bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Structural and bioenergetic changes in muscle tissue in idiopathic muscular dystonia
Authors: Bushueva Olga O. , Antipenko Elena A. , Pchelin Pavel V. , Mukhina Irina V. , Lobanov Igor  A.
Published: November 2022

BACKGROUND. Muscular dystonia is a syndrome with localization of the pathological process in the central nervous system and the formation of local muscle hypertonicity. It is relevant to study changes in the muscles involved in hyperkinesis in dystonia as one of the possible symptoms of the disease.
AIM. To identify structural and bioenergetic changes in muscles in patients with idiopathic muscular dystonia.
MATERIAL AND METHODS. 10 patients were examined with a diagnosis of idiopathic segmental and generalized dystonia, including cervical dystonia syndrome. The control group included 5 conditionally healthy individuals. All patients received injections of botulinum toxin type A with a TWSTRS and Tsui efficacy score before injection and 3 weeks after injection. Structural changes in the muscles were assessed by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) (1.5 Tl). To assess bioenergetic changes, the parameters of mitochondrial respiration were studied, including basal respiration during oxidation of substrates (pyruvate and pyruvate-malate), respiration during oxidative phosphorylation with various participation of respiratory chain complexes, electron transport chain capacity (ETC), ATP-associated respiration in a trapezius muscle biopsy.
RESULTS. Bioenergetic changes in muscle tissue were revealed in the form of a decrease in the indices of initial respiration, basal respiration with the participation of the I complex (KI) ETC in the process of oxidation of pyruvate and pyruvate-malate substrates, oxidative phosphorylation with the participation of KI. Structural changes of muscle tissue in the form of asymmetric hypertrophy and partial fat replacement of the involved muscles are demonstrated. The presence of fat replacement reduced the difference on the TWSTRS scale before botulinum therapy and 3 weeks after injection.
CONCLUSIONS. Patients with dystonia have bioenergetic changes in muscle tissue in the form of a defect in the work of the KI respiratory chain, but these changes do not affect the effectiveness of botulinum therapy. Structural changes in the form of partial fat replacement of muscle tissue reduce the effectiveness of botulinum therapy.
PUBLIC LAW CONTRACT IN GERMAN ADMINISTRATIVE LAW
Authors: Lewandowski A.
Published: November 2022

The article focuses on the public-law contract in German law. It considers the relationship between  the public-law contract and the administrative act in  the context of the principle of freedom of choice of  form of action of the administrative authorities.
It analyses the legal basis of the public law contract. First of all, these covers § 54 of the Administrative  Procedure Act as the central norm of the public law  contract. Issues relating to the limitations in the  enforcement of § 54 are also outlined. In addition,  the constitutional background of the public contract  is discussed. Particular attention is paid to the principle of lawfulness of government action and its  two main components: the rule of law and the  principle of compliance with the law, which have a  varying impact on the public-law contract. 
The article also considers the dual nature of public-law contracts, which is primarily due to the fact that  the public-law contract itself is directly a figure of  both procedural and substantive law.
Distinctive features of a public-law contract in the  context of its differentiation from the other forms of  implementation by administrative authorities of their powers are analyzed. First of all, it affects the  administrative act on demand as the closest to the public-law contract type of its external  manifestations.
The same applies to an administrative act with  additional conditions, since it has misleading characteristics similar to a contractual relationship. The subject matter of the contract itself was analyzed as a decisive factor enabling it to be classed as a contract entered into in the field of public  administrative law. The role of the theory of special  law and its impact on the process of identifying the public law contract was examined. In this regard, the limping mutual contract as a special form of a public-law contract has been defused.
A special place in the article is given to the issues of  terminology. It is concluded that Ukrainian administrative law has no analogues and similar  approach not only to the question of classification  but also to the correlation of the considered notions  developed by German administrative law.
THE ISSUE ON DEVELOPMENT OF RIVER TRANSPORT IN LONGTERM PLANNING PROGRAM DOCUMENTS
Authors: Kuliiev A. Yu. , Gaverskyi V. V.
Published: November 2022

The ways of updating the program legal support for the development of inland water (river) transport in  Ukraine have been defined in the article. The  significant potential of river mobility has been stated for ecologization of transport services. At the same  time, the issue on taking operational measures is  quite urgent to stimulate carriage on inland  waterways, construction and rejuvenation of the fleet and the associated infrastructure, subsidizing  the development of logistics and ensuring the  necessary depths on the rivers, creating new  working places and ensuring the safety of  transportation of cargo and human lives in  accordance with the international standards. The  advantages of inland water transport are difficult to  overestimate, but it has, in particular in Ukraine, a number of problems that must be solved  immediately after the cessation of active hostilities  and during post-war reconstruction. The relevance of the research topic is due to the development of  normative basis for inland water transport in Ukraine and the formation of best practices of its  administration and gradual entry into the system of  the European river communications. The aim of the article is to develop proposals to improve the norms  of program documents in the sphere of inland water  transport in the context of the ongoing armed  conflict and to obtain the status of a partner-participant in the Three Seas Initiative and a candidate member of the European Union by  Ukraine. The use of the methods of formal-legal  analysis and synthesis, scientific forecasting,  observation and comparison allowed the authors to  develop proposals to improve the legal regulation of  the development of river transport in the norms of  long-term planning documents for the development of the industry. It has been noted that these  documents correspond to the general principles of  the European legislation and environmental policy,  which is actively implemented in the transport industry of the European Union. It has been offered  a greater concretization of norms on customs  regime of transshipment on internal water transport and participation of Ukraine in regional (European)  infrastructure projects.
A review of the issues in language teaching
Authors: Pourtousi Zahra
Published: November 2022

Due to the complexity of learning a new language, there are different aspects that need to be taken into consideration while teaching language, especially the English language. Due to the necessity of ascertaining the views of people towards English language teaching, this research aimed to review and summarise most of the theories and models related to the issues of teaching and learning English. In the current paper, the views of different scholars are discussed varying from cognitive views, sociocultural views, identity views and so on. Based on the results of the study, it was found that technological advances bring about huge changes to the educational contexts and one of the reasons behind such advances is the COVID-19 pandemic. Some other researchers connect other aspects to the issues in ELT such as aspects of a good teacher or technological advances. This paper presents some of the issues.
Keywords: Cognition, education, language, teaching, technology;
Language acquisition among infants born in carceral institutions in Algeria
Authors: El Ouchdi Ilhem Zoubida
Published: November 2022

Every year, many children are born in prisons. It has, however, been established in previous studies that the environment where the child lives is a key element in the process of the child’s language acquisition. The present research work aims to discover the effects of the carceral institution on the process of the child’s language acquisition. To reach this goal, the present investigation takes place in two rehabilitation institutions in Algeria. It collects data through interviews with mothers and interview with psychologists. The data collected is analysed and the triangulation of results revealed that the prison environment affects the child’s language acquisition at the lexical level. Moreover, it deprives the child of different situations that would enable him to acquire language. This study recommends that the prison authorities should draw attention to the importance of the psycholinguistic aspect of this category of children by providing better conditions for better language development.

Keywords: Carceral institution, child, infants, language acquisition;
Reading comprehension of literary texts using a multimodal language–image approach
Authors: Leibrandt Isabella
Published: November 2022

The importance of multimodal reading comprehension from multiple perspectives is particularly reflected in the theoretical work that has been published in recent times. Expanding the perspectives students use to make sense of these multimodal texts is an important part of comprehension instruction. The study focuses on the textual linking of language and image with the aim of promoting the textual productive and receptive use of images, assigning a relevant meaning to the image in the literary context of use, complementing the literary text with the visual message, integrating language and contextualised images and including them in the process of overall comprehension. The project presented here in the form of an experience report shows the results of and provides suggestions for the procedural application of a multimodal text–image approach to reading comprehension of a literary text. It is based on the reading of F. C. Delius' novel The Walk from Rostock to Syracuse. This text lends itself to being explored in a multimodal way, as it pre-supposes implicit knowledge that includes certain historical and cultural contextual references.

Keywords: Images, intertextuality, literacy, multimodality, reading comprehension
Exploring the Implementation of Whatsapp-Assisted Language Learning of Primary School in Rural Area
Authors: Fitriana Weny
Published: November 2022

The study aims to investigate the implementation of WhatsApp assisted language learning in rural area. This research involves descriptive qualitative research by using interview and observation that focuses on the use of Whatsapp in teaching vocabulary and involve sociocultural theory as the framework to analyze the implementation of this MALL application. Some reasons related to the preference of involving WhatsApp-assisted language teaching lies on the technical and pedagogical reason. The simplicity of using the application is the main reason in terms of technical one while the educational reasons involved the sense of belonging, flexible interaction, and autonomous learning. In term of assisting students to learn, the teacher take a role as a material provider, while the parents take more role that is scaffolding. However, the role of the teacher in scaffolding is not significant, therefore the next research may focus on the suitable activity that the teacher can apply on online teaching particularly for young children
PEMETAAN POTENSI NAGARI ATAR BERBASIS PARTISIPATIF
Authors: Budiman Novi , Irwandi Irwandi , Maimori Romi
Published: November 2022

Undang-undang No. 6 of 2014 has provided opportunities for each village to develop its potential for improving the welfare of the community. But there are still a few Village Governments who do not understand their potential. This has an impact on development programs designed by the village itself. This study aims to explore and map the potential possessed by Nagari Atar, both in physical and non-physical form. The method used in this study is CBR (Community Based Research). The data used in this study are primary and secondary data. Primary data obtained through questionnaires, interviews and observations. Secondary data obtained through document collection. The results showed that the Nagari Atar has the potential and social capital that can be developed for the welfare of the community, especially in agriculture, plantations, religion, education, tourism and immigrants.
Roundtable Report: Health and Food Insecurity Crisis in the Greater Horn of Africa. Session 1 - Regional Focus. September 2022
Authors: Hrynick Tabitha , Tulloch Olivia
Published: November 2022

SSHAP convened and hosted a virtual roundtable discussion with partners engaged at the regional level response of the health and food insecurity crisis in the Greater Horn of Africa region. The objective was to discuss the critical needs for the response to the Horn of Africa crisis. The priorities under consideration were organised under the themes of health, community engagement and data management. Broader matters of strengthening coordination of the response were also discussed. This report offers a summary of the main discussion points and a list of resources shared during the discussion, it was compiled by Tabitha Hrynick (IDS) and Olivia Tulloch (Anthrologica). The views expressed here are a summary of those presented and do not necessarily represent a consensus of the individual participant agencies. This brief is the responsibility of SSHAP. There will be future roundtables focused either at the national level for affected countries or thematically focused.
ቁልፍ እይታወች፡ በሰሜን ኢትዮጵያ ለተፈጠረው ግጭት የማህበራዊ ሳይንስ የአደጋ ጊዜ ምላሽ ምልከታዎች
Authors: Abebe Heran , Belaineh Getachew
Published: November 2022

ኢትዮጵያ በአሁኑ ወቅት በርካታ ተደራራቢ ሰብአዊ ቀውሶች፤ ግጭት፣ የአየር ንብረት መዛባት፣ኮቪድ-19፣ የበረሃ አንበጣ እና ሌሎችም ጨምሮ እያጋጠማት ነው። እነዚህ ተደራራቢ ቀውሶች ወደ 30 ሚሊዮን የሚጠጋ ህዝብን ለምግብ ዋስትና እጦት፣ መፈናቀል እና የጥበቃ ስጋቶች ዳርገዋል፡፡ 1,2 በሰሜን ኢትዮጵያ በሚገኙት በትግራይ፣ አማራና አፋር ክልሎች በህዳር ወር 2013 በተጀመረዉና ቀጣይነት ባለዉ ግጭትና ግጭቱን ተከትሎ በተከሰተዉ ሰብአዊ ቀውስ ምክንያት፣ በየካቲት ወር 2014 ከ2.5 ሚሊዮን በላይ የሚገመት ህዝብ የተፈናቀለ ሲሆን በግንቦት ወር 2014 ብቻ 9.4 ሚሊዮን የክልሉ ህዘብ ሰብዓዊ እርዳታ ያስፈልጋቸው ነበር ፡፡ 3 የግል እና የህዝብ ሀብት ወድሟል፣ ቀድሞውንም የነበረዉ ደካማ ኑሮ ተጎድቷል፣ ማህበረሰቦች ከፍተኛ ድጋፍ ያስፈልጋቸዋል።. ይህ ፅሁፍ የሰሜን ኢትዮጵያ ቀውስ ጠቃሚ አውዳዊ ሁኔታዎችን እና ማህበራዊ ተፅእኖዎችን ይዘረዝራል። በተጨማሪም የሰብአዊ ምላሽን ውጤታማነት ለማሻሻል ቁልፍ እይታወችን ያቀርባል፡፡ ፅሁፉም የተዘጋጀዉ ነባር የታተሙ እና ያልታተሙ ጽሑፎችን በፍጥነት በመገምገምና እና ከሚመለከታቸው ባለድርሻ አካላት ጋር ፣ ከተጎዱ ክልሎች የመጡ ሰዎችን እና የሰብአዊ እርዳታ ሰጪዎችን ጨምሮ በተደረጉ ውይይቶች ነዉ፡፡ ይህ ጽሁፍ ፤ ማህበራዊ ሳይንስ በሰብአዊ ድርጊት መድረክ (Social Science in Humanitarian Action Platform Fellowship) ተሳታፊዎች መድረክ በሚዘጋጀው ተከታታይ ክፍል ላይ አንድ አካል ሲሆን ከምድብ 2 (cohort 2) በሄራን አበበ እና ጌታቸው በላይነህ የተጻፈ ነዉ፡፡ ይኽ ጽሁፍ በኢዛና አምደወርቅ (አዲስ አበባ ዩኒቨርሲቲ) ፣ቀለመወርቅ ታፈረ (መቐለ ዩኒቨርሲቲ) እና ዮሚፍ ወርቁ (ገለልተኛ የሰብዓዊ ጉዳዮች አማካሪ) ተገምግሞ በልማት ጥናት ተቋም (Institute of Development Studies) ስር በሚገኘው ማህበራዊ ሳይንስ በሰብአዊ ድርጊት መድረክ (SSHAP) ቡድን አባል በሆነችው በጣቢታ ህሪኒክ ድጋፍ የተዘጋጀ ነዉ፡፡ ጽሁፉን በኃላፊነት ያዘጋጀዉ ደግሞ ማህበራዊ ሳይንስ በሰብአዊ ድርጊት መድረክ (SSHAP) ነው።
Forest plantations with Toona ciliata: impacts of managerial flexibility on economic viability
Authors: MUNIS Rafaele Almeida , CAMARGO Diego Aparecido , SIMÕES Danilo
Published: November 2022

Forest plantations with Toona ciliata are presented as economically viable thanks to the suitability of their wood for high-quality niche products. However, this study verifies whether investment projects in T. ciliata plantations are economically viable with the incorporation of managerial flexibility. We apply technical-economic coefficients from T. ciliata forest plantations over a 15-year planning horizon, considering the investment project as an underlying asset and the price of wood as the only source of uncertainty. Using the Monte Carlo method, we model uncertainty to obtain project volatility, so that, using the Real Option Approach, managerial flexibility for deferral, expansion and abandonment is added to the underlying assets. Based on the traditional economic valuation methodology, we obtained a static net present value of USD 5,075, which reflects the economic viability of the investment project in T. ciliata forest plantations. Due to the uncertainty arising from timber prices, project volatility was 131.7%. Afterwards, it was found that incorporating the deferral and abandonment options added a premium of USD 2,147 to the value of the project, redirecting it towards an expanded net present value of USD 7,223. Incorporation of the real deferral and abandonment options provides flexibility and support for the decision-making process in the management of T. ciliata forest plantations, resulting in a 42.3% increase in the value of the investment project.
Impact de la provenance, de la morphologie et du stockage des graines de Lophira lanceolata sur leur germination au Bénin
Authors: LOTCHIO Alain , DICKO Aliou , NATTA Armand Kuyéma
Published: November 2022

Les graines de Lophira lanceolata sont utilisées au Bénin pour la production d’huile végétale, la fabrication du savon et aussi pour l’alimentation. Cette étude vise à élucider l’influence de la provenance, du stockage et des traits morphologiques (longueur, diamètre, masse) des graines de L. lanceolata sur leur germination, afin de pouvoir mieux maîtriser la reproduction par graine de cette espèce. Les fruits matures de L. lanceolata ont été collectés dans les phytodistricts du Borgou-Nord (zone soudanienne) et du Borgou-Sud (zone soudano-guinéenne), au Bénin. Les traits morphologiques (la longueur et le diamètre) ont été mesurés sur les fruits (avant le décorticage) et aussi sur les graines (après le décorticage). Les fruits et des graines (décortiquées) ont été pesés avant d’être ensemencés. Un modèle linéaire généralisé (GLM) avec la famille quasi-poisson a été développé afin d’évaluer l’influence des traits morphologiques sur la durée de germination des graines. Ensuite, le test non paramétrique de Kruskal-Wallis a été appliqué pour estimer l’effet de la durée de conservation des graines (7, 14 et 21 jours) sur le nombre de jours nécessaire à leur germination. Enfin, l’effet de la provenance des graines sur leur temps de germination a été déterminé grâce à un GLM avec la famille négative binomiale et le test de Kruskal-Wallis. Les résultats ont montré que les graines dont la taille est la plus forte mettent plus de jours à germer. Le temps de conservation des graines influe également sur leur durée de germination, plus les graines sont conservées longtemps avant le semis, plus elles mettent de temps à germer. Cependant, aucune différence significative n’a été observée entre les taux de germination en fonction des différentes durées de conservation des graines. La durée de germination moyenne des graines n’est également pas significativement influencée par la provenance des graines, 10,8 jours pour le phytodistrict du Borgou-Nord et 10,3 jours pour le phytodistrict du Borgou-Sud. Par contre, le taux moyen de germination est significativement affecté par la provenance des graines, 70 % pour les graines du Borgou-Sud comparé à 32 % pour celles du Borgou-Nord. Les résultats issus de ce travail peuvent fournir des indications en vue d’une meilleure sélection des graines pour réaliser des pépinières dans les programmes de reboisement dans les savanes soudano-guinéenne et soudanienne du Bénin.
Interdisziplinarität der politischen Wahlkampf- und Wahlsloganforschung – Rückblick und Forschungspotenziale
Authors: Mucha Agnieszka
Published: November 2022

Der vorliegende Beitrag will in zwei Schritten das Thema der Wahlslogan- bzw. Wahlplakatierungforschung näherbringen. Im Vorfeld diesbezüglicher Erwägungen wird der Forschungsstand auf diesem Gebiet bei gleichzeitiger Unterscheidung zwischen einzelnen wissenschaftlichen Disziplinen und der Hervorhebung ihrer Interdisziplinarität skizziert. Es wird deutlich aufgezeigt, dass Wahlslogans auf dem linguistischen, politikwissenschaftlichen oder werbepsychologischen Gebiet bereits seit den 60er Jahren immer wieder und vielschichtig zum Untersuchungsgegenstand gemacht worden sind. Im zweiten Anlauf, basierend auf der Prämisse, dass sich ein Wahlkampfgeschehen als Performance darstellen und in performativen Kategorien untersuchen und beschreiben lässt, wird mit dem vorliegenden Beitrag signalisiert, inwiefern ‚performance studies‘ interessante Forschungsansätze auf dem Gebiet der ‚Wahlslogans‘ erlauben und auf welche Art und Weise bzw. mit Hilfe von welchem Instrumentarium die Wahlplakate auf ihre kognitive und emotionale Performativität hin zu untersuchen sind.
The Agnoiological Nature of Modern Epistemology: Grounding Knowledge by Ignorance
Authors: Šaulauskas Marius Povilas
Published: November 2022

One of the distinguishing features of modern and contemporary philosophy is the fact that they are consistently grounded by the epistemological outlook. The essence of this outlook is the modern conception of knowledge, which could not exist without a proper evaluation of a systemic success — or, even more importantly, in some sense a successful failure — of modern science. The only way for us to perceive the lack of error as the basis of a reliable knowledge is to recognize our own fallacies. In such a way the ancient cosmocentrical worldview and the medieval theocentrical epistemology have been changed by the scientistic agnoiological approach, which had its origins in the modern times and includes the primary requirement to treat the fundamental ignorance as a reliable foundation of knowledge. In this article the reader is provided with a detailed exposition of the phenomenon of self-grounding of epistemological modernity. Adopting the terminology used in the metaphilosophical reflexion, we could reveal the dual origin of contemporary philosophical discourse, the basic principles which ground the epistemological claims, and also demonstrate the necessity of constant efforts when seeking to avoid solipsism and the paradoxical nature of modern epistemology.
Dilemmas of Political Anthropology: Historical-Philosophical Approximations and Current Contexts
Authors: Morawski Karol
Published: November 2022

The article is devoted to certain fundamental and discussed threads defined as dilemmas of political anthropology. Starting from specific rudimentary descriptions of human nature, the natural state or natural man, initiated by thinkers described by Barnard as “precursors of anthropology,” as well as referring to the problems of contemporary political philosophy, the papers aims to bring closer the issues concerning the fall of human and his “regeneration,” the “mask regime,” tensions between a human being and society, conflict and cooperation; dialogue and antagonism. The proposed interpretations of the thoughts of Hobbes, Machiavelli, or Rousseau have the character of “retroactive reading.” It means that the references made to historical-philosophical examples activate the contexts of contemporary thought, or even give them new meanings, and at the same time trigger a thought that leans towards the future.
Segmentation using Customers Lifetime Value: Hybrid K-means Clustering and Analytic Hierarchy Process
Authors: Rahmadhan Radit , Wasesa Meditya
Published: November 2022

Background: Understanding customers’ electricity consumption patterns is essential for developing predictive analytics, which is needed for effective supply and demand management.
Objective: This study aims to understand customers’ segmentation and consumption behaviour using a hybrid approach combining the K-Means clustering, customer lifetime value concept, and analytic hierarchy process.
Methods: This study uses more than 16 million records of customers’ electricity consumption data from January 2019 to December 2020. The K-Means clustering identifies the initial market segments. The results were then evaluated and validated using the customer lifetime value concept and analytical hierarchy process.
Results: Three customer segments were identified. Segment 1 has 282 business customers with a total capacity of 938,837 kWh, peak load usage of 27,827 kWh, and non-peak load usage of 115,194 kWh. Segment 2 has 508,615 business customers with a total capacity of 4,260 kWh, a peak load of 35 kWh, and a non-peak load of 544 kWh. Segment 3 has 37 business customers with a total capacity of 2,226,351 kWh, a peak load of 123.297 kWh, and a non-peak load of 390,803.
Conclusion: A business strategy that could be taken is to base customer relationship management (CRM) on the three-customer segmentation. For the least profitable segment, aside from retail account marketing, a continuous partnership program is needed to increase electricity consumption during the non-peak period. For the highly and moderately profitable segments, a premium business-to-business approach can be applied to accommodate their increasing energy consumption without excessive electricity use in the peak period. Special account executives need to be deployed to handle these customers.
Hybrid Deep Learning Models for Multi-classification of Tumour from Brain MRI
Authors: Munira Hafiza Akter , Islam Md Saiful
Published: November 2022

Background: Brain tumour categorisation can be assisted with computer-aided diagnostic (CAD) for medical applications. Biopsies to classify brain tumours can be costly and time-consuming. Radiologists may also misclassify brain tumour types when handling large amounts of data with multiple classes. In this case, technological advancements and machine learning can help.
Objective: This study proposes hybrid deep learning approaches for classifying brain tumours using convolutional neural networks (CNN) and machine learning (ML) classifiers.
Methods: A new 23-layer CNN architecture is developed for brain deep feature extraction from magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). Random forest (RF) and support vector machine (SVM) classifiers are then used to evaluate the extracted in-depth features from the flattened layer of the CNN model. This study is unique because it employs CNN, CNN-RF, CNN-SVM, and tuned Inception V3 deep learning models on multi-class brain MRI datasets. The proposed hybrid method is run on two publicly available datasets.
Results: Among the four models, the CNN-RF model achieves 96.52% accuracy on the Fig share 3c dataset, while the CNN-SVM model achieves 95.41% accuracy on the large Kaggle 4c dataset with four classes (glioma, meningioma, normal, pituitary).
Conclusion: Experimental outcomes show that the hybrid techniques can significantly enhance the classification performance, especially on multi-class datasets (glioma, meningioma, normal, pituitary). This study also examines the various weight strategies for dealing with overfitting analytics.
 
Keywords: Brain Tumour, Convolutional Neural Network, Feature Extraction, Multi-Classification, Machine Learning Classifiers
Selecting the Best-Performing Low-Cost Carrier (LCC) Airlines Using Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP) and Elimination et Choix Traduisant la Realite (ELECTRE)
Authors: Farida Yuniar , Laili Husna Nur , Wibowo Achmad Teguh , Desinaini Latifatun Nadya , Sari Silvia Kartika
Published: November 2022

Background: Low-cost carrier (LCC) is a popular air transportation service as it offers affordable fares. Many airlines have adopted the LCC system because they need to adapt to the changes in the airline industry. The competition is tight. Despite the low cost, consumers demand quality services. Therefore, LCC airlines need to find their competitive edge.
Objective: This study aims to determine the best-performing LCC airlines, the criteria, and the sub-criteria to improve the performance.
Methods: This study uses two methods from multi-criteria decision-making (MCDM), namely the analytical hierarchy process (AHP) and elimination et choix traduisant la realite (ELECTRE) II. The MCDM is selected for this study because there are four criteria and 21 sub-criteria to evaluate airline performance. The AHP method selects subcriteria that affect airline customer satisfaction. It solves complex problems by establishing a hierarchy. After being assessed by relevant parties, weights or priorities are developed. The results are used to determine the best-performing airline. Meanwhile, the ELECTRE II method ranks the airline’s alternatives. This method is straightforward and widely used in the MCDM.
Results: The results indicate that four criteria and 18 sub-criteria affect the performance of LCC airlines in Indonesia. The LCC airline with the best performance is AirAsia, followed by Citilink, Wings Air, and Lion Air.
Conclusion: This research integrates the AHP and ELECTRE II methods in evaluating the performance of LCC airlines. This research also provides information about the criteria and sub-criteria to improve airline performance, hence, the customer experience.
Skin Cancer Classification and Comparison of Pre-trained Models Performance using Transfer Learning
Authors: Singha Subroto , Roy Priyangka
Published: November 2022

Background: Skin cancer can quickly become fatal. An examination and biopsy of dermoscopic pictures are required to determine if skin cancer is malignant or benign. However, these examinations can be costly.
Objective: In this research, we proposed deep learning (DL)-based approach to identify a melanoma, the most dangerous kind of skin cancer. DL is particularly excellent in learning traits and predicting cancer. However, DL requires a vast number of images.
Method: We used image augmentation and transferring learning to categorise images into benign and malignant. We used the public ISIC 2020 database to train and test our models. The ISIC 2020 dataset classifies melanoma as malignant. Along with the categorization, the dataset was examined for variation. The training and validation accuracy of three of the best pre-trained models were compared. To minimise the loss, three optimizers were used: RMSProp, SGD, and ADAM.
Results: We attained training accuracy of 98.73%, 99.12%, and 99.76% using ResNet, VGG16, and MobileNetV2, respectively. We achieved a validation accuracy of 98.39% using these three pre-trained models.
Conclusion: The validation accuracy of 98.39% outperforms the prior pre-trained model. The findings of this study can be applied in medical science to help physicians diagnose skin cancer early and save lives.
 
Keywords: Deep Learning, ISIC 2020, Pre-trained Model, Skin Cancer, Transfer Learning
DETERMINANT FACTORS ON PERSONAL HYGIENE IN THE PREVENTION OF COVID19 IN THE COMMUNITY OF BENGKALIS REGENCY, RIAU, IN 2021
Authors: Jannah Ratih Zahratul , Laelasari Ela
Published: November 2022

Introduction: The prevalence of personal hygiene behavior in the Riau community in 2018 remains below 39.9%. Therefore, this study aims to identify the determinants of personal hygiene in preventing Covid19 among the residents of Bengkalis Regency, Riau. Methods: Data was collected online in March 2021 from 214 respondents regarding their age, gender, educational history, personal hygiene, infrastructure, accessibility, information exposure, family support, social support, and level of knowledge. The descriptive quantitative study was used with a cross-sectional design and the Chi-square test. Results and Discussion: The results showed that from 214 respondents, those with good and poor personal hygiene are 139 (65%) and 75 (35%) individuals, respectively. The factors that have a statistical relationship with personal hygiene (p<0.05) are age, gender, infrastructure, accessibility, information exposure, family support, and social support, with p-values of 0.000, 0.005, 0.000, 0.000, 0.000, 0.000, and 0.000, respectively. Meanwhile, variables of knowledge and educational history with p values of 0.664 and 0.810, respectively, were not statistically related. Conclusion: Efforts to promote personal hygiene for the prevention of the pandemic include health worker education on Covid19 information, especially the risk factors and how to correctly use masks.
ENVIRONMENTAL SANITATION AT HOME AND HISTORY OF INFECTION DISEASES AS RISK FACTORS FOR STUNTING IN TODDLERS IN DROKILO VILLAGE, KEDUNGADEM DISTRICT, BOJONEGORO REGENCY
Authors: Shofifah Aimmatus , Lilis Sulistyorini  , Sarva Mangala Praveena
Published: November 2022

Introduction: Stunting is one of the nutritional issues that becomes the triple burden of malnutrition and affects the world, especially in almost every nation. Indonesia is listed as the third country with the greatest stunting prevalence in the Southeast Asia/South-East Asia Regional (SEAR) areas. This study aimed to examine the connections between stunting incidence a history of infectious diseases, as well as the connections between toddlers who experience stunting events a history of infectious diseases among toddlers in Drokilo Village. Methods: This study used a case-control research design and an analytical observational approach. It involved 51 toddlers samples and included dependent variables i.e., stunting incidence and independent variables i.e., environmental sanitation at home and a history of infectious diseases. Bivariate analysis was utilized together with Chi-square test to examine the variables. Results and Discussion: Male toddlers over the age of two years frequently experienced stunting. With a p-value of 0.046, environmental sanitation at home was associated with a lower stunting incidence. With a p-value of 0.037, a history of infectious diseases was associated with higher stunting incidence. Conclusion: Environmental sanitation at home a history of infectious diseases had significant relationships with stunting incidence in toddlers. In short, these two factors may cause stunting in toddlers in Drokilo Village, Kedungadem District, Bojonegoro Regency.
Pelatihan Teknik Budidaya Akuaponik di Masyarakat Urban Farming Kelurahan Sungai Ulin Kota Banjarbaru
Authors: Dini Sofarini , Deddy Dharmaji , Yunandar Yunandar , Fajriyanti Fajriyanti
Published: November 2022

Urban farming merupakan kegiatan berbasis pemanfaatan lahan pekarangan rumah di lingkungan perkotaan di masa pandemi Covid-19. Keterbatasan ruang bahkan cenderung sempit sebagai media akuaponik sayuran dan ikan untuk pemenuhan protein rumah tangga dan menghasilkan pendapatan. Tujuan dilaksanakannya kegiatan ini untuk meningkatkan penggunaan teknologi polikultur dengan sistem resirkulasi secara bertahap di masyarakat perkotaan, survival rate (SR) produk akuaponik ≥ 50%, panen sayuran dan ikan setiap dua minggu dan efisiensi penggunaan air serta optimalisasi pakan. Metode FGD (Focus group of Discussion) terbatas mengacu pada protokol kesehatan dan demonstrasi plot. Kegiatan ini telah dilaksanakan di bulan Agustus sampai Desember 2021 bertempat di  Komplek Bukit Permata Asri, Mitra Karang Taruna Kelompok "Sawi", Kelurahan Sungai Ulin, Kota Banjarbaru. Survival rate (SR) untuk sayuran 80% dan ikan 75% dengan sistem akuaponik. Hasil evaluasi dengan teknik skoring menyatakan bahwa 80% pengetahuan kelompok mitra meningkat tentang budidaya ikan sayuran, 85% meningkatnya keterampilan mitra dalam pembuatan unit akuaponik, 70% perbaikan optimalisasi pakan. Aktivitas ini dapat diperluas ke tanaman lain dan spesies ikan komersial yang mudah beradaptasi dengan lingkungan buatan.  Urban farming is based on using home yard land in urban environments during the Covid-19 pandemic. Space limitations tend to be narrow as vegetable and fish aquaponic media to meet household protein needs and income. The purpose of these activities was to increase the use of polyculture technology with a recirculation system gradually in urban communities, the survival rate (SR) for aquaponic products to more than 50%, both vegetables and fish were harvested every two weeks, and efficiency of water used and optimization of feed. The FGD (Focus group of Discussion) method was limited to referring to health protocols and plot demonstrations. This activity was carried out from August to December 2021 at the Bukit Permata Asri, Mitra Karang Taruna Group "Sawi", Sungai Ulin Village, Banjarbaru City. The survival rate for 80% vegetables and 75% fish with an aquaponics system. The evaluation results using a scoring technique stated that 80% of partner group knowledge increased about vegetable fish farming, 85% increased partner group skills in making aquaponics units, and 70% improved feed optimization. This activity can extend to other plant and commercial fish species that are adaptable to the artificial environment.
Penggunaan Barang Bekas Sebagai Alternatif Wadah Tanaman di Desa Jati Kabupaten Kediri
Authors: Mariyono Mariyono , Lisanty Nina , Gunariyati Yesy Nur
Published: November 2022

Masyarakat Desa Jati Kabupaten Kediri pada umumnya khawatir bepergian keluar rumah baik yang jauh maupun dekat karena takut terpapar Covid-19. Sebagian besar mereka terus tinggal di rumah dan tak jarang mengeluh merasa jenuh. Oleh karena itu, Tim Pengabdian kepada Masyarakat (PkM) berinisiasi mengajak dan memberdayakan masyarakat untuk melakukan budidaya tanaman sayuran di lingkungan sekitar rumahnya. Dalam rangka budidaya tanaman ini ternyata timbul beberapa masalah, salah satu masalah yang dihadapi adalah cara mendapatkan pupuk dan wadah tanaman yang terjangkau oleh kantong masyarakat. Oleh karena itu, kegiatan PkM ini berfokus dan bertujuan memanfaatkan kemasan bekas atau barang tidak terpakai di lingkungan rumah sebagai wadah tanaman yang dibudidayakan. Tujuan kegiatan ini adalah untuk dapat mengedukasi serta mengajak peran aktif masyarakat Desa Jati, khususnya remaja (karang taruna dan remaja masjid) dalam pemanfaatan lahan dan pengelolaan limbah kemasan plastik. Pendekatan yang digunakan adalah sosialisasi dan pelatihan. Pelatihan dilangsungkan dari bulan Agustus hingga Oktober 2021. Produk yang dihasilkan dari pelatihan langsung digunakan oleh warga. Selepas pelatihan, para remaja peserta secara aktif mengimplementasikan hasil pelatihan di rumah mereka dan tetangga sekitar masing-masing. Pendampingan dilanjutkan hingga Januari 2022. Hal ini sangat bermanfaat bagi lingkungan sosial dan alam sekitar Desa Jati. Lebih dari itu, kegiatan ini diharapkan menginspirasi warga untuk menghasilkan produk bernilai ekonomi dan berdaya guna bagi masyarakat mitra.  The people of Jati Village, Kediri Regency, are worried about travelling out of their homes, far and near, due to the fear of being exposed to Covid-19. Most of them often complain of feeling bored. Initially, the Community Service team aimed to invite and empower the community to cultivate vegetable crops in the environment around their homes. In the context of cultivating this plant, it was discovered that several problems arise; one of the problems faced was how to get fertilizer and plant containers that are affordable by the community's pockets. Therefore, this community service activity focused on and aimed to utilize used packaging or unused items in the home environment as a container for cultivated plants. The main activity was to educate and invite the active role of the Jati Village community, especially teenagers, in yard use and packaging waste management. The approach used was socialization and training. The training was conducted from August to October 2021. Residents directly used the products resulting from the training. After the training, the youth participants actively implemented the training results in their homes and neighbours. The accompaniment was continued until January 2022. The program was beneficial for the social and natural environment around Jati Village. Moreover, the activity is expected to inspire residents to produce economic value products.
Bimbingan Teknis Pemanfaatan Portal Rumah Belajar bagi Guru Sekolah Dasar
Authors: Sari Rima Meilita , Putri Mentari Darma , Yani Ahmad Fauzi Syahputra
Published: November 2022

Pengabdian ini bertujuan untuk memberikan informasi dan bimbingan teknis terkait portal rumah belajar Kemdikbud sebagai salah satu solusi untuk menciptakan pembelajaran yang efektif dan inovatif di era society 5.0 pada guru Sekolah Dasar. Adapun program kegiatan pengabdian ini terbagi menjadi dua kegiatan yaitu sosialisasi portal rumah belajar Kemdikbud dan bimbingan teknis Portal Rumah Belajar Kemdikbud. Sasaran kegiatan adalah Guru Sekolah Dasar Negeri 2 Seulalah Kota Langsa, Aceh yang berjumlah 20 orang. Pelaksanaan kegiatan dilakukan pada tanggal 10-11 Mei 2022. Metode yang dilakukan untuk bimbingan teknis adalah metode ceramah, diskusi, dan praktik langsung dengan guru. Kegiatan bimbingan teknis dilaksanakan dengan lancar dan penuh antusiasme dari peserta pelatihan. Kesimpulan dari acara ini adalah pelaksanaan bimbingan teknis mampu meningkatkan pemahaman dan keterampilan guru dalam mengaplikasikan portal rumah belajar. Implikasi dari kegiatan pengabdian ini adalah diharapkan guru sekolah dasar mampu melaksanakan pembelajaran dengan efektif dan mampu mengimplementasikan pembelajaran berbasis web dengan menggunakan portal rumah belajar. Community service aims to provide information and technical guidance related to the Rumah Belajar From the Ministry of Education and Culture's learning as a solution to create effective and innovative learning in the era of society 5.0 for elementary school teachers. The program of service activities is divided into two activities, namely the socialization of the Rumah Belajar and technical guidance of Rumah Belajar Platform. The target of the activity was the teacher of the State Elementary School 2 Seulalah, Aceh. The activities were carried out on 10-11 May 2022. The methods used for technical guidance were lectures, discussions, and direct practice with teachers. Technical guidance activities were carried out smoothly and were full of enthusiasm from the training participants. This event concluded that implementing technical guidance could improve teachers' understanding and skills in applying the learning house portal. This service activity implies that elementary school teachers are expected to be able to carry out learning effectively and be able to implement web-based learning using the home learning portal.
Numerical and Religious-Based School Management Training to Support the Vision-Mission of Educational Institutions
Authors: Amir Mohammad Faizal , Amrullah Muhlasin , Indrakurniawan Machful
Published: November 2022

School management focuses on achieving educational goals and visions. In reality, the school's vision mission is not on needs but only used during accreditation. This happened at SDN Legokulon 1 Kasreman; most teachers did not understand school management enough to support the school's vision-mission. Numeracy-based and religious school management training is needed to support a quality school's mission. Training was held at SDN Legokulon 1 Kasreman on 18-19 February 2022. This activity used participatory rural appraisal for training and evaluation. Eight SDN Legokulon 1 Kasreman teachers attended this training. Based on evaluations, 87.5% of participants understood numeracy and religious-based school management. In addition, numeracy and religious-based school management are generally good. So, this training affects SDN Legokulon 1 Kasreman stakeholders' understanding of numeracy and religious-based school management to support the school's vision mission.
Радянізація Західної України (1939–1941) у громадській думці українців у США
Authors: Кравець Д.
Published: November 2022

Громадська думка країн Заходу про доленосні для багатьох народів Східної Європи події 1939‒1941 рр. потребує додаткового вивчення та актуалізації. У статті коротко охарактеризовано стан української діаспори в Америці у 1930-х рр., міжнародне становище США на початку Другої світової війни (акт про нейтралітет, декларація С. Веллеса тощо). Незважаючи на дію Закону про нейтралітет, американська громадськість усе ж цікавилася процесами на теренах колишньої Польщі 1939 р. Після офіційного визнання СРСР з боку Вашингтона 1933 р. стосунки між обома країнами пожвавились, а частина громадськості в Америці сприймала СРСР як єдину альтернативу «фашистській загрозі» в Європі. Українська діаспора в США відігравала значну роль у формуванні негативного образу СРСР та висвітленні справжнього стану справ у Західній Україні під радянською окупацією. Авторитетні американські газети «The New York Times», «The Washington Post» згадували Галичину і Волинь під «совєтами» лише побіжно, а натомість українські видання «Свобода», «The Ukrainian Weekly», «Народна Воля» (Скрентон), «Народне Слово» (Пітсбург) часто описували ситуацію в цьому регіоні. Активно інформувало про справи в Західній Україні та Українське бюро, що діяло у Вашингтоні у 1939‒1940 рр. Хоча новоприєднані до СРСР території були ізольовані від світу, деяка правдива інформація таки доходила звідти за океан. Газети інформували американську громадськість про «фальшиві» Народні Збори Західної України жовтня 1939 р. та подальший фарс пов’язаний із входженням до УРСР, про репресії радянських спецслужб, антирелігійну кампанію й трансформації в економіці. Українці Америки нерідко влаштовували масові заходи в Нью-Йорку чи Вашингтоні щоб поширювати правдиву інформацію про стан справ в Україні. На такі акції запрошувались і знані американські політики та журналісти. Дискусії навколо радянської політики на колишніх польських землях точилися і у Конгресі США.

Ключові слова: Західна Україна, радянізація, українська діаспора в США, історія громадської думки, відносини між США та СРСР, 1939‒1941 рр.
КОМЕМОРАТИВНІ ПРАКТИКИ НАЦІОНАЛІСТИЧНИХ ОРГАНІЗАЦІЙ УКРАЇНСЬКОЇ ДІАСПОРИ (1950-ті — ПОЧАТКУ 1990-Х РР.)
Authors: Акименко К. В.
Published: November 2022

Статтю присвячено комеморативним практикам націоналістичних організацій української діаспори як елементам культурної політики та засобам формування історичної пам’яті. На основі архівних матеріалів та завдяки широкому залученню пресових видань визначено основні види комеморативних практик та особливості їх змістовного наповнення. Особливу увагу приділено аналізу приводів для їх проведення: відзначення вагомих історичних подій та видатних особистостей відповідно до націоналістичного історичного наративу, вшанування травматичного досвіду нації, комеморація мілітарного досвіду націоналістичних організацій.

Ключові слова: українська діаспора, націоналізм, націоналістична організація, комеморація, комеморативна практика, Організація Українських Націоналістів.
СТАТУС HONORIS CAUSA В ІСТОРІЇ ОДЕСЬКОГО НАЦІОНАЛЬНОГО УНІВЕРСИТЕТУ ІМЕНІ І. І. МЕЧНИКОВА (ХІХ–ХХІ СТ.)
Authors: Музичко О. Є. , Синявська О. О. , Хмарський В. М.
Published: November 2022

Статтю присвячено історії особливого університетського статусу honoris causa — почесного члена (доктора, професора), в Одеському національному університеті імені І. І. Мечникова. Виявлено, що статус honoris causa в 1865–2020 рр. отримала 131 особа. Незважаючи на дискретність в існуванні та перебування в межах кількох держав університет, створив і підтримує традицію існування цього статусу, що змінювався у назвах, мав різну міру та динаміку застосування залежно від епохи.

Ключові слова: історія, honoris causa, Одеський національний університет імені І. І. Мечникова, Новоросійський університет, вища освіта, ХІХ–ХХІ ст.
Somatic-to-primordial Germ Cell-Like Transformation is Critical in Tumour Initiation of Mouse Breast Tumour 4T1 Cells
Authors: Ma Zhan , Zhang Fengyu , Liu Aiping , Lin Hui-Kuan , Liu Chunfang
Published: November 2022

It has been proposed that tumourigenicity was an intrinsic feature of embryonic/germ cell developmental axis as well as embryonic/germ cell-related genes play a crucial role in tumourigenicity. Our previous studies indicated that primordial germ cell (PGC)-like potential could be reactivated in tumourigenesis. In this study, 4T1, 168FARN and 67NR cells which originated from the same mouse breast cancer were studied and the results indicated that the acquisition of embryonic/germ cell-like state is essential for tumourigenicity. We further demonstrated that somatic to PGC-like transformation (SPLT) was activated in 4T1 cells and that inhibition of PGC-like cell formation by depleting pluripotency and/or PGC specification-related genes markedly repressed SPLT and the tumourigenicity. Collectively, our findings reveal that tumourigenicity is linked to the acquisition of PGC-like state through SPLT in 4T1 cells, provide new insight into deeper understanding the biological nature of tumours and novel therapeutical strategies for cancer targeting.