bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Groundwater deeper than 500 m contributes less than 0.1% of global river discharge
Authors: Ferguson Grant , McIntosh Jennifer , Jasechko Scott , Kim Ji-Hyun , Famiglietti James S. , McDonnell Jeffrey
Published: August 2022

Groundwater is one of the largest reservoirs of water on Earth but has relatively small fluxes compared to its volume. This behaviour is exaggerated at depths below 500 m, where the majority of groundwater exists and where residence times of millions to even a billion years have been documented. However, the extent of interactions between deep groundwater (>500 m) and the rest of the terrestrial water cycle at a global scale is unclear because of challenges in detecting their contributions to streamflow. Here, we use a chloride mass balance approach to quantify the contribution of deep groundwater to global streamflow. Deep groundwater likely contributes <0.1% to global streamflow and is only weakly and sporadically connected to the rest of the water cycle on geological timescales. Despite this weak connection to streamflow, we found that deep groundwaters are important to the global Cl cycle, providing ~7% of the flux of Cl to the ocean.
A-maze of Natural Stories: Comprehension and surprisal in the Maze task
Authors: Boyce Veronica , Levy Roger Philip
Published: August 2022

Behavioral measures of word-by-word reading time provide experimental evidence to test theories of language processing. A-maze is a recent method for measuring incremental sentence processing that can localize slowdowns related to syntactic ambiguities in individual sentences. We adapted A-maze for use on longer passages and tested it on the Natural Stories corpus. Participants were able to comprehend these longer text passages that they read via the Maze task. Moreover, the Maze task yielded useable reaction time data with word predictability effects that were linearly related to surprisal, the same pattern found with other incremental methods. Crucially, Maze reaction times show a tight relationship with properties of the current word, with little spillover of eﬀects from previous words. This superior localization is an advantage of Maze compared with other methods. Overall, we expanded the scope of experimental materials, and thus theoretical questions, that can be studied with the Maze task.
The Creative Life: A Daily Diary Study of Creativity, Affect, and Well-Being in Creative Individuals
Authors: Smith Kaile , Pickering Alan , Bhattacharya Joydeep
Published: August 2022

Participating in creative activities is associated with increased positive emotions and enhanced subjective well-being in general populations. However, these relationships are less understood in the daily lives of creative individuals who regularly engage in both professional creative behaviors and everyday creative experiences. Therefore, in this study, we recruited a sample of creative adults (N= 290; creative professionals, students studying creative disciplines, and hobbyists engaged in 20+ hours of creative activities per week) who provided daily responses on their creative behaviors, emotions, and flourishing over two weeks. Creative adults were found to be the most creative on days with highly activated positive emotions and increased well-being and were significantly less creative on days with negative emotions. Individuals with higher levels of openness have stronger ties between their emotions and their overall daily creativity and everyday creativity than those with lower levels of openness. Increased openness does not appear to have the same moderating effects on professional creativity and emotion relationships. Finally, high conscientiousness and low neuroticism were also found to predict increased levels of creative activity. Overall, these findings provide novel insights into the links between the specific nature of daily creative activities and the personality and subjective well-being of creative individuals.
Combining Statistical and Causal Mediation Analysis
Authors: Montoya Amanda Kay
Published: August 2022

In this chapter, I argue that mediation analysis practices in social and personality psychology could benefit from the integration of practices from statistical mediation analysis, which is currently commonly implemented in social and personality psychology, and causal mediation analysis, which is not frequently used in psychology. In this chapter, I briefly describe each method on it's own, then provide recommendations for how to integrate practices from each method to simultaneously evaluate statistical inference and causal inference as part of a single analysis. At the end of the chapter, I describe additional areas of recent development in mediation analysis that that social and personality psychologists should also consider adopting to improve the quality of inference in their mediation analysis: latent variables and longitudinal models. Ultimately, this chapter is meant to be a kind introduction to causal inference in the context of mediation with very practical recommendations for how one can implement these practices in their own research.
Using Interpretable Machine Learning for Local Unfairness Detection in Psychometric Tests
Authors: Kraus Elisabeth Barbara , Wild Johannes , Hilbert Sven
Published: August 2022

This study presents a novel method to investigate test fairness combining psychometrics and machine learning. Test unfairness manifests itself in systematic and demographically imbalanced influences of confounding constructs on residual variances in psychometric modelling. Our method disentangles the underlying complex relationships between response patterns and demographic attributes. Specifically, it measures the importance of individual test items and latent ability scores in predicting demographic characteristics as indicators of imbalanced influences. We conducted a simulation study to examine the functionality of our method under various conditions and found that it reliably detects unfair items. To apply the method, we used random forests to predict migration backgrounds from ability scores and single items of an elementary school reading comprehension test. One single item could be identified as unfair. Subsequent content analysis yielded reasonable post-hoc explanations for the finding, which is discussed in terms of consequential validity. Analysis code is available at: https://osf.io/p5sz9/?view_only=14d87c2b9a1f45c58c91f1f28df9f650
What do people care about when managing flood risks? A values-informed mental model approach
Authors: Cooper Courtney , Helgeson Casey , Troy Cassandra L.C. , Keller Klaus , Tuana Nancy
Published: August 2022

Managing climate risks often requires making hard decisions. While decision analysis can help, many analyses narrowly view what matters to people concerning decision outcomes. For instance, government policies may require projects to pass a cost-benefit analysis in which only easily monetized objectives are considered—incorporating a richer view of people's values means understanding those values and how they intersect with the problem formulations that drive outcomes. Here, we demonstrate an approach for assessing how values influence mental models. We used a case study of household flood adaptation decisions in riverine communities in Pennsylvania, USA. The approach included co-developing a shared mental model with local and academic experts. This mental model then guided interviews with 16 residents. The mental model analysis reveals the diverse values that participants consider when making mitigation decisions. Translating these values into objectives for decision analyses can help decision-makers (i) navigate more relevant tradeoffs and synergies between objectives and (ii) respond to risks in ways that are more consistent with their priorities.
Transforming Spaces into Places: Placemaking of Tudikhel
Authors: Parajuli Navin
Published: August 2022

In the process of planning and developing public spaces in cities, place-making is a people-centered approach. This approach considers the perspectives of the people who live in a given location in order to learn about their needs and goals for that location or particular space. In this research, both qualitative and quantitative methods are used to find out the perception of people towards Tudikhel. Data collected from questinnare survey of the people under various categories around Tudikhel involves qualitative aspects of the research. Under quantitative approach, the key variables of the study are correlated with each other to find the strength of relationship between the variables. Finally, suitable conclusions are reached regarding strategies including elements and activities of placemaking at Tudikhel. Hence this study emphasizes in restoring of Tudikhel back to ‘place’ in the contemporary urban context using the activities and elements of placemaking, to ensure the sustainability of Tudikhel as a national public space of Nepal.
Deficit Budget and Economic Growth in Nepal
Authors: Kadel Suren Babu
Published: August 2022

This article attempts to identify the relationship between budget deficit and economic growth in Nepal. A deficit budget is associated with the role of government in the economy. On employing the ARDL bounds test on the data set from 1990 to 2020, it is found that there is a long-run relationship between the budget deficit and economic growth. The bound test and error correction term specify a long-run relationship between the Nepalese economy’s budget deficit and economic growth. According to the empirical study, the budget deficit significantly impacts real GDP, a proxy for economic growth.
PERANCANGAN APLIKASI PENGENALAN HEWAN BERBASIS ANDROID DENGAN METODE SQUENTIAL SEARCH
Authors: Satria Rizko Eki , Musyaffa Numan
Published: August 2022

Game edukasi mempunyai kelebihan dalam hal visualisasi dari permasalahan yang nyata. Selain itu game edukasi juga memiliki bentuk pengajaran yang cepat, menarik  dan bermanfaat. Aplikasi Pengenal Hewan ini bertujuan untuk menjadi media pembelajaran visual yang digunakan anak–anak usia dini agar bisa lebih mengenal hewan berdasarkan jenis makanan dan tempat hidupnya. Dalam aplikasi pengenal hewan ini pengguna dapat melihat jenis hewan dengan gambar animasi yang sudah ada dalam aplikasi pengenal hewan ini, selain itu pengguna juga bisa mendengarkan pengertian dari setiap jenis hewan yang ada didalam aplikasi ini dengan media suara yang sudah di sediakan dalam aplikasi pengenal hewan ini. Aplikasi ini dikembangan dengan Android Studio dengan bentuk javascript dan manajemen pengolahan data dengan Mysql. Aplikasi ini juga mempunyai fitur pencarian yang memudahkan pengguna untuk mencari jenis hewan, fitur ini menerapkan Algorithma Squential Search. Aplikasi ini menggunakan metode pengujian Black Box Testing. Aplikasi pengenal hewan ini juga sudah melalui proses uji coba dengan pengguna yang langsung diwawancarai . setelah semua fitur diuji, aplikasi ini berjalan dengan baik pada sistem operasi android. Aplikasi ini masih perlu diuji coba diperangkat mobile lainnya agar aplikasi ini bisa digunakan banyak pengguna lainnya. Untuk pengembangan aplikasi ini bisa ditambahkan fitur yang lebih menarik dan interaktif dari sebelumnya.
PERANCANGAN SISTEM INFORMASI M-SCHOOL PADA SMA NEGERI 33 JAKARTA
Authors: Sundari Jenie , Derajat Muhamad
Published: August 2022

The process of processing attendance data at the 33 Jakarta High School is done manually by the teacher. Such attendance and assessment processing systems require renewal by utilizing existing technologies in the school environment. The technology that is currently developing rapidly is the reason researchers to develop online attendance information systems. The research aims to develop student attendance information systems online in order to be able to complete the absence of data processing and attendance of the absence of information for parents from the school. So far, parents can only know the attendance and grades of students when taking report cards only. By conducting this research the researcher wants parents to be able to know the student's attendance and grades at any time. The research method used is a waterfall. The first stage is the analysis of device requirements. The second step is application design. The third stage is making program code. The fourth stage is testing applications and benefits to users. The last stage of program maintenance is periodically to avoid any errors that arise. The maintenance process can repeat the development process starting from specification analysis to changes to existing software, but not for making new devices.
SISTEM INFORMASI BERBASIS WEB APLIKASI E-TRASH BANK SAMPAH
Authors: Al Amin Ari , Saputra Eka , Al Hafiz Fariz , Abdul Aziz Malik , Solehudin Solehudin , Rifai Bakhtiar
Published: August 2022

Pembangunan Bank Sampah menjadi titik awal untuk membina kesadaran masyarakat untuk memulai memilah, mendaur-ulang, dan memanfaatkan sampah, karena sampah mempunyai nilai jual yang cukup baik, sehingga pengelolaan sampah yang berwawasan lingkungan menjadi budaya baru Indonesia. Sampah saat ini masih menjadi penyebab utama dari pencemaran lingkungan, akar dari permasalahan ini adalah masyarakat yang tidak dibiasakan untuk bertanggung jawab terhadap sampahnya sendiri. Masyarakat selalu menganggap bahwa pengolahan sampah sepenuhnya menjadi tanggung jawab dari pemerintah. Karang Taruna Unit Rw 07 Sudah menyediakan bank sampah namun masih menggunakannya dengan cara manual yaitu hanya dengan menggunakan pencatatan di buku dan belum memanfaatkan sistem informasi berbasis teknologi, oleh sebab itu untuk masalah yang sedang dialami oleh masyarakat saat ini agar dapat memecahkan masalah tentang bank sampah yaitu dengan menciptakan sebuah sistem informasi berbasis web “E-Trash” ini bertujuan agar masyarakat sekitar mendapatkan informasi mengenai bank sampah dan menjadikan masyarakat yg peduli akan lingkungan. Dengan demikian bank sampah sangat menjadi peran penting untuk menanggulangi sampah rumah tangga yang semakin hari semakin menumpuk di TPS (Tempat Pembuangan Sementara) dan di TPA  (Tempat Pembuangan Akhir), ini bertujuan agar menjadikan lingkungan masyarakat menjadi lebih bersih dan sehat.

 

Kata Kunci : Bank Sampah, Sistem Informasi, E-Trash
Perancangan Sistem E-Learning Berbasis Web Pada PPKPI Pasar Rebo
Authors: Purwanto Ilyas
Published: August 2022

Pada mulanya e-learning diciptakan untuk mempermudah pelaksanaan distance learning  atau pembelajaran jarak jauh . Pembelajaran jarak jauh adalah suatu bentuk pembelajaran dimana peserta didik dan pendidik terpisah oleh jarak dan waktu. Bentuk pembelajaran ini pertama muncul di Amerika dan Eropa lebih dari satu abad yang lalu. Pembelajaran ini diterapkan sebagai inovasi dari pembelajaran konvensinal pada umumnya . E-learning muncul sebagai solusi atas banyaknya masalah yang timbul akibat keterbatasan waktu, tempat dan jumlah pertemuan antara pendidik dengan peserta didik. E-learning sebagai alat bantu dalam proses pembelajaran yang menawarkan beberapa keunggulan sehingga dapat menyelesaikan permasalahan yang kerap muncul dalam proses pembelajaran. Berdasarkan keterbatasan jumlah dan waktu pertemuan, maka dibangunlah E-learning berbasis web dengan mengunakan bahasa pemrograman PHP dan  database MySQL. Hasilnya telah dibangun E-learning untuk PPKPI Pasar Rebo dengan fasilitas sebagai media penyebaran materi pembelajaran dan media penyebaran tugas. Dengan dibuatnya e-learning ini diharapkan bisa mempermudah proses belajar mengajar tanpa terikat waktu dan tempat.

 

Kata Kunci : E-learning, PHP, MySQL , waktu, solusi
MODEL SISTEM PENDUKUNG KEPUTUSAN PEMILIHAN KARYAWAN TERBAIK PADA BANK X DENGAN SIMPLE ADDITIVE WEIGHTING
Authors: Suharjanti Suharjanti , Taufik Ghofar , Zarkasi Ahmad , Susanti Melan
Published: August 2022

Untuk sistem pendukung keputusan, model menggunakan metode simple additive weighting (SAW). Dalam melakukan evaluasi terhadap pegawai terbaik Bank X akan dilakukan beberapa evaluasi berdasarkan kriteria yang digunakan sebagai bahan evaluasi. Dalam evaluasi ini, karyawan dibandingkan satu sama lain untuk memberikan nilai output yang valid antara setiap karyawan. Oleh karena itu, para pengelola Bank X dapat menggunakannya sebagai alat pengambilan keputusan yang efektif dan efisien, serta dapat membantu para pengelola Bank X untuk menentukan pemilihan pegawai terbaik melalui evaluasi. Hasil dari penelitian ini adalah suatu model sistem pendukung keputusan yang memilih pegawai terbaik melalui metode simple additive weighting (SAW) yang memberikan informasi dengan cara mengevaluasi pegawai terbaik. Memilih karyawan terbaik di sebuah perusahaan memang tidak mudah. Karena karyawan merupakan salah satu aset penting perusahaan, maka harus ada kriteria yang dijadikan parameter evaluasi dalam pemilihan karyawan terbaik. Bank X memiliki beberapa kriteria penilaian pegawai terbaik yaitu penampilan, kehandalan, rasa tanggung jawab, wawasan dan empati terhadap produk Bank X.
PERANCANGAN APLIKASI SISTEM SURAT MENYURAT RUKUN WARGA RW 06 PESANGGRAHAN BERBASIS WEB
Authors: Fahmi Wahyu Nur Rahmat , Kristiana Titin
Published: August 2022

Banyak jumlah surat yang dibuat dan diterima dibagian administrasi Kelurahan Pesanggrahan, sehingga pencarian data akan menjadi tidak efisien dalam hal waktu dan tenaga dengan menggunakan sistem manual. Sehingga pada saat ini diperlukan suatu sistem administrasi manajemen surat yang lebih terstruktur agar dapat mempercepat pencarian data yang ada dan pembuatan laporan, sehingga penulis merasa perlu merancang aplikasi Arsip Surat Menyurat yang dianggap perlu dan membantu pihak RT. Aplikasi ini dirancang menggunakan PHP dan MySQL. Karena berbasis web, aplikasi kearsipan ini mempunyai kemampuan, dapat diakses dimanapun, admin atau p dapat mengelola dengan login user sehingga dapat melakukan menambah, mengedit, membatalkan, menghapus dan menyimpan surat masuk dan keluar, dapat melakukan pencarian surat masuk dan surat keluar berdasarkan pengirim dan perihal, hasil pencarian dapat dilakukan pengurutan berdasar id surat atau tanggal surat, serta dapat mencetak laporan. Hasil yang diperoleh dari implementasi aplikasi arsip surat menyurat ini yaitu memudahkan warga dalam mengelola pengarsipan surat yang dulunya manual sekarang menjadi digital, serta sangat membantu warga dalam melakukan pembuatan surat menyurat di kelurahan pesanggrahan.

Kata Kunci: Arsip Surat, Mysql, PHP, Warga
Editorial: The Politics of Performing House: Transnational Perspectives
Authors: Levin Laura , Nigam Sunita
Published: August 2022

Asking, What is the relationship between housing and performance?, editors Laura Levin and Sunita Nigam insist that the lines between the two begin to blur when we attend to the aesthetic and embodied dimensions of housing, on the one hand, and the homely, spatial, and thematic concerns of certain performances, on the other. Considering contexts of housing crises, shortages, and discrimination, the editors argue that houses of all kinds must be treated as processual, performative practices and as intended and unintended displays that reveal much about the material contexts in which they are embedded. As important zones for the realization, rehearsal, thwarting, or abandonment of private and collective fantasies, all houses are ‘dream houses,’ whether these dreams be good or bad. Levin and Nigam make a case for paying attention to aesthetic references, movement vocabularies, narratives about housing, scripts for housing practices, and the gendering and racializing of certain roles—all aspects of ‘practising house’—that make spaces (real and imagined) meaningful for those who perform them and spectate them. They argue for the importance of reading housing practices both in relation to local conditions and through transnational and hemispheric frameworks, asserting that the performative politics of housing brings into view shared experiences of dwelling, citizenship, and belonging that cross—and, more crucially, contest—geopolitical borders. In doing so, they emphasize how housing practices are haunted by the rupture that colonization created with existing Indigenous modes of dwelling, especially as a consequence of establishing settler-colonial territory and domestic spaces.
Built of Earth: The Casona and Vernacular Earthen Architecture in Oaxaca, Mexico
Authors: Heyn-Jones Zoë
Published: August 2022

This article discusses Built of Earth, an artistic research project by the author in collaboration with Mexico City-based architect Octavio Castro Gallardo. The work-in-progress—an experimental documentary project consisting of a short film, a publication, and a site-specific installation—explores the restoration of Castro Gallardo’s 200-year-old adobe family home in the town of Jamiltepec, Oaxaca, Mexico, that was damaged by an earthquake that shook the Pacific coast in February 2018. This article situates the restoration of the Casona within the discourses of vernacular earthen architecture and performance studies, describing how, in addition to being the site of various cultural performances, the Casona itself performs cultural memory. Heyn-Jones discusses the relationships—among humans, more-than-humans, and other actants—that permeate and haunt the adobe walls of this spectacular ruin. Heyn-Jones’s essay offers a provisional discussion of local seismic cultures, aspects of architectural material culture that reactively or preventively resist earthquake damage, and the way these manifest in the Casona. In contrast to the centuries-old adobe Casona are the concrete-block dwellings that surround it and that are ubiquitous across Mexico. This article situates this vernacular within the discourse of the ‘remittance house’ and discusses the materialities and temporalities of these ‘dream houses’ in the context of the Casona. Finally, this article offers some thoughts on architectural animism and how it might manifest in the Casona, this singular dwelling, built of earth.
HGTV’sHouse Huntersand the Right to Coziness
Authors: Fraiman Susan
Published: August 2022

This article explores the complex appeal of home-buying and renovation shows on the cable channel HGTV. While their popularity is clear, their political implications are murkier. Some media studies scholars accuse the genre of fostering consumerism, conformity, and neo-liberal nationhood. Others admire its inclusion and “non-special treatment” of queer and racially diverse participants. My own feminist reading notes the limits as well as merits of the diversity defense and offers to appreciate the shows’ contribution in somewhat different terms. Focusing specifically on House Hunters (1999-present), I credit this home-buying series with asserting the primacy of domestic life in conjunction with a host of related values conventionally coded and subordinated as ‘feminine.’ In the hegemonic scheme of things, qualities coded as ‘masculine’ (the aggressive, historic, large-scale, public-sphere, self-reliant, and individualist) occupy a superior position. House Hunters challenges this gendered hierarchy by reveling in the modest, everyday, small-scale, private-sphere, interdependent, and relational. It does so, moreover, in a gender-neutral way: no longer written off and relegated to women, the little things that happen in houses are made paramount for male and female viewers alike. Adding a further twist, I close with an episode whose homebuyers have histories of social marginality and economic insecurity. In this context, the desire for domestic ‘coziness’ is less about conformity to bourgeois norms and more about feelings of safety and belonging in relation to place.
Verbatim Voices: An Investigation of Housing and Development in Kingston
Authors: Chenier Dylan
Published: August 2022

Verbatim theatre is a sub-genre of the documentary theatre movement committed to authentic representations of ordinary people and events. As such, it has become a popular tool for Canadian theatre artists to examine contemporary political issues by presenting a plurality of perspectives on the same issue. Through the creation of an original verbatim play on housing in Kingston, I hope to test the effectiveness of verbatim in shaping people’s understanding of Kingston’s current housing crisis. By showcasing the perspectives of a diverse range of citizens, this play will consider the toll the housing crisis is taking on different people. This article examines the ways verbatim is especially well poised to represent Kingston’s housing crisis.
Perceptions and Experiences of Nutrition Interventions in Individuals with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) and their Caregivers
Authors: Guillemin Leland , Hofstede Jessica , Anderson Teigan , Walkeden Hailey , Schellenberg Kerri , Kang Ester , Berry Dayna , Lefebvre Stephanie , Lieffers Jessica RL
Published: August 2022

Nutrition concerns are prevalent in individuals with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS). Despite the prevalence of nutrition concerns, few data are available on perceptions and experiences of nutrition interventions in individuals with ALS and their caregivers; this study aimed to collect this information. An online survey was developed and hosted on Survey Monkey®. Individuals with ALS and their caregivers from Saskatchewan, Canada, were invited to complete the survey through email to attendees of the ALS Clinic (Saskatoon, Canada), and via the ALS Society of Saskatchewan Facebook page in February–March, 2021. Quantitative data were analyzed using descriptive statistics. Twelve eligible respondents completed the survey (n = 10 individuals with ALS; n = 2 caregivers). The present study found nutrition was important to respondents and there was interest in trying diets and supplements for ALS management; of note, many respondents were interested in exploring the ketogenic diet. Six (50%) respondents had weight loss concerns. All respondents would recommend consulting with a dietitian upon being diagnosed with ALS. Many respondents reported a predefined negative perception of tube feeding. The results of this study suggest that increasing the accessibility of dietitians could positively impact ALS-related care. The findings also provide guidance for dietitians to enhance nutrition care for individuals with ALS.
Precariedad laboral de los jornaleros agrícolas del cultivo de la fresa en el municipio de Purépero, Michoacán
Authors:   Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo, Aguilar Cuevas Paloma Erandi , Colín Martínez René ,   Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo
Published: August 2022

El artículo expone en qué medida los trabajadores y las trabajadoras dedicadas al cultivo de fresas en Purépero de Echáiz, Michoacán, presentan precariedad laboral, y cómo esta propicia mala calidad de vida. La precariedad laboral se aborda a partir de cinco dimensiones, a saber, temporalidad, vulnerabilidad, insuficiencia salarial, inseguridad e invisibilidad. En términos metodológicos, se usó la observación participativa y se complementó con el cuestionario WHOQOL-BREF (World Health Organization Quality Of Life-BREF) de la Organización Mundial de la Salud (OMS). Se realizó la recopilación de datos a través de entrevistas semiestructuradas a 18 trabajadores dedicados al cultivo de la fresa de dos empresas que están subcontratadas por Driscoll´s: 10 jornaleras y 8 jornaleros. El grupo se conformó por quienes accedieron a dialogar sobre el trabajo en el cultivo de la fresa, pertenecientes a las dos empresas. Los hallazgos muestran que los cultivadores de fresa de Purépero viven en condiciones de vulnerabilidad; no cuentan con seguridad social, los salarios son insuficientes para cubrir necesidades básicas y experimentan indiferencia social. Por otra parte, perciben que su calidad de vida es regular o mala, aspecto que se agrava en las mujeres. Se concluye que las condiciones de trabajo de los jornaleros no les permite mejorar la calidad de vida.
The effects of intravenous contrast substance administration on intraocular pressure, tear amount and oxidative stress in rats
Authors: CELLAT Mustafa , İŞLER Cafer Tayer
Published: August 2022

Although iodinated radiocontrast agents, which are frequently used in radiological procedures such as indirect radiography, angiography, intravenous urography and computed tomography, are generally safe, they can cause serious side effects. In this study, it was aimed to investigate the effect of intravenous ionic high osmolar contrast agent administration on intraocular pressure, tear amount and oxidant and antioxidant parameters of eye tissue. Study groups consisted of 2 groups, Group 1 (Control) and Group 2 (Urographin), and a total of 16 Wistar albino female rats were used. On the first day of the experiment, 6 ml/kg of physiological saline was administered intravenously to the control group, and the same dose of contrast agent was administered to group 2. Intraocular pressure and tear amounts were measured at 1, 6, 12, 24 and 48 hours after intravenous administration. After measurements were made at the 48th hour of the experiment, all rats were euthanized and their eye tissues were removed. In order to reveal the oxidative damage and antioxidant activity in the eye tissue, malondialdehyde and reduced glutathione levels, catalase and glutathione peroxidase enzyme activities were measured spectrophotometrically. Schimer tear test (STT-1) strip was used for tear amount measurements, and rebound tonometer Tonovet® was used as tonometer for intraocular pressure measurements. No statistically significant difference was found between the control and urographin groups in terms of intraocular pressure and tear amounts in the measurements performed at 1,6,12,24 and 48th hours after urographin administration. It was observed that the same application significantly increased the malondialdehyde level (P<0.005) in the eye tissue. There was no significant difference between the groups in terms of reduced glutathione level and catalase and glutathione peroxidase enzyme activities in eye tissue. It was evaluated that intravenous contrast agent administration causes oxidative stress in the eye tissue and this may have a long-term ocular effect
Ecological, economic and bioenergy assessment of technologies for winter wheat cultivation after the perennial legume grasses
Authors:   Vinnytsia National Agrarian University, Tkachuk О. P.
Published: August 2022

Topicality. The economic crisis requires modern winter wheat cultivation technologies based on the principles of financial feasibility, energy saving and environmental safety. Issues. Changes in animal husbandry have led to the differentiation of fodder crops, which are used as predecessors of winter wheat. Now, other types of perennial legume grasses are grown along with its traditional predecessor meadow clover. However, it is necessary to carry out research and calculations due to the lack of results of the ecological, economic and bioenergy feasibility of non-traditional perennial legume grasses as predecessors of winter wheat. Aim. To investigate the indicators of ecological, economic and bioenergy efficiency of winter wheat cultivation after six species of perennial legume grasses as predecessors, such as meadow clover, alfalfa, sand esparcet, white sweet clover, bird's-foot-trefoil, eastern galega, and also after the maize for silage (control). Methods. Field studies with subsequent calculation of economic efficiency of winter wheat cultivation based on technological charts and costs, as well as the energy efficiency of the technologies under study according to the methods of O.K. Medvedovskyi, P.I. Ivanenko and VASKHNIL were conducted. Results. The highest grain yield was 6.52 t/ha when winter wheat was cultivated after maize for silage with high rates of mineral fertilizers and pesticides. When winter wheat was cultivated after perennial legume grasses, the rates of mineral fertilizers and pesticides were significantly lower. Accordingly, the grain yield of winter wheat grown after perennial legume grasses was by 11.1–38.2 % lower than after silage maize, and it was 4.03–5.80 t/ha. The highest grain yield was observed after meadow clover, and the lowest – after bird's-foot-trefoil. The highest level of profitability (90.7 %) is provided by the cultivation of winter wheat after the predecessor meadow clover. When winter wheat was grown after such predecessors as meadow clover, white sweet clover, sand esparcet and eastern galega with limited rates of pesticides and mineral fertilizers, the level of profitability was 5.7–46.8 % higher than indicator for winter wheat after silage maize with high rates of mineral fertilizers and pesticides At the same time, winter wheat profitability after bird's-foot-trefoil and alfalfa equaled to the indicator for silage maize. Conclusions. The technology of winter wheat cultivation after meadow clover, which provided the highest energy coefficient 4.96, is the most profitable and the least energy-intensive. Key words: economic assessment, bioenergy assessment, cultivation technology, winter wheat, predecessors.
Intensity of CO2 emissions of sod-podzolic soil depending on fertilization and lime application
Authors:   Institute of Agriculture of Western Polissyaof NAAS, Polovyi V. M. , Rovna G. F. ,   Institute of Agriculture of Western Polissyaof NAAS, Yashchenko L. A. ,   Institute of Agriculture of Western Polissyaof NAAS, Huk B. V. ,   Institute of Agriculture of Western Polissyaof NAAS
Published: August 2022

Topicality. With climate change, agricultural production accounts for about 15 % of green-house gas emissions. Disbalance of organic carbon decreases the environmental sustainability and productivity of agroecosystems and soil fertility. With soil management, the intensity of carbon monoxide emission from the soil can reduce to optimize its organic matter. Issues. There is a crucial need to study and analyze comprehensively the effects of different rates of chemical meliorants and mineral fertilizers for crops in the Western Polissia crop rotation on the volume of CO2 emissions from sod-podzolic soil. Aim. To study the characteristic features of carbon dioxide emissions from sod-podzolic soil during winter wheat and spring barley cultivation with different rates of meliorants and fertilizers. Materials and Methods. Field experiment, agrochemical and statistical methods. Results. On the background of mineral fertilization, land reclamation with limestone materials at 0.5 and 1.0 rates determined by the hydrolytic acidity of the soil generally decreases CO2 emissions into the air. During the growing season, depending on the development stage of spring barley, the level of carbon dioxide emission in the variant with N90P90K90 was 89.8–68.3–63.5 mg CO2/kg soil, and in combination with 1.0 rate of dolomite powder – 83.1–59.8–63.6 mg CO2/kg soil. It is noted that the intensity of CO2 accumulation in the surface layer depended on rates of ameliorant, soil moisture and temperature. Thus, the carbon dioxide emission in a winter wheat field was the highest when 1.5 rates of dolomite powder were applied on the background of N120P60K90 , and in the stem elongation stage at air temperature 13.2 ℃ was 77.7 mg CO2/kg of soil. When air temperature increased to 22.0 ℃ in the heading stage, this indicator increased by 1.2 times and at air temperature of 20.4 ℃ in the full maturity stage, it decreased by 1.3 times. When 1.0 rate of dolomite powder was applied, CO2 emission decreased to 18.2 mg CO2/kg of soil compared with 1.5 rates in the full maturity stage of wheat due to the intensity of redox processes in the soil when different rates of limestone materials was applied. Conclusions. In the short-term crop rotation, lime application had a positive effect on the for-mation of deficit-free balance of organic carbon in sod-podzolic soil with intensive application of mineral fertilizers for crops. When we applied 1.0 and 1.5 rates of dolomite powder on the background of N120P60K90 in winter wheat crops, the organic carbon balance was 0.35–0.28 t/ha, in spring barley crops on the background of N90P90K90 – 0.10–0.16 t/ha. Key words: winter wheat, spring barley, land reclamation, fertilizers, carbon dioxide, balance.
Dessensibilização oncológica em hemato-oncologia e o papel do enfermeiro: estudo de caso
Authors: Gaspar Cláudia , Dias Ortélia , Frias Sónia
Published: August 2022

Associado ao aparecimento de novas armas terapêuticas e à maior sobrevivência dos doentes oncológicos, verifica-se um aumento da incidência de reações adversas à quimioterapia.

A Reação de Hipersensibilidade (RHS) é descrita como uma reação adversa a fármacos imprevisível e dose-independente, e pode ser classificada em leve, moderada, grave ou fatal, de acordo com a sintomatologia do doente.

Perante uma RHS a fármacos antineoplásicos, os doentes hemato-oncológicos eram privados do tratamento de eleição. Atualmente, a Dessensibilização Oncológica (DO) surge como a estratégia terapêutica que permite a reintrodução do tratamento de eleição, de forma segura e eficaz, traduzindo-se numa nova esperança para esses doentes. Com o objetivo de demonstrar a importância do papel do Enfermeiro junto do doente a realizar DO, apresentamos o caso de uma jovem de 22 anos de idade com o diagnóstico de Linfoma de Hodgkin, com hipersensibilidade a um fármaco antineoplásico e quecumpriu o protocolo de DO com sucesso.
A pertinência da formação especializada em quimioterapia
Authors: Marques Sandra
Published: August 2022

Administração de quimioterapia é uma das práticas mais comuns nos Serviços de Oncologia e, como qualquer prática de Enfermagem, requer um sólido conhecimento sobre a mesma. É fundamental para assegurar uma prática segura que o enfermeiro detenha um bom nível de conhecimento e compreensão sobre as drogas citotóxicas, formas de administração, efeitos secundários, os potenciais riscos para si e para o doente e que saiba como atuar em caso de extravasamento. E isto só é possível com formação prévia e específica a nível formal e informal e a existência de protocolos que sustentem esta prática. Em determinados países existem programas específicos sobre a administração de quimioterapia, que combinam a teoria com a prática clínica nas Unidades de Oncologia. Esta formação é aplicada a toda a equipa de enfermagem, sendo obrigatória para todo os novos elementos do serviço. Como exemplo, neste artigo será apresentado um instrumento de avaliação,integrado num programa de formação na administração de quimioterapia, existente num hospital especializado em Oncologia do Reino Unido. Mais do que um método de avaliação, este instrumento serve como testemunho do desenvolvimento progressivo das competências adquiridas pelos enfermeiros que trabalham nas Unidades de Oncologia. Permite ainda uma aproximação entre o enfermeiro mais experiente e aquele recém-chegado ao serviço, facilitando a sua integração em Oncologia.Neste artigo pretende-se promover uma reflexão sobre a formação especializada em quimioterapianos Serviços de Oncologia e a sua importância para uma prática segura em enfermagem.
OSH Risk Rating in Pharmacognosy Practicum in The Laboratory of Program Pharmaceutical Studies Related to with Covid-19 Risk
Authors: Tenda Priska Ernestina , Riza Soeharto Faizal , Imakulata Masiya Indrawati Maria
Published: August 2022

Safe and healthy working conditions the basic for decent work where working conditions like this are even more important today, given the importance of ensuring K3 in managing the Covid-19 pandemic and the ability to return to work. This study aims to determine the risks of making phyto-vegetable simplicia in the Pharmacognosy practicum which related to the risk of Covid-19 and research is descriptive observational. Population i.e work at Pharmacognosy practicum and the sample is job on the manufacture of phyto-vegetable simplicia taken purposively. The research instrument, the researcher identifies the potential hazards (loss) of making simplicia and determines the level of risk. The technique of collecting data i.e. observing step of making simplicia with K3 hazard identification form. The analysis technique i.e. observational data of making simplicia and then determined the potential hazards, cause, the impact, calculated the risk value and level of risk. The results show of making simplicia has potential loss in the form of be inhalated, repetitive movements, and mishandling that can affects the final result with the dominant consequence of discomfort. Dominant risk value 20 (extreme) at the collecting raw materials and wet sorting. As a whole show a low risk meaning acceptable so practicum can do but supervision is needed while low risk of spreading Covid-19 achieved with reducing number exposed chance, minimize contact with the source of transmission i.e. protocols health optimal that so impact disease incidence is also low.
Relationship Of Knowledge On Community Behavior In Eradication Of Aedes Aegypti Mosquito Nests In The Work Area Of Pal. 3 Puskesmas Pontianak
Authors: Kastari Salbiah , Susilawati Susilawati , Iswono Iswono
Published: August 2022

Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever (DHF) is transmitted through the bite of the Aedes aegypti mosquito and possibly the Aedes albopictus mosquito. The incidence of DHF in Indonesia in the last 3 years of 2018 was 65,602 cases, in 2019 as many as 138,127 cases, and in 2020 as many as 108,303 cases. In West Kalimantan, in 2018, as many as 3,125 cases, in 2019 as many as 2,798 cases, and in 2020 as many as 784 cases. Meanwhile, data on dengue cases in Pontianak City, in 2018 there were as many as 182 cases, in 2019 there were as many as 106 cases, and in 2020 there were as many as 27 cases. Nationally, cases of DHF fluctuate, while in West Kalimantan to Pontianak, it tends to decrease. The death rate (CFR) due to DHF cases in Pontianak City during the period 2018-2019 showed the highest mortality rate occurred in 2018 with a percentage of 1,54% of 100 DHF cases. However, the incidence rate is still there, and every year (endemic) and always has the potential to cause outbreaks. Therefore, efforts to control mosquitoes carrying dengue disease are needed, starting by assessing community knowledge and behavior in controlling DHF disease with nest eradication. Mosquitoes (PSN 3M plus). Objective To examine the relationship between knowledge and community behavior in PSN 3M plus in the work area of ​​the Pal.3 Pontianak Health Center. Methodology is observational research with a cross-sectional approach. The results of the study showed that there was a significant relationship between knowledge and PSN 3M plus in the work area of ​​the Pontianak Pal.3 Health Center, with a value of p = 0.000 (p<). Most respondents have poor knowledge in PSN 3M plus (61,7%), as well as bad behavior in PSN 3M plus (77,7%), so it is concluded that there is a significant relationship between respondents' knowledge and behavior in PSN 3M Plus in the work area of ​​the Pontianak Pal. 3 Health Center.
Anthocyanins Absorption of Grapes (Vitis vinifera) on Filter Paper Whatmann No. 41 and Whatmann No. 42 for Identification of Borax
Authors: Kurniawan Deny , Pramaningsih Vita , Rusdi Rusdi , Dwi Lesmana Oktavianti
Published: August 2022

Borax detection can be done using the flame test method, volumetric titration, spectrophotometric analysis, and qualitatively using natural materials such as curcumin and anthocyanins. The high content of anthocyanins in grapes has the potential to be utilized in acid-base titrations as an indicator of natural acid-base. The research objective was to determine the potential of anthocyanins in the flesh and skin of grapes in detecting natural borax which is absorbed on filter paper, Whatmann paper no. 41 and Whatmann paper no. 42. Then it was tested on samples of meatballs from 5 sellers in Samarinda Seberang to Mangkupalas village. The research method used is a quantitative analysis of the color changes that occur. Based on the research results, filter paper can have a better absorption that is shown with a dark color on Whatmann No. 41 and Whatmann No.42. Grape skin extract can detect borax more clearly than flesh by forming a dark purple ring when reacting with borax. In testing using meatball samples, the overall results showed that the samples contained borax. It was concluded that the filter paper from the absorption of grape skin anthocyanins could be used as an alternative in quantitatively testing the borax content in food.
Umweltpolitik und Konsultationsnetzwerke im Wandel? – Die Konsultationen des Bundesumweltministeriums im Vergleich über die Jahre 2014-2020 / Environmental policy and consultation networks in transition? – The consultations of the German Federal Ministry for the Environment in comparison over the years 2014-2020
Authors: Rasch Daniel
Published: August 2022

Deutsche Umweltpolitik ist nicht nur durch internationale und externe Einflüsse im Wandel, sondern befindet sich auch durch politikfeldinhärente Dynamiken im Umbruch. Das Bundesumweltministerium (BMU) konsultiert als eine Problemlösungsstrategie und zur Erstellung neuer Policies seine Netzwerke, bestehend aus verschiedensten Akteuren. Der Aufsatz untersucht, ob sich der Wandel deutscher Umweltpolitik auch in diesen Konsultationsnetzwerken zeigt oder ob letztere über die Zeit beständig sind. Mittels der Kombination von explorativer Netzwerkanalyse und Interessenvermittlungstheorien werden die Netzwerkcharakteristika des BMU über einen Zeitraum von sieben Jahren (2014-2020) analysiert. Dabei fällt auf, dass auch die Konsultationsnetzwerke starkem Wandel unterworfen sind, die maßgeblich durch die inhaltlichen Aspekte in Form von Policy-Varianzen und Policy-Wandel erklärt werden können. Der Aufsatz weist empirisch für das BMU nach, dass ein Wandel der Policies mit einem Wandel der Konsultationsnetzwerke zusammenhängt, gemessen über einen Vergleich der Charakteristika dieser Konsultationsnetzwerke, wie beispielsweise Diversität, Konflikt oder Häufigkeit der Teilnahme bestimmter Akteure.
Pengelolaan Dan Penghimpunan Dana Zakat Melalui Regulasi Daerah Pada Badan Amil Zakat (BAZNAS) Provinsi NTB, Kab. Cianjur, Padang Panjang, Sukabumi Dan Musi Banyuasin
Authors: Lesmana Meichio Chio , Ghazali Mohammad , Soritua Soritua , Yothanurma Yothanurma
Published: August 2022

Zakat is worship that can provide significant benefits in social life. Zakat also has a goal to fight poverty, unemployment and injustice. BAZNAS takes an important role as a non-structural government institution in carrying out its duties to collect and manage zakat funds. This study uses a qualitative method with focus group discussion (FGD) techniques with five regional BAZNAS. The results of the study indicate that the policies and regulations of the government are very influential in increasing the percentage of zakat funds collection. This is a form of synergizing with each other in collecting and managing zakat funds. Regional BAZNAS has programs that will help 8 ashnaf in the area and the role of the government as a policy maker will strengthen regional BAZNAS in carrying out optimal collection and management to create optimal economic growth.