bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Doctors’ attitudes to and knowledge and usage of growth charts
Authors: Smith Selma , Reji Elizabeth 
Published: November 2022

Background: Growth charts have been used worldwide for about 40 years but their use has always been fraught with problemsMethods: A cross-sectional descriptive study was carried out on the reported usage of growth charts and whether there are factors that affect usage by the general practitioners working with children in public hospitals. Data were collected through the use of a self-administered questionnaire. The questionnaire covered four concepts: demographic factors; doctors’ self-reported growth chart usage; doctors’ attitude towards growth monitoring and use of growth charts; and doctors’ knowledge in terms of plotting, interpretation and management of growth patterns.Results: A total of 90 out of 100 doctors completed the questionnaires. More than half (57%) of the doctors had high workloads. Fifty-six (62.2%) doctors thought they were too busy to use growth charts. Only 37 (41%) doctors achieved an acceptable total knowledge score. Although just over two-thirds of (67.8%) doctors reported a positive attitude towards growth monitoring, their reported usage does not reflect it. Fifty-four (60%) doctors plotted weights correctly. Doctors recognised the most probable cause for the given growth patterns. However, most doctors struggled to choose the most appropriate management option. Skill in plotting was associated with more regular usage. Better knowledge and a positive attitude were associated with higher usage whereas a perception of high workload and several years’ experience were associated with lower levels of usage.Conclusions: While doctors reported a positive attitude towards the use of growth charts, they lacked the knowledge to utilise them optimally and reported that the chart was often not used.
High expression of ZEB1 is associated with EMAST & metastasis in colorectal cancer patients
Authors: Mohammadpour Somayeh , Esfahani Amir Torshizi , Khorasaniasl Seyyedmohammadamin , Karimpour Raana , Bakhshian Farbod , Moradi Afshin , Nazemalhosseini-Mojarad Ehsan 
Published: November 2022

Background & objectives:
Transforming growth factor-beta (TGF-β) signalling pathway has been reported to be involved in metastasis and at the same time has been considered compellingly an important mediator of epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition (EMT). Besides, EMT process is maintained by zinc-finger E-box-binding homeobox 1 (ZEB1) gene which is induced by TGF-β pathway. TGF-β has been shown to be associated with elevated microsatellite alterations at selected tetranucleotide repeats (EMAST) phenomenon, which is one of the prognostic biomarkers of colorectal cancer (CRC). This study was conducted to determine the link among ZEB1-induced TGF-β, EMAST status and metastasis.

Methods:
The expression level of
ZEB1
was evaluated using quantitative reverse transcription (qRT) real-time PCR in 122 formalin fixed paraffin-embedded tissues of CRC sample with known EMAST status and TGF-β/Smad-dependent pathways. The association among ZEB1 expression, TGF-β signalling pathway, EMAST status and metastatic behaviour was examined.

Results:

ZEB1 gene expression level was higher in tumour tissues as compared to normal samples (P<0.045). In addition, ZEB1 positive expression level was associated significantly with metastasis (P=0.05), EMAST+ status (P=0.052) and activated TGF-β signalling pathway (P=0.002).

Interpretation & conclusions:
Our results validated significant association between activated TGF-β signalling pathway and EMAST+ phenotype with higher expression of ZEB1 and higher level of metastasis.
Socioeconomic evaluation of wild rice as famine food crop in Southern Darfur State, Sudan
Authors: Brika M.M. , Osman H.A.H. , Elkhalil E.A.I. , Ahmed E.E.A. , Elzein A.E.M. , Mohamed E.M. 
Published: November 2022

Wild rice (Oryza barthii) is increasingly used in Sudan as a food crop. Wild rice is a whole grain, rich in minerals, vitamins, protein, starch, dietary fiber and various phytochemicals; and yet low in fat, with a beneficial fatty acids profile. The objective of this study was to evaluate the socioeconomic significance of wild rice as a famine food crop in Darfur state of Sudan. A study was conducted in five districts (Tullus, Gadad, Demso, Katila, and Umshtoor) in South Darfur in Sudan. Primary data were obtained through a face-to-face semi-questionnaire interview on 146 households; supplemented with interviews of key informants and group discussions. All respondents (100%) not only attested to knowing wild rice and its growth habits, but also consumption (93.8%) of the crop. Wild rice reportedly grows naturally and widely in valleys, although it was dismally exploited by the local population. It is harvested manually and traditionally; and sold mostly in the local markets, without post-harvest value additions. The crop is consumed in various meals, but mainly in the form of porridge. Some respondents (13%) used the crop in times of famine. Wild rice is stored in traditional containers (95.9%) for periods ranging from 8 to 12 years without visible storage problems.
Knowledge, practice of and factors influencing birth preparedness and complication readiness among pregnant women attending antenatal clinic in a tertiary institution in South-Western Nigeria
Authors: Ademuyiwa I. Y. , Oyediran O. O. , Olowe A. O. , Emikpe A. O. , Oshinyemi T. E. , Oladehinde T. E. 
Published: November 2022

Pregnancy and child birth are normal physiological processes expected to be uneventful with a fruitful outcome of a healthy mother and baby(ies). However, every pregnant woman faces the risk of sudden unpredictable complications that could lead to injury to herself, her infant or even death. Furthermore, no one can reliably predict pregnancy related complications and its outcome, hence the need to be birth prepared and complication ready. Therefore, this study assessed the knowledge, practice of and factors influencing birth preparedness and complication readiness among pregnant women attending antenatal clinic in a tertiary in a South-Western, Nigeria.
The study adopted a cross-sectional descriptive research design utilizing quantitative approach. One hundred and forty-six (146) consenting pregnant women participated in this study. Data were manually collected and analyzed electronically with the use of SPSS computer software version 23.
The results showed that more than half of the respondents 74 (50.7%) had overall poor knowledge of BPCR while majority of the respondents 88 (60.3%) had good overall practice of BPCR. The findings revealed that factors influencing practice of BPCR were inadequate prenatal education (82.2%), knowledge of key danger signs (80.8%), poverty and place of residents (80.1%), educational level (70.5%) and family size (60.3%). There was a significant relationship between the knowledge and practice of birth preparedness and complication readiness, with a p-value <0.05.
Base on the results we conclude that although the overall practice of BPCR is good while the overall knowledge is poor. There is a need to create an awareness and give adequate education on knowledge and practice of birth preparedness and complication readiness among pregnant women.
Environmental variables and benthic macroinvertebrates of Temidire Stream associated with an oil depot, Ibadan, southwest Nigeria
Authors: Ayoade A. A , Adoh D. S. 
Published: November 2022

Streams are often recipients of pollution from agricultural, domestic and industrial sources though they are important sources of water supply and habitats of several aquatic species. Regular monitoring is required to protect this fragile but important ecosystem. Therefore, some physico-chemical parameters and macroinvertebrate assemblages of Temidire Stream, a perennial stream that flows through the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) depot and Temidire community in Apata, Ibadan metropolis were investigated in order to determine the pollution status of the water and sediment and its impact on the biological community. Water and sediment samples were collected from five stations in the stream and from an adjacent stream monthly between August, 2019 and January, 2020 for physico-chemical parameter and benthic macroinvertebrate analyses. Dissolved oxygen, conductivity and total dissolved solids (TDS), and pH were determined in situ using EXTECH EC400 and C933 pH meters, respectively. Heavy metals were determined by atomic absorption spectrophotometry. Benthic macroinvertebrates were collected by kick sampling method. The results showed that TDS and conductivity of station 1 differed significantly from the other stations (p< 0.05). The concentrations of Pb, Ni and Cd exceeded the recommended levels for surface water and Pb and Cd in water and sediment correlated mostly with PC 1. The average Igeo class for the heavy metals in all the stations was >2 indicating uncontaminated to moderately/heavily contaminated sediment. Ninety-six (96) individuals of macroinvertebrates from seven families and six orders were encountered and aquatic insects were dominant (75%). Taxa richness (0-0.82) and diversity (0-0.59) were lower in all the stations compared to the control site. Exceedance of WHO limits by some heavy metals and paucity of macroinvertebrates, especially pollution-sensitive species in the stream suggests that it is polluted. Regular monitoring of the stream is advocated to minimize pollution.
Pain Assessment and Management in Health Care: Nurses' Perspectives
Authors:   Ministry of Health, Alrewaili Maha Zaben , Alghamdi Fatima Hussein ,   Ministry of Health, Alruwaili Faizah Shawhet ,   Ministry of Health, Aldhafeeri Azizah Sabr Gareb ,   Ministry of Health, alshamari Mariam Nehitar Gadr ,   Ministry of Health, Alasmari Mashael Ali ,   Ministry of Health, alanazi Mashael mohsen ,   Ministry of Health, alanazi Marwa mohsen ,   Ministry of Health
Published: November 2022

Background: chronic and acute pain are extremely common, particularly among hospitalizes surgical patients, cancer patients, and general medical inpatients. More than half of patients report significant pain. The knowledge and attitude of health professionals toward pain management have frequently been described as inadequate. The purpose of this study was to investigate the attitudes and knowledge of nurses working in health care regarding pain management. Methods: The Nurses' Knowledge and Attitudes Regarding Pain Survey was used in a quantitative, descriptive, cross-sectional design to examine nurses' perception (knowledge and attitude) about pain. We focused on the nursing field to assess nurses' perceptions of pain management. This study included a convenience sample of 200 nurses from hospitals. Results: Participants who scored 75% were thought to have poor knowledge and an abnormal attitude. Participants with a score of more than 75% were deemed to have adequate knowledge and a positive attitude. According to the findings of the study, the knowledge and attitude percentage means of correct answers about pain management were 61% (SD: 11.97%; 95% CI 59.33-62.6%). Inadequate knowledge and attitude were present in 89.5% of all participants, while adequate knowledge and attitude were present in 10.5%. Previous experience with pain management education was statistically significant (p 0.05). Conclusion and Recommendation: According to the findings of this study, nurses have insufficient knowledge and attitudes toward pain management. Younger nurses had a more positive attitude toward pain management than older nurses. Pain management education influences both knowledge and attitude. There is a need for innovative training approaches. Pain management education is an important part of the nursing orientation program and should be offered all year to all nurses. The NKASRP should be used as a baseline and follow-up measure to explore and test new evidence-based approaches to pain management among nurses.
Pengaruh Media Komik Digital untuk Meningkatkan Kemampuan Menulis Cerita Pendek
Authors: Ramadhani Ayu , Tambunan Marlina Agkris , Saragih Vita Riahni , Sirait Jumaria , Sitanggang Gusar Martua Reynhat 
Published: November 2022

Penelitian ini bertujuan: Untuk mengetahui kemampuan siswa dalam menulis cerpen sebelum menggunakan media komik digital pada siswa SMP Satrya Budi Karang Rejo tahun pelajaran 2022/2023. Adapun jenis penelitian ini adalah penelitian kuantitatif menggunakan metode eksperimen, dengan desain penelitian Pre-experimental Design menggunakan bentuk One-Group Pretest Posttest Design. Adapun hasil penelitian ini sebagai berikut: (1) Nilai rata-rata siswa sebelum menggunakan media komik digital (pretest) 50,32 di kategori cukup. (2)dan nilai rata-rata sesudah menggunakan media komik digital (posttest) 73,06 di kategori baik. (3) Terdapat pengaruh media komik digital pada kemampuan menulis cerita pendek oleh siswa kelas IX SMP Satrya Budi Karang Rejo. Hal tersebut dapat di buktikan dari perhitungan uji-t dengan hasil thitung (3,2)> ttabel (1,697) yang artinya terdapat perbedaan nilai rata-rata pada sebelum menggunakan media komik digital dan sesudah menggunakan media komik digital. Dengan demikian hipotesis yang di ajukan dalam penelitian ini adalah H0 ditolak. Dan Ha diterima, artinya terdapat pengaruh yang signifikan kemampuan menulis cerpen pada siswa kelas IX-3 SMP Satrya Budi Karang Rejo.
Marlowe: Dr. Faustus
Authors: Bunnell W. S. 
Published: November 2022

Faustus’s restless quest for knowledge and his insatiable desire for notoriety drive him to make a pact with the devil in return for the power to perform the black arts. The life-changing decision propels him into a heady, celebrity-obsessed world, as magician and illusionist to the rich and famous. Quenching sexual desires as his power grows, he must question whether the price was worth paying.
This new adaptation combines Marlowe’s original acts with a re-imagining by Colin Teevan. Firmly placing this classic story within a present context, the universal truths held in the 400-year-old cautionary tale resonate powerfully with the greed of today’s consumer-led society.
German Crime Dramas from Network Television to Netflix
Authors: Simon Sunka 
Published: November 2022

German Crime Dramas from Network Television to Netflix approaches German television crime dramas to uncover the intersections between the genre's media-specific network and post-network formats and how these negotiate with and contribute to concepts of the regional, national, and global.
Part I concentrates on the ARD network's long-running flagship series Tatort (Crime Scene 1970-). Because the domestically produced crime drama succeeded in interacting with and competing against dominant U.S. formats during 3 different mediascapes, it offers strategic lessons for post-network television. Situating 9 Tatort episodes in their televisual moment within the Sunday evening flow over 38 years and 3 different German regions reveals how producers, writers, directors, critics, and audiences interacted not only with the cultural socio-political context, but also responded to the challenges aesthetically, narratively, and media-reflexively.
Part II explores how post-2017 German crime dramas (Babylon Berlin, Dark, Perfume, and Dogs of Berlin) rework the genre's formal and narrative conventions for global circulation on Netflix. Each chapter concentrates on the dynamic interplay between time-shifted viewing, transmedia storytelling, genre hybridity, and how these interact with projections of cultural specificity and continue or depart from established network practices. The results offer crucial information and inspiration for producers and executives, for creative teams, program directors, and television scholars.
The Cinematic Influence
Authors: Pugsley Peter C. , McCann Ben 
Published: November 2022

Exploring the multiple aesthetic and cultural links between French and Japanese cinema, The Cinematic Influence is packed with vivid examples and case studies of films by Akira Kurosawa, Jean-Luc Godard, Hirokazu Kore-eda, Claire Denis, Naomi Kawase, Michel Gondry and many others. It illustrates the vast array of cinematic connections that mark a long history of mutual influence and reverence between filmmakers in France and Japan.
The book provides new insights into the ways that national cinemas resist Hollywood to maintain and strengthen their own cultural practices and how these national cinemas perform the task of informing and enlightening other cultures about what it means to be French or Japanese. This book also deepens our understandings of film's role as a viable cultural and economic player in individual nations. Importantly, the reader will see that film operates as a form of cultural exchange between France and Japan, and more broadly, Europe and Asia. This is the first major book to investigate the crossover between these two diverse national cinemas by tracking their history of shared narrative and stylistic techniques.
Tokyo Story
Authors: Phillips Alastair 
Published: November 2022

Ozu Yasujiro’s moving family drama, Tokyo monogatari/Tokyo Story (1953), is universally acknowledged as one of the most significant Japanese films ever made, and regularly cited as one of the greatest films of all time in polls of leading critics and filmmakers around the world.
Telling the story of an elderly couple who travel to Tokyo to visit their grown-up children, the film contrasts the behaviour of their children, who are too busy to pay their parents much attention, and their widowed daughter-in-law who treats them with hospitable kindness. In its complex portrait of human motivation and lively sense of social space, it offers a profound and poignant insight into the generational shifts of postwar Japan.
Alastair Phillips combines a close analysis of the film and its key locations - the city of Tokyo, the town of Onomichi and the coastal resort of Atami - with a discussion of its representation of Japanese society at a time of great cultural change. Drawing upon Japanese and English language sources, he situates the film within various contemporary critical and industrial contexts and examines the multiple international dimensions of Tokyo Story’s long after-life to understand its enormous contribution to global film culture.
Reliability and validity of a new measure of agility and equilibrium: the reaction balance test
Authors: Oyama Yusuke , Murayama Toshio 
Published: November 2022

Purpose.The evaluation has been limited to a single ability, such as agility or equilibrium, and has not been conducted in a series of movements. In addition, a measurement method that is less burdensome for the participants has not been established. In this study, we designed a new reaction balance test (RB T) that combines agility and equilibrium and examined its reliability and validity.Methods.The participants were 49 young people (17 males, 32 females). Their whole-body reaction time (WRT) and center of pressure (COP) during a 30-second trial (COP30) of single-leg standing with open eyes were measured to determine their agility and equilibrium, respectively. Overall, 4 COP parameters were evaluated during COP30. For RBT, the participants were asked to quickly raise one leg after sensing a light stimulus and stand on the other leg for 10 seconds (COP10). The test evaluated their single-leg reaction time (SRT) and the same 4 parameters as those in COP30.Results.The intraclass correlation coefficients between agility (WRT and SRT) and equilibrium (total length [TL] at COP30 and COP10) were all > 0.81. In addition, no proportional error was observed for COP30 or COP10, only for TL of the non-dominant leg. There were significant associations between WRT and SRT for agility and between COP30 and COP10 for equilibrium for TL.Conclusions.It was suggested that the reliability and validity of RB T could be improved by evaluating TL by using the dominant leg for agility and the non-dominant leg for equilibrium.
Perlindungan HAM Bagi Para Pelaku Makar Di Indonesia Dalam Proses Penyidikan Sampai Proses Peradilan
Authors: Effendi Erdianto , Elmayanti  
Published: November 2022

Pelaku tindak pidana, termasuk pelaku makar wajib dilindungi hak asasinya dalam proses penyidikan sampai pemidanaan. Praktik menunjukkan bahwa pelanggaran Hak asasi manusia terhadap tahanan dan narapidana masih saja terjadi. Melalui pendekatan penelitan yuridis normatif, disimpulkan bahwa Penegakan hukum terhadap mereka yang dianggap sebagai pelaku makar khususnya dalam penggunaan upaya paksa dan pemasyarakatan masih ditemukan adanya pelanggaran HAM bukanlah menunjukkan adanya pelanggaran HAM secara khusus terhadap pelaku makar karena praktik serupa pun terjadi juga terhadap penindakan tindak pidana lain.
A Holocene temperature (brGDGT) record from Garba Guracha, a high-altitude lake in Ethiopia
Authors: Bittner Lucas , De Jonge Cindy , Gil-Romera Graciela , Lamb Henry F. , Russell James M. , Zech Michael 
Published: November 2022

Abstract. Eastern Africa has experienced strong climatic changes since the
last deglaciation (15 000 years ago). The driving mechanisms and
teleconnections of these spatially complex climate variations are yet not
fully understood. Although previous studies on lake systems have enhanced
our knowledge of Holocene precipitation variation in eastern Africa,
relatively few studies have reconstructed the terrestrial temperature
history of eastern Africa from lake archives. Here, we present (i) a new
branched glycerol dialkyl glycerol tetraether (brGDGT) temperature
calibration that includes Bale Mountains surface sediments and (ii) a
quantitative record of mean annual air temperature (MAT) over the past 12 ka cal BP using brGDGTs in a sediment core collected from Garba Guracha (3950 m a.s.l.) in the Bale Mountains. After adding Bale Mountains surface sediment
(n=11) data (Baxter et al., 2019) to the existing East African lake dataset, additional
variation in 6-methyl brGDGTs was observed, which necessitated modifying the
MBT5ME′ calibration (MBT denotes methylation of branched tetraethers) by adding 6-methyl brGDGT IIIa′ (resulting in the
MBT Bale Mountains index, r2=0.93, p<0.05). Comparing the
MBT5ME′ and the new MBT Bale Mountains index, our high-altitude Garba
Guracha temperature record shows that warming occurred shortly after the
Holocene onset when the temperature increased by more than 3.0 ∘C
in less than 600 years. The highest temperatures prevailed between 9 and 6 ka cal BP, followed by a temperature decrease until 1.4 ka cal BP. The
reconstructed temperature history is linked to supraregional climatic
changes associated with insolation forcing and the African Humid Period
(AHP), as well as with local anomalies associated with catchment
deglaciation and hydrology.
Pleasure as a Necessary Component of Kantian Emotions
Authors: Eran Uri 
Published: November 2022

AbstractAfter three decades of concentrated effort, commentators still seem to disagree about Kant's understanding of the nature of emotions. I argue that the appearance is misleading because the disagreement depends on different assumptions that are independent of Kant. I then propose a way out of this deadlock by pointing to the fact that, although the Kantian phenomena commonly understood as emotions originate in two different faculties, they all involve pleasure. This account provides the necessary yet insufficient conditions on a Kantian phenomenon's being an emotion, but it allows us to mitigate the conflicting needs of historical accuracy and contemporary interest.
La peste nel gran circo di Permunian: recensione a Giorni di collera e di annientamento
Authors: Lonigro Domenico 
Published: November 2022

La peste nel gran circo di Permunian: recensione a Giorni di collera e di annientamento (Francesco Permunian, Giorni di collera e di annientamento, Milano, Ponte delle grazie, 2021, 178 pp. ISBN 833-331-639-4)
di Domenico Lonigro