bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Meaning of death among care workers of geriatric institutions in a death-avoidant culture: Qualitative descriptive analyses of in-depth interviews by Buddhist priests
Authors: Ogawa Yukan , Takase Akinori , Shimmei Masaya , Toishiba Shiho , Ura Chiaki , Yamashita Mari , Okamura Tsuyoshi 
Published: October 2022

Objective
Care workers’ views of clients’ death have not been explored in Japan because of a cultural tendency to avoid talking openly about death. However, given the arising problems in end-of-life care settings, such as abuse and burnout, understanding care workers’ views regarding death is essential for designing effective interventions. We had two main research questions: Do care workers in Japan have their own ideas about death after working in the landscape of dying and death? Do these ideas influence care workers’ professional lives?

Methods
We recruited interviewees based on a quantitative survey of care workers at 10 geriatric institutions in Tokyo. Among the 323 respondents, 23 survey respondents were willing to participate in an interview. After the scheduling process, nine individuals were able to participate in an in-depth interview.
To overwhelm cultural avoidance regarding death that prevents care workers from talking openly about death, Buddhist priests conducted interviews in the current study. Physicians and researchers assisted the interviews.
Because this was exploratory studies in which little is known about the topic in question, we adapted a qualitative descriptive approach.

Findings
Thematic analysis revealed that: 1) care workers had clear views about conditions of clients’ good death after working in the field of dying and death; 2) care workers were motivated by past experiences of being close to dying themselves; and 3) care workers regarded their care for the dying as an experience that enriched their lives. In addition, the results revealed that the concept of spiritual care in Japan is still its infancy among care workers because of its vague definition.

Conclusions
Care workers were willing to work for dying people with their view of death, and regarded their jobs as important opportunities for personal growth through caring for the dying.
Investigating fecal microbial transplant as a novel therapy in dogs with inflammatory bowel disease: A preliminary study
Authors: Collier Allison J. , Gomez Diego E. , Monteith Gabrielle , Plattner Brandon L. , Verbrugghe Adronie , Webb Jinelle , Weese J. Scott , Blois Shauna L. 
Published: October 2022

BackgroundThere are limited studies investigating the use of fecal microbial transplant (FMT) in dogs with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). The aim of this preliminary study was to assess the feasibility of adding FMT to standard therapy (corticosteroids and a hypoallergenic diet) for dogs with IBD and to and to describe the changes in measured outcomes after 30 days of treatment.MethodsThirteen client-owned dogs with IBD were enrolled in this double blinded, randomized clinical trial. All dogs received corticosteroid therapy and a hypoallergenic diet; dogs were randomized to receive either placebo or FMT. Measured outcomes included the canine chronic enteropathy clinical activity index (CCECAI) at 1 week and 1 month after enrolment. Fecal microbiota were analyzed after extracting DNA from fecal samples and profiling using 16S amplicon sequencing. Dogs in the placebo group not responding to treatment after 1 month were offered FMT.ResultsThe CCECAI significantly decreased over time in both groups (p = 0.001). There were no significant differences between the CCECAI of the placebo and FMT group at each time point (F test from ANOVA, p = 0.40). No adverse effects were reported in the 30 days following FMT.ConclusionsThe addition of FMT to standard therapy for IBD was feasible. No significant differences were observed in the CCECAI between groups at each time point. Large scale clinical trials can be performed using these methods to evaluate the longer term effect of FMT on clinical signs, microbial diversity, and other outcomes.
Health professionals’ readiness to implement electronic medical recording system and associated factors in public general hospitals of Sidama region, Ethiopia
Authors: Abore Kibruyisfaw Weldeab , Debiso Alemu Tamiso , Birhanu Betelhem Eshetu , Bua Bezahegn Zerihun , Negeri Keneni Gutema 
Published: October 2022

Background
Electronic medical recording system is one of the information technologies that has a proven benefit to improve the quality of health service. Readiness assessment is one of the recommended steps to be taken prior to implementing electronic medical recording system to reduce the probability of failure.

Objective
To determine the level of health professional readiness to implement Electronic medical recording system and associated factors in public general hospitals of Sidama region, 2022.

Methodology
A cross-sectional study design complemented with qualitative study was employed at three public general hospitals in Sidama region on a sample of 306 participants. A pretested self-administered questionnaire was used to collect quantitative data and in-depth interview was used for the qualitative study. Bivariate and multivariate Binary logistics regression was performed to determine predictors of readiness at α = 0.05, using an odds ratio and 95% confidence interval. Thematic analysis was done for qualitative data collected through in-depth interview.

Result
The overall readiness for health professionals was 36.5%. Of the study participants, 201 (73.4%) were computer literate, 176(64.23%) had good knowledge, and 204 (74.45%) had favorable attitude towards EMR. Only 31 participants had previous training (11.3%), while 64 (23%) had previous experience. EMR knowledge (AOR = 3.332; 95%CI: (1.662, 6.682)) and attitude towards electronic medical recording (AOR = 2.432; 95%CI: (1.146, 5.159)) were statistically significant predictors of readiness to implement electronic medical recording. Qualitative analysis has revealed lack of training, ease of use concerns, information security concerns, and perceived inadequacy of infrastructures including internet connectivity and electricity as common barriers for health professional readiness to implement EMR.

Conclusion
Health professionals’ readiness in this study was low. Capacity building efforts to increase the awareness and skills of health professionals should be done before implementing the system.
Contribuição da geotecnia para o eventual surgimento de uma sismotecnia
Authors: Nascimento Úlpio 
Published: October 2022

Na sequência de trabalhos publicados na GEOTECNIA sobre fricção, fluência friccionai e mecanismo da fonte sísmica, e como resultado de uma conferência realizada na Academia de Engenharia em 25/05/00 sobre "O distante objectivo da previsão dos sismos", foi constituído na AE um Grupo de Trabalho da Previsão dos Sismos (GTPS). Nos relatórios anuais respectivos descrevem-se as actividades desenvolvidas pelo GTPS.
No presente artigo resume-se a referida conferência bem como algumas exposições do autor nas reuniões da GTPS sobre o modelo que propõe para o mecanismo da fonte sísmica; e conclui-se com algumas considerações sobre o eventual surgimento de uma Sismotecnia.
Uma solução analítica para a propagação de ondas em barras cónicas aplicável à medição da resistência à tracção dinâmica de materiais sólidos
Authors: Dinis da Gama C. 
Published: October 2022

Apresenta-se um estudo sobre a propagação de ondas elásticas de tensão em barras cónicas e tronco-cónicas de comprimento finito, com o objectivo de desenvolver uma solução analítica para os estados de tensão que se manifestam quando determinado impacto e aplicado sobre a base da barra, caminhando em direcção ao seu vértice.
O método é baseado na sobreposição de ondas longitudinais que se propagam no núcleo cilíndrico da barra e de ondas reflectidas (longitudinais e transversais) que são criadas junto à superfície lateral do cone, de modo a permitirem determinar o estado de tensão em qualquer secção circular do interior da barra.
Verifica-se que dessa sobreposição se geram tracções transientes suscetíveis de conduzir a ocorrência de fragmentos cónicos, cujas dimensões permitem determinar a resistência à tracção dinâmica do material que constitui a barra. Exemplifica-se a aplicação do método com resultados de ensaios laboratoriais.
Critérios de cálculo aos sismos de barragens de terra
Authors: Folque José 
Published: October 2022

Os métodos pseudo-estáticos têm sido ultimamente reputados incapazes para cálculos de dimensionamento de barragens de terra. porque algumas delas que sofreram importantes danos, e mesmo ruína. quando atingidas por um sismo. tinham sido calculadas por esse método. Todas as barragens que sofreram danos importantes tinham sido construídas, total ou parcialmente. com areia, ou eram fundadas em areia.
As barragens construidas com terrenos argilosos bem compactados mostraram grande resistência em relação a acções sísmicas, nenhuma tendo sofrido ruína. Contudo. para sismos intensos, algumas destas barragens sofreram acentuadas deformações. podendo nalguns casos ter ficado comprometido o funciona­ mento. especialmente por sensível diminuição da folga. Isto justifica que estas barragens sejam calculadas por métodos que incluem o cálculo de deformações. o que obviamente não pode ser efectuado utilizando métodos pseudo-estáticos.
Um cálculo de deformações que mostra. para uma larga gama de dimensões de barragens e para diversas intensidades de sismo de projecto, que as deformações são desprezáveis, pode ser comparado com um método pseudo-estático de forma a determinar que alterações. no sísmico, de ser introduzidas para poder usar este método pseudo-estático assim calibrado. corno método empírico de cálculo de barragens que se pode antecipar que terão deformações desprezáveis e segurança aceitável em relação ao colapso.
Estudo da resistência à compressão simples de granitos numa prensa rígida
Authors: Ferreira M. Quinta , Pinto A. Veiga 
Published: October 2022

Para se entenderem os mecanismos envolvidos no processo de rotura das rochas graníticas efectuaram-se ensaios de compressão simples numa prensa rígida servocontrolada, utilizando como variável independente a velocidade de deformação. Verificou-se que a textura, a fissuração e o grau de alteração condicionam o modo como as amostras se comportam quando sujeitas ao aumento de cargas uniaxiais. O processo de rotura foi analisado a partir da morfologia da curva tensão-deformação e do modo particular de fractura durante o ensaio. As amostras resistentes acumulam energia que tendem a libertar de um modo violento quando é atingida a tensão de rotura. As amostras mais alteradas acumulam menos energia, pois a partir de níveis de tensão baixos geram-se fracturas axiais que dissipam essa energia.
Estudo estatístico de areias parâmetros CU e MG
Authors: Ferreira H. Novais , Machado Jorge 
Published: October 2022

Utilizaram-se no estudo os resultados de ensaios de granulometria de 219 amostras provenientes de duas zonas diferentes da China, uma na margem de um grande rio (Zhong Shan) e outro de praia marítima próxima da foz (Zhu Hai).
Utilizaram-se dois parâmetros numéricos:
- Cu, coeficiente de uniformidade; MG, módulo granulométrico.

Foi possível separar as duas origens e mostrar a independência dos parâmetros Cu e MG, o que aconselha a usar ambos os parâmetros na definição de areias.
Zonamento do potencial de liquefacção. Tentativa de aplicação a Portugal
Authors: Jorge Celeste , Coelho António 
Published: October 2022

Este trabalho representa uma tentativa de zonamento do potencial de liquefacção do território português. Basicamente, o estudo consiste na identificação e delimitação das áreas que, além de possuírem as condições geológicas necessárias para o desenvolvimento do fenómeno de liquefacção, estão expostas a níveis de sismicidade suficientemente fortes para o desencadearem.
Por se verificar a necessidade de um estudo a diferentes escalas, mediante o pormenor exigido e/ou viável, efectuou-se a abordagem do fenómeno e do zonamento, propriamente dito, a três níveis: o nível de zonamento territorial (nível 1), o nível de zonamento regional (nível 2) e o nível de zonamento local (nível 3). Nos níveis I e 2, o zonamento foi obtido a partir da sobreposição de dois mapas de base: o mapa da susceptibilidade à liquefacção e o mapa da oportunidade de liquefacção.
Estudo do comportamento ao punçoamento estático de geotêxteis e geomembranas sob a acção de agentes de degradação
Authors: Lopes M. Lurdes , Monteiro A. Vieira 
Published: October 2022

Neste trabalho estudar-se-á o papel de quatro agentes de degradação no comportamento ao punçoamento estático de dois tipos de geossintéticos. Para tal, seleccionaram-se três geotêxteis não tecidos agulhados de filamento longo em polipropileno da mesma marca mas com massas por unidade de área diferentes (I 50g/m2, 235g/m2 e 400g/m2) e três geomembranas lisas em polietileno de alta densidade da mesma marca mas com espessuras diferentes (1mm, 1,5mm e 2mm). Os seis materiais foram submetidos por períodos de 5, 15 e 30 semanas à acção de quatro soluções: Jixiviado de um aterro de RSU e soluções ácida, alcalina e de cloreto de sódio. Para cada agente de degradação e para cada um dos materiais foi definida a resistência ao punçoamento estático no fim de cada período de exposição, tendo-se comparado os valores obtidos com os valores do mesmo parâmetro da amostra do material virgem. Neste trabalho descrever-se-ão os materiais utilizados e as metodologias de análise seguidas, analisar-se-ão os resultados obtidos e formular-se-ão as conclusões julgadas mais importantes face aos resultados obtidos.
Ausgleichssysteme im nachhaltigen Flächenmanagement. Potenziale und Herausforderungen am Beispiel der Region Rendsburg
Authors: Goede Paul 
Published: October 2022

Despite all efforts to date, the original 2020 targets for reducing land use have not been met. In growing urban regions, the most urgent challenge at present seems to be to moderate increasing conflicts over the use of land, a resource that is becoming increasingly scarce. For sustainable land management in times of surging interdependencies across municipal boundaries, inter-municipal cooperation is becoming increasingly important. However, competitive incentives make sustainable, cooperative settlement development more difficult. In this context, compensation systems that enable a systematic balance of interests and provide incentives for sustainable, land-saving settlement development, are currently being discussed. Ideally, they should resolve the contradictions between local interests and regional goals, if they are properly adapted to the respective region. This paper places compensation systems in the international debate and proposes a categorization for further analysis. Using the example of the Rendsburg region (Germany), success factors for compensation systems in land management are discussed.
Legendre wavelet residual approach for moving boundary problem with variable thermal physical properties
Authors: Jitendra  , Chaurasiya Vikas , Rai Kabindra Nath , Singh Jitendra 
Published: October 2022

Abstract
The main aim of the current article is to describe an uni-dimensional moving boundary problem with conduction and convection effect when thermal conductivity and specific heat varying linearly with temperature and time. The Mathematical model has nonlinearity due to presence of variable thermal conductivity and specific heat. A Legendre wavelet residual approach is introduced to get the solution of the problem with high accuracy. The surface heat flux is taken as an exponent function of time while latent heat is presented as an exponent function of position. Galerkin technique is used to obtain the numerical solution in case of constant physical properties while collocation technique is used for variable thermal physical properties. When it is considered that thermal physical properties are constant then obtained numerical solution was compared with exact solution and found in good acceptance. The effect of convection and variable thermal conductivity with time and temperature on the location of the moving layer thickness is analyzed. Further the effect of Peclet number and other physical parameters on the location of moving layer thickness are discussed in detail.
Xylooligosaccharides and aerobic training regulate metabolism and behavior in rats with streptozotocin-induced type 1 diabetes
Authors: Choneva Mariya , Shishmanova-Doseva Michaela , Dimov Ivica , Boyanov Krasimir , Dimitrov Iliyan , Vlaykova Tatyana , Georgieva Katerina , Hrischev Petar , Bivolarska Anelia 
Published: October 2022

Abstract
Type 1 diabetes mellitus is characterized with decreased microbial diversity. Gut microbiota is essential for the normal physiological functioning of many organs, especially the brain. Prebiotics are selectively fermentable oligosaccharides [xylooligosaccharides (XOS), galactooligosaccharides, etc.] that promote the growth and activity of gut microbes and influence the gut–brain axis. Aerobic exercise is a non-pharmacological approach for the control of diabetes and could improve cognitive functions. The potential beneficial effect of XOS and/or aerobic training on cognition, the lipid profile and oxidative stress markers of experimental rats were evaluated in this study. Male Wistar rats were randomly divided into three streptozotocin-induced diabetic groups and a control group. Some of the rats, either on a XOS treatment or a standard diet, underwent aerobic training. The results showed that the aerobic training independently lowered the total cholesterol levels compared to the sedentary diabetic rats (p = 0.032), while XOS lowers the malondialdehyde levels in the trained diabetic rats (p = 0.034). What is more the exercise, independently or in combination with XOS beneficially affected all parameters of the behavioral tests. We conclude that aerobic exercises alone or in a combination with the prebiotic XOS could ameliorate the dyslipidemia, oxidative stress, and cognitive abilities in experimental type 1 diabetic animals.
Ontology Generator
Authors: Pelman Alik 
Published: October 2022

Abstract
The paper proposes a simple method for constructing ontological theories—an ‘ontology generator’. It shows that such a generator manages to produce major existing ontological theories, e.g., Realism, Nominalism, Trope theory, Bundle theory, Perdurantism, Endurantism, Possibilism, Actualism and more. It thus turns out, surprisingly, that all these seemingly unrelated different ontological theories that were designed by thinkers hundreds of years apart, can all be generated using the same simple mechanism. Moreover, this same generator manages to produce entirely novel ontological theories, that fare no worse than existing ones in meeting the same common metaphysical challenges.
Pferdegestützte Psychotherapie – zwischen Mythologie, Praxis und Forschung
Authors: Heintz Birgit 
Published: October 2022

Zusammenfassung
Wenn Pferde als zusätzliches, lebendiges Medium in der ambulanten Psychotherapie eingesetzt werden, ist damit eine große Veränderung, d. h. Öffnung und Erweiterung des Settings verbunden. Das Einbeziehen von Pferden bzw. des Pferdes als lebendiges Subjekt ist eine psychotherapeutische Behandlungsvariante, nicht etwa eine neue Therapiemethode. Der Begriff des Mediums verweist auf die Rolle des Pferdes als Mittler, wobei die pferdegestützte Psychotherapie die Beibehaltung aller wesentlichen Grundsätze etablierter psychotherapeutischer (Richtlinien-)Verfahren impliziert und immer in die Behandlung in der Praxis integriert ist. Art und Weise, Dauer und Zeitpunkt des Einbeziehens der Pferde orientieren sich vor allem an den Themen und Inhalten der individuellen Psychotherapieprozesse.
Der Beitrag beleuchtet diese besondere Behandlungsvariante aus der Sicht einer Jung’schen Analytikerin in drei Teilen: Der Einführung über die mythologische Metapher des Chiron folgen Vignetten einer pferdegestützten Krisenintervention, in deren Zentrum die Auseinandersetzung mit einer transgenerationalen Konfliktthematik steht. Im letzten Teil werden einige grundsätzliche Wirkfaktoren pferdegestützter Psychotherapie beschrieben und aktuelle Forschungsansätze skizziert.
Detecting the Type of Attack in Healthcare Cloud Computing System Using Termite Deep Belief Neural Network (TDBNN) for Future Smart Cities
Authors: Balasubramaniam S. , Siva Sankar K. , Brindha Malar C. , Pallikonda Rajasekaran M. , Arunkumar N. , Thilagaraj M. 
Published: October 2022

Abstract
With the popularity of smart electronic devices, along with the development of clouds and cloudlet technology, there has been an increasing need to provide better medical care. The processing chain of medical data mainly includes data collection, data storage, data sharing, etc. The traditional healthcare system often requires the delivery of medical data to the cloud, which involves users’ sensitive information and causes communication energy consumption. Practically, medical data sharing is a critical and challenging issue. This issue motivates construction to maintain the security and privacy of healthcare data by applying the neural network approach. During this process, the system examines the various intermediate attacks; malwares for detecting the threats also eliminate the unauthorized access in the cloud storage-based healthcare system. In this paper, A termite colony optimization deep belief neural network (TDBNN) is proposed for the feature selection process with the combination of Levenberg-Marquardt for the back-propagation stage, which hence detects the list of attacks that occurred in the cloud and categorizes it. The proposed TDBNN is compared with two well-known, state-of-the-art methods, the recurrent neural network oppositional crow search algorithm and voting extreme learning machine, in terms of precision, sensitivity, specificity, f1-score, and kappa score. The proposed method achieves 99.03 % accuracy, 99.03 % precision, 99.03 % sensitivity, 99.76 % specificity, a 99.03 % f1-score, and a 98.79 % of kappa score.
Hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells integrate microbial signals to promote post‐inflammation gut tissue repair
Authors: Sezaki Maiko , Hayashi Yoshikazu , Nakato Gaku , Wang Yuxin , Nakata Sayuri , Biswas Subinoy , Morishima Tatsuya , Fakruddin Md , Moon Jieun , Ahn Soyeon , Kim Pilhan , Miyamoto Yuji , Baba Hideo , Fukuda Shinji , Takizawa Hitoshi 
Published: October 2022

AbstractBone marrow (BM)‐resident hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells (HSPCs) are often activated following bacterial insults to replenish the host hemato‐immune system, but how they integrate the associated tissue damage signals to initiate distal tissue repair is largely unknown. Here, we show that acute gut inflammation expands HSPCs in the BM and directs them to inflamed mesenteric lymph nodes through GM–CSFR activation for further expansion and potential differentiation into Ly6C+/G+ myeloid cells specialized in gut tissue repair. We identified this process to be mediated by Bacteroides, a commensal gram‐negative bacteria that activates innate immune signaling. These findings establish cross‐organ communication between the BM and distant inflamed sites, whereby a certain subset of multipotent progenitors is specified to respond to imminent hematopoietic demands and to alleviate inflammatory symptoms.