bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Designing Supportive e-Interventions for Partners of Men With Prostate Cancer Using Female Partners’ Experiences: Qualitative Exploration Study
Authors: Winter Natalie , Green Anna , Jongebloed Hannah , Ralph Nicholas , Chambers Suzanne , Livingston Patricia 
Published: February 2022

Background
Partners of men living with prostate cancer (PCa) can experience a variety of unmet needs that are largely unaddressed by health care professionals. There is limited evidence to suggest which approach may be most effective in supporting partners’ unmet needs and further research is required to determine how to provide support to caregivers and how technology solutions can be designed.

Objective
This study aims to explore the experience of partners of men living with PCa and their perceptions of the potential role of information technology in supporting their needs.

Methods
A qualitative descriptive methodology using focus groups and phone interviews was used. Purposive sampling was used to recruit people attending a national conference supported by a national PCa organization. Interview guides were adapted from an existing evidence-based smartphone app for caregivers of people with colorectal cancer. Sessions were audio recorded and transcribed verbatim. A coding framework was developed, and transcripts were coded line by line into the framework. Codes within the framework were grouped into descriptive categories that were then developed into analytical themes.

Results
A total of 17 female partners participated in the study, with an average age of 64 (SD 8.5) years. The following two main themes emerged: In the first theme, that is, How technology can be shaped to support female partners of prostate cancer survivors, the content and design of the smartphone app was discussed in addressing female partners’ needs. The following four subthemes were developed: getting support from social networks and resources, the lack of relevant information, demystifying future care expectations during and following a PCa diagnosis, and delivering the smartphone app—to whom and from whom. In the second theme, that is, The benefits and barriers of technology, the suitability of smartphone apps as a supportive modality for female partners was described. This included three subthemes: the smartphone app as an appropriate modality for supporting female partners, the future anticipated benefits of using the smartphone app, and concerns for storing and accessing information on the internet.

Conclusions
A smartphone app may be a suitable modality for providing information and peer support to female partners of men living with PCa. There is a need to provide peer support for female partners in future interventions to ensure that female partners’ intimacy and daily practical needs are met.
Using Virtual Reality to Induce and Assess Objective Correlates of Nicotine Craving: Paradigm Development Study
Authors: Liu Weichen , Andrade Gianna , Schulze Jurgen , Doran Neal , Courtney Kelly E 
Published: February 2022

Background
Craving is a clinically important phenotype for the development and maintenance of nicotine addiction. Virtual reality (VR) paradigms are successful in eliciting cue-induced subjective craving and may even elicit stronger craving than traditional picture-cue methods. However, few studies have leveraged the advances of this technology to improve the assessment of craving.

Objective
This report details the development of a novel, translatable VR paradigm designed to both elicit nicotine craving and assess multiple eye-related characteristics as potential objective correlates of craving.

Methods
A VR paradigm was developed, which includes three Active scenes with nicotine and tobacco product (NTP) cues present, and three Neutral scenes devoid of NTP cues. A pilot sample (N=31) of NTP users underwent the paradigm and completed subjective measures of nicotine craving, sense of presence in the VR paradigm, and VR-related sickness. Eye-gaze fixation time (“attentional bias”) and pupil diameter toward Active versus Neutral cues, as well as spontaneous blink rate during the Active and Neutral scenes, were recorded.

Results
The NTP Cue VR paradigm was found to elicit a moderate sense of presence (mean Igroup Presence Questionnaire score 60.05, SD 9.66) and low VR-related sickness (mean Virtual Reality Sickness Questionnaire score 16.25, SD 13.94). Scene-specific effects on attentional bias and pupil diameter were observed, with two of the three Active scenes eliciting greater NTP versus control cue attentional bias and pupil diameter (Cohen d=0.30-0.92). The spontaneous blink rate metrics did not differ across Active and Neutral scenes.

Conclusions
This report outlines the development of the NTP Cue VR paradigm. Our results support the potential of this paradigm as an effective laboratory-based cue-exposure task and provide early evidence of the utility of attentional bias and pupillometry, as measured during VR, as useful markers for nicotine addiction.
De la alfabetización a la literacidad crítica. Entrevista a Daniel Cassany.
Authors: Caballero Soledad 
Published: February 2022

La escritura ha sido su objeto de estudio durante mucho tiempo, pero hoy sus investigaciones se enfocan en la lectura. En particular, investiga lo que se denomina literacidad crítica y lo hace desde una postura teórica diferente a la que adoptara con anterioridad. En la Universidad Pompeu Fabra (Barcelona) trabaja junto a un equipo de personas que investigan temas tales como la lectura de la ideología, cómo se construye un no-lector, la especialidad odontología como género discursivo o las llamadas ‘prácticas vernáculas' entre los estudiantes universitarios.
“Invento, fantaseo, con un anclaje en la realidad”. Entrevista a Carlos Tanco
Authors: Giaimo Mariangela 
Published: February 2022

La imagen que tiene de sí mismo es la una persona con un calderín, tratando de pescar las palabras justas. Se considera uno más en toda la bolsa de lo que critica, y asegura que es muy aburrido y tímido. Sin embargo, Carlos Tanco hace reír: desde la radio, la prensa escrita, el tablado y, ahora también, desde la televisión.
Para una semiótica de la comunicación estratégica
Authors: Fabbri Paolo , Montanari Federico 
Published: February 2022

La semiótica propone un modelo de análisis para las situaciones de conflicto en tanto situaciones de comunicación estratégica. Dicho modelo permite analizar cómo las voluntades en conflicto se constituyen, se afirman, se esconden, se persiguen y luchan. Traducido por Mariangela Giaimo para dixit, con expresa autorización de los autores.
Managing Quantity or Quality? Students’ Voices for English Subject in the National Standardized Exam
Authors: FRIDIYANTO FRIDIYANTO , HIDAYAT MARZUL , KHAIRANI MIFTAHUL , YOSE IMELDA 
Published: February 2022

The issue of quality is always a significant one and it will continue to be one of the predominant points of debate in education. Through a qualitative method, this study aimed to explore the experiences and the meaning that senior high school students faced in the national standardized exam for English subject. The data were collected by demographic background questionnaire and in-depth interviews with fifteen participants. The demographic data were analyzed descriptively, while the interviews were analyzed by within-case and cross-case analyses. The results of the data analysis revealed several themes such as cheating as bad consequences in the national standardized exam, it is like a yearly educational festival and formality, sharpening students memories, spending much money and time for English extra classes, dishonesty: spreading the key answer illegally, teachers more focus on the national exam, it is like a symbol of government power. Recommendations for taking some actions regarding the effect of the national standardized exam are offered.
The Utilization of ICT as Pedagogical and Professional Competencies to Support the Professionalism of Chemistry Teachers
Authors: Dharma Wahyuni Rizka , Copriady Jimmi , Linda Roza 
Published: February 2022

This purpose of this study was to determine the influence of ICT utilization as pedagogical and professional competencies to support the professionalism of chemistry teachers. This study used a quantitative method through a survey approach with 157 chemistry teachers. The survey was conducted to obtain the data through questionnaires. The results indicated that the ICT utilization in the learning as pedagogical and profesional competencies significantly influenced toward the professionalism of chemistry teachers with the sig. 0,000<α = 0.05. Simultaneously, the use of ICT in the learning as a pedagogical competence and the ICT utilization in communicating and developing themselves as professional competencies had a significant effect on supporting the professionalism of high school chemistry teachers that was indicated by the analysis result of the F 0,000 test probability value. It was smaller than α = 0.05. The use of ICT needs to be improved by designing various efforts in the learning process i.e., conducting an education and ICT training to achieve the teacher skills in utilizing the ICT to support the teacher professionalism. The chemistry teachers should utilize the ICT in learning and follow an ICT training. The local government has to fix the facility and infrastructure as well as the evaluation and regulation of the ICT utilization in school to suppert the teacher professionalism.
Lifetime Cardiovascular Disease Risk by Coronary Artery Calcium Score in Individuals With and Without Diabetes: An Analysis From the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis
Authors: Ferket Bart S. , Hunink M.G. Myriam , Masharani Umesh , Max Wendy , Yeboah Joseph , Burke Gregory L. , Fleischmann Kirsten E. 
Published: February 2022

OBJECTIVE
To assess lifetime cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk by coronary artery calcium (CAC) score in individuals with diabetes from the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA) and compare risk with that in individuals without diabetes.

RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS
We developed a microsimulation model with well, diabetes, post-CVD, and death health states using multivariable time-dependent Cox regression with age as time scale. We initially used 10-year follow-up data of 6,769 MESA participants, including coronary heart disease (CHD) (n = 272), heart failure (n = 201), stroke (n = 186), and competing death (n = 619) and assessed predictive validity at 15 years. We externally validated the model in matched National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) participants. Subsequently, we predicted CVD risk until age 100 years by diabetes, 10-year pooled cohort equations risk, and CAC score category (0, 1–100, or 100+).

RESULTS
The model showed good calibration and discriminative performance at 15 years, with discrimination indices 0.71–0.78 across outcomes. In the NHANES cohort, predicted 15-year mortality risk corresponded well with Kaplan-Meier risk, especially for those with diabetes: 29.6% (95% CI 24.9–34.8) vs. 32.4% (95% CI 27.2–37.2), respectively. Diabetes increased lifetime CVD risk, similar to shifting one CAC category upward (from 0 to 1–100 or from 1–100 to 100+). Patients with diabetes and CAC score of 0 had a lifetime CVD risk that overlapped with that of individuals without diabetes who were at low 10-year pooled cohort equations risk (&lt;7.5%).

CONCLUSIONS
Patients with diabetes carry a spectrum of CVD risk. CAC scoring may improve decisions for preventive interventions for patients with diabetes by better delineating lifetime CVD risk.
Increased Risk of Incident Diabetes Among Individuals With Latent Tuberculosis Infection
Authors: Magee Matthew J. , Khakharia Anjali , Gandhi Neel R. , Day Cheryl L. , Kornfeld Hardy , Rhee Mary K. , Phillips Lawrence S. 
Published: February 2022

OBJECTIVE
In cross-sectional U.S. studies, patients with diabetes had twice the prevalence of latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) compared with those without diabetes. However, whether LTBI contributes to diabetes risk is unknown. We used longitudinal data to determine if LTBI is associated with increased diabetes incidence.

RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS
We conducted a retrospective cohort study among U.S. Veterans receiving care in the Veterans Health Administration from 2000 to 2015. Eligibility included all patients without preexisting diabetes who received a tuberculin skin test (TST) or interferon-γ release assay (IGRA). We excluded patients with a history of active TB and those diagnosed with diabetes before or within 2 years after LTBI testing. Patients were followed until diabetes diagnosis, death, or 2015. LTBI was defined as TST or IGRA positive. Incident diabetes was defined by use of ICD-9 codes in combination with a diabetes drug prescription.

RESULTS
Among 574,113 eligible patients, 5.3% received both TST/IGRA, 79.1% received TST only, and 15.6% received IGRA only. Overall, 6.6% had LTBI, and there were 2,535,149 person-years (PY) of follow-up after LTBI testing (median 3.2 years). The diabetes incidence rate (per 100,000 PY) was greater in patients with LTBI compared with those without (1,012 vs. 744; hazard ratio [HR] 1.4 [95% CI 1.3–1.4]). Increased diabetes incidence persisted after adjustment for covariates (adjusted HR [aHR] 1.2 [95% CI 1.2–1.3]) compared with those without LTBI. Among patients with LTBI, diabetes incidence was similar in those treated for LTBI compared with those who were not treated (aHR 1.0 [95% CI 0.9–1.1]).

CONCLUSIONS
Comprehensive longitudinal data indicate that LTBI is associated with increased diabetes incidence. These results have implications for people with LTBI, ∼25% of the global population.
Fatores associados a infecções puerperais na maternidade de um hospital escola do interior de São Paulo
Authors: Almeida Janie Maria de , Demizu Nathalia Tamie Lima , Oliveira Mariana Rivero 
Published: February 2022

Objetivos: A pesquisa teve como objetivo identificar os fatores associados à infecção puerperal em puérperas de janeiro de 2017 a janeiro de 2019; relacionar a infecção puerperal com as variáveis sociodemográficas e clínicas; relacionar via de parto com a infecção puerperal. Métodos: O local do estudo foi uma maternidade do interior do estado de São Paulo. É um estudo exploratório, quantitativo e retrospectivo, no qual foi utilizado o teste de χ2 o ao nível de significância de 5%. A coleta de dados aconteceu de forma exclusiva em prontuários, após a aprovação pelo Comitê de Ética e Pesquisa, por meio do parecer nº 3.144.647. Resultados: O grupo de puérperas estudado (N = 20) caracteriza-se por adultas jovens, em união estável, com ensino médio completo, do lar e dependentes do Sistema Único de Saúde. As variáveis que apresentaram dependência foram a relação entre classificação de ferida operatória e escolaridade (p = 0,035); a classificação de sinais e sintomas e o estado civil; e a classificação do plano terapêutico e a reabordagem da ferida operatória (p = 0,067). Foram evidenciados, como antecedentes clínicos predominantes, o tabagismo, a asma e a hipertensão arterial sistêmica. Quanto às condições de parto, este foi marcado por tentativa de indução, toques vaginais frequentes e desfecho de cesariana. Conclusão: Foi constatada a relação entre parto cesáreo e infecção puerperal, ressaltando o procedimento invasivo e maior incidência de casos de sepse puerperal após cesariana.
DEVELOPING INTERACTIVE WRITING WORKSHEET DESCRIPTIVE TEXT TO PROMOTE HIGHER ORDER THINKING SKILL FOR EIGHT GRADE STUDENT AT MADRASAH TSANAWIYAH NEGERI 2 MEDAN
Authors: Putri Firsty Azirila , Husein Rahmad , Lubis Safrida 
Published: February 2022

Putri, Firsty Azirila. Registration Number: 2153121012. Developing Interactive Writing Worksheet to Promote Higher Order Thinking Skill for Eight Grade Student at Madrasah Tsanawiyah Negeri 2 Medan. English Education Program, Universitas Negeri Medan, 2020. The aimed of this study was to develop students’ interactive writing worksheet descriptive text to promote higher order thinking skill. This study was conducted by using Research and Development (R&D) through six stages: gathering information and data, analyzing data, designing materials, validating by experts, revising, and final product. The subject of the study was grade VIII at Madrasah Tsanawiyah Negeri 2 Medan. The instruments of the data collection were gathered by interview the teacher and giving the questionnaire. The study conducted interview to English teacher and giving the questionnaire to 35 respondents to get the students’ needs. The interview and questionnaire result proved that the students’ need English learning media which can motivate the students to understand about interactive writing worksheet descriptive text. The product had been validated by the experts namely English teacher and English lecturer. The product result was Interactive Writing Worksheet which had been modified to promote Higher Order Thinking Skill. The result of the experts’ validation showed that the media was appropriate to be used on the interactive writing worksheet by getting the average score is 4.5 categorized excellent.
Validity and Reliability of the Postgraduate Self-Determined Learning Questionnaire (PSLQ)
Authors: Ng Lee Yen Abdullah Melissa , Omar Ahmad Fairuz , Ai Ping Teoh , Chia Chun Tiew 
Published: February 2022

Abstract: Postgraduate students have to play active roles in self-determined learning, as major agent in their own learning and research activities. There is a lack of validated research instruments to measure self-determined learning among postgraduate students. The Postgraduate Self-Determined Learning Questionnaire (PSLQ) was specifically developed to fill in the gaps. This study aims to examine the validity and reliability of the PSLQ through exploratory factor analysis (EFA). The original version of PSLQ has 59 items and it was administered to a sample of 201 postgraduate students from a research-intensive university in Malaysia. The results of EFA revealed that PSLQ measures four distinct factors; learner-centered learning, interactive non-linear learning, double-loop reflection, and capacity development, which accounted for 54.22% of the variance in self-determined learning. The total number of items in PSLQ has been reduced to 42, after 17 items were removed. The instrument demonstrated excellent internal consistency, with a Cronbach’s alpha value of a=.959. The findings suggest that PSLQ is a valid and reliable instrument that can be used to measure self-determined learning among postgraduate students. Implications of the research findings are discussed in this paper.

Keywords: Heutagogy, Postgraduates, Reliability, Self-determined learning, Validity
Trends and Challenges: Chinese Students Studying at South Korean Universities
Authors: Andrea Rakushin Lee , Hak-Soo Yoo 
Published: February 2022

Abstract: South Korea is a popular destination for Chinese students studying overseas. Prior to the pandemic, Chinese students comprised the largest percentage of foreign students in South Korea. This paper provides insights into major trends germane to Chinese students studying in South Korea. In addition, it explores challenges that Chinese students encounter while studying in South Korean universities, which include socialization problems, Korean and English language barriers, academic difficulties, and discrimination and prejudice. It also examines historical and political issues that have an impact on Chinese people living in South Korea. Strategies for improving successful integration are discussed. These include having effective academic and social support systems, promoting intercultural communicative competence, advanced preparation before leaving China, mutual adjustment activities that enhance understanding and awareness between different cultural groups, reflective practice and quality improvement, and exposure to diverse viewpoints. Finally, practical implications, which could improve the overall adaptation of Chinese students in South Korean universities are discussed.
Keywords: Chinese students, South Korean universities, intercultural communication, adaptation, cross-cultural communication
Inventive Problem-Solving in Project-Based Learning on Design and Technology: A Needs Analysis for Module Development
Authors: Tze Kiong Tee , Mohd.Rusly Noor Syuhaili , Abd Hamid Ruhiana Idayu , Charanjit Kaur Swaran Singh , Hanapi Zaliza 
Published: February 2022

Abstract: Education in Malaysia is transforming to increase students’ ability and meet the needs of the industry. In Design and Technology subject, students apply the technology to develop a product capable of solving problems through a project-based learning approach. Therefore, this study aims to (a) identify problems in the implementation of design project and (b) identify the needs for module development. An online survey was conducted on 140 Design and Technology subject teachers in Batu Pahat district, Johor. Findings showed that the overall level of problem in the implementation of project-based learning was high and there was no significant difference in perception of problems in implementing project-based learning by gender, but a significant difference of perception by teaching experience. In terms of module content, the overall findings showed that the content requirement in the module was high. Gender and teaching experience showed no significant difference in perception of module content requirement. Finally, the findings showed that the suggested module design features are using Arial font and multi-colour, content in point form, A4 size, and contain graphical content. Therefore, it is proposed that this module should be developed due to its high requirements and should meet the needs of users, so that the goals of project implementation can be achieved.

Keywords: Design and technology, inventive problem solving, modules, project-based learning
Reliability and Validity of Instrument on Academic Enhancement Support for Student-Athlete Using Rasch Measurement Model
Authors: Rozali Mohd Zulfadli , Puteh Saifullizam , Nur Yunus Faizal Amin , Hamdan Nor Hidayah , Mohd Latif Fitri 
Published: February 2022

Abstract: The purpose of this article is to develop and validate an instrument on Academic Enhancement Support for Malaysian student-athletes. The instrument development process began earlier in previous research's stages. Thirty-five questionnaires were distributed to Malaysia Public University student-athletes who competed at the university and state levels. It took a week to collect data, with a 100% return rate and one damaged questionnaire removed. Winstep version 3.69.1.11 was used to conduct three analyses: item-person reliability and separation index, statistical fit, and standardised residual correlation for item dependent. Cronbach's alpha of 0.96 indicates high reliability, with all items displaying a positive value for item polarity. Thirty items were identified as being misfit, five of which were removed and fifteen of which were revised. In the final analysis, ten pairs of items were dictated to be redundant, and ten items were eliminated following selection. In total, 15 items were removed from the instrument, leaving 82 items in the validated version. In conclusion, the instrument developed is a valid instrument capable of validating the student-perception athlete's of the support necessary for academic advancement during actual study.

Keywords: Academic Enhancement, Student Support, Rasch Measurement Model, Student-athlete