bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Validity of the Test of Visual Perceptual Skills–Fourth Edition in People With Schizophrenia
Authors: Chiu En-Chi , Lee Shu-Chun 
Published: October 2023

Abstract
Importance: The Test of Visual Perceptual Skills–Fourth Edition (TVPS–4), which utilizes seven subscales, comprehensively assesses visual perception.
Objective: To examine the ecological, convergent, and discriminative validities of the TVPS–4 in the assessment of people with schizophrenia.
Design: Prospective and observational study.
Setting: Community rehabilitation facilities.
Participants: Eighty people with schizophrenia.
Outcomes and Measures: To examine ecological validity, we estimated correlations (Pearson’s r) between the TVPS–4 scores (i.e., overall scale and subscales) and the Activities of Daily Living Rating Scale–III (ADLRS–III). To examine convergent validity, we computed the correlations (r) between the TVPS–4 scores and two cognitive measures. An analysis of variance was applied to compare the TVPS–4 scores in groups with different disease severities to examine discriminative validity.
Results: Moderate to strong correlations were found between TVPS–4 scores and ADLRS–III scores (rs = .33–.61) and between TVPS–4 scores and two cognitive measures (rs = .44–.70). TVPS–4 scores could discriminate among the three groups with different severities of psychiatric illnesses (p &lt; .05), except for two subscales (Visual Memory and Spatial Relationships).
Conclusions and Relevance: The TVPS–4 has sufficient ecological validity, good convergent validity, and acceptable discriminative validity in assessing people with schizophrenia. The Spatial Relationships subscale, which displays a strong correlation with the ADLRS–III, can reveal the status of daily living in people with schizophrenia. Two subscales showing inadequate discriminative validity should be used cautiously to discriminate people with different severities of schizophrenia.
What This Article Adds: The TVPS–4 showed three sound validities (ecological, convergent, and discriminative) for assessing visual perception in people with schizophrenia.
Teknologi Informasi, Sistem Informasi Akuntansi Manajemen, Kesesuaian Tugas dan Kinerja Keuangan
Authors: Eko Setiawan Beni , H Hernawati , Nany Magdalena 
Published: October 2023

Tujuan penelitian ini adalah untuk membuktikan secara empiris pengaruh secara signifikansi variabel teknologi informasi, sistem informasi akuntansi manajemen dan kesesuaian tugas terhadap variabel kinerja keuangan perusahaan. Penelitian ini merupakan penelitian kuantitatif dengan menggunakan data primer yang diperoleh dari kuesioner dan diukur dengan menggunakan skala likert. Teknik pengambilan sampel dalam penelitian ini menggunakan purposive sampling. Sampel yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini adalah pemilik dan manajer serta karyawan bagian keuangan yang bekerja di CV. Citra Warna Pelangi yang berjumlah 39 orang. Teknik analisis data yang digunakan adalah analisis regresi linier berganda dengan menggunakan SPSS 20.0 for Windows. Hasil penelitian ini menunjukan bahwa secara parsial dan simultan teknologi informasi, sistem informasiakuntansi manajemen dan kesesuaian tugas berpengaruh signifikan terhadap kinerja keuangan perusahaan. Dari variabel independen mampu mempengaruhi variabel dependen hanya sebesar 36,10%, sementara masih ada 63,90% dipengaruhi oleh faktor-faktor lainnya. Sehingga peneliti memberikan saran, agar dapat memperluas atau menambah sampel penelitian dan variabel lain yang berkaitan erat secara teori terhadap variabel kinerja keuangan perusahaan.
Continous Formative Assessment pada Pendekatan Hybrid Learning: Sebuah Study Evaluasi Persepsi
Authors: Rohmani Asih , Winarno Sri , Hafidz Ariansyah M. 
Published: October 2023

Salah satu komponen penting dalam proses pembelajaran adalah penilaian. Penilaian merupakan bukti penting dari proses pembelajaran. Penilaian juga membantu siswa mengetahui tingkat pencapaian pemahaman materi. Saat ini, evaluasi formatif diakui sebagai yang terdepan dalam proses pembelajaran. Penialain formatif adalah kegiatan pembelajaran untuk mencapai penguasaan yang maksimal melalui pemantauan kemajuan penguasaan kompetensi. Oleh karena itu, Continous Formative Assessment (CFA) didesain dan dikembangkan bertujuan sebagai alternatif pendekatan evaluasi yang dapat diterapkan pada proses pembelajaran di era pasca pandemi yang menggunakan pendekatan pembelajaran Hybrid learning. Penelitian ini menggunakan metode Quasi-Experimental dimana kelas dibagi menjadi 2 kelompok (kelompok Kontrol dan Eksperimen). Kelompok kontrol menggunakan evaluasi Formatif-Sumatif sedangkan kelompok eksperimen menggunakan evaluasi CFA. Hasil pengolahan data persepsi mahasiswa terhadap CFA menunjukkan bahwa nilai rata-rata sebesar 3.35 dan Std. Devisasi sebesar .697. Nilai rata-rata tertinggi sebesar 3.78 yang menunjukkan bahwa mahasiswa mampu mencapai pembelajaran yang diharapkan pada saat menggunakan CFA.
THE ROLE OF LEGAL PRACTITIONERS IN MITIGATING CORPORATE RISKS IN NIGERIA: A COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW OF EXISTING LITERATURE ON THE STRATEGIES AND APPROACHES ADOPTED BY LEGAL PRACTITIONERS IN NIGERIA TO MITIGATE CORPORATE RISKS
Authors: Julie Olajumoke Coker  , Ngozi Samuel Uzougbo  , Bisola Beatrice Oguejiofor  , Onyinyechi Vivian Akagha  
Published: October 2023

This comprehensive review aims to elucidate the pivotal role of legal practitioners in mitigating corporate risks within the intricate corporate landscape of Nigeria. The method involved a meticulous examination of existing literature, focusing on the legal frameworks, regulatory compliance, collaborative innovation, sustainability principles, education, and capacity-building initiatives, financial stability, infrastructure development, and proactive risk management strategies. The results revealed that legal practitioners are instrumental in shaping robust and dynamic legal frameworks and fostering a culture of adherence to legal and ethical norms. They play a significant role in fostering collaborative innovation, integrating sustainability into corporate governance practices, advancing education and capacity-building initiatives, and implementing effective risk management strategies. The conclusion underscores the indispensable and multifaceted role of legal practitioners in navigating the complexities of corporate governance and risk mitigation in Nigeria. Recommendations include strengthening legal frameworks, enhancing collaborative innovation, promoting sustainable corporate governance, advancing education and capacity building, fostering financial stability and infrastructure development, and implementing proactive risk management strategies. These recommendations are crucial for fostering a resilient, sustainable, and ethically sound corporate landscape in Nigeria
Keywords: Legal Practitioners, Corporate Risks, Corporate Governance, Risk Mitigation, Nigeria.
O espaço geográfico no ensino de Geografia: um continuum entre necessidade biológica/existencial e conjunto de possibilidades
Authors: Capelle Suess Rodrigo , Costa Leite Cristina Maria 
Published: October 2023

Este trabalho tem como objetivo analisar e interpretar o espaço geográfico e suas múltiplas abordagens no ensino de Geografia na Educação Básica. Problematizou-se como a construção conceitual do espaço geográfico, enquanto atividade essencial do ensino de Geografia na Educação Básica, pode ser realizada, considerando-se as diversas perspectivas teórico-metodológicas. Como desdobramento, fruto de pesquisas bibliográficas e reflexões autorais, o desenvolvemos como um movimento contínuo entre: 1. Necessidade biológica/existencial — dimensão do sensível e o desenvolvimento do imagético do estudante para a construção da representação espacial; 2. como um elemento de construção dialética entre identidade cultural/pertencimento geográfico e a compreensão da diversidade/diferença no mundo; 3. como objeto de estudo da Geografia – síntese do conhecimento geográfico; 4. na dimensão de seus conceitos operacionais e escalas geográficas; 5. como um instrumento lógico e sistêmico de leitura e intervenção no mundo; 6. como crítica e superação social do capitalismo e seus ajustes espaciais; e 7. como conjunto de possibilidades de transformação e transposição da realidade. Assim, acreditamos que tais abordagens no ensino de Geografia corroboram com o desenvolvimento de sua complexidade, desde a compreensão de espaço geográfico em suas partes, pela divisão do conteúdo, até a sua totalização, pela síntese do conhecimento geográfico, num processo permanente e dialético de aguçamento, destreza e formação de sensibilidades, habilidades e pensamentos geográficos.
Can a butterfly in Brazil control the climate of Texas?
Authors: Wang Qiqi 
Published: October 2023

The butterfly effect is a well-known phenomenon in fluid dynamics. A small perturbation to a chaotic dynamical system, such as turbulent flows or the Earth’s atmosphere, can lead to large differences at a later time. Lorenz famously posed the question, does the flap of a butterfly’s wings in Brazil set off a tornado in Texas? The answer is now widely accepted to be yes. This result has significant consequences to simulations that resolve chaotic dynamics in aerodynamic flows. Whereas a tiny perturbation can change the state of a chaotic system, it is unclear whether it can change the long-time statistics. Statistics of many turbulent flows are known to be stable, insensitive to initial conditions. Ergodic theory provided a foundation for such stability. If the weather is ergodic, then it seems unlikely that the butterfly in Brazil can affect the long-time statistics of weather, also known as the climate of Texas. Indeed, for many scale-resolved aerodynamic simulations to be meaningful, we must believe that their statistics are not super sensitive to perturbations such as numerics and modeling approximations. The concept and theory of shadowing in dynamical systems support such claims for stability. The speaker, having dedicated almost a decade of research into the theory and computation of shadowing, has recently found the approach insufficient. Even systems that satisfy most idealized assumptions in shadowing theory can be arbitrarily sensitive to parameter perturbations. This question thus resurfaces: can a butterfly in Brazil change the climate of Texas? In this talk, we will illustrate why the theory of shadowing cannot give a negative answer to this question. We will then construct a simple mathematical model in which arbitrarily small perturbations can significantly influence the statistics of a stable, ergodic system. In Lorenz’s analogy, a sufficiently intelligent butterfly could wield robust control over the climate. While still seeking an answer to the question in the title for realistic flow physics, we emphasize its importance to aerodynamics and control. If the answer is yes, we must question whether we can trust any numerical or laboratory simulation in predicting the statistics of chaotic aerodynamics, even if numerics and modeling can be made arbitrarily precise. A positive answer also reveals an opportunity to control the statistics of large and powerful chaotic flows with tiny and even imperceptible control actions.
Radical Empiricism as Naturalistic Phenomenology vs. Non-naturalistic Phenomenology of Max Scheler
Authors: Hackett J. Edward 
Published: October 2023

ABSTRACT
In this article, the author wishes to defend a naturalistic version of phenomenology rooted in and expropriated from William James’s radical empiricism against Max Scheler’s non-naturalistic phenomenology. By drawing from Jack Reynolds’s arguments for a minimal phenomenology, the author posits that radical empiricism is a middle way between the misguided self-sufficiency of transcendental phenomenology and the misguided self-sufficiency of ontological naturalism. The orthodox reading of Scheler as a dualist is found problematic, and in outlining four propositions characteristic of Scheler’s positions, the author motivates resources from Jamesian thought to argue for the superiority of a naturalistic phenomenology.
Selbstwirksame Erfahrungsmomente als Entwicklungsaufgabe in der Professionalisierung Lehramtsstudierender
Authors: Zangerl Klaudia 
Published: October 2023

Um Studierende in ihrem individuellen Professionalisierungsprozess zu unterstützen, werden im Rahmen der Lehramtsausbildung produktive Settings generiert, in welchen sie in ihrem persönlichen Erfahrens- und Erlebnisraum aufgabenspezifisch herausgefordert und in ihrem Selbstverständnis und in ihrer Selbstregulation als Entwicklungsaufgabe ressourcenorientiert unterstützt werden. Die Selbstwirksamkeit gilt hierbei als Schlüsselfaktor für Bildungs- und Entwicklungsprozesse, meint sie doch die subjektive Überzeugung, neue oder herausfordernde Aufgaben und Anforderungen aufgrund persönlicher Kompetenz bewältigen zu können. Im vorliegenden Beitrag wird aufgezeigt, wie Studierende der Kirchlichen Pädagogischen Hochschule Edith Stein am Ende ihres Bachelorstudiums, welches auf Kompetenzentwicklung ausgerichtet ist, und im Hinblick auf deren baldigen Berufseinstieg diesen Anspruch diskutieren. Selbstwirksame Erfahrungsmomente aufgrund personaler Lernprozesse werden als berufliche Entwicklungsaufgaben dargestellt und diskutiert.
ANALISIS FAKTOR PERSONAL HYGIENE DAN SANITASI LINGKUNGAN DENGAN DEMAM THYPOID DI WILAYAH KERJA PUSKESMAS KEMALARAJA KABUPATEN OKU
Authors: Yustati Eva , Dinata Arda Surya 
Published: October 2023

Disease, in an area depends on the presence of humans who understand the environmental conditions suitable for the life of disease-causing microorganisms. environmental hygiene, sanitation and poor personal hygiene are factors that can increase the spread of diseases, especially typhoid. Factors related to the incidence of typhoid fever are related to clean and healthy living behavior, such as the quality of personal hygiene and environmental sanitation and the lack of public knowledge that does not support a healthy life. The research method uses a cross sectional design. Data are analyzed using the Chi-square test. The population of the entire Kemalaraja Village community is 389 people. The sample taken is simple random sampling. based on the formula contained in Iwan Ariawan's book (2011). amounting to 193 samples. The results of Univariate analysis of bad hand washing habits were 24.9% of respondents, 75.1% of respondents in the category of good hand washing. The unavailability of landfills was 43 (22.3%) of respondents, 77.7% of respondents had available landfills, 23.3% of respondents had bad knowledge, 76.7% of respondents had good knowledge. The results of the chi square test obtained a p value of 0.000 < (0.05) meaning that there is a significant relationship between hand washing habits and the incidence of typhoid fever, p value 0.000 < (0.05) meaning that there is a significant relationship between landfills and the incidence of fever. typhoid, p-value 0.001 < (0.05). This means that there is a significant relationship between knowledge and the incidence of typhoid.
Conclusion: There is a significant relationship between hand washing habits, trash bins and knowledge with the incidence of typhoid fever
Indian Tax System: Compliance by Design
Authors: Rao M Govinda 
Published: October 2023

Taxes matter. They are required to finance social goods which the markets fail to provide. Since taxes are compulsory payments, it is important to evolve the design and implementation features to ensure effective compliance with the tax to ensure both horizontal and vertical equity. Tax compliance is a multiplicative function of the rate of tax, probability of detection, and penalty rate. The best practice approach to tax policy and reform is to evolve the system with a broad base, and low and less differentiated rates. Such a simple system with reasonable rates minimises the three costs associated with taxes namely, the collection cost to the government, compliance cost to the taxpayer, and distortion cost to the economy. Avoiding multiple objectives makes the tax system simple and broad-based and requires low tax rates to collect a given amount of revenue. A strong technology platform for administering the tax increases the probability of detection and enhances voluntary compliance. The paper discusses the important aspects of tax compliance in terms of design and the importance of technology in the administration of taxes in India.
Reasons for Calling EMS
Authors: Angeles Ricardo , McLeod Brent , Lee Janice , Mahmuda Sabnam , Stocic Alix , Howard Michelle , Agarwal Gina 
Published: October 2023

Background: Frequent callers of emergency medical services comprise a disproportionate percentage of emergency department visits. This study aims to describe reasons for calling 911 and healthcare services among frequent callers in Ontario.
Methods: Cross-sectional research design. A mailed self-administered survey was conducted. Participants were residents of an urban City in Canada, 18 years or older, and had called 911 at least 5 times in the past year. Dillman’s Total Design Method was used to implement the survey. Data was summarized using frequency distribution. Subgroup analyses were performed to assess for factors associated with reasons for calling in the past, reasons for calling in the future, and health services utilized.
Results: Among the 67 participants, 47.8% were over 65, 50.70% were female, 85.1% were unemployed, and 38.8% lived alone. Most frequently reported reasons for having called 911 were inability to get up after a fall (41.8%), exacerbation of chronic medical conditions (37.3%), inability to get to the hospital (34.3%), experiencing severe pain (34.3%), and anxiety attacks (23.9%). Subgroup analysis showed significant associations: unemployment was associated with calling due to an alcohol or drug overdose (OR=6.50; CI: 1.16, 36.26); age over 65 had a lower odds of calling in the future for alcohol or drug overdose (OR=0.06; CI: 0.01, 0.51), for serious allergic response (OR=0.22; CI:0.081, 0.740) or for severe pain (OR=0.18; CI: 0.064, 0.518); age over 65 (OR=4.46CI=1.24-17.41) had higher odds of using Community Care Access Centers; and male participants had lower odds of using telehealth (OR=0.19; CI:0.038, 0.97).
Conclusions: Policy makers should review these reasons for frequently calling 911 and implement a system to help frequent callers use more appropriate health care services including a non-ambulance response to calls related to falls, transport to medical care facilities, or anxiety attacks. This might free up ambulance services for more urgent calls.
Reasons for Encounter in Outpatient Clinic of a Tertiary Hospital in South Eastern Nigeria
Authors: Azudialu Bede , Nkem Benjamin , Amaka Obi-Nwosu 
Published: October 2023

Background: Reasons for Encounter (RFEs) are the main aim of a clinic visit that often goes unexplored by health practitioners especially when fixated on making a clinical diagnosis. Most patients present with one or more RFEs at the clinic visit. The traditional medical model unduly emphasizes the need for a biomedical diagnosis, hence the routine use of the traditional International Classification of Diseases (ICD-10), but with the recent introduction and adoption of International Classification of Primary Care (ICPC) by the World Health Organization, there is need for a paradigm shift by primary care physicians to embrace the use of ICPC. Considering the immense benefits and practicability of ICPC, we undertook this study to get a bird’s eye view of our patients RFEs to create the necessary awareness about the use of ICPC and also to use the result in making necessary health policy recommendation and training of resident doctors in our hospital.
Objective: The aim of this study is to identify the reason for outpatient encounter in Federal University Teaching Hospital in Southern East Nigeria.
Methods: A cross-section of patients aged 16 years and above presenting at our outpatient clinic was recruited consecutively until a sample size of 325 patients was attained. There was 100% response rate among the respondents. The reasons for encounter were assessed using an interviewer administered questionnaire where they were requested to “say” in their own words their reasons for coming to see the doctor.
Results: The five commonest reason for encounter was A: general/unspecific(43.4%), X:femalegenitalia(14.2%), M: musculoskeletal(8.5%), D: digestive(6.5%) and R: respiratory(6.5%); while the least are U:urogenital(0.9%) and Y:male genital(0.9%). Incidentally none of the patients presented with substance abuse or social problems. The geriatric age group accounted for less than 20% of the total number of patients seen within the period.
Conclusion: This study identified the common reasons for encounter amongst our patients at the general outpatient. This will assist in the training of our medical students and resident doctors and effective planning of the general outpatient.
Recommendation: This study also brings to the fore the need to look into the challenges of the elderly to improve their health seeking behavior.
Didáctica de la educación técnica industrial en los institutos de la zona sur y occidente de Honduras
Authors: Fiallos Gonzales Melvin Octavio , Fiallos Gonzales Leocadio 
Published: October 2023

El artículo se acera al estudio sobre las diferentes estrategias de enseñanza de la educación técnica industrial en la educación media. La investigación ha sido realizada en las zonas sur y occidente de Honduras, el cual tiene como objetivo identificar las estrategias de enseñanza- aprendizaje, además de analizar su relación con el enfoque por competencias. Para alcanzar los objetivos de la investigación se utilizó una metodología cuantitativa descriptiva, además, se elaboró y utilizó un cuestionario tipo Likert, con validación interna, como resultado del trabajo se puede concluir que la selección de las estrategias está en función de los requisitos del currículo, para alcanzar las competencias, enfatizando la planificación en función del profesor, las adecuaciones curriculares están presente las características del estudiante, con ello los contenidos deben de proporcionarse tal como aparecen, en el programa curricular.
Sarcoma primario intracraneal de células fusiformes con características similares a las del rabdomiosarcoma en pacientes pediátricos: serie de casos 2020-2021
Authors: Melgar-Granados Francisco , Segundo Cabrera-Hipólito 
Published: October 2023

El sarcoma primario intracraneal, es un tumor mesenquimal no meningoteliales de diferenciación incierta, aunque son similares a sus contrapartes de tejidos blandos, se encuentran regularmente en el SNC.1 Generalmente se reportan como metástasis de sarcomas extracraneales, siendo la presentación en el sistema nervioso central muy rara. Asimismo, larepresentación radiológica de este tumor se ve limitada por los pocos casos reportados en la literatura internacional, sobre todo en la población pediátrica. Se presenta una serie de 4 casos de pacientes pediátricos menores de 8años procedentes de Lima - Perú, quienes presentan cefalea intensa de inicio súbito asociado a vómitos continuos, en algunos con signos de focalización o cuadro convulsivo. Los estudios de resonancia magnética mostraron ensu mayoría una extensa lesión expansiva tumoral de aspecto sólido con engrosamiento y realce dural, localizados en la región supratentorial el 75% de los casos y de distribución periférica. Estas lesiones presentaron restricción al estudio de difusión y artefacto de susceptibilidad magnética de distribución periférica y central, sugerente desangrado no reciente, con extensión intraparenquimal y con signos de hidrocefalia. Debido a que es una patología extremadamente rara con escasa publicaciones a nivel mundial, es importante la presentación de estos casos paraampliar la descripción radiológica y reducir los diagnósticos diferenciales, para determinar su manejo quirúrgico y sus controles posteriores debido a la alta tasa de recurrencia.