bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Maternal milk intake and the foetus growth: A bio-cultural study in Pune
Authors: Nawathe Aarti , Kurane Anjali 
Published: May 2024

The relationship between maternal diet and foetal parameters has been a matter of debate because of the number of parameters and various dimensions associated with it. The study has gained attraction because of its importance despite of uncertainty and controversy in it.: The objective of this study was to investigate the relationship between maternal milk consumption and fetal growth as well as the birth weight of the newborn. To achieve this objective, dietary information was collected using a 24-hour diet recall survey, and protein intake was evaluated based on dietary intake. A total of 455 ultrasound observations from 229 respondents were collected by using a Prospective Observational Cohort Mixed Longitudinal study design in the second and last trimester of pregnancy from one private and two government hospitals in Pune, India where direct interviews were taken. Dietary data were collected using 24-hour diet recall. Food Frequency questionnaire was administered to understand the dietary habits and preferences. The average protein intake was 77.33g/day. Birth weight and Protein intake of mother do not show statistically significant linear relationship (=0.605) The descriptive test shows that the majority of respondents had tendency to consume less than one cup (155.64 mL) of milk per day. The study shows better tendency of foetal growth in BPD, HC, AC, FL, FW, Weight at birth in the group of the respondent consuming milk more than 4 cups (&#62;717mL) per day. This growth might be due to the micronutrient intake of mother. There is no association between maternal milk intake and the fetus growth.
The prevalence of hospital acquired infection and associated factors among patients admitted at Wolaita Sodo University Comprehensive Specialized Hospital, in Ethiopia
Authors: Atalay Yibeltal Assefa , Gebeyehu Natnael Atnafu , Gelaw Kelemu Abebe 
Published: May 2024

Hospital-acquired infection is an infection acquired a major global concern of well-being, affecting the quality of care in the healthcare setting. Routine surveillance of infection is an important part of infection prevention and quality assurance in hospitals. to determine the prevalence and associated factors of hospital-acquired infection among inpatients, in Wolaita Sodo University Comprehensive Specialized Hospital.Across-sectional study was conducted among inpatients in Wolaita Sodo University Comprehensive Specialized Hospital. All eligible inpatients admitted at least more three days of the survey were included. The study was conducted from April 1 to July 30/2023. Environmental health professionals and nurses collected the data according to the Centers for Disease Control through observational assessments documented by physicians. Univariate and multivariable logistic regression analyses were used to determine the prevalence of hospital-acquired infections and the associations between independent and dependent variables. A total of 413 patients were included in this study, the median age of the participants was 26 years. A total of 352 (85.2%) patients were diagnosed with non-fatal disease during the survey. 49 patients had hospital-acquired infections developed, with a mean prevalence of 11.9 %. Coagulate-negative staphylococcus 27.27%), and E. coli (27.27) were the most frequently reported hospital-acquired infection-causing pathogens from the result of the study. The factors of patient admission diagnosis, length of hospital stay (more than five days of hospital stay), and absence of running tap water in the patient’s room with the occurrence of hospital-acquired infection were statistically significant.Surgical site infections and bloodstream infections were the most common types of hospital-acquired infections. Then, Hospital management and healthcare workers should give more attention to the practice of infection prevention to achieve a reduced prevalence of hospital-acquired infections in the study setting.
Technology-Integrated Assessment: A Literature Review
Authors: Madland Colin , Irvine Valerie , DeLuca Chris , Bulut Okan 
Published: May 2024

The purpose of this paper is to explore the nature of the scholarly literature between 2016 and 2023 on the impact of classroom technology on higher education instructors’ assessment practices through the lens of the assessment design in a digital world framework (Bearman et al., 2022). Specifically, the paper focuses on (a) describing the assessment design in a digital world framework, (b) identifying the scope and breadth of the literature relating to technology-integrated assessment, and (c) highlighting any gaps between the Bearman et al. model and the literature. This paper marks an important step in extending our understanding of the factors influencing instructors who integrate technology into their assessment practice and promoting ethical and equitable approaches to technology-integrated assessment in higher education.
Food Insecurity regarding the Diabetes Mellitus in Iran: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
Authors: Maddahi Mona , Asadimehr Soheil , Ahmadi Amirhossein Ramezani , Kakhki Fatemeh Govahi , Sobhani Seyyed Reza 
Published: May 2024

Background: Food insecurity is an important global challenge associated with various health problems such as diabetes. Diabetes mellitus is one of the most common metabolic diseases and is considered priority in Iran’s health system. The aim of this study is to evaluate the relationship between food insecurity and type 2 dibetes mellitus (T2DM) in Iran. Methods: The authors searched English databases including Scopus, Web of Science, PubMed, and Google Scholar and also Iranian databasesof SID and Magiran for the words food insecurity, Iran, and diabetes up to November 2021. Results: 8 articles, including 2853 participants, ranging from 148 to 440 were included in the meta-analysis. The pooled odds ratios (ORs) of the cross-sectional and case-control studies revealed that household food insecurity was significantly associated with the odds of diabetes (OR=2.04; 95% CI: 1.34- 3.09) and there was no evidence for publication bias (Egger’s test, P = 0.59); however, heterogeneity between studies (I2=85.9%) was observed. Similarly, according to subgroup analyses based on age, there was a significant association between household food insecurity and diabetes among the people under 50 years (OR= 2.9; 95% CI: 2.13-3.93; I2 = 56.4%, P=0.057), but not among people over 50 years (OR=1.32; 95% CI: 0.69-2.52; I2 = 78.3%, P=0.032) or between 30 and 65 years (OR=0.85; 95% CI: 0.49-1.48). Conclusion: This study shows that food insecurity affects the progression of type 2 DM. However, more longitudinal studies are needed for better identification of the link between food insecurity and T2DM.
Intensification of the Biohydrogen Production Process
Authors: Golub Nataliia , Zubchenko Liudmyla , Demianenko Iryna , Zhang Yumei , Seminska Nataliia 
Published: May 2024

Background. In the last decades, humanity has faced the challenge of finding new ways to obtain renewable, environmentally friendly energy carriers. Hydrogen is one of such energy carriers; however, the current methods of its production require fossil fuels and are accompanied by significant CO2 emissions. Consequently, the energy costs needed to obtain hydrogen by electrolysis exceed the amount of energy produced by burning the hydrogen. Simultaneously, the hydrogen yields for alternative ways, such as fermentation, remain low.
Objective. The aim of the work is the development of approaches to intensify the biohydrogen obtaining process from agricultural waste.
Methods. An increase in hydrogen yield was achieved using specifically grown microorganisms of the Clostridium spp. A combination of the waste fermentation process with the production of hydrogen in a microbial fuel cell (MFC), which was fed with the liquid fraction after fermentation, was employed.
Results. The yield of hydrogen depends on the component composition of the raw material. Higher lignin content in the raw material reduces the yield of hydrogen. The addition of Clostridium spp. to the natural consortium in the amount of 10% of the total inoculum led to an increase in hydrogen yield. The combination of two processes – fermentation and hydrogen production in a MFC – increased the yield of hydrogen by 1.7 times, along with a higher degree of organic raw materials utilization.
Conclusions. The additional introduction of Clostridium spp. to the hydrogen-producing consortium leads to a 7–10% increase in the yield of hydrogen, depending on the composition of the raw material. The yield of hydrogen obtained in the fermentation process for the substrate containing corn silage is 12 ± 1% higher than for the wheat straw. In general, the combination of the fermentation and hydrogen production in the MFC in a two-stage process leads to an overall increase in the yield of hydrogen by 60 ± 5%.
Effects of Abaloparatide on Bone Mineral Density in Proximal Femoral Regions Corresponding to Arthroplasty Gruen Zones
Authors: Sheth Neil P. , Smith James Russell , Winzenrieth Renaud , Humbert Ludovic , Wang Yamei , Boxberger John I. , Bostrom Mathias P. 
Published: May 2024

Background:
Low hip bone mineral density (BMD) in patients who undergo total hip arthroplasty (THA) increases the risk of periprosthetic fractures, implant instability, and other complications. Recently, emphasis has been placed on bone health optimization: treating low BMD prior to a planned orthopaedic implant procedure in an effort to normalize BMD and reduce the potential risk of future complications. Abaloparatide is a U.S. Food and Drug Administration-approved osteoanabolic agent for men and postmenopausal women with osteoporosis and a candidate drug for bone health optimization that, in addition to benefits at the spine, increases hip BMD and reduces nonvertebral fracture risk. We hypothesized that abaloparatide would improve BMD in proximal femoral regions surrounding a virtual THA stem.

Methods:
This post hoc analysis obtained dual x-ray absorptiometry (DXA) hip scans from 500 randomly selected postmenopausal women with osteoporosis from the Phase-3 Abaloparatide Comparator Trial in Vertebral Endpoints (ACTIVE, NCT01343004) study after 0, 6, and 18 months of abaloparatide (250 patients) or placebo (250 patients). Hip DXA scans underwent 3-dimensional (3D) modeling via 3D-Shaper, followed by virtual resection of the proximal femur and simulated placement of a tapered, flat-wedge hip stem that guided delineation of the Gruen zones that were fully (zones 1 and 7) or largely (zones 2 and 6) captured in the scanning region. Integral, cortical, and trabecular volumetric BMD, cortical thickness, and cortical surface BMD (the product of cortical volumetric BMD and cortical thickness) were determined for each zone.

Results:
Compared with placebo, the abaloparatide group showed greater increases in integral volumetric BMD in all zones at months 6 and 18; cortical surface BMD in zones 1, 6, and 7 at month 6; cortical thickness, cortical volumetric BMD, and cortical surface BMD in all zones at month 18; and trabecular volumetric BMD in zones 1 and 7 at months 6 and 18.

Conclusions:
Abaloparatide increases BMD in proximal femoral regions that interact with and support femoral stems, suggesting that abaloparatide may have value for preoperative or potentially perioperative bone health optimization in patients with osteoporosis undergoing THA.

Level of Evidence:
Therapeutic Level III. See Instructions for Authors for a complete description of levels of evidence.
RETRACTED: Urbanization and Plant Diversity in Residential Gardens: a Case Study in Rize, Turkey
Authors: DOĞAN Tuba Gül , DEMİRCİ Sena , EROĞLU Engin , KAYA Sertaç , MERAL Alperen , BAŞARAN Nermin 
Published: May 2024

Abstract

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Proximity-induced gapless superconductivity in two-dimensional Rashba semiconductor in magnetic field
Authors: Babkin Serafim S. , Higginbotham Andrew P. , Serbyn Maksym 
Published: May 2024

Two-dimensional semiconductor-superconductor heterostructures form the foundation of numerous nanoscale physical systems. However, measuring the properties of such heterostructures, and characterizing the semiconductor in-situ is challenging. A recent experimental study by [Phys. Rev. Lett. 128, 107701 (2022)] was able to probe the semiconductor within the heterostructure using microwave measurements of the superfluid density. This work revealed a rapid depletion of superfluid density in semiconductor, caused by the in-plane magnetic field which in presence of spin-orbit coupling creates so-called Bogoliubov Fermi surfaces. The experimental work used a simplified theoretical model that neglected the presence of non-magnetic disorder in the semiconductor, hence describing the data only qualitatively. Motivated by experiments, we introduce a theoretical model describing a disordered semiconductor with strong spin-orbit coupling that is proximitized by a superconductor. Our model provides specific predictions for the density of states and superfluid density. Presence of disorder leads to the emergence of a gapless superconducting phase, that may be viewed as a manifestation of Bogoliubov Fermi surface. When applied to real experimental data, our model showcases excellent quantitative agreement, enabling the extraction of material parameters such as mean free path and mobility, and estimating gg-tensor after taking into account the orbital contribution of magnetic field. Our model can be used to probe in-situ parameters of other superconductor-semiconductor heterostructures and can be further extended to give access to transport properties.
Weakly interacting Bose gas with two-body losses
Authors: Liu Chang , Shi Zheyu , Wang Ce 
Published: May 2024

We study the many-body dynamics of weakly interacting Bose gases with two-particle losses. We show that both the two-body interactions and losses in atomic gases may be tuned by controlling the inelastic scattering process between atoms by an optical Feshbach resonance. Interestingly, the low-energy behavior of the scattering amplitude is governed by a single parameter, i.e. the complex ss-wave scattering length a_cac. The many-body dynamics are thus described by a Lindblad master equation with complex scattering length. We solve this equation by applying the Bogoliubov approximation in analogy to the closed systems. Various peculiar dynamical properties are discovered, some of them may be regarded as the dissipative counterparts of the celebrated results in closed Bose gases. For example, we show that the next-order correction to the mean-field particle decay rate is to the order of |n a_c^{3}|^{1/2}|nac3|1/2, which is an analogy of the Lee-Huang-Yang correction of Bose gases. It is also found that there exists a dynamical symmetry of symplectic group Sp(4,\mathbb{C})(4,ℂ) in the quadratic Bogoliubov master equation, which is an analogy of the SU(1,1) dynamical symmetry of the corresponding closed system. We further confirmed the validity of the Bogoliubov approximation by comparing its results with a full numerical calculation in a double-well toy model. Generalizations of other alternative approaches such as the dissipative version of the Gross-Pitaevskii equation and hydrodynamic theory are also discussed in the last.
ChatGPT AS A LEARNING TOOL IN AN UNDERGRADUATE ADVANCED ACADEMIC ENGLISH COURSE AT SOUTH EAST EUROPEAN UNIVERSITY
Authors: Marjanovikj-Apostolovski Marijana 
Published: May 2024

The role ChatGPT and similar AI tools inevitably play in every single aspect of contemporary life, including the field of foreign language teaching and learning can definitely not and should not be ignored and overlooked. Although the development of AI cannot be immediately and precisely forecasted, it is more than obvious that it is already dictating trends in foreign language learning. Given the heavy dependence of today’s generations on technology, integrating ChatGPT into English language curricula in tertiary education can significantly enhance student motivation. This paper explores the potential of ChatGPT as a language learning tool in the context of tertiary education and advocates for policy of inclusion rather than policy of banning state-of –the art technologies in the realm of tertiary education. It summarises and reports on the results and key findings from a student survey aiming to reveal how familiar is the undergraduate student population at South East European University (SEEU) with ChatGPT and shed light on students’ experience with it so far. The paper also briefly elaborates on the pioneer attempt for integration of the artificial intelligence tool ChatGPT in the foreign language teaching process in the Advanced Academic English course at SEEU with the sole purpose of improving its quality and effectiveness.
Akses dan Ketahanan Pangan Rumah Tangga pada Daerah Lokus Stunting di Kabupaten Toli-toli
Authors: Asih Dewi Nur , Erny Erny , Kallaba Yulianti , Fahrudin Fahrudin , Safitri Dian 
Published: May 2024

Akses pangan berkaitan dengan kemampuan keluarga dalam memenuhi kebutuhan konsumsi pangan yang merupakan faktor langsung yang mempengaruhi masalah kesehatan dan gizi keluarga termasuk masalah stunting. Penelitian ini bertujuan: 1)Mengkaji pendapatan dan akses pangan rumah tangga pada lokus stunting di Kabupaten Tolitoli, 2) Menganalisis dan mengidentifikasi kondisi ketahanan pangan rumahtangga pada lokus stunting di Kabupaten Tolitoli. Metode pengambilan data menggunakan teknik kuantitatif dan kualitatif melalui survei, wawancara, observasi langsung, serta diskusi terfokus. Penentuan responden menggunakan tehnik PPS (Probability Proportionate to size) pada dua desa dengan tingkat prevalensi stunting tertinggi di Kecamatan Dampal Selatan, Kabupaten Tolitoli. Metode analisis yang digunakan adalah analisis pendapatan dan analisis ketahanan pangan. Hasil penelitian menunjukan pendapatan rumahtangga responden di lokasi penelitian 70,87% (Rp 991.667/bulan) bersumber dari kegiatan pertanian namun tergolong rendah (Rp 33.055/hari) untuk memenuhi kebutuhan pangan dan gizi keluarga. Akses pangan responden berdasarkan serapan energi berada dalam kondisi masih “kurang” yakni dibawah angka tetapan serapan energi sebesar 2.150 kkal/kap/hari. Sedangkan ketahanan rumahtangga yang diukur dari Pangsa Pengeluaran Pangan menunjukkan rumahtangga responden di lokus stunting tersebut tergolong dalam kategori “tidak tahan pangan”.
Analisis Rantai Pasok Salak Pondoh di Desa Sumber Mulya Kecamatan Simpang Raya Kabupaten Banggai
Authors: Latupeirisa Yolenta Kartika Sari , Muis Abdul , Hadayani Hadayani 
Published: May 2024

Penelitian ini bertujuan mengetahui karakteristik pelaku rantai pasok, mekanisme rantai pasok yang terkait dengan aliran produk, aliran informasi dan aliran keuangan serta efisiensi rantai pasok Salak Pondoh di Desa Sumber Mulya Kecamatan Simpang Raya Kabupaten Banggai. Metode penelitian yang digunakan adalah Analisis deskriptif kualitatif dan Kuantitatif. penelitian ini dilaksanakan pada Bulan Maret - April 2023. Responden petani diambil secara sensus yaitu sebanyak 24 petani. Pedagang pengumpul, pedagang pengecer, dan konsumen diambil secara sengaja (purposive) yaitu masing-masing sebanyak 5 orang. Total responden yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini sejumlah 42 orang. Hasil penelitian Analisis Rantai Pasok salak pondoh di Desa Sumber Mulya Kecamatan Simpang Raya Kabupaten Banggai adalah Karakteristik pelaku rantai pasok yaitu: (1) umur sebagian besar responden berada dalam usia produktif, (2) lama pendidikan rata-rata tamat Sekolah Menengah dan Perguruan Tinggi (3) pengalaman berusaha rata-rata 7-12 tahun. (4) jumlah tanggungan keluarga rata-rata 1-2 jiwa. Mekanisme aliran produk rantai pasok salak pondoh di daerah penelitian hanya terdiri dari petani, pedagang pengumpul, pedagang pengecer dan konsumen akhir, aliran keuangan yang mengalir dari konsumen sampai ke petani salak pondoh, dan aliran informasi yang mengalir dari petani salak pondoh sampai ke konsumen akhir atau sebaliknya. Biaya Distribusi yang dikeluarkan oleh saluran pemasaran II yaitu Rp. 3.633,5/kg, dan pada saluran III sebesar 3.879,15/kg. Margin pemasaran sebesar Rp.7.500/kg, Nilai farmer’s share yang diterima petani pada saluran pemasaran II yaitu sebesar Rp. 62,5%, dan pada saluran III sebesar 83,34% dan dikatakan efisien. Distribusi rantai pasok didaerah penelitian termasuk efisien yaitu pada saluran pemasaran II sebesar 18,17% dan pada saluran III sebesar 19,39%.
A Social Network Transmission Model of Investor Relations
Authors: Caskey Judson , Minnis Michael , Nagar Venky 
Published: May 2024

ABSTRACT
This study models a firm’s investors as connected via a social network and examines how an appropriate investor relations (IR) strategy can maximize information flow through this network. When IR can initially reach only a few investors, information flows faster when IR targets highly connected investors through, for example, direct contact. When IR can initially reach many investors, information flows faster from untargeted broadcast-type communications that reach random investors. Turning to empirically measurable outcomes of information flow, we show that the time series of bid-ask spreads have a hump-shaped pattern, first increasing and then decreasing. Faster information flows cause a sharper, but briefer, bid-ask spread spike. Such results provide a rigorous framework for thinking about how IR activities drive stock liquidity, and unite several observed empirical regularities into an investor social network-based framework for IR activities, a research area where descriptive empirical findings have outpaced theory.