bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Teaching Innovation Practices, Career Development Support, and Satisfaction of College Teachers in a Chinese University
Authors: Hua Wei , Caiga Beverly
Published: December 2024

In the dynamic environment of higher education, the role of teaching innovation and career development support became increasingly crucial in fostering career satisfaction among university faculty in China. This study delved into the intricate relationships between teaching innovation practices, career development support, and career satisfaction, with a particular focus on how these factors collectively influenced teaching effectiveness, professional growth, and the overall academic performance of faculty members. Utilizing a descriptive and correlational research method, the study aimed to identify the extent to which these practices contributed to job satisfaction and the success of educational institutions. The findings revealed that integrating modern teaching tools, promoting interdisciplinary collaboration, and providing personalized career support significantly enhanced both teaching quality and overall faculty satisfaction. Moreover, the study emphasized the importance of continuous professional development and institutional support as critical drivers of career growth, faculty retention, and teaching effectiveness. The research highlighted that faculty members who were consistently offered opportunities for advancement and innovation were more likely to remain motivated, thus contributing positively to student outcomes. A notable positive correlation was found between career satisfaction and both teaching innovation practices and career development support, suggesting that improvements in these areas directly fostered enhanced job satisfaction among university faculty. These findings offered practical insights and guidance for universities to further strengthen their teaching innovation and career support systems, ultimately leading to a more satisfied faculty, improved teaching quality, and greater institutional success.
Work-life balance, Academic Passion, and Vitality Among Private College Teachers in China
Authors: Min Zhang
Published: December 2024

This study focused on the challenges faced by teachers in the academic ecology of private higher education in China, in particular issues such as organizational expectations, academic pressure, and blurred boundaries between family and work, which affect teachers’ work-life balance and academic sustainability. The aim of the study was to explore the current status and interrelationships of 430 teachers in 7 private universities in China in terms of work-life balance, academic passion and vitality.

Descriptive statistical methods were used to analyze the characteristics of teachers from four dimensions: sex, age, highest level of education and years of experience. Through the modified Likert scale, the teachers’ work-life balance was evaluated from three dimensions: mental balance, time balance and satisfaction balance. Evaluate academic passion from three dimensions: harmonious passion, obsessive passion and balanced passion. Academic vitality is analyzed from three key indicators: academic input time, teaching input time, and academic productivity.

The research results show that the interviewed teachers are mainly female and middle-aged and young, most of them have a master’s degree or above, and their working years are short. Teachers have a positive attitude towards work-life balance, preferring harmonious and balanced academic passions and not identifying with obsessive passions. Teaching time commitment is highly recognized, and academic time commitment matches productivity. Further analysis revealed that work-life balance, academic enthusiasm and academic vitality promote each other and jointly drive teacher career development.

Based on this, this study put forward a series of strategies, including rationalizing workload, providing psychological counseling services, optimizing time management, establishing academic exchange platform and improving academic reward system, promoting teachers’ work-life balance and stimulate their academic passion and vitality.
The Role of the West Aceh District Social Service in Handling Gepengs in the City of Meulaboh
Authors: Era Nur , Kasih Dar
Published: December 2024

Beggars (tramps and beggars) are people who live as vagabonds and at the same time beg because they don't have a permanent place to live and, for various reasons, have to live under bridges, public parks, roadsides, river banks, or various other public facilities to sleep and carry out their lives. Daily. The role of Social Service is a main task of the Organizational Structure related to social problems, homeless people, beggars and other social problems. This study aims to determine the role of the Social Service in handling sprawl in Meulaboh, West Aceh District and to find out the obstacles faced by the Social Service in handling sprawl in Meulaboh in West Aceh. This research is a type of field research. The qualitative method uses data obtained from observations, interviews, and documentation, as well as data obtained from written documents related to this research. Based on the research results, it can be concluded that the role of the Social Service is beneficial in handling Gepengs in Meulaboh, and it is necessary to work together with Satpol PP, and wilayatul hisbah to raid Gepengs. The subjects in this study were the Head of the Social Service, the Head of the Rehabilitation Sector, the Head of the Rehabilitation Section, and the Beggars. Obstacles faced by the Social Service in handling sprawl in Meulaboh City, West Aceh District, include a lack of funds and facilities.
Analisis Risiko Investasi Saham Sektor Perbankan Syariah Menggunakan Perhitungan Value at Risk (VaR) dengan Model Simulasi Monte Carlo
Authors: Marlinda Marlinda
Published: December 2024

Risk is a fact that investors must face in stock investment activities. Investors need risk management and estimation to avoid higher risks due to stock price fluctuations that are difficult to predict. Risk management is a system of supervision and protection to minimize acceptable risks. The risk of a stock can be measured using Value at Risk (VaR). VaR is an estimate of the maximum risk obtained by investors under normal market conditions, periods and certain levels of confidence. One of the methods used to determine VaR is Monte Carlo Simulation which includes the generation of random numbers. This method is considered the most powerful in estimating VaR. This study aims to estimate stock risk on single assets and portfolios at BRIS and BTPS for the period January 1, 2021 - December 31, 2023, using VaR calculation with Monte Carlo simulation. The secondary data used in this study is the daily closing stock price data of PT Bank Syariah Indonesia Tbk (BRIS) and PT Bank BTPN Syariah Tbk (BTPS) during the period January 1, 2021-31 December 2023. Based on the results of the test analysis, it shows that on a single asset, PT Bank BTPN Syariah Tbk (BTPS) has a VaR level of IDR 20,014,498 higher than the VaR level of PT Bank Syariah Indonesia Tbk (BRIS) of IDR 19,947,342. In the calculation of the portfolio with the weight of BRIS = 50% and BTPS = 50% shares shows a loss of Rp15,529,484. The VaR value is lower than the VaR value of each asset, it can be concluded that the diversification effect can minimize the risk of stock investment.
ANALISIS NON PERFORMING FINANCING DAN KINERJA KEUANGAN PT BANK TABUNGAN PENSIUNAN NASIONAL SYARIAH PERIODE 2014 – 2016
Authors: Hanindita Dea Umara
Published: December 2024

LPP TVRI Aceh Station is one of 12 broadcasting stations in Indonesia. The presence of LPP TVRI Aceh Station created a step forward to foster archipelago insight and national resilience. In connection with this matter, the purpose of this study is to find out how the financial performance of the TVRI Aceh LPP Station for 2015-2017 is based on several ratios, namely efficiency ratio and effectiveness ratio. This research is a type of descriptive research. The results showed, the level of efficiency of financial performance of LPP TVRI Aceh Station during the 2015-2017 period, namely in the 2015 fiscal year the efficiency level was 189% which means it was inefficient, in the 2016 fiscal year the efficiency level was 120% which means inefficient, in the 2017 fiscal year efficiency level of 135% which means it is not efficient. The level of effectiveness of the financial performance of LPP TVRI Aceh Station during the 2015-2017 period has no value. Because the income budget contained in the realization report of the work unit budget is not listed, because TVRI is reluctant to list its value on the grounds that the income budget is unstable, the year-end financial statements should be complete and in accordance with applicable regulations.
Verdensmestre i tværsektorielle overgange eller lost in translation?
Authors: Lehn Sine , Højbjerg Karin , Nielsen Cathrine Sand , Bukhave Elise Bromann
Published: December 2024

The article examines the implications of a national revision of bachelor's degree programmes in healthcare that aimed to increase students' competencies for cross-sectoral collaboration. Through critical policy analysis inspired by Nudzor's approach to policy as text and discourse, the article provides insight into the complex dynamics underlying the policy-practice gap related to this particular learning objective. The analysis shows that the introduction of this standardised learning outcome across bachelor's degree programmes in the health field has created challenges in clinical educational practice. While some programmes can relatively easily 'translate' policy into educational practice, others struggle to create meaningful and realisable educational practice with a focus on cross-sectoral competence development. Policy thus produces differentiations in the educational field. Some programmes and implementation actors are positioned as 'good', while others are left in less favourable positions. The article highlights the importance of illuminating how policy resonates with and influences practice in a complex and differentiated way. Furthermore, the article points to the need to critically discuss the transformation of objectives of health system policy to objectives of professional competencies.
Her er Varv!
Authors: Redaktionen
Published: December 2024

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Geologiske problemer i ”De nye lande"
Authors: Noe-Nyegaard Arne
Published: December 2024

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Møns Klint
Authors: Bondesen Erling
Published: December 2024

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Tur til Omø
Authors: Jacobsen Erik Maagaard
Published: December 2024

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En mikrobe af format
Authors: Larsen Arne Rosenkrands
Published: December 2024

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Datering med en ion-sonde
Authors: Schiøtte Lasse
Published: December 2024

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Iberisk pyrit
Authors: Stendal Henrik
Published: December 2024

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Strandforskydningskurver
Authors: Jakobsen Erik Maagaard
Published: December 2024

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Boganmeldelse. Per Smed: Sten i det danske landskab, 180 sider. Geografforlaget
Authors: Skibsted Søren
Published: December 2024

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Danmark i istiden, en tegneserie
Authors: Houmark-Nielsen Michael
Published: December 2024

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Brachiopoder - en glorværdig fortid
Authors: Asgaard Ulla
Published: December 2024

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Tungsand
Authors: Grimm Kent , Pedersen Stig Asbjørn Schack
Published: December 2024

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Flakkerhuk - en østgrønlandsk randmoræne
Authors: Houmark-Nielsen Michael
Published: December 2024

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Feldspat
Authors: Pedersen Mikael
Published: December 2024

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De danske koralbanker
Authors: Willumsen Mads
Published: December 2024

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Dansk Geologisk Forening (DGF) 1893-1993: Personer og begivenheder i to billeder
Authors: Kristiansen Erik
Published: December 2024

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Geologiske basisdatakort – boringsoplysninger omsat til kort
Authors: Gravesen Peter
Published: December 2024

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Den Baltiske Issø i Fakse Bugt
Authors: Jensen Jørn Bo , Bennike Ole
Published: December 2024

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Horace Benedict De Saussure - den første alpegeolog
Authors: Berthelsen Asger
Published: December 2024

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Cordierit – Solsten
Authors: Jensen Aage
Published: December 2024

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‘Gravet fisk’
Authors: Bonde Niels
Published: December 2024

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Jordens geologiske historie belyst ved dybhavskerner
Authors: Mikkelsen Naja
Published: December 2024

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Hurtige klimavariationer - dybhavets klimaarkiv
Authors: Fronval Torben
Published: December 2024

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Rytmiske aflejringer
Authors: Hansen Hans Jørgen
Published: December 2024

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The Lost Word Jurassic Park
Authors: Andersen Lars W. , Andersen Stine R. G. , Christensen Søren , Olsen Lars M.
Published: December 2024

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Forord
Authors: Pedersen Svend
Published: December 2024

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Udnyttelsen af kryolit
Authors: Rasmussen Mogens H.
Published: December 2024

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Geologiske og geotekniske forhold under Femer Bælt
Authors: Frederiksen John , Olsen Henrik , Hansen Henning Kryger
Published: December 2024

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Boganmeldelse. Mogens Rud: Grønlandsforskeren Alfred Wegener og de drivende kontinenter, Christian Ejlers Forlag, 1997, 144
Authors: Poulsen Valdemar
Published: December 2024

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Boganmeldelse. Asger Berthelsen: Rejsen til Den Blå Sø. Christian Gads Forlag, 1998, 244 sider
Authors: Redaktionen
Published: December 2024

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Tidlige sulfidmineraler fra Citronen Fjord forekomsten, Peary Land, Nordgrønland,
Authors: Kragh Karsten
Published: December 2024

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Den islandske kappediapir
Authors: Breddam Kresten
Published: December 2024

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Foraminiferer og sporfossiler - spor efter ukendte rovdyr
Authors: Nielsen Kurt Søren Svensson
Published: December 2024

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Boganmeldelse. Bjørn G. Andersen: Istider i Norge. Landskap formet af istidernes breer, Universitetsforlaget, Oslo
Authors: Berthelsen Asger
Published: December 2024

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De røder miler på Anholt – i Axel Jessens fodspor
Authors: Bjørnsen Mette , Clemmensen Lars B.
Published: December 2024

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Georadarkortlægning af Hvidbjerg kystklitfelt
Authors: Pedersen Karsten
Published: December 2024

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Historien bag et mønster
Authors: Bromley Richard , Asgaard Ulla
Published: December 2024

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Senprækambriske subvulkanske gangsystemer i Sydnorge
Authors: Pedersen Svend
Published: December 2024

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Hvordan begyndte krystallografien
Authors: Micheelsen Harry
Published: December 2024

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Danekræ – flotte fossiler
Authors: Bonde Niels , Jakobsen Sten L.
Published: December 2024

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Bavnet – en ny grundfjeldslokalitet på Bornholm
Authors: Jørgart Tommy
Published: December 2024

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Svovlisotoper - et værktøj til at belyse marine processer
Authors: Nielsen Jesper Kresten , Pedersen Mikael , Shen Yanan , Boyce Adrian J.
Published: December 2024

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Boganmeldelse. Niels Henriksen: Grønlands geologiske udvikling – fra urtid til nutid, 270 sider. GEUS
Authors: Rose-Hansen John
Published: December 2024

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Spor i tiden – når palæontologi bliver til kunst
Authors: Milàn Jesper
Published: December 2024

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Var Tyrannosaurus Rex jæger eller ådselsæder? – Ny udstilling på Eksperimentariet
Authors: Milàn Jesper
Published: December 2024

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Predictors of successful vaginal birth after one caesarean section at selected hospitals in Lusaka, Zambia
Authors: Mukape M , Vwalika B
Published: December 2024

Background. Repeat caesarean section (CS) carries an increased risk of both maternal and neonatal morbidity and mortality. Planned vaginal birth after CS (VBAC), with an estimated success rate of 60 - 80%, is clinically safer than elective repeat CS, and also limits the rise in CSs. There is no single generalised validated tool to predict success of VBAC.
Objectives. To determine predictors of successful VBAC among mothers with one previous CS at selected hospitals in Lusaka, Zambia.
Method. Determination of independent predictors with significant high odds of a successful VBAC among mothers offered a trial of labour (TOL) was conducted in a cross-sectional study. Women with a history of one previous lower-segment CS, who were carrying a singleton fetus and were in established labour or draining amniotic fluid and scheduled for TOL after CS, were included in the study. Convenience sampling was used to enrol 290 participants. Using SPSS version 22, bivariate analysis and logistic regression analysis were used to analyse data. An independent factor associated with successful VBAC and with a p-value <0.05 was considered significant.
Results. Of the participants, 236 (81.4%) had a successful vaginal delivery and 54 (18.6%) failed to deliver vaginally and required emergency CS. Key independent predictors of success of VBAC were primary education level (adjusted odds ratio (AOR) 2.21; 95% confidence interval (CI) 1.01 - 4.84), multiparity (AOR 4.81; 95% CI 1.16 - 19.93), previous successful VBAC (AOR 9.94; 95% CI 1.29 - 76.70), inter-delivery interval after the primary CS (AOR 18.54; 95% CI 5.98 - 57.48), a history of fetal distress (AOR 9.33; 95% CI 2.48 - 35.08), malpresentation (AOR 6.13; 95% CI 1.65 - 22.70) or failed induction of labour (AOR 20.52; 95% CI 3.32 - 127.03) as indications for the primary CS, Bishop score (AOR 7.06; 95% CI 1.92 - 25.97), cervical dilation (AOR 11.62; 95% CI 3.86 - 35.03), duration of labour (AOR 20.78; 95% CI 5.62 - 76.80), birthweight (AOR 6.80; 95% CI 3.33 - 13.91) and Apgar score (AOR 28.42; 95% CI 5.67 - 142.38).
Conclusion. A combination of independent sociodemographic and obstetric factors that have significant high odds for a good outcome of VBAC could help predict success of delivery in a given population. This information could also aid in counselling mothers on mode of delivery.
Deuil et déconversion évangélique : l’accompagnement spirituel à la frontière de la religion
Authors: Barreau Jean-Marc , Gagné Benjamin
Published: December 2024

À partir d’une étude de cas typique, cet article propose d’explorer la question du deuil vécu au cours d’un processus de déconversion évangélique. Dans une approche interdisciplinaire et clinique, il cherche à concevoir une typologisation du deuil appliquée à la religion à partir de la philosophie de la Rhétorique des passions d’Aristote, de la sociologie de la déconversion, de la sociologie du deuil et de l’anthropologie de l’accompagnement spirituel. Il explore aussi la construction de rituels de deuil spontanés et institutionnels adaptés à de tels processus de déconversion.
On the role of the prosecutor in protecting the labor rights of minors
Authors: Usov Aleksei Yur'evich , Nesterova Natal'ya Aleksandrovna
Published: December 2024

The subject of the research is the prosecutor's protection of the labor rights of minors. The authors of the article investigate not only the features of prosecutorial supervision over the observance of labor rights of citizens under the age of 18, but also analyze other types of prosecutorial activities in this area. The paper pays attention to the specifics and legal grounds for the participation of prosecutors in the consideration of labor disputes by the courts. Proposals have been formulated on the specifics of the implementation of legal education by prosecutors among employers, as well as underage workers. In order to distinguish between the subject of prosecutorial supervision and the competence of state control bodies in the studied area, the issues that are subject to verification by the prosecutor are reflected, and the limits of prosecutorial activity are outlined. In the course of the study, the authors applied the method of statistical analysis of data on the number of violations of the labor rights of minors identified by prosecutors. Comparing this information with data on the number of claims filed by prosecutors allowed us to establish that the number of cases of prosecutors send to courts is relatively small. The scientific novelty of the research lies in the systematization of knowledge about the role of the prosecutor in protecting the labor rights of minors. The paper also formulated separate proposals for improving this type of prosecutorial activity. In particular, a legal justification has been developed for the prosecutor's right to bring the cases to court in order to protect the labor rights of a minor employee, even in cases where the minor himself does not want to file a written application with the prosecutor's office, but the violation of his labor rights is significant. In addition, the research contains proposals to tighten administrative responsibility for violations of the labor rights of minors.
Pragmática menor em Gilles Deleuze
Authors: Cardoso Jr. Hélio Rebello
Published: December 2024

Gilles Deleuze estabeleceu uma metáfora que mostra bem o desafio de comentar a obra de um pensador. Ela consiste em pensar esse processo como o arremesso de um dardo em que uma geração recebe o objeto de um lançador e, para valorizar esse esforço, é necessário enviá-lo cada vez mais longe, onde alguém dará seguimento ao processo. O autor busca seguir o conselho de Deleuze para que esta ação tenha sucesso, ou seja, aumentar as distinções que o pensador prévio, o que significa, na pragmática da atividade crítica, abrir no campo das idéias do intelectual que se está estudando uma fresta que permita retirar algum elemento novo. Surge, assim, um problema filosófico presente em um pensamento, mas que não havia sido antes formulado explicitamente. Ele é visto como “menor”, segundo o filósofo, por se desvincular das grandes linhas de senso comum, consideradas majoritárias, que nutrem uma opinião em torno de certa centralidade reconhecida como evidente. A partir dessa perspectiva, o livro percorre um plano conceitual que circunscreva, por meio de noções e conceitos apropriados, o que efetivaria essa pragmática segundo as coordenadas filosóficas do pensamento de Gilles Deleuze. A vinculação, nesses termos, entre filosofia da imanência e empirismo é a aposta ontológica maior.
Establishing the foundations for a data-centric AI approach for virtual drug screening through a systematic assessment of the properties of chemical data
Authors: Chong Allen , Phua Ser-Xian , Xiao Yunzhi , Ng Woon Yee , Li Hoi Yeung , Goh Wilson Wen Bin
Published: December 2024

Researchers have adopted model-centric artificial intelligence (AI) approaches in cheminformatics by using newer, more sophisticated AI methods to take advantage of growing chemical libraries. It has been shown that complex deep learning methods outperform conventional machine learning (ML) methods in QSAR and ligand-based virtual screening
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but such approaches generally lack explanability. Hence, instead of developing more sophisticated AI methods (i.e., pursuing a model-centric approach), we wanted to explore the potential of a data-centric AI paradigm for virtual screening. A data-centric AI is an intelligent system that would automatically identify the right type of data to collect, clean and curate for later use by a predictive AI and this is required given the large volumes of chemical data that exist in chemical databases – PubChem alone has over 100 million unique compounds. However, a systematic assessment of the attributes and properties of suitable data is needed. We show here that it is not the result of deficiencies in current AI algorithms but rather, poor understanding and erroneous use of chemical data that ultimately leads to poor predictive performance. Using a new benchmark dataset of BRAF ligands that we developed, we show that our best performing predictive model can achieve an unprecedented accuracy of 99% with a conventional ML algorithm (SVM) using a merged molecular representation (Extended + ECFP6 fingerprints), far surpassing past performances of virtual screening platforms using sophisticated deep learning methods. Thus, we demonstrate that it is not necessary to resort to the use of sophisticated deep learning algorithms for virtual screening because conventional ML can perform exceptionally well if given the right data and representation. We also show that the common use of decoys for training leads to high false positive rates and its use for testing will result in an over-optimistic estimation of a model’s predictive performance. Another common practice in virtual screening is defining compounds that are above a certain pharmacological threshold as inactives. Here, we show that the use of these so-called inactive compounds lowers a model’s sensitivity/recall. Considering that some target proteins have a limited number of known ligands, we wanted to also observe how the size and composition of the training data impact predictive performance. We found that an imbalance training dataset where inactives outnumber actives led to a decrease in recall but an increase in precision, regardless of the model or molecular representation used; and overall, we observed a decrease in the model’s accuracy. We highlight in this study some of the considerations that one needs to take into account in future development of data-centric AI for CADD.
Prognostic value of inflammatory and nutritional indexes among patients with unresectable advanced gastric cancer receiving immune checkpoint inhibitors combined with chemotherapy—a retrospective study
Authors: Zhu Meiqin , Zhang Lin-Ting , Lai Wenjuan , Yang Fang , Zhou Danyang , Xu Ruilian , Tong Gangling
Published: December 2024

Background

Recent studies have revealed that inflammatory factors and nutritional status of patients with advanced gastric cancer (AGC) are related to the efficacy of drug therapy and patient prognosis. This study seeks to evaluate the correlation between inflammatory markers, nutritional status, and clinical outcomes of immune checkpoint inhibitor (ICI)-based therapies among inoperable AGC patients.

Method

This retrospective study included 88 AGC patients who received ICIs combined with chemotherapy. Inflammatory and nutritional indicators from patients before and after two cycles of treatment were collected. Finally, the correlations between these indicators and the clinical response and survival of AGC patients with ICI treatment were examined.

Results

The results revealed that an Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group performance status (ECOG PS) score of 0, neutrophil count to lymphocyte count ratio (NLR) < 2.84, platelet count to lymphocyte count ratio (PLR) < 82.23, lymphocyte count to monocyte count ratio ≥ 2.35, the hemoglobin, albumin, lymphocyte and platelet score (HALP) ≥ 31.17, prognostic nutritional index (PNI) ≥ 46.53, albumin ≥ 41.65, the decreased HALP group and the decreased PNI group were significantly correlated with improved objective response rate. Additionally, an ECOG PS score of 0, NLR < 2.84 and the decreased HALP group was associated with a superior disease control rate. Meanwhile, an ECOG PS score of 0 (progression-free survival (PFS): P = 0.003; overall survival (OS): P = 0.001) and decreased PLR following treatment (PFS: P = 0.011; OS: P = 0.008) were significant independent predictors of PFS and OS. Lastly, a systemic immune inflammation index ≥ 814.8 was also a positive independent predictor of OS among AGC patients.

Conclusion

Our study supports the potential of inflammatory and nutritional factors to serve as predictors of the efficacy and prognosis in patients undergoing ICI-based therapies for AGC. However, further investigations are necessary to validate these findings.
An Event Study on Impact of Russia-Ukraine War on Indian Banking Sector Stock
Authors: Nupoor Neha , Kumar Sandeep , Gupta Mukesh Babu
Published: December 2024

Aim: To study the impact of the Russia-Ukraine event on the performance of banking sector stocks.
Study Designs: The descriptive statistical analysis has been done for six selected banks and is based on the Russia-Ukraine war. Study employs event analysis method for analysis.
Place and Duration of Study: The secondary data has been downloaded from the NSE site, and the study duration is pre- and post-90 days from the event day and 120 days for the event window and 210 days for the estimation window has been considered.
Methodology: The event analysis method has been used in which a paired t-test has been employed. We have checked significant at a p-value of 0.10 (10% level). Significant at p-value of 0.05 (5% level) Significant at p-value of 0.01 (1% level).
Results: By examining a wide range of degrees of relationship between the two variables, we have tried to analyze how financial markets respond to changes in the warlike situation and how conditions impact asset prices. The results show the impact of the event before and after the event date. This analysis fills the gap in understanding event-specific impacts on financial institutions.
Conclusion: The study provides insights into whether market behavior remained stable (null hypothesis accepted) or displayed volatility (alternate hypothesis accepted) across 90 days for global crises like the Russia-Ukraine war. The findings of the research have implications for the banking sector of India, policymakers, investors, and researchers. The research provides numerical and non-numerical information that other researchers can employ for cross-study analysis or for verifying theories. Lingering questions from the investors, including those in search of portfolio diversification strategies and the right time to invest. The discovery empowers the firms to have better policies inside and better relations outside, with customers and other stakeholders, such as during the change in monetary policy or in external shocks.
Comparative Assessment of Aquifer Vulnerability Near Major Dumpsites around Karu-Abuja and Keffi in Nasarawa State, Nigeria, Using Integrated Geophysical Methods
Authors: Okeh Anthony , Mallam Abu , Osagie Abel Uyimwen , Loretta Okwute, Ojonoma
Published: December 2024

This study investigates aquifer vulnerability to leachate infiltration near major dumpsites in Karu-Abuja and Keffi, Nasarawa State, Nigeria, using integrated geophysical methods – Vertical Electrical Sounding (VES), 2-D Electrical Resistivity Tomography (ERT), Self-Potential (SP), and Very Low Frequency Electromagnetic (VLF-EM). The study area spans basement complex and sedimentary formations. Data were collected from nine VES points, four ERT profiles, ten SP profiles and sixteen VLF transverses using Ohmega Allied resistivity meter and a Gem VLF receiver. The measurements identified groundwater saturation zones and contamination pathways such as fractures and faults. Data interpretation employed tools such as WINRESIST, RES2DINV, GRAPHER, SURFER and KHFFILT. Results delineated five to six geoelectric layers, including, topsoil, clayey sand, weathered/fractured, and fresh bedrocks. Keffi's topsoil resistivity values (47.1-224.2 Ω.m, in depths ≥ 2.1 m) indicate thicker overburden and better aquifer protective layers compared to Karu-Abuja's resistivity values (16.5-294.0 Ω.m, in depths ≥ 0.5 m). Leachate infiltration is observed in both areas, with materials of low resistivity values ranging from (7.2 to 9.9 Ω.m, in depths ≥ 7.7 m) and (2.8 to 9.6 Ω.m, in depths ≥ 6.37 m) in Karu-Abuja and Keffi study areas respectively, interpreted as contaminated zones. Negative SP anomalies ranging from (– 339.9 to -1.1 mV) and (-135 to -1.65 mV) attributed to electro-kinetic reactions, and high positive VLF current-density ranging from (5 to 10 %, in depths ≥ 14 m), further corroborated contamination pathways. The study evaluated the Aquifer Protective Capacities (APC) of Keffi and Karu-Abuja, revealing that Keffi showed better protection compared to Karu-Abuja, with Keffi showing poor rating of 66%; along VES 1 (0.043 S), VES 4 (0.05 S), VES 5 (0.01 S) and VES 6 (0.02 S) and a moderate rating of 33.33 %, along VES 3 (0.29 S) and VES 4 (0.33 S). Only VES 2 (0.89), representing 16.6%, had a good rating. The Karu-Abuja study area showed poor APC rating of 66.6%, along VES 1 (0.0063 S) and VES 3 (0.002 S), and a weak rating of 33.3% along VES 2 (0.1 S). The findings emphasise the need for regular Environmental Impact Assessments (EIAs) and the installation of geo-synthetic clay liners at dumpsite bases to safeguard groundwater resources.
Dynamics of Spatio-temporal Occupation of Biological Soils Crusts Using RS and GIS Approach in the Saria Catchment, West-central Region of Burkina Faso
Authors: MARE Boussa Tockville Josue , BATIONO Alexandre , BONTOGHO Tog-Noma Patricia Emma , OUEDRAOGO Jean , HIEN Edmond
Published: December 2024

In the semi-arid environments of sub-Saharan Africa, the combined action of climatic factors and human activities degrades the vegetation cover, resulting in soils that are vulnerable to the risk of erosion. This is when micro-organisms of various kinds, known as biological crusts, colonise the soil surface, playing a part in the pedogenetic processes and combating soil degradation. The aim of this study is to investigate the spatio-temporal occupation dynamics of biological crusts in the Saria catchment using remote sensing and geographic information systems. The methodology is based on a geomatics approach that integrates the use of Landsat-8 OLI/TIRS satellite images, geographic information systems and fieldwork. The processing of Landsat-8 OLI satellite images and the pedomorphological and environmental characterization of soils have made possible to map mainly two types of soils i.e. leached tropical ferruginous soils and low-humidity hydromorphic soils with surface pseudogley. After this step, the field work enabled us to identify the land cover units in our study area from which the in-situ observations of soils surfaces revealed that biological crusts are more developed on the soils of the fallow plots (30% - 95%) than the bare (5% - 15%) and field soils (5% - 10%). The results of this study showed that the level of development of soils biological crusts is linked to the plots disturbance and its ages. In conclusion the use of remote sensing and geographic information systems is an effective and less expensive technique for mapping soil types and land cover units covered by biological crusts.
CRISPR/Cas9 Driven Targeted Editing of Grain Number 1a gene: sgRNA Constructs Design for Yield Enhancement in Rice (Oryza sativa L.)
Authors: Bhavya G , Arpita Acharya , P.S Abida , R. Preetha , A.G. Kiran , C.J Melna Mary , Krishna G.K.
Published: December 2024

Yield is the ultimate trait determined by various quantitative trait loci (QTLs). One such QTL, GRAIN NUMBER 1a (GN1a), encodes for an enzyme Cytokinin oxidase/ dehydrogenase (CKX), which negatively influences the yield by degrading the phytohormone Cytokinin. CRISPR/Cas9, a precise means for targeted editing of a gene for the improvement of a particular trait in plants. Therefore, targeted genome editing of GN1a gene was performed to down-regulate the expression using CRISPR/Cas9 for the increase in grain number and yield with improved Cytokinin content in the panicle meristem. For the site-targeted mutagenesis, the single guide RNAs (sgRNAs) were designed using plant specific CRISPR-P v2.0 software. Two efficient sgRNAs were chosen critically entrenched on their GC content, on-target values, location on the gene, off-target sites and their location, secondary structures, adjacent to the Protospacer Adjacent Motif (PAM) NGG. The binary vector pRGEB32, with Cas9 influenced by rice ubiquitin promoter and BsaI restriction site driven by rice U3 promoter was employed for cloning of sgRNAs. The sgRNAs were tempered, phosphorylated and astringed with the binary vector pRGEB32, transformed into E. coli DH5α initially, then mobilized into A. tumefaciens EHA105. The present study helps in the development of elite lines which will lead to enhancement of grain number and overall yield for the growing population and farmer’s welfare.
Supply Chain Finance in India: Driving Growth and Business Transformation
Authors: Negi Swati , Negi Monika
Published: December 2024

Supply chains are often understood to include and integrate the movement of goods, data, and money from one company to another. Supply chain management theory and practice as it pertains to the movement of materials and data has a long and fruitful history of study, with an ever-expanding list of topics to cover. However this area of study has received little attention, the management of monetary flows across the supply chain and their interplay is known as supply chain finance (SCF). The article's goal is to shed light on India's supply chain financing which is done with the help of various papers published in prestigious journals and data collected from various relevant websites. Companies in any sector may be able to leverage emerging trends and technological advancements to their advantage, the article suggests, opening up new avenues for growth and enhancing the effectiveness of their supply chain operations. Businesses striving to traverse the complexities of the modern supply chain will undoubtedly continue to rely on supply chain management (SCF) as it evolves further.
An Overview of Infrastructure, Corporate Involvement, Financing, and Conservation in the National Strategic Food Estate Project in Siria-Ria Village, Pollung District, Indonesia
Authors: Manullang Bob Fransjaya , Nasution Zulkifli , Lubis Satia Negara
Published: December 2024

This study investigates the role of infrastructure, corporate involvement, financing, and conservation in the success of the National Strategic Food Estate Project in Siria-Ria Village, Indonesia. Using data from 50 respondents (out of a total of 93 eligible participants), Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) and Partial Least Squares (PLS) methods were applied to evaluate the project's performance. The findings reveal that infrastructure (path coefficient = 0.369, p < 0.01) and financing (path coefficient = 0.437, p < 0.001) have significant positive effects on the project's success. Corporate involvement (path coefficient = 0.258, p = 0.054) shows a positive but marginal effect, while conservation (path coefficient = 0.110, p = 0.326) demonstrates no significant short-term impact. The study underscores the importance of improving infrastructure, financing schemes, and corporate partnerships to ensure project success. Acronyms RPJMN (National Medium-Term Development Plan) and PSN (National Strategic Project) are critical in understanding the context of Indonesia's food security agenda.
Recent Advances in the Stereoselective Additions of Allylic Boronates to Carbonyl Compounds
Authors: Clement Helen A. , Hall Dennis G.
Published: January 2020

The addition of allylboronates to carbonyl compounds remains an invaluable transformation in synthetic organic chemistry for the stereoselective synthesis of a wide variety of substituted homoallylic alcohols. The use of allylboronates is an exceptionally attractive tool, in part due to the stability of organoboron nucleophiles and the inherently high and predictable stereoselectivity consistently observed. Herein, key advances regarding the thermal and catalyzed allylboration of aldehydes and ketones from the past decade are summarized, with a focus on aspects concerning the scope, mechanism, and stereoselectivity. Notably, novel modes of activation are described for both enantioenriched α‐substituted allylboronates and catalytic enantioselective additions of achiral boronates using chiral protic acids and organocatalysts. A number of innovative metal‐catalyzed enantioselective borylation approaches to allylboronates and their subsequent use as substrates, including bimetallic double allylation reagents, are also highlighted. The current innovative progress and limitations in the field of carbonyl allylboration are discussed.
Bioinspired Biomaterials with a Brick‐and‐Mortar Microstructure Combining Mechanical and Biological Performance
Authors: Li Tian , Ma Bing , Xue Jianmin , Zhai Dong , Zhao Pengyu , Chang Jiang , Wu Chengtie
Published: January 2020

The fabrication of bone regeneration biomaterials, which simultaneously possess superior mechanical performances and excellent bioactivity, remains challenging because these properties are usually mutually exclusive. Herein, inspired by the brick‐and‐mortar architecture of nacre, lamellar silicate‐based bioceramic composites are successfully prepared by constructing orderly layered bioceramics infiltrated with a biomedical resin interlayer via the bidirectional freezing technique. The lamellar composites possess high strength and proper Young's moduli, which match with human cortical bone. Furthermore, the lamellar composites can release bioactive ions with a controlled profile, which significantly enhance the cell proliferation of both rabbit bone mesenchymal stem cells and periodontal ligament cells in vitro. Moreover, with the degradation of silicate bioceramics in vivo, newly formed bone tissue can grow into the materials to present the bioceramic/new bone/resin sandwich‐like lamellar microstructure. The silicate‐based bioceramic composites with brick‐and‐mortar architecture represent an excellent biomaterial in combination of superior mechanical performances matching that of human cortical bone, and excellent bioactivity for potential load‐bearing bone regeneration.
Cyber–Physiochemical Interfaces
Authors: Wang Ting , Wang Ming , Yang Le , Li Zhuyun , Loh Xian Jun , Chen Xiaodong
Published: January 2020

Living things rely on various physical, chemical, and biological interfaces, e.g., somatosensation, olfactory/gustatory perception, and nervous system response. They help organisms to perceive the world, adapt to their surroundings, and maintain internal and external balance. Interfacial information exchanges are complicated but efficient, delicate but precise, and multimodal but unisonous, which has driven researchers to study the science of such interfaces and develop techniques with potential applications in health monitoring, smart robotics, future wearable devices, and cyber physical/human systems. To understand better the issues in these interfaces, a cyber–physiochemical interface (CPI) that is capable of extracting biophysical and biochemical signals, and closely relating them to electronic, communication, and computing technology, to provide the core for aforementioned applications, is proposed. The scientific and technical progress in CPI is summarized, and the challenges to and strategies for building stable interfaces, including materials, sensor development, system integration, and data processing techniques are discussed. It is hoped that this will result in an unprecedented multi‐disciplinary network of scientific collaboration in CPI to explore much uncharted territory for progress, providing technical inspiration—to the development of the next‐generation personal healthcare technology, smart sports‐technology, adaptive prosthetics and augmentation of human capability, etc.
A High‐Kinetics Sulfur Cathode with a Highly Efficient Mechanism for Superior Room‐Temperature Na–S Batteries
Authors: Yan Zichao , Liang Yaru , Xiao Jin , Lai Weihong , Wang Wanlin , Xia Qingbing , Wang Yunxiao , Gu Qinfen , Lu Huanming , Chou Shu‐Lei , Liu Yong , Liu Huakun , Dou Shi‐Xue
Published: January 2020

Applications of room‐temperature–sodium sulfur (RT‐Na/S) batteries are currently impeded by the insulating nature of sulfur, the slow redox kinetics of sulfur with sodium, and the dissolution and migration of sodium polysulfides. Herein, a novel micrometer‐sized hierarchical S cathode supported by FeS2 electrocatalyst, which is grown in situ in well‐confined carbon nanocage assemblies, is presented. The hierarchical carbon matrix can provide multiple physical entrapment to polysulfides, and the FeS2 nanograins exhibit a low Na‐ion diffusion barrier, strong binding energy, and high affinity for sodium polysulfides. Their combination makes it an ideal sulfur host to immobilize the polysulfides and achieve reversible conversion of polysulfides toward Na2S. Importantly, the hierarchical S cathode is suitable for large‐scale production via the inexpensive and green spray‐drying method. The porous hierarchical S cathode offers a high sulfur content of 65.5 wt%, and can deliver high reversible capacity (524 mAh g−1 over 300 cycles at 0.1 A g−1) and outstanding rate capability (395 mAh g−1 at 1 A g−1 for 850 cycles), holding great promise for both scientific research and real application.
Atomic Layer Deposition of ZnO on InP Quantum Dot Films for Charge Separation, Stabilization, and Solar Cell Formation
Authors: Crisp Ryan W. , Hashemi Fatemeh S. M. , Alkemade Jordi , Kirkwood Nicholas , Grimaldi Gianluca , Kinge Sachin , Siebbeles Laurens D. A. , van Ommen J. Ruud , Houtepen Arjan J.
Published: January 2020

To improve the stability and carrier mobility of quantum dot (QD) optoelectronic devices, encapsulation or pore infilling processes are advantageous. Atomic layer deposition (ALD) is an ideal technique to infill and overcoat QD films, as it provides excellent control over film growth at the sub‐nanometer scale and results in conformal coatings with mild processing conditions. Different thicknesses of crystalline ZnO films deposited on InP QD films are studied with spectrophotometry and time‐resolved microwave conductivity measurements. High carrier mobilities of 4 cm2 (V s)−1 and charge separation between the QDs and ZnO are observed. Furthermore, the results confirm that the stability of QD thin films is strongly improved when the inorganic ALD coating is applied. Finally, proof‐of‐concept photovoltaic devices of InP QD films are demonstrated with an ALD‐grown ZnO electron extraction layer.
Direct‐Ink Written Shape‐Morphing Film with Rapid and Programmable Multimotion
Authors: Mao Zhengyi , Zhu Kunkun , Pan Lulu , Liu Guo , Tang Tao , He Yunhu , Huang Jianpan , Hu Jinlian , Chan Kannie W. Y. , Lu Jian
Published: January 2020

Shape‐morphing structures are appealing in the material community to inspire a myriad of applications across domains, including soft robots, tissue engineering, and consumer products. However, it is a challenge to create fast response/recovery actuators with complicated and robust deformation due to the slow diffusion speed of water in hydrogel and small modulus of hydrogel. Herein, a facile strategy is proposed to fabricate a versatile patterned film configuration using chitin and poly(dimethylsiloxane) (PDMS). The direct‐ink writing (DIW) technique is leveraged to build simple, flat, patterned films, which can be morphed into complicated multidimensional architectures. Additionally, computational simulations are conducted to predict the deformation behaviors of the actuator. The sequential response structure can be precisely manipulated by the actuation speed of different structures. Moreover, an assembling method is proposed to create multifunction actuators.
Organic Functional Molecule‐Based Single‐Crystalline Nanowires for Optical Waveguides and Their Patterned Crystals
Authors: Zhang Xiao , Wu Jun‐Jie , Gao Hanfei , Zhao Yuyan , Qi Weiheng , Feng Jiangang , Wang Xue‐Dong , Wu Yuchen , Jiang Lei
Published: January 2020

The deterministic manufacturing and patterning of high‐quality organic single crystal semiconductors are core opportunities and challenges for large‐scale integrated functional devices with high efficiency and high performance. As for the solution patterning for the fabrication of the organic semiconductors, various methods are reported to efficiently control the position, alignment, and size of organic structures. Nevertheless, the poor control of the dewetting dynamics of organic solution leads to the low crystallinity and disordered crystallographic orientation of as‐fabricated organic architectures, which can limit their device performance. Herein, by use of the micropillar‐structured template with asymmetric wettability, the patterned organic 1D single crystals with precise position and geometry, flat morphology, and high alignment can be constructed. Moreover, the nanowire arrays are demonstrated with active optical waveguiding. In addition, the other patterned architectures of circle, triangle, square, pentagon, and hexagon shapes can also be constituted by regulating the surface geometry of substrates. This work not only facilitates the fundamental understanding on the patterning and crystallization of organic architectures, but also contributes greatly to the development of large‐scale assembly technology for patterning micro/nanostructures.