bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
EU-CHINA RELATIONS IN THE CONTEXT OF THE EU'S LEADERSHIP IN COMBATING CLIMATE CHANGE: COOPERATION OR COMPETITION?
Authors: BAYKARA Sıla Turaç
Published: March 2022

Today, the fight against climate change has become one of the main issues of the global governance agenda. China and the EU are two key players engaged in global climate governance, whose interactions have had a major impact. The EU, which has put the issue of climate change on its agenda since the 1990s, has become a pioneer in the field of combating climate change with its initiatives in recent years. Especially with the European Green Deal announced in 2019, the EU has realized the goal of making Europe the world's first climate-neutral continent by 2050. accompanied by strict commitments. In September 2020, at the UN General Assembly, Xi Jinping stated that China will be a carbon-neutral country by 2060. Therefore, the EU sees China as an important actor in the fight against climate change. Therefore, the EU thinks that it should continue its cooperation with China on global climate change governance that will contribute to both sides. This study claims to show that the EU has shaped its approach to climate change around shaping global norms and increasing multilateral cooperation, and that it sees China as both a competitor and a collaborator at this point. The EU's use of this competition and cooperation to make China take the initiative in combating climate change may contribute to its becoming a global actor in the field of climate. For this reason, it would be appropriate to talk about both competition and cooperation between the EU and China on climate change.
EXAMINATION OF THE DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION CONCEPT BY SYSTEMATIC CONTENT ANALYSIS: POSTGRADUATE THESIS STUDIES BETWEEN 2016-2021 IN TURKEY
Authors: SUNDU Mustafa , SAĞBAŞ Murat , TÜRK Sabri
Published: March 2022

Digital Transformation means a comprehensive digitalization experience that transforms business processes, business models, customer relations, and operations of organizations and leads to revolutionary changes in all business structures from past to present. It has gradually increased its importance due to the rapid development and spread of technology, especially concepts such as industry 4.0 and society 5.0. While moving to Society 5.0, it has become essential to use technology and benefit from the opportunities it offers for a society that will create its future. Universities, which try to contribute to the development of society, have rapidly increased their research on digital transformation. The aim of the research is to analyze the postgraduate studies conducted in Turkey between the years 2016-2021 regarding the concept of digital transformation, to identify the concepts and areas in which the studies are concentrated and to contribute to the determination of the research topic in future studies. As a result of the analysis made among the theses published by the National Thesis Center within the scope of the research, it was determined that a total of 98 studies were carried out on 24 different subjects related to digital transformation. It has been determined that the number and diversity of studies for the concept of digital transformation, which concerns the public and its future, is limited in terms of graduate thesis studies. It would be beneficial to conduct interdisciplinary thesis studies with a wider perspective on the concept of digital transformation, which permeates every aspect of daily life.
A WORK ON THE ROOT CAUSES OF RURAL MIGRATION: THE CASE OF TURKEY
Authors: GURESCİ Ertugrul
Published: March 2022

Abstract Rural migration is a common phenomenon observed in the population all across the world and especially the developing countries. Rural migration has historically been an important part of the urbanization process and continues to be significant in scale, even though migration rates appear to have slowed down in some countries. Agriculture and rural development are key to addressing the root causes of migration. By 2050, over half of the population in the least developed countries wills still live-in rural areas. Turkey is also a developing country, a result of industrialization and urbanization after 1950, has become a country where rural migration. To conduct scientific studies concerning rural migration in developing countries as Turkey is quite important. Because, this kind of studies, to a certain extent, put forward a country’s socio-economic development and change. The lack of data and its acquisition is one of the major problems in rural migration studies. Based on this point, the data of rural migration in Turkey were associated with the populations of towns and villages, which have negative net migration velocities (NMV), that is which are migration-sending, according to Turkish Statistical Institution (TSI) data, and accordingly, new and tangible data acquirement method was used in this study. In this study, it was concluded that there is an inverse correlation between the number of cattle (head), that of small cattle (head) and cultivated agricultural land (ha), moreover, there is a correlation in the shape of inverse N, between agricultural production value per capita (TL) and rural migration.
THE ROLE OF BANKING MARKETING IN ENHANCING THE PROFITABILITY OF ISLAMIC BANKS (AN APPLIED STUDY IN A SAMPLE OF ISLAMIC BANKS IN IRAQ)
Authors: Ali Kazem Al-Fatlawi Haider
Published: March 2022

In light of the great development witnessed by the world, and due to the great importance of marketing, banks use banking marketing techniques in order to meet the needs and expectations of their customers in order to satisfy and retain them. More transparency, more players and more options, but above all, more initiatives and independence for the customer in carrying out transactions with the bank are the reasons why banks need cooperative marketing, which must be greatly taken into account by the people who set policies in Islamic banks and derive This importance is due to the urgent need to improve the performance of Islamic banks and ensure the sustainability of the growth of these banks, which face strong competition from commercial banks that have long experience in the field of banking, in order to strengthen their relationship with their customers and thus enhance their profitability. The aim of our study is to assess the impact of banking marketing policy on enhancing profitability at the level of Islamic banks in Baghdad. Indeed, these banks are witnessing a change in the number of savings clients after the adoption of marketing techniques that greatly contribute to bringing about the process of communication with the bank’s environment to achieve its goals and increase sales, as advertising or marketing for a commodity or service for the institution is very important as an introduction to selling and promoting this good or promoting Services all this to enhance the profitability of the banks. We have found that in order to better understand customers' needs, banks are increasingly interested in different marketing tools and techniques in order to select more customers and embrace innovation and innovation in their banking services, whether in terms of their content or how they are provided, and this requires conducting a marketing study and conducting market research. To know the needs and desires of customers in order to achieve its goal, which is to build a permanent and dedicated relationship.
Nodular dermatofibrosis in a dog – case report
Authors: Ruiz Raquel Pavão , Xavier José Guilherme , Kleeb Silvia Regina , Nagase Nathalie Fontana , Mota Emerson Flávio Freitas , Martins Monique Evelyn , Kolber Milton , Perinelli Aline Finco , Salzo Paulo Sérgio
Published: March 2022

Nodular dermatofibrosis is a syndrome that affects middle-aged to old German shepherds, in which the appearance of dermal fibrotic nodules is associated with a concomitant and progressive kidney cystic disease. The cause is putatively genetic and the main clinical signs are of dermatological character, including papules and nodules on the limbs (carpus, tarsus, metacarpus and metatarsus), digits, cephalic region, and the trunk, albeit less frequently. The nodules are firm and hyperpigmented and can be cutaneous or subcutaneous. Systemic signs are also observed and related. There can be kidney insufficiency secondary to unilateral or bilateral kidney epithelial cysts, kidney cystadenoma or cystadenocarcinoma, as well as concomitant uterine leiomyomas. Diagnosis is obtained by histopathology of skin lesions and of kidney mass. There is no effective treatment for this syndrome. The aim of this study is to report a case of nodular dermatofibrosis in a male German shepherd.
Geçmişin İzleri: Retro Pazarlama Üzerine Kavramsal Bir Çalışma
Authors: AKPÜRÇEK Kader , BAŞKOL Melih
Published: March 2022

Günümüz gelişen ve değişen teknolojik şartlar altında markaların tüketicinin dikkatini çekmesi ve marka sadakatini kazanması için klasik şartlar yetersiz kalmaktadır. Bu bağlamda tüketicilerin nostaljik duygularını canlandırmak ve tüketiciyle marka arasında duygusal bağ kurmak adına markalar retro pazarlama yaklaşımını uygulamaktadırlar. İşletmelerin geçmiş dönemlerde popüler olan ürünleri, gelişen teknoloji ile birlikte yeniden canlandırılması olan retro pazarlama anlayışını uygulamasıyla geçmişini özleyen tüketici grubuna geçmişini yeniden yaşama imkanı sağlarken, genç tüketici grubuna da geçmişte var olan popüler ürünleri tanıma imkanı sağlamaktadır. Bu çalışmada retro pazarlama unsurları, retro pazarlamanın avantaj ve dezavantajları karşılaştırılması, dünyadan ve Türkiye’den retro pazarlama örneklerine yer verilmiş ve retro pazarlama alanında literatür taraması yapılmıştır.
Stress in Nurses During the COVID 19 Pandemic
Authors: Keršytė Ieva , Mikaliūkštienė Aldona , Fatkulina Natalja
Published: March 2022

The COVID-19 pandemic is the largest global health crisis in over a century. Research provides evidence that corona virus has a significant impact on the well-being of health professionals. Nurses face additional sources of increased stress when dealing with the new coronavirus. The psychological health of nurses during a COVID-19 pandemic is of great importance as it may affect their performance and reduce the quality of care provided. The overall prevalence of stress, anxiety, depression and sleep disturbance among nurses during the pandemic outbreak indicates that at least one third of nurses experienced stress, anxiety, depression and sleep disturbance. In carrying out their duties to stop the spread of virus, healthcare workers put their lives at risk due to the increased risk of exposure to the virus, the demanding nature of their workload, and irregular or long working hours.

The aim of the study was to analyse the scientific literature on stress experienced by nurses during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Methods – the systematic literature review of Web of Science, PubMed and Google Scholar databases for articles on nurses' stress during the COVID-19 pandemic. The results showed that nurses experience higher levels of stress during the COVID-19 pandemic compared to normal working conditions and that stress has a negative impact on nurses' professional and personal performance.
Artificially Intelligent Food Assistant for the Visually Impaired
Authors: Jain Sarthak , Brociner Evan
Published: March 2022

Vision disability is a prevalent condition that affects the lives of many adults and children. Previous research has established that it is harder for the visually impaired to evaluate the nutritional value of food. Therefore, by applying concepts used in agriculture and optical character recognition, we engineered a system that can make these perceptual evaluations on a variety of fresh and packaged foods and linguistically relay that info to a visually impaired user. We utilized some of the most memory-cheap and accurate object detection models to evaluate and then detect lesions in peaches, apples, tomatoes, and strawberries. Table 3 shows that our models performed with high accuracy as EffecientDet d0, SSD Lite Mobilenet, and Faster RCNN MobileNet all had higher than 40% mAP and 50% mAR. Figure 2 portrays how our interface was able to detect, determine, and relay surface spoilage percentage(s) to a user. Figure 3 shows that our OCR integration successfully was able to gather nutritional data on packaged goods and relay nutritional information to a user. Our system provides the brain for future applications that plan to deploy our code to devices like smart glasses or other hardware. We have made our source code available on GitHub through this link: https://github.com/SarthakJaingit/Artificially-Intelligent-Food-Assistant-for-the-Visually-Impaired. Our repository provides instructions about running our system through the command line and also a notebook demo that a less technical person can run to see how one of our models performs on a computer webcam with no video optimization.
Мониторинг продовольственной безопасности – 2020: в контексте влияния глобальных тенденций
Authors: Гусаков В. Г.
Published: March 2022

Мониторинг выполнен во исполнение постановления Совета Министров Республики Беларусь от 15 декабря 2017 г. № 962 «О Доктрине национальной продовольственной безопасности Республики Беларусь до 2030 года». Представлены результаты оценки влияния глобальных тенденций на состояние национальной продовольственной безопасности, выявлены факторы физической, экономической доступности и качества продовольствия и сельскохозяйственного сырья на внутреннем рынке, обозначены направления упреждения угроз и
решения актуальных задач в рамках комплексного плана по реализации Доктрины.
AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE AND EDUCATION IN BELARUS DURING THE FIRST WORLD WAR
Authors: Novik Natallia Е.
Published: March 2022

The article discusses the peculiarities of adaptation of agricultural educational institutions and agricultural experimental institutions operating on the territory of Belarus under the wartime conditions. The influence of the World War І on the nature and content of research in the field of agricultural science is shown through the contribution of agricultural scientists to solving the food problem, expanding the use of herbal medicinal raw materials, developing topical problems of teaching methods of agricultural disciplines.
A SCIENTIST’S BIOBIBLIOGRAPHY AS A THEMATIC SOURCE OF SCIENTIFIC INFORMATION
Authors: Chebaturkina Natalia M.
Published: March 2022

Central Scientific Agricultural Library (CSAL) publishes biobibliographic indexes with the aim of preserving the scientific heritage of agricultural scientists, systematizing their scientific works, promoting their achievements. The CSAL has prepared and published 224 indexes, representing the results of the scientific activities of 187 agricultural scientists, including Belarusian scientists, who made a great contribution to the formation and development of agricultural science. The collection of published indexes dedicated to outstanding agricultural scientists served as the basis for the creation of the database "Biographical Encyclopedia of Agricultural Scientists" at the CSAL.
EXPERIMENTAL DEMONSTRATION FARM OF THE BELARUSIAN FREE ECONOMIC SOCIETY: ORGANIZATIONAL AND FINANCIAL ASPECTS OF ITS OPERATION AND LIQUIDATION
Authors: Yerashevich Aliaksandr V.
Published: March 2022

The paper reveals the organizational and financial aspects of operation and liquidation of the experimental demonstration farm of the Belarusian Free Economic Society. Due to the lack of a professional agronomist in the experimental model farm, systematic and purposeful research activities were not organized to improve various branches of agronomic production and methods of processing agricultural products.
РЕКОМЕНДАЦИИ ПО СКАРМЛИВАНИЮ ОБРАБОТАННЫХ ХИМИЧЕСКИМ СПОСОБОМ ВЫСОКОБЕЛКОВЫХ КОРМОВ МОЛОДНЯКУ КРУПНОГО РОГАТОГО СКОТА
Authors: Радчиков В. Ф. , Бесараб Г. В. , Цай В. П. , Кот А. Н. , Сапсалёва Т. Л. , Натынчик Т. М.
Published: March 2022

Рекомендации рассмотрены и одобрены на заседании Ученого совета РУП «Научно-практический центр Национальной академии наук Беларуси по животноводству» (протокол № 16 от 10 декабря 2020 г.), утверждены научно-техническим советом секции животноводства и ветеринарии Министерства сельского хозяйства и продовольствия Республики Беларусь (протокол № 09-1-8/3 от 19 апреля 2021 г.)
Risks Associated with the Use of Insecticides in Cowpea Conservation
Authors: Amare Chikezie , Golibe Ezeudo
Published: March 2022

The use of insecticides by actors in the cowpea value chain highlights the problem of the supposed or real risks of these products with respect to man and his environment. To assess the health and environmental risks generated by these insecticides, we conducted surveys of 100 cowpea producers, 100 insecticide traders, 100 cowpea traders and 100 consumers. According to the results of the surveys, 13 chemicals including 7 pyrethroids, 4 organophosphates and 2 organochlorines are used by cowpea producers and traders in the conservation of cowpea in the central region. Among these insecticides only 2 are approved and the 11 others come from neighboring countries of Burkina Faso, namely Ghana and Togo, despite the control of plant protection and packaging services. The majority of actors surveyed are illiterate (95%). The lack of training and ignorance of the regulations in force on pesticides by insecticide traders, the misuse of chemicals before and after use are factors of environmental pollution. The lack of appropriate protective equipment, ignorance of the existence of approved products and poor food storage conditions create food poisoning among consumers and serious health risks for farmers and traders.
Relationship between Learning Styles and Mathematics Academic Achievement of Secondary School Students in Awka Education Zone
Authors: Anyamene Ada , Odalonu Princewill Ikechukwu
Published: March 2022

Academic achievement of students occupies a very important position in learning process, thus, understanding its relationship with student’s learning style preference is an important consideration when designing classroom instruction. This study determined the relationship between learning styles and students’ Mathematics academic achievement in Awka Education zone, Anambra State. The study adopted a correlational research design. A multi-stage sampling procedure was adopted and used in selecting a sample size of 1,241 students from a population of 6,279 students in public secondary schools. A validated questionnaire titled, Learning Style Questionnaire was used to collect data for the study. The questionnaire has reliability coefficient alphas of 0.68, 0.64 and 0.77 on each of the learning style cluster. The questionnaire was administered through direct delivery approach. Data was collected and analysed using percentages and Pearson Product Moment Correlation Coefficient. Findings from the study revealed among others that; there is very low negative relationship existing between the secondary school students’ visual learning style and their achievements in Mathematics in Anambra State; there is very low negative relationship existing between the students’ auditory and kinesthetic learning style and their achievements in Mathematics in secondary schools. Similarly, the findings revealed that the relationship existing between the secondary school students’ visual, auditory and kinaesthetic learning style and their achievements in Mathematics is not significant. Based on the findings, the following recommendations among others were made that teachers should take into account their students ‘diverse learning styles in order to design instructional methods that take care of those diversities and remain sensitive of such during the instruction process.
Pulmonary Hypertension in Children - New Insights of Diagnosis and Management
Authors: Palii Ina , Rodoman Iulia , Palega Daniela , Pirtu Lucia , Sciuca Svetlana
Published: March 2022

Pulmonary hypertension (PH) is a pathophysiological condition that includes multiple clinical situations and can complicate most cardiovascular and respiratory diseases1. Step by step diagnosis and reviewing contemporary treatment approaches would significantly impact the prognosis of pediatric patients with PH. Management of children with PH requires a multidisciplinary team with experience. PH is frequently associated with cardiac and pulmonary diseases with chronic hypoxia, obstructive respiratory disorders, chest malformations, pneumonia, acute respiratory distress, and can also develop during late phases of cystic fibrosis, bronchial asthma, bronchiectasis. Updated definition of PH at the world symposium (HTAP, Nice, 2018) includes values of pulmonary artery pressure >20 mmHg and using pulmonary vascular resistance (PVR) indexed to the body surface to identify pre-capillary PH, PVR≥3 WU×m2
5. Cardiac catheterization represents the gold standard in diagnosing PH, being the most precise method of measuring the blood pressure (BP) in the pulmonary artery and offering valuable information about cardiac output, arterial pressure, and the response to pulmonary vasodilators2,3. The specific modern treatment with endothelin receptor inhibitors significantly improves the disease's clinical course and brings better parameters at instrumental investigations8.
Neurofibromatosis 1-Noonan Syndrome Associated with Pulmonary Stenosis and Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
Authors: Radu Daniela-Noela , Dobrovie Monica , Capsa Razvan , Enache Roxana
Published: March 2022

Neurofibromatosis 1-Noonan syndrome is considered a distinct clinical entity, combining characteristics of both autosomal dominant disorders: neurofibromatosis 1 and Noonan syndrome. We present the case of a 20-year-old patient clinically diagnosed with neurofibromatosis 1-Noonan syndrome, with genetic confirmation-heterozygous mutation of PTPN11 gene and a variant of uncertain significance in NF1 gene (c.2989A>G). Associated congenital heart disease was diagnosed at birth-severe pulmonary valve stenosis and infundibular pulmonary stenosis, surgically corrected at the age of one. At adult age, cardiologic assessment shows severe pulmonary regurgitation post commissurotomy, with residual large pulmonary stenosis and left ventricular apical hypertrophy, suggesting apical hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, confirmed by cardiac magnetic resonance. The patient needs periodical follow-up in order to identify the perfect timing for correction of severe pulmonary regurgitation. As there are no specific genetic therapies for neurofibromatosis 1 or Noonan syndrome, the diagnose and management of associated comorbidities is the main aspect to be taken into considered.
RESISTÊNCIA ANTIMICROBIANA PÓS-COVID-19: REVISÃO DE LITERATURA
Authors: Minante Beatriz Izilda , Ticotosti Giovana Girardi , Silva Barros Isabella , Bocalete Balieiro Marcela , Rodrigues da Silva Milena Euzébio , Tefé-Silva Cristiane , Furlani Zoccal Karina
Published: March 2022

O novo Coronavírus atinge as células do trato respiratório inferior, iniciando um processo inflamatório. Diante dessa infecção, compete ao sistema imune a eliminação de agentes, a homeostasia celular, reparação tecidual e geração de imunidade de memória. Quando há uma falha nessa via, esse sistema encontra uma série de dificuldades para a retomada do equilíbrio, além de infecções secundárias, levando a complicações clínicas adicionais. Assim, este estudo buscou abordar a resposta imunológica frente ao Sars-CoV-2, e as principais infecções secundárias pós-Covid (bacterianas e fúngicas) e a resistência antimicrobiana nesse contexto. Trata-se de uma revisão de literatura realizada a partir da análise de periódicos provenientes das seguintes plataformas acadêmicas: Google Acadêmico, Center for Biotechnology Information (PubMed), Science Direct, Biblioteca eletrônica Scientific Eletronic Library Online (SciELO) e Scopus. A pesquisa foi delimitada em um intervalo de 2003 a 2021, usando como ferramenta de busca palavras-chaves COVID-19; Resposta imunológica; Infecções bacterianas; Infecções fúngicas; Resistência. Os resultados obtidos nos estudos demonstram o impacto das infecções secundárias na mortalidade, com isso, dentre as principais infecções, se destacam as bacterianas (84%), incluindo principalmente os agentes: Staphylococcus aureus, Streptococcus pneumoniae, Clostridioides difficile e Mycoplasma pneumoniae. Quanto às infecções secundárias fúngicas, as espécies Aspergillus sp. e Candida acometeram principalmente pacientes em estado grave. Com base nos dados, uma problemática evidente foi à dificuldade de identificação do agente causador da infecção secundária, acarretando em cenário de intensa utilização de antibióticos de amplo espectro, contribuindo para a seleção de patógenos resistentes e, de maneira controversa, a piora no prognóstico do paciente.
Preferences of Collegiate Volleyball Players Regarding Leadership Style
Authors: Turner Brooke
Published: March 2022

The purpose of this study was to determine the coaching style preferences of Division II and III female collegiate volleyball athletes. Five hundred and nine female student-athletes from 41 colleges/universities expressed their preferences using the Revised Leadership Scale for Sport (RLSS) (Zhang et al., 1997). The preference version of the RLSS included six behavior dimensions: autocratic, democratic, positive feedback, situational consideration, social support, and training and instruction behaviors. Descriptive statistics were used to determine training and instruction behaviors and situational consideration were the most preferred coaching styles for all athletes. Autocratic was the least preferred coaching style. Independent t tests and ANOVA were used to address whether gender of the coach, athlete’s gender preference of the coach, division of the university, and/or athlete’s year in school affected the coaching style preference. The results showed that across all the independent variables investigated, athletes most preferred training and instruction and situational consideration coaching styles and least preferred the autocratic style. The only difference for any demographic was that athletes with female coaches preferred social support and positive feedback more than athletes with male coaches.
Improved Parallel Scanner for the Concurrent Execution of Lexical Analysis Tasks on Multi-Core Systems
Authors: Pai T. Vaikunta , P. S. Nethravathi , Aithal P. S.
Published: March 2022

Purpose: The processing power of machines will continue to accelerate massively. Modern eras of computing are driven by elevated parallel processing by the revolution of multi-core processors. This continuing trend toward parallel architectural paradigms facilitates parallel processing on a single machine and necessitates parallel programming in order to utilize the machine's enormous processing power. As a consequence, scanner generator applications will eventually need to be parallelized in order to fully leverage the throughput benefits of multi-core processors. This article discusses the way of processing the tasks in parallel during the scanning stage of lexical analysis. This is done by recognizing tokens in different lines of the source program in parallel along with auto detection of keyword in a character stream. Tasks are allocated line-by-line to the multiple instances of the lexical analyzer program. Then, each of the instances is run in parallel to detect tokens on different cores that are not yet engaged. Design/Methodology/Approach: Developing a theoretical and experimental approach for parallelizing the lexical scanning process on a multi-core system. Findings/Result: Based on the developed model, the theoretical and practical results indicate that the suggested methodology outperforms the sequential strategy in terms of tokenization consistently. It significantly decreases the amount of time spent on lexical analysis during the compilation process. It is clearly observed that the speedup should increase at or close to the same rate as the number of cores and keywords in the source program increases. This enhancement would improve the overall compilation time even more. Originality/Value: A hybrid model is developed for the concurrent execution of a lexical analyzer on multi-core systems using a dynamic task allocation algorithm and an auto-keyword detection method. Paper Type: Experimental Research.
Normative Value of Patellar Tendon Thickness in Indian Young Adult Population - A Cross Sectional Study
Authors: S. Rajasekar , K. V. N. Dinesh , Adav Mohak Girish , Uchila Kartikeya V.
Published: March 2022

Purpose: Patellar Tendinopathy (PT) is a highly prevalent condition in lower extremity. Ultrasonography is used as diagnostic tool and outcome measure in clinical trials on PT. As the thickness of the tendon increases in tendinopathy conditions, it is important to establish a normal value of the tendon thickness. Therefore, normal and pathological tendon can be differentiated from each other. Though normal tendon thickness was established for western country population, it is important to have a normal reference value for Indian population as Indians belong to different race and ethnic background. So, the purpose of the study was to establish a normative data of patellar tendon thickness in young Indian adult population.
Methodology: A total of 48 subjects, 28 males and 20 females were included based on inclusion and exclusion criteria. The inclusion criteria were subjects aged between 18 and 35 years of age, both male and female, currently not suffering from any of the musculoskeletal pain in the lower extremity. Included subjects were positioned supine with mild knee flexion and undergone ultrasound measurement of patellar tendon thickness at both 0.5 centimetres proximal to the tibial tuberocity and 0.5 centimetres distal to the apex of the patellar tendon of both the extremities by an experienced radiologist. The measurements were recorded in centimetres.
Results: Patellar tendon thickness of the recruited subjects for right and left side with geometric mean and 95% confidence was calculated. The overall Proximal thickness geometrical mean and confidence interval were. 0.35 (CI0.34 to 0.37). Meanwhile, the mid and distal thickness were0.33 (CI 0.32 to 0.35) and 0.35 (CI 0.33 to 0.36) respectively.
Original value: This is a primary study established a normative value of patellar tendon thickness for young Indian adult population.
Paper type: A cross sectional study
Hubungan Faktor Sosiodemografi dengan Penggunaan Intrauterine Device (IUD)
Authors: Laili Ana Fitrotul
Published: March 2022

Contraception in family planning is a practice that could help an individual or couples in their fertile age to plan and regulate birth. However, the 2017 Indonesian. Ngadiluwih sub-district is one of the regions with the lowest prevalence level of modern contraception in Kediri Regency, reaching 57,71% point with IUD usage of only 10,42%. The purpose of this research is to analyze the relation between sociodemographic factors and the IUD usage in Public Health Center of Wonorejo, Ngadiluwih sub-districts in 2021. This study uses observational analytic method with study design of case control. This research uses secondary data based on acceptor's medical record in Wonorejo Public Health Center from January to December 2021. The population found in this research recorded 192 acceptors. The sample size is obtained from simple random sampling and it is found that there are 56 cases and 56 controls. The data is analyzed using univariate and bivariate analysis with chi-square test that has significance of (α=0,05). The research result is obtained through 3 sociodemographic variables (p<0,05) with age, number of living children, and the age of last children. Sociodemograhic factors which are age, the number of living children and the age of last children acceptor, have a significant relation with the usage of IUD in Wonorejo Public Health Center in 2021. This research findings reinforce the needs of sociodemographic factors influence especially those of age, the number of living children and the age of last children to increase utilization of IUD service.
E-Election System
Authors: Parth Ranalkar  , Aniket Dahibhate  , Shubham Patil  , Vedant Bhawalkar  , Prof. Rashmi Kale
Published: March 2022

Fundamental right to vote or simply voting in elections forms the basis of democracy. The conduct of periodic, competitive, participatory, credible and non-violent elections is one of the main yardsticks used to determine the democratic condition of a country. These includes violent attack on the voters, result manipulations, vote buying, remoteness of polling canters etc. These are enough reasons that necessitates the design and construction of an electronic voting system that goes a long way in addressing most of these problems. The e-election system aims to eliminate the bottlenecks evident in the manual voting system such as the lengthy registration process, unnecessary transportation, election violence and ultimately the incredibility of the votes. This was achieved by developing a time effective registration platform which registers a voter and assigns a voter their voter’s card immediately. The voter also gets to vote from their nearest safe and convenient polling unit and their votes is counted where it belongs. The results obtained from subsequent tests were very impressive in terms of time, security and accuracy as compared to the manual system. Such system with all these capabilities will go a long in ameliorating the aforementioned problems of the existing manual system of voting in the Indian electoral process.
Traffic Prediction for Intelligent Transportation System using Machine Learning
Authors: Abhishek Gowda K  , Karthik B S  , Mr. Venkatesh  , Mrs. Vidya
Published: March 2022

This paper aims to develop a tool for predicting accurate and timely traffic flow Information. Traffic Environment involves everything that can affect the traffic flowing on the road, whether it’s traffic signals, accidents, rallies, even repairing of roads that can cause a jam. If we have prior information which is very near approximate about all the above and many more daily life situations which can affect traffic then, a driver or rider can make an informed decision. Also, it helps in the future of autonomous vehicles. In the current decades, traffic data have been generating exponentially, and we have moved towards the big data concepts for transportation. Available prediction methods for traffic flow use some traffic prediction models and are still unsatisfactory to handle real-world applications. This fact inspired us to work on the traffic flow forecast problem build on the traffic data and models. It is cumbersome to forecast the traffic flow accurately because the data available for the transportation system is insanely huge. In this work, we planned to use machine learning, genetic, soft computing, and deep learning algorithms to analyse the big-data for the transportation system with much-reduced complexity. Also, Image Processing algorithms are involved in traffic sign recognition, which eventually helps for the right training of autonomous vehicles.
Estimating Personal Consumption Rates for Husbands and Wives: A Comparison of Income-Strata and Microdata Models
Authors: Rosenbaum David I. , Ellis Kathleen G.
Published: March 2022

Various studies estimate personal consumption expenditures from Consumer Expenditure (CEX) data. Early analysis relied on CEX data that was aggregated across expenditure categories and income groupings, while later studies used microdata containing disaggregated expenditures across individual items for each surveyed household. These newer studies allocated expenditures for each item to relevant household members, but analyzed results aggregated across income strata. We extend the microdata analysis by examining personal consumption expenditures at the household level. Our results indicate that at all but the lowest incomes, personal consumption rates generated using microdata-level observations differ only slightly from existing models using income-strata data. Forensic experts accounting for personal consumption may, thus, feel comfortable using either method of analysis.
TINGKAT PENGETAHUAN IBU TENTANG PENTINGNYA PERSALINAN DITOLONG TENAGA KESEHATAN DI DUSUN PALELENG DESA KASERALAU KECAMATAN BATULAPPA KABUPATEN PINRANG TAHUN 2018
Authors: Dewi Purnama Windasari
Published: March 2022

Labor is a very complex thing because there is happiness happening before the birth ofchildren but there are risks that may threaten the safety of mother and baby. MaternalMortality Rate (MMR) in Indonesia is still quite high. Based on Indonesia Demographic andHealth Survey (SDKI) in 2015, coverage of labor by health personnel is about 90.88%, whichmeans that there are still 10% labor that is not helped. While data of RISKESDES year 2015indicate that delivery done at home still high enough that is equal to 29,6%. At DusunPaleleng Kaseralau Village Batulappa Subdistrict Pinrang District in the year 2017 inAugust there are 8 childbirths or (34.8%) whose delivery is not helped by health workersfrom a total of 23 Pairs of Age of Fertile or (100%). Based on the result of activity ofknowledge level on prenatal test assisted by health personnel there are 16 people (100%),who know with 7 people (43.8%) while those who do not know 9 people (56.2%), after theextension then the result of knowledge level on post test of labor assisted by health personnelthere are 16 people (100%), who know with the number of 16 people (100%).
PENYULUHAN TENTANG PEMANFAATAN SAMPAH DI KAMPUNG BARU RT F RW 8 KELURAHAN PAMPANG MAKASSAR
Authors: Kamariana
Published: March 2022

Sampah diartikan sebagai material sisa yang tidak diingankan setelahberakhirnya suatu proses yang cenderung merusak lingkungan. Sampah dapatmembawa dampak yang buruk pada kesehatan manusia. Bila sampah dibuangsecara sembarang atau ditumpuk tanpa pengeloloan yang baik, maka akanmenimbulkan dampak kesehatan yang serius. Kegiatan intervensi bertujuanuntuk meningkatkan pengetahuan tentang sampah serta pengelolaan sampahyang dapat dimanfaatan oleh masyarakat.Hasil intervensi menunjukkan kenaikan pengetahuan respondendimana sebelum diberi penyuluhan pengetahuan dengan kategori cukupsebanyak 19 orang (63.3%). setelah diberikan penyuluhan, pengetahuan dengankategori cukup menjadi 25 orang (83.3%). Hal ini menunujukkan terjadipeningkatan sebesar 54.5%Hasil program penyuluhan tentang pemanfaatan sampah di Kelurahankampung Baru RT F RW 8 Kelurahan Pampang menunjukkan adanyapeningkatan pengetahuan masyarakat tentang pemanfaatan sampah.
PENGUATAN SISTEM KEWASPADAAN DNI BENCANA BANJIR DI DUSUN SAPANANG DAN DUSUN SAPIRI DESA SAPANANG KECAMATAN BINAMU KABUPATEN JENEPONTO
Authors: Syam Ilham , Sri Syatriani  , Andi Sri Devi Saputri
Published: March 2022

Banjir adalah peristiwa terbenamnya daratan oleh air. Peristiwa banjir timbul jika air menggenangi daratan yang biasanya kering. Banjir pada umumnya disebabkan oleh air sungai yang meluap ke lingkungan sekitarnya sebagai akibat curah hujan yang tinggi. Kekuatan banjir mampu merusak rumah dan menyapu fondasinya.

  Hujan yang turun di sebagian besar wilayah Indonesia Misalnya di Sulawesi Selatan Kab jeneponto sejak Desember 2018 sampai Februari 2019 telah menimbulkan kejadian banjir di banyak tempat seperti Kec Binamu, Kec Turatea dan di Kec kelara yang merusak rumah warga sebanyak 438 rumah, sebanyak 15 jembatan ambruk yang diperkirakan kerugian material mencapai 200 miliar.. Salah satu wilayah Jeneponto mengalami banjir parah adalah di Kec Binamu Tepatnya di desa Sapanang. Banjir dijumpai pada tanggul sungai yang dibuka di rumbia akibat terjangan air dan kemudian menggenangi areal pertanian, rumah penduduk, jaringan jalan, fasilitas social, dll. Mengingat tinggi dan lamanya genangan air serta dampak yang ditimbulkan maka beberapa kawasan banjir tersebut berada dalam status bahaya III, siaga atau bahkan darurat banjir. bencana banjir di Jeneponto tepatnya Di Desa Sapanang Di dusun Sapanang  menewaskan sekitar 11 orang dan 1 belum ditemukan dan menghancurkan 155 bangunan dan 30 rumah rusak parah. Penelitian bertujuan untuk mengetahui pemahaman masyarakat terkait sistim kewaspadaan dini pada saat terjadi bencana.

Metode yang digunakan dengan melakukan assement ke dusun dusun yang terdampak banjir,kemudian memberikan kuisioner serta melakukan advokasi ke kepalada desa.

Hasil penelitian menunjukan sebanyak 80 responden (100%)  menjawab tidak ada  sistem kewaspadaan dini, tidak ada jalur evakuasi, tidak ada pelatihan pertolongan pertama pada saat bencana di desa Sappanang

Simpulan Setelah dilakukan advokasi diharapkan pemerintah setempat khususnya pihak desa memberikan anggaran desa untuk pelatihan Tanggap darurat bencana pada penduduk desa setempat khususnya karang taruna serta bekerjasama dengan BPBD setempat untuk membuat tanda dan jalur evakuasi.
PENYULUHAN HIPERTENSI PADA KELUARGA NY. N DI KELURAHAN KARUWISI KOTA MAKASSAR
Authors: Suarni  , Suhesti Salim
Published: March 2022

Hipertensi adalah penyakit kronis yang umum di seluruh dunia dan faktor risiko utama penyakit kardiovaskular. Penyebab utama penyakit ini yaitu faktor genetika, perilaku dan gaya hidup. Kesadaran yang rendah pada penanganan hipertensi menjadi penyebab utama dalam terjadinya komplikasi stroke. Tujuan pengabdian ini adalah untuk meningkatkan pengetahuan lansia dalam mencegah komplikasi hipertensi. Peserta dalam kegiatan ini adalah lansia penderita hipertensi sebanyak 1 orang beserta 3 orang anaknya. Metode dalam kegiatan ini yaitu penyuluhan, ceramah dan diskusi. Keberhasilan acara ini tampak dari semangat dan antusiasnya lansia dan keluarga. Lansia juga berperan sangat aktif dalam menjawab evaluasi tentang materi yang telah disampaikan. Pelaksanaan kegiatan pengabdian terlaksana dengan lancar dan terjadi peningkatan pengetahuan lansia dan keluarga dari 37,6% menjadi 100,0%
A STUDY ON THE PROCESS OF POLYSACCHARIDE EXTRACTION FROM MYXOPYRUM SMILACIFOLIUM (WALL.) BLUME ROOTS
Authors: Lưu Hồng Sơn Lưu Hồng Sơn , Nguyễn Thị Tình , Cao Hong Le , Ta Thi Luong , Trinh Thi Chung , Vi Dai Lam , Dinh Thi Kim Hoa
Published: March 2022

Myxopyrum smilacifolium (Wall.) has been demonstrated to contain many bioactive compounds, including polysaccharides, saponin, and flavonoids. This study aimed to determine the effects of the single-factor model on the attraction process as a basis for optimal performance. The obtained extract will be evaluated for its antioxidant capacity. The results of the single-factor when extracting the total polysaccharide from Myxopyrum smilacifolium (Wall.) showed the effects of the solvent concentration, solvent/material ratio, extraction time, and temperature on the extraction process with the corresponding results: ethanol 60% (v/v), 20/1 (ml/g), 75 minutes and 70°C respectively. The optimal conditions have been found for the total polysaccharide extraction from Myxopyrum smilacifolium (Wall.): ethanol concentration 66.58%, solvent/material ratio 20.46/1 (ml/g), extraction time 76.77 min, extraction temperature 70°C, respectively. Under the conditions, the total polysaccharide content of the extract reached 3.34937 mg/g of the raw material of Myxopyrum smilacifolium (Wall.) leaves. The extract from Myxopyrum smilacifolium (Wall.) gave an IC50 value of 522.56 ± 13.67 (µg/ml) when evaluating its antioxidant activity.
TÍNH ỔN ĐỊNH CỦA PHƯƠNG TRÌNH VOLTERA TRÊN THANG THỜI GIAN
Authors: Khổng Chí Nguyện , Nguyễn Thu Hà
Published: March 2022

Trong bài báo này, chúng ta phát triển định lý về tính ổn định vững cho các lớp phương trình Volterra trên thang thời gian. Chúng ta chứng minh được rằng, dưới tác động của nhiễu, nghiệm của những phương trình này bảo toàn tính bị chặn và tính ổn định vững. Kết quả đạt được cũng được xem như là sự khái quát hóa của tính ổn định vững của phương trình vi phân và phương trình sai phân Volterra.
Characterization of transport from the Asian summer monsoon anticyclone into the UTLS via shedding of low potential vorticity cutoffs
Authors: Clemens Jan , Ploeger Felix , Konopka Paul , Portmann Raphael , Sprenger Michael , Wernli Heini
Published: March 2022

Abstract. Air mass transport within the summertime Asian monsoon circulation provides a major source of anthropogenic pollution for the upper troposphere and lower stratosphere (UTLS). Here, we investigate the quasi-horizontal transport of air masses from the Asian summer monsoon anticyclone (ASMA) into the extratropical lower stratosphere and their chemical evolution. For that reason, we developed a method to identify and track the air masses exported from the monsoon. This method is based on the anomalously low potential vorticity (PV) of these air masses (tropospheric low PV cutoffs) compared to the lower stratosphere and uses trajectory calculations and chemical fields from the Chemical Lagrangian Model of the Stratosphere (CLaMS). The results show evidence of frequent summertime transport from the monsoon anticyclone to midlatitudes over the North Pacific, even reaching the high-latitude regions of Siberia and Alaska. Most of the low PV cutoffs related to air masses exported from the ASMA have lifetimes shorter than 1 week (about 90 %) and sizes smaller than 1 % of the Northern Hemisphere (NH) area. The chemical composition of these air masses is characterized by carbon monoxide, ozone, and water vapour mixing ratios at an intermediate range between values typical for the monsoon anticyclone and the lower stratosphere. The chemical evolution during transport within these low PV cutoffs shows a gradual change from the characteristics of the monsoon anticyclone to characteristics of the lower stratospheric background during about 1 week, indicating continuous mixing with the background atmosphere.
Empirical model of multiple-scattering effect on single-wavelength lidar data of aerosols and clouds
Authors: Shcherbakov Valery , Szczap Frédéric , Alkasem Alaa , Mioche Guillaume , Cornet Céline
Published: March 2022

Abstract. We performed extensive Monte Carlo (MC) simulations of
single-wavelength lidar signals from a plane-parallel homogeneous layer of
atmospheric particles and developed an empirical model to account for the
multiple scattering in the lidar signals. The simulations have taken into
consideration four types of lidar configurations (the ground based, the
airborne, the CALIOP, and the ATLID) and four types of particles (coarse
aerosol, water cloud, jet-stream cirrus, and cirrus). Most of the simulations
were performed with a spatial resolution 20 m and particle extinction coefficients εp between 0.06 and 1.0 km−1. The resolution was 5 m for high values of εp (up to 10.0 km−1). The majority of simulations for ground-based and airborne lidars were performed at two values of the receiver field of view (RFOV): 0.25 and 1.0 mrad. The effect of the width of the RFOV was studied for values up to 50 mrad. The proposed empirical model is a function that has only three free
parameters and approximates the multiple-scattering relative contribution to lidar signals. It is demonstrated that the empirical model has very good
quality of MC data fitting for all considered cases. Special attention was given to the usual operational conditions, i.e. low
distances to a layer of partices, small optical depths, and quite narrow
receiver fields of view. It is demonstrated that multiple-scattering effects cannot be neglected when the distance to a layer of particles is about 8 km or higher, and the full RFOV is 1.0 mrad. As for the full RFOV of 0.25 mrad, the single-scattering approximation is acceptable; i.e. the multiple-scattering contribution to the lidar signal is lower than 5 % for aerosols (εp≲1.0 km−1), water clouds (εp≲0.5 km−1), and cirrus clouds (εp≤0.1 km−1). When the distance to a layer of particles is 1 km, the single-scattering approximation is acceptable for aerosols and water clouds (εp≲1.0 km−1, both RFOV = 0.25 and RFOV = 1 mrad). As for cirrus clouds, the effect of multiple
scattering cannot be neglected even at such low distances when εp≳0.5 km−1.