bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Pola Sebaran Total Nitrogen dan Total Fosfat Akibat Aktivitas Disekitar Danau Sebedang Sambas
Authors: Kusnadi Erik , Utomo Kiki Prio , Desmaiani Herda
Published: June 2023

Danau Sebedang merupakan danau alami yang terletak di Kecamatan Sebawi Kabupaten Sambas. Fungsi utama danau yaitu sebagai sumber air baku pengolahan air bersih dan objek wisata. Adanya proses alam dan aktivitas antropogenik disekitar danau dapat menyumbang masukan berupa bahan organik dan anorganik ke ekosistem danau. Salah satu dampak mungkin terjadi adalah terjadinya pengayaan nutrien pada perairan danau. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk memprediksi pola sebaran pencemar total nitrogen (TN) dan total fosfat (TP) didalam danau yang bersumber dari aktivitas sekitar dengan bantuan aplikasi Sistem Informasi Geografis (SIG). Penentuan lokasi pengamatan berdasarkan SNI 6989.57 terdiri dari 7 lokasi yaitu inlet, outlet, intake PERUMDA, KJA, pemukiman, pemakaman dan tengah danau. Pengolahan data menggunakan ArcGIS 10.5 untuk menghasilkan pola sebaran dan pola aliran. Hasil penelitian menunjukan konsentrasi total nitrogen (TN) berkisar 2,66 mg/l – 6,56 mg/l dan konsentrasi total fosfat (TP) berkisar 0,007 mg/l – 0,018 mg/l. Secara spasial terdapat perbedaan pola sebaran TN dan TP dikarenakan kondisi morfologi danau dan karakteristik pencemar. Pola sebaran konsentrasi TN dan TP menyebar ke segala arah mengikuti pola aliran danau yang tidak beraturan dan semakin jauh dari stasiun pengamatan nilai konsentrasi semakin kecil.
Analisis Kondisi Layanan Lumpur Tinja di IPLT Kota Pontianak
Authors: Rizky Detri , Arifin Arifin , Sutrisno Hendri
Published: June 2023

Kota Pontianak memiliki layanan lumpur tinja terjadwal yang membantu masyarakat kota dalam meminimalisir penumpukan lumpur tinja di tangki septik serta meminimalisir pencemaran di lingkungan sekitar tangki septik. Layanan ini akan menyedot lumpur dan dibawa ke Instalasi Pengolahan Lumpur Tinja tetapi untuk sekarang layanan ini masih belum beroperai secara maksimal dikarnakan terdapat beberapa kendala. Tujuan penelitian ini mengidentifikasi potensi dan kelemahan dalam pengelolaan lumpur tinja secara mendalam. Metode analisi yang digunakan adalah deskriptif kualitatif. Layanan penyedotan ini merupakan layanan resmi milik Pemerintah Kota sehingga memiliki kelembagaan yang jelas. Sedangkan kelemahan dari layanan ini yaitu kurangnya sarana penyedotan untuk melayani satu Kota Pontianak.
Biokonsentrasi Faktor Logam Berat Timbal (Pb) pada Ikan di Pantai Kemiren Cilacap, Jawa tengah
Authors: Fadlilah Ilma , Triwuri Nurlinda Ayu , Prasadi Oto
Published: June 2023

Kegiatan industri di Kabupaten Cilacap seperti pembangkit listrik tenaga uap dan proses kilang minyak bumi yang mayoritas menggunakan batu bara sebagai bahan bakar berpotensi menyumbang limbah padat yang mengandung logam berat seperti timbal (Pb). Penelitian yang dilakukan bertujuan untuk mengetahui biokonsentrasi faktor logam timbal pada ikan tongkol, tuna dan kembung di Pantai Kemiren, Cilacap, Jawa Tengah. Sampel air diambil sebanyak 2 liter pada 3 titik lokasi daerah perairan pasang surut Pantai Kemiren. Sampel ikan berupa hasil tangkapan ikan yang terdiri dari 3 jenis ikan konsumsi di TPI Pantai Kemiren, Cilacap. Sampel air dan ikan dianalisis kadar Pb nya dengan Spektroskopi Serapan Atom. Hasil penelitian ini menemukan bahwa air laut di Pantai Kemiren telah mengalami pencemaran timbal dengan konsentrasi rata-rata sebesar 0,213 ppm. Konsentrasi rata-rata logam berat Pb dalam sampel ikan tongkol, tuna dan kembung di TPI Pantai Kemiren berturut-turut adalah 1,585 ppm, 1,561 ppm, dan 0,978 ppm yang memiliki konsentrasi yang cukup tinggi dan melebihi baku mutunya. Nilai biokonsentrasi faktor logam Pb dalam ikan di TPI Pantai Kemiren mengalami penurunan dengan urutan ikan tuna > ikan tongkol > ikan kembung, dimana hasil ketiganya masuk dalam kategori akumulasi rendah.
Perubahan Tutupan Hutan Mangrove di Kecamatan Kedung, Kabupaten Jepara
Authors: Salsabela Salwa , Ershanti Agnes Dewi Wuri , Fariz Trida Ridho , Heriyanti Andhina Putri
Published: June 2023

Kabupaten Jepara di Provinsi Jawa Tengah terdapat wilayah yang terdampak abrasi cukup parah dan meningkat cukup tinggi yaitu Kecamatan Kedung. Salah satu upaya guna meminimalisir dampak abrasi adalah hutan mangrove, tetapi kondisi hutan mangrove di beberapa lokasi Kecamatan Kedung terbilang memprihatinkan. Oleh karena itu studi ini akan melalukan kajian perubahan tutupan lahan hutan mangrove menggunakan citra satelit Sentinel-2. Untuk data yang digunakan dalam studi ini selain citra satelit Sentinel-2 adalah data kondisi hutan mangrove yang didapat melalui wawancara dan observasi. Hasil menunjukkan bahwa hutan mangrove di Kecamatan Kedung, Kabupaten Jepara terjadi peningkatan luasan.  Dalam 5 tahun terakhir terjadi peningkatan luasan hutan mangove sekitar 18,8 Ha yang disebabkan oleh kegiatan rehabilitasi dan penanaman. Walaupun begitu, hutan mangrobe di Kecamatan Kedung tetap memiliki potensi kerusakan yang salah satunya disebbakna oleh faktor manusia seperti penebangan, peternakan dan sampah.
Perencanaan Instalasi Pengolahan Air Limbah (IPAL) Pada Industri Pembuatan Tahu Skala Kecil
Authors: Sirait Agnes Cynthia , Apriani Isna , Pramadita Suci
Published: June 2023

Pabrik Tahu Kumpai Kecil merupakan salah satu industri skala kecil di Kecamatan Sungai Raya, Kabupaten Kubu Raya, yang menghasilkan air limbah tahu yang dibuang ke badan air tanpa diolah dahulu. Sampel air limbah diambil dengan cara komposit waktu. Debit air limbah diukur secara volumetrik dengan menampung air limbah pada gelas takar sehingga diperoleh debit rata-rata harian air limbah untuk perencanaan sebesar 1,8 m3/hari. Hasil uji kualitas air limbah tahu menunjukkan semua parameter tidak memenuhi baku mutu berdasarkan Peraturan Menteri Lingkungan Hidup dan Kehutanan Nomor 5 Tahun 2014, yaitu BOD 1.190 mg/liter, COD 1.830 mg/liter, TSS 951 mg/liter, serta pH 3,71. Berdasarkan kualitas dan debit air limbah, direncanakan sistem pengolahan berupa Anaerobic Baffled Reactor (ABR) (6,1 x 0,8 x 1,5 m), Saringan Pasir Lambat (1,6 x 0,8 x 1,5 m) serta Bak Pengendap Akhir (1 x 0,5 x 1,5 m). Luas lahan untuk membangun unit IPAL sebesar 6,7 m2 serta biaya direncanakan sebesar Rp. 11.757.371,00.
Pemanfaatan Limbah Plastik Daur Ulang dari Polietilen Tereftalat (PET) Sebagai Bahan Tambahan dalam Pembuatan Nanokomposit, Semen Mortar, dan Aspal: Review
Authors: Wahyu Utomo Luthfi , Arfiana Susi
Published: June 2023

Plastik merupakan limbah yang banyak ditemukan di setiap tempat dan jumlahnya selalu meningkat setiap tahunnya. Salah satu bahan yang biasanya digunakan dalam pembuatan plastik adalah Polietilen Tereftalat (PET). Meskipun PET sangat berguna dan berkontribusi pada kehidupan sehari-hari, keberadaan limbahnya di lingkungan sekitar akan menimbulkan masalah serius karena produk akhir yang diperoleh dari PET membutuhkan waktu sekitar 300–450 tahun untuk terurai secara alami. Pada review ini akan dibahas pemanfaatan limbah PET sebagai bahan tambahan dalam pembuatan nanokomposit, semen mortar, dan juga aspal. Penambahan limbah PET (rPET) dalam pembuatan nanokomposit dapat meningkatkan nilai dari konduktivitas termal (GNPs), stabilitas termal (CATAS, GNPs), modulus penyimpanan (CATAS, GNPs), kekuatan tarik dan kekerasan (CNTs). Dalam pembuatan semen mortar, penambahan limbah PET dapat meningkatkan flowability secara signifikan dengan meningkatkan persentase jumlah limbah plastik PET. Penambahan limbah PET ke dalam campuran aspal sebagai pengganti agregat halus menunjukkan peningkatan terhadap sifat mekanik aspal, ketahanan terhadap deformasi rutting, dan kelelahan pada aspal.
Efektivitas Penggunaan Elektroklorinasi dan Gas Klor Pada Proses Disinfeksi Air Minum (Studi Kasus: PERUMDA Air Minum Tirta Khatulistiwa)
Authors: Kallista Vira , Winardi Winardi , Christiadora Asbanu Govira
Published: June 2023

PERUMDA Air Minum Tirta Khatulistiwa merupakan salah satu unit usaha milik daerah yang bertujuan untuk menyediakan dan mendistribusikan air bersih di Kota Pontianak. Air olahan melalui proses disinfeksi yang bertujuan untuk menghilangkan mikroorganisme patogen. PERUMDA Air Minum Tirta Khatulistiwa menggunakan teknologi elektroklorinasi hanya di Instalasi Pengolahan Air (IPA) 2, sedangkan gas klorin digunakan di IPA 1 dan IPA 3. Teknik pengambilan sampel yang digunakan adalah purposive sampling pada enam outlet reservoir dengan jarak 0 m, 300 m, 600 m, 900 m, 1200 m dan 1500 m dari unit pengolahan air. Klorin yang tersisa pada jaringan distribusi IPA 1 dan IPA 3 adalah 0,41 mg/L pada titik sampling terdekat dan 0,02 mg/L pada titik sampling terjauh. Sedangkan sisa klorin pada jaringan distribusi IPA 2 adalah 0,33 mg/L pada titik sampling terdekat dan 0,02 mg/L pada titik sampling terjauh. Sisa klorin pada jaringan distribusi IPA 1 dan IPA 3 lebih besar dibandingkan dengan sisa klorin pada jaringan distribusi IPA 2.
Hubungan Karakteristik Pekerja Tambang Terhadap Keluhan Pendengaran Akibat Kebisingan Kegiatan Blasting
Authors: Pertiwi Titien , Meilasari Fitriana , Sutrisno Hendri , Aprillia Ricka , Syahrudin Syahrudin , Wibowo Yoga Herlambang Windy Ricka
Published: June 2023

Kegiatan pengeboran dan peledakan dalam industri pertambangan berpotensi menimbulkan dampak kebisingan yang memicu timbulnya keluhan pendengaran. Kebisingan disebabkan oleh adanya suara ledakan dan penggunaan mesin bor yang cukup keras. Karakteristik pekerja (umur dan masa bekerja) dapat mempengaruhi keluhan pendengaran. Tujuan penelitian ini adalah mengkaji hubungan karakteristik pekerja tambang dengan keluhan pendengaran akibat kebisingan kegiatan pengeboran dan peledakan. Teknik pengambilan sampel menggunakan metode sampling jenuh. Pengolahan dan analisis data dilakukan menggunakan uji probabilitas Exact Fisher dan uji korelasi Spearmans dengan perhitungan manual serta uji korelasi product moment dengan perangkat lunak statistik. Hasil penelitian ini menunjukkan tidak terdapat hubungan karakteristik pekerja (umur dan masa kerja) terhadap keluhan pendengaran yang dirasakan pekerja. Hal ini berdasarkan pada hasil analisis hubungan antara umur dan keluhan pendengaran yang menunjukkan nilai Pvalue dan nilai korelasi lebih besar dari 0,05 (nilai probabilitas exact fisher sebesar 0,4853, korelasi spearmans sebesar 0,4271, dan hasil uji korelasi product moment sebesar 0,362). Begitu pula dengan nilai dari hasil analisis hubungan antara masa bekerja dengan keluhan pendengaran yang menunjukkan nilai Pvalue dan nilai korelasi lebih besar dari 0,05 (nilai probabilitas exact fisher sebesar 0,3883, korelasi spearmans sebesar 0,4279, dan hasil uji korelasi product moment sebesar 0,379).
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Authors: Engineering Environmental
Published: June 2023

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Authors: Engineering Environmental
Published: June 2023

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Centro de turismo comunitario un análisis comparativo de los modelos aplicados en el cantón Santa Elena
Authors: Sarabia Molina Myriam Yolanda , Ortega Valarezo Angie Denisse
Published: June 2023

L Los centros de turismo comunitario (CTC) se caracterizan por ofrecer servicios turísticos gestionados por la organización comunal y sus beneficios responden al desarrollo sostenible de los residentes. En la provincia de Santa Elena se encuentran cuatro comunas: Sacachún, Valdivia, Dos Mangas y San Pedro que poseen el registro de CTC y son quienes ofrecen servicios turísticos. El propósito de la investigación es analizar y comprender la situación de la actividad turística comunitaria de forma comparativa los modelos de gestión de los 4 CTC existentes en la provincia. A través de investigación cualitativa exploratoria y la técnica de recolección de información fueron las encuestas dirigidas autoridades y prestadores de servicios. Como resultado se evidencia que, el modelo de gestión es igual al tipo de turismo que oferta cada comuna, destacando la gestión principalmente de la comuna Dos Mangas por el empoderamiento de las autoridades comunales y  sus residentes reflejada en la toma de decisiones y participación local, así como la existencia de emprendimientos turísticos, como es el caso de las comunas San Pedro y Valdivia; mientras que la comuna Sacachún se evidencia que no hay interés en la comunidad, debido a que no están convencidos de que el turismo comunitario es la herramienta que permite a las comunidades locales generar riqueza como resultado de esta actividad.
Debilidades del desarrollo profesional docente en el modelo educativo español mostradas por la crisis Covid-19
Authors: Ramírez-Granados Ana Isabel , Sánchez Cabrero Roberto , Arigita-García Amaya
Published: June 2023

Este estudio se plantea, en primer lugar, mostrar si el estallido de la pandemia Covid-19 ocasionada por el coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 ha evidenciado deficiencias en cuanto al desarrollo profesional según los propios docentes, en segundo lugar, valorar si esta percepción está vinculada con la participación en formaciones previas de desarrollo profesional docente de diferentes áreas y, por último, valorar si esta percepción está vinculada con diferentes aspectos de la percepción del Desarrollo Profesional Docente. 137 docentes no universitarios participaron en el estudio en el que sus percepciones fueron analizadas mediante correlaciones utilizando Chi Cuadrado, D de Somers y Rho de Spearman como estadísticos de contraste. Los resultados muestran cómo un 93.4% de los profesores no universitarios consideran que la pandemia ha mostrado sus carencias en desarrollo profesional docente y que son los más jóvenes y los que menos formación inicial pedagógica tienen los que más lo han percibido.
Conflictividad escolar y rendimiento académico: una relación por definir
Authors: Cedeño Anchundia Emely Anahis , Obaco Soto Edgar Efrain
Published: June 2023

La relación entre conflictividad escolar y rendimiento académico ha sido objeto de gran atención en la investigación educativa. Este trabajo buscó analizar la incidencia de la conflictividad escolar en el rendimiento académico del alumnado del Décimo Año de Educación General Básica. El estudio se desarrolló con un enfoque cuantitativo, un diseño no-experimental-transversal y un tipo de investigación correlacional-descriptiva; con una muestra de 290 individuos la cual se compone de 240 estudiantes y 50 docentes; los instrumentos de recolección de datos utilizados fueron: un cuestionario de preguntas estructuradas denominado CUVE3-ESO para medir la conflictividad escolar desde la perspectiva de los docentes, y las pruebas Ser Estudiante (SEST) del Instituto Nacional de Evaluación Educativa (INEVAL) que permiten medir el rendimiento académico de los estudiantes. Los resultados evidenciaron que en la unidad educativa se percibe un alto índice de conflictividad, y un bajo nivel de rendimiento académico, pero no se encuentra correlación entre ellas.
Estrategia de enseñanza de Biología Molecular para la edición genética In Silico: Una experiencia disruptiva
Authors: Verdezoto Prado Jessica Jacqueline , Chicaiza Ortiz Cristhian David , Navarrete Villa Vanessa Pamela
Published: June 2023

Las técnicas In silico se emplean para simular experimentos reales mediante herramientas computacionales en biología molecular. El objetivo de este estudio fue fomentar el uso de ensayos In silico en los estudiantes de la carrera de ingeniería en biotecnología de la Universidad Regional Amazónica Ikiam. La metodología consistió en tres fases: a) planificación y organización, b) práctica y ejecución, c) evaluación del proyecto. En este sentido, cada grupo utilizó fuentes bibliográficas indexadas en Scopus, Springer, PubMed; además, de bases de datos como Bioweb y Genbank; bancos de genomas AddGene, EMBL y NCBI; para ensamblar un nuevo plásmido en Benchling. Como resultado principal se obtuvieron 6 proyectos que buscan alternativas a desafíos actuales en áreas de la salud, ambiente y agricultura. Entre los proyectos vinculados a la salud se tuvo dos proyectos G-1 y G-2, mientras que los proyectos enfocados al componente ambiental G-4 y G-5 y los relacionados al mejoramiento agrícola G-3 y G-6. De acuerdo con la encuesta realizada al finalizar el semestre, los proyectos de aula tuvieron una alta aceptación. Se recomienda emplear estas estrategias en asignaturas relacionadas a las ciencias biológicas.
Curbing chlorine disinfection byproduct formation with a biomimetic iron oxidation catalyst
Authors: McPherson James N. , Larsen Freja Troj , Lind Maja Juncher , Miller Christopher J. , Waite T. David , McKenzie Christine J. , Lauritsen Frants R.
Published: June 2023

We demonstrate, by bench-scale chlorination of local tap water containing phenol (16 M, 1.5 ppm) as a model organic micropollutant, that the [Fe(TAML)]– catalyst (TAML = tetra amido macrocyclic ligand) increases the rate of phenol decomposition and suppresses the build-up of chlorophenol disinfection byproducts. Specifically, significantly lower concentrations of trihalomethanes (1.0–2.1 ppb) were formed in the presence of [Fe(TAML)]– compared to those formed in the absence of the catalyst (39–78 ppb). Hydrophobic disinfection byproducts (1–2000 ppb) were monitored in real-time and without any sample preparation using membrane inlet mass spectrometry. This work encourages the incorporation of biomimetic iron catalysts into existing chlorine disinfection processes to harness the oxidative power of chlorine through oxygen- or hydrogen-atom transfer reactions instead of the problematic halogenation reactions which yield disinfection byproducts.
BODIPY-based Fluorescent Indicators for Lipid Droplets
Authors: Zhu Jianping , Tan Nian Kee , Kikuchi Kai , Kaur Amandeep , New Elizabeth J
Published: June 2023

Lipid droplets are essential for cellular lipid storage, playing critical roles in cellular lipid metabolism. Although lipid droplets have drawn intense research in recent years, much remains to be uncovered about the roles of this organelle in biology. Lipid droplet indicators exhibiting large Stokes shifts and improved brightness are therefore in demand. We report two asymmetric BODIPY derivatives, BoL1 and BoL2 bearing a benzothiazole group at the 6-position, which led to bathochromic shifts of 62 nm for BoL1 and 37 nm for BoL2 in fluorescence emission when compared to the reference molecules without the benzothiazole group. The incorporation of the benzothiazole moiety also resulted in a large Stokes shift of 40 nm. BoL1 and BoL2 have been demonstrated to operate as lipid droplet indicators in both confocal and STED imaging. BoL2 showed particularly good cellular retention and was further applied to explore the impact of cellular starvation on the trafficking of lipid droplets.
Determining the Complete Stability of Calcite Kink Sites: Real vs Ideal
Authors: Armstrong Blake , Silvestri Alessandro , De La Pierre Marco , Raiteri Paolo , Gale Julian
Published: June 2023

Kink sites play a pivotal role in the growth and dissolution of materials at the solid-liquid interface. Despite this, little is known about the thermodynamic stability of such sites. Calcium carbonate, in the form of calcite, is one of the most abundant biominerals and a natural means of carbon sequestration in the environment. Here we present a complete determination of the standard free energies for all 16 individual kink sites for the significant case of the calcite (10-14)--water interface using both alchemical and pathway-based simulation techniques. The results reveal the importance of distinguishing between real and ideal ion-binding free energies at surfaces, especially for calcite-water where the interfacial potential can alter values by more than 100 kJ/mol per site. Individual kink site stabilities are found to show variations in excess of 60 kJ/mol, which can help explain observed differences in growth rates between the two distinct steps of calcite.
β-Catenin regulates endocardial cushion growth by suppressing p21
Authors: Liu Huahua , Lu Pengfei , He Shan , Luo Yuru , Fang Yuan , Benkaci Sonia , Wu Bingruo , Wang Yidong , Zhou Bin
Published: June 2023

Endocardial cushion formation is essential for heart valve development and heart chamber separation. Abnormal endocardial cushion formation often causes congenital heart defects. β-Catenin is known to be essential for endocardial cushion formation; however, the underlying cellular and molecular mechanisms remain incompletely understood. Here, we show that endothelial-specific deletion of β-catenin in mice resulted in formation of hypoplastic endocardial cushions due to reduced cell proliferation and impaired cell migration. By using aβ-cateninDMallele in which the transcriptional function of β-catenin is selectively disrupted, we further reveal that β-catenin regulated cell proliferation and migration through its transcriptional and non-transcriptional function, respectively. At the molecular level, loss of β-catenin resulted in increased expression of cell cycle inhibitor p21 in cushion endocardial and mesenchymal cells in vivo. In vitro rescue experiments with HUVECs and pig aortic valve interstitial cells confirmed that β-catenin promoted cell proliferation by suppressing p21. In addition, one savvy negative observation is that β-catenin was dispensable for endocardial-to-mesenchymal fate change. Taken together, our findings demonstrate that β-catenin is essential for cell proliferation and migration but dispensable for endocardial cells to gain mesenchymal fate during endocardial cushion formation. Mechanistically, β-catenin promotes cell proliferation by suppressing p21. These findings inform the potential role of β-catenin in the etiology of congenital heart defects.
Calidad educativa
Authors: Cipagauta Moyano Marisol Esperanza , Hernández Guarín Germán Darío , Hinestroza Rojas Nataly , Orozco Roa Gumercinda , Quiñónez González Joan Kathleen , Torres Farfán Laura Yesenia
Published: June 2023

El Estado colombiano favorece la calidad educativa enfocada en la acreditación docente, recursos educativos y la inspección evaluativa del proceso educativo. La Constitución Política, en su artículo 67, además de establecer la educación como un derecho social y cultural y una responsabilidad tanto del Estado como de la sociedad y la familia, determina que corresponde al Estado inspeccionar y vigilar la educación con el fin de velar por su calidad. La muestra de estudio estuvo conformada por 54 directivos docentes de instituciones educativas públicas y privadas, 126 docentes de diferentes niveles de enseñanza, 112 padres de familia, 1510 estudiantes universitarios de diferentes instituciones de educación superior, 161 estudiantes de bachillerato y 92 estudiantes de primaria, todos pertenecientes a diferentes contextos socioculturales y distribuidos en varias regiones del país.
Biomarkers and clinical outcomes of hospitalized patients with COVID-19
Authors: Silva Doralice Limeira da , Moura Maria Edileuza Soares
Published: June 2023

Introduction: This study aims to analyze laboratory biomarkers in patients infected with SARS-CoV-2 in public hospitals in Maranhão and compare the results between those who were discharged and those who did not survive. Outlining: This cross-sectional study evaluated a sample of 192 medical records of patients admitted between July and December 2020. The study assessed variables such as sex, age group, race, comorbidities, length of hospital stay, symptoms, medication classes, and clinical biomarkers related to cardiac, hepatic, renal, and coagulation functions. The data were analyzed using SPSS software (version 20.0). Results: The participants were predominantly male and above the age of 60, and this age group was significantly associated with a higher risk of death. Symptoms such as fever (OR=3.81) and absence of cough (OR=2.31), as well as the use of sedatives (OR=4.47) and vasoactive drugs (OR=20.14), were found to be significantly associated with an increased risk of mortality. When comparing the biomarkers of patients hospitalized in the ICU who were discharged versus those who died, higher mean values were observed for prothrombin time, activated partial thromboplastin time, D-dimer, urea, creatinine, potassium, leukocytes, PCR, and glucose levels among the deceased patients. Conversely, lower mean levels of albumin were observed in those who did not survive. Implications: Therefore, these biomarkers can contribute to the assessment of disease progression and monitoring the health status of patients treated in ICU settings.
A Comparative Study on Class Characteristics of Devanãgri Script Writers from Three Different States of India
Authors: Gupta Vinayak , Saini Komal , Sharda Seema , Gupta Vinayak , Saini Tinky , Kaur Navneet , Sharda Seema
Published: June 2023

India is a multilingual country. Hindi is the national language of India and Devanãgri script is used to write Hindi language. Various documents with legal value are made in Devanãgri script, which may be questioned for their authenticity and authorship. Sufficient research has been done and reported about different scripts. However, researches based on Devanãgri script are limited. This study focuses on finding the significant class characteristics of writers from three different states of India, namely, Bihar, Madhya Pradesh and Punjab. The data was also statistically analysed using Pearson’s Chi-Square test for its significance. Handwriting samples from 300 subjects were collected from three different states of India to analyze various class characteristics in Devanãgri script. The samples were examined qualitatively and statistically. Various general characteristics were selected for the analysis and characteristic features were tabulated after qualitative examination. Statistical analysis showed that the data was statistically significant. The general characteristics selected for the analysis and comparison of the handwriting samples in Devanãgri script were found to be significant. The impact of regional scripts on the Devanãgri script should be performed, as the influence of regional language could be seen in the samples collected from Punjab.
“Ours is an Orgiastic, Not an Ecstatic Culture.” Angela Carter Discusses Cultural Expressions of Sexuality in her Non-Fiction
Authors:   Uniwersytet Warszawski, Oramus Dominika
Published: June 2023

“I found myself, as I grew older, increasingly writing about sexuality and its manifestations in human practice. And I found most of my raw material in the lumber room of the Western European imagination,” Angela Carter wrote in “Notes from the Front Line.” The passage is significant for several reasons. Carter identifies sexuality in its diverse manifestations as her main concern and acknowledges images derived from European popular tradition as the source of her “raw material.” Moreover, she characterises her prose as intertextual and identifies herself as a Caucasian Westerner. It is from this contemporary, Europe-centred perspective that she, first, surveys manifestations of sexuality, and then uses them to create her own—often allegorical—imaginative stories. This paper is concerned with the former stage of Carter’s intellectual endeavour: surveying expressions of sexuality in public discourse from a Western woman’s point of view.
Philip K. Dick’s Decohering and Recohering Worlds: The Cases of Ubik and The Man in the High Castle
Authors:   Univerzitet u Prištini sa privremenim sedištem u Kosovskoj Mitrovici, Jakovljević Mladen M. , Ćirković Milan M. ,   Astronomska opservatorija Beograd
Published: June 2023

Philip K. Dick’s novels Ubik and The Man in the High Castle explore the idea of the multiplicity of realities, which can be understood better if interpreted from a cosmological point of view. The scientific principles of decoherence, as formulated by H. Dieter Zeh and Hugh Everett III, shed light on the nature of these fictional worlds, their creation and dissolution and their perception by both the protagonists and the reader. Ontological puzzles of the quantum world, based on the rejection of the special status of an observer in physical reality and fractal branching of the universe, offer insights into the mechanisms at work in these two novels. Decoherence may be the key to understanding the disintegrating borders between realities in both novels, which are manifested as worlds in superposition. However, the rules of this scientific principle are radically challenged by the emergence of what could be termed the agents of re-coherence. These agents reveal the existence of alternate realities in the novels, as well as the process of the violation of the decoherence principle. Not only are these occurrences interesting from both a scientific and artistic point of view, they also reveal the realities in the novels as being far more coherent than they seem on the surface and interpretable as literary parallels to thought experiments conceived as possible explanations of the quantum world theory.
The Evaluative Aspect of Diplomatic Speeches during the UN Security Council's Meetings in 2022
Authors: Holtseva Maria
Published: June 2023

The article identifies the evaluative aspect of diplomatic speeches during the UN Security Council’s meetings in 2022, which contributes to the separation of a true attitude towards the topic. That is possible to notice in discussion, information, and country, which is noted by the diplomat in his/her speech. The evaluations are subject to noticed information, facts, sources and specific individuals that have participated directly in the events mentioned in the diplomatic speeches. The connection between valorative, voluntative and modelling aspects of diplomatic speech is noted. The method of assessment includes: 1) positioning, 2) distance, 3) mythologization, 4) retrospection, which is mainly implemented through hyperbolization and ideologization. The linguistic implementation of these techniques occurs by the predominance of expressive verbalization, the involvement of stylistic means, comparison with one of the prominent figures of the past, the contrast opposition of "we-they" for more effective misleading. It is proven based on a quantitative analysis of the archival posts of the UN Security Council, which affects not only the course of discussing the current issue, but also the adoption of resolutions, taking part or not in a specific conflict, etc. In the article, preferences are provided to the explicit assessments, in particular through the use of lexical and stylistic tools. Implicitness is also found in the evaluation of diplomatic speeches, but to a lesser extent than the explicitness of the assessment. At the verbal level, the assessment is voiced either in advance of the prepared speech or as part of an additional word during the meeting; at a non-verbal level, the score is traced by a subtext invoiced by the addressee during a speech or an additional word as a reaction to what is heard during the meeting. The interaction of explicit and implicit forms of realization of valority testifies to the complex nature of diplomatic speech at the meetings of the UN Security Council. The relevance of the problem of identifying the evaluative aspect of diplomatic speeches is due to the global significance of the impact of evaluation on the course of diplomatic negotiations with further consequences at the international level.
Etymology and translation into Ukrainian of phraseological units to denote human features.
Authors: Semeniuk Antonina , Potapenko Liliya
Published: June 2023

Modern English phraseology has absorbed the centuries-old experience of the society’s development history, the products of which are both language and culture, that influenced not only traditions and customs of the English-speaking world, but also the richness the English language vocabulary, the deep mastery and understanding of which is impossible without studying it origins. Modern Linguistics and translation studies focus on units of different levels functioning, among which idioms, proverbs, and sayings occupy a prominent place as a reflection of a certain ethnic group worldview. The main sources of the emergence of phraseological units to denote human characteristics are in the scope of the article analysis. The relevance of the research is determined by the tendency to study the live language within the framework of linguistic and cultural studies as a reflection of the inextricable connection between culture and language while their developing. The purpose of our investigation is to consider the etymological peculiarities of phraseological units that describe the features of a person, their emotional state, abilities, and their translation. Printed authentic dictionaries and electronic resources serve as a foundation of empirical material, which has enabled the realization of the goal. The research methodology is based on a set of methods, in particular, the all-round samples distribution analysis, elements of quantitative analysis, the descriptive method, the method of linguistic and cultural interpretation, which have provided adequate results. It has been revealed that the main sources of phraseological units are the texts of the Old and New Testaments as a result of spreading Christianity in Britain at the beginning of the 7th century, the works of the famous English playwright W. Shakespeare, whose expressions are called "Shakespeareisms"; fiction; live language; business and politics, neighboring states languages. According to the results of the analysis, phraseological units originating from the spoken language and the Bible have the highest percentage, 27% of the lexical units each, while fiction and distant borrowings account for 18% and 5%, respectively.
Common features of the individual artistic worldviews by Elena Garro and Serhiy Osoka (based on the short stories "What time is it...?" and "Midnight guest")
Authors: Pidipryhora Yuliia , Kushnir Anna
Published: June 2023

The modern world of communication between representatives of different ethnic groups often requires a deeper understanding of the realities and peculiarities of the cultural worldview by each of the subjects of communication. The linguistic conceptualization of the world of each ethnic group, in turn, is reflected in literature in the form of an individual artistic worldview realised by the author on the pages of his works. That is why the study of the common and distinctive features of different writers' worldview is of interest, especially if at first glance their linguistic, cultural and historical origins seem to be significantly different. The purpose of the article is to analyze the artistic worldview of representatives of Mexican and Ukrainian literature based on the material of two selected stories and to establish their common features. Elena Garro (1916-1998) was a Mexican writer, journalist, and screenwriter. She is considered to be a representative of magical realism in Latin American literature and a champion of feminism. Serhiy Osoka (b. 1980) is a contemporary of ours, a Ukrainian poet and writer from Poltava region, a member of the Ukraine’s National Union of Writers. His prose often refers to rural life or compares rural and urban lifestyles. Nevertheless, in the stories "¿Qué hora es...?" and "The Midnight Guest" by these completely different authors, as a result of the conducted research, the following common features of artistic worldviews were established: - the main characters in both stories are women whose axis of being is love for a man. It is a recurring motif that is closely intertwined with the concept of "waiting"; - distorted perception of time. For both protagonists, time is cyclical and limited to one day. For the other characters, time is linear, which is why the protagonists' behaviour is strange and is perceived by others as a sign of a mental disorder; - both stories are dominated by a sensory perception of reality: there are many descriptions of visual images, smells, and tactile sensations; - both characters are marked by oneiric states (dream and reality are closely intertwined); - both stories have an unexpected ending. The analysis of common features in the individual artistic pictures of the world of both authors indicates the presence of the characteristics inherent to the philosophy of magical realism. However, if magical realism is a widespread phenomenon in Mexican and other Spanish-language literature, it is not typical for Ukrainian literature. Hence the promising problem of further research into the root causes of such closeness of the author's worldview of representatives of Ukrainian-speaking and Spanish-speaking cultures arises.
POTENTIAL OPPORTUNITIES AND LIMITATIONS FOR CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE MANAGEMENT OF HEALTHY FOOD CONSUMERS ON RUSSIAN ONLINE MARKETPLACES YANDEX.MARKET, OZON AND WILDBERRIES
Authors:   Russian State University for the Humanities, Ryzhkova Tat’yana B. , Tarasenko Elena A. ,   Russian State University for the Humanities
Published: June 2023

The trend towards increased self-care for health and the emergence of new sales channels in the digital environment, which continued after the COVID-19 pandemic, have become drivers for changing the purchasing practices of Russian consumers. In Russia, there occurred an increase the demand for healthy food products including niche products, dietary supplements, sports nutrition as well as there appaeared both new opportunities and certain restrictions for their purchase on Russian online platforms – the marketplaces Yandex.Market, Ozon and Wildberries. Advertising within marketplaces helps marketeers to promote healthy food products, thereby influencing consumer choice by customer experience management. Marketing tools for customer experience management are bonus accumulating, usage of rating systems, extended selection by product categories, the ability to sort by popularity, by update, by benefit (selection by discount and price reduction), reviews, and evaluation of products by previous buyers. New sales technologies and customization of online retail bring significant changes to consumer practices.
Potencialidades de los pastos en los sistemas de producción de la agricultura familiar en la provincia de Los Ríos, Ecuador, en el verano
Authors: Torres-Navarrete Emma D. , Sánchez-Laiño Adolfo R. , Verdecia-Acosta Danis M. , Ramírez-de la Ribera Jorge L. , Hernández-Montiel Luis G. , Curaqueo-Fuente Gustavo , Zambrano-Montes Samir A.
Published: June 2023

El objetivo de este estudio es determinar las potencialidades de los pastos más utilizados en los sistemas de producción familiar en la provincia de Los Ríos, Ecuador, durante el verano. El estudio se realizó en áreas de investigación y en el Laboratorio de Ruminología y Metabolismo Nutricional de la Universidad Técnica Estatal de Quevedo. Las especies más utilizadas en los sistemas ganaderos fueron seleccionadas para realizar estudios de comportamiento productivo (biomasa total, RMS total, hojas y tallos) calidad (MS, PB, cenizas, MO, P, Ca, FDN, FDA, LAD, Cel, Hcel, CC, TT, FT, TCT, DIVMS, DISMS, DMO, EM y ENL), a las que se les realizaron análisis de conglomerados para agrupar especies con similitud. Para la producción y composición química se obtuvieron tres componentes principales con valores propios superiores a uno y que explican 87.27 % de la variabilidad entre las variedades. En el componente uno se mostraron 11 indicadores relacionados con proteína, energía y los componentes estructurales de la célula con valores de preponderancia mayor de 0.75. Para el análisis de conglomerados se formaron cinco grupos, con los mejores resultados para el tercer grupo, lo integró el M. maximus con valores altos en la PB, relación hoja/tallo, DISMS y EM. Toda esta información contribuiría al diseño de alternativas tecnológicas para siembra, establecimiento, manejo y uso de su biomasa como fuente de alimento donde se minimiza la productividad y la sostenibilidad del ecosistema.
Use of Marketing Communication Tools in Tourism in Accommodation Facilities during the COVID-19 Pandemic
Authors: Lincényi Marcel , Bulanda Ivana
Published: June 2023

The spread of the infectious disease COVID-19 throughout the world in 2020 caused a global pandemic, which, with subsequent measures, seriously affected the global tourism industry. The main purpose of the research study was to identify and analyse the use of marketing communication tools in tourism in accommodation facilities in the Czech Republic during the COVID-19 pandemic. This paper adds to the existing literature by offering a better understanding of the link between the effectiveness of marketing communication tools within the marketing strategy and the financial losses of the hotel sector. As part of the research, a total of 140 controlled, structured interviews were conducted with managers of selected accommodation facilities, in which the scope and primary forms of use of marketing communication tools during the COVID-19 pandemic were investigated. Research objectives were verified through research questions and hypotheses. The main findings of the research revealed that more than half of the monitored accommodation establishments in the Czech Republic did not change their promotion strategy during the pandemic. In contrast, almost 13% of the accommodation establishments surveyed did not use any tools to communicate with the customer. The research also showed that marketing communication of accommodation facilities takes place mainly in the form of websites and social media, while the most effective communication is via social networks. Therefore, the authors recommend professional associations operating in tourism and hospitality focus their educational activities on the possibilities of using innovative marketing communication tools to communicate with customers. The research was carried out for the requirements and needs of society and practice in connection with the effects of the pandemic crisis so that it was possible to communicate more effectively with the customer segment in the tourism sector.
Promoting Sustainable Tourist Behavior through Promotional Marketing
Authors: Devkota Niranjan , Gajdka Krzysztof , Siwakoti Roshan , Klimova Monika , Dhakal Krishna
Published: June 2023

This study aims to investigate the current state of Bhaktapur, Nepal, as a tourist destination and how promotional marketing strategies can be used to increase the number of tourists visiting the area. The research uses the AIDA model to analyze Bhaktapur's promotional marketing as a tourist destination. 282 tourists were surveyed through the Kobo Toolbox app to gather information about their demographics and travel profiles. The data was analyzed using SPSS and SEM to find variations in groups and predict the impact of promotional marketing on sustainable tourism demand in Bhaktapur. The findings indicate that utilizing a range of promotional marketing strategies, such as social media, and targeting different demographic groups can be effective in attracting tourists and highlight the significance of tourism as a key source of foreign exchange revenue for Nepal and suggests that promoting Bhaktapur as a tourist destination can contribute to the country's economic growth. This study contributes to the rising interest in determining the Internet's significance as a commercial tool in the tourist industry. Internet is currently the primary method for hotels and other service-based enterprises to communicate with their clients. Thus, this study aims to fill a vacuum in the literature by demonstrating how to leverage the Internet and social media as part of a marketing strategy to build a sustained demand among visitors concerned with social concerns and the environment.
The Influence of Use of Gadgets on Student Character Development
Authors: Setiyadi Bagas , Mediatati Nani , Nusarasatriya Yosaphat Haris
Published: June 2023

This research is motivated by the development of Science and Technology (IPTEK) which is heading towards an all-digital world. The use of gadgets needs to be balanced with correct and controlled education, because their use can be one of the factors that shape human character in a positive or negative direction. The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of using gadgets on the character formation of SD Negeri 01 Sumberejo students. This study uses a quantitative descriptive approach with a linear regression statistical test used to test the effect of the independent variables on the dependent variable. The subjects of this study were students in grades IV and V totaling 60 respondents. Data collection techniques were through observation and using questionnaires, while data analysis used simple linear regression which was processed with the help of the SPPS version 20 program. From various series of data tests it was found that the t value was 6,194 > t table 2,202, with a significance value of 0.000, the hypothesis Ha was accepted and Ho was rejected. The coefficient of determination obtained is 39.8%, the use of gadgets affects character formation, while the remaining 60.2% is influenced by other factors outside the variables studied. Then from the simple linear regression equation, it is known that the value of y = a + bX (17.945 + 1.365X) which can be concluded that there is an effect of using gadgets on the character formation of SD Negeri 01 Sumberejo students.
Recursos de interatividade na literatura digital para crianças: uma análise do app Mobeybou na Índia
Authors: Kirchof Edgar Roberto , Menegazzi Douglas
Published: June 2023

Neste artigo, realizamos um estudo sobre formatos, funções e efeitos da interatividade no contexto da literatura infantil digital. O objetivo é compreender de que forma recursos interativos podem proporcionar uma experiência literária significativa ao leitor, a partir da análise do app literário Mobeybou na Índia. O estudo está fundamentado em autores de áreas como a Interação Humano-Computador (DOURISH, 2004), a Literatura Eletrônica (AARSETH, 1997; MILLER, 2004), os Estudos de Multimodalidade (KALANTZIS; COPE; CHAN; DALLEY-TRIM, 2016; KRESS, 2006) e de Literatura Infantil Digital (KUCIRKOVA, 2017; RAMADA-PRIETO, 2017; MENEGAZZI, 2020; ZHAO; UNSWORTH, 2016). Dentre os resultados, destacamos que a interatividade na literatura digital infantil não é apenas uma expressão tecnológica, mas oferece um conjunto de recursos semióticos capazes de produzir sentidos.
Design Thinking, fase de imersão, como proposta para avaliação de ferramentas ativas de apoio ao ensino da Anatomia Humana em cursos da área de saúde
Authors: Rodrigues Fernandes Fabiane , Vital Nunes Ribeiro Rainner , Oliveira dos Santos Mychaelly , Carvalho Menezes Carla , De Albuquerque Campos Lívia Flávia
Published: June 2023

O processo de ensino-aprendizagem da anatomia humana é complexo e tem sofrido constantes modificações. Devido às dificuldades que perpassam este processo, métodos inovadores de aprendizagem são necessários para solucionar essa problemática. Uma equipe foi formada para avaliar tanto os problemas relativos ao ensino aprendizagem da disciplina de AH quanto às soluções já existentes em termos de ferramentas ativas. Foi utilizado como procedimento metodológico o Design Thinking (fase de imersão) por se tratar de uma abordagem empática que se divide em dois espaços, o do problema e o da solução para que artefatos possam ter propriedades desejadas e alcancem objetivos bem definidos. O artigo relata a execução das primeiras etapas relativas ao espaço do problema. Os resultados do primeiro ano de um projeto de pesquisa que visa criar um jogo sobre Anatomia Humana permitiu compreender que existem mais fatores internos que atrapalham o processo de ensino-aprendizagem dos conteúdos da disciplina de Anatomia Humana (AH) e que há mais fatores externos que ajudam nesse processo. Por isso, a criação de um jogo que explore conteúdos de AH parece muito promissor e necessário.