bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Metabolic syndrome and life style factors among diabetes patients attending in a teaching hospital, Chitwan
Authors: Sharma Kalpana , Poudyal Sunita , Subba Hem K. , Khatiwada Saurav 
Published: May 2023

Background
Metabolic syndrome (MetS) is associated with an increased incidence of chronic complications and mortality of diabetes patients. Prevention and treatment of MetS is important means of lowering the risk of cardiovascular diseases and mortality.

Objective
This study aimed to find out metabolic syndrome and life style factors among diabetes patients.

Methods
A cross-sectional survey was carried out among 296 patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus attending Chitwan Medical College Teaching Hospital. Consecutive sampling technique was used to select sample. Data were collected from 15th December 2021 to 15th March, 2022 using Interview Schedule, bio-physiological measurement and record review. Obtained data were analysed in SPSS version 20 for window using descriptive and inferential statistics. Chi-square test was applied to measure the association between the variables. Logistic regression analysis was performed to identify the factors associated with metabolic syndrome.

Result
Findings revealed that the prevalence of MetS was 66.2% and 58.4% in patients according to International Diabetes Federation (IDF) and National Cholesterol Education Program Adult Treatment Panel III (NCEP ATP III) criteria respectively. The most common MetS parameters were raised fasting plasma glucose (94.6%) and abnormal waist circumference (78.4% in IDF criteria) while the least prevalent parameter was reduced HDL level (43.2%). Majorities of the patients were non-vegetarian (85.5%), had poor dietary compliance (poor-46.3%, very poor-32.1%), overweight/obese (65.5%), and suffered from moderate stress (90.1%). Bivariate analysis showed that MetS as per NCEP ATP criteria was significantly associated with gender (p = 0.006), occupation (p = 0.007), presence of other co-morbid condition (<0.001) and sleep problem (p = <0.001). However, MetS as per IDF criteria was significantly associated with age (p = <0.028), duration of diabetes (p = <0.001), follow-up visit (p = <0.030), blood sugar monitoring (p = <0.009) and physical activity of diabetes patients (p = <0.001). Further logistic regression analysis revealed that sleep problem (AOR = 21.812;95%CI = 8.512,55.894) and presence of other comorbidities (AOR = 4.024;95%CI = 2.220,7.295) were the significant factors of metabolic syndrome.

Conclusion and recommendation
Metabolic syndrome is high in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus. Therefore, treating physicians and other health workers need to monitor MetS parameters regularly to reduce the risk of cardiovascular diseases, stroke and premature death.
Dyspnea induced by inspiratory loading limits dual-tasking in healthy young adults
Authors: Chauvin Stephanie R. , Otoo-Appiah Jessica , Zheng Anna , Ibrahim Chris H. , Ma James E. , Rozenberg Dmitry , Reid W. Darlene 
Published: May 2023

Objectives
Dyspnea is a common and multidimensional experience of healthy adults and those with respiratory disorders. Due to its neural processing, it may limit or interfere with cognition, which may be examined with a dual-task paradigm. The aim of this study was to compare single-task performance of Stroop Colour and Word Test (SCWT) or inspiratory threshold loading (ITL) to their combined dual-task performance. Secondly, whether mood was related to dyspnea or cognitive performance was also evaluated.

Materials & methods
A virtual pre-post design examined single (SCWT and ITL) and dual-task (SCWT+ITL) performance. For ITL, a Threshold Trainer™ was used to elicit a “somewhat severe” rating of dyspnea. The SCWT required participants to indicate whether a colour-word was congruent or incongruent with its semantic meaning. The Depression, Anxiety and Stress Scale-21 (DASS-21) was completed to assess mood. Breathing frequency, Borg dyspnea rating, and breathing endurance time were ascertained.

Results
Thirty young healthy adults (15F, 15M; median age = 24, IQR [23–26] years) completed the study. SCWT+ITL had lower SCWT accuracy compared to SCWT alone (98.6%, [97.1–100.0] vs 99.5%, [98.6–100.0]; p = 0.009). Endurance time was not different between ITL and SCWT+ITL (14.5 minutes, [6.9–15.0]) vs 13.7 minutes, [6.1–15.0]; p = 0.59). DASS-21 scores positively correlated with dyspnea scores during ITL (rho = 0.583, p<0.001) and SCWT+ITL (rho = 0.592, p<0.001).

Conclusions
ITL significantly reduced dual-task performance in healthy young adults. Lower mood was associated with greater perceived dyspnea during single and dual-task ITL. Considering the prevalence of dyspnea in respiratory disorders, the findings of this dual task paradigm warrant further exploration to inform dyspnea management during daily activities.
Treatment burden in individuals living with and beyond cancer: A systematic review of qualitative literature
Authors: Adam Rosalind , Nair Revathi , Duncan Lisa F. , Yeoh Esyn , Chan Joanne , Vilenskaya Vaselisa , Gallacher Katie I. 
Published: May 2023

Background
Individuals with cancer are being given increasing responsibility for the self-management of their health and illness. In other chronic diseases, individuals who experience treatment burden are at risk of poorer health outcomes. Less is known about treatment burden and its impact on individuals with cancer. This systematic review investigated perceptions of treatment burden in individuals living with and beyond cancer.

Methods and findings
Medline, CINAHL and EMBASE databases were searched for qualitative studies that explored treatment burden in individuals with a diagnosis of breast, prostate, colorectal, or lung cancer at any stage of their diagnostic/treatment trajectory. Descriptive and thematic analyses were conducted. Study quality was assessed using a modified CASP checklist. The review protocol was registered on PROSPERO (CRD42021145601). Forty-eight studies were included. Health management after cancer involved cognitive, practical, and relational work for patients. Individuals were motivated to perform health management work to improve life-expectancy, manage symptoms, and regain a sense of normality. Performing health care work could be empowering and gave individuals a sense of control. Treatment burden occurred when there was a mismatch between the resources needed for health management and their availability. Individuals with chronic and severe symptoms, financial challenges, language barriers, and limited social support are particularly at risk of treatment burden. For those with advanced cancer, consumption of time and energy by health care work is a significant burden.

Conclusion
Treatment burden could be an important mediator of inequities in cancer outcomes. Many of the factors leading to treatment burden in individuals with cancer are potentially modifiable. Clinicians should consider carefully what they are asking or expecting patients to do, and the resources required, including how much patient time will be consumed.
Tipologi Kawasan Urban Sprawl Di Kota Ungaran, Kabupaten Semarang
Authors: Adimagistra Tiasa , Basuki Yudi 
Published: May 2023

Kota-kota kecil mengalami perkembangan oleh karena pengaruh keberadaan kota besar di sekelilingnya. Salah satunya adalah Kota Ungaran. Kota Ungaran sebagai ibukota Kabupaten Semarang terletak di selatan Kota Semarang dan dilalui oleh jalan utama yang menghubungkan Kota Semarang dengan Kota Solo dan DIY. Letak geografis ini membawa pengaruh besar terhadap perkembangan Kota Ungaran. Selain itu juga masih murahnya harga lahan di kawasan Kota Ungaran menambah peluang untuk para pengembang membangun kawasan perumahan yang harganya lebih murah dibandingkan dengan perumahan di Kota Semarang. Akibatnya, kawasan perumahan dan lahan terbangun di Kota Ungaran semakin banyak dan berkembang. Jika ekspansi perkotaan terus terjadi maka akan terjadi urban sprawl yang akan berdampak negatif terhadap perkembangan dan pemanfaatan lahan pada Kota Ungaran, khususnya pada Kawasan hinterland dan mengakibatkan menurunnya kualitas permukiman jika tidak disertai dengan kontrol perencanaan. Kontrol perencanaan ini perlu disusun dan dilakukan dengan baik oleh pemerintah maupun pengembang. Oleh karena itu, untuk memberikan rekomendasi terkait penanganan urban sprawl di Kota Ungaran, penelitian mengenai tipologi kawasan urban sprawl di Kota Ungaran akan dilakukan. Metode yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini adalah pendekatan kuantitatif dengan metode skoring dan overlay dari variabel-variabel penentu Urban Sprawl yaitu kepadatan bangunan, kepadatan penduduk, jarak ke pusat kota, dan pola pembangunan lompatan katak (leapfrog). Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa dari 21 Desa/Kelurahan yang ada di Kota Ungaran, terdapat 9 Desa/Kelurahan yang termasuk ke dalam wilayah yang sprawl dengan tipologi urban sprawl tertinggi adalah pada Desa Kawengen.
Dampak Pembangunan Bandara Internasional Yogyakarta Terhadap Perubahan Penggunaan Lahan
Authors: Utami Westi , Kuna Aji , Marini Marini 
Published: May 2023

Pengadaan tanah skala besar Yogyakarta International Airport (YIA) membawa pengaruh terhadap aspek fisik, lingkungan, sosial, ekonomi maupun budaya. Kajian ini bertujuan melakukan pemetaan perubahan penggunaan lahan yang terjadi akibat pembangunan bandara YIA. Metode penelitian dilakukan secara spasial, penggunaan lahan diperoleh melalui interpretasi citra melalui pendekatan NDVI (Normalized Difference Vegetation Index). Data yang digunakan untuk monitoring pola perubahan penggunaan lahan ialah citra satelit Sentinel-2 Tahun 2015 dan 2019. Hasil kajian menunjukkan perubahan penggunaan lahan di Kecamatan Temon, Pengasih, dan Wates, perubahan tertinggi terjadi pada kebun campur hingga mencapai luasan 910 Ha, sementara perubahan lahan sawah mencapai 289,44 Ha. Tingginya alih fungsi lahan pertanian ini dapat berimplikasi terhadap transformasi matapencaharian penduduk yang sebelumnya menggantungkan hidup pada sektor agraris. Monitoring perubahan penggunaan lahan yang dilakukan berkala harapannya menjadi dasar dalam melakukan pengendalian pertanahan dan pemanfaatan ruang.
Exceptional families of measures on Carnot groups
Authors: Franchi Bruno , Markina Irina 
Published: May 2023

AbstractWe study the families of measures on Carnot groups that have vanishingpp-module, which we callMp{M}_{p}-exceptional families. We found necessary and sufficient Conditions for the family of intrinsic Lipschitz surfaces passing through a common point to beMp{M}_{p}-exceptional forp≥1p\ge 1. We describe a wide class ofMp{M}_{p}-exceptional intrinsic Lipschitz surfaces forp∈(0,∞)p\in \left(0,\infty ).
Creative translanguaging in formative assessment: Chinese teachers’ perceptions and practices in the primary EFL classroom
Authors: Greenier Vincent , Liu Xiaohua , Xiao Yangyu 
Published: May 2023

Abstract
In Chinese primary EFL classrooms, translanguaging between English and Chinese is commonly used by teachers and students out of need for efficient communication, however, this practice has been and is still widely believed to hinder students’ English development. Although recent studies have revealed the benefits translanguaging offers for teaching and learning, little has been done to understand teachers’ perceptions and use of a translanguaging pedagogy in their formative assessment practices, which is expected to play a more important role than before in China’s primary education due to recent policy reform. To close this gap, this exploratory study conducted semi-structured interviews with 10 Chinese primary EFL teachers, who are varied in their geographical location and teaching experience. Adopting an abductive thematic analysis approach, data analysis aimed at understanding how translanguaging was used to facilitate the implementation of formative assessment. Through the lens of creativity, three essential types of translanguaging practices – translanguaging for meaning-making (through preparation and expansion), collaboration, and empowerment – were identified, which have the potential to facilitate different procedures of formative assessment by accelerating understanding and expression, stimulating critical thinking and exploration, maintaining interest and engagement, and promoting autonomy and peer learning.
A mathematical model to study the spread of COVID-19 and its control in India
Authors: Naresh Ram , Sundar Shyam , Verma Sandhya Rani , Shukla Jang Bahadur 
Published: May 2023

Abstract
In this article, a nonlinear mathematical model is proposed and analyzed to study the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) and its control. Due to sudden emergence of a peculiar kind of infection, no vaccines were available, and therefore, the nonpharmaceutical interventions such as lockdown, isolation, and hospitalization were imposed to stop spreading of the infectious disease. The proposed model consists of six dependent variables, namely, susceptible population, infective population, isolated susceptible population who are aware of the undesirable consequences of the COVID-19, quarantined population of known infectives (symptomatic), recovered class, and the coronavirus population. The model exhibits two equilibria namely, the COVID-19-free equilibrium and the COVID-19-endemic equilibrium. It is observed that if basic reproduction number

R

0

<
1

{R}_{0}\lt 1

, then the COVID-19-free equilibrium is locally asymptotically stable. However, the endemic equilibrium is locally as well as nonlinearly asymptotically stable under certain conditions if

R

0

>
1

{R}_{0}\gt 1

. Model analysis shows that if safety measures are adopted by way of isolation of susceptibles and quarantine of infectives, the spread of COVID-19 disease can be kept under control.
Some identities on generalized harmonic numbers and generalized harmonic functions
Authors: Kim Dae San , Kim Hyekyung , Kim Taekyun 
Published: May 2023

Abstract
The harmonic numbers and generalized harmonic numbers appear frequently in many diverse areas such as combinatorial problems, many expressions involving special functions in analytic number theory, and analysis of algorithms. The aim of this article is to derive some identities involving generalized harmonic numbers and generalized harmonic functions from the beta functions

F

n

(

x

)

=
B

(

x
+
1
,
n
+
1

)

,

(

n
=
0
,
1
,
2
,

…

)

{F}_{n}\left(x)=B\left(x+1,n+1),\left(n=0,1,2,\ldots )

using elementary methods. For instance, we show that the Hurwitz zeta function

ζ

(

x
+
1
,
r

)

\zeta \left(x+1,r)

and

r
!

r\&#x0021;

are expressed in terms of those numbers and functions, for every

r
=
2
,
3
,
4
,
5

r=2,3,4,5

.
Figurative language and ‘doing interculturality’ in a lingua franca
Authors: Johnson Esko 
Published: May 2023

Abstract
Research has shown how, in a narrative event, people give meanings to and conceptualise their experience in figurative language. The aim of this case study was to explore the figurative language which emerged in the flow of mobile students’ narrative accounts of interculturality. Pragmatic features of talk, including those specific to the lingua franca, were analysed in the participants’ use of figurative language. The data of the exploratory study derived from mobility project interviews conducted with South Korean student teachers at the beginning and end of their short-term stays in Finland. The results revealed, among other things, that metaphors of movement and force were used for ‘doing interculturality’, when the interviewees constructed themselves, others and events in figurative language in the context of the mobility project interview. Using oppositional metaphor (e.g., free-strict) as well as metonymy and hyperbole, the participants presented their views on school education, society and people in the two contexts. By exploring the narrators’ strategies for telling and their discursive construction of roles and positions, it was possible to analyse in more detail the interplay of figurative language and the narrative construction of interculturality.
Optimal ranking-based charging station selection for electric vehicles
Authors: Devi Nongmaithem Nandini , Panda Gayadhar , Thokchom Surmila 
Published: May 2023

Abstract
In recent times, as many people have started using an electric vehicle (EV) as it provides benefits such as low fuel economy, reduced emission, etc., the deployment of fixed electric vehicle charging stations has been a popular method for supplying EVs with charging services. The charging requirement of EVs varies from vehicle to vehicle. Various schemes have been introduced recently regarding electric vehicles’ energy trading, charging station deployments, etc. Selecting an optimal charging station for booking charging slots by electric vehicle is one of the main concerns to avoid inappropriate services. To address this challenge, we proposed an optimal charging station selection scheme to book charging slots by EV. The proposed method used a multi-criteria decision-making technique called technique for order performance by similarity to ideal solution (TOPSIS) based on various parameters of electric vehicle charging stations (EVCSs). In this, the performance score of each EVCS is determined, and the ranking process is made according to their performance score. Then, EV selects the EVCS with the highest ranked and books the charging slot. Further, an analysis of the proposed scheme is carried out for 10 EVCSs and 3 EVs.
Deployment of gestures in the semiotic construction of scientific knowledge: a systemic functional approach to pedagogic semiosis
Authors: Ayık Zekai 
Published: May 2023

AbstractA variety of semiotic resources makes the construction of scientific knowledge possible and meaning-making resources are conveyed by certain semiotic modes. Next, numerous studies have demonstrated the pedagogical importance of gestures in the demonstration of scientific knowledge in the classroom. Drawing on social semiotic systemic functional theory and legitimation code theory, this study explores the types and the role of gestures in the semiotic construction of scientific knowledge in pedagogic semiosis and their pedagogical values for the meaning-making of science content. With this aim, a gesture observation protocol (GOP) is developed to annotate and analyze data. Two science lectures, which are broadcast remotely for middle school students including gifted students, are observed. Systemic Functional Multimodal Discourse Analysis (SF-MDA) method is employed to analyze and evaluate data. Results demonstrated that the deployment of gestures that contributes to the construction of scientific knowledge is low and deployed gestures mostly do not have pedagogical value. It is recommended that teachers should be more conscious and educated about deploying gestures to present scientific knowledge efficiently.
Les « bouilleurs de graisse », un titre inédit à Malqatta
Authors: Pinon Marianne 
Published: May 2023

Summary
The Malqatta Palace was built in the vicinity of modern Luqsor for the celebrations of the first sed festival of Amenhotep III. This archaeological site is renowned for its decorations but also for the thousands of jar labels found. They provide valuable information concerning the food product, the date, the origin, the stewart responsible for the area and the associated titles, the person in charge of the preparation and, thus, his specific title. One of those jobs’ designation, "responsible for fat preparation", hasn’t been read accurately so far. This article aims to provide an answer to this shortcoming. This title, which seems attested only at Malqatta and during the last years of Amenhotep III, should read
p/fs(w) ʿḏ and should be translated as "fat-boiler".
Einblicke in den
Streit zwischen Leib und Kopf
– Eine Neuedition und Textanalyse von tTurin CGT 58004 (Cat. 6238)
Authors: Biase-Dyson Camilla Di , Stock Jaqueline 
Published: May 2023

Abstract
This study of the Late Egyptian literary work, The Contendings between the Body and the Head, presents a new edition of the Turin writing tablet CGT 58004. Having visualised recent photos of the tablet with DStretch, a new transcription of the text can be presented, along with a new translation. A textual analysis, moreover, reveals the highly playful and metaphorical nature of the language, whereby the feminine body paints a vivid picture of her roles and responsibilities in order to challenge the primacy of the masculine head.
Zu Brugschs unveröffentlichter Bearbeitung „Ueber die libyschen Völker im 14. und 13. Jahrhundert vor Chr. Geb.“
Authors: Konrad Kirsten 
Published: May 2023

Summary
In 1877 Heinrich Brugsch, the founder of the ZÄS, mentioned a publication in print concerning foreign peoples in his „Geschichte Ägyptens unter den Pharaonen“. However, the work entitled „Ueber die libyschen Völker im 14. und 13. Jahrhundert vor Chr. Geb.“ should never appear. Six sheets from the estate of Ernst Weidenbach’s great-granddaughter can now be identified as part of this once announced work.
Parliamentary casework in socio-legal perspective: a case study of complaint handling by Members of the Scottish Parliament
Authors: Gill Chris 
Published: May 2023

Abstract
This article is concerned with parliamentary casework, the process through which parliamentarians deal with individual problems raised by their constituents. Casework has principally been studied by political scientists, and the article makes a case for the value in adopting a socio-legal approach. In doing so, one of the article’s contributions is to propose a distinctively sociolegal framing of the issues, along with a series of research questions to define the field and guide future study. The value of a socio-legal approach is demonstrated through a case study examining the casework of Members of the Scottish Parliament. The case study findings allow for a number of substantive contributions to be made to the casework literature. These include: providing a more granular account of parliamentarians’ casework role; highlighting the critical importance of casework staff to the delivery of casework; and showing the limited connections between casework and other parliamentary roles. The major contribution of the article is to propose a model of parliamentary casework which seeks to identify its key features as a mechanism of grievance resolution, highlighting how it connects to, and is distinct from, other forms of legal and administrative redress.
Cultural patterns of disputing behaviour?
Authors: Creutzfeldt Naomi 
Published: May 2023

Abstract
This essay builds on my previous comparative work on Ombuds users and develops the notion of cultural patterns, and attitudes, towards disputing in Germany and the UK (Creutzfeldt & Bradford 2018, Creutzfeldt 2016). I argue that expectations of Ombuds processes are grounded in our socialization of legal or legal-adjacent processes. I explore, through the lens of legal consciousness, the role that legal culture plays in our interactions with the Ombuds in two countries. I do this through drawing on evidence from my existing empirical datasets. Then, I discuss the impact of the pandemic on the developed notion of cultural disputing behaviour in Germany and in the UK and I posit that we have to reimagine legal consciousness in the online justice space, which claims its own hegemony. For instance, an indication of the things which shape, or problems which arise out of, or are enhanced by, the digital space shaping our legal consciousness. The essay concludes by suggesting new ways of thinking about our patterns of online disputing, detached from our national cultural context, embracing an emerging digital legal consciousness with an enduring impact on our expectations from a justice system and the Ombuds process.