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Aplikasi Rekam Medis dan Pengaduan Pasien Berbasis Android Puskesmas Lamasi Timur
Authors: Nurmala Auliya , Muhallim Muhlis , Sulaeman Budiawan
Published: May 2023

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk merancang dan membuat aplikasi rekam medis dan pengaduan pasien berbasis android yang mudah digunakan untuk mengolah data pengaduan yang dikirimkan oleh pasien serta memberikan solusi untuk Puskesmas Desa To’lemo Kecamatan  Lamasi Timur Kabupaten Luwu. Selain itu, aplikasi ini dapat mempermudah pasien untuk memberikan pengaduan terhadap pelayanan Puskesmas dengan akses yang mudah menggunakan android dalam mengirimkan pengaduan tersebut. Metode penelitian yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini adalah metode waterfall. Metode pengumpulan data dalam penelitian ini adalah dokumentasi data, observasi, wawancara, angket dan studi pustaka. Sistem informasi ini perancangannya menggunakan metode pengembangan Unified Modelling Language (UML) yang terdiri dari use case diagram, activity diagram, dan sequence diagram. Adapun software yang digunakan dalam perancangan sistem informasi ini menggunakan API dengan bahasa pemrograman PHP, XAMPP sebagai webserver, MySQL sebagai database, Android Studio sebagai editor desain. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan Sistem Informasi yang dibangun dianggap mampu membantu petugas puskesmas dan masyarakat. Hal ini didukung dengan hasil pengujian yang dilakukan kepada 25 responden mengisi kuisioner dengan skor nilai 76,98% yang menunjukkan bahwa aplikasi dapat digunakan dengan mudah oleh pasien maupun lembaga medis dalam meningkatkan pelayanan kesehatan di masyarakat.
Ketidakpastian Dan Risiko Yang Dialami Masyarakat Di Era Modernisasi
Authors: Martina Eka Saputri  , Icha Cahya Kusuma Ningtias  , Nurdiana Holida
Published: May 2023

In times like today, it is certain that people in their lives will experience an event called risk. This incident is bound to happen to everyone in any way. Therefore, to minimize the negative impact due to these risks, it is necessary to have a solution on the risk side to deal with these risks. Risk is a synonym of the English-speaking Risk Society, which means that in reality in social life there must be a problem or uncertainty that is experienced. In 1986 risk could be described in a structural situation, for example, industrialization, the emergence of the modernization era, and so on. Because basically the era of modernization gave rise to many technologies that are easy to use so that they can affect existing life. According to Anthony Giddens, modernization is a culture of risk. The risk community is a meaning used because something has changed towards something new in people's lives at this time. In addition, the figure who discussed the risk community was Ulrick Beck. He stated that criticism of mathematical morality from expert thinking is that public discourse about risk making is something that can be avoided from the structural conditions of society. Then the figure who also discusses the risk community is Mary Douglas, an anthropologist who discusses cultural theory.
Fortalecimiento de las asociaciones y MiPymes de Cotopaxi mediante elementos clave de la administración
Authors: Veintimilla Ruiz Jirma , Totoy Cañizares Danny Deivis , Herrera Bartelotti María José , Bautista Plaza Jorge Raúl
Published: May 2023

marco del desarrollo de la investigación científica de las instituciones de educación superior (IES), se considera como vinculación con la sociedad a las actividades de divulgación científica, aportes a la mejora y actualización de los planes de desarrollo local, regional y nacional, y la transferencia de conocimiento y tecnología. Con este preámbulo, la maestría de Administración de Empresas de la Universidad Técnica de Cotopaxi, en conjunto con los estudiantes de las cohortes 2021 y 2022, ejecutaron varias actividades de vinculación, con el objetivo de fortalecer a las asociaciones y MiPymes de Cotopaxi mediante los elementos clave de la administración. Para esto, se realizó el diagnóstico situacional de las organizaciones, a través de entrevistas a los representantes, en las que se pudieron determinar las fortalezas y debilidades en el campo organizacional de 15 asociaciones y 12 emprendimientos beneficiarios del proyecto. En el diagnóstico, las debilidades en común de los beneficiarios fue la falta de apoyo para la comercialización y venta del producto, el posicionamiento de la marca y la falta de capacitación para la innovación de sus productos. Una vez identificadas las necesidades, los maestrantes aplicaron las fases de la administración: en la primera fase, planificaron actividades que se deben ejecutar, para solventar esas necesidades en conjunto con los estudiantes de la carrera de Diseño Gráfico. En este sentido, organizaron recursos necesarios para implementar soluciones, dirigieron las actividades a desarrollar para el fortalecimiento de estas organizaciones y, por último, controlaron los resultados obtenidos para la implementación en las organizaciones. Entre los productos académicos se elaboraron manuales de marca, capacitaciones en el manejo de redes sociales y e-commerce, capacitaciones en innovación y creatividad, modelos de negocios Canvas. De esta manera, los maestrantes de las cohortes 2021 y 2022 lograron transferir sus conocimientos, para impulsar el desarrollo de las Asociaciones y MiPymes de Cotopaxi.
Modelo Dinámico de una Gestión Estratégica de Talento Humano
Authors: Tovar Molina Evelyn Alexandra , Velásquez Beltrán Alex Javier
Published: May 2023

Los incentivos son las principales acciones que se toman en la gestión de talento humano, para mejorar el servicio que ofrece el personal de una empresa o institución y para el desarrollo de los mismos empleados. En las zonas en donde hay una alta demanda de un servicio, se observa que hay tensión e inconformidad por parte de los usuarios, aun cuando los empleados obtienen capacitación y beneficios; esto hace notar que hay otros factores que influyen. El objetivo de este estudio es identificar y cuantificar dichos factores, por medio de un modelo dinámico. Esta clase de modelos, permite evaluar el efecto que cada elemento, acción e interconexión tienen en la gestión de recursos humanos, con una sustentación matemática y con la facilidad de manejar datos de modo simultáneo por medio de un proceso de simulación. El principal resultado del estudio fue la creación de un modelo. Este, como parte de la gestión estratégica de talento humano, evalúa los incentivos y la motivación, dando como resultados el índice de eficiencia del trabajador y su nivel de rendimiento.
NILAI-NILAI PENDIDIKAN MULTIKULTURAL PERSPEKTIF AL-QUR’AN
Authors: Wijaya Subur , Huzen Idris Hisbullah
Published: May 2023

Penelitian ini berjudul “Nilai-Nilai Pendidikan Multikultural Perspektif Al-Qur’an. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui lebih jauh mengenai nilai-nilai multikultural yang terkandung di dalam alQur’an untuk kemudian dikaitkan atau dikorelasikan dengan konsep pendidikan multikultural.  Penelitian ini termasuk jenis penelitian kualitatif dengan menggunakan Library Research (penelitian kepustakaan) dan menggunakan metode deskriptif-analisis (Descriptive-analytis) yaitu dengan mendeskripsikan kemudian menganalisis ayat-ayat Al-Qur’an terkait nilai-nilai pendidikan multikultural. Sumber data berupa sumber-sumber tertulis berupa kitab-kitab tafsir, buku-buku, artikel, jurnal, makalah, karya tulis dan sumber-sumber otoritatif lainnya yang relevan dengan tema.   Hasil penelitian ini menunjukkan bahwa terdapat banyak sekali nilai-nilai multikultural di dalam al-Quran yang sesuai dan sejalan yang dapat di aplikasikan dalam pendidikan multikultural. Semua nilai itu terfokus pada tiga nilai yang menjadi nilai inti (core value) pada pendidikan multikultual. Nilai keadilan, nilai toleransi dan nilai kebangsaan apabila mampu di aplikasikan dengan baik oleh masyarakat multikultur seperti bangsa Indonesia, dapat menumbuhkan kesadaran dan rasa saling menghargai atas perbedaan dan keberagaman ras, suku, budaya, etnis dan agama sehingga mampu mereduksi timbulnya konflik yang disebabkan oleh berbagai macam perbedaan.
KIBLAT PERSFEKTIF MUFASSIRIN (Kajian Analitis Penafsiran Ayat-Ayat Kiblat dalam Tafsir Al-Thabari, Ibnu Katsir dan Tafsir Al-Mishbah)
Authors: Wijaya Subur , Maab Husnul
Published: May 2023

Skripsi ini berjudul “Kiblat Persfektif Mufassirîn (Kajian Analitis Penafsiran Ayat-Ayat Kiblat dalam Tafsir al-Thabari, Ibnu Katsir, dan Tafsir al-Mishbah)”. Pembahsan skripsi ini hanya berfokus pada tiga ayat tentang perpindahan arah Kiblat yang terdapat di dalam surat al-Baqarah ayat 144,142, 115. Peneltian di dalam skripsi ini hadir sebagai upaya reksonstruksi atas beberapa tudingan negatif yang dilontarkan oleh kelompok orientalis mengenai perpindahan arah Kiblat yang terdapat di dalam tiga ayat surat al-Baqarah yang penulis sebutkan di atas. Salah seorang tokoh mereka Gardner mengatakan, jika perpindahan arah Kiblat yang disitir di dalam surat al-Baqarah itu adalah satu bentuk dari adanya kontradiktif yang terkandung di dalam al-Qur’an. Untuk mewujudkan apa yang penulis sebutkan di atas, maka di dalam penelitian ini penulis menggunakan tiga kitab tafsir sebagai data utama yang akan penulis gunakan di dalam melihat bagaimana interpretasi sesungguhnya tentang peralihan arah Kiblat yang disebutkan oleh tiga ayat di dalam surat al-Baqarah tersebut. Diantara tafsir tersebut adalah tafsir al-Thabari, Ibnu Katsir dan tafsir al-Mishbah. Adapun penelitian ini menggunakan penelitian kualitatif dengan menggunakan kajian pustaka, sumber data yang terdiri dari sumber-sumber tertulis berupa kitab, buku, jurnal makalah dan sumber-sumber otoritatif lainnya yang relevan dengan judul ini. Selain itu, untuk memudahkan proses penelitian ini penulis juga menggunakan pendekatan tematiknya ‘Abdul Hayyi al-Farmawi. Dan diakhir penelitian ini berdasasrkan interpretasi yang disebutkan oleh masing-masing mufassir di dalam kitab tafsirnya, tidak ditemukan adanya indikasi yang mengarah kepada adanya kontradiktif di dalam penafsiran tiga ayat tersebut, bahkan diantara tafsiran antara yang satu dengan yang lainnya cenderung sama dan melengkapi satu sama lain.
VALIDITAS METODOLOGI INTERPRETASI AL-QUR’AN
Authors: Shofiuddin Shofiuddin , Saputra Mursid Adi
Published: May 2023

Jurnal ini berjudul “Validitas Metodologi Interpretasi Al-Qur’an (Analisis Sosio-Historis-Politik)”. Pembahasan skripsi ini berfokus pada tinjauan sosio-historis-politik dan dipertajam dengan uji validitas dari lima metode tafsir yaitu ijmȃlȋ, taḥlȋlȋ, muqȃran, maudhȗ’ȋ dan hermeneutika Fazlȗr Rahmȃn.Jenis dan pendekatan penelitian ini adalah kualitatif deskriptif yang bersifat library research. Adapun, sumber primer dari penelitian yaitu Kitab al-Bidȃyah fȋ Tafsȋr al-Maudhȗ’ȋ karya Al-Farmȃwȋ, Tafsȋr Al-Jalȃlain karya Jalȃluddȋn Al-Syuyȗthȋ dan Al-Maḥallȋ Tafsȋr Al-Qur’ȃn Al-Adhȋm karya Ibnu Katsȋr, Tafsir Al-Jȃmi’ li Ahkȃm Al-Qur’ȃn karya Al-Qurthȗbȋ, dan Jurnal Islam and Modernity karya Fazlȗr Rahmȃn. Selain itu, untuk memudahkan proses penelitian ini penulis menggunakan pendekatan sosio-historis-politik dan dipertajam dengan pendekatan filsafat ilmu yaitu teori koherensi, korespondensi dan pragmatisme. Adapun kesimpulan dari penelitian ini adalah lahirnya metodologi tafsir dilatar belakangi oleh tuntutan sosial-politik yang berkembang dan berubah dari masa ke-masa dan relevan sesuai konteks sosial dan politik masing-masing. Penelitian ini bisa dibaca melalui tinjauan ilmu sosiologi, sejarah, politik, dan filsafat ilmu.
Eficacia del ejercicio de fuerza en mujeres con cáncer de mama que reciben tratamiento de radioterapia: revisión bibliográfica
Authors: Pérez Álvarez Ángela , Muñoz Fernández María Jesús
Published: May 2023

El cáncer de mama es una enfermedad que se desarrolla mediante una división celular ininterrumpida y que se disemina por la mama y tejidos adyacentes. El tratamiento médico por excelencia utilizado es la radioterapia, que conlleva la aparición de numerosos efectos secundarios para las pacientes. El ejercicio terapéutico de fuerza es usado a menudo para intentar combatir la sintomatología derivada del tratamiento médico. Objetivo: analizar y conocer los efectos del ejercicio de fuerza terapéutico en mujeres con cáncer de mama durante el tratamiento con radioterapia. Material y método: Revisión bibliográfica, en la cual la búsqueda bibliográfica, llevada a cabo entre los meses de febrero y marzo de 2022, se llevó a cabo en 3 bases de datos: Pubmed, Web of Science y PEDro, mediante el uso del operador booleano “AND”. Se aplicaron filtros y criterios de inclusión y exclusión. Resultados: Se incluyeron 6 artículos que daban respuesta a los objetivos planteados. Todos estos estudios muestran diferentes resultados con ciertas mejoras significativas en las variables fuerza muscular, masa muscular, potencia muscular, resistencia, la calidad de vida, la fatiga y el riesgo de aparición del linfedema. Conclusión: El ejercicio de fuerza en mujeres con cáncer de mama durante el tratamiento de radioterapia puede ser una herramienta útil como tratamiento fisioterapéutico para algunas variables que empeoran la calidad de vida de las pacientes. Además, se ha demostrado que es un tratamiento seguro para las pacientes.
Omnibus Law as Investment Law Reform in Indonesia Based on the Hierarchy of Legislation Principles
Authors: Sujono Imam , Nugroho Mulyanto
Published: May 2023

This paper aims to describe, understand and analyze the omnibus law as an investment law reform in Indonesia based on the hierarchical principle of laws and regulations. As for writing this article using normative legal research. In addition, the writing of this article uses a theoretical and juridical approach. The results of this study indicate that in the formation of the omnibus law as a rule that facilitates Indonesian investment, the hierarchical principle of laws and regulations applies. Then there is some urgency to form an omnibus law in the investment aspect. One of the theories of the welfare state that applies to Indonesia is the role of increasing the economy in the investment sector through the omnibus law in order to realize the mandate of the Indonesian constitution, namely to promote general welfare and as much as possible for the prosperity of the Indonesian people.
El Theodorakis de la primera època (1960-1967) i la seva selecció poètica
Authors: Blanco Pérez Joan-Carles
Published: May 2023

El prolífic compositor Mikis Theodorakis (Quios, 1925) ha sabut crear el seu propi llenguatge musical, inconfusiblement grec —és a dir «popular»— i culte alhora, musicant els més grans poetes contemporanis. La fusió de la poesia grega amb un llenguatge molt personal, que recollia tota una llarga tradició musical, comença amb la tria dʹΕπιτάφιος (Epitaphios) de Iannis Ritsos i continuarà amb altres grans poetes com Seferis, Elitis i Gatsos entre dʹaltres.
Redescobrir Màntzaros (Corfú, 1795-1872): l’Himne a la Llibertat
Authors: Blanco Pérez Joan-Carles
Published: May 2023

Redescobrir Màntzaros (Corfú, 1795-1872): l’Himne a la Llibertat
Entre imperis i nacions. Elissàvet Mutzan-Martinengu i la seva Autobiografia
Authors: Nicolaidou Ioanna
Published: May 2023

Entre imperis i nacions. Elissàvet Mutzan-Martinengu i la seva Autobiografia
The art of environmental personhood and the possibility of environmental statehood
Authors: Ward Devon
Published: May 2023

This paper examines the impact that the concept of environmental personhood has had on art and culture, and suggests that projects such as The Embassy of the North Sea hint at the possibility of environmental statehood. First, it reviews how the Te Awa Tupua (Whanganui River Claims Settlement) Act 2017 – which granted juridical personhood to the Whanganui River in New Zealand – inspired the creation of new works such as Weathering, Embedding: Ochopee Trail, terra0, A Voice for the Eel, and F/EEL. Next, a heuristic model called the agency-personhood continuum (APC) is used to identify the aesthetic tropes of environmental personhood. Analysis indicates that artworks that represent environmental personhood often utilize strategies of amplification, translation, performance, time compression, and metonymy. Finally, this paper seeks to encourage new discussions by suggesting that The Embassy of the North Sea and “Theatre of Negotiations” anticipate the concept of environmental statehood, which has the potential to provide greater protections for natural entities that span multiple countries – such as the Amazon River, the Andes, the Atlantic Ocean, and the Pacific Ocean. Theoretically, environmental statehood could also provide greater representation in supra-governmental assemblies such as the UN General Assembly. Ultimately, this article suggests that the culture-law feedback loop for environmental personhood presents a new ontological paradigm that provides greater recognition of the agency, identity, and sovereignty of natural entities.
Inositol pyrophosphate dynamics reveals control of the yeast phosphate starvation program through 1,5-IP8 and the SPX domain of Pho81
Authors: Chabert Valentin , Kim Geun-Don , Qiu Danye , Liu Guizhen , Michaillat Mayer Lydie , Jamsheer K Muhammed , Jessen Henning J , Mayer Andreas
Published: May 2023

Eukaryotic cells control inorganic phosphate to balance its role as essential macronutrient with its negative bioenergetic impact on reactions liberating phosphate. Phosphate homeostasis depends on the conserved INPHORS signaling pathway that utilizes inositol pyrophosphates and SPX receptor domains. Since cells synthesize various inositol pyrophosphates and SPX domains bind them promiscuously, it is unclear whether a specific inositol pyrophosphate regulates SPX domains in vivo, or whether multiple inositol pyrophosphates act as a pool. In contrast to previous models, which postulated that phosphate starvation is signaled by increased production of the inositol pyrophosphate 1-IP7, we now show that the levels of all detectable inositol pyrophosphates of yeast, 1-IP7, 5-IP7, and 1,5-IP8, strongly decline upon phosphate starvation. Among these, specifically the decline of 1,5-IP8 triggers the transcriptional phosphate starvation response, the PHO pathway. 1,5-IP8 inactivates the cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor Pho81 through its SPX domain. This stimulates the cyclin-dependent kinase Pho85-Pho80 to phosphorylate the transcription factor Pho4 and repress the PHO pathway. Combining our results with observations from other systems, we propose a unified model where 1,5-IP8 signals cytosolic phosphate abundance to SPX proteins in fungi, plants, and mammals. Its absence triggers starvation responses.
AUDIENCE APPRAISAL
Authors: Ding Iza
Published: May 2023

This chapter extends the state's front stage to the mass media. It uses interviews with environmental protection bureau (EPB) bureaucrats, journalists, editors, and television news producers to show how state agencies communicate with the general public, and how the media plays its “supervisory” function over state behavior. It also cites a national public opinion survey to analyze citizen perception of local environmental governance, finding that exposure to performative governance in the news improves public assessments of environmental governance. The chapter reviews semi-structured interviews with citizens to understand their cognitive processes when they assess pollution and evaluate government performance. Even when citizens recognize pollution to be a serious problem, this does not necessarily lead them to demand policy change.
Diaspora Space Time
Authors: Trémon Anne Christine
Published: May 2023

This book explores the transformations of Pine Mansion—a Shenzhen former emigrant community—and its members' changing relationship with their diaspora around the world. For more than a century, inhabitants of Shenzhen's villages have migrated to Southeast Asia, the Pacific, North and South America, and Europe. With China's economic global ascendancy, these villages no longer consist of peasants dependent on their rich overseas relatives. As the villages have become part of the special economic zone of Shenzhen, the megacity that embodies China's rise, emigration has waned. Lineage ties have long been central in choosing migration destinations and channeling donations to village projects. After China's reopening, Shenzhen's villagers used diaspora as a resource to participate in the city's booming economy and to reestablish and protect their ritual sites against government plans. As overseas financial contributions diminish and diasporic relations change, the book highlights the way emigration is being reconceptualized in regards to China's changing position in the world, offering a new perspective on Chinese globalization and the politics of scale-making.
The Logic of Uncoordination
Authors: Minn Pierre
Published: May 2023

This chapter discusses one explanation for the discrepancy between a call for increased coordination and its persistent absence: the number of compelling incentives for foreigners and Haitians involved in international medical aid not to coordinate. Phrased in more positive terms, these individuals and organizations have a variety of reasons to favor autonomy and discretion over coordination. Before turning to these reasons, the chapter details how those involved in the aid process define coordination and how it appears in institutional discourse. It also addresses some of the more immediately apparent factors impeding coordination—namely, time, language, and organizational leadership. These factors are directly related to the specific ethnographic context, but should also be considered as factors impeding the coordination of aid in other settings.
Trying to Make It
Authors: Gundur R. V.
Published: May 2023

This book is the author's journey from the US–Mexico border to America's heartland, from America's prisons to its streets, in search of the true story of the drug trade and the people who participate in it. The book begins in the Paso del Norte area, which has been in the public eye as calls for securing the border persist. From there, it moves on to Phoenix, which was infamously associated with the drug trade through a series of kidnappings. Finally, the book goes on to Chicago, which has been a lightning rod of criticism for its gangs and violence. The author highlights the similarities and differences that exist in the American drug trade within the three sites and how they relate to current drug trade narratives in the United States. At each stop, the reader is transported to the city's historical and contemporary contexts of the drug trade and introduced to the individuals who have lived them. Drug retailers, street and prison gang members, wholesalers, and the law enforcement personnel who try to stop them offer readers a comprehensive look at how various illicit enterprises work together to supply the drugs that American users demand. Most importantly, the stories in the book remind us that the people involved in the drug trade, for the most part, do not deserve vilification. Far from being a seemingly uniform, widespread threat or an unlimited array of bogeymen and women, they are ordinary people, living ordinary lives, just trying to make it.
The Loop
Authors: Wiggers Raymond
Published: May 2023

This chapter focuses on the architecture and design of buildings along the Southeastern Quadrant of the Chicago Loop. The Chicago Bar Association's headquarters may be tucked into one of the Loop's more easily overlooked crannies, but it is brimming over with geologic significance, especially when it featured limestone, concrete, Buddusò Granite, concrete, and aluminum. The chapter elaborates on the design and geological features of the Loop's buildings, such as The Alfred and Auditorium Building. The Harold Washington Library Center's sources of bricks remain unknown. However, the building has interesting uses of decorative stones known as the Carrara Marble, which is now known to be the world's most famous and sought-after marble.
River North
Authors: Wiggers Raymond
Published: May 2023

This chapter explores the buildings found in River North. It notes the sheer dimensionality and monumental engineering of Merchandise Mart, which also utilized the Grand Art Deco Formula. Meanwhile, the Cable House proves that the Richardsonian Romanesque style can produce a stunning effect even when expressed in a lighter color. Additionally, River North is home to the Big Three LJDs, a sacred trinity of neo-Gothic churches made of luminous Lemont-Joliet Dolostone. The chapter then details the geologic features of Newberry Library, John Howland Thompson House, and Harvest Bible Chapel. It also considers the legacy and history of the Medinah Temple, which is a legendary location for classical music fans.
Uptown and Ravenswood
Authors: Wiggers Raymond
Published: May 2023

This chapter covers the geologic features of Uptown and Ravenswood buildings. Graceland Cemetery's founders appreciated and took full advantage of both the site's high ground and yielding soil. The chapter elaborates on the geologic significance of Graceland Cemetery, citing the great open-air laboratory of differential weathering of Chicago. Moreover, Graceland Cemetery is the home of multiple monuments, such as the William M. Monument, Martin Ryerson Tomb, and Howard Van Doren Shaw Monument. The chapter then highlights the work of various architectures by referencing the features and history of Old Town School of Folk Music, Krause Music Store, and Aragon Ballroom.
Christ as Disciplinarian, Bridegroom, and Teacher in the Life of Dorothea of Montau
Authors: Kieckhefer Richard
Published: May 2023

This chapter focuses on Dorothea of Montau and explores some of the complexities of her relationship with her hagiographer and with Christ. As the chapter narrates, when the presence of Christ becomes a pervasive experience for women who live not in community but in the secular world or in reclusion, their experience is most often transmitted in the writings of their confessors. It is from the writings of these male companions that the chapter reveals more about the women who received the revelation, their personal relationships (often fraught) with Christ, and their sometimes narrow circles of associates. The chapter shows that in the hagiographic dossier for Dorothea, Christ appears as a kind of disciplinarian regulating her daily life and piety, as a mystical bridegroom, and as a teacher. Dorothea and her hagiographer presumably both accepted all three perspectives on Christ, but as the chapter argues, there is reason to think the perception of Christ as a taskmaster in quotidian affairs comes mainly from Dorothea, while his depiction as mystical bridegroom owes a great deal to the hagiographer's intervention.
“The Most Important Place in the World”: The Reagan Administration, Democracy Promotion, and the Nicaraguan Revolution
Authors: Schmidli William Michael
Published: May 2023

This chapter explores Ronald Reagan's vision for US foreign policy in a world defined by the global Cold War. It acknowledges the national security threat the United States faced after three decades of the Cold War. Reagan's vision of a US victory over the Soviet Union harked back to the bipartisan anticommunism of early Cold War US foreign policy. However, the implementation of a US approach to the Cold War would need to confront the inroads of liberal internationalists and contain the spread of communism overseas. The chapter highlights the importance of Reagan's human rights policy of the administration's aggressive approach to the Cold War. It explores the multifaceted conflict between the United States and Nicaragua in the final decade of the Cold War.
“Is This Not Respect for Human, Economic, and Social Rights?”
Authors: Schmidli William Michael
Published: May 2023

This chapter details the conflict between the Reagan Administration and the Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN) that lasted a decade. Comandante Daniel Ortega Saavedra declared that the United States had consistently intervened in Central American affairs to promote its own economic and political interests. The chapter highlights how the 1979 Nicaraguan revolution was a popular uprising against a brutal and sclerotic dictatorship. However, Reagan's election triggered another period of US aggression against Nicaragua. In response to the Reagan administration's covert operation to destabilize the FSLN, the Sandinistas clamped down on civil liberties and rallied a mixed rhetoric of nationalism, anti-imperialism, and anti-Americanism, but it only resulted in disseminating scarce resources and placing enormous burdens on Nicaraguan civilians.
“Remembrances of Things Once Hidden”
Authors: Newsome W. Jake
Published: May 2023

This chapter evaluates the proliferation of pink triangle memories beginning in the 1980s. Members of the gay community made use of various modes of storytelling, including journalism, novels, and stage plays, to piece together an understanding of their past, thereby establishing historical legitimacy for the nascent gay identity forged in the previous decade. Artists and authors used their craft to help imagine the history of queer people in the Third Reich, but these works of art and fiction were never meant to be documentary in nature or pieces of historical scholarship. By the end of the 1980s, queer scholars began producing academic histories grounded in archival research. These scholarly accounts added nuance to the popular narratives of the 1970s and 1980s, and in some cases directly refuted long-held assumptions, such as the notion that the Nazis had implemented a “Homocaust” similar to the genocide of the Jews. The chapter exposes that while the mainstream press and historical profession continued to ignore the plight of the Nazis' gay victims, queer communities on both sides of the Atlantic set out to write their own histories.
The Nature of Tourism
Authors: Scott Blake C.
Published: May 2023

This chapter evaluates how naturalist explorers influenced future tourists through their use of language, their behaviors, and their actions. Tourists in search of tropical nature would come to mimic the naturalist's experience. Explorer-scientists taught the public that visiting nature could be more than just “leisure”: it could be “recreational,” spiritually and intellectually uplifting. In the twentieth century, institutions such as the Smithsonian, the National Geographic Society, and the American Museum of Natural History also shaped how tourists would understand and appreciate the tropics. The travels of one explorer-scientist at the Smithsonian, Alexander Wetmore, form a biography linking tourism, science, and the US military in the circum-Caribbean. The chapter then considers how the tourism industry has cashed in on and packaged the desire to get close to, to experience, tropical nature. Adventure and exploration in nature, in this sense, are central to the tourism industry.
Territorial Loss and Xenophobia in the Weimar Republic
Authors: Braun Robert
Published: May 2023

This chapter studies the rise of xenophobia in prewar Germany. It uses data on children's stories collected by folklorists before and after World War I to highlight the importance of borders in generating xenophobia and antisemitism. In particular, the chapter looks at the prevalence of Jewish bogeymen in Kinderschreck (children's fright), an oral tradition that deploys fear to induce obedience in children. The data show that regions surrounding lost territories in Weimar Germany formed hotbeds of antisemitism. This finding has important implications for the study of xenophobia, in its suggestion that geopolitical threats work together with economic and political fears in producing hostility toward outsiders. The chapter then discusses the generalizability of this study as well as its implications for the study of German history, antisemitism, and ethnic relationships more broadly.
Remembering Past Atrocities
Authors: Charnysh Volha
Published: May 2023

This chapter studies the impact of different Holocaust narratives in shaping xenophobic and exclusionist attitudes in contemporary Poland, using methods drawn from experimental psychology. The analysis shows that referencing in-group wrongdoing in the past becomes less effective and may even backfire in combating xenophobia and discrimination in the presence of competing victimhood narratives. The in-group perpetrator narrative (the massacre of Jews by Poles in Jedwabne) reduced ethnocentric beliefs and collective narcissism, yet introducing a competing victimhood narrative (the massacre of Poles by Ukrainians in Volhynia) offset this positive effect. Even more concerning is that the victimhood narrative, routinely used by Polish politicians to deflect attention from in-group wrongdoing, dampened support for minority rights, which was unaffected by the perpetrator narrative in isolation. Moreover, even the uncontested in-group perpetrator narrative had null effects on antisemitism or pluralist views, which highlights the limitations of Holocaust remembrance in changing deeply held predispositions.
Conclusion
Authors: Winkelmann Tessa
Published: May 2023

This concluding chapter provides an overview of how interracial intercourse has and continues to perpetuate an imperial relationship between the United States and the Philippines. It explains that the US empire in the Philippines was established by dangerous intercourse. The history and longevity of the “My Filipino Baby” song demonstrate that real and imagined sociosexual intercourse in the colony served the liberal justificatory logic of the empire in ways that are still present. Many human rights organizations and non-governmental organizatons refer to the mixed-race people born in the immediate post-World War II period as Filipino Amerasians, a label that indicates the abandoned children of GIs in Asia more broadly. Even though some mixed-race families embraced colonial ancestry, it does little to shift the narrative of the United States–Philippines colonial romance.
Students’ performance in interactive environments: an intelligent model
Authors: Elbourhamy Doaa Mohamed , Najmi Ali Hassan , Elfeky Abdellah Ibrahim Mohammed
Published: May 2023

Modern approaches in education technology, which make use of advanced resources such as electronic books, infographics, and mobile applications, are progressing to improve education quality and learning levels, especially during the spread of the coronavirus, which resulted in the closure of schools, universities, and all educational facilities. To adapt to new developments, students’ performance must be tracked in order to closely monitor all unfavorable barriers that may affect their academic progress. Educational data mining (EDM) is one of the most popular methods for predicting a student’s performance. It helps monitoring and improving students’ results. Therefore, in the current study, a model has been developed so that students can be informed about the results of the computer networks course in the middle of the second semester and 11 machine algorithms (out of five classes). A questionnaire was used to determine the effectiveness of using infographics for teaching a computer networks course, as the results proved the effectiveness of infographics as a technique for teaching computer networks. The Moodle (Modular Object-Oriented Dynamic Learning Environment) educational platform was used to present the course because of its distinctive characteristics that allow interaction between the student and the teacher, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic. In addition, the different methods of classification in data mining were used to determine the best practices used to predict students’ performance using the weka program, where the results proved the effectiveness of the true positive direction of functions, multilayer perceptron, random forest trees, random tree and supplied test set, f-measure algorithms are the best ways to categories.
Towards the portability of knowledge in reinforcement learning-based systems for automatic drone navigation
Authors: Barreiro José M. , Lara Juan A. , Manrique Daniel , Smith Peter
Published: May 2023

In the field of artificial intelligence (AI) one of the main challenges today is to make the knowledge acquired when performing a certain task in a given scenario applicable to similar yet different tasks to be performed with a certain degree of precision in other environments. This idea of knowledge portability is of great use in Cyber-Physical Systems (CPS) that face important challenges in terms of reliability and autonomy. This article presents a CPS where unmanned vehicles (drones) are equipped with a reinforcement learning system so they may automatically learn to perform various navigation tasks in environments with physical obstacles. The implemented system is capable of isolating the agents’ knowledge and transferring it to other agents that do not have prior knowledge of their environment so they may successfully navigate environments with obstacles. A complete study has been performed to ascertain the degree to which the knowledge obtained by an agent in a scenario may be successfully transferred to other agents in order to perform tasks in other scenarios without prior knowledge of the same, obtaining positive results in terms of the success rate and learning time required to complete the task set in each case. In particular, those two indicators showed better results (higher success rate and lower learning time) with our proposal compared to the baseline in 47 out of the 60 tests conducted (78.3%).
Predictive value of immunoglobulin G, activated partial thromboplastin time, platelet, and indirect bilirubin for delayed viral clearance in patients infected with the Omicron variant
Authors: Zhang Lina , Xie Shucai , Lyu Feng , Liu Chun , Li Chunhui , Liu Wei , Ma Xinhua , Zhou Jieyu , Qian Xinyu , Lu Yong , Qian Zhaoxin
Published: May 2023

Background

Omicron is the recently emerged highly transmissible severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 variant that has caused a dramatic increase in coronavirus disease-2019 infection cases worldwide. This study was to investigate the association between demographic and laboratory findings, and the duration of Omicron viral clearance.

Methods

Approximately 278 Omicron cases at the Ruijin Hospital Luwan Branch, Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine were retrospectively analyzed between August 11 and August 31, 2022. Demographic and laboratory data were also collected. The association between demographics, laboratory findings, and duration of Omicron viral clearance was analyzed using Pearson correlation analysis and univariate and multivariate logistic regression.

Results

Univariate logistic regression analyses showed that a prolonged viral clearance time was significantly associated with older age and lower immunoglobulin (Ig) G and platelet (PLT) levels. Using multinomial logistic regression analyses, direct bilirubin, IgG, activated partial thromboplastin time (APTT), and PLT were independent factors for longer viral shedding duration. The model combining direct bilirubin, IgG, APTT, and PLT identifies patients infected with Omicron whose viral clearance time was ≥7 days with 62.7% sensitivity and 83.4% specificity.

Conclusion

These findings suggest that direct bilirubin, IgG, PLT, and APTT are significant risk factors for a longer viral shedding duration in patients infected with Omicron. Measuring levels of direct bilirubin, IgG, PLT, and APTT is advantageous to identify patients infected with Omicron with longer viral shedding duration.
Perception of Tasar Silkworm Rearers about the Climate Change Impact on the Tasar Silk Production of Maharashtra
Authors: Gedam Pravin C. , Bawaskar D. M. , Chowdary N. B. , Venugopal A. , Ingale A. D.
Published: May 2023

Tasar sericulture is one of the allied sectors of agriculture which is a climate sensitive sector. Understanding farmer’s perception about the climate change impact on the rearing performance tasar silkworm is a key to the development of new climate tolerant technologies so as to encourage the other farmers for adopting sericulture eventually to boost the production of the tasar silk production in the state. Thus, the study was designed to establish farmer’s perception on climate change and its impacts on tasar silkworm rearing performance. The study was conducted in all four tasar silkworm rearing districts of Maharashtra namely Bhandara, Gondia, Gadchiroli and Chandrapur. A total 160 tasar silkworm rearers were selected randomly from all the four districts. Information was collected from each tasar silkworm rearers through Rapid Rural Appraisal (RRA) and focus group discussions (FGD). Climate Change Perception Index (CCPI) and Climate Change Impact Perception Index (CCIPI) were used to assess the perception about the impact of climate change on tasar silk production.  Weighted Average Index (WAI) was used to analysis the impact. Results showed that majority of the respondents perceived that the yield and production of tasar cocoons production has reduced compared to last ten years. Moreover, frequent loss of the crop is noticed due to sudden change in the climatic conditions during the rearing of silkworm. Similarly, the high incidence of diseases and pest is also noticed thereby affecting the income generation of the tribal tasar farmers of the state. The results of the study will be useful for formulating appropriate policy against the ill-effects of the climate change. The results will also give impetus to the researcher to develop the thermo tolerant and climate change tolerant or resistant varieties or races of tasar silkworm so as to boost the tasar silk production of the state.
Construction of Knowledge Test to Measure the Knowledge Level of Farming Families Regarding Environmental Pollution in Punjab, India
Authors: Pratiksha  , Sharma Preeti
Published: May 2023

Today the negative impact of man’s activity on our environment is globally highlighted. An increase in knowledge can go a long way in minimizing the causes of environmental pollution. The present study is aimed to develop a knowledge test to measure the knowledge level of farming families regarding environmental pollution. The knowledge about environmental pollution was studied in terms of causes, effects, and mitigation strategies. Test construction involved the systematic generation of pilot test items based on the literature studied. Initially, 36 items were finalized which 27 per cent of the top group were constituted a high group and 27 per cent of the bottom group a low group from Ludhiana district, Punjab, India. Scores of ‘0’ and ‘1’ were given to incorrect and correct answers respectively. Based on responses recorded, pilot items were further calculated for item difficulty index and discriminating power. Accordingly, items were finalized for the knowledge test. The developed knowledge test was tested for reliability and validity which came out to be 86 per cent reliable and 92 per cent valid which showed that the knowledge test was reliable and quite valid. The developed knowledge test can be used to measure the knowledge level of farming families regarding environmental pollution.
The Relationship between Social Media and Students’ Morals at State Junior High School 3 East Simeulue, Aceh, Indonesia
Authors: A’zizah
Published: May 2023

This research was interesting to conduct because nowadays morals in our society have reached an alarming state; the youth and future leaders no longer show respect to their elders, engaging in all kinds of anti-social behavior that bring harm to society. Any morally-corrupted group is bound to become a social threat. Moral values are found in religion, culture, and traditions and are not strictly religious. The purpose of this study was to determine the use of social media for class X students of East Simeulue State Junior High School 3 and its influence on their morals. This research employed a quantitative approach with the population in this study being students of East Simeulue State Junior High School 3. The sampling was carried out using asimple random sampling technique. The results showed that there was an effect of using social media on the students’ morals. This was evidenced by the value of count= 1.778 which was greater than the value of table= 0.679, meaning that there was an influence of social media use on students’ morals with a correlation coefficient value of 0.461, or 46.1%.
Influence of Different Sowing Date on the Morphology, Phenology and Thermal Indices of Rapeseed: A Review
Authors: Langangmeilu Golmei , Verma A. K. , Sahu Mahanand , Sarthi Dondeshwar Prasad , Pusparani Khundrakpam
Published: May 2023

India ranks third in the world in the area and production of rapeseed mustard. Rapeseed mustard accounts for approximately 80% of all rabi oilseed production Currently, rapeseed cultivation accounts for less than 1% of the total area of rapeseed mustard in India. Weather is a very important factor among various abiotic stressors that affect crop growth and yield. Therefore, the plant response is greatly influenced by changes in the growing environment such as sowing date, rainfall, and temperature. Weather parameters play an important role in determining plant growth development and yield as the physical expression and various metabolic processes of a plant's genetic potential are strongly influenced by environmental factors. Rape blossoms are usually sown from mid-October to mid-November. Under multiple cropping systems after transplanting winter rice, the sowing time is usually from mid-November onwards. The thermal unit increased up to 120 DAS and decreased slightly upon maturation. Delayed sowing results in stunted growth, premature ripening, and a significant reduction in yield, primarily due to increased temperatures during grain-filling. In addition, late sowing depletes soil moisture, which adversely affects crop performance. Therefore, sowing at different dates is discussed in this review to find the optimum time to harvest more yield.
Long Term Effect of Organic Cropping Systems on Hydraulic Properties of Soils
Authors: Kaur Jaskirandeep
Published: May 2023

A field study on long term effect of five organic cropping systems viz. poplar + turmeric (CS1), sugarcane + bottle gourd – broccoli (CS2), basmati – wheat (CS3), sugarcane fodder (CS4) and maize + summer moong - wheat (CS5) on soil hydraulic properties was conducted at Natural Agriculture Farm and Research Centre, Dherekot, Jandiala Guru, Amritsar, Punjab. The depth wise soil samples from these cropping systems were collected after rabi (2018-19) and kharif (2019) seasons. Maximum soil water retentivity (MWR) in CS2 and CS5 was significantly higher than CS1, CS3 and CS4. In 15-22.5 cm soil layer MWR was significantly lower than 0-7.5, 7.5-15 and 22.5-30 cm soil layers. At 0.1, 0.3 and 0.5 bar matric potentials CS1 and CS2 has significantly higher soil moisture retention compared to CS3, CS4 and CS5 cropping systems. However, CS4 has significantly lower soil moisture at 0.1, 0.3, 0.5, 1 and 2 bar matric potential compared to CS5. Soil moisture retention was significantly lower in 15-22.5 cm depth compared to 0-7.5 and 7.5-15 cm depths at all matric potentials. Plant available water in CS1, CS2 and CS5 was significantly higher by 5.7, 4.9 and 2.9 percent, respectively compared to CS3 and by 5.5, 4.7 and 2.7 percent, respectively compared to CS4. Soil infiltration rate and cumulative infiltration were significantly higher in CS4 compared to all other cropping systems. Saturated hydraulic conductivity (SHC) was significantly lower in CS3 than all other cropping systems. In CS1 and CS2 SHC was at par but these cropping systems have significantly lower SHC than CS4 and CS5. Irrespective of cropping systems SHC of 22.5-30 cm layer was significantly lower than other soil depths. In different cropping systems unsaturated hydraulic conductivity (KΨ) was significantly higher in CS4 and CS5 compared to CS1, CS2 and CS3. Soil drainage rate was significantly higher in CS4 by 8.6, 19.3, 30.2 and 67.3 percent compared to CS5, CS2, CS1 and CS3, respectively.