Advances in diversity profiling and combinatorial series design

Latar Belakang: Stunting merupakan kondisi gagal tumbuh untuk mencapai pertumbuhan normal yang diakibatkan oleh status gizi kurang dalam periode waktu lama. Pencegahan serta penanganan stunting dapat dilakukan dengan meningkatkan pengetahuan ibu yang memiliki anak stunting agar tidak berlanjut pada anak selanjutnya. Pemberian edukasi pada ibu dapat dilakukan menggunakan metode brainstorming dan audiovisual. Tujuan: Mengetahui pengaruh pemberian edukasi dengan metode brainstorming dan audiovisual terhadap pengetahuan ibu tentang stunting di Desa Gununglurah, Cilongok, Kabupaten Banyumas. Metode: Desain penelitian adalah quasy experimental with time series design. Subjek penelitian terdiri dari 34 ibu yang memiliki balita stunting. Data pengetahuan ibu mengenai stunting dikumpulkan menggunakan kuesioner pretest dan posttest. Pemberian edukasi gizi mengenai stunting dilakukan dengan metode brainstorming (curah pendapat) menggunakan alat bantu leaflet. Pemberian edukasi gizi mengenai stunting dengan metode audiovisual dilakukan menggunakan film ilustrasi. Hasil: Rerata skor pengetahuan ibu pada saat pretest adalah 6,44±1,65 sedangkan skor pada saat posttest naik menjadi 7,38±1,76. Analisis statistik menggunakan uji beda Wilcoxon menunjukkan adanya perbedaan signifikan antara pengetahuan ibu mengenai stunting pada waktu sebelum dan sesudah dilakukan intervensi (p=0,009). Kesimpulan: Terdapat perbedaan pengetahuan ibu yang signifikan mengenai stunting pada waktu sebelum dan sesudah pemberian edukasi gizi dengan metode brainstorming dan audiovisual.

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Police-involved Deaths and the Impact on Homicide Rates in the Post-Ferguson Era: A Study of 44 U.S. Cities

Journal of Interpersonal Violence ◽

10.1177/08862605211028315 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 088626052110283

Author(s):

Tyler J Lane

Keyword(s):

Meta Analysis ◽

Interrupted Time Series ◽

Homicide Rates ◽

Aggravated Assault ◽

Series Design ◽

Percentage Points ◽

Black Populations ◽

Fbi Data ◽

The Impact ◽

Interrupted Time Series Design

This study investigated whether homicides increased after protested police-involved deaths, focusing on the period after Michael Brown’s death in Ferguson in August 2014. It also tests for effects of legal cynicism by comparing effects in homicide and aggravated assault on the assumption that reporting of the latter is discretionary and police abuses may make communities reluctant to notify police. Using FBI data from 44 U.S. cities, homicide and assault rates from 2011 to 2019 were analyzed using an interrupted time series design and combined in a meta-analysis to calculate pooled effects. A meta-regression tested effect moderators including external investigations and city/county sociodemographic characteristics. With a conservative threshold of p ≤ .01, 21 of the 44 cities experienced a significant increase and one had a significant decrease. The pooled effect was a 26.1% increase in the homicide (99% CI: 15.3% to 36.8%). Aggravated assaults increased above baseline, though the effect was 15.2 percentage points smaller (99% CI: –26.7 to –3.6) than the effect in homicides. When outcomes were measured as percent change, there were no significant effect moderators, but when measured as absolute change, homicides increased to a greater extent when the death was subject to external investigation and in cities with higher Black populations, poverty rates, and baseline homicide rates. The findings suggest that protested police-involved deaths led to an increase in homicides and other violence due to the distrust fomented within the very communities whom police are meant to protect.

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Impact of Fare Policy Changes on Paratransit Travel Options: METROLift Case Study

Transportation Research Record Journal of the Transportation Research Board ◽

10.1177/0361198119842126 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 2673 (8) ◽

pp. 198-208

Author(s):

Shuman Tan ◽

Eun Sug Park ◽

Jinuk Hwang

Keyword(s):

Interrupted Time Series ◽

Service Area ◽

Policy Changes ◽

Series Design ◽

Taxi Service ◽

Willingness To Use ◽

The Impact ◽

Interrupted Time Series Design ◽

Analyze Data

The Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County’s METROLift program implemented several revised fare policies on travel options available to eligible riders at the end of 2015 and the beginning of 2016. Fares changed on the METROLift paratransit single ticket and passes. A premium fare for the expanded service area and a smartcard—Freedom Q Card—that allows free ride on METRO’s fixed-route services were introduced. This paper documents analyses to determine the impact of the revised METROLift fare policies on travel patterns and travel frequency of METROLift riders. The authors used a linear segmented regression analysis to analyze data from an interrupted time series design. The results suggest that the revised fare policies controlled the growth of percentage of riders who use METROLift paratransit service in total ADA-eligible riders, while improved the awareness and willingness to use supplementary paratransit travel options, especially the fixed-route service in the base service area and the subsidy taxi service in the expanded service area.

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Competitive analysis of soybean and sudangrass using replacement series design

Revista CERES ◽

10.1590/0034-737x201663050011 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 63 (5) ◽

pp. 668-675

Author(s):

Mauro Antônio Rizzardi ◽

Alana Cristina Dorneles Wandscheer ◽

Andrea Ferreira Hoffmann

Keyword(s):

Competitive Analysis ◽

Dry Matter ◽

Rio Grande ◽

Agricultural Crops ◽

Rio Grande Do Sul ◽

Replacement Series ◽

Series Design ◽

Randomized Design ◽

Completely Randomized Design ◽

Agricultural Areas

ABSTRACT Competition is the best known form of direct interference of weeds on agricultural crops. However, there is relatively little information on the competition of the weed sudangrass on soybean, which has been common in agricultural areas in the southern of Rio Grande do Sul. The objective of this study was to evaluate the competition between sudangrass and soybeans using replacement series experiments. The experiment was carried out in a greenhouse in a completely randomized design with four replications. The treatments consisted of soybean and sudangrass associations. The experimental units were 8-L plastic pots, in the proportions 0: 8, 2: 6, 4: 4, 6: 2, 8: 0, corresponding to 0, 25, 50, 75 and 100% of the crop and weed respectively. Shoot, root and total dry matter and plant height were analyzed through diagrams applied to replacement series and competitive indices. Soybean showed competitive superiority in coexistence with sudangrass in relation to shoot, root and total dry matter. The intraspecific competition was more significant for the crop and inter-specific competition was more important for the weed.

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Imazapic Effects on Competition Dynamics Between Native Perennial Grasses and Downy Brome (Bromus tectorum)

Invasive Plant Science and Management ◽

10.1614/ipsm-d-14-00032.1 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 8 (1) ◽

pp. 72-80 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

Shayla A. Burnett ◽

Brian A. Mealor

Keyword(s):

Native Species ◽

Relative Yield ◽

Perennial Grasses ◽

Downy Brome ◽

Replacement Series ◽

Application Timing ◽

Ecosystem Disturbance ◽

Series Design ◽

Species Establishment ◽

Negative Impacts

AbstractDowny brome inhibits revegetation efforts following ecosystem disturbance. Imazapic is a commonly used herbicide for downy brome management, but more information is needed regarding effective application timing for restoration efforts. We wished to determine (1) if native species establishment exhibited a tradeoff between downy brome competition and injury from herbicide and (2) if this differed between pre- and postemergent applications of imazapic. We used a standard replacement series design and overlaid herbicide treatments. Nine weeks after planting, aboveground biomass was harvested and relative yield (RY) indices calculated. Both imazapic applications reduced downy brome biomass by 91% or more (P < 0.05). Imazapic caused drastic reductions in native biomass but less than what was caused by downy brome competition (P < 0.05). Natives were less injured by a pre- than postemergent application (P < 0.05). In situations where downy brome may impact restoration efforts, pre-emergent applications of imazapic at 70 g ai ha−1 (0.06 lb ai ac−1) may reduce downy brome with less negative impacts on newly-seeded native grasses than post-emergent applications. Ensuring sufficient proportions of native species seeds on restoration sites may reduce downy brome.

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PENGARUH PEMBERIAN TERAPI OKSIGEN DENGAN MENGGUNAKAN NON-REBREATHING MASK (NRM) TERHADAP NILAI TEKANAN PARSIAL CO2 (PaCO2) PADA PASIEN CEDERA KEPALA SEDANG (MODERATE HEAD INJURY) DI RUANG INTENSIVE CARE UNIT (ICU) RSUP H ADAM MALIK MEDAN TAHUN 2016

Jurnal Ilmiah PANNMED (Pharmacist, Analyst, Nurse, Nutrition, Midwivery, Environment, Dentist) ◽

10.36911/pannmed.v11i1.68 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 11 (1) ◽

pp. 33-38

Author(s):

Marlisa Marlisa

Keyword(s):

Head Injury ◽

Ph Value ◽

Sampling Technique ◽

Normal Blood ◽

P Value ◽

Youth Health ◽

Series Design ◽

Blood Ph ◽

Injury Treatment ◽

Adequate Oxygenation

Head injury is any cases that caused high disability and mortallity rate. In neurology, head injury occupies the first squence and become the main of health problem to most youth, health and productive peoples. The treatment of head injury treatment is to prevent damage of brain cells by adequate oxygenation. The objective of the research was to find out the influence of giving oxygent therapy by using non-rebreathing mask (NRM) towards changing of partial pressure CO2 (PaCO2) value to head injury patients in ICU room of H. Adam Malik Hospital Medan. The research used the quasi experiment method with time series design. The samples were 10 respondents, taken by purpossive sampling technique. The instrument of the research was observation sheet. The result of the research showed that before given the oxygent therapy by using nonrebreathing mask (NRM), 5 respondents (50%) had normal blood pH value, 6 respondents (60%) had low blood HCO3- value, and 6 respondents (60%) had normal blood PaCO2 value. After given oxygent therapy found that 5 respondents (50%) had low blood pH value, 6 respondents (60%) had low blood HCO3- value, and 7 respondents (70%) had low blood PaCO2 value. The result of statistic analyze with T-Test was found significant influence of changing PaCO2 value with p value = 0,000 (p<0,05). The reduction of PaCO2 value is followed by increasing of blood pH value and reduction of blood HCO3- value. Using of non-rebreathing mask (NRM) is only effective for head injury patients with high blood PaCO2.

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Increasing Anticipatory Pleasure in Major Depression through Enhancing Episodic Future Thinking: A Randomized Single-Case Series Trial

10.31234/osf.io/9uy42 ◽

2019 ◽

Author(s):

David John Hallford ◽

Manoj Kumar Sharma ◽

David W. Austin

Keyword(s):

Major Depressive Disorder ◽

Major Depression ◽

Mental Imagery ◽

Single Case ◽

Case Series ◽

Episodic Future Thinking ◽

Future Thinking ◽

Major Depressive ◽

Positive Events ◽

Series Design

Depressed individuals have difficulty anticipating pleasure, which can impact motivation and functioning. One factor in this may be impairments in their episodic future thinking (EFT). This study examined whether enhancing EFT through increasing detail/vividness and mental imagery would increase anticipatory pleasure among individuals with Major Depressive Disorder. A randomized start-point, single case series design was used. Depressed outpatients (N = 7) completed surveys through the day over two weeks to nominate upcoming positive events and rate them on EFT detail/vividness, mental imagery, and anticipatory pleasure. At a randomized start-point, activities to enhance the detail/vividness and mental imagery for these upcoming events were introduced. Significant increases in detail and imagery were observed when EFT activities were introduced, which correlated with increases in how pleasurable it was thought the activities would be and how pleasurable it was thinking about them. Enhancing EFT may be a mechanism to increase anticipatory pleasure in depression. Implications for treatment are discussed.

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Smoking and Stroke in Appalachian Kentucky

Neurology and Neurobiology ◽

10.31487/j.nnb.2018.10.006 ◽

2018 ◽

pp. 1-4

Author(s):

Dignan Mark ◽

Kitzman Patrick ◽

S Gutti Subhash ◽

N Gutti Swathi ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Medical Records ◽

Case Series ◽

Eastern Region ◽

Retrospective Case ◽

Series Design ◽

Stroke Prevalence ◽

Appalachian Kentucky ◽

The Mean ◽

Stroke Type ◽

Stroke Belt

This project used a retrospective case series design to investigate factors associated with stroke in a rural area in Appalachian Kentucky. The south-eastern region of the U.S. is often referred to as the ‘stroke belt,’ and includes the Appalachian region of the state of Kentucky. Data were collected from medical records of patients from a neurology practice and regional hospital with a diagnosis of stroke from March 2012 through November 2015. Data were collected without personal identifiers and included demographic characteristics, stroke type, treatments received, and referrals for additional care including rehabilitation. Data from a total of 84 stroke cases diagnosed between March 2012 and November 2015 were included. Of the 84 cases, 46 (54.8%) were female and all but one was Caucasian. The distribution by race is consistent with the population of the region. The stroke cases ranged in age from 41 to 92 (M=66.3) and the age at stroke diagnosis ranged from 40 to 90 (M=65.7). Fourteen (16.7%) had evidence of a previous stroke at diagnosis. For smokers, the mean age at diagnosis was 62.7 for smokers while for non-smokers it was 67.5. The study reported smoking rates that were nearly three-times the national average, and the smokers in this study were found to have stroke onset approximately five-years earlier than non-smokers. The results from this case series support the need for further investigation on stroke prevalence and factors contributing to continued risk for stroke in Appalachia.

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Microteaching Guided by an Expert Secondary English Teacher: The Effect on Pre-Service English Teachers’ Pedagogical Content Knowledge

Pedagogika ◽

10.15823/p.2020.139.6 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 139 (3) ◽

pp. 111-135

Author(s):

Siti Aimah ◽

Dwi Rukmini ◽

Mursid Saleh ◽

Dwi Anggani Linggar Bharati

Keyword(s):

Time Series ◽

Content Knowledge ◽

English Teachers ◽

English Teacher ◽

Single Group ◽

Secondary English ◽

Pedagogical Content ◽

Series Design ◽

Equivalent Time ◽

Before And After

This study aims to determine the effect of microteaching guided by an expert secondary English teacher on pre-service English teachers PCK, focusing on the changes before and after expert-guided microteaching. The equivalent time-series design involves a single-group, repeatedly assessed, with the treatment introduced between the measurements. Expert-guided microteaching significantly affects pre-service English teachers’ PCK and triggers them to know what to teach and how to teach for students.

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