bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Health-related quality of life among women aging with and without HIV in Peru
Authors: Cabrera Diego M. , Chen Meibin , Cornejo Mijahil P. , Pinedo Yvett , Garcia Patricia J. , Hsieh Evelyn 
Published: June 2022

Background
Studies have shown that women aging with HIV have significantly lower health-related quality of life (HRQoL) compared to women without HIV. However, no studies have examined this issue in Latin America and the Caribbean. We aimed to explore HRQoL measured by the 36-Item Short Form Health Survey (SF-36) among women aging with and without HIV in Peru.

Materials and methods
We conducted a cross-sectional study at a large HIV-clinic in Peru. Outcomes of the SF-36 were evaluated, exploring the relationship between physical activity (International Physical Activity Questionnaire), sociodemographic factors (ethnicity, alcohol/tobacco use, age, BMI) and clinical data (AIDS progression, treatment duration, CD4+ cell count and viral load, years since HIV diagnosis) with HRQoL using regression analysis. Statistical significance was set with a two-tailed p-value <0.05.

Results
We enrolled 427 women (175 HIV-infected) with mean age of 54±8 years. From the SF-36 individual domains: physical functioning, role limitations due to physical and emotional health, and emotional wellbeing were significantly lower for HIV-infected women. Summary component scores were lower for the HIV-subset for both physical (45.8 vs 47.3) and mental (45.1 vs 45.8) components, although they did not achieve statistical significance. Regression analysis of the HIV-infected women revealed that the physical component score was significantly associated with physical activity, ethnicity, and chronic comorbidities while the mental component was significantly associated with physical activity, employment, and CD4+ cell count.

Conclusion
In our study, HIV-infected women scored lower in both physical and mental component scores. Important determinants for each component included CD4+ cell count as an assessment of HIV severity for the mental component, and ethnicity, reflecting socio-cultural factors, for the physical component. These results reveal the importance of a holistic approach to addressing HRQoL in this population. Better understanding of these factors will help shape future policies and interventions to improve HRQoL of women aging with HIV.
An evaluation of adverse events following an immunization campaign with the live, attenuated SA14-14-2 Japanese encephalitis vaccine in Cambodia
Authors: Hills Susan L. , Soeung Sann Chan , Sarath Svay , Morn Chheng , Dara Cheam , Fischer Marc , Thigpen Michael C. 
Published: June 2022

Introduction
Japanese encephalitis (JE) virus is the most common cause of vaccine-preventable encephalitis in Asia. The SA14-14-2 JE vaccine manufactured by Chengdu Institute of Biological Products has been shown to be safe and effective in clinical trials and childhood routine immunization programs. However, there are few published reports describing results of surveillance for adverse events following immunization (AEFI) when the vaccine is used in mass campaigns. We describe the results of AEFI surveillance following a 2013 vaccination campaign among almost 310,000 children aged 9 months–12 years in Battambang Province, Cambodia.

Methods
Routine AEFI surveillance was strengthened by staff training and supplemented by active hospital surveillance. An AEFI was defined as any sign, symptom, or disease temporally associated (i.e., within 4 weeks) with receipt of the vaccine, irrespective of whether it was considered related to immunization. Data were collected on standardized forms and causality assessments were conducted for serious AEFI.

Results
Passive and active surveillance detected 28 AEFI for an overall incidence of 9.0 AEFI per 100,000 doses administered. The most frequent events were vasovagal episodes (n = 7, 25%) and rash (n = 6, 21%), and most other events were common childhood conditions such as fever and vomiting. Three AEFI were classified as serious, including one hypersensitivity reaction and two meningoencephalitis cases. Of these, the hypersensitivity event was the only serious AEFI classified as being consistent with a causal association to immunization.

Conclusions
Most reported adverse events were conditions that commonly occur after other childhood vaccinations or independently of vaccination, and in the context of careful monitoring for serious AEFI only one serious event consistent with a causal association with immunization was identified. These results support the good safety profile of the SA14-14-2 JE vaccine, and provide reassuring data as the vaccine’s use expands.
Quality assurance practices in tuberculosis diagnostic health facilities in Ethiopia
Authors: Abebaw Yeshiwork , Kebede Abebaw , Eshetu Kirubel , Tesfaye Ephrem , Tadesse Mengistu , Sinshaw Waganeh , Amare Misiker , Gamtesa Dinka Fikadu , Zerihun Betselot , Getu Melak , Seid Getachew , Yalew Anteneh , Diriba Getu 
Published: June 2022

Introduction
The quality of tuberculosis laboratory services in health facilities is a mandatory component of detecting active pulmonary TB cases and treatment follow-up. However, ensuring the quality of laboratory test results is a concern. This study aimed to assess the quality assurance practices in the tuberculosis diagnostic health facilities of Ethiopia.

Materials and methods
A cross-sectional study was conducted from October 2018 to March 2019 at nine governmental TB-culture laboratories and 34 randomly selected GeneXpert® MTB/RIF (Xpert® MTB/RIF) testing health facilities in Ethiopia. Participating health facilities were interviewed and laboratory documents and records present since 2017 were observed. Prior to the data collection, training was given to the data collectors. Descriptive statistics were used to produce results and were presented with tables and graphs.

Results
From a total of 34 Xpert® MTB/RIF testing laboratories, 50% run Internal Quality Control (IQC) for Acid-Fast Bacillus (AFB) Microscopy and 67.6% had lot-to-lot verification of staining reagents. For the Xpert® MTB/RIF assay, a lot-to-lot verification of cartridge and method validation was performed only in 8.8%and 20.6% of Xpert® MTB/RIF testing laboratories respectively. All TB-culture laboratories included in the study ran negative control (start and end IQC) during TB-culture sample processing and performed lot-to-lot verification for Mycobacteria Growth Indicator Tube (MGIT) in 88.9% of TB-culture laboratories. External Quality Assessment (EQA) Proficiency Testing (PT) for AFB microscopy is practiced in 79.4% Xpert® MTB/RIF testing laboratories and 100.0% for the Xpert® MTB/RIF assay. TB-Culture PT participation practice among TB-culture laboratories was 88.9%. A major challenge for health facilities during PT participation was the AFB PT-sample transportation delay (40.7%) and the Xpert® MTB/RIF assay EQA-PT feedback missing (38.2%).

Conclusion
This assessment reveals that IQC for AFB microscopy, lot-to-lot verification, method validation, and equipment calibration were not well-practiced. The majority of TB diagnostic health facility laboratories had EQA-PT participation practice, but a significant gap in PT-sample transportation and missing feedback was identified.
Emergence of power and complexity in obstetric teamwork
Authors: Neuhaus Christopher , Lutnæs Dag Erik , Bergström Johan 
Published: June 2022

Background
Recently, increasing attention has been paid to team processes in peripartum care settings with the aim to improve fetomaternal outcomes. However, we have yet to understand how the perception of teamwork in peripartum care is shaped in a complex, multi-disciplinary environment.

Methods
The aim of this study was to approach the question using qualitative social-scientific methodology. The theoretical foundation of the study was that obstetric teamwork is the result of a balancing act in which multiple goal conflicts are continuously negotiated and managed right at the boundary of acceptable performance in a complex adaptive system. We explored this theory by gathering lived experiences of successful management of peripartum emergencies. Based on our analysis we generated an understanding of teamwork as a phenomenon emerging from interpersonal relationships, complex relations of power, and the enactment of current quality management practices.

Results
Caregivers define teamwork through the quality of their collaboration, defined by respect and appreciation, open communication, role distribution, and shared experiences. However, teamwork also becomes the framework for negotiation of many conflicts that originated elsewhere. Power was the core theme that emerged in the analysis of our participants’ narratives, which is in stark contrast to the otherwise promoted egalitarian rhetoric of team training. While our participants generally reverted to explanations based on their professional identities, traditions or cultures, interesting dynamics become visible when work is viewed through the power lens.

Conclusions
Our study paints the convoluted picture of a work environment with all its intricacies, constraints, interpersonal relations and hierarchical struggles that are much more representative of a complex system rather than the easily tractable environment that so many stakeholders would like healthcare practitioners to believe in. The issue of power emerged as a decisive factor in the social dynamics at the workplace, revealing hidden agendas in the teamwork discourse.
Predicting of psychological well-being with adoloscents according to personality traits and life goals
Authors: Çelik Seda , Cihangir Çankaya Zeynep 
Published: June 2022

This study was conducted in order to determine the predictive power of relationships with personality traits and life goals in psychological well-being of adolescents. Psychological Well-being Scale, Life Goals Scale, Adjective Based Personality Scale and Personal İnformation Form were used in the study to collect the data. In the first part of the research, The validity and realibity studies of Psychological Well-being Scale, Life Goals Scale, Adjective Based Personality Scale was conducted with 635 adoloscents. The second part of the research data were collected from 933 adolescents to determine predictive power of relationships with intrinsic-extrinsic life goals, openness to experience, conscientious, extroversion, aggreableness, neuroticisim on the psychological well-being of adolescents. Stepwise multiple regression analysis was used in the process of data analysis. The results of the analysis showed that intrinsic-extrinsic life goals, openness to experience, conscientious, extroversion, aggreableness, neuroticisim scores significantly predicted the psychological well-being of adolescents and explained 47.6 % of change in their psychological well-being. These findings were discussed in the light of the relevant literature and developmental features of adolescents.
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Özet
Bu araştırma ergenlerin psikolojik iyi oluş düzeylerinin, kişilik özellikleri ve yaşam amaçları değişkenleri açısından yordanma gücünün belirlenmesi amacı ile gerçekleştirilmiştir. Araştırmada veri toplama aracı olarak Psikolojik İyi Olma Ölçekleri, Yaşam Amaçları Ölçeği, Sıfatlara Dayalı Kişilik Testi, Kişisel Bilgi Formu kullanılmıştır. Araştırmanın birinci kısmında Psikolojik İyi Olma Ölçekleri, Yaşam Amaçları ve Sıfatlara Dayalı Kişilik Testi’nin geçerlik ve güvenirlik çalışmaları 635 ergen ile gerçekleştirilmiştir. Araştırmanın ikinci kısmında ergenlerin psikolojik iyi oluş düzeylerinin, içsel ve dışsal yaşam amaçları, dışa dönüklük, nevrotizm, sorumluluk, deneyime açıklık, yumuşak başlılık, duygusal dengesizlik, değişkenleri açısından yordanma gücünün belirlenmesi amacıyla 933 ergenden veri toplanmıştır. Verilerin analizinde aşamalı çoklu regresyon analizi kullanılmıştır. Yapılan analiz sonrasında içsel ve dışsal yaşam amaçları, dışa dönüklük, nevrotizm, sorumluluk, deneyime açıklık, yumuşak başlılık, duygusal dengesizlik değişkenlerinin ergenlerin psikolojik iyi oluş düzeylerini anlamlı bir biçimde yordadığı ve birlikte ergenlerin psikolojik iyi oluşundaki değişimin % 47.6’sını açıkladığı bulunmuştur. Araştırma bulguları, ilgili araştırmalar ve ergenlerin gelişimsel özellikleri çerçevesinde tartışılmıştır.
Das Verhältnis zwischen Hieroglyphen- und Keilschrift-Luwisch
Authors: Breyer Francis 
Published: June 2022

AbstractThe linguistic differences between Hieroglyphic and Cuneiform Luwian have long been known. However, it is unclear how these should be assessed: How exactly do the two varieties relate to each other? Are they different dialects, just different registers or even different sociolects? Based on the thesis developed recently, according to which the transformation of the Luwian hieroglyphs into a veritable writing system only took place in the context of the late Hittite empire, this article works out that Hieroglyphic Luwian probably is to be considered a functiolect.
Eine neubabylonische Edition eines mittelbabylonischen Nergal-Balaĝs (BM.35434)
Authors: Heinrich Adrian C. 
Published: June 2022

Abstract
Published here for the first time, the Neo-Babylonian tablet BM.35434 sheds new light on the transmission history of the Sumero-Akkadian balaĝ-prayer a-gal-gal buru₁₄ su-su || butuqtu muṭebbât ebūri “Flood that drowns the harvest” dedicated to Nergal, the god of pestilence and war. Due to its exceptional colophon, BM.35434 makes for an interesting case study in first-millennium scribal practices in the context of ritual lamenting and Emesal prayers: special points of interest are the use of older sign forms, the scribe and the family he comes from, the designation of the tablet as a copy of an “old large tablet” (dub.gal libir.ra), and the insertion of paratextual glosses that describe the state of preservation of the copied exemplar. An appendix contains copies and transliterations of hitherto unpublished fragments and joins that pertain to a-gal-gal buru₁₄ su-su.
On the Identity of Hartapu
Authors: Massa Michele , Osborne James F. 
Published: June 2022

AbstractThe recent discovery of the Hieroglyphic Luwian inscription of TÜRKMEN-KARAHÖYÜK 1 in the Konya Plain (Turkey) has sparked a debate regarding its author, Great King Hartapu, the dates of his rule, and his role in the political geography of south-central Anatolia. Several authors now propose that two kings of the same name may have reigned at different times in the same region. This paper proposes a textual analysis of all the Hartapu inscriptions, together with an assessment of the archaeological and historical contexts in which they were found. In light of this, we argue that only one individual called Hartapu was responsible for the whole corpus and that he reigned during the Middle Iron Age, likely in the 8thcentury BCE.
The Cult of Ištanuwa (and Lallubiya) between Hattian and Aegean Cultures
Authors: Hutter-Braunsar Sylvia 
Published: June 2022

AbstractThis article collects information about the peculiar features occurring in the Ištanuwa/Lallubiya-texts which can be connected with their counterparts from the other cultic layers of the Hittite realm – namely the Hattian cults from the Hittite core land –, Mesopotamia, the Aegean, and classical sources, respectively. The sum of gathered data represents a better starting point for studying cultural commonalities, connections and transfers between these areas than the already presented isolated remarks, scattered in secondary literature. Especially the comparing features from the Ištanuwa/Lallubiya Luwian layer and the Hattian-Hittite layer will be treated here.
Religious Discourse in Ancient Mesopotamia
Authors: Masetti-Rouault Maria Grazia 
Published: June 2022

AbstractThe modern representation of cuneiform literature as a creation depending on a religious discourse leads us to think that myths and rites have structured not only the institution of kingship, but also all Mesopotamian knowledge, as well as social life. If political ideology needed a religious support to explain the king’s authority and privileges, later textual traditions show that the same intellectuals working for the royal court and urban elites developed at the same time, beyond religion, an alternative conception of their own power as knowledge and control of history, through narration, and nature through “magic”, in order to change reality and the gods’ will.
Preparation of polyamide 12 powder for additive manufacturing applications via thermally induced phase separation
Authors: Su Dandan , Yang Jingkui , Liu Shan , Ren Lulu , Qin Shuhao 
Published: June 2022

Abstract
Spherical polyamide 12 (PA12) powder for selective laser sintering (SLS) was prepared by thermally induced phase separation (TIPS) method. It was authenticated that the mixed solvent can regulate the liquid–liquid phase separation (LLPS) process by changing the ratio of diluent to non-diluent. The polymer droplets mainly coalesced in the solution, and then the crystal nucleus of PA12 was formed in the droplets. Finally, high crystallinity PA12 powder was precipitated. The morphology, particle size distribution, thermal properties, the change of crystal structure, and powder spreading performances of the obtained powder were characterized. The powder had a narrow particle size distribution, an average particle size of 55.2 μm, and a broad sintering window of 29°C. The results exhibited that the powders prepared by TIPS had excellent sintering properties, and TIPS method provided more choices for SLS technology.
Writing “Home” in a Pandemic: The Prevalence of Gendered Topics in Congressional COVID-19 Communications
Authors: Marin Hellwege Julia , Cormack Lindsey 
Published: June 2022

AbstractThe COVID-19 pandemic had a disparate impact across populations leaving questions about gendered representation in Congress. We ask whether women and men in Congress wrote “home” about COVID-19 at the same rates and if their attention on gendered topics such as childcare, schooling, and care-taking differed even when the issue space was significantly narrowed. We argue members of Congress use gendered and partisan lenses to frame their positions around the pandemic. We find both parties send a similar number of COVID-19 related messages and that women compared to men – within each party – focus on areas traditionally associated with women’s care-taking duties.
Hybrid 18F-florbetapir PET/MRI for assessing myelin recovery in GFAP-A patients
Authors: Meng Huanyu , Zheng Shuyu , Yuan Shaicun , Zhou Qinming , Gao Yining , Ni You , He Lu , Yin Dou , Zhang Min , Chen Sheng 
Published: June 2022

Abstract
Glial fibrillary acidic protein astrocytopathy (GFAP-A) is a rare autoimmune disease of the central nervous system that was newly reported in 2016. Previous studies have speculated that the pathological mechanism and clinical outcome of GFAP-A lie in the demyelination of the central nervous system, but due to the limitations of MR, this conclusion has not been further confirmed from the perspective of neuroimaging. A non-invasive, quantitative measurement of demyelination would be clinically valuable, given its critical role in mediating GFAP-A. Here, we report a case in which we use 18F-florbetapir positron emission tomography-magnetic resonance imaging (PET/MRI) to evaluate myelin recovery with follow-up in the patient with GFAP-A. Our patient displayed a decreased uptake of PET tracer 18F-florbetapir in the brain lesions and lower distribution volume ratio in the damaged white matter lesions compared to the normal-appearing white matter, indicating significant intracranial demyelination. After treatment, the 18F-florbetapir PET/MRI examination showed a significant increase in the uptake of 18F-florbetapir in the brain lesions, along with a reduced Expanded Disability Status Scale score. Although only a small number of patients have been validated, this case first reported 18F-florbetapir PET/MRI could quantitatively and non-invasively assess the myelin recovery in GFAP-A patients, which may lead to improvements in the early diagnosis and long-term prognosis.
Incorporación de los Key Audit Matters en las actividades de auditoría: una revisión documental
Authors: Contreras Cano Geraldine Stephania 
Published: June 2022

Para el desarrollo del presente trabajo, se realizó una revisión documental que serviría como insumo para analizar la necesidad que surge por parte del IAASB para implementar la International Standard on Auditing (ISA) 701, relacionada con las cuestiones clave de auditoría (KAM, por sus siglas en inglés) y presentar el estado del arte de las investigaciones que se han realizado respecto a los efectos de los KAM en los informes de auditoría. A la vez, se busca presentar cómo ha avanzado la normativa colombiana respecto a la implementación de la ISA 701, que trata este tema.
Entre los principales resultados de esta investigación, se resalta que los efectos de los KAM pueden variar entre países e incluso entre industrias, lo que genera que los resultados de los estudios analizados no sean homogéneos. No obstante, se deduce que los KAM pueden traer valor informativo a nivel generalizado para los usuarios de la información, debido a que todos los auditores de compañías listadas, sin importar su ámbito de trabajo, deben presentar las cuestiones que a su juicio profesional requirieron mayor atención en la labor realizada.
Pastoral urbana. Un reto para la iglesia hoy
Authors: Zúñiga Rodríguez Wilfrido 
Published: June 2022

La pastoral urbana es una propuesta para los tiempos modernos que exigen reinterpretaciones de las distintas esferas donde haya vida. Creyentes o ateos, están invitados a comprender la existencia en función de la condición religiosa, si entendemos este principio (condición religiosa) como la posibilidad de concebir que la vida es sagrada, que es un regalo, que invita a compartirlo, como un imperativo existencial en el mundo. Este preámbulo nos estimula a proponer en este texto como objetivo: mostrar sin pontificar algunos requerimientos que se le pueden exigir a esta nueva propuesta de la misión de la iglesia hoy donde se busca que, la praxis, es decir, la acción, se comprenda como la forma de vivir y la forma de habitar un mundo bajo los parámetros de la imagen de un Dios perdón (pastoral) en miras de articular: evangelizador y evangelizado, mensaje y mensajero, teoría y praxis, vida humana y experiencia de Dios, en la búsqueda de volver a dar sentido al mensaje integrador de la buena nueva de Jesús de Nazaret en una época cuya principal característica es la fragmentación no sólo social sino también individual.
Los proyectos ambientales escolares: una alternativa para la investigación participativa en la Institución Educativa Patio Bonito (Marquetalia-Caldas, Colombia)
Authors: Murillo Montoya Sergio Adrián 
Published: June 2022

En Colombia, los proyectos ambientales escolares-PRAE fueron incluidos en la dimensión ambiental con el decreto 1743 de 1994. Sin embargo, se ha observado que, en muchos colegios del país, estos proyectos son recientes, no están bien elaborados y responden más a una obligación por cumplir. El objetivo del presente trabajo fue revisar y reestructurar el PRAE de la Institución Educativa Patio Bonito de Marquetalia Caldas, teniendo presente los 6 ejes del PRAE que propone el Plan Nacional de Educación Ambiental y algunos objetivos del desarrollo sostenible. Se empleó una metodología mixta que comprende encuestas e investigación participativa. El nuevo PRAE se aborda desde un concepto holístico, sistémico e interdisciplinar, promoviendo la investigación participativa, y permitido la conformación de tres grupos de investigación y la elaboración de un subproyecto articulado con el SENA.