cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Bacterial Neonatal Sepsis and Associated Risk Factors among Neonates: The Case of Adama Hospital Medical College
Creators: name: Takele Oli Dinagde
name: Teklu Shiferaw Simbo
name: Gebaba, Ebrahim Mohammed
Publisher: name: The Ethiopian Journal of Health Development
Year: 2023

description: Abstract Background:Bacterial neonatal sepsis is a systemic inflammatory response to infection and/or isolation of bacteria from the bloodstream in the first 28 days of life. Objective: the aim of this study is to assess neonatal sepsis and associated factors among neaonates admitted to Adama Hospital Medical College, Ethiopia Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted on 333 neonates, consecutive sampling used on neonates admitted at intensive care unit in Adama Hospital Medical College, Adama, Ethiopia. Data were collected using semi-structured questionnaire and 1ml of blood sample was collected following standard aseptic techniques and inoculated into a BACTEC Peds Plus culture vial, and transported to referral laboratory. Gram staining and sub-culturing were performed for each presumptive positive vial. Bacterial isolation and identification were done by enzymatic and fermentative biochemical tests and analyzed using SPSS v.20. multivariable logistic regression was used to identify factors having significant association with neonatal bacterial sepsis and 95% CI and P-value <0.05 were to state significance level of variable. Results: Of the 317(95%) collected blood specimen, 147(46.4%)(95% Cl, 41.8 â€“ 52.8%) showed bacterial growth. Gram-negative bacteria were dominants (69.9%); K. pneumoniae 72(48.98%), coagulase negative Staphylococci species 23(14.97%) and E. cloacae 18(12.24%). Factors like Onset of Labor(AOR=2.70, 95% CI: 2.34, 25.41), history of UTI/STI Infection (AOR=3.73,95%CI: 1.35, 10.28), Neonate age 4-7 days and 8-28 day (AOR=4.30, 95% CI: 1.91, 9.65 and AOR=6.07, 95%CI: 2.02, 18.22 respectively) low birth weight (AOR=2.24, 95% CI: 1.1.06, 4.71), Gestation age (AOR=2.53, 95% CI: 1.19, 5.38), intravenous fluids medication (AOR= 5.21, 95% CI: 2.58, 10.51), resuscitation at birth (AOR=7.85, 95% CI: 3.50, 17.58), shows significant association with neonatal sepsis. Conclusion: The magnitude of bacterial sepsis was considerably high. Factors like onset of labor, history of UTI/STI infection , neonate age 4-7 days and 8-28 day, low birth weight, gestation age, intravenous fluids medication, resuscitation at birth, shows significant association with neonatal sepsis. Therefore, adherence to strict aseptic techniques while providing neonatal resuscitation and intraveinus fluid and medication service is important to reduce neonatal sepsis. [Ethiop. J. Health Dev. 2023; 37(1) 000-000] Key words: Blood culture, Neonatal sepsis, Adama, Ethiopia
description: The Ethiopian Journal of Health Development , Vol. 37 No. 1 (2023)
สู่ความหลากหลายทางเพศบนสิทธิแห่งการกำหนดเจตจำนง
Creators: name: วิทิต มันตาภรณ์
Publisher: name: สำนักวิชานิติศาสตร์ มหาวิทยาลัยแม่ฟ้าหลวง
Year: 2561
Subjects: อัตลักษณ์ทางเพศ
เพศวิถี
การเลือกปฏิบัติและการใช้ความรุนแรง

description: วารสารนิติศาสตร์ มหาวิทยาลัยแม่ฟ้าหลวง, 1, 2, 127-135
Interpretable Non-linear Survival Analysis with Evolutionary Symbolic Regression
Creators: name: Rovito, Luigi
name: Virgolin, Marco
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2025
Subjects: subject: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
subject: Neural and Evolutionary Computing (cs.NE)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Survival Regression (SuR) is a key technique for modeling time to event in important applications such as clinical trials and semiconductor manufacturing. Currently, SuR algorithms belong to one of three classes: non-linear black-box -- allowing adaptability to many datasets but offering limited interpretability (e.g., tree ensembles); linear glass-box -- being easier to interpret but limited to modeling only linear interactions (e.g., Cox proportional hazards); and non-linear glass-box -- allowing adaptability and interpretability, but empirically found to have several limitations (e.g., explainable boosting machines, survival trees). In this work, we investigate whether Symbolic Regression (SR), i.e., the automated search of mathematical expressions from data, can lead to non-linear glass-box survival models that are interpretable and accurate. We propose an evolutionary, multi-objective, and multi-expression implementation of SR adapted to SuR. Our empirical results on five real-world datasets show that SR consistently outperforms traditional glass-box methods for SuR in terms of accuracy per number of dimensions in the model, while exhibiting comparable accuracy with black-box methods. Furthermore, we offer qualitative examples to assess the interpretability potential of SR models for SuR. Code at: https://github.com/lurovi/SurvivalMultiTree-pyNSGP.
VII Zw 403: HI Structure in a Blue Compact Dwarf Galaxy
Creators: name: Simpson, Caroline E.
name: Hunter, Deidre A.
name: Nordgren, Tyler E.
name: Brinks, Elias
name: Elmegreen, Bruce G.
name: Ashley, Trisha
name: Lynds, Roger
name: McIntyre, Vince J.
name: O'Neil, Earl J.
name: Östlin, Göran
name: Westpfahl, David J.
name: Wilcots, Eric M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present optical (UBVJ), ultraviolet (FUV, NUV), and high resolution atomic hydrogen (HI) observations of the nearby blue compact dwarf (BCD), VII Zw 403. We find that VII Zw 403 has a relatively high HI mass-to-light ratio for a BCD. The rotation velocity is nominally 10-15 km/s, but rises to ~20 km/s after correction for the ~8-10 km/s random motions present in the gas. The velocity field is complex; including a variation in the position angle of the major axis going from the NE to the SW parts of the galaxy. Our high resolution HI maps reveal structure in the central gas, including a large, low-density HI depression or hole between the southern and northern halves of the galaxy, coincident with an unresolved x-ray source. Although interactions have been proposed as the triggering mechanism for the vigorous star formation occurring in BCDs, VII Zw 403 does not seem to have been tidally triggered by an external interaction, as we have found no nearby possible perturbers. It also doesn't appear to fall in the set of galaxies that exhibit a strong central mass density concentration, as its optical scale length is large in comparison to similar systems. However, there are some features that are compatible with an accretion event: optical/HI axis misalignment, a change in position angle of the kinematic axis, and a complex velocity field.
description: 62 pages, 19 figures
Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus contamination of Health care worker gowns and Uniforms: A cross-sectional Study from the biggest teaching hospital in Ethiopia
Creators: name: Kassu Desta
name: Aklillu, Eleni
name: Yirgu Gebrehiwot
name: Fikre Enquoselassie
name: Daire Cantillon
name: Al-Hassan, Leena
name: Price, James R
name: Newport, Melanie J.
name: Davey, Gail
name: Yimtubezenash Woldeamanuel
Publisher: name: The Ethiopian Journal of Health Development
Year: 2023

description: Abstract Introduction: Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is a global public health problem. Personal protective equipment (PPEs), including gowns and uniforms prevents transmission of pathogens including MRSA. Data are limited on the contamination of gowns and uniforms by MRSA in Ethiopia and many other developing nations using molecular markers. Objective: To determine the rate of MRSA contamination of gowns and uniforms of health care workers (HCWs) at Tikur Anbessa Specialized Hospital (TASH), in Ethiopia. Methods: A cross-sectional study design was used, and pooled swab samples from 588 HCWâ€™s reusable gowns/uniforms were tested for the presence of S.aureus MRSA and drug-resistant testing using conventional methods and polymerase chain reaction (PCR) based mecA and Panton-Valentine leukocidin (PVL) detection. Socio-demographic data and information on the use of gowns and uniforms were collected using a questionnaire and analysed by SPSS version 20 software. A p value less than 0.05 was considered statistically significant. Results: Female HCWs are slightly higher in number than males (58.4 % and 41.6 %, respectively). The mean age and standard deviation of HCWs were 29.13 Â± 6.6 years. In TASH, 15 % (88/588) and 57.5 % (338/588) of HCWs had single and long sleeve gowns and uniforms, respectively. Forty-seven S.aureus were isolated making MRSA contamination rate of 2.9 % (17/588) (mecA positive and cefoxitin resistant) and a significant difference was seen among HCWs with history of surgical intervention. Ten of 17 MRSA contaminations were seen among HCWs who changed their gown once in a week and 2/3 of S.aureus carried PVL. Conclusion: Gowns and uniforms of HCWs in TASH harbored MRSA as confirmed by mecA and PVL, which has implications for infection control and prevention. TASH should provide an adequate number of gowns and urgently develop a policy covering gown use to curb MRSA transmission. [Ethiop. J. Health Dev. 2023; 37(1) 000-000] Keywords: Health care workers' gowns/uniforms; Tikur Anbessa Specialized Hospital, Methicillin -Resistant Staphylococcus aureus.
description: The Ethiopian Journal of Health Development , Vol. 37 No. 1 (2023)
The Role of locally driven Clinical Mentorship and Coaching to improve the advance critical care services in Ethiopia
Creators: name: Menbeu Sultan
name: Lemlem Beza
name: Demelash Ataro
name: Hassen, Ephrem
name: Yenegeta Walelign
name: Mitiku Getu
name: Yonas Hagos
name: Bell, Sue Anne
Publisher: name: The Ethiopian Journal of Health Development
Year: 2023

description: Abstract Introduction: Critical care availability is limited in Ethiopia. Moreover, the available capacity to manage critically ill patients is concentrated in the capital city. Mentoring of smaller ICUs by the experienced provider from the larger ICUS is mentioned as a methods to improve the provision of critical care services but its impact is not well known. Objectives: This study was aimed to assess the role of locally driven clinical mentorship and coaching and to improve critical care service in Ethiopia. Methods: Qualitative study methods including in-depth interview and onsite observation was conducted from March 2021 to September 2022 among 24 selected hospitals of Ethiopia. Prior to the study, critical care trained senior professionals from the larger ICUs were deployed to 24 selected smaller ICUS for a two week immersion that included mentorship and coaching for ICU clinicians. Onsite observation was focused on the twelve parameters recommended by the international society intensivisits. In addition, the perceived impact was assessed qualitatively by interviewing 12 key informants from the selected hospitals. Interview was conducted in English and collected data analyzed thematically. Results: The study included the role of mentorship and coaching for 24 hospitals in Ethiopia. There was consensus that the mentoring program improved their service and or has enabled them to start critical care in their hospitals. An improvement in unit design, human resource capacity and quality improvement projects and academic activities in the mentored hospitals was noted. Conclusion: Country-specific mentorship and coaching from established ICUs to relatively smaller centers were found to be helpful to improve the clinical service status. Expanding the mentoring program and involving other departments like emergency medicine may help to improve the service. [Ethiop. J. Health Dev. 2023; 37(1) 000-000] Key words: critical care, mentorship, coaching
description: The Ethiopian Journal of Health Development , Vol. 37 No. 1 (2023)
State autonomy, corporate power, and advanced electronic information and communications networks: the digital signature standard
Creators: name: Trotter, David Mitchell
Publisher: name: University of Calgary
Year: 1999
Subjects: subject: QA76.9 .A25 T76 1999
subject: Digital signatures--United States
subject: Information storage and retrieval systems--standards--United States
subject: Technology and state--United States
subject: Corporate power--United States
subject: Information networks--United States

description: Bibliography: p. 92-109
Experimental estimation of the dimension of classical and quantum systems
Creators: name: Hendrych, Martin
name: Gallego, Rodrigo
name: Mičuda, Michal
name: Brunner, Nicolas
name: Acín, Antonio
name: Torres, Juan P.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: An overwhelming majority of experiments in classical and quantum physics make a priori assumptions about the dimension of the system under consideration. However, would it be possible to assess the dimension of a completely unknown system only from the results of measurements performed on it, without any extra assumption? The concept of a dimension witness answers this question, as it allows one to bound the dimension of an unknown classical or quantum system in a device-independent manner, that is, only from the statistics of measurements performed on it. Here, we report on the experimental demonstration of dimension witnesses in a prepare and measure scenario. We use pairs of photons entangled in both polarization and orbital angular momentum to generate ensembles of classical and quantum states of dimensions up to 4. We then use a dimension witness to certify their dimensionality as well as their quantum nature. Our results open new avenues for the device-independent estimation of unknown quantum systems and for applications in quantum information science.
description: See also similar, independent and jointly submitted work of J. Ahrens et al., quant-ph/1111.1277
The experience of nurses learning computers in the workplace
Creators: name: Bouma, Joanne Margaret
Publisher: name: Nursing
Year: 1999
Subjects: subject: RT50.5 .B68 1999
subject: Nursing--data processing
subject: Nursing--data processing--study and teaching
subject: Computers--health aspects
subject: Nursing--research

description: Bibliogrpahy: p. 88-93
Trust Based Scheme for QoS Assurance in Mobile Ad-Hoc Networks
Creators: name: Subramanian, Sridhar
name: Ramachandran, Baskaran
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Networking and Internet Architecture (cs.NI)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: A mobile ad-hoc network (MANET) is a peer-to-peer wireless network where nodes can communicate with each other without the use of infrastructure such as access points or base stations. These networks are self-configuring, capable of self-directed operation and hastily deployable. Nodes cooperate to provide connectivity, operates without centralized administration. Nodes are itinerant, topology can be very dynamic and nodes must be able to relay traffic since communicating nodes might be out of range. The dynamic nature of MANET makes network open to attacks and unreliability. Routing is always the most significant part for any networks. Each node should not only work for itself, but should be cooperative with other nodes. Node misbehaviour due to selfish or malicious intention could significantly degrade the performance of MANET. The Qos parameters like PDR, throughput and delay are affected directly due to such misbehaving nodes. We focus on trust management framework, which is intended to cope with misbehaviour problem of node and increase the performance of MANETs. A trust-based system can be used to track this misbehaving of nodes, spot them and isolate them from routing and provide reliability. In this paper a Trust Based Reliable AODV [TBRAODV] protocol is presented which implements a trust value for each node. For every node trust value is calculated and based trust value nodes are allowed to participate in routing or else identified to become a misbehaving node. This enhances reliability in AODV routing and results in increase of PDR, decrease in delay and throughput is maintained. This work is implemented and simulated on NS-2. Based on simulation results, the proposed protocol provides more consistent and reliable data transfer compared with general AODV, if there are misbehaving nodes in the MANET
The effect of childhood attachment on adolescent suicide: A stepwise discriminant analysis
Creators: name: Arato, Juliette
Publisher: name: University of Calgary
Year: 1999
Subjects: subject: BF723 .A75 A73 1999
subject: Additional copy: 370 EDC 1999 ARA in Doucette Education Library
subject: Attatchment behaviour in children
subject: Security (Psychology) in children.
subject: Parent and child
subject: Adolescent psychology
subject: Youth--suicidal behaviour--Alberta

description: Bibliography: p. 72-81
A two-parameter control for contractive-like multivalued mappings
Creators: name: Repovš, Dušan
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: General Topology (math.GN)
subject: Functional Analysis (math.FA)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 47H09, 47H10, 54E50, 54H25

description: We propose a general approach to defining a contractive-like multivalued mappings $F$ which avoids any use of the Hausdorff distance between the sets $F(x)$ and $F(y)$. Various fixed point theorems are proved under a two-parameter control of the distance function $d_{F}(x)=dist(x,F(x))$ between a point $x \in X$ and the value $F(x) ßX$. Here, both parameters are numerical functions. The first one $\a\,:[0,+ı)\rightarrow [1,+ı)$ controls the distance between $x$ and some appropriate point $y \in F(x)$ in comparison with $d_{F}(x)$, whereas the second one $\b\,:[0,+ı)\rightarrow [0,1)$ estimates $d_{F}(y)$ with respect to $d(x,y)$. It appears that the well harmonized relations between $\a$ and $\b$ are sufficient for the existence of fixed points of $F$. Our results generalize several known fixed-point theorems.
Dark Resonance
Creators: name: An, Haipeng
name: Pospelov, Maxim
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We construct explicit models of particle dark matter where the attractive force in the dark matter sector creates a narrow near-threshold resonance that qualitatively changes the energy dependence of the annihilation cross section. In these models, the resonant enhancement of the dark matter annihilation can easily source the excess of energetic leptons observed by experiments on PAMELA and FERMI satellites. The distinct feature of these models is that by construction the enhancement of the annihilation cross section shuts off when the dark matter velocity falls below the typical Milky Way values, thus automatically satisfying constraints on dark matter annihilation imposed by the CMB anisotropies and gamma ray constraints from satellite galaxies.
description: 20 pages, 10 figures
Respiratory Symptoms and Lung function among Female Flower Farm workers in Ethiopia
Creators: name: Meaza Gezu
name: Abera Kumie
name: BrÃ¥Tveit, Magne
name: Wakgari Deressa
name: Aiwerasia Vera Ngowi
name: Moen, Bente E.
Publisher: name: The Ethiopian Journal of Health Development
Year: 2023

description: Abstract Background: The workforces in the growing flower farms of Ethiopia are mainly females. Greenhouse workers are exposed to pesticides, fertilizers and dust, and might be at risk for developing respiratory diseases. Objectives: This study aimed to assess respiratory symptoms and lung function of greenhouse workers and compare them to packinghouse flower farm workers. Methods: A comparative cross-sectional study was conducted comparing female flower farmworkers from greenhouses, with female workers in packinghouses. Participants were interviewed for chronic respiratory symptoms using a standardized questionnaire from the British Medical Research Council. A Minispir light spirometer, with Winspiro software was used for lung function tests to measure Forced vital capacity (FVC) and Forced expiratory volume at one second (FEV1). Study groups background characteristics were compared using an independent t-test and chi-square test. Poisson regression analysis and a general linear model were also performed. Results: Three hundred fourteen workers participated,160 from greenhouses and 159 from pack houses. The response rate showed that 99.7% was for the interview and 98% was for spirometry. The mean (SD) age of greenhouse workers was 26(8) years and of packinghouse workers 24(7) years. There was no significant difference in respiratory symptoms and spirometry indices while comparing workers in greenhouse with workers from packinghouse. But service month was a significant predictor for the reduction of FEV1, by a reduction of 2ml/month with a p-value of 0.01. Conclusion: There was no difference in respiratory symptoms and lung function parameters comparing greenhouse and packinghouse workers from flower farms. Service duration was a significant predictor for the reduction of FEV1. This may indicate the development of lung obstruction among flower farm workers over a course of time. Workers respiratory health including lung function change needs to be monitored regularly. [Ethiop. J. Health Dev. 2023; 37(1) 000-000]
description: The Ethiopian Journal of Health Development , Vol. 37 No. 1 (2023)
The physiology of crayfish intestinal striated muscle: histology, histochemistry, and excitation-contraction coupling
Creators: name: Brenner, Tracy Lynn
Publisher: name: University of Calgary
Year: 1999
Subjects: subject: QL444 .M33 B74 1999
subject: Crayfish - Physiology
subject: Striated muscle

description: Bibliography: p. 126-134
Guiding the design of behavioral and lifestyle modification interventions for risk reduction, prevention, and treatment of non-communicable diseases in low- and middle-income countries: An overview of relevant literature
Creators: name: Negussie, Abel
name: Adamu Addissie
name: Alemayehu Worku
name: Eshetu Girma
Publisher: name: The Ethiopian Journal of Health Development
Year: 2023

description: Abstract Background: The increasing burden of chronic non-communicable diseases (NCDs) in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) calls for the development and dissemination of effective and viable interventions. In this respect, behavioral and lifestyle modification interventions (BLMIs) offer the most effective means of addressing the underlying lifestyle behaviors associated with NCDs at multiple disease prevention levels (primordial, primary, and secondary). This review aims to provide an overview of key features and components of BLMIs as well as some practical considerations when implementing them in LMIC settings. Methods: An exploratory approach was used to provide an overview of salient issues in the design of BLMIs; and the PubMed and Google Scholar databases, as well as gray literature, were searched. Based on the reviewâ€˜s aim, the most important issues and themes were identified using a narrative thematic synthesis and analysis approach. Results: Thirty-three publications were included as the most relevant literature to the topic, and eight overarching themes were identified: understanding the target health behavior; using behavioral and psychological theories; applying behavior change techniques/strategies; providing effective support and follow-up; intervention delivery formats and providers; cultural sensitivity; feasibility consideration; and addressing multiple lifestyle behaviors. Conclusion: Targeting lifestyle and behavioral modification interventions with a proper understanding of their essential design components and practical contextual considerations is crucial for reducing the rising burden of NCDs in LMICs. Future direction on the importance of conducting original research and systematic reviews on the subject was also emphasized. [Ethiop. J. Health Dev. 2023; 37(1) 000-000] Keywords: chronic disease prevention; lifestyle-related risk behavior; lifestyle modification; behavioral intervention; low- and middle-income countries.
description: The Ethiopian Journal of Health Development , Vol. 37 No. 1 (2023)
Metaanthropos/evolutio 2 for chamber orchestra and electronics
Creators: name: Spasov, Miroslav
Publisher: name: University of Calgary
Year: 1999
Subjects: subject: M985 .S63 M48
subject: Instrumental emsembles
subject: Electronic music
subject: Computer music
subject: Aleatory music

description: Bibliography: p. 111
description: UARC
Woman: mother: poverty: interpretive gestures
Creators: name: Ceci, Christine
Publisher: name: Nursing
Year: 1999
Subjects: subject: RT86.5 .C43 1999
subject: Nursing - Social aspects
subject: Women - Health and hygiene
subject: Poor women
subject: Motherhood
subject: Nurse and patient
subject: Caring
subject: Feminism
subject: Bible - Hermeneutics
subject: Hermeneutics

description: Bibliogrpahy: p. 109-117
Effects of thermohaline instability and rotation-induced mixing on the evolution of light elements in the Galaxy : D, 3He and 4He
Creators: name: Lagarde, N.
name: Romano, D.
name: Charbonnel, C.
name: Tosi, M.
name: Chiappini, C.
name: Matteucci, F.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Recent studies of low- and intermediate-mass stars show that the evolution of the chemical elements in these stars is very different from that proposed by standard stellar models. Rotation-induced mixing modifies the internal chemical structure of main sequence stars, although its signatures are revealed only later in the evolution when the first dredge-up occurs. Thermohaline mixing is likely the dominating process that governs the photospheric composition of low-mass red giant branch stars and has been shown to drastically reduce the net 3He production in these stars. The predictions of these new stellar models need to be tested against galaxy evolution. In particular, the resulting evolution of the light elements D, 3He and 4He should be compared with their primordial values inferred from the Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe data and with the abundances derived from observations of different Galactic regions. We study the effects of thermohaline mixing and rotation-induced mixing on the evolution of the light elements in the Milky Way. We compute Galactic evolutionary models including new yields from stellar models computed with thermohaline instability and rotation-induced mixing. We discuss the effects of these important physical processes acting in stars on the evolution of the light elements D, 3He, and 4He in the Galaxy. Galactic chemical evolution models computed with stellar yields including thermohaline mixing and rotation fit better observations of 3He and 4He in the Galaxy than models computed with standard stellar yields. The inclusion of thermohaline mixing in stellar models provides a solution to the long-standing "3He problem" on a Galactic scale. Stellar models including rotation-induced mixing and thermohaline instability reproduce also the observations of D and 4He.
description: 12 pages, 9 figures, accepted for publication in A&A
The Need of Primary Caregivers of Schizophrenia Patients and Its The Effect on Care giving Burden: A Cross-Sectional Study
Creators: name: KÃ¶KtaÅŸ, Nesrin Ã‡UnkuÅŸ
name: HÃ¼lya ArslantaÅŸ
Publisher: name: The Ethiopian Journal of Health Development
Year: 2023

description: Abstract Background: Patientsâ€™ relatives usually care for patients of with schizophrenia. Caregivers can experience some difficulties during the caregiving process. This can increase the burden of caregivers. This study aimed to determine the requirements of primary caregivers of schizophrenia patients and its effect on caregiver burden. Methods: The sample of the cross-sectional study consisted of 94 caregivers of patients with schizophrenia who were treated at the university hospital in western Turkey and agreed to participate in this study. A questionnaire form and Caregiving Burden Scale were used to collect data. The data were collected from individual interviews between March-December 2015. Results: The average score of Caregiving Burden Scale of the primary caregivers is was determined as 38.47Â±15.05. Based on this the primary caregivers had difficulty in giving medication to their patients, the requirement of knowledge about drug treatment and side effects, coping with symptoms of schizophrenia, early warning signs, communication skills, coping with stress, psychosocial treatment methods, planning of the patients' leisure activities, and contribution of the patient to home life affected the caregiving burden having a p value of (p<0.05). Conclusions: The overall Caregiving Burden Scale mean score of caregivers was considered moderate. It can be conclude that caregivers' requirements affect the burden of care during the caregiving process. It was considered that the feeling of burden care for caregivers will be able to reduce by giving consultancy services related to what they need and with the creation of comprehensive, systematic, continuous education programs including the difficulties faced by caregivers and the requirements being able to cope easily with the difficulties during caregiving. [Ethiop. J. Health Dev. 2023; 37(1) 000-000] Keywords: Care, caregiving burden, caregiver, needs, schizophrenia
description: The Ethiopian Journal of Health Development , Vol. 37 No. 1 (2023)
Giving voice to the experiences of hospitalization: individuals with rheumatoid arthritis
Creators: name: Siemens, Marianne Viola
Publisher: name: Nursing
Year: 1999
Subjects: subject: RA965.6 S57 1999
subject: Hospital patients--care
subject: Hospital patients--interviews
subject: Rheumatoid arthritis--patients
subject: Hospital care

description: Bibliography: p. 111-124
The Effect of Cox’s Interaction Model-based Nutrition Education Program on Health Perception, Dietary Self-Efficacy, Dietary Pattern, and Diet Behaviors of Children
Creators: name: İnci, Fadime Hatice
name: Kartal, Asiye
name: İlgün Özen Çınar
name: Koştu, Nazan
name: Aslan, Gülbahar Korkmaz
Publisher: name: The Ethiopian Journal of Health Development
Year: 2023

description: Abstract Background: Healthy lifestyle behaviors gained in childhood have a great impact on health in adulthood. Nutrition is one of the most important healthy lifestyle behaviors. Children's nutritional behaviors should be improved through nutrition programs. Objective: To determine the effects of Cox’s Interaction Model-based Nutrition Education Program on health perception, dietary self-efficacy, dietary pattern, and diet behaviors of children. Methods: The research employed a quasi-experimental design. This research was conducted with 5th-7th grade students of similar socioeconomic status attending two different secondary schools (n=516). The lottery method was used to randomly assign the two schools to the intervention and control groups. Data were collected using a demographic data form, Children’s Dietary Self-Efficacy Scale, Dietary Pattern Index, and Diet Behavior Scale. Cox’s Interaction Model-based Nutrition Education Program was applied to students in the intervention group for five weeks. This program consists of two sections: interactive education and educational activities. Paired samples t-test was used for intra-group comparisons and Student's t-test was used for inter-group comparisons. Results: There was no significant difference between the two groups in terms of diet self-efficacy, dietary pattern, and diet behaviors in the pre-intervention. After the post-intervention, diet self-efficacy, health perception, and diet behavior scores of the experimental group increased, while the diet pattern scores decreased. However, there was no change in the control group. Conclusions: It was found that Nutrition Education Program given to students positively affected their dietary self-efficacy, health perception, dietary pattern, and diet behaviors. [Ethiop. J. Health Dev. 2023; 37(1):00-00] Keywords: Diet behavior, dietary pattern, Interaction Model of Client Health Behavior, nutrition education, self-efficacy
description: The Ethiopian Journal of Health Development , Vol. 37 No. 1 (2023)
Decentralization of Cancer Care to Primary Care - a One stop Shop for Cancer Care
Creators: name: Adamu Addissie
Publisher: name: The Ethiopian Journal of Health Development
Year: 2022

description: Cancer poses a significant public health problem in developing countries, including Ethiopia. According to the World Health Organization, cancer ranked as the second leading cause of death in low- and middle-income countries, contributing to 2.5% of all deaths in 2015. A major challenge in combating cancer in developing countries is the lack of access to diagnosis and treatment. In many instances, these countries lack dedicated cancer treatment facilities, or if they do exist, they often lack the necessary resources to offer comprehensive care. This means that people with cancer often have to travel long distances to access care, coupled with the difficulty of affording the treatment they need.
description: The Ethiopian Journal of Health Development , Vol. 36 No. 4 (2022)
Approximation of Fourier Integral Operators by Gabor multipliers
Creators: name: Cordero, Elena
name: Gröchenig, Karlheinz
name: Nicola, Fabio
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Functional Analysis (math.FA)
subject: Analysis of PDEs (math.AP)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 35S30, 47G30, 42C15

description: A general principle says that the matrix of a Fourier integral operator with respect to wave packets is concentrated near the curve of propagation. We prove a precise version of this principle for Fourier integral operators with a smooth phase and a symbol in the Sjoestrand class and use Gabor frames as wave packets. The almost diagonalization of such Fourier integral operators suggests a specific approximation by (a sum of) elementary operators, namely modified Gabor multipliers. We derive error estimates for such approximations. The methods are taken from time-frequency analysis.
description: 22. pages
Design and evaluation of a non-invasive spinal indentation device for assessing stiffness of human musculoskeletal system
Creators: name: Dmowski, Jan
Publisher: name: University of Calgary
Year: 1999
Subjects: subject: RM698.5 .T5 D59 1999
subject: Lumbar vertebrae - Examination
subject: Medical instruments and apparatus
subject: Tissues - Analysis
subject: Strains and stresses

description: Bibliography: p. 160-163
Incoherent dynamics in the toric code subject to disorder
Creators: name: Röthlisberger, Beat
name: Wootton, James R.
name: Heath, Robert M.
name: Pachos, Jiannis K.
name: Loss, Daniel
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We numerically study the effects of two forms of quenched disorder on the anyons of the toric code. Firstly, a new class of codes based on random lattices of stabilizer operators is presented, and shown to be superior to the standard square lattice toric code for certain forms of biased noise. It is further argued that these codes are close to optimal, in that they tightly reach the upper bound of error thresholds beyond which no correctable CSS codes can exist. Additionally, we study the classical motion of anyons in toric codes with randomly distributed onsite potentials. In the presence of repulsive long-range interaction between the anyons, a surprising increase with disorder strength of the lifetime of encoded states is reported and explained by an entirely incoherent mechanism. Finally, the coherent transport of the anyons in the presence of both forms of disorder is investigated, and a significant suppression of the anyon motion is found.
description: 13 pages, 12 figures
Persistent electrical doping of Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8+x mesa structures
Creators: name: Motzkau, Holger
name: Jacobs, Thorsten
name: Katterwe, Sven-Olof
name: Rydh, Andreas
name: Krasnov, Vladimir M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Superconductivity (cond-mat.supr-con)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Application of a significantly large bias voltage to small Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8+x mesa structures leads to persistent doping of the mesas. Here we employ this effect for analysis of the doping dependence of the electronic spectra of Bi-2212 single crystals by means of intrinsic tunneling spectroscopy. We are able to controllably and reversibly change the doping state of the same single crystal from underdoped to overdoped state, without changing its chemical composition. It is observed that such physical doping is affecting superconductivity in Bi-2212 similar to chemical doping by oxygen impurities: with overdoping the critical temperature and the superconducting gap decrease, with underdoping the c-axis critical current rapidly decreases due to progressively more incoherent interlayer tunneling and the pseudogap rapidly increases, indicative for the presence of the critical doping point. We distinguish two main mechanisms of persistent electric doping: (i) even in voltage contribution, attributed to a charge transfer effect, and (ii) odd in voltage contribution, attributed to reordering of oxygen impurities.
Semidiscrete Toda lattices
Creators: name: Smirnov, Sergey V.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Exactly Solvable and Integrable Systems (nlin.SI)
subject: Mathematical Physics (math-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Integrable cut-off constraints for semidiscrete Toda lattice are studied in this paper. Lax presentation for semidiscrete analog of the $C$-series Toda lattice is obtained. Nonlocal variables that allow to express symmetries of the infinite semidiscrete lattice are introduced and cut-off constraints or a certain type compatible with symmetries of the infinite lattice are classified.
description: 15 pages
Extended time limits on university examinations
Creators: name: Armitage, Camille
Publisher: name: University of Calgary
Year: 1999
Subjects: subject: LB2367 .C2 A76 1999
subject: Additional Copy: 370 EDC 1999 ARM in Doucette Education Library
subject: Universities and colleges - Examinations
subject: Examinations - Alberta

description: Bibliography: p. 49-52
Application of risk management for nursing patients with hematologic malignancies
Creators: name: Haixia Bao
name: Wei, Feng
name: Yongqin Ge
name: Xiaming Zhu
name: Erli Zhang
Publisher: name: The Ethiopian Journal of Health Development
Year: 2022

description: Abstract Background: Minimal data is available for the critical care of the hematological malignant patients. In this study quality of care was compared for the hematological and the solid tumor patients. The malignant patients are more prone to death due to decreased nursing care. They require more careful treatment than any other disease. Methods: Patients with cancer during September 2019 and February 2021, who had undergone critical care were included in this study. Data was obtained from the hospitals databases. Results: Out of the 814 patients, only 114 patients were included in this study. 30-day life hematological malignant patients are 55% as compared to other cancer types which amount to 2.8% P value is 0.03, a similar observation has been found in the admission at the hospital (78.9%) as compared to the other patients 46.9% p value less than 0.001, less than 2 days of hospitalization is 24% in the case of the malignant cancers as compared to the other patients (P value less than 0.001). The aggressive care composite score is higher among the malignant patients relatively as compared to other patients. In the multivariate analysis it has been found that malignancy is associated with aggressive life care (P<0.001). Conclusion: It has been concluded that malignant cancer patients have received more care as compared to other patients at the hospital. [Ethiop. J. Health Dev. 2022; 36(3) 00-00] Keywords: Palliative care; Intensive care unit; Hematological malignant cancer; solid tumour; Chemotherapy
description: The Ethiopian Journal of Health Development , Vol. 36 No. 3 (2022)
Understanding the myocardial infarction experience from onset to three months post-MI
Creators: name: Girard, Francine Marie Dupuis
Publisher: name: University of Calgary
Year: 1999
Subjects: subject: RC 685 I6 G57 1999
subject: Myocardial infarction - Nursing
subject: Nursing - Philosophy
subject: Phenomenology

description: Bibliography: p. 321-342
Observed luminosity spread in young clusters and Fu Ori stars: a unified picture
Creators: name: Baraffe, Isabelle
name: Vorobyov, Eduard
name: Chabrier, Gilles
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The idea that non steady accretion during the embedded phase of protostar evolution can produce the observed luminosity spread in the Herzsprung-Russell diagram (HRD) of young clusters has recently been called into question. Observations of Fu Ori, for instance, suggest an expansion of the star during strong accretion events whereas the luminosity spread implies a contraction of the accreting objects, decreasing their radiating surface. In this paper, we present a global scenario based on calculations coupling episodic accretion histories derived from numerical simulations of collapsing cloud prestellar cores of various masses and subsequent protostar evolution. Our calculations show that, assuming an initial protostar mass $\mi \sim 1\,\mjup$, typical of the second Larson's core, both the luminosity spread in the HRD and the inferred properties of Fu Ori events (mass, radius, accretion rate) can be explained by this scenario, providing two conditions. First, there must be some variation within the fraction of accretion energy absorbed by the protostar during the accretion process. Second the range of this variation should increase with increasing accretion burst intensity, and thus with the initial core mass and final star mass. The numerical hydrodynamics simulations of collapsing cloud prestellar cores indeed show that the intensity of the accretion bursts correlates with the mass and initial angular momentum of the prestellar core. Massive prestellar cores with high initial angular momentum are found to produce intense bursts characteristic of Fu Ori like events. Our results thus suggest a link between the burst intensities and the fraction of accretion energy absorbed by the protostar, with some threshold in the accretion rate, of the order of $10^{-5}\msolyr$, delimitating the transition from "cold" to "hot" accretion. [Abridged]
description: 23 pages, 5 figures, ApJ accepted
Ultrasonic indentation: A technique for the non-invasive quantification of spinal force-displacement properties
Creators: name: Kawchuk, Gregory N.
Publisher: name: University of Calgary
Year: 1999
Subjects: subject: RM 698.5 U48 K39 1999
subject: Lumbar vertebrae - Examination
subject: Medical instruments and apparatus
subject: Ultrasonic transducers
subject: Strains and stresses

description: Bibliography: p. 184-211
The need for Investment in Longitudinal Community-Based Cohorts
Creators: name: Adamu Addissie
Publisher: name: The Ethiopian Journal of Health Development
Year: 2022

description: In a developing country like Ethiopia, with a substantial population size and several public health challenges, including poverty, malnutrition, and diseases, it is important to have a good understanding of the health and well-being of the population. One effective method to achieve this is through community-based longitudinal cohorts. These cohorts provide insights into the dynamics of issues on the ground over time.
description: The Ethiopian Journal of Health Development , Vol. 36 No. 3 (2022)
Capacity Building for Robust Policy Evidence in Public Health and Roles of Academic Institutions
Creators: name: Adamu Addissie
Publisher: name: The Ethiopian Journal of Health Development
Year: 2022

description: Ethiopia, with a population of over 110 million people, is characterized by a diverse range of public health problems. In recent years, the country has witnessed an increase in the incidence of emerging and re-emerging public health problems, such as malaria, tuberculosis, HIV/AIDS, and Non-communicable diseases, as well as natural and man-made calamities. These problems pose a significant threat to the health and well-being of the Ethiopian population, and they also have a detrimental negative impact on the country's economic development. In order to tackle these issues effectively, it is crucial to implement robust policies and programs that are supported by substantial evidence. Therefore, policies and programs should be based on the best available evidence, and regularly evaluated for their effective.
description: The Ethiopian Journal of Health Development , Vol. 36 No. 2 (2022)
Series expansions from the corner transfer matrix renormalization group method: the hard squares model
Creators: name: Chan, Yao-ban
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
subject: Combinatorics (math.CO)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 82B20

description: The corner transfer matrix renormalization group method is an efficient method for evaluating physical quantities in statistical mechanical models. It originates from Baxter's corner transfer matrix equations and method, and was developed by Nishino and Okunishi in 1996. In this paper, we review and adapt this method, previously used for numerical calculations, to derive series expansions. We use this to calculate 92 terms of the partition function of the hard squares model. We also examine the claim that the method is subexponential in the number of generated terms and briefly analyse the resulting series.
description: 10 figures
Design and analysis of novel RF active impedance synthesizing circuits
Creators: name: Leifso, Curtis Riley
Publisher: name: University of Calgary
Year: 2000
Subjects: subject: TK 7872 I63 L45 2000
subject: Electric inductors - Design and construction
subject: Inductance
subject: Integrated circuits
subject: Radio frequency
subject: Semiconductors

description: Bibliography: p. 123-131
Identification of the underlying mechanisms of pathogenesis in chronic kidney disease based on bioinformatics analysis
Creators: name: Zhou, Chao
name: Mengmeng Zhang
name: Chundi Gao
name: Yingying Li
name: Yao, Yan
name: Farong Zhang
Publisher: name: The Ethiopian Journal of Health Development
Year: 2022

description: The Ethiopian Journal of Health Development , Vol. 36 No. 1 (2022)
Analysis and design of passive rotor transverse flux machines with permanent magnets on the stator
Creators: name: Hasubek, Bodo Eike
Publisher: name: University of Calgary
Year: 2000
Subjects: subject: TK 454.4 M3 H37 2000
subject: Magnetic materials - Machining
subject: Electric circuit analysis
subject: Electromagnetic fields
subject: Magnetic flux

description: Bibliography: p. 146-150