bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
The role of accreditation indices on improving quality in Sabzevar hospitals
Authors: Khosrojerdi Maryam , Sabzevar Ali Vahidi
Published: May 2024

Background and objective: Accreditation, a priority of Ministry of Health in Iran, is an evaluative tool of healthcare systems especially hospitals. The development of each system included healthcare one with no efficient evaluative system lacks basic concepts and tools to accomplish the organization objectives. Methodology: This is a descriptive and analytical study. When considered hypotheses and objectives were determined, and some initial studies were carried out on research topic, librarian and documentary researches were initiated. Index cards and collecting data were accomplished by referring to librarian sources and information banks. Statistical information carried out through applying hospital information and gathering statistics on the first, second, third, and fourth months of year. Findings: In this study, we have concluded that accreditation is of high importance in hospitals and all three hypotheses of successful reviving in infants, decreasing caesarean section by personal satisfaction, increasing natural childbirth and releasing from hospital are in a direct and positive relation with personal satisfaction to improve hospital quality by considering presented approaches. Mobini hospital of Sabzevar can have a vital role in improving the quality.
Survival in laparoscopic surgery for colon and rectal cancer
Authors: Martinez Alfonso Miguel Angel , Pena Rafael Torres , Gonzalez Javier Barreras , Pereira Fraga Jorge Gerardo , Gonzalez Rosalba Roque , Ramos Raul Jimenez , Perez Maricela Morera
Published: May 2024

Introduction: Laparoscopic surgery of the colon has been performed since the early nineties of the past century. Despite its advantages of less postoperative pain, faster recovery of intestinal and respiratory function among others, its acceptance has not been the same as with other laparoscopic procedures. In oncologic surgery particularly, the main cause of non-acceptance has been the fear of not respecting the oncologic criteria and the reports on port site metastases in the abdominal wall. Objective: To determine patient survival after laparoscopic colorectal resections. Material and methods: A descriptive, retrospective and longitudinal study was carried out at the Centro Nacional de Cirugía de Mínimo Acceso (CNCMA-NCMIS) between January 2005 and December 2015. The variables studied were age, gender, reason for surgery, surgical technique, mortality, overall survival. Results: When comparing the survival curves according to the location of the tumor, it was found that those who had undergone surgery for a rectal tumor had a significantly lower survival during complete follow-up than patients with tumors in the rest of the sites (p=0,032). Significant differences were also found in the survival curves regarding the stage of the disease; stage IV patients showed the worst survival during the follow-up of this series. Conclusions: Survival in our study, with the limitations given by a retrospective analysis, in patients who had surgery for colorectal cancer with minimally invasive techniques at five and ten years was 70,9% and 66,8% respectively, an appropriate rate and similar to that described in scientific medical literature.
The importance of collaterality for the advanced healing of neuroischemic diabetic foot injuries
Authors: Belsito Malaspina Paola S , Gorosito Silvia E
Published: May 2024

We present a case of a non resvacularizable patient in a neuroischemic diabetic foot. Where multidisciplinary treatment is proposed i.e., infectology, vascular surgery, endocrinology and physical-therapy. TIME (acronym: tissue, infection, moisture, edge); utilization for advanced and adjuvant care. Culminating in its healing and rehabilitation.
Effect of peritoneal closure versus non closure after open hysterectomy on postoperative pain
Authors: Hassan Ahmed , Lasheen Yossra
Published: May 2024

Background: Hysterectomy is one of the widely performed gynecological surgeries. During closure of the abdomen, parietal peritoneum could be closed or not .Whether the parietal peritoneum should be closed at hysterectomy or not is an argumental topic. Aim: To assess the level of postoperative pain in women undergoing hysterectomy with closure of peritoneum versus non- closure of peritoneum. Patients and methods: A prospective observational study was conducted on women undergoing abdominal hysterectomy. Results: There was a statistically significant difference between the closures and non- closure groups during hysterectomy regarding VAS after 2 hours, 3 hours and 6 hours, 12 hours and 24 hours with p value > 0.001. Conclusion: Non closure of the peritoneum during abdominal hysterectomy was associated with less operative time and less pain during the 2nd, 3rd, 6th, 12th and 24th hours after hysterectomy.
The outcome of cervical stitch in the prevention of pre-viable and preterm deliveries in Nigerian Tertiary Hospital
Authors: Ade-Ojo Idowu Pius , Okunola Temitope Omoladun , Odetola Amos Amoo , Babatola Adefunke Olarinre , Adeyanju Tolulope Benedict
Published: May 2024

Background: Cervical incompetence, defined as the inability to sustain a pregnancy to term due to functional and anatomical defects of the cervix is a distressing cause of childlessness in Nigeria. Cervical cerclage, introduced into clinical practice by Shirodkar and McDonald in the 1950s still a time-tested intervention in the prevention of pregnancy wastages from cervical incompetence. Aim: The purpose of this study was to audit the outcome of the applications of cervical cerclages in the prevention of pregnancy wastages at the Maternity Complex of the Ekiti State University Teaching Hospital and Maternal and Child Specialists’ Clinic in Ekiti State, Southwest Nigeria. Methods: In this prospective observational cohort study, we included all pregnant women who had cervical stitches applied over ten years, (2010-2019). Information on sociodemographic biodata, risk factors, indications, and outcomes were collated. Statistical analysis was performed using the SPSS package, version 22 (SPSS Inc, Chicago, IL). Statistical significance of the categorical variables was tested using the chi-square or Fisher’s exact test, confidence level of 95%and P-value of 0.05. Results: The 134 pregnant women diagnosed with cervical incompetence had cervical stitches applied over the ten years. 15,037 deliveries giving a prevalence rate of 0.89% of cervical incompetence. 75% were multigravida, while 92.5% were of low parity. Risk factors found included recurrent mid-trimester abortions (55%), and prior cervical dilatation (20%). The cervical cerclages were history and physical examination indicated in 22.5% and 75% had ultrasound scanning confirmation. In the majority (82.5%), cervical cerclage was placed at 14-16 weeks using Mersilene tape in 92.5%. Spinal anesthesia and conscious sedation were administered in equal proportion. Majority had McDonald’s procedure (96.27%) whereas only 3.73% had Shirodkar’s. Placement to removal interval ranged from 10-20 weeks in 53%, while in 12.5% it lasted 4 weeks. The indications for removal included pregnancy carried to term at 72.5%, preterm labor at 7.5%, and vagina bleeding occurred in 7.5% of cases. Vaginal deliveries were achieved in 62.5% while 25% had cesarean delivery. 7.5% expelled pre-viable fetuses. Cervical cerclage placement was successful in 75%, while 25% had failed cerclage. 10% of those who had failed cerclage had live births. We achieved 85% of babies take home. There was no significant association between the overall outcomes of cervical cerclage (inevitable abortion, preterm delivery, term delivery) and certain defined co-variables (age, gravidity, and parity). On multivariate linear regression. Conclusion: We recommend that timely application of cervical stitches will rescue women from pregnancy wastages associated with cervical incompetence in Ekiti State.
Utility of CA-125 in interval surgery
Authors: Camargo Alfredo
Published: May 2024

Standard treatment for advanced-stage epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC) consists of debulking surgery and chemotherapy. Progression-free survival (PFS) and overall survival (OS) correlate with residual tumor burden after debulking surgery. There are situations in which it is not feasible to perform the aforementioned surgery, requiring neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NACT) with eventual interval surgery. The objective of the study was to retrospectively evaluate patients who were not plausible for primary cytoreduction, analyzing the value of CA-125 pre and post neoadjuvant chemotherapy and its suitability between these values and the surgical result.
Predictors of placental malaria in HIV-positive and HIV- negative pregnant women in Enugu, South-Eastern Nigeria
Authors: Nwaeze Ezenwaeze Malachy , Onuegbunam Nweze Sylvester , Nnanyelugo Onah Livinus
Published: May 2024

Background: Placental malaria has long been recognized as a complication of malaria in pregnancy with serious adverse outcome. Recognition of possible predictors is an effort in the right direction. Aim of the study: The study determined and compared the Predictors of placental malaria in HIV-positive and HIV- negative pregnant women attending antenatal clinics in Poly General Hospital, South-Eastern Nigeria. Material and method: A cross-sectional descriptive study, carried out on 200 HIV positive and 200 HIV negative pregnant women attending antenatal clinics in Poly General Hospital, Enugu, selected using simple random sampling technique between May to December 2023. Placenta blood samples were collected and thick blood films were examined for malaria parasite using Giemsa expert microscopy. A structured self-administered questionnaire was used for data collection and the data analysed using SPSS version 23. Results: The prevalence of malaria in HIV positive and negative pregnant women were 83.5% (167/200) and 75.5%(151/200) respectively (P < 0.001). The HIV positive and HIV negative participants were between 16-45 years of age with majority in the age range of 31-35 years. Mean gestational age of HIV positive and HIV negative participants were 24.3±1.1 and 24.4±1.3 weeks respectively. Placental malaria was significantly associated with rural residence, hemoglobin genotype AA, not receiving intermittent preventive treatment in pregnancy (IPTp), and not sleeping under insecticide-treated bed nets (ITN) ((P<0.001)). Conclusion: The study showed that Placental malaria was significantly associated with rural residence, hemoglobin genotype AA, not receiving intermittent preventive treatment in pregnancy (IPTp), and not sleeping under insecticide-treated bed nets (ITN). Recognition of these significant predictors will enhance review and implementation of strategies for the prevention of malaria in pregnancy.
Medical Complexity, Language Use, and Outcomes in the Pediatric ICU
Authors: Pilarz Mary S. , Bleed Elizabeth , Rodriguez Victoria A. , Daniels Latasha A. , Jackson Kathryn L. , Sanchez-Pinto L. Nelson , Foster Carolyn C.
Published: May 2024

OBJECTIVES

To determine whether use of a language other than English (LOE) would be associated with medical complexity, and whether medical complexity and LOE together would be associated with worse clinical outcomes.

METHODS

The primary outcome of this single-site retrospective cohort study of PICU encounters from September 1, 2017, through August 31, 2022 was an association between LOE and medical complexity. Univariable and multivariable analyses were performed between demographic factors and medical complexity, both for unique patients and for all encounters. We investigated outcomes of initial illness severity (using Pediatric Logistic Organ Dysfunction-2), length of stay (LOS), days without mechanical ventilation or organ dysfunction using a mixed effects regression model, controlling for age, sex, race and ethnicity, and insurance status.

RESULTS

There were 6802 patients and 10 011 encounters. In multivariable analysis for all encounters, Spanish use (adjusted odds ratio [aOR], 1.29; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.11–1.49) and language other than English or Spanish (LOES) (aOR, 1.36; 95% CI, 1.02–1.80) were associated with medical complexity. Among unique patients, there remained an association between use of Spanish and medical complexity in multivariable analysis (aOR, 1.26; 95% CI, 1.05–1.52) but not between LOES and medical complexity (aOR, 1.30; 95% CI, 0.92–1.83). Children with medical complexity (CMC) who used an LOES had fewer organ dysfunction-free days (P = .003), PICU LOS was 1.53 times longer (P = .01), and hospital LOS was 1.45 times longer (P = .01) compared with CMC who used English.

CONCLUSIONS

Use of an LOE was independently associated with medical complexity. CMC who used an LOES had a longer LOS.
Left Atrium: A New Prognostic Marker and Therapeutic Target in Secondary Mitral Regurgitation?
Authors: Koukos Markos , Dimitroglou Yannis , Tsartsalis Dimitrios , Beneki Eirini , Tolis Elias , Patsourakos Dimitrios , Kalompatsou Argyro , Aggeli Constantina , Tsioufis Konstantinos
Published: May 2024

Mitral regurgitation (MR) is one of the most common valvular abnormalities worldwide and can be subdivided into primary and secondary causes. Atrial MR consists of a novel type of secondary MR (SMR), most often observed in patients with AF and heart failure with preserved ejection fraction. The main pathophysiological mechanism of atrial MR is mitral valve annular dilatation. Recently published studies have highlighted the clinical significance of left atrium (LA) evaluation in the early diagnosis and prognosis of patients with primary MR. However, there are little data regarding the role of the LA in SMR. The present literature review aims to elucidate the use of the echocardiographic parameters regarding LA evaluation in the prognosis prediction and therapeutic strategy of patients with SMR.
Probing the physicochemical impact of musk melon seed oil on mayonnaise
Authors: Nishat Zahra , Yousaf Quddoos Muhammad , Shahzadi Neelum , Ameer Kashif , Mohamed Ahmed Isam A. , Yaqub Shazia , Mukhtar Shanza , Mahmood Shahid , Rafique Ayesha , Siddique Raza Muhammad , Shahzad Aymen , Umar Hayat Bushra , O. Aljobair Moneera
Published: May 2024

Owing to high consumption and industrial preparation of musk melon products, most of its byproducts are wasted without effective utilization. Musk melon agro-based waste material (seeds and peels) is an excellent source of antioxidants and phytochemicals. The purpose of this study was to improve the oxidative stability of mayonnaise by addition of musk melon seed oil. The study was conducted to check the physicochemical effect of musk melon seed oil in mayonnaise. Proximate analysis of seeds (i.e. moisture, crude fat, crude fiber, crude protein, ash, and carbohydrate content) was performed. Oil was extracted by using the cold press extraction method, and this oil was tested for different physicochemical analyses (i.e., saponification value, iodine number, specific gravity, 2,2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl [DPPH] value, viscosity, free fatty acid, and color). Physicochemical analysis was done during the storage period of 0, 20, 40, and 60 days, prior to performing sensory evaluation of mayonnaise. Data obtained from this analysis were further analyzed using statistical tools. A decreasing trend was observed for DPPH and peroxide values of mayonnaise with progression of days, thus showing that addition of musk melon seed oil decreased the production of free radicals. Hence, adding 40% musk melon seed oil showed the best result for overcoming the oxidation of mayonnaise and minimizing the production of free radicals. The data obtained from the statistical analysis indicated that the aroma and texture values of treatment T5 were maximum, and the color and flavor of treatments T4 and T5 were high. The overall acceptability of treatment T5 was high in which 40% of musk melon seed oil was used to combat the production of free radicals. In brief, waste material could be used for producing different types of products in the industry, rather than discarding the same, as it lessened the cost and provide a good quantity of nutrients.
Effect of lactic acid bacterial starter KUB-G2 on grass silage quality and its microbial community performed using 140-ton plastic bag silos: a large-scale study
Authors: Therdtatha Phatthanaphong , La-Ongkham Orawan , Nakphaichit Massalin , Mapato Chaowarit , Rungruang Sunthorn , Nakayama Jiro , Nitisinprasert Sunee
Published: May 2024

This study investigated the effectiveness of lactic acid bacteria (LAB) starters in 140 tons of signal grass silage. We compared a locally developed starter, a combination of Lactiplantibacillus plantarum KUB-SP1-3 and Pediococcus acidilactici KUB-M6 (KUB-G2) with a commercial starter. We monitored the chemical and microbiological properties of silage at ensiling (day 0) and after 21 days. The results indicated that KUB-G2 produced high-quality silage. There were no significant differences in total viable microbes, lactic acid, or propionic acid contents between the starters. However, the silage produced with KUB-G2 had a lower acetic acid content than that produced with the commercial starter. KUB-G2 also resulted in a narrower microbiome profile dominated by Pediococci whereas the control group displayed a broader range of bacterial taxa with colonization by Lactiplantibacillus and Lentilactobacillus. These findings suggested that KUB-G2, with its distinct microbial profile, is a suitable replacement for imported commercial starters in large-scale signal grass silage production.
Główna wartość oraz związane z nią zasady, cechy, postawy odzwierciedlone w Kodeksie etycznym Uniwersytetu Wiedeńskiego
Authors:   Uniwersytet Śląski w Katowicach, Żywczok Alicja
Published: May 2024

This paper is an attempt to address the following research questions: What core value and its associated principles, qualities, and attitudes are reflected in the University of Vienna’s Code of Ethics? What perception of the university does this document reveal? The first part of this paper is a description of the essential historical facts pertaining to this university, its organizational structure and the formation of world elites. The second part explains the importance of the code of ethics as a means of helping to direct human conduct toward social, educational, and economic goals. The third part was focused on the main axiological quality (value), as well as the aretological (virtues/characteristics), normative (principles/norms) and behavioral qualities comprised in the content of the Code. The value marked most clearly in the Code of Ethics of the University of Vienna was responsibility. It is also a desirable attitude of university members that predisposes them to exhibit qualities such as honesty and loyalty. The principles of conduct specified in the Code included: legality, expediency, economy, openness, risk minimization, sustainable development, “face to face” communication in situations requiring confidentiality.
Globalne Południe poza kulturową różnorodnością. Dyskurs wykluczenia w podręcznikach językowych
Authors:   Uniwersytet Opolski, Pogorzelska Marzanna
Published: May 2024

The aim of the article is to present the results of the analysis of the contents related to the Global South in language textbooks, which, due to the cultural aspects of teaching a foreign language, are of particular importance in intercultural education. The method of content analysis was used in the study, with inductive and deductive data coding in the Atlas.ti 7 program. The results show the ways of discursive exclusion of the Global South, characterized by one-sidedness and Eurocentrism noticeable in textbooks images of this world region. The collected data made it possible to distinguish such elements of the discourse of exclusion as victimization (linking the image of the Global South with various problems), exoticization (descriptions of the Global South in the context of traditional rituals or the richness of nature) and incapacitation (absence of representatives of the Global South in the texts or presenting them as passive beneficiaries of external aid). Despite the potential of shaping intercultural competences that language education brings, in the aspect of the Global South, it seems necessary to modify the content of textbooks in the direction of diversity, equal treatment of cultures, getting rid of the sense of superiority and ethnocentric attitudes.
Działania społeczne a proces profilowania świata społecznego. Casus prawicowej i liberalnej interpretacji sytuacji na polsko-białoruskiej granicy
Authors:   Uniwersytet Gdański, Lewartowska-Zychowicz Małgorzata
Published: May 2024

When in the second half of 2021 the situation on the Polish-Belarusian border rapidly inflamed, it became a subject of numerous articles published in major opinion weeklies of different ideological orientations. Their analysis using the profiling concept developed by Jerzy Bartmiński allowed to reveal two alternative profiles of people trying to cross Polish border from Belarus (illegal immigrant versus refugee) and different images of the social world hidden behind them, manifested in ideological (right-wing and liberal) language codes. According to J. Bartmiński’s concept, profiling is reconstructable practically in every text of culture, and the reconstruction of profiling makes it possible to obtain a cognitive definition, i.e. one that allows to present the way the speakers understand the events of the social world, the ways of ordering, categorizing and evaluating them. The reconstructed profiles were used in the analysed texts to generate different action patterns (defense of sovereignty versus helping people in a humanitarian crisis), which, however, have a common area, which is identifying the figure of external enemy and inner traitor.
Stop and think. Myślenie przeciw fanatyzmowi
Authors:   Uniwersytet Rzeszowski, Gałkowski Jan , Gałkowski Stanisław ,   Akademia Ignatianum w Krakowie
Published: May 2024

Piotr Kowzan’s polemic proved that the issue of fanaticism remains an important educational problem, but also more broadly: a social one. Formulating a response to a polemic allows for rethinking and clarifying some themes. It also turns out to be important to return to the very definition of fanaticism as well as to point out that the problem is important because fanaticism threatens primarily people of value: those who perceive values and are actively engaged in their realization. In our response to the polemic, we try to point out three issues that are important in our opinion. Firstly, we emphasize that fanaticism is always harmful, and although this harmfulness is not always significant, even in the best case, fanaticism is harmful at least to the fanatic himself. Secondly, we oppose the claim that countering fanaticism can be as destructive as fanaticism itself. Thirdly, we maintain the claim that the basic symptoms of fanaticism are: an inability to make any compromises and a rejection of the very possibility of making an exception to an accepted rule of action. In conclusion, we recall Hannah Arend’s vitally important call to maintain a balance between activity and reflexivity.
INVESTIGATION OF THE ADJECTIVES IN TERMINOLOGIA ANATOMICA, IN TERMS RELATED TO THE NERVOUS SYSTEM AND SENSE ORGANS
Authors: Aydın Mücahit , Irmak Sapmaz Hilal
Published: May 2024

ABSTRACT

Aim: Effective and correct use of terminology in anatomy education and other medical sciences is very important for healthy communication between scientists. Due to the low number of scientific studies on both medical and anatomical terminology, this study was conducted to help increase the existing knowledge in this field.

Material and Method: Terminologia Anatomica, published by Thieme in 1998, was used in the study.

Results: A total of 2431 terms related to the nervous system and sensory organs were analyzed, and a total of 625 different adjectives within these terms were evaluated in terms of origin, degree and form and classified into classes. A total of 492 different adjectives were included in the 1924 terms under the title of nervous system. There are 133 different adjectives in 507 terms under the title of sense organs. There are a total of 2753 adjectives in both sections we have analyzed, together with the number of repetitions. It was observed that most of these adjectives were of Latin origin, two-shaped and had a gradus positivus degree of comparison.

Discussion: The data we obtained as a result of this study revealed the distribution and characteristics of adjectives in terms of origin, degree and form within the terminology. We think that our study will contribute to the development of medical terminology and will also help make the anatomy course more understandable and memorable for students.
The association between six-minute walk test and one minute sit to stand test in patients with acute exacerbations of COPD
Authors: Dündar Zeynep Pelin , Kafa Nihan , Alkan Durutürk Neslihan , Vatansev Hülya , Zamani Adil
Published: May 2024

ABSTRACT
Aim: Acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (AECOPD) are a major complication of COPD and a leading cause of hospitalization, detrimentally affecting functional exercise capacity. The 6-minute walk test (6MWT) is a reliable measure of exercise capacity in chronic lung diseases. Conversely, the 1-minute sit-to-stand test (1STST) offers a simpler assessment of physical function. The aim was to demonstrate the association of functional exercise capacity assessed by 1STST and 6MWT in COPD patients with acute exacerbation.
Materials and Methods: In this study, 37 hospitalized patients with acute exacerbation COPD (mean age:66 years) underwent assessments including pulmonary function testing, 6MWT, 1STST and modified Medical Research Council (MMRC). Parameters such as heart rate, oxygen saturation, and perceived dyspnea (via the modified Borg scale) were monitored during tests.
Results: The results showed a significant correlation between 6MWT and 1STST performance (r=0.656, p<0.001). Notably, end-tidal oxygen saturation differed between tests, with the 6MWT showing higher end-tidal dyspnea scores. During recovery, 1STST induced increased heart rate and decreased oxygen saturation. Both 6MWT and 1STST were negatively associated with age and MMRC. Positive correlations were observed between 6MWT and FEV1(L) and PEF(L).
Conclusions: Similar to the 6MWT, the 1STS test may be used to evaluate how well patients with AECOPD perform during functional exercise. We propose that the 1STST is a suitable alternative to the 6MWT for the assessment of functional exercise performance during hospitalization in AECOPD patients.
Reflections of including key audit matters in the audit quality and audit fees of publicly traded companies in Brazil
Authors: Melo Priscila dos Santos Fernandes , Salotti Bruno Meirelles , Braunbeck Guillermo Oscar , Costa Raquel Sales da Silva
Published: May 2024

Considering the context of the changes implemented by the revised ISA 700, which required including items such as Key Audit Matters (KAMs), this article aimed to examine the effects of the changes in ISA 700 on audit quality and fees. Accounting and market data, information on the responsible audit firms, and the number of KAMs disclosed by publicly traded companies in Brazil were collected from 2014 to 2017. Overall, the results did not demonstrate evidence of improvement in audit quality after adopting the revised ISA 700. Audit fees also did not show statistically significant changes when comparing the period before and after adopting the new requirement. So, the study concluded that, during the four-year period surrounding the adoption of the new requirements, there was no evidence of an increase in audit quality or auditor fees for publicly traded companies in Brazil. This article expands academic discussions in the Brazilian capital market regarding the implications of including KAMs in audit reports, as well as the analysis of the practical effects of applying standards issued by regulatory bodies.
Faunistic contributions and zoogeographical and ecological evaluations on species belonging to the genus Philonthus Stephens, 1829 (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Staphylininae: Staphylinini: Philonthiina) from the Aegean Region (Türkiye)
Authors: Sert Osman , Özdemir Türkmen Senem , Şabanoğlu Şimşek Burcu
Published: May 2024

Philonthus Stephens, 1829 is the most speciose genus of the tribe Staphylini in the world. In this present study, faunistic contributions to the Philonthus fauna of Türkiye were made along with additional records. A total of 30 species were recorded from the examined material which was composed of specimens collected from the Aegean Region between 2019-2022. Among them, 13 species are new records for the region and new province records for 15 species are also provided. Additionally, first detailed locality records are provided for the widely distributed Philonthus viridipennis Fauvel, 1875. Besides several ecological properties, general distribution of species in Türkiye and other zoogeographical regions are presented and discussed. Previous records from the study region are given and evaluated with our results, zoogeographic status of species is discussed. As a result of the study, composition of the collected species represent regional characters, as they mostly belong to the European and Asian fauna.
Magmatic Evolution and Plumbing System of Gede-Salak Volcano, Banten, Indonesia
Authors: Salni Muhammad Alfath Salvano , Yuningsih Euis Tintin , Ohba Tsukasa
Published: May 2024

The study of individual volcanoes in northwest Java has been largely overlooked. In this study, an investigation of the magma evolution and plumbing system of Gede-Salak Volcano was conducted. A geological survey determined the lava unit and volcanism. The whole-rock geochemistry is utilized to determine the magma type and evolution. Mineral chemistry based on microprobe analysis revealed the magmatic process and phenocryst origin. Geothermobarometry is employed to estimate the temperature and pressure. The volcanism comprised the eruption of lava flows, sector collapse, and the eruption of lava domes. The magma evolution consists of two magma types: type A (lava flow and peripheral dome) and type B (summit dome). The processes identified are amphibole fractionation, magma mixing, and crust assimilation. Phenocryst textures and chemistry implied open-system processes inthe plumbing system involving three magma series, namely the felsic, intermediate, and mafic series. Magma type A resulted from multiple mafic recharges on the felsic series, while type B resulted from the mixing of intermediate and mafic series. The felsic and intermediate phenocryst crystallization occurred at 933-948°C and 1010-1011°C in the mid-crust at 14 km to 17 km depth. Meanwhile, the mafic series reside in the lower crust at 21 km depth and of 1065-1087°C temperature.
Keywords: Gede-Salak, magma evolution, magma plumbing, geothermobarometry, mineral chemistry
Sedimentation Rate During Miocene to Pleistocene Related with Nannofossil Biostratigraphy, in Banyuurip, Kedewan, Rembang Zone, East Java Basin, Indonesia
Authors: Choiriah Siti Umiyatun , Haty Intan Paramitha , Kaesti Edgie Yuda
Published: May 2024

The researched area is located in Rembang Zone, North East Java Basin. The Rembang Zone is one of the largest basins in Indonesia. In this area, there are many oil wells that today are still actively producing. The research concerning the content of microfossils in marine sedimentary outcrops is needed to determine the rate of sedimentation in a basin. The method is basically based on the result of stratigraphic measurements of two sections with a distance of 2,743.7 m. Sedimentation rate is the average thickness ratio to the average time interval. The sections have a good outcrop and a continuous stratigraphic sequence from Miocene (Wonocolo, Ledok, and Mundu Formations) to Pleistocene (Lidah Formation). Samples taken in the section consisted of fourty-one samples of marls and shales. The results of the analysis show eighteen genera with fifty-seven species of nannoplankton. While the resulting biostratigraphic zone can be arranged into eleven zones consisted of two partial, one range and eight interval zones. The development of sedimentation rate (RoS) of studied area consists of ten periods, those are (1) CNM15 Zone/ Late Miocene of Ledok Formation at a depth of 427.8 - 322.4 m, and has a sedimentation rate (RoS) of 11.46 cm/ ky, (2) CNM16-CNM20 Zone/Late Miocene to Early Pliocene, Ledok Formation at a depth of 322.4 - 279.3 m and has a RoS of 1.54 cm/ky, (3) Mundu Formation is CNPL2 Zone/Early Pliocene at a depth of 279.3 - 223 m and has a RoS of 5.41 cm/ky, (4) CNPL3 (Early Pliocene) Zone at a depth of 223 - 148.4 m and has a RoS of 33.91 cm/ky, (5) CNPL4 Zone (Middle Pliocene) at a depth of 148.4 - 82.7 m and has a RoS of 5.09 cm/ky. (6) Zone of CNPL5 (Middle-Late Pliocene) at a depth of 82.70 - 53.1 m and has a RoS of 21.14 cm/ky, (7) CNPL6 Zone/Late Pliocene at a depth of 53.1 - 52.0 m and has a RoS of 0.24 cm/ky, 8). CNPL7 Zone/Late Pliocene to Early Pleistocene at a depth of 52.0 - 33.8 m and has a RoS 8.27 cm/ky, (9). CNPL8 Zone (Early Pleistocene) at a depth of 33.8 - 26.4 m and has a RoS of 1.14 cm/ky, (10) CNPL9 Zone? (Early Pleistocene) at a depth of 26.4 - 12.5 m and has a RoS of 1.7 cm/ky. The relatively faster sedimentation rate of the CNPL3 is due to the faster subsidence and maximum sediment supply. During the development of sedimentation rate, there are two unconformities, namely (1) after the CNM20 Zone resulting in a sedimentation interval during CNPL1 and (2) after CNPL6 (Late Pliocene).
Keywords: sedimentation rate, biostratigraphy, Rembang Zone, Banyuurip
The Resistivity Log and Its Role in Understanding Sediment Unloading in the Lower Kutai Basin, Indonesia
Authors: O’Connor Stephen , Ramdhan Agus M. , Arifin Arifin , Ellis Amy C.
Published: May 2024

High overpressure is a critical drilling issue in the Lower Kutai Basin. Typical pore pressure prediction approaches involve an empirical relationship, such as Eaton’s method using sonic log data. In areas with high geothermal gradients, such as the Lower Kutai Basin, there is evidence for additional overpressure from gas generation such that sediment unloading must be considered to interpret pore pressure correctly. In this paper a repeatable deterministic model is presented for pore pressure from sonic data and, using selected wells from the Lower Kutai Basin, also the use of the resistivity log in a similar model. In the Lower Kutai Basin, sonic logs are often absent from the logging suite or otherwise running over limited intervals, making an alternative log-based prediction method particularly valuable. As a caveat, shallow freshwater encroachment is reported in the Lower Kutai Basin, means the shallow resistivity data can be problematic to use to define both top of overpressure and a normal compaction trend. Care must therefore be taken if resistivity is to be used for the interpretation of unloaded pore pressure, and chiefly applied and this likely to be more successful where encroachment is less pronounced, such as pro-delta shales. Assuming the additional care needed in using resistivity data, this paper suggests that resistivity can be a useful tool for pore pressure prediction in unloaded shale at elevated temperatures within the Lower Kutai Basin. At present the technique has been applied to only a limited dataset due to data availability limitations, but it is hoped with further refinement it will form a helpful additional approach in the pore pressure prediction toolkit.
Keywords: pore pressure, resistivity, unloading, Lower Kutai Basin
Geological Trap Controlling the Residence Time of Groundwater in Assessment of Exploitation Zone for Its Sustainable Resources Case Study: The Slope of Karang Mount, Banten Province, Indonesia
Authors: Hutabarat Johanes , Muhammad Azwar Satrya , Iskandarsyah Teuku Yan Waliana Muda , Listiawan Yudhi , Trisnadiansyah M. Ridfan , Andhira Putu Ayu , Hendarmawan Hendarmawan
Published: May 2024

The southern slope of Mount Karang is covered by complex volcanic deposits with complicated texture and structure. The study on zone or location of water resources which would be exploited required a comprehensive hydrogeological approach. Through detailed geological mapping, spring sampling, and well drilling were carried out. Representative spring water samples were taken to be analyzed in the laboratory, and to obtain the data of physical groundwater, chemical groundwater, stable isotopes 18O (oxygen-18), and deuterium contents, as well as the age of the groundwater. In general, the groundwater facies of the studied area showed Ca, Na, KHCO3 with several sites indicating changes to CaHCO3 during the dry and rainy seasons. The synthesis results of the stable isotope 18O (oxygen-18) and deuterium contents, verified by the physical and chemical groundwater controlled by geological setting in the groundwater subbasins, show the anomaly of residence time as trapped by the normal fault in the middle of the studied area. The existing normal fault might control this anomaly of residence time of groundwater surrounding site JH1, JH9, and JH20. However, the distribution of three different water source zones occurred. All group of groundwater indicated a complex flowing with geological setting controlling the physical, chemical content, and the age of the groundwater. At last, sites JH4, JH5, and JH9 show that the zones are proper to be developed as sustainability groundwater resources.
Keywords: groundwater facies, stable isotope, groundwater flow, sustainable water
Judicial Activity and Its Types: Cybernetic Approach
Authors: Ignatenko Victor , Praskova Svetlana , Chuksina Valentina
Published: May 2024

The article raises the question of the possibility to study comprehensively all areas of the court functioning as a single activity in its nature to implement the judiciary. It is stated that in the legislation judicial activity is regulated heterogeneously. Attempts of its comprehensive study have been made repeatedly in domestic jurisprudence, but now there are practically no works in which judicial activity would be studied as a whole. The authors believe that such an approach is necessary and suggest using a cybernetics methodology to justify it. As a methodological basis of the study, it is justified that any implementation of power is social management. Therefore, the exercising of state power can be considered as a part of the management process. It is also noted that judicial activity is inextricably linked with law enforcement, which can be viewed as a stage in the integral mechanism of legal management and at the same time as a process of local management. In general, the subject of such governance is the state, but specific powers are divided among different bodies, so different stages of governance can be carried out by different entities on behalf of the state.
On this basis, judicial activity is classified into three types, each of them has peculiarities of a managerial nature: 1) law enforcement (casual) justice; 2) normative (general) justice and clarification of judicial practice; 3) implementation of legislative initiative by the courts. It is justified that the activities of organizational support for the activities of the courts (judicial administration) cannot be categorized as judicial activity due to its different nature: it is not the exercise of judicial power.
In conclusion, it is stated that judicial activity (with the exception of the implementation of a legislative initiative) is homogeneous in its managerial nature, which creates a prerequisite for its comprehensive study.
Ideological Function of the Modern State: Problems of Understanding and Prospects of Development
Authors: Kuptsova Olga
Published: May 2024

The ideological function of the state is a significant direction of state activity at the present stage of its development in the context of revising the value guidelines of the existence of the state and the formation of a new paradigm of interstate interaction. In line with this study, the vision of the ideological function of the state in the aspect of its modern understanding, the search for certainty in the variable trends of the conceptual series is considered. Based on the consideration of problematic aspects of this topic, the concept of the ideological function of the state is proposed as the main complex direction of the state›s activity, contributing to the development of a full-fledged ideological sphere of society in line with the formation of an ideology of national importance, the revival of traditional values of society and countering destructive ideological influences. In addition to reflecting conceptual certainty, the work formulates the most important prospects for the development of the ideological function of the state. Currently, relatively independent areas of activity are being identified and will continue to develop in the future within the framework of the implementation of the analyzed function of the state – its subfunctions. The formation of the ideology of digitalization of social relations should be considered as a separate element of the content of the ideological function of the state in modern conditions. Mutual connection and mutual conditions of the ideological sphere of social relations and other spheres of modern society will also actively develop. In the process of exercising the ideological function of the state, methods of persuasion and positive coercion will receive predominant development. The detailing of modern ideology is significant. An important factor is the development of ideologies as elements of ideology and as phenomena of the language of law.
On the Content of the Principle of Balance Public – Private Interests
Authors: Devitskii Eduard
Published: May 2024

The article substantiates the interrelation of the non-positivistic legal system based on consideration of the inherent in the law aspiration to justice, with the necessity of highlighting the principle of balance of public and private interests. The results of the main comprehensive scientific research in the fi eld that are based on the consideration of public and private interests balance as a basic legal idea as well as the necessity of its implementation in constitutional and international justice are highlighted. The author concluded that there is constitutional and legal basis for distinguishing the balance of public and private interests as a general legal principle, as well as general approaches to its content in both legal theory and sectoral legal sciences. In order to eliminate the difference in terminology used (balance of interests, ratability, proportionality, balance of constitutional values), it is proposed to use the phrase «balance of public and private interests». In the author’s view, the use of such terminology underlines that the principle under consideration is primarily addressed to the legislator and allows to focus on the objectives for the achievement of which legal regulation is established in certain areas of public relations. Other terms are used mostly in relation to the implementation of this principle in constitutional justice. The dualistic principle to determine the content of the principle of balancing public and private interests is proposed. Firstly, the principle under consideration is about the duty of the legislator and the court to use the necessary and sufficient means to ensure a fair relationship between different interests in establishing legal regulation and resolving disputes. The second approach has instrumental significance and is related to the implementation of this principle within the framework of constitutional proceedings on the basis of proportionality and balance of constitutional values.
Treasury Support as a Budgetary and Legal Tool for Improving the Efficiency of Using Budget Funds
Authors: Glazunova Irina , Sheptunov Danil
Published: May 2024

The article is devoted to the study of the legal fundamentals for increasing the efficiency of the use of budget funds in Russia. The outlined tasks to ensure financial sovereignty and improve the effectiveness of public financial management predetermine the need to improve the legal mechanisms for ensuring efficiency in the field of public finance of the state. Article 34 of the Budget Code of the Russian Federation enshrines the principle of efficiency in the use of budgetary funds. However, legislative regulation does not contain sufficiently defined criteria for assessing such effectiveness, allowing confusion with the concepts of “economy”, “effectiveness”. The authors attempt to identify relevant budgetary and legal instruments to increase the efficiency of the use of budget funds in the Russian Federation, consider the specifics of the formation of a modern system of cash execution of the budget, taking into account historical prerequisites and their impact on the development of new budgetary and legal instruments – budget monitoring, treasury support, rules for accounting for budget expenditures. Based on the monitoring and analysis of the legal regulation of public finance, the article highlights treasury support as a new budgetary and legal instrument and identifies its role and importance in increasing the efficiency of the use of budgetary funds. The analysis made it possible to formulate the prerequisites for the need for further implementation of such tools as treasury support, as well as to highlight its characteristic features and features. Vectors of further improvement of the budgetary sphere are determined.
Genesis of the Russian Financial System and the Ways of its Transformation: the Period Before 1928
Authors: Bubnov Vyacheslav
Published: May 2024

The life of modern human society is impossible without an effective economic model. In turn, functioning economies are ensured by the financial system of society. The purpose of this scientific research is to formulate a scientific approach to the development of the domestic financial system, which, unlike most foreign ones, has gone through stages of a complete change in the current paradigm. The Russian financial system has gone through mutually exclusive stages of development: finance of catch-up development, finance of war communism, finance of the new economic policy, Soviet finance, neoliberal and globalist finance, national finance. Each of these stages reflects fundamental changes in the methods and methods of management, which could not but affect the elements of the financial system. In financial theory and practice, there is high theoretical, methodological and methodological uncertainty regarding the elements of the financial system. In this context, their study from a historical perspective is relevant. It is proposed to highlight the following main elements: national currency, payment system, monetary relations, tax system, banking system, insurance system, mortgage system, public finance, securities market, mutual investment funds and non-state pension funds, exchange trading, existence of relationships with international finance. The research methodology is based on a theoretical analysis of the basic scientific principles of the formation of the financial system and its elements. The informational and empirical basis for the research was scientific research by Russian and foreign scientists, data from state and corporate statistics, and information and analytical reviews. The object of observation is the Russian financial system before 1928. The scientific novelty lies in the formation of the author's conceptual approach to the financial system and its elements, and the imperatives for the emergence of economic problems caused by the underdevelopment of the financial system are identified. The study showed the need to further improve the elements of the financial system to ensure economic growth and development.