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Improving sexual dysfunction through guided imagery music (GIM): A clinical trial study
Authors: Mohammadi Elahe , AbdiShahshahani Mahshid , Noroozi Mahnaz , Mohammadi Ali Zadeh , Beigi Marjan 
Published: January 2024

BACKGROUND:
Women with perfect health are strong foundations of a healthy and prosperous family life and suppressing the natural needs of women will have adverse effects on the intimacy and vitality of family members, especially in the field of sexual function. This study aimed to determine the effect of GIM on the level of sexual function in women with sexual dysfunction.

MATERIALS AND METHODS:
In this cluster randomized trial, which was conducted from 2018 to 2019 in the randomly selected comprehensive health centers of Isfahan, Iran, 72 women of reproductive age (two groups of 36 people) with sexual dysfunction were selected by convenience sampling method, and then, music-guided imagination was performed on the intervention group. No special intervention was performed in the control group. Data collection tools were demographic characteristics questionnaire and a standard questionnaire of the female sexual function index.

RESULTS:
There was no statistically significant difference in sexual function and demographic characteristics before the intervention between the two groups (P = 0/301). The results demonstrated that the overall score of sexual function in the intervention subjects was better than the control group (P = 0/003). Improvement of sexual function dimensions (desire, arousal, orgasm) was also significant in the intervention group compared to the control group (P < 0.05).

CONCLUSION:
GIM can be effective in improving women's sexual function. Providing this technique as a low-cost and affordable method is recommended to health experts in private and government clinics. This method can improve the mental health of the family and society.
The effect of a self-management program on the quality of life of patients with scleroderma
Authors: Parniyan Razieh , Pasyar Nilofar , Rambod Masoume , Momennasab Marzieh , Nazarinia Mohammadali 
Published: January 2024

BACKGROUND:
Scleroderma is a rare disease with complex disorders. It affects the quality of life with severe impacts on the skin and extensive complications in the internal organs, and does not have a definitive treatment. This study aimed to investigate the effect of a self-management program on the quality of life of patients with scleroderma.

MATERIALS AND METHODS:
This was a clinical trial in which 54 patients with scleroderma were randomly divided into two groups of 27 each (experimental and control groups). The data were collected using the Systemic Sclerosis Questionnaire. A self-management program was sent to the experimental group via a mobile phone application (WhatsApp) every day for three months. Statistical analysis was performed in Statistical Package for the Social Sciences V21.

RESULTS:
The Wilcoxon signed-rank test showed that the average overall quality of life score of the experimental group showed a significant increase after the implementation of the program (P value: 0.00). The average overall quality of life score of the control group also significantly declined after the intervention (P value: 0.00). The Mann-Whitney U test revealed that there was no significant difference in the overall quality of life score of the two groups before the intervention (P value: 0.31); however, after the implementation of the self-management program, a significant difference was observed between the two groups (P value: 0.00).

CONCLUSION:
According to the results, the self-management program can help improve the quality of life of patients with scleroderma.
Older people's health promotion policies challenges: Making an avenue for policy responses in a developing country
Authors: Bahmaei Jamshid , Bahrami Mohammad Amin , Asadollahi Abdolrahim , Bastani Peivand , Ravangard Ramin 
Published: January 2024

BACKGROUND:
Older people's health policies suffer from many challenges in Iran. The issue is more highlighted considering the increasing rate of the older population in the country. This study aimed to explore the challenges of older people's health policies in Iran as well as make an avenue for policy responses.

MATERIALS AND METHODS:
This study was a qualitative study that was conducted using conventional content analysis in 2020–2021 in Iran. The purposive and snowball sampling methods were used for semi-structured interviews with 30 selected participants. Data were analyzed through the content analysis approach using Granheim and Landman's five-step thematic method.

RESULTS:
The results of analyzing the data were categorized into four main themes, 16 sub-themes, and 70 final codes. The main themes were executive, policymaking, intra- and inter-sectoral, and environmental challenges.

CONCLUSIONS:
Older people are facing challenges in receiving appropriate and timely care. In order to achieve a wide national policy dialogue for covering all older people's health needs in policy agendas and better formulation and implementation of the policies, it is necessary for Iranian health policymakers to address executive challenges and apply effective strategies.
The nurses perceived educational values and experience of journal club activities - A cross-sectional study in Qatar
Authors: Hassan Nesiya , Alomari Albara Mohammad Ali , Singh Kalpana , Kunjavara Jibin , Joy George V. , Mannethodi Kamaruddeen , Al Lenjawi Badriya 
Published: January 2024

BACKGROUND:
Journal club (JC) is widely used as an educational method to support nurses in up-to-date clinical practices, acquire critical appraisal skills, and promote evidence-based nursing practice. Traditionally, JC activities were conducted as face-to-face sessions. However, after the emergence of the pandemic, many educational activities including JC turn to the online platform. This study aims to assess the perceived educational value of JC and the experience of virtual journal club (VJC) among nurses.

MATERIALS AND METHODS:
A cross-sectional research design was used to gather the information from the nurses using the Nursing journal club perception scale. A purposive sampling method was used to enroll 450 participants from the JC attendees of various facilities between May andAugust 2022. The data were analyzed using the Mann-Whitney U test and the Kruskal-Wallis test.

RESULTS:
The data from 450 participants were analyzed with a response rate of 40.1%. The majority of the participants were females (82.4%) and belonged to the 35-44 years' age group (39.6%). Mostly, the subjects were registered nurses or midwives (78%) and had more than 5 years of clinical experience (45.8%). The mean perceived educational value of JC and VJC was 62.9 ± 8.3 and 56.3 ± 8.9, respectively. The nurse educators are holding higher educational value of JC as compared to other participants including clinical nurses, charge nurses, head nurses, and director of nurses (P = 0.03). Additionally, 90% of participants strongly agreed that the nursing journal club helps them to disseminate and reinforce evidence-based practice, update their clinical knowledge, and was very informative. Furthermore, 80% of participants agreed that educational standards, social networking, and time allocation of the VJC are enhancing the chance of attending more sessions.

CONCLUSION:
The JC has a vital role in preparing nurses for promoting research culture and practicing evidence-based nursing care. The national health strategies are focused on improving research capabilities and enhancing research within the national context. The implementation of evidence-based practice in healthcare involves enhancing formal research opportunities, promoting continuing education in research, developing skills in addressing research gaps, and enhancing research-oriented cultures in healthcare facilities. The nursing leadership can play a key role to support the initiatives to develop and conduct nursing JC in their facilities to improve the nurse's research skills and evidence-based nursing practice.
Sleep quality and shift work among Moroccan nurses: A cross-sectional study
Authors: Kabbadj Kaoutar , Amekran Youssra , Damoun Narjisse , Taiek Nora , El Hangouche Abdelkader Jalil 
Published: January 2024

BACKGROUND:
Sleep is vital for physical and mental health. The nursing profession is often associated with unique challenges when it comes to sleep quality. Nurses are often faced with irregular work schedules, including night shifts and rotations, high-stress levels, and significant job demands that can contribute to sleep problems and hinder their productivity at work. This study aimed to assess sleep quality in Moroccan nurses and to investigate the relationship between sleep quality and shift work.

MATERIALS AND METHODS:
This was a cross-sectional study carried out between August 8, 2022 and September 30, 2022 among 260 nurses working day or night shifts in the province of Tétouan, northern Morocco. The Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) was used to assess sleep quality in day and night shift nurses. Data on sociodemographic characteristics and shift work were also collected. Descriptive and inferential statistical analyses were performed. Regression models were used to study the association between participant characteristics and sleep quality.

RESULTS:
Among all participants, 60.4% had poor sleep quality. The results of the study revealed that there was no significant association between shift work and sleep quality among nurses in Morocco.

CONCLUSION:
Given that the majority of nurses suffer from sleep disorders, an action plan to raise awareness and promote good sleep in this population should be implemented.
Study to determine the epidemiology of treatment-resistant depression among the Saudi Arabian population: A cross-sectional study
Authors: Alshehri Abdullah S. , Algarni Abdullah M. , Almahdi Hussein Ahmed M. , Asiri Abdulkhaliq Hadi H. , Asiri Hassan Yahya M. , Alsulami Ahmad Abdullah H. , Alasiri Hassan Ahmed A. , Hassan Nawaf Khalid A. 
Published: January 2024

BACKGROUND:
Depression is a common mental health disorder that affects millions of people worldwide. Globally, major depressive disorder (MDD) is a public health concern; nearly, it affects more than 300 million people. The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic lockdown, travel restrictions, social distancing, and COVID-19 vaccine acceptance have aggravated psychological disorders, such as depression and suicidal tendencies. Treatment-resistant depression (TRD) is typically defined as a lack of response to at least two different antidepressant medications or psychotherapies. TRD is common and has been associated with higher comorbidities and prolonged duration of illness, leading to a substantial medical and economic burden.

MATERIALS AND METHODS:
A cross-sectional study was designed to determine the epidemiology and estimate the prevalence of TRD in Abha City, Assir Region, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The study includes adult patients who were attended to the psychiatry department and aged 18–65 years diagnosed with major depressive depression. A total of 651 study participants were recruited.

RESULTS:
Of the total 651 depressive disorder cases, 134 (20.6%) were reported as TRD and the remaining 517 (79.4%) were nontreatment-resistant depressive cases. Of the 651 depression participants, 176 (27%) were males and 475 (73%) were females. More than one-quarter (180 (28%)) had been associated with chronic morbidity. One-tenth of the depressive patients were suffering from thyroid disorders, followed by hypertension (10%), autoimmune diseases (10%), and diabetes mellitus (8%).

CONCLUSIONS:
TRD emerged as a threat to public health and challenging psychiatric care providers, and further innovative techniques and effective newer drugs to treat depression need to be researched. The treatment complaint mechanism is warranted, encouraging people to get treatment from the psychiatrist by removing the stigma of mental illness, which is needed to improve the quality of life of TRD patients.
¿infeliz? matrimonio entre feminismo y sindicalismo. Reflexiones en torno a los estudios internacionales
Authors: Estermann Victoria 
Published: January 2024

A lo largo del desarrollo del pensamiento feminista, una temática que recurrentemente suele aparecer es la de la relación entre trabajo asalariado y trabajo doméstico, sus tensiones y desigualdades. Por otro lado, las transformaciones ocurridas en la composición del mercado de trabajo desde los setenta, así como su correlato en las herramientas de organización de los trabajadores en los países centrales, generaron una efervescencia de las reflexiones en torno a las estrategias sindicales, que incluían ―en muchos casos― la situación de las mujeres. En este trabajo nos proponemos rescatar las discusiones que se dieron en los estudios internacionales (fundamentalmente británicos y franceses) en torno a las transformaciones al interior de los sindicatos y los vínculos entre feminismo y sindicalismo a fines del siglo XX, para poder reflexionar en torno a las problemáticas que enfrentamos de este lado del globo y las especificidades que presenta la experiencia local.En un primer momento, se aborda la visión institucionalista, representada en la propuesta británica, y en un segundo momento, la perspectiva de las relaciones sociales estructurales de sexo a través de la obra de Margaret Maruani. Este desarrollo teórico nos permitirá finalizar con una breve reflexión en torno a los procesos locales, fundamentalmente a partir del inicio del nuevo ciclo de movilizaciones feministas en Argentina en 2015 y los paros internacionales de mujeres posteriores.
Diagonal F-splitting and Symbolic Powers of Ideals
Authors: Smolkin Daniel 
Published: January 2024

Let $J$ be any ideal in a strongly $F$-regular, diagonally $F$-split ring $R$ essentially of finite type over an $F$-finite field. We show that $J^{s+t} \subseteq \tau(J^{s - \epsilon}) \tau(J^{t-\epsilon})$ for all $s, t, \epsilon &gt; 0$ for which the formula makes sense. We use this to show a number of novel containments between symbolic and ordinary powers of prime ideals in this setting, which includes all determinantal rings and a large class of toric rings in positive characteristic. In particular, we show that $P^{(2hn)} \subseteq P^n$ for all prime ideals $P$ of height $h$ in such rings.Comment: Copy edited and formatted in the EpiGA journal's stylesheet
Impact of Monetary Policy Rate on Conventional and Islamic Banking
Authors: Badar Munib 
Published: January 2024

Purpose: This study examine the role of banking portfolios based on religious philosophy i.e. Islamic banks in comparison of conventional banks of Pakistan to determine whether both of the portfolios of Islamic and conventional banks absorbs monetary policy shocks on the basis of bank specific religious philosophy.
Methodology: The study collected quarterly data from 2005 to 2018 from the official sources of the central bank of Pakistan i.e. State Bank of Pakistan and tested by using econometric techniques. The variables include proxy of central bank Policy Rate, Gross Domestic Product and banking portfolios.
Findings: The outcome of the study reveals that Islamic philosophy of banks do not contribute significantly in varying effects of monetary policy.
Unique Contribution to Theory, Practice and Policy: The government may develop a dual monetary system and introduce pricing mechanisms for Islamic banks separately by introducing sharia-compliant monetary policy instruments to enhance Islamic share in the overall financial plan. Further, a limited number of Sharia advisors who are simultaneously equipped with financial knowledge in another handicap in sharia-compliant product development.
Scleroderma-overlap syndromes: capillaroscopy, laboratory, and clinical manifestations and follow-up compared to scleroderma patients
Authors: Shenavandeh Saeedeh , Azariyon Zahra , Nazarinia MohammadAli 
Published: January 2024

IntroductionOverlap syndrome (OS) is a group of systemic connective tissue diseases (CTDs) that meet the criteria of two or more CTDs. In this study, we evaluated clinical, laboratory, and capillaroscopic manifestations of patients with scleroderma OS (SSc-OS) and its subgroups and follow-up progression compared to patients with limited SSc (LcSSc).Material and methodsIn a 10-year cross-sectional study, we evaluated 135 adult patients (70 with SSc-OS and 65 with LcSSc) with the same skin score for their baseline and follow-up clinical, laboratory, high-resolution chest tomography (HRCT), echocardiography, and nailfold capillaroscopy data and compared them.ResultsOf the 135 patients, 70 had SSc-OS, including 45 (64.3%) cases of SSc-SS (Sjögren’s syndrome), 11 (15.7%) of SSc-RA (rheumatoid arthritis), 9 (12.9%) of SSc-myositis and 5 (1.7%) of SSc-SLE (systemic lupus erythematosus), and 65 had LcSSc. Lung and heart involvement and pulmonary arterial hyper-tension (PAH) did not differ between the two groups (<i>p</i> > 0.05). Musculoskeletal involvement and non-specific pattern of capillaroscopy were higher (<i>p</i> = 0.035 and <i>p</i> = 0.001), and digital ulcer (DU) and scleroderma patterns of capillaroscopy were lower in the SSc-OS group (<i>p</i> = 0.000).
No significant relationship was found between capillaroscopic patterns and organ involvement in the two groups (<i>p</i>-value > 0.05). In the follow-up (3.71 ±2.63 years), new DU and progression of lung involvement (<i>p</i> = 0.002) and the progression in capillaroscopic patterns was lower in SSc-OS (<i>p</i> = 0.000). In the follow-up, new DU was not seen in the SSc-OS, with lower progression of lung involvement, skin score, and capillary damage.ConclusionsIn SSc-OS patients, the most common subgroup was SSc-SS. Scleroderma OS was associated with lower major organ involvement and capillaroscopy progression than LcSSc. Major organ involvement in patients with SSc-OS was significantly lower than in LcSSc patients. In the follow-up, new DU was not seen in the SSc-OS with lower progression of lung involvement, skin score, and capillary damage.
The Tormented Alliance
Authors: Fredman Zach 
Published: January 2024

After Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor, leaders in China and the United States had high hopes of a lasting partnership between the two countries. More than 120,000 US servicemen deployed to China, where Chiang Kai-shek’s government carried out massive programs to provide them with housing, food, and interpreters. But, as Zach Fredman uncovers in The Tormented Alliance, a military alliance with the United States means a military occupation by the United States. The first book to draw on archives from all the areas in China where US forces deployed during the 1940s, it examines the formation, evolution, and undoing of the alliance between the United States and the Republic of China during World War II and the Chinese Civil War. Fredman reveals how each side brought to the alliance expectations that the other side was simply unable to meet, resulting in a tormented relationship across all levels of Sino-American engagement. Entangled in larger struggles over race, gender, and nation, the US military in China transformed itself into a widely loathed occupation force: an aggressive, resentful, emasculating source of physical danger and compromised sovereignty. After Japan's surrender and the spring 1946 withdrawal of Soviet forces from Manchuria, the US occupation became the chief obstacle to consigning foreign imperialism in China irrevocably to the past. Chinese leader Chiang Kai-shek lost his country in 1949, and the US military presence contributed to his defeat. The occupation of China also cast a long shadow, establishing patterns that have followed the US military elsewhere in Asia.
Making Our Future
Authors: Hilliard Emily 
Published: January 2024

Drawing from her work as state folklorist, Emily Hilliard explores contemporary folklife in West Virginia and challenges the common perception of both folklore and Appalachian culture as static, antiquated forms, offering instead the concept of "visionary folklore" as a future-focused, materialist, and collaborative approach to cultural work.With chapters on the expressive culture of the West Virginia teachers' strike, the cultural significance of the West Virginia hot dog, the tradition of independent pro wrestling in Appalachia, the practice of nonprofessional women songwriters, the collective counternarrative of a multiracial coal camp community, the invisible landscape of writer Breece D'J Pancake's hometown, the foodways of an Appalachian Swiss community, the postapocalyptic vision presented in the video game Fallout 76, and more, the book centers the collective nature of folklife and examines the role of the public folklorist in collaborative engagements with communities and culture. Hilliard argues that folklore is a unifying concept that puts diverse cultural forms in conversation, as well as a framework that helps us reckon with the past, understand the present, and collectively shape the future.
Masters of Health
Authors: Willoughby Christopher 
Published: January 2024

Medical science in antebellum America was organized around a paradox: it presumed African Americans to be less than human yet still human enough to be viable as experimental subjects, as cadavers, and for use in the training of medical students. By taking a hard look at the racial ideas of both northern and southern medical schools, Christopher D. E. Willoughby reveals that racist ideas were not external to the medical profession but fundamental to medical knowledge.In this history of racial thinking and slavery in American medical schools, the founders and early faculty of these schools emerge as singularly influential proponents of white supremacist racial science. They pushed an understanding of race influenced by the theory of polygenesis—that each race was created separately and as different species—which they supported by training students to collect and measure human skulls from around the world. Medical students came to see themselves as masters of Black people's bodies through stealing Black people’s corpses, experimenting on enslaved people, and practicing distinctive therapeutics on Black patients. In documenting these practices Masters of Health charts the rise of racist theories in US medical schools, throwing new light on the extensive legacies of slavery in modern medicine.
Aplikasi Presensi Online Menggunakan Verifikasi Foto Selfie Dan Ip Server Berbasis Android
Authors: Wahyuni Tri , Putri Puji Handayani , Wardani Setia 
Published: January 2024

Era globalisasi saat ini menuntut kita untuk berproses lebih cepat salah satunya adalah pemanfaatan teknologi informasi. Presensi kehadiran menjadi suatu hal yang sangat krusial bagi sebuah instansi untuk dapat memperbaiki kinerja. Universitas PGRI Yogyakarta saat ini masih menggunakan presensi melalui fingerprint yang nantinya dosen dan staff melakukan absensi masuk dan absensi pulang. Untuk monitoring kehadirannya nanti ada laporan absen perbulannya.Kendala yang dialami oleh instansi ini ialah Kurangnya keakuratan data yang masuk ke sistem absensi dan jumlah data pada alat fingerprint masih dibatasi. Bahasa pemrograman yang digunakan pada penelitian adalah php dan database Mysql. Tujuan dari penelitian ini adalah untuk merancang aplikasi yang mampu melakukan presensi secara online