bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Contribution of ICT in Enhancing Quality and Accessible Life-long Learning in TVET Through Open Learning for Sustainable Development
Authors: Njuki Jane Wanjiru 
Published: November 2023

Purpose: TVET systems need sustained transformation and revitalization to realize its enormous potential to impact on sustainable development through its integration into TVET curriculum. There is need for a paradigm shift towards quality and accessible lifelong learning (LLL) in provision of Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) in TVET institutions globally through open learning. ICT plays a vital role in the human capacity development for sustainable development through TVET. Provision of competency-based education and training by TVET would provide the enabling transition to sustainable economies, environments and societies by equipping persons with skills, knowledge and attitudes that motivates adoption of sustainable lifestyles. This would enable them to face and to resolve global challenges and ultimately to become proactive contributors to creating a more just, peaceful, tolerant, inclusive, secure and sustainable world. The objective of the study was to establish the contribution of ICT in enhancing quality and accessible lifelong learning through open learning in TVET.
Methodology: The study employed explorative and descriptive research methodologies. Purposive sampling was done with the target population of all the TVET institutions in the Nyeri County, Kenya where data collection tools were used. Data analysis and presentation was carried out using the statistical tools.
Findings: The findings of the study were that ICT has extensively contributed in enhancing quality and accessible LLL through open learning in TVET. The conclusions were that ICT has played a vital role and a remarkable contribution towards enhancement of LLL provision in TVET.
Conclusion and Recommendations: There are emerging lifestyle problems that could be resolved though provision of CBET in TVET geared towards lifestyle change. However, TVET institutions needs more integration of ICT in life skills CBET to enhance quality and accessible LLL through open learning. The study recommended that TVET institutions put in place suitable frameworks to enhance accessibility of quality LLL for sustainable development.
Multichannel 2D-CNN Attention-Based BiLSTM Method for Low-Resource Ewe Sentiment Analysis
Authors: Agbesi Victor Kwaku , Chen Wenyu , Ukwuoma Chiagoziem C. , Kuadey Noble A. , Agbesi Collinson Colin M. , Ejiyi Chukwuebuka J. , Gyarteng Emmanuel S. A. , Muoka Gladys W. , Kuadey Anthony M. 
Published: November 2023

The unavailability of an annotated dataset for a low-resource Ewe language makes it difficult to develop an automated system to appropriately evaluate public opinion on events, news, policies, and regulations. In this study, we collected and preprocessed a low-resourced document-level Ewe sentiment dataset based on social media comments. We used three features learned by word embeddings (Global vectors, word-to-vector, and FastText) rather than hand-crafted features. We further proposed a novel method termed MC2D-CNN+BiLSTM-Attn to detect the exact sentiment feature from the Ewe dataset. Extensive experiments indicate that the proposed method efficiently classifies various sentiments and is superior to benchmark deep learning methods. Results show that in detecting the precise sentiments from raw Ewe textual context, the BiLSTM incorporating Glove outperforms Word2Vec and FastText embedding with an accuracy of 0.727. Furthermore, Attn+BiLSTM and multichannel convolutional neural network methods incorporating the Word2Vec embedding layer perform better than Glove and FastText embedding with an accuracy of 0.848 and 0.896. In contrast, our proposed method with the same Word2Vec embedding recorded 0.949.

Received: 8 August 2023 | Revised: 19 October 2023 | Accepted: 23 November 2023

Conflicts of Interest
The authors declare that they have no conflicts of interest to this work.

Data Availability Statement
Data sharing is not applicable to this article as no new data were created or analyzed in this study.

Author Contribution Statement
Victor Kwaku Agbesi: Conceptualization, Methodology, Software, Formal analysis, Writing - original draft. Wenyu Chen: Supervision, Project administration. Chiagoziem C. Ukwuoma: Formal analysis, Writing - review & editing, Visualization, Project administration. Noble A. Kuadey: Investigation, Writing - review & editing, Visualization. Collinson Colin M. Agbesi: Investigation, Writing - review & editing. Chukwuebuka J. Ejiyi: Validation, Data curation. Emmanuel S. A. Gyarteng: Validation, Data curation. Gladys W. Muoka: Validation, Visualization. Anthony M. Kuadey: Software, Data curation.
Dire Consequence in Assessing the Inhuman Treatment of Prisoners to Promote Human Rights at Awutu Camp Prison in Ghana
Authors: Agyei Kwadwo Bioh , Yenkangyi Millicent , Oppong Michael 
Published: November 2023

Purpose: In our contemporary society, the recognition of human rights stands as a crucial and paramount phenomenon. Undoubtedly, every individual inherently deserves certain rights and freedoms, which are universally acknowledged by governments, activists, and corporate organizations alike. However, regardless of the other reasons society locks up its criminals, rehabilitating them and bringing them back to normal society has always been the expectation, if not the implicit goal. With the hindsight of the circumstances of prisoners in Ghana, this study brought to light the dire consequences in assessing the inhuman treatment of prisoners to promote human rights at Awutu Camp Prison in Ghana.
Methodology: The study relied on constructive philosophy using a qualitative approach to investigate Human Rights Compliance at the prisons. The study used a purposive non-probability sampling strategy to identify nineteen (19) prison officers and inmates to subject them to interviews.
Findings: The study concluded that the prisoners’ rights regarding accommodation, humanely hygienic conditions, access to healthcare, torture, and skill training or reformation are violated according to the UDHR. The study recommends that the GHC 1.80p cost of meal per prisoner should be reviewed to meet the UDHR. Also, the accommodation and sanitary conditions of inmates should be improved to meet the humane treatment of inmates. Additionally, inmates should be engaged with education and training that could instill trade in them.
Unique Contribution to Theory, Practice and Policy: The study recommends that prison officers and inmates should be educated on their human rights as indicated by the UDHR and Human Rights document. Finally, this study should be replicated in other jurisdictions to ascertain equity.
El rol del juez en los procesos judiciales de consumo
Authors: Raschetti Franco 
Published: November 2023

En tren de lograr la eficacia en la tutela de consumidores y usuarios, el rol del juez dentro del marco de un proceso judicial de consumo resulta un elemento fundamental. Dicho rol judicial se nutre de determinados aspectos de la disciplina de defensa del consumidor y del usuario que le imprimen a la tarea judicial un perfil activista, comprometido y proactivo.
Tal exigencia se funda en el especial cariz que tienen los derechos individuales o colectivos involucrados ya que éstos gozan de jerarquía constitucional. Asimismo, la asimetría jurídica y negocial entre el consumidor y proveedor impone una especial valoración de las soluciones legales establecidas en clave de permitir un goce efectivo del acceso a la justicia como así también la necesidad de reinterpretar reglas procesales ya existentes o de sanear la insuficiencia o deficiencia de la regulación.
La pirámide de la evidencia científica en investigación en salud. El metaanalísis. Parte 2
Authors: Lorenzetti Cabal Marcia 
Published: November 2023

Los metaanálisis permiten manejar la evidencia científica en salud desde un punto de vista sistematizado, pero a la vez cuantificable para obtener respuestas importantes a dudas terapéuticas y sobre el tratamiento.
El campo de los metaanálisis está en constante evolución para disminuir el sesgo investigativo y asegurarle a la comunidad que las decisiones que toma el equipo en salud son basadas en una evidencia científica de la mejor calidad posible.
DETERMINANTS OF ROMANTIC RELATIONSHIP DECISIONS AMONG FEMALE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS IN SELECTED SCHOOLS IN GHANA
Authors: Dr. Sylvia Kabumle Ocansey  , Ocansey Ms. Princella Amankwanor 
Published: November 2023

Romantic relationships among Senior High School students have become a classical scholarly discussion theme lately. Despite its gross multi-dimensional effects on female students mainly, literature is limited on the critical determinants of related factors at the high school level. This research (therefore) aimed at understanding the causal factors of this burgeoning societal problem to control its current alarming trends. The researcher purposively and conveniently gathered data from 285 selected female high school students in the Cape Coast Metropolis, through questionnaires and a semi-structured interview guide. Four clusters of schools were studied in all: (3) three mixed and one single-sex school. After using chi-square and multiple linear regression statistical tools to analyse the data, findings revealed that 82% of students in mixed schools and only 20% in single-sex schools were in relationships. Teachers (1.8%) and school counsellors (4.9%) were also the least contacted student sources for decision-making information, whereas parents (41.1%) and peers (29.5%) were the most sought-after information sources due to the trust and confidence the respondents had in them. The researcher further observed that students' wrongly chosen data sources were detrimental to their psychosocial and academic lives. Parents were thus requested to seize every opportunity to discuss emerging romantic relationship issues with their daughters, to prevent them from taking problematic decisions as a result of consulting wrong sources that could eventually jeopardize their bright futures. Especially in mixed schools, it is recommended that counsellors equally endeavor to win the trust of students through efficient rapport establishment to ease discussions regarding any relevant emergent issues affecting their lives. Based on the research findings, it is essential for stakeholders in mixed schools particularly, to adopt a more aggressive and open-door policy to better inform students regarding their romantic relationship concerns.
Keywords: Romantic Relationship, Information Sources, School Type.
ЖЕТЕГІ БАР ТОБЫҚ БУЫН ЭКЗОСКЕЛЕТТЕРІ: ЗАМАНАУИ КОНФИГУРАЦИЯЛАР ЖӘНЕ БАСҚАРУ МЕХАНИЗМДЕРІ
Authors: Жетенбаев Нұрсұлтан , Балбаев Гани , Рысбек Айтолкын 
Published: November 2023

Бұл мақалада сыртқы энергия көздеріне назар аудара отырып, белсенді тобық буын экзоскелеттерін жан-жақты және терең зерттеу ұсынылады. Ол тобық буын кешенінің күрделі анатомиясын түсіндіруден басталады. Сонымен қатар, осы мақсат үшін роботты аппараттық жүйелерді әзірлеуге тән көп қырлы ғылыми-зерттеу және жобалау қиындықтарын мойындайды. Бұл мақалада экзоскелеттерде қолданылатын әртүрлі механизмдер, іске қосу әдістері және бақылау стратегиялары жүйелі түрде ашылды. Бұл жан-жақты зерттеу осы саладағы сәйкес технологияларды мұқият жіктеуге, салыстыруға және шолуға мүмкіндік береді. Бұл зерттеуді аяқтау үшін мақалада арнайы тобық буын үшін әзірленген экзоскелеттердің дамуын жеңілдетуге бағытталған құнды дизайн ұсыныстары берілген. Бұл түсініктер сыртқы қуатпен жұмыс істейтін тобық буын экзоскелеттерінің мүмкіндіктері мен қолданбаларын кеңейтуге ұмтылатын зерттеушілер мен инженерлер үшін құнды ресурс ретінде қызмет етеді.
СОВРЕМЕННОЕ СОСТОЯНИЕ И ПРОБЛЕМЫ ОЧИСТКИ СТОЧНЫХ ВОД В КАЗАХСТАНЕ
Authors: Жылқыбаев Тұрсынхан , Золотов Александр , Оспанов Ербол , Жанузаков Ержан , Алгазинов Наркен 
Published: November 2023

В статье приведены результаты исследования вопроса о состоянии очистных сооружений Республики Казахстан. Было выявлено, что в большей части городов Республики очистные сооружения работают на критическом уровне или отсутствуют. Глава государства поручил министерству организовать постройку или реконструкцию имеющихся очистных сооружений. В статье было предложено при реконструкции использовать современное оборудование для автоматизации работы системы очистных сооружений, которая позволит использовать повторно воду в системе технологического процесса, после прохождения очистки. Так как было выявлено, что на производстве происходит высокое потребление водных ресурсов. При сравнении с количеством водозабора, получается, что на производстве используется 20-30% водных ресурсов. Также при анализе вопроса было выявлено, что происходят потери воды при транспортировке. Проанализировав существующие данные, были предложены определенные решения, для устранения потерь воды и появлению возможности повторно использовать водные ресурсы в технологическом процессе.
Estado nutricional y hábitos alimentarios como factor de riesgo de enfermedades crónicas no transmisibles en estudiantes de enfermería de la UTN.
Authors: De La Cruz Saá Tamara Alexandra , Perugachi Benalcázar Ivonne Alexaida 
Published: November 2023

Las enfermedades crónicas no transmisibles (ECNT) han ido en aumento durante los últimos años, sus factores de riesgo pueden ser de índole prevenible. El objetivo de la investigación fue determinar el estado nutricional y hábitos alimentarios como factor de riesgo de ECNT en estudiantes de enfermería de la UTN. El estudio fue no experimental, descriptivo, transversal en 37 estudiantes. Se realizó evaluación nutricional mediante IMC, % de grasa corporal, % de músculo, nivel de grasa visceral y riesgo cardiometabólico según circunferencia de cintura; los hábitos alimentarios se identificaron a través de una encuesta sobre horario de comidas, preferencias alimentarias y se complementó con un instrumento puntuado basado en la Encuesta de la calidad de alimentación (ECAAM), identificando buena o mala calidad de la alimentación; se excluyeron mujeres embarazadas y estudiantes con discapacidad física. Como principales resultados, los estudiantes se encuentran en estado nutricional normal (70,27%), sin embargo, hay más de un cuarto de la muestra con malnutrición por exceso, 67,5% tienen niveles altos de porcentaje de grasa, 89% no tienen riesgo cardiometabólico, no hay estudiantes con niveles altos de grasa visceral. En cuanto a los hábitos alimentarios, 94,5% tienen mala calidad de la alimentación, se halla a mayoría de estudiantes con mejor puntuación en hábitos alimentarios no saludables versus los saludables. Como conclusión se halla como factores de riesgo de ECNT a la malnutrición por exceso, porcentaje de grasa elevado, mala calidad de la alimentación y no cumplimiento de hábitos alimentarios saludables más que los no saludables.
Diagnósticos e intervenciones de enfermería en pacientes COVID-19 en unidades de cuidados intensivos en hospitales de 2do nivel de atención Zona 1 del Ecuador 2022.
Authors: Flores Grijalva Mercedes del Carmen , Valle Dávila María Fernanda , Acosta Balseca Silvia Lorena , Vásquez Figueroa Tatiana Isabel , Hidrobo Guzmán José Fabián , Morejón Jácome Gladys Edelmira , Torres Tapia Tania Marcela 
Published: November 2023

El proceso de atención de enfermería es una herramienta que permite de manera organizada, desarrollar planes de cuidados con diagnósticos e intervenciones, focalizados en cada paciente. El objetivo de la investigación fue determinar los principales diagnósticos e intervenciones, identificados por las enfermeras de cuidados intensivos en los pacientes con COVID 19; es un estudio cuantitativo, descriptivo, transversal, la población estuvo conformada por 240 profesionales de enfermería que trabajan o trabajaron en la unidad de cuidados intensivos de 4 hospitales de la Zona 1; para la recopilación de información se utilizó un cuestionario de 21 preguntas con escala Likert diseñado en función al protocolo de atención al paciente COVID 19, propuesto por el Ministerio de Salud Pública y la Federación Ecuatoriana de Enfermeras. El procesamiento de la información se realizó en sistema SPSS. Los resultados muestran que se identificaron 7 diagnósticos de un total de 10 propuestos por el MSP; en el Dominio 3: eliminación e intercambio 1 diagnóstico; Dominio 4: actividad y reposo 3 en el Dominio 9 Afrontamiento/tolerancia al estrés 1 y en el Dominio 11 Seguridad y Protección 2; con relación a las intervenciones ejecutadas están estrechamente relacionadas con los diagnósticos, de acuerdo a los establecido en la taxonomía NANDA, NIC y NOC. Se concluye que las profesionales de enfermería aún no aplican el proceso enfermero, limitándose en la mayoría de casos a realizar el cuidado colaborativo, aunque cuentan con el protocolo de atención al paciente COVID.
Fatores que podem contribuir para pausas mais longas entre compressões torácicas na reanimação cardiopulmonar com o ultrassom point-of-care: uma revisão de literatura
Authors: Alberto de Melo Filho Carlos , Alves Melo Camila 
Published: November 2023

O ultrassom point-of-care é recomendado para o uso na reanimação cardiopulmonar quando houver suspeita de causas reversíveis. No entanto, estudos demonstraram que o ultrassom point-of-care pode aumentar o tempo das pausas entre as compressões, nas quais pulso e ritmo são verificados. O objetivo deste estudo foi descrever possíveis fatores associados a pausas mais longas entre as compressões torácicas com o uso do ultrassom point-of-care. Trata-se de revisão de literatura nas bases de dados PubMed®, Embase, Scopus e Biblioteca Virtual em Saúde. A busca foi realizada sem restrição de tempo ou idioma, utilizando a seguinte estratégia: ((arrest, cardiopulmonary OR cardiopulmonary resuscitation OR Advanced Cardiac Life Support) AND (point of care ultrasound OR POCUS)). A busca nas bases de dados resultou em 6.177 publicações. Destas, apenas cinco estudos foram inclusos. A falta de treinamento em ultrassom está associada a pausas mais longas em aproximadamente 3,1 segundos (IC95% 0,6-5,6; valor de p = 0,02). Operar o ultrassom point-of-care e liderar a reanimação cardiopulmonar ao mesmo tempo foi associado a atraso de até 6,1 segundos (IC95% 0,4-11,7; valor de p = 0,04). Além disso, o momento para colocar a sonda do ultrassom no tórax do paciente e a falta de sistematização para o uso do ultrassom pointof-
care também podem contribuir para pausas mais longas. Espera-se que esta discussão desperte o interesse em novas
pesquisas sobre o tema e seja utilizada para delinear novos protocolos para o uso do ultrassom point-of-care na reanimação cardiopulmonar, de modo que as pausas sejam menores que os 10 segundos preconizadas pela American Heart Association.
Analisis Kepuasan Pelanggan Registrasi Pangan Olahan Menggunakan Customer Satisfaction Index (CSI) dan Importance Performance Analysis (IPA)
Authors: Thamrin Emitha , Damayanti Suci 
Published: November 2023

Kualitas pelayanan publik merupakan indikator utama dalam penyelenggaraan pemerintah yang baik. Sebagai salah satu unit teknis penyelenggara pelayanan publik bidang registrasi pangan olahan di Badan POM, Direktorat Registrasi Pangan Olahan (Dit.RPO) berupaya meningkatkan kualitas pelayanannya dengan melakukan evaluasi kinerja pelayanan publik. Evaluasi diukur secara berkala melalui survei kepuasan pelanggan. Rekomendasi hasil survei sangat membantu unit dalam mengambil kebijakan yang tepat untuk melakukan perbaikan. Tulisan ini bertujuan menganalisis data survei kepuasan pelanggan Dit.RPO yang telah dilakukan pada tahun 2021, membandingkannya dengan hasil survei tahun 2020 dan memberikan rekomendasi kebijakan yang diperlukan untuk meningkatkan kualitas pelayanan. Analisis dikaitkan dengan pelayanan registrasi yang dilakukan secara online di tengah situasi pandemi Covid 19. Kepuasan pelanggan diukur dan dianalisis menggunakan metode Customer Satisfaction Index (CSI) dan Importance Performance Analysis (IPA). Hasil pengolahan data survei menunjukkan indeks kepuasan pelanggan tahun 2021 adalah 77,41 dengan kualitas pelayanan Baik (B) berdasarkan Peraturan Menteri Pendayagunaan Aparatur Negara dan Reformasi Birokrasi No 14 Tahun 2017 tentang Pedoman Penyusunan Survei Kepuasan Masyarakat Unit Penyelenggara Pelayanan Publik. Sedangkan berdasarkan metode CSI yang dikembangkan oleh Ekloè f dan Anders Westlund (1998) nilai indeks kepuasan pelanggan adalah 77,42. Adapun analisis kuadran IPA menunjukan prioritas perbaikan oleh manajemen adalah bagaimana agar pelanggan mudah memahami dan memenuhi persyaratan pendaftaran pangan olahan, mengakses media informasi dan mengetahui status pendaftaran. Pelaku usaha mengalami kesulitan pada faktor tersebut sebagai dampak dari pelayanan yang dilakukan secara online selama pandemi Covid 19. Sejalan dengan perbaikan situasi setelah pandemi maka layanan tatap muka di loket pelayanan pandemi sudah dapat dimulai kembali. Bagi pelaku usaha mikro kecil (UKM), perlu dilakukan pendampingan. Selain itu juga perlu disediakan desk registrasi secara offline dan online, dilakukan sosialisasi tatacara registrasi pangan melalui kegiatan bimbingan teknis, coaching clinic bagi registration officer usaha pangan olahan.
Validasi Metode Analisis Kadar Okratoksin A pada Biji Pala (Myristica fragrans Houtt) secara Kromatografi Cair Kinerja Tinggi
Authors: Hernawaty Hernawaty , Nurdiana Indah 
Published: November 2023

Pala (Myristica fragrans Houtt) merupakan komoditi unggul yang diminati oleh Uni Eropa. Agar dapat masuk ke pasar ekspor Uni Eropa, komoditi pala harus memenuhi beberapa regulasi dan persyaratan yang dapat dikelompokkan ke dalam Legal Requirements dan Non-Legal Requirements, yang pada tanggal 1 April 2020 terdapat tambahan peraturan berupa level maksimum Okratoksin A yang terkandung dalam pala yang diijinkan adalah 15 μg / kg (EUR-Lex, 2020). Sejauh ini pengujian Okratoksin A belum pernah dilaporkan untuk ruang lingkup biji pala. Analisis Okratoksin A secara umum menerapkan metode uji AOAC ch.49.6.64 (Penetapan kadar okratoksin dalam barley) dan metode uji AOAC Ch 49.6.028 (Penetapan kadar Okratoksin A dalam kopi hijau), namun metode ini diketahui tidak spesifik untuk biji pala karena spektral Okratoksin A pada sampel . Tujuan penelitian ini adalah untuk mendapatkan metode analisis yang valid untuk penetapan kadar Okratoksin A pada biji pala sehingga dapat diterapkan secara luas sebagai tahap penting pemenuhan persyaratan standar ekspor luar negeri produk biji pala bebas Okratoksin A. Data yang digunakan merupakan data primer validasi metode analisis menggunakan alat HPLC fluoresense detector. Sampel diekstraksi menggunakan pelarut organik, dengan pengenceran PBS pH 7,4 dan dilewatkan pada Immuno Affinity Column (IAC), dan dielusi dengan asam asetat-metanol (2:98) dan air. Hasil validasi menunjukkan spesifitas spesifik terhadap biji pala, lineritas 0,9998588 dan Vxo 1,40%, presisi RSD 2,02%, akurasi 84-87% dengan menambahkan sejumlah analit ke dalam matriks sampel untuk mendapatkan perolehan kembali, batas deteksi 1,59 µg/kg serta batas kuantitasi 5,82 µg/kg. Metode analisis tervalidasi ini memenuhi kriteria dan dapat digunakan untuk penetapan kadar Okratoksin A pada biji pala.