cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Maternal Medication Use and Risk of Hypospadias- An Exposure Spectrum Approach
Creators: name: Lind, Jennifer
Publisher: name: Georgia State University
Year: 2012

description: Purpose To investigate associations between maternal use of selected medications during early pregnancy and the risk of hypospadias in male infants.
Methods We used data from the National Birth Defects Prevention Study, a multi-site, population-based, case-control study. We analyzed data from 1,537 case infants with second or third degree isolated hypospadias and 4,314 male control infants born from 1997-2007. Exposure was based on reported use of any prescription or over-the-counter medication or herbal product, for which there were at least 5 exposed cases, from 1 month before to 4 months after conception, excluding topicals, vitamins, minerals, and products for which the components were unknown. Adjusted odds ratios (aORs) and 95% confidence intervals (CI) were estimated using multivariable logistic regression, adjusting for several confounders.
Results Of the 195 medication components with at least 5 exposed cases, 89 components met the inclusion criteria and were assessed-28 herbal and 61 non-herbal components. Hypospadias was associated with reported use of cephalexin (aOR 3.06; 95% CI 1.02, 9.18), phenylpropanolamine HCl (aOR 2.68; 95% CI 1.06, 6.80), and ibuprofen (aOR 1.16; 95% CI 1.00, 1.34), in primary analyses.
Conclusions We replicated a previously observed association between maternal exposure to phenylpropanolamine HCl and hypospadias. The associations with cephalexin and ibuprofen have not previously been reported. Given the exploratory nature of the analyses, these results should be considered hypothesis-generating. Better understanding of the potential fetal effects will allow clinicians and women of childbearing age to make more informed decisions regarding the use of medications during pregnancy.
Learning Counterfactually Invariant Predictors.
Creators: name: Quinzan, Francesco
name: Casolo, Cecilia
name: Muandet, Krikamol
name: Luo, Yucen
name: Kilbertus, Niki
Publisher: name: CISPA
Year: 2024

description: Notions of counterfactual invariance (CI) have proven essential for predictors that are fair, robust, and generalizable in the real world. We propose graphical criteria that yield a sufficient condition for a predictor to be counterfactually invariant in terms of a conditional independence in the observational distribution. In order to learn such predictors, we propose a model-agnostic framework, called Counterfactually Invariant Prediction (CIP), building on the Hilbert-Schmidt Conditional Independence Criterion (HSCIC), a kernel-based conditional dependence measure. Our experimental results demonstrate the effectiveness of CIP in enforcing counterfactual invariance across various simulated and real-world datasets including scalar and multi-variate settings.
Empowerment Through Community Based Monitoring
Creators: name: Madhany, Nurez
Publisher: name: Georgia State University
Year: 2012

description: Community Based monitoring (CBM): How facilitators can help Dalit and Adivassi communities in rural villages to participate in government programs to improve their health, educate their children, receive social security benefits and pensions, access rural work programs, enroll in pre and post natal care programs, and buy from government sponsored discount shops for basic necessities.
In many parts of rural India the Dalit (lower caste) and Adivassi (tribal) populations are unjustly discriminated against and denied access to many government sponsored programs that could greatly improve their lives.  Unnati is a NGO based in Gujarat with a location in Rajasthan.  From the Rajasthan office, Unnati and partner organizations worked through facilitators to help citizens in 50 different villages form citizen collectives.  These collectives were trained in basic community based monitoring techniques.  Through CBM (Community Based Monitoring), these citizens with help from their facilitators, Unnati, and partner NGOs begin taking a more active role in six government sponsored programs or schemes. 
The facilitator manual I helped create is being used to further train current facilitators in Rajasthan and Gujarat.  The manual will also be shared with other NGOs so that this program can be replicated with ease.  The manual consists of an introduction to CBMs, criteria for being an Unnati facilitator, the facilitator roles and responsibilities, facilitator and village collectives’ goals, and a case study of two villages.
Unnati asked me to undertake this project so that documentation exists for best practices as the CBM project continues.  The CBM project began in April 2011.  Survey results were recorded beginning in May.  In June, surveys were reformatted and the current format has remained in place till December of 2011.  Additionally, a part of the manual includes survey results as a model of correct and incorrect ways to document information as well as to show the importance of each question and what it indicates in terms of overall community health.
Codebooks for Interactional Features and Complexity, Accuracy, and Communicative Adequacy Derived From EFL Learner Interaction With a Dialog System
Creators: name: Oeschger, Johanna
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024

description: The codebooks / code systems were derived from the analysis of interactions between English as a Foreign Language (EFL) learners and a written dialog system ('chatbot') as part of a doctoral dissertation project on dialog systems for EFL learning.

Codebook_Interactional Features: Code system for interactional features negotiation of meaning, recasts, structural and lexical alignment

Codebook_Complexity-Accuracy-Communicative Adequacy: Code system for complexity, accuracy, communicative adequacy
Needs Assessment for the Development of a Community Clinic: A Tool Kit for Untrained Community Workers in Renacimiento, Mexico
Creators: name: Tatnall-Arias, Katherine
Publisher: name: Georgia State University
Year: 2012

description: Background: Renacimiento, Mexico in the state of Nuevo Leon is home to approximately 1,000 families who currently experience a host of social, health, and community challenges that span both rural and urban Mexico. The state has committed to initiate the construction of a community health clinic.
Methodology: In preparing for the clinic, a needs assessment instrument and associated materials were developed for community members and volunteers to administer to residents within Nuevo Leon.

Results: A culturally sensitive survey instrument and associated documents were created with consideration for low-literacy participants and with a wide variety of topics in the areas of individual, women’s, children’s and community health.

Conclusions: The creation of this needs assessment survey provide insight to stakeholders in Mexico and abroad who stand to benefit from learning what community residents’ perceive as their greatest needs. The results from the survey will provide the first ever documentation of this unique community’s health status and will demonstrate areas of need within which the community health clinic can focus their efforts.
Descriptive Analysis of Ebstein Anomaly in the National Birth Defects Prevention Study, 1997-2007
Creators: name: Colarusso, Tiffany
Publisher: name: Georgia State University
Year: 2012

description: There is relatively little epidemiologic information about Ebstein anomaly (EA)  ? a rare congenital heart defect.  Thus, we analyzed characteristics of EA in a geographically and ethnically diverse population.
Data from the National Birth Defects Prevention Study were used to study infants born from 1997-2007 with EA.  Birth prevalence and prevalence ratio (PR) estimates were derived from the number of affected infants per 10,000 live births in the catchment area.  Case characteristics were examined, stratified by the presence of other cardiac and extracardiac defects. Predictive modeling using logistic regression was conducted to understand infant mortality risk factors.
There were 249 cases with EA, for a birth prevalence of 0.55/10,000 live births.   Other cardiac defects were present in 41.0% and extracardiac defects in 10% of cases.  Prevalence was higher among multiple births compared to singletons (PR 2.41, 95% confidence interval (CI) 1.46-3.92) and preterm compared to term infants (PR 1.84, 95% CI 1.27-2.64). Compared to EA cases without other defects, those with additional defects were more likely to die (crude Odds Ratio (cOR) 4.07, 95% CI 1.71-9.93) or undergo cardiac surgery (cOR 6.06, 95% CI 2.78-13.49).  Risk for death during infancy was increased by being small for gestational age (adjusted (a) OR 2.97, 95% CI 1.13-7.76) and having extracardiac defects (aOR 6.31, 95% CI 2.28-17.52).
Some findings are consistent with previous work, but further studies of EA could clarify risk factors for occurrence and mortality. Knowing population characteristics could guide development of prevention strategies and may improve clinical care.
Does the Gender Inequality Index Explain the Variation in State Prevalence Rates of Physical Teen Dating Violence Victimization?
Creators: name: Gressard, Lindsay
Publisher: name: Georgia State University
Year: 2012

description: Purpose: When the prevalence of physical teen dating violence (TDV) victimization is examined at the state level, significant variation exists; the prevalence ranges from 7.4% in Oklahoma and Vermont to 17.8% in Louisiana. Using U.S. states as the unit of analysis, this study sought to determine whether gender inequality is a societal level risk factor for TDV victimization.
Method: Data measuring physical TDV victimization were obtained from the 2009 YRBS. To measure the level of gender inequality in each state, the Gender Inequality Index (GII) was calculated using the procedure described in the United Nations’ Human Development Report. Pearson’s correlation coefficients were calculated to determine the association between TDV victimization, the GII, and the indicators of the GII.
Results: Of the 40 states included in analyses, the GII was significantly associated with the state prevalence of both total TDV victimization (r=.323, p=.042) and female TDV victimization (r=.353, p=.026). Subsequent to removal of the outlying case of Oklahoma, the GII was also significantly associated with male TDV victimization (r=.366, p=.022). Several individual GII indicators were significantly associated with TDV victimization after removing the outlying case. Ordinary least squares regression was used to create a model for TDV victimization and gender inequality.
Conclusion: This is the first study to examine societal level gender inequality as a risk factor for state level TDV victimization using nationally representative data on school youth. As policy-makers implement TDV prevention policy at the state level, further research understanding potential macro-level risk factors is particularly important.
Associations of Youth Weight Status Categories and Cholesterol Levels: Analysis of Data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey
Creators: name: Metcalf, Sandra
Publisher: name: Georgia State University
Year: 2012

description: Obesity is recognized as a risk factor for dyslipidemia, however studies specific to overweight youth and dyslipidemia are scarce. Nonetheless, expert bodies have established BMI at the 85th percentile or greater as the threshold for “at risk” in youth and advocate for lipid screening.
This study analyzed associations of weight categories and occurrence of dyslipidemia among a multi-racial sample of youth 6 to 18 years of age. In this NHANES cohort, overweight youth were at significant increased risk of dyslipidemias of total cholesterol, high-density lipoprotein cholesterol and non-high-density lipoprotein cholesterol. Obese children and adolescents demonstrated even higher risk. This study supports the hypothesis that overweight youth are at increased risk for dyslipidemia.
Despite the increased risk, test agreement for overweight and dyslipidemia was poor. BMI at the 85th percentile did not provide good discrimination in detecting children with dyslipidemia and use of this threshold warrants further review.
Race and Health Online: A Public Health Exploration of the Digital Landscape
Creators: name: Kelley, Tanisha
Publisher: name: Georgia State University
Year: 2012

description: The Internet has continued to reach new audience members and is an integral part of United States society. Social Cognitive Theory addresses the impact of the environment on health behavior, providing justification for surveillance of the digital environment in health behavior research. Health information headlines from two highly trafficked news sites were analyzed using content analysis. Search terms used were health, Blacks, African American, ethnicity and 2011. The headlines were coded by independent graduate level individuals and assessed for nine indices of interest.
There were 209 headlines analyzed for the study. Headlines contained health information that correlated with social predictors and indicators for moral exclusion and social injustice. This study indicates that racial assumptions continue to be evident in the reporting of news and the conveyance of health information, assumptions that shape attitudes for research, policy and practice.
การวิจัยเชิงสำรวจเกี่ยวกับความคิดเห็นของนักบัญชี ต่อมาตรฐานการรายงานทางการเงินสำหรับกิจการขนาดกลางและขนาดย่อม
Creators: name: อรอนงค์ อรัญยถาวร
name: กอบแก้ว รัตนอุบล
Publisher: name: คณะพาณิชยศาสตร์และการบัญชี มหาวิทยาลัยธรรมศาสตร์
Year: 2016
Subjects: มาตรฐานการรายงานทางการเงิน, กิจการขนาดกลางและขนาดย่อม, กิจการที่ไม่มีส่วนได้เสียสาธารณะ

description: 33 (เมษายน 59), 12, วารสารวิชาชีพบัญชี JAP
ปัจจัยที่มีผลต่อความพร้อมของผู้ประกอบวิชาชีพบัญชีไทยเพื่อรองรับประชาคมเศรษฐกิจอาเซียน
Creators: name: ขนิฐา นิลรัตนานนท์
Publisher: name: คณะพาณิชยศาสตร์และการบัญชี มหาวิทยาลัยธรรมศาสตร์
Year: 2016
Subjects: ความพร้อม, ผู้ประกอบวิชาชีพบัญชี, ประชาคมเศรษฐกิจอาเซียน

description: 33 (เมษายน 59), 12, วารสารวิชาชีพบัญชี JAP
Supplementary document for Optical Pulling and Pushing Forces via Bloch Surface Waves - 5948300.pdf
Creators: name: Kostina, Nataliia
name: Petrov, Mihail
name: Bobrovs, Vjaceslavs
name: Shalin, Alexander
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2025
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Supplemental document with additional optical force calculations
คณะกรรมการตรวจสอบช่วยเพิ่มคุณภาพกำไรหรือไม่
Creators: name: ศิลปพร ศรีจั่นเพชร
Publisher: name: คณะพาณิชยศาสตร์และการบัญชี มหาวิทยาลัยธรรมศาสตร์
Year: 2016
Subjects: การกำกับดูแลกิจการที่ดี, คุณภาพของรายงานทางการเงิน, เสถียรภาพของกำไร

description: 33 (เมษายน 59), 12, วารสารวิชาชีพบัญชี JAP
Vaccination in a Private Pediatric Practice
Creators: name: Joseph, Karen
Publisher: name: Georgia State University
Year: 2012

description: Background: Following the publication of Andrew Wakefield’s article claiming a link between Autism and the MMR vaccine in 1998, the U.K. and U.S. experienced a decline in vaccination rates. Combating the anti-vaccine messages highlighted by the media are the medical providers, who are consistently reported as an influential source of information for parental vaccine decision making. Despite efforts of the medical and public health community, some developed countries have seen a resurgence of vaccine preventable diseases. Purpose: This study seeks to examine parental vaccination concern in a private pediatric practice in metropolitan Atlanta. Methods: A questionnaire was created by the PI to assess parental vaccination concerns, including items to assess parental feelings toward the providers and nurses regarding preventative care. Data was analyzed in SPSS version 19.0. The study was approved by the IRB at Georgia State University. Results: A total of 283 participant responses were included in the sample. Overall vaccine adherence was 96.1% (272). However, a large minority of participants who were considered to have vaccine concerns were identified: 40.3% (114) of participants responded yes to at least one vaccine hesitation item. Conclusion: Vaccine adherence in a private pediatric practice remains high. However some parents continue to have vaccination concerns and may be at risk for deviating from the vaccine schedule. Using qualitative methods to obtain parental beliefs may provide a deeper understanding of parental decisions to aid in the development of public health education programs. The feasibility of collecting data at a private pediatric practice is discussed.
Odorrana lipuensis Mo, Chen, Wu, Zhang & Zhou 2015
Creators: name: Song, Han-Ming
name: Qi, Shuo
name: Wang, Hao-Tian
name: Gong, Yue-Ning
name: Liu, Yang
name: Wang, Ying-Yong
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Amphibia
Anura
Ranidae
Odorrana
Odorrana lipuensis

description: Odorrana lipuensis Mo, Chen, Wu, Zhang & Zhou, 2015
Related literature.
Mo et al. (2015); Pham et al. (2016 a, 2017); Poyarkov et al. (2021); Luong et al. (2022).
Type materials.
Holotype. NHMG 1306001, adult male, from a completely dark karst cave (24°38'N, 110°26'E; 182 m a. s. l.) in Maling Town, Lipu City, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China. Paratypes. (n = 7): NHMG 1306002, NHMG 20140702, NHMG 20140703, adult males and NHMG 1303018, NHMG 1303019, NHMG 1306003, NHMG 20140701, adult females, from the same locality as the holotype.
Additional specimen.
SYS a 004898, adult female, from Yangshuo County, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China.
Variation.
Our morphological analyses of the additional specimen of this species provided new morphometric data (Table 2) and suggested the overall morphology of this specimen is generally consistent with previous descriptions (Mo et al. 2015; Pham et al. 2016 a; Pham et al. 2017). However, a morphological revision was also suggested. Our morphological examination revealed fingers II – IV and toes I – V with lateroventral grooves in the examined specimen, which differ from the previous description of all fingers and toes with circum-marginal grooves (Mo et al. 2015; Pham et al. 2016 a; Pham et al. 2017).
Revised diagnosis.
This species can be diagnosed from other species of Odorrana lipuensis group by the combination of following morphological characteristics: (1) body size moderate, SVL 40.7–49.8 mm in adult males (n = 6) and 49.9–60.1 mm in adult females (n = 8); (2) relative finger length I ≥ II; (3) dorsolateral conical spines dense; (4) dorsolateral folds absent in both sexes; (5) bands on the dorsal surface of hind-limb clear; and (6) nuptial pad present on finger I.
Distribution.
This species is known from several localities in China and Vietnam, including: (1) Maling Town, Lipu City, Guangxi, (2) Yangshuo Town, Yangshuo County, Guangxi and (3) Ha Lang District, Cao Bang (Fig. 1). The record of this species in Bac Kan, Vietnam was tentatively unconfirmed (Fig. 1) for the reason outlined in Remarks under Odorrana liboensis.
description: Published as part of Song, Han-Ming, Qi, Shuo, Wang, Hao-Tian, Gong, Yue-Ning, Liu, Yang & Wang, Ying-Yong, 2025, Definition and taxonomic revision of the karst-associated Odorrana lipuensis group (Anura, Ranidae), with a new species from Guangdong, China, pp. 935-952 in Zoosystematics and Evolution 101 (3) on pages 935-952, DOI: 10.3897/zse.101.142746
A Systematic Review of Bacillus anthracis in Pregnant and Postpartum Women
Creators: name: Meaney-Delman, Dana
Publisher: name: Georgia State University
Year: 2012

description: Objective:  To describe the worldwide experience of Bacillus anthracis infection reported in pregnant and postpartum women.
Data Sources:  Studies were identified through MEDLINE, WEB OF SCIENCE, EMBASE, and GLOBAL HEALTH databases from inception until April 2012.  The keywords [(“anthrax” or “anthracis”) and (“pregna*” or “matern*” or “post partum” or “postpartum” or “puerperal” or “lact*” or “breastfed*” or “fetal” or “fetus” or “neonate” or “newborn” or “abort*” or “uterus”)] were used.  In addition, all references from selected articles were reviewed, hand searches were conducted and relevant authors were contacted.
Methods of Study Selection: The inclusion criteria were: 1) published articles referring to women diagnosed with an anthrax infection during pregnancy or within six months postpartum, 2) any article type reporting patient-specific data, 3) articles in any language, and 4) non-duplicate cases. Non-English articles were professionally translated.  Duplicate reports, unpublished reports and review articles depicting previously identified cases were excluded.
Tabulation, Integration and Results:  Two authors independently reviewed articles for inclusion.  The primary search of the 4 databases yielded 800 articles and the secondary cross-reference search revealed 146 articles. Seven articles from these searches met inclusion criteria.  By contacting the lead author of the largest systematic review of inhalation anthrax to date, 6 additional articles, published before the databases’ inception, were identified that met inclusion criteria.  In total, 19 cases of anthrax infection were found, 16 in pregnant women and 3 in postpartum women.

Conclusions:  Based on these case reports, anthrax infection in pregnant and postpartum women is associated with high rates of maternal and fetal death.  Evidence of possible maternal-fetal transmission of B. anthracis was identified in early case reports.  Transmission of B. anthracis through breast milk has not been reported. This review provides important insight to guide anthrax treatment and prophylaxis recommendations for pregnant and postpartum women.
Comparison of Risk Factors for Clostridium Difficile Infection Among Community Associated Cases and Healthcare Facility Associated Cases, September 2009- April 2011
Creators: name: Thompson, Zirka
Publisher: name: Georgia State University
Year: 2012

description: Background: Clostridium difficile is a Gram-positive bacteria found in the large bowel or colon that causes mild to severe intestinal conditions and sometimes death. The primary risk factors for development of Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) include healthcare exposure and recent antimicrobial use. The purpose of this study is to compare risk factors associated with CDI occurring in the Community to those associated with Healthcare Facility Associated CDI in the metro Atlanta population from September 1, 2009 – April 30, 2011.
Methods
Patients were identified through C. difficile surveillance program of the Georgia Emerging Infections Program (EIP). Prospective, population based, laboratory based surveillance for all positive C. difficile cases in the Georgia Health District 3 (HD3). Due to the sampling scheme, for this analysis CO-HCFA and HCFO cases were combined to make a Healthcare Facility Associated (HCFA) classification. Using SAS, a logistic regression analysis was performed to compare the associated risks between CA and HCFA classifications.
Results
The rate of CDI in the HD3 counties in Georgia is 84 per 100,000. The median age of infection is 63 and the age range in this study is 1 to 102 years old. CA cases represented 38% of the sampled population. CDI cases 65 and older were more likely to have a Healthcare association compared to CA-CDI cases (p
Conclusion
This study supports literature about CDI and antimicrobial use and looks further in to the role underlying conditions play as a risk factor for HCFA-CDI cases.
Thinophilus Wahlberg 1844
Creators: name: Grootaert, Patrick
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2018
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Dolichopodidae
Thinophilus

description: Genus Thinophilus Wahlberg, 1844
 Thinophilus Wahlberg, 1844: 37. Type species: Rhaphium flavipalpe Zetterstedt, 1843 (monotypy).
 Parathinophilus Parent, 1932a: 161. Type species: Parathinophilus expolitus Parent, 1932a (monotypy).
 Diagnosis. Hydrophorinae. Small to large flies (2–6 mm), body generally metallic green to purplish in ground-colour but covered by a greyish or brownish dusting. Head wider than high. Frons and face broad. One pair of vertical bristles moved forward on the frons at the level of the ocellar mound. Antenna yellow to dark brown. First and second antennal segment together shorter than third segment. Second antennal segment dorsally enveloping the third segment and with a lateral external projection over the third segment which is more or less rounded with a dorsal to apico-dorsal arista. Palpus large covering a strong proboscis. Only short bristles on palpus, a distinct apical bristle lacking. Acrostichals absent; 4, 5 strong dorsocentrals if more dorsocentrals then short. Wing elongate. Phallus generally long, coiled.
description: Published as part of Grootaert, Patrick, 2018, Revision of the genus Thinophilus Wahlberg (Diptera: Dolichopodidae) from Singapore and adjacent regions: A long term study with a prudent reconciliation of a genetic to a classic morphological approach, pp. 413-473 in Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 66 on page 416, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.13256886
A Guideline on Intellectual Capital Codification and Measurement
Creators: name: Pattanant Petchchedchoo
Publisher: name: คณะพาณิชยศาสตร์และการบัญชี มหาวิทยาลัยธรรมศาสตร์
Year: 2016
Subjects: Intellectual Capital, Intellectual Capital Measurement, Intellectual Capital Codification, Integrated Reporting

description: 33 (เมษายน 59), 12, วารสารวิชาชีพบัญชี JAP
New Urbanism and Brownfields Redevelopment: Complications and Public Health Benefits of Brownfield Reuse as a Community Garden
Creators: name: Campbell, Julia
Publisher: name: Georgia State University
Year: 2012

description: Brownfields have an important impact on health. They can influence physical health by increasing risk for health hazards such as the potential for injury hazards, disease transmission, or exposure to chemicals. They can also influence social health determinants like neighborhood level social capital or behavioral risk factors. Reusing brownfields for community gardens reduces environmental hazards and associated health hazards. It further promotes public health, and sustainable quality environment. Community gardens increase nutrition access, especially for many in low income populations, and community aesthetic. They also strengthen social cohesion and create recreational or therapeutic opportunities for a community, becoming part of the urban green space network. Special care must be taken to protect public health when reusing a brownfield for a community garden, like sampling for chemicals, cleaning up soil, and using protective garden designs. The overall benefit to the community is worth the initial investment required.
Management Accounting and Control Systems: An Organizational and Sociological Approach
Creators: name: สมชาย ศุภธาดา
Publisher: name: คณะพาณิชยศาสตร์และการบัญชี มหาวิทยาลัยธรรมศาสตร์
Year: 2016

description: 33 (เมษายน 59), 12, วารสารวิชาชีพบัญชี JAP
Impact of Schistosomiaisis in  Kasansa Health Zone in Democratic Republic of  Congo
Creators: name: Kabongo, Mbuyi
Publisher: name: Georgia State University
Year: 2012

description: Background: Schistosomiasis is a chronic parasitological disease and constitutes one of the major neglected public health problems in the word. The consequences that this disease causes in the population are subject of controversy. The aim of this study was to assess the impact of schistosomiasis in term of malnutrition, anemia and low school performance in an endemic region, naïve of interventions.
Methods: The study was conducted in Kasansa health zone in Democratic Republic of Congo where schistosomiasis has been endemic for decades. School aged children were recruited at home. From each child, anthropometric measures, biological and laboratory exams were obtained. The questionnaire was used for economic status, behavior and other factors related to schistosomiasis. Regression logistic was used to control confounding factors. A 95% confidence interval was used for statistically significance.
Results: The proportion of malnutrition was 53.8%, anemia 67.0% and low school performance 41.1%. In this health zone, the study found and confirmed a high proportion of children who are infected with S. mansoni (89.3%) and malaria (65.1%).
Conclusions: This study showed high proportions of complications that are usually reported as associated with schistosomiasis, among school aged children in the health zone of Kasansa. Future studies are needed to show causality and to find efficient ways to control these morbidities.
ปัจจัยที่กำหนดโครงสร้างเงินทุนที่เหมาะสมของบริษัทจดทะเบียนในตลาดอาเซียน
Creators: name: วัฒนา ศักยชีวกิจ
name: กอบกูล จันทรโคลิกา
Publisher: name: คณะพาณิชยศาสตร์และการบัญชี มหาวิทยาลัยธรรมศาสตร์
Year: 2016
Subjects: โครงสร้างเงินทุน, แบบจำลองพลวัต, อาเซียน

description: 33 (เมษายน 59), 12, วารสารวิชาชีพบัญชี JAP
The Association of Board's Characteristics in terms of Audit Committee to Cost of Capital: Empirical Evidence from Thailand
Creators: name: Phonphut Limpabandh
name: Panya Issarawornrawanich
Publisher: name: คณะพาณิชยศาสตร์และการบัญชี มหาวิทยาลัยธรรมศาสตร์
Year: 2016
Subjects: Corporate Governance, Boards' Characteristics, Audit Committee, Cost of Capital

description: 33 (เมษายน 59), 12, วารสารวิชาชีพบัญชี JAP
แม่บทสำหรับงานที่ให้ความเชื่อมั่น
Creators: name: นิพันธ์ เห็นโชคชัยชนะ
Publisher: name: คณะพาณิชยศาสตร์และการบัญชี มหาวิทยาลัยธรรมศาสตร์
Year: 2016
Subjects: แม่บทสำหรับงานที่ให้ความเชื่อมั่น, มาตรฐานการสอบบัญชี, มาตรฐานงานสอบทาน

description: 33 (เมษายน 59), 12, วารสารวิชาชีพบัญชี JAP
Could Low Vitamin D Status Explain the Increased Rates of Hypertensive Disorder in Pregnancy in the US Population and in Non-Hispanic Black Women? An Examination of NHanes 2001-2006
Creators: name: Leander-Griffith, Michelle
Publisher: name: Georgia State University
Year: 2012

description: Background: The incidence of Hypertensive Disorders in Pregnancy (HDP) is increasing in the US and is linked to serious long and short-term health problems for both mother and fetus. Vitamin D has been shown to have direct influence on molecular pathways involved in pregnancy. However a link between vitamin D status and HDP in Pregnant women has not been established.
Objectives: The purpose of this study is to determine (1) the association between vitamin D deficiency and the occurrence of (HDP) and (2) whether non-Hispanic Black women (NHB) are at greater risk for HDP due to low vitamin D status.
Methods: Pregnant females in the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) study from 2001 to 2006 were used in this study. Participant’s response to interview questions and laboratory results were taken into account to determine HDP status. Logistic regression was used to determine the association between vitamin D status and HDP.
Results: Pregnant women with low vitamin D status (25(OH)D < 20ng/ml) were 1.123 (95%CI: 0.808-1.56) times more likely to have HDP compared to women who were vitamin D sufficient. This association was not significant. NHB women did not show a significant increased risk for HDP.
Conclusions: Low vitamin D status during pregnancy may lead to an increased risk for Hypertensive Disorders in Pregnancy. However more research on larger sample size is needed to determine the true extent of the association of vitamin D status with HDP in the general population and that of non-Hispanic Black women.
The Relationship of Breast and Gynecological Cancers with Smoking and Metabolic Syndrome - An Examination of NHANES Data 2001 - 2010
Creators: name: Yankey, Barbara
Publisher: name: Georgia State University
Year: 2012

description: Background: Breast and Gynecological cancers are a major public health problem. Smoking is associated with several chronic diseases including cancer. Other lifestyles of public health predispose many people to dyslipidemia, hypertension and obesity; risk factors for metabolic syndrome, and are associated with cancer.
Objectives: The purpose of this study is to find if those who smoke, and have the metabolic syndrome, are more likely to have breast or gynecological cancers, and to find the distribution by education, having health insurance, race/ethnicity and socio-economic status.
Methods: A case-control study of females aged 20 years and above who participated in the United States National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) 2001-2010.
Results: Females who have smoked more than hundred cigarettes in life and still smoke; a) have a 42 percent less chance of having a breast cancer diagnosis (OR 0.58; 95% CI 0.36 – 0.93, p-value 0.025), and b) are 2.67 times as likely to report a cervical cancer diagnosis as females who have smoked less than hundred cigarettes in life (OR 2.67; 95% CI 1.72 – 4.13, p-value
Conclusion: Smoking and metabolic syndrome are very important indicators of reproductive health and needs further study. Smoking cessation interventions should be an integral part of cervical cancer prevention programs especially targeted at younger females and females who live below the federal poverty level.
Thinophilus clavatus Zhu, Yang & Masunaga 2006
Creators: name: Grootaert, Patrick
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2018
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Dolichopodidae
Thinophilus
Thinophilus clavatus

description: Thinophilus clavatus Zhu, Yang & Masunaga, 2006
(Fig. 10)
 Thinophilus clavatus Zhu, Yang & Masunaga, 2006: 145 (Figs. 1–3). Type locality: China, Hainan, Wanning.
 Material examined. THAILAND: 5 males, 5 females, Ban Bangluek, Pak Pha Nang (Nakhon Si Thammarat prov.), 1 May 2015 (leg. A. Samoh, in coll. NHM PSU); 1 male, Elet, Pak Nam, Muang Chumphon (Chumphon prov.) 16 February 2015 (leg. A. Samoh, in coll. PSUNHM; 1 male in RBINS); 3 males, 6 females, Bang Kong Khong, Pak Pha Nang (Nakhon Si Thammarat prov.), 1 May 2015 (leg. A. Samoh, in coll. PSUNHM); 5 males, Talumpuk Cape, Pak Pha Nang (Nakhon Si Tammarat prov.), 2 May 2015 (leg. A. Samoh, in coll. PSUNHM); 1 male, Bangluek, Nakhon Si Thammarat (Nakhon Si Thammarat prov.), 3 May 2015 (leg. A. Samoh, in coll. PSUNHM: NGS barcode: Doli 6_19_012 male in coll. RBINS).
 Diagnosis. A large species (6.2 mm). 9 dc, anterior dc very short, only prescutellar bristle long. All tarsomeres of the fore leg are narrowly but distinctly darkened and only the apical half of the apical tarsomere is black. The posteroventral bristles on the apical half of the fore femur are longer than the femur is wide (Fig. 10) in T. clavatus. Tarsomere 1 of the fore leg is a little thickened at the base and the ventral spinules are strong. A row of long fine posteroventral bristles is present on fore tibia and tarsomere 1. Cerci brown, dorsally fused. Surstylus brownish black with 2 black subapical spines.
 Remarks. Thinophilus clavatus is larger but very similar to T. chaetulosus sp. nov. We refer to the discussion of the differences under the latter species. The male terminalia are also similar sharing a pair of spine-like bristles at the tip of the surstylus. The cercus seems broader in the specimens studies here than in the original description of T. clavatus.
 The holotype of T. clavatus is from Wanning (alt. 10 m) while there is a male paratype from Tongshi (alt. 340m), both localities on Hainan Island, China. Apparently this species is not a true mangrove species but has a broader habitat. Here it was observed only in mangrove habitats but since it is a rare species in Thailand and Brunei, it might have been overlooked in terrestrial habitats.
 Distribution. China, Southern Thailand.
Not found in Singapore yet, but expected.
description: Published as part of Grootaert, Patrick, 2018, Revision of the genus Thinophilus Wahlberg (Diptera: Dolichopodidae) from Singapore and adjacent regions: A long term study with a prudent reconciliation of a genetic to a classic morphological approach, pp. 413-473 in Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 66 on page 425, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.13256886
SMEs บัญชีเดียวกับแนวทางการเขียนรายงานของผู้สอบบัญชีรับอนุญาต
Creators: name: สุดปราณี มณีศรี
name: สุนิศา แซ่แต้
Publisher: name: คณะพาณิชยศาสตร์และการบัญชี มหาวิทยาลัยธรรมศาสตร์
Year: 2016
Subjects: SMEs, บัญชีเดียว, รายงานของผู้สอบบัญชีรับอนุญาต

description: 33 (เมษายน 59), 12, วารสารวิชาชีพบัญชี JAP
ตราสารอนุพันธ์และการเปิดเผยข้อมูลตราสารอนุพันธ์
Creators: name: กุลยา จันทะเดช
Publisher: name: คณะพาณิชยศาสตร์และการบัญชี มหาวิทยาลัยธรรมศาสตร์
Year: 2016
Subjects: ตราสารอนุพันธ์, เครื่องมือทางการเงิน, การเปิดเผยข้อมูล

description: 33 (เมษายน 59), 12, วารสารวิชาชีพบัญชี JAP
การนำกรอบการบริหารความเสี่ยงไปใช้ในองค์กร
Creators: name: อัญชลี พิพัฒนเสริญ
Publisher: name: คณะพาณิชยศาสตร์และการบัญชี มหาวิทยาลัยธรรมศาสตร์
Year: 2016
Subjects: การบริหารความเสี่ยง, กรอบการบริหารความเสี่ยง, ความเสี่ยง

description: 33 (เมษายน 59), 12, วารสารวิชาชีพบัญชี JAP
Assessing the Relationship between SafeCare Fidelity and Competence Measures
Creators: name: Palmer, Rebecca
Publisher: name: Georgia State University
Year: 2012

description: As more evidence-based programs are implemented in community settings, there is a strong need to ensure those models are implemented with integrity.  Implementation of programs should be evaluated for fidelity, the degree of adherence to treatment protocols, and competence, the level of skill in implementation (Schoenwald et al., 2011).  The purpose of this study was to review audio recordings of SafeCare home visiting sessions to discover the relationship between the measures of fidelity and competence.  Six coders were assigned 209 SafeCare home visiting audiotapes to be coded for fidelity and competence.  A sample of audios were double coded to evaluate fidelity and competence scores for inter-rater reliability.  Fidelity and competence items were classified into process and content categories, forming the six main variables of process fidelity, content fidelity, total fidelity, process competence, content competence, and total competence.  Total fidelity correlated with total competence at a level of .615, with process fidelity and process competence correlating at a much lower level than content items.  The total correlation level can be interpreted as that fidelity and competence are strongly related measures, but are not identical constructs.  The goal for SafeCare coders would be to continue refining competence definitions and attempting to remove the subjective nature from the competence coding process.  With these two efforts, competence reliability should increase to an acceptable level.  Given the main fidelity and competence correlation level, it is advisable for SafeCare coders to continue to code both fidelity and competence to avoid missing valuable components of the session.  Additional research may be needed once the competence scale becomes better established.
Supplementary document for Optical phased array with 2D beam steering based on nonlinear beam mixing - 5949093.pdf
Creators: name: Agrawal, Prachi
name: Ashtiani, Farshid
name: Merget, Florian
name: Aflatouni, Firooz
name: Witzens, Jeremy
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2025
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Enlarged and additional figures
CoARA Action Plan of Brno University of Technology
Creators: name: Brno University of Technology
name: Pavlačková, Zdeňka
name: Kalmárová, Kristýna
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024

description: Brno University of Technology considers all principles mentioned in the Agreement on Reforming Research Assessment essential for the future of responsible research evaluation. The CoARA Action Plan of Brno University of Technology will be revised and updated regularly.
Body Mass Index as a Parameter to Evaluate the Prevalence of Hypertension in NH White, NH Black, and Hispanic Americans
Creators: name: Newsome, Shaun
Publisher: name: Georgia State University
Year: 2012

description: Over the past 30 years, obesity has been primarily identified by the body mass index (BMI).  Due to its ease of calculation, the BMI has become the most widely used diagnostic tool to identify weight problems.  This study examined the association between hypertension and BMI in White, Black, and Hispanics in the United States.  The study’s hypothesis was that this relationship was weaker in Blacks than in the other groups.  Data for the study came from the 2007-2008 and 2009-2010 National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys.   The association was weaker in Black men than in Whites or Hispanics on a univariate basis, and at most BMI levels on a multivariate basis.  For females, it was also weaker in Blacks at most BMI levels on a univariate basis.  However, multivariate logistic regression analysis did not indicate that the hypothesis held for Black women when adding covariates to the models.
Chronic Conditions of US-Bound Cuban Refugees: October 2008-September 2011
Creators: name: Ward, Sarah
Publisher: name: Georgia State University
Year: 2012

description: Background: Historically, most refugees have originated from countries with high rates of infectious diseases. However, non-communicable diseases are becoming increasingly more common in refugee populations resettling in the United States.
Purpose: Examine the prevalence of selected chronic conditions among newly arriving adult Cuban refugees and compare the results to the prevalence of the same chronic conditions among the other top five incoming refugee populations: Burmese, Bhutanese, Iranians, Iraqis, and Somalis

Methods: Data used in this study were derived from the Department of State’s Medical History and Physical Examination Worksheet and included all adult (?20 years) Cuban, Burmese, Bhutanese, Iranian, Iraqi, and Somali refugees identified through the Center’s for Disease Control and Prevention Electronic Disease Notification Center, and who entered the United States during October 2008-September 2011. Data were analyzed using SPSS version 19.0. Descriptive statistics, chi-square analysis, and logistic regressions were performed to assess the prevalence of chronic conditions, check for associations between country of origin and outcome of interest, and to estimate the relative risk for Cubans compared to the remaining top five incoming refugee populations.

Results: A total of 99,920 adults were included in the study. The largest population was Iraqi (27.6%), followed by Bhutanese (26.2%), Burmese (24.4%), Iranian (8.6%), Cuban (7.9%), and Somali (5.3%). All outcomes of interest were significantly associated with country of origin. Cubans were at a greater risk for asthma but were not the greatest at-risk population for the remaining outcomes of interest.

Conclusion: The prevalence of non-communicable diseases was higher among the incoming refuges than has been traditionally assumed. These findings point to the need for a better understanding of the health status of refugee populations and the development of culturally appropriate health programs that include education on prevention and treatment of chronic conditions.
Assessing the Impact of the Department of Health (DHS) Division of Aging Services’ At-risk Adult Crime Tactics (ACT) Certification on Professionals
Creators: name: Parker, Tanya
Publisher: name: Georgia State University
Year: 2012

description: Background: Adults over 60 years of age in the United States are increasing in total percentage of the population and will continue to do so as each wave of the post-war, baby-boom generation enters older adulthood.  Though elder mistreatment (EM) has undoubtedly been a public health problem for years, only recently has it been recognized as such.  Violence prevention programs that focus on EM are needed to curb this rising epidemic. One such program, the At-Risk Adult Crime Tactics (ACT) Certification Training, is an at-risk, adult (elderly or disabled adults) prevention program designed to increase professional awareness of this population and equip primary and secondary responders (all mandated reporters) with the knowledge and skills to address the needs of Georgia’s at-risk adult crime victims. 
Methodology: In order to assess the effectiveness of the ACT training, an invitation was emailed to 482 individuals who had previously completed the ACT Certification Training, inviting them to complete an (approximately) 20 minute, 41-question, online survey.   Data analyses were performed to determine if these various professionals had, post ACT training, increased knowledge regarding at-risk adult abuse, increased interagency collaboration, changed management of cases involving at-risk adults, and felt that workshop topics presented during training were helpful in their profession.  The survey also collected information on seven demographic indicators, and correlation analyses were run to determine their influence on survey responses.  A p-value of < .05 was used to determine statistical significance of the analyses performed. 
Results: Of the 482 professionals surveyed, 176 surveys were used for this research (a response rate of slightly over thirty-six percent).  Results show that, post ACT training, respondents’ reported significantly increased levels of knowledge regarding all at-risk abuse topics, significantly increased interagency collaboration across all included agencies, significant change in case management of at-risk adults, significant levels of helpfulness on all workshop topics presented during ACT training. Furthermore, demographic analyses found significant negative correlations between extent of change in case management of at-risk adults and the demographic indicators of education and age.  Also, a positive correlation was found between reported level of helpfulness on one workshop topic (community resources) and the service area of respondents. 
Conclusions: Though the results of this survey are quite positive, more surveys need to be conducted on future classes of ACT training graduates to determine the validity of this study’s results.  Moreover, in order to truly substantiate claims that ACT training prevents EM and other at-risk adult abuse, research must be conducted to document the link between this prevention program and improvements in EM outcomes.
Do we cause harm? understanding the impact of research with young children about their body image
Creators: name: Damiano, Stephanie
name: McLean, Sian
name: Nguyen, Lilly
name: Yager, Zali
name: Paxton, Susan
Publisher: name: La Trobe
Year: 2025
Subjects: classificationCode: 4203
subject: Health services and systems
classificationCode: 4206
subject: Public health
classificationCode: 42
subject: Health sciences
subject: FOS: Health sciences
classificationCode: 5205
subject: Social and personality psychology
classificationCode: 4410
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology

description: Abstract: Although research into the early development of body image and eating behaviors is essential, concerns have been raised about whether their assessment might precipitate body or eating concerns in children. We aimed to identify how parents perceived their young children (under 9 years) had been impacted from involvement in the longitudinal Children's Body Image Development Study (CBIDS) that assessed body image and eating behaviors. Participants were 218 parents (99 % mothers) who completed an online questionnaire assessing whether and why their child discontinued participation in CBIDS, and the perceived impact of participation on children's body image, weight attitudes, language about bodies, internalisation of appearance ideals, peer appearance conversations, dietary restraint, muscle building activities, and physical activity. Impact and reasons for cessation of participation were assessed retrospectively. Almost all parents were positive or neutral about their child's involvement, 0.5%–3.2% of parents perceived a negative impact in an area, and 0.9 % of parents moderately agreed that they regretted participating in CBIDS. Themes for positive and negative aspects of CBIDS involvement were explored using thematic analysis. Although research is essential to guide development of prevention strategies, this study highlights the need to implement safeguards to ensure a positive experience for all children.