bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Exploration of the linear and nonlinear relationships between learning strategies and mathematics achievement in South Korea using the nominal response model : PISA 2012
Authors: Kim Jiyoun , Chen Chia-Wen , Wu Yi-Jhen 
Published: April 2024

AbstractLearning strategies have been recognized as important predictors of mathematical achievement. In recent studies, it has been found that Asian students use combined learning strategies, primarily including metacognitive strategies, rather than rote memorization. To the best of the authors’ knowledge, there is only one prior study including South Korea in investigations of the relationship between learning strategies and mathematics achievement in PISA 2012. In that study, students were classified into groups using specific learning strategies, and their mathematics achievements were compared. There are two research gaps: (1) previous studies insufficiently explored how students use learning strategies in the South Korean education system, and (2) there is little research applying the nominal response model (NRM) to explore the association between learning strategy use and mathematics achievement in PISA 2012. Thus, the present study explores to what extent the NRM fits the data compared to the generalized partial credit model (GPCM). We created a learning strategy score from the NRM for South Korean students in PISA 2012 (N = 3,310). Then, using correlation analysis and quadratic regression analysis, we identified linear and nonlinear relations between learning strategy scores from the NRM and mathematics achievement. The findings indicated that (1) NRM was a better fit for creating learning strategy scores than GPCM, (2) the average correlation coefficient between the learning strategy score and mathematics achievement was 0.18 (p < .05), and (3) for the curvilinear relationship between the learning strategy score and mathematics achievement, the standardized quadratic coefficient was − 0.090 (p < .001). Overall, the NRM represents an appropriate model for explaining the relationship between learning strategy and mathematical achievement. Additionally, high-performing South Korean students tend to primarily use metacognitive strategies with memorization. The negative quadratic coefficient captured the limited effect of the primary use of metacognitive strategies with memorization. The implications for the South Korean education system are discussed.
Nontraditional risk factors for cardiovascular disease in patients on peritoneal dialysis
Authors: Nitta Kosaku 
Published: April 2024

AbstractPatients on peritoneal dialysis (PD) have a high prevalence of cardiovascular complications and are at increased risk of cardiovascular mortality. Dialysis increases the likelihood of developing various cardiovascular complications, including ischemic heart disease, cardiac valvular disease, hypertensive cardiomyopathy, and arrhythmias. However, noncardiac circulatory failure can also occur in the absence of obvious cardiac disease in PD patients as a result of excessive fluid volume. Other important causes of nontraditional circulatory failure in these patients include mineral imbalance and severe anemia. In this review, I focus on nontraditional risk factors for cardiovascular disease in PD patients, including ultrafiltration failure, chronic kidney disease–mineral bone disorders, anemia, inflammation, and sarcopenia.
Safe Motherhood Initiative
Authors: Ajayi-Lowo Esther Oluwashina 
Published: April 2024

AbstractIn the quest to create global maternal health care protocols, African Indigenous birthing epistemologies are often overlooked in research, policy, and advocacy aiming to improve maternal health and reduce the maternal mortality ratio (MMR). The global maternal health strategy, the Safe Motherhood Initiative (SMI), excludes Indigenous birthing knowledge by requiring all childbirth to be attended by only birth attendants trained in the Western medical paradigm. This forms the bedrock of the assumed authoritative expertise of the Western medical birthing approach. Despite the campaign for sole reliance on SMI, Africa’s MMR remains the highest compared to other regions. Nigeria, Africa’s most populous country, also has the third-highest MMR in the world as of 2020. This failure of SMI to reduce MMR for Nigeria and Africa more broadly calls for the inclusion of marginalized Indigenous birthing knowledge for its epistemological and practical significance. Using Nigeria as a case study, with a transnational connection with the United States, the article argues that excluding African birthing knowledge and methods in SMI promotes epistemic and obstetric violence. Adopting the reproductive justice framework as a decolonial tool, the article asserts that African Indigenous birthing knowledge is simultaneously valid and valuable for holistic approaches to maternal health.
The “Grandmother” of Indigenous Filmmaking in New Zealand
Authors: Schallenkammer Denise 
Published: April 2024

Abstract
With reference to Heperi Mita’s documentary Merata: How Mum Decolonised the Screen (2018) about his mother, Merata Mita, this article illustrates the importance of Indigenous filmmaking by providing insights into the work and life of New Zealand’s first female Māori filmmaker who made a feature-length narrative. Film is an important part of identity formation and shapes the perception of (Indigenous) cultures and peoples. From the late 1970s onward, there is a growing movement in Māori filmmaking which led to changes in the representation of Māori culture in film and influenced Indigenous filmmaking on a global scale. Merata Mita plays a major role in bringing Māori behind and in front of the camera and paved the way for Indigenous female filmmakers.
What It Takes to Be Counted
Authors: Hembrom Ruby , Narayan Priti 
Published: April 2024

Abstract
In this interview, the publisher and author Ruby Hembrom speaks about being invisibilized and erased as an Adivasi, which led her to set up adivaani (“the first voices”), the first Indigenous-run platform for publishing and documenting Adivasi voices in English in India, in 2012. With a focus on both the ideological and practical aspects of running what Hembrom calls a “dependie” initiative, this interview explores adivaani’s—and Hembrom’s—journey in creating an Indigenous archive; the politics of knowledge production, language, and translation; and the platform’s role in landscapes marked by the cultural and material dispossession of Adivasis in India. Hembrom also provides insight into some of her publishing choices, the global platforms and collaborations she and adivaani have been part of, and her visions for Adivasi feminism and solidarities.
Injury and Value
Authors: Ashby Halle-Mackenzie , Johnson Jessica Marie 
Published: April 2024

Abstract
This essay explores two historical subjects, Catharina, an enslaved woman living and working in eighteenth-century New Orleans, and Ruth, a free field laborer in post-emancipation Barbados. Through a careful reading of their different but overlapping legal petitions against the planters who worked to control their labor, this essay seeks to distill a shared battle around Black mothering and to reconsider what it means to mother in the eighteenth- and nineteenth-century Atlantic world, respectively. In so doing, this essay contributes to scholarship that analyzes reproductive racial slavery’s afterlife, particularly how slavery’s matrilineal principle shaped the meaning of Black motherhood in bondage and in freedom. Exploring violent confrontations with empire in moments of profound change, the stories of Catharina and Ruth each offer new definitions of labor and value and hint at how Black women theorized a world beyond racial capitalism.
My Debt to Slavery
Authors: Solinger Rickie 
Published: April 2024

Abstract
This autobiographical essay sets up a white middle-class young woman’s emergence as a rights-bearing, choice-making exemplar of sexual freedom and as a holder of intimate racial capital in the 1970s. At the same time, elites and various professional authorities were re-stamping this young woman’s Black peers with slavery- and Jim Crow–era tropes, as sexual criminals, bad choice-makers, producers of worthless and expensive children, not citizens. The essay considers the roles played by Roe v. Wade, the availability of contraception, “modern” midwifery services, the “sexual revolution,” welfare policy, public rhetoric, and public policies in locking in new iterations of racism and racial difference in the post–civil rights era, and the importance of female sexuality, pregnancy, and maternity in constructing arenas for deploying these developments.
Perceived Stress, Mindfulness, and Clinical Concussion Outcomes in Adults with a Concussion History
Authors: Callahan Christine E. , Kiefer Adam W. , DeFreese J.D. , Faurot Keturah R. , Gaylord Susan A. , Register-Mihalik Johna K. 
Published: April 2024

ABSTRACT

Introduction
Higher perceived stress negatively impacts concussion recovery, but there are limited data examining connections between perceived stress and concussion. Additionally, higher mindfulness is associated with lower perceived stress, but there is limited research on how mindfulness impacts concussion outcomes. Therefore, this study aimed to estimate the associations among perceived stress, mindfulness, and clinical concussion outcomes.

Methods
This was a cross-sectional, observational study in 80 young adults with a concussion history. Participants completed a single study visit measuring the following: 1) demographics, concussion history, and current mindfulness practice; 2) perceived stress (Perceived Stress Scale); 3) mindfulness (Five Facet Mindfulness Questionnaire); and 4) clinical concussion outcomes/symptoms (Rivermead Post-Concussion Symptoms Questionnaire), balance performance (Balance Error Scoring System (BESS) and center of mass), autonomic nervous system function (heart rate variability), vestibular/ocular function (vestibular ocular motor screening), and exertion tolerance (step test). Separate multivariable linear regression models were used to determine the associations among 1) perceived stress and clinical concussion outcomes and 2) mindfulness and clinical concussion outcomes. Next, a perceived stress and mindfulness interaction term was included to test the potential moderation effect of mindfulness on clinical concussion outcomes.

Results
Higher perceived stress was significantly associated with higher concussion symptom severity (P < 0.001) and higher number of concussion symptoms reported as worse than before injury (P < 0.001). Higher mindfulness was associated with lower concussion symptom severity (P < 0.001), and fewer concussion symptoms reported as worse than before injury (P = 0.002). There were no clinically significant models where the interaction effect was also significant, but the BESS parameter estimate did show statistical significance in the interaction model.

Conclusions
Our results provide a novel understanding of the association among perceived stress, mindfulness, and clinical concussion outcomes. These data are necessary to inform mechanistic concussion rehabilitation interventions.
Physiological and Blood Response in Goat Kids Disbudding by Subcutaneous Injection of Eugenol and Cautery
Authors: FarajliAbbasi M , Molaei MM , Sharifi H , Oloumi MM , Behzadi A 
Published: April 2024

This study was aimed to compare the pain in five days old goat kids disbudding by eugenol and cautery method. the eugenol is known as a main factor in novel disbudding method named clove oil. In this study, serum cortisol levels, and clinical changes were evaluated to compare disbudding by eugenol and cautery. A total of 25 Raieni (Cashmere) goat kids aged 5 days old were randomly allocated to 1-5 treatment groups (n=5), To differentiate the pain caused by disbudding with the stress of restraint and blood sampling in the results, the animals in both methods of disbudding were divided into different groups according to the evaluated parameters; groups 1,2 cautery-disbudded(550°C,3-6s), and groups 3-5 SC eugenol(0.1cc) administration- disbudded. The cortisol serum level immediately after disbudding in group 2 was 7.94±0.02 µg/dL, vs. group 4, 6.34±0.03 (mean ± SE), and over time, the values were in favor of the eugenol group, despite being insignificant up to 240 and 480 minutes after defoliation. The respiratory rate in group 3 was 77±1.13 vs. group 1, 108±0.67 (mean ± SE), and pulse rate in group 3 was 239.4±1.13 vs. group 1, 284±1.53; and rectal temperature showed no significant difference among groups 1&3. In group 5, there was no significant difference between before and after cell blood count and blood enzymes analysis, which could be an argument for the lack of effect of eugenol on vital organs. The results showed less stress and pain level in eugenol-disbudded groups compared to cautery-disbudded in goat kids (P≤0.05). Analysis of specific blood serum enzymes represented no side effect on vital organs in eugenol injection. Our data suggest that eugenol may be a suitable alternative to old and outdated or painful routine disbudding methods. The difference in our findings with similar studies can be due to the difference in the methodology of sampling., analysis and measurement accuracy. However, more research with wide aspect on pain reliability, availability, economy, and behavioral is needed to assess whether eugenol can replace other methods.
Microbial and Antibiotic Resistant E. coli Contamination in Retail Eggs Produced by Alternative and Conventional Rearing Methods
Authors: Guran HS , Esen S , Alali W 
Published: April 2024

The aims of this study were to determine: i) the presence of total mesophilic aerobic bacteria (TMAB), total psychrophilic aerobic bacteria (TPAB) coliform, E. coli, Enterobacteriaceae and Salmonella in retail eggs produced in different poultry rearing systems, ii) Enterobacteriaceae species diversity, and iii) antibiotic resistance profile of E. coli isolates. A total of 350 retail eggs produced by four different rearing systems [organic (n= 100), free-range (n= 100), barn (n= 50) and conventional-cage (n=100)] were collected and characterized microbiologically. Out of the 350 eggs tested, the eggshell surface samples were contaminated, with TMAB, TPAB, coliform, E. coli and Enterobacteriaceae at positive percentages of 100%, 100%, 49.1%, 18.6% and 38%, respectively. The positive percentage of coliform, E. coli and Enterobacteriaceae were statistically significant between rearing systems (P<0.05). However, only mean numbers of TMAB were statistically significant between rearing systems (P<0.05). The contamination percent positive crushed eggshell samples, with TMAB, TPAB, coliform, E. coli and Enterobacteriaceae were 100%, 100%, 50%, 33.7% and 42.5%, respectively. Salmonella was detected from only one Enterobacteriaceae isolate obtained from an organic eggshell pool but not from eggshell surfaces or egg yolks. A total of 35 E. coli isolates were recovered from Enterobacteriaceae isolates. Twelve (34.3%) of them exhibited resistance to least one antibiotic tested. The dominant type of resistance was to ampicillin detected in all 12 E. coli isolates. This study provides valuable baseline data of the occurrence of species diversity of Enterobacteriaceae and antibiotic resistant E. coli in retail eggs produced by alternative or conventional-caged rearing methods which can be used for future risk assessments.
Effect of severe dietary restriction on growth and slaughter characteristics of non-selected growing rabbits
Authors: Saidj D , Imelhayen M , Dorbane Z , Talaaziza D , Chirane MS , Korteby HM , Moula N , Kadi SA 
Published: April 2024

This work was carry out to study the effects of dietary restriction by limiting rabbit access to the feeder on fattening performance. A total of 44 weaned rabbits, of 32-35 days, were randomly divided into 2 groups, the control group (C) fed ad-libitum throughout the fattening period and the group with restricted access to the feed restriction (R). The weekly feeding program of the R group consisted of a restricted access time to the feed trough for 5 days (3h/d) and an ad libitum feed distribution for the weekend during the 5 weeks post-weaning. Two weeks before slaughter (10 to 12 weeks of age), the rabbits from the Group R were fed ad libitum. Results showed lower live weights for Group R at 10 weeks of age (R: 1084.7 g vs. C: 1510.7; p<0.05) but similar at 12 weeks of age (R: 1557.2 g vs. C: 1800.9 g; P>0.05). Different daily feed intakes throughout the fattening period and similar average daily gains (R:16.25 g/d vs. C:22.10 g/d; p>0.05). The feed intake index at the end of fattening was significantly higher in control animals (C:4.15 vs. R:3.85, p=0.001). Carcass yield was similar (C: 68.07% vs. R: 65.70%; p>0.05), peri-renal fat weight was higher in control rabbits (C: 27.17g vs. R: 13.67g; p=0.002).The results of the present study indicate the economic interest of using a feed restriction strategy that could be popularized in local rabbit farms.
Molecular identification and sequencing of Pseudomonas aeruginosa 16S rRNA gene isolated from a variety of raw cow milk samplesin Iraq
Authors: Saeed AA , Mayea KQ , Shalal SH 
Published: April 2024

Pseudomonas aeruginosa is Gram-negative bacterium which is notably known as a pathogen in humans, animals, and plants.Suspect raw milk samples were analyzed to amplify the 16S rRNA gene and confirm Pseudomonas aeruginosa strains. This study was conducted at different farmland in diwaniya and al-Najaf., a total of 70 samples were collected (28 from mastitic cows and 42 from apparently healthy cows ) the detection of the 16S rRNA gene in this study revealed 11 ( positive isolates of Pseudomonas were identified from samples after culture on cetrimid agar. New sets of primer pairs were designed using the NCBI database search tool. The phylogenetic relationship between different strains of Pseudomonas aeruginosa has been studied through using 16S rRNA gene region sequencing. A distance tree was constructed to determine the genetic similarity between species. as result of the 9 isolate gene sequencing, it was determined, and submitted in GenBank accession numbers (MZ799357, MZ817077, MZ820788, MZ820878 , MZ821016, MZ823355, MZ823356 MZ823387. MZ823389) , in conclusion the PCR is a reliable technique that identifies Pseudomonas aeruginosa at the molecular level
Antibiotic resistant shiga toxin producing Escherichia coli isolates from milk and milk products
Authors: Sobeih AMK , Moawad AA , Sharshar T 
Published: April 2024

Totally 450 milk and milk products (50 each of raw buffalo & cow milk; Kareish, Tallaga and Roquefort cheeses; yoghurt; rayeb; condensed milk and sour cream) samples were randomly purchased from various markets in Kafr El-Sheikh for isolation and identification of STEC. Results showed that 60%, 80%, 30%, 10%, 12%, 20%, 6% and 22% of buffalo & cow milk, Kareish, Roquefort, Tallaga, yoghurt, rayeb and sour cream respectively, contained E.coli, but negative in condensed milk. Fifty suspected isolates were serologically identified using E.coli O157:H7 kits, and confirmed in 69.2%, 53.8%, 60%, 16.7% and 20% isolates of buffalo & cow milk, Kareish, Tallaga and yoghurt, while was negative in Roqufort, rayeb, and sour cream. Using PCR assay, 21 confirmed isolates were examined, 44.4, 71.4, 66.7, 100 and 100% isolates of buffalo & cow milk, Kareish, Tallaga and yoghurt were positive for rfbE gene; while 55.6, 42.8, 66.7, 100 and 100 % isolates of buffalo & cow milk, Kareish, Tallaga and yoghurt were positive for blaTEM, but all isolates were negative for blaCMY2. Consequently, raw milk and most dairy products including fermented products were possible source of E.coli O157:H7food poisoning, so usage of accurate hygienic measures through manufacture and retail of milk products be essential.
Mycobacterium genavense splenitis in a pet rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus) presented for fracture
Authors: Paoletti C , Rosas-Navarro J. , Godart PO , Quinton JF 
Published: April 2024

Mycobacteriosis is an uncommon infection that has been sporadically described among wild, farmed and pet rabbits. To date, only one case of Mycobacterium genavense infection has been reported in a dwarf rabbit presenting with granulomatous pneumonia. This new case report describes granulomatous splenitis caused by M. genavense in a pet rabbit brought in for lameness caused by a femoral fracture. The initial blood test, X-ray, abdominal ultrasound, and bone marrow and spleen cytology results were consistent with a diagnosis of a metastatic giant-cell tumour. The rabbit underwent successful femoral osteosynthesis, and six months later, following the occurrence of a second spontaneous fracture and a worsening of overall health, the patient was euthanised. The postmortem histological examination showed severe granulomatous splenitis caused by acid-fast bacilli identified as M. genavense by real-time PCR analysis. The route of infection remains unknown, yet the lack of pulmonary involvement likely rules out airborne transmission. M. genavense infection, although rarely described in pet rabbits, appears to be an emerging pathogen and should be included among the differential diagnoses for pneumonia and splenomegaly.
Effect of oxidative stress on the reproductive performance of Hair Goat
Authors: Dursun S 
Published: April 2024

Small ruminants are the type of animals that make the most of unsuitable land and contribute significantly to the country's economy. In order to achieve maximum yield from these animals, it is necessary to optimize nutrition and minimize stress factors. One of the important consequences of management and nutrition has been demonstrated by scientists to be oxidative stress. Oxidative stress affect the normal functioning of many physiological systems. In this study, oxidative stress index (OSI), total oxidation level (TOS) and total antioxidant (TAS) levels were investigated in 20 male and 100 female hair goats during the breeding season (October) and out-of-season (May). Females between the ages of 2-6 years and male hair goats aged 2-4 years were used in the study. The correlation between TAS, TOS, and OSI and fertility was evaluated according to sex and season. TAS, TOS and OSI values in female hair goats in October and May were, respectively; 1.28, 1.34; 11.02, 7.13; 0.87, 0.53; in males 1.32, 1.44; 4.24, 8.84; 0.32, 0.63 μmol/L. As a result, it was concluded that as the TOS level increased, the yield of the offspring decreased, and the increase in the TAS level positively affected the yield of the offspring.
Dried Baby Formula as a Source of Opportunistic Members of Enterobacteriaceae for Infants
Authors: Ibrahim AS , Fouad Saad M , Moustafa Hafiz N 
Published: April 2024

For evaluating the prevalence of Enterobacteriaceae in baby formulas, we examined 60 different samples of powdered infant milk formula and milk-cereal based infant formula that is recommended for first-day birth and from 6-month age, respectively, and collected from various supermarkets, shops, and pharmacies. Six (20.0%) and thirteen (43.3%) powdered infant milk formulas and milk-cereal based infant formulas, respectively, were contaminated by different Enterobacteriaceae involved Enterobacter cloacae ssp. cloacae, Pantoea spp., Enterobacter hormaechei, and Raoultella ornithinolytica, which were identified using traditional biochemical tests and the vitek2 compact system. Only five samples of investigating milk-cereal based infant formula type have coliforms count of 4 MPN/g. All species were susceptible to gentamycin, while all were resistant to cephalothin antibiotics. Eventually, 20.0 % of powdered infant milk formula samples were unacceptable referred to Egyptian standards (2072/2006) and most of the comparable international standards. In the study, we proved the contamination of powdered milk baby formula by Enterobacteriaceae, which mainly causes health problems in immature and immunocompromised infants. The dried infant formula factories are more needful for good hygiene and safety systems applications. This study is one of the fewest studies conducted in Egypt to isolate Enterobacteriaceae members from dried foods; especially milk-cereal based infant formula.