bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Determination of the Mean Midsagittal Lumbar Canal Diameter of Asymptomatic Adults in Enugu, Nigeria, Using Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Authors: Nkwerem Sunday Patrick U. , Ohaegbulam Samuel C. , Mezue Wilfred C. , Emejulu Jude-Kennedy Chinedu , Ndubuisi Chika Anele , Nkwerem Geraldine Ifechukwu 
Published: June 2024

Abstract

Background:
The diagnosis of lumbar canal stenosis and ectasia is based on the dimensions of the lumbar canal. Midsagittal dimension of a lumbar canal that is <12 mm is considered canal stenosis. These dimensions vary with race. The data available for our population are osteometric studies of the anteroposterior diameter of the vertebral canal. This does not take the soft-tissue components of the lumbar canal into consideration. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is the preferred imaging modality of the lumbar region. There is no large-scale MRI-based study of the lumbar MSD for the South-Eastern Nigerian population.

Aim:
This study aims to obtain baseline mean MSD for the South-Eastern Nigerian population.

Materials and Methods:
A prospective cross-sectional study was done on people aged between 21 and 50 years who do not have clinical symptoms that are referable to the spine. This was done with a 0.35 Tesla machine. The midsagittal canal diameters were taken at both mid-vertebral and intervertebral disc levels.

Results:
Two hundred and forty-three participants who met the criteria had T1-weighted images of their lumbar spine. The mean MSD value at the disc levels was as follows: L1/2 14.13, L2/3 13.90, L3/4 13.87, L4/5 13.95, L5/S1 14.68. The mean value at the mid-vertebral levels was L1 14.18, L2 13.56, L3 13.54, L4 13.81, L5 13.62.

Conclusion:
The baseline MSD is between 13.54 mm and 14.18 mm. The L3 bony canal has the smallest dimension. The values are less than previously published osteometric-based data in Nigeria.
Relationship between Socio-demographic Characteristics and the Pattern of Birth Preparedness and Complication Readiness among the Pregnant Women Attending the Antenatal Clinic in UPTH
Authors: Agiri (Jr) Utchay Anthony , Dienye Paul O. , Adjugah Joshua , Ndubuisi-Igwilo Obioma 
Published: June 2024

Abstract

Background:
There was a target of 50% reduction in maternal mortality and 50% increased access to blood transfusion and emergency obstetric care services by 2006, by the Nigerian Reproductive Policy Act of 2001. In spite of the adoption of the birth preparedness and complication readiness (BP/CR) concept, Nigeria is yet to attain these reproductive goals for several years. There is a known established relationship between sociodemographic characteristics and patterns of BP among the pregnant women attending antenatal care (ANC) in the University of Port Harcourt Teaching Hospital (UPTH).

Aim:
Hence, this study was aimed at determining the sociodemographic characteristics and pattern of BP among the pregnant women attending the ANC in UPTH.

Materials and Methods:
This study was a cross-sectional, hospital-based descriptive study involving pregnant women who attended the ANC of UPTH and gave birth in the same hospital from April 2021 to December 2021. A sample size of 282 eligible respondents was recruited through a systematic random sampling technique. The respondent’s data including information on sociodemographic characteristics were obtained with the aid of interviewer-administered questionnaires. A standard tool adapted from the safe motherhood questionnaire of Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. The data were analysed using the Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) version 25. The level of significance was set for P ≤ 0.05.

Results:
The study showed that more than half of the respondents 155 (55.0%) were between the ages of 31 and 40 years with a mean age of 31.5 ± 4.9, while 111 (39.4%) of the respondents were between the age of 21 and 30 years. Furthermore, 136 (48.9%) of the respondents belonged to the Ijaw/South-South tribe, 116 (41.1%) of the respondents were Igbos, and 12 (4.3%) of the respondents belonged to the Yoruba tribe. In addition, the study revealed that 261 (92.6%) of the respondents belonged to a nuclear family, 149 (52.8%) had a family size of between 1 and 3, 190 (67.4%) of the respondents earned more than N100,000, and 110 (39.0%) had a parity of between two and three. The study indicated that for every one family that earns more than one hundred thousand naira (N100,000) but showed inadequate BP, there are 62 families that earned the same amount of money that showed adequate BP.

Conclusion:
The test for association (relationship) between sociodemographic characteristics and BP/CR showed that the income group of the respondents was significantly associated with BP/CR (χ
2 = 14.149 and P < 0.01).
Knowledge, attitude, and practices towards prevention of Tuberculosis among HIV-positive patients at Kibagabaga District Hospital, Rwanda, 2021
Authors: Sebera Emile , Kiiza Frank , Iradukunda Janvier , Mukarwego Consilie , Twagirumukiza Emile , Bubanje Valens 
Published: June 2024

INTRODUCTION: Globally, an estimated 10.3 million people fell ill with TB in 2021, especially for people living with HIV. This study was conducted to assess the knowledge, attitudes, and practices (KAP) of TB prevention among HIV patients at Kibagabaga District Hospital (KDH). This study on TB prevention knowledge, attitudes, and practices among HIV-positive patients at Kibagabaga District Hospital aims to improve public health practices and the lives of people living with HIV by identifying knowledge gaps, tailoring prevention strategies, encouraging early TB detection, and informing policy development
METHODS: An analytical cross-sectional study was conducted at Kibagabaga District Hospital (KDH) from November 2019 to February 2021. A sample size of 237 Participants was calculated using Epi-info software and selected through a stratified simple random sampling method. Data collection employed self-administered questionnaires, and analysis was performed using SPSS software version 23.
RESULTS: Among the 237 Participants, the demographics revealed a majority of females (60.3%), with nearly half (45.1%) being married. The private sector employed over half (52.5%) of the Participants. Primary education was the most common educational attainment (51.1%), and the 39-48 age group represented the largest portion (35.4%). Encouragingly, a significant majority demonstrated positive knowledge (86.9%), attitude (86.1%), and practices (91.6%) towards tuberculosis prevention.
CONCLUSION: While the study revealed positive overall knowledge, practices, and attitudes towards tuberculosis prevention among Participants, a potential knowledge gap regarding the specific cause of the disease was identified. This suggests that future health education efforts for HIV patients could benefit from further emphasis on understanding the causative agent of tuberculosis for even more comprehensive knowledge and ongoing positive behaviour towards prevention.
Emotional Responses to Aesthetically Integrated and Standard Subtitles in a Fantasy-Thriller Audiovisual Context
Authors: Leveridge Francesca , Mevel Pierre-Alexis , Tsikandilakis Myron 
Published: June 2024

Situated at the intersection of Psychology, Film studies, Accessibility Studies and Translation Studies, this article investigates the emotional correlates of two types of subtitles (standard and aesthetically integrated) on audiences in the context of fear-eliciting clips with Russian fantasy thriller Night Watch (Bekmambetov, 2004). Our experiment employed a methodology combining electrodermal activity (EDA), heart-rate responses (HR) and self-reports (questionnaires) to account for the complex interplay between experiential, cognitive, behavioural and physiological elements that make up emotional responses. We examined the psychophysiological and self-report responses to two subtitling delivery effects – standard subtitles and aesthetically integrated subtitles – focussing specifically on fear. We used significance-testing and Bayesian analyses to compare the two subtitling deliveries. For both analyses, we found that the presentation of aesthetically integrated subtitles led to higher positively rated psychophysiological arousal and quality of viewing experience ratings compared to standard subtitles. This novel finding suggests that aesthetically integrated subtitles could be the future of audiovisual translation.
Lay Summary
This study explored how different types of subtitles affect how our viewing experience and how we feel while watching films. The researchers showed clips one might consider emotionally arousing/scary from a Russian film (Night Watch, a 2004 film by Timur Bekmambetov) in three different ways: no subtitles, regular subtitles displayed at the bottom of the screen, and artistic subtitles that blended in with the film’s visual language and story. In our article, we call these subtitles ‘aesthetically integrated subtitles’.
The researchers measured how people reacted physically (sweat glands activity, faster heart rate) and asked - using questionnaires - the participants about their viewing experience and how emotionally aroused/scared they felt. Interestingly, the participants who watched the clips with the aesthetically integrated subtitles responded with higher positively rated physiological arousal and also reported that the experience was more emotionally arousing/scary and enjoyable. This suggests that aesthetically integrated subtitles could provide a new way to translate or create films that are more accessible and emotionally engaging for viewers.
Efektivitas Perendaman Sari Belimbing Wuluh dan Sari Daun Pepaya Konsentrasi Berbeda terhadap Kualitas Fisikokimia Daging Kambing
Authors: Anggi Widyastuti  , Tri Puji Rahayu  , Mira Dian Naufalina  
Published: June 2024

Daging kambing memiliki protein yang tinggi dan cukup untuk dikonsumsi, namun rentan pembusukan dan bau prengus. Alternatif yang digunakan untuk meningkatkan kualitas fisik dan kimia melalui perendaman larutan belimbing wuluh dan ekstrak daun pepaya. Tujuan penelitian ini untuk mengetahui dan mengkaji efektivitas dari perendaman sari belimbing wuluh dan daun pepaya sebagai bahan pengawet alami terhadap kualitas fisikokimia daging kambing. Bahan yang digunakan adalah buah belimbing wuluh, daun pepaya, aquades, larutan buffer pH solution, dan sampel daging kambing bagian paha. Rancangan penelitian ini menggunakan rancangan acak lengkap terdiri 4 perlakuan dan 5 ulangan, meliputi P0: 0% sari belimbing wuluh + 0% sari daun pepaya, P1: 15% sari belimbing wuluh + 5% sari daun pepaya, P2: 30% sari belimbing wuluh + 10% sari daun pepaya, dan P3: 45% sari belimbing wuluh + 15% sari daun pepaya dengan lama perendaman 45 menit. Data dianalisa yang digunakan yaitu sidik ragam dan diuji lanjut Duncan. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan daya ikat air meningkat, susut masak menurun, pH normal pada perlakuan P3. Kesimpulan dari penelitian ini bahwa pemberian sari buah belimbing wuluh 45% dan daun pepaya 15% selama 45 menit mampu mempertahankan kualitas daging kambing memberikan hasil daya ikat air (DIA) meningkat 31,42%, susut masak menurun 30,82%, dan pH tetap dalam kondisi normal 3,14-5,97.
Evaluasi Kandungan Nutrien dan Fraksi Serat Pakan Fermentasi Berbahan Dasar Kulit Nanas dan Daun Singkong sebagai Pakan Ruminansia
Authors: Jepri Juliantoni  , Anwar Efendi Harahap  , Arsyadi Ali  , Triani Adelina  , Dewi Ananda Mucra  , Bakhendri Solfan  , Restu Misrianti  , Muhamad Rodiallah  , Evi Irawati  , Eniza Saleh  
Published: June 2024

Kombinasi limbah kulit nanas dan daun singkong berbentuk silase berpotensi sebagai alternatif penyediaan sumber pakan hijauan pengganti rumput lapang. Tujuan penelitian ini untuk mengevaluasi nilai nutrien dan kualitas serat silase kulit nanas dan daun singkong dengan penambahan berbagai level molases sebagai pakan ruminansia. Penelitian menggunakan Rancangan Acak Lengkap Pola Faktorial (4x2) dengan 2 ulangan. Faktor A adalah perbandingan komposisi antara kulit nanas dan daun singkong terdiri dari : A1 = 100 % kulit nanas ; A2 = 75% kulit nanas + 25% daun singkong; A3 = 50% kulit nanas + 50% daun singkong ; A4 = 25% kulit nanas + 75% daun singkong dam A5 = 100% daun singkong. Selanjutnya faktor B adalah level pemberian molases terdiri dari : B0 = 5% molases ; B1 = 10% molases. Parameter yang diukur meliputi bahan kering, protein kasar, lemak kasar, dan TDN serta komposisi fraksi serat meliputi NDF dan ADF. Hasil penelitian ini menunjukkan terdapat interaksi (P<0.05) antara proporsi kulit nanas + daun singkong dengan penambahan molases terhadap parameter protein kasar, lemak kasar, serat kasar, TDN, NDF, dan ADF (%). Selanjutnya faktor proporsi kulit nanas + daun singkong berpengaruh nyata (P<0,05) terhadap bahan kering. Kombinasi bahan 100% daun singkong dengan penambahan 5 % maupun 10% molases menghasilkan nilai protein kasar dan TDN tertinggi serta nilai serat kasar terendah dibandingkan perlakuan kombinasi lainnya. Penambahan kulit nanas hingga 75% mampu secara optimal menurunkan kandungan NDF dan ADF silase.
Analisis Peran Ekosistem Kewirausahaan dalam Mendukung Program Penumbuhan Wirausahawan Muda Pertanian (PWMP) di Politeknik Pembangunan Pertanian Medan
Authors: Anggi Apriliani  , Yuliana Kansrini  , Puji Wahyu Mulyani  
Published: June 2024

Peran ekosistem kewirausahaan adalah pengaruh yang diharapkan dari pihak stakeholder untuk membuka peluang interkoneksi dan antar koneksi dengan berbagi pengetahuan, budaya, menciptakan inovasi dan kreativitas, serta mengintegrasi sumber daya. Ekosistem kewirausahaan telah menjadi faktor penting dalam mendukung manajemen usaha kelompok PWMP dan menciptakan lingkungan yang memungkinkan untuk pertumbuhan serta perkembangan kelompok PWMP. Kajian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui dan menganalisis peran ekosistem kewirausahaan dalam mendukung Program Penumbuhan Wirausahawan Muda Pertanian (PWMP) di Politeknik Pembangunan Pertanian Medan. Kajian dilakukan pada bulan Desember 2022 sampai Mei 2023 di lokasi kelompok Program Penumbuhan Wirausahawan Muda Pertanian (PWMP) yang tersebar di beberapa provinsi yaitu Aceh, Sumatera Utara, Sumatera Barat, Sumatera Selatan, Bangka Belitung, dan Kalimantan Barat. Penelitian ini dilakukan menggunakan kuesioner dan wawancara kepada 119 orang yang tergabung ke dalam Kelompok PWMP Tahun 2021-2022. Pengambilan sampel menggunakan sampel jenuh. Data dianalisis menggunakan skala Likert. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan peran ekosistem kewirausahaan pada aspek peningkatan Sumber Daya Manusia (SDM) adalah sebesar 80,17 persen, aspek akses permodalan adalah sebesar 82,92 persen, aspek akses pasar adalah sebesar 76,07 persen, aspek pengembangan jejaring pendukung adalah sebesar 79,97 persen sehingga peran ekosistem kewirausahaan dalam mendukung Program Penumbuhan Wirausahawan Muda Pertanian (PWMP) di Politeknik Pembangunan Pertanian Medan termasuk kategori tinggi yaitu 79,78 persen.
Ayres Sensory Integration® Intervention for Autistic Children: A Telehealth Adaptation
Authors: Schiano Natalie , Sivori Taylor , Dumont Rachel , Weaver Molly , Shehadeh Aseel , Ridgway Elizabeth , Schaaf Roseann 
Published: June 2024

Abstract
Importance: Ayres Sensory Integration® is an evidence-based, manualized occupational therapy intervention for autism that is delivered in person. A telehealth adaptation could bridge service gaps for families who may have challenges accessing services.
Objective: To create a telehealth adaptation of the evidence-based manualized protocol of Ayres Sensory Integration using best practice for telehealth guidelines and to obtain input on the adaptation from experts.
Setting: Online survey of U.S. telehealth experts and occupational therapy clinicians in fall and winter 2022.
Participants: Two telehealth experts and six occupational therapy clinicians.
Outcomes and Measures: Two Qualtrics surveys focused on perceived feasibility and acceptability, resources included, and clarity of instructions.
Results: Telehealth experts and occupational therapy clinicians rated the Ayres Sensory Integration telehealth adapted manual as easy to follow, aligned with telehealth best practices, and feasible for remote delivery. Suggestions for additional adaptations included adding resources for technology troubleshooting, intervention planning, rapport building, and continuing education.
Conclusions and Relevance: Suggested adaptations were made; the manual is ready for feasibility testing.
Plain-Language Summary: This report is the first to describe a telehealth adaptation of Ayres Sensory Integration®. The manual provides comprehensive training and resources to support clinicians in delivering sensory integration, telehealth-based interventions to autistic children. Two telehealth experts and six occupational therapy clinicians rated the Ayres Sensory Integration telehealth adapted manual as easy to follow, aligned with telehealth best practices, and feasible for remote delivery. The manual will be available to clinicians after feasibility and pilot testing.
Andrew Fuller and the Search for a Faith Worthy of All Acceptation
Authors: Rathel David Mark 
Published: June 2024

The eighteenth-century English minister Andrew Fuller lived a consequential life, debating noteworthy contemporaries such as Thomas Paine and contributing to the pioneering international work of William Carey. However, his soteriology remains his most significant theological contribution. Fuller explored the role that human agency plays in salvation’s reception, and he offered substantive theological proposals that many religious historians now credit with advancing the Evangelical Revival. Fuller’s work was both traditional and creative. He sought faithfulness to the broader Protestant tradition but developed that tradition in unique and contextually relevant ways.
Despite Fuller’s influence, much research into his life and work remains. Andrew Fuller and the Search for a Faith Worthy of All Acceptation examines heretofore underutilized primary sources related to Fuller’s theological development. It attends to neglected texts produced by Fuller’s opponents and mentors.
Analysing these sources provides a fresh reading of Fuller’s historical setting, one that contextualizes his theology and illuminates his constructive work on faith as a human response to the Gospel. This new interpretation allows scholars to discern more accurately the concepts that animated Fuller, the persons he sought to refute, and the sources on which he relied. This interpretation of Fuller challenges assumptions in contemporary scholarship and raises new questions for further research.
Access, Opportunity, and Success
Authors: Bauer Laura , Casazza Martha E. 
Published: June 2024

Behind the hallowed walls of higher education are students who did not grow up expecting to attend college, students who walked through open doors not knowing what to expect on the other side. For some, these open doors became revolving doors, and they simply gave up. For many others, however, there were unexpected successes, successes that included more than academic accomplishments. These people came through the system with an increased sense of self-confidence that empowered them in the world beyond college. This oral history tells the story of the struggles as well as of the triumphs related to the fight for access and high quality in higher education. Thus, it provides a unique look at the past state of higher education, and at the measures that might be taken to improve our future educational system.
The book begins with a brief historical overview of what access to higher education looked like before the 20th century. Following chapters tell the actual stories and are organized around four themes: the power of belief in students; access with success; institutional commitment; and effective support systems. Finally, a set of recommendations is provided that will help to keep the doors open for those still wishing to enter. Educators at all levels, graduate students studying higher education, and interested readers in the general public will all find this book an invaluable resource.
Andrew Johnson
Authors: Zuczek Richard , Schroeder-Lein Glenna R. 
Published: June 2024

This A–Z encyclopedia provides carefully selected entries covering the people, events, and concepts relevant to Andrew Johnson's life.
Andrew Johnson was—and is—an American paradox. He never attended school, yet fought for public education. He was a Southern slaveholder who opposed secession and enforced emancipation. Born into poverty, he became the 17th president of the United States—and the first U.S. president to be impeached.
This new volume thoroughly examines the troubled career of our most unpopular president—not to resuscitate his reputation, but because his personal contradictions reflected those of his country: a democratic nation conceived in liberty, yet existing half slave and half free; an economy of yeoman farmers and independent artisans being swept into industrialization and a market system; a country fond of tradition, but caught up in social, economic, and political revolution.
Comic Tales of the Middle Ages
Authors: Wolterbeek Marc 
Published: June 2024

Three groups of comic narratives composed in Latin in the tenth, eleventh, and twelfth centuries are made accessible to both scholar and general reader alike in Mark Wolterbeek's collection and analysis. The volume contains the author's own translations into idiomatic English accompanied by the original Latin texts as well as extensive commentary. This exploration of an area of medieval comedy that has been largely ignored in both classic and recent scholarly works focuses on the ridicula, nugae, and satyrae, three genres that anticipate the great literary flowering of the High Middle Ages. Wolterbeek contends that the ridicula seem to be the Latin ancestors of the Old French fabliaux and other popular genres of the later Middle Ages and Renaissance, such as the Schwanke novelle and facezie, and that the writers of the nugae pave the way for the learned comic tradition of the twelfth century, notably the comediae elegiacae, which in turn are the forerunners of Renaissance drama. The narrative satires, satyrae, offered here contain penetrating insights into medieval life. These poems and Wolterbeek's accompanying commentary demonstrate not only the evolution of medieval comic literature but also the development of man's notion of the comic during this seminal period in the history of Western civilization.
A chapter is devoted to each of the three genres: the ridicula, funny stories recounted in rhythmic verse that often present tales of human deceit and presumption; the nugae, trifles of scholarly Latin poets writing in metrical verse; and the satyrae, narrative satires that offer penetrating insights into medieval life. An appendix contains the texts and translations of more than a dozen works including seven ridicula from the famous florilegium known as the Cambridge songs and the lengthy Unibos; nugae by Fulcoius of Beauvais as well as Radulfus Tortarius; and two satyrae,Satyrae contra Moriuht by Warnerius of RouenandDe matronisby Peter the Painter. Knowledge of these early comic traditions is of great value to the literary scholar and to the humanist.Comic Tales of the Middle Agesshould be part of the collections of major public libraries and large university libraries in the United States and Europe and will be a useful addition to the reading lists for courses in Medieval Latin, Medieval Literature, World Literature, Comparative Literature, and Comic Literature.