are consistent across countries/groups of countries. Summary We searched the available literature in English published between 1 January 2008 and 5 May 2015. Out of 17.789 papers only 56 peer-reviewed papers (29 community-based studies, 17 retrospective studies, 6 reviews, and 4 cross-sectional studies) have been included in the study. This review adopted the epidemiologic transition theory, which classifies countries into four stages according to their levels of industrialization and economy. For the first and second stages, reliable registries and health certification are lacking, and therefore our sought after data were very limited. In the third stage, specifically for Eastern Europe (post-socialist countries), the burden from stroke in women was on the rise, while in the fourth stage, despite an aging population, decreases in stroke incidence, prevalence and mortality have been observed, even in subjects older than 80 years for both sexes. However, regarding studies of US populations, these trends for women were less pronounced for African Americans, and Hispanics as well as Indians. This suggests a “gender-gap” regarding access to treatment and care. In conclusion, identifying the presence of differing global burden between the sexes will allow us to better understand how to prevent, treat, and manage both men and women.
Therapy satisfaction and adherence in patients with relapsing–remitting multiple sclerosis: the THEPA-MS survey
Authors: Haase Rocco , Kullmann Jennifer S. , Ziemssen Tjalf 
Published: March 2016

Background: Improved clinical effectiveness and therefore positive modification of multiple sclerosis (MS) with basic therapy can be achieved by long-term regular intake of drugs as prescribed but investigations have shown that a high percentage of patients do not take their medications as prescribed. Objectives: We assessed the satisfaction and adherence of patients with MS with their current disease-modifying treatment under clinical practice conditions. We compared different facets of satisfaction as well as their internal relationship and identified predictors in an exploratory manner. Methods: Therapy satisfaction in patients with relapsing–remitting multiple sclerosis (THEPA-MS) was a noninterventional, prospective cross-sectional study performed throughout Germany in 2013 and 2014, and included patients with clinically isolated syndrome or relapsing–remitting MS. We applied a standardized approach to document satisfaction and adherence by patient-reported outcomes (Treatment Satisfaction Questionnaire for Medication) as well as by physician ratings. Results: Of 3312 patients with a mean age of 43.7 years, 73.3% were women and the mean level of disability according to the Expanded Disability Status Scale was 2.29; 13.3% did not receive any medication at the time of documentation, 21.3% received interferon β1a intramuscularly, 20.7% had interferon β1a subcutaneously, 17.0% had interferon β1b subcutaneously and 23.7% had glatiramer acetate. Adherence rates varied between 60% (lifetime) and 96.5% (current medication). Differences between current medications were found for side effects and convenience scores but not for effectiveness, satisfaction and adherence. Higher global satisfaction and effectiveness were associated with fewer relapses, longer duration of medication, lower disability score and the absence of several side effects. Conclusion: In a connected model of patient satisfaction, effectiveness, side effects, convenience and adherence, patients’ individual needs and concerns have to be addressed. Most differences were found with respect to side effects and convenience of treatment. Therefore, an improvement in these two domains seems to be the most promising proximate approach to elevate adherence levels.
Post-chikungunya chronic inflammatory rheumatism: results from a retrospective follow-up study of 283 adult and child cases in La Virginia, Risaralda, Colombia
Authors: Rodriguez-Morales Alfonso J. , Gil-Restrepo Andrés F. , Ramírez-Jaramillo Valeria , Montoya-Arias Cindy P. , Acevedo-Mendoza Wilmer F. , Bedoya-Arias Juan E. , Chica-Quintero Laura A. , Murillo-García David R. , García-Robledo Juan E. , Castrillón-Spitia Juan D. , Londoño Jose J. , Bedoya-Rendón Hector D. , Cárdenas-Pérez Javier de Jesús , Cardona-Ospina Jaime A. , Lagos-Grisales Guillermo J. 
Published: March 2016

Objective: There are limited studies in Latin America regarding the chronic consequences of the Chikungunya virus (CHIK), such as post-CHIK chronic inflammatory rheumatism (pCHIK-CIR). We assessed the largest cohort so far of pCHIK-CIR in Latin America, at the municipality of La Virginia, Risaralda, a new endemic area of CHIK in Colombia.Methods: We conducted a cohort retrospective study in Colombia of 283 patients diagnosed with CHIK that persisted with pCHIK-CIR after a minimum of 6 weeks and up to a maximum of 26.1 weeks. pCHIK cases were identified according to validated criteria via telephone.Results: Of the total CHIK-infected subjects, 152 (53.7%) reported persistent rheumatological symptoms (pCHIK-CIR). All of these patients reported joint pains (chronic polyarthralgia, pCHIK-CPA), 49.5% morning stiffness, 40.6% joint edema, and 16.6% joint redness. Of all patients, 19.4% required and attended for care prior to the current study assessment (1.4% consulting rheumatologists). Significant differences in the frequency were observed according to age groups and gender. Patients aged >40 years old required more medical attention (39.5%) than those ≤40 years-old (12.1%) (RR=4.748, 95%CI 2.550-8.840).Conclusions: According to our results, at least half of the patients with CHIK developed chronic rheumatologic sequelae, and from those with pCHIK-CPA, nearly half presented clinical symptoms consistent with inflammatory forms of the disease. These results support previous estimates obtained from pooled data of studies in La Reunion (France) and India and are consistent with the results published previously from other Colombian cohorts in Venadillo (Tolima) and Since (Sucre).
Kondisi perairan dan struktur komunitas makrozoobentos di Sungai Belumai Kabupaten Deli Serdang Provinsi Sumatera Utara
Authors: Dian Fisesa Erni , Setyobudiandi Isdradjad , Krisanti Majariana 
Published: March 2016

Abstract. The objective of the present study was to examine the water quality and macrozoobenthos community of Belumai, North Sumatra. The study was conducted from March to May 2013 at three sampling locations for three times sampling with one month interval. The water quality parameters which recorded in the study was temperature, current velocity, stream width, depth, turbidity, pH, DO, COD, TOM. The results shows that the Belumai River has a high turbidity level (163.57 - 242.6 NTU) and COD have passed the threshold standard class 1, which is intended to standards drinking water. The dominant macrozoobenthos was the Oligochaeta (79%). The Agglomerative Hierarchical Clustering (AHC) is displaying 2 group where the group A (station 1) has a fairly good water conditions characterized by the presence of organisms that are facultative i.e. Gastropoda, while group B (station 2,3, and 4) was considered as polluted areas indicating by the present of a dominant macrocoobenthos fauna of Oligochaeta. The Oligocheata is a tolerant fauna and as indication of pollution.Keywords: Belumai River; Water quality; Macrozoobenthic diversity Abstrak. Penelitian ini bertujuan menilai kondisi perairan dan komunitas makrozoobentos di Sungai Belumai, Sumatera Utara. Penelitian dilakukan pada Bulan Maret sampai Mei 2013 di empat 4 stasiun, pengambilan sampel dilakukan sebanyak tiga kali dengan interval sebulan sekali. Parameter yang diukur adalah suhu air, kecepatan arus, lebar sungai, kedalaman, kekeruhan, pH, DO, COD, TOM, dan Makrozoobentos. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa Sungai Belumai memiliki tingkat kekeruhan yang tinggi yaitu 163,57 – 242,6 NTU dan nilai COD telah melewati ambang batas baku mutu kelas 1, yang diperuntukkan untuk baku mutu air minum. Makrozoobentos yang mendominasi yaitu dari kelas Oligochaeta sebesar 79%. Analisis Agglomerative Hierarchical Clustering (AHC), menghasilkan 2 kelompok dendogram, yaitu kelompok A (Stasiun 1) memiliki kondisi perairan yang cukup baik ditandai dengan keberadaan organisme yang bersifat fakultatif yaitu dari kelas Gastropoda sedangkan kelompok B (Stasiun 2,3, dan 4) telah tercemar ditandai dengan keberadaan organisme dari kelas Oligochaeta yang jumlahnya mendominasi. Oligochaeta merupakan organisme yang memiliki sifat toleran terhadap bahan pencemar dan menjadi indikasi adanya pencemaran.Kata kunci : Sungai Belumai; Kualitas air; Keanekaragaman Makrozoobentos
Alternatif Lokasi Terminal Sebagai Pusat Pertumbuhan Ekonomi di Doloksanggul Kabupaten Humbang Hasundutan
Authors: Simamora Jusmar Effendi , Asnawi Asnawi 
Published: March 2016

<p class="Abstract">Doloksanggul sebagai Ibukota Kabupaten Humbang Hasundutan sekaligus sebagai pusat pertumbuhan ekonomi hingga saat ini belum memiliki prasarana terminal. Akibatnya muncul terminal bayangan yang membuat kesemrawutan kota dan rendahnya kualitas jasa pelayanan angkutan umum, sehingga konektivitas antar dan intra pusat pertumbuhan ekonomi terganggu. Sementara terminal sebagai salah satu elemen transportasi darat dapat menimbulkan efek ekonomi berganda (multiplier effect) terhadap ekonomi lokal maupun regional, sehingga memiliki peran yang sangat strategis dalam mendukung pusat pertumbuhan ekonomi. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menentukan lokasi terminal yang mampu mendukung Doloksanggul sebagai pusat pertumbuhan ekonomi di Kabupaten Humbang Hasundutan melalui penilaian kriteria-kriteria yang dipakai. Untuk mencapai tujuan penelitian digunakan pendekatan kualitatif-deskriptif dan kuantitatif-deskriptif dengan menggunakan teknik purposive sampling, dengan membatasi responden hanya yang terkait langsung dengan permasalahan, yaitu pihak regulator, operator dan pengguna (penumpang). Metode analisis yang digunakan adalah metode Proses Hierarki Analitik (PHA), karena merupakan metode yang fleksibel dalam mengambil keputusan dengan mengkombinasikan berbagai pertimbangan untuk memperoleh pemecahan permasalahan multi kriteria. Kriteria yang dirumuskan adalah kemudahan aksesibilitas dari dan ke lokasi terminal, ketersediaan jaringan transportasi, tujuan akhir trayek angkutan umum AKAP/AKDP, berdekatan dengan pasar induk, terletak di pusat kota. Alternatif lokasi terminal terletak di Desa Bonanionan, Desa Pasaribu dan Desa Simangaronsang. Berdasarkan hasil analisis diperoleh bahwa lokasi terbaik adalah Desa Bonanionan dengan nilai 0,6022 (60,22%) disusul Desa Pasaribu dengan nilai 0,3073 (30,73%) dan yang terakhir adalah Desa Simangaronsang dengan nilai 0,0905 (9,05%).</p>
Penataan Taman Tirto Agung sebagai Ruang Publik di Kecamatan Banyumanik Semarang
Authors: Alda Aulia Finti , . Nurini 
Published: March 2016

Taman sebagai ruang publik harus memenuhi standar yang baik terutama dalam hal perancangan kota dan ketersedian fasilitas. Penyediaan fasilitas tersebut juga perlu disesuaikan terhadap jenis taman dan peninjauan terhadap kebutuhan masyarakat. Dalam hal ini, analisis yang dilakukan bertujuan untuk melakukan penataan taman yaitu dengan menggunakan metode kuantitaf dengan teknik analisa deskriptif. Teknik tersebut berdasarkan pada aspek pengukuran secara objektif terhadap fenomena sosial. Metode analisis yang digunakan untuk mengolah data yaitu analisis karakteristik pengunjung, aspek pendukung taman, serta analisis perancangaan. Selain itu, data yang perlu diperhatikan yaitu tentang jenis fasilitas publik yang relevan, serta data mengenai persepsi masyarakat akan kebutuhan ruang publik. Rencana konsep penataan yang akan diterapkan pada taman Tirto Agung ini yaitu “Banyumanik Green Park”. Konsep tersebut menjelaskan tentang suatu taman di Banyumanik yang mempertimbangkan aspek hijau/ lingkungan. Dalam kegiatan penataan pada taman Tirto Agung ini, disesuaikan dengan kebutuhan masyarakat terkait fungsi ekologi, fungsi estetika, fungsi kesehatan, fungsi rekreasi dan fungsi ekonomi dari ruang terbuka hijau, sehingga taman ini dapat digunakan sebagai wadah bagi aktivitas masyarakat kota yang dapat dinikmati oleh semua kelompok umur dengan penataan lansekap yang dapat meningkatkan nilai estetika dari suatu kawasan taman.
POLA ADAPTASI MASYARAKAT PESISIR GENUK KOTA SEMARANG (Patterns of Community Adaptation to Environmental Degradation in Genuk Coastal Area, Semarang)
Authors: Sariffuddin S , Wijaya Arwan Putra 
Published: March 2016

Globalization brings many consequences for Indonesian urban development and the communities. Industrialization is one of them. Globalization also brings policy transformation affecting the community’s welfare and lifestyle. One of the indicators is that local values have started to fade. The similar condition also occurs in fishermen’s and fish farmers’ settlements in Semarang, which have transformed into industrial settlements in 1980s during the industrialization period. Land conversion occurred in a short time from ponds and rice fields into factories, warehouses, and new labor’s settlements. It did not take a long time for the community’s local values to transform into the new ones influenced by the welfare level of the new community. Based on the phenomena, this study aims to understand the lifestyle of the community and its influence in managing the housing environment with Genuk coastal area of Semarang City as a case. This research has three objectives: to understand the motivation to urbanization, to comprehend the neighborhoods’ conditions, and to comprehend the influence of community’s lifestyle towards the settlement condition. In achieving the objectives, the qualitative approach supported by some quantitative data is used. The results show that there are three classes of the community influencing the environmental management. It is found that the people’s migration reasons had a big influence for the environmental management. In this case, the middle-class community is a key stakeholder to overcome the environmental problems. It becomes good initiator. On the contrary, the lower class has a less role in dealing with the environmental problems. It has even a big contribution on environmental degradation. Meanwhile, the upper class pays less attention to the environment. Only a little part of it, especially the local one, is willing to take part in the environmental management. The middle-class people consider that the problems arise due to the inappropriate planning. Unfortunately, they are not capable of dealing with the problems. On the contrary, the upper-class people consider that the issues arise from the lower class behavior that does not pay attention to the environment. As a consequence, the upper-class community is not willing to address the problems.
Sex determination from femora in late antique sample from Eastern Adriatic coast (Salona necropolis)
Authors: Jerković Ivan , Bašić Željana , Kružić Ivana , Anđelinović Šimun 
Published: March 2016

The determination of sex is one of the first steps in anthropological analysis. When skeletal remains are fragmented, the most useful approach is application of osteometric methods. The methods are population specific, and therefore require development of discriminant functions for each population group.
The aim of this study was to test sexual dimorphism of femoral measurements and to calculate discriminant functions applicable for sex determination on fragmented skeletal remains on the late antique sample from the Eastern Adriatic coast (2nd–6th century AD).
214 randomly chosen skeletons from the excavation site Solin-Smiljanovac were analyzed. Sex and age were assessed using standard anthropological methods, and skeletons were examined for pathologic and traumatic changes. In the next step, we selected 27 female and 48 male skeletons free of peri- or post-mortem changes that could affect measurements Eight standard femoral measurements were taken. Sexual dimorphism was initially compared using independent sample t test, after which discriminant functions were computed.
All femoral measurements showed statistically significant sexual dimorphism (p<0.001). Ten discriminant functions for every part of femur were calculated and obtained classification accuracy of 73.1–91.8%.
This study reached relatively high classification, which will improve further analysis of the skeletal remainsn from the Salona necropolis. Due to similar population structure in the Roman period across the Adriatic coast, the discriminant functions could be applicable for all populations from the same period and area. This study also raised a few methodological questions showing that when creating discriminant functions we should consider not only the accuracy, but also the applicability based on the experience from the anthropology laboratory that considers the state of preservation and frequent pathology.