bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Consumer Behavior on the Organic Fruit and Vegetable Market: The Evidence from Poland
Authors:   The Department of Management and Marketing The University of Life Sciences, Lublin, Pawlak Joanna
Published: January 2023

Consumer opinion and behavior research plays an important role in the development of the market of specifi c products. Currently, research in the fi eld of consumer behavior towards organic food, which is gaining popularity on the Polish market whose production is in line with the concept of sustainable development and the European Green Deal related to it, is of particular importance. The aim of the study was to analyze the opinion and behaviors of consumers as regards organic fruit and vegetables and the promotion of these products as a determinant of them. The data for the analyzes came from empirical research conducted in Lublin at the turn of 2019 and 2020 by means of a proprietary questionnaire. The research was carried out on a sample of 534 respondents aged over 18. The scope of the research covered the opinions and behaviors of consumers towards organic fruit and vegetables as well as the factors determining the commencement of making or increasing the frequency of purchases of these products. An attempt was also made to defi ne the relationship between the opinions and behaviors presented by consumers and their demographic and socio-economic characteristics. The results of the research show that half of the respondents purchased organic fruit and vegetables, of which only 1/4 claimed to do so regularly and quite often (several times a week). The respondents most often purchased these products in specialized stores – with organic food. According to the surveyed consumers, organic fruit and vegetables are rich in nutrients, healthy and safe, and produced using environmentally friendly methods. The most important factors infl uencing the increase in purchases and consumption and thus the development of the market for organic products were the increase in the availability of this product category in the places of everyday shopping and the reduction of their prices as the most important factors. The conducted research showed that for the respondents, promotional campaigns aimed at popularizing organic food, its values and impact on human health are not without signifi cance.
Resumen de Tesis. El desarrollo urbano de la ciudad de Cáceres (España) a través de su planeamiento (1961-2018)
Authors: Sánchez Franco Carlos
Published: January 2023

Resumen: El propósito ha consistido en el estudio del historial urbanístico del municipio de Cáceres y su confrontación con la ciudad existente, de manera que pueda constituir una referencia para un planeamiento urbano eficaz. El periodo analizado parte de la aprobación del primer plan general de ordenación urbana, en 1961, y finaliza en 2018, coincidiendo con la publicación de la última ley urbanística autonómica hasta la fecha. La metodología seguida se ha basado en el vaciado de los archivos administrativos, la fotointerpretación y el proceso de datos mediante sistemas de información geográfica. Los resultados muestran un crecimiento de su tejido urbano que quintuplica su tamaño inicial y cuadruplica el número de viviendas proyectadas, elementos éstos que se producen de forma especialmente intensa durante los años de la burbuja inmobiliaria, estancándose con la crisis económica global subsiguiente. La dinámica urbanizadora ha sido promovida mayoritariamente por la iniciativa privada, pero con una presencia significativa de la iniciativa pública, correspondiéndole a ésta más de la cuarta parte del crecimiento superficial. Más de un veinte por ciento de las actuaciones de nueva urbanización han sido impulsadas al margen del planeamiento municipal, las cuales han repercutido en una estructura urbana dispersa y fragmentada.
 
Palabras clave: urbanismo, gestión urbanística, desarrollo local, geografía urbana, sostenibilidad.
La ludificación como instrumento para el gobierno abierto: experiencia en la ciudad de Valencia
Authors: Coma Tatay Inmaculada , Grimaldo Moreno Francisco , García-Costa Daniel , López Iñesta Emilia
Published: January 2023

Resumen: La Cátedra de Ludificación y Gobierno Abierto en la Ciudad de Valencia surge con el objetivo de explorar las posibilidades de utilizar la ludificación como forma de conocer la ciudad de Valencia y establecer mecanismos de interacción entre la ciudadanía y el gobierno abierto. En este artículo se presentan algunas de las acciones realizadas dentro del ámbito de la cátedra. Entre las iniciativas más exitosas destacamos el proyecto La Falla Vibra, que propone la participación de la ciudadanía en la construcción de una falla virtual que permite descubrir aspectos sociales, medioambientales y de bienestar de los diferentes barrios y distritos de la ciudad.
 
Palabras clave: gamificación, transparencia, participación.
Reseña. Estrategias Orzowei en tiempos de la Covid19. Contratación en origen y supervivencia agraria en España
Authors: Pla-Bañuls Jaume
Published: January 2023

Resumen: En la obra reseñada, Márquez nos acerca, desde un punto de vista realmente objetivo, a la situación vivida en la provincia de Huelva durante el confinamiento consecuencia de la pandemia ocasionada por la Covid-19. La provincia onubense, la mayor productora de berries (mayoritariamente arándanos y fresas), fue una de las más sacudidas por esta situación puesto que la mano de obra recaía en la contratación de origen. Como consecuencia del confinamiento y el cierre de fronteras, la mayoría de las jornaleras no pudieron llegar a su destino. Ante esta situación de crisis, los empresarios agricultores tuvieron que adoptar estrategias orzowei (transgresoras e innovadoras) para sobrevivir esta situación tan inesperada. Se evidencia pues la fragilidad del sector agrícola ante situaciones de estrés (sobre todo si se depende mayoritariamente de jornaleros extranjeros), pero también su capacidad de adaptarse y reinventarse para salir de estas situaciones adversas.
Palabras clave: resiliencia, Covid-19, berries, Huelva, contratación en origen.
Prospects for investment development in Russia and the Muslim world
Authors: Shabanova Lyudmila Borisovna , Morozova Irina Gennadievna
Published: January 2023

Ensuring investment attractiveness is one of the most important aspects of a country's economic activity in modern international relations. Foreign investments make it possible not only to ensure expanded social reproduction in the country, but also expand the possibilities of technological and economic development of the state.The purpose of the work is to analyze foreign direct investment in the Russian Federation in general and the Republic of Tatarstan in particular. The analysis and evaluation of statistical data revealed a reduction in the number of projects involving foreign direct investment in Russia in 2017-2020. In modern conditions, it is necessary to recognize the decline in the investment attractiveness of Russia from investors in the United States and Europe, which may lead to an even greater compression of foreign investment flows.   An alternative to foreign investments from the United States of America and Europe can be foreign investments from the countries of the Muslim world. Already today, Russia has friendly relations with the countries of the Muslim world, in addition, there are entire regions with a high density of Muslim population living on the territory of the Russian Federation. Thus, the Republic of Tatarstan, which is already one of the most investment-attractive regions of the Russian Federation and occupies the 3rd place in the list of regions of the Russian Federation most in demand among foreign investors, could play an important role in increasing the number of foreign direct investment.
Certain Aspects of Legal Regulation of Information Security
Authors: Duben Andrei  Kirillovich
Published: January 2023

The article is devoted to the analysis of the problems of legal support of information processes - the relationship of legal support of information security and issues of legal impact on the information system. The author's definition and the main provisions of the legal provision of information security are given. It is concluded that in the conditions of the Russian legal mechanism for ensuring information security, it is necessary to further improve the legal regulation of the protection of the information space of the state and its information infrastructure. Terminological uncertainty and inconsistency of the conceptual apparatus often become a problem of interpretation of the norms of law carried out at the stage of law enforcement activity. It is impossible to observe and apply legal norms without a clear textual expression. This problem is most aggravated when there is no legislative or scientific consensus on the meaning of concepts that are fundamental to a particular legal field. Such cases include the imperfection of the concept of "information security".
Problems of self-organization among students at the Barnaul Law Institute of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia
Authors: Osintseva Lyudmila Mikhailovna
Published: January 2023

The object of the study is the self–organization of students at the Barnaul Law Institute of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia, and the subject is the conditions for its implementation. The relevance of this problem is indisputable, because self–organization is the management of a person's own activities, the organization of tasks and the distribution of all resources. A modern person does not just have to have a set of techniques from the field of "how to meet deadlines" or "how to hold a meeting correctly". This is a system for managing yourself and your activities. The students themselves admit that they spend a lot of time irrationally, since the reasons for the loss of time are the inability to plan their time, the inability to separate the main actions from the secondary ones.   The novelty lies in comparing the results obtained with the previously known ones, which makes it possible to identify the problem and in the future choose a conceptual solution to it. Since the main goal of self–organization is to maximize your own capabilities, consciously manage the course of your life and successfully overcome any external circumstances. Thus, according to the results of our research, it was determined that first-year students at the Barnaul Law Institute of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia are mostly unable to plan their time, or do not understand how to properly establish control over distractions during self-organization.
Interpreter's Participation in Criminal Proceedings (Historical and Comparative Legal Analysis of Domestic and Foreign Legislation)
Authors: Alontseva Elena Yur'evna
Published: January 2023

The article is devoted to certain issues of the participation of an interpreter in criminal proceedings. The object of the research is the social relations that arise in connection with the involvement of an interpreter to participate in criminal proceedings. The subject of this article is the provisions of the criminal procedure law related to the implementation of the principle of the language of criminal proceedings and regulating the participation of an interpreter in the criminal process, as well as scientifically based positions of scientists in this area, the problems of insufficient regulation of determining the legal status and participation of an interpreter, in a historical context, the history of the appearance of an interpreter in the criminal proceedings of Russia is studied, an analysis of changes that affect his competence is carried out, a comparative analysis of foreign legislation in criminal proceedings is also carried out (on the example of some foreign countries - Great Britain, France, Germany).The work uses general scientific and particular scientific methods, namely: system-structural, comparison, generalization, logical-legal analysis, historical. As a result of the study, the author substantiates the conclusion that in order to improve the legal regulation of the participation of an interpreter in the criminal process in Russia, some procedural issues of participation and the procedure for involving an interpreter in the criminal process, established in the study of foreign legislation, and comparison, should be taken into account when improving Russian legislation. In particular, when studying a candidate for translator by an investigator, it is proposed to take into account the translator's knowledge of legal terminology. Also, the need to involve two interpreters, in the event of a conflict of interests of the suspect, the accused, the appointment in court of a new interpreter who has not previously participated in pre-trial proceedings.
Assessment of the Functional State of Trainees of Professional Training Based on Heart Rate Variability
Authors: Arkhipov Sergei Nikolaevich
Published: January 2023

Modern conditions of official activity impose increased requirements for the professional training of employees of internal affairs bodies. Shooting is the main form of conducting fire training classes and is aimed at the formation, maintenance and improvement of firearms skills by employees. Therefore, when considering issues related to the formation of motor skills, special attention is paid to improving the results of shooting, as well as maintaining and improving the skills of firearms possession by employees in the course of professional activity. In his research, the author noted the need to monitor the functional state of employees at the stage of vocational training in educational organizations of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia to mobilize psychophysiological resources in the event of stress in the formation of motor skills. To solve the tasks, the following research methods were used: methods of assessing the functional state (statistical indicators of the functional state of students with gender characteristics were demonstrated); methods of mathematical statistics.The main result of the study is the data on the functional state of students under stress factors in the process of mastering new material, including during training and control shooting. Thus, there is a need to take into account the conduct of classes based on the differentiation of the group by gender when forming the order of the shooting shift. Based on the individual typological features and functional indicators of listeners, with the development of motor skills, optimization of the employee's condition before firing in a stressful situation, which will reduce the influence of negative (internal) factors on the effectiveness of shooting and increase the efficiency of mastering motor skills.
Virtual Reconstruction of Typical Railway Stations of the Great Siberian Railway of the late XIX - early XX Centuries
Authors: Borodkin Leonid , Zherebyatyev Denis Igorevich
Published: January 2023

The paper deals with the issues of preserving the cultural heritage associated with the construction and operation in the late XIX - early XX centuries of the Great Siberian Way (later called the Trans-Siberian Railway - Transsib). The Trans-Siberian Railway is the largest infrastructure project of the Russian Empire, created with the state budgetary funds in 1891-1916. An important task for the builders of the highway was the creation of its infrastructure, including the construction of stations with all the necessary buildings and structures. In the smaller stations (and there were most of them), the passenger buildings were original wooden structures of architectural and functional interest. Almost all of them have lost their original appearance, characterized by the "Russian style" of the turn of the XIX-XX centuries. The purpose of this article is to create a virtual reconstruction of passenger buildings (as well as other buildings) that stood at small stations on the Great Siberian Way. The source base for creating 3D models of typical buildings of railway stations on the mainline, including drawings of these buildings, photographs of their construction period and a later period, Yandex satellite images, as well as text descriptions of virtual reconstruction objects, is considered in detail. 3D models of passenger buildings and other structures of railway stations are presented, their visualization is given on the Twinmotion Cloud online platform; it is available for viewing by QR-codes on mobile devices and personal computers on any operating system.
“Polishing gems” – new generic developments in the varieties of medical case reporting and their discourse
Authors: Zabielska Magdalena
Published: January 2023

This article aims to present and discuss new developments in the macro-genre of medical case reporting. These developments are novel forms of case reports published in international medical journals, going beyond the mere reporting of a case of a new disease or of its novel aspects. They may consist in the differences at the level of form, function and mode of content presentation. The data for the study constitute various publications derived from prestigious medical publishing outlets in English and will be analysed from the qualitative discourse perspective. The article demonstrates both generic creativity on the part of the authors as well as reflections on the changes taking place in medical practice.
Psychologiczne prawo bliskości w perspektywie semiotycznej i lingwistycznej
Authors: Kiklewicz Aleksander , Kusse Holger
Published: January 2023

Autorzy omawiają możliwości zastosowania prawa bliskości jako jednej z kategorii psychologii postaci do opisu komunikacji społecznej. W części pierwszej są rozważane wzajemne uwarunkowania procesów sensorycznych i kognitywnych, między innymi zjawiska przenikalności kognitywnej oraz torowania semantycznego. W kolejnych częściach autorzy pokazują, jak prawo bliskości realizuje się w dyskursach różnego typu. W komunikacji wizualnej (zwłaszcza w filmie i fotografii) prawo bliskości leży u podstaw montażu kolażowego. Autorzy opisują zasady, według których w takich dyskursach dokonuje się inferencji semantycznej. Prawo bliskości istotnie wpływa także na przetwarzanie informacji w mowie. W tekstach poetyckich na tej zasadzie bazuje zwartość szeregu wersowego, czyli to, co Roman Jakobson określił jako przeniesienie ekwiwalencji znaków z osi selekcji na oś kombinacji. W tekstach artystycznych, publicystycznych czy retorycznych sąsiedztwo wyrazów w tekście przyczynia się do powstania implikacji semantycznych, tzn. sensów aluzyjnych.
How to measure ego-resiliency in the face of various life-changing crises: Measurement invariance, convergent and discriminant validity and reliability of the Polish version of the Revised Ego-Resiliency Scale (ER89-R12)
Authors: Kołodziej-Zaleska Anna , Ilska Michalina , Brandt-Salmeri Anna , Jazłowska Anna , Przybyła-Basista Hanna
Published: January 2023

This study examines the generalizability of the latent structure of the Polish version of the Ego-Resiliency Scale (ER89-R12), a brief self-report scale that measures ego-resiliency. We investigated the measurement invariance, validity, and reliability of ER89-R12 among three groups of individuals who were facing various major, long-term, life-changing crises (N = 512): parents of children with Down’s syndrome, women with breast cancer, and individuals after divorce. The analysis of the measurement invariance confirmed the two-factor structure of the questionnaire and the high reliability of this measure in those studied groups. A multigroup confirmatory factor analysis provided evidence of configural, metric, scalar, and residual invariance across the three groups. Moreover, the correlation patterns were similar across the groups. Ego-resiliency was strongly and consistently positively correlated with mental health: psychological well-being, perceived social support, self-esteem, and post-traumatic growth, and negatively correlated with perceived stress. The presented results indicate the potential usefulness of the ER89-R12 tool in studies on people experiencing various crises in their lives.
Be positive: customized reference databases and new, local barcodes balance false taxonomic assignments in metabarcoding studies
Authors: Mugnai Francesco , Costantini Federica , Chenuil Anne , Leduc Michèle , Gutiérrez Ortega José Miguel , Meglécz Emese
Published: January 2023

Background

In metabarcoding analyses, the taxonomic assignment is crucial to place sequencing data in biological and ecological contexts. This fundamental step depends on a reference database, which should have a good taxonomic coverage to avoid unassigned sequences. However, this goal is rarely achieved in many geographic regions and for several taxonomic groups. On the other hand, more is not necessarily better, as sequences in reference databases belonging to taxonomic groups out of the studied region/environment context might lead to false assignments.

Methods

We investigated the effect of using several subsets of a cytochrome c oxidase subunit I (COI) reference database on taxonomic assignment. Published metabarcoding sequences from the Mediterranean Sea were assigned to taxa using COInr, which is a comprehensive, non-redundant and recent database of COI sequences obtained both from BOLD and NCBI, and two of its subsets: (i) all sequences except insects (COInr-WO-Insecta), which represent the overwhelming majority of COInr database, but are irrelevant for marine samples, and (ii) all sequences from taxonomic families present in the Mediterranean Sea (COInr-Med). Four different algorithms for taxonomic assignment were employed in parallel to evaluate differences in their output and data consistency.

Results

The reduction of the database to more specific custom subsets increased the number of unassigned sequences. Nevertheless, since most of them were incorrectly assigned by the less specific databases, this is a positive outcome. Moreover, the taxonomic resolution (the lowest taxonomic level to which a sequence is attributed) of several sequences tended to increase when using customized databases. These findings clearly indicated the need for customized databases adapted to each study. However, the very high proportion of unassigned sequences points to the need to enrich the local database with new barcodes specifically obtained from the studied region and/or taxonomic group. Including novel local barcodes to the COI database proved to be very profitable: by adding only 116 new barcodes sequenced in our laboratory, thus increasing the reference database by only 0.04%, we were able to improve the resolution for ca. 0.6–1% of the Amplicon Sequence Variants (ASVs).
Online Fusion Analysis of Mobile Information System Algorithm Guiding Red Tourism Resource Cloud Sharing and College Students' Education
Authors: Nie Dan
Published: January 2023

This paper carefully analyzes the current situation of the current college student education mobile information system, elaborates the business of the system, and proposes solutions according to the existing problems. The final arrangement becomes the business requirement analysis of the whole system. Carrying out red tourism among college students has profound political, cultural and economic significance. Red tourism resources have the characteristics of politics, times, learning, interest and practice. It has a great impact on the ideological and political education of college students. Red tourism resources have opened up new connotations of ideological and political education such as ideal and belief education, patriotism education, clean government education, and mental health education for college students.
Medición del Autoconcepto: Una Revisión
Authors:   Universidad de Santander (Colombia), Pulido Guerrero Edgar Guillermo , Redondo Marín Miladys Paola ,   Fundación Universitaria del Área Andina, Lora Carrillo Lesby Johana ,   Universidad de Santander, Jiménez Ruiz Luz Karine ,   Fundación Universitaria del Área Andina
Published: January 2023

El autoconcepto es un constructo psicológico de gran interés para la psicología, lo que se demuestra por el abordaje teórico y por el desarrollo de diferentes formas para su medición. En el presente estudio se hizo un recorrido conceptual inicial sobre el autoconcepto, para mostrar el acuerdo que hay sobre su carácter multidimensional y los ámbitos de interacción de las personas en que se evidencia. De igual forma, se hizo una revisión sistemática de los estudios psicométricos que han dado cuenta de la validez y confiabilidad de diferentes formas de medición del autoconcepto. Se encontró un total de 44 investigaciones entre 2010 y 2020 que cumplían los criterios de inclusión definidos. Los resultados del análisis ponen de manifiesto la tendencia a usar coeficientes de consistencia interna para la evidencia de confiabilidad, sobre todo alfa de Cronbach; asimismo, el uso frecuente de análisis factorial exploratorio y confirmatorio para la evidencia de validez. Se resalta la demostración de confiabilidad y validez en diferentes partes del mundo y lenguajes de instrumentos, como el Autoconcepto Forma 5 y el Self-Description Questionnaire. En el primero, salvo excepciones, se corrobora la estructura de cinco factores en diferentes contextos e idiomas; en el caso del segundo instrumento, la mayoría de los estudios varía en el número de factores extraídos. Usualmente, los valores de consistencia fueron mayores a 0.7 en los diferentes instrumentos; así mismo, predomina la validez de estructura. Asimismo, se llama la atención sobre la poca evidencia psicométrica en la medición del autoconcepto en Colombia.
Las políticas horizontales en la legislación de contratación pública chilena
Authors:   Ibarra & Asociados, Ugalde Silva Francisca
Published: January 2023

En las últimas décadas se han ido incorporando, tanto a nivel internacional como en nuestro país, criterios distintos a la búsqueda del menor precio en las distintas normativas sobre contratación pública, en especial relacionados a temáticas so­ciales y ambientales. Dicha incorporación no ha estado exenta de críticas, tanto doctrinarias como jurisprudenciales. Este trabajo explora cómo podemos entender estas llamadas políticas horizontales, realiza un barrido de derecho comparado, y luego analiza sus implicancias y legitimidad.
Transiciones y trayectorias de trabajadoras y trabajadores sociales: Biografías y encuentros con las ciencias y la investigación (Compiladora: Gabriela Rubilar. Institución editora: ANID/CONICYT/FONDECYT, 2022)
Authors: Campusano Karim
Published: January 2023

Este libro-álbum da cuenta de los resultados de una investigación longitudinal que indaga en cómo se forman las y los investigadores en Trabajo Social. Se muestra el quehacer de 16 exponentes de la disciplina a través de 16 testimonios. En ellos, se ensamblan fragmentos de sus trayectorias en distintos períodos. El texto nos invita a mirar dichos recorridos desde un ejercicio hermenéutico doble: como relatos interpretados por sus propios protagonistas e interpretables por quienes los editan y quienes los leen. La compiladora destaca la importancia de las trayectorias en la construcción de las carreras académicas y por tanto, nos invita a mirar desde adentro el ejercicio académico y disciplinar. El propósito de este libro es visibilizar prácticas investigativas y mostrar los distintos caminos que siguen las personas en sus vidas. Muestra diversidad de recorridos especialmente para que las niñas, niños y jóvenes puedan pensar futuros distintos a los que han imaginado.
Impact of Prenatal Diagnosis on the Management and Prognosis of Infants with Congenital Heart Disease- A Retrospective Study
Authors: Bhadane Prashant Hari , Sonawane Ravindra
Published: January 2023

Introduction: Prenatal diagnosis is important in outcome of various congenital anomalies in recent times especially in congenital heart diseases. This study would help in recognising the importance of prenatal diagnosis and in understanding the management of newborns with congenital heart diseases. Aim: To evaluate the impact of prenatal diagnosis on the management and prognosis of infants with congenital heart disease. Materials and Methods: This retrospective study was conducted in Department of Paediatrics at Dr. Vasantrao Pawar Medical College, Nashik, Maharshtra, India, from January 2018 to January 2021. The study was performed on newborns who were diagnosed with Congenital Heart Diseases (CHD) during hospitalisation, in an inborn and outborn unit of Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU). The data recorded for requirement of inotropes, ventilation, arterial blood gas analysis and outcome in the form of survival. The babies were classified into Prenatal ECHO (PNE) group and No Prenatal ECHO Available (NPEA) group, based on availability of prenatal Echocardiogram (ECHO) diagnostic report. CHDs were categorised into critical/major and minor. For the comparison of quantitative variables, Unpaired t-test/Mann- Whitney test was used. For the comparison of qualitative variable, Fisher’s-exact test/Chi-square test was used, as necessary. Results: There were 5000 admissions in the inborn and outborn neonatal unit during the study period, of which 159 cases had a diagnosis of CHDs. The PNE group consisted of 61 neonates who had been diagnosed with CHD and the NPEA group consisted of 67 neonates who were not antenatally diagnosed to have CHD. Ionotropic support needed for PNE group (4.5%) was comparatively lesser than NPEA group (14.3%). Need for ventilation was reduced in PNE group (4.5%) as compared to NPEA group (14.3%). Mean for serum lactate and serum bicarbonate was 3.49±2.58 and 16.24±4.31 in PNE group, whereas, it was 5.08±2.79 and 15.12±4.13 in NPEA group on admission in NICU. In management of critical CHDs, 2/31 (6.5%) babies died in PNE group compared to 11/37 (29.7%) in NPEA group (p-value=0.09). Conclusion: Antenatal diagnosis helps in meticulous management of neonates with congenital heart diseases in terms of fewer requirement of inotropes, need of ventilation and improved management. There was no significant difference in outcome in the form of survival.
Clinical and Haematological Profile of Dengue during 2021 Epidemic at a Tertiary Care Centre, Western Uttar Pradesh, India: A Cross-sectional Study
Authors: Mittal Payal , Firoz Shehraz , Pandey Neetipriya , Ghangas Digvijay , Bhatt Sonia
Published: January 2023

Introduction: Incidence of dengue fever has significantly increased in the last few years in developing countries. Its clinical presentation may be variable in paediatrics with high- risk of complications. Dengue fever causes high mortality and morbidity in the paediatric age group. Aim: To evaluate the clinical features and haematological parameters of dengue in paediatric cases in a tertiary care hospital. Materials and Methods: A cross-sectional observational study was conducted in the Department of Paediatrics, FH Medical College, Agra, Uttar Pradesh, India, on patients diagnosed with dengue fever from August 2021 to November 2021. All cases were subjected to detailed clinical history, examination and relevant investigations (laboratory parameters and clinical features). Data was collected in predesigned proforma, entered in Microsoft Excel sheet and analysed. Results: Out of 801 patients, 486 (60.67%) were males and 315 (39.33%) were females. The commonest symptoms were fever (n=779, 97.25%) followed by body pain/ arthralgia (n=700, 87.39%), flushing (n=622, 77.65%), abdominal pain (n=437, 54.55%), and vomiting (n=428, 53.43%). Highest number of cases (n=399, 49.82%), were from dengue with warning signs. Of total, 759 (94.75%) cases had thrombocytopaenia. Common complications were pleural effusion (26.8%) and ascites (11.88%). Of total, 611 (76.27%) cases got cured while 81 (10.11%) patients expired. Conclusion: Dengue fever is more common in paediatric age group with high rate of complications and disease severity, which has high mortality rate. High clinical suspicion and early fluid management are the only measures to reduce the mortality and morbidity.
Meckel-Gruber Syndrome with Multiple Congenital Anomalies- A Rare Lethal Case
Authors: Joshi Roli , Deopa Deepa , Singh Pankaj
Published: January 2023

Meckel-Gruber Syndrome (MGS), a rare autosomal recessive malformation syndrome with incidence of one per 13,250-140,000 live birth. It is a classical triad of occipital encephalocele, infantile polycystic kidneys and postaxial polydactyly with associated multiple congenital anomalies. It leads to the death of foetus in utero or shortly after birth. Most important diagnostic tools for MGS are antenatal ultrasonography and chromosomal study. A 3.14 kg dead female foetus was delivered from 19-year-old primigravida on the first visit to hospital with full term pregnancy. Sonography revealed no cardiac activity of the foetus in utero. Termination of pregnancy was done by the decision of obstetrician and consent of patient. Gross multiple anomalies along with microanatomical changes were noticed in foetus. Typical triad of polycystic kidney resulted to oligohydramnios, protrusion of meninges with brain tissue resulted to occipital encephalocele and limb anomalies might be hereditary or due to mutational changes. Histological changes were supportive of gross anatomical changes and ultrasound scan findings. Major changes as multiple cystic lesions in kidney, non functional alveoli in lungs and fibrous tissues with deranged hepatocytes in foetal liver were noticed. Concluding through all investigations and family history might confirm the diagnosis and help in further treatment or termination of pregnancy timely and directs for further genetic and chromosomal counselling.
Cardiac Dysfunction in Early Stages of Diabetic Kidney Disease- Fact or Fiction: A Case-control Study
Authors: Michael Richard Bruno , Joseph V
Published: January 2023

Introduction: The occurrence of kidney dysfunction in diabetics promotes early cardiac dysfunction. The timing of Diabetic Kidney Disease (DKD) and the impact of the stage of DKD on cardiac dysfunction is far from elucidated in current literature. Aim: To evaluate the association between the early stages of DKD and cardiac dysfunction by echocardiography. Materials and Methods: The present descriptive, case-control study was conducted in the Pondicherry Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS), Kalapet, Puducherry, India, from November 2018 to November 2020. All diabetic patients between 25- 60 years, who attended the medicine Outpatient Department (OPD) or were admitted into the medical wards, were screened, among which 280 subjects were selected for the study. Patients with Estimated Glomerular Filtration Rate (eGFR) of more than 45 mL/min/1.73m2 were characterised as cases and those with eGFR of more than 90 mL/min/1.73m2 were controls. Echocardiographic parameters were recorded. Chi-square test, Mann-Whitney U test, and unpaired t-test were used for statistical analysis. Multivariate logistic regression analysis was done using an odd’s ratio to assess the association between early DKD and cardiac dysfunction. Results: The number of diabetics with early kidney disease (cases) were 139 and without kidney disease (controls) were 141. The mean age of the cases was 54.63±4.84 years and the controls were 52.61±7.916 years. The number of males among the cases and controls were 68 (48.92%) out of 139 and 96 (68.1%) out of 141, respectively. The prevalence of systolic dysfunction among diabetic patients with early kidney disease was 12.23% (17/139) and diastolic dysfunction was prevalent in 99.29% (138/139). Systolic dysfunction was 9.68 times more common in cases (n=139) than in controls (n=141). Women had a 2.6 times higher likelihood, and hypertension had (an independent association which was) a 2.6 times higher likelihood of developing cardiac dysfunction in the early stages of DKD. Conclusion: Systolic cardiac dysfunction is significantly higher (9.68 times more common) in those with early DKD when compared to those without kidney disease; with female gender and systemic hypertension as independent and significant risk factors.
Effect of Hot and Cold Beverages on the Flexural Strength of Nanofilled and Nanohybrid Composites: An In-vitro Study
Authors: Kadu Tanvi Sanjit , Kamat Sharad , Nanjannawar Girish , Kinikar Sonali Subhash , Makhijani Divya
Published: January 2023

Introduction: Nanocomposites is the latest development in the field of dentistry. It has improved mechanical properties. The clinical success is dependent on the effect of changes in the oral temperature due to consumption of various beverages. Aim: To evaluate and compare the effect of hot and cold beverages on the flexural strength of nanofilled and nanohybrid composites. Materials and Methods: This in-vitro study was carried out in the Department of Conservative Dentistry and Endodontics at Bharati Vidyapeeth Dental College and Hospital, Sangli, Maharashtra, India, from March 2021 to December 2021. Two types of nanocomposites (nanofilled and nanohybrid) were tested for flexural strength under effect of hot (like tea) and cold (like carbonated drink) beverages. All composite specimens were immersed in tea, carbonated beverage and distilled water thus the present study included six groups. A total of 60 specimens (25 mm in length, 3 mm in width, 2 mm in thickness were prepared using teflon moulds with 10 samples for each combination. Maximum load for distortion of the sample was measured after seven days of immersion and flexural strength was calculated. One-way Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) test, Post-hoc Tukey test and Independent t-test were utilised to compare the differences in flexural strength among study groups. Statistical significance was fixed at p-value ≤0.05. Results: The flexural strength of nanohybrid composite immersed in tea was 85.78 MPa, in aerated drink was 95.55 MPa and in distilled water was 126.78 MPa. The flexural strength of nanofilled composite immersed in tea was 73.66 MPa, in aerated drink was 85.35 MPa and in distilled water was 120.54 MPa. Nanohybrid composite compared to nanofilled composite showed higher flexural strength in all beverages. Conclusion: Nanohybrid composites were found to have greater mechanical properties as compared to nanofilled composites when subjected to both hot and cold temperatures.
Chemical Studies of Water Samples Collected from Area Extended between Ras Al –Halal and El Haniea, Libya
Authors: Hasan Hamad M. Adress , Al-Fergani Hager A. , Yaya Mohammed E.
Published: January 2023

The present study aimed to investigate chemical formulations of water samples collected from  area extended between Ras Al–Halal and El Haniea, Libya. The geographic location of the Mediterranean governs the water temperature and salinity. The hot climate of the eastern basin raises the water temperature, causing increased evaporation and high salinities. The present study included visiting the study sites (8 stations on the eastern coast of Libya) during winter and summer seasons 2019. The concentration of different water quality parameters was analyzed and reported accordingly. The palnktonic composition was also evaluated.
Impact of COVID 19 on Agricultural Sector in West Godavari District of Andhra Pradesh, India
Authors: Deepthi V. , Sree E. Karuna , Subbaiah K. Venkata , Nirmala T. Vijaya , Reddy A. Devivaraprasad , Shaliraju G. , Satish J. Venkata , Prasad J. V.
Published: January 2023

This study was formulated to know the impact of COVID-19 on agriculture and allied sectors in Krishi Vigyan Kendra Operational areas in West Godavari District.  Ex-post facto design of research was used. Data was collected from 60 farmers. Interview schedule as well as questionnaire was developed in the form of Google on set of question related to impact of COVID 19 on horticulture sector, food sector and livestock sector. Normal descriptive statistics (frequency & per centage) was used. During the study it observed that in horticulture sector harvesting of major fruits and vegetable crops have been affected due labour shortage. Impact of COVID 19 in case of food crops is harvesting of major food crop (paddy) was completed due to mechanization but the labour unavailability has increased the labour cost and cost of cultivation of crops. In livestock sector, feed and concentrate availability were major affected areas followed by non-availability of veterinary services, shortage of fish seed, feed and transportation. 86.66 per cent of farmers reported that the government has announced relief measures and supply ration to poor ration card holders including farmers and farm women get 5 kg of rice and one Kg of pulses free of cost every month during lockdown period. 86.66 per cent farmers suggested that quality seed, fertilizers, pesticides supply from the government on subsidy basis followed by Provide MSP for produce and government directly procure the produce from farmers.
Survey, Pathogenicity and Molecular Characterization of Root Pathogens Associated with Root Rot of Cedrus deodara (Roxb.) G. Don in District Solan, Himachal Pradesh, India
Authors: Thakur Rajneesh , Tomar Manica , Sharma Ranjna
Published: January 2023

Root rot disease is one of the most serious diseases that significantly reduces the plant's productivity, commonly known as collar rot, foot rot, or damping off. The main symptom of this condition is damping off. The newly emerging seedlings collapse and die in areas with severe infection, and the majority of seedlings may die before or after emergence. Due to Root rot disease in C. Deodara which is our state tree, the damage caused by it to the seedlings there was urgent need to identify and study the disease so as to develop proper management strategies. In Himachal Pradesh, a field survey was carried out to know the disease incidence of root rot pathogen  in the Cedrus growing regions in district Solan. The survey included the Kanaghat, Solan, and Chail mountains. The Kandaghat range covered Kiari, Karol, and Bisha nurseries, the Solan range Shilli, Nauni nurseries, and the Chail range Chiunth, Chail, and Gaura nurseries were all covered. During the survey of root rot pathogen of Cedrus deodara, 10.90 to 62.15%incidence was recorded in district Solan nurseries. Maximum incidence of the root rot was recorded in Kandaghat range (37.35%) followed by Solan range (33.85%) and Chail range (30.93%), respectively. Amongst nurseries found that,Bisha nursery had maximum incidence (62.15%) followed by Nauni (48.46%) and Chiunth nurseries (44.65), respectively. Cultural and morphological characteristics of root rot pathogen were studied and identified as Rhizoctonia solani. ITS1/ITS4 markers were employed for the molecular identification of the pathogen that caused the root rot in Cedrus deodara, which was confirmed to be binucleate Rhizoctonia AG-E. For the root rot pathogen, isolation frequency was also observed in three solan ranges. Isolation frequency of Chail range comprising of two ranges showed the maximum of 37.71%followed by Kandaghat (34.42%) and Solan (19.37%), respectively. Numerous pathogens were isolated, however, three pathogen,  binucleate Rhizoctonia AG-E, Fusarium oxysporum, and Phoma exigua were found to occur most frequently. Binucleate Rhizoctonia AG-E was the most often isolated of the three primary pathogens, occurring at a maximum frequency of 50.23%, followed by P. exigua (18.98%) and F. oxysporum (7.49%). Three different methods were used to test the pathogenicity of binucleate Rhizoctonia AG -E for their ability to produce root rot symptoms. The soil infestation inoculation method recorded the highest disease incidence (83.48%) followed by the root dip (34.53%) and stem application (23.76%), respectively.
Effect of Different Levels of Arbuscular Mycorrhiza and Phosphorus on Productivity and Profitability of Barley (Hordeum vulgare L.)
Authors: Prajapati Bimlesh Kumar , Kumar Kaushal , Kumar Munish , Rawat Deepak Kumar , Kumar Yogesh , Singh Gaurav Pratap , Kumar Pradeep , Prajapati Sunil Kumar
Published: January 2023

A field experiment was carried out at Soil Conservation and Water Management Farm of Chandra Shekhar Azad University of Agriculture and Technology, Kanpur during rabi season, in 2019-20 to study the effect of different levels of Arbuscular Mycorrhiza (AM) and phosphorus on yield attributes, yield and economics of barley (Hordeum vulgare L.). The experiment was laid out in Factorial Randomized Block Design (FRBD) with 3 replications. The treatments were consisted of 4 levels of AM fungi inoculation i.e., control, AM @ 8 kg ha-1, AM @ 12 kg ha-1 and AM @ 16 kg ha-1 along with 4 phosphorus fertility level i.e., control, phosphorus @ 20 kg ha-1, phosphorus @ 30 kg ha-1 and phosphorus @ 40 kg ha-1 were tested in the experiment. The results indicated that the AM fungi inoculation level @ 16 kg ha-1 showed the highest yield attributes, yield and economics viz. number of productive tillers (9.03 m-2), number of grain ear-1 (9.16), test weight (45.36g), grain yield (28.13 q ha-1), gross return (INR 45774.20 ha-1), net return (INR 18143.04 ha-1 ) and B:C ratio (1.66) followed by the AM fungi inoculation level @ 12 kg ha-1 while it was observed minimum under control. However, the phosphorus fertility level @ 40 kg ha-1 gave better yield attributes, yield and economics viz., number of productive tillers (9.16 m-1), number of grain ear-1 (59.36), test weight (45.09g), grain yield (28.79), gross return (INR 47377.60 ha-1), net return (INR 18229.50 ha-1) and B:C ratio (1.63) followed by the phosphorus fertility level @ 30 kg ha-1 while observed minimum under control. On the basis of observed results, farmers are advised to raise barley with AM fungi inoculation level @ 16 kg ha-1 along with application of phosphorus @ 40 kg ha-1 for best growth, yield, economics and soil health.
Phytotoxic Effect of Aqueous Extracts of Acalypha wilkesiana Mull. Arg., Centrosema pubescens Benth and Phyllanthus amarus Schum. & Thonn on Germination and Growth of Amaranthus cruentus L. and Corchorus olitorius L.
Authors: Ilori Olasupo John , Dada Tobi
Published: January 2023

Allelopathy is a concept that is applied in weed management to minimize extensively the reliance on herbicide in agriculture. The allelopathic potential of Acalypha wilkesiana, Centrosema pubescens and Phyllanthus amarus on Amaranthus cruentus and Corchorus olitorius were investigated. Different concentrations of the leaf aqueous extracts of A. wilkesiana, C. pubescens and P. amarus were applied to determine their effect on A. cruentus and C. olitorius under laboratory conditions. The profiling of phytochemicals in the extracts showed that glycosides, phenols, terpenoids, saponins and steroid were present in the extracts.  The seed germination, radicle length, plumule length of test crops were significantly decreased by leaf extracts compared with control treatments. The results revealed that the inhibitory effect was proportional to the concentrations of the extracts, higher concentrations had the stronger inhibitory effect. The result suggested that the inhibitory or stimulatory effect may be due to the presence of allelochemicals like glycosides, phenols, terpenoids and steroids etc. in the aqueous leaf extracts of A. wilkesiana, C. pubescens and P. amarus which may cause allelopathic effects under field conditions. Therefore, these plants should be controlled were they grow with cultivated crops.