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Associations between alcohol use and outcome of psychological treatment in specialist psychiatric care – a cohort study
Authors: Lundkvist Jan Erik , Georgsson Katarina , Carlbring Per , Johansson Robert , Ljungberg Tomas , Wallhed Finn Sara , Anderbro Therese 
Published: June 2024

BackgroundAlcohol-related issues are widespread worldwide and are fairly substantial. Numerous studies have identified and clarified the effects and prevalence of alcohol use across different contexts. However, when it comes to the prevalence of alcohol in psychiatry and its impact on treatment outcomes compared to other patient groups, studies are relatively scarce, and results often vary, sometimes with different outcomes. This study focuses on investigating the effectiveness of psychological treatment in psychiatric clinics for outpatients, considering those with and without hazardous alcohol use under naturalistic conditions.MethodsPatients were recruited between 2012 and 2016 from psychiatric clinics in Sormland, Sweden, as part of the regular services. Patients completed symptom assessment instruments regarding depression, anxiety, quality-of-life, and alcohol consumption at the beginning of their psychological treatment, upon completion, and during a follow-up 1 year after completion. Completion of questionnaires was ongoing for some patients until 2021. A total of 324 patients were included in the study, distributed among 59 participating therapists.ResultsAmong all patients in the study, 30.2% showed hazardous alcohol use at the start of their psychological treatment, with a higher proportion being men. There was a significant reduction in the proportion of patients with hazardous use and a notable decrease in the mean audit score upon completion of psychological treatment. At follow-up, there was no significant change compared to completion. There were 31.2% of the patients who achieved recovery or improvement in the audit score upon completion of treatment. Patients with hazardous alcohol use consistently scored higher mean values on the symptom assessment instruments and lower on the quality-of-life instrument at the beginning. More individuals with hazardous alcohol use typically achieved better results across all outcome instruments at both at completion and follow-up.ConclusionPatients with hazardous alcohol use demonstrate significant improvements in their alcohol consumption through standard psychological treatment in psychiatry, despite the treatment not specifically focusing on alcohol consumption. The progress/improvement appears to be largely maintained at follow-up. Moreover, patients with hazardous alcohol use tend to show greater progress across all outcome instruments. No significant gender differences were detected in this context.
A cross-sectional study of predictive factors of health literacy among rheumatoid arthritis patients in China
Authors: Liu Ting , Meng Weifen , Wang Wenlong , Sun Guomin , Chen Xi , Lu Yan , Qin Weiping , Wang Yan , Zhang Lu , Zheng SuHua 
Published: June 2024

ObjectiveTo investigate the factors that influence health literacy (HL) among Chinese patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and furnish theoretical underpinnings for the development of intervention strategies aimed at enhancing patients’ quality of life.MethodsFrom May 2022 to December 2022, a comprehensive survey was conducted among both outpatients and inpatients diagnosed with (RA) in a tertiary hospital in China. The survey utilized various instruments, including a general information questionnaire, a chronic disease patient health literacy scale, the Health Assessment Questionnaire-Disability Index (HAQ-DI), the Chinese-translated Rheumatoid Arthritis Self-Efficacy Scale, the Chinese-translated Rheumatoid Arthritis Stigma Scale, and the Chinese-translated Compliance Questionnaire for Rheumatology Treatments.ResultsThe average scores of HL, self-efficacy, medication adherence, and disability index were 83.54 ± 17.43, 84.91 ± 14.37, 70.16 ± 11.24, and 0.26 ± 0.44, respectively. HL in Chinese RA patients was negatively correlated with age, erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR), number of tender joints, number of swollen joints, and disease activity, while positively correlated with self-efficacy and medication adherence. Age, disease activity, disability index, self-efficacy, and medication adherence are predictive factors of HL, and a predictive model has been initially constructed.ConclusionIn the management of RA, healthcare professionals should develop and implement effective intervention measures by focusing on improving medication adherence, enhancing patients’ self-efficacy, improving patients’ physical function, and reducing disease activity. This will help enhance the health literacy and promote clinical outcomes in RA patients.
Relationship between serum inflammatory cytokines and suicide risk in patients with major depressive disorder
Authors: Yang Yiyue , Gu Kaiqi , Li Jing 
Published: June 2024

BackgroundStudies have shown that increased inflammatory cytokines are associated with suicide risk, but the relationship between suicide risk and inflammatory cytokines is not clear. This study aimed to investigate the relationship between specific inflammatory markers and suicide risk in patients with MDD.MethodsThis is a cross-sectional study. Firstly, we measured and compared psychological characteristics and 10 peripheral inflammatory cytokines in 130 MDD patients and 130 healthy controls(HC). Secondly, MDD patients were divided into 4 groups according to the severity of suicide risk for comparison between groups. Finally, multiple linear regression analysis was used to explore the predictors of suicide risk.ResultsWe found that the group with higher suicide risk had higher levels of IL-6, CRP, TNF-α, CXCL-2, and IFN-γ, and lower levels of IL-2 and IL-8 (all p&lt;0.01). However, we found no difference in CRP between MIS and LS groups (p=0.337). Regression models were well-fitted. IL-2,IL-8 negatively predicted suicide risk (all p&lt;0.05),IL-6,CRP,TNF-α,CXCL-2, and IFN-γ can positively predict the risk of suicide (all p&lt;0.05).LimitationsThis study employed a self-assessment scale.ConclusionsThe higher the levels of IL-6, CRP, TNF-α, CXCL-2, and IFN-γ and the lower the levels of IL-2 and IL-8 of MDD patients, the higher the risk of suicide.
Case Report: Epithelioid angiosarcoma of the pleura
Authors: Dörr-Jerat Niels Michael , May Claus , Knolle Jürgen , Schmidt Sylke , Krüger Marcus 
Published: June 2024

IntroductionWe present the case of a patient with recurrent bilateral hemothorax. After misdiagnosis despite several histological samples, a pleural manifestation of epithelioid angiosarcoma was diagnosed by further immunohistological staining. Based on this situation, we aim to sensitize the reader to this rare disease.Main concerns and important clinical findingsA 73-year-old fully conscious woman presented with dyspnea for 3 days. She was in stable general condition, pain was denied, she had a history of cigarette smoking, she had no cardiopulmonary events, and she was not receiving any anticoagulation medication. Physical examination revealed decreased breath sounds on the left side, and her hemoglobin level was 7.0 mmol/L.Primary diagnoses, interventions, and outcomesThe initial chest x-ray showed a left-sided effusion. Hemothorax was then diagnosed. Further investigation revealed no evidence of malignancy (CT, EBUS, cytology, etc.). VATS was performed, and biopsies of pleural lesions did not reveal congruent findings for the hemothorax. Due to recurrent bilateral hemothorax with the need for erythrocyte transfusion, the patient underwent several operations, including histological sampling, without evidence of malignancy. After further processing, an additional pathological report revealed an epithelioid angiosarcoma defined by massively proliferating epithelioid cells strongly positive for ERG and CD31 and negative for CD34. The neoplastic cells coexpressed D2-40 (podoplanin). Finally, due to multiple cerebral metastases, palliative therapy was indicated.ConclusionPhysicians and pathologists treating spontaneous hemothorax need to have broad knowledge of the possible, sometimes rare, etiologies. If the clinical course and intraoperative findings do not agree with the histopathological results, this finding must be questioned, and further immunohistochemical staining is mandatory. Thus, in the case of recurrent hemothorax, angiosarcoma of the pleura should also be considered for differential diagnosis.
El control interno y la cultura organizacional en las empresas del cantón Sucre
Authors: Pazmiño Chica Vicente Eduardo , Rengifo Herradez Karina Clarismar 
Published: June 2024

Este estudio tiene como objetivo general determinar la incidencia del control interno en la cultura organizacional en las empresas del cantón Sucre, enfocándose al área de talento humano, en el proceso de reclutamiento y selección de personal. Se apoyó en una revisión bibliográfica y el análisis de la situación actual mediante un estudio empírico evidenciado en las empresas de la región, utilizando un instrumento de 36 ítems con escala de Likert diseñado con apoyo en autores previos, sometido a procesos de validez y confiabilidad. La población fue de 36 sujetos y no se seleccionó muestra alguna. Se realizó un estudio cuantitativo, de diseño no experimental de campo y nivel descriptivo. El tratamiento de los datos se apoyó en la estadística descriptiva para los datos cuantitativos y la estadística inferencial para determinar la incidencia del control interno en la cultura organizacional utilizando la correlación de Spearman, según la prueba de normalidad aplicada (Kolmogorov-Smirnov). Como resultado se obtuvo que, los sujetos encuestados están en desacuerdo con los procedimientos que se llevan a cabo en la contratación del personal y que el control interno en el proceso es poco riguroso. Por lo tanto, se concluye que existe una correlación significativa entre el control interno y la cultura organizacional, por ende, mientras mayor control interno exista en las áreas de las empresas, el proceso de selección para cargos será más claro y sin preferencias.
Evaluación de riesgos en auditorías para planear valor agregado en la gestión de proceso
Authors: Gómez Avilés Bismayda , Hernández Abreu Ailén , Plaza Macías Nila Marisol , Medrano García Yitsy 
Published: June 2024

La implantación de las nuevas Normas Cubanas de Auditoría, respecto a la identificación de riesgos en los procesos auditables, necesitan cumplir con las exigencias de las ISO 31010:2015 respecto al análisis de riesgo. La integración de herramientas que aportan elementos esenciales de medición y control, permitieron estructurar una metodología de carácter descriptiva sustentada en una investigación cuantitativa, no experimental. Se propone como objetivo desarrollar un procedimiento de evaluación de riesgos en auditorías de cumplimiento, para alinear la planeación de valor agregado en la gestión de proceso. En la implementación del procedimiento, se efectúa la fase de seguimiento de la auditoría en el transcurso de la acción de control y se logró cambiar la categoría de calificación del sistema en los 30 días de ejecución. En los resultados se presenta una disminución de riesgos y del número de no conformidades, se logró estabilidad para los procesos relacionados con el tema auditado (combustible), expresado en una reducción de variabilidad respecto al inicio de la auditoría. De esta forma se establece un aporte a la mejora de la organización auditada y establecer un nuevo nivel de control de calidad, para las próximas auditorias.
Rational Thinking in Complex Qualitative Business and Management Research Using Systems Methodologies.
Authors: De Villez Julian 
Published: June 2024

This paper describes the application of Systems Methodologies when dealing with complex qualitative business and management research studies, when seen in their true light, as “wicked projects”. It will demonstrate the power, flexibility and effectiveness of these approaches. This paper focuses on studies undertaken by mostly part-time postgraduate students on Business and Management related degrees who are managers in their full-time roles. Such research studies in the “messy” real world often deal with complex, difficult, unstructured and ill-defined problematic situations, with many stakeholders, multi-perspectives, uncertainties, soft factors. Hence “wicked projects”. Systems methodologies and Soft OR (Operational Research) are very suitable approaches for structuring the research project, gathering data, carrying out rigorous analysis, and enabling clear, unbiased and rational thinking. They provide the researcher with a fully informed holistic approach. They have been employed successfully by the author, when supervising, or in collaboration with students undertaking research studies or dissertations. Soft systems methodologies are not mainstream, and thus are often ignored in university research methods courses, and rarely mentioned in business research methods books. Yet they help the student design the project, help the supervisor guide the project, enable clear communications between the participants in the research, and aid collaboration. They are highly efficient and effective, and will deliver “joined-up thinking!” The paper will describe the studies carried out, and methods and techniques chosen. They have proved of real value to the students, not only in their degrees but also in the learning and development needed for their ongoing managerial roles, to the organisations in question, and to advance knowledge in the particular field.
The Influence of Demographic Factors on Creativity Level of Undergraduate Agricultural Students
Authors: Mavhungu Mbulaheni Lordwin 
Published: June 2024

The purpose of this study is to establish the influence of demographic factors on the creativity level of undergraduate agricultural students. It seeks to understand how gender, status of family owned business, field of study, and place of upbringing affect the creativity level of these students. The research adopts a quantitative approach, using a self-administered questionnaire. The survey data, collected from 421 participants, is analyzed using structural equation modelling. Hypotheses are statistically tested to establish the relationships between demographic factors and creativity level of undergarduates students. The survey data for this research was collected through a self-administered questionnaire. The participants were undergraduate agricultural students from various South African universities. To statistically test the hypotheses and analyze the relationships between demographic factors and the creative level, structural equation modelling was used. The study reveals that all demographic factors do not significantly influence creativity level of agricultural students. This suggests that gender, status of family owned business, field of study, and place of upbringing are not reliable indicators to test creativity level of undergraduate agricultural students. This research adds to the existing creativity literature on entrepreneurship by providing insights into the role of demographic factors in shaping the creativity level of agricultural students. It contributes to an understanding of how these factors influence students' perception on their creative abilities. The findings highlight the grounds of not considering demographic factors when evaluating creativity in educational settings.
On the Use of Generative AI for Literature Reviews: An Exploration of Tools and Techniques
Authors: Mozelius Peter , Humble Niklas 
Published: June 2024

To carry out a literature review often involves hard and tedious work. There is a tradition of using facilitating tools, that extended to the AI field in 2018 when iris.ai appeared. Today, in the emerging field of Generative AI tools based on Large Language Models, there has been rapid development of new literature search tools and approaches. This study has the aim of exploring this vast array of Generative AI tools, in a literature study where some of the found tools were used to facilitate the selection of relevant publication. Three research questions guided this study: RQ1) "What Generative AI tools can be found in literature?", RQ2) "Which of these tools could be of use in the literature review conducted in this study, and how?", and RQ3) "What are the ethical aspects of using Generative AI tools in literature studies?” The approach has been a scoping review, built around a search that combined the keywords: "AI supported", "AI generated", "AI based" and "Literature review". An initial result set was filtered with inclusion exclusion criteria in a strive for an interesting quality answer to the research questions. However, most publications that passed the filtering lacked any potential to contribute to answer the research questions. The most interesting finding in the first search was a hint about the new feature 'Scopus AI'. A new search with the Scopus AI tool resulted in a small but very relevant set of publications. These publications were analysed in a deductive inductive thematic analysis, and primary sorted into the categories of: 'Generative AI Tools', 'Supportive AI Techniques', and 'Ethical Issues'. Findings indicate that there is a wide variety of tools that can facilitate the skimming process of a literature, and to provide adequate summaries of retrieved publication. However, authors recommendation is to keep the tools on the facilitating support level, and that the main analysis and conclusion should be human conducted. With this, rather traditional approach, researchers will have clearly less ethical issues to consider. Finally, the ethical aspects of Generative AI tools in research ought to be investigated more in detail, in a separate future study.
Peningkatan Kemampuan Literasi Siswa SMAN 1 Mulak Ulu Kabupaten Lahat
Authors: Santati Parama , Zunaidah Zunaidah , Putri Melisa Ariani , Eogenie Eogenie , Akagani Apriyan , Sintia Sintia 
Published: June 2024

Purpose: To improve reading and writing skills to increase the critical thinking ability of students at SMAN 1 Mulak Ulu, Lahat Regency.
Methodology/approach: This training was conducted at SMAN 1 Mulak Ulu, with a total of 25 students participating. The methods used were lectures, class discussions, field observations in the school area, and writing a short observation report. Reading activities were carried out independently by giving books to the students. Evaluation is carried out by assessing observation reports and collecting participants' responses regarding the training via Google Forms.
Results/Findings: The participants were very enthusiastic about actively asking and answering the instructor's questions. Interactive activities were carried out in the form of field observations, reading books, writing a short observation report, and a summary of the book reading. Evaluation of the observation reports showed that 64% of the participants had good writing skills. On average, participants had good knowledge of linguistic rules, but their ability to summarize reading still needs to be improved. Most participants stated that this program made a very good contribution to improving their skills and knowledge of writing scientific papers and reading. Thus, this kind of training needs to be continued to improve students' critical thinking abilities.
Limitations: The number of participants was relatively small and only in one school. Training is still limited to literacy, so it needs to be developed for other skills
Contribution: This training is very useful for students to improve their literacy skills.
The Efficaccy of Roundtable Technique on EFL Students' Writing Skills: An Experience Learned from a Remote Area
Authors: Jusmin HJ Wahid  , Iwan Irawan  , Shuai Ma  , Moh Julfandi Koroy  
Published: June 2024

Writing is a skill to express ideas and thoughts to make a message explicit. To arrange an idea in written text the students’ need soft skill in completing a text; grammar, punctuation, and vocabulary are the most important aspect in the writing skill that should be mastered by the students organizing the ideas. To attain the students' comprehend and overcome the obstacles in the writing skill, the researchers implementing a roundtable technique in the teaching process.The research aims to investigate the efficacy of the roundtable technique on EFL students' writing skills. Then, the researchers implement quasi-experimental design, Totally 46 students in each class. In addition, the researchers implement writing test as research instrument. The finding showed that the Roundtable technique is an effective way to improve students' writing skills and can stimulate students' attention to the writing skills. In addition, students found their identity and were more confident in elaborating the good ideas. The two classes proved that the significance of the experimental class is higher than the control and the significant score is 0.0. This means that the roundtable technique is an effective way to implement in the classroom. It can encourage students to more focus on the issue and update the new information to improve their writing skills. Moreover, it is an enjoyable technique to implement in the classroom to create a good atmosphere and can improve students' attention in the writing process. Roundtable As a recommended solution to the English teachers and lecturers in prioritize to students writing skills. These is design to specifically improve students' grammar, punctuation, and vocabulary mastery in writing skills.
PENGARUH KEPUASAN PARTNER PROPERTI TERHADAP LOYALITAS DI URBANVIEW REDDOORZ INDONESIA
Authors: Hutasoit Desni F , Djamhur Ina Gandawati , Astuti Titin 
Published: June 2024

Salah satu layanan akomodasi yang dapat digunakan dalam industri perhotelan saat ini adalah jasa layanan yang berbasis platform online. RedDoorz merupakan jaringan penginapan budget online terbesar di Indonesia yang memiliki lima brand, salah satunya adalah Urbanview. Dalam kurun waktu lima tahun terakhir sejak 2019 terjadi peningkatan jumlah inactive pada brand Urbanview, yang berarti properti Urbanview menghentikan kemitraan dengan RedDoorz Tujuan dari penelitian ini adalah untuk menganalisis tingkat kepuasan, tingkat loyalitas, serta pengaruh kepuasan terhadap loyalitas partner. Metode penelitian yang digunakan adalah deskriptif kuantitatif. Sampel dalam penelitian ini menggunakan purpose sampling, dengan jumlah responden sebanyak 100 yang merupakan partner yaitu pemiliki Urbanview. Teknik pengumpulan data dilakukan dengan menyebarkan kuesioner yang dikirim melalui google form. Kemudian, dihitung dan dianalisis dengan penggunaan SPSS. Hasilnya adalah tingkat kepuasan partner rata-rata sebesar 4.10 tingkat loyalitas partner rata-rata sebesar 4.05 dan pengaruh kepuasan terhadap loyalitas adalah koefisien determinasi (R2) = 0.782, hal ini menunjukkan bahwa sebesar 78.2% nilai loyalitas properti urbanview ditentukan oleh kepuasan partner properti urbanview. Disarankan Manajemen RedDoorz perlu memperhatikan kesesuaian harga berdasarkan kesepakatan serta konsisten dan komit menerapkan SOP pelayanan.