bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Education as an Instrument for Ensuring the Participation of Women in Politics for the Attainment of the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) on Gender Equality: Empirical Lessons from Bafut in the North West Region of Cameroon
Authors: Mengnjo Tardzenyuy Thomas , Manka’a Afanwi Mfomujong 
Published: December 2023

Purpose: This write-up has been provoked by the gender disparity which prevails in political participation between men and women. While noting that women's participation in politics is low as compared to that of men, the article has been premised on the hypothesis that education is the only instrument that can ensure equal participation of women and men in politics.
Materials and Methods: Methodologically, the write up relied on the descriptive research design. While relying on this design, the sample size was 380 women in Bafut. These women were randomly sampled and administered questionnaires, with a response rate of 81.84% (311). Data were also collected through secondary sources from published and unpublished books. In this light, data collected through questionnaires were analyzed using the Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS), while qualitative data obtained from secondary sources were analyzed contently, by extracting relevant data to support the research questions
Findings: While relying on empirical observations from Bafut in the North West Region of Cameroon, it is evident that women’s participation in politics is significantly influenced by their level of education. The more education of women is the more the likelihood they are to participate in political activities, such as membership in political parties, voting, attending campaign rallies, petitioning an official, and attending a protest or strike action.
Implications to Theory, Practice and Policy: This article has resolved that for Goal 5 of the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of gender equality in political participation to be attainable; there is an urgent need for the government, municipal authorities, the civil society, and local traditional authorities to harness all avenues to foster the education of women and their political knowledge.
Supply Chain Disruption Risk and Market Performance in Nigeria: A Case of Oil and Gas Marketing Companies
Authors: Olawore O. P. , Olufawo H. S , Adesanya A. O , Oduwole W. K., , Ochonogor R. N. 
Published: December 2023

Purpose: Studies across developed and emerging economies alluded to the persistent decline in the performance of oil and gas marketing firms, which had been attributed to both micro-economic and macro-economic factors. The objective of the study was to determine the effect of supply chain disruptions on market performance of selected oil and gas marketing companies in Lagos State, Nigeria.
Materials and Methods: The study adopted a survey research design. The total population of the study was 1,044 full-time employees of five selected oil and gas marketing companies in the downstream sector of the petroleum industry in Nigeria. The study sampled three hundred and sixty-two (362) respondents, who participated in the study. Stratified random sampling method was adopted, because it ensures less homogeneity, and a true representative of the sample, thereby the accuracy of statistical results can be higher than that of simple random sampling. Structured questionnaire was used to collect the primary data from the sample size. The research targeted 362 respondents in the survey, while 322 copies of the questionnaire administered were filled and returned. Therefore, the response rate was 91.7%.
Findings: The three independent variables that were studied, explained 4.8% of the market performance as represented by adjusted R-square. This, therefore, meant that other variables not studied in this research contributed 95.2% of the market performance.
Implications to Theory, Practice and Policy: The study recommended that oil and gas marketing companies should increase their commitment to adopting scenario planning and supply chain mapping strategies, in order to mitigate risks threatening their supply chains, in order to accomplish better performance.
An Overview of Infrared Image Processing-Based Oral Cancer Detection Technique
Authors: Bandyopadhyay Asok , Sekhar Mondal Himanka , Dam Bivas , Chandra Patranabis Dipak 
Published: December 2023

Oral cancer is often detected late, requiring timely and precise identification to enhance patient results and cut medical expenses. This study delves into the effectiveness of infrared imaging (IR) in spotting cancer, highlighting its ability to record temperature changes linked to abnormal developments. The study highlights the need for precise diagnostic equipment to address demanding situations when acquiring IR images from the oral cavity. This system uses thermal imaging to extract and analyze the temperature-based statistical information for predictions. With promising outcomes from a rigorous evaluation of 24 subjects, the device demonstrates a sensitivity of 66.67% and specificity of 66.67%, indicating room for development. The study has looked at the significance of collaborative research and a set of regulations refinement, using SVM classifiers and Fuzzy logic for proper judgment to enhance the system’s diagnostic accuracy and effect on healthcare results. The findings emphasize the essential position of IR generation in revolutionizing oral cancer screening structures, highlighting the need for continued research and collaboration to optimize its software.

Received: 8 October 2023 | Revised: 14 November 2023 | Accepted: 18 December 2023

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

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

Author Contribution Statement
Asok Bandyopadhyay: Conceptualization, Methodology, Validation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Resources, Writing - original draft, Writing - review & editing, Visualization, Supervision, Project administration, Funding acquisition; Himanka Sekhar Mondal: Software, Validation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Resources, Writing - review & editing, Visualization; Bivas Dam: Validation, Writing - review & editing, Visualization; Dipak Chandra Patranabis: Writing - review & editing, Visualization.
XX. YÜZYILDA AVRUPA’DAKİ DÖNÜŞÜMLER VE DOĞU AVRUPA’NIN ŞEKİLLENMESİ
Authors: ÇAKIRBAŞ Ali 
Published: December 2023

Birinci Dünya Savaşı XX. Yüzyılın ilk yarısında ortaya çıkan kaosun ana sebeplerinden birisi olmuştur. Savaş sonrası Batı emperyalizmi ve yükselen milliyetçilik çok uluslu imparatorlukları parçalayıp ortaya yeni ulus devletlerin kurulmasına semin hazırlamıştır. Ancak bu gelişmeler yaşanırken ardında çok sayıda insanın hayatını kaybetmesine ya da yaralanmasına yol açtığı gibi ekonomik olarak da büyük bir çöküşü beraberinde getirmiştir. Yaşanan bu insani ve yapısal yıkım yüzyılın geri kalanında Avrupa’yı ve dünyayı hemen her alanda büyük değişikliklere zorlamıştır. Bu çerçevede ortaya çıkan Rusya’daki Bolşevizm, İtalya’daki Faşizm ve Almanya’daki Nasyonel Sosyalizm Avrupa’nın siyasal yapısında yeni kırılmalara neden olarak yeni bir dünya savaşına zemin hazırlamıştır.
Birinci Dünya savaşından galip çıkan müttefikler 1919’da Paris Barış Konferansı’nda bir araya gelmişlerdir. Amerikan Başkanı Woodrow Wilson’un ortaya koyduğu 14 noktadan oluşan ilkeler Doğu Avrupa’nın modern siyasi yapılanmasında önemli rol oynamıştır. Özellikle Çekoslovakya ve Yugoslavya gibi ülkeler, Wilson’un savunuculuğunu yaptığı, ulusların kendi kaderini tayin etme hakkını ön plana çıkartan bu ilkeler sayesinde oluşturulmuştur. Wilson’un savaş sonrası yeni barış düzenini sağlamaya yönelik ileri sürdüğü halkların, kendi kaderlerini tayin etme hakkına ve uluslararası siyasi statülerini hiçbir müdahale olmaksızın belirleme özgürlüğüne sahip olmaları anahtar kriter haline gelmiştir.
Doğu Avrupa’da bu günkü sınırlar XX. Yüzyılda meydana gelen ve etkisi hala devam eden değişimin bir neticesi olmuştur. Savaştan sonra Avusturya-Macaristan İmparatorluğu, Çarlık Rusya’sı ve Almanya İmparatorluğu ve Osmanlı İmparatorluğu’nun sonlanması ve savaş sonrası imzalanan barış antlaşmaları, Doğu Avrupa’nın siyasi haritasını radikal bir şekilde değiştirmiş ve ortaya çok sayıda egemen devlet çıkarmıştır.
Artificial Intelligence Decision Support Tools for End-of-Life Care Planning Conversations
Authors: Xie Weiyi , Butcher Robyn 
Published: December 2023

Why Is This an Issue?

End-of-life care provides support for patients and their families during the last stage of life. End-of-life conversations aim to help people better understand their disease prognosis and expected survival, enabling them to make informed decisions regarding end-of-life care.
Palliative care focuses on relieving symptoms and improving quality of life for patients with serious or life-threatening diseases. Approximately 89% of patients with life-limiting diseases, such as cancer, can benefit from palliative care. However, not all patients receive it in a timely manner.
Due in part to prognostic uncertainty and optimism bias, end-of-life planning conversations and palliative care decisions do not occur early enough to have maximum benefit. Interventions that aim to prompt or help identify those patients who can benefit from palliative and/or end-of-life planning could improve the quality of care.

What Is the Technology?

An artificial intelligence (AI)–based “nudge” is a decision-making support tool that uses prompts and alerts to aid clinicians in deciding whether and when to discuss end-of-life planning with patients.
The nudge sends alerts and/or reminders to clinicians to prompt end-of-life conversations with patients who are at high risk of short-term mortality. These patients are identified by machine learning mortality prediction algorithms incorporated in the electronic health record (EHR) system.
Two AI-based nudges designed for patients with cancer were identified. Both tools were developed and internally validated in the US.

What Is the Potential Impact?

AI-based nudges have the potential to increase the number of end-of-life planning conversations between clinicians and patients as well as the number of referrals to end-of life services.
Implementing the nudges into clinical workflows could also help clinicians more easily identify patients with palliative care needs.

What Else Do We Need to Know?

No AI-based nudges have been approved for use in Canada at the time of this writing nor have there been validation studies using Canadian data.
As with many AI algorithms, there is uncertainty about the validity and generalizability of the mortality predictive algorithms used in the nudges.
The acceptance of AI-based nudges by clinicians is unclear due to varying clinician attitudes and experiences with nudges and because we did not identify any studies that reported the experience of AI-based nudges from the patient perspective.
INTERVENÇÕES NUTRICIONAIS NA MELHORA DA SINTOMATOLOGIA DO TDAH EM ADULTOS
Authors: Diniz Débora Fernandes , Deberaldini Cleber Calixto , Silva Débora Rocha Afonso 
Published: December 2023

O TDAH afeta cerca de 5% da população adulta sendo manifestado através de distúrbios emocionais, quadros de desatenção e/ou hiperatividade e impulsividade, resultando em prejuízos sociais, acadêmicos e profissionais. A nutrição vem sendo estudada como mecanismo para melhor gerenciamento dos sintomas do TDAH devido a ineficácia, a inacessibilidade ao tratamento tradicional e a seus efeitos a curto e longo prazo. A presente revisão teve por objetivo analisar intervenções nutricionais e identificar a eficácia da suplementação de vitaminas, minerais, aminoácidos e ácidos graxos essenciais, na melhora dos sintomas do TDAH em adultos. Para tal, a busca consistiu por ensaios clínicos publicados nos últimos dez anos (2012-2022), realizados em adultos (≥ 19 anos) e que tratem de alguma intervenção nutricional (nutrientes, fitonutrientes, nootropicos, minerais, vitaminas, entre outras). A busca foi estruturada nas bases de dado Medline (PubMed) e Cochrane, totalizando 780 artigos analisados e treze selecionados. Os resultados apontam efeitos potencialmente benéficos no tratamento da sintomatologia do TDHA para: ômega-3, sal de magnésio L-treonato, triptofano, vitaminas do complexo B e vitamina D. Fatores limitantes nos estudos analisados foram: número amostral de pacientes pequeno, diferenças nas características da amostra e heterogeneidade metodológica entre os estudos. Apesar dos resultados observados serem relevantes e promissores, mais pesquisas são necessárias para avaliar sua confiabilidade.
Palsys.org: an open-access taxonomic and stratigraphic database of organic-walled dinoflagellate cysts
Authors: Bijl Peter K. , Brinkhuis Henk 
Published: December 2023

Abstract. It is with great pleasure that we introduce palsys.org (https://palsys.org/genus/, last access: 8 December 2023), a fully open-access taxonomic, stratigraphic and image database of organic-walled dinoflagellate cysts. Palsys.org started as the in-house database of the Laboratory of Palaeobotany and Palynology (LPP) Foundation over 30 years ago. It is now owned by Utrecht University and has been expanded and transformed into a public online platform for use in research and education. Palsys.org includes the taxonomic descriptions of genera and species of organic walled dinoflagellate cysts, from the (often translated) literature, and emendations and synonymy, mainly following Williams et al. (2017) and the stratigraphic calibrations from DINOSTRAT (Bijl, 2022), and has around 25 000 images of species. Here, in this launch paper, we explain the history of the database, present its current functionalities and explain our set-up of the data quality control. We call upon the community to help us keep palsys.org up to date and complete by, for example, by sending additional information, imagery and feedback in general through the platform. Palsys.org brings dinoflagellate micropaleontology in line with the open-science principles of modern academia.
Relação da condição de cárie da criança com experiência de cárie da mãe
Authors: Marques Paes Alice , Torres do Vale Oliveira Thays , Marques Menegaz Aryane , Leão Goettems Marília , Pereira da Costa Vanessa Polina , Azevedo Marina Sousa 
Published: December 2023

Objetivo: verificar a relação da condição de cárie da criança com a experiência autopercebida de cárie da mãe através de um estudo observacional transversal. Métodos: O estudo foi realizado na Faculdade de Odontologia da Universidade Federal de Pelotas com crianças entre 8 e 11 anos e suas mães. A amostra contou com 105 pares mãe-filho. Os responsáveis responderam um questionário relacionado à situação socioeconômica e demográfica, a mãe respondeu sobre sua saúde bucal: experiência de cárie (restauração ou dente cariado) e perda dentária por cárie.). Nas crianças os desfechos foram avaliados através de exame clínico com a soma de dentes decíduos e permanentes cariados, perdidos e obturados (ceod/CPOD) e para severidade de cárie foi utilizado Significant Caries Index (SiC), ceod/CPOD≥3. Para testar a associação entre as variáveis relacionadas à mãe e o desfecho severidade de cárie foi realizado o teste Qui-quadrado, para média de cárie na criança (ceod/CPOD) foi utilizado o Teste Mann-Whitney. Resultados: Com relação à severidade de cárie não foi encontrada associação estatisticamente significante. A média do ceod/CPOD foi quase três vezes maior nas crianças cujas mães relataram que haviam tido ou estavam com algum dente cariado ou restaurado em função da cárie em comparação àquelas que não relataram esta experiência. As mães mais jovens apresentaram filhos com maior média de cárie do que as mães mais velhas. Conclusão: Entre as crianças atendidas neste serviço existe uma relação de uma maior média de cárie nas crianças com cujas mães tem ou tiveram experiência de cárie e mais jovens.
Dentifrícios branqueadores contendo Blue covarine: revisão sistemática
Authors: Oliveira Rafaela Silva , Campos Elisângela de Jesus 
Published: December 2023

Introdução: Estão disponíveis no mercado dentifrícios branqueadores contendo Blue covarine ao qual é creditado um efeito branqueador promovido por alterações ópticas nas superfícies dentárias pela deposição de uma fina película de tonalidade azulada sobre o esmalte. Objetivo: Revisar a literatura para verificar se existe evidência científica conclusiva sobre o efeito branqueador do Blue Covarine em tecidos mineralizados e materiais restauradores estéticos. Materiais e métodos: Para a revisão sistemática da literatura foram feitas buscas nas bases de dados Medline/PubMed, LILACS e Scielo para identificar estudos clínicos e laboratoriais que avaliassem a ação branqueadora do agente óptico Blue covarine. Foram utilizadas as palavras-chave “Blue covarine e pasta de dentes”/ “Blue covarine and toothpaste”, “Blue covarine e dentifrícios”/ “Blue covarine and dentifrices”, “Blue covarine e dentifrícios branqueadores”/ “Blue covarine and whitening dentifrices”, “Blue covarine e dentifrícios clareadores”/ “Blue covarine and bleaching dentifrices” encontradas no DeCs e MeSH, a fim de restringir a busca dos estudos obtendo resultados mais precisos. Resultados: Dois pesquisadores analisaram criticamente e selecionaram todos os 22 artigos, sendo 6 estudos clínicos, 14 estudos laboratoriais e 2 revisões da literatura. As pesquisas apresentaram divergências quanto ao desenho do estudo, métodos, amostra, parâmetros clínicos e laboratoriais e na sua maioria apresentavam conflitos de interesse. Conclusão: O Blue Covarine presente nos dentifrícios branqueadores parece ser efetivo na promoção do branqueamento dentário apenas quando associado aos agentes abrasivos presentes nas formulações, evidenciando que ensaios clínicos e laboratoriais, com metodologias semelhantes, são necessários para se obter evidência científica conclusiva sobre o efeito deste agente óptico.
Palavras-chaves: Blue covarine, dentifrícios, esmalte dentário, resina composta.
Birinci Mecliste Bilinmeyen Bir Yapılanma: Selameti Umumiye Komitesi
Authors: Yardımcı Muzaffer 
Published: December 2023

One of the characteristics of the Turkish Grand National Assembly, which was opened on April 23, 1920, was that it was a "partyless assembly". However, in the Turkish Grand National Assembly, consisted of many groups such as TBMM’de Anadolu Rumeli Müdafaa-i Hukuk Cemiyeti, Halk Zumresi, Mudafaa-i Hukuk Zumresi, Tesanut Group, İstiklal Group, İttihatcı Group and Islahat Group. This situation made it very difficult to make quick decisions in the parliament. Although Mustafa Kemal Pasha established the Anatolian-Rumeli Mudafaa-i Hukuk group to end the divisions in the parliament and transform the parliament into a regular and disciplined structure, harmony could not be achieved within the parliament. To facilitate the functioning of the Assembly and to speed up decision-making processes, a group of members within the parliament, Mustafa Kemal Pasha headed a secret organization. This group was organized in the homes of its members to meet to determine the laws and articles they want to bring to the agenda of the Parliament; and to consider and conclude on the issues to be discussed. After the discovery of this secret structure, the opposition ranks, influenced by the French Revolution, named this group the Committee of Selâmet-i Umumiye. It has not received much attention so far. Therefore The Selameti Umumiye Committee, which has not been sufficiently researched, is analyzed for the first time in this study as a stand-alone article.
Millî Mücadele Sinemasında “Ankara”
Authors: Kir Şimşek Semra 
Published: December 2023

To keep the Turkish National Struggle, which has an exceptional value as a source of belief for all oppressed communities as well as the self-confidence it has created in the Turkish nation with its success, alive in the memories with "cinema", work was started during the National Struggle period, and the teams sent to Anatolia filmed the resistance on the front lines, the factors that led to victory and many documentary experiences. Mustafa Kemal, who believed that fictional films on the theme of the National Struggle should be made alongside documentary films, gladly agreed to appear in front of the camera to "prove to the Turkish youth how this struggle was won". In cinema, which functions as propaganda as well as an artistic language and a form of transmission, certain cities, as well as the names that shaped this epic struggle around the ideal of "independence", are different in their roles has been addressed in several ways. In the study, the first years of cinema in Turkey are mentioned and the films of the National Struggle as a genre in Turkish cinema are analyzed in the categories of documentary, fiction, and television films. In this study, in which nearly 100 films with the theme of the War of Independence are reviewed, the place of the city of "Ankara" in the cinema of the War of Independence is exemplified by three productions titled "On the Roads of Victory/Istiklâl, A Nation Awakens, and Kalpaklılar". In many productions of the cinema of the War of Independence, the spatialization of "Ankara" Beyond its presence, Mustafa Kemal, the Turkish Grand National Assembly, and the intellectuals and military "symbolic" character, which is identified with the presence of leaders, and for this reason, the National It has been determined that it is an indispensable element of struggle-themed films.
As metodologias de intervenção que acontecem no Laboratório de Matemática - LEMAC
Authors: Silva Paulo Petterson Lima da , Maués Daniel de Deus Negrão , Cavalcante José Antônio Gomes , Costa Antonio Vanderlei Carneiro da 
Published: December 2023

A presente pesquisa originou-se após observar alunos que apresentam certas dificuldades em aprendizagem no que diz respeito a disciplina de Matemática. Ao analisar a capacidade metacognitiva dos educandos através do emprego da metodologia da problematização como meio de estimular a metacognição. Adotouse para tal pesquisa uma metodologia com abordagem qualitativa dos dados obtidos durante a intervenções no Laboratório de Matemática. Decorrendo um estudo a partir de uma intervenção no Laboratório de Matemática realizada em conjunto com alunos do 2º ano do Ensino Médio do Colégio Dom Calábria, em Marituba-PA. E, com base dos resultados desta pesquisa o qual apontaram que criar uma estratégia metacognitiva significa conhecer o próprio conhecimento e que a sua utilização é de suma importância para o conhecimento e o desenvolvimento educacional.
Palavras-chave: Problematização; Metacognição; Laboratório de Matemática.