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TREN KECANTIKAN DAN IDENTITAS SOSIAL: ANALISIS KONSUMSI KOSMETIK DAN OBJEKTIFIKASI DIRI DI KALANGAN PEREMPUAN KOTA PALOPO
Authors: Hasrin Awaluddin , Sidik Sangputri 
Published: November 2023

<p><em>Beauty is a fundamental aspect of women's existence. They have aspirations to fulfill society's beauty norms. This research seeks to examine the complexity of the idea of beauty among Palopo City and emphasize its impact on women's consumer behavior. Data was collected using qualitative methodology by conducting in-depth interviews and observations of women from various age groups in Palopo City. Research findings show that women in the city of Palopo conceptualize beauty as a combination of physical aspects that can be measured and non-physical aspects, such as self-confidence and self-perception. Beauty is partly formed by advertisements in the mass media, which align with the goals of capital owners in the beauty business, giving rise to the concept of the beauty myth. Apart from that, this concept is also formed by self-objectification that arises from the social environment. The use of cosmetics has become a basic need for women and increases self-confidence. However, this consumptive behavior also has a negative impact, encouraging a wasteful lifestyle and forming a false consciousness because someone feels valued in society only when they have made an effort to look beautiful.</em><em> </em><em></em></p><p><em> </em></p><p> </p><p><strong><em>Keywords</em></strong><strong><em>: Women</em></strong><strong><em>, </em></strong><strong><em>Beauty</em></strong><strong><em>,</em></strong><strong><em> </em></strong><strong><em>Consumerism, Palopo City</em></strong></p><p><strong><em> </em></strong></p><h2>Abstrak</h2><p>Kecantikan merupakan aspek mendasar dari eksistensi perempuan. Mereka memiliki cita-cita untuk memenuhi norma kecantikan dalam masyarakat. Penelitian ini berupaya untuk mengkaji kompleksitas gagasan kecantikan di kalangan warga Kota Palopo dan menekankan dampaknya terhadap perilaku konsumtif perempuan. Pengumpulan data dilakukan dengan menggunakan metodologi kualitatif, yaitu dengan melakukan wawancara mendalam dan observasi terhadap perempuan dari berbagai kelompok umur di Kota Palopo. Temuan penelitian menunjukkan bahwa perempuan di kota Palopo mengonseptualisasikan kecantikan sebagai perpaduan pada aspek fisik yang dapat diukur dan aspek nonfisik, seperti kepercayaan diri dan persepsi diri. Konsep kecantikan sebagian dibentuk oleh iklan-iklan di media massa yang sejalan dengan tujuan pemilik modal dalam bisnis kecantikan sehingga memunculkan konsep mitos kecantikan. Selain itu, konsep ini juga dibentuk oleh objektifikasi diri yang muncul dari lingkungan sosialnya. Penggunaan kosmetik telah menjadi kebutuhan mendasar bagi perempuan, dan meningkatkan rasa percaya diri. Namun demikian, perilaku konsumtif ini juga menimbulkan dampak buruk, mendorong gaya hidup boros dan membentuk suatu kesadaran palsu bagi mereka karena seseorang merasa dihargai dalam suatu masyarakat hanya ketika mereka telah berupaya untuk tampil cantik</p><p> </p><strong>Kata Kunci: Perempuan, Kecantikan, Konsumerisme, Kota Palopo</strong>
Atypical Versus Typical Subtrochanteric Femoral Fractures
Authors: Gibbons Kester , Merrell Lauren A. , Ganta Abhishek , Rivero Steven , Konda Sanjit R. , Egol Kenneth A. 
Published: November 2023

Background:
The purpose of the present study was to evaluate differences in demographic features and clinical outcomes between patients who sustained a typical versus atypical subtrochanteric femoral fracture.

Methods:
We reviewed the records for a cohort of consecutive patients who had undergone operative treatment of a subtrochanteric femoral fracture. Fractures were classified as either “typical” or “atypical” on the basis of the criteria of the American Society for Bone and Mineral Research (ASBMR). All patients were treated with a similar surgical algorithm and postoperative protocol. Groups were compared on the basis of demographic features, injury characteristics, operative quality measures, postoperative complications and outcomes, and radiographic time to healing. Comparative analyses were performed to compare the typical and atypical cohorts.

Results:
Of 220 subtrochanteric fractures, 165 (75.0%) were classified as typical and 55 (25.0%) were classified as atypical. The atypical cohort was predominately female and more likely to have bisphosphonate usage (odds ratio [OR], 7.975; [95% confidence interval (CI), 3.994-15.922]; p < 0.001) and fractures with lower-energy mechanisms (p < 0.001). Patients in the atypical cohort were more likely to be treated with a 10-mm cephalomedullary nail (CMN) (OR, 2.100 [95% CI, 1.119-3.939]; p = 0.020), whereas patients in the typical cohort were treated more frequently with an 11-mm CMN (OR, 0.337 [95% CI, 0.168-0.674]; p = 0.002). There were no differences between the groups in terms of other operative parameters; however, anatomic fracture reduction in neutral lateral alignment was achieved more frequently in the typical cohort (OR, 0.438 [95% CI, 0.220-0.875]; p = 0.018). There were no differences between the groups in terms of hospital quality measures, mortality rates, readmission rates, or complication rates (including implant failure [broken screw or nail] and fracture nonunion) (p = 1.00). Interestingly, there was no significant difference between the groups in terms of time to radiographic healing (260.30 ± 187.97 days in the typical group, compared with 246.40 ± 116.33 days in the atypical group) (OR, 0.999 [95% CI, 0.997-1.002]; p = 0.606).

Conclusions:
Despite differences in terms of demographic and injury characteristics, patients who sustain a subtrochanteric femur fracture can expect similar outcome profiles regardless of fracture type.

Level of Evidence:
Prognostic Level III. See Instructions for Authors for a complete description of levels of evidence.
Costs and Outcomes of Total Joint Arthroplasty in Medicare Beneficiaries Are Not Meaningfully Associated with Industry Payments
Authors: Wadhwa Harsh , Leung Christopher , Sklar Matthew , Malacon Karen , Rangwalla Taiyeb , Williamson Theresa , Castillo Tiffany N. , Amanatullah Derek F. , Zygourakis Corinna C. 
Published: November 2023

Background:
Prior studies have demonstrated that industry payments affect physician prescribing patterns, but their effect on orthopaedic surgical costs is unknown. This study examines the relationship between industry payments and the total costs of primary total joint arthroplasty, as well as operating room cost, length of stay, 30-day mortality, and 30-day readmission.

Methods:
Open Payments data were matched across a 20% sample of Medicare-insured patients undergoing primary elective total hip arthroplasty (THA) (n = 130,872) performed by 7,539 surgeons or primary elective total knee arthroplasty (TKA) (n = 230,856) performed by 8,977 surgeons from 2013 to 2015. Patient, hospital, and surgeon-specific factors were gathered. Total and operating room costs, length of stay, mortality, and readmissions were recorded. Multivariable linear and logistic regression models were used to identify the risk-adjusted relationships between industry payments and the primary and secondary outcomes.

Results:
In this study, 96.7% of THA surgeons and 97.4% of TKA surgeons received industry payments. After multivariable risk adjustment, for each $1,000 increase in industry payments, the total costs of THA increased by $0.50 (0.003% of total costs) and the operating room costs of THA increased by $0.20 (0.003% of total costs). Industry payments were not associated with TKA cost. Industry payments were not associated with 30-day mortality after either THA or TKA. Higher industry payments were independently associated with a marginal decrease in the length of stay for patients undergoing THA (0.0045 days per $1,000) or TKA (0.0035 days per $1,000) and a <0.1% increase in the odds of 30-day readmission after THA for every $1,000 in industry payments. The median total THA costs were $300 higher (p < 0.001), whereas the median TKA costs were $150 lower (p < 0.001), for surgeons receiving the highest 5% of industry payments. These surgical procedures were more often performed in large urban areas, in hospitals with a higher number of beds, with a higher wage index, and by more experienced surgeons and were associated with a 0.4 to 1-day shorter length of stay (p < 0.001).

Conclusions:
Although most arthroplasty surgeons received industry payments, a minority of surgeons received the majority of payments. Overall, arthroplasty costs and outcomes were not meaningfully impacted by industry relationships.

Level of Evidence:
Prognostic Level III. See Instructions for Authors for a complete description of levels of evidence.
On the Spellings of the Lexical Items b‘š, b‘šwn’, and mšb‘wn’ in Christian Palestinian Aramaic
Authors: Müller-Kessler Christa 
Published: November 2023

Christian Palestinian Aramaic has always been a mine for peculiar words and spellings despite being a rather conservative written dialect within the group of Western Aramaic. Three words in this dialect, b‘š, b‘šwn’, and mb‘šwn’, which are variant derivations of b’š, have puzzled scholars for more than a century. In addition to another set of ‘incorrectly spelled’ words, these were considered doubtful in the first dictionary, grammar, and text editions, but they turned out to have sound explanations and etymological origins.
­­­Power Flow Management in MSSA Optimized Hybrid Fuzzy Integrated 3-DOF FOPID Controller-Based Hybrid Microgrid with Autonomous Bus Voltage Restoration
Authors: Patel Suchismita , Ghosh Arnab , Ray Pravat Kumar 
Published: November 2023

Abstract
In the field of electricity generation, hybrid microgrids (HMGs) become crucial. A HMG has been taken in this paper which consists of renewables like solar, wind, and battery storage system along with ac and dc load. An HMG system needs a battery storage system to reduce power fluctuations from unreliable renewable energy sources (RESs). To connect a battery to the dc bus, a dc-dc bi-directional converter was employed. The control technique of the dc-dc bi-directional converter is consisting of two control loops which are the voltage-controlled loop and the current-controlled loop. A hybrid fuzzy integrated three-degrees-of-freedom fractional-order proportional-integral-derivative (HFI 3-DOF FOPID) controller is proposed in this study to stabilise the voltage on the dc bus and maintain a constant power supply in an HMG. A modified salp swarm algorithm (MSSA) is used here to optimise the controller parameters of the proposed HFI 3-DOF FOPID controller. This paper considers a HMG transfer function model.. The time-domain analysis, stability, and robustness tests are included in this work to confer the efficacy of the proposed MSSA optimized HFI 3-DOF FOPID controller. MATLAB/Simulink has been used to study the performance of the system using the aforementioned controllers. The real-time (Opal RT) studies are also performed on the power management between renewable resources like PV, wind, and battery energy storage to prove the efficacy of the proposed MSSA optimized HFI 3-DOF FOPID controller.
A Modified Algorithm for Modelling SDN Data traffic
Authors: Abdelghany Haitham , Zaki Fayez Wanis , Ashour Mohammed M. 
Published: November 2023

Abstract

Software Defined Networking (SDN) can allegedly maintain the quality of service (QoS) standards even in the presence of hostile flow, according to recent claims. Queueing theory, and more specifically network models, have been used for a very long time to examine the performance and QoS characteristics of networks in order to investigate this phenomenon. Because of the dependencies between the layers, planes, and components in an SDN architecture, the latter model seems especially well suited to represent the behavior of SDN. Numerous papers have described network models to examine the behavior of various network design applications. Here, we demonstrate how to employ the Markov-modulated Poisson process (MMPP) model to mathematically depict SDN traffic. Many articles had recommended utilizing MMPP to assess and model different types of IP network traffic, and it was widely used to simulate the traffic on traditional IP networks. We assert that MMPP can represent SDN traffic just as if it would in traditional IP networks. Our tests in this study indicate that MMPP is a useful technique for studying SDN data traffic. Starting with the premise that SDN traffic is averaged across multiple experiments and using two different SDN network topologies, we proceed. Emulation tests revealed that MMPP is a good model for SDN data traffic.
Validation of biomarkers predicting prognostic severity at the onset of COVID-19 after corona-vaccine dissemination: Comparative research from Bangladesh and Japan
Authors: Uno Kazuko , Hasan Abu , Nakayama Emi E. , Rahim Rummana , Harada Hiromasa , Kaneko Mitsunori , Hashimoto Shoji , Tanaka Toshio , Matsumoto Hisatake , Fujimiya Hitoshi , Shioda Tatsuo , Rahman Mizanur , Yoshizaki Kazuyuki 
Published: November 2023

Abstract
This study utilized data on serum cytokines, chemokines, and soluble receptors of 129 Bangladesh COVID19-infected patients within days of disease onset and prior to treatment. The majority of patients in Bangladesh between December 2021 to September 2022 was infected with the Omicron strain, and over 88% of them were vaccinated. Patients were divided into two groups: those who were cured with mild disease and who deteriorated and progressed to moderate and severe disease. This data was used as training data to identify markers with the LASSO method, and a formula containing 15 predictive markers was selected. The predictive markers were then used to predict the final outcome for 194 Japanese patients. The Japanese patients transitioned from the Wuhan to the Omicron strain, with data collected for almost two years from June 2020 to June 2022. Japanese patients’ results showed a good AUC of 0.9219. We observed that the percentage of correct answers for the virus strain in waves 5 and 6 (over 80%) were higher than the strains in waves the 2 to 4. These results are particularly useful as predictive markers of exacerbation to determine whether post-vaccine COVID infection can be handled with medication and home care, or whether hospitalization is required.
Estimating the Covid-19 Prevalence from Wastewater
Authors: Mohring Jan , Leithäuser Neele , Wlazlo Jaroslaw , Schulte Marvin , Pilz Maximilian , Münch Johanna , Küfer Karl-Heinz 
Published: November 2023

Abstract

Wastewater based epidemiology has become a widely used tool for monitoring trends of concentrations of different pathogens, most notably and widespread of SARS-CoV-2 RNA. Therefore, in 2022, also in Rhineland-Palatinate, the Ministry of Science and Health has included 16 wastewater treatment sites in a surveillance program providing biweekly samples. However, the mere viral load data is subject to strong fluctuations and has limited value for political deciders on its own.
Therefore, by commissioning the prevalence study SentiSurv, carried out by the University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, the state of Rhineland-Palatinate has put itself in the fortunate position of having time series of both, the viral load in wastewater and the representative prevalence of SARS-CoV-2 in the population.
Our main contribution is a calibration study based on the data from 2023-01-08 until 2023-10-01 where we identified a scaling factor (0.208 +/- 0.031) and a delay (5.07 +/- 2.30 days) between the PMMoV-normalized virus load and the self-reported prevalence with the aid of an adequate epidemiological model. We show how that can be used to estimate the prevalence when the cohort data is no longer available and how to use it as a forecasting instrument several weeks ahead of time.
We show that the calibration and forecasting quality and the resulting factors depend strongly on how wastewater samples are normalized.
Understanding the Regionality of Extreme Rainfall in the Sahel: The Mali Hotspot
Authors: Vizy Edward K. , Cook Kerry H. 
Published: November 2023

Abstract
West African Sahel extreme rainfall events cause flooding and property damage, and some areas are more prone to their occurrence. One favorable region is southwestern Mali. NASA IMERG precipitation and ERA5 reanalysis data are used to examine the most extreme boreal summer rainfall events from 2000–2019 over southwestern Mali to understand why they form, and to explain why this region is a hotspot. Events are sorted into 4 types based on the timing of the peak rainfall (before or after 00Z) and the associated mid-tropospheric circulation pattern (coastal low or ridge). The coastal low types are associated not with an increase of the low-level inflow of moisture into southwestern Mali, but a weakening of the mid-level easterly transport of moisture out of the region. The timing and longevity of the event depends on whether there is a second low to the east in the southern storm track. The coastal ridge types are associated with a build-up of warm, dry air over the western Sahara that leads to a stronger temperature inversion cap over southwestern Mali, allowing instability to build beneath the cap. How fast the cap dissipates and whether there is synoptic activity to the east in the southern or northern storm track determines when convective activity occurs. Thus, southwestern Mali is exposed to coastal lows and ridges in addition to the Saharan heat low and the summer southern storm track for African easterly wave disturbances. The confluence of these factors makes southwestern Mali a hotspot for extreme rainfall.
Relationship Between Skin Temperature and Blood Flow During Exposure to Radio Frequency Energy: Implications for Device Development
Authors: Robles Georgia E.H. , Nelson David A. 
Published: November 2023

Abstract
Background
Active Dynamic Thermography (ADT) is a novel technology for noninvasive measurement of blood flow rate in the microcirculation of the skin. The method utilizes the relationship between flow rate and tissue temperature increase during exposure to radio frequency energy. We are developing an ADT device to screen for peripheral artery disease (PAD). PAD is characterized by impaired blood flow to the legs, as reflected in the skin microcirculation. The ADT system incorporates a radio frequency transmitter and a handheld transducer to simultaneously heat the skin and measure the temperature response. The objective of this study is to determine the extent to which the magnitude and depth of heating as well as device sensitivity are functions of (i) frequency and (ii) dermis thickness.
Methods
Exposure of three heterogeneous computational models of human skin with varying blood perfusion rates to 10-94 GHz energy was simulated. RF exposure was simulated by (i) determining the specific absorption rate (SAR) using a discretized model of human skin and finite-difference time-domain software and (ii) incorporating the local SAR values in a thermal model that related RF absorption and other relevant factors to predict local tissue temperatures over time.
Results
Results show that it is feasible to measure blood perfusion levels with ADT technology. Surface temperature increases were found to be more dependent upon the magnitude of power absorption than location of absorption within the skin. While surface temperature response does depend upon radio wave frequency and thickness of the dermis layer, such dependencies are mild. Sensitivity to blood flow rate was found to be proportional to the magnitude of absorbed power.
Conclusion
Results show that it is feasible to discriminate between blood flow rates using ADT technology at frequencies within the 10-94 GHz range. All frequencies analyzed produced similar levels of sensitivity to flow rate despite significant differences in penetration depth. These results are being used in the development of a preclinical prototype for quick and easy detection of asymptomatic PAD in humans.
Performance assessment of STBC-OFDM system using different transforms over LOS and NLOS channel
Authors: Kansal Lavish , Mounir Mohamed 
Published: November 2023

Abstract

Modern day users demand a robust communication that too an elevated data rate. These expectations can only be fulfilled by a hybrid combination of multiplexing techniques likes of orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) and multiple input multiple output (MIMO) antenna systems. OFDM methodology takes care of elevated data rate requirements whereas MIMO facilitate the enhanced reliability, low bit error rate (BER) and higher spectral efficiency characteristics. The performance of conventional MIMO-OFDM system can further be enhanced by utilizing various transforms like fractional Fourier transform (FrFT) or discrete wavelet transform (DWT) in place of traditional fast Fourier transform (FFT) in OFDM. A comprehensive analysis of bit error rate (BER) and spectral efficiency for conventional MIMO-OFDM system based on FFT, FrFT, and DWT has been presented in this paper. The simulated outcome shows a significant reduction in BER and improvement in spectral efficiency in the DWT-based MIMO-OFDM system.
Translation and Validation of Menopause Quick 6 (MQ-6) into the Malay language
Authors: Manoharan Anusha. , Harris Megat Muhammad , Chin Beh Hooi , Ming Koh Wen , Asmuee Zamzurina , Salamon Norafini , Jerampang Peter , h Radhiyah , K Nadia Hamimah. , Goldstein Susan , ramsamy shamala , Sreeramare chandrashekhar T 
Published: November 2023

Abstract
Background
Inquiring conservative Asian women about their menopausal symptoms is often challenging in crowded primary healthcare clinics. Furthermore, the subject matter is culturally sensitive to most Malaysian women. Hence, the translation of MQ6 into Malay is crucial to enable self-administration, eliminating the necessity for interviewers and mitigating potential respondent shyness.
Methods
The Menopause Quick-6 (MQ-6) questionnaire was translated into the Malay language with an addition of an item, henceforth termed MQ-6 (M). Forward and backward translation was performed. Face and content validity were conducted. MQ-6 (M) was self-administered to 400 women aged between 40 and 60 attending six primary healthcare clinics in Malaysia. To ascertain the reliability for MQ-6 (M), corrected Item-Total Correlation, Squared Multiple Correlation, Cronbach's Alpha if the Item is Deleted, and Kuder-Richardson Reliability Coefficients (KR20). Exploratory factor analysis was done to determine its’ construct validity.
Results
The outcome of the validation was satisfactory. By the Lawshe method, the content validity ratios ranged from 0.6 to 1.0 (0.6 for item 2) and the content validity index was 0.914. The Internal consistency for MQ-6(M) Cronbach’s alpha was 0.711 while Kuder-Richardson Reliability Coefficients KR20 was 0.676. Factor loading of all four items is above 0.70, indicating a well-defined structure. Whereas factor loading for three items fell within the range of 0.50–0.69 indicating a practically significant threshold for a new questionnaire.
Conclusion
MQ-6 (M) has acceptable reliability and construct validity to be considered as a self-administered screening tool in primary care clinics in Malaysia.