bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Males’ perceptions and practices towards maternity care in rural southeast Nigeria: Policy implication of participatory action research for safe motherhood
Authors: Eze Irene Ifeyinwa , Ossai Edmund Ndudi , Akamike Ifeyinwa Chizoba , Okedo-Alex Ijeoma Nkem , Ogbonnaya Lawrence Ulu , Uneke Chigozie Jesse 
Published: March 2023

Introduction
High maternal death is attributable to developing countries’ health systems and sociocultural factors This study assessed the effect of participatory-action research on males’ perception and practice towards maternity care and safe motherhood in rural southeast Nigeria.

Methods
A pre-post-intervention study design was employed to study 396 male partners of pregnant women selected through cluster sampling in rural communities in southeast Nigeria. Males’ perceptions and practices towards maternity care and safe motherhood were assessed using an interviewer-administered five-point Likert scale questionnaire. A community-participatory intervention was implemented comprising advocacy, and training of community volunteers, who then educated male partners of pregnant women on safe motherhood and facilitated emergency saving and transport schemes. A post-intervention assessment was conducted six months later, using the same questionnaire. Good perception and good practices were determined by mean scores >3.0. Continuous variables were summarised using mean and standard deviation, and categorical variables using frequencies and proportions. A comparison of the mean scores pre- and post-intervention mean scores were compared, and the mean difference was determined using paired T-test. Statistical significance was set at a p-value <0.05.

Results
The perception that male partners should accompany pregnant women for antenatal care had the least mean score at the pre-intervention stage, 1.92 (0.83). However, the mean score increased for most variables after the intervention (p<0.05). The mean score for maternity care practices increased post-intervention for accompanying pregnant women to antenatal care, facility delivery, and helping with household chores (p<0.001), with a composite mean difference of 0.36 (p<0.001). Birth preparedness/complication readiness practices–saving money, identifying transport, skilled providers, health facilities, blood donors and preparing birth kits, were good, with a composite mean score that increased from 3.68(0.99) at pre-intervention to 4.47(0.82) at post-intervention (p<0.001).

Conclusions
Males’ perceptions and practices towards safe motherhood improved after the intervention. This highlights that a community-participatory strategy can enhance males’ involvement in maternal health and should be explored. Male partners accompanying pregnant women to clinics should be advocated for inclusion in maternal health policy. Government should integrate community health influencers/promoters into the healthcare systems to help in the provision of health services.
The impact of vitamin D deficiency on some biochemical parameters and clinical outcome in Palestinian pregnant women during the first trimester
Authors: Mwafy Saleh Nazmy , Abed El- Nabi Safaa Ramadan , Laqqan Mohammed Marwan , Yassin Maged Mohamed 
Published: March 2023

Background and aim
Vitamin D deficiency is widespread worldwide and associated with negative effects on maternal and neonatal health. This study aimed to evaluate the relationship between vitamin D and thyroid and parathyroid hormone levels in the first trimester of pregnancy.

Material and methods
This case control study included 200 participants aged (18–40) years divided into two groups; 100 pregnant females at the first trimester as case group, attending the main general clinical centers in Gaza strip, Palestine and 100 apparently healthy non-pregnant females as control group. Vitamin D, free thyroxine, free triiodothyronine, thyroid stimulating hormone, parathyroid, and the autoantibodies specific for thyroglobulin and thyroid peroxidase in serum were measured in all mothers and statistically analyzed using SPSS version 21 software.

Results
Serum vitamin D, TSH, anti-TPO, and anti-TG levels were significantly decrease while, parathyroid levels were non-significantly decreased in the first trimester of pregnancy compered to control group. The levels of fT4 were significantly increased and level of fT3 were non significantly increased among pregnant mothers compered to control group. Analyses using Pearson correlation coefficients showed positive correlations between vitamin D with fT4, fT3, Anti-TPO with P -value < 0.05 and negative correlations with mother age, TSH, PTH with P-value < 0.05 in early pregnancy.

Conclusions
Vitamin D deficiency among pregnant women in the first-trimester can be associated with thyroid, parathyroid parameters and thyroid autoantibodies with potential adverse consequences for overall health, emphasizing a routine monitoring and vitamin D supplementation prevention strategies to optimize maternal and fetal outcomes.
Effect of Aging on Platelets in the Individuals of 30 to 60 Years Age Group – A Cross Sectional Study
Authors: P. Jersey Shiny  , M. Padma Geethanjali  
Published: March 2023

BACKGROUND
In this study, we wanted to evaluate to find the significant changes in count of platelets which are one of the blood components with advancing age both in males and females of 30 - 60 years’ age group, to study and analyze the count of platelets in three different age groups of males, to study and analyze the count of platelets in three different age groups of females, to compare the count of platelets in between males and females in different age groups.
METHODS
This was a hospital based analytical observational cross-sectional study conducted among patients in the 30-60 years’ age group in the Department of Physiology in collaboration with Department of Pathology and Department of General Medicine at Government Medical College, Srikakulam, Andhra Pradesh, India, after obtaining clearance from institutional ethics committee and written informed consent from the study participants.
RESULTS
Platelet count decreased with increase in age in males from 31-40 years’ age group to 41-50 years’ age group, and count slightly increased with increase in age from 41-50 years’ age group to 51-60 years’ age group in males. But in female’s platelet count increased with increase in age.
CONCLUSIONS
The present study was done in limited specific age groups that is in between 30-60 years. Further large studies should be done in large population different age groups to know the cause of age specific variations in platelets.
Tourism of Ukraine as a Type of Business before and during the War
Authors: YASNOLOB Ilona , DEMIANENKO Nataliia , GALYCH Oleksandr , GORB Oleg , YEHOROVA Olena , LIPSKYI Roman , BOROVYK Tetyana , MYKOLENKO Inna , PROTSIUK Nataliia 
Published: March 2023

Ukrainian tourism as a type of entrepreneurship before and during the war was analyzed in the article. It has been noted that Ukraine is a hospitable country, endowed with incredible nature, ancient culture and has delicious food. But since February 24, 2022, the country has completely lost inbound tourist traffic, business tourism came to a halt, and local tourism turned into the migration of internally displaced persons.
It has been determined that the longer the war in Ukraine continues, the more Europe suffers from it as well. Accordingly, the slogan “Stand with Ukraine”, which sounds like the call for help, was proposed to be transformed into “to visit and help”.
It has been studied that great opportunities will open up for inbound tourism after the war. At first, routes related to the war and remarkable post-war locations will be relevant. At the same time, the beauty and hospitality of Ukraine will attract tourists. After the victory, Ukraine will be among the top five countries in the world attractive to visit. The sky is open, or at least nominally safe.
Rising Customer Loyalty with Beneficial Impact on Service Quality Dimensions during the COVID-19 Pandemic for Tourism in Thailand
Authors: MUSRIHA Musriha , RAPITASARI Diana 
Published: March 2023

The tourism industry is one of the fastest and largest growing industries in the economy nowadays. This industry has proven to be full of opportunities and challenges such as opening international borders, widespread internet access, and increased mobility and wealth of citizens in increasingly industrialized countries such as Thailand. The tourism industry can support the economic development of both local and country economic, earnings from foreign and domestic visitors. Especially during the COVID-19 pandemic, the tourism industry is declining. Therefore, some adjustment is required to increase the recovery rate of the tourism industry. The goal of this study is to assess the influence of service quality (SERVQUAL) dimensions on customer loyalty using customer satisfaction as an intervening variable. Based on SERVQUAL dimension as the independent variable and customer loyalty as the dependent variable also customer satisfaction is the intervening variable. This research was done in 4 stars hotels in Thailand, that struggle during the COVID-19 pandemic. The data used is based on the questionnaire that spread out to 100 respondents of hotel customers from many countries. The regression and analysis approaches are used in this research because the goal is to determine the indirect influence of SERVQUAL characteristics and customer satisfaction on customer loyalty. The result of the study showed a positive impact to increase the value of the customer and minimizing customer loss, especially during the COVID-19 Pandemic.
Features of Rural Tourism as an Element of Kazakh Culture during the Pandemic Syndrome
Authors: TLEUBAYEVA Aitolkyn , ZHAKUPOV Altynbek , SHOKHAN Roza , NURGAZINA Aizharkyn , KARIPBAYEV Zhanbota , SIYEUBAYEVA Maral , DOSSOVAk Makhabbat 
Published: March 2023

The article discusses the prospects for developing rural tourism as one of the tools for shaping the country's image during and after the pandemic period. The tourism sphere of Kazakhstan, in which there were noticeable changes during the pandemic, is analyzed. Areas infected with coronavirus infection were shown on the map. Also, separately studied the data of the tourism sector of the Akmola and Karaganda regions during the pandemic. Marketing and sociological surveys were conducted to find determine residents' opinion of holiday destinations during the pandemic. In the example of neighboring regions of Akmola and Karaganda regions, some tourist objects contributing to the formation of the image and development of rural tourism were highlighted and marked on the map.
The key strengths of rural tourism development for the Republic of Kazakhstan, which can contribute to the sustainable formation of the country's image, are identified and recommended. The article compares the effects of COVID-19 and its impact on tourism development. Thus, the pandemic allows the development of domestic tourism in the country, due to which the population began to choose and give preference to tourist sites and routes within the country.
Practical delta check limits for tumour markers in different clinical settings
Authors: Yu Shinae , Shin Kyung-Hwa , Shin Sunghwan , Lee Hyeyoung , Yoo Soo Jin , Jun Kyung Ran , Shin Hangsik , Kim Sollip 
Published: March 2023

Abstract

Objectives
Few studies have reported on delta checks for tumour markers, even though these markers are often evaluated serially. Therefore, this study aimed to establish a practical delta check limit in different clinical settings for five tumour markers: alpha-fetoprotein, cancer antigen 19-9, cancer antigen 125, carcinoembryonic antigen, and prostate-specific antigen.

Methods
Pairs of patients’ results (current and previous) for five tumour markers between 2020 and 2021 were retrospectively collected from three university hospitals. The data were classified into three subgroups, namely: health check-up recipient (subgroup H), outpatient (subgroup O), and inpatient (subgroup I) clinics. The check limits of delta percent change (DPC), absolute DPC (absDPC), and reference change value (RCV) for each test were determined using the development set (the first 18 months, n=179,929) and then validated and simulated by applying the validation set (the last 6 months, n=66,332).

Results
The check limits of DPC and absDPC for most tests varied significantly among the subgroups. Likewise, the proportions of samples requiring further evaluation, calculated by excluding samples with both current and previous results within the reference intervals, were 0.2–2.9% (lower limit of DPC), 0.2–2.7% (upper limit of DPC), 0.3–5.6% (absDPC), and 0.8–35.3% (RCV99.9%). Furthermore, high negative predictive values >0.99 were observed in all subgroups in the in silico simulation.

Conclusions
Using real-world data, we found that DPC was the most appropriate delta-check method for tumour markers. Moreover, Delta-check limits for tumour markers should be applied based on clinical settings.
Sublinearly Morse boundaries from the viewpoint of combinatorics
Authors: Incerti-Medici Merlin , Zalloum Abdul 
Published: March 2023

Abstract
We prove that the sublinearly Morse boundary of

CAT
⁢

(
0
)

{\mathrm{CAT}(0)}

cubulated groups with factor systems continuously injects in the Gromov boundary of a certain hyperbolic graph Γ. We also show that for all

CAT
⁢

(
0
)

{\mathrm{CAT}(0)}

cube complexes, convergence to sublinearly Morse geodesic rays has a simple combinatorial description using the hyperplanes crossed by such sequences. As an application of this combinatorial description, we show that a certain subspace of the Roller boundary continuously surjects on the subspace of the visual boundary consisting of sublinearly Morse geodesic rays.
Approximate reciprocal relationship between two cause-specific hazard ratios in COVID-19 data with mutually exclusive events
Authors: Li Wentian , Cetin Sirin , Ulgen Ayse , Cetin Meryem , Sivgin Hakan , Yang Yaning 
Published: March 2023

Abstract
COVID-19 survival data presents a special situation where not only the time-to-event period is short, but also the two events or outcome types, death and release from hospital, are mutually exclusive, leading to two cause-specific hazard ratios (csHR
d
and csHR
r
). The eventual mortality/release outcome is also analyzed by logistic regression to obtain odds-ratio (OR). We have the following three empirical observations: (1) The magnitude of OR is an upper limit of the csHR
d
: |log(OR)| ≥ |log(csHR
d
)|. This relationship between OR and HR might be understood from the definition of the two quantities; (2) csHR
d
and csHR
r
point in opposite directions: log(csHR
d
) ⋅ log(csHR
r
) < 0; This relation is a direct consequence of the nature of the two events; and (3) there is a tendency for a reciprocal relation between csHR
d
and csHR
r
: csHR
d
∼ 1/csHR
r
. Though an approximate reciprocal trend between the two hazard ratios is in indication that the same factor causing faster death also lead to slow recovery by a similar mechanism, and vice versa, a quantitative relation between csHR
d
and csHR
r
in this context is not obvious. These results may help future analyses of data from COVID-19 or other similar diseases, in particular if the deceased patients are lacking, whereas surviving patients are abundant.
Inverse problem for the Atangana–Baleanu fractional differential equation
Authors: Ruhil Santosh , Malik Muslim 
Published: March 2023

Abstract
In this manuscript, we examine a fractional inverse problem of order

0
<
ρ
<
1

{0<\rho<1}

in a Banach space, including the Atangana–Baleanu fractional derivative in the Caputo sense. We use an overdetermined condition on a mild solution to identify the parameter. The major strategies for determining the outcome are a direct approach using the Volterra integral equation for sufficiently regular data. For less regular data, an optimal control approach uses Euler–Lagrange (EL) equations for the fractional order control problem (FOCP) and a numerical approach for solving FOCP. At last, a numerical example is provided in the support of our results.
Die Nietzsche-Rezeption in der deutsch-jüdischen Presse von 1892 bis 1918
Authors: Irlbacher Simon 
Published: March 2023

AbstractThe Reception of Nietzsche in the German-Jewish Press from 1892 to 1918.The article analyses Nietzsche’s reception in the German-Jewish press from 1892 to 1918 on the basis of the archives of Richard Krummel. Several narratives can be identified, which, divided into three thematic fields – Nietzsche’s biography, “the Jews”, “the Jewry” – run through the German-Jewish Nietzsche reception and are discussed in the following way: after general remarks on the reception, the quoted aphorisms are analyzed. The treatment of Nietzsche’s biography in the German-Jewish press and Nietzsche’s view on the “racial superiority” of “the Jews” are examined. Nietzsche’s distinction between ancient and modern Judaism, his slave morality theorem and the oppositions between Judea and Athens / Rome are also discussed.
Factors affecting household carbohydrate food consumption in Central Java: Before and during the COVID-19 pandemic
Authors: Rahayu Wiwit , Darsono Darsono , Marwanti Sri , Antriyandarti Ernoiz 
Published: March 2023

Abstract
The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in a change in food demand. In Central Java, during the pandemic (2021), the proportion of expenditure on the grain food group was higher than in 2020; meanwhile, the proportion of the ready-to-eat food group decreased. This study aims to analyze the pattern of food consumption of carbohydrate sources, the influencing factors, and the elasticity of consumption in households in Central Java before and during the COVID-19 pandemic. This study uses data from the National Socio-Economic Survey (Susenas) for 12 districts/cities in Central Java consisting of 9,812 in 2019 and 10,636 households samples in 2021. Data analysis used the Linear Approximation Almost Ideal Demand System (LA-AIDS) method. Results of the study show that the COVID-19 pandemic has caused changes in the household consumption pattern of carbohydrate-source food in Central Java. The proportion of expenditure on rice, wheat flour, shelled corn, cassava, and potatoes has increased. On the other hand, wet corn, instant noodles, and white rice decreased. The price of food sources of carbohydrates and the number of household members positively affect the consumption of food sources of carbohydrates. At the same time, income has a negative effect. There are differences in the effect of the location of the residence on the consumption of food sources of carbohydrates before and during the pandemic. The value of own-price elasticity and income elasticity shows that before the pandemic, rice was a staple good whose consumption was inelastic. Before and during the COVID-19 pandemic, wheat flour, wet-skinned corn, shelled corn, potatoes, white rice, and cassava in the pre-pandemic period was Giffen because the price elasticity was positive, and the income elasticity was negative. Meanwhile, rice during the pandemic, instant noodles before and during the pandemic, and cassava were Veblen goods because their price and income elasticity were positive. Cross elasticity shows that before the pandemic, most of the relationships between food sources of carbohydrates were substitutes, while during the pandemic, most of the relationships between food sources of carbohydrates were complementary.
New soliton solutions of modified (3+1)-D Wazwaz–Benjamin–Bona–Mahony and (2+1)-D cubic Klein–Gordon equations using first integral method
Authors: Javeed Shumaila , Imran Tayyab , Ahmad Hijaz , Tchier Fairouz , Zhao Yun-Hui 
Published: March 2023

Abstract
In this article, first integral method (FIM) is used to acquire the analytical solutions of (3+1)-D Wazwaz–Benjamin–Bona–Mahony and (2+1)-D cubic Klein–Gordon equation. New soliton solutions are obtained, such as solitons, cuspon, and periodic solutions. FIM is a direct method to acquire soliton solutions of nonlinear partial differential equations (PDEs). The proposed technique can be used for solving higher dimensional PDEs. FIM can be implemented to solve integrable and ion-integrable equations.
Interrupciones violentas: las advertencias victorianas y la fascinación por una sociedad distópica e inorgánica que se convirtió en el antropoceno
Authors: Elizondo-González José Fabián , Chinchilla-Mora Leonardo 
Published: March 2023

A pesar de que la Era Victoriana ha sido analizada como un periodo de esclavización, colonialismo y raza basado en una supremacía autoadjudicada, poca atención se les ha prestado a las implicaciones ecológicas de dicho imperialismo y a las advertencias que trabajos literarios como The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde de Robert Louis Stevenson. El presente ensayo se suma a la creciente literatura que analiza literatura victoriana retrospectivamente a través de la edad geológica conocida como Antropoceno, ya que, como propone Taylor, "los estudios victorianos en el Antropoceno […] se alinean con el período histórico durante el cual surgió esta era" (574). A partir del análisis de The Strange Case de Stevenson, este ensayo identifica advertencias acerca del cambio hacia la industrialización que amenazaba el periodo victoriano, y ofrece también posibles implicaciones de dicho cambio. Asimismo, se enfatiza en la imaginería de la novela como evocadora de una fascinación por el distopianismo, la cual es articulada a través del proceso de autocreación monstruosa de Dr. Jekyll. Por lo tanto, este artículo se divide en tres secciones principales. La primera es una introducción al contexto histórico que tuvo lugar antes de la época victoriana, haciendo énfasis en la transición de la Inglaterra romántica y pastoral cuando los románticos "no reconocían una separación radical entre el yo y la naturaleza" (Reed 364) a la industrial y utilitaria (Dimmock). La segunda sección trata de ilustraciones y argumentos de comportamientos ecológicamente monstruosos de la época victoriana materializados en The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. Por último, la tercera sección aborda cuestiones (a) morales durante dicha época victoriana, las cuales, a su vez, podrían convertirse en advertencias no escuchadas por futuras generaciones.
Flavia Costa. (2021). Tecnoceno. Algoritmos, biohackers y nuevas formas de vida
Authors: Penchansky María-Celina 
Published: March 2023

¿Qué tienen en común la ya tan mencionada pandemia por coronavirus con la explosión nuclear en Chernóbil, la crisis financiera de 2008 y los incendios en el Amazonas? En el ensayo sociológico Tecnoceno. Algoritmos, biohackers y nuevas formas de vida (2021), la investigadora argentina Flavia Costa sostiene que estos sucesos forman parte de una serie de acontecimientos que marcan una nueva etapa a la cual denomina tecnoceno. Cabe señalar que la elección de esta terminología no es casual; recuperando los debates sobre la categoría de antropoceno, la autora se inclina por utilizar la idea de tecnoceno para referirse a una época marcada por el uso de tecnologías de alta complejidad que transforman la forma de relacionarnos con el mundo y ponen en riesgo a todas las especies que habitamos en él.