bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Outcomes of Arterio-venous Fistula Reconstruction in Chronic Kidney Disease Patients Presenting in Tertiary Care Hospital in Eastern Nepal
Authors: Thakur Dipak Kumar , Yadav Ajay Kumar , Agrawal Chandra Shekhar 
Published: November 2022

Introduction: Renal Replacement Therapy is the treatment modality for the chronic kidney disease (CKD) which ranges from hemodialysis, peritoneal dialysis to the renal transplantation, the latter being the best form of treatment. But, renal transplantation is available at limited centers only so hemodialysis is the most commonly used treatment modality of chronic kidney disease which requires a vascular access. But there are limited vascular surgeons in the region so most of the arterio-venous (AV) fistulas are reconstructed by Urologist/Surgeons exposed to vascular surgery during their residency/training period.
Objectives: To know the factors influencing the site selection, to assess the success rate and to document the complications of AV fistula reconstruction.
Methodology: This is a hospital based prospective observational study conducted in the Birat Medical College – Teaching Hospital, Morang, Nepal from June 2021 to May 2022. We included the CKD patients requiring vascular access for hemodialysis with Color Doppler available for vascular mapping. Patients with brachial sites previously used and without Color Doppler were excluded from the study. AVF was reconstructed under local anesthesia and outcomes were recorded.
Results: Thirty one patients of CKD underwent AVF reconstruction over the study period. Male and female ratio was 1.33 (57% and 43%). The mean age was 42.14 ± 11.34 years (Range 26-65 years). The mean diameter of radial artery (RA) and cephalic vein (CV) at wrist were 1.92 ± 0.56mm and 1.91 ± 0.20 mm respectively. Similarly, the mean diameter of brachial artery (BA) and CV at elbow were 3.66 ± 0.87mm and 3.57 ± 0.55 mm respectively. The fistula reconstructed were Lt RC (radio-cephalic) – 50% (14), Lt BC (brachio-cephalic) -35.71% (10) and Lt BB ( brachio-basalic) - 14.29% (4) respectively. Complications occurred in 4 cases (14.28%).
Conclusion: Selection of type of AVF creation is influenced by the vessel diameter as well as previous fistula surgery status and AVF access for hemodialysis has adequate patency with acceptable complications.
Desafíos de la integración en América Latina en un escenario de pre-inicio del Nuevo Orden Mundial
Authors: RONCAL VATTUONE Ximena 
Published: November 2022

El estallido de la pandemia de COVID-19 evidencia y expande con mayor fuerza el desenvolvimiento en curso de una crisis multidimensional del capitalismo neoliberal: millones de muertes, quiebres comerciales y cierres de instituciones de educación, así como tasas de pobreza que se dispararan e incrementan la brecha de la desigualdad. La pandemia también está acelerando los cambios de la economía mundial, en tanto, la disputa del poder se centra en la geopolítica de dominación global: el desplazamiento hegemónico de Estados Unidos y la ruptura de la globalización, el avance espectacular de China, la creciente competencia tecnológica entre las potencias mundiales, la depredación de la naturaleza y el tránsito hacia una nueva economía mundial. Con base en la metodología cualitativa y una estrategia dialéctica, documental y descriptiva, la investigación se centra en revisar brevemente el desenvolvimiento de la integración en América Latina y el Caribe en el periodo progresista y los desafíos que debe afrontar en un escenario mundial y regional inserto en transformaciones. Si bien los proyectos integradores datan de la década de los cincuenta, hasta la fecha, la región no ha logrado materializar lazos perdurables ni acercamiento entre sus pueblos. Al contrario, ha experimentado proyectos en disputa que devinieron en crisis y estancamiento de los planes integracionistas. Se concluye que la integración latinoamericana es nuevamente parte de la agenda regional por lo que exige reflexiones serias en torno a los desafíos a enfrentar como posible opción viable de inserción en la economía global de manera ventajosa y obviando los errores del pasado.
Adjuvant versus on-progression Gamma Knife radiosurgery for residual nonfunctioning pituitary adenomas: a matched-cohort analysis
Authors: Mantziaris Georgios , Pikis Stylianos , Chytka Tomas , Liščák Roman , Sheehan Kimball , Sheehan Darrah , Peker Selcuk , Samanci Yavuz , Bindal Shray K. , Niranjan Ajay , Lunsford L. Dade , Kaur Rupinder , Madan Renu , Tripathi Manjul , Pangal Dhiraj J. , Strickland Ben A. , Zada Gabriel , Langlois Anne-Marie , Mathieu David , Warnick Ronald E. , Patel Samir , Minier Zayda , Speckter Herwin , Xu Zhiyuan , Kormath Anand Rithika , Sheehan Jason P. 
Published: November 2022

OBJECTIVE
Radiological progression occurs in 50%–60% of residual nonfunctioning pituitary adenomas (NFPAs). Stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) is a safe and effective management option for residual NFPAs, but there is no consensus on its optimal timing. This study aims to define the optimal timing of SRS for residual NFPAs.

METHODS
This retrospective, multicenter study involved 375 patients with residual NFPAs managed with SRS. The patients were divided into adjuvant (ADJ; treated for stable residual NFPA within 6 months of resection) and progression (PRG) cohorts (treated for residual NFPA progression). Factors associated with tumor progression and clinical deterioration were analyzed.

RESULTS
Following propensity-score matching, each cohort consisted of 130 patients. At last follow-up, tumor control was achieved in 93.1% of patients in the ADJ cohort and in 96.2% of patients in the PRG cohort (HR 1.6, 95% CI 0.55–4.9, p = 0.37). Hypopituitarism was associated with a maximum point dose of > 8 Gy to the pituitary stalk (HR 4.5, 95% CI 1.6–12.6, p = 0.004). No statistically significant difference was noted in crude new-onset hypopituitarism rates (risk difference [RD] = −0.8%, p > 0.99) or visual deficits (RD = −2.3%, p = 0.21) between the two cohorts at the last follow-up. The median time from resection to new hypopituitarism was longer in the PRG cohort (58.9 vs 29.7 months, p = 0.01).

CONCLUSIONS
SRS at residual NFPA progression does not appear to alter the probability of tumor control or hormonal/visual deficits compared with adjuvant SRS. Deferral of radiosurgical management to the time of radiological progression could significantly prolong the time to radiosurgically induced pituitary dysfunction. A lower maximum point dose (< 8 Gy) to the pituitary stalk portended a more favorable chance of preserving pituitary function after SRS.
Long-term postoperative health-related quality of life in patients with subfrontal meningiomas
Authors: Kofoed Lauridsen Emma , Ciochon Urszula Maria , Tolver Anders , Bech Knudsen Mark , Giraldi Laura , Springborg Jacob Bertram , Bøgeskov Lars , Poulsgaard Lars , Mathiesen Tiit , Piil Karin , Fugleholm Kåre 
Published: November 2022

OBJECTIVE
Subfrontal meningiomas grow insidiously in areas with high cerebral compliance and a relative scarcity of eloquent function. Symptoms develop progressively, are nonspecific, and include anosmia, changes in personality and cognition, depressive symptoms, headaches, visual disturbances, and seizures. Patients with subfrontal meningiomas carry the highest risk of developing psychological symptoms, which makes patient-reported outcome in terms of long-term health-related quality of life (HRQOL), anxiety, and depression of particular importance. This observational study aimed to investigate long-term HRQOL, anxiety, and depression in patients with subfrontal meningiomas who underwent a bifrontal craniotomy (subfrontal) approach between 2008 and 2017 at a single tertiary center. Correlations between preoperative, perioperative, and postoperative factors and HRQOL, anxiety, and depression were analyzed to detect prognostic factors.

METHODS
Seventy-seven consecutive patients who underwent operations at Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark, between 2008 and 2017 were retrospectively analyzed. Patients were prospectively invited to respond to the Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy–General, Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy–Brain, and Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale. Information regarding preoperative, perioperative, and postoperative factors were collected from the patients’ medical records and scans.

RESULTS
Patients with subfrontal meningiomas exhibited better HRQOL and lower levels of anxiety and depression than general populations and other meningioma and glioblastoma cohorts. The only statistically significant prognostic factors for long-term HRQOL were number of symptoms at diagnosis and whether patients were discharged home or to a local hospital postoperatively. Tumor and peritumoral brain edema volumes were not prognostic factors.

CONCLUSIONS
Patients with subfrontal meningiomas exhibited better long-term postoperative HRQOL and were less likely to have anxiety or depression than the reference populations. This information on long-term prognosis is very valuable for patients, next of kin, and neurosurgeons and has not been previously studied in detail.
On the crossing: russian mongolian archaeologist Vitaly Volkov (rememberence-cum-article)
Authors: Panarin Sergei A. 
Published: November 2022

The research activity of Vitaly Volkov (1933–2000) was unusual in the sense that all of it took place outside the USSR, in Mongolia. His contributions to the Mongolian archaeology were also unique: a typology of the steles with stylized images of deer (most of them are located on the territory of Mongolia and more than 400 were discovered and described by Volkov); the excavations of the Scythian burial ground of the 5th – 3rd centuries BC near to Ulangom; the discovery of the first Aeneolithic burial sites in Mongolia; the primary fixation and interpretation of petroglyphs in the canyon of the river Chuluut dating back to the third – the end of the second millennium BC, with many previously unseen rock carvings.
Volkov’s life experience is no less valuable than his scientific legacy. From the age of eight, he was brought up in the family of his stepfather Bazaryn Shirendyb, an outstanding Mongolian historian and public figure, the first president of the Mongolian Academy of Sciences and a man of remarkable personal qualities. Such a culturally syncretic school of personal formation taught Volkov not to measure the social environment of another culture with the usual standards, but to live in it. He was a rare type of person who, not caring about status distance, at the same time arouses deep respect. And knowing Mongolia as none of the foreigners who visited it, he never looked at Mongolian culture and the people who shared it from the position of an “elder brother”.
PENGARUH MODEL PEMBELAJARAN AUDITORY INTELLECTUALLY REPETITION (AIR) TERHADAP KEMAMPUAN MUSIKALITAS SISWA SEKOLAH DASAR
Authors: Euis Aminah Qodarwati  , Resa Respati  , Akhmad Nugraha  
Published: November 2022

Penelitian ini dilatarbelakangi karena masih rendahnya kemampuan musikalitas peserta didik dikarenakan guru yang hanya menggunakan model pembelajaran konvensional dan hanya terdapat 90% siswa dalam kategori kurang musikal dan 10% siswa dalam kategori tidak musikal. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk membuktikan penggunaan model pembelajaran Auditory Intellectually Repetition (AIR) dapat meningkatkan kemampuan musikalitas peserta didik. Metode penelitian yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini yaitu pre-eksperimental. Teknik yang digunakan untuk pengumpulan data adalah tes, rubrik penilaian dan observasi. Data yang diperoleh berupa data hasil tes dan rubrik penilaian sebagai data primer dan hasil observasi sebagai data sekunder. Teknik analisis data yang digunakan adalah analisis data kuantitatif. Hipotesis penelitian ini adalah penggunaan model pembelajaran Auditory Intellectually Repetition (AIR) meningkatkan kemampuan musikalitas peserta didik. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa penggunaan model pembelajaran Auditory Intellectually Repetition (AIR) dapat meningkatkan kemampuan musikalitas peserta didik. Dari hasil tersebut dapat disimpulkan bahwa model pembelajaran Auditory Intellectually Repetition (AIR) dapat meningkatkan kemampuan musikalitas peserta didik.
PENERAPAN MODEL PEMBELAJARAN KONSTRUKTIVIS BERBASIS PROYEK UNTUK MENINGKATKAN KETERAMPILAN LITERASI SISWA KELAS V SEKOLAH DASAR
Authors: Sutisnawati Astri , Okta Rosfiani  , Rahman Hermawan Cecep , Muhammad Iqbal Fahrezi  , Ibnu Azie  , Sri Wahyuni  , Aina Mardiyah  , Assyifa Kamila  
Published: November 2022

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk memaparkan proses pembelajaran menggunakan model pembelajaran Konstruktivis Berbasis Proyek serta mendeskripsikan peningkatan Keterampilan Literasi Siswa menggunakan model pembelajaran Konstruktivis Berbasis Proyek. Metode penelitian yang digunakan adalah Penelitian Tindakan kelas (PTK) dengan model Kurt Lewin yang dilaksanakan sebanyak dua siklus. Penelitian ini dilaksanakan dengan 4 tahapan yang terdiri dari perencanaan, Tindakan, observasi dan refleksi. Partisipan kelas V SDN Margawangi Kabupaten Sukabumi yang berjumlah 26 orang dengan 12 perempuan dan 14 orang Laki-laki. Teknik Pengumpulan data yang dilakukan dengan wawancara, observasi kelas dan tes tertulis berupa soal. Alat pengumpul data memggunakan lembar wawancara, lembar observasi dan soal tes tertulis. Teknis analisis data yang dilakukan secara kuantitatif deskriptif. Hasil dari penelitian yang sudah dilaksanakan menunjukan terjadinya peningkatan aktivitas guru maupun siswa selama dilakukan penelitian Tindakan kelas di sekolah. Hal tersebut sejalan dengan nilai rata-rata Keterampilan Literasi Siswa yang mengalami peningkatan setelah dilaksanakan pembelajaran dengan model Konstruktivis Berbasis Proyek. Dengan demikian dapat disimpulkan bahwa penerapan model pembelajara Konstruktivis Berbasis Proyek dapat meningkatkan Keterampilan Literasi Siswa sekolah dasar.
Study on the CNN model optimization for household garbage classification based on machine learning
Authors: Xie Wenzhuo , Li Shiping , Xu Wei , Deng Haotian , Liao Weihan , Duan Xianbao , Wang Xuehua 
Published: November 2022

In order to solve the problem of household garbage classification accurately and efficiently, convolutional neural network classifier is an effective method. In this study, a garbage classification device was designed, and the image dataset Wit-Garbage for garbage classification was constructed based on the device by collecting garbage images under different light intensity and weather environment. The performances of the five network models VGG16, ResNet50, DenseNet121, MobileNet V2, Inception V3 on this dataset were compared by transfer learning. Then, the lightweight convolutional neural network MobileNet V2 was optimized by fine-tuning the hyperparameters, such as the type of optimizer, learning rate, Dropout parameter and number of freezing layers, respectively, and the training accuracy and efficiency were discussed in detail. Finally, the optimized model MobileNet V2 was deployed to the self-made garbage classification device for verification. The results show that the MobileNet V2 network model is superior to other networks in terms of training accuracy and efficiency on the proposed dataset, when the image input size was 224 ∗ 224 pixels, the Adamax optimizer was adopted, the learning rate was 0.0001, the Dropout was less than 0.5, and the number of frozen layers is less than 30. The actual verification results show that the average accuracy of the optimized network model trained on the proposed dataset for MSW classification was up to 98.75%, and compared with the model before optimization, the average accuracy was improved by 2.83%, and the average detection time was reduced by 69%.
Impact of Fear of Missing Out and Social Curiosity on Social Media Addiction in Young Adults of Pakistan.
Authors: Zahoor Khadija 
Published: November 2022

The current study was carried out to examine the effect of fear of missing out and social curiosity on social media addiction in young adults of Pakistan. A sample of N=405 individuals was approached through online survey due to lockdown. It was a cross-sectional study design and data was collected through convenient sampling technique. The individuals both men and women from only 15-30 age group were considered. Fear of Missing Out Scale (FOMOs), Social Curiosity subscale of a five-dimensional Curiosity Scale and Social Media Addiction Scale were used to assess the study variables. The data was analyzed using Statistical Package of Social Sciences (SPSS). The results revealed that fear of missing out and social curiosity positively predicted social media addiction. No significant statistical differences were observed in terms of gender and age groups.
Symbolist Painting of Mykhailo Sapozhnykov: From Concept to Implementation
Authors: Nesmachnyi Sergii 
Published: November 2022

The purpose of the article is to identify the features and patterns of Mykhailo Sapozhnykov artist's creative method and define the role of realistic artworks in symbolist painting of the artist. The research methodology consists in application of system-analytical, formal-stylistic, and semiotic-semantic methods and approaches, which enabled qualitative considering of the specified issues and drawing substantiated conclusions. The scientific novelty of the article is aimed to systematise the important principles of the author's creative method of Mykhailo Sapozhnykov, identifying the main principles of form creation in his symbolist paintings and elucidating the role of painting from the nature. Conclusions. The number of works analysed in the study demonstrated several principles on which the artist tried to build his personal system of form creation. According to the results of current scientific research, the author has been identified three conceptual variants of the transformation of painting material with realistic direction from the nature into a symbolist figurative construction. The importance of works with realistic direction have been proven. The presented auxiliary works, plein air sketches and sketches from the nature, clearly demonstrated that accumulated realistic painting material was the starting point that encouraged the creative imagination of Mykhailo Sapozhnykov.
Key words: Mykhailo Sapozhnykov, symbolism, painting, creative method, fine arts, Dnipro Art Museum.
Concerto for Saxophone and String Orchestra by L.-E. Larson in the context of Ukrainian-Swedish Historical Connections and Traditions
Authors: Yuxuan Li 
Published: November 2022

The purpose of the research is to determine the historical ties between Sweden and Ukraine, which allows the analysis of the Concerto for saxophone and string orchestra by L.-E. Larsson to mark the distinctive national features that stand out against the background of the lyrical reserves of the Swedish and Ukrainian artistic parties. As a methodological basis, we put forward the intonation approach of the school of B. Asafyev in Ukraine, as it developed in the works of D. Androsova, O. Markova, O. Muravska, with emphasis on hermeneutic and stylistic-comparative analysis. The scientific novelty is determined by the primacy in highlighting the national characteristics of the Swedish composer's thinking in comparison with the achievements of the composer's output of Ukraine, as well as the fact that, for the first time in the musicology of Ukraine and China, the Saxophone Concerto of L.-E. Larsson became the subject of musicological analysis. Conclusions. The memory of the historical conditioning by the Byzantine grounding of the culture of Kyivan Rus and Viking-Varyangs of the future Sweden, the contacts of the Ukrainian Cossacks and Sweden of the 17th century allows us to trust the lyrical and melodic coincidences in the musical expressions of Sweden and Ukraine, of which the former stands out from the Scandinavian environment by its credibility to the popular sphere and to the academicism of professional-composer expression. Analysis of Concerto for saxophone with string orchestra by L. - E. Larson, performed for the first time in Ukrainian and Chinese musicology, testified to the prominence of national features of the Swedish master's expression precisely in the academic lyricism of thinking, which stands out against the background of the clear correlation of his composition with the achievements of H. Mahler and J. Sibelius.
Key words: concert genre in music, style in music, national style, historical traditions and music, Swedish music, Ukrainian music.
Persepsi Mahasiswa Terhadap Pembelajaran Daring Pada Masa Pandemi Covid-19 Melalui Aplikasi Teams Meeting: Studi Kasus di UPBJJ UT Jember Kabupaten Probolinggo
Authors: Herminingsih Hesti 
Published: November 2022

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui persepsi mahasiswa terhadap pembelajran daring dengan menggunakan Aplikasi Microsoft Teams Meeting pada masa Pendemi Covid-19 di Universitas Terbuka. Subjek penelitian adalah mahasiswa Program Studi Agribisnis Kelompok Belajar di Kabupaten Probolinggo yang berjumlah 48 orang. Metode penelitian yang digunakan adalah deskriptif analitis. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa sebagian besar mahasiswa dapat mengikuti pembelajaran daring dengan baik. Sebagian besar mahasiswa menyatakan sangat menyukai pembelajran daring karena dapat mengikuti perkuliahan di rumah dengan suasana santai. Beberapa hal yang tidak disukai adalah boros pemakaian kuota internet dan akses sinyal yang sulit.
Role of Supervisors in Improving Islamic Education Teachers’ Professionalism During Covid-19 Pandemic
Authors: Sinar Sinar 
Published: November 2022

The quality of teacher teaching focuses on two aspects, namely in terms of process and in terms of results. This study aimed to determine (1) the implementation of learning in the target area of the district Cluwak, Gunungwungkal, Margoyoso and Wedarijaksa in 2020-2021, (2) increasing Islamic Education teachers’ professionalism in the target area of the district. Cluwak, Gunungwungkal, Margoyoso and Wedarijaksa for 2020-2021, and (3) the role of supervisors in increasing the professionalism of Islamic Education teachers during the Covid-19 pandemic. This study was focused on primary education teachers carried out with a supervisory research approach (Action Research). This study used two cycles that contained planning, action, observation, and reflection in each cycle. This study used analytical descriptive research as data processing/analysis. This study showed that Islamic Education Supervisors and Principals always provide supervision, both through class visits, and in teacher coaching in online KKG forums. The supervision material includes 2 components, namely the development of knowledge about the professionalism of Islamic Education teachers and academic observation materials.