bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Safety Culture Approach For Healthcare And Nursing Institutions
Authors: Sepp Jaana 
Published: December 2022

Abstract
There are a few ways how to increase the rate of employees’ safety culture at an institution, one of these is a positive safety culture, which includes their proper attitudes, safety-related values, staff members’ professional competences, and their willingness to work. The key element in the offering of quality and safe services in healthcare is a positive safety quality according to definitions. The aim of the current paper is to identify potential predictors of employees’ safety behaviour and determine safety culture subcultures that support operational manager to develop proactive safety management systems (SMSs) and offer safety of patients and employees. Two independent surveys were the basis of the new proposed approach. Quantitative method approach was selected to investigate safety culture subcultures in Estonian healthcare and nursing institutions. According to the proposed approach, there are crucial subcultures (e.g., just, reporting, learning, professional competences, and psychosocial well-being), which should be developed and periodically evaluated within an organisation. This measurement should have a clear and shared understanding of patient safety goals and occupational health and safety (OHS). The general management of organisations should consider implementation of assessment as a proactive approach to use the SMSs. The sustainability and proactivity of the proposed approach lies in defining action plans for continuous improvement and employees’ involvement in patient safety and OHS management.
Gis-Based Assessment of Risk for Drinking Water Contamination to Children’s Health in Rural Settlements
Authors: Valerko Ruslana , Herasymchuk Liudmyla , Pitsil Andrii , Palkevich Julia 
Published: December 2022

Abstract
Nitrates and heavy metals are two of the most significant groundwater pollutants that have an impact on people’s health all around the world. In order to assess their risk to children’s health, this study aims to determine the total iron, manganese, and nitrate content in drinking water sources of non-centralized water supply of the educational institutions in the rural settlements of Zhytomyr region. A total of 114 water samples from wells and bores used by the educational institutions to supply domestic and drinking water to rural residential areas were collected. The Measurement Laboratory of Polissia National University conducted analytical studies. The danger to children’s health was evaluated using the hazard quotient and following the methodology recommended by the US Environmental Protection Agency. The software ArcGIS Pro was used to identify risk zones.
The average total iron content in the drinking water of the Berdichev, Zhytomyr, and Novohrad-Volinsky districts was 1.5–2.8 times higher. In all regions, the average manganese concentration did not go above the allowable level. On average, the nitrate content was also below the threshold, but in 22.6–42.9% of the samples, it exceeded the allowable level. Children aged 6–12 years were at the highest risk, and children living in Berdichev district had the highest hazard quotient at 1.972. The fact that nitrates accounted for 67–84% of the total risk indicates the danger associated with the intake of nitrates, even in amounts below the allowable concentration.
Euro Area Product Market Integration
Authors: Krištić Irena Raguž , Dumančić Lucija Rogić 
Published: December 2022

Abstract
The goal of this paper is to determine if there is product market integration in the euro area (EA). The paper employs LM and RALS-LM unit root tests with two breaks on the relative price series, constructed using the seasonally adjusted monthly Harmonized Index of Consumer Prices (HICP), from 1996:01 to 2017:05. The analysis shows EA-accession related breaks in price series for most of the EA11 countries, but, apart from Malta, no such breaks for the later-EA-joiners. However, there are breaks in both EA and non-EA countries at the time of EA formation. There is also evidence of greater product market integration and less adverse effects after negative shocks in the EA12. However, unit root analysis points to a conclusion that EA membership is not a sufficient condition for product market integration and integration is not necessarily related to being an EA member.
Profile and Financial Behaviour of Crypto Adopters – Evidence from Macedonian Population Survey
Authors: Levkov Nikola , Bogoevska-Gavrilova Irena , Trajkovska Milica 
Published: December 2022

Abstract
Regulators and policymakers in many developing countries are facing challenges on how to create opportunities for the crypto industry to grow, but at the same time protect investors and consumers. This study aims to better understand the demographic and socio-economic characteristics of crypto adopters and their financial behavior. Our study advances the knowledge within an array of recent contributions to the token economy and covers the geographical and contextual research gaps through survey data from a developing country in South Eastern Europe. We use descriptive statistics and chi-square analysis and we find that Macedonian crypto-adopters are more men of younger age, employed, with higher education and living in their own apartments in an urban area, and are mainly passive investors. We compare the findings with studies from other countries to provide valuable insights for policymakers and regulators.
Assessment of the Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on the Service Sector in Lithuania
Authors: Seržantė Milena , Pakalka Algimantas 
Published: December 2022

Abstract

Research purpose. This study aims to assess the impact of selected economic indicators (independent variables) on the turnover of food and beverage service companies in Lithuania.

Design / Methodology / Approach. In order to achieve the intended goal of the study, an analysis of scientific articles was performed, with the primary aim of finding out the consequences of the COVID - 19 pandemic on the Lithuanian economy and selecting five independent variables that could affect the turnover of food and beverage companies. After analysing the literature, five independent variables were highlighted: the number of tourists accommodated, the statistics of Vilnius Airport flights, the number of employees hired, the unemployment rate and inflation.

Findings. The correlation and regression analysis results show that the turnover of catering and beverage enterprises and the number of accommodated tourists are strongly correlated (r---gt--- 0.90). Meanwhile, the linear correlation between the number of Vilnius Airport flights and the number of hired employees with the research variable is average (0.60 ---lt---r ---lt---0.70). However, the linear correlation of macroeconomic factors such as unemployment and inflation with the turnover of food and beverage enterprises is statistically insignificant.

Originality / Value / Practical implications. The originality of this article is that it studies the valuable topic of the COVID-19 crisis in service sectors, which substantially impacted Lithuania’s economy and adversely affected the economic performance of the region in general. The results of this research will contribute to future monitoring and crisis planning in particular sectors.
Measuring the Impact of Human Resource Development on Poverty Incidence in Nigeria: A Bound Testing Approach
Authors: Abdulrahman Idris Abdulganiyu 
Published: December 2022

Abstract

Research purpose: Eradicating poverty in the world requires some strategies, such as the poor having adequate access to productive assets and increasing their returns on assets, having adequate access to education and health facilities, increasing their access to job prospects, at the same time complementing these resources with other incomes. Hence, the goal of this study is to examine the link between human resources development and poverty in Nigeria, using annual secondary data from the Statistical Bulletin of the Central Bank of Nigeria from 1990 to 2020.

Design/methodology/approach: The Auto-Regressive Distributed Lag (ARDL) Technique was explicitly employed to arrive at the statistical and logical conclusions in determining the impact of human resource development in the face of poverty. In addition, the bound testing approach was used to measure Nigeria’s long-run relationship between human resource development and poverty.

Findings: The study revealed that human resource development has a statistically insignificant but non-decreasing impact/effect on poverty incidence in Nigeria, based on the short-run ARDL assessment. Furthermore, the bound testing approach also indicates that there is indeed a long-run relationship between human resource development and poverty incidence in Nigeria. The study, therefore, concludes that poverty is inescapable and, hence, creates underdevelopment. The study advises governments at all levels to develop and implement policies and programs aimed at improving or enhancing the welfare and well-being of the masses through job creation in order to close the income gap between the affluent and the deprived.

Originality/value/practical implications: Fighting poverty in Nigeria has been one of the major priorities of most governments in Nigeria. These can be observed from the nationwide planning policies that have been focused on adequate provision of access to both human and natural resources. There has been an enormous call for the massive upgrading of the productive capacity of the people through investment in human resources. This paper is one of the several articles employed to evaluate the impact of human resource development on the incidence of poverty in Nigeria.
Corrosion process assessment using a novel type of coupon installation
Authors: Musik Daniel , Wójcik Krzysztof , Sekuła-Wybańska Małgorzata , Rakoczy Rafał 
Published: December 2022

Abstract
The main aim of this experimental study is to test the novel type of coupon installation. This set-up was used to carry out the corrosion process under aggressive conditions. Moreover, the effect of corrosion inhibitors on the scale-forming tendency was evaluated. The corrosive conditions were defined by using the Langelier Saturation Index (this index is an approximate indicator of the degree of saturation of CaCO3 in water) and the Ryznar stability index (this index is allowed to determine if the liquid sample is aggressive or not). Additionally, the inductively coupled plasma optical emission spectroscopy analysis was used to obtain the iron and calcium ions concentrations in the liquid samples from the tested coupon installation. The corrosion process for the established conditions was also described using the corrosion rate of the tested coupons. The obtained investigation contributes significantly by developing the novel coupon installation and demonstrating the procedure for testing the corrosion process with the application of coupons. This setup and method might be successfully applied for accelerated laboratory tests.
Supsim: a Python package and a web-based JavaScript tool to address the theoretical complexities in two-predictor suppression situations
Authors: Nazifi Morteza , Fadishei Hamid 
Published: December 2022

Abstract
Two-predictor suppression situations continue to produce uninterpretable conditions in linear regression. In an attempt to address the theoretical complexities related to suppression situations, the current study introduces two different versions of a software called suppression simulator (Supsim): a) the command-line Python package, and b) the web-based JavaScript tool, both of which are able to simulate numerous random two-predictor models (RTMs). RTMs are randomly generated, normally distributed data vectors x1
, x2
, and y simulated in such a way that regressing y on both x1
and x2
results in the occurrence of numerous suppression and non-suppression situations. The web-based Supsim requires no coding skills and additionally, it provides users with 3D scatterplots of the simulated RTMs. This study shows that comparing 3D scatterplots of different suppression and non-suppression situations provides important new insights into the underlying mechanisms of two-predictor suppression situations. An important focus is on the comparison of 3D scatterplots of certain enhancement situations called Hamilton’s extreme example with those of redundancy situations. Such a comparison suggests that the basic mathematical concepts of two-predictor suppression situations need to be reconsidered with regard to the important issue of the statistical control function.
k-th record estimator of the scale parameter of the α-stable distribution
Authors: Stachura Michał , Wodecka Barbara 
Published: December 2022

Abstract
Various techniques of scale parameter estimation have been proposed in the case of alpha stable distributions. In the paper, the authors present an estimation technique that involves the k-th record theory. Although this theory is over 40 years old, its implementation in the classical extreme value theory – being the other cornerstone of the presented approach – is quite new, and tempting. Several theoretical properties of the introduced scale parameter estimators are presented. With the use of Monte Carlo methods, a comparative analysis is performed between the approach based on k-th records and approaches based on Hill’s and Pickands’ estimators. Additionally, the paper uses a real-life data set to illustrate how to effectively apply the k-th record estimator of the scale parameter. The research indicates several advantages of the k-th record approach over its other counterparts, especially when dealing with incomplete information about the underlying sample.
Glossing an argument: Reformulation and exemplification in L2 Master’s theses
Authors: Guziurová Tereza 
Published: December 2022

Abstract
Following a large body of research on metadiscourse in academic writing, this paper explores one feature of textual metadiscourse, code glosses, in English L2 academic texts written by Czech university students. The study draws on Hyland’s metadiscourse model (2005), which characterizes code glosses as devices that elaborate propositional meanings by rephrasing or explaining what has been said. Thus, they can help readers understand the writer’s intended meaning or contribute to the formation of persuasive arguments. The corpus consists of 48 English L2 Master’s theses representing three disciplines – linguistics, literature and English language teaching (ELT) methodology, totalling almost 950,000 words. The results are compared with professional writing represented by English L1 research articles from the same disciplines. The findings reveal differences in the frequency and functions of several code glosses, as novice writers are shown to overuse certain devices. The findings also indicate cross-disciplinary variation, as reformulation and exemplification proved to be much more prominent in linguistics and methodology than in literary studies.
Studying the vocabulary of reggaeton song lyrics
Authors: Vaňková Pavlína 
Published: December 2022

Abstract
This paper studies the lyrics of reggaeton songs. Reggaeton is a popular genre nowadays, especially among young people. Its songs contain a very rich and sometimes surprising vocabulary. That was the reason for choosing this topic: to understand this genre of songs and their lyrics. Thus the purpose of this paper is to discover the meaning of the words used in the songs of this genre, to clarify the main vocabulary characteristics and to point out to the differences between the Spanish spoken in Latin America and Spain. In the analysis, specialized dictionaries were used to reveal the meaning of particular expressions. Attention was paid to expressions which are different from European Spanish as well as to English borrowings (anglicisms). Fifteen reggaeton songs from three countries (Puerto Rico, Cuba and Colombia) were chosen. Our findings showed that in each group (Puerto Rican, Cuban and Colombian), words typical of each of these countries were used in the songs. Anglicisms were also present, although to a different extent in each group.
فاعلية برنامج تربوي مستند إلى استراتيجيات التفكير المتشعب لتنمية بعض عادات العقل
Authors: Al- Obaidi Sabah Murshoud , Amin Karim al-Ani Amina Mohammed 
Published: December 2022

استهدف البحث الحالي لا توجد فروق ذات دلالة إحصائية في متوسط درجات المجموعة التجريبية (ذكور) في الاختبارين القبلي والبعدي في مستوى عادات العقل . لا توجد فروق ذات دلالة احصائية في متوسط درجات المجموعة الضابطة (ذكور) في الاختبارين القبلي والبعدي في مستوى عادات العقل . لا توجد فروق ذات دلالة احصائية في متوسط درجات المجموعة التجريبية (اناث) في الاختبارين القبلي والبعدي في مستوى عادات العقل . لا توجد فروق ذات دلالة احصائية في متوسط درجات المجموعة الضابطة (اناث) في الاختبارين القبلي والبعدي في مستوى عادات العقل . لا توجد فروق ذات دلالة احصائية في متوسط درجات المجموعة التجريبية (ذكور) ومتوسط درجات المجموعة التجريبية (اناث) في الاختبار البعدي في مستوى عادات العقل . وبناء على ذلك تم بناء مقياس لبعض عادات العقل اعد الباحثان برنامجاً تربوياً. أظهرت النتائج تفوق المجموعتين التجريبية الذكور والاناث وتوصلت الدراسة الى مجموعة من التوصيات والمقترحات
Analysis of genetic diversity of E.coli bacteria isolates from UTI after exposure to some biological effects by using RAPD technique
Authors: Fatima Mustafa Al-najar  , Qanat Mahmood Atiyea  , Adnan F. AL-Azzawie  
Published: December 2022

Background and Objective: Escherichia coli bacteria are one of the most important bacterial races causing urinary tract infection, which is responsible for 90% of the causes of urinary tract infection and originated in the human intestine, this is Gram- Negative bacteria and facultative aerobic that moves by peripheral flagella and belongs to the bacteria of the Enterobacteriaceae.
Materials and methods: The bacteria were isolated from UTI, after they were diagnosed using light microscope and conducting biochemical tests, then exposed to the antibiotic Ciprofloxacin, trimethoprim, and alcoholic extract of Punica granatum and Trigonella foenum graicum. genomic DNA was extracted for all samples and Random amplified polymorphic DNA - Polymerase chain reaction (RAPD-PCR) marker was carried out using five random primers.
Results: The results of RAPD-PCR profiles shown that exposed to antibiotics (Ciprofloxacin and Trimethoprim) and alcoholic extracts (Punica granatum and Trigonella foenum graicum) lead to the disappearance or appearance new bands compared with non-exposed samples, and the highest rate of polymorphism for all each treatment and primers in sample 5 was 102.27% where the ratio % GTS for all treatment and primers is 6.04% in the same sample.
Conclusion: All treatments caused genetic changes in the DNA of E.coli bacteria cells especially the Punica granatum which gave the highest effect than the rest of the treatments, this indicates its efficiency in treating bacterial infections.
Study of Prevalence of Thalassemia trait among couples undergoing premarital examination in Al-Hamdaniya
Authors: Dunia Zaid  
Published: December 2022

Background and objectives:
Thalassemia is the most common single genetic disorder. Being a preventable disease, the “premarital screening program” was established. The objective of the study was to determine the prevalence of β-thalassemia trait among couples attending a center for premarital screening in Al-Hamdaniya district.
Material and methods:
A cross-sectional study was carried out in Al-Hamdaniya district (located in the north of Iraq) during December 2019 through July 2020 that included 600 healthy couples screened for hemoglobinopathies. Complete blood count (CBC) and HB electrophoresis were done.
Results:
The prevalence of abnormal Hb F and Hb A2 was 4.8% and 5.8% respectively but the differences were not significant between males and females. No significant association was detected between the degree of consanguinity with the prevalence of Hb F and the prevalence of Hb A2. And there was no significant association between family history of haemolytic disease and the prevalence of Hb F and prevalence of Hb A2
Conclusion:
The prevalence of thalassemia trait in Al-Hamdaniya, like other cities in the north of Iraq is high, so premarital screening program is beneficial for identification and prevention of risky marriages.
Primary spinal infections: A retrospective review of instrumentation use and graft selection
Authors: Ammanuel Simon Gashaw , Page Paul S. , Greeneway Garret P. , Brooks Nathaniel P. 
Published: December 2022

Background:
The use of instrumentation in the setting of primary spinal infections is controversial. While the instrumentation is often required in the presence of progressive deformity due to spinal osteomyelitis (SO), discitis (SD), or spinal epidural abscesses (SEA), many surgeons are concerned about instrumentation increasing the risk of infection recurrence and/or persistence warranting reoperation.

Methods:
We retrospectively reviewed the need for reoperations for persistent infections in 119 patients who presented with primary spinal infections. They were treated with decompressions with/without non-instrumented fusion (70 patients) versus decompressions with instrumented fusions (49 patients).

Results:
The use of primary spinal instrumentation in the presence of infection (SO/SD/SEA) did not increase the requirement for repeated surgery due to recurrent/residual infection when compared to those undergoing decompressions with/without non-instrumented fusions. Of 49 patients who initially required instrumentation, 6 (12.5%) required reoperations for recurrent or residual infection. For the 71 undergoing index decompressions for infection with/without non-instrumented fusion, 9 (12.7%), or nearly an identical percentage, required reoperations for recurrent/residual infection (P = 0.93).

Conclusion:
The use of instrumentation in the treatment of primary spinal infections in a small sample of just 49 patients did not increase the risk for persistent infection warranting reoperations versus 70 patients undergoing initial decompressions with/without non-instrumented fusions.
Elementos clave del socialismo con características chinas: desarrollo intelectual hasta el mandato de Xi Jinping
Authors: García-Vázquez Borja 
Published: December 2022

El socialismo con características chinas es un cuerpo doctrinal conformado por el aporte ideológico de los dirigentes políticos de República Popular China desde Mao Zedong hasta Xi Jinping, en un compendio intelectual flexible, que sin olvidar sus raíces ha sabido adaptarse a las nuevas necesidades del país, combinando elementos del saber tradicional chino, presentando una interpretación del marxismo-leninismo netamente original. Este artículo tiene por finalidad identificar los elementos que dan sustento al modelo ideológico promovido por el Partido Comunista de China, por medio de la revisión documental del discurso de sus líderes, de acuerdo a lo contenido en los volúmenes publicados por la Editorial Lenguas Extranjeras, que en conclusión muestra cómo se ha originado un sistema teórico que es flexible y adaptable, fundado en un partido único de ideología marxista que defiende la coexistencia con el capitalismo, la apertura económica para la obtención de inversión extranjera, la integración de los distintos estratos sociales y la reducción de la desigualdad entre ellos, como medio con el que vertebrar la actividad de esta institución, que ostenta su primacía como guía del pueblo de la China continental.