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Avaliação dos extratos e da pomada de folhas de Heteropterys brasiliensis para a atividade cicatrizante: um estudo in vitro e in vivo
Authors:   , Purgato Gislaine Aparecida
Published: May 2023

O território brasileiro apresenta a maior biodiversidade do planeta, porém pouco desse arsenal de plantas é devidamente estudado quanto as suas propriedades farmacológicas. Nativa da Mata Atlântica e com risco de extinção, Heteropterys brasiliensis é uma planta utilizada pela medicina tradicional e que não apresenta relatos científicos que comprove seu potencial farmacológico. O objetivo deste trabalho foi avaliar o potencial cicatrizante de extratos vegetais de H. brasiliensis, in vitro e in vivo, assim como atividades farmacológicas relacionadas a uma melhor cicatrização: atividade antibacteriana, anti-inflamatória e antioxidante. Os extratos hexânico e etanólico tiveram sua atividade antibacteriana avaliada pelo teste de concentração inibitória mínima (CIM) contra bactérias gram-positivas e gram- negativas. A atividade anti-inflamatória foi avaliada in vitro pela capacidade de inibir a desnaturação de proteínas e pela produção de óxido nítrico induzido por lipopolissacarídeo (LPS) em macrófagos. O potencial cicatrizante foi avaliado in vitro, pela proliferação, citoproteção e migração de fibroblastos NIH/3T3 e macrófago RAW 264.7. Pomadas foram formuladas com o extrato etanólico nas concentrações de 5 e 10% (m/m). Seu potencial cicatrizante foi então, avaliados in vivo quanto ao índice de contração da ferida, avaliação histológica e parâmetros bioquímicos e hematológicos. Além disso, foi determinado a atividade antioxidante tecidual através das enzimas superóxido dismutase (SOD), catalase (CAT), glutationa S-transferase (GST) e marcadores como, óxido nítrico (NO) e malondialdeído (MDA). Os resultados demostraram que os extratos de H. brasiliensis apresentaram atividade antibacteriana, principalmente para bactérias gram-positivas. O extrato hexânico demonstrou um maior potencial anti-inflamatório, in vitro. Os extratos foram eficazes de promover a proliferação celular e migração celular, tendo o extrato etanólico apresentado os melhores resultados nos testes in vitro. No experimento in vivo, as pomadas foram eficientes em promover a contração da ferida, aumentar a proliferação celular e neovascularização, bem como reduzir a resposta inflamatória e o estresse oxidativo. Em conclusão, as pomadas formuladas com o extrato de H. brasiliensis foi eficiente no controle do processo inflamatório, oxidativo e atuou na promoção do fechamento rápido e eficaz das feridas induzidas em camundongos. Palavras-chave: Malpighiaceae. Antioxidante. Ferida. Proliferação. Fibroblasto.
Performatividade urbana: a experiência espacial corporificada das pessoas em situação de rua
Authors:   , Giese Juliana Varejão
Published: May 2023

Em um cenário cada vez mais intenso de precarização da vida urbana, a situação de rua se integra às reflexões críticas da Arquitetura e do Urbanismo para debatermos as condições nas quais determinados corpos vivenciam as cidades. Nesta pesquisa, desenvolvida como uma leitura espacializada da teoria da performatividade, de Judith Butler, a relação das pessoas que estão em situação de rua por tempo prolongado com o espaço público urbano é vista por meio de suas experiências perceptivas e corporificadas. Como fundamentação teórica, a relação do corpo com o espaço urbano é interpretada em suas dimensões material, social, cultural, política e econômica; a identidade indica o espaço público urbano como palco da reafirmação das diferenças; e a performatividade pode ser entendida como o momento em que o ambiente afeta o comportamento do indivíduo, pois trata de papéis sociais exercidos a partir de uma condição que o categoriza socialmente. Buscou-se, assim, uma abordagem transdisciplinar com o objetivo de investigar processos de subjetivação na cidade contemporânea, guiada pela temática corpo-cidade, a partir da situação de rua. Essa pesquisa tem abordagem fenomenológica, com referência principal a Merleau-Ponty, e se enquadra na categoria de pesquisas corporificadas. Foram realizadas observações e entrevistas semiestruturadas com pessoas em situação de rua na cidade de Juiz de Fora-MG e analisadas suas experiências vividas no espaço público urbano. O conceito de “performatividade urbana” foi estruturado, constatando a hipótese originária do trabalho, e é apresentado como a condensação da experiência corporificada no espaço- tempo, que se inscreve no sujeito e extrapola os limites individuais para se manifestar como prática pública do corpo. Considera-se que a articulação de um urbanismo corporificado passe pela reflexão dos processos de subjetivação dos corpos habitantes de cidades, absorvendo diferenças e interseccionalidades para proporcionar espaços públicos que possam ser usados com equidade e segurança por todos os corpos. Palavras-chave: Moradores de rua. Corpo e cidade. Pesquisa corporificada. Fenomenologia da percepção. Fenomenologia urbana. Urbanismo corporificado.
Can gray whale management units be assessed using mitochondrial DNA?
Authors: Ramakrishnan Uma , Taylor Barbara L.
Published: May 2023

Although most eastern North Pacific gray whales (Eschrichtius robustus) feed in Alaskan waters north of the Aleutian peninsula, some have been reported as long-term feeding residents in more southern waters ranging from northern California to southeast Alaska. The population history of this smaller putative southern feeding population is unknown. Recently, native Americans of the Makah tribe attained permits to harvest up to five whales per year in Washington State waters. Managers need to know whether southern summer residents could be potentially depleted through low-level harvesting. This paper investigates the feasibility of using genetic data to assess the plausibility of two possible population histories for the southern feeding group: panmixia with the northern feeding group and a single colonisation event less that a century ago. We find that a genetic study would most probably result in an unambiguous answer to the question of whether the southern feeding group is a separate population founded by a single colonisation event. Simulations show that a single founding event in the last century would result in genetic differentiation 97.8% of the time (a = 0.05) between the two feeding groups. Further, sensitivity analyses of uncertain parameters used in the model show that the results do not depend on the values of growth rate, mitochondrial allele frequency distribution or population size of the eastern North Pacific gray whale after commercial harvest.
Organochlorine contaminant concentrations and lipid profiles in eastern North Pacific gray whales (Eschrichtius robustus)
Authors: Krahn Margaret M. , Ylitalo Gina M. , Burrows Douglas G. , Calambokidis John , Moore Sue E. , Gosho Merrill , Gearin Patrick , Plesha Paul D. , Brownell Jr. Robert L. , Blokhin S. A. , Tilbury Karen L. , Rowles Teri , Stein John E.
Published: May 2023

Organochlorine (OC) contaminant concentrations in tissues and lipid profiles in blubber are summarised for 101 gray whales (Eschrichtius robustus) from the eastern North Pacific stock. Samples were obtained from presumably healthy gray whales during a 1994 subsistence hunt in the Russian Arctic (n = 17) and also from biopsy sampling of live animals from the Washington coast (n = 38). In addition, tissues were collected from two groups of animals (1988-1991, n = 22; and 1999, n = 24) that stranded along the west coast of the USA. These whales represent a diverse group of animals with respect to lipid stores, age, gender, health and reproductive status. Information about these biological factors is necessary before contaminant concentration data can be properly interpreted. Differences in blubber lipid levels and profiles were examined among these groups of whales. Significantly higher lipid levels were found in the blubber of subsistence animals that were sampled following summer feeding in the Bering and Chukchi Seas, compared to lipid levels in the biopsied and stranded animals. Lipid class profiles from blubber of presumably healthy gray whales (i.e. from subsistence and biopsy sampling) contained primarily triglycerides and were very different from those of stranded animals that showed lipid decomposition (increased proportions of free fatty acids, cholesterol and phospholipids). Furthermore, lipid class profiles were found to be a means of estimating the quality of a blubber sample from stranded cetaceans. An examination of how biological factors (e.g. gender, reproductive status, age) contribute to interpreting the differences found in contaminant concentrations among the gray whales was also undertaken. Although not statistically significant, higher (OC) concentrations were found in males compared to females, thus suggesting the tendency of the mother to shift her contaminant burden to her calf during gestation and lactation. Results also indicated that there was no significant increase in concentrations of contaminants in the blubber with increase in length (surrogate for age). Higher concentrations of OC contaminants were found in stranded juvenile gray whales, compared to juvenile subsistence whales, and were thought to result from retention of OCs in blubber of the stranded animals as lipid stores are mobilised for energy and total lipid levels decrease, rather than from a difference in diet or feeding areas. OC concentrations in various tissues (blubber, liver, kidney, muscle, brain) were similar on a lipid weight basis, except for brain, which had lower lipid-adjusted OCs because the blood-brain barrier limits contaminant transfer.
Timing of the gray whale southbound migration
Authors: Rugh David J. , Shelden Kim E. W. , Schulman-Janiger Alisa
Published: May 2023

The southbound migration of the eastern North Pacific stock of gray whales (Eschrichtius robustus) has been documented by the National Marine Fisheries Service most seasons since 1967 at or near Granite Canyon, in central California, and by the American Cetacean Society’s Los Angeles Chapter every season since 1985 at Point Vicente, southern California. This has provided a rare opportunity to examine cetacean migratory timing data over a relatively long time series. In 1998/99, anecdotal reports indicated a major change had occurred in the timing of the migration, which prompted this study to compare the observed timing relative to expected dates. Although no observers were at Granite Canyon in 1998/99, data collected from this site indicated that prior to 1980, annual median sighting dates ranged from 4-13 January (overall median = 8 January; CI = 1.3), but since then there has been a one-week (6.8 day; CI = 2.0) delay, with median dates now ranging from 12-18 January (overall median = 15 January; CI = 1.7). This delay in timing is better represented as a shift in dates than as a trend, and it occurred shortly after a major oceanographic regime shift in the North Pacific Ocean. The shift in whale sighting dates occurred equally in the onset of the migrations (when the first 10% of the whales passed a site), the median (50%) and end (when 90% of the whales passed). At Granite Canyon, there were no significant trends in these dates prior to 1980 or in dates following the shift. In mid-February (median = 15 February, CI = 1.9, at Point Vicente), few gray whales are still going south and some are already migrating north. Most of the migration (the period between the 10% and 90% sighting dates) occurs across a period of 34 days (CI = 2.0), but the entire southbound migration may take > 70 days to pass a location in any given year. It takes a whale approximately 54 days to migrate from the north central Bering Sea to the lagoons in Baja California (8,000km), but some whales may travel as far as 10,000km. Based on available observations and calculations using a travel rate of 147km/day, current median (peak) sighting dates of the southbound migration should be: 1 December in the north central Bering Sea (here considered the theoretical starting point for the migration); 12 December at Unimak Pass, Alaska; 18 December for Kodiak Island, Alaska; 5 January for Washington State; 7 January for Oregon; 15 January for central California; 18 January in southern California; and 24 January at the northern lagoons in Baja California (considered here to be the terminus of the migration). Although no observations were made at Granite Canyon in 1998/99, sightings made at Yaquina Head, Oregon (median sighting date = 7 January) and at Point Vicente (median = 20 January) indicate that the timing of that migration was consistent with previous years.
d15N and d13C in skin biopsy samples: a note on their applicability for examining the relative trophic level in three rorqual species
Authors: Gendron D. , Aguiniga S. , Carriquiry J. D.
Published: May 2023

Preliminary stable nitrogen and carbon isotope analysis was undertaken to investigate whether the resulting data support current knowledge of diet as obtained by conventional approaches. Blue (Balaenoptera musculus), fin (B. physalus) and Bryde’s (B. edeni) whales co-occur temporally and are known to feed in the Gulf of California, Mexico. Isotope measurements were taken from: known prey (three euphausiids and four sardine samples); skin biopsies (two for each whale species); and from faeces (one blue and three fin whale samples). Although the sample size was small, the range of d15N values obtained was consistent with prior knowledge of the whales feeding habits, with values increasing in the order: blue (x¯= 12.9), fin (x¯= 15.4) and Bryde’s whales (x¯= 15.8). The low value for the blue whale confirms its known stenophagous habit. The closeness of d15N values for fin and Bryde’s whales coincides with the known icthyophagous habits of the Bryde’s whale and the more generalist fin whale which feeds on both fish and zooplankton. The difference in d13C values for fin (x¯= 16.0) and Bryde’s whales (x¯= 18.1) suggests that although they feed at the same trophic level, they might use different food sources or feeding sites. Results of d15N suggest that fin and Bryde’s whales share the same relative trophic level, blue whales and juvenile sardines (S. sagax) share a lower position, followed by the euphausiid (Nematocelis difficilis) and fin whale faeces, and at the lowest level blue whale faeces.
A first estimate of franciscana (Pontoporia blainvillei) abundance off southern Brazil
Authors: Secchi Eduardo R. , Ott Paulo H. , Crespo Enrique A. , Kinas Paul G. , Pedraza Susana N. , Bordino Pablo
Published: May 2023

The franciscana, Pontoporia blainvillei, is endemic to the western South Atlantic Ocean and is perhaps one of the most threatened small cetacean species in this region. This paper presents a first abundance estimate for the coastal waters of Rio Grande do Sul State (southern Brazil) and Uruguay. In March 1996, an aerial survey was conducted along the Rio Grande do Sul State coast. Thirty-four franciscanas (29 groups) were recorded leading to a mean density estimate of 0.657 individuals/km2 (95% CI: 0.516 to 0.836) for the study area (435km2 ) after applying a correction factor for submerged dolphins. This corresponds to an estimated abundance of 286 franciscanas (95% CI: 225 to 364). The study area represents only 0.7% of the suggested distribution of the stock. The paper discusses possible management implications of this study in the light of reported incidental mortality estimates for this region. Further surveys covering a larger area are recommended in order to obtain more reliable abundance estimates for the stock.
Investigations of an Aboriginal Whaling Management Procedure using Adaptive Kalman Filtering
Authors: Magnusson Kjartan G. , Dereksdottir Eva Hlin
Published: May 2023

The feasibilty of using Kalman Filter methods as the basis for an Aboriginal Whaling Management Procedure is explored in this paper. Adaptive Kalman Filters are used to obtain estimates of the stock size and posterior probability distributions for MSY rate (MSYR) and the pre-exploitation stock size K. A set of catch control laws is then used on these estimates of stock size, which together with the posterior distributions of the various combinations of MSYR and K, gives a cumulative distribution function for the strike limit. The eventual strike limit is then determined as a pre-specified percentile of this distribution. The procedure is tested on some Evaluation Trials set by the Standing Working Group on Aboriginal Whaling Management Procedures of the International Whaling Commission (IWC) Scientific Committee. The estimation of a bias factor was considered and results are presented.
Historical occurrence and distribution of humpback whales in the eastern and southern Caribbean Sea, based on data from American whaling logbooks
Authors: Reeves Randall R. , Swartz Steven L. , Wetmore Sara E. , Clapham Phillip J.
Published: May 2023

The best-known present-day wintering areas for the North Atlantic population of humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) are in the northern West Indies, notably off the island of Hispaniola. However, it is known that in the nineteenth century American whalers hunted humpbacks in the Windward Islands (primarily from Guadeloupe southwards), along the coast of Trinidad, in the Gulf of Paria and westwards along the Venezuelan coast. To investigate the historical distribution and occurrence of humpback whales, data were extracted from nineteenth century American whaling logbooks and journals covering 48 voyages by 29 vessels to the West Indies from 1823-1889. Humpback whale records in these documents came from a geographical area that encompassed Haiti to the coast of Venezuela. Of 807 records in which whales were mentioned (as sightings, strikes or catches), the largest number was from the Windward Islands and Venezuela, especially St Vincent and the Grenadines (319 records covering an estimated 958 humpbacks), Guadeloupe (190 records, 592 humpbacks), Dominica/Martinique/St Lucia (74 records, 193 humpbacks) and Venezuela (64 records, 216 humpbacks). These totals should be regarded only as approximate indicators of the relative abundance of whales since the effort involved cannot be meaningfully quantified. Similarly, effort-uncorrected data suggest that the peak months for humpback whales in the Windward Islands were February, March and April. Few sightings were recorded off the Dominican Republic after March, but this may reflect a lack of effort there in April and May. However, humpbacks apparently were abundant in the Windwards in April and even May, which is not the case in the major present-day wintering areas off Hispaniola. With one notable exception, there is little evidence in the logbooks and journals that humpbacks were taken on a more than casual basis in waters off Hispaniola, where the major aggregations are found today; possible explanations for the marked contrast in present versus historical distribution are discussed. The highly seasonal visitation of the West Indies by the American nineteenth-century whalers precludes a meaningful investigation of the possibility that some humpbacks from the Southern Hemisphere migrated to the Caribbean Sea in the austral winter.
Application of photogrammetric methods for locating and tracking cetacean movements at sea
Authors: Leaper Russell , Gordon Jonathan
Published: May 2023

Accurate measurements of the locations of surfacing cetaceans are important data for behavioural studies and sightings surveys. A system for tracking cetacean movements based on photogrammetric analysis of digital images has been developed and tested at sea. Radial distances from the ship to surfacing whales were calculated from video images by measuring the angle of dip between the whale and the horizon. Bearings were either measured from still images of reference points on the ship, from a magnetic bearing compass or from the bearing ring of stand-mounted binoculars. The system uses readily available equipment and can be operated by one person. Calibration tests were conducted to assess the accuracy of the system. Errors in distance measurement increased approximately linearly with distance. Under typical survey conditions, from a large vessel with an eye height of 18m, distances to whales could be measured with a root mean square error of 3.5%. A model was developed to enable corrections to be made for atmospheric refraction. This has implications for other studies using reticle binoculars. If refraction is not corrected then distance estimates will be negatively biased. Field trials of the system were conducted from several different types and sizes of vessel during studies of a number of different species. Results of these trials demonstrated that the system is a practical tool for fine-scale tracking of cetacean movements and could also be used on line transect surveys. The limitations of the system are the need for a clear horizon and difficulties, for some species, in obtaining suitable quality images of all surfacings. There is also a moderate overhead in increased analysis time. Advances in digital imaging technology are likely to solve many of the image quality problems in the future.
Satellite tracking of minke whales (Balaenoptera acutorostrata) off the coast of northern Norway
Authors: Heide-Jørgensen M. P. , Nordoy E. S. , Oien N. , Folkow L. P. , Kleivane L. , Blix A. S. , Jensen M. V. , Laidre K. L.
Published: May 2023

Two minke whales were tagged with satellite-linked radio transmitters off the coast of northern Norway in order to obtain data on daily locations, movements and swimming speed. One whale was tagged in September 1994, south of Lofoten at the entrance to the Vestfjorden, and one whale was tagged in August 1999 just north of Vesterålen. The whale tagged in 1994 was successfully tracked for 31 days (located 1.5 times/day on average). The whale tagged in 1999 was successfully tracked for 19 days (located 3.0 times/day on average), although the first locations were not obtained until 18 days after the instrumentation. The whale tagged in 1994 travelled between two apparent feeding areas on the west coast of northern Norway: one in the mouth of Vestfjorden and the other along the continental slope north of Vesterålen. The whale tagged in 1999 moved to an area inside Vestfjorden and remained there until early September, after which it began a southward movement out of Vestfjorden offshore to the edge of the continental shelf. Both whales were presumably feeding on herring (Clupea harengus), which is particularly abundant in these waters at this time of year. The two minke whales travelled 78 and 79 km/day when distances between all positions were used, and 66 and 53 km/day when the daily average positions (all qualities) were used. Both calculations illustrate that minke whales can move considerable distances on a daily basis.
Spatial and temporal structure of the western North Pacific minke whale distribution inferred from JARPN sightings data
Authors: Okamura Hiroshi , Matsuoka Koji , Hakamada Takashi , Okazaki Makoto , Miyashita Tomio
Published: May 2023

The density of minke whales (Balaenoptera acutorostrata) in the western North Pacific was examined using a generalized additive model in order to investigate the spatial and temporal distribution patterns. The data used were a subset of JARPN sightings data collected from 1994 to 1999. The process for estimating the density was divided into two parts: the detection process for the estimation of the effective search half-width; and the encounter process for the estimation of the encounter rate. Model selection was carried out using information criteria. The selected model for the detection process included ‘sightability’, a synthetic index of detectability, as a covariate, and for the encounter process included the interaction between latitude and longitude and the interaction between month and latitude. The trend surface of the transformed density predicted by each month revealed no clear gaps. The monthly transition of the density distribution also suggested the northward seasonal feeding migration of the minke whales.
Cetacean sightings around the Republic of the Maldives, April 1998
Authors: Ballance Lisa T. , Anderson R. Charles , Pitman Robert L. , Stafford Kathleen , Shaan Abdullah , Waheed Zaha , Brownell Jr. Robert L.
Published: May 2023

In April 1998, as part of a project to collect biopsy samples of putative pygmy blue whales (Balaenoptera musculus brevicauda) in the waters around the Republic of the Maldives, Indian Ocean, incidental sightings of cetaceans encountered were recorded. Using modified line-transect methods and handheld binoculars, a total of 267 sightings of 16 species of whales and dolphins were recorded during 20 at-sea days in the northeastern part of the atoll. Significant results include the following: (1) cetaceans were abundant and species diversity was high, including nearly every pantropical species of pelagic cetacean; (2) the spinner dolphin (Stenella longirostris) was by far the most common species encountered (56 sightings) and also had the largest mean school size ( = 50.3 individuals); (3) blue whales were rare; only four individuals were sighted; (4) a large concentration of Bryde’s whales (28 sightings in two days) was apparently feeding in nearshore waters; (5) this paper reports the first records for the Maldives of Cuvier’s beaked whale (Ziphius cavirostris), Blainville’s beaked whale (Mesoplodon densirostris) and the dwarf sperm whale (Kogia sima): the latter was particularly common (17 sightings); (6) the spotted dolphin (Stenella attenuata) was rare and almost always associated with yellowfin tuna (Thunnus albacares), spinner dolphin, or seabirds, as has been reported in the eastern Pacific and western Indian oceans.
Understanding the relationship between states' unemployment rates and gross domestic product
Authors: Alghamdi Norah
Published: May 2023

This research paper examines the factors that affect the unemployment rate in public sector states of America. The study is based on the relationship between states' unemployment rates and Gross Domestic Product (GDP). The research question is: What is the relationship between states' unemployment rates and GDP? The hypothesis is that states with high unemployment rates will have lower GDPs. The research design contains three studies and one theory for different authors in the literature review section relevant to this study. The unit of analysis is the states of America. The paper proposes a methodology that describes the measures of the study. The researcher used nominal-level data to measure states and scale to measure GDP, states' unemployment rate, and population. The study concludes that higher unemployment rates caused lower GDP in states of America. An interesting subject for future study is the effects of states' unemployment rates on the state's GDP.
Aplikasi Deteksi Penggunaan Ejaan Bahasa Indonesia Pada Tugas Akhir Mahasiswa Politeknik Indonusa Surakarta
Authors: Ajika Pamungkas Canggih , Susanti Ratna , Astari Putri Nilam
Published: May 2023

Perkembangan teknologi komputer yang sangat maju menuntut berbagai instansi baik instansi pemerintahan, swasta maupun organisasi agar menerapkan dan membangun sistem informasi yang tepat untuk membantu pihak-pihak mendapatkan informasi yang dibutuhkan dari organisasi tersebut. Penerapan sistem informasi sudah dimanfaatkan dalam berbagai bidang. Dalam bidang pendidikan, khususnya dalam pendidikan tinggi, sejak para mahasiswa dihadapkan dengan berbagai tugas seperti observasi, menganalisis, mengkritisi, dan lainnya yang pada akhirnya adalah pembuatan karya ilmiah sebagai laporan. Karya ilmiah mempunyai beragam jenis, di antaranya artikel, makalah, tugas akhir, skripsi, tesis, dan disertasi. Namun pada kenyataannya mahasiswa masih sering melakukan kesalahan dalam penulisan naskah karya ilmiah.

Tujuan dari perancangan sistem ini adalah untuk memberikan solusi terhadap pengecekan kesalahan penggunaan EBI bagi mahasiswa. Dalam perancangan aplikasi deteksi penggunaan Ejaan Bahasa Indonesia ini dirancang dengan menggunakan metode waterfall, yang melalui tahapan analisis kebutuhan, desain sistem, penulisan kode sistem, pengujian sistem, dan penerapan sistem. Perancangan aplikasi deteksi penggunaan ejaan ini menggunakan, text editor Sublime Text 3, bahasa pemrograman PHP dan pengelolaan database dengan MYSQL.

Dengan pembuatan aplikasi deteksi penggunaan ejaan dalam penulisan laporan tugas akhir, membantu Dosen Pembimbing Tugas Akhir dalam proses pengecekan penggunaan Ejaan Bahasa Indonesia dalam penyusunan laporan Tugas Akhir mampu membantu mahasiswa menyusun tugas akhir.
Development Of Netwatch Host Using Telegram As A Strengthening Model Of Institutional Performance Quality Governance
Authors: Wijaya Alek , Kemala Jaya Ade , Ayu Ningsih Dinda , Lyanda Doli
Published: May 2023

Improving the quality of an institution's performance is very dependent on the facilities implemented in carrying out its work process. Currently, the facility being developed at the institution is by implementing IoT technology that utilizes various types of IoT devices. However, most institutions have not been able to monitor every IoT device used so that it also affects the quality of performance of the institution. Therefore, in the study, the Network Development Life Cycle (NDLC) method is used., researchers made efforts to strengthen the institutional performance quality governance model. The researchers developed Netwatch Host technology using Telegram, which is intended to monitor the condition of each IoT device in the institution and then send details of the condition via the Telegram Application. This is intended so that the IoT devices used by employees can be maintained so that they can respond quickly when there is an IoT device that is down or has a problem.
IMPACTO PSICOLÓGICO DA PANDEMIA DA COVID-19 EM DISCENTES DE PSICOLOGIA DA UEPB: UMA ANÁLISE ESTATÍSTICA
Authors: Melo Katianne Rodrigues de , Camêlo Edwirde Luiz Silva
Published: May 2023

A pandemia global da COVID-19 se instaurou no Brasil em 2020 e resultou na prevalência de sintomas de ansiedade e depressão por ocasionar mudanças expressivas na forma como os indivíduos viviam. O isolamento social estabelecido para interromper a transmissão do vírus, fez com que fosse necessária uma mudança na forma habitual de ensino, com isso foi estabelecida a modalidade de ensino remoto em todas as instituições, o que gerou alterações significativas na rotina dos estudantes. Partindo disso, se objetivou avaliar a situação psicológica e social dos discentes do curso de Psicologia da Universidade Estadual da Paraíba (UEPB), bem como os impactos que o isolamento social causou no estado emocional desses universitários. Deste modo, o presente trabalho constitui um estudo de caso de cunho quantitativo, no qual foi utilizado para a coleta de dados um questionário aplicado a estudantes do curso de Psicologia da UEPB. Posteriormente, os dados foram analisados de maneira descritiva. Diante disso, observou-se que a pandemia foi significativa para que os discentes se sentissem mais sobrecarregados, tensos e em estado de mau humor no período pós-pandêmico. Constatou-se ainda, uma repercussão negativa no tocante ao desempenho das atividades por parte dos estudantes.
GESTÃO EDUCACIONAL, A ALMA DA ESCOLA?
Authors: Milanez Suzigan Adriana , Gomes Rosana Adélia
Published: May 2023

O Projeto Político Pedagógico, sendo um documento específico que reflete as realidades diversas da escola, desde sua estrutura física, currículo flexível, metodologias de ensino, protagonismo do processo educativo do aluno, segue com as necessidades e especificidades decorrentes de sua comunidade. A instituição escolar é fundamental para a sociedade, com a função de formar o cidadão para a vida pessoal e social; com isso a gestão educacional democrática, participativa e estratégica é essencial na unidade escolar, pois implica em organização e melhoramentos contínuos dos processos de ensino-aprendizagem com a inovação das práticas pedagógicas. A proposta teórica, filosófica e metodológica do Novo Ensino Médio é o de facilitar o acesso ao conhecimento e ao saber, promovendo o desenvolvimento de seus alunos, com os novos componentes eletivos oferecidos pela instituição educacional conforme a comunidade em que está inserida, a fim de tornar a aprendizagem mais atraente para os jovens, atender às expectativas e interesses da geração atual e somar o componente eletivo Projeto de Vida para orientá-los no futuro mercado laboral.
SEVER DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS. A STUDY IN CONCEPT AND EFFECTS
Authors: Mohamed Ahmed ABUJANAH Anwer
Published: May 2023

Sever diplomatic relations. A study in concept and effects, International relations based on consent in times of peace and war. For example, the reason in relation to the diplomatic aspect of diplomatic relations, space science, the state of foreign relations if it is attached, attached, attached, attached. Or an armed conflict between the two countries. The study aims to clarify the concept of severing diplomatic relations between countries, and to identify the most important reasons for it. The importance of this study also comes by clarifying the most important effects of the decision to sever those effects that contradict the reality of experiences with the continuation of diplomatic relations between countries. While this study was divided as follows: The first topic: the concept of severing diplomatic relations The first requirement: the concept of cutting lingu
THE EFFECTIVENESS OF FISCAL POLICY IN ATTRACTING FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT(LIBYA CASE STUDY)
Authors: M Elmahdi ALQATOUS Salah
Published: May 2023

The primary goal of this study was to examine the role of fiscal policy in stimulating and attracting foreign investment to Libya from 1990 to 2020, specifically through its components of investment spending policy, tax policy, and general budget balance.The role of tax policy through the stimulus provided to investors to invest their capital, and the analytical, descriptive, and standard approach have been relied upon as they are the appropriate approaches for the nature and requirements of the study, Through analyzing the financial policy tools affecting the attraction of foreign direct investment and a standard analysis, building a model that is compatible with the variables of the study The results of the descriptive analysis showed that the investment spending policy is an expansionary policy in cases of high oil revenues, and a contractionary policy when oil revenues decline. Because of the strength of fiscal policy tools (investment spending and the general budget balance) to attract scarce foreign direct investment due to their significant impact, and the weakness of tax policy due to its insignificant impact on foreign direct investment, it is clear that the tax policy must be activated. By creating a tax system that helps attract foreign direct investment, rationalizing investment spending to create a suitable climate for attracting investment, working on political and economic stability, and activating laws that help attract foreign direct investment.
A Privacy Nihilist’s Perspective on Clinical Data Sharing: Open Clinical Data Sharing is Dead, Long Live the Walled Garden
Authors: Starren Justin , Rasmussen Luke , Schneider Daniel , Nannapaneni Prasanth , Michelson Kelly
Published: May 2023

Clinical data sharing combined with deep learning, and soon quantum computing, has the potential to radically accelerate research, improve healthcare, and lower costs.  Unfortunately, those tools also make it much easier to use the data in ways that can harm patients. This article will argue that the vast amounts of data collected by data brokers, combined with advances in computing, have made reidentification a serious risk for any clinical data that is shared openly.  The new NIH data sharing policy acknowledges this new reality by directing researchers to consider controlled access for any individual-level data.  The clinical data sharing community will be well-advised to follow the lead of the physics and astronomy communities and create a “walled garden” approach to data sharing. While the investment will be significant, this approach provides the optimal combination of both access and privacy. 
Python-Based Desktop Assistant with Voice Recognition
Authors: Indranil Basu  , Saumyadeep Bhattacharyya  , Arpan Mondal  , Babin Maitra  , Roshni Joardar  , Koushik Pal  , Koushik Pal
Published: May 2023

Voice assistants offer a more intuitive and efficient means of interacting with computers, reducing the need for input devices like keyboards and mice. By incorporating natural language processing technology, they can understand complex user requests and perform a wide range of tasks. Adding emotion recognition and personalization features can tailor responses to users' preferences and moods. Multi-language support and continuous listening further enhance user experience. Voice assistants have come a long way in terms of development, from the first digital laptop to current devices with impressive processing capabilities. However, there is still potential for further improvement. Voice assistants offer an opportunity to reduce hardware costs and the space required to accommodate input devices. They are a significant breakthrough in human-computer interaction and will continue to become more powerful and efficient as technology evolves. The development of voice assistants reflects the advancements in science and technology. Their applications can extend beyond basic input control and offer users an improved computing experience. Voice assistants will undoubtedly become a key component of our daily lives
Survey Paper on Automated Tour Planner
Authors: Sahil Ambade  , Ajinkya Gaikwad  , Ajinkya Gaikwad  , Pankaj Jadhav  , Nilima Deore
Published: May 2023

We propose an algorithm called the Balanced Orienteering Problem, to design trips for tourists. This algorithm, combined with a recommender system for Travel and tourism management system is used to book a tour from anywhere in the world by a single dynamic website which will help the user to know all about the places and tour details in a single website. The admin can add packages to the website from a certain travel agents and hotels by create a tour page. Then the users can sign in and book each project, they can be confirmed by the admin in them manage booking page. The user can see the confirmation in my booking page. It is an easiest platform for all travellers which can be easily booked and know the all details. Tour Management system is a dynamic website for tourism business. It is dynamic and responsive web design. It is also called travel technology solution for agencies tour operation. Nearly Everyone goes on a vacation for this ‘a Tourism management system’ would play a vital role in planning the perfect trip.
Editing machine-generated subtitle templates: A situated subtitler training experience
Authors: Bolanos-Garcia-Escribano Alejandro
Published: May 2023

Automation technologies have altered media localisation workflows as much as practitioners’ workstations and habits. Subtitling systems and streaming services now often integrate built-in automatic speech recognition (ASR) engines, sometimes even combined with machine translation engines, to produce subtitles from audio tracks. The rise of post-editors in the audiovisual translation (AVT) sector, specifically subtitling, has been a reality for some time, thus triggering the need for up-to-date training methods and academic curricula. This article examines the uses and applications of editing practices for machine-generated timed transcriptions in subtitler training environments. A situated learning experience was designed for an international team of eight AVT trainees and three educators to edit raw machine-generated subtitles (both inter- and intra-lingually) for educational videos. The publication of an accessible video book by a publishing house was the ultimate objective of this project, undertaken by an international team of English- and Spanish-speaking postgraduate students and graduates. The feedback collated after this experience through an online questionnaire proved paramount to understanding the use of subtitle post-editing for ASR-produced templates in AVT education. Interestingly, most respondents believed that subtitle post-editing training, be it intralingual or interlingual, should be further embedded in translation curricula while also identifying bottlenecks that AVT educators may find useful when developing activities of this nature.
Modellbasiertes Management von Wasserextremen in urbanen Regionen
Authors: Rink Karsten , Backhaus Lars , Novoa Diego
Published: May 2023

Im Forschungsprojekt „WetUrban“ wurden die Grundlagen eines innovativen Modellierungskonzepts für urbane Wassersysteme entwickelt. Nach halbjähriger Entwicklung steht ein Prototyp des digitalen 3D-Stadtmodells Dresdens zur Verfügung, mithilfe dessen hydrologische und hydrodynamische Prozesse simuliert und gemeinsam dargestellt werden können.
Fachkräftegewinnung – aktuelle Situation und Lösungsansätze
Authors: Blazek Zuzanna , Tiedemann Jurek
Published: May 2023

Die Auswirkungen des demografischen Wandels werden für die Wasserbranche immer spürbarer. Wie viele andere Bereiche leidet sie unter wachsendem Fachkräftemangel. Knapp 36 % der Beschäftigten verlassen in den nächsten zwölf Jahren aus Altersgründen das Unternehmen.
Study on the synthesis of g-C3N4/TCPP porphyrin composite and its application as photocatalyst for treatmen of MB organic dye in water
Authors: Lai Thi Hoan  , Nguyen Thi Giang  , Nguyen Hoang Yen  , Ho Phuong Hien  , Nguyen Thi Hong Phuong
Published: May 2023

The g-C3N4/TCPP porphyrin composite was successfully fabricated via self-assembly approach. The composite was characterized using UV-Vis spectroscopy, scanning electron microscopy (SEM), X-ray diffraction (XRD), and FT-IR techniques. The results showed good integration of the porphyrin nanofibers with diameter of less than 100 nm and the length of several micrometer on the g-C3N4’s surface. The prepared g-C3N4/TCPP porphyrin composite showed high photocatalytic efficiency for MB degradation under sunlight irradiation, with MB removal efficiency > 90% after 100 min of simulated sunlight irrdadiation. The g-C3N4/TCPP porphyrin composite could be used as a promising photocatalyst for the treatment of other organic dyes in water.
REFORMED METHODS OF SANCTIONS, INVESTIGATION AND PUNISHMENT TO PREVENT ACADEMIC CORRUPTION, ENDING SEXUAL COERCION AND HARASSMENT IN NIGERIAN TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS
Authors: Edime Yunusa  , Ogbaje Jenekwu Usman
Published: May 2023

In our higher institutions, academic corruption is pervasive, and its prevalence has hampered both national progress and educational quality. Thus, the paper examined the issue of academic corruption by using content analysis and secondary sources of information, including internet-based documented materials, among others, with the goal of promoting reforms to the sanctions, investigations, and punishment of academic corruption, which includes collecting money to change students' grades; exchanging grades for sex; extorting money in exchange for typing; paying for grades; writing projects/seminar papers for students and falsification of data/research finding etc. The paper also examined other elements that contribute to academic corruption, such as indiscipline, inadequate oversight of academic staff, leniency in punishing "culprit" lecturers, flawed hiring practices for academic staff, and hiring of incompetent lecturers. The paper suggests that student victims of sexual harassment should be encouraged to speak out with concrete evidence and perpetrators of such acts should be severely suspended and prosecuted in order to end academic corruption or bring it to a barest minimum amidst disturbing cases of sexual coercion and harassment in Nigerian tertiary institutions. It also suggests that Turnitin anti-plagiarism software should be used at all academic levels. The administration of tertiary institutions should safeguard the printing of exam papers, increase the number of invigilators, install CCTV cameras for test monitoring, among other measures.

Keywords: Academic Corruption, Sexual Harassment, Investigation, Sanctions.
COMPARISON OF MEAN DURATION REQUIRED FOR COMPLETE EXPULSION WITH ISOSORBIDE MONONITRATE VERSUS MISOPROSTOL IN FIRST TRIMESTER MISSED MISCARRIAGE
Authors: MISHKAT SHAUKET  , ZOBIA JAWAD  , FARZANA LATIF
Published: May 2023

Background: Medical management of first trimester miscarriage possess significant advantages over surgical management. Misoprostol has been previously tested in the management of miscarriage in different regimens and settings. Isosorbide mononitrate (IMN) is also an effective and safe drugs for early expulsion of conception material. But controversial results have been noticed from literature. So we conducted this study to confirm more effective drug.

Objective: To compare the mean duration required for complete expulsion with isosorbide mononitrate versus misoprostol for first trimester missed miscarriage.

Material & Methods

Study Design: Randomized Controlled Trial.

Setting: unit I, Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, Lahore General Hospital, PGMI, Lahore.

Duration: Six months ( August, 2017 to January,2018)

Data Collection Procedure: Females were randomly divided in two groups by using lottery method. Group A was given 800 µg misoprostol in posterior fornix of vagina 3 hourly maximum 2 doses. Group B was given 40mg IMN in posterior fornix of vagina 3 hourly maximum 2 doses. Patients were reassessed if vaginal bleeding or uterine contractions were noted otherwise repeat dose was given after 3 hours. Time till complete expulsion was noted. Complete expulsion was confirmed subsequently by ultrasonography when no products of conception are found in utero. All the data was entered and analyzed through SPSS version 21.

Results: The mean age of females was 30.40±5.51years. In this study, 18 (25%) were para 1, 27 (37.5%) were para 2, 15 (20.83%) were para 3 and 12 (16.67%) were para 4. The mean gestational age of females was 9.51±1.11weeks. The mean BMI of females was 24.56±3.76kg/m2. The mean duration required for complete expulsion was 91.69±15.74min in misoprostol group and 122.58±16.55min in IMN group. There was significant difference in both groups (p<0.05).

Conclusion: Thus the mean expulsion time was significantly less for misoprostol than IMN. For future, we can recommend misoprostol for complete evacuation of conception material during first trimester missed miscarriage.
GLOMUS JUGULARE TUMOR: A CASE REPORT AND LITERATURE REVIEW
Authors: RUKHSANA RAFIQUE  , MUHAMMAH AFZAL  , HAJRA SARWAR
Published: May 2023

Glomus Jugular tumors develop within the jugular foramen of the temporal lobe. Medical and surgical management of these cases very rare, slow developing and more vascular tumors are always difficult to handle. Patients that have such type of tumors will have their inferior cranial nerves affected. With the contribution of inferior cranial nerves, the patients may have different functions of swallowing, chewing, hearing, speaking, balance and coordination. The prevalence rates of these tumors are very uncommon as 1 case per 1.3 million. Although they are consider benign. Clinical diagnosis are based on imagining study such as Computed tomography, magnetic resonance imagining digital subtraction angiography are mostly used. The management is notorious and can include surgical excision, stereotactic radiosurgery and embolization. A patient of 38 year old was evaluated for the glomus jugulare and surgical management. Patient was discharge after 8th postoperative day with decreased presenting sign and symptom on 6 month follow up.
DISTORSI DISLEKSIA MELALUI LUKISAN ABSTRAK DENGAN REALITAS BERIMBUH (AR)
Authors: Afsiser Anjani Imania Citra
Published: May 2023

Masalah belajar primer yang biasa disebut disleksia dimiliki penulis sedari kecil menjadikan penulis mengalami distorsi visual. Berbagai distorsi huruf terjadi saat membaca, menulis antara lain huruf yang tercermin, bergerak, memudar dan menghilang. Disleksia juga mempengaruhi kehidupan sehari-hari barkaitan dengan arah dan persepsi ruang membawa penulis mengekspresikannya pada karya lukisan abstrak yang kini dikembangkan dengan menggabungkan realitas berimbuh menjadi satu kesatuan karya guna membagi pengalaman kepada penikmat.