bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
HIỆU QUẢ CỦA LASER DIODE 810NM VÀ DAO MỔ TRONG ĐIỀU TRỊ NƯỚU NHIỄM SẮC MELANIN SINH LÝ
Authors: Trần Yến Nga , Lê Thiện Quang , Nguyễn Bảo Trân , Nguyễn Thị Kim Chi 
Published: March 2024

Mục tiêu: Mục tiêu của nghiên cứu này là so sánh hiệu quả của phẫu thuật bằng laser diode 810nm và dao mổ trong điều trị nướu nhiễm sắc melanin sinh lý. Đối tượng - Phương pháp: Tổng cộng có 26 cung hàm của 16 bệnh nhân có nhiễm sắc melanin sinh lý ở hai bên được tuyển vào nghiên cứu. Các phần hàm đối bên được chỉ định ngẫu nhiên tiếp nhận điều trị bằng laser (nhóm thử nghiệm) hoặc điều trị dao mổ (nhóm chứng). Các đánh giá lâm sàng bao gồm: cảm nhận đau ở ngày 1 và ngày 7 sau điều trị theo thang VAS, cường độ sắc tố nướu ở trước điều trị, 1 tháng và 3 tháng sau điều trị theo chỉ số DOPI (Dummett oral pigmentation index). Kiểm định Wilcoxon signed rank và Mann-Whitney được dùng để phân tích các dữ liệu này. Kết quả: Cảm nhận đau sau điều trị là nhẹ, nhóm dao mổ chứng tỏ đau nhiều hơn nhưng khác biệt không có ý nghĩa thống kê so với nhóm laser (p>0,05). Ở 1 tháng và 3 tháng sau điều trị, cường độ sắc tố nướu ở cả nhóm laser và nhóm dao mổ đều giảm rất có ý nghĩa so với trước điều trị (p<0,001). Tuy nhiên, chưa tìm thấy khác biệt có ý nghĩa về chỉ số DOPI giữa hai nhóm ở cả hai thời điểm sau điều trị (p>0,05). Kết luận: Cả hai phương pháp điều trị chỉ gây đau nhẹ và cho hiệu quả tương đương về phương diện cải thiện cường độ sắc tố nướu.
Diamond is a scientist’s best friend
Authors: Andringa Sible , Mos Maria , Van Beuningen Catherine , González Paz , Hornikx Jos , Steinkrauss Rasmus 
Published: March 2024

The field of applied linguistics is increasingly adopting open science practices. As open access publication gains traction, ethical issues emerge that need to be addressed by the field. This viewpoint paper addresses the concern that open science is not equally open for everyone. This paper describes how open access publication is increasingly being commercialized and explains how open access publication coincides with systemic inequality. We offer the following viewpoints for the field to consider:

We are morally obligated to make our research output accessible.
Hybrid, Gold, and Green open access publishing lead to systemic inequality in open access publishing, benefiting commercial publishers and those working in research-intensive universities and rich countries.
Diamond open access publication removes the systemic inequalities; hence, Diamond open access should be prioritized over Hybrid, Gold, and Green open access publication models.
We should move away from publish-and-read agreements and Green open access publishing, because they prevent system change.
Through our choices in our work as researchers, editors, reviewers, authors and teachers, we can contribute to the transition towards truly equitable open access publishing practices.
Senior researchers are in the position and have the moral obligation to be drivers of these changes.
Utility of Kent's Repertory in the treatment of candidiasis: An open labelled, Single arm, interventional clinical trial
Authors: Saklani Nitin Kumar , Prajapati Ramkripal 
Published: March 2024

ABSTRACT
Background: Candidiasis is the most significant opportunistic infection impacting the Quality of life. Objective: This study assess the effectiveness of individualized homoeopathy (IH) in centesimal scale selected from the Kent’s repertory in cases of Candidiasis. Methods: This is open – label, prospective, Single-arm, non-randomized, non-controlled clinical trial of pre-post comparison design was conducted at the Repertory outpatient department (OPD) of National Institute of Homoeopathy, Kolkata, India. Result: Calculated t29 value is 8.04 OR 9.17 by using NRS and MCAQ scoring scale and on referring t-table at degree of freedom 29, it is found that the t-value is 2.05 at p=0.05. However our calculated value 8.04 or 9.17 is > 2.05 (t at p=0.05). As the calculated t-value is greater than the table value at α = 0.05 . So the result is significant at p ≤ 0.05. There is statically significant improvement in pre and post intervention status of patients enrolled in this clinical study. Conclusion: This study provides a positive trend to support the effect of IH (Individualized Homoeopathy) selected on the basis of principal of Kent’s repertory in patients with different variety of candidiasis and warrants further evaluation in RCT (Randomized control trial) with higher sample size.
THE CORRELATION BETWEEN BETHESDA SYSTEM AND ULTRASOUND-BASED TIRADS FOR REPORTING THYROID CYTOPATHOLOGY
Authors: Safdar Ayesha , Mehmood Raazia , Khan Maria , Javaid Faryal , Sajjad Ayesha , Khattak Maria Tasneem , Khan Iqbal Muhammad 
Published: March 2024

Objectives: To correlate the screening ability of ultrasound-based TIRADS with the FNAC-based Bethesda system when the latter is kept as a gold standard.
Material and Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted in the Histopathology department, Rehman Medical Institute, Peshawar 15th June 2022- 14th June 2023. A total of 363 patients from any age group of either gender diagnosed with thyroid nodules were included in the trial. All the participants underwent ultrasound followed by ultrasound-guided fine needle aspiration of thyroid nodules. TIRADS and Bethesda grading was done for each participant. Demographics and grading scores were recorded. Keeping Bethesda scoring as gold standard diagnostic performance of TIRADS grading was calculated.
Results: Mean age of the patients was 46.68 ± 12.28 years with a female-to-male ratio of 2.3:1. TIRADS grading revealed 210 (69.8%) from TIRADS 2 while 70(82.4%), 12(50%), and 09(23.7%) patients were from TIRADS 3, 4 and 5 categories respectively. Bethesda grades were 301(82.9%), 21(5.8%), 09(2.5%), 28(7.7%), and 04(1.1%) from Bethesda 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6 categories respectively. The sensitivity of the TIRADS was 93.8%, specificity 89.1%, positive predictive value 45%, negative predictive value 99.3%, and a diagnostic accuracy of 89.5%.
Conclusion: TIRADS grading has a high diagnostic ability when Bethesda scoring is kept as the gold standard. It can be used effectively in segregating benign from malignant nodules and is recommended for screening patients presenting with thyroid nodules.
Keywords: Biopsy, Fine-Needle, Sensitivity and Specificity, Thyroid Nodule
MORTALITY AND LENGTH OF HOSPITAL STAY IN PATIENTS WITH LIVER CIRRHOSIS BASED ON THEIR MELD SCORE
Authors: Khan Hamza Ali , Din Nizam Ud , Iqbal Saleem , Abbas Ghulam , Yousaf Muhammad , Shah Badar Mahmood , Umam Shah 
Published: March 2024

Objective: This study aimed to find the frequency of mortality and length of hospital stay in patients with liver cirrhosis based on their MELD score at admission. We also aim to study prognostication in cirrhotic patients using MELD scores at admission.
Materials and Methods: A descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted in the Medical Department of Khyber Teaching Hospital Peshawar from 17/10/2019 to 17/4/2020. A total of 100 patients were observed. Investigations required for the calculation of the MELD score were done from the hospital laboratory. Admitted patients were followed for study outcome in-hospital mortality and length of hospital stay for at least 30 days. All information was noted in the predesigned proforma.
RESULTS: One hundred patients were analyzed among which the mean age was 53 years with SD ± 7.11. Forty-two percent were male and 58% were female. In-hospital mortality was observed in 8(8%) while mean hospital stay was 7 days with a standard deviation ± 4.12 in patients presenting with liver cirrhosis mortality was observed in patients with a MELD score of less than 20. However, mortality was 6.89% in patients with a MELD score of 20-29 and 42.85 % in those with a MELD score of more than 30.
CONCLUSION: The frequency of in-hospital mortality was 8% and the mean length of hospital stay was 7± 4.12 days in patients with liver cirrhosis. For patients with higher MELD scores, the hospital stay and mortality increased.
Key Words: in-hospital mortality, mean length of hospital stay, MELD score
LAPAROSCOPIC EXPLORATION FOR INFANTILE HYPERTROPHIC PYLORIC STENOSIS: AN EXPERIENCE AT TERTIARY CARE HOSPITAL
Authors: Mohammad Imran  , Ali Sajjad , Fayaz ur Rahman  , Saeed Khawar , Ghayur Mahjabina S. 
Published: March 2024

Objectives: This study aims to share our experience of laparoscopic exploration for infantile hypertrophic pyloric stenosis.
Material and methods: This retrospective study was conducted in the Department of Pediatric Surgery, Khyber Teaching Hospital, Peshawar from June 2017 to July 2020. This study includes all patients whose diagnosis of infantile hypertrophic pyloric stenosis (IHPS) was confirmed through ultrasound parameters and laparoscopic pyloromyotomy was performed. Data was retrieved from the laparoscopic surgery record. Retrieved data was tabulated and fed in SPSS 25 for analysis.
Results: This study included 42 patients with a mean age of 50.28 ±18.5days and a mean weight of 3.35±0.76 kg. Male patients were 57 % while females were 43 %. The mean time to resuscitate the patient pre-operatively was 34.6±15.4 hours while the mean postoperative hospital stay was 45±12.47 hours. The mean operative time was 31.6±10.4 min. Operative time decreased with time depicting improvement in our learning curve (p=0.004). The method of working instrument placement had no impact on operative time (p=0.337). Meantime to full oral feed was 9.7±5.1 hours. We did not encounter mucosal perforation or incomplete myotomy. No surgery was converted to open.
Conclusion: Laparoscopic pyloromyotomy is a safe and effective method of treatment for infantile hypertrophic pyloric stenosis.
Keywords: laparoscopic pyloromyotomy, pyloric stenosis, IHPS
DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY OF DIFFUSION-WEIGHTED MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING IN THE DIAGNOSIS OF MYOMETRIAL INVASION AMONG PATIENTS WITH ENDOMETRIAL CARCINOMA
Authors: Anjum Humaira , Khattak Muska , Ghayur Mahjabina S. , Rehman Mahnoor , Iftikhar Samia 
Published: March 2024

OBJECTIVE: To determine the accuracy of magnetic resonance diffusion-weighted imaging in the diagnosis of myometrial invasion in patients with carcinoma endometrium keeping histopathology as the gold standard.
MATERIALS AND METHODS: It was a descriptive cross-sectional study carried out from 11 July 2019 to 10 July 2021 at the Radiology Department, Khyber Teaching Hospital, Peshawar. The sample was collected via a Non-probability sampling technique. The sample size was 141 taking the prevalence of myometrial invasion 46% 12 with sensitivity and specificity of DW-MRI 90% and 73%,95% confidence level, and 10% margin of error. All women presenting with biopsy-proven endometrial carcinoma scheduled for hysterectomy, aged between 30 to 70 years were included. The myometrial invasion via MRI pelvis including DWI, with a 1.5 T machine (Philips), was evaluated for all patients. After a hysterectomy, myometrial invasion was confirmed on histopathology.
RESULTS: Among 141 women, 58 (41%) patients were between 30-50 years of age, and 83(59%) patients were in the 51-70 years age group. DW-MRI had 91.11% sensitivity, 66.66% specificity, 98.4% Positive predictive value, 25% Negative predictive value, and 90.07% diagnostic accuracy
CONCLUSION: In carcinoma endometrium, MR-DWI has good diagnostic accuracy in the detection of myometrial invasion.
Keywords: Endometrial cancer, Diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging, Histopathology.
THE EFFECTIVENESS OF JIGSAW COOPERATIVE LEARNING STRATEGY AMONG BACHELOR NURSING STUDENTS AT ZIAUDDIN UNIVERSITY, KARACHI
Authors: Rehman Abdul , Raja Raja , Husain Abbas , Ghouri Aftab 
Published: March 2024

Objective: This study aimed to determine the effectiveness of the jigsaw cooperative learning strategy among Bachelor nursing students.
Material and Methods: The quasi-experimental study was conducted from July to December 2021 at Ziauddin University Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery, Karachi, among 60 students of 4th year BSN, approached by non-probability consecutive sampling method. The willing students of BSN year VI were included. The participants were divided into A and B groups. Group A was interventional, and group B was non-interventional. Independent t-test, Mann-Whitney U test, and Fisher exact test were applied for inferential statistics.
Results: The majority, 80% of the participants, were female, and almost half, 31 (51.67%) study participants were between 23-26 years. The average score of the participants through jigsaw cooperative learning and lecture method was18.73±3.5 and 14.13±2.42, respectively. Moreover, it was also found to be statistically significant (p-value<0.001).
Conclusion: It is concluded that the jigsaw cooperative learning strategy was found effective as compared to the traditional teaching style. To increase the quality of education in the health sectors, the educational system must accept and apply modern interactive technologies.
Keywords: Jigsaw method, lecture method, nursing students
Pulsed lavage in joint arthroplasty: A systematic review and meta-analysis
Authors: Daher Mohammad , Haykal Gaby , Aoun Marven , Moussallem Marc , Ghoul Ali , Tarchichi Jean , Sebaaly Amer 
Published: March 2024

BACKGROUND
Knee and hip osteoarthritis affects millions of people around the world and is expected to rise even more in frequency as the population ages. Joint arthroplasty is the surgical management of choice in these articulations. Heterotopic ossification and radiolucent lines formation are two frequent problems faced in hip and knee replacements respectively. Some studies show that the usage of pulsed lavage may prevent their formation.
AIM
To compare pulsed lavage to standard lavage in joint arthroplasty.
METHODS
PubMed, Cochrane, and Google Scholar (page 1-20) were searched till December 2023. Only comparative studies were included. The clinical outcomes evaluated were the heterotopic ossification formation in hip replacements, radiolucent lines formation, and functional knee scores in knee replacements.
RESULTS
Four studies met the inclusion criteria and were included in this meta-analysis. Pulsed lavage was shown to reduce the formation of radiolucent lines (P = 0.001). However, no difference was seen in the remaining outcomes
CONCLUSION
Pulsed lavage reduced the formation of radiolucent lines in knee replacements. No difference was seen in the remaining outcomes. Furthermore, the clinical significance of these radiolucent lines is poorly understood. Better conducted randomized controlled studies and cost-effectivity studies are needed to reinforce these findings.
Fearing the World Too Much: Another View of Ebenezer Scrooge
Authors: Daly Kari 
Published: March 2024

ABSTRACT
Scholars of Charles Dickens’s A Christmas Carol have traditionally accepted Ebenezer Scrooge’s designation as a “miser” at face value. In this article, the author suggests a somewhat radical reading of Scrooge’s character, which suggests that he has a deep concern for his fellow man, one with which he struggles. Highlighting textual clues from Scrooge’s childhood and his interactions with those closest to him, the article demonstrates that the deeds of the world’s most famous “miser” are grounded in empathy. This empathy, as well as Scrooge’s tendency to view the world through an intensely logical framework, makes him particularly vulnerable to a Utilitarian ideology. Scrooge is not, this article argues, cold-hearted, but rather rooted in indecision as to how he can maximize overall well-being and effect real change. When the reader assembles the pieces of Scrooge’s life in chronological order—as opposed to the order in which the narrator relates them—it becomes clear that he is not transformed at the end so much as unfrozen. This more generous reading of Scrooge demands more than a passive reception, asking us to reflect on our own experiences and assess how these may have negatively influenced our capacities for generosity and kindness.
Just in Time: Calling, Responding, and Making Music from the Soul
Authors: Campbell Kermit 
Published: March 2024

ABSTRACT
Although Kairos in Greek mythology is often depicted as the winged son of Zeus who grants to those who lay hold of his single lock of hair their once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, in traditional African American culture, particularly when it comes to speech, Kairos is essentially family. Given how much African American speakers depend on seizing the moment to invoke spiritual connections, emit laughter, and profess the truth, Kairos, or what we might call CPT (“Colored People’s Time”), can be summoned almost at will. One of the African American discourses this article will use to illustrate this point is Call and Response, a verbal exchange in which speakers and listeners attune to one another and to the timeliness of an event. Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” speech was such an event, but it wouldn’t have been so were it not for the timely responding of his favorite gospel singer, Mahalia Jackson.
A Rhetoric of Everyday Violence: Embodied Slow Violence
Authors: Walzer Belinda 
Published: March 2024

ABSTRACT
This article builds on the scholarship on violence at the nexus of rhetoric, philosophy, decoloniality, and human rights discourse to theorize what it calls a rhetoric of everyday violence. Moving beyond the focus on the politics of representation in slow violence, it brings a transnational feminist rhetorical analytic and a focus on the politics of recognition to illegible temporal violence, arguing that a rhetoric of everyday violence can help recalibrate human rights discourse to recognize temporal and gendered violence as human rights violations.
Egyptian Popular Culture in Late Ottoman and Mandate Palestine
Authors: Beinin Joel 
Published: March 2024

Abstract
During the late Ottoman and British Mandate periods, Palestine was an integral component of the audience for the new forms of “colloquial mass culture” that emerged in Cairo. Early Egyptian recording artists, theatre troupes, and the giants of interwar Egyptian popular music—Umm Kulthum and Muhammad Abdel Wahhab—regularly appeared and were warmly received in Palestine. Egyptian performers did not come to Palestine to affirm or reinforce its Arabism. They came because they earned substantial fees for their performances and because they had large and loyal audiences there, some of whom were Jews. The presence of both Arabs and Jews at concerts or in movie theaters did not necessarily mean that they liked each other. Neither did they dislike each other as a matter of principle. This ambiguous legacy was manifested in the political uproar over the naming of streets in honor of Umm Kulthum and Abdel Wahhab in Jerusalem, Ramle, and Haifa in 2020. This was not an indicator of Arab–Jewish coexistence, and it did not represent a conciliation with terrorism. It was a phenomenon in which spectators and fans (and detractors) read themselves into the meanings of the work of artists.
Rezension von: Keefer, Erwin, Steinzeit ...
Authors: Waibel Raimund , Keefer Erwin , Seidel Ute 
Published: March 2024

Erwin Keefer: Steinzeit. (Sammlungen des Württembergischen Landesmuseums Stuttgart, Band 1). Konrad Theiss-Verlag Stuttgart 1993. 188 Seiten mit über 200 Abbildungen, Karten und Zeichnungen. Pappband DM 44,-
Ute Seidel: Bronzezeit. (Sammlungen des Württembergischen Landesmuseums Stuttgart, Band 2). Württembergisches Landesmuseum Stuttgart 1995. 160 Seiten mit etwa 170 Abbildungen. Pappband DM 36,-
Perbandingan Metode Ensemble Untuk Meningkatkan Akurasi Algoritm Machine Learning Dalam Memprediksi Penyakit Breast Cancer (Kanker Payudara)
Authors: Majid Annisa Maulana , Nawangsih Ismasari 
Published: March 2024

Machine Learning merupakan suatu teknologi pembelajaran mesin yang dapat digunakan untuk memudahkan pekerjaan berbagai bidang, salah satunya yaitu pada bidang kesehatan. Machine Learning dalam bidang kesehatan dapat digunakan dalam memprediksi atau mendiagnosa suatu penyakit yang dihasilkan berdasarkan dataset. Kanker payudara (breast cancer) merupakan salah satu penyakit yang mematikan khususnya banyak diderita oleh wanita, oleh karena itu perlu adanya diagnosa dini terkait penyakit kanker payudara agar penanganan dapat dilakukan dengan tepat serta mencegah adanya penyebaran kanker pada tubuh. Penelitian sebelumnya telah membahas tentang diagnosa penyakit kanker payudara namun tingkat akurasi masih rendah sehingga perlu adanya teknik peningkatan akurasi untuk dapat memberikan informasi yang akurat. Tujuan dalam penelitian ini yaitu membandingkan metode Ensemble menggunakan algoritma Machine Learning yaitu Decision Tree, Naïve Bayes, dan K-Nearest Neighbor (KNN), untuk meningkatkan akurasi dalam memprediksi penyakit Kanker Payudara. Metode ensemble yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini yaitu Adaboost dan Bagging. Hasil penelitian menunjukan bahwa terdapat peningkatan pada algoritma klasifikasi menggunakan metode ensemble. Metode paling unggul yaitu Algoritma Decision Tree dan Metode ensamble yang menghasilkan akurasi sebesar yaitu 82.76%. Pada nilai AUC tertinggi diperoleh dari algoritma KNN yang dikombinasikan dengan metode Bagging yaitu sebesar 0.950 dengan kategori sangat baik.
Penerapan Metode Multi Atribute Utility Theory (MAUT) Dalam Menentukan Lokasi Promosi Yang Tepat Dalam Penjaringan Calon Siswa Baru
Authors: Simangunsong Agustina , Simanjorang R. Mahdalena , Giawa Evi Ningsih Ana , Rahmalya Nassya 
Published: March 2024

Teknologi merupakan hal yang sangat mempengaruhi segala aspek kehidupan manusia. Perkembangannya yang semakin cepat membuat manusia harus ikut beradaptasi dan teknologi tersebut dapat juga dimanfaatkan dalam pengambilan keputusan seperti hal-nya dalam menentukan lokasi atau daerah promosi yang tepat. Penentuan daerah promosi yang tepat dalam penjaringan mahasiswa baru merupakan salah satu strategi sekolah dalam meningkatkan keberhasilan kegiatan penerimaan siswa baru. Penggunaan media online dengan segala kemudahan dan keluasan jangkauan, masih dirasa perlu didukung dengan kegiatan kunjungan untuk meyakinkan calon siswa. Ketersediaan sistem pendukung keputusan (SPK) yang secara interaktif dapat mendukung proses penentuan lokasi akan sangat membantu dalam menyediakan rekomendasi lokasi promosi yang tepat. Salah satu metode SPK yang dapat digunakan untuk menyelesaikan masalah tersebut adalah dengan metode MAUT. Penggunaan metode MAUT dapat digunakan untuk memecahkan permasalahan keputusan dengan banyak kriteria. Hasil yang diperoleh dengan menerapkan metode MAUT tersebut adalah dalam penentuan prioritas lokasi promosi yang tepat dalam penjaringan calon siswa baru, maka dapat direkomendasikan alternatif dengan kode A02 dengan nilai preferensi sebesar 0,525 menjadi lokasi promosi yang diprioritaskan untuk dilakukan promosi.