bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
A comparative study on assessment of perceived stress in common non-communicable disease
Authors: N. Uchil Divyashree , M.S. Moosabba , B. Kalpana
Published: January 2023

Introduction and Aim: Stress is defined as ‘a perceived strain’ experienced by either stimulating or by intimidating and depending on the appraisal, it can be either adaptive or premeditated. Long-term stress triggers high levels of cortisol which may be the reason, how stress can elevate cholesterol level. Hence this study is conducted to compare and assess the stress levels in noncommunicable diseases including type II diabetes mellitus, hypertension, hyper-cholesterolemia and thyroid disorders.
 
Materials and Methods: The study was conducted by administering a validated perceived stress analysis questionnaire on patients attending the General Surgery department of tertiary health care centre in Mangalore to evaluate the level of stress experience. The recruited patients were clustered into type II diabetes mellitus group, thyroid group, and hypertensive group.
 
Results: In a moderate stress level group, we observed there was a significant difference in the stress score among all the three groups. The descriptive statistics suggested that the thyroid group had lowest mean score as compared with the other two groups.  
 
Conclusion: This study concluded that suitable psychological and counseling modality treatment may be required for the people suffering from hypertension, hypercholesterolemia, thyroid disorders as well as diabetes to control the stress.
A study of diagnostic parameters in assessment of metabolic syndrome (MetS) among medical students
Authors: Saidunnisa Begum Gulam , Adari Padmakar , Goud B. K. Manjunatha , Elizabeth Kore Smitha , Dinesh Eshwar Mummareddi
Published: January 2023

Introduction and Aim: Because lifestyle changes and treatments can reduce the incidence of type 2 diabetes and coronary vascular diseases (CVD), early detection of metabolic syndrome (MetS) is crucial. Using the new International Diabetes Federation (IDF) criteria, the study aimed to determine the prevalence of MetS and evaluate the known risk factors. 
Methods and Materials: The current study was a cross-sectional quantitative study among students of 1st MBBS in Mahavir Medical College and Hospital, Vikarabad, Telangana, India. The study included 150 students of both genders. Anthropometric measurements, blood pressure, fasting blood sugar, lipid profile, demographic details, and risk factors were evaluated. Data was processed using SPSS version 20. P-value <0.05 was considered for statistical significance.
 
Results: In total, 148 students aged 19 years (mean age 18±4), were included in the study. Among them, 66 (44.59%) were males and 82 (55.4%) were females. The comprehensive prevalence of (MetS) was 28.35%.  Females have a high risk at 37.8% when compared to males at 18.8%. Additionally, a high prevalence of overweight and obesity, high blood pressure, and low HDL were found to be the primary causes of MetS.
 
Conclusion: Due to the high prevalence of metabolic syndrome among medical students in their early years. Unhealthy habits and a lack of awareness could be to blame for this. Hence health education and early detection followed by lifestyle interventions are imperative in the early phase of their medical education to decrease the prevalence.
Lymphotoxin alpha gene expression in Iraqi breast cancer women
Authors: O. Mohammed Saadia , M. Utba Nawal , Saady Raof Yaala
Published: January 2023

Introduction and Aim: Women's breast cancer is the number one cancer documented in Iraq, with cumulative evidence suggesting cytokines, including tumor necrosis factors probably contributing to the development of the disease. Thus, the aim of this study was to assess the contribution of Lymphotoxin alpha gene to breast cancer.
 
Materials and Methods: In this study, 100 women were enrolled; 50 breast cancer patients (25 women diagnosed with breast cancer but without treatment and 25 women who underwent surgery and different treatments); 25 women with benign tumours, and 25 apparently healthy women. Each participant's blood sample (2 ml) was collected in a triazole-containing tube and stored at – 20°C until use. For the detection of Lymphotoxin alpha gene expression, RNA was extracted from blood and subjected to qPCR.
 
Results: The study showed that 52% of breast cancer patients were over 50 years old among which 73% had attained menopause. The expression of the LTA gene was increased in breast cancer patients before treatment and in those with benign tumours (BT), which suggests that LTA might enhance the development of tumour cell breast cancer.
 
Conclusion: LTA expression may be associated to the development of breast cancer in women.
A comunicação escrita em libras
Authors: Viciano Vicente Masip , Cardoso Silvana Alves
Published: January 2023

A pessoa com surdez profunda experimenta uma grande dificuldade tanto para ler textos em português quando para se comunicar por escrito na língua. Após aprofundarmos a dimensão significante da LIBRAS, decidimos iniciar uma nova etapa de estudos para desenvolver um modelo de registro, variante da língua portuguesa escrita, que pudesse servir de guia para os usuários da LIBRAS, especialmente para os que enfrentam concursos públicos, e de parâmetro para a correção das provas desses usuários. Lançamo-nos à tarefa a partir de um levantamento bibliográfico e posterior fichamento de obras significativas sobre o tema, sistematizando os tópicos referentes ao registro escrito da língua portuguesa e da LIBRAS, como variante da língua portuguesa escrita, que nos permitiu estabelecer contrastes entre ambas, ao longo de 18 meses (de julho de 2020 até dezembro de 2021). O resultado é uma proposta reguladora da produção escrita de pessoas com surdez profunda, síntese da qual apresentamos no presente artigo.
Efeitos de sentido do Recursive Looping na experiência estética: uma proposta de classificação
Authors: Santos Larissa Brito dos
Published: January 2023

A experiência estética proporcionada pela interação com a literatura é transformadora e imanente, capaz de provocar efeitos na mente dos leitores e  promover a emancipação. No processo de leitura, sintetizamos e apreendemos o conteúdo de cada palavra, frase e parágrafo em um movimento de looping constante entre os pontos de vista ali presentes, tornando a leitura um processo circular de retomada das enunciações, tanto dentro do próprio texto quanto na articulação entre o repertório do texto e o repertório do leitor. Partindo do pressuposto de que o estudo da experiência estética, resultante da interação entre o texto e o leitor, pode fornecer importantes considerações para os estudos literários, o presente artigo tem como objetivo identificar os recursive loopings como resultantes de efeitos de sentido. Tal objetivo surge como um desdobramento da Teoria do Efeito Estético e da Antropologia Literária, ambas criadas por Wolfgang Iser, ao se debruçar sobre o procedimento de recursive looping, discutindo as diversas possibilidades de vivenciar as recursividades nos textos literários e demais narrativas ficcionais. Assim, a partir da análise de experiências de leitura e formulações teóricas foi possível identificar seis tipos de concretizações de sentido via recursive looping, resultando em uma classificação desse procedimento. Os resultados dessa pesquisa possibilitaram uma maior compreensão da complexidade da experiência estética, mostrando como ocorre a atribuição de sentido via recursive looping, cuja concretização reverbera na formulação do objeto estético e, consequentemente, na emancipação do leitor.
A Literatura como meio de expansão do conhecimento fenomênico
Authors: Alves Marco Aurélio Sousa , Ramos João César
Published: January 2023

Como obtemos e compartilhamos conhecimento sobre o aspecto fenomênico e qualitativo de uma dada experiência? Discutimos essa questão e elaboramos alguns parâmetros fundamentais para a epistemologia do conhecimento fenomênico. O trabalho dialoga em boa parte com o modelo de Cath (2019) para categorização de conhecimento de experiências. Sugerimos que o conhecimento fenomênico segue uma estrutura gradualista e que é possível fazer progresso epistêmico e fenomênico em relação a uma dada experiência sem que a tenhamos por nós mesmos. Discutimos, ainda, o papel das artes, e mais especificamente da literatura, diante da perspectiva epistemológica defendida.
O PAPEL DO PROFESSOR EM RELAÇÃO AO CONTEXTO DO ENSINO E APRENDIZAGEM NA EDUCAÇÃO INCLUSIVA
Authors: Guerra Avaetê de Lunetta e Rodrigues , Costa Michel da , Silva Marcela Mary José da , Alvarenga Angélica Maria Abílio , Marques Fabiano Rodrigues , Maia Giselle Carmo
Published: January 2023

Esta pesquisa teve como foco principal evidenciar o comportamento, nas dimensões cognitiva e afetiva, da criança vista pelo professor como possuidora de dificuldade de aprendizagem no contexto da Educação Inclusiva. Na construção deste trabalho utilizou-se de revisão de literatura em periódicos científicos encontrados na base de dados da SciELO, LILACS e Google Acadêmico. Os métodos de inclusão foram os que estiveram  em conformidade com a temática do trabalho, considerando o período entre 1997 e 2022, que atendam aos princípios éticos e tenham validação científica. Foi possível analisar a influência do professor em relação ao ensino e aprendizagem no contexto da inclusão escolar e também refletir sobre o papel do educador no contexto educacional.
MOLECULE-BASED SPARSE REPRESENTATION STRATEGY AS A REPLACEMENT SOLUTION OF ORTHOGONAL MATCHING PURSUIT TECHNIQUE FOR DECOMPOSITION OF TIME SERIES OF VEGETATION INDICES
Authors: Shams V. , Safdarinezhad A. , Karimi R.
Published: January 2023

Abstract. This paper proposes a new strategy based on introducing the molecules as a replacement alternative to the well-known OMP method for a sparse representation of the time series of vegetation indices. This method, by preventing the occurrence of leakage problems, has led to improving the accuracy of the soft classification of agricultural products. To do so, a library of molecules (combination of atoms) is firstly generated by the representative ground truth data as the probable cultivation patterns, and then each time series of vegetation index is decomposed based on molecules. The efficiency of each molecule is measured through three different criteria 1- Maximizing the accuracy of reconstructing the input signal, 2- Minimizing the number of contributed atoms in the molecule, and 3- Minimizing the estimated negative abundances. Then, considering the uncertainties of representative atoms, an iterative imposition of constraints has been used to balance the estimated abundances. The proposed method has improved by 25.21% compared to the common OMP method in the soft classification of temporal signals of vegetation indices.
BUILDING CHANGE DETECTION BY W-SHAPE RESUNET++ NETWORK WITH TRIPLE ATTENTION MECHANISM
Authors: Eftekhari A. , Samadzadegan F. , Dadrass Javan F.
Published: January 2023

Abstract. Building change detection in high resolution remote sensing images is one of the most important and applied topics in urban management and urban planning. Different environmental illumination conditions and registration problem are the most error resource in the bitemporal images that will cause pseudochanges in results. On the other hand, the use of deep learning technologies especially convolutional neural networks (CNNs) has been successful and considered, but usually causes the loss of shape and detail at the edges. Accordingly, we propose a W-shape ResUnet++ network in which images with different environmental conditions enter the network independently. ResUnet++ is a network with residual blocks, triple attention blocks and Atrous Spatial Pyramidal Pooling. ResUnet++ is used on both sides of the network to extract deeper and discriminator features. This improves the channel and spatial inter-dependencies, while at the same time reducing the computational cost. After that, the Euclidean distance between the features is computed and the deconvolution is done. Also, a dual loss function is designed that used the weighted binary cross entropy to solve the unbalance between the changed and unchanged data in change detection training data and in the second part, we used the mask–boundary consistency constraints that the condition of converging the edges of the training data and the predicted edge in the loss function has been added. We implemented the proposed method on two remote sensing datasets and then compared the results with state-of-the-art methods. The F1 score improved 1.52 % and 4.22 % by using the proposed model in the first and second dataset, respectively.
DOWNSCALING OF SOIL MOISTURE PRODUCT OF SMAP
Authors: Imanpour F. , Dehghani M. , Yazdi M.
Published: January 2023

Abstract. Soil moisture as a variable parameter of the Earth's surface plays a very important role in many applications such as meteorology, climatology, water resources management and hydrology. Therefore, access to soil surface moisture product with high spatial resolution is very important. Due to the lack of access to soil moisture information with high spatial resolution, the main goal in this article is to downscale the existing soil moisture products and improve their spatial resolution into 1 square kilometer. For this purpose, two methods based on regression and neural network have been used for downscaling the 3 km soil moisture products of SMAP satellite. To this end, other available satellite data and products including various combinations of land surface temperature (LST), normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI), brightness temperature in different polarizations of (TBH and TBV) passive microwave sensor data, digital elevation model (DEM) and short-wavelength infrared (SWIR) data of MODIS and Sentinel 3 have been used. In this study, two regions in the north and south of Iran, Golestan and Fars provinces, have been examined, due to the lack of ground measurements of soil moisture, the SMAP product with the resolution of 1 km which has been already downscaled by exploiting the Sentinel-1 radar data, was used to evaluate the results. The evaluation results in Golestan and Fars provinces showed the correlation coefficient of 0.82 to 0.93 and 0.72 to 0.77, respectively, and the average percentage of absolute error in both regression and neural network methods was less than 21 to 30 and 42 to 46 percent.
AN EMPIRICAL AGENT-BASED MODEL FOR RESIDENTIAL SEGREGATION, CASE STUDY: TEHRAN
Authors: Mohammadi N. , Mesgari M. S. , Klein-Paste A.
Published: January 2023

Abstract. Residential segregation as a known consequence of rapid urbanization in developing countries is a complicated socio-economic phenomenon. Quantified description, analysis, and prediction of urban dynamics as a complex system have always been challenging issues. The recent intensive developments of multi-agent simulations as a solution to these problems still lack enough real-world examples. Our purpose in this research is to develop a spatially explicit model of residential segregation in urban space which accounts for a specific city’s infrastructure. The proposed agent-based simulation of the residential dynamics of Tehran over a 20-year period between 1996 and 2016 is based on the GIS datasets provided by Tehran Municipality and the Statistical Center of Iran.This is the first effort at presenting an agent-based model for Tehran’s residential segregation. We revised the “Schelling” segregation model in an attempt to customize it and arrive at an acceptable fit for Tehran. In addition to Schelling’s parameters, which comprise purely social factors, we identified several important socio-economic and spatial-environmental criteria, in turn categorizing them based on the AHP method. A certain number of the parameters like “neighborhood prestige” specifically belong to Tehran and are suggested for the first time. The proposed expert-based model was implemented in Netlogo. Validation of the resulting pattern using the Kappa indicator showed that the model simulated Tehran’s segregation pattern at a rate higher than 62%.
DETERMINING THE EFFECTIVENESS OF DIFFERENT INDICATORS IN IDENTIFYING INFORMAL SETTLEMENTS USING THE MEMBERSHIP FUNCTION
Authors: Namvari A. , Hosseinali F. , Sharifi A. , Rabiei-Dastjerdi H.
Published: January 2023

Abstract. Informal settlement is one of the most common forms of urbanization, increasing every day all over the world, especially in developing countries. One of the important topics informal settlements studies is the measurement of indicators that can identify these settlements effectively. In many articles, the authors use various indicators to identify these areas. In addition, the literature shows these areas are suffering from several problems including the occurrence of fire due to the use of informal electricity, poor access to urban facilities and services such as fire stations, and dead-end and narrow alleys, isolated from other developed areas. Therefore, low accessibility and morphology of the transport network make fire suppression a very hard task in these areas. As such, in this study, we investigated the effectiveness of spatial and space syntax theory indicators in informal settlement mapping. For this purpose, we used ArcGIS and DepthMap software. The study area is District 19 in the southwestern part of Tehran in Iran, which includes 18 neighborhoods. The results show the connectivity index with 16% error or in other words, 84% correctness can be a good index or map to detect informal settlements, and the most prominent feature of informal settlements is the poor accessibility.
Intermolecular contributions, filtration effects and signal composition of SIFTER (single-frequency technique for refocusing)
Authors: Vanas Agathe , Soetbeer Janne , Breitgoff Frauke Diana , Hintz Henrik , Sajid Muhammad , Polyhach Yevhen , Godt Adelheid , Jeschke Gunnar , Yulikov Maxim , Klose Daniel
Published: January 2023

Abstract. To characterize structure and molecular order in the nanometre range, distances between electron spins and their distributions can be measured via dipolar spin–spin interactions by different pulsed electron paramagnetic resonance experiments. Here, for the single-frequency technique for refocusing dipolar couplings (SIFTER), the buildup of dipolar modulation signal and intermolecular contributions is analysed for a uniform random distribution of monoradicals and biradicals in frozen glassy solvent by using the product operator formalism for electron spin S=1/2. A dipolar oscillation artefact appearing at both ends of the SIFTER time trace is predicted, which originates from the weak coherence transfer between biradicals. The relative intensity of this artefact is predicted to be temperature independent but to increase with the spin concentration in the sample. Different compositions of the intermolecular background are predicted in the case of biradicals and in the case of monoradicals. Our theoretical account suggests that the appropriate procedure of extracting the intramolecular dipolar contribution (form factor) requires fitting and subtracting the unmodulated part, followed by division by an intermolecular background function that is different in shape. This scheme differs from the previously used heuristic background division approach. We compare our theoretical derivations to experimental SIFTER traces for nitroxide and trityl monoradicals and biradicals. Our analysis demonstrates a good qualitative match with the proposed theoretical description. The resulting perspectives for a quantitative analysis of SIFTER data are discussed.
Robust poleward jet shifts in idealised baroclinic-wave life-cycle experiments with noisy initial conditions
Authors: Jäger Felix , Rupp Philip , Birner Thomas
Published: January 2023

Abstract. Idealised baroclinic-wave life-cycle experiments are a widely used tool to study fundamental characteristics of mid-latitude baroclinic instability. A typical life cycle evolves from an initialised baroclinically unstable jet through an exponential growth phase of a particular unstable wave mode, followed by wave breaking during the mature phase and wave–mean flow interaction driving a jet shift during the decay phase. Many authors distinguish between life cycles with predominantly anticyclonic (LC1) and cyclonic (LC2) wave breaking, and the transition between the two flavours is typically controlled via the strength of cyclonic meridional wind shear in the initial conditions. While baroclinic wave growth has traditionally been triggered via a specified initial perturbation with fixed zonal wave number, this study extends the concept of baroclinic-wave life cycles by analysing the influence of random initial perturbations without any preferred zonal dependency on the life-cycle evolution. We find that the growth phase shows a robust LC1–LC2 distinction as a function of initialised meridional shear, while a preference for LC1-like characteristics is observed during the decay phase for all life cycles with non-monochromatic initial perturbations. In particular, the persistent cut-off cyclones that typically form for LC2 initialisations are found to eventually become unstable, with the onset of instability coming sooner for larger noise perturbations. All non-monochromatic life cycles result in a poleward jet shift in their final state, regardless of the strength of the initial shear. Consistently, anticyclonic wave breaking tends to be predominant during the mature and decay phases, even for LC2 initialisations. Equatorward jet shifts associated with cyclonic wave breaking still exist, although purely as a transient interim state. We show that wave–wave interactions resulting from the initialised random wave spectrum play an important role during all phases of the life cycle.
ДО ПИТАННЯ ПРО ПОКАРАННЯ ЗА ЗЛОЧИНИ, ЯКІ ОХОПЛЮЮТЬСЯ ПОНЯТТЯМ РЕЙДЕРСТВО
Authors: Коломійчук В'ячеслав Олегович
Published: January 2023

Варто розглядати перелік кримінальних правопорушень, за якими можуть кваліфікуватися дії рейдерів на трьох рівнях, які відповідають поняттю рейдерство, – у вузькому, широкому та найбільш широкому розуміннях. Для цілей наукової статті цікавість становить широке розуміння такого переліку, який включає: підроблення документів, які подаються для проведення державної реєстрації юридичної особи та ФОП (ст. 205-1 КК України); протидію законній господарській діяльності (ст. 206 КК України); протиправне заволодіння майном підприємства, установи, організації (ст. 206-2 КК України). Метою статті є аналіз практики призначення покарання за злочини, які охоплюються поняттям рейдерство. Результати дослідження покарань за злочини, які охоплюються поняттям рейдерство (ст. 205-1, 206 та 206-2 КК України) свідчать про наявність ряду недоліків, які містяться у санкціях вказаних статей, до яких слід віднести неузгодженість тяжкості кримінального правопорушення та покарання (за нетяжкий злочин (ст. 205-1 КК України) передбачено покарання у виді позбавлення волі, а за тяжкий злочин (ч. 1 ст. 206 КК України) такого виду покарання не передбачено); а також невиправдану різноманітність строків позбавлення права обіймати певні посади чи займатися певною діяльністю. Щодо видів покарань, передбачених за статтями, які охоплюються поняттям рейдерство, автором зазначено про недоцільність застосування виправних робіт, конфіскації та арешту. Натомість висловлено підтримку необхідності застосування таких покарань як штраф, позбавлення права обіймати певні посади чи займатися певною діяльністю, обмеження та позбавлення волі. Зроблено акцент на потребі серйозного аналізу та науково обгрунтованого прогнозу наслідків підвищення розмірів (строків) покарань за злочини, передбачені ст. ст. 205-1, 206 та 206-2 КК України, та пеналізації загалом перед реалізацією відповідних пропозицій.
УЧАСТЬ РАДИ ЄВРОПИ У ПРОСУВАННІ КОНЦЕПЦІЇ ПЕРЕХІДНОГО ПРАВОСУДДЯ В ПОСТКОНФЛІКТНИХ КРАЇНАХ
Authors: Філатов Віктор Вікторович
Published: January 2023

У статті досліджені правові форми участі Ради Європи у просуванні напрямків перехідного правосуддя в постконфліктних державах. З’ясовано, що завдання Ради Європи відповідають принципам перехідного правосуддя, зокрема що стосується розбудови верховенства права, налагодження діалогу між сторонами конфлікта, впровадження інституційних реформ тощо. Автор припускає, що правові форми роботи Ради Європи можуть бути інтегровані в стратегії перехідного правосуддя постконфліктних держав, хоча і вимагають певної індивідуалізації на рівні національних контекстів. Встановлено, що ефективність форм роботи Ради Європи у постконфліктних державах напряму залежить від міжнародно-правових зобов’язань останніх. Наголошено, що принцип жертвоцентризму є одним з ключових не тільки в рамках моделі перехідного правосуддя, оскільки має системоутворюючий характер для правових форм роботи Ради Європи та визначає зміст окремих напрямків європейської політики. Аргументовано, що недоліком правових форм роботи Ради Європи у сфері перехідного правосуддя є їхня політизованість, яка обумовлена прагненнями зміцнення та розширення самого ЄС. Це може призвести до підміни мети суспільного переходу, зокрема, з примирення та пошуку історичної правди на європейську інтеграцію постконфліктної держави. Доведено, що позитивним аспектом правових форм роботи Ради Європи є можливість пристосування до національного контексту. До переваг правових форм роботи Ради Європи у сфері перехідного правосуддя також віднесено комплексність розуміння принципу верховенства права, що наділяє механізми перехідного правосуддя необхідною комплементарністю, а правові форми роботи у цій сфері – достатнім рівнем інституціоналізації. З огляду на це автор робить висновок, що подібна практика надає Раді Європи реальні можливості для ефективної роботи з усіма чинниками, які стали причинами соціального потрясіння.
Concordancing DEVELOP* at the Interpreter-mediated Press Conferences
Authors: Gu Chonglong
Published: January 2023

Thanks to the pragmatist Reform and Opening-up (RoU) program initiated by Deng Xiaoping in 1978, China, the largest developing country, has witnessed decades of sustained development and is poised to overtake the United States as the largest economy in the world. RoU is a major watershed in China’s recent history, signaling the beginning of China’s rapid economic development and meteoric rise over the past few decades in the global arena. The broader RoU discourse represents an important overarching metadiscourse, legitimizing China’s miscellaneous developments and policies, economic system, style of governance, and stances for the entire post-1978 period. In particular, ‘development’ is an operative word for and a key component of the RoU, which also constitutes a central and recurring theme throughout the interpreter-mediated premier-meets-the-press conferences in China. Development studies represents a growing and interdisciplinary research area. However, it is rarely explored from a discursive perspective in political interpreting, despite the vital mediating role of interpreters. To bridge this gap, framed within the broader trends of interdisciplinary research and digital humanities, the pragmatist mixed-methods approach of corpus-based critical discourse analysis is applied to the premier-meets-the-press data (1998–2017) to explore the government-affiliated interpreters’ agency and (re)construction of China’s ‘development’ discourse over one-fifth of a century. The study reveals the interpreters’ institutional (over)alignment and frequent strengthening of Beijing’s development discourse in English at different levels using various discursive means. Discursively, this established the interpreters’ role and text ownership in (re)shaping reality, further facilitating China’s development, (re)constructing and disseminating sociopolitical knowledge, and possibly even effecting changes and transformations to the East–West power differentials as vital (re)tellers of the Chinese story. Looking beyond the traditional view of interpreting as a more static and mechanical process in a semi-closed and self-contained system, this article discusses the vital role interpreting plays from a historical, communication, geopolitical and development perspective.
Inclusive development, translation, and Indigenous-language pop
Authors: Sterk Darryl Cameron
Published: January 2023

This article is about a cost-effective approach to inclusive development in a settler state that shows what translation has to offer minorities. For almost two decades, Taiwan’s government has rewarded Indigenous minority recording artists who sing in endangered ancestral languages at the Golden Melody Awards (GMAs), Taiwan’s Grammys. These language-based GMAs stimulate the private production of popular music in such languages. They also stimulate translation into such languages, which certain recording artists have been learning as adults. I found that one GMA hopeful, Yoku Walis, translated her hip-hop lyrics from Mandarin Chinese into Seejiq, her ancestral language, with a language learner in mind, and that a pedagogical goal also guided the titling of her music videos. But language pedagogy is only one part of an innovative package. Yoku’s Seejiq hip hop is a contribution to inclusive linguistic and cultural development. The language-based GMAs illustrate the ways in which settler states such as Taiwan can help to empower Indigenous translators such as Yoku to make such contributions.
No worry, dat sick go finish small time
Authors: Tekwa Kizito , Tazoacha Francis
Published: January 2023

This study evaluates the dual role of translators and interpreters working for NGOs involved in the health sector in developing countries. Given the crucial importance of public health in a nation’s development, we assess the way grassroots participation in healthcare projects and activities is enhanced through the translation of healthcare information into low-resource languages. This study, epistemologically grounded in the theory of planned behaviour (TPB), adopts a qualitative and quantitative methodological approach to correlate the TPB and the target-language choices of translator-interpreters and the translation strategies they adopt working with low-resource languages. The survey responses and audio recordings analysed are those of translators or interpreters working in a rural context in the Anglophone regions of Cameroon. The target language in question is Pidgin English, a low-resource oral language. The evidence gathered leads to the finding that various de-terminologization strategies are employed to ensure that messages are adequately disseminated and that the local community members are involved in healthcare activities. The study seeks to bring together translation, interpreting, the TPB, and international development in which the involvement of NGOs underscores North–South cooperation in the strategic domain of global healthcare.
A Revisit of Energy Consumption Preferences and Economic Growth in Developing Economies
Authors: Ashraf Muhammad Waqas , Rehman Hafeez ur
Published: January 2023

Clean and green energy consumption has become a global challenge for all developing countries and international organizations. Not many studies have examined the impact of energy consumption preferences on economic growth particularly in developing counties. Due to the rapid increase in population and the desire for achieving high economic growth, the demand for energy is on the upswing in developing counties. The main objective of this study is to develop an empirical model that measures the impact of energy mix on economic growth in 82 developing countries. PQR and FGLS estimation techniques have been used for examining the impact of energy mix on economic growth for the period 1990-2020 in developing economies of the globe. The results of the study confirm the existence of an inverted U-shaped relationship between the energy mix and economic growth. The study concludes that developing countries should use more renewable energy than fossil fuel energy for achieving rapid economic growth without environmental degradation.
Physical-geographical and hydrochemical description of some reservoirs of local significance of the Pavlodar region studied in 2021
Authors: Касымханов А.М. , Кабдолов Ж.Р. , Турсунханов К.М. , Базаров С.Е. , Қабдылманап С.Қ.
Published: January 2023

Настоящая работа основана на данных по проведенной научно-исследовательской работе на озере Тяпка Аксуского района, на протоках Белая Майского района и Черная Теренкольского района, на речках Белая (Копь) и Лапа Актогайского района, Долгая Павлодарского района, в затонах Кротовский Павлодарского района и Башмачный Железинского района Павлодарской области. В работе анализируются морфологические, морфометрические и гидрохимические особенности водоемов исследованных в 2021 году. Дана краткая физико-географическая характеристика района исследования. Представлены гидрохимические описания водоемов по физико-химическим параметрам, газовому режиму, минерализации, содержанию органических и биогенных веществ, а также основных ионов, содержащихся в наибольшем количестве. Научно-исследовательские работы проводились в летний период 2021 года. Результаты гидрохимических исследований сравниваются с рыбохозяйственными нормативами.
Molecular-structural studies of oxygen in coal. II. Geochemical bonds of oxygen in Carboniferous coals
Authors: Markova Kalinka , Sallabasheva Veselina , Vuchev Vasil , Lefterova Stojanka
Published: January 2023

The distribution of total oxygen, its forms ofbonding in the coal macromolecule, and their geochemical bonds in Bulgarian Carboniferous coals have been discussed. The results have been processed by means of statistical, regression and cluster analyses. The coalification process in Carboniferous coals is accompanied by a tendency of total -COOH evolution, partial -OH evolution and a decrease in >CO content. Simultaneously the per cent of non-functional oxygen is significantly reduced. For higher rank coals its content, with respect to the total oxygen, approximates that of functional oxygen. The good correlation between the amount of -OH groups and vitrinite, respectively exinite, on the one hand, and reflectance, on the other, makes possible the adoption of these groups as genetic and coalification markers. The relatively weak correlation between the carbonyl groups and exinite limits their application only to as genetic markers.
Immediate Effect of Steam Bath Followed by Cold Shower on Body Temperature Among the Healthy Individuals: A Single Arm Study
Authors: Birle P. R. Asbin , . Anusha , Sowmiya T. W.
Published: January 2023

Introduction: Hydrotherapy is one of the basic methods of traditional treatment widely used in the system of naturopathy and this is the external or internal use of water in any of its forms (water, ice or steam) for health promotion or treatment of various diseases under different temperatures, pressure, duration and site depends on the condition. Steam bath is a form of hydrotherapy in which the person gets exposed to steam inside a wooden cabin except his head. This study aims to find out the immediate effect of steam bath followed by cold shower on body temperature among healthy volunteers.
Materials and Methods: Fifteen volunteers were randomly selected from medical students enrolled in a naturopathic programme. The participants were of both sexes aged between 18 and 20 years. A steam bath was given to each of the participants for 20 minutes followed by cold shower for 5 minutes. The outcome measure was body temperature.
Results: All the 15 participants were completed the study, all the participants have shown reduction in body temperature (p=.001) was statistically significant.
Discussion: This study reveals that steam bath for 20 minutes followed by cold shower duration of 5 minutes reduces body temperature significantly. This may be due to heat loss from body through evaporation of secreted sweat and cold shower. Further studies are required to confirm our findings in different population.

Key words: Hydrotherapy, steam bath, cold shower, body temperature, healthy individuals.
A Comparative Study of Unilateral Strength Training Versus Mirror Therapy with Unilateral Strength Training for Upper Extremity in Hemiplegia
Authors: AArthi M. , Dhasaradharaman Kannan , Raj Gokila
Published: January 2023

Introduction: A stroke is a sudden, non convulsive loss of neurological function due to an ischemic or hemorrhagic event in the brain (WHO2006). Our study aims to compare the effect of unilateral strength training versus mirror therapy with unilateral strength training for upper extremity in hemiplegia.
Methodology: A sample of 30 patients within the age group of 35-65 years with hemiplegia were randomly divided into two groups, Group a (n= 15)and group b (n= 15). The subjects in group A is treated with Unilateral strength training and the subjects in group B is treated with mirror therapy with unilateral strength training. The patients improvement on ROM and reduced spasticity is assessed by Modified Ashworth Scale and ABILHAND Questionnaires. The pre and Post test results were tabulated and assessed.
Results: The study concludes that there was statistically significant improvement on ROM and reduced spasticity in group B compared to group A in response to treatment.
Conclusion: Based on the result, this study concluded that mirror therapy with unilateral strength training is effective than unilateral strength training for upper extremity in hemiplegia.

Key words: Unilateral Strength Training, Mirror Therapy, Modified Ashworth Scale, ABILHAND Questionnaire.
Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic among Nurses in the New Normal: Perceived Stress Scale Measures
Authors: Sampayan Eva Lobelle , Alshahrani Shadia Hamoud , Pavuthakursar Kalaiselvi Duraisamy
Published: January 2023

Two years after the COVID-19 pandemic emerged, the nursing workforce in the new normal still embraces the effect of the coronavirus pandemic. Nurses continuously address patients' health needs and provide quality nursing care. This study aimed to examine the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the new normal among Filipino nurses. This was a descriptive-correlational survey of 56 nurses recruited through a non-probability chain-referral sampling method. Each participant completed an online google form on sociodemographic characteristics and a validated instrument on perceived stress scale (PSS) measures. The results indicated that most of the respondents were 31-35 years old (41.1%), predominantly female (62.5%), and single (67.9%). BSN degree (94.6%) was the highest education level, had 1-5 years (46.4%) work experience, and the majority (87.5%) experienced handling patients with coronavirus disease. The majority (n=47, 83.9%) of the respondents showed a moderate level of stress while 3.6% (n=2) reported high-stress levels. The association of age (p-.383), gender (p=1.00), marital status (p=.277), and education level (p=.415, and work experience (p=.142) is not statistically significant to their level of stress (p=>0.05). Nurses have a moderate level of stress during the COVID-19 pandemic. The study concluded that nurses have moderate stress facing the new normal. Therefore, hospital and nursing administrators should continuously provide support for their nurses. Sustainable availability of resources, effective stress management strategies, continuous update, and regular stress screening program are some of the desirable key measures to decrease stress levels. Further research is recommended in larger scope and population to establish the generalizability of findings.

Keywords: New Normal, Stress Scale, COVID-19 Pandemic, Nurses
Evaluasi dan Perancangan Ulang Instalasi Listrik Gedung Manajemen dan Ruang Kelas Di SMAN 6 Garut
Authors: Fauzan Zulfikar Muhammad , Rusdiyanto Dian
Published: January 2023

Kebutuhan energi listrik SMA Negeri 6 Garut semakin bertambah seiring berjalannya waktu dalam upaya mendukung kegiatan operasional dan akademik. Untuk menciptakan keamanan dan kenyamanan pengguna, instalasi listrik yang terpasang harus memenuhi syarat – syarat umum instalasi listrik yaitu keamanan, keandalan, dan ekonomis. Setelah penulis melakukan observasi, terdapat beberapa ruangan dan grup panel yang instalasi listriknya tidak sesuai dengan standar PUIL 2011 dan SNI. Selain itu juga pihak sekolah tidak memiliki dokumentasi gambar instalasi listrik yang mana ketika terjadi gangguan pada instalasi listrik menjadi sulit pada saat dilaksanakannya proses pemeriksaan, perawatan maupun perbaikan pada instalasi listrik. Oleh karena itu, salah satu bentuk kontribusi yang bisa dilakukan adalah melakukan evaluasi dan merancang ulang instalasi listrik, khususnya pada sistem penerangan dan daya yang sesuai dengan standar. Hasil dari penelitian ini yaitu menghasilkan sebuah rancangan instalasi penerangan, instalasi daya dan dokumen gambar rancangan instalasi listrik beserta Bill of Quantity yang bisa menjadi rekomendasi instalasi listrik baru yang telah disesuaikan dengan perhitungan dan standar yang berlaku
RANCANG BANGUN SISTEM PENGAMAN PINTU GUDANG BERBASIS Internet o Things (IoT) DAN SENSOR Fingerprint
Authors: Rofii Ahmad , Gunawan Setia , Mustaqim Abdan
Published: January 2023

Perkembangan teknologi Internet of Things (IoT) saat ini semakin berkembang khususnya pada sistem keamanan. Tindakan kejahatan pencurian di pergudangan yang tidak bisa diprediksi dan dapat menimbulkan kerugian sehingga diperlukan sistem keamanan yang baik. Penggunaan kamera CCTV dalam ruangan yang belum dilengkapi dengan tambahan alat keamanan lain dirasa kurang efektif dalam menanggulangi tindakan kejahatan pencurian. Penambahan sistem control, notifikasi, dan monitoring pada pintu serta penambahan rangkaian alat penggerak CCTV yang bisa dicontrol jarak jauh menggunakan aplikasi Blynk pada smartphone maka diperoleh alat yang dapat mengetahui secara realtime keadaan pintu maupun ruangan jika sewaktu-waktu ada pencuri memaksa masuk pergudangan. Penambahan sistem sidik jari pada akses masuk pintu sebagai backup jika sewaktu-waktu internet padam. Komponen yang digunakan sebagai akses pintu jarak jauh maupun dekat dalam sistem Internet of Things (IoT) antara lain NodeMCU ESP8266, magnetic switch sensor, dan motor servo sebagai penggerak kamera CCTV. Komponen sebagai control akses pintu jarak dekat dan sebagai backup jika sewaktu-waktu internet padam antara lain Arduino nano, dan sensor fingerprint. Komponen tambahan seperti relay, solenoid lock door, power supply, dan daya cadangan UPS. Daya cadangan UPS berguna untuk membackup daya listrik pada alat jika sewaktu-waktu listrik padam.
RANCANG BANGUN PROTOTIPE TEMPAT SAMPAH OTOMATIS DENGAN MONITORING KAPASITAS SAMPAH OTOMATIS BERBASIS MIKROKONTROLER ARDUINO UNO
Authors: Saputro Eko Agus , Rofii Ahmad
Published: January 2023

Dalam kondisi normal baru yang diterapkan saat ini menjaga kebersihan diri dan lingkungan sangat penting untuk meminimalisir penyebaran pandemi COVID-19, salah satu hal yang dapat dilakukan untuk menjaga lingkungan bersih yaitu membuang sampah pada tempatnya. Namun masalah yang terjadi saat ini penting menghindari sentuhan langsung dengan benda-benda yang dianggap kurang bersih, tutup tempat sampah merupakan satu diantara benda yang dihindari untuk disentuh secara langsung agar dapat meminimalisir dampak pandemi covid-19.Penelitian dilakukan untuk meminimalisir dampak pandemi COVID-19 dengan membuat tempat sampah otomatis memberi solusi dalam kondisi pandemi saat ini, pada rancang bangun tempat sampah otomatis dengan monitoring kapasitas sampah otomatis berbasis mikrokontroler arduino uno langkah awal yaitu menentukan komponen yang akan digunakan, membuat skema dari komponen yang ditentukan menggunakan Software Fritzing Portable, mendesain perangkat yang digunakan pada tempat sampah, pengetesan sensor jarak (Sensor HC-SR04) dengan arduino dan melihat pengaruhnya terhadap motor servo, pengetesan modul Wifi (modul ESP8266).Pada hasil akhir penelitian sensor jarak dapat mendeteksi target dengan radiaus maksimal 20cm, motor servo dapat bergerak 90⁰ pada saat sensor jarak mendeteksi target, modul Wifi (modul ESP8266) dapat mengirimkan notifikasi saat sampah penuh.
RАNCАNG BАNGUN SІSTЕM PЕMАNTАUАN DАN PЕNGЕNDАLІАN CАІRАN ІNFUS MЕLАLUІ DІSPLАY CОNTRОL DЕNGАN PЕNYІMPАNАN FІRЕBАSЕ RЕАLTІMЕ DАTАBАSЕ
Authors: Faiz Daellant Marcello , Khana Rajes
Published: January 2023

Di masa pandemi COVID-19 yang berdampak sangat besar terhadap lingkungan rumah sakit, para perawat sangat kewalahan menangani pasien yang sakit, terlebih lagi virus COVID-19 saat ini masih terus bertambah dan jumlah pasien yang terkena virus COVID-19 belum mencapai. rendah. Khususnya bagi pasien positif COVID-19 yang sangat membutuhkan cairan infus agar tidak terkontrol akibat jumlah pasien yang terus bertambah. Seiring dengan itu, kebutuhan akan teknologi sangat diperlukan dalam dunia medis saat ini. Dengan kondisi rumah sakit yang besar dan jumlah perawat yang tidak banyak, maka pasien tidak terkontrol. Untuk mengatasi masalah tersebut dapat dilakukan dengan sistem kontrol dan monitoring yang real-time oleh perawat tanpa harus melakukan pengecekan secara manual. Sistem yang akan digunakan adalah mikrokontroler ESP32 dan dilengkapi dengan sensor fotodioda. LCD 20x4 sebagai kontrol tampilan dan motor servo sebagai penekan laju saluran infus. Sistem ini menyediakan informasi melalui kontrol tampilan dan aplikasi Pemantauan Infus. Informasi yang akan didapatkan adalah Persen, Dosis Dosis, Total Rate, pengaturan cairan infus juga bisa dilakukan melalui aplikasi InfusMonitoring. Metodologi yang digunakan adalah dengan mengumpulkan data dari aplikasi InfusMonitoring, data tersebut akan disimpan di penyimpanan database Firebase.
RANCANG BANGUN SISTEM KENDALI KELISTRIKAN RUMAH TANGGA BERBASIS APLIKASI TELEGRAM
Authors: Yasa I Wayan Sugara
Published: January 2023

Sistem kendali kelistrikan rumah tangga merupakan pengendali kelistrikan dari jarak jauh yang dapat dioperasikan dengan media chatting online agar penggunaan peralatan listrik lebih efisien dari pada penggunaan saklar biasa. Alat ini akan bekerja setelah terhubung ke internet melalui ESP8266 yang dapat mendeteksi jaringan Wifi yang berada didekatnya . Perangkat keras terdiri dari board NodeMCU ESP8266 sebagai pengendali utama, aplikasi telegram sebagai pengendali peralatan listrik tersebut, dan thyristor sebagai saklar otomatis. Berdasarkan hasilnya dapat disimpulkan bahwa alat ini dapat bekerja sesuai dengan prinsip kerja yang dirancang. Hal tersebut ditunjukkan dengan bekerjanya aplikasi telegram dalam mengendalikan beban, serta thyristor  yang  akan menghidupkan dan memadamkan peralatan listrik ketika data yang dikirimkan aplikasi telegram terbaca sama dengan yang telah dimasukkan ke dalam program.Kata kunci           : Aplikasi Telegram, NodeMCU ESP8266, Thyristor