bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
SPACE CLOSURE EFFECT ON FORCE SYSTEM IN THE SEGMENTED ARCH: AN EXPERIMENTAL-NUMERICAL STUDY
Authors: Rodrigues Fábio Rodrigo Mandello , Ferreira Marcelo do Amaral , Ignácio Sérgio Aparecido , Luersen Marco Antônio , Borges Paulo César 
Published: June 2023

Objective: To perform an experimental-numerical analysis to study the influence of the interbracket distance (IBD) on the spring’s mechanical behavior and on the resulting force system during space closure in the segmented arch technique (SAT). Material and Methods: Twenty delta springs (DSs) made of beta-titanium alloy, [Formula: see text] inch, were tested on a platform transducer. A Young’s modulus ([Formula: see text] of 69 GPa ([Formula: see text] psi) and Yield’s strength ([Formula: see text] of 1240 MPa ([Formula: see text] psi) were used. The springs were activated considering different IBDs. The spring was modeled in autodesk Inventor software and its behavior was simulated using the finite element (FE) code Ansys Workbench. Results: The ANOVA showed a significant difference in the studied variables with a reliability of over 95% (only for the activation variable there was an effect upon the horizontal forces (Fx). The Tukey HSD and the Games–Howell post hoc multiple comparisons tests were applied to identify differences between the treatments for heterogeneous variances. Conclusions: The IBDs do not significantly affect the force system during space closure, even though there was an increase in the Mz/Fx ratio as spring deactivates. Activation can cause a statistically significant effect on the force system even though the force showed safe levels. At 4[Formula: see text]mm activation (19[Formula: see text]mm IBD), the spring wire starts yielding, i.e. plastic deformation occurs near the anterior attachment due to the shorter IBD.
Evaluation of the GeneXpert Mycobacterium tuberculosis/Rifampicin Assay for Early Detection of Extrapulmonary Tuberculosis and Rifampicin Resistance in Aligarh Region of Northern India
Authors: Imam M. D. Ahsan , Fatima Nazish , Shameem Mohammad , Ahmed Shariq 
Published: June 2023

Purpose:
Early diagnosis of extrapulmonary tuberculosis (TB) with simultaneous detection of rifampicin (RIF) resistance (RR) directly from the sample is a revolution brought by GeneXpert Mycobacterium TB (MTB/RIF) assay. Line probe assay (LPA) is not recommended for extrapulmonary/nonsputum specimens; GeneXpert MTB/RIF provides a diagnostic option for these. Hence, the following study aimed to evaluate the performance of GeneXpert MTB/RIF assay in nonsputum samples.

Materials and Methods:
A total number of 642 extrapulmonary and nonsputum respiratory samples were subjected to Ziehl–Neelsen (ZN) staining technique, fluorescent microscopy (FM), and GeneXpert MTB/RIF Assay. All samples were cultured on a solid Lowenstein–Jensen (LJ) medium and culture-positive samples were subjected to GenoType MTBDRplus LPA and drug susceptibility testing by 1% proportion method on a solid LJ medium.

Results:
GeneXpert MTB/RIF assay detected MTB in 25.9% (166/642) of the samples. Sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value (PPV), and negative predictive value (NPV) of ZN staining technique and FM were 21.52%, 99.35%, 91.89%, and 78.77% and 27.22%, 99.78%, 97.73%, and 80.07%, respectively. Sensitivity, specificity, PPV, and NPV of GeneXpert MTB/RIF in the detection of MTB were 93.75%, 96.53%, 90.36%, and 97.80%, and RIF RR was 92.0%, 97.74%, 88.46%, and 98.48%, respectively. LPA performed on positive culture growth showed 100% sensitivity and specificity in the detection of RIF and isoniazid resistance.

Conclusion:
GeneXpert MTB/RIF showed high sensitivity and specificity in detecting MTB and simultaneous RIF RR among the nonsputum samples which had a good concordance to LPA. It provides a judicious option for early detection of multidrug-resistant TB in extrapulmonary and nonsputum respiratory samples.
A Quality Improvement Study to Improve the Utilization of Occupational Therapy and Physiotherapy Services in a Level 4 Neonatal Intensive Care Unit and Neurodevelopmental Follow-Up Clinics
Authors: Jindal Pranay , Shah Irfana Ajab , Mathew Jisha Elizabeth , Kannappillil Shihab , Sibayan Ma Lorena Igna , Ragesh Parvathy , Girish Sashtha , Cabanillas Irian Jade , Villa Ana Princess , Rens Matheus Franciscus Petrus Van , Alturk Mohamed Rami , Mahmah Mohamad Adnan , AlQuabaisi Mai , AlMudehka Noora Rashid , Hussein Alaa Al Sheikh 
Published: June 2023

Background:
Neonates admitted to the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) are at risk of neuromotor and behavioral impairments, and therapy services can optimize their neurodevelopment. Physiotherapy (PT) and Occupational therapy (OT) services are available in the NICU of Women’s Wellness and Research Center, and as per the guidelines, physicians should refer the neonates for appropriate services. Baseline analysis of 1-month data revealed that 25%, 36%, 62%, and 10% of eligible neonates were not referred to (1) inpatient OT, (2) inpatient PT, (3) baby therapy, and (4) neonatal neurodevelopmental clinic, respectively. The study’s objective is to increase the number of babies being referred, by reducing the number of eligible neonates not being referred to 4 available therapy services to 50% of the baseline data after 1 month of implementation.

Methods:
A Plan-Do-Study-Act cycle guided the interventions. The 1st phase identified stakeholders’ challenges for not referring the babies to appropriate services. Based on their feedback, the referral criteria were revised. The 2nd phase involved implementing the revised criteria. Steps included (a) stakeholders’ education on the revised criteria and making it available all the time, (b) daily triage and huddle to inform stakeholders of the needed referrals, and (c) establishing communication pathways.

Results:
Exceeding the targets, all eligible and 75% of the eligible neonates for neonatal neurodevelopmental and baby therapy clinics, respectively, were referred. For inpatient OT and PT services, 22% (targeted 12.5%) and 20% (targeted 18%) of the eligible neonates were missed.

Conclusion:
Within 1 month, we decreased the number of nonreferrals to all 4 therapy services. Inpatient PT and OT referrals need more focus.
calidad del empleo en la población afro-colombiana utilizando índices sintéticos
Authors: Mora Jhon James , Pérez Marulanda Lisset , González Carlos Giovanni 
Published: June 2023

Este artículo presenta nuevas estimaciones sobre la calidad del empleo para la ciudad de Cali (Colombia), utilizando índices sintéticos que permiten la comparación a través del tiempo. La ciudad de Cali es el principal referente sobre la calidad del empleo de la población afro-colombiana, ya que es la ciudad colombiana con mayor proporción de personas afrodescendientes del país. Nuestros resultados muestran que las comunas con una mayor calidad del empleo son las comunas 17, 19, 22 y 2. Mientras que los residentes de las comunas ubicadas al oriente, sur oriente y zona de ladera de la ciudad, tienen una calidad del empleo baja; estas son: 13, 21, 15, 3, 7, 20. Por lo que existen localizaciones espaciales entorno a la calidad del empleo fruto de las migraciones del Pacífico colombiano. Los resultados también muestran cómo ser afrodescendiente reduce la probabilidad de tener empleos de alta calidad e incrementa la posibilidad de acceder a empleos de calidad baja y media. De esta forma, en Cali la condición étnica afrodescendiente limita el acceso a empleos de alta calidad.
Impacto de la innovación en marketing sobre la conducta exportadora de las empresas del sector agroindustrial español
Authors: Ramos Ruiz José , Polo Otero José , Arrieta Barcasnegras Aquiles , Vega Cárcamo Jean 
Published: June 2023

En esta investigación, se estudia el impacto que tiene la realización de innovaciones en mercadotecnia sobre la conducta de exportación, soportada en la estructura panel ofrecida por el Panel de Innovación Tecnológica (PITEC). Para ello, se hizo uso del método Propensity Score Matching combinado con el método de diferencias en diferencias, propio de los análisis de evaluación de impacto. Los resultados de la aproximación econométrica muestran un impacto negativo y significativo de la innovación en marketing sobre la realización de exportaciones en el sector agroindustrial de España.
Diseño de un modelo específico para la predicción de la quiebra de micro-entities
Authors: Blanco Oliver Antonio J. , Irimia Diéguez Ana I. , Vázquez Cueto María José 
Published: June 2023

La importancia de las micro-entities como generadoras de empleo y propulsoras de la actividad económica conlleva, unida a sus mayores tasas de quiebra y a su dificultad para acceder a las fuentes de financiación, la necesidad de diseñar métodos apropiados que anticipen sus quiebras. Con este fin, en este trabajo se desarrolla un modelo híbrido mediante la combinación de enfoques paramétricos y no paramétricos para la detección de sus quiebras. Para ello, se seleccionan las variables con mayor poder predictivo para detectar la quiebra mediante un modelo híbrido de regresión logística (LR) y árboles de regresión y clasificación (CART). Nuestros resultados muestran que este modelo híbrido obtiene una mejor performance que aquellos modelos implementados de forma aislada, además de tener una más fácil interpretación y una convergencia más rápida. Por otra parte, se constata la conveniencia de la introducción de variables no financieras y macroeconómicas que complementen a la información proporcionada por los ratios financieros para la predicción de la quiebra de las micro-entities, lo cual está en línea con las características propias e idiosincrasia de este tamaño empresarial recientemente definido por la Comisión Europea.
Aplicación de dos técnicas del análisis multivariado en el mercado de valores mexicano
Authors: Quiroga Juárez Christian Arturo , Villalobos Escobedo Aglaé 
Published: June 2023

Esta investigación complementa al análisis técnico bursátil y tiene por objetivo clasificar 88 emisoras de la Bolsa Mexicana de Valores, utilizando el análisis de componentes principales y el análisis discriminante lineal (PCA y LDA, respectivamente, por sus siglas en inglés), con la hipótesis de agrupar emisoras en función de su comportamiento bursátil y del sector económico al que pertenecen.
La metodología consistió en recabar el volumen de acciones negociadas (variables de entrada) del software Infosel Financiero correspondiente a 88 emisoras durante el periodo de enero 2015 a marzo 2016. Posteriormente, los datos (variables de entrada) se normalizaron para eliminar su variación natural y se aplicó el PCA y LDA obteniendo tres grupos que no atienden un criterio de importancia, es decir el grupo uno no representa mayor importancia que los grupos subsecuentes.
Cada grupo mantiene correlación con cada elemento que lo conforma, pero no mantiene correlación con los elementos de otros grupos, es decir si alguna empresa perteneciente a alguno de los grupos presenta movimientos al alza o baja, las demás acciones del mismo grupo también mostraran esa tendencia, pero las empresas de los otros grupos no necesariamente se comportaran así.
Los resultados obtenidos representan un aporte significativo para la creación de un portafolio de inversión ya que se tiene un panorama esclarecedor de las empresas analizadas.
Estimación de un modelo econométrico para determinar el efecto de acciones de marketing en ventas de productos de cuidado personal en Colombia
Authors: Arboleda Ana M. , Alonso Julio C. 
Published: June 2023

Este estudio tiene el objetivo de mostrar a los profesionales del área del marketing cómo se pueden emplear modelos econométricos de panel para realizar un análisis de las acciones de marketing. Se emplea una base de datos que incluye los cuatro competidores de un producto de aseo personal en Colombia con información limitada para un periodo de seis años. El estudio evalúa los efectos de las acciones de marketing sobre las ventas para las tres subcategorías del producto: premium, midprice y value. Los resultados muestran que dichos efectos son diferentes para las tres subcategorías. Este sugiere que no hay un modelo general para predecir las consecuencias de las acciones de marketing sobre las ventas; los profesionales en marketing necesitan emplear métodos estadísticos para evaluar el efecto de sus decisiones. Finalmente, si bien los resultados no se pueden extrapolar a otras categorías de consumo masivo u otros países, nuestra aproximación sí se puede emplear para evaluar el efecto de las acciones de marketing sobre las ventas para otras categorías de producto e industrias.
Productive Structures and Development: The Case of the Chilean Economy
Authors: Soza-Amigo Sergio , Aroca Patricio 
Published: June 2023

This research begins with the following questions: Is there consistency between the identification of development and the economic structure that is possessed?; are there similarities among economies identified with differences in their levels of development?; and, are there non-developed economies with the same structure as that of developed economies? To answer these questions, similarities of input-output tables obtained from OECD (Mid90, Early00 and Mid00) are reviewed and then, a case study is performed on the Chilean economy. The similarities and changes are investigated by using a structural similarity index, and then by comparing correlations. The results show that: Traditional indicators can only be used as references and are non-categorical in their identification of development; the economies show significant similarities according to their level of development; and there exists significant structural similarities between developed economies and the economy of Chile.
Manajemen Talenta dan Manajemen Resiko Pengaruhnya Terhadap Kinerja Karyawan Perusahaan Petikemas di Surabaya
Authors: Widhi Yanti Dyah Agustin , Mursidi Mursidi 
Published: June 2023

Human resources who are professional and have high dynamic and competitive competence in facing the challenges of the 21st century are needed in organizations. Key competitive factor in creating an organization that has an advantage is the HR development program. Companies or organizations either government or private need employees who have certain talents so that the company can develop. Everyone has different talents from others, so management around good talent is needed to overcome the career problems of employees in the company. The management of talented human resources is very necessary, in order to detect, develop, and use their talents to achieve personal and organizational goals more optimally. Variables in this study are: talent management, risk management and individual performance. The purpose of this study is: (1) analyzing the influence of talent management on employee performance (2). analyze the influence of risk management on the performance of employees who take research locations at PT. Petikemas Surabaya. The results showed that there is a significant influence between talent management and risk management both partially and simultaneously on performance so that all hioptesis in this study can be proven acceptable.
Relevansi Penunjukan Anggota TNI/POLRI Sebagai Penjabat (PJ) Kepala Daerah
Authors: Fajrian Noor Anugrah  
Published: June 2023

The appointment of the Military and police to serve temporarily as governor, regent, or mayor presents a conflict of interest and violates the principle of professionalism and Good Governance. The existence of Law Number 10 of 2016 has led to a vacancy in executive leadership positions in the regions. The research aims to clarify the appointment of members of the TNI/Polri as Acting Regional Heads and find the mechanism for appointing Acting Regional Heads following national interests. This research method is normative legal research, secondary data analysis in the form of legal products. It can be concluded that the appointment of members of the TNI/Polri as Acting Regional Heads is against the election of Governor, Regent, and Mayor and has been in accordance with Law No. 2 the Year 2002 against the Indonesian Police and Law No. 34 the Year 2004 about TNI.
Penunjukan unsur militer dan kepolisian untuk menjabat sementara waktu sebagai penjabat gubernur, bupati, dan walikota berpotensi menghadirkan konflik kepentingan serta melanggar asas profesionalitas sebagai bagian tak terpisahkan dari Asas-Asas Umum Pemerintahan yang Baik karena memiliki jabatan lebih dari satu secara bersamaan. Hal ini dilatarbelakangi oleh terbitnya Undang-Undang Nomor 10 Tahun 2016 yang mengatur pemilihan umum kepala daerah serentak tahun 2024, yang berdampak terjadinya kekosongan jabatan pimpinan eksekutif pada sebagian daerah provinsi, kabupaten dan kota karena berakhirnya masa jabatan kepala daerah selama rentang 2022 sampai 2024. Pemerintah menunjuk penjabat kepala daerah, salah satunya berasal dari unsur TNI dan Polri. Penelitian ini bertujuan memberikan kejelasan terhadap penunjukan anggota TNI dan Polri sebagai penjabat kepala daerah oleh presiden dan mendagri; dan menemukan mekanisme penunjukan yang sesuai dengan kepentingan nasional. Metode penelitian ini adalah penelitian hukum normatif, dengan analisis data sekunder dari produk hukum yaitu undang-undang dan peraturan pelaksana terkait pemilihan kepala daerah. Hasil temuannya menunjukkan bahwa penunjukan anggota TNI dan Polri sebagai penjabat gubernur, bupati dan wali kota atas dasar Undang-Undang Nomor 10 Tahun 2016 telah sesuai dengan dengan peraturan perundang-undangan yaitu Undang-Undang Nomor 2 Tahun 2002 tentang Kepolisian Republik Indonesia dan Undang-Undang Nomor 34 Tahun 2004 tentang Tentara Nasional Indonesia.
IMPLEMENTASI SISTEM AKUNTANSI SYARIAH DALAM PRAKTIK ASURANSI SYARIAH DI INDONESIA
Authors: Maharani Ayu Maretta , Khasanah Ulfatul 
Published: June 2023

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menganalisis implementasi sistem akuntansi syariah dalam praktik asuransi syariah di Indonesia. Metodologi penelitian ini menggunakan pendekatan kualitatif, data yang dikumpulkan berupa informasi melalui sumber-sumber seperti buku dan jurnal ilmiah yang relevan dengan judul artikel yang diterbitkan. Penelitian ini juga melakukan studi dokumentasi tentang peraturan dan standar akuntansi syariah yang berlaku di industri asuransi syariah di Indonesia, serta melakukan analisis terhadap laporan keuangan asuransi syariah untuk mengetahui tingkat implementasi sistem akuntansi syariah dalam praktik bisnis.
Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa implementasi sistem akuntansi syariah masih belum optimal di perusahaan asuransi syariah di Indonesia. Beberapa faktor seperti kurangnya sumber daya manusia yang memahami sistem akuntansi syariah, kurangnya dukungan dari regulator, dan kurangnya peraturan yang jelas dan konsisten, mempengaruhi implementasi sistem akuntansi syariah.
Namun, meskipun masih ada beberapa hambatan, perusahaan asuransi syariah tetap berupaya untuk menerapkan sistem akuntansi syariah sesuai dengan prinsip-prinsip syariah. Hal ini terlihat dari adanya upaya-upaya untuk memperbaharui sistem akuntansi dan memahami lebih dalam tentang prinsip-prinsip akuntansi syariah.
Kesimpulan dari penelitian ini adalah implementasi sistem akuntansi syariah di Indonesia masih membutuhkan perbaikan, namun perusahaan asuransi syariah sudah mulai memperlihatkan komitmen dan usaha untuk menerapkannya. Diperlukan dukungan dari pemerintah dan regulator untuk menyediakan sumber daya dan peraturan yang jelas dan konsisten agar implementasi sistem akuntansi syariah dapat berjalan secara optimal
Correlation Filters in Machine Learning Algorithms to Select Demographic and Individual Features for Autism Spectrum Disorder Diagnosis
Authors: Dornelas Raquel S. , Lima Danielli A. 
Published: June 2023

Autism spectrum disorder is currently considered one of the main neurodevelopmental disorders with predominant characteristics of difficulty in social communication and cognitive skills, and limited and repetitive patterns. This disorder has no cure and has different levels of severity that vary according to the appearance of symptoms in each patient. Generally, the waiting time for the diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder is slow, having as one of the reasons for this situation the lack of development of simple screening procedures to be implemented and which have efficient results. The objective of this work is to analyze a public database in order to find patterns of the autism spectrum, that is, to isolate the attributes that together with behavioral characteristics can bring greater reliability to the precursor model. The preliminary results showed that the probabilistic neural network algorithm performed well in this classification. In addition, the application of correlation filters demonstrated greater efficiency in accuracy. By applying eight data mining algorithms and aggregating the demographic, individual, and behavioral attributes, and excluding some attributes, we obtained an accuracy of 100% through the support vector machine. Finally, the results with machine learning have shown that the patient's ethnicity, continent, and the presence of jaundice tend to reveal more likely that the patient will be diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder.

Received: 28 April 2023 | Revised: 18 May 2023 | Accepted: 6 June 2023

Conflicts of Interest
The authors declare that they have no conflicts of interest to this work.
Public Basic Schools in Southern Sudan and the Sultanate of Oman (Comparative Study)
Authors: Arop Arop Deng Kuol 
Published: June 2023

Purpose: This study aims to compare the status of public basic schools in South Sudan and that of the Sultanate of Oman (one of the Gulf countries).
Methodology: A search of the relevant literature was incorporated into the work technique. The research was carried out with consideration given to previous theoretical literature, both that which had been published and that which had not. This study focuses on conducting a literature review examining prior research on why South Sudan is left behind. At the same time, other backward countries succeed in narrowing the gap between them and the second-world countries.
Findings: The findings revealed three categories of primary schools in South Sudan. Category 1 is primary schools for children whose fathers have looted, corrupted, or stolen public treasure through illegal activities and smuggled government money to Uganda, Kenya, Australia, Europe, the U.S.A or Canada after Comprehensive Peace Agreement (C.P.A) in 2005. These children received a good education in the diaspora. They do not come home until they finish their studies and receive good jobs as stakeholders in government ministries or organizations, and they are primarily paid in hard currency. This category is excluded from our study. Category 2 is primary schools for children who left the country with their parents before or after independence and live in refugee camps in Uganda, Kenya or Egypt. They also receive a good education and enjoy free food in their centres. This category is also excluded from our research. Category 3 is primary schools for children whose parents are displaced inside the country or citizens with nowhere to go. Their children receive poor education in government primary schools and free food from organizations or World Food Program (W.F.P). However, these organizations turned South Sudan to be free nutritional zone. This primary school category is included in our study and is our concern. But in the Sultanate of Oman, the government has an evident vision and willingness to reform and develop the educational sector in the country, and a good potion is given to the development of education in the annual national budget.
Unique Contribution to Theory, Policy, and Practice: By conducting the comparative study, it seeks to improve educational circumstances and address flaws in the system. The research will provide insights to the government, donors, and international organizations, prompting support and funding to develop an organized and planned educational system in South Sudan. Ultimately, this study aims to bridge the academic gap and pave the way for positive changes in the country's schooling system.