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Association Between Duration of Diabetes Mellitus and Chronic Kidney Disease Staging Among Type II Diabetes Mellitus Patients in Padang Terap, Kedah, Malaysia 马来西亚吉打州巴东特拉普市2型糖尿病患者糖尿病病程与慢性肾脏疾病分期的关系

Journal of public health issues and practices Pub Date : 2022-01-01 DOI: 10.33790/jphip1100199

Abdul Hadi Mohd Zuki, Mohamad Rodi Isa

{"title":"Association Between Duration of Diabetes Mellitus and Chronic Kidney Disease Staging Among Type II Diabetes Mellitus Patients in Padang Terap, Kedah, Malaysia","authors":"Abdul Hadi Mohd Zuki, Mohamad Rodi Isa","doi":"10.33790/jphip1100199","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.33790/jphip1100199","url":null,"abstract":"Background: Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a global health burden with a high economic cost to health systems and diabetes mellitus (DM) is one of the significant predictors to the development of CKD. The study aimed to determine the association between the duration of DM and CKD staging among T2DM patients. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted using secondary data from the National Diabetes Registry’s (NDR) audited patients for the year of 2018 to 2020 at Padang Terap, Kedah. The eGFR was calculated from serum creatinine value and classified into six categories based on the KDIGO classification. Multinominal logistic regression analysis was used to determine the association. Results: A total of 963 patients were included in the study. The prevalence of CKD was 38.6%. The majority of T2DM patients were elderly Malay females. The prevalence of stage 1 was 6.95%, stage 2 was 5.4%, stage 3a was 12.35%, stage 3b was 8.10%, stage 4 was 3.86% and stage 5 was 1.93%. In the multivariable analysis, in model 1 (unadjusted) the p-value showed a significant association between duration of DM and CKD staging. By adjusting with other blocks of variables (Model 2 to Model 6) were also found to be in a significant association (p<0.05). Conclusion: It is concluded that there was an association between the duration of DM and CKD staging. Early detection of CKD and glycemic control are essential to delay the onset of diabetic kidney disease. Diabetes control should be optimized to reduce diabetes-related complications and minimize adverse events.","PeriodicalId":92810,"journal":{"name":"Journal of public health issues and practices","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"69688706","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Assessing Occupational Stress and Preparedness Among Campus Safety Officers and Dental School Employees at an Academic Medical Center During COVID-19 评估2019冠状病毒病期间学术医疗中心校园安全官员和牙科学校员工的职业压力和准备情况

Journal of public health issues and practices Pub Date : 2022-01-01 DOI: 10.33790/jphip1100203

Decature Banker, L. Baccaglini, M. McCann, C. Achutan

{"title":"Assessing Occupational Stress and Preparedness Among Campus Safety Officers and Dental School Employees at an Academic Medical Center During COVID-19","authors":"Decature Banker, L. Baccaglini, M. McCann, C. Achutan","doi":"10.33790/jphip1100203","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.33790/jphip1100203","url":null,"abstract":"Job stress can lead to adverse physical and emotional health effects in employees. It is worse during an emergency or pandemic. This cross-sectional study looked at Campus Safety Officers and Dental School employees, who’s work puts them at risk for COVID-19 exposure. We hypothesized that Campus Safety Officers and Dental School employees who felt adequately trained to conduct COVID-19 related work would not feel more stressed during the COVID-19 pandemic than they did before the pandemic. We provided a self-administered questionnaire to 148 employees between April and July 2020. Of the 148 questionnaires, 147 were included in our study. There were 42 Campus Safety Officers (28.6%) and 105 Dental School employees (71.4%). Most study participants were younger than 40 years of age (51.1%), and male (52.4%). Forty-four had over 20 years of work experience. We found a significant association between employee perception of stress, perception of adequate training to conduct pandemic work (p≤0.0001), and gender (p=0.022). Although most study participants felt adequately trained to conduct work relating to COVID-19 (60.9%), they still felt more stressed during the pandemic than before (47.6%). Mental health support is critical to reduce the impact of stress.","PeriodicalId":92810,"journal":{"name":"Journal of public health issues and practices","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"69688859","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Empirical Evidence on the Impact of Infectious Diseases on Health-Outcome in Nigeria 关于尼日利亚传染病对健康结果影响的经验证据

Journal of public health issues and practices Pub Date : 2022-01-01 DOI: 10.33790/jphip1100206

Declan Chibueze Onyechege, N. Nor, Wan Azman Saini Wan Ngah, Mohd Naseem Bin Niaz Ahmad

{"title":"Empirical Evidence on the Impact of Infectious Diseases on Health-Outcome in Nigeria","authors":"Declan Chibueze Onyechege, N. Nor, Wan Azman Saini Wan Ngah, Mohd Naseem Bin Niaz Ahmad","doi":"10.33790/jphip1100206","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.33790/jphip1100206","url":null,"abstract":"Purpose: This research is an empirical investigation on the rate in which infectious diseases have impacted on health outcome in Nigeria. Over the years, infectious diseases such as HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and others have been rampaging the health outcome of the people mostly those in Africa and in Nigeria to be precise. Many people have lost their precious life because of these infectious diseases and many are still in anticipation of losing their lives too. Efforts by the Nigeria government to curtail the prevalence of infectious diseases seems abortive. This paper is to find out the level in which infectious diseases have been affecting health outcome of the people in Nigeria and proffer a solution to the menace. Design/Methodology/Approach: This paper is an empirical research. The methodology used is the Auto Regressive Distributed Lag (ARDL) model which helps to find out the rate of impacts and effects of infectious diseases on health outcome in Nigeria. Being an empirical study, secondary annual data (1985 – 2018) were used and their sources are reliable. Findings: The result from the findings shows that infectious diseases have negative impacts on health outcome in Nigeria over the years of study. However, HIV/AIDS was significant at 10% over those years, while Tuberculosis showed no significance impact on health outcome. Originality/Value: This study approached infectious diseases and health outcome in Nigeria. It will help to foster good economic policies to curb the prevalence of infectious diseases and boast health outcome in Nigeria knowing that most of the efforts the government of Nigeria abducted previously seem abortive. The conclusion part of this study is a good policy implementation ideas and strategic plans to eradicate the menace.","PeriodicalId":92810,"journal":{"name":"Journal of public health issues and practices","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"69688490","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Elimination of Neonatal Tetanus in Rural Central African Republic: Issues and Challenges 消除中非共和国农村新生儿破伤风:问题与挑战

Journal of public health issues and practices Pub Date : 2022-01-01 DOI: 10.33790/jphip1100208

Longo Jean De Dieu, Woromogo Sylvain Honore, Diemer Henri Saint Calvaire, Niamate Lemotomo Christelle, Fandema Emmanuel, Tékpa Gaspard, G. Gérard

{"title":"Elimination of Neonatal Tetanus in Rural Central African Republic: Issues and Challenges","authors":"Longo Jean De Dieu, Woromogo Sylvain Honore, Diemer Henri Saint Calvaire, Niamate Lemotomo Christelle, Fandema Emmanuel, Tékpa Gaspard, G. Gérard","doi":"10.33790/jphip1100208","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.33790/jphip1100208","url":null,"abstract":"Like other countries in the world, the Central African Republic is committed to the fight against the elimination of neonatal tetanus (NNT). Despite the efforts made, the number of NNT cases continues to grow. The objective of this work was to describe the epidemiological profile and identify the risk factors for the occurrence of NNT in rural Central African areas in order to improve control strategies in this context. This was a case-control study of newborns with tetanus (case) or not (controls), conducted between 2014 and 2019 at the Gazi Secondary Health Center. A questionnaire collected socio-demographic and clinical data that were entered and analyzed using the Epi info 7 software. Multiple logistic regression used to establish the relationship between the occurrence of tetanus and the characteristics of the mother and the newborn, through the ORs and their 95% CI. A total of 332 newborns were included, including 166 cases of NNT and 166 controls. The average age was 7.8 ±3.6 days. The incidence of NNT was 2.7 and 5.2 cases per 1000 live births in 2014 and 2019 respectively. The main risk factors for NNT were new males (p=0.04), low maternal education (p=0.001), separation from health care (p=0.006), primiparity (p<0.001), low number of antenatal visits (p<0.003) and low tetanus vaccine coverage (p<0.001). According to newborn care practices: home birth (p=0.002), delivery by unskilled personnel (p<0.001), umbilical cord septic section (p<0.001), no cord dressing (p<0.001) and septic dressing (p=0.012) were statistically associated with the occurrence of NNT in our context. In rural Central African Africa, the incidence of neonatal tetanus remains high and the risk factors are multiple. Effective health promotion measures can contribute to the elimination of this disease.","PeriodicalId":92810,"journal":{"name":"Journal of public health issues and practices","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"69688561","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Perceived Mental Health Among Adult Residents Living in Region 4 Illinois, U.S., During COVID-19 Pandemic: A Cross-Sectional Study 在COVID-19大流行期间，美国伊利诺伊州4区成年居民的心理健康状况:一项横断面研究

Journal of public health issues and practices Pub Date : 2022-01-01 DOI: 10.33790/jphip1100211

Kailah Hilmes, Alice Ma, C. Harville, Huaibo Xin

{"title":"Perceived Mental Health Among Adult Residents Living in Region 4 Illinois, U.S., During COVID-19 Pandemic: A Cross-Sectional Study","authors":"Kailah Hilmes, Alice Ma, C. Harville, Huaibo Xin","doi":"10.33790/jphip1100211","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.33790/jphip1100211","url":null,"abstract":"As of July 22, 2022, there were 3,528,282 total confirmed COVID-19 cases in Illinois, United States. The purpose of this study was to examine how the COVID-19 pandemic has contributed to Illinois Region 4 adult residents’ poor mental health and assess the mental health burden the residents experienced during the pandemic. A cross-sectional survey was administered via Qualtrics. Participants (N=632) living in the Illinois Region 4 counties of Bond, Clinton, Madison, Monroe, Randolph, St. Clair, and Washington were recruited through Facebook. The questionnaire was developed based on the current literature review and was validated by colleagues in public health. Both descriptive statistics and logistic regression were used for data analysis using SPSS. Most of the participants identified as female (86.7%). Many of the participants had an associate’s (23.6%) or a bachelor’s (29.4%) degree. About 84% of the participants reported that COVID-19 had changed things in their daily life (e.g., work, family, and social life). There was significantly more perceived mental health burden during the pandemic than there was before the pandemic (p<0.001). Approximately 68% of participants believed more mental health resources should be made available within their county of residence. Overall, the study findings suggest the perceived mental health burden among Region 4 adults, which highlight the need for mental health issues to be prioritized and the allocation of mental health resources to be optimized.","PeriodicalId":92810,"journal":{"name":"Journal of public health issues and practices","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"69689213","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Motor Control Alterations and the Perception of Postural Instability in non-Fallers Latinx-Hispanic Adults Living with HIV 运动控制改变和体位不稳定的感知在非跌倒的拉丁-西班牙裔成人艾滋病病毒携带者中

Journal of public health issues and practices Pub Date : 2022-01-01 DOI: 10.33790/jphip1100194

Martin G. Rosario

{"title":"Motor Control Alterations and the Perception of Postural Instability in non-Fallers Latinx-Hispanic Adults Living with HIV","authors":"Martin G. Rosario","doi":"10.33790/jphip1100194","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.33790/jphip1100194","url":null,"abstract":"People who have advanced HIV can display inadequate postural control because of the virus affecting the brain. Antiretroviral therapy (ART) mitigates some repercussions of the disease, maintaining a healthy immune system. The issue is that prolonged usage of ART may affect balance at a slower pace. Purpose: Assess postural control and balance perception in Latinx-Hispanic people living with HIV with a stable immune system. Methods: 42 (30 men and 12women) subjects took part in the investigation (57.2± 8.7 years old). Participants had to be diagnosed with HIV to enroll in the study with a CD4 count of > 500 cells/µL. The eight balance tasks (15 s each) were accomplished on a thick balance foam mat and further partitioned into two parts, four single and four dual cognitive tasks (subjects counting backward three numbers at a time). Results: We measured balance using body-worn accelerometers (ACC) and the ABC scale. There was a considerable increase in sway movements within the different tasks, χ2 (8) = 194.314, p = 0.00. This increment in postural movements was observed when single and dual tasks were contrasted for EO (Z=-2.169, p=005) and EOHUD (Z=-2.344, p 0.05). Related to the ABC scale, subjects scored lower, notably in tasks involving more balance demands. Conclusion: HIV-diagnosed individuals with a stable immune system exhibit increased postural alteration and perceive balance difficulties with activities requiring higher motor control demands. Clinicians should assess the balance in people living with HIV in all stages of the disease as a prevention tool.","PeriodicalId":92810,"journal":{"name":"Journal of public health issues and practices","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"69688536","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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The Relationship Between Reporting Occupational Injuries, Job Control, and Safety Citizenship Sub-dimensions of Action 职业伤害报告、工作控制与安全公民行为子维度之关系

Journal of public health issues and practices Pub Date : 2021-07-01 DOI: 10.33790/jphip1100178

C. Pinion

{"title":"The Relationship Between Reporting Occupational Injuries, Job Control, and Safety Citizenship Sub-dimensions of Action","authors":"C. Pinion","doi":"10.33790/jphip1100178","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.33790/jphip1100178","url":null,"abstract":"More than five thousand workers lost their lives in 2018 due to occupational incidents. Research suggests that increased job control and safety citizenship can help mitigate occupational incidents. This study aims to answer the following research question: Does a relationship exist between the behavior of reporting occupational injuries and both job control and safety citizenship? This exploratory cross-sectional study used an employee perception questionnaire to examine the behavior of reporting occupational injuries, employee job control, and six safety citizenship sub-dimensions of action (i.e. stewardship, civic virtue, whistleblowing, initiating safety-related change, voice, and helping) at two companies in the Midwestern region of the United States. The survey consisted of 34 items and used a 5-point Likert Scale to quantify the data gathered along with other demographic variables. An ordinal logistic regression analysis to investigate the relationship between the behavior of reporting occupational injuries, job control, and the six sub-dimensions of safety citizenship was conducted. Results indicate that job control ( X2 = 8.512, df = 1, p < 0.05) and whistleblowing (X2 = 4.836, df = 1, p < 0.05) predict the behavior of occupational injury reporting.","PeriodicalId":92810,"journal":{"name":"Journal of public health issues and practices","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46536821","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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The Promise of Applying Systems Theory and Integrative Health Approaches to the Current Psychosocial Stress Pandemic 应用系统理论和综合健康方法对当前社会心理压力大流行的前景

Journal of public health issues and practices Pub Date : 2021-01-01 DOI: 10.33790/jphip1100180

Tamara L. Goldsby, Michael E. Goldsby, Madisen Haines, Chiara Marrapodi, J. Galdós, D. Chopra, Paul J. Mills

{"title":"The Promise of Applying Systems Theory and Integrative Health Approaches to the Current Psychosocial Stress Pandemic","authors":"Tamara L. Goldsby, Michael E. Goldsby, Madisen Haines, Chiara Marrapodi, J. Galdós, D. Chopra, Paul J. Mills","doi":"10.33790/jphip1100180","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.33790/jphip1100180","url":null,"abstract":"Background: Chronic stress in Western society may currently be characterized as a public health concern at pandemic levels and may be at risk of crossing a tipping point, as evidenced by major societal unrest. While evolutionarily, activation of the body’s sympathetic nervous system (SNS) exists to protect the individual by triggering the ‘fight or flight’ response, this response has been observed to be chronically occurring in a significant number of individuals in Western society. This chronically stressed physiological state has been linked to numerous physical health problems, including cardiovascular disease and diabetes, as well as mental health problems such as depression and anxiety, and behavioral problems such as addictions. When considered in the framework of Systems Theory, the multiple levels of stress – including individual, relationship, and societal levels – may be viewed as interacting and thus compounding features of the system. In this context, this paper also briefly discusses the potential benefits of using Integrative Health treatment approaches as a priority to counter the pandemic’s multiple levels of psychosocial stress. Objective: This paper strives to examine the pandemic of psychosocial stress in Western society in terms of a Systems Theory and Integrative Health framework. Conclusion: The next logical step in attempting to avoid and abate more disastrous results of the stress pandemic would include examining effective and promising treatments for chronic stress. Therefore, the present paper recommends the pursuit of extensive research into effective treatments for stress, especially examining treatments that take a whole-person or integrative approach.","PeriodicalId":92810,"journal":{"name":"Journal of public health issues and practices","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"69687958","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Examining the Intersection of Alcohol Use and Hookups among Transgender College Students: A Descriptive Study 跨性别大学生酒精使用与勾搭关系的交叉点:一项描述性研究

Journal of public health issues and practices Pub Date : 2021-01-01 DOI: 10.33790/jphip1100183

Alice Ma, Brittany D. Chambers, Amanda E. Tanner, Kari C. Kugler, Jeffrey J. Milroy, David L. Wyrick

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Assessment of Particulate Matter Levels in Homes with Children 评估有儿童家庭的颗粒物水平

Journal of public health issues and practices Pub Date : 2021-01-01 DOI: 10.33790/jphip1100185

Ali Al Rabou

{"title":"Assessment of Particulate Matter Levels in Homes with Children","authors":"Ali Al Rabou","doi":"10.33790/jphip1100185","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.33790/jphip1100185","url":null,"abstract":"Children’s exposure to particulate matter (PM) is of great interest because it can cause adverse health effects, including asthma, and decreased lung function. The purpose of this study was to determine the levels of PM in low socio-economic status homes in Omaha, Nebraska. Between October 2018 and September 2019, we collected ambient air PM samples from 30 homes, of which 70% had at least one asthmatic child. Samples were collected at the 2-foot level and the 4-foot level to approximate the breathing zones of toddlers and older children, respectively. We also asked the study participants questions related to indoor air quality (IAQ). Indoor PM levels ranged from 4.28 to 72.81 μg/m3. There was a significant association between IAQ and the furnace filter status (dirty or clean) (p = 0.023, OR = 7.5 [95% confidence interval: 1.40, 39.84]). We found that IAQ status suggests a significant association with the level of housekeeping (p = 0.05, OR = 4.76 [95% confidence interval: 0.95, 23.86]). Indoor PM levels varied significantly between 2 feet and 4 feet (p < 0.05). PM levels could differ substantially depending on the furnace filter’s status. In addition, exposure to PM can significantly depend on the child’s height.","PeriodicalId":92810,"journal":{"name":"Journal of public health issues and practices","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"69688179","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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