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    ANALISIS ANTENATAL CARE (ANC) PADA SURVEILANS KESEHATAN IBU DAN ANAK DENGAN TAHAPAN AGREGASI PIPELINE NOSQL

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    Case 30.8 percent of Indonesian children under five are stunted. Bantul is a district in the Province of D.I. Yogyakarta, Indonesia, is a locus of stunting. Bantul has ten villages. The ten villages include Patalan Jetis Village, Canden Jetis Village, Terong Dlingo Village, Argodadi Sedayu Village, Triharjo Pandak Village, Triwidadi Pajangan Village, Jatimulyo Dlingo Village, Datangharjo Sewon Village, Sendangsari Pajangan Village, and Trimulyo Jetis Village. The research focuses on the village of Argodadi Sedayu. In the village of Argodadi Sedayu, Antenatal Care (ANC) research would be conducted. Antenatal Care (ANC) is a pregnancy check by a doctor or midwife. Therefore, Antenatal Care Analysis (ANC) is needed to determine whether diet, parenting, and sanitation are well programmed. Antenatal care (ANC) research framework was a model of method improvement. The method improvement model consists of indicators, proposed methods, objectives, and measurements. The indicators consist of monitoring instruments and health visits. The proposed method uses an aggregation pipeline stage. The data was processed in the aggregation pipeline stage. The data were obtained from the time series data surveillance dataset. The research objective was to analyze the research results accurately according to the proposed method. Measurement of indicator analysis with the application of the dashboard as a performance indicator on the research results. Practically, it is hoped that the research results could consider the health office and related institutions in reducing or even elevating Argodadi Sedayu Village in Yogyakarta as a non-locus of stunting using massive monitoring of diet, parenting, and sanitation well programmed

    Thermopower in the strongly overdoped region of single-layer Bi2Sr2CuO6+d superconductor

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    The evolution of the thermoelectric power S(T) with doping, p, of single-layer Bi2Sr2CuO6+d ceramics in the strongly overdoped region is studied in detail. Analysis in term of drag and diffusion contributions indicates a departure of the diffusion from the T-linear metallic behavior. This effect is increased in the strongly overdoped range (p~0.2-0.28) and should reflect the proximity of some topological change.Comment: 4 pages, 4 figure

    Two-Dimensional Infrared Spectroscopy of Antiparallel β-Sheet Secondary Structure

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    We investigate the sensitivity of femtosecond Fourier transform two-dimensional infrared spectroscopy to protein secondary structure with a study of antiparallel β-sheets. The results show that 2D IR spectroscopy is more sensitive to structural differences between proteins than traditional infrared spectroscopy, providing an observable that allows comparison to quantitative models of protein vibrational spectroscopy. 2D IR correlation spectra of the amide I region of poly-L-lysine, concanavalin A, ribonuclease A, and lysozyme show cross-peaks between the IR-active transitions that are characteristic of amide I couplings for polypeptides in antiparallel hydrogen-bonding registry. For poly-L-lysine, the 2D IR spectrum contains the eight-peak structure expected for two dominant vibrations of an extended, ordered antiparallel β-sheet. In the proteins with antiparallel β-sheets, interference effects between the diagonal and cross-peaks arising from the sheets, combined with diagonally elongated resonances from additional amide transitions, lead to a characteristic “Z”-shaped pattern for the amide I region in the 2D IR spectrum. We discuss in detail how the number of strands in the sheet, the local configurational disorder in the sheet, the delocalization of the vibrational excitation, and the angle between transition dipole moments affect the position, splitting, amplitude, and line shape of the cross-peaks and diagonal peaks.

    Subcutaneous emphysema in a case of infective sinusitis: a case report

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    <p>Abstract</p> <p>Introduction</p> <p>Subcutaneous emphysema with pneumomediastinum is a rare phenomenon with a high morbidity and may occur spontaneously.</p> <p>Case presentation</p> <p>A 30-year-old Caucasian man presented with sudden onset of a painful, swollen neck and was found, via clinical and radiological examination to have subcutaneous emphysema. A swallow study showed no oesophageal perforation. Computed tomography of his neck and thorax demonstrated pneumomediastinum but no other pathology. Management was conservative with intravenous antibiotics, fluids and no oral intake. He had a history of a productive cough and a flexible nasoendoscopy found purulent sinusitis which was treated with topical nasal washes. The patient was discharged after 72 hours and will be followed up by the otolaryngology-head and neck service.</p> <p>Conclusions</p> <p>Infective sinusitis is a rare cause of subcutaneous emphysema and pneumomediastinum. It may be managed conservatively provided there is early recognition and exclusion of more serious pathology, such as a ruptured trachea or oesophagus.</p

    Theory of Electric Transport in the Pseudogap State of High-Tc Cuprates

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    We theoretically investigate the electric transport in the pseudogap state of High-Tc cuprates. Starting from the repulsive Hubbard model, we perform the microscopic calculation to describe the pseudogap phenomena which are induced by the superconducting fluctuations. The single particle Green function, spin susceptibility and superconducting fluctuations are self-consistently determined by the SC-FLEX+T-matrix approximation. The longitudinal and transverse conductivities are calculated by using the Eliashberg and Kohno-Yamada formalism. The effects of the spin fluctuations and superconducting fluctuations are estimated, respectively. The vertex corrections arising from the two fluctuations are also calculated. The additional contribution from the Aslamazov-Larkin term is also estimated beyond the Eliashberg formalism. It is shown that the main effect of the superconducting fluctuations is the feedback effect through the spin fluctuations. The correct results are obtained by considering the superconducting fluctuations and the spin fluctuations simultaneously. The temperature and doping dependences of the resistivity and the Hall coefficient are well explained. We point out that the characteristic momentum dependence of the systems plays an essential role in this explanation.Comment: To appear in J. Phys. Soc. Jpn. Vol.71 No.1 (2002

    Gravitational Waves From Known Pulsars: Results From The Initial Detector Era

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    We present the results of searches for gravitational waves from a large selection of pulsars using data from the most recent science runs (S6, VSR2 and VSR4) of the initial generation of interferometric gravitational wave detectors LIGO (Laser Interferometric Gravitational-wave Observatory) and Virgo. We do not see evidence for gravitational wave emission from any of the targeted sources but produce upper limits on the emission amplitude. We highlight the results from seven young pulsars with large spin-down luminosities. We reach within a factor of five of the canonical spin-down limit for all seven of these, whilst for the Crab and Vela pulsars we further surpass their spin-down limits. We present new or updated limits for 172 other pulsars (including both young and millisecond pulsars). Now that the detectors are undergoing major upgrades, and, for completeness, we bring together all of the most up-to-date results from all pulsars searched for during the operations of the first-generation LIGO, Virgo and GEO600 detectors. This gives a total of 195 pulsars including the most recent results described in this paper.United States National Science FoundationScience and Technology Facilities Council of the United KingdomMax-Planck-SocietyState of Niedersachsen/GermanyAustralian Research CouncilInternational Science Linkages program of the Commonwealth of AustraliaCouncil of Scientific and Industrial Research of IndiaIstituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare of ItalySpanish Ministerio de Economia y CompetitividadConselleria d'Economia Hisenda i Innovacio of the Govern de les Illes BalearsNetherlands Organisation for Scientific ResearchPolish Ministry of Science and Higher EducationFOCUS Programme of Foundation for Polish ScienceRoyal SocietyScottish Funding CouncilScottish Universities Physics AllianceNational Aeronautics and Space AdministrationOTKA of HungaryLyon Institute of Origins (LIO)National Research Foundation of KoreaIndustry CanadaProvince of Ontario through the Ministry of Economic Development and InnovationNational Science and Engineering Research Council CanadaCarnegie TrustLeverhulme TrustDavid and Lucile Packard FoundationResearch CorporationAlfred P. Sloan FoundationAstronom

    Randomised trial of indwelling pleural catheters for refractory transudative pleural effusions

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    Objective: Refractory symptomatic transudative pleural effusions are an indication for pleural drainage. There has been supportive observational evidence for the use of indwelling pleural catheters (IPCs) for transudative effusions, but no randomised trials. We aimed to investigate the effect of IPCs on breathlessness in patients with transudative pleural effusions when compared with standard care. / Methods: A multicentre randomised controlled trial, in which patients with transudative pleural effusions were randomly assigned to either an IPC (intervention) or therapeutic thoracentesis (TT; standard care). The primary outcome was mean daily breathlessness score over 12 weeks from randomisation. / Results: 220 patients were screened from April 2015 to August 2019 across 13 centres, with 33 randomised to intervention (IPC) and 35 to standard care (TT). Underlying aetiology was heart failure in 46 patients, liver failure in 16 and renal failure in six. In primary outcome analysis, the mean±sd breathlessness score over the 12-week study period was 39.7±29.4 mm in the IPC group and 45.0±26.1 mm in the TT group (p=0.67). Secondary outcomes analysis demonstrated that mean±sd drainage was 17 412±17 936 mL and 2901±2416 mL in the IPC and TT groups, respectively. A greater proportion of patients had at least one adverse event in the IPC group (p=0.04). / Conclusion: We found no significant difference in breathlessness over 12 weeks between IPCs or TT. TT is associated with fewer complications and IPCs reduced the number of invasive pleural procedures required. Patient preference and circumstances should be considered in selecting the intervention in this cohort

    Follow-up analyses to the O3 LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA lensing searches

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    Along their path from source to observer, gravitational waves may be gravitationally lensed by massive objects leading to distortion in the signals. Searches for these distortions amongst the observed signals from the current detector network have already been carried out, though there have as yet been no confident detections. However, predictions of the observation rate of lensing suggest detection in the future is a realistic possibility. Therefore, preparations need to be made to thoroughly investigate the candidate lensed signals. In this work, we present some follow-up analyses that could be applied to assess the significance of such events and ascertain what information may be extracted about the lens-source system by applying these analyses to a number of O3 candidate events, even if these signals did not yield a high significance for any of the lensing hypotheses. These analyses cover the strong lensing, millilensing, and microlensing regimes. Applying these additional analyses does not lead to any additional evidence for lensing in the candidates that have been examined. However, it does provide important insight into potential avenues to deal with high-significance candidates in future observations

    Symptoms in first-degree relatives of patients with rheumatoid arthritis: evaluation of cross-sectional data from the symptoms in persons at risk of rheumatoid arthritis (SPARRA) questionnaire in the PRe-clinical EValuation of Novel Targets in RA (PREVeNT-RA) Cohort

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    From Springer Nature via Jisc Publications RouterHistory: received 2021-01-26, accepted 2021-07-15, registration 2021-07-28, pub-electronic 2021-08-11, online 2021-08-11, collection 2021-12Publication status: PublishedFunder: Manchester Biomedical Research Centre; doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/100014653Funder: Versus Arthritis; doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100012041; Grant(s): 21755Abstract: Background: First-degree relatives (FDRs) of people with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) have a fourfold increased risk of developing RA. The Symptoms in Persons At Risk of Rheumatoid Arthritis (SPARRA) questionnaire was developed to document symptoms in persons at risk of RA. The aims of this study were (1) to describe symptoms in a cohort of FDRs of patients with RA overall and stratified by seropositivity and elevated CRP and (2) to determine if patient characteristics were associated with symptoms suggestive of RA. Methods: A cross-sectional study of FDRs of patients with RA, in the PREVeNT-RA study, who completed a study questionnaire, provided a blood sample measured for rheumatoid factor, anti-CCP and CRP and completed the SPARRA questionnaire. Moderate/severe symptoms and symmetrical, small and large joint pain were identified and described. Symptoms associated with both seropositivity and elevated CRP were considered suggestive of RA. Logistic regression was used to determine if symptoms suggestive of RA were associated with patient characteristics. Results: Eight hundred seventy participants provided all data, 43 (5%) were seropositive and 122 (14%) had elevated CRP. The most frequently reported symptoms were sleep disturbances (20.3%) and joint pain (17.9%). Symmetrical and small joint pain were 11.3% and 12.8% higher, respectively, in those who were seropositive and 11.5% and 10.7% higher in those with elevated CRP. In the logistic regression model, seropositivity, older age and feeling depressed were associated with increased odds of small and symmetrical joint pain. Conclusions: This is the first time the SPARRA questionnaire has been applied in FDRs of patients with RA and has demonstrated that the presence of symmetrical and small joint pain in this group may be useful in identifying people at higher risk of developing RA
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