bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
ASSESSMENT OF TECHNICAL FACULTIES STUDENTS’ ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENTS DURING THE STUDY OF ENGLISH
Authors:   National University of Life and Environmental Sciences of Ukraine, S. V. Tsymbal , N. V. Yaremenko ,   National University of Life and Environmental Sciences of Ukraine
Published: December 2021

The article deals with the approaches of the organization of control of educational achievements of students of technical faculties during the study of English and presents their own experience in its implementation. It is established that for the effective organization of the educational process it is necessary to evaluate the work of students both during practical classes and their independent work systematically. During pedagogical activity it is established that during the current control it is expedient to organize preliminary and thematic control. When exercising control, it is necessary to take into account the correctness of the answers, the completeness of the disclosure of educational material and the independence of the task. Moreover, we note that there are different levels of knowledge acquisition, namely: the level of understanding; level of knowledge; level of reproductive action; level of productive action; level of creative action. Current control can take place in two ways: in the form of frontal control or individual control, orally or in writing, depending on the purpose of the inspection. It was found that no less important attention should be paid to the organization of control of independent work of students, which is aimed at testing the acquisition of both theoretical knowledge and work with oral topics. The final control in English includes both open (provided questions to which the student must provide a detailed answer) and closed (choose the correct answer) tests.
PSYCHOTHERAPEUTIC TREATMENT OPTIONS FOR PHOBIC ANXIETY DISORDERS: A BRIEF OVERVIEW
Authors:   Institute of Social and Political Psychology of the National Academy of Pedagogical Sciences of Ukraine, T.V. Danylova , G.V. Salata ,   Kyiv National University of Culture and Arts,   National University of Life and Environmental Scienсes of Ukraine, Yu. O. Semenov
Published: December 2021

Nowadays, the problem of diagnosis, interpretation and selection of treatment options for phobic anxiety disorders is becoming more acute taking into account the multidimensionality of a human being. The data obtained on psychopharmacotherapy show its moderate effectiveness for phobic anxiety disorders. The combination of psychopharmacotherapy and psychotherapy, which often plays a leading role in the treatment process, works much better. The paper aims at analyzing psychotherapeutic treatment options for phobic anxiety disorders, such as exposure therapy, cognitive-behavioral therapy, group therapy and self-help groups, hypnotherapy, mindfulness, meditation, deep breathing, progressive muscle relaxation method. There are pros and cons for both psychopharmacological and psychotherapeutic treatment options. Therefore, the choice of the most effective treatment options should be determined after an in-depth examination of a patient and carried out by a multidisciplinary team of specialists.
CHOICE OF BEHAVIOR STRATEGIES FOR SPOUSES IN RESOLVING FAMILY CONFLICTS
Authors:   National University of Life and Environmental Scienсes of Ukraine, O.О. Oliinyk
Published: December 2021

Family conflicts contribute to the reassessment of the system of values, the transformation of social relations and interpersonal relations, the development of the family system, are a source of change for each of its participants. The leading role in the construction of the family system and good relations in it belongs to the marital subsystem, which determines the development of relations in other family subsystems. The propensity of each spouse to conflict behavior, as well as the choice of appropriate behavioral strategies determines the success of resolving family conflicts. Objective. The research is related to the analysis of the essence of the "family conflict" concept and the characteristics of behavioral strategies in conflict; experimental definition and analysis of the main behavior strategies of spouses in resolving family conflicts. Methods. To solve the research problem we used such theoretical research methods as: analysis of scientific psychological literature, generalization, systematization of scientific information; the following empirical research methods were used: conversation, observation, psychodiagnostic method "Diagnosis of a person's propensity to conflict behavior" by K. Thomas adapted by N. V. Hryshyna; processing and quantitative and qualitative interpretation of results. The study involved 16 married couples (husband and wife) with different marital experiences in the number of 32 people aged 26 to 48 years (Kyiv). All the couples have children aged 2 to 21 years. The results of the empirical study of the peculiarities of the behavior strategies choice for spouses in resolving family conflicts showed that the predominant strategies are: "Compromise", which was found in 28.12 % of the total number of respondents and 37.5 % of women in particular; "Rivalry", which was found in 25 % of the total number of respondents and 31.25 % of men in particular; respondents are the least likely to choose the "Avoidance" strategy – 9.38 % of the total number of respondents, 6.25 % of women and 12.5 % of men. We see the prospects for further development in the study of family values and role attitudes of a married couple and their relationship with the effective resolution of conflicts in the family.
TRENDS IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF RELIGIOUS LIFE IN UKRAINE IN THE CONDITIONS OF TRANSFORMATION OF SOCIETY
Authors:   National University of Life and Environmental Scienсes of Ukraine, S. M. Geiko , O. D. Lauta ,   National University of Life and Environmental Scienсes of Ukraine
Published: December 2021

The article is devoted to philosophical research progress of religious life trends in the conditions of transformation of Ukrainian society. Exerting a charitable influence on the expansion and strengthening of national self-consciousness and the development of our state, the Ukrainian Churches must gain strength from the powerful influx of the national idea and the progress of Ukrainian statehood. On the other hand, the great paradigm shift observed in the period of important transformational social changes should include in its dialogue the Ukrainian interpretation of Orthodoxy as a basis for the cultural self-identification of the Ukrainian people.
ETHICS OF THE USE OF EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS IN SCIENCE AND MEDICINE
Authors:   National University of Life and Environmental Scienсes of Ukraine, A.S. Herasymenko , V. P. Kultenko ,   National University of Life and Environmental Scienсes of Ukraine
Published: December 2021

Ethical dimensions of biotechnology problems are studied, in particular: ethics of use of embryonic stem cells in science and medicine; the responsibility of researchers for the consequences of their actions; the ethics of using animals in biotechnological research to solve human problems and ensure human health; the limits of human intervention in the genome of living beings; problems of maintaining the balance of the ecosystem; moral and legal status of the embryo, which is used as a resource material in biotechnological research. The attitude of different religions to biotechnological research and experiments with embryonic stem cells is also considered. The question of the impossibility of obtaining economic benefits from the human body, including the unborn and its parts, is becoming more acute.
The The Effect of TPS-Type Cooperative Learning Model on Student Learning Motivation at STIMI Meulaboh
Authors: Muflihan Yenni , Fajri Nur , Syani Eka
Published: December 2021

Successful learning is learning that can make students motivated, fun and comfortable in the teaching and learning process. Cooperative learning is one way for lecturers so that students can enjoy learning. Therefore, it is very important for lecturers to create fun and comfortable student learning without pressure. The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of the application of the TPS type cooperative learning model on students' learning motivation at STIMI Meulaboh. This type of research is experimental research by applying the TPS type cooperative learning model and the results are by distributing questionnaires and observations. The results of this study are the TPS type cooperative learning model has an effect on students' learning motivation. Therefore, it can be said that the TPS type of cooperative learning model is feasible to be used in the Economics I statistics learning process in the classroom to improve students' understanding and quality of learning.
Morphology of the cephalothorax integument of Bryocamptus pygmaeus (Copepoda: Harpacticoida: Canthocamptidae), based on a new research method
Authors: Novikov A.A. , Fefilova E.B.
Published: December 2021

The number and location of sensilla and pores of the cephalothorax integument of the species Bryocamptus pygmaeus (G.O. Sars, 1863) (Copepoda, Canthocamptidae) were studied for the first time on the material from several European regions: the southeastern part of the Bolshezemelskaya tundra (Ne­nets Autonomous District), the north of the Komi Republic, the Republic of Karelia, and the central part of European Russia (Udmurt Republic). In the samples examined, two groups of populations differing in the characters of cephalothorax integument were recognised. These differences were found to correlate with the variability of the endopod of fourth pair of female legs, which bears four setae in specimens of the eastern form, while a specimen examined from Karelia has five setae. Pore maps are composed for both groups of morphotypes. A statistical analysis was carried out based on a new technique using three-dimensional models of the cephalothorax. As a result of this analysis, a high similarity between individuals of the eastern form and differences of the latter from the Karelian specimen were revealed.
Spatial planning systems in Poland and Italy - comparative analysis on the example of Olsztyn and Bari
Authors: Rząsa Krzysztof , Caporusso Giacomo , Ogryzek Marek Patrycjusz , Tarantino Eufemia
Published: December 2021

The article discusses several aspects of spatial planning systems in Poland and in Italy. The analysis included the legal basis for the functioning of both systems, planning levels and documents developed at each level. The planning status of both countries is presented based on the statistical data obtained. This is shown on the cartodiagrams prepared with the use of ArcGIS and QGIS software as well as tabular lists containing statistical data. Detailed research was also done as a case study for two cities: Olsztyn in Poland and Bari in Italy. The data collected and the analyses carried out made it possible to compare the planning systems in both countries tested. The results show similarities and differences, as well as the positive and negative features of both analyzed systems. Conclusions can be used as a basis for proposing changes to the planning systems in both countries, based on good practices from the other country.
Yaşam tarzı göçü bağlamında kentten kırsala kaçış: Yeni köylü turizm girişimcileri üzerine nitel bir araştırma
Authors: KILIÇ Sultan Nazmiye , BUZLUKÇU Cemali
Published: December 2021

Bu araştırmada sayıları son yıllarda gittikçe artan yeni köylü turizm girişimcilerinin motivasyonları, göç süreçleri ve girişimlerine yönelik deneyimlerinin açığa çıkarılması amaçlanmıştır. Bu doğrultuda nitel araştırma yöntemi desenlerinden biri olan fenomenolojik desen kullanılmıştır. Yeni bir yaşam biçimi için kentten kırsala göç eden yeni köylü turizm girişimcilerinin yaşadıkları deneyimlerin anlaşılabilmesi için bu kişilerle yapılan röportajları içeren videolar incelenmiş ve elde edilen verilere tematik analiz uygulanmıştır. Ulaşılan bulgular göz önünde bulundurularak, yeni köylü motivasyonları itici ve çekici faktörler altında değerlendirilmiştir. Çekici faktörler altında çevresel unsurların, itici faktörler altında ise psikolojik unsurların ön plana çıktığı tespit edilmiştir. Kırsala göç süreci yeni köylü turizm girişimcileri tarafından doğal yaşama kaçış olarak nitelendirilmiştir. Bu kaçışın farklı sebepleri olmakla birlikte, temel olarak altta yatan sebeplerin; modern hayat içindeki kalabalık, betonlaşma, gereksiz tüketim nedeniyle daha fazla çalışma gibi sorunlar olduğu anlaşılmıştır. Ancak, şehirden kırsala yapılan göçlerle birlikte yeni köylülerin tarafından da vurguladığı gibi şehir yaşamının alışkanlıklarının kırsal alanlara taşınması ve bu göç hareketlerinin kitlesel bir duruma dönüşmesi gibi tehditlerin göz önünde bulundurulması gerekmektedir.
The Fig Tree in Alimentary Culture, Folk Medicine and Traditions among the Peoples of the Western Balkans [Inzhir v alimentarnoi kul’ture, narodnoi meditsine i traditsiiakh u narodov Zapadnykh Balkan]
Authors:   Peter the Great Museum of Anthropology and Ethnography (Kunstkamera), Russian Academy of Sciences, Novik Alexander ,   Saint Petersburg State University, Domosiletskaya Marina ,   Institute of Linguistic Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences
Published: December 2021

The article analyzes the role of the fig tree in various spheres of culture of the Albanians, Croats, Greeks, and other peoples of the Balkan Peninsula, as well as the use of its fruit as food and raw material for the production of alcoholic beverages and medicine. Until the 19th century, the pollination of the plant remained a mystery (not even Carl Linnaeus, the “father of botany” and the creator of the modern classification of wildlife species, was able to solve the complex puzzle of nature), which led to the emergence and proliferation of numerous mythologemes, still recorded to date, that are consistently associated with the fig tree. Currently, notions about the magical properties of the plant and its fruit are being transformed under the influence of the global passion for environmentally friendly bio products. The discussion specifically focuses on the mechanism through which such “new meanings” enter the public discourse.
Plant Hunting: “Evenki Medicines” in Northern Baikal [Okhota za rasteniiami: “evenkiiskie lekarstva” na Severnom Baikale]
Authors:   Peter the Great Museum of Anthropology and Ethnography (Kunstkamera), Russian Academy of Sciences, Davydov Vladimir N. ,   Chukotka branch of the Federal State Autonomous Educational Institution of Higher Education “North-Eastern Federal
Published: December 2021

The article discusses the attitudes of the Northern Baikal Evenkis toward the flora, formed by the situation of relative autonomy. The focus is on plants that are used in medical practice and are in great demand. The article examines the knowledge of the Northern Baikal Evenkis about the healing properties of two plants that are considered universal medicines – Gentiana algida and Rhodiola rosea, sometimes called “Evenki medicines”. It considers human interactions with these medicinal plants in the context of mobility, as well as human, animal and landscape relations, and describes the practice of their gathering by hunters and reindeer herders. The Evenk hunting ethos and ideas about hunting luck are part of the system of relations between humans and the environment and manifest themselves in the practice of searching for and collecting medicinal plants. Local knowledge about their beneficial properties was formed under the influence of observations of animals’ behaviour. The strategies for the use of medical devices and the practice of prevention and treatment of diseases by the Evenki were formed under conditions of constant resource shortages. Reindeer husbandry and hunting demanded that people in constant motion improve the skills of maintaining relative autonomy, that is a certain type of attitude towards resources as well as medicines, based on minimizing their consumption. In such conditions, medicines with a wide spectrum of action turned out to be especially in demand.
Local Knowledge and “Other Anthropologies” [Lokal’noe znanie i “drugie antropologii”]
Authors:   The Russian Museum of Ethnography, Baranov Dmitry , Arzyutov Dmitry ,   University of Oulu, Petriashin Stanislav S. ,   The Russian Museum of Ethnography
Published: December 2021

The article examines the problems of ethnographic description and representation of the culture of Others and analyzes the ontological limitations inherent in anthropology, which call into question the very possibility of obtaining objective knowledge about the studied cultures. The concept of “other anthropologies” is proposed, which implies the recognition of heuristically significant alternatives to the Eurocentric perspective in the descriptions and interpretations of cultures. Such an approach, which is based on the ideas of E. Viveiroz de Castro, raises the following questions: what can we, ethnographers, be taught in a theoretical and ideological sense by acquaintance with the cultures that are the subject of research? what is the contribution of different cultures to the production of new disciplinary concepts and theories? to what extent are we ready to recognize and include “folk” knowledge “on equal terms” in our scientific discourse?
Fun Arabic Learning through Songs Media
Authors: Hanifah Umi
Published: December 2021

In this study, the authors focused on learning Arabic through songs media. The research method in this study is descriptive using a qualitative approach. Through studies from various sources in the form of books, journals, research reports, and the phenomenon of Arabic learning in Indonesia, the author describes how the concept of songs as a medium of Arabic learning and how the implementation of songs media in Arabic learning as an effort to improve the quality of Arabic learning. The conclusion of this study is that the song is an appropriate medium of Arabic learning in arousing students' interest and motivation to learn. The use of songs media in Arabic learning can create an atmosphere of learning that is relaxed, fun and exciting, so students do not feel bored and fed up in following the learning process in class. The selection of songs that suits students' emotional and intellectual needs and the teacher's skills in practicing the technique of using song media in Arabic learning is the main key to the success of a learning that uses songs as a instructional medium.
The Roman Cemetery at Lankhills: Pre-Roman and Roman Winchester. Part II
Authors: Clarke Giles
Published: December 2021

Outside the north gate of Venta Belgarum, Roman Winchester, a great cemetery stretched for 500 yards along the road to Cirencester. Excavations at Lankhills from 1967 to 1972 uncovered 451 graves, many elaborately furnished, at the northern limits of this cemetery, and dating from the fourth century A.D. This book, the second in a two-part study of Venta Belgarum, which forms the third volume of Winchester Studies, describes the excavations of these burials and analyses in detail both the graves and their contents. There are detailed studies and important re-assessments of many categories of object, but it is the information about late Roman burial, religion, and society which is of special interest.
Feminism for the 99% or Solidarity in the House of Difference? Intersectionality and Social Reproduction Theory
Authors: Stewart Abibi
Published: December 2021

Intersectionality is often understood to exist primarily as a corrective to other emancipatory theories rather than as a theory in its own right. Social reproduction theory (SRT), a strain of Marxist feminism exemplified in this article by contributors to the volume Social Reproduction Theory – Remapping Class, Recentering Oppression published in 2017, is characterized by a self-understanding that involves incorporating intersectional insights as a reaction to Black feminist interventions. In this narrative, intersectionality itself becomes obsolete, serving first and foremost as a step on SRT’s dialectical journey to becoming a better theory. Allegedly undertheorized intersectional frameworks constitute an ever-present foil for SRT’s self-image as an emancipatory theory of the capitalist social whole. This narrative is problematized on multiple levels in this article. SRT and its depiction of intersectionality are summarized in the first part of the paper. The second part demonstrates, on the one hand, that a historicization of intersectionality as ‘intervening’ into Marxist feminist theories, adding an intersectional perspective to feminist analysis of capitalism, ignores the formative role of analyses of Black women’s position as working subjects within overarching capitalist structures in intersectional thought. On the other hand, SRT's narrative occludes practical and theoretical implications of a framework that explicitly theorizes resistance from the margins. Building on this critique of SRT’s understanding of intersectionality, the third part develops an intersectional notion of solidarity, thus showing that the ostensibly seamless integration of intersectional insights into SRT obfuscates a potentially fruitful tension between the two frameworks pertaining to their respective understandings of solidarity and social transformation.
Asymptotic behavior of solutions toward the rarefaction waves to the Cauchy problem for the generalized Benjamin–Bona–Mahony–Burgers equation with dissipative term
Authors: Yoshida Natsumi
Published: December 2021

In this paper, we investigate the asymptotic behavior of solutions to the Cauchy problem with the far field condititon for the generalized Benjamin–Bona–Mahony–Burgers equation with a fourth-order dissipative term. When the corresponding Riemann problem for the hyperbolic part admits a Riemann solution which consists of single rarefaction wave, it is proved that the solution of the Cauchy problem tends toward the rarefaction wave as time goes to infinity. We can further obtain the same global asymptotic stability of the rarefaction wave to the generalized Korteweg–de Vries–Benjamin–Bona–Mahony–Burgers equation with a fourth-order dissipative term as the former one.
Existence and asymptotics of ground states to the nonlinear Dirac equation with Coulomb potential
Authors: Wang Tianfang , Zhang Wen , Zhang Jian
Published: December 2021

In this paper we study the Dirac equation with Coulomb potential [Formula: see text] where a is a positive constant, μ is a positive parameter, [Formula: see text], [Formula: see text] and β are [Formula: see text] Pauli–Dirac matrices. The Dirac operator is unbounded from below and above so the associate energy functional is strongly indefinite. Under some suitable conditions, we prove that the problem possesses a ground state solution which is exponentially decay, and the least energy has continuous dependence about  μ. Moreover, we are able to obtain the asymptotic property of ground state solution as [Formula: see text], this result can characterize some relationship of the above problem between [Formula: see text] and [Formula: see text].
Nonlinear Neumann boundary value problem for semilinear heat equations with critical power nonlinearities
Authors: Hayashi Nakao , Kaikina Elena I. , Naumkin Pavel I. , Ogawa Takayoshi
Published: December 2021

We study the nonlinear Neumann boundary value problem for semilinear heat equation [Formula: see text] where [Formula: see text], [Formula: see text] and [Formula: see text] is small enough. We investigate the life span of solutions for [Formula: see text]. Also we study the global in time existence and large time asymptotic behavior of solutions in the case of [Formula: see text] and [Formula: see text].
Information and communications technologies in library facilities in disadvantaged rural schools in South Africa: Lessons from Limpopo province
Authors: Mojapelo Samuel Maredi , Durodolu Oluwole O.
Published: December 2021

Universally, information and communications technologies (ICTs) have revolutionised multiple ways of executing tasks in many sectors. In the education sector, ICTs provide a scaffold to enhance technology-driven teaching and learning information needs of the teachers and learners in a school environment. The aim of the study was to investigate the availability and use of ICTs in library facilities in primary schools in disadvantaged rural communities in Limpopo province, South Africa. The study targeted all 18 primary schools in Lebopo Circuit of Mankweng Cluster. Self-administered questionnaires were used to collect data from teacher-librarians who attended a school library workshop at a local high school. Purposive sampling was employed in the selection of the teacher-librarians and all 18 schools were represented by one teacher-librarian. The findings indicate that there are few ICTs used by the teachers to enhance teaching and learning in different library facilities in disadvantaged rural schools. The study recommends that additional ICTs should be procured by the Department of Basic Education (DBE) for distribution to all schools to mitigate technology-driven information needs of teachers and learners. Furthermore, as vandalism was cited as a challenge in all schools, security needs upgrading to protect the few available ICTs.
Effect of Long-Term Storage on the Reliability of Blood Biomarkers for Alzheimer’s Disease and Neurodegeneration
Authors: Schubert Carla R. , Paulsen Adam J. , Pinto A. Alex , Merten Natascha , Cruickshanks Karen J.
Published: December 2021

Background: Stored blood samples from longitudinal cohort studies may be useful for studying biomarkers of preclinical Alzheimer’s disease. Objective: This study aimed to determine the reliability of amyloid-β40 and amyloid-β42 (Aβ40, Aβ42), total tau (TTau), and neurofilament light (NfL) concentrations measured in blood samples stored long-term at -80°C. Methods: Aβ40, Aβ42, TTau, and NfL were measured in serum and plasma samples from two longitudinal cohort studies. Serum samples had been stored at -80°C for 5 (n = 24), 14 (n = 24), and 20 years (N = 78) and plasma samples had been stored for 16 years (N = 78). Biomarker concentrations were measured in duplicate using a single molecule array assay (Simoa; Quanterix, Billerica, MA). Replicate samples for each sample type and storage length were included. Results: The concentrations of Aβ40, Aβ42, TTau, and NfL were within expected ranges. Some serum TTau concentrations were below the limit of detection. The average intra-assay coefficients of variation (CV) for duplicate measures were 2–7% for all assays except for serum TTau, which were higher (CVs 13% and 17%). Mean differences in original replicate pair Aβ40, Aβ42, and NfL concentrations were slightly greater in samples stored for longer versus shorter time periods. Conclusion: Aβ40, Aβ42, TTau, and NfL can be measured in serum and plasma samples that have been stored up to 20 years at -80°C. Long-term storage may be associated with small increases in the variability of concentrations in samples stored 14 or more years.
Assessment of Cognitive Symptoms in Brain Bank-Registered Control Subjects: Feasibility and Utility of a Telephone-Based Screening
Authors: Mayà Gerard , Sarto Jordi , Compta Yaroslau , Balasa Mircea , Ximelis Teresa , Aldecoa Iban , Gelpi Ellen , Sánchez-Valle Raquel , Molina-Porcel Laura
Published: December 2021

Background: For neuroscience research, the study of brain tissue of neurologically unimpaired subjects is crucial to interpret findings in neurodegenerative diseases. Sub-optimal neurological follow-up and the presence of neuropathological lesions in supposedly asymptomatic subjects casts doubt as to whether these subjects present an undetected underlying neurodegenerative disease or are resilient to neurodegeneration. Objective: We aimed to assess whether the control donors registered in the Neurological Tissue Bank-Hospital Clínic-IDIBAPS (NTB-HCI) are still free of cognitive symptoms at follow-up and to evaluate the feasibility and utility of a telephone-based screening. Methods: All control subjects older than 65 years registered at the NTB-HCI database were selected for the study. After a structured telephone interview, those subjects already diagnosed with a neurological disease were excluded. Then, a cognitive screening was performed, including the telephone version of the Mini-Mental State Examination (t-MMSE) and the eight-item interview (AD-8) to the subject and to one informant (AD-8i). Results: In total, 73.8% of the registered donors collaborated in the study. Only 21.4% had at least one of the three cognitive screening tools impaired, and 2.7% had a profile highly suggestive of cognitive impairment. AD-8i correlated moderately with t-MMSE. Conclusion: Telephone-based neurologic screening in control donors is feasible and was within the normal range in most of the subjects in our cohort. Albeit, the involvement of neurologists and periodic neurological screenings are desirable in a control subjects brain donor program, AD8-i could be used to screen the control’s neurological status in the absence of accurate clinical data at the time of the death.
Effects of mulberry extract on the liver pathology and serum biochemical parameters in carmustine administrated rats
Authors: Ipek Volkan , Balkan Burcu Menekse , Inanc Muhammed Enes , Kaplan Oguzhan , Corum Orhan , Gungor Sukru , Karaca Harun , Ata Ayhan
Published: December 2021

BACKGROUND:

Carmustine is a chemotherapeutic agent that is mainly used in the treatment of glioblastoma and can cause toxic effects on various organs, including the liver. The white mulberry extract has anti-apoptotic and anti-oxidant effects.

OBJECTIVE:

The study aimed at investigating the effects of the dried white mulberry extract on the pathology, apoptosis, and oxidative stress in the liver, as well as the levels of serum adenosine deaminase, glutathione peroxidase, superoxide dismutase, ceruloplasmin, paraoxonase, and malondialdehyde in carmustine-administrated rats.

METHODS:

Forty-two rats divided into six groups were used in this study. BCNU was administrated intraperitoneally (IP) (5 mg/kg body weight (BW)/week) for 10 weeks to the BCNU and BCNU-DWME groups. DWME was administered (600 mg/kg-BW by oral gavage) daily for 10 weeks to the DWME and BCNU-DWME groups. After the experimental procedure, histopathological, immunohistochemical, and biochemical analyses were performed.

RESULTS:

Carmustine caused biliary hyperplasia at a dose of 5 mg/kg. However, the mulberry extract was not effective in alleviating this pathology. Furthermore, the administration of carmustine induced apoptosis in hepatocytes, and the mulberry extract had an anti-apoptotic effect. Carmustine increased the 8-OHdG activity in the liver, and dried mulberry extract ameliorated this activity. Although there was no significant difference in the serum oxidative stress parameters between the groups, carmustine significantly increased the adenosine deaminase activity during the recovery period, while mulberry extracts partially ameliorated these effects in the recovery period.

CONCLUSIONS:

Dried white mulberry extract has anti-apoptotic and anti-oxidative effects against carmustine-induced toxicity.
A fuzzy clustering algorithm based on hybrid surrogate model
Authors: Shi Maolin , Wang Zihao , Xu Lizhang
Published: December 2021

Data clustering based on regression relationship is able to improve the validity and reliability of the engineering data mining results. Surrogate models are widely used to evaluate the regression relationship in the process of data clustering, but there is no single surrogate model that always performs the best for all the regression relationships. To solve this issue, a fuzzy clustering algorithm based on hybrid surrogate model is proposed in this work. The proposed algorithm is based on the framework of fuzzy c-means algorithm, in which the differences between the clusters are evaluated by the regression relationship instead of Euclidean distance. Several surrogate models are simultaneously utilized to evaluate the regression relationship through a weighting scheme. The clustering objective function is designed based on the prediction errors of multiple surrogate models, and an alternating optimization method is proposed to minimize it to obtain the memberships of data and the weights of surrogate models. The synthetic datasets are used to test single surrogate model-based fuzzy clustering algorithms to choose the surrogate models used in the proposed algorithm. It is found that support vector regression-based and response surface-based fuzzy clustering algorithms show competitive clustering performance, so support vector regression and response surface are used to construct the hybrid surrogate model in the proposed algorithm. The experimental results of synthetic datasets and engineering datasets show that the proposed algorithm can provide more competitive clustering performance compared with single surrogate model-based fuzzy clustering algorithms for the datasets with regression relationships.
A Novel classification framework for the Thirukkural for building an efficient search system
Authors: Ramalingam Anita , Navaneethakrishnan Subalalitha Chinnaudayar
Published: December 2021

Thirukkural, a Tamil classic literature, which was written in 300 BCE is a didactic literature. Though Thirukkural comprises 1330 couplets which are organized into three sections and 133 chapters, in order to retrieve meaningful Thirukkural for a given query in search systems, a better organization of the Thirukkural is needed. This paper lays such a foundation by classifying the Thirukkural into ten new categories called superclasses that is helpful for building a better Information Retrieval (IR) system. The classifier is trained using Multinomial Naïve Bayes algorithm. Each superclass is further classified into two subcategories based on the didactic information. The proposed classification framework is evaluated using precision, recall and F-score metrics and achieved an overall F-score of 82.33% and a comparison analysis has been done with the Support Vector Machine, Logistic Regression and Random Forest algorithms. An IR system is built on top of the proposed system and the performance comparison has been done with the Google search and a locally built keyword search. The proposed classification framework has achieved a mean average precision score of 89%, whereas the Google search and keyword search have yielded 59% and 68% respectively.
Clinical Tests for Predicting Fallers Among Ambulatory Patients with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis: A Preliminary Cohort Study
Authors: Haruyama Koshiro , Kawakami Michiyuki
Published: December 2021

Background: Few studies have examined falls and their predictors in patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). Objective: The aim of this study was to survey fall incidence and to identify variables predicting the presence or absence of falls occurring within 3 months after discharge of patients with ALS from hospital. Methods: The following variables were evaluated in 14 patients with ALS: timed up and go test (TUG), functional reach test, 10-m comfortable gait speed, single-leg stance time, manual muscle test (MMT) scores for the lower limb, total modified Ashworth scale score for the lower limbs, fear of falling, and pull test score. The primary outcome variable was the occurrence of a fall within 3 months after discharge. The fall rate was calculated based on fall record forms. The specific circumstances of each fall were also recorded. Univariate and multiple regression analyses were used to identify fall predictors. Results: Seven of the 14 ALS patients (50%) experienced a fall within 3 months. Five fallers reported experiencing a fall that had caused injury, and three reported experiencing a fall that had required a hospital visit. Univariate logistic regression analysis identified TUG time, gait speed and MMT of the ankle dorsiflexors as factors associated with falls (p = 0.02–0.04). Multiple linear regression analysis of fall numbers identified age and TUG time as predictor models (p = 0.03). Conclusion: TUG time and MMT of ankle dorsiflexors may help predict falls in ALS patients. Validation studies in larger cohorts are needed.
Web scraping technique for producing Iranian consumer price index
Authors: Faramarzi Ayoub , Hadizadeh Reza , Fayyaz Saeed , Sajadimanesh Sohrab , Moradi Abbas
Published: December 2021

Data pervasiveness was made possible by the advent of new technologies such as the Internet and the World Wide Web in every human and non-human activity. This created an exponential increase or data explosion in data generation, coined under the term Big data. Alternatively, Big Data sources can contribute to the reduction of the response burden or they can be used only to study some economic or social phenomena before designing a statistical survey which is inherently expensive to pilot. Also, incorporating Big Data sources into official statistics means maintaining a net competitive advantage and relevance of the official statistics products compared to those provided by a plethora of commercial players, with reference to large corporations that are active in the field of information technology. In this paper, the web scraping technique was used to extract the daily prices of the food and drinks products in order to replace them with conventional prices which had been used for price indices. Moreover, these sorts of new datasets enable us to calculate the indices in smaller time scales like weekly or daily basis in comparison to the conventional approach which is possible only on monthly basis. Although web scraping has its own problems, it is more economically friendly, accurate, and time-saving, especially in urban areas. Findings revealed that the web scraping technique can be applied as an effective alternative to conventional methods for CPI. Also, this technique can be used for other price statistics.
Automatic detection of COVID-19 in chest radiographs using serially concatenated deep and handcrafted features
Authors: Rajesh Kannan S. , Sivakumar J. , Ezhilarasi P.
Published: December 2021

Since the infectious disease occurrence rate in the human community is gradually rising due to varied reasons, appropriate diagnosis and treatments are essential to control its spread. The recently discovered COVID-19 is one of the contagious diseases, which infected numerous people globally. This contagious disease is arrested by several diagnoses and handling actions. Medical image-supported diagnosis of COVID-19 infection is an approved clinical practice. This research aims to develop a new Deep Learning Method (DLM) to detect the COVID-19 infection using the chest X-ray. The proposed work implemented two methods namely, detection of COVID-19 infection using (i) a Firefly Algorithm (FA) optimized deep-features and (ii) the combined deep and machine features optimized with FA. In this work, a 5-fold cross-validation method is engaged to train and test detection methods. The performance of this system is analyzed individually resulting in the confirmation that the deep feature-based technique helps to achieve a detection accuracy of > 92% with SVM-RBF classifier and combining deep and machine features achieves > 96% accuracy with Fine KNN classifier. In the future, this technique may have potential to play a vital role in testing and validating the X-ray images collected from patients suffering from the infection diseases.
ENVIRONMENTAL TENDENCIES FOR THE ARCHITECTURE FORMATION OF MODERN EXHIBITION AND EDUCATIONAL STRUCTURES
Authors: Zaporozhchenko Oksana , Chernysheva Mariia
Published: December 2021

The ecological tendencies of forming of architecture of modern exhibition and educational buildings for revealing of ways of creation of ecological design decisions of this type of structures and expedient use of leading principles of eco-design of interior spaces are highlighted.  The analysis of architectural decisions of existing ecological exhibition and educational institutions is carried out.  It is revealed that the main task in designing buildings of this type is to ensure speed, ease and accessibility of human perception of information to initiate the process of thinking, analyzing and invoking positive feelings, as well as ensuring the predicted impact of contemporary art on the subconscious, while creating eco-safety of visitors and  environment.  This is achieved through the rational design of the building's multifunctionality, the use of environmentally friendly materials for construction and decoration, energy conservation, the use of alternative sources of energy, energy-saving and advanced technologies, environmental waste management, efficient use of natural lighting, design and phyto design,  the location of the building on the site, to create an unbroken connection between the interior and exterior space, etc.
WORLD PRACTICE OF ARRANGEMENT OF HOTEL FURNITURE FOR ANIMALS. PROSPECTS OF INTRODUCTION IN UKRAINE
Authors: Samoilovich Valentin , Malik Tetiana , Shadmanova Oksana
Published: December 2021

The article covers the establishment and development of specialized hotels for animals, the study of prospects for the introduction of hotels of this type in Ukraine. Zoo hotels have appeared as an alternative to keeping animals in hospitals at veterinary clinics. By the way, they provide such services to them. Small boxes that limit the extra mobility of the pet - a good option after surgery during the rehabilitation period, but not for a perfectly healthy animal. Hotel for animals - a specialized room that meets the established requirements for the accommodation of animals temporarily transferred by their owners for maintenance [azar].

The world of pets is very interesting. Observing and studying it, and people are fascinated not only by amazement and new discoveries, they care about animals and kindness, and love, and indulgence. Knowing animals, man knows himself.

Throughout history, pets have played a key role in human life, and have been seen primarily as suppliers of food, clothing, transportation, and time as an object of religious worship. Although animals around the world still use these traditional uses, the role of many animals in society has changed. Yes, there is a sharp increase in the number of animals that are supported and maintained as abilities for pleasure.
EUROPEAN EXPERIENCE OF CREATING LANDSCAPE AREAS FOR TEMPORARY REST
Authors: Shevchenko Anna , Shchurova Viktoriia
Published: December 2021

Optimization of the environment by means of landscaping is one of the most important scientific, social and economic tasks of today. Historical and contemporary public spaces are currently undergoing rapid change and this raises concerns about negative consequences.

The basis for writing the article were the conclusions and main provisions of scientific works of recent years. Attention paid to landscape issues at different urban planning hierarchical levels. The object is determined according to the typology of landscape and recreational objects of T. Panchenko. We present materials to clarify the requirements for the formation of parks and places of temporary recreation in the historical districts of the city in a useful article for research, authors K. Zhikhareva and Professor O. Sleptsov. The purpose of the article. Based on the analysis of landscape and recreational spaces of European cities to formulate the characteristics of temporary recreation areas in the central areas of cities.  New recreational public spaces in the central areas of European cities of Poland, Austria, Latvia and Czech Republic – the result of architectural and landscape competitions. The main characteristics of the architectural and planning organization depend on the compositional features of the historical environment. Article present author's photographs of the exploration of the central zone of Warsaw. Highlighted the main requirements and restrictions from regulatory sources to ensure the physical, bioclimatic, psychological, aesthetic comfort of residents. The main characteristics of the architectural and planning organization depend on the compositional features of the historical environment. Author’s field survey of the central zone of Warsaw determined. Allocate the basic requirements and restrictions from normative sources for maintenance of physical, bioclimatic, psychological, aesthetic comfort of inhabitants. The possibility of creating universal characteristics is considered.

The issue that needs to be addressed in the reconstruction of greenery: architectural and landscape assessment to identify the compositional potential of the territory, the main functional areas and species points. For temporary recreation in the central areas of cities, small gardens and squares have the following characteristics: openness, nonlinearity and dispersion.
ANALISIS PERSEPSI KONSUMEN DALAM MENYUSUN STRATEGI MENINGKATKAN KUALITAS PRODUK DI CAFE FEELTER
Authors: Alia Lily , Chan Arianis , Barkah Cecep Safa’atul , Tresna Pratami Wulan
Published: December 2021

Penelitian ini dilakukan untuk menganalisis persepsi konsumen terhadap harga, kualitas produk dan suasana di cafe Feelter. Penelitian ini merupakan penelitian kuantitatif deskriptif dengan 65 responden yang pernah membeli dan datang ke cafe Feelter akan tetapi tidak datang kembali, dan menggunakan teknik judgemental sampling. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa berdasarkan nilai mean, persepsi pelanggan di Cafe Feelter terhadap kualitas produk masih kurang baik. Berdasarkan analisis button two boxes dapat diketahui bahwa persepsi konsumen terhadap kualitas produk adalah kurang baik karena mayoritas indikator menunjukan tidak puas dibanding sangat puas.
Kata Kunci: Persepsi, Kualitas Produk.
HUBUNGAN pufa DENGAN KUALITAS HIDUP PADA SISWA USIA 6-8 TAHUN DI SD NEGERI DI MEDAN
Authors: Gema Nazri Yanti  , Rika Mayasari Alamsyah  , Karsa Rajagukguk
Published: December 2021

Kerusakan pada gigi atau karies merupakan penyakit yang paling umum terjadi pada anak-anak. Karies gigi yang tidak dirawat dapat mengakibatkan pulpitis, ulserasi, fistula dan abses (pufa) yang dapat berdampak terhadap kualitas hidup anak. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui hubungan skor pufa dengan kualitas hidup pada siswa usia 6-8 tahun di 2 SD Negeri kota Medan. Jenis penelitian adalah cross sectional study dengan populasi siswa usia 6-8 tahun di SD Negeri 060889 dan 060894 kota Medan. Seluruh populasi dijadikan sampel berjumlah 206 orang. Pengumpulan data akibat karies yang tidak dirawat menggunakan indeks pufa dan skor kualitas hidup menggunakan indeks Child Perceptions Questionnaire (CPQ). Hubungan skor pufa dengan kualitas hidup dianalisis menggunakan chi square test. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan rerata skor pufa 0,85 ± 0,93 dan sebagian besar responden memiliki kualitas hidup baik yaitu 62,8%, cukup 30,8% dan buruk 6,6%. Ada hubungan yang signifikan antara skor pufa dengan kualitas hidup pada anak SD Negeri di kota Medan (p= 0,000). Semakin meningkat skor pufa, persentase kualitas hidup baik semakin menurun, sebaliknya persentase kualitas hidup sedang dan buruk semakin meningkat. Sebagai kesimpulan, ada hubungan yang signifikan antara skor pufa dan kualitas hidup pada siswa SD.