bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Hand hygiene practices among healthcare workers – An audit conducted in a tertiary care hospital in the central province of Sri Lanka
Authors: Jayasinghe I. K. , Perera U. A. W. L. , Manilgama S. R. , Hettiarachchi N. M. , Abeywickrama U. K. , Dayaratna U. H. J. P. , Premaratne B. G. , Amarasinghe W. G. M. D. , Kularatne W. L. R. , Rotuwegama R. S. H. T. 
Published: August 2022

Background: Proper hand hygiene (HH) is of utmost importance in reducing the prevalence of healthcare associated infections. The World Health Organisation (WHO) HH strategy has been shown to be the most effective approach leading to practice improvements. An audit was conducted to assess the adherence to HH recommendations amongst the healthcare workers (HCW) at a medical unit in National Hospital Kandy (NHK) in July 2021. Methods: Audit standards were set to WHO five-moments HH. Four medical personnel were trained using WHO HH audit tool and asked to discreetly observe up to four HCW to assess HH over 20-minute sessions. HH compliance in total (TC), each moment and each HCW category were calculated in percentages and compared. HH compliance of 100% is the gold standard. Results: Total of 1134 opportunities were observed. TC was 49%. Moments specific compliance were, before touching a patient (moment1): 51%, before an aseptic procedure (moment2): 67.4%, after body fluid exposure risk (moment 3): 65.2%, after touching a patient (moment 4): 69.2% and after touching patient’s surrounding (moment 5): 26.7%. HCW specific compliance of doctors, nurses, healthcare assistants (HCA), medical students, allied healthcare workers (AHC), and nursing students were 54%, 49.6%, 44.8%, 4.7%, 37.1% and 11.7% respectively. Doctors were significantly more likely to be compliant overall (in all moments), and specifically in moment 4 and moment 5 HH. Conclusions and recommendations: Overall HH compliance among HCW was inadequate at the observed study setting. Doctors demonstrated a better HH compliance than other healthcare categories. HH compliance was better in moment 4 and moment 2 than other moments. After reinforcement of HH practices, a re-audit is recommended to assess the improvement.
Comparative Analysis of Entrepreneurial Characteristics of Large, Medium, Small and Micro Scale Businesses in Sri Lanka
Authors: Perera G. A. T. R. 
Published: August 2022

There are many studies carried out in many countries about entrepreneurial characteristics over a long period of time. However, there is no consensus among the scholars on a common set of characteristics of successful entrepreneurs in the world. Therefore, in this study it is expected to explore common characteristics that may affect entrepreneurial success. In this study, thirty-one characteristics were taken from literature and they were investigated through 121 entrepreneurs who are into micro, small, medium and large-scale businesses in Sri Lanka. In the hundred and twenty-one sample the entrepreneurs are from micro, small, medium and large. Almost all seminal articles related to entrepreneurial characteristics and traits were taken into consideration in doing the literature survey. The questionnaire of this research has been developed by taking pretested questionnaires on the same phenomenon and a few questions were developed by the researcher. Some modifications were done to the questions in the questionnaire before administering it to the Sri Lankan context. There was more than one question asked in the questionnaire to test one variable. A reliability test had been carried out to see the internal consistency among them and Cronbach's Alpha value was calculated for each variable separately. At the end of the research, it is expected to have two outcomes. They are: first, to see the common list of characteristics which are needed for entrepreneurs to be successful and second; to see the characteristics which are important for micro, small, medium and large-scale businesses to be successful. In deriving the previously mentioned outcomes two types of analytical tools were used. They are: first, to see the common list of characteristics which are needed for entrepreneurs to be successful, One-Way ANOVA technique has been used and second; to see the characteristics which are important for micro, small, medium and large-scale businesses to be successful, descriptive statistics (mean values) were used. Finally, it was found that there are many characteristics which affect the success of entrepreneurs out of the thirty-one characteristics taken for investigation and also different characteristics affect micro, small, medium and large-scale entrepreneurs to be successful.
Demand-Driven Factors of Inflation in Sri Lanka: An ARDL Approach
Authors: De Alwis Tyrone , Dewasiri N. J. 
Published: August 2022

Inflation in Sri Lanka has been one of the country’s major macroeconomic issues, especially since 1977. Inflation in Sri Lanka has been caused due to various factors. The present study analyses the demand-driven factors of inflation in Sri Lanka. The time-series data is used to identify such factors, applying the ARDL technique to determine the long-run and short-run relationships during the 1977-2019 sampling period. X. The demand-driven long-run factors were real GDP, fiscal deficit, 91-days treasury bills rate, and broad money supply. On the other hand, short-run factors were real GDP, imports, budgetary deficit, broad money supply, wages of the private sector and wages of the government sector. The findings suggest that both long-run and short-run determinants impact inflation in Sri Lanka. As such, real GDP, fiscal deficit, Treasury bill rate, and broad money supply explain the inflation in Sri Lanka in the long run. Real GDP has a significant impact on inflation in the long run than the treasury bills rate. In addition, wages of the private sector and wages of the government sector also significantly impact inflation in Sri Lanka. The findings would be helpful for policymakers in their efforts to control the country’s inflation by maintaining the price stability in Sri Lanka sustainably.
Impacted Toothbrush in the Oropharynx: A Case Report
Authors: OSEGHALE Eustace Eromosele , OKOEGUALE Emmanuel 
Published: August 2022

Background
Foreign body impaction in the throat is a common presentation in the Ear, Nose and Throat emergency room and may be associated with dare consequences.
Case Report
A nineteen-month-old female was rushed to the Accident and Emergency Unit, University of Benin Teaching Hospital (UBTH), Benin City with a history of foreign body in the throat of three hours duration. Examination revealed a broken toothbrush impacted the posterior oropharyngeal wall.
She had impacted foreign body removed under local anaesthesia.
Conclusion
Foreign bodies in the throat can be fatal if not promptly managed. Impacted toothbrush in the throat could be life-threatening due to respiratory embarrassment. Therefore, a good toothbrush should be used, caution should be taken while brushing and toddlers should have their teeth brushed by adults.
Сountering СOVID-19 as a tool for Hybrid Influence of Russia and China on Regional Subsystems of International Relations: European and Asian Dimensions
Authors: Shevchuk Oleksandr , Tykhonenko Iryna 
Published: August 2022

In the XXI century the system of international relations has undergone transformations, including non-traditional determinants. This research drew attention to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on modernization of the policies of great powers, which began to use pandemic countermeasures as a tool of their influence on future post-COVID international order. The authors analyze the peculiarities of using “hard power” (economic pressure) and “soft power” (economic aid, cultural interaction), and sometimes a combination of these tools on the example of Russia and China in order to lobby their own position under the pandemic of COVID-19 in the relevant geopolitically close regions – Europe and Southeast Asia. This research analyses all above mentioned peculiarities based on chronological period – at the beginning of pandemic situation in 2020.
It was found that Russia most actively used the effects of the beginning of global pandemic on the European direction of foreign policy, under the impact of energy factor and the formation of the image of “peacemaker” and the role of “messiah” in the region. In the study, Italy is an example of the use of hybrid influence from Russia, the spread of fakes and the presentation of the “weakness” of the EU at the beginning of the pandemic in a rapid political response to the threat. Southeast Asia became the region of Chinese foreign policy in counteracting COVID-19, where China’s “mask diplomacy” acts as a countermeasure to overcome conflict in the South China Sea, form a system of “subordination” and realization the idea of “community of common destiny”.
The findings reveal that Russia and China can be characterized as states that have political regimes with special tools and mechanisms for policy implementation. Beijing and Moscow not only aim to strengthen their influence in neighboring regions, but also to oppose the United States. Analyzing political actions and mechanism that Russia and China used at the beginning of pandemic, the authors confirmed that both countries aim to use “vaccine diplomacy” as an effective tool for influencing the coronavirus international order.
Soviet Ukrainian Germanistics in Personal Dimension: Memoirs of Professor Yuri Mytsyk about Anatolii Zavialov
Authors: Venher A. 
Published: August 2022

The publication presents the memoirs of professor, Father Yuri Mytsyk about Soviet Ukrainian germanist Anatolii Zavialov. Yuri Mytsyk worked with Anatolii Zavialov at the same department from 1974 till 1989, and from 1975 carried out the duties of his deputy.
Zavialov’s academic life and his teaching career in 1960s-2000s was connected to Dnipropetrovsk university. At that time Zavialov actively studied the contemporary history of the German Democratic Republic, he was the author of many articles, including texts in prominent scientific journals, tutorials and published two monographs. He was one of the few Soviet germanists, who had business trips not only to the German Democratic Republic, but also behind the “Iron Curtain”. Zavialov also had the experience of teaching in the universities abroad. As the head of the department of world history, Zavialov made efforts to form a research direction in historical German studies at the university. The majority of dissertations, defended under his scientific supervision, were devoted to German history of the XXth century. Some of his graduate students-germanists continued their career at the department, and it became possible to create a strong center of German studies and turn the department of world history into a center of historical germanistics. To provide the opportunities to publish research in German history, in 1973 the scientific edition “The Questions of German History” was founded at the department of world history of Dnipropetrovsk national university, later it received the status of inter-university scientific edition. Articles here were published by historians-germanists from Soviet Union and the German Democratic Republic. After the fall of the Berlin Wall and the reunification of Germany, the study of the history of the German Democratic Republic went bankrupt and Zavialov turned to the history of German diaspora in Ukraine. He focused on political history of the German colonies at the beginning of the XXth century and the questions of the history of colonization in civilizational dimension. The last years of the historian`s life were over shadowed by a sharp deterioration of health and decline in scientific activity.
Konsep Diri Mahasiswa dalam Menentukan Pasangan Hidup
Authors: Abdillah Syari’ Mustofa , Widyarto  Wikan Galuh 
Published: August 2022

This study aims to determine how students' self-concept in determining life partners and how students determine life partners. This study uses a phenomenological type of qualitative approach. Data collection techniques using interviews, observation, and life history. The subjects were 4 students of Islamic counseling guidance class 2018 State Islamic University of Sayyid Ali Rahmatullah Tulungagung who were selected using snowball sampling with the criteria of having been in a relationship for one year or more. Data analysis used the Miles & Hubberman method, namely data reduction, data presentation and conclusion drawing. From this study, it was found that Islamic counseling guidance students class 2018 State Islamic University Sayyid Ali Rahmatullah Tulungagung were able to understand themselves and were able to determine partners according to their needs for their understanding. students interpret themselves; 1) unstable emotions. 2) lack of confidence with the physical. 3) religious observance is still lacking. 4) hope for marriage. 5) have closeness with family. 6) good social environment. From this self-understanding, students can determine which partner; 1) more patient, more mature, more understanding and open. 2) neatness in appearance. 3) equal understanding of religion. 4) invite to marriage. 5) family acceptance 6) come from the same environment.
Keywords: Self Consept, Student, Life Partner
Kepedulian Orang Tua terhadap Kegiatan Belajar Anaknya di Desa Segati Kecamatan Langgam Kabupaten Pelalawan
Authors: Fitria Feni , Achmad Said Suhil , Jais Muhammad 
Published: August 2022

The purpose of this study was to find out how parents care about their children's educational activities in Segati Village, Langgam District, Pelalawan Regency. The type of research used in this study is qualitative descriptive research. The qualities have been proven to examine various problems in the field and find a context that is more suitable for the conditions in which this study was conducted. The results of this study are that there are 6 indicators of parents' concern for their children's learning activities, namely attention, love, affection, help, interference and behavior. Then the following conclusion can be drawn: It can be seen from the fact that parents are very concerned about their children's learning activities. Parents pay attention to their children such as delivering children to school, paying attention to their learning needs such as school clothes, shoes, school bags and providing children's learning facilities in the form of stationery with the aim of making children more pinned.
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Pengaruh Pandemi Covid-19 Terhadap Tingkat Perceraian di Kota Bogor:
Authors: Mamora Muda , Sutisna Sutisna 
Published: August 2022

This study examines the "Effect of the Covid-19 Pandemic on the Divorce Rate in Bogor City (Case Study in the Bogor Religious Court Class 1A". The purpose of this study was to determine the divorce rate in Bogor City during the COVID-19 pandemic and to find out how much influence the COVID-19 pandemic in Bogor City had on the divorce rate. In this study, a quantitative research approach was used, called quantitative because the research data was in the form of analytical figures using statistics, and the research method in this study used a simple linear regression method. The population that the authors took samples in this study were the people of Bogor City. The sampling technique in this study was determined by the author with a probability sampling technique, and the number of samples was 5%, which was as many as 100 people. Data collection techniques using questionnaires (questionnaires) as many as 30 items of statements, observations, documentation, and interview. Then the data that have been obtained, analyzed by the author using the correlation technique in SPSS 25. The results showed that there was a strong influence between the influence of the Covid-19 pandemic on the divorce rate in Bogor City, this was obtained from the rxy result of 0.639 which when viewed from the guideline table for the interpretation of the correlation value of the research variables, 0.639 lies in the coefficient 0.60 – 0.799, and the level of this coefficient is included in the level of strong influence.
Keywords: society, covid-19 pandemic, divorce.
Primer reporte en Perú sobre terapia con antivirales de acción directa para hepatitis C crónica en pacientes VIH-positivos
Authors: Collins Jaime A. , Chamorro Chirinos Elena Rocio , Loyola Salvatierra Fiorella Vanessa , De SIDA Grupo de estudio 
Published: August 2022

Objetivo: Presentar la experiencia clínica con antivirales de acción directa (AAD) para hepatitis C crónica en pacientes VIHpositivos. Materiales y métodos: Serie de casos longitudinal y prospectiva de pacientes VIH-positivos tratados con AAD para hepatitis C crónica entre mayo de 2019 y abril de 2020 en el Servicio de Infectología del Hospital Nacional Guillermo Almenara Irigoyen, EsSalud. El desenlace primario fue la respuesta viral sostenida del virus de hepatitis C (VHC) a las 12 semanas de completada la terapia con AAD. Los desenlaces secundarios fueron tolerabilidad y seguridad. Resultados: Diez pacientes fueron incluidos en el estudio, dos fueron mujeres (20%). Dos pacientes presentaron cirrosis (20%). La totalidad de los pacientes tuvo la carga viral del VIH suprimida antes de la terapia con AAD. Los pacientes recibieron un esquema de 12 semanas con base en sofosbuvir: uno con daclatasvir por separado, y los nueve restantes con velpatasvir combinados en una sola tableta por día. La respuesta viral sostenida del VHC fue evaluable en nueve casos. En estos, la carga viral del VHC fue no detectable. No se registraron ocurrencias en cuanto a tolerabilidad y seguridad durante la terapia con los AAD indicados. Conclusiones: La presente investigación es la primera experiencia clínica en Perú con AAD para hepatitis C crónica en pacientes VIH-positivos. La respuesta virológica, la tolerabilidad y la seguridad frente a daclatasvir y velpatasvir, cada uno junto o combinado con sofosbuvir, fueron óptimas en la serie de casos presentada.
Faktor Yang Mempengaruhi E-Trust Serta Dampaknya Pada Repurchase Intention
Authors: Tataningtyas Luluk , Tjahjaningsih Endang 
Published: August 2022

Adanya internet menciptakan sebuah paradigma baru dalam komunikasi word of mouth, fenomena e-wom dianggap sebagai evolusi dari komunikasi tradisional interpersonal menuju generasi baru. Dalam penelitian yang dilakukan oleh Meybiani et al., (2019) memberikan hasil bahwa Variabel e-wom tidak berpengaruh signifikan terhadap minat beli konsumen, sedangkan Lita & Auliya (2019) memberikan hasil bahwa review online tidak berpengaruh signifikan terhadap niat pembelian ulang, kepercayaan pada web berpengaruh signifikan terhadap niat pembelian ulang, keamanan bertransaksi online berpengaruh signifikan terhadap niat pembelian ulang, privasi berpengaruh signifikan terhadap niat pembelian ulang. Sedangkan dalam penelitian yang dilakukan oleh Sari (2021) menjelaskan bahwa E-wom berpengaruh signifikan positif terhadap repurchase intention. Tujuan dari penelitian ini adalah untuk menganalisa dan menjelaskan pengaruh online shopping experience dan pengaruh e-wom terhadap repurchase intention melalui e-trust.
Penelitian ini menggunakan tipe penelitian explanatory research, yakni berusaha menjelaskan hubungan antar variabel-variabel yang terdapat dalam penelitian. Variabel dalam penelitian adalah online shopping experiences, E-Wom, e-trust dan repurchase intention. Sampel minimal yang digunakan adalah 89 responden, oleh peneliti akan diambil sampel sebanyak 100 responden. Nilai adjusted R² sebesar 0,295 artinya besarnya pengaruh variabel online shopping experiences (X1) dan variabel e-wom (X2) dapat menjelaskan variasi perubahan pada variabel e-trust (Y1) sebesar 29,5%, Nilai adjusted R² sebesar 0,369 artinya besarnya pengaruh variabel online shopping experiences (X1), variabel e-wom (X2) dan e-trust (Y1) terhadap repurchase intention (Y2) sebesar 36,9%
Desain DESAIN USER INTERFACE PADA TOKO ONLINE HELM INDONESIA BERBASIS WEB
Authors: Khristianto Teguh , Nugroho Isworo , Diartono Dwi Agus , R.Soelistijadi R.Soelistijadi 
Published: August 2022

The growth rate of internet users in recent years has increased very rapidly and is growing rapidly. This triggers the creation of a new business model in the form of a marketplace that is used to buy and sell goods. This study aims to load an online store that is simple and lightweight but can meet the needs of sellers who use this website.
Application development uses methods while the prototype in modeling the application uses use case diagrams, class diagrams, activity diagrams, and sequence diagrams. The research is expected to produce a web-based marketplace application that facilitates the transaction process of consignment providers and consumers at the Indonesian Helmet Shop.
Furthermore, the design of this messaging service application prototype still needs to be developed in terms of user interface and user experience so that consumers can be more comfortable in transacting.
EFEKTIFITAS INFOGRAFIS DALAM MEDIA PROMOSI UMKM
Authors: Andik Prakasa Hadi  , Nugroho Setiyo Adi , Rudjiono Rudjiono , Sugiarto Sugiarto 
Published: August 2022

Taman Makam Abu Ambarawa is a cemetery managed by the Gotong Royong Social Foundation, has been using infographics in promotional media in the form of brochures, catalogs and business cards since 2017. This study was conducted to determine the effectiveness of using infographics in promotional media.
The EPIC model is used as a method to determine the effectiveness of infographics in the promotional media that have been used, using the indicators of Empathy, Persuasion, Impact and Communication. Respondents in this study were people who had used the services of Taman Makam Abu Ambarawa.
The results of this study indicate that the use of infographics in promotional media is very effective, with an EPIC index score of 3.38 indicating that the decision scale is very effective. While the tabulation of the EPIC and EPIC Rate dimensions indicated that the four dimensions of the EPIC model (empathy, persuasion, impact and communication) had a value greater than the minimum value of Very Effective of 3.25.
This research can be used by stakeholder are related to cooperatives and UMKM, regarding the perspective of the use of infographics in promotional media that has proven to be effective, through the use of infographics to display products or services in promotional media for the cooperative development and UMKM.