bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Resectable distal duodenal gastrointestinal stromal tumour presenting with features of anaemia
Authors: Goyal Tushar , Dokania Manoj Kumar , Rana Anil Singh Kumar , Agarwal Nitin , Jain Atul , Sharma Lalit 
Published: December 2023

Abstract
Although gastrointestinal stromal tumours (GISTs) are encountered all along the gastrointestinal tract, duodenal GISTs are uncommon and account for <5% of the cases. A 45-year-old woman presented chiefly with anaemia and associated symptoms, whom on further evaluation was found to have a non-metastatic GIST in the distal duodenum sparing the pancreas and major vasculature. Patient was undertaken for segmental duodenectomy with the help of advanced bipolar energy device (tumour occupying D3–D4 with 1 cm proximal margin and 15 cm jejunum) preserving the pancreas and ampulla with end-to-end duodenojejunostomy with an uneventful postoperative course and clear margins on histopathology. Thus, the patient underwent a less morbid procedure with satisfactory oncological outcome and early resumption of activity. This highlights the need to conduct more trials to gather high level evidence in favour of conservative resection and its oncological adequacy and impact on overall survival and recurrence.
Evaluation of residual refractive prediction accuracy after phacoemulsification using the SRK/T formula
Authors: Tran Ket V. , Nguyen Tri H. M. 
Published: December 2023

PURPOSE:
The purpose of this study was to determine the accuracy of residual spherical refraction predictability after phacoemulsification (Phaco) intraocular lens (IOL) implant surgery using the SRK/T formula.

METHODS:
A cross-sectional study was performed with a sample size of 112 patients diagnosed with cataracts and indicated for Phaco surgery. This study was conducted in Saigon Can Tho Eye Hospital, Can Tho City, Vietnam, from January 2022 to June 2022. Preoperative data and postoperative data were collected for each case. Residual refraction data were measured using the IOLMaster 500 and Anterion.

RESULTS:
The mean preoperative spherical refraction was 0.04 ± 0.4 diopter. The prediction of residual spherical refraction was −0.11 ± 0.17 diopter (for cases measured by IOLMaster 500: −0.02 ± 0.22 diopter; for cases measured by Anterion: 0.07 ± 0.27 diopter). The mean absolute error of prediction results value in a total of 112 eyes was 0.19 ± 0.21 diopter (for cases measured with the IOLMaster 500: 0.20 ± 0.21 diopter; for cases measured with an Anterion: 0.17 ± 0.26 diopter).

CONCLUSION:
The predictive result of the SRK/T formula showed relative and acceptable effectiveness and accuracy in predicting postoperative refraction using the SRK/T formula. The results of this study and those of other studies on the same topic are valuable data to help the ophthalmologist in preoperative consultation with the patient.
The effect of ptosis surgery on corneal topography and aberrometry
Authors: Sharifi Mohammad , Es’haghi Acieh , Kiarudi Mohammad Y. 
Published: December 2023

PURPOSE:
To evaluate the corneal topography and aberrometry and their changes following ptosis surgery in patients suffering from unilateral congenital blepharoptosis.

METHODS:
The study included 15 eyes of 15 patients with unilateral congenital blepharoptosis who underwent surgical correction through anterior levator resection. Shack-Hartmann wavefront sensor was employed to assess Zernike coefficients and root-mean-square. Computerized corneal topography, Orbscan and aberrometry were measured pre-and 3 months post-surgery in the healthy and ptotic eyes. Aberrometric changes were compared between patients with more than one diopter of astigmatism and subjects with less amount of astigmatism. Data were analyzed using the SPSS version 16. P < 0.05 was considered as significance level.

RESULTS:
Following anterior levator resection, the amount of astigmatism decreased. However, the difference was not statistically significant. Changes in topographic indices were not statistically significant. Regarding tomographic indices, the change in minimum keratometry was significant. The amount of change in total higher-order aberrations (HOAs) was not statistically significant. However, there was a decrease in the amount of third-order aberrations (vertical coma and vertical trefoil) which was statistically significant for vertical coma (−0.002 ± 0.001 vs. −0.08 ± 0.02 µm, P = 0.02). Comparing aberrometric changes in patients with more than 1 diopter astigmatism and less, there was a significant difference in the amount of HOA w/o Z400.

CONCLUSION:
Surgical correction of ptosis could reduce the ocular aberrations, despite no significant change in astigmatism. Nonaxial high-order aberrations are mostly affected probably due to the meridional effect of ptosis on the cornea.
Aulas práticas no ensino de Biologia
Authors: Leite Cheylla Jayna Silva Nascimento , Costa Odaléia Alves da 
Published: December 2023

As aulas práticas no Ensino de Biologia são fundamentais para garantir o aprendizado dos conteúdos. Desse modo, este trabalho objetivou analisar as teses e dissertações que utilizam as aulas práticas no Ensino de Biologia como objeto de estudo na Biblioteca Digital Brasileira de Teses e Dissertações. Selecionou-se os trabalhos usando os descritores “Ensino de Biologia” e “Aulas Práticas” aplicando critérios de inclusão e exclusão. A busca nos trouxe 10 trabalhos, analisou-se as abordagens de ensino e a metodologia utilizada. Conclui-se que 60% dos autores não registraram no seu texto a abordagem de ensino que a sua aula está vinculada e quanto a Metodologia destacou-se os roteiros de práticas como peça fundamental no desenvolvimento das aulas para obtermos uma aprendizagem.
Palavras-chave: Ensino de Biologia; Aulas Práticas; Metodologia.
Love, Joy, and Intimacy:
Authors: Sapp Jeff , Donato Erwin "Sino" , Donato-Sapp Helena 
Published: December 2023

Two parents and their middle school aged child reflect back on 550 days of COVID-19 lockdown. Using a Poem in 3 Voices platform, each of them respond in conversation-style about their love of each other, their love of learning, and the joy and healing they found in common everyday things like reading, writing, cooking, music, and gardening. Their playful banter seeks to speak to the intimacy they intentionally built with each other during the pain of the pandemic and their unspeakable losses. The purpose of this aesthetic work is to illuminate that not all of lockdown was despair and that, in the midst of pain, there can also be moments of love, joy, and intimacy.
Analisis Tingkat Suku Bunga, Kurs dan Inflasi di Indonesia dengan Pendekatan Autoregressive Distributed Lag
Authors: Muliana Muliana , Fitrianti Retno , Riana Andi Dyna , Rusneni Rusneni 
Published: December 2023

Inflasi merupakan hal yang sangat penting untuk terus diamati sebagai alat ukur dalam perekonomian negara yang diharapkan tetap rendah dan stabil. Dengan tingkat inflasi yang terus tinggi dapat diasumsikan harga pada barang maupun jasa dalam negeri akan naik dalam jangka waktu yang panjang. Selain itu daya beli masyarakat turun akibat dari inflasi tersebut juga akan diikut sertakan dengan penurunan pendapatan nasional. Pada akhirnya pemerintah selalu berupaya untuk terus mengadakan pengendalian laju Inflasi sebab dalam waktu tahun-tahun kebelakang menunjukkan adanya grafik inflasi yang meningkat. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menganalisis pengaruh tingkat suku bunga dan kurs terhadap inflasi selama kurun waktu 5 tahun (2017-2021) menggunakan data bulanan (monthly) menggunakan uji Autoregressive Distributed Lag. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan dalam jangka pendek maupun jangka Panjang tingkat suku bunga maupun kurs berpengaruh positif tetapi tidak signifikan.
Sistem Pakar Untuk Menscrening Tingkat Distress Mahasiswa Di Masa Covid 19 Menggunakan Metode Certainty Factor
Authors: Hasibuan Wilda Rina , Susilo Joko 
Published: December 2023

Kondisi yang terjadi pada saat pandemi Covid 19 menyebabkan banyak mahasiswa yang mengalami depresi dan stress. Banyaknya kasus positif Covid 19 membuat mahasiswa diliputi kecemasan dan menambah tingkat distress yang dialaminya. Ditambah lagi dengan tidak dapat melakukan rutinitas seperti biasa, menyebabkan mahasiswa mengalami kejenuhan dan sampai merasa sangat kesepian. Untuk memahami dampak psikologis dan kejiwaan dari situasi pandemi Covid 19, maka peneliti membuat sistem pakar untuk mengetahui seberapa tinggi tingkat distress yang dialami mahasiswa. Dari penelitian ini diperoleh sebanyak 25 % mahasiswa mengalami Distress dengan gejala ringan, 45% mahasiswa mengalami Distress dengan gejala sedang dan 35% mahasiswa mengalami Distress dengan gejala berat. Penanganan yang lambat pada penderita distress dapat mengakibatkan terganggunya kondisi tubuh baik itu kondisi fisik maupun mental, dan kemungkinan yang paling buruk dapat mengakibatkan kematian. Sistem Pakar yang dibuat dapat membantu dalam upaya mendeteksi dengan cepat tingkat distress sehingga dengan cepat dapat dilakukan pengendalian yang tepat pada mahasiwa, sehingga dapat menjaga kondisi kesehatan mental.
Implemetasi Algoritma Tuned Boyer Moore Pada Kamus Keamanan Komprehensif
Authors: Susanto Edi Mei 
Published: December 2023

Seiring dengan perkembangan teknologi informasi pengertian keamanan yang semula ditafsirkan dengan sederhana yaitu suasana bebas dari segala bentuk ancaman bahaya, kecemasan dan ketakutan sebagai kondisi tidak adanya ancaman fisik (militer) yang berasal dari luar. kemudian berubah menjadi pengertian keamanan yang tidak berubah hanya terkait dengan militer namun terkait dengan hal hal lain yang menentukan eksistensi suatu negara, termasuknya didalamnya internal, kesediaan pangan, fasilitas kesehatan dan terakhir adalah kemanan dalam informasi. Namun dengan adanya dunia pendidikan kamus menurut KBBI (Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia) Kamus merupakan buku acuan yang memuat kata dan ungkapan, biasanya disusun menurut abjad berikut keterangan dan makna, pemakaianya atau terjemahan nya, selain itu ,kamus merupakan buku yang memuat istilah atau nama yang disusun menurut abjad beserta dengan penjelasan makna dan pemakainya. Pencarian arti sebuah kata (string) sangat dibutuhkan dalam sebuah kamus, terutama kamus keamanan, sehingga menggunakan algoritma pencarian string sebagai solusi untuk mengatasinya,salah satu yang paling banyak. Berdasarkan uraian tersebut di atas maka penelitian ini dimaksudkan untuk mengetahui bagaimanakah pencarian string dalam kamus keamanan serta permasalahan-permasalahan apa saja yang dihadapi dalam penyelesaian pencarian string dalam kamus tersebut.
Penerapan Model Pembelajaran Problembased Learning Terintegrasi Snowball Throwing untuk Meningkatkan Keterampilan Bertanya Siswa Kelas X-4 di SMAN Pakusari
Authors: Hariyanti Dewi , Rakhmawati Indah , Fitriasih Widia 
Published: December 2023

Penelitian ini dilatarbekangi oleh rendahnya keterampilan bertanya siswa kelas X-4 di SMA Negeri Pakusari. Rata-rata aktivitas siswa bertanya masih tidak sesuai harapan. Tujuan dari penelitian ini adalah untuk meningkatkan keterampilan bertanya siswa kelas X-4 di SMA Negeri Pakusari dengan menggunakan Model pembelajaran PBL Terintegrasi Snowball Throwing. Metode yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini adalah Penelitian Tindakan Kelas yang dilakukan 2 siklus setiap siklus terdiri atas tahap perencanaan, tindakan, observasi/evaluasi, dan refleksi. Subjek penelitian ini adalah siswa kelas X-4 di SMAN Pakusari sebanyak 35 orang siswa. Pengumpulan data dalam penelitian ini dilakukan dengan menggunakan lembar observasi. Data yang dikumpulkan dianalisis dengan menggunakan metode analisis stasistik deskriptif dan analisis deskriptif kuantitatif. Hasil penelitian menunjukan bahwa pembelajaran biologi menggunakan model pembelajaran PBL terintegrasi snowball throwing dapat meningkatkan keterampilan bertanya siswa kelas X-4 di SMA Negeri Pakusari. Pada siklus I rata-rata keterampilan bertanya siswa sebesar 71% pada kategori kurang dan meningkat menjadi 80% pada siklus II yang berada pada kategori baik.
Conexiones de resistencia entre el Movimiento de los Trabajadores Rurales Sin Tierra (Brasil) y el Ejército Zapatista de Liberación Nacional (México) durante la globalización de la agricultura (1970-1990)
Authors: Neves da Silva Émerson 
Published: December 2023

El presente trabajo analiza la conexión histórica entre el Movimiento de los Trabajadores Rurales Sin Tierra (MST) y el Ejército Zapatista de Liberación Nacional (EZLN) con el proceso de globalización de la agricultura. El abordaje teórico de la Historia global es utilizado para comprender la interacción dialéctica de los sujetos sociales con la modernización capitalista de la agricultura. Los Movimientos son comprendidos como experiencias de resistencia social en el territorio latinoamericano, constituidas a partir de la dialéctica del conflicto o sea de la capacidad con la que los actores sociales movilizan saberes populares, científicos y la experiencia de lucha social en el proceso de enfrentamiento de las contradicciones económicas, sociales y políticas originadas por la globalización de la agricultura. En ese quehacer histórico, los Sin Tierra y los Zapatistas dieron lugar a sus respectivas identidades colectivas y a sus idearios como grupos.
Ardit Gjebrea’s Projekt Jon
Authors: Tochka Nicholas 
Published: December 2023

As market reforms and migration transformed Albania in the early 1990s, Ardit Gjebrea began mixing traditional folk music with world music and Italian pop. The resulting album, Projekt Jon (1997), provided a new model for song—Western and cosmopolitan, yet firmly rooted in the fertile soil of the nation—against a backdrop of deepening political uncertainty about the very future of Albania.
The Ionian Project announced itself with the frenetic beating of the daullë and the traditional cries of Albania’s highland shepherd. This sprawling collaboration between singer-songwriter Ardit Gjebrea, folk singer Hysni Zela, producer Paul Mazzolini, and a team of crack studio musicians in Italy, had an outsized ambition: to transcend the small postsocialist nation-state’s borders, imaginatively crafting through sound a new home in Europe for its citizens. But as Gjebrea prepared to launch Projekt Jon, violence prompted by the collapse of widespread pyramid schemes threatened to tear Albania apart. And for the intellectuals concerned about growing cracks in the symbolic foundations of the Albanian nation-state, the album came to serve as a referendum on the nature of postsocialist citizenship.
The Republican Party
Authors: Harris Douglas B. , Bailey Lonce H. 
Published: December 2023

Will the modern Republican Party be able to convince the American people that its policies and positions are the right ones to guide the United States? This book examines the status of the Republican Party in the early 21st century, considers where it came from, and predicts where it's heading.
An ideal research tool for advanced high school students in government and history classes as well as undergraduate students enrolled in political science and history courses, The Republican Party: Documents Decoded presents documents, transcripts of speeches, photographs, political cartoons, and campaign materials to define the status of the Republican Party in the early 21st century.
Focusing on its leaders, key principles, organization, and the basis of its political support, the book provides readers with the knowledge and understanding to answer the key questions: For what does the party actually stand? What must Republicans do to move past recent negative perceptions of their party? And can it reclaim the White House in 2016? The source documents and commentary by expert scholars will help students and readers to analyze and evaluate the content themselves in order to reach their own conclusions of where today's Republican party stands on the key issues, such as health care reform, relations between church and state, foreign policy, education, reproductive rights, gun control, and immigration.
Today’s Social Issues
Authors: Kneeland Timothy W. 
Published: December 2023

Covering everything from abortion to gun control to immigration, this book explains policies and positions of today's Democratic and Republican parties, giving readers a complete understanding of modern-day American politics and the 2016 presidential race.
This book cuts through rhetorical platitudes and partisan distortions to provide a balanced and up-to-date resource for understanding policy debates on social issues in statehouses around the country as well as in Washington, DC. It provides broad coverage of the parties and the forces that affect each party's positions, examining every major social policy and taking into account historical differences between Democrats and Republicans in an evenhanded manner, with emphasis on the key ideologies that set the two parties apart during the 2008–2014 midterms.
Author Timothy Kneeland presents an in-depth study of the diversity of political opinion on today's most pressing social issues, digging deeper than the typical black-or-white presentation of these debates in the media. Readers will gain a detailed understanding of how the parties agree, disagree, and find compromise on the broad range of problems and issues facing American society in the 21st century.
Women in the Age of Shakespeare
Authors: Kemp Theresa D. 
Published: December 2023

This book offers a look at the lives of Elizabethan era women in the context of the great female characters in the works of William Shakespeare.
Like the other entries in this fascinating series, Women in the Age of Shakespeare shows the influence of the world William Shakespeare lived in on the worlds he created for the stage, this time by focusing on women in the Elizabethan and Jacobean eras in general and in Shakespeare’s works in particular.
Women in the Age of Shakespeare explores the ancient and medieval ideas that Shakespeare drew upon in creating his great comedic and tragic heroines. It then looks at how these ideas intersected with the lived experiences of women of Shakespeare’s time, followed by a close look at the major female characters in Shakespeare’s plays and poems. Later chapters consider how these characters have been enacted on stage and in film, interpreted by critics and scholars, and re-imagined by writers in our own time.
Women's Roles in Latin America and the Caribbean
Authors: Sloan Kathryn A. 
Published: December 2023

This book surveys Latin American and Caribbean women's contributions throughout history from conquest through the 20th century.
From the colonial period to the present day, women across the Caribbean and Latin America were an intrinsic part of the advancement of society and helped determine the course of history. Women's Roles in Latin America and the Caribbean highlights their varied and important roles over five centuries of time, providing geographical breadth and ethnic diversity to the Women's Roles through History series.
Women's roles are the focus of all six chapters, covering themes that include religion, family, law, politics, culture, and labor. Each section provides specific examples of real-life women throughout history, providing readers with an overview of Latin American women's history that pays special attention to continuity across regions and variances over time and geography.
America in the Cold War
Authors: Walker William T. 
Published: December 2023

Including extensive, balanced information, keen insights, and helpful research tools, this book provides a valuable resource for students or general readers interested in American policy, diplomacy, and conduct during the Cold War.
The Cold War not only comprised the dominant theme in American foreign policy during the second half of the 20th century; its influence was also imbedded into American culture. The half-century duration of the Cold War was an extended learning period during which the United States found that it could no longer remain an isolationist nation in a complex, quickly evolving, and dangerous world. This book covers the entire scope of the Cold War, from its background and origins before and after World War II to the collapse of the Soviet Union on December 25, 1991, providing coverage of key events and concepts, such as the containment policy, McCarthyism, the Cuban Missile Crisis, the Vietnam War, détente, and nuclear arms policies. The single-volume work also provides an annotated bibliography, primary documents, and biographies of key personalities during the Cold War, such as John Foster Dulles, J. Edgar Hoover, George F. Kennan, Henry Kissinger, Edward R. Murrow, and Ronald Reagan.
Animal Rights and Welfare
Authors: Baker Lawrence W. 
Published: December 2023

Through the use of primary source documents, readers can learn about key opinions and legislation in the important field of animal rights and welfare—a current and highly relevant topic.
Animal Rights and Welfare: A Documentary and Reference Guide addresses a broad range of key topics within the subject of animal rights and welfare, including zoos, animal testing, philosophy regarding the treatment of animals, and practical measures instituted to protect animals, supplying readers with an impartial and authoritative resource for understanding the history of animal rights and the issues that dominate discussions about animal rights. Organized chronologically, the book discusses topics such as animal rights within the context of hunting for food, pelts, and other body parts, as well as for recreation; working animals; animals used for education or scientific and medical research; animals in the fashion and entertainment industries; and the food industry.
The text provides reproductions of dozens of carefully selected primary documents from the time of Aristotle (B.C.) to present day to engage readers and provide opportunities for them to apply their critical thinking and analysis skills. The text of each document is introduced by a headnote to place it in context and concludes with analysis that details its significance and clarifies specific passages when needed. Each document or excerpt is followed by a full citation of the document.
Culture and Customs of the Hmong
Authors: Lee Gary Yia , Tapp Nicholas 
Published: December 2023

This book is the first to balance an account of the traditional life and history of the Hmong as a global people, with a full account of their modern, urban lives.
Culture and Customs of the Hmong takes a global approach to understanding the Hmong, a people who have lived in China for more than 4,000 years. It is the first book to combine an account of the traditional life and history of the Hmong with a full account of their modern, urban lifestyle, balancing traditional lifeways and practices with modern, evolving customs.
The book is unique in dealing, not only with the Hmong in the United States, Australia, and other Western nations, but also with their traditional and changing lives in their Asian homelands of Laos, Thailand, Vietnam, and China. This broad international perspective allows readers to look at the Hmong through the complex interplay of the many social, historical, economic, and cultural influences they have been exposed to in their worldwide migration, and at how they manage to maintain their many traditions across national boundaries and great distances.