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Performance and Dividend Policy of State-Owned Banks Before and After COVID-19
Authors: Artha I Wayan Budi , Widyastuti Tri , Gustari Irvandi
Published: May 2022

The purpose of this study was to analyze the performance and dividend policy of State-Owned Banks before and after the Covid-19. The research period is 2018-2021, with the sampling technique is saturated sampling, where all members of the population are used as samples. The analytical tool used is the Different Test (T-Test) supported by the SPSS program. The results show that the performance of State-Owned Banks, namely market capitalization, profitability, credit quality and liquidity is different before and after the Covid-19, while the dividend policy is not different. The market capitalization and profitability of State-Owned Banks have decreased and liquidity has improved after the Covid-19, as a result of deteriorating credit quality. Deteriorating credit quality after the Covid-19 resulted in decreased loan productivity and increased loss reserves and banks were more careful in distributing credit so that the liquidity was getting looser which resulted in decreased profitability.
Methodical Work as a Means of Developing Professional Reflection of Teachers
Authors: Denha Nataliia , Kyrylenko Kateryna , Syvokhop Eduard , Yermakova Svitlana , Stepanchenko Nataliya , Bilanych Halyna
Published: May 2022

The article highlights the analysis of theoretical and methodological work on methodological work as a result of the authors' reflection. The main aspects of methodological work are investigated.
In the context of researching the problem of professional reflection of a college teacher, we consider methodical work as a means of instrumental and technological support of the process of teaching academic disciplines. Methodical work has a potentially reflective character, during which the college teacher carries out self-analysis of his own attitude to professional activity, assimilates its means and methods. The analysis of experience of methodical work of pedagogical colleges has revealed, that its purpose is mainly identified for the purpose of functioning of methodical offices of these establishments and professional activity of their heads. Comprehension of the information received allowed us to conclude: if development of professional reflection of teachers of colleges is not specifically and purposefully carried out in the process of methodical activity, then spontaneous formation of the main components of professional reflection (motivational, cognitive, activity, personal) is ineffective and slow. Consequently, this process should be guided and improved. The method of analysis and synthesis, exploratory and explanatory methods are applied for the purpose of effectiveness of the study.
Distance Learning of a Foreign Language: a Comparative Analysis of Modern Platforms and Online Services
Authors: Syno Viktoriya , Turchyn Andrii , Syvyk Oksana , Glotov Oleksandr , Krut Olena , Babii Liudmyla
Published: May 2022

The article provides an insight into the issues of using modern information and communication technology in distance learning of a foreign language. In many ways, technology has profoundly reshaped English as a foreign language (EFL) teaching and learning in the context of COVID-19 pandemic. Modern online platforms and services have become indispensable tools in higher educational establishments, paving the way for developing new effective EFL practices. The way distance learning of a foreign language is implemented can be divided into synchronous and asynchronous.

A thorough analysis of available online platforms and services has proven that such a technologically integrated approach is suitable for materials development in foreign language teaching. Along with demonstrating a high level of interactivity, they are also easy to use and contribute substantially to building strong reading, listening, writing, and speaking skills. Depending on the type of instruction, online resources perform different functions. For example, synchronous learning promotes learner communication by fostering cooperative activities and often expanding the lesson above the curriculum. By contrast, asynchronous learning provides the space to expand the learners’ individual experiences of language.
Using Information Technologies to Train Today Teachers in the Educational Environment
Authors: Bakhmat Nataliia , Popadych Olena , Derkach Larysa , Shvardak Marianna , Lukashchuk Mykola , Romanenko Viktor
Published: May 2022

The article studies the characteristics of teacher training for primary school teachers in the information educational environment in higher education institutions (HEIs). It shows that Ukraine’s integration into European and world educational space as a prerequisite for determining effective areas in its development is a strong motive to study the systems of teacher training for primary school teachers, reflect on their positive experience, clarify trends and prospects of their development and discover ways to solve the existing issues in teacher education. The article considers the current state of teacher training for primary school teachers in view of applying information technologies in HEIs. Considering teacher training for primary school teachers as the large-scale nationwide objective, the article analyzes this aspect in those Ukrainian HEIs whose activities are related to this particular area. IT is also essential and necessary to study the experience of individual scholars and practitioners implementing the achievements of informatization in their activities. The detailed study of teacher training for primary school teachers has made it possible to reveal significant shortcomings in this process. The findings prove that HEIs do not create favourable organizational conditions for future primary schools teachers to develop their innovative professional and personal qualities. These include the following: competitiveness; motivation towards lifelong learning and continuing professional development; knowledge about appropriate ways of personal development; creative and IT skills.
The Dynamics of Public Sector – Nonprofit Sector Collaboration
Authors: Ateșoaie Maria Roxana
Published: May 2022

The utilization by the public sector of nonprofit society for the delivery of public goods and services, including social services involves the cooperation between these sectors. In this study, we focus on three important aspects relevant for these relationships: the cause of the phenomenon, the forms which these relationships take and and the structural arrangements necessary to ensure the effectiveness of such efforts. The various approaches which government takes in the delivering of different goods and services are reviewed and it is seen that all of them lend themselves to cooperative initiatives.
The Effects of Social Isolation on Adolescents
Authors: Mihăilă Monica-Lusiana
Published: May 2022

The situation caused by the pandemic imposed drastic changes in social interaction, which changed human relationships, imposed physical barriers to communication and made people very lonely.

The online school and sometimes the total lack of social interaction of children and adolescents left traces in their psycho-emotional state. The need for teenagers to interact came in stark contrast to the lifestyle of the past year. This has led to depressive and anxious states or to the exacerbation of those preceding the pandemic.I noticed much greater requests for advice in this regard and I followed in the dynamics the transformations of the psyche of adolescents, evaluating as deeply as possible their condition and looking for the best methods of improvement.
Effects of Seed Priming on Seedling Growth of Isabgol under Salinity Stress
Authors: Verma Sandhya R. , Solanki Hiteshkumar
Published: May 2022

Background: Salinity stress is one of the most severe problems in agriculture. Seed priming is a technique that improves seed germination and growth under abiotic stress. The study was conducted to evaluate the effects of different seed priming agents on seedling growth of Isabgol (Plantago ovata Forsk) Variety GI-3 under salinity stress. Methods: The experiment was conducted with a completely randomized design. The factors examined include four types of priming, control (unprimed seeds) with Salicylic acid, KNO3 and Gibberellic acid, with two salinity levels (0 and 5.3 dS/m), respectively. Result: In this experiment, germination traits like germination percentage, Mean Germination Time, plumule length, radicle length, seed vigour and fresh weight were measured. Data were analysed by using SPSS software. The present study shows that although all priming treatments were effective at the germination stage, but KNO3 was proved to be the most effective since it significantly increased germination performance than other priming treatments.
Agri-food Systems Amidst COVID-19: A Review
Authors: Gulsia Oshin
Published: May 2022

COVID-19 has threatened agri-food sector in countless ways. Various intellectuals fear that if it prevails for long, it might lead to shortage of agricultural inputs coupled with labor shortages, stressed supply chains, price hikes and food insecurity. This paper adds to the existing literature in the agri-business domain through unraveling the imbroglio of similar challenges and shedding light on the practical solutions which shall ultimately pave path for better agricultural systems. It further illustrates how important it is for the governments to bat for the emerging opportunities and score for the robust, efficient and resilient future with the help of QDA software Atlas.ti.
Preliminary Factsheet of Malnutrition among Adults in Karnataka: Revelations from NFHS-4 and NFHS-5: A Review
Authors: Itagi Chaitanya , Gamanagatti Pavankumar B.
Published: May 2022

In India there are wide variations in the malnutrition status between the States as it is having diversified climatic conditions. This study investigates the current situation of malnutrition among adults of Karnataka state. In this review the secondary data of NFHS-4 (2015-16) and NFHS-5 (2019-20) were used for analysis. The data certainly showed that malnutrition is indeed one of the most underrated problems faced by the state. Over NFHS-4 to NFHS-5, there was reduction in under nutrition of urban and rural women by 20.37 and 18.11 per cent respectively. Whereas overweight/obese was increased much more in both men and women but in case of men population it is alarming with 14.20 and 18.40 per cent increase in urban and rural respectively. In case of vulnerable groups like pregnant and breast feeding women, anaemia has been increased to about 50 per cent. Compared to earlier data, South Karnataka districts showed improvement by reducing the anaemia status of women. Over the course of time, Governments have initiated several large scale supplementary feeding programmes. Even though most of these programmes which are aimed at children, lactating mothers, pregnant women and women in reproductive age groups have brought in results, its large scale implementation is still a distant dream for the nation.
Physical and Textural Properties of Gluten Free Biscuits Containing Rice Flour, Soya Flour and Buckwheat Flour
Authors: Gogoi M. , Barooah M.S. , Bordoloi P.L. , Borthakur P.K.
Published: May 2022

Background: Gluten free biscuits are at high demand at present which is suitable for celiac patient. Many changes takes place during the preparation of biscuit may be due to ingredients used or baking process. Therefore, this research was conducted to evaluate the physical and textural properties of gluten free biscuit containing rice flour, soya flour and buckwheat flour. Methods: The experiment was carried out during the period from January, 2018 to April, 2018. Gluten free biscuits were prepared from composite flours of two varieties of rice flours, soya flour and buckwheat flour. The physical and textural properties were investigated using standard procedures. Result: Due to addition of buckwheat flour and soya flour weight and hardness of the developed biscuit was increased and diameter, thickness was decreased. Colour tends to redness and yellowness. This is due to addition of soya flour and buckwheat flour in other treatments. Therefore, gluten free biscuit can be prepared by using rice flour, soya flour and buckwheat flour with good physical and textural properties.
​Evaluation of Essential Oils as a Hurdle for Ambient Temperature Storage of Chicken Patties
Authors: Kalaikannan A. , Elango A. , Rajeshwar J. Johnson , Santhi D.
Published: May 2022

Background: Clove bud oil (CBO) and oleoresin rosemary (ORM) possess antioxidant and antibacterial properties and are widely used as natural preservatives in meat products. The present study was conducted with the objective of evaluating the essential oils CBO and ORM as a hurdle for extending the shelf life of chicken patties at ambient temperature storage. Methods: The natural preservatives viz. CBO at 0.05% level (T1) and ORM at 0.1% level (T2) and their combination (CBO 0.05% with ORM 0.1%) (T3) were incorporated in chicken meat patties in the basic formulation along with a control (C) and the cooked product quality packed in food grade pet-poly co-extruded film pouches stored at ambient temperature (30±2°C) was assessed. Result: Upon storage, in terms of sensory evaluation, T3 spoiled on 5th day and other samples on 3rd day of storage. Addition of essential oils significantly (P less than 0.05) enhanced the DPPH scavenging effect. TBARS and tyrosine values of all treatments significantly (P less than 0.05) increased linearly with storage period. CBO and ORM combination significantly (P less than 0.05) inhibited the microbial load during the storage period and maintained the odour score in the acceptable level even at 3rd day of storage. The combination of CBO and ORM might be applied as one of the hurdles in adopting the ‘Hurdle Technology’ storage of chicken meat patties.
Formulation, Senso-chemical Analysis and Shelf-life Study of Biscuits using Stevia Leaf as the Substitute for Sugar
Authors: Ali Md. Aslam , Saha Khokan Kumar , Choudhury Md. Selim , Ahiduzzaman Md. , Islam Md. Nahidul
Published: May 2022

Background: Biscuits are the most popular cereal-based bakery and sugar is an important element of biscuits which provides unique taste, color and texture. However, the consumption of sugar is linked to potential health risks. Therefore, there is a scope to substitute sugar with natural non-caloric sweetener, maintaining all sensory and storage qualities of the biscuits. Methods: The present study was conducted to find an acceptable formulation to manufacture biscuits using stevia leaf. Dried leaf powder and fresh juice were used as a substitute for sugar in biscuit manufacturing. After baking, biscuits were tested for sensory qualities. In addition, biscuits were packaged with different packaging materials and organoleptic changes were assessed. Result: Biscuits made with 18 g stevia powder and 55 ml stevia juice per kg of flour showed the best results comparing all aspects of consumer preferences. The organoleptic and microbiological evaluations of stevia powder biscuit and stevia juice biscuit showed no significant changes and unsafe measures for one month of storage in glass, plastic jar and tin can. Therefore, sugar-free biscuits can be made following either stevia powder biscuit or stevia juice biscuit formulations and stored in either glass, plastic jar, or in tin can to remain safe for human consumption.
Effect of Integrated Nutrient Management on Yield and Quality Attributes of Radish (Raphanus sativus L.)
Authors: Anitha T. , Venkatesan S. , Soujanya P. , Pradeep G.
Published: May 2022

Background: Radish (Raphanus sativus L.) is one of the most popular root crops during the rabi season and it is well praised for its high nutritional and therapeutic value. The current study on “impact of integrated nutrient management on yield and quality characteristics of radish” was carried out to determine the interacting effects between organic manures and inorganic fertilizers and effective integrated nutrient management strategies advised for radish.
Methods: A field experiment was conducted during 2017-18. The research trial was laid out in factorial randomized block design with nine treatments and was replicated thrice in which consists of different organic manures integrated with reduced inorganic fertilizer viz., Vermicompost, FYM and 50% RD of NPK, 100% RD of NPK Result: The results of the experiment revealed that application of vermicompost in combination with 50% NPK showed maximum yield and quality attributes of Radish.
A Comparative Study on Certain Blood Metabolites and Hormonal Indices for Detection of Pregnancy of Crossbred Cows of High Altitude: Mizoram
Authors: Boro Utpal , Talukdar Dibyajyoti , Ahmed Fazal Ali , Lalrintluanga K. , Ali Ayub , Kalita Girin , Tolenkhomba T.C. , Rahman Chahidur , Das Dhruba , Debbarma Value , Paul Dipan Rudra
Published: May 2022

Background: Early detection of pregnancy can perk up the reproductive competence of dairy animals and decreasing the interval between two successive AI. Several methods of pregnancy diagnosis both direct and indirect are being practiced; but to date, none of these technologies qualifies as the ideal pregnancy detection method due to its limitation. The present study was designed to learn about the changes of hormonal and blood metabolites during early bovine pregnancy. Methods: A total of 30 numbers of crossbred cows at 2nd to 5th lactation was selected for the study. Clinico-gynaecological examination was carried out in all the cows and those have devoid of ill health, having a regular estrous cycle and estrus period were inseminated at mid to late estrus. Ten milliliter of blood samples were collected aseptically from all the cows (6 samples from each cow and a total of 180 samples) on day 1, 10, 20, 30, 60 and 90 of post-A.I. From the obtained serum, levels of glucose, cholesterol, BUN, total protein and hormonal profile estrone sulphate, progesterone were analysed. All the cows were observed for the absence of external signs of estrus after AI and pregnancy was confirmed by using ultrasonography and per rectal examination on day 30 to 40 of post insemination. Result: It was observed that level of glucose, BUN, cholesterol and progesterone was significantly increased during early pregnancy (P less than 0.01). While, the serum level of estrone sulphate significantly decreased while advancing the pregnancy. There was positive correlation between the level of progesterone (P less than 0.01) and negative correlation of estrone sulphate (P less than 0.05) with serum glucose, BUN, cholesterol at different days of post A.I. The blood biochemical constituents i.e. glucose, BUN, cholesterol and hormone estrone sulphate, progesterone possibly will used as an ideal marker of early pregnancy in cattle. Thus blood biochemical constituents like glucose, BUN, cholesterol and hormone estrone sulphate, progesterone possibly can be used as a tool for diagnosis of non pregnant dairy cattles with very high accuracy at around 30 days of post insemination.
Deciphering the Stock Structure of White Sardine Escualosa thoracata (Valenciennes, 1847) along the Indian Waters by using Chemometric Analysis of Natural Signature Fatty Acid Profile
Authors: Prajapat Prem Singh , Banyal Harinder Singh , Ramasubramanian V. , Varghese Tincy , Lal Dhanya M. , Pathak Vikas , Abidi Zeba Jaffer
Published: May 2022

Background: Small pelagic species like white sardine gained importance due to their high demand in local markets over years has become important to sustainably harvest the available resources. Thus, the current study was aimed to decipher the stock structure studies based on chemometric analysis of natural signature fatty acid profile which plays an important role in stock identification to the formulation of better sustainable management plans and its conservation. Methods: Samples of Escualosa thoracata were collected from four locations each from two on the east coast (Chennai and Kolkata) and west coast (Mumbai and Kochi) of the Indian peninsula 2019-2020. Heart tissue from the specimen from each location was collected, preserved and fatty acid profiling was performed. The analysis comprised methanolysis, gas chromatography and multivariate statistics. Result: The profile showed a difference between southern and northern populations on both the coast. The trend was more obvious in SAFAs and PUFAs; SAFAs were high content in the southern populations and PUFAs were high content in the northern populations. The separation can be attributed to the latitudinal effects on the deposition of fatty acids.
Generation Mean Analysis for Yield, its Components and MYMV Disease Resistance in Greengram [Vigna radiata (L.) Wilczek]
Authors: Nainu A.J. , Vadivel K. , Murugan S. , Kumar N. Senthil
Published: May 2022

Background: Greengram or mungbean is a diploid (2n=22) autogamous leguminous crop. The average global yield is low and stagnant over years in the entire tropical and subtropical Asia. Any improvement in the yield is hard, predominantly because of pest infestation and diseases. Viral diseases result in significant financial losses due to drop in seed yield and quality in many important crops including greengram. Mungbean yellow mosaic disease (MYMD) can lead to yield loss up to 85% in greengram in epidemic conditions. Methods: The present study was conducted at Department of Genetics and Plant Breeding, Faculty of Agriculture, Annamalai University during the period August-October 2020 in three crosses of greengram viz., PLM 506 x IC 76417, PLM 506 x IC 76381 and IC 398746 x IC 76417. The mean data of five basic generations viz., P1, P2, F1, F2 and F3 of three crosses were evaluated. Populations were screened for MYMV disease resistance by employing infector row method. Scaling test was done using the mean values of various generations for the characters. Significance of scale C suggested dominance x dominance (l) type of gene interaction, whereas the significance of scale D showed additive x additive (i) type of gene interaction. The significance of any of the scaling tests proposes inefficacy of simple additive-dominance model. Five genetic effects viz., mean effect (m), additive (d), dominance (h), additive x additive (i) and dominance x dominance (l) was estimated. Result: Hundred-seed weight showed additive-dominance model in the cross PLM 506 x IC 76417. The additive as well as additive x additive type of gene action were in control of number(s) of clusters per plant, percentage of disease infection and most of yield components in the cross PLM 506 x IC 76417. Hence, selection at a later generation is effective to improve these traits. Pod length was controlled by additive gene action in the cross PLM 506 x IC 76381, whereas percentage of disease infection showed additive-dominance model. The additive as well as additive x additive type of gene action were in control of plant height and most of yield components in the cross PLM 506 x IC 76381. In the case of other traits, epistatic model was evidenced. Hence, selection needs to be postponed to a later generation. Based on gene action, these crosses may be employed to evolve high yielding plants with MYMV disease resistance.
​​Improved Herbicide Efficacy through Sole and Sequential Application of Herbicides for Higher Productivity of Urdbean (Vigna mungo) in Indian Semi-arid Tropics
Authors: Dhayal Suman , Yadav S.L. , Meena V.K. , Choudhary Manju , . Priyanka
Published: May 2022

Background: Weeds are major factor that leads to increase crop-weed competition and adversely effects of on growth, quality and yield of urdbean during kharif season. In urdbean the critical period for crop weed competition was the first 25-30 days; yields can be reduced by 50-90%, if weeds were not controlled during this period. As a result, successful weed management strategies to achieve increased growth and yield. Due to the ease, lower cost, timeliness and success controlling weeds, the progressive transformation of agriculture involving intensive use of herbicides has gained traction in recent years. Methods: During kharif season 2019, a field experiment was undertaken at the Agricultural Research Station of Ummedganj, Kota, comprising ten weed management strategies, laid out in a randomised complete block design with three replications. Result: Two hand weedings at 20 and 40 DAS recorded significantly lower weeds dry matter, higher weed control efficacy, ultimately culminating in improved yield attributes and yield, compared to weedy check. This treatment was at par with pendimethalin 30% EC @ 1 kg a.i. ha-1 fb propaquizafop 2.5% w w-1 @ 33.3 g a.i. ha-1 + imazethapyr 3.75% w w-1 (pre mix) ME @ 50 g a.i. ha-1 at 20 DAS resulting in significantly higher pods plant-1 (13.67), seeds pod-1 (6.33), test weight (28.47 g), grain (827 kg ha-1), straw (1393 kg ha-1), biological (2221 kg ha-1) and harvest index (37.26%) of urdbean over the other chemical based treatment.
Approaches to Implementing National Action Plans on Women, Peace and Security
Authors: Lucas Brian
Published: May 2022

This report aims to identify a selection of programmes and projects undertaken by countries under their respective National Action Plans. It focuses on discrete, large-scale initiatives that specifically target aspects of the WPS agenda and aim to influence change outside the implementing agencies, rather than changing agencies’ own policies and practices. Common themes that appear frequently across these programmes and projects include: supporting global pools of technical capacity on WPS and on peacebuilding generally; training military, police, and other personnel from partner countries, including building women’s professional capacities as well as training personnel in WPS-related good practices; supporting WPS networks and forums to share experience and expertise; extensive use of multilateral mechanisms for channelling funding and for sharing technical capacity; extensive support to and collaboration with civil society organisations; initiatives focusing on combating violent extremism and counter-terrorism; initiatives focusing on preventing sexual exploitation and abuse in peacekeeping and humanitarian contexts; a wide range of commitments to stopping gender-based violence; and support for sexual and reproductive health initiatives. All of the countries discussed in this report also undertake considerable efforts to change policies and practices within their own agencies. In addition, all of the countries discussed in this report undertake a range of initiatives focused on individual countries; smaller donors, in particular, often focus many of their own programmes on single countries while using multilateral mechanisms to engage at the regional and global scales. However, in accordance with the terms of reference for this report, these types of activities are not discussed below. In the time available for this report, it was possible to review six countries’ activities. These countries were selected for inclusion because they had sufficient documentation readily accessible in the form of action plans, implementation plans, and progress reports; they are donor countries with significant international activities that may be considered peers to the UK; and/or they have been cited in the literature as being leaders in promoting the WPS agenda.
Pandemia Sindémica em Portugal: Desigualdade Social nos Fatores de Risco Associados à Mortalidade por COVID-19
Authors: Perelman Julian
Published: May 2022

Introdução: A evidência internacional tem demonstrado desigualdades sociais no risco de morte por SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19). Em Portugal, a impossibilidade de identificar a condição socioeconómica dos indivíduos falecidos impede esta medição. Este estudo analisa as desigualdades sociais nos fatores de risco de morte por COVID-19 em Portugal.Material e Métodos: Foram utilizados dados do sexto Inquérito Nacional de Saúde, conduzido entre setembro e dezembro de 2019, para pessoas entre 25 e 79 anos (n = 12 052). Foram consideradas as morbilidades com ligação demonstrada à morte por COVID-19: asma, bronquite crónica, doenças cardiovasculares (DCV) e cerebrovasculares (AVC), diabetes, hipertensão, doença renal crónica (DRC) e obesidade. A desigualdade, estratificada por sexo, foi medida em termos de educação e rendimento, através de regressões logísticas (odds ratios e índice relativo de desigualdade).Resultados: Em comparação com os homens com o nível de educação mais baixo, foi medido um risco inferior, para os homens com educação terciária, de DCV (-90%), bronquite crónica (-75%), AVC (-70%), diabetes (-62%), hipertensão (-41%) e obesidade (-43%). Nas mulheres com educação terciária, foi observada uma redução de risco de DRC (-77%), hipertensão, diabetes e AVC (-70%), obesidade (-64%) e DCV (-55%). Exceto no caso da obesidade nos homens, o risco de doença foi sempre estatisticamente inferior no quinto quintil de rendimento, comparado com o primeiro.Conclusão: Existiam, em 2019, desigualdades socioeconómicas de grande magnitude para oito doenças cuja ligação à mortalidade por COVID-19 foi amplamente identificada.
Quality of Life in Children with Acyanotic Congenital Heart Disease in Dr. Soetomo General Hospital, Surabaya, Indonesia
Authors: Alsaid Salsabila Fabianca , Hidayat Taufiq , Soebroto Heroe
Published: May 2022

Abstract: Acyanotic congenital heart disease is a disease that affects the patient physically and psychologically result in the patient not being able to carry out his life normally. As a result, patients will feel lonely, rejected, and isolated from society which makes social integration more difficult. The picture of quality of life in acyanotic CHD patients can be used as a therapeutic evaluation material to improve quality of life. Material and Methods: This study used descriptive analytic method with total sampling. The variable studied was quality of life using Pedsql Inventory 3.0 Cardiac Module questionnaire to the patients aged 2-18 years who were treated at Dr. Soetomo General Hospital Surabaya in 2019—2020. Results: 74 Acyanotic CHD patients (left to right shunt) obtained an average quality of life of 73.89 ± 9.79 with low-value aspects, namely Heart Problems and Therapy I (72.92 ± 18.20), Cognitive (59.53 ± 18.40), and Communication (71.40 ± 24.21). There was a significant difference in the type of combination diagnosis compared with other types with a significance of 0.014 (p <0.05). Conclusion: Aspects that have a negative impact on the patient's quality of life are Heart Problems and Therapy I, Cognitive, and Communication. The Combination type is a diagnosis with the lowest quality of life compared to other types.
Correlation between Age and Defect Size with Increased Pulmonary Arterial Pressure in Adult Atrial Septal Defect (ASD) Patients at Cardiology and Vascular Medicine Department dr. Seotomo Public Hospital Surabaya 2019-2021
Authors: Puteri Astrid Aulia Artiono , Oktaviono Yudi Her , Prasmono Agung
Published: May 2022

Abstract: Atrial Septal Defect (ASD) is one of the three most common types of congenital heart disease in the world. Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is a complication that can be found in patients with secundum type of ASD. There is no research that shows the relationship between patient’s age and defect size with increased pulmonary artery pressure in secundum type of ASD patients in Indonesia, so further research needs to be done. Material and Methods: This study is a retrospective study using an observational analytical research design with cross sectionalapproach. The data from this study were taken from the medical records of ASD patients at the Cardiology and Vascular Department of Dr. Soetomo Public Hospital Surabaya. Results: Sex distribution of patients with secundum ASD was dominated by female patients with a total of 53 people (81.5%), the age distribution of patients was dominated by patients in the age group of 20-24 years as many as 18 people (27.7%). The most common comorbidities in adult secundum ASD patients were hypertension (3.08%) and minor CAD (3.08%). The mean diameter of the secundum ASD defect was 28.03±9.57 mm, and the data for the smallest defect diameter was 4 mm and the largest was 48 mm. Complications of increased PA pressure were dominated by 20 patients with mild PH (30.8%) and the mean mPAP pressure was 39.87±19.03. There were no patients with Eisenmenger syndrome.Conclusion: There was no correlation between patient age and inter-atrial septal diameter with mPAP pressure.
Dapagliflozin Use in Heart Failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction Accompanied by Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: A Systematic Review
Authors: Juniar Sinta Dwi , Alsagaff Mochamad Yusuf , Lestari Pudji , Pikir Budi Susetyo
Published: May 2022

Abstract: Heart failure patients with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF) respond well to pharmacological therapy and show a better prognosis. Heart failure patients with reduced ejection fraction and type 2 diabetes who were given SGLT-2 inhibitor therapy showed a strong and consistent reduction in the risk of death and hospitalization. The therapy that has recently begun to be investigated for its benefits for heart failure from the SGLT-2 inhibitor class is Dapagliflozin. The systematic review aims to analyze the effect of Dapagliflozin on the prognosis of HFrEF patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus. Material and Methods: The literature was searched from e-database PubMed, ScienceDirect, and ClinicalTrial.gov. Quality assessment was done using the Critical Appraisal Skills Program (CASP) Randomized Controlled Trial Standard Checklist. Results: A total of 22,167 patients from 4 RCTs eligible studies were included. The analysis results of all of the included studies indicate that Dapagliflozin affected the patient's prognosis. Two studies discuss mortality and hospitalization, and two studies discuss symptoms, functional status, and Quality of Life (QoL). Conclusion: Dapagliflozin can improve the prognosis of HFrEF patients with type 2 DM. The improved prognosis includes reduced mortality, reduced hospitalizations by minimizing disease worsening, reducing symptoms, improving functional status and QoL.Keyword: SGLT 2 inhibitor; Dapagliflozin; Prognosis; Cardiovascular disease; Diabetes.
Clinical Characteristics and Profile of Heart Failure Patients at dr. Ramelan Navy Hospital in 2020
Authors: Hermawan I Kadek Herry , Kawilarang Ken Christian , Hartono Febriyanti
Published: May 2022

Background: Heart failure (HF) is a global pandemic affecting at least 26 million people worldwide and is increasing in prevalence. It has been associated with a high rate of readmissions and prolonged hospitalizations. There were few publications in Indonesia that described the characteristics and length of hospital stay of heart failure patients.Aims: To obtain data and describe the clinical characteristics and profile of heart failure patients hospitalized at dr. Ramelan Navy Hospital in 2020.Methods and Results: A cross sectional study was done using secondary data from patients’ medical records in dr. Ramelan Navy Hospital admitted during 2020. Data were then calculated and presented further. Based on the medical records, 121 heart failure patients were included in the study. Median age was 56 years old, 58,7% were men. Median length of stay was 6 days for all patients. 51.2% patients admitted to hospital with NYHA FC III. When patients were admitted to hospital, median systolic blood pressure was 124 mmHg and pulse was 91 beats per minute. Peripheral edema was shown in 67,8% of patients, hypertension in 49,6%, diabetes mellitus in 24,8%, ischemic heart disease in 52,9%. 6.6% of total patients treated in hospital died.Conclusion: Median length of stay for heart failure patients at dr. Ramelan Navy Hospital was 6 days. Most patients were men with median age of 56 years old.Keywords: clinical characteristic; demographic; heart failure
Living on the Streets, Making Plans for the Future
Authors:   University of Dundee, Hunter Janine , van Blerk Lorraine ,   University of Dundee, Shand Wayne
Published: May 2022

Like other young people, street children and youth have hopes, dreams and aspirations, but perceive their future as more immediate due to the daily search for shelter and food. • Street children and youth hope to attain material and symbolic signs of adult status, including starting their own family, and the respect and esteem of the wider community. • Their route to the future they aspire to is often unclear, hindered by a lack of shelter, identity documents, discrimination, and gender norms. • While acknowledging limited power, street children and youth were simultaneously optimistic and realistic about what their future may hold.
First Identification in Italy of SARS-CoV-2 Omicron BA.4 Harboring KSF141_del: Genomic Comparison with Omicron Sub-Variants
Authors: Peronace Cinzia , Tallerico Rossana , Colosimo Manuela , De Fazio Marco , Pasceri Federica , Talotta Ilenia , Panduri Giuseppina , Pintomalli Letizia , Oteri Rosaria , Calantoni Valeria , Fiorillo Maria Teresa , Caroleo Maria Cristina , Curcio Rosita , Dolce Vincenza , Cione Erika , Minchella Pasquale
Published: May 2022

The rapid emergence and worldwide detection of the SARS-CoV-2 omicron variant underscore the importance of robust genomic surveillance systems and prompt information sharing among global public health partners. The Omicron variant has rapidly replaced the delta variant as a dominating SARS-CoV-2 variant because of natural selection, favoring the variant with higher infectivity and more strong vaccine breakthrough ability. Also known as B.1.1.529, Omicron has four sub-variants, BA.1, BA.2, BA.3, and BA.4. Among them, BA.1 is the currently prevailing sub-variant, BA.2 is found to be able to alarmingly re-infect patients initially infected by omicron BA.1. BA.3 sub-variants is a combination of mutations of BA.1 and BA.2, especially in the spike protein. Today emerging is the BA.4, herein described and first detected in Italy, harboring a new mutation, specifically a deletion in the ORF 1 ab gene, corresponding to KSF141_del in non-structural protein 1 (nsp1), a critical virulence factor able to suppress host translation. The bioinformatics comparison analysis with the other three sub-variants pointed out that the deletion was not present previously and was never reported until now. Therefore, we can speculate that omicron BA.4; will become a new dominating “variant of concern” and might also break vaccine protection . On the other hand, we show that other proteins are mutated in the BA.4 in particular, seven mutations are recognized in the nucleocapsid (N) protein, the capability of five different types of rapid antigenic tests to recognize it.
Supervision of Banking Networks Using the Multivariate Threshold-Minimum Dominating Set (mT-MDS)
Authors: Gogas Periklis , Papadimitriou Theophilos , Matthaiou Maria-Artemis
Published: May 2022

The global financial crisis of 2008, triggered by the collapse of Lehman Brothers, highlighted a banking system that was widely exposed to systemic risk. The minimization of the systemic risk via a close and detailed monitoring of the entire banking network became a priority. This is a complex and demanding task considering the size of the banking systems: in the US and the EU they include more than 10000 institutions. In this paper, we introduce a methodology which identifies a subset of banks that can: a) efficiently represent the behavior of the whole banking system and b) provide, in the case of a failure, a plausible range of the crisis dispersion. The proposed methodology can be used by the regulators as an auxiliary monitoring tool, to identify groups of banks that are potentially in distress and try to swiftly remedy their problems and minimize the propagation of the crisis by restricting contagion. This methodology is based on Graph Theory and more specifically Complex Networks. We termed this setting a “multivariate Threshold – Minimum Dominating Set” (mT–MDS) and it is an extension of the Threshold – Minimum Dominating Set methodology (Gogas e.a., 2016). The method was tested on a dataset of 570 U.S. banks: 429 solvent and 141 failed ones. The variables used to create the networks are: the total interest expense, the total interest income, the tier 1 (core) risk-based capital and the total assets. The empirical results reveal that the proposed methodology can be successfully employed as an auxiliary tool for the efficient supervision of a large banking network.
Improving N-Best Rescoring in Under-Resourced Code-Switched Speech Recognition Using Pretraining and Data Augmentation
Authors: Jansen van Vüren Joshua Miles , Niesler Thomas
Published: May 2022

We present improvements in n-best rescoring of code-switched speech achieved by n-gram augmentation as well as optimised pretraining of long short-term memory (LSTM) language models with larger corpora of out-of-domain monolingual text. In addition, we consider the application of large pretrained transformer-based architectures. Our experimental evaluation is performed on an under-resourced corpus of code-switched speech comprising four bilingual code-switched sub-corpora, each containing a Bantu language (isiZulu, isiXhosa, Sesotho, or Setswana) and English. We find in our experiments that, by combining n-gram augmentation with the optimised pretraining strategy, speech recognition errors are reduced for each individual bilingual pair by 3.51% absolute on average over the four corpora. Importantly, we find that even speech recognition at language boundaries improves by 1.14% even though the additional data is monolingual. Utilising the augmented n-grams for lattice generation, we then contrast these improvements with those achieved after fine-tuning pretrained transformer-based models such as distilled GPT-2 and M-BERT. We find that, even though these language models have not been trained on any of our target languages, they can improve speech recognition performance even in zero-shot settings. After fine-tuning on in-domain data, these large architectures offer further improvements, achieving a 4.45% absolute decrease in overall speech recognition errors and a 3.52% improvement over language boundaries. Finally, a combination of the optimised LSTM and fine-tuned BERT models achieves a further gain of 0.47% absolute on average for three of the four language pairs compared to M-BERT. We conclude that the careful optimisation of the pretraining strategy used for neural network language models can offer worthwhile improvements in speech recognition accuracy even at language switches, and that much larger state-of-the-art architectures such as GPT-2 and M-BERT promise even further gains.
Wavelet Time Scale Modelling of Brand Sales and Prices
Authors: Alanazi Tawfeeq , Ben Mabrouk Anouar
Published: May 2022

Marketing is the manner of how to make our sales the best in the market, our prices the most accessible, our clients satisfactory, and thus our brand is the largest distributed. This needs sophisticated and advanced understanding of the total network related. Indeed, marketing data may be seen in different forms such as qualitative and quantitative. However, in the literature, it is easily noticed that large bibliography may be collected about qualitative studies, against few studies on the quantitative point of view. This is a major drawback that makes the marketing science still focusing on the design, although the market is strongly depending on quantities such as money and time. Indeed, marketing data may be a time series such as brand sales per specified periods, brand related-prices over specified periods, market shares, ..., etc. The purpose of the present work is to investigate some marketing models based on time series due to brands. We will precisely study the effect of the time scale on the persistence of brands sales in the market and on the forecasting of such a persistence according to the characteristics of the brand and the related market competition or competitors. Our study is acted on a sample of Saudi brands during the period November 22, 2017 to December 30, 2021.
Taxonomic Re-Evaluation and Genomic Comparison of Novel Extracellular Electron Uptake-Capable Rhodovulum visakhapatnamense and Rhodovulum sulfidophilum isolates
Authors: Davenport Emily J , Bose Arpita
Published: May 2022

Rhodovulum spp. are anoxygenic photosynthetic purple bacteria with versatile metabolisms, including the ability to obtain electrons from minerals in their environment to drive photosynthesis, a relatively novel process called phototrophic extracellular electron uptake (pEEU). Recently, our group isolated 15 strains of R. sulfidophilum to observe this metabolism in marine phototrophs. Our group previously observed carbon dioxide fixation coupled to phototrophic iron oxidation (photoferrotrophy) and pEEU in AB26 and identified a novel di-heme c¬-type cytochrome EeuP important for pEEU but not photoferrotrophy. Taxonomic re-evaluation based on 16S and pufM phylogenetic analyses led us to re-classify two isolates, AB26 and AB19, as Rhodovulum visakhapatnamense. The AB26 genome consists of 4,380,746 base-pairs, including two plasmids, and encodes 4,296 predicted protein-coding genes. AB26 contains 22 histidine kinases, 20 response regulators, and dedicates ~16% of its genome to transport. Transcriptomic data under aerobic, photoheterotrophy, photoautotrophy, and pEEU reveals how gene expression varies between metabolisms. Lastly, we use transcriptomic data for a comparative genomic analysis of potential pEEU-relevant genes between all 15 isolates. With these data we identify potential pEEU capable phototrophs within these isolates, and likely molecular mechanisms of pEEU.
Monitoring and Visualization of Crystallization Processes Using Electrical Resistance Tomography: CaCO3 and Sucrose Crystallization Case Studies
Authors: Rao Guruprasad , Aghajanian Soheil , Zhang Yuchong , Jackowska Strumillo Lidia , Koiranen Tuomas , Fjeld Morten
Published: May 2022

In the current research work, electrical resistance tomography (ERT) was employed for crystallization process monitoring and visualization. A first-of-its-kind MATLAB-based interactive GUI application “ERT-Vis” is presented. Two case studies involving varied crystallization methods were undertaken. The experiments involving calcium carbonate reactive (precipitative) crystallization for the high conductivity solution-solute media and the cooling crystallization for sucrose crystallization representing the lower conductivity solution-solute combination were designed and performed. The software successfully provided key insights regarding the process progress in both crystallization systems. It could detect and separate the crystal agglomerations in the low as well as high conductivity solutions using visual analytics tools provided. The performance and utility of the software were studied using a software evaluation case study involving domain experts. Participant feedback indicated that ERT-Vis software helps in reconstructing images instantaneously, interactively visualizing, and evaluating the output of the crystallization process monitoring data.