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Measuring a motivational interviewing practice orientation in criminal justice practitioners: initial validation of the response style screening questionnaire
Authors: Tafrate Raymond Chip , Mitchell Damon , Cox Stephen M. , Hogan Tom 
Published: December 2023

IntroductionThe use of collaborative communication techniques by criminal justice practitioners has been identified as a component of core correctional practices (CCPs). Criminal justice agencies and programs are investing in motivational interviewing (MI) training for their staff with varying intensity, follow-up coaching, and expectations for integration into practice. The present article describes the development and initial validation of the Response Style Screening Questionnaire (RSSQ), a practitioner completed tool assessing an MI-consistent practice orientation. Over three studies, we examined the factor structure, reliability, and correlations between the scale and self-reported and behavioral validity indicators.MethodStudy 1 examined the factor structure of the RSSQ with a sample of 825 criminal justice practitioners. In Study 2, data from 350 probation officers completing the RSSQ alongside measures of work-orientation and attitudes was used to conduct a confirmatory factor analysis and an initial assessment of its construct validity. In Study 3, correlations between the RSSQ and audio recorded office visits of 33 probation officers coded for MI and relationship building skills examined the scale’s criterion validity.ResultsIn Study 1, an exploratory factor analysis with an oblique rotation yielded 18 items on four factors. In Study 2, four and five factor models were tested, with the 4-factor model of Study 1 yielding the best fit. Two of the 4 factor-derived subscales reflect styles inconsistent with MI: (1) Confrontational style, and (2) Sustain Talk style; while the remaining two reflect styles consistent with MI: (3) Eliciting style, and (4) Change Talk style. Confrontational style scores were correlated with a work-orientation reflecting probation as a law enforcement endeavor, while Eliciting and Change Talk scores were correlated with a behavior change and resource broker work-orientations. In Study 3, Confrontational and Sustain Talk style scores were negatively correlated with a variety of MI skills and CCPs displayed on audio recordings, while Change Talk style scores were positively correlated with use of such skills.DiscussionOverall, the findings suggest the RSSQ is a potentially useful new practitioner self-report tool for assessing an MI practice orientation.
Women's input and decision-making in agriculture are associated with diet quality in rural Tanzania
Authors: Madzorera Isabel , Bliznashka Lilia , Blakstad Mia M. , Bellows Alexandra L. , Canavan Chelsey R. , Mosha Dominic , Bromage Sabri , Noor Ramadhani A. , Webb Patrick , Ghosh Shibani , Kinabo Joyce Ludovick , Masanja Honorati , Fawzi Wafaie W. 
Published: December 2023

BackgroundWomen's empowerment is one critical pathway through which agriculture can impact women's nutrition; however, empirical evidence is still limited. We evaluated the associations of women's participation, input, and decision-making in key agricultural and household activities with women's diet quality.MethodsWe analyzed data from a cross-sectional study of 870 women engaged in homestead agriculture. We used food frequency questionnaires to assess women's diets and computed women's diet quality using the Prime Diet Quality Score (PDQS) (range 0–42), which captures healthy and unhealthy foods. We evaluated women's decision-making in 8 activities, food crop farming, cash crop farming, livestock raising, non-farm economic activities, wage/salary employment, fishing, major household expenditures, and minor household expenditures. Generalized estimating equations (GEE) linear models were used to evaluate associations between (a) women's participation, (b) decision-making, (c) adequate input, (d) adequate extent of independence in decision-making in agriculture, and (e) adequate input in use of agricultural income with their PDQS. Adequate input was defined as input into some, most or all decisions compared to input into few decisions or none. Adequate extent of independence was defined as input to a medium or high extent compared to input to a small extent or none.FindingsMedian PDQS was 19 (IQR: 16–21). Women's adequate input in decision-making on wage and salary employment (estimate: 4.19, 95% CI: 2.80, 5.57) and minor expenditures were associated with higher PDQS vs. inadequate input. Women with independence in decision-making on livestock production (estimate: 0.97, 95% CI: 0.05, 1.90) and minor household expenditures, and women with adequate decision-making in the use of income from wages/salaries (estimate: 3.16, 95% CI: 2.44, 3.87) had higher PDQS. Participation in agricultural activities was positively associated with PDQS.ConclusionsWomen's participation and input in decision-making in wage and salary employment, livestock production, and minor household expenditures were strongly associated with the consumption of better-quality diets. Women participating in multiple farm activities were also likely to have better diet quality. This study adds to the growing evidence on the pathways through which women's empowerment may influence women's nutrition in rural Tanzania.
Was China's zero-COVID policy the right choice? The multiple factor analysis of variables that affected the course of COVID-19 pandemic in China
Authors: Sobczak Marharyta , Pawliczak Rafał 
Published: December 2023

BackgroundAfter 3 years of the COVID-19 pandemic and zero-COVID policy, a rapid increase in the number of daily COVID-19 infections was observed in China from November to December 2022. Therefore, we decided to analyze the factors that have been related to the COVID-19 pandemic in China.MethodsThe multiple factor analysis was conducted, using the data from publicly available databases from the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic to 30 January 2023.ResultsOur study showed that each year of the pandemic in China had different profiles and can be described by different variables: year 2020 was characterized by restrictions, such as international travel controls, stay at home requirements, and health system policies including contact tracing and protection of older adults; year 2021 was characterized by Alpha, Beta, Gamma, and Delta variants; 2022 was characterized by new cases per million, Omicron lineages, and a few restrictions-related variables; and year 2023 was mainly described by the number of new deaths per million and Omicron variant 22B (BA.5) but also by testing and vaccination policies, as well as the number of people fully vaccinated per 100 and total boosters per 100.ConclusionThe COVID-19 pandemic has changed over time. Therefore, the anti-pandemic policies implemented must be dynamic and adapted to the current situation.
Dichotomous outcomes vs. survival regression models for identification of predictors of mortality among patients with severe acute respiratory illness during COVID-19 pandemics
Authors: Tasca Karen Ingrid , Alves Camila Gonçalves , Grotto Rejane Maria Tommasini , de Moraes Leonardo Nazario , Assato Patrícia Akemi , Fortaleza Carlos Magno Castelo Branco 
Published: December 2023

IntroductionAs the studies predicting mortality in severe acute respiratory illness (SARI) have inferred associations either from dichotomous outcomes or from time-event models, we identified some clinical-epidemiological characteristics and predictors of mortality by comparing and discussing two multivariate models.MethodsTo identify factors associated with death among all SARI hospitalizations occurred in Botucatu (Brazil)/regardless of the infectious agent, and among the COVID-19 subgroup, from March 2020 to 2022, we used a multivariate Poisson regression model with binomial outcomes and Cox proportional hazards (time-event). The performance metrics of both models were also analyzed.ResultsA total of 3,995 hospitalized subjects were included, of whom 1338 (33%) tested positive for SARS-CoV-2. We identified 866 deaths, of which 371 (43%) were due to the COVID-19. In the total number of SARI cases, using both Poisson and Cox models, the predictors of mortality were the presence of neurological diseases, immunosuppression, obesity, older age, and need for invasive ventilation support. However, the Poisson test also revealed that admission to an intensive care unit and the COVID-19 diagnosis were predictors of mortality, with the female gender having a protective effect against death. Likewise, Poisson proved to be more sensitive and specific, and indeed the most suitable model for analyzing risk factors for death in patients with SARI/COVID-19.ConclusionGiven these results and the acute course of SARI and COVID-19, to compare the associations and their different meanings is essential and, therefore, models with dichotomous outcomes are more appropriate than time-to-event/survival approaches.
Refinement of the acute inhalation limit test for inert, nano-sized dusts by an in silico dosimetry-based evaluation: case study for the dissolution of a regulatory dilemma
Authors: Stratmann Heidi , Ma-Hock Lan , Tangermann Simone , Corley Richard A. 
Published: December 2023

This case study aims to describe the dilemma faced when exposing rats to very high concentrations of fine, pulverulent materials for acute inhalation studies and to address the regulatory question of whether the effects seen here are relevant to humans and the subject of classification according to the Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labeling of Chemicals (GHS). Many powders match the definition of nanomaterials in the EU; therefore, information on acute inhalation testing of powders up to the GHS cutoff of 5 mg/L is required. However, testing rats at such a high aerosol concentration can cause physical obstruction of the airways and even mortality by suffocation. Therefore, to evaluate whether the physical effects on airway obstruction in rats exposed to 5 mg/L for 4 hours and alternative exposures to 1 and 2 mg/L are relevant for humans, an in silico evaluation of aerosol deposition was conducted using the multiple-path particle dosimetry (MPPD) model. For this evaluation, actual exposure conditions for an organic, nano-sized pigment which produced 100% lethality in rats at 5 mg/L, but not at 1 mg/L, were used to assess the potential for airway obstruction in rats and accordingly in humans. As an indicator of the potential for airway obstruction, the ratio of the diameter of the deposited, aggregated aerosol to airway diameter was calculated for each exposure condition. For rats exposed to 5 mg/L for 4 h, approximately 75% of tracheobronchial and 22% of pulmonary/alveolar airways were considered vulnerable to significant or complete obstruction (ratios &gt;0.5). In humans, an equivalent exposure resulted in just over 96% of human tracheobronchial airways that received deposited mass to airway diameter ratios between 0.3 and 0.4 (nasal) or 0.4 and 0.5 (oral), with no airways with ratios &gt;0.5. For the pulmonary/alveolar region, ∼88% of the airways following nasal or oral breathing were predicted to have deposited aerosol diameter to airway diameter ratios &lt;0.1, with no airways with ratios &gt;0.5. Thus, the in silico results obtained for rats are in line with the pathological findings of the animal test. The predicted results in humans, however, affirm the hypothesis of a rat-specific high dose effect which does not justify a classification according to GHS.
La gestion stratégique d'une technologie singulière : les voilures tournantes en France de l'autogyre au Tigre
Authors: Seiffert Marc-Daniel 
Published: December 2023

To explain the dominant position of the firm Eurocopter in the global helicopter market since the 1990s it is necessary to :
- employ theoretical concepts from several disciplines : industrial economics, strategic management, business history and the history of technology
- adopt a lengthy perspective (a century in time)
It was by long and complex learning processes within the framework of a national system of innovation specific to France that the French helicopter industry was able to become competitive. What is plainly demonstrable is, on the one hand, the very strong affiliations between the successive generations of French rotary-winged aircraft and, on the other, some major technological breaks with the past.
It is clear that only the French state taking a crucially important role gave momentum and continuity to this high-technology industry. Radical uncertainties -about the correctness of technical choices and about new business opportunities — that typify the experience of innovative industries therefore necessitated stability, and this came from political choices made for the long-term.
Les juridictions d'exception du régime de Vichy ou la démilitarisation de l'exception
Authors: Giraudier Vincent 
Published: December 2023

Exceptional jurisdictions under the Vichy regime or the demilitarisation of the exception
Exceptional legal jurisdictions under Vichy testify to the regime's dictatorial nature and its progressive slide towards a «Milice state». But they also reveal a clear tendency to remove from the military sphere those legal procedures that belonged to the more traditional competent judicial authorities.
If the courts-martial known as the Gannat system and the Special Criminal Court, set up in 1940, were essentially military in nature, they were replaced from the summer of 1941 by special sections, conjointly civil and military in origin, and by two new civilian jurisdictions tasked with acting against the «deviancies» of «anti-France». These were Vichy's Special Tribunals and the Tribunal d'Etat. These juridical authorities, where professional magistrates sat side-by-side with the political partisans of the Vichy regime (including some military figures) themselves saw their repressive role decrease from the beginning of 1 944 when they found themselves «flanked» by Vichy Milice «tribunals».
Evaluasi Kinerja Mesin Bending Hidrolik Menggunakan Metode Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE), Failure Mode and Effect Analysis (FMEA), dan Fault Tree Analysis (FTA)
Authors: Khasanah Rahayu , Susilawati Indri , Sodikin Imam 
Published: December 2023

PT Hari Mukti Teknik is a company engaged in the Manufacturing Industry that produces laundry machines and other mechanical engineering. The problem that occurs in the production process at PT Hari Mukti Teknik is the performance of the bending machine which has a high downtime value of an average of 994 minutes per month. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the performance of the bending machine by knowing the level of effectiveness of the performance of the bending machine using the OEE method, knowing the causes of losses that affect the level of effectiveness of machine performance, using the six big losses method and analyzing losses using the Failure Mode and Effect Analysis (FMEA) and Fault Tree Analysis (FTA) methods to propose improvement efforts. Based on the results of data processing, the average Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) value of bending machines in one year is 84.21%, with the largest losses being equipment failure losses of 7.34%. Proposed improvements based on FMEA and FTA analysis are to carry out periodic maintenance, make a predictive maintenance list, carry out periodic re-checks, carry out periodic lubrication, check environmental cleanliness, and replace damaged components.
Features of Clinical Manifestations of Localized Scleroderma in Children
Authors: Мун А.В. 
Published: December 2023

Введение. Представлены данные клинического исследования, описывающие особенности клинических проявлений ограниченной склеродермии у детей. Описаны дерматоскопические симптомы на разных стадиях развития заболевания и частота встречаемости отдельных признаков. Цель. Изучить частоту встречаемости и особенности клинических и дерматоскопических симптомов при ограниченной склеродермии у детей. Материалы и методы. Проведен клинический и дерматоскопический анализ 68 пациентов с ограниченной склеродермией. Результаты. Ограниченная склеродермия в большинстве случаев встречается у девочек (1:2,1), средний возраст пациентов составил 5,9±0,4 года. Клиническая картина характеризуется наличием в 88,2% случаев множества очагов (2–6 очагов, среднее количество очагов – 2,6±0,23) с преобладанием линейных и бляшечных форм (57,4% и 39,7% соответственно). Особенности дерматоскопических признаков ограниченной склеродермии зависели от стадии заболевания.
Introduction. The data of a clinical study describing the features of the clinical manifestations of localized scleroderma in children are presented. Dermoscopic symptoms at different stages of the development of the disease and the frequency of occurrence of individual signs are described. Purpose. To study the frequency of occurrence and features of clinical and dermoscopic symptoms in localized scleroderma in children. Materials and methods. Clinical and dermatoscopic analysis of 68 sick children with localized scleroderma was carried out. Results. LS in children in most cases occurs in girls (1:2.1), the average age of patients was 5.9±0.4. The clinical picture is characterized by the presence in 88.2% of cases of multiple foci (2–6 foci, the average number of foci is 2.6±0.23) with a predominance of linear and plaque forms (57.4% and 39.7%, respectively). Features of dermatoscopic signs of localized scleroderma depended on the stage of the disease.
Paths of Development of Dermatology in Russia (X–XIX centuries)
Authors: Заславский Д.В. , Белова Л.В. 
Published: December 2023

Цель исследования. Проанализировать малоизученные вопросы путей развития дерматологии в России (Х–XIX вв.). Материалы и методы. Изучение лечебников, травников, сборников, трактатов и трудов ценителей русской народной медицины, научных трудов и докладов, изданий периодической печати, воспоминаний современников. Представлены редкие фотографии. Обсуждение. Восполнен пробел в историко-медицинской литературе. Рассмотрены пути развития дерматологии в России (Х–XIX вв.). Показаны истоки отечественной дерматологии в русской народной медицине, полемика ученых, их точки зрения, мнения, предложения, доводы. Проанализированы научные труды, определены приоритеты российских дерматологов, их вклад в мировую науку. Однако организованная борьба с заразными кожными заболеваниями в тот период не проводилась, а учет был несовершенным. Выводы. Бесценный опыт российских ученых и врачей в изучении дерматозов, преподавании является достоянием отечественной медицины, непреходящей ценностью для следующих поколений.
Purpose. To analyze little-studied issues of the development of dermatology in Russia (X–XIX centuries). Materials and methods. Study of medical books, herbalists, collections, treatises and works of connoisseurs of Russian folk medicine, scientific works and reports, periodicals, memoirs of contemporaries. Rare photographs are presented. Discussion. The gap in historical and medical literature has been filled. The ways of development of dermatology in Russia (X–XIX centuries) are considered. The origins of domestic dermatology in Russian folk medicine, the polemics of scientists, their points of view, opinions, proposals, arguments are shown. Scientific works are analyzed, the priorities of Russian dermatologists and their contribution to world science are determined. However, there was no organized fight against infectious skin diseases at that time, and accounting was imperfect. Conclusions. The invaluable experience of Russian scientists and doctors in the study of dermatoses and teaching is the heritage of domestic medicine, an enduring value for future generations.
PERBANDINGAN PARAMETER RETURNLOSS, VSWR DAN GAIN TERHADAP ELEMEN DRIVEN ANTENA YAGI 450 MHZ
Authors: Darwis Rizadi Sasmita , Azwar Hamid , Diono Muhammad 
Published: December 2023

Ketidakmerataan yang terjadi dalam pembangunan infrastruktur telekomunikasi terutama di daerah rural atau perdesaan menjadi penghalan utama bagi masyarakat untuk mengakses internet. Sebuah antena yang mampu beroperasi pada frekuensi LTE 450 MHz diperlukan agar jaringan LTE menjangkau daerah pedesaan dan masyarakat yang berdomisili di daerah rural mudah untuk mengakses layanan internet berkualitas. Pola radiasi yang dimiliki oleh antena yagi bersifat direksional membuat antena yagi menjadi solusi yang tepat untuk menyelesaikan permasalahan ini. Pada penelitian ini dilakukan perancangan serta perbandingan kinerja dari antena yagi dengan elemen driven yang berbeda, yaitu antena yagi dipole driven dan antena yagi microstrip driven. Antena yagi dipole driven dan antena yagi microstrip driven dirancang memiliki 10 elemen yang terdiri dari 1 elemen reflektor, 1 elemen driven dan 8 elemen direktor serta dapat beroperasi dengan baik di frekuensi 450 MHz. Parameter yang didapatkan dari hasil pengukuran antena yagi dipole driven dan antena yagi microstrip driven memenuhi spesifikasi yang diinginkan. Nilai return loss antena yagi dipole driven dan antena yagi mikrostrip driven pada frekuensi 450 MHz adalah -25,68 dB dan -20,09 dB. Bandwidth kedua antena sudah memenuhi frekuensi uplink (452,5 MHz â€“ 457,5 MHz) dan frekuensi downlink (462,5 MHz â€“ 467,5 MHz). Nilai VSWR antena yagi dipole driven dan antena yagi mikrostrip driven adalah 1,11 dan 1,22 dengan gain masing-masing antena adalah 13,31 dBi dan 8,18 dBi. Pola radiasi antena yagi dengan driven dipole dan microstrip adalah directional.
Harmonic Mitigation with Active Filter in Coal Boiler Plant PT. Salim Ivomas Pratama
Authors: Widagdo Reza Sarwo , Andriawan Aris Heri 
Published: December 2023

Coal Boiler Plant at PT. Salim Ivomas Pratama is a plant for making steam, almost all activities in the cooking oil and margarine production process utilize electrical energy, such as submersible and centrifugal electric motors with controllers, computers, AC inverters, and many others which include non-linear loads. Electrical load whose correlation between voltage and current is unbalanced, this non-linear load will result in harmonic disturbances in the electric power system which causes a reduction in the service life of electrical equipment. Harmonics are defined as voltage and current frequency distortions that are not sinusoidal from pure frequencies. This study aims to determine how effective the active filter design simulated with the PSIM Software is in reducing harmonics with a non-linear load of 3 VSD connected to a 55 kW, 0.37 kW, and 7.5 kW induction motor. The results of measurements and analysis show that there are harmonics on the panel. SDP with a current harmonic value for phase R of 26.6%, phase S of 27.5%, and phase T of 25.5%, when compared with standard harmonics, all phases exceed the standard SPLN with a standard value of 20%. Then it is necessary to reduce harmonics with an active filter, after designing andsimulating it in the PSIM software the simulation results show that the current harmonics have changed for phase R by 3.3%, phase S by 4.0%, and phase T by 3,4 %. This shows that the design of the active filter is quite effective in mitigation a harmonic, to then be applied in practice at PT. Salim Ivomas Pratama in reduction the harmonics in a coal boiler plant.