bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Curve Analysis After Bracing in Scoliosis Patients
Authors: Tiara Oktariza Rury , Indriyani Indriyani , Nada Utami Ecian , Maulana Erwin 
Published: June 2024

Bracing is one of the scoliosis treatment methods recommended for patients with a curve of 25° to 40° still growing child or with curves less than 25°. Bracing aims to prevent the progression of curvature. This study aimed to evaluate the decrease in the Cobb angle after a 3-month bracing in scoliosis patients. We retrospectively reviewed the medical records of 67 scoliosis patients for age, gender, and the Cobb angle before and after wearing a brace for 3 months. The data was analyzed using a paired t-test with a confidence level of 95%. The research results showed that scoliosis is predominant in females (76.12%) and at 10-15 years old (60.78%). The mean pre-brace Cobb angle of 24.94° (±7.24) was reduced significantly (P < 0.001) to 16.37° (±7.34). The use of a brace in scoliosis patients, especially teenagers, can correct the curvature of the spine.
Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality-Based Digital Pattern Design in the Context of the Blockchain Technology Framework
Authors: Wang Youjian , Sheng Muling , Ghani Dahlan Abdul 
Published: June 2024

<p>Through an in-depth analysis and evaluation of digital design in traditional graphic art, this paper focuses specifically on how blockchain can enhance the digital representation and management of these designs. The integration of AI and digital design art is taking a major leap forward, breathing new life into traditional cultural elements by harnessing AI's capabilities to create immersive interactive experiences. This paper uses fuzzy comprehensive evaluation method to evaluate the digital design of classic pattern art, highlighting the richness, interest, innovation and digitalization of pattern. Blockchain technology provides a secure and decentralized platform for the storage and verification of digital graphic art, preserving the cultural and artistic value of the design. By linking digital design to blockchain, we can create a transparent and verifiable record of the creation and ownership of each artwork, promoting ethical practices in the digital art market. The study shows that the combination of VR and AR with blockchain technology not only revolutionizes the way traditional Chinese pictorial paintings are perceived and appreciated, but also provides a powerful framework for managing and protecting related digital assets. The final scores obtained through the fuzzy comprehensive evaluation - 86.17 for richness, 89.24 for liking, 90.61 for innovation, and 91.38 for digitalization - underscore the significant advantages that the application of these technologies brings to the digital design of traditional pattern art.In conclusion, the application of blockchain technology in the realm of digital design of traditional pattern art is not merely a technological advancement but a cultural and ethical imperative. It ensures the preservation of traditional art forms in their digital manifestations, while also opening up new avenues for innovation and global appreciation.</p>
Safety & Efficacy of Thalidomide in Children with Transfusion DependentThalassemia: a Quasi Randomized Controlled Trial in a Tertiary Care Hospital in Bangladesh
Authors: Hasan Md Mehedi , Karim Md Anwarul , Rahman ATM Atikur , Jamal Chowdhury Yakub , Mia Md Salauddin , Rahman Rezwana , Akther Farah , Rahman Moklesur 
Published: June 2024

Background:Children with transfusion-dependent thalassemia (TDT) face a significant health burden. Though regular blood transfusions are life-saving, they carry risks of infection and iron overload. Thalidomide shows promise for increasing fetal hemoglobin (HbF) levels and reducing transfusion needs in adults with TDT. However, its safety and effectiveness in children remain unclear. This study aimed to investigate the safety and efficacy of thalidomide in children with TDTthroughaquasi-randomized controlled trial.Methods:In this single-center, quasi-randomized, single-blind clinical trial, 60 patients of 3-18 years were quasi-randomly assigned to receive thalidomide or placebo for 12 weeks. The primary endpoint was the change in hemoglobin (Hb) levels in the patients. The secondary endpoints included the change in frequency of red blood cell (RBC) transfusion and adverse effects. Results:After 12 weeks of treatment Hb concentrations in patients treated with thalidomide significantlyincreasedfrom a baseline mean of 6.5±0.9 g/dL to 8.2±0.9 g/dL with an average increase of 1.7±0.8 g/dL. HbF significantly increased (7.3%) in thalidomide-treated cases in comparison to placebo group (P<0.001).Within the 12 weeks, the mean RBC transfusion frequency for patients treated with thalidomide and placebo was 0.73 ± 0.9 times and 2.9 ± 0.6 times, respectively (P<0.001). The overall response rate in thalidomide-treated children was 86.7% (P<0.001). Mild adverse events including drowsiness, dizziness, pyrexia, pruritus, abdominal pain, nausea, constipation,andfacial edema were more frequently(60%) found in patients treated with thalidomide.No unfavorable effects were observed on kidney and liver functions.Conclusion:This study demonstrates that thalidomide is a safe and effective treatment option for children with TDT. It significantly improvedHb levels and reduced the need for blood transfusions. This finding offers a promising alternativeoption for managing TDT in children, reducing long-term complications associated with frequent transfusions.
Bangladesh J Medicine 2024; Vol. 35, No. 2, Supplementation: 161-162
Double-balloon Enteroscopy, in the diagnosis and management of GI tract diseases at a tertiary level hospital.
Authors: Ghosh Dilip Kumar , Ahmed Akhlak , Sarker Debashis Kumar , Nath Mukta , Chowdhury Shamsuddin Al Masud , Ghosh Chanchal Kumar 
Published: June 2024

Background: Double balloon Enteroscopy (DBE) is a newer endoscopic technique for examining the small bowel. The aim of the study was to evaluate the indication, diagnostic and therapeutic impact of DBE in patients with suspected small bowel disease among adult population of Bangladesh. Methods: A descriptive, cross-sectional study was conducted on all patients above 18 years of age admitted for DBE examination under Department of Gastroenterology, Shaheed Suhrawardy Medical College Hospital, from January 2021 to December 2021.Results:The study respondents consisted of 80 patients, among them 68.75% male and 31.25% female, mean age 40.8 ± 14.7years. DBE procedures (antegrade route) were performed in 80 patients. Indications for DBE were Chronic Diarrhea 20(25%), Chronic Abdominal pain 19(23.8%), Obscure GI bleeding 15(18.8%), Melaena 13(16.3%), Small bowel obstruction 7(8.8%), Abnormal Imaging 3(3.8%), Anemia 3(3.8%) etc. DBE findings were Ulceration 17(21.3%), Mucosal irregularity 5(6.3%), Growth 5(6.3%), Vascular ectasia 4(5%), GIST 2(2.5%), Features suggestive of Crohn’s disease 2 (2.5%), Polyp 1(1.3%) etc.Histological findings were Tuberculosis 6(7.5%), Adenocarcinoma 4(5%), Crohn’s disease 3(3.8%), GIST 2(2.5%), Lymphoma 2(2.5%), Malignant melanoma 1(1.3%), Polyp 1(1.3%), IPSID 1(1.3%), Non-specific ulcer 12(15%) etc. Polypectomy was performed in one patient. Diagnostic yields after DBE in chronic diarrhea, chronic abdominal pain, obscure GI bleeding, Melaena and Small bowel obstruction were 35%, 42%, 53.5% , 46% and 43% respectively. Conclusion:DBE is a newer technique of small bowel examination and potentially various endoscopic therapeutic intervention of small-intestinal lesions. It is safe, useful, and also provides a high clinical impact.
Bangladesh J Medicine 2024; Vol. 35, No. 2, Supplementation: 154-155
Dementia: Guide to diagnosis and management.
Authors: Hakim Maliha 
Published: June 2024

Dementia, now better known as neurocognitive disorder is an acquired condition characterized by substantial decline in any of the cognitive domains from previous level of function, severe enough to deteriorate activities of daily living. Currently, more than 55 million people are living with dementia, which is estimated to reach 152 million by 2050 (WHO, 2020). Death from dementia related diseases has also increased more than 2 times in last two decades (GBD, 2017). A national survey done in NINS and ICDDR,B in 2019 among persons aged more than 60 years, which reveals overall prevalence of dementia is 8.1%, burden is higher in northern region of the country, females are 2.7 times more affected than man and among many risk factors, depression and hypertension comprise the major part. Evaluation of dementia includes clinical assessment by history and examination, cognitive assessment tool (MMSE or MoCA) and investigation by routine biochemical tests to exclude potentially reversible causes and dementia mimics. Among Irreversible causes, Alzheimer’s disease (AD) dementia is the most important and common cause (60-70%). Patients with AD typically presents with progressive amnestic features with subsequent appearance of other cognitive, behavioral and neuropsychiatric changes that impair social function. Mild cognitive impairment (MCI) is an in-between state of normal ageing and dementia but does not significantly disrupt daily activities. It can progress to dementia. Newer biomarkers include CSF Aβ42 level, pTau217, amyloid PET, Tau PET and FDG PET. Declining CSF Aβ42 level and increasing plasma Tau 217 starts to occur about 20 years prior to symptom onset of dementia. So early detection is very crucial because, early treatment can halt the process by 3 years. MRI has become one of the most important tools not only in diagnosis but also in monitoring therapeutic response of patients with dementia. Semiquantitative scales- Medial Temporal Atrophy (MTA) scale & parietal lobe atrophy (Koedam scale) for AD, Fazeka scale for vascular dementia, Global cortical atrophy (GCA) scale have been quite useful in assessment of structural MRI. Nevertheless, for even greater precision other biomarkers need to be complemented along with MRI. The aim of treatment is to delay the progression of AD. Introduction of newer treatment by disease modifying drug/ monoclonal antibody (adecunamab and lecanenam), along with control of risk factors and symptomatic treatment (anti cholinesterase and NMDA receptor antagonist) at early stage are very crucial to delay the progression of AD.
Bangladesh J Medicine 2024; Vol. 35, No. 2, Supplementation: 138-139
Non-mycobacterial CNS infection: Approach to diagnosis
Authors: Chowdhury Ahmed Hossain 
Published: June 2024

Non-mycobacterial CNS infection includes some viral, pyogenic, fungal and parasitic infections in the CNS. Recently, we encountered the COVID-19 pandemic and the outbreak of dengue fever in Bangladesh. Both of the diseases had several central nervous system (CNS) manifestations. In the post-COVID period we are encountering increasing deep fungal infections. In the case of Dengue, most patients presented with headache, disorientation, convulsion, and vomiting. The clinical diagnosis was aseptic meningitis, dengue encephalitis, cerebellitis with opsoclonus, and dengue-associated vasculitis.
The imaging findings by MRI & CT Scan included leptomeningeal enhancement, hemorrhagic encephalitis, necrotizing encephalitis, multiple small infarcts, and diffuse white matter demyelination. In the case of COVID-19, it mainly presented with headaches, unconsciousness, convulsions, and changes in cognition. Clinical diagnoses were hypoxic encephalopathy, aseptic meningitis, encephalitis, ADEM, Brainstem encephalitis, and acute transverse myelitis. Imaging findings included features of hypoxic encephalopathy, focal CNS demyelination, diffuse white matter change. We had seen typical features of Herpes simplex encephalitis (also included hemorrhagic encephalitis), Japanese B encephalitis, Nipah encephalitis and mumps encephalitis, pyogenic meningitis, brain abscess, deep fungal infections and Hydatid cyst.
Bangladesh J Medicine 2024; Vol. 35, No. 2, Supplementation: 138
PEMBELAJARAN KITAB SAFINAH AN-NAJAH DAN IMPLEMENTASINYA di KALANGAN MAHASANTRI MA’HAD AL-JAMI’AH IAIN AMBON
Authors: Landjai Jumadi 
Published: June 2024

Hasil penelitian ini menunjukan bahwa (1) Pada pembelajaran kitab Safinah An-Najah materi yang diajarkan berupa dasar-dasar syari’at, tata cara bersuci, tata cara beribadah berupa shalat, puasa, zakat, serta tata cara merawat jenazah. Metode yang digunakan dalam pembelajaran kitab Safinah An-Najah sesuai dengan metode yang pada umumnya digunakan oleh pesantren dalam pembelajaran kitab kuning yaitu metode bandongan dan sorogan. Untuk evaluasi dari pembelajaran kitab Safinah An-Najah dilakukan seminggu sekali dengan ustadz menunjuk mahasantri untuk membaca ulang materi yang telah diajarkan pada pertemuan sebelumnya. (2) Adapun proses implementasi mahasantri terkait dengan materi thaharah dan shalat sudah diterapkan dengan baik oleh mahasantri dalam kehidupan sehari-hari, ini dibuktikan dengan perubahan tingkah laku mahasantri berupa aktivitas ibadah yang semakin membaik dikarenakan materi yang mereka dapatkan tidak disimpan pada memori otak saja melainkan mereka implementasikan dalam kehidupan sehari-hari. (3) Faktor pendukung dalam pembelajaran kitab Safinah An-Najah yaitu; pengajar/ustadz dan fasilitas, dimana kemampuan ustadz dalam menyampaikan materi dengan baik, selain itu fasilitas yang mendukung berupa kitab yang sudah tersedia, dan ruang belajar yang nyaman. Sedangkan yang menjadi faktor penghambat yaitu; dari diri santri itu sendiri dimana kurangnya manajemen waktu dengan baik sehingga masih ada mahasantri yang telambat dalam mengikuti pembelajaran kitab Safinah An-Najah.Kata kunci: Pembelajaran Kitab Safinah An-Najah dan Implementasi
PERBANDINGAN SMART CITY TOKYO JEPANG DAN JAKARTA INDONESIA DALAM PENERAPAN SMART ENVIRONMENT
Authors: Setiawati Ritta , Khairunnisa Adinda , Fauziah Wardah 
Published: June 2024

Konsep kota pintar atau smart city sudah dikenal di kota-kota besar di dunia, seperti Tokyo di Jepang dan Jakarta di Indonesia. Kota Tokyo menerapkannya dalam model pembangunan perkotaan, juga disebut "komunitas pintar" dan "kota pintar" antara istilah lainnya. Seperti yang didefinisikan oleh Japan Smart Community Alliance (JSCA):â€œKomunitas yang cerdas adalah sebuah komunitas di mana berbagai teknologi generasi berikutnya dan sistem sosial yang maju secara efektif terintegrasi dan dimanfaatkan. Jepang tetap menjadi pemain global utama dalam pengembangan teknologi hijau, Jakarta sendiri menerapkan Jakarta Smart City (JSC) merupakan penerapan konsep kota pintar dengan cara mengoptimalkan penggunaan teknologi informasi dan komunikasi untuk lebih efektif dan efisien dalam mengidentifikasi, memahami dan mengendalikan berbagai sumber daya di kota, serta Memaksimalkan secara maksimal suatu kinerja pekerja di bidang pelayanan publik, dan meningkatkan kualitas hidup masyarakat di Kota Jakarta yang memang harus didorong dengan adanya kemajuan teknologi yang canggih dan dapat menyesuaikan dengan kemajuan dan perkembangan dunia.
Agents zoonotiques parmi des rats surmulots du Rhône (France) et indicateurs socio-économiques associés au risque infectieux
Authors: Ayral Florence 
Published: June 2024

Le rat surmulot (Rattus norvegicus ) est une espèce sauvage prépondérante en milieu urbain. Sa capacité à porter des agents zoonotiques comme Leptospira , l’Hantavirus Séoul, le virus de l’Hépatite E et Toxoplasma gondii
sur des périodes prolongées pose la question du risque de transmission à l’être humain dans un contexte d’urbanisation croissante. Alors que les déterminants de l’infection murine restent peu documentés, des études préala-bles ont proposé l’utilisation d’indicateurs socio-économiques pour préciser le risque de zoonoses associées aux rats urbains. Cette étude se base sur des données recueillies entre 2010 et 2012 mettant en lien la proportion de rats infectés par des agents zoonotiques et la densité de la population humaine ou, les revenus annuels médians, pour illustrer la pertinence et les limites de ces indicateurs و dans la perspective d’orienter les stratégies de gestion du risque.
Littérature pour la jeunesse et sentiment national : un problème d’actualité
Authors: Soriano Marc 
Published: June 2024

Jungendliteratur une Nationgefühl.
Zwei sehr berühmte Werke der Kinder- und Jugendliteratur, die Märchen von Perrault und die Kinder- und Hausmärchen der Brüder Grimm entsprechen zwei Hauptetappen der Geschichte des französischen und des deutschen Volkes. Perrault schrieb in der Zeit, wo eine neue ökonomische Politik in Angriff genommen wurde und wo die Nation sich wieder auf sich selbst besann.
Bei den Brüdern Grimm handelte es sich um das Erwachen des nationalen Geistes in den Kreisen um Friedrich Wilhelm IV.
Der Riesenerfolg dieser beiden Sammlungen bei dem breitesten Publikum — Kinder miteinbegriffen — erlaubt, eine Hypothese zu formulieren, die von der Kinderpsychologie und von der Psychoanalyse bestätigt wird : Das Kinderbuch trägt dazu bei, die Identität (das Seif, wie es Winnicott nennt) des Lesers aufzubauen oder zu festigen. Die Folge ist, daß ein tief in seinem Heimatboden wurzelndes Buch seine Gültigkeit auch für Leser hat, die anderswo verwurzelt sind. Seine Eigentümlichkeit selber läßt den Empfänger ahnen, daß seine Heimaterde genau so wertvoll und ehrwürdig wie jede andere auch ist.
Au delà du point zéro — Regard sur les Églises Évangéliques en RDA
Authors: Heitz Jean-Jacques 
Published: June 2024

Beyond point zero.

«For God the GDR is not a blank on the map either» (Bishop A. Schönherr).
After a detailed statistical survey of the situation the author relates the evolution of the eight protestant territorial churches of the GDR divided up into what is called E.K.U. (i. e. United Protestant Churches) and V.E.L.K. (i. e. Lutheran Churches), which since June 1969 have been grouped into a Church Federation (I).
The first phase of common work is fully caracterized by the common struggle against the national socialist ideology, but after the separation of Church and State the churches had to adopt a new status and, owing to the new political situation of the country, separate from the E.K.D., the organism which grouped all German churches. The Constitution of 1949 confirms the churches as legally registered corporations. In spite of the officially recognized freedom of conscience and belief, they met strong opposition in matter of student chaplancy, evangelism, and especially youth «confirmation» («Jugendweihe»). The pressure was only relieved in the conversations of June 10, 1953. The building of the wall of Berlin (1961) helped the churches to change from an attitude of opposition to one of «proexistence» ; phrases such as «common human responsability» and later «socialist citizen of Christian faith» express this new understanding. The relation between Church and State was settled and defined from the state’s point of view by the paper of Paul Verner and from that of the churches by the principle «a fellowship of witness and service within the socialist society, not beside it nor against it» (II).
The hope expressed in 1972 by Dr Heino Falke concerning an evolutionary socialism has been realized in respect to the relation of socialism to the church, and the critical questions raised by the Synod of Görlitz in May 1977 concerning education have been received. The call addressed to the pastors by the Synod to refrain from inner emigration and from leaving the country was tragically answered by the self-burning of Pastor O. Brüsewitz. In spite of the qualified statement of the church authorities misuse of the so-called «sign from Zeitz» could not be avoided, but it did not block the way forward (III).
The meeting of March 6, 1978 of the head of state and general secretary of the SED, Erich Honecker, with the chairman of the conference of the protestant church leaders opened up new possibilites, which Bishop Fränkel of Görlitz has called «signs of hope» (IV).
Thus the churches, responding to the claims of D. Bonhoeffer’s theology (justice, world come to maturity, proexistence of the Christian minority into the society), experience how «beyond point zero» new means of witnessing and serving have become available (V).
Entre chien et loup. Aspects du roman réaliste en RDA (1949-1979)
Authors: Crips Liliane 
Published: June 2024

Zwischen Anpassung und Widerstand — Aspekte des realistischen Romans in der DDR (1949-1979)

Nachdem sie in den Nachkriegsjahren vorwiegend mit der Bekämpfung der nationalsozialistischen Barbarei und der Verherrlichung des neuen «Arbeiter- und Bauernstaates» beschäftigt waren, versuchen die Romanschriftsteller zu Beginn der 60er Jahre an eine Reihe von der sozialistischen Gesellschaft innewohnenden Widersprüchen heranzugehen, insbesondere im Bereich der Arbeitsorganisation und der Ethik. Die Diskrepanz zwischen den konformistischen, die politische und ökonomische Führung in den Himmel hebenden Werken einerseits, und dem schmerzlichen Nachdenken über die von einer autoritären Vergangenheit geschlagenen Wunden, über die Legitimität gewisser sozialer Normen und über die Rolle, die der Schriftsteller erfüllen kann oder soll andererseits, tritt seit der 2. Bitterfelder Konferenz 1964 immer deutlicher her
vor.
Arnold Böcklin et Bâle : d’une exposition à l’autre (1897-1977)
Authors: Heger-Étienvre Marie-Jeanne 
Published: June 2024

Arnold Böcklin und Basel : von Ausstellung zu Ausstellung (1897-1977).

Im vorliegenden Aufsatz wird zunächst versucht, die zum Teil unrichtige Legende, die sich um die Beziehungen des Malers Arnold Böcklin zu seiner Vaterstadt Basel gebildet hat, zu nüancieren.
Anschließend zeichnet die Verfasserin in fünf Etappen (die den fünf großen, zwischen 1897 und 1977 ausschließlich Böcklin gewidmeten Basler Ausstellungen entsprechen) ein Bild des künstlerischen Nachlebens des Malers in der oberrheinischen Stadtrepublik. Diese lokale Geschichte der Nachwirkung von Böcklins Werk überschneidet sich teilweise mit der kontrapunktisch behandelten allgemeinen Rezeptionsgeschichte des Künstlers. Dem Basler Böcklinbild merkt man die Schwankungen an, denen der Ruf des Malers auf europäischer Ebene ausgesetzt war. Jede der drei Phasen, um die sich die Argumentation dieser Arbeit anordnet — Vergötterung durch die Massen (ab 1890), Abwendung des Publikums nach dem Erscheinen der bekannten Streitschrift von Julius Meier-Graefe (1905), später Ansatz eines erneuten Interesses — hatte ihr Pendant in Basel. Aber im Gegensatz etwa zu den Deutschen haben sich die Basler nie ganz von ihrem berühmten Landsmann abgewandt : jeder der fünf analysierten Basler Ausstellungen wurde ein eindeutiger Erfolg zuteil. Selbst in Zeiten als er umstritten war, stellte Böcklin für seine Mitbürger ein ansehnliches Erbe dar, das es galt, würdig und tätig zu verwalten.
«Révolution conservatrice» et modernité
Authors: Dupeux Louis 
Published: June 2024

Konservative Revolution und Modernität.

Dieser Beitrag möchte zeigen, wie die konservative Revolution, die immer die «ewigen Werte» der Rechten pflegte, doch gleichzeitig «modern» sein wollte und ihrem Jahrhundert, anstatt ihm auszuweichen, die Stirn bot.
Die Bejahung der Epoche hat es den «konservativen Revolutionären» ermöglicht, eine Art Optimismus an den Tag zu legen, der auf der Überzeugung basierte, das Monopol der Erkenntnis der echten Bewegung des Lebens und der Geschichte zu besitzen. Dieser Optimismus neuen Stils stellt die konservative Revolution in klaren Gegensatz zum Kulturpessimismus der vorgegangenen Generation, wobei jedoch zu merken ist, daß die Trennung zwischen beiden Schulen zur Weimarer Zeit — und unter dem 3. Reich übrigens auch — nicht ganz vollzogen war.