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Evaluating short-term and survival outcomes of natural orifice specimen extraction surgery for colorectal cancer: A single-centre retrospective study
Authors: Zhao Fuqiang , Zhao Wei , Xiao Tixian , Wang Zhijie , Huang Fei , Xing Wei , Liu Qian 
Published: February 2023

BackgroundNatural orifice specimen extraction surgery (NOSES) has been confirmed as an alternative approach without auxiliary incisions. The purpose of this study was to investigate the short-term and survival outcomes of NOSES versus conventional laparoscopic surgery (LAP) in treatment of sigmoid and high rectal cancer.MethodThe retrospective study was conducted at single centers between January 2017 to December 2021. Relevant data included clinical demographics, pathological features, operative parameters, postoperative complications and survival outcomes were collected and analyzed. All procedures were performed using either a NOSES or a conventional LAP approach. Propensity score matching (PSM) was conducted to balance clinical and pathological features between the two groups.ResultsAfter PSM, a total of 288 patients were eventually included in this study, 144 in each group. Patients in the NOSES group experienced faster recovery of gastrointestinal function (2.6 ± 0.8 vs. 3.6 ± 0.9 day, P = 0.037), less pain and less analgesia required (12.5% vs. 33.3%, P &lt; 0.001). In addition, the incidence of surgical site infection in the LAP group was significantly higher than that in the NOSES group (12.5% vs. 4.2%, P = 0.011), especially incision-related complications (8.3% vs. 2.1%, P = 0.017). After a median follow-up of 32 (range, 3–75) months, the two groups had similar 3-year overall survival rates (88.4% vs. 88.6%; P = 0.850) and disease-free survival rates (82.9% vs. 77.2%; P = 0.494).ConclusionThe transrectal NOSES procedure is a well-established strategy with advantages in reducing postoperative pain, faster recovery of gastrointestinal function, and less incision-related complications. In addition, the long-term survival is similar between NOSES and conventional laparoscopic surgery.
Pemberdayaan Masyarakat Melalui Pelatihan Pembuatan Virgin Coconut Oil bagi Anggota Kowunat Palu
Authors: Sabariyah Sitti , Spetriani Spetriani , Fathurahmi Siti 
Published: February 2023

Virgin Coconut Oil (VCO) is pure oil that is processed from coconuts and has various benefits, especially for health. VCO processing can be done easily and simply. Using appropriate technology can provide added value and a long shelf life for VCO. The potential of coconut as the main raw material for making VCO is also considered quite good in the Central Sulawesi region. So the training on making VCO with the target group of Kowunat partners is very appropriate to carry out. In general, the purpose of this service is to provide knowledge and skills to Kowunat partners regarding the benefits of VCO for health and how to make and process VCO. This service is carried out through several stages, namely preparation for implementation, demonstrations of making VCO, presentation and discussion of VCO material and evaluation of training activities. The training was held for 2 days on March 24-25 2022 and was attended by 20 Kowunat members. The 100% attendance and enthusiasm of Kowunat members in the training activities indicated that this activity was successfully carried out. VCO from the training on the second day was 3 liters which was then divided into small plastic bottles of 100 ml.
Hubungan Kecemasan dengan Produksi Asi pada Ibu Post Partum di Rumah Sakit Ibu dan Anak Amanda Tulungagung
Authors: Tunjung Fitriani Evi , Rohmawati Indah , Murniati Anis 
Published: February 2023

Kecemasan adalah gangguan alam sadar yang ditandai dengan perasaan ketakutan atau kekhawatiran yang mendalam dan berkelanjutan, suatu perasaan takut akan terjadi sesuatu yang tidak sesuai harapan. Produksi ASI pada ibu post partum dipengaruhi oleh beberapa faktor salah satunya yaitu faktor psikologis, kecemasan ibu. Ibu yang mengalami kecemasan akan menyebabkan terganggunya produski ASI, karena terhambatnya produksi hormone prolactin dan oksitosin. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui hubungan kecemasan dengan Produksi ASI Pada Ibu Post Partum di Rumah Sakit Ibu dan Anak Amanda, Tulungagung. Metode penelitian menggunakan analitik korelasi cross sectional. Populasi penelitian ini adalah pasien post partum di Rumah Sakit Ibu dan Anak Amanda Tulungagung, teknik sampling dengan accidental sampling didapatkan 30 sampel dan data di analisis. Hasil Penelitian menggunakan uji Spearman Rank, menunjukkan Pvalue =0,007 sehingga p < 0,05, yang berarti ada hubungan antara tingkat kecemasan dngan produksi ASI Ibu Post Partum di Rumah Sakit Ibu dan Anak Amanda, Tulungagung. Sebagian besar responden memiliki tingkat kecemasan dalam kategori sedang yaitu sebanyak 21 responden (70%) dan dari keseluruhan responden yang menyatakan ASI tidak lancar yaitu sebanyak 9 responden (30%). Kecemasan merupakan variable yang mempengaruhi produksi ASI. Hal ini dapat dibuktikan bahwa semakin tinggi tingkat kecemasan ibu akan mempengaruhi kerja hormon yang akan memproduksi ASI dan pada akhirnya menyebabkan jumlah produksi ASI yang dikeluarkan menjadi sedikit
Anesthetic management of toxic epidermal necrolysis: a report of two cases
Authors: Tuncer Bilge , Erkılıç Ezgi , Ilhan Gurkan , Akin Merve , Kanbak Orhan 
Published: February 2023

Toxic epidermal necrolysis (TEN), is an acute, life-threatening emergent disease involving the skin and mucous membranes with serious systemic complications. It is characterized by widespread epidermal sloughing. Drugs are the most common triggers of TEN, but infection, vaccination, radiation therapy and malignant neoplasms can all induce it in susceptible patients. We report two cases in whom a hair dye and a COVID-19 vaccine (BioNTech®, Pfizer) were believed to be the causative agents. These patients have to undergo repeated debridements of the necrotic tissue. In this manuscript the anesthetic management of TEN patients is discussed. Detailed preoperative evaluation, aggressive fluid and electrolyte replacement, avoidance of hypothermia during debridement, minimizing anesthetic agents and limiting traumatic procedures are key points in the management.
Abbreviations: BUN: blood urea nitrogen; BSA: Body surface area; Cr: Creatinine; OR: Operating room; SJS: Stevens-Johnson Syndrome; TEN: Toxic epidermal necrolysis
Key words: Anesthesia; COVID-19; Toxic epidermal necrolysis; Vaccine
Citation: Bilge B, Erkilic E, İlhan G, Akin M, Kanbak O. Anesthetic management of toxic epidermal necrolysis: a report of two cases. Anaesth. pain intensive care 2022;27(1):135−138; DOI: 10.35975/apic.v27i1.2113
Received: November 22, 2022; Reviewed: November 29, 2022; Accepted: December 02, 2022
Gait Event Detection with Proprioceptive Force Sensing in a Powered Knee-Ankle Prosthesis: Validation over Walking Speeds and Slopes
Authors: Keller Emily , Laubscher Curt , Gregg Robert 
Published: February 2023

<p>Many powered prosthetic devices use load cells to detect ground interaction forces and gait events. These sensors introduce additional weight and cost in the device. Recent proprioceptive actuators enable an algebraic relationship be?tween actuator torques and ground contact forces. This paper presents a proprioceptive force sensing paradigm which esti?mates ground reaction forces as a solution to detect gait events without a load cell. A floating body dynamic model is obtained with constraints at the center of pressure representing foot-ground interaction. Constraint forces are derived to estimate ground reaction forces and subsequently timing of gait events. A treadmill experiment is conducted with a powered knee-ankle prosthesis used by an able-bodied subject walking at various speeds and slopes. Results show accurate gait event timing, with pooled data showing heel strike detection lagging by only 6.7 ± 7.2 ms and toe off detection leading by 30.4 ± 11.0 ms compared to values obtained from the load cell. These results establish proof of concept for predicting gait events without a load cell in powered prostheses with proprioceptive actuators. </p>
A Fiber-Optic Array Spectrometer with Parallel Multichannel Optical Lock-in Detection and its Application to In Situ Lighting Measurements
Authors: Martinsons Christophe , Picard Nicolas , Carrell Samuel 
Published: February 2023

<p>This paper describes a new optical spectroscopy instrument achieving lock-in detection in all its spectral output channels in a parallel and simultaneous fashion. It is based on two identical compact array spectrometers working in phase quadrature thanks to optical modulators synchronized with an external reference signal.</p>
<p>In the application example, the optical lock-in spectrometer was used to perform spectral irradiance measurements with commercial LED lamps exhibiting temporal light modulation at different frequencies. A remote sensing optical device was designed to measure from a distance the temporal luminous waveform of a specific LED lamp and send it to the reference input of the optical lock-in spectrometer. When the lamps were operating together on top of a large continuous luminous background, the optical lock-in spectrometer successfully retrieved the respective spectral irradiance distributions and color parameters of each lamp, allowing their characterization to be performed independently of the other light sources illuminating the sensor during the measurements.</p>
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Coverage Analysis of IRS-Aided Millimeter-Wave Networks: A Practical Approach
Authors: Etcibasi Abdullah , Aktas Emre 
Published: February 2023

<p>Intelligent reflecting surfaces (IRSs) have become a popular topic in recent years for their great potential for controlling the radio link environment of wireless networks. With this controlled environment, the coverage can be increased. This paper examines the coverage analysis of IRS-aided networks, considering both two-dimensional buildings and the product-distance path loss model for the first time. Leveraging the tools from stochastic geometry, the locations of base stations (BSs), buildings, and IRSs are modeled with a homogeneous Poisson point process (PPP). A Gamma approximation for the distribution of the nearest line-of-sight (LoS)-neighbor distance is proposed, leading to a closed-form expression for the distribution of the product-distance. Feasible BSs are defined as BSs which are reachable via an IRS deployed on a specific facade of a building, and the ratio of feasible BSs is derived. Simulations are performed, which confirm the proposed analytical methods. In the numerical results, it is observed that the IRSs can introduce up to a 45\% coverage boost, and the effect of the IRS length on the coverage probability is limited beyond 1.2 meters at 60 GHz.</p>
Novel blind full multipath Two Way Relay Network (TWRN), OFDM channel estimation using Machine Learning
Authors: De Parthapratim 
Published: February 2023

<p>Most two way relay network (TWRN) half-duplex channel estimation algorithms have been developed for single path channels, except for those in frequency domain OFDM systems. We derive a novel time-domain, blind Maximum A posteriori Probability (MAP) estimation method for multipath estimation in TWRN OFDM systems. Since a TWRN half-duplex system is a cascade of two/more bidirectional transmission systems, there are multiple forward and reverse, individual, as well as composite/cascade (of two individual) channels (unlike <em>only</em> one channel in traditional transmission). The situation is further complicated in the case of multipath channels. Additionally, TWRN systems suffer from having noise components at different nodes, including colored (non-white) at the receiver terminal node. Thus most recent research works concentrate on the easier task of estimating single-path (flat frequency) channels, that too by pilot-based, and sometimes, even by suboptimal least squares (LS) methods. However, in this paper, forward, composite/individual mulipath channel estimators developed are semiblind (for enhanced spectral efficiency), and which turn out to be nonlinear. Moreover, an unique "Factor Analysis Alternating Maximization" method (used in psychometrics and some Machine Learning (MLe) applications, but not in signal processing, communication/TWRN systems), is used, in a novel manner, to overcome the colored noise problem, allowing one to derive novel, closed-form, analytical expressions for reverse individual channel <strong>h</strong> estimation, (with its convergence provided), which is unavailable in existing literature. Non-trivial Cramer Rao bounds have also been derived for these novel multipath channel estimators. Comprehensive simulation results show the novel forward, reverse, composite and individual channel estimation methods perform much better than the existing ones. </p>
PROBLEMATIKA IMPLEMENTASI KURIKULUM DAN PEMBELAJARAN PENDIDIKAN KARAKTER DI INDONESIA
Authors: Frastika Anggi Fras 
Published: February 2023

ABSTRAKKurikulum berperan penting dalam mempersiapkan generasi penerus warga negara yang bertanggung jawab, kreatif, inventif, dan ahli bagi bangsa dan bangsa. Sumber daya manusia yang berkualitas dan berkualitas sangat penting bagi keberhasilan suatu negara karena pendidikan adalah jantungnya sekolah, masyarakat, dan bahkan negara. Pengembangan kurikulum, di sisi lain, sering mengalami banyak masalah yang harus ditangani. Masalah kurikulum dan pembelajaran pengembangan karakter menjadi fokus penelitian ini. Penelitian ini didasarkan pada tinjauan literatur. Namun, beberapa masalah dengan kurikulum dan pembelajaran pendidikan karakter telah dicatat, termasuk fakta bahwa mereka tetap tunduk pada tujuan politik kelompok. Pendidikan PKn, pancasila, dan agama semuanya berada di bawah payung pendidikan karakter. Kurangnya pendekatan dan lingkungan pendidikan yang tidak mendukung serta panutan orang tua semuanya berkontribusi pada kurangnya pendidikan pengembangan karakter. Kata Kunci: Pendidikan karakter, Kurikulum, Problematika, Pendidikan
Implementation of Business Excellence Models in Healthcare for Quality Assessment: A Systematic Review
Authors: Kamal Eman 
Published: February 2023

ABSTRACTThe assessment of healthcare facility quality using business excellence models provides valuable information about performance gaps, which can be used to improve performance. Within the excellence framework, the “result” domain presents more challenges in terms of improvement over time. Using European and American business excellence-based models (EFQM and Balridge, respectively), this review aims to highlight the impact of quality assessment on the improvement of healthcare performance results. A literature search was performed using PubMed, SCOPUS, and CINAHL databases. PRISMA guidelines were followed. All the articles were evaluated using the Critical Appraisal Skills Programme (CASP) Tool. Thematic analysis was conducted following Thomas and Harden's approach, and confidence levels were determined using the GRADE-CERQual method. Nine studies were included. Two main themes emerged: 1) the assessment highlighted improvement in some results; and 2) the assessment highlighted areas that need improvement. The assessments focused mostly on customer-based results and least on society-based results. Six out of nine included studies did not show improvement in the desired results after a one-time assessment; however, no recommendations to improve quality were given to the facility after the assessments. Unless there is continuity in the assessment process, the desired results may not improve.
La influencia de la gamificación en los entornos virtuales de aprendizaje en la universidad agraria del Ecuador
Authors: Arce Ramírez Ángel Alberto , Vera Sesme Charles Darwin , Gonzalez Soledispa Eduardo Enrique 
Published: February 2023

El trabajo de investigación tiene como fin promover mejoras en el proceso de enseñanza y el aprendizaje mediante el uso de La Gamificación En Los Entornos Virtuales De Aprendizaje en la Universidad Agraria del Ecuador para los estudiantes del preuniversitários objetos de estudio, considerando una muestra de 80 estudiantes. Se aplicó un estudio de investigación descriptiva, con un enfoque práctico y una técnicas de recolección de datos, como: La observación, entrevista y encuesta. La fundamentación teórica se sustenta en base a la calidad metodológica de nível superior, ante ello surge una nueva tendencia en el campo educativo el cual es necesario llevar hacia el interior del aula universitaria: Nos estamos refiriendo a la metodología denominada gamificación Oli (2016). y La Gamificación es una técnica de aprendizaje que traslada la mecánica de los juegos al ámbito educativo-profesional con el fin de conseguir mejores resultados Gaitán (2013) ; por otro lado Moreno (2016); Alcántara Marllury, (2021) Bolaños, promueven desde las aulas el uso de los recursos educativos digitales como mejora a la enseñanza aprendizaje de las TICS. Estos antecedentes permitieron plantear una encuesta a los estudiantes con la finalidad de obtener información oportuna sobre la realidad de los procesos educativos en la universidad, se tabulan datos y se genera una propuesta a corto plazo en que se dá uso a recursos educativos digitales como: Quiz, test y cuestionario en, kahoot y Gianely, que aportan significativamente al aprendizaje del estudiante como se evidencia en el presente informe de investigación.
Target Selection and Validation of DESI Emission Line Galaxies
Authors: Raichoor A. , Moustakas J. , Newman Jeffrey A. , Karim T. , Ahlen S. , Alam Shadab , Bailey S. , Brooks D. , Dawson K. , de la Macorra A. , de Mattia A. , Dey A. , Dey Biprateep , Dhungana G. , Eftekharzadeh S. , Eisenstein D. J. , Fanning K. , Font-Ribera A. , García-Bellido J. , Gaztañaga E. , A Gontcho S. Gontcho , Guy J. , Honscheid K. , Ishak M. , Kehoe R. , Kisner T. , Kremin Anthony , Lan Ting-Wen , Landriau M. , Le Guillou L. , Levi Michael E. , Magneville C. , Manera M. , Martini P. , Meisner Aaron M. , Myers Adam D. , Nie Jundan , Palanque-Delabrouille N. , Percival W. J. , Poppett C. , Prada F. , Ross A. J. , Ruhlmann-Kleider V. , Sabiu C. G. , Schlafly E. F. , Schlegel D. , Tarlé Gregory , Weaver B. A. , Yèche Christophe , Zhou Rongpu , Zhou Zhimin , Zou H. 
Published: February 2023

Abstract
The Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) will precisely constrain cosmic expansion and the growth of structure by collecting ∼40 million extragalactic redshifts across ∼80% of cosmic history and one-third of the sky. The Emission Line galaxy (ELG) sample, which will comprise about one-third of all DESI tracers, will be used to probe the universe over the 0.6 < z < 1.6 range, including the 1.1 < z < 1.6 range, which is expected to provide the tightest constraints. We present the target selection for the DESI Survey Validation (SV) and Main Survey ELG samples, which relies on the imaging of the Legacy Surveys. The Main ELG selection consists of a g-band magnitude cut and a (g − r) versus (r − z) color box, while the SV selection explores extensions of the Main selection boundaries. The Main ELG sample is composed of two disjoint subsamples, which have target densities of about 1940 deg−2 and 460 deg−2, respectively. We first characterize their photometric properties and density variations across the footprint. We then analyze the DESI spectroscopic data that have been obtained from 2020 December to 2021 December in the SV and Main Survey. We establish a preliminary criterion for selecting reliable redshifts, based on the [O ii] flux measurement, and assess its performance. Using this criterion, we are able to present the spectroscopic efficiency of the Main ELG selection, along with its redshift distribution. We thus demonstrate that the Main selection 1940 deg−2 subsample alone should provide 400 deg−2 and 460 deg−2 reliable redshifts in the 0.6 < z < 1.1 and the 1.1 < z < 1.6 ranges, respectively.
Planetary Orbit Eccentricity Trends (POET). I. The Eccentricity–Metallicity Trend for Small Planets Revealed by the LAMOST–Gaia–Kepler Sample
Authors: An 安 Dong-Sheng 东升 , Xie 谢 Ji-Wei 基伟 , Dai 戴 Yuan-Zhe 远哲 , Zhou 周 Ji-Lin 济林 
Published: February 2023

Abstract
Orbital eccentricity is one of the basic planetary properties, whose distribution may shed light on the history of planet formation and evolution. Here, in a series of works on Planetary Orbit Eccentricity Trends (dubbed POET), we study the distribution of planetary eccentricities and their dependence on stellar/planetary properties. In this paper, the first work of the POET series, we investigate whether and how the eccentricities of small planets depend on stellar metallicities (e.g., [Fe/H]). Previous studies on giant planets have found a significant correlation between planetary eccentricities and their host metallicities. Nevertheless, whether such a correlation exists for small planets (e.g., super-Earths and sub-Neptunes) remains unclear. Here, benefiting from the large and homogeneous LAMOST–Gaia–Kepler sample, we characterize the eccentricity distributions of 244 (286) small planets in single (multiple) transiting systems with the TDR method. We confirm the eccentricity–metallicity trend whereby the eccentricities of single small planets increase with stellar metallicities. Interestingly, a similar trend between eccentricity and metallicity is also found in the radial velocity sample. We also found that the mutual inclination of multiple transiting systems increases with metallicity, which predicts a moderate eccentricity–metallicity rising trend. Our results of the correlation between eccentricity (inclination) and metallicity for small planets support the core accretion model for planet formation, and they could be footprints of self (and/or external) excitation processes during the history of planet formation and evolution.
Search and Characterization of Remnant Radio Galaxies in the XMM-LSS Deep Field
Authors: Dutta Sushant , Singh Veeresh , Chandra C. H. Ishwara , Wadadekar Yogesh , Kayal Abhijit , Heywood Ian 
Published: February 2023

Abstract
The remnant phase of a radio galaxy is characterized by the cessation of active galactic nuclei activity, resulting in the jets ceasing to feed plasma to the radio lobes. In this paper, we present a search for and the characterization of remnant candidates in a 12.5 deg2 area of the XMM-Newton Large-Scale Structure field, using deep radio observations at 325 MHz from the Giant Meterwave Radio Telescope, at 150 MHz from the LOw Frequency ARray, at 1.4 GHz from the Jansky Very Large Array (VLA), and at 3 GHz from the VLA Sky Survey. By using both morphological criteria, i.e., undetected radio core as well as spectral criteria, i.e., high spectral curvature and ultra-steep spectrum, we identify 21 remnant candidates that are found to reside mostly in non-cluster environments, and exhibit diverse properties in terms of morphology, spectral index (

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in the range of −1.71 to −0.75 with a median of −1.10), and linear radio size (ranging from 242 kpc–1.3 Mpc with a median of 469 kpc). Our study attempts to identify remnant candidates down to the flux density limit of 6.0 mJy at 325 MHz, and yields an upper limit on the remnant fraction (f
rem) to be around 5%. The observed f
rem seems consistent with the predictions of an evolutionary model assuming power-law distributions of the duration of the active phase and jet kinetic power with an index of −0.8 to −1.2.