bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Examining the Relationship between Community Participation and Program Outcomes in a Metaevaluation
Authors: Nkwake Apollo M 
Published: April 2023

Background: The salience of stakeholder participation in community development is not disputed. However, there is a paucity of evidence that clearly links participation with program outcomes. Purpose: We examined the link between participation and program outcomes. Setting: The article discusses data collated from World Vision (WV) program evaluations. WV is a faith based, grass-root community engaging, child focused relief and development organization that works in close to 100 countries to improve and sustain child well-being. Community participation is very central to WV’s program. Intervention: 92 community development programs evaluated between 2005 and 2010. Research Design: We used a metaevaluation design (Meta-analysis Summaries [DeCoster, 2004]), which involves identifying the prevalence of certain effects (such as child well-being outcomes) and the strengths of relationships among those effects and certain explanatory variables (such as community participation). Data Collection and Analysis: A document review tool comprising 327 variables was used to review program design documents and evaluation reports. Each review item generated a score whenever a positive response was checked. The maximum possible score for a program was 200. These scores were used to measure correlations among major variables of participation and program outcomes. After the program documents were reviewed, the data was then manually entered into PASW statistics for analysis. Findings: Programs that mostly used empowering approaches engaging a higher level of stakeholder participation were more than fifteen times more likely to exhibit improvements in child health, community health, education, and protection outcomes than those that which used direct service delivery (give a fish) approaches engaging less stakeholder participation. Also, participation of vulnerable groups like children and women had a stronger relationship with program outcomes than other forms of participation that did not involve vulnerable groups. Keywords: community participation; program outcomes; metaevaluation
Descriptive, but not Injunctive, Normative Appeals Increase Response Rates In Web-based Surveys
Authors: Misra Shalini , Stokols Daniel , Marino Anne Heberger 
Published: April 2023

Background: In an earlier experiment Misra, Stokols, & Marino (2012) found that participants who received a descriptive normative prompt in the message requesting them to complete an online survey were more likely to comply with the request compared to participants who did not receive any normative prompts. Purpose: Building on that earlier study, the present field experiment compared the separate and additive effects of descriptive and injunctive norm- based persuasive messages on response rates of online surveys. We also investigate the influence of email reminders on response rates. Intervention: Participants in an interdisciplinary conference were assigned to one of four groups. The three experimental groups received one of the following messages asking them to complete an online survey that highlighted: (1) a descriptive social norm indicating typical response rates among attendees of prior similar conferences; (2) an injunctive norm appealing them to join fellow participants in completing the survey; or (3) both social norms. The control group received a generic request to complete the online survey without any norm-based appeals. Research Design: This study used an experimental design which afforded a within subjects replication of participants’ assignment to each of two treatment groups and the control prompts for two successive surveys.Data Collection and Analysis: One hundred and twenty nine conference participants were requested to complete an online questionnaire about their experiences of an interdisciplinary conference in Fall 2011, immediately following the conference (Time 1) and then three months later (Time 2). At both time points, participants were given three weeks to complete the online surveys. For both time points, participants who had not completed the survey one week after they were sent the initial request to complete the survey received an e-mail reminder. One week after the first email reminder, participants who had still not answered the survey were sent a second email reminder. Once the online surveys were closed at both time points, response rates were calculated. To evaluate the differences in response rates among the various treatment and control groups at both time points, we conducted one-tailed z-tests for proportions to ascertain the z-scores. Findings: Participants receiving a message highlighting the descriptive social norm when asked to complete an online survey were more likely to comply with the request compared to all the other groups. Additionally, one and two email reminders were found to be effective in improving response rates of online surveys.Keywords: response rate; online surveys; norm-based persuasive messages; descriptive norm; injunctive norm; research on evaluation
Ethanol Inhalation in Treatment and Prevention of Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19)
Authors: Amoushahi Ali 
Published: April 2023

The goal of this study was to determine if nebulized ethanol (EtOH) is safe and effective in treating COVID-19. A randomized controlled trial was carried out on 99 symptomatic and RT-PCR-positive patients admitted to a hospital that were given Remdesivir and Dexamethasone. They were randomly given either a 35% EtOH spray (intervention group, IG) or distilled water spray (control group, CG). For a week, each group underwent three nebulizer puffs every 6 hours. Global Symptomatic Score (GSS) comparisons between the two groups at the initial visit and on days 3, 7, and 14. Secondary outcomes include the readmission rate and the Clinical Status Scale (CSS), a seven-point ordinal scale that ranges from death to full recovery. The intervention and control groups, respectively included 44 and 55 patients. The GSS and CSS considerably improved in the IG, despite the fact that there was no difference at admission (p = 0.016 and p = 0.001, respectively) (Zero vs. 10.9%; P = 0.02). The IG readmission rate was much reduced. Inhaled-nebulized EtOH responds well in quickly improving the clinical status and limiting the need for further therapy. Further investigation into the therapeutic and preventative properties of EtOH is advised due to its affordability, availability, and lack of/tolerable side effects.
ĐẶC ĐIỂM RỐI LOẠN NHỊP TIM VÀ BIẾN ĐỔI ĐIỆN TÂM ĐỒ Ở BỆNH NHÂN UNG THƯ VÚ ĐƯỢC HÓA TRỊ BẰNG PHÁC ĐỒ CÓ ANTHRACYCLINE
Authors: Đặng Minh Hải , Trần Văn Đồng , Nguyễn Đình Việt , Nguyễn Huy Ngọc , Nguyễn Văn Sơn , Vũ Tuấn Hải 
Published: April 2023

Mục tiêu: Tìm hiểu đặc điểm rối loạn nhịp tim và biến đổi điện tâm đồ ở bệnh nhân ung thư vú được hóa trị bằng phác đồ có Anthracycline.
Đối tượng và phương pháp nghiên cứu: Nghiên cứu được tiến hành trên 52 bệnh nhân ung thư vú điều trị tại Bệnh viện Đa khoa tỉnh Phú Thọ từ tháng 8/2021 đến tháng 09/2022 được hóa trị với Doxorubicin và được làm holter điện tâm đồ, điện tâm đồ 12 chuyển đạo trước khi hóa trị và sau 4 chu kỳ hóa trị, ngay trước chu kỳ hóa trị thứ 5.
Kết quả: Có sự khác biệt có ý nghĩa thống kê (p< 0,05) về tình trạng rối loạn nhịp tim nói chung giữa 2 lần ghi holter với lần ghi sau (sau điều trị) có tỉ lệ bệnh nhân rối loạn nhịp tim cao hơn lần ghi đầu tiên (59,6% so với 55,8%). Phác đồ ACT liều dày có nguy cơ gây rối loạn nhịp tim cao hơn so với phác đồ ACT với OR=5,225. Nhóm tuổi trên 50 có nguy cơ mắc rối loạn nhịp tim thấp hơn nhóm dưới 50, với OR= 0,194. Tần số tim trung bình giữa 2 thời điểm ghi điện tim có sự khác biệt có ý nghĩa thống kê (p= 0,006). Có sự kéo dài đáng kể khoảng QT và khoảng Tp-e sau khi chu kỳ thứ 4 (p= 0,001 và p= 0,002). Biên độ sóng T cũng ghi nhận sự thay đổi đáng kể khi sóng T có xu hướng dẹt hơn sau điều trị (p= 0,004). Trong khi đó các khoảng P, PR và QRS không có sự thay đổi.
Từ khóa: Rối loạn nhịp tim, biến đổi điện tâm đồ, ung thư vú, Anthracycline.
SỰ THAY ĐỔI CHỨC NĂNG TÂM TRƯƠNG THẤT TRÁI SAU CA LỌC MÁU Ở NGƯỜI BỆNH THẬN NHÂN TẠO CHU KỲ
Authors: Nguyễn Văn Thành , Đỗ Kim Bảng 
Published: April 2023

Mục tiêu: Lọc máu có thể ảnh hưởng đến huyết động và chức năng tim của người bệnh thận nhân tạo chu kỳ. Nghiên cứu của chúng tôi nhằm đánh giá và phân tích một số yếu tố liên quan đến sự thay đổi chức năng tâm trương thất trái sau ca lọc máu ở người bệnh thận nhân tạo chu kỳ tại Bệnh viện Bạch Mai.
Đối tượng và phương pháp: Nghiên cứu mô tả cắt ngang. Có 61 người bệnh thận nhân tạo chu kỳ (n=61) được đưa vào nghiên cứu. Tất cả người bệnh tham gia nghiên cứu đều được hỏi bệnh, khám lâm sàng, siêu âm tim trước và sau ca lọc máu.
Kết quả: Nhóm đối tượng nghiên cứu có tuổi trung bình là 51,5 ± 12,2 tuổi, trong đó có 31 nam chiếm 50,8%. Sau lọc máu, vận tốc sóng E (89,9 ± 24,1 so với 71,9 ± 24,4 m/s ) giảm rất có ý nghĩa thống kê so với trước lọc máu với p < 0,0001. Trong khi đó vận tốc sóng A (96,3 ±29 so với 96,2 ± 29,7 m/s) thay đổi không có sự khác biệt thống kê giữa trước và sau lọc máu với p > 0,05. Tỷ lệ E/A (1,01 ± 0,4 so với 0,82 ± 0,45, p < 0,05) và tỉ lệ E/e’ trung bình (12,4 ± 4,7 so với 10,6 ± 4,3, p < 0,0001) giảm đáng kể sau lọc máu. Vận tốc dòng chảy qua van ba lá thay đổi không đáng kể sau ca lọc máu (VmaxTR, 2,5±0,4 so với 2,4 ± 0,4 m/s, p > 0,05). Sau lọc máu, chỉ số thể tích nhĩ trái giảm rất có ý nghĩa thống kê so với trước lọc máu (LAVi, 42,8 ± 14,8 ml/m2 so với 36,5 ± 14,3 ml/m2) với p < 0,0001. Có mối tương quan chưa thật chặt chẽ giữa thể tích dịch thẩm tách và chỉ số e’ vách liên thất sau lọc máu theo chiều nghịch với r = - 0,324 và p = 0,034 < 0,05 có ý nghĩa thống kê.
Kết luận
Siêu âm tim đánh giá chức năng tâm trương thất trái có sự cải thiện có ý nghĩa thống kê giữa thời điểm trước và sau ca lọc máu. Sự khác biệt này có liên quan đến thể tích dịch thẩm tách.
BẢO TỒN VÀ PHÁT HUY GIÁ TRỊ VĂN HÓA TRUYỀN THỐNG CỦA CÁC DÂN TỘC THIỂU SỐ RẤT ÍT NGƯỜI GẮN VỚI PHÁT TRIỂN DU LỊCH BỀN VỮNG Ở VIỆT NAM HIỆN NAY
Authors: Chu Vũ Bảo Thư , Nguyễn Mai Hoa 
Published: April 2023

Bảo tồn và phát huy các giá trị văn hóa truyền thống của các dân tộc và phát triển du lịch là hai nội dung tương đối độc lập. Tuy nhiên hai nội dung này lại có mối quan hệ khá khăng khít, luôn tác động qua lại lẫn nhau trong quá trình phát triển. Bảo tồn văn hóa đóng vai trò quan trọng tới phát triển nói chung và phát triển bền vững nói riêng. Văn hóa là động lực, là mục tiêu của sự phát triển, nhưng mặt hạn chế trong sự phát triển của văn hóa sẽ là lực cản xã hội phát triển. Phát triển du lịch ở vùng đồng bào dân tộc thiểu số có thể ảnh hưởng tích cực đến sự phát huy, bảo tồn các giá trị văn hóa truyền thống, nếu du lịch phát triển bền vững. Ngược lại, những ảnh hưởng tiêu cực của một nền văn hóa bị mai một, bị biến đổi sẽ làm cho việc phát triển du lịch của một địa phương, một quốc gia gặp nhiều khó khăn.
Nghiên cứu về công tác bảo tồn và phát huy bản sắc văn hóa truyền thống của các DTTS rất ít người gắn với phát triển du lịch bền vững, bài viết tập trung phân tích các vấn đề: Mối quan hệ giữa bảo tồn và phát huy các giá trị văn hóa truyền thống của các dân tộc thiểu số rất ít người với phát triển du lịch; Thực trạng bảo tồn và phát huy bản sắc văn hóa truyền thống của các DTTS rất ít người gắn với phát triển du lịch, trong thời gian vừa qua. Trên cơ sở đó bàn luận về một số giải pháp nâng cao hiệu quả của công tác bảo tồn và phát huy bản sắc văn hóa truyền thống gắn với phát triển du lịch bền vững của các dân tộc thiểu số rất ít người hiện nay.
VISIÓN BIBLIOGRÁFICA: Terapia Avanzada de la Caja de Arena
Authors: Gonzalo Marrodán José Luis 
Published: April 2023

This is a review of the Spanish translation of a book first published in English: Advanced Sandtray Therapy: Digging Deeper into Clinical Practice. The review is written by the translator, José Luis Gonzalo Marrodán. The review appears first in Spanish, then in English.
Translation, validity, and reliability of the European Portuguese version of the Touch Experiences and Attitudes Questionnaire
Authors: Pereira Ana Rita , Antunes Joana , Trotter Paula D. , McGlone Francis , González-Villar Alberto J. , Sampaio Adriana 
Published: April 2023

Background
Positive touch experiences have proved to be extremely important throughout our lifespan, with cascading effects on our social life. However, few questionnaires are available to measure attitudes and experiences of touch in the Portuguese population. This study aimed to translate and validate the European Portuguese version of the Touch Experiences and Attitudes Questionnaire (TEAQ), as a reliable and valid instrument to measure different aspects of affective touch experiences and attitudes.

Methods
Therefore, an online sample of 384 (299 females and 85 males) participants, aged between 18 and 75 years (M = 24.59; SD = 9.56) was collected. Multidimensional Rasch model and confirmatory factor analysis were carried out, and also reliability and convergent and discriminant validity were determined. In addition, we examined sex differences in attitudes and experiences of touch.

Results
Results showed good fit indexes for the 52-item six-factor model structure (friends and family touch, current intimate touch, childhood touch, attitudes to self-care, attitudes to intimate touch, and attitudes to unfamiliar touch). This instrument also showed good reliability and acceptable convergent and discriminant validity. Significant sex differences were found, with female participants reporting more positive touch experiences (including childhood touch, friends and family touch, and current intimate touch) and a more favourable attitude to self-care, with males showing a more positive attitude towards unfamiliar touch. Regarding attitudes towards the intimate touch, scores for both groups were comparable.

Conclusion
Overall, the European Portuguese version of the TEAQ presented good psychometric properties and appears to be a reliable and valid self-report measure, being a useful and beneficial instrument in research and clinical settings.
Smart Trash Collection System – An IoT and Microcontroller-Based Scheme
Authors: Paul Niloy Kanti , Saha Dipanwita , Biswas Kaushik , Akter Samia , Islam Rifat Tasnia , Bhuyan Muhibul Haque 
Published: April 2023

Aims: IoT-based trash collection system is a system that can automatically detect obstacles, which can be simplified as trash, and opens the Meta Bin lid to receive the trash. The main goal of the system is to make an environment where to find a digital and automatic way to the trash collection system.
Study Design: The existing research aims to design, simulate, and implement a new system that can play a vital role in terms of making the environment clean, in a large sense the world clean. Along with that a system that can carry not only a trash bin but also any portable devices as it can be operated automatically.
Place and Duration of Study: Department of Computer Science and Engineering and Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, American International University-Bangladesh (AIUB), Dhaka, Bangladesh between October 2022 and February 2023.
Methodology: In this work, we have designed a new model using Arduino, an IoT device, a servo motor, an ESP8266 Wi-Fi microchip, several DC motors, several IR Sensors, LEDs, etc. to build a system like Meta-Bin. Arduino IDE is used for program development.
Results: This is an automated trash bin, which has a different level of trash collection capacity with proper identifications and LED light indications. Also, a continuous notification system is enabled here. After testing the implemented system, the system gives an accurate result in every possible way and has an accuracy rate of more than 95%.
Conclusion: After the successful implementation of this research, we hope that there will be an autonomous, well-decorated, digital, and user-friendly system available for the citizens of Bangladesh. This will be immensely helpful for all kinds of people and to ensure a clean environment, this research might play a vital role soon.
A review of empirical research on manufacturing flexibility
Authors: Vokurka Robert J , O'Leary‐Kelly Scott W 
Published: July 2002

AbstractManufacturing flexibility is widely recognized as a critical component to achieving a competitive advantage in the marketplace. A comprehensive look at the empirical research pertaining to manufacturing flexibility highlights the very fragmented nature of this body of work. We present a comprehensive contingency‐based framework for examining the content related issues involving the relationships and variables included in past studies. We also examine several important research design/methodology issues (e.g., sampling, data collection and measurement) and propose solutions to some identified problems.
An Efficient Medium for High Protein Production in the Insect Cell/Baculovirus Expression System
Authors: Jesionowski Gary A. , Ataai Mohammad M. 
Published: July 2002

AbstractPreviously, we have described a serum‐free insect cell culture medium, referred to as Efficient Medium for Insect Cell Growth (EMICG) (Ferrance et al., 1993) . The medium supports cell growth to a high density and minimizes the formation of metabolic byproducts (e.g., ammonia and alanine) due to a tight coupling of energetic and biosynthetic demands. In this paper, we examine the ability of EMICG to support infection and recombinant protein production. Cells were infected with and without medium replacement at various densities with MOI values in the range 0.008–8. The experimental results revealed that the production of β‐galactosidase (model recombinant protein) was substantially higher (1.5–2.6‐fold) in the EMICG cultures than the commercial SF‐900 II medium. Moreover, β‐galactosidase levels achieved in EMICG are higher than those reported in the literature using other commercial media. Results of experiments in which medium was replaced at the time of infection indicate that the enhanced productivity may be due to lower production of toxic by‐products in EMICG.
Lamellar corneal autograft for corneal perforation
Authors: Mbbs C L Cheng , Mmed(ophth) D T H Tan 
Published: July 2002

Background: Corneal perforation secondary to exteriorization of the haptic foot of the anterior chamber intra‐ocular lens (IOL) is a rare complication in IOL surgery. Case Report: A superior penetrating corneal defect developed in the right eye of a 74‐year‐old woman associated with exteriorization of the superior haptic of an anterior chamber IOL. Methods: We describe the technique of repositioning and successful patching of the defect using a lamellar cornea‐sclera rotational autograft. Conclusions: This technique is useful for small perforations when cornea donor tissue is not available.
Surveillance of acute flaccid pjpclysis in Australia, 1995–97
Authors: D’Souza RM , Kennett M , Antony J , Herceg A , Harvey B , Longbottom H , Elliott E , Unit CONTRIBUTORS TO THE AUSTRALIAN PAEDIATRIC SURVEILLANCE 
Published: July 2002

Objective: Acute flaccid pjpclysis (AFP) surveillance in Australia as part of the World Health Organization (WHO) certification process for polio eradication in the Western Pacific region.Methods: Active monthly AFP surveillance through the Australian Paediatric Surveillance Unit, from March 1995 to December 1997.Results: Based on 80 cases, the reported overall rate of AFP was 0.73 per 105 children < 15 years (below the expected 1 per 105). The major causes of AFP were Guillain–Barré syndrome (51%) and transverse myelitis (19%). According to the WHO virological classification, there was no case of poliomyelitis, 37.5% were ‘non‐polio’ and 62.5% cases were ‘polio compatible’ due to inadequate stool testing and follow‐up. However, case review by an expert panel enabled 95% to be classified as ‘non‐polio’.Conclusion: Australia must improve AFP surveillance to confirm absence of wild poliovirus. Paediatricians can help Australia meet its certification requirements and contribute to the global eradication effort by reporting and investigating all cases of AFP.
A model of diffusion-limited ice growth inside biological cells during freezing
Authors: Karlsson J. O. M. , Cravalho E. G. , Toner M. 
Published: July 2002

A theoretical model for predicting the kinetics of ice crystallization inside cells during cryopreservation was developed, and applied to mouse oocytes, by coupling separate models of (1) water transport across the cell membrane, (2) ice nucleation, and (3) crystal growth. The instantaneous cell volume and cytosol composition during continuous cooling in the presence of glycerol were predicted using the water transport model. Classical nucleation theory was used to predict ice nucleation rates, and a nonisothermal diffusion-limited crystal-growth model was used to compute the resulting crystallization kinetics. The model requires knowledge of the nucleation rate parameters Ω and κ, as well as the viscosity η of a water-NaCl-glycerol solution as a function of both the composition and temperature of the solution. These dependences were estimated from data available in the literature. Cell-specific biophysical parameters were obtained from previous studies on mouse oocytes. A sensitivity analysis showed that the model was most sensitive to the values of κ and η.
The coupled model was used to study the effect of cooling rate and initial glycerol concentration on intracellular crystal growth. The extent of crystallization, as well as the crystal size distribution, were predicted as functions of time. For rapid cooling at low to intermediate glycerol concentrations, the cells crystallized completely, while at high concentrations of glycerol, partial or total vitrification was observed. As expected, the cooling rate necessary for vitrification dropped with increasing glycerol concentration; when cells initially contained ∼7.5 M glycerol, vitrification was achieved independent of cooling rate. For slow cooling protocols, water transport significantly affected the results. At glycerol concentrations greater than ∼3 M, the final intracellular ice content decreased with increasing glycerol concentration at a fixed cooling rate. In this regime, the cooling rate at which a critical amount of ice was formed increased as more glycerol was used. When less than ∼3 M glycerol was initially present in the cell, an increase in glycerol concentration was predicted to cause an increase in the final intracellular ice content at a given cooling rate. In this regime, the critical cooling rate decreased with increasing glycerol concentration. These predictions clarify previous empirical observations of slow freezing phenomena.