bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Improving the identification and management of diabetic nephropathy in patients with diabetes in primary care
Authors: Picow Eden 
Published: July 2023

ABSTRACT

Background:
Diabetic nephropathy is the leading cause of renal failure in the United States. Screening for albuminuria in individuals with diabetes is critical to identify the early stages of DKD. Prompt identification and management of DKD improves patient outcomes, increases life expectancy, and decreases health care costs.

Local problem:
The DKD screening rate for patients ≥18 years of age with diabetes at the project site was 29%, below the national benchmark of 90%. Patients diagnosed with DKD were not receiving appropriate management. This quality-improvement project used a standardized protocol consisting of a checklist and educational initiatives to improve DKD identification and management.

Methods:
The Knowledge-to-Action Framework was used for this project at a primary care practice in the southeastern United States. Data collection included demographic data, DKD screening with urine albumin-to-creatine ratio, diagnosis rates, DKD treatment with angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor (ACEi) or angiotensin II receptor blocker (ARB), and a sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 inhibitor (SGLT2i) reviewed 6 months before and after intervention.

Interventions:
Evidence-based interventions included a DKD educational in-service for clinical staff, creation of a standardized protocol through a checklist for screening and appropriate management of DKD, and implementation of patient educational handouts.

Results:
Diabetic kidney disease screening rates increased by 100%, patients diagnosed with DKD decreased by 8%, patients with DKD on ACEi/ARB increased by 39%, and patients with DKD on SGLT2i increased by 15%.

Conclusion:
Implementation of a standardized protocol through a checklist and providing patient education on DKD can improve DKD identification/management.
Students’ perspectives of sustainable development goals in a Japanese higher education institute
Authors: Jones Thomas E. , Mack Lindsay , Gómez Oscar A. 
Published: July 2023

PurposeAs UN’s sustainable development goals (SDGs) are integrated across Asia-Pacific Higher Education Institutes (HEIs), the purpose of this descriptive and exploratory study is to investigate undergraduates’ own self-stated commitment to the SDGs and their perceived feasibility by the 2030 target.Design/methodology/approachA mixed-methodology approach covered quantitative and qualitative approaches facilitated by purposive selection of an Asia-Pacific HEI via a Japanese liberal arts college where a questionnaire survey was administered in Autumn 2021. Responses were monitored from freshmen students in twin courses within the same major (introduction to “Environment” and “Development” studies, respectively;n= 177) that both integrated SDGs within their respective curricula.FindingsStudents in both classes rated the SDGs as a useful learning tool but were sceptical of their feasibility by 2030. A self-stated commitment was high, especially among environment studies students. Multiple regression was run to predict SDGs commitment from gender, major, perceived SDGs’ usefulness and feasibility. These variables partially predicted SDGs commitment but only gender and major variables added statistical significance. Moreover, the same variables were less equivocal in terms of predicting the self-stated belief that the SDGs could be achieved by 2030.Practical implicationsThe findings can inform instructors of students’ perceptions towards SDGs. Significant differences raise academic and applied discussion points, such as how to engage male students, for example, by setting up sustainability “business case” practicums.Originality/valueAs global HEIs grapple with effective ways to vertically integrate SDGs into a university’s curriculum, students’ opinions are often underrepresented. This paper’s originality and value address these gaps by exploring a holistic student-centric perspective on SDGs in the context of commitment. This paper also has implications for more effective cross-curricula integration of the SDGs.
Building smallholder farmers' capacity to adopt climate‐smart agricultural practices in flood prone areas: Lessons from Bangladesh
Authors: Akter Asma , Jahan Mohammad Shah , Geng Xianhui , Mwalupaso Gershom Endelani , Hoque Fazlul , Adeel Adnan 
Published: July 2023

AbstractCurrently, there is an increased interest in promoting climate‐smart agricultural practices (CSAPs) around the globe, however, application of these practices may vary for different climate risk hotspots. Although, climate field schools (CFS) are conducted with the aim of empowering farmers with knowledge on the various agricultural practices, little attention has been devoted to building the capacity of smallholder farmers to facilitate adoption of appropriate CSAPs. Given the effects of climate change on agriculture, it is fundamental for agricultural sustainability to answer the question that has hardly benefited from empirical analysis in previous land use studies, which is: Do CFS build farmers' capacity to adopt CSA in flood prone areas? Cross‐sectional data from 600 rural farm households in south Bangladesh is used and the recursive bivariate probit (RBP) is applied to address this knowledge gap. The results reveal that participation in CFS increases the probability of a farmer's soil salinity consciousness by 25% and eventually improves the probability to adopt climate‐smart agricultural practices by 20%. We also analyzed the spillover effects of CFS participation on CSA adoption and found that there is a strong spillover effect which has important implications on the cost effectiveness and sustainability of the program. Overall, the study provides empirical evidence demonstrating that participatory approaches stimulate adoption of appropriate CSAPs by building farmers' capacity in recognizing the existing climate risk hotspots.
Pūao-te-Ata-tū and dissenting voices of change at New Zealand’s oldest school of social work
Authors: Cairns Tamati , Fulcher Leon 
Published: July 2023

INTRODUCTION: The Ministerial Advisory Committee Report on a Māori Perspective for the New Zealand Department of Social Welfare (1986) offers an historic reference point from which to examine education and training reforms initiated at Aotearoa New Zealand’s oldest school of social work and designed to better address the needs and aspirations of Māori and those working with Māori. Pūao-te-Ata-tū is an internationally unique example of social research facilitated by distinguished Māori leaders and senior government officials using indigenous methods. The Vice Chancellor of Victoria University was approached in 1986 along with its new Professor of Social Work about becoming drivers of Pūao-te-Ata-tū Recommendation 10(c) to “assess the extent to which tertiary social work courses are meeting cultural needs for those public servants seconded as students to the courses”. The early passing of alumnus- Elder John Rangihau, shortly after Pūao-te-Ata-tū was published, left a legacy—acknowledged posthumously by the Council of Victoria University in 1989—when a senior Te Rangihau Scholar teaching and research position was established with Ngāi Tūhoe. A decade of reform in social work education and research at Victoria University saw important movement towards supporting and promoting Māori perspectives in the delivery of community social services in three New Zealand regions.
IMPLICATIONS: Five lessons learned about partnerships from the Victoria University experience are highlighted as issues that promote cultural responsiveness in support of Māori whānau, tamariki and rangatahi. The Wellington programme closed at the start of the new millennium without addressing the VUW Council relationship with Ngāi Tūhoe, highlighting broken promises.
Identification of interfascial plane using injection pressure monitoring at the needle tip during ultrasound-guided TAP block in cadavers
Authors: Roberto Dossi , Quadri Christian , Capdevila Xavier , Saporito Andrea 
Published: July 2023

IntroductionConsistency in needle tip positioning within interfascial planes while performing infiltrative blocks under ultrasound guidance can be difficult. The exact determination of such planes may beyond the physical limits of common ultrasound machines. Aim of this pilot study was to understand if real-time continuous injection pressure monitoring at the needle tip, combined with ultrasound guidance, can help to immediately and consistently identify an interfascial plane needle tip placement.MethodsWe performed four ultrasound-guided transversus abdominis plane (TAP) blocks on fresh cadaver using a modified conventional peripheral nerve block needle. The sensing needle contains Fabry-Perot miniaturized pressure sensor floating at the needle tip, connected to a measuring unit via an optical fiber. Injection-pressure measured at the needle tip was continuously recorded, while the needle was advanced toward the target and 0.9% saline was continuously injected via an electronic pump.ResultsA recognizable, recurrent three-peaks injection pressure pattern was identified, while advancing the needle through the abdominal wall, the pressure peaks being identified with the needle to fasciae contact. In four different blocks, a total of 12 peaks and 12 troughs were identified. The mean injection pressure (95% CI) of the peaks varied substantially from the mean injection pressure of the troughs, from 119.55 kPa (95% CI 87.3 to 151 kPa) to 30.99 kPa (95% CI 12.5 to 47.5 kPa), respectively. The peaks (troughs) arose from reproducible pressure curves and were related to the needle tip encountering the muscle fasciae.ConclusionThe identified injection pressure pattern, together with ultrasound image, may help in determine real-time the needle tip position, while performing a TAP block.
8. Marie Olympe Gouze [Olympe de Gouges]
Authors: Isbell John Claiborne 
Published: July 2023

Destins de femmes is the first comprehensive overview of French women writers during the turbulent period of 1750-1850. John Isbell provides an essential collection that illuminates the impact women writers had on French literature and politics during a time marked by three revolutions, the influx of Romantic art, and rapid technological change.
Each of the book’s thirty chapters introduces a prominent work by a different female author writing in French during the period, from Germaine de Staël to George Sand, from the admired salon libertine Marie du Deffand to Flora Tristan, tireless campaigner for socialism and women’s rights. Isbell draws from multi-genre writers working in prose, poetry and correspondence and addresses the breadth of women’s contribution to the literature of the age. Isbell also details the important events which shaped the writers’ lives and contextualises their work amidst the liberties both given and taken away from women during the period.
This anthology fills a significant gap in the secondary literature on this transformative century, which often overlooks women who were working and active. It invites a further gendered investigation of the impact of revolution and Romanticism on the content and nature of French women’s writing, and will therefore be appropriate for both general readers, students, and academics analysing history and literature through a feminist lens.
24. Flore Célestine Thérèse Henriette Tristán y Moscoso [Flora Tristan]
Authors: Isbell John Claiborne 
Published: July 2023

Destins de femmes is the first comprehensive overview of French women writers during the turbulent period of 1750-1850. John Isbell provides an essential collection that illuminates the impact women writers had on French literature and politics during a time marked by three revolutions, the influx of Romantic art, and rapid technological change.
Each of the book’s thirty chapters introduces a prominent work by a different female author writing in French during the period, from Germaine de Staël to George Sand, from the admired salon libertine Marie du Deffand to Flora Tristan, tireless campaigner for socialism and women’s rights. Isbell draws from multi-genre writers working in prose, poetry and correspondence and addresses the breadth of women’s contribution to the literature of the age. Isbell also details the important events which shaped the writers’ lives and contextualises their work amidst the liberties both given and taken away from women during the period.
This anthology fills a significant gap in the secondary literature on this transformative century, which often overlooks women who were working and active. It invites a further gendered investigation of the impact of revolution and Romanticism on the content and nature of French women’s writing, and will therefore be appropriate for both general readers, students, and academics analysing history and literature through a feminist lens.
25. Delphine Gay de Girardin [Vicomte de Launay]
Authors: Isbell John Claiborne 
Published: July 2023

Destins de femmes is the first comprehensive overview of French women writers during the turbulent period of 1750-1850. John Isbell provides an essential collection that illuminates the impact women writers had on French literature and politics during a time marked by three revolutions, the influx of Romantic art, and rapid technological change.
Each of the book’s thirty chapters introduces a prominent work by a different female author writing in French during the period, from Germaine de Staël to George Sand, from the admired salon libertine Marie du Deffand to Flora Tristan, tireless campaigner for socialism and women’s rights. Isbell draws from multi-genre writers working in prose, poetry and correspondence and addresses the breadth of women’s contribution to the literature of the age. Isbell also details the important events which shaped the writers’ lives and contextualises their work amidst the liberties both given and taken away from women during the period.
This anthology fills a significant gap in the secondary literature on this transformative century, which often overlooks women who were working and active. It invites a further gendered investigation of the impact of revolution and Romanticism on the content and nature of French women’s writing, and will therefore be appropriate for both general readers, students, and academics analysing history and literature through a feminist lens.
26. Amantine Lucile Aurore Dupin, Baronne Dudevant[George Sand]
Authors: Isbell John Claiborne 
Published: July 2023

Destins de femmes is the first comprehensive overview of French women writers during the turbulent period of 1750-1850. John Isbell provides an essential collection that illuminates the impact women writers had on French literature and politics during a time marked by three revolutions, the influx of Romantic art, and rapid technological change.
Each of the book’s thirty chapters introduces a prominent work by a different female author writing in French during the period, from Germaine de Staël to George Sand, from the admired salon libertine Marie du Deffand to Flora Tristan, tireless campaigner for socialism and women’s rights. Isbell draws from multi-genre writers working in prose, poetry and correspondence and addresses the breadth of women’s contribution to the literature of the age. Isbell also details the important events which shaped the writers’ lives and contextualises their work amidst the liberties both given and taken away from women during the period.
This anthology fills a significant gap in the secondary literature on this transformative century, which often overlooks women who were working and active. It invites a further gendered investigation of the impact of revolution and Romanticism on the content and nature of French women’s writing, and will therefore be appropriate for both general readers, students, and academics analysing history and literature through a feminist lens.
30. Louise Colet
Authors: Isbell John Claiborne 
Published: July 2023

Destins de femmes is the first comprehensive overview of French women writers during the turbulent period of 1750-1850. John Isbell provides an essential collection that illuminates the impact women writers had on French literature and politics during a time marked by three revolutions, the influx of Romantic art, and rapid technological change.
Each of the book’s thirty chapters introduces a prominent work by a different female author writing in French during the period, from Germaine de Staël to George Sand, from the admired salon libertine Marie du Deffand to Flora Tristan, tireless campaigner for socialism and women’s rights. Isbell draws from multi-genre writers working in prose, poetry and correspondence and addresses the breadth of women’s contribution to the literature of the age. Isbell also details the important events which shaped the writers’ lives and contextualises their work amidst the liberties both given and taken away from women during the period.
This anthology fills a significant gap in the secondary literature on this transformative century, which often overlooks women who were working and active. It invites a further gendered investigation of the impact of revolution and Romanticism on the content and nature of French women’s writing, and will therefore be appropriate for both general readers, students, and academics analysing history and literature through a feminist lens.
A multiplicative effect of Education and Wealth associated with HIV-related knowledge and attitudes among Ghanaian women
Authors: Nutakor Jonathan Aseye , Zhou Lulin , Larnyo Ebenezer , Addai-Dansoh Stephen , Cui Yupeng , Kissi Jonathan , Danso Nana Ama Asi , Gavu Alexander Kwame 
Published: July 2023

AbstractBackgroundKnowledge and attitudes regarding HIV play a crucial role in prevention and control efforts. Understanding the factors influencing HIV-related knowledge and attitudes is essential for formulating effective interventions and policies. This study aims to investigate the possibility of an interaction between education and wealth in influencing HIV-related knowledge and attitudes among women in Ghana.MethodsCross-sectional data from the Ghana Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey (MICS), a nationally representative sample, were analyzed. Statistical summaries were computed using place of residence, marital status, education level, wealth index quintile, use of insurance, functional difficulties, and exposure to modern media. Furthermore, a three-model Logistic regression analysis was conducted; Model 1 with main effects only, Model 2 with the interaction between education and wealth, and Model 3 with additional covariates. To account for the complexity of the survey data, the svyset command was executed in STATA.ResultsAlthough most interaction terms between wealth index quintiles and education levels did not show statistical significance, a few exceptions were observed. Notably, women with primary education in the second, middle, and fourth wealth quintiles, along with those with secondary education in the second wealth quintile, exhibited a negative significant association with HIV-related attitude level. However, no significant associations were found between other factors, including age, place of residence, marital status, and health insurance, and HIV-related attitude. The study also found significant associations between socioeconomic variables and HIV-related knowledge. There was a significant positive association between higher levels of education and HIV-related knowledge level. Women in wealthier quintiles had a significant positive association with HIV-related knowledge level. Factors such as place of residence and media exposure, including radio and television were also observed to be associated with HIV-related knowledge level.ConclusionsThis study highlights the importance of socioeconomic status and media exposure in shaping HIV-related knowledge and attitudes among women in Ghana. Policy interventions should focus on reducing socioeconomic disparities, ensuring equitable access to education and healthcare services, and utilizing media platforms for effective HIV information dissemination.
Exploration of dielectric spectra of variously synthesized epoxy/ZnO nanocomposites
Authors: Velani Mihir N. , Patel Ritesh R. 
Published: July 2023

AbstractPolymeric epoxy-based nanocomposites have rapidly developed in high energy density and power industry components. The composite insulation undergoes harsh extreme temperature conditions and a high electric field with varying frequencies. This paper dissects the components of complex permittivity in epoxy/ZnO nano and micro composites that were synthesized using different methods, utilizing dielectric spectroscopy as per ASTM D150. The performance of the composites was studied by analyzing the spectra over a frequency range spanning from 1 mHz to 1 kHz. We presume interfacial polarization arises in the composites due to particle clustering. Furthermore, we evaluated the effect of varying filler concentration at 25, 50, 70, and 90 °C. The real permittivity positions the α-steps at 70 and 90 °C. The real and imaginary permittivities remain largely unpretentious by the synthesis method over the entire frequency range.
ESTIMATION OF MAXIMUM WAVE CHARACTERISTICS IN THE VAN PHONG BAY AREA, KHANH HOA PROVINCE
Authors: Mau Le Dinh 
Published: July 2023

Estimation of maximum wave characteristics in a particular nearshore area have an important role of economic, tourism developments and environmental protection such as design of marine structures, transportation, fisheries and mari-culture, recreation, etc., for sustainable exploitation of the coastal zone. This paper presents the distribution of calculated wave characteristics in the Van Phong bay area for typical maximum wind fields, which were taken from Nha Trang Meteorological Station during 1986 to 2000. Typical Tubong wind fields were taken from the investigation report of the Mete-Hydrological Service in Nha Trang. Dolphin and SWAN models estimated wave characteristics in the offshore and nearshore regions, respectively. Study results show that the Van Phong bay area was strongest affected by wave action in case of maximum incoming winds in the sector from NW to E directions, and slightly affected by the remaining incoming wind directions. Maximum wind field (V = 28 m/s, Direction = NE) genemted significant wave height of greater than 2 m which covered the most parts of Van Phong bay area, the coastline from Hon Khoi Cape to Ban Thang Cape was subjected to wave action with significant wave height of 3 - 6 m. Typical Tubong windfield (V = 20 m/s. Direction = NW) genemted significant wave height of 0.5 - 1.5 m Ben Goi and 1.5 - 2.5 m in Van Phong bay areas.