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ФІНАНСУВАННЯ ОХОРОНИ ЗДОРОВ’Я В УМОВАХ ГЛОБАЛЬНИХ ВИКЛИКІВ: УКРАЇНСЬКИЙ ДОСВІД
Authors: Kuzheliev Mykhailo , Nechyporenko Alina 
Published: January 2025

Стаття присвячена розгляду питання щодо фінансування охорони здоров’я України в умовах глобальних викликів. Визначено передумови щодо необхідності реформування національної системи охорони здоров’я, зокрема розглянуто проблемні аспекти її функціонування та фінансування. Окреслено напрямки медичної реформи в Україні. Проаналізовано основні показники фінансування охорони здоров’я України впродовж 2015-2023 рр. та зроблено висновки про їх основні тенденції, зокрема через пандемію COVID-19 у 2020 році та повномасштабне збройне вторгнення рф у 2022 році. Зазначено, що головним пріоритетом реформування системи охорони здоров’я в Україні в умовах війни та світової пандемії COVID-19 має стати модернізація системи фінансування галузі на основі розподілу ресурсів залежно кількості наданих медичних послуг та результатів лікування. Приділено увагу питанню щодо розвитку страхової медицини. Акцентовано на основних її перевагах і також зазначено, що страхова медицина не здатна повністю замінити існуючу модель організації системи охорони здоров’я, адже не може закрити певний набір ризиків для населення та держави. Перспективи розвитку страхової медицини залежать від того, як швидко можна врегулювати визначені ризики та чи вдасться на законодавчому та інституційному рівнях поєднати приватне страхування з існуючою державною системою медичного забезпечення. Представлено заходи, які сприятимуть забезпеченню успішності реалізації реформи охорони здоров’я. Визначено, що основним завданням проведення медичної реформи в Україні в умовах існуючих глобальних викликів має стати підвищення якості медичних послуг, поліпшення здоров’я громадян, забезпечення справедливого розподілу фінансових ресурсів на медицину та зменшення адміністративних витрат.
“We’ll See Who Knits the Fastest”: Female Emotionality and Embodied Knowledge in Annemarie van Haeringen’s Dutch Picturebook Sneeuwwitje breit een monster and Its American Translation
Authors: Borst Rosalyn 
Published: January 2025

The belief that women are more emotional than men and less able to control the influence of their emotions on their thoughts and behaviours is one of the strongest gender stereotypes in Western cultures. While gender representation in children’s books has been studied since the 1970s and has led to numerous books that challenge gender stereotypes, the notion of women as emotionally irrational persists – even in picturebooks that rewrite or circumvent other gender-stereotypical elements. Drawing on feminist (fairy-tale) studies, translation studies, cognitive theory, and picturebook studies, the author of this article seeks to examine how verbal and visual choices in the Dutch picturebook Sneeuwwitje breit een monster [Snow White Knits a Monster] by Annemarie van Haeringen (2014) and its American translation, How to Knit a Monster (2018), can reinforce or challenge the Western stereotype of women as emotionally unstable and lacking control. The author’s comparative multimodal analysis reveals that visual split depictions and dramatic irony in the selected case studies uphold the harmful association of women with emotional irrationality and ignorance. In contrast, word-image interactions that allow for ambiguity and that suggest the main character’s use of embodied knowledge offer a potential challenge to these connotations.
Diverse Representations of Success in Asian Children’s Texts
Authors: Yung Schwendeman Faye Dorcas 
Published: January 2025

This review article argues that the volume titled Representations of Children and Success in Asia: Dream Chasers, edited by Shih-Wen Sue Chen and Sin Wen Lau (2022), is an invaluable contribution to English-language critical discourse on children’s literature and culture in relation to Asian and non-English language texts. The monograph analyses a broad range of primary texts from Asia, offering a comprehensive introduction to diverse Asian cultural contexts. The chapters address various critical issues, such as questioning rigid standards of educational success, negotiating identities, and becoming a moral being in society. The engaging selection of primary texts and the critical insights presented in the volume may serve as a contribution to further discussions.
Analysis of the Application Activity-Based Costing Cost of Production Bens Qurban
Authors: Putri Desmahan Anugrah , Hurriyaturrohman Hurriyaturrohman , Rumiasih N. A. 
Published: January 2025

Cost of Production or product cost is an important element to assess the success (performance) of a trading or manufacturing company. Cost of production is related to indicators of the company's success, such as gross sales profit, net profit. The calculation of cost of productions (COP) is all production costs used to process a raw material into goods.to process a raw material into finished goods in a certain period of time. The research focused on the products BENS QURBAN Delivery, Titip Sembelih and Praktis. The research begins with an exploration of what activities will affect the occurrence of production costs charged to these products. In this study, the main focus of research is to analyze the object of research by making descriptions and grouping them into categories of costs and activities in more detail in determining the cost of production. The determination of cost drivers for each activity determines the accuracy of factory overhead costing. COP calculation with ABC method results in overcosting conditions for BENS QURBAN delivery products and under costing for BENS QURBAN Titip Sembelih and Praktis compared to hpp with traditional methods because the Activity Based Costing (ABC) method charges activities and activity costs in more detail for each product.
A HOMOGENEIZAÇÃO DA IDENTIDADE CULTURAL DA RAÇA NEGRA E AS CONTRIBUIÇÕES DOS ESTUDOS CULTURAIS
Authors: Sousa Jefferson Lindberght de , Da Silva José Luiz Gomes 
Published: January 2025

A partir da questão de pesquisa - como está representada a raça negra na primeira exposição permanente do Museu do Homem do Nordeste? - surge o pressuposto da prevalência de uma política de identidade em detrimento de uma política da diferença na representação da raça negra na primeira exposição permanente do Museu do Homem do Nordeste. Sob a orientação pós-estruturalista, a teoria da identidade e da diferença norteia este estudo apoiado em Hall (1997; 2006; 2008), Silva (2007) e Woodward (2007). Com a abordagem metodológica interpretativista e estratégia de pesquisa a Análise de Discurso realizadas em transcrições de ex-servidores e produções bibliográficas institucionais, nossas considerações finais trazem o predomínio da política de identidade e contribuições em Administração, Ciência Política, Museologia e Educação.
Labial mucosal substitution urethroplasty for female urethral stricture: A sustainable technique
Authors: Al-Misbah Tanbir , Chowdhury ATM Mowladad , Ahmed Abul Bashar Shahriar , Enayetullah Imtiaz , Khan Sarforaj Ali 
Published: January 2025

Background: Stricture of the female urethra is considered to be a less common disease accounting for 4%–13% of women who present with bladder outlet obstruction. Almost all strictures can have idiopathic, iatrogenic, inflammatory, or traumatic etiologies. The most common symptoms are dysuria, urgency, frequency, and poor flow. FUS can also lead to overt urine retention and recurrent UTIs. We present our experiences in single-stage labial mucosal substitution urethroplasty technique for urethral stricture. The objectives were to evaluate the clinical outcome, symptom improvement, success rate and complications of the performed procedure.
Methods: This quasi-experimental study was conducted from January 2016 to December 2021, at the department of Urology, BIRDEM General Hospital, Enam Medical College Hospital, Dhaka Community Medical College Hospital, Evercare Hospital and a Private Clinic in Uttara, Dhaka. The study was conducted on 60 females with urethral stricture who underwent labial mucosal graft urethroplasty. Follow up period for all the respondents was 1 year. Statistical analysis was performed using SPSS version 21.
Results: 60 patients of urethral stricture underwent labial mucosal graft urethroplasty. The average follow-up time was 12 months, with a mean age of the patients was 41 years. 31 patients (51.67%) had idiopathic urethral stricture, 20(33.33) had iatrogenic disease, 4(6.67%) had traumatic urethral stricture and 5 (8.33%) had history of recurrent (nonspecific) urethritis. The mean±SD of operative time was 90±11.12 min and the success rate was 100%. No patient mentioned having any severe postoperative pain or unpleasant urethral discharge (wound infection). All of the patients had good voiding 1-year follow-up and there was no report of vaginal narrowing or dyspareunia. During routine follow-up, stricture recurrence was found in only two individuals, after 24 months, which were managed by urethral calibration.
Conclusion: Labial mucosal substitution urethroplasty is an effective and sustainable reconstructive technique for female urethral stricture with very low rate of recurrence. It is an uncomplicated surgical method with good reproducibility.
Bangladesh J. Urol. 2023; 26(2): 78-83
Correlation of Erectile Dysfunction with Symptomatic Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia Patients
Authors: Haque Muhammad Enamul , Hossain Mohammad Sajjad , Islam Md Faisal , Jony Mehedi Hasan , Islam A K M Sirajul , Alam Md Rafiul 
Published: January 2025

Background and Purpose: Erectile Dysfunction (ED) and Benign Prostate Hyperplasia (BPH) are two health-related problem which are experienced by men aged over forty years. BPH and ED highly affects man’s quality of life . It is necessary to conduct research on the correlations between BPH and ED by using two kinds of valid scores, i.e. the International Prostate Symptoms Scores (IPSS) to determine the severity of BPH and the International Index of Erectile Function-5 (IIEF-5) to detect the existence of ED in BPH patients.
Objectives: The aim of this study was to identify ED in symptomatic BPH patients and the correlations between ED and BPH by using IPSS and IIEF-5 score.
Materials and Methods: This is a cross-sectional study which analyzes correlations between the severity of BPH and the severity ED by using IPSS and IIEF-5 in the Department of Urology, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU),Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Results: Thirty (30) subjects fulfilled the inclusion criteria.80% of the symptomatic BPH patients had ED. The incidence of ED is present in symptomatic BPH patients in the age group of 61-70 years is 100% where in the age group of 50-60 years, the incidence of ED is 60%. The symptom of BPH and ED experienced by these patients are also mostly severe, namely 40% and 50% respectively. The Pearson correlation test also showing that significant and strong correlations do exist between the severities of BPH and ED (r = 0.876, p<0.001).
Conclusion: Erectile dysfunction is highly prevalent in the patients with BPH in the range of 80%. The severity of IPSS also correlated with severity of erectile dysfunction. The age group should also be taken into consideration, because increasing age leads to erectile dysfunction.
Bangladesh J. Urol. 2023; 26(2): 91-95
‘The eagle claws other peoples land, & goods’: Virginia Woolf on the Desire to Dominate
Authors: Barrett Michèle 
Published: January 2025

Is Mrs Dalloway principally about social class? Is the social system shown here capitalist? Is it an anti-capitalist novel? This chapter begins to answer those questions by looking at two aspects of the novel: the extended criticism of psychiatry, and Clarissa Dalloway’s ignorance about the plight of Armenians. Neither of these is reducible to social class as we normally understand it. The chapter then turns to discuss the ways in which Woolf’s newly-digitised reading and research notes – available at WoolfNotes.com - throw light on her views about capitalism.
Erasure and Revelation: Telling al-Glaoui from the 1960s to the Late 1990s
Authors: Ouaknine-Yekutieli Orit 
Published: January 2025

This chapter discusses the period between 1956 and 1999, the decades after Morocco's independence. The greater part of this period, from the 1960s to the late 1980s, was characterized by political unrest, severe civil restrictions, and aggressive state control (the so-called “Years of Lead”). Early in this period, Gavin Maxwell (1914-1969), a Scottish traveller-writer from an aristocratic background, decided to embark on a quest to trace al-Glaoui’s personal history. His plan coincided with a period during which the newly independent state had done its best to silence and repress anything related to al-Glaoui, by then considered a traitor and a collaborator with the French colonial regime. In 1966, after several years negotiating manifold obstacles, Gavin Maxwell published his Lords of the Atlas, s text analyzed in this chapter. Lords of the Atlas, consciously aimed at a mass-market audience, is a fascinating account of al-Glaoui, which contributed to the book’s enduring status as a “must read” for tourists visiting southern Morocco. Sympathetic to al-Glaoui, the book reads at times like a lamentation by proxy for Maxwell’s own fading aristocratic status. This chapter analyses Maxwell’s book, surveys post-colonial historiographies of al-Glaoui, and discusses censorship, historiographic amnesia, and their effects on al-Glaoui’s story. It also examines the fading status of old aristocracies in the context of the global collapse of an imperial world order.
The Korean War Novel
Authors: Rhee Suk Koo 
Published: January 2025

The Korean War Novel examines the ways that novels by Korean and Asian American writers have represented the Korean War. By studying the ideological contours of works by Richard E. Kim, Ahn Junghyo, Susan Choi, Ha Jin, Choi In-hun and Hwang Sok-yong, it documents the range of historical narratives that have alternatively framed the Korean War as an international war, a civil war, a reverse postcolonial war, a war between the genders, and an attempt to de-escalate the Cold War itself. The dual role of North East Asians as both victims and willing agents of the Cold War comes into focus in revisiting the conflict from the post-Cold War perspective of decolonisation. The study brings into discussion a range of diverse views, published in both Korean and English, on such compelling historical issues as the conflict between left-leaning nationalist forces and the anti-communist, pro-Japanese collaborator class during the US military occupation and the Rhee regime, civilian massacres during the Korean War, anti-communist persecutions during the military regimes and the early twenty-first-century mass politics of South Korea. Whenever possible, the book brings to the fore the manner in which each work reinforces the Cold War framework or seeks to challenge or subvert it – in certain cases, the ways in which certain novels even attempt to articulate an alternative political vision. Most importantly of all, this book writes back against the authoritative version of Cold War historiography to explain the contemporary nature of the unfinished conflict on the Korean peninsula today.
IVF cycle safety when a positive passive air sampling occurs under laminar flow hood in absence of a detectable contamination in the embryo culture
Authors: Omes Claudia , Bassani Roberto , Cambieri Patrizia , Baldanti Fausto , Nappi Rossella Elena 
Published: January 2025

Microbiological contamination in the embryo culture media might affect embryo early development and clinical outcomes during IVF procedures. Infections in the genital tract represent the most common causes of culture contamination, but also environmental air quality might have a detrimental effect on reproductive outcomes of infertile couples undergoing IVF procedures. Monitoring microbiological contamination in an embryology laboratory is mandatory and daily tests are performed under laminar vertical flow hood. In this study, we investigated the IVF outcome of procedures carried out during 5 years of laboratory activity when a positive passive air sampling occurs under laminar flow hood in the absence of clear contamination in the embryo culture. We performed 570 air samplings, and we isolated at least 1 CFU of microorganisms in the TSA settle plate in 13 cases (2.28%). No infections were suspected in the culture media given the absence of detectable microorganisms under the microscope or a turbidity/color change of culture media visible to the naked eye (0% contamination rate). There were no statistically significant differences in biochemical pregnancy, live birth rate, and abortion between the “contaminated” Group P and the “negative” Group N. Surprisingly, we found a better outcome in terms of clinical pregnancy rate in Group P as compared to Group N, a finding likely due to the accidental lower age of Group P (p = 0.0133). Data showed that, in the absence of a detectable contamination in the embryo culture media, IVF cycles are safe when an air positive sample occurs in Grade A environment.
Comorbidities and neurosurgical interventions in a cohort with connective tissue disorders
Authors: Ruhoy Ilene S. , Bolognese Paolo A. , Rosenblum Jared S. , Dass Randall A. , Nayyer Navdeep S. , Wood Jeffrey D. , Biggins John B. 
Published: January 2025

BackgroundConnective tissue disorders (CTDs) are a heterogeneous group of disorders often presenting with a variety of comorbidities including musculoskeletal, autonomic, and immune dysfunction. Some CTDs such as hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos syndrome (hEDS), which is one of the most common, have been associated with neurological disorders requiring surgical intervention. The frequency of these comorbidities in these populations and their subsequent requirement for neurosurgical intervention remains unclear.MethodsBased on our initial experience with this population, we investigated the presentation rates of specific comorbidities and neurosurgical interventions in a cohort of individuals referred to our institution for evaluation and neurosurgical management of issues secondary to diagnosed or suspected CTDs from 2014 to 2023. Primary diagnoses were made by referring physicians or institutions based on clinical presentation and standard-of-care criteria. We evaluated relationships between diagnoses and surgical interventions by multivariate correlation and intersection plots using the UpSetR package.ResultsOf 759 individuals, we excluded 42 based on incomplete data. From the remaining (total cohort, N = 717), 460 (64%) individuals were diagnosed with hEDS, 7 were diagnosed with a CTD other than hEDS, and 250 lacked a formal CTD diagnosis. We found that individuals with hEDS had a higher frequency of certain comorbidities, such as Mast Cell Activation Disorder and Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome, and neurosurgical intervention compared to individuals without a CTD diagnosis (unaffected). Of the total cohort, 426 (59%) were diagnosed with Chiari I Malformation, which shared a significant overlap with hEDS. Of those who elected to undergo surgery (n = 612), 61% required craniocervical fusion (CCF). Notably, of the 460 individuals diagnosed with hEDS, 404 chose surgical intervention, of which, 73% required CCF for craniocervical instability.ConclusionIn this retrospective study of individuals referred to our institution for evaluation of CTDs potentially requiring neurosurgical intervention, we defined the frequency of presentation of specific comorbidities that we commonly encountered and revealed the rate at which they required neurosurgical intervention.
The adductor pollicis muscle thickness is not associated with physical function, lean mass, and nutritional status in patients on maintenance hemodialysis
Authors: Morais Débora Moreira , Trombim Isadora Cordeiro , de Góes Cassiana Regina , Vogt Barbara Perez 
Published: January 2025

BackgroundThe adductor pollicis muscle thickness (APMT) may be associated with the muscle strength in patients on hemodialysis. However, the association of APMT with other physical function assessment tests has not yet been tested. Moreover, because it is considered a good nutritional indicator and not influenced by fluid overload, the APMT may be associated with the muscle mass and nutritional status of these patients. Therefore, the objective was to assess the association of APMT with physical function, muscle mass and nutritional status in patients on hemodialysis.MethodsThe APMT was measured using a skinfold caliper between pollicis finger and index finger. Physical function was evaluated by handgrip strength (HGS), Short Physical Performance Battery (SPPB), the sit-to-stand test, gait speed test, and timed up and go (TUG). Appendicular muscle mass index (AMMI) was estimated using bioelectrical impedance. The nutritional status was evaluated by the Malnutrition Inflammation Score (MIS).ResultsFifty-one patients were included, 60.8% men, mean age 58.4 ± 12.6 years. There were no significant correlations of APMT with physical function, muscle mass and nutritional status. Values of APMT were not different between the groups according to adequate physical function or muscle mass. In the multiple linear regression analysis adjusted for sex, age and diabetes, APMT was not significantly associated with physical function tests, as HGS (β = 0.101; p = 0.778), gait speed (β = −0.014; p = 0.180), SPPB (β = −0.054; p = 0.590), TUG (β = 0.202; p = 0.109), lean mass AMMI (β = 0.058; p = 0.147).ConclusionThere were no associations of APMT with physical function, muscle mass and nutritional status in patients on hemodialysis. We suggest APMT should not be used in physical function and nutritional assessments of these patients.
Association of dietary intake with cancer of the digestive system: a cross-sectional study
Authors: Qin Xinxin , Ge Litao , Wu Song , Li Wei 
Published: January 2025

BackgroundIn recent years, the incidence of cancers of the digestive system has been increasing, posing a severe threat to the lives and health of people around the world, and has become one of the leading causes of cancer deaths worldwide. The three most common cancers of the digestive system include gastric, colorectal, and liver cancers, and attention has been paid to the role of diet in the progression of these cancers. However, the relationship between dietary factors and cancers of the digestive system remains to be investigated.MethodsThis study included 30,789 adults aged 20 years or older from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES), conducted from 2007 to 2018. It assessed the association between 30 dietary factors and digestive system cancers. Descriptive analysis was used to explore the demographic characteristics of the participants and p-values were calculated using a weighted linear regression model. Categorical variables were described as percentages, and p-values were calculated using weighted chi-square tests.ResultsWe found that protein, vitamin B1, calcium, and iron intake were positively associated with colorectal cancer; vitamin B2 and phosphorus intake were negatively related to colorectal cancer; dietary folate and vitamin B12 intake were negatively associated with gastric cancer; vitamin D and copper intake were positively associated with gastric cancer; vitamin E intake was negatively related to the development of hepatocellular carcinoma; and lycopene, vitamin B2, calcium, iron, and zinc intake was positively associated with the development of liver cancer. Other than that, we did not observe any correlation between other dietary factors and cancers of the digestive system.ConclusionDietary intake is associated with digestive system cancers, and more epidemiologic studies are needed to validate our results.