bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Clinical case of treatment of a patient with temporomandibular joint dysfunction
Authors: Долгалев А.А. , Водолацкий В.М. , Соловьева О.А. , Христофорандо Д.Ю. , Гарус Я.Н. , Керефова З.В. , Гелетин П.Н. 
Published: February 2024

В современной практике врача-стоматолога имеется достаточное разнообразие аппаратурных методов лечения дисфункции височно-нижнечелюстного сустава (ДВНЧС). Практикующему врачу, не имеющему большого клинического опыта, иногда трудно определиться с показаниями к выбору определенной тактики аппаратурного лечения. Часто возникает необходимость применять последовательно или параллельно два или несколько видов окклюзионных аппаратов. Приведен клинический пример комплексной диагностики и комбинированного лечения пациента с ДВНЧС современными индивидуализированными аппаратами — ортотиком и элайнерами. Результаты изучения биоэлектрической активности жевательных мышц до и после лечения ортотиком и элайнерами, в покое и при стискивании зубных рядов через ватные валики, показали значения биопотенциалов при смыкании зубных рядов, более близкие к физиологической норме.
In the modern practice of a dentist today there is a sufficient variety of hardware methods for the treatment of temporomandibular joint dysfunction. It is sometimes difficult for a practicing physician who does not have much clinical experience to determine the indications for choosing a certain tactic of hardware treatment. Sometimes it becomes necessary to use two or more types of occlusal devices in series or in parallel. A clinical example of complex diagnostics and combined treatment of a patient with temporomandibular joint dysfunction with modern individualized devices — orthotics and aligners is given. The results of studying the bioelectric activity of the masticatory muscles before and after treatment with orthotics and aligners, at rest and when squeezing the dentition through cotton pads, showed obtaining values of biopotentials when closing the dentition, closer to the physiological norm.
The Self-Concept of Adolescent Girls Regarding Physical Changes During Puberty
Authors: Kartikasari Ratih Indah , Primindari Risya Secha , Nurafifah Dian , Kusumaningrum Andri Tri , Mauliyah Ihda 
Published: February 2024

Introduction: Self-conception is a mental health problem often experienced by teenage girls who will or have experienced menstruation, especially during early puberty. This situation requires special attention. According to a preliminary survey conducted by the researchers of the State Primary School 1 Turi District of Lamongan, 80% of teenagers have experienced physical changes. The aim of this study was to determine the description of a teenage girl's self-concept about physical changes during puberty.Methods: descriptive research design. The research population was part of the seventh grade teenage children in the State 1 Turi High School, Turi district, Lamongan district, with a sample size of 40 teenage girls. Sampling is done using quota sampling. Data collection method with closed questionnaires. The data collected is analyzed descriptively.Results: 92.5% of adolescents have a negative self-image. 77.5% have negative ideas about themselves, and 90% of teenagers have bad self-esteem.Conclusion: Almost all of the teenage girls in the 7th grade in the 1st grade in Turi, Turi district, and Lamongan district have a negative self-concept. Counseling teachers and UKS (School Health Unit) should work together to provide communication, information, and education on physical changes in adolescents during puberty, especially women's gymnastics, so that they have a positive self-concept and adolescent girls' mental health is improved. Keywords: self-concept, puberty, physical change, female adolescence
PENGGUNAAN WINDOW WIDTH DAN WINDOW LEVEL PADA PEMERIKSAAN COMPUTED TOMOGRAFY SCANNER THORAX DENGAN KLINIS ANEURISMA AORTA DI RUMAH SAKIT AL ISLAM BANDUNG
Authors: Ningrum Surdiyah Asri 
Published: February 2024

Setting the parameters of Window Width and Window Level on CT Scan Thorax examination using contrast media can produce a good image of the lungs and aorta. The purpose of this study is to find out the right window setting so as to produce a good image in the case of Aortic Aneurysm. This type of research is descriptive qualitative with a case study approach.
The results showed that the effect of window width and Window Level parameter settings on the lung window and mediastinum window provided optimal image quality results of abnormalities in the lungs and surrounding anatomical structures.
TerrANTALife 1.0 Biodiversity data checklist of known Antarctic terrestrial and freshwater life forms
Authors: Pertierra Luis , Varliero Gilda , Barbosa Andrés , Biersma Elisabeth , Convey Peter , Chown Steven , Cowan Don , De Los Rios Asunción , Escribano-Alvarez Pablo , Fontaneto Diego , Fraser Ceridwen , Harris Mathew , Hughes Kevin , Griffiths Huw , le Roux Peter , Liu Xiaoyue , Lynch Heather , Majewska Roksana , Martinez Pablo , Molina-Montenegro Marco , Olalla-Tarraga Miguel , Peck Lloyd , Quesada Antonio , Ronquillo Cristina , Ropert-Coudert Yan , Sancho Leopoldo , Terauds Aleks , Vianna Juliana , Wilmotte Annick , Hortal Joaquín , Greve Michelle 
Published: February 2024

Incomplete species inventories for Antarctica represent a key challenge for comprehensive ecological research and conservation in the region. Additionally, data required to understand population dynamics, rates of evolution, spatial ranges, functional traits, physiological tolerances and species interactions, all of which are fundamental to disentangle the different functional elements of Antarctic biodiversity, are mostly missing. However, much of the fauna, flora and microbiota in the emerged ice-free land of the continent have an uncertain presence and/or unresolved status, with entire biodiversity compendia of prokaryotic groups (e.g. bacteria) being missing. All the available biodiversity information requires consolidation, cross-validation, re-assessment and steady systematic inclusion in order to create a robust catalogue of biodiversity for the continent.
We compiled, completed and revised eukaryotic species inventories present in terrestrial and freshwater ecosystems in Antarctica in a new living database: terrANTALife (version 1.0). The database includes the first integration in a compendium for many groups of eukaryotic microorganisms. We also introduce a first catalogue of amplicon sequence variants (ASVs) of prokaryotic biodiversity. Available compendia and literature to date were searched for Antarctic terrestrial and freshwater species, integrated, taxonomically harmonised and curated by experts to create comprehensive checklists of Antarctic organisms. The final inventories comprises 470 animal species (including vertebrates, free-living invertebrates and parasites), 306 plants (including all Viridiplantae: embryophytes and green algae), 997 fungal species and 434 protists (sensu lato). We also provide a first account for many groups of microorganisms, including non-lichenised fungi and multiple groups of eukaryotic unicellular species (Stramenophila, Alveolata and Rhizaria (SAR), Chromists and Amoeba), jointly referred to as "protists". In addition, we identify 1753 bacterial (obtained from 348117 ASVs) and 34 archaeal genera (from 1848 ASVs), as well as, at least, 14 virus families. We formulate a basic tree of life in Antarctica with the main lineages listed in the region and their “known-accepted-species” numbers.
Nurse-Driven Fluid Responsiveness Evaluation in Patients With Septic Shock: A Quality Improvement Initiative
Authors: Dilman Yana , Bethel Claire , Ramesh Navitha , Myers Charlene 
Published: February 2024

Background
Fluid responsiveness should be assessed in patients with septic shock because only 50% of patients are fluid responsive. Dynamic measures of fluid responsiveness, like pulse pressure variation measured after a passive leg raise maneuver, are recommended to guide fluid administration in patients with sepsis after initial fluid resuscitation.

Local Problem
The purpose of the project was to evaluate outcomes after implementing a nurse-driven fluid responsiveness evaluation using passive leg raise and pulse pressure variation measurement in patients with septic shock.

Methods
The project included 30 adult patients with septic shock in a 24-bed medical-surgical intensive care unit at a community hospital. A new nursing process was initiated for bedside fluid responsiveness evaluation (pulse pressure variation measurement after passive leg raise). Staff members received in-person individual training sessions. Preintervention and 20-week postintervention patient outcomes data were collected to estimate the project’s impact on incidence of fluid overload and acute kidney injury, duration of mechanical ventilation, and intensive care unit length of stay. Preintervention and postintervention staff satisfaction surveys assessed nurses’ perception of the project’s value.

Results
Before intervention, 24 of 37 patients (65%) met criteria of fluid overload. The project resulted in a 28% decrease in the incidence of fluid overload. Staff satisfaction surveys revealed a significant increase in nurses’ feelings of empowerment to positively affect patient outcomes; all nurses agreed that the new process was efficient.

Conclusion
The results indicate that the project had a positive impact on patient outcomes and nurse autonomy.
Newborn and Infant Hearing Screening for Early Detection of Hearing Loss in Nairobi, Kenya
Authors: Ndegwa Serah , Tucci Debara , Lemon James , Murila Florence , Shepherd Susan , Mwangi Moses , Macharia Isaac , Ayugi John 
Published: February 2024

Background: Early detection of hearing loss and subsequent intervention leads to better speech, language and educational outcomes giving way to improved socioeconomic prospects in adult life. This can be achieved through establishing universal newborn hearing screening (UNHS) programs. The objectives of this study were to assess the feasibility of implementing a UNHS program and to also determine the prevalence of hearing loss in newborns in Nairobi, Kenya.
Materials And Methods: A cross-sectional pilot study was conducted at the National Hospital and a sub-county hospital immunization clinic. A total of 9,963 babies aged 0-3 years, were enrolled in the hearing screening program through convenient sampling over nine months. A case history was administered followed by Distortion Product Oto-acoustic emissions (DPOAEs) and automated auditory brainstem response (AABR) hearing screening.
Results: The screening coverage rate was 98.6% (9963/10,104). The referral rate for the initial screen was 3.6% (356/ 9,963), and the return rate for follow-up rescreening was 72% (258 babies out of 356) with a loss to follow-up rate of 28% (98/356). The referral rate of the second screen was 10% (26/258). All 26 babies referred from the second screen returned for diagnostic hearing evaluation and were confirmed to have hearing loss, yielding a prevalence of 3/1000.
Conclusions: Establishing universal newborn and infant hearing screening programs in Kenya is feasible and essential for early detection and intervention for hearing loss. Data management and efficient follow-up systems are an integral part of achieving diagnostic confirmation of hearing loss and early intervention.
Prevalence, Levels and Correlates of Intellectual Disability among Adolescents Incarcerated in a Correctional Facility in Kaduna, NorthWestern Nigeria
Authors: Lasisi Marufah Dupe , Nuhu Folorunsho Tajudeen , Okechukwu Oguizu , Adebayo Femi , Sheikh Taiwo Lateef , Edwin Eseigbe Ehi , Moneme Pascal 
Published: February 2024

Background: Adolescents with intellectual disability are disproportionately represented within correctional facilities. Studies have shown that such adolescents are vulnerable to manipulation and influence including coercion into homosexual relationships, as well as to being victims of homicide compared to others. However, there are few studies on intellectual disability among adolescents in correctional facilities in Northern Nigeria. This study thus aimed to assess the prevalence, levels and correlates of intellectual disability among adolescents in a correctional facility in Kaduna, Northwestern Nigeria
Materials And Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted among all the adolescents incarcerated at the Borstal Training Institution in Kaduna, North-western Nigeria between March and June 2018 who gave informed consent/assent. Data collection was done using a sociodemographic questionnaire; Raven’s Progressive Matrices (RPM); Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE) Questionnaire and Perceived parental support questionnaire.
Results: The 93 participants aged 13 years to 19 years were all males with a mean age of 17.71 years (SD ±1.19). The majority (88.2%) were below average intellectually while 58.1% were intellectually defective. Participants with below-average IQ had experienced parental death (χ2 = 4.099, p=0.043), had mothers with less than 12 years of education (χ2 = 5.653, p=0.015) and scored lower on perceived combined parental support (t=-4.704, p=0.032), maternal (t=- 4.334, p=0.000) and paternal support (t=-3.506, p=0.001).
Conclusions: Intellectual disabilities are prevalent among adolescents in incarceration. There is a need to put in place programs for the identification of such adolescents in our correctional facilities so that programs which minimize the disability while emphasizing the adolescents' strengths can be instituted thus probably reducing their representation in the prison population as well as enhancing the success of rehabilitation back into the society. In addition, identified correlates should be incorporated into targeted prevention strategies for vulnerable adolescents effectively and sustainably to reduce their occurrence.
Determinants of Induced Abortion Intention among Adolescents Seeking Youth-Friendly Services in Homa Bay County, Kenya
Authors: Ajwang Everline Adhiambo , Arudo John , Ochanda Damaris 
Published: February 2024

Background: Approximately 6.4 million women die because of unsafe abortion in Africa. Abortion contributes to 35% of maternal deaths nationally, out of these adolescents account for 17%. Homa Bay County is among the 15 high-burden counties in the country, which accounts for 97% of maternal deaths. Interestingly, 23% of the deaths are as a result of teenage pregnancy. The study aimed to determine the induced abortion intention among adolescents seeking youth-friendly services in Homa Bay County.
Methods And Material: A cross-sectional was implemented for the study from April to June 2020. Systematic random sampling was used to select 332 participants among 1652 adolescents in the study areas. Data was collected through self-administered questionnaires. Univariate analysis, stepwise selection and multivariate logistic regression were employed to find determinants of induced abortion intention. The study was approved by the Ethical Review Committee of Masinde Muliro University of Science and Technology (MMU/COR: 509099) and NACOSTI offered a research permit NACOSTI/P/20/4496.
Results: The study revealed a significant association between induced abortion intention and being multiparous (OR: 0.064; 95% CI: 0.005-0.918: p= 0.028). The current study found a strong association between adolescents' belief that their physical health reduces the likelihood of pregnancy from unprotected sex. Respondents who had a low perception of physical health were susceptible and had higher odds of having induced abortion intention. Similarly, the respondents who agreed that they do not talk to their partners about pregnancy were thrice as likely to have had induced abortion intention (OR: 3.2; 95% CI: 1.7- 6.1: p= 0.0002). In addition, those who believed that if they continued with the pregnancy their academic career would be endangered were 4.3 times as likely to have had induced abortion intention (OR: 4.3: 95% CI: 2.2 – 8.1; p < 0.0001).
Conclusion: In this study, induced abortion intention was significant among adolescents who had a misinformed perception of their physical health and chances of getting pregnant even if they practised unprotected sex, lacked disclosure to partners and were urged not to discontinue their career and profession. Governments should embrace and operationalize multisectoral and pre-counselling approaches coupled with comprehensive sexual reproductive health education in and out of school in Adolescents programs. Similarly, Adolescent' programs should scale up male involvement.
Does Africa Need Interdisciplinary Humanities? Editorial
Authors: Ndasauka Yamikani 
Published: February 2024

This editorial explores the value and viability of interdisciplinary approaches within African humanities scholarship. It argues that complex contemporary issues require perspectives spanning traditional disciplines. However, African humanities faculties remain largely siloed in colonial-legacy models limiting theoretical synergy. Pursuing meaningful interdisciplinarity has the potential to dismantle ideological constraints, better comprehend multidimensional African realities, restore epistemological cohesion severed through Western knowledge fracturing, and develop contextual, analytical tools. However, the paper cautions against superficial interdisciplinarity lacking methodological rigor or merely signalling trendiness. It stresses retaining a disciplinary base while leveraging scoping reviews to chart relevance for other fields in addressing complex questions. Harnessing interdisciplinarity’s potential requires institutional structures and incentives to facilitate humanities scholars to cross boundaries without abandoning specialisation. This editorial seeks to continue the debate on pursuing deliberate, purposedriven interconnection.
Making Nouns with Prefixes <i>ka- and na-</i> in Chichewa: An Alternative View
Authors: Msaka Peter Kondwani 
Published: February 2024

The paper discusses the noun prefixes ka- and na-, specifically those used to derive nouns that trigger the agreement marker traditionally associated with noun class 1 in Chichewa. The motivation for conducting this study comes from the current partial understanding of these prefixes in Chichewa and many other Bantu languages. In the existing analyses, the noun prefixes ka- and na- are taken either to be marginal or ceased to be noun prefixes in the synchronic grammars of some Bantu languages. In the present paper, I show that these two prefixes are productive in the synchronic grammar of Chichewa. I provide three types of evidence to support this view, namely (i) Chichewa neologisms, (ii) Chichewa names of places and persons, and (iii) nominal lexicon evidence from the Chichewa Monolingual Dictionary. I conclude that ka- and na- are not marginal prefixes in noun class 1 but productive prefixes of present-day Chichewa grammar.
When the Home is not Homely: Postcolonial Realities and Emergence of Human Trafficking in Tina Okpara’s <i>My Life Has a Price and Ifeanyi Ajaegbo’s Sarah House</i>
Authors: Olaniyan Solomon Olusayo , Kehinde Ayo 
Published: February 2024

Human trafficking has been investigated in different fields of scholarship, including psychology, sociology, history and economics. However, its depiction in twentyfirst-century Nigerian novels has not been given critical attention. Hence, this paper examines postcolonial indices fuelling the emergence and continuance of this challenge, as narrated in Tina Okpara’s My Life Has a Price and Ifeanyi Ajaegbo’s Sarah House, to investigate push-and-pull factors responsible for the growth of modern-day slavery. Deploying postcolonial theory, with emphasis on postcolonialist concepts like alterity, othering/ordering, unhomeliness, subalternisation and dislocation to examine power relations between human traffickers and trafficked victims in the selected narratives, it is revealed that the push-and-pull factors amplifying the proliferation of human trafficking in Okpara’s My Life has a Price and Ajaegbo’s Sarah House include poverty, connivance of security personnel with human traffickers, unemployment, family disintegration, leniency of the judiciary, death of the breadwinner, corruption and trafficked victims’ materialistic inclinations. In Sarah House and My Life Has a Price, the factors aid the dispossession, subalternisation, inbetweeness, othering/ ordering and ‘exotopy’ or ‘outsideness’ of victims. Among other narrative strategies, homodiegetic narrative focalisation and preponderant multiple settings are employed to foreground the objectivity of the narratives and the migritudinal temper and restless lifestyle of the victims.
Optimizing the LQ45 Stock portfolio using Piecewise Linear Function: A Case Study from an Investor's Point of View
Authors: Azis Chusnul Chatimah , Kankarofi Rabiu Hamisu , Sulaiman Ibrahim Mohammed 
Published: February 2024

In optimization problem solving, both linear and nonlinear approaches can be used, with nonlinear programming considering constraints or not. One effective method of nonlinear programming is the Piecewise Linear approach, which breaks down complex nonlinear functions into straight-line segments to make their solution easier. This method can be applied in the financial sphere, such as in stock investment. This study discusses the application of piecewise linear function in optimizing investment portfolios in Bank Jago Tbk. (ARTO), Barito Pacific Tbk. (BRPT), and Go To Gojek Tokopedia Tbk. (GOTO) stocks. The purpose of this study is to provide insight that Piecewise Linear can provide optimal solutions in managing investment portfolios by calculating the risks and returns of selected stocks. The results showed a risk with a level as big as 0.01, the expected profit from the investment of the three stocks in the calculation period reached Rp 1,803,109. On the other hand, for investors who are more cautious and have a Level as big as 1, the anticipated profit in the same investment is around Rp 1,275,052.
The Influence of Motivation and Job Satisfaction on Employee Performance in the Personnel and Human Resources Development Agency of North Musi Rawas Regency
Authors: Yunita Welli , Halin Hamid 
Published: February 2024

This study aims to determine the effect of motivation and job satisfaction on employee performance at BKPSDM Musi Rawas, South Sumatra. This study utilized primary data and secondary data. Data collection techniques utilized a questionnaire. Respondents in this study were 53 employees. The method of analysis in this study utilized multiple linear regression. The results show that motivation and job satisfaction simultaneously have a significant positive effect on employee performance. This research is expected to be useful for companies to improve employee performance through motivation and job satisfaction.