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Association of Physical Activity, Sleep Quality, and Vegetable and Fruit Consumption with the Risk of Diabetes Mellitus: A Case-Control Study in Biak Numfor, Papua, Indonesia
Full text linkDiabetes Mellitus (DM) is a major metabolic disorder marked by elevated blood glucose levels, which can result in severe health complications. In Indonesia, DM ranks among the top non-communicable diseases (NCDs), highlighting a significant public health crisis. Specifically, the Biak Numfor District in Papua is experiencing a marked rise in DM cases, threatening community health. Recent studies indicate that lifestyle modifications, dietary practices, and limited healthcare access significantly contribute to the rising urgency of addressing diabetes mellitus (DM) in specific regions. This research seeks to evaluate the risk factors influencing the incidence of DM through a multiple linear regression analysis model. Data was gathered from both diagnosed DM patients and a healthy control group in the Subdistrict of Sumberker, with 35 cases and 35 controls selected from each population. In this study, DM is the dependent variable, while the independent variables include physical activity, sleep quality, and the consumption of vegetables and fruits.Multiple linear regression analysis was used to determine the contributing factors to the incidence of DM in units. The results showed that regular physical activity contributed -0.26 units (P Value < 0.001); poor sleep quality contributed 1.7 units (P Value = 0.039). Meanwhile, regular vegetable consumption contributed -5.335 units (P Value = 0.004), and regular fruit consumption contributed -5.08 units (P Value = 0.002). This study concludes that regular physical activity and vegetable and fruit consumption lower the risk of developing DM, while poor sleep quality increases it
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Full text linkThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
Variations on the Author
Full text link“Variations on the Author” discusses two of Eduardo Coutinho’s recent films (Um Dia na Vida, from 2010, and Últimas Conversas, posthumously released in 2015) and their contribution to the general question of documentary authorship. The director’s filmography is characterized by a consistent yet self-effacing form of authorial self-inscription: Coutinho often features as an interviewer that rather than express opinions propels discourses; an interviewer that is good at listening. This mode of self-inscription characterizes him as an author who is not expressive but who is nonetheless markedly present on the screen. In Um Dia na Vida, however, Coutinho is completely absent form the image, while Últimas Conversas, on the contrary, includes a confessional prologue that moves the director from the margins to the center of his films. This article examines the ways in which these works stand out in the filmography of a director who offers new insights into the notion of cinematic authorship
Appropriate Similarity Measures for Author Cocitation Analysis
Full text linkWe provide a number of new insights into the methodological discussion about author cocitation analysis. We first argue that the use of the Pearson correlation for measuring the similarity between authors’ cocitation profiles is not very satisfactory. We then discuss what kind of similarity measures may be used as an alternative to the Pearson correlation. We consider three similarity measures in particular. One is the well-known cosine. The other two similarity measures have not been used before in the bibliometric literature. Finally, we show by means of an example that our findings have a high practical relevance.information science;Pearson correlation;cosine;similarity measure;author cocitation analysis
DETERMINAN KEJADIAN DIABETES MELLITUS DI PUSKESMAS SUMBERKER KABUPATEN BIAK NUMFOR
Full text linkDiabetes mellitus (DM) masih menjadi masalah penyakit tidak menular (PTM) secara global tidak terkecuali di Indonesia. Hal ini juga terjadi di daerah Papua seperti di Kabupaten Biak Numfor khusunya di wilayah kerja Puskesmas Sumberker. Faktor risiko yang sering terjadi seperti kecemasan, kualitas tidur dan aktifitas fisik secara ilmiah memiliki peran untuk menjadi faktor kejadian DM. Penelitian ini merupakan jenis observasi analitik kuantitatif dengan desain epidemiologi kasus kontrol. Populasi pada penelitian ini adalah masyarakat yang bertempat tinggal di wilayah kerja Puskesmas Sumberker Kabupaten Biak Numfor. Jumlah sampel diambil sebanyak 70 responden dengan Teknik pengambilan model Fix Disease Sampling (FDS) dengan perbandingan yang seimbang antara kasus dan kontrol sebesar 1:1 dimana jumlah responden dengan status DM dan responden dengan status kontrol masing-masing sebanyak 35 responden. Hasil penelitian di analisis multivariat pendekatan Generalized Linier Models (GLM) jenis Gaussian. Variabel terikat pada penelitian ini adalah DM dan variabel bebas adalah kecemasan, kualitas tidur dan aktifitas fisik. Hasil analisis menunjukan bahwa nilai Kecemasan sebesar 5,19 (CI=3,56-6,84; P value <0,001); Kualitas Tidur sebesar 2,55(CI=1,11-3,99; P Value=0,001); dan Aktifitas Fisik sebesar -0,15 (CI= (-0,82) - (-0,029); P Value = 0,015). Kesimpulan dari penelitian ini adalah kecemasan, kualitas tidur, dan aktifitas fisik berpengaruh terhadap kejadian DM dan secara statistik signifikan
Path Analysis on the Biopsychosocial Factors Associated with Hypertension
Full text linkBackground: Hypertension is a non-communicable disease which may lead to premature death and disability. This study aimed to determine the biopsychosocial factors associated with the risk of hypertension.Subjects and Method: This was an analytic observational study with a case-control design. This study was conducted at Dr. Moewardi Hospital, from September to November 2018. A sample of 225 patients was selected by fixed disease sampling. The dependent variable was hypertension. The independent variables were anxiety, stress, quality of sleep, body mass index (BMI), physical activity, vegetables and fruit, coffee drink, and soft drink consumption. Blood pressure was measured by sphygmomanometer. Body weight was measured by scale. Body height was measured by microtoise. The other data were collected by questionnaire and analyzed by path analysis.Results: Hypertension directly increased with anxiety (b= 0.26; 95%CI= 0.02to 0.51; p= 0.037), stress (b= 0.28; 95%CI= 0.04 to 0.53; p= 0.022), poor quality of sleep (b= 0.46; 95%CI= 0.06 to 0.87; p= 0.026), BMI (b= 0.68; 95%CI= 0.051 to 1.31; p= 0.034), coffee drink consumption (b= 1.31; 95%CI= 0.17 to 2.46; p= 0.024), and soft drink consumption (b= 0.38; 95%CI= 0.04 to 0.72; p= 0.029). Hypertension directly decreased with high physical activity (b= -0.04; 95%CI= -0.07 to -0.004; p= 0.027), vegetable and fruit consumption (b= -1.13; 95%CI= -2.07 to -0.19; p= 0.037). Hypertension was indirectly affected by anxiety, physical activity, quality of sleep, and coffe drink consumption through BMI and quality of sleep.Conclusion: Hypertension is directly and positively affected by anxiety, stress, poor quality of sleep, BMI, coffee drink consumption, and soft drink consumption, but negatively affected by high physical activity, vegetable and fruit consumption.Keywords: hypertension, biopsychosocial, determinantsCorrespondence
Dispelling the Myths Behind First-author Citation Counts
Full text linkWe conducted a full-scale evaluative citation analysis study of scholars in the XML research field to explore just how different from each other author rankings resulting from different citation counting methods actually are, and to demonstrate the capability of emerging data and tools on the Web in supporting more realistic citation counting methods. Our results contest some common arguments for the continued
use of first-author citation counts in the evaluation of scholars, such as high correlations between author rankings by first-author citation counts and other citation
counting methods, and high costs of using more realistic citation counting methods that are not well-supported by the ISI databases. It is argued that increasingly available digital full text research papers make it possible for citation analysis studies to go beyond what the ISI databases have directly supported and to employ more
sophisticated methods
koamabayili/VECTRON-author-checklist: VECTRON author checklist
No full textWe have done our best to complete the author checklist relating to the use of animals in the hut study. Note that the objective for the hut study was to evaluate the IRS treatment applications for residual efficacy against Anopheles mosquitoes, including the local An. coluzzii mosquito population. Cows were only used to attract mosquitoes into the huts and no tests were carried out directly on the cows. The author checklist is intended for use with studies where experiments are carried out on animals, which is why we have had such difficulty in completing this for the hut study, as many of the questions do not relate to how the cows were used
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