bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Seasonal Prevalence, Intensity and Risk Factors of Geohelminthiasis among Children in Peri-Urban Settings, Abraka, Southern, Nigeria
Authors: Ito E.E. , Egwunyenga A.O. 
Published: April 2023

Geohelminthiasis among children in the Abraka metropolis is a serious public health concern. Atotal of 217 (124 and 93 for dry and wet seasons respectively) schoolchildren between the ages of 4-12 years old were subjected to seasonal parasitological examination using structured questionnaires and Kato-Katz techniques. A prevalence of 62.90 and 79.56% for dry and wet seasons were established with A. lumbricoides having the highest prevalence. Statistically, there was a significant difference (p < 0.05) in geohelminths/coinfections and their seasonal prevalence. Principal component analysis revealed that wet season correlated positively with Ascaris lumbricoides, A. lumbricoides + Trichuris trichiura and 2 moderately with T. trichiura and T. trichiura + hookworm and hookworm. Chi-square (χ ) analysis revealed that the association in gender prevalence was not significant (p > 0.05) in both seasons. The seasonal age prevalence was not significantly different (p > 0.05) except for T. trichiura whose age-gender prevalence in the wet season was considered significant (p < 0.05). Geometric logarithmic mean EPG was higher in the dry season than wet season and the difference was not statistically significant (p > 0.05). Personal hygiene as a risk factor showed that geohelminths were significantly (p <0.05) influenced by toilet paper usage, wadding in stagnant waters, washing anal with hand after defecation, eating with unwashed 2 hands, and walking bare-footed. However, χ showed no significant association in seasonal prevalence for all risk factors. Hookworm and T. trichiura prevalence was greatly (p < 0.05) influenced by parents’ economic status, toilet facilities and waste disposal. Open garbage sites respondents exhibited the highest geohelminth prevalence. However, the water source was not significantly affected (p > 0.05). The risk factors posed by the environment are less significant compared to personal hygiene. The seasons played a significant role in the prevalence of geohelminths. The public health importance of these findings and the need to promote health education on sanitation, eating habits and defecation are important in Abraka and its environs.
Premature progesterone rise incidence & its effects on in vitro fertilization cycles
Authors: Abiodun O.M. , Omobuwa A.O. , Fakunle A.G. , Oluwagbaye V.T. , Komolafe M.O. , Adewale O. , Akindele A.A. , Fasanu A.O. , Komolafe J.O. 
Published: April 2023

Background: Ovarian stimulation using gonadotropins is associated with premature progesterone rise (PPR) in late follicular phase compared to natural cycle. Two schools of thoughts exist concerning implications of PPR during late follicular phase with one insisting that outcome of in vitro fertilization (IVF) is adversely affected when PPR occurs while the second school of thought argues that PPR has no adverse effect on IVF outcome. The study is aimed at determining the incidence of PPR in the cohort data evaluated; pregnancy rates across the sides of adopted cut-off level of progesterone and association if any between PPR & pregnancy rates.
Methods: It was a descriptive retrospective cohort study of data of 114 patients and egg donors.. Analysis of continuous & categorical data was done using IBM SPSS Statistics 25.
Results: Mean serum progesterone on HCG day of IVF cycle among the cohort was 2.490±1.355 with a PPR incidence of 55%. The odds of having PPR was 6.7 times higher among subjects with follicular number more than 13 compared to subjects with follicular numbers ≤13 . Number of follicles retrieved & age of subjects were strongly associated with progesterone level. The odds of subject with PPR getting pregnant was found to be 1.5 times less compared to the subjects with pre-HCG P4 < 1.5ng/ml.
Conclusion: Pre-HCG progesterone level is positively associated with pregnancy outcome in IVF cycles
Uterine rupture; An obstetric tragedy still with us. A six year review of cases in a specialist hospital, NorthWest Nigeria
Authors: Mohammed B.A. , Oyaramade A. , Ogunlaja A.O. , Ogunlaja I.P. 
Published: April 2023

Background: Uterine rupture is a major cause of perinatal and maternal morbidity and mortality, it usually has a devastating outcome if not promptly attended to. The study determined the trends, risk factors, feto-maternal outcomes following uterine rupture as seen at ASYBSH.
Method: The study was a retrospective review of cases of uterine rupture managed at the ASYBSH between March 2015 and February 2021. Records of the theatre and labour wards were searched and the folders of patients with uterine rupture were retrieved. Relevant information such as socio- demographic variables, booking status, clinical presentations were retrieved and entered into a structured profoma.
Results: Deliveries in the hospital during the period were eleven thousand four hundred and twenty (11,420), out of which one hundred and fifty-six (156) were complicated by uterine rupture giving an overall incidence of 1.36 percent or one in every seventy-four (74) deliveries. Uterine rupture occurred mainly among women of low socio-economic status and high parity. The major predisposing factors were injudicious use of oxytocin (62.8%) prolonged obstructed labour (19.8%), previous caesarean section scar (8.5%), use of misoprostol (5.3%), fundal pressure (2.4%) and unexplained factors (1.2%)
Conclusion: Uterine rupture remains a devastating obstetric calamity with a high incidence. Injudicious use of oxytocin, prolonged obstructed labour and previous caesarean section scar were the three leading predisposing factors identified in this study.
Pre-rut behavioural changes in farmed red deer with reference to atmospheric conditions
Authors: Tajchman K. , Janiszewski P. , Steiner-Bogdaszewska Ż. , Ceacero F. 
Published: April 2023

Red deer (Cervus elaphus) exhibit specific behaviour during the rutting season, which may have an impact on the safety on cervid farms, both due to aggressive interactions between animals and the safety of people staying there, such as staff and tourists. This issue applies especially to stags whose behaviour changes radically, and the correct interpretation of the observed changes is very important. Therefore, the aim of the study was to analyse the pre-rut behaviour of stags and to show the influence of atmospheric conditions on vocalization and other elements of their behaviour, which facilitate determination of the onset of the rutting season. The observations were conducted in August and September of 2017 and 2018. It was shown that lower temperatures, declines in air humidity, increasing atmospheric pressure, and transition of the moon phase towards the full moon resulted in intensification of the vocalization activity in the red deer in the pre-rutting season, which may accelerate the rutting period in the deer males. The number of vocalizations varied between the years and depended on the mean temperature, air humidity, atmospheric pressure, and moon phase in the prerutting and rutting seasons. Through observation of the changing weather conditions, it is possible to predict the time of increased activity of stags and the onset of the rutting period. Predicting the date of mating season in farm breeding, based on daily observations of changes in the behaviour of stags, can be helpful in planning veterinary treatments or selecting the composition of the hinds to be covered by specific stags, which can also contribute to the improvement of their welfare.
Influence of a Piriformospora indica plant-specific fungus and clove essence on broiler health and performance parameters during oxidative stress
Authors: Farmani Abolfazl , Hedayati Mahdi , Yari Mojtaba , Ghabooli Mehdi 
Published: April 2023

The aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of dietary Piriformospora indica (PI) and clove essence (CE) and a combination of them (synbiotic) on performance and biochemical parameters after induction of stress using dexamethasone. The experiment was performed with 320 male, one-day-old chicks (Ross 308) using eight experimental groups and five replications. In each replication, eight chickens were fed a maize–soy-based diet. Experimental groups included group 1 (T1): control diet (based on maize and soybean without any feed additives); group 2 (T2): control diet with 0.2 cc dexamethasone injection; group 3 (T3): control diet with 11.6 cc CE; group 4 (T4): control diet with 10 mg PI; group 5 (T5): control diet with 11.6 cc of CE with 0.2 cc injection of dexamethasone; group 6 (T6): control diet with 10 mg PI and 0.2 cc of dexamethasone; group 7 (T7): control diet with synbiotic containing 10 mg of PI with 11.6 cc of CE; group 8 (T8): control diet with synbiotic containing 10 mg of PI and 11.6 cc of CE with 0.2 mg dexamethasone injection. PI and CE were poured into the drinking water during the rearing period. After 31, 33, 38, and 40 days, 2 mg/kg BW of dexamethasone was injected in the right breast muscle of experimental groups 2, 5, 6, and 8; after 35 and 42 days, samples were taken. The addition of CE, PI, and the synbiotic, caused an increase in body weight gain, feed intake, and reduced FCR compared to the control group in experimental groups 3, 4, and 7. The addition of 11.6 cc CE and 10 mg of PI caused an increase in body weight gain and feed intake and reduced FCR compared to the control group. Dexamethasone (0.2 mg) led to damage of the lymph organs, body weight loss, a reduction in humoral immunity, and side effects on performance parameters. Clove extract and the prebiotic reduced the adverse effects of dexamethasone.
Seasonal effects of Rhus lancea and Celtis africana on intake, preference, and physiological responses in South African indigenous goats
Authors: Phiri F. , Kanengoni A.T. , Hattas D. , Mbatha K.R. 
Published: April 2023

This study investigated the seasonal effects of Rhus lancea and Celtis africana leaves on preference, intake, weight, and serum metabolites in South African indigenous, mature, male goats. Twelve mature, male goats weighing 34 ± 5.9 kg (mean ± SD) were randomly allocated to two groups of six and kept in metabolic crates for periods of 21 days in October 2015 and March, May, and August of 2016. A browser diet of R. lancea and C. africana and a control diet (lucerne and concentrates) were randomly allocated to each group. Measurements taken included nutritional composition of browse per season, and browse preference, intake, weight changes, and serum metabolites in the goats. The acid detergent fibre (24– 36%) and neutral detergent fibre (26.9–70.4 %) in R. lancea over the months were greater than in C. africana (50.3–53.2% and 49.4–55.4%, respectively). In the preference study, the goats preferred C. africana more in October (51.2 vs 48.8%), March (51.4 vs 48.6%), and May (54.3 vs 45.7%). Goats on the browser diet lost weight in March, May, and in August whereas those on the control diet gained weight. The serum urea concentration of goats consuming browser diets in May and August (1.8–3.3 mmol/l) was lower than the normal range, consistent with animals failing to derive their protein requirements from the diet. Goats prefer to browse C. africana more than R. lancea. The study also indicated the need for supplementation to meet maintenance requirements in animals fed R. lancea and C. africana.
Analisis Sentimen Konsumen terhadap Food, Services, and Value di Restoran dan Rumah Makan Populer Kota Makassar Berdasarkan Rekomendasi Tripadvisor Menggunakan Metode CRISP-DM dan SERVQUAL
Authors: Singgalen Yerik Afrianto 
Published: April 2023

Culinary is one of the economic activities that support national economic growth and represents the gastronomy of the archipelago in Indonesia. Culinary tourism activities have become famous for domestic and foreign tourists to experience the taste of a food based on the culture of each region. Makassar is one of the regions with diverse types of food and beverages and has a relationship with local socio-cultural values. Considering this, this study aims to analyze consumer sentiment toward food and services in ten restaurants in Makassar based on the recommendations of the Tripadvisor website using the Cross-Industry Standard Process for Data Mining (CRISPD-DM) and Service Quality (SERVQUAL) methods. The stages of CRISP-DM are as follows: the stage of understanding business processes; the stage of understanding data; the stage of preparing data; the modeling stage; the evaluation stage; and the deployment stage. The algorithms used as models are k-Nearest Neighbor (kNN), Naïve Bayes Classifier (NBC), Decision Tree (DT), and Support Vector Machine (SVM). The results of this study show that the DT algorithm when using the SMOTE operator where the resulting accuracy value is 93.25%, precision is 88.74%, recall is 99.10%, and f-measure is 93.62%. In addition, the k-NN algorithm without using the SMOTE operator showed an accuracy value of 98.72%, a precision of 98.72%, a recall of 100%, and an f-measure of 99.36%. However, the resulting AUC value is 0.905 (90.5%). Meanwhile, when using the SMOTE operator, the SVM algorithm produces an accuracy value of 99.42%, a precision of 100%, a recall of 98.84%, and an f-measure of 99.42%. Meanwhile, the resulting AUC value is 1,000 (100%). Based on the ROC value, three algorithms can be used as models in the CRISPP-DM and SERVQUAL frameworks: the k-NN algorithm without SMOTE and the DT and SVM algorithms using the SMOTE operator
MENANAMKAN SIKAP DALAM TOLERANSI BERAGAMA PADA SISWA SEKOLAH DASAR MELALUI PEMBELAJARAN IPS (MULTICULTURAL BASED)
Authors: Cahyaningtiyas Nabila , Rahayu Desi Nur 
Published: April 2023

ABSTRACT
Religious differences that often occur among elementary school children trigger conflicts between majority and minority religious groups. The emergence of these conflicts shows the low attitude of religious tolerance in elementary school students. This research aims to instill an attitude of religious tolerance through multicultural-based social studies learning, where multiculturalism teaches students to always appreciate differences. This article uses a type of literature study method or literature review on the cultivation of tolerance in elementary school students through learning social studies (ips). The steps in the literature study are (1) choosing a topic; (2) determining the focus of information; (3) formulating the focus of research; (4) collecting data sources; (5) preparing data presentation (6) compiling a report. The method/technique of data collection in this article uses the documentation method, meaning that researchers look for data relevant to the topic by using reading materials such as books, articles and journals. The results showed that multicultural-based social studies learning has a great influence on the cultivation of religious tolerance attitudes in elementary school students.
HUBUNGAN PERSEPSI PESERTA DIDIK TENTANG MODEL PROJECT CITIZEN DENGAN HASIL BELAJAR ADA MATA PELAJARAN PPKn KELAS VIII DI SMPN 15 KOTA SERANG
Authors: Nurdiana Nurdiana , Atikah Cucu , Nulhakim Lukman 
Published: April 2023

ABSTRACT
The purpose of this study was to describe and analyze the relationship between students' perceptions of the project citizen model and learning outcomes in the Pancasila and Civics Education Class VIII subject at SMPN 15 Serang City. This study uses a quantitative approach with the correlational method. The population in this study were all students of class VIII SMPN 15 Serang City, totaling 263 people and the research sample totaling 40 people. Sampling technique using the Slovin formula. Data collection techniques regarding students' perceptions of the project citizen model use a questionnaire, and data on student learning outcomes using tests. Analysis of the data used is descriptive statistical analysis. The results of the study show that there is a significant relationship (56.40%) students' perceptions of the project citizen model with learning outcomes in Pancasila and Civics Education Class VIII subjects at SMPN 15 Serang City, so it can be concluded that the more positive students' perceptions of the project citizen model are, the The better the Civics learning outcomes for students and vice versa, the less good students' perceptions of the project citizen model will be, the lower the results of Civics learning will be.
IMPLEMENTATION OF PUBLIC INFORMATION DISCLOSURE POLICY ON REGIONAL DEVICE ORGANIZATIONS IN BANTEN PROVINCE DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC
Authors: Mahmud Toni Anwar 
Published: April 2023

ABSTRACT
The purpose of this study was to see how the implementation of policies that support the disclosure of public information on the Banten Provincial Government Regional Apparatus during the Covid-19 pandemic. The research method used in this study is a qualitative research method with a descriptive analysis approach. Disclosure of public information which is an obligation of public bodies, especially regional apparatus in Banten Province during the Covid-19 pandemic is still found to be very minimal in conveying public information that must be announced so that communication between the government and the public is hampered. While the Banten provincial government already has various channels for delivering public information such as www.bantenprov.go.id, jawara e-gov on android applications, there is still a lack of public information that guarantees citizens' rights to know various plans and programs for public policymaking, such as the lack of public information on who is the recipient of social assistance during Covid-19; the lack of public information makes the community's active role in public policy-making not accommodated; the decline in good state administration, so that the public lacks public information to find out various reasons for public policies that affect the lives of many people.
Legal Arrangements Regarding Soe Management In Increasing Public Welfare
Authors: Marimbo Rizal Calvary , Silalahi Jur Udin 
Published: April 2023

Introduction: Public welfare is the goals of the Indonesian state which has been mandated in the 1945 constitution. SOE has a role in realizing this goal. However, in practice, SOEs face various challenges, one of which is related to governance within the SOEs themselves.Purposes of the Research: The purpose of this study is to analyze governance related to the laws and regulations governing SOE.Methods of the Research: The method in this research is normative juridical. The study used is a literature study. In answering the formulation of the problem in this study used a juridical and theoretical basis. The juridical basis used is the 1945 Constitution, Law Number 19 of 2003. The theoretical foundation used is the theory of legal ideals by Gustav.Results of the Research: Based on the research results, it was found that the role of SOEs in Indonesia is very important. There are many legal arrangements regarding BUMN. This certainly hinders the achievement of legal ideals, namely justice, certainty and the benefits of law. Therefore, it is necessary to create a legal entity in the form of an omnibus law in regulating SOEs.>
The Crime of Blasphemy in Indonesia: A Comparative Study
Authors: Abdullah Abdullah 
Published: April 2023

Introduction: Religion Blasphemy has occasionally been committed in numerous media. Blasphemy instances that started out in print media have since proliferated in the virtual world thanks to numerous features and platforms. Because freedom of religion is guaranteed and protected by the Indonesian Constitution, anyone who blasphemes against a particular faith may face severe legal consequences.Purposes of the Research: This study aims at analyzing the offense of blasphemy against religion in the perspective of Islamic law and Indonesian law.Methods of the Research: This type of research is legalistic, doctrinal or normative. The approach used in normative or legalistic research include a concept approach, a statute approach, historical approach, case approach, and comparative approach. However, this study only uses comparative approach since it analyzes of regarding blasphemous crimes in perspective Indonesian and Islamic criminal laws.Results of the Research: The government enacted various laws and rules to maintain religious harmony. However, in terms of law enforcement, are the provisions most frequently used to charge those who commit religious blasphemy. Whereas from the standpoint of Islamic law, blasphemy can take the form of defiling (tadnis), insulting (istihza), ridiculing (syatama), insulting (saba), cursing (taq), and challenging Islamic principles as well as engaging in actions that diverge from Islamic teachings (bid'ah). The Qur'an and the Hadith contain prohibitions against blasphemous acts, but the means of punishment are found in the nomenclature of Ijtihad of the Ulama, which was later incorporated into the laws of many Islamic nations. As a result, the formulation of punishments for blasphemers varies greatly.
Moderating role of academic motivation and entitlement between motives of students and academic achievement among university students
Authors: Saira Bano  , Muhammad Naveed Riaz  
Published: April 2023

Abstract
Objectives: To examine the moderating role of academic motivation and entitlements on the academic achievements of university students, and to study the role of sycophancy and excuse-making on the part of students.
Method: The descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted at the University of Okara, Okara, Pakistan, from November 2017 to November 2018, and comprised university students from Okara and Sargodha. Data was collected using the Students’ Motives for Communicating with their Instructors Scale, the Academic Motivation Scale and the Academic Entitlement Scale. Data was analysed using SPSS 23.
Results: There were 300 students. Academic motivation moderated the relationship between participation motive and academic achievement as well as the relationship between functional motive and academic achievement (p<0.05). Academic entitlement moderated the relationship between relational motive and academic achievement (p<0.05).
Conclusion: Students’ negative motives for communicating were influenced by academic entitlement, and positive motives were enhanced with academic motivation.
Key Words: Academic achievement, Entitlement, Motivation, Relational, Functional, Participation, Excuse making, Sycophancy.