bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
The $c$-differential spectrum of $x\mapsto x^{\frac{p^n+1}{2}}$ in finite fields of odd characteristics
Authors: Stanica Pantelimon , Riera Constanza , Yan Haode
Published: October 2022

In the paper, we concentrate on the map x → x pn+1/2 on Fpn and using combinatorial and number theory techniques, we compute its detailed c-differential spectrum for all values of c ≠ 1 (the spectrum for c = 1 is known).
Graph Attention Networks Unveil Determinants of Intra- and Inter-city Health Disparity
Authors: Liu Chenyue , Fan Chao , Mostafavi Ali
Published: October 2022

Understanding the determinants underlying variations in urban health status is important for informing urban design and planning, as well as public health policies. Multiple heterogeneous urban features could modulate the prevalence of diseases across different neighborhoods in cities and across different cities. This study examines heterogeneous features related to socio-demographics, population activity, mobility, and the built environment and their non-linear interactions to examine intra- and inter-city disparity in prevalence of four disease types: obesity, diabetes, cancer, and heart disease. Features related to population activity, mobility, and facility density are obtained from large-scale anonymized mobility data. These features are used in training and testing graph attention network (GAT) models to capture non-linear feature interactions as well as spatial interdependence among neighborhoods. We tested the models in five U.S. cities across the four disease types. The results show that the GAT model can predict the health status of people in neighborhoods based on the top five determinant features. The findings unveil that population activity and built-environment features along with socio-demographic features differentiate the health status of neighborhoods to such a great extent that a GAT model could predict the health status using these features with high accuracy. The results also show that the model trained on one city can predict health status in another city with high accuracy, allowing us to quantify the inter-city similarity and discrepancy in health status. The model and findings provide novel approaches and insights for urban designers, planners, and public health officials to better understand and improve health disparities in cities by considering the significant determinant features and their interactions.
Central desks as an approach for health governance in conflict settings – case studies from northwest Syria
Authors: Aref Maher Al , Zoubi Zedoun Al , Khalil Munzer Al , Abdulla Orwa Al , Ekzayez Abdulkarim
Published: October 2022

Background: The conflict in Syria affected severely the health sector; health infrastructure was damaged, the Damascus ministry of health withdrew from opposition held areas, health workers fled the country, and there has been always a shortage of funding and medical supplies. To address these needs, Syrian NGOs, INGOs, donors, and UN Agencies have been providing health interventions through humanitarian channels. However, many of these interventions were short termed, and there was no governance framework to guide the newly introduced parallel system, leaving it subject to individual organizations’ strategies and approaches.
To counter these challenges, local communities and Syrian NGOs established new platforms to govern and coordinate certain aspects of the health sector. These platforms are called “central desks”, which are perceived to be independent and neutral structures and can coordinate services between all actors. Examples of these structures are Syrian Immunization Group (SIG), Health Information System (HIS), the Infection Protection and Control initiative (IPC), and the Referral System network.
Methods: The research was based on an institutional approach to governance as presented by (Abimbola et. Al, 2017) and (Baez-Carmago and Jacobs, 2011) of health governance. We have investigated the central desks across the main themes; governance inputs of these central desks, such as strategic vision and legitimacy; governance processes, such as accountability and transparency, and governance outcomes, such as effectiveness and efficiency. Further to intensive literature review, eight focus group discussion were conducted, average pf 12 participants. Key themes then were deducted and coded. The qualitative analysis was done using NVIVO 12 software.
Conclusion: Central desks, that are not part of national ministries of health, are new innovative approaches that can increase the efficiency of health interventions in conflict settings. The detailed features of such desks should be context specific and locally informed and led.
Visual cryptography using neighborhood based encryption techniques in the framework of cellular automata.
Authors: Mallapuram Venu gopal , E G Rajan
Published: October 2022

Security of digital data during data communication, data exchange, data authentication is very important. Many authentication techniques are used to secure data. Visual cryptography is one of the methods which creates signatures by applying nonlinearity into the data. The signatures consist of cipher and the key. At the receiving end if the key and the cipher match then the authentication is done. Through this visual cryptography technique the users hide information securely based on key authentication. This paper discusses another approach to visual cryptography using neighborhood based encryption techniques in the framework of cellular automata. A cellular automata have a grid of cells. This cells have either value 0 or 1. These values are changed to next state level in a discrete way with respect to time using some fixed rule. A ‘Cellular Automaton’ (CA) is a 2-dimensional [25] finite array of lattice points called cells together with an updating rule that involves values of a cell and of some predetermined neighborhood cells [40][41]. Cellular automaton rules for visual cryptography are defined. These rules consists of Neighborhood generation phase and signature generation phase. A sample array is considered. Using cellular automaton rules encryption and decryption is done on sample array.
Survey the Impacts of Covid19 Vaccine on Economic Condition and Sustainable Development Goals Along with Forecasting Daily New Death Cases in Iran Based on Artificial Intelligence Methods
Authors: Farahani Milad Shahvaroughi , Esfahani Amirhossein
Published: October 2022

The aim of this article is to examine the impacts of Covid19 vaccines on economic condition and sustainable development goals. In other words, we are going to study the economic condition during Covid19. We have studied the economic costs of pandemic, benefits in terms of gross domestic product (GDP), public finances and employment, investment on vaccines around the world, progress and totally the economic impacts of vaccines and the impacts of emerging markets (EM) on achieving sustainable development goals (SDGs), including no poverty, good health and well-being, zero hunger, reduced inequality etc. The importance of emerging economies in reducing the harmful effects of the Corona has also been noted.
We have tried to do experimental results and forecast daily new death cases from Feb-2020 to Aug-2021 in Iran using Artificial Neural Network (ANN) and Beetle Antennae Search (BAS) algorithm as a case study with econometric models and regression analysis.
The findings show that Covid19 has had devastating economic and health effects on the world, and the vaccine can be very helpful in eliminating these effects specially in long-term. We observed that there is inequality in the distribution of Corona vaccines in rich countries compared to poor which EM can decrease the gap between them.
The results show that both models (i.e., Artificial intelligence (AI) and econometric models) almost have the same results but AI optimization models can robust the model and prediction.
The main contribution of this article is that we have surveyed the impacts of vaccination from socio-economic viewpoint not just report some facts and truth. We have surveyed the impacts of vaccines on sustainable development goals and the role of EM in achieving SDGs. In addition to using the theoretical framework, we have also used quantitative and empirical results that have rarely been seen in other articles.
JEL Codes: E0, F0, I0
Biodiversity conservation at the digital age, will Africa meet the challenge?
Authors: GANGLO Jean Cossi
Published: October 2022

Digital accessible Knowledge (DAK) is of utmost importance for biodiversity conservation; indeed, their use is indispensable to provide evidence and strategies to support decision-making on natural resource management and sustainable use. The Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF, www.gbif.org) is a mega data infrastructure with more than two billion occurrence records as of 28th May 2022. It is by far the largest initiative assembling and sharing DAK to support scientific research, conservation, and sustainable development. We decided to analyze plant data published on GBIF site at the scale of Africa. This will highlight the contribution of the continent to GBIF and thereby underline data gaps across taxonomic groups, basis of records, and geographic space. In order to achieve our purpose, we downloaded data of the Plantae kingdom from Africa. They are available at https://doi.org/10.15468/dl.f79228. We achieved data treatment and analysis using R, several packages and related functions. Although Africa is home to a rich biodiversity with many hotspots, the global data contribution of Africa to GBIF is still incredibly low (1.37%). Furthermore, there are huge disparities between African countries with South Africa contributing alone for 65% of the data of the continent. The plant data of Africa (2,713,790 occurrence records) accounted for 9.11% of the data of the continent; this underlines huge gaps between taxonomic groups. Furthermore, the Magnoliopsida is the dominant plant class with the highest number of records (79.62%) and the highest number of species (71.85%) followed by the Liliopsida with 15.10% of the records and 18.16% of the species. Two basis of records were dominant: preserved specimens (75.49%) and human observation (18.60%). In geographic space, plant data gaps are also quite huge across the continent at either spatial resolution (half degree or one degree spatial grid cells); data completeness is more achieved in West Africa, East Africa, Southern Africa, and Madagascar. The huge multidimensional data gaps identified in this study should be in priority addressed in the future data collections. Accessibility either by roads or waterways and protected areas are underpinning factors of data completeness across the continent. We deplored important data loss during the process of data cleaning; indeed the total number of records with adequate coordinates accounted for 71.03% of the initial data while the data fitness for use in completeness analysis (records with adequate coordinates and full dates) are only about 65% of the total data records initially downloaded.
Cuproptosis-Associated Long Noncoding RNAs Signature to Predict Prognosis and the Immunotherapy Response in Esophageal Cancer
Authors: Zhao Tingting
Published: October 2022

Background: Cuproptosis and lncRNAs are the current research hotpots,which had been verified to play a major role in the occurrence and development of tumors.Nevertheless, the effects of cuproptosis-related lncRNAs on EC remain unclear.This study is intended to identify cuproptosis-related lncRNAs to predict their prognostic role and immune landscape in EC.
Methods: Transcriptome profiling data and clinical data from EC patients were available from the TCGA database.A risk prognostic model of cuproptosis-related lncRNAs was constructed by co-expression, univalent analysis, LASSO analysis and multivariate analysis.Supported by the risk score and clinical characteristics, we subsequently developed a mixed nomogram. Finally,We performed immune microenvironment analysis taken into account this signature.
Results: 297 cuproptosis-related lncRNAs were obtained as a result of co-expression.The Cox model revealed and constructed three cuproptosis-related lncRNAs prognostic models,including RP11_258C19.7, RP11_408E5.5, RP11_796E10.Patients were subdivided into high-risk and low-risk groups. The Kaplan-Meier survival curve and receiver operating characteristic curve revealed that the model had accurate predictive ability.Univalent and multivariate Cox analysis showed that the risk score was just an independent prognostic factor. Most notably, patients with higher risk scores had higher TMB score and lower TIDE score, suggesting that these patients showed a better response to immunotherapy.
Conclusion: A prognostic feature model based on cuproptosis-related lncRNAs has the potential to be laid down the survival, immune environment and immunotherapy efficacy of EC, which is helpful for clinical prediction and individualized treatment.
High levels of biofilm formation and prevalence of biofilm-associated genes in Staphylococcus aureus isolated from food handlers in Brazil
Authors: Rosa Rafael Da Silva , Pereira Giovana do Nascimento , Gonçalves Diego Junior Santos , Dias André Aparecido , Seribelli Amanda Aparecida , Eller Lizziane Kretli Winkelstroter , de Carvalho Thais Batista , Pereira Valéria Cataneli
Published: October 2022

Staphylococcus aureus is an important pathogen associated with various infections, including foodborne outbreaks worldwide. Due to possible contamination during food preparation by food handlers, the presence of this species in kitchens environmental is a risk to global health, mainly S. aureus biofilm-producing. Moreover, there are few reports of the evaluation of biofilm production of S. aureus obtained from food handlers in Brazil. The study aimed to characterize phenotypically and genotypically biofilm production associated with ica-dependent and ica-independent genes in S. aureus isolated from food handlers in this country. A total of 74 Staphylococcus sp. strains were isolated and 37 (50%) were identified as S. aureus through the sau gene detection. All S. aureus strains exhibited a high ability to form biofilm and detected several genes involved in this process, spotlighting the icaA (86.5%), icaD (86.5%), sasG (78.7%), atlA (78.7%) and aap (78.7%). Furthermore, the predominance of biofilm-associated genes in the strong biofilm-producing isolates by TB and TCP was found, presenting a significant association between methods and genes detected (p = < 0,05). In conclusion, the food handlers are essential to food security, which can be reservoirs of important opportunistic pathogens, including S. aureus biofilm-producing, triggering the transmission of this genus isolated worldwide.
Nutrient resorption and stoichiometric characteristics of Wuyi rock tea cultivars
Authors: Zhu Dehuang , Peng Suhong , Yu Shengjie , Liu Wenzhen , Hui Dafeng
Published: October 2022

Nutrient resorption is an important strategy for obtaining nutrition, it determines the ecosystems productivity and nutrient cycling. The Wuyi rock tea cultivars are used as important species for controlling soil erosion in hilly mountainous areas, but the mechanism of nutrient resorption is still unclear. The Wuyi Rock tea (Camellia sinensis) plantations are the main economic crops in Fujian province, China, and also have important ecological functions. The tea plants can absorb and conserve nutrients from the senesced leaves, but foliar nutrient resorptions of Wuyi Rock tea cultivars have not been well quantified. Three Wuyi Rock tea cultivars (e.g., Wuyi Jingui, Wuyi Rougui, and Wuyi Shuixian) were chosen in the Wuyishan National Soil and Water Conservation & Science and Technology Demonstration Park this study. Resorption efficiencies of nitrogen (NRE), phosphorus (PRE), potassium (KRE) and their stoichiometric characteristics were determined. KRE and NRE of the three tea cultivars were significantly higher than PRE, indicating that P was more limited than N and K. With the exception of Wuyi Rougui, the other two cultivars (Wuyi Jingui and Wuyi Shuixian) had strong stability in the leaf N and P contents under the changing soil environments. Leaf nutrient and leaf traits such as leaf thickness and specific leaf area had significant correlations with nutrient resorption efficiencies, indicating that leaf nutrient and traits can be used as indicators for nutrient resorption status. Wuyi Rock tea cultivars have strong adaptability to the environment, and they also have high carbon sequestration ability. Simultaneously, Wuyi Rock tea cultivars can reabsorb nutrients and be introduced into nutrient poor mountainous areas for soil and water conservation.
Local Chemical Enhancement and Gating of Organic Coordinated Ionic-Electronic Transport
Authors: Khan Tamanna , McAfee Terry , Ferron Thomas , Alotaibi Awwad , Collins Brian
Published: October 2022

Superior properties in organic mixed ionic-electronic conductors (OMIECs) over inorganic counterparts have inspired intense interest for biosensing,1 soft-robotics,2,3 neuromorphic computing,4 and smart medicine.5 However, slow ion transport in these materials continues to limit their application in these technologies. Here we demonstrate that hydrophilic molecules local to an interfacial OMIEC nanochannel can accelerate ion transport with ion mobilities surpassing electrophoretic transport by more than an order of magnitude. Furthermore, ion access to this interfacial channel can be gated through local surface energy. We apply this mechanism in a novel sensing device, which electronically detects and characterizes chemical reaction dynamics local to the buried channel. The ability to enhance ion transport at the nanoscale in OMIECs as well as control ion transport through local chemical signaling enables new functionalities for printable, stretchable, and biocompatible mixed conduction devices.
Research on finite time stability of lower limb rehabilitation exoskeleton based on compliance control
Authors: Liu Keping , Li Li , Li Wanting , Gu Jian , Liu Shuaishi , Sun Zhongbo
Published: October 2022

In this paper, in order to achieve safe, stable and efficient lower limb rehabilitation training, a PRR-NTSMIC(power reaching rate-nonsingular terminal sliding mode impedance controller, PRR-NTSMIC) for lower limb rehabilitation exoskeleton robot is proposed. Firstly, the kinemat-ics and dynamics models of the lower limb rehabilitation exoskeleton robot are established. On the basis of the model, PRR-NTSMIC is illustrated to ensure the compliance, comfort and robustness of the lower limb rehabilitation exoskeleton robot in the process of rehabilitation training, and the FTS(finite-time stability,FTS) of the system is verified by Lyapunov. Secondly, the superiority of the proposed control scheme is illustrated by designing a comparative simulation with the traditional PRR-SMIC(power reaching rate-sliding mode impedance controller, PRR-SMIC) and PRR-TSMIC(power reaching rate-terminal sliding mode impedance controller, PRR-TSMIC) algorithms. Then, in order to obtain better controller performance, through analyzing the influence of parameters values on control effect, numerical comparison simulations are designed to select the optimal controller 1 Springer Nature 2021 L A T E X template Article Title parameters values. Finally, the human bicycle motion data are collected as the system input for bicycle rehabilitation training based on lower limb rehabilitation exoskeleton robot to verify the proposed control method. The experimental results illustrate that the proposed controller has high tracking accuracy, effectiveness, robustness and FTS.
Insecticidal bioactive compounds derived from Cladosporium cladosporioides (Fresen.) G.A. de Vries and Acremonium zeylanicum (Petch) W. Gams & H.C. Evans
Authors: Mousavi Khaled , Rajabpour Ali , Parizipour Ghodoum , Yarahmadi Fatemeh
Published: October 2022

Entomopathogenic fungi (EPF) are the main microbiological control agents of insect pests. One of the key factors in the pathogenicity of EPF is the production of insecticidal bioactive compounds. Therefore, the metabolites of two isolates of EPF, Cladosporium cladosporioides (Fresen.) G.A. de Vries (AF98) and Acremonium zeylanicum (Petch) W. Gams & H.C. Evans (IR87), were analyzed. The presence of insecticidal toxic cyclic peptides such as Bassianolide in C. cladosporioides AF98 metabolites was detected by HPLC. Moreover, GC-MS analysis showed some toxic compounds, including 3,4-Dihydro-7,12-Dihydroxy-7,12-Imethylbenz[A]Anthracene, 1,2,3,4-Tetrahydro-1,1,4,4,6-Pentamethyl-5,7-Dinitronaphthalene, and 1,2,3,4-Tetrahydro-1,1,4,4,6-Pentamethyl-5,7-Dinitronaphthalene in the metabolites purified from A. zeylanicum IR87. Also, a few hazardous compounds, including 3,5-di-tert-butyl-4-trimethylsiloxytoluene, bis(2-Ethylhexyl) phthalate, di-n-octyl phthalate, 1-pentadecene, and 1-eicosene were found which might be toxic against insects. These results showed that multiple compounds are likely contributed to the insecticidal effects of the EPF.
SARS-CoV-2 Spike receptor-binding domain entrapped in mannose-conjugated chitosan nanoparticle vaccine delivered intranasal elicits local and systemic Th1 and Th2 immune responses in mice and antiviral efficacy in Syrian hamsters
Authors: Tabynov Kairat , Solomadin Maxim , Turebekov Nurkeldi , Babayeva Meruert , Fomin Gleb , Yadagiri Ganesh , Sankar Renu , Yerubayev Toktassyn , Yespolov Tlektes , Petrovsky Nikolai , Renukaradhya Gourapura J , Tabynov Kaissar
Published: October 2022

Given the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and the need to build sustainable herd immunity in the population, the search for novel and safe vaccines for easy mass vaccination is an urgent task. We developed a novel intranasal subunit vaccine called NARUVAX-C19/Nano which is based on the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein receptor-binding domain (RBD) entrapped in mannose-conjugated chitosan nanoparticles (NP). To potentiate the cell mediated cell immune responses by the NP-vaccine formulation included the adjuvant CpG55.2, a toll-like receptor 9 agonist. The vaccine candidates administered intranasal were assessed for immunogenicity, protective efficacy, and virus transmission from vaccinates in inmates. The results were compared with a soluble RBD mixed with alum adjuvant vaccine administered intramuscular. In BALB/c mice administered with both the NP vaccines intranasal twice induced secretory IgA antibodies and pronounced Th1-cell responses, that was absent in intramuscular alum-adjuvanted RBD vaccine group. In Syrian hamsters delivered with similar NP formulations provided protection against a wild-type SARS-CoV-2 (D614G) challenge infection, indicated by significantly rescue in weight loss, reduced viral load in respiratory organs and lung pathology. However, despite significantly reduced viral load in the nasal turbinates and oropharyngeal swabs in NP vaccinated hamsters the virus transmission to naïve sentinel animals could not be blocked. In conclusion, intranasal delivered RBD-based NP vaccine formulations induced mucosal immune responses in mice and protected Syrian hamsters against SARS-CoV-2 infection. These findings are encouraging and supportive for further investigations to develop an intranasal NP-based vaccine platform to mitigate SARS-CoV-2 infection.
EfficientNetV2 for Quality Estimation of Diabetic Retinopathy Images from DeepDRiD
Authors: Tummala Sudhakar
Published: October 2022

Diabetic retinopathy (DR) is caused by diabetes and is usually identified from retinal fundus images. Regular DR screening from digital fundus images could be burdensome to ophthalmologists and moreover prone to human errors. The quality of the fundus images is essential to improve the quality of the classification and thereby reduce diagnostic errors. Hence an automated method for quality estimation (QE) of digital fundus images using an ensemble of EfficientNetV2 models including small, medium, and large models is proposed. The ensemble method was cross-validated and tested on an openly available dataset from DeepDRiD. The test accuracy for QE is 75% outperforming the existing methods on the DeepDRiD dataset. Hence, this may be a potential tool for automated QE of fundus images and could be handy to the ophthalmologist.
Effects of drought stress and rehydration on physiological and biochemical of four oak species in China
Authors: Xiong Shifa , Wang Yangdong , Chen Yicun , Gao Ming , Zhao Yunxiao , Wu Liwen
Published: October 2022

Background
Quercus fabri Hance, Quercus serrata Thunb, Quercus acutissima Carruth, and Quercus variabilis BL are four Chinese oak species commonly used for forestation. With the global warming caused by the greenhouse effect, seedlings in mountainous areas after afforestation often suffer seasonal drought stress, which seriously affects their survival and growth. In order to ensure the survival of seedlings, we need to select oak species with strong drought resistance. Therefore, we first need to understand the differences in drought resistance of the four oak tree species at the seedling stage, and comprehensively evaluate their drought resistance capabilities by studying the changes in the physiological and biochemical characteristics of the seedlings under continuous drought and rehydration conditions.
Results
Compared with the control group, the relative water content, water potential, net photosynthetic rate, transpiration rate, and stomatal conductance levels of the four oaks all showed a downward trend under continuous drought stress, and showed an upward trend after rehydration. The soluble protein, soluble sugar, proline, peroxidase, superoxide dismutase and catalase content of the four oaks increased first and then decreased under drought stress, and then increased after rehydration. The content of glycine betaine and malondialdehyde continued to increase, and gradually decreased after rehydration.
Conclusions
The weight of each index was calculated by PCA, and then the comprehensive evaluation of each index was carried out through the membership function method. The drought resistance levels of the four oak species were as follows: Q. serrata > Q. fabri > Q. variabilis > Q. acutissima.
Numerical simulation of hydrodynamic lubrication phenomenon in thrust bearing with cavitation
Authors: Chen Hao , Chen Yu , Wang Xiuying , Wang Hongchang , Sun Yu
Published: October 2022

A mixed computational model is presented to evaluate the hydrodynamic lubrication phenomenon of spiral grooved thrust bearing (SGTB). With cavitation effects taken into account, this model is developed with a high-level capability for describing the hydrodynamic lubrication phenomenon of SGTB. For design parameter and operation condition, the model includes the influence of lubricated medium, shear rate and lubricant layer, which could ensure the computational accuracy. Meanwhile, the correctness and effectiveness of simulation model are demonstrated by the published experiment data. In addition, the lubrication characteristics of SGTB reveal the correlation property between design parameters and hydrodynamic response.
THE EFFECTS OF TOURISM AND TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE ON INCOME DISTRIBUTION: EVIDENCE FROM TURKEY
Authors: OĞUZ İbrahim Halil
Published: October 2022

This study analyzes the long-term relationship between tourism, transportation infrastructure and income inequality for Turkey using annual data between 1997 and 2020 by means of the Autoregressive Distributed Lag Bound Test (ARDL boundary test). While doing this, first of all, the ADF unit root test developed by Dickey and Fuller (1981) and the PP unit root tests developed by Phillips-Perron (1988) are used to determine the degree of stationarity of the series, and it is concluded that the series become stationary in difference values according to both unit root tests. Afterwards, it is concluded that the long-term relationship between the series is valid, and then the short- and long-term coefficient estimation is made. When the findings are evaluated, it is concluded that the number of tourists increases income inequality in the short term, decreases income inequality in the long term, and that although the transportation infrastructure does not have a statistical effect on income inequality in the short term, it increases income inequality in the long term.Söz konusu bilgilere dayalı olarak bu çalışmada, Türkiye’de politik istikrarın sürdürülebilir kalkınmanın farklı boyutlarından biri olan sosyal sürdürülebilirlik üzerindeki etkisini 2002-2017 dönemi için incelenmesi amaçlanmaktadır. Bu doğrultuda oluşturulan modelde sosyal sürdürülebilirliği incelemek amacıyla politik istikrarın ve reel GSYH’nın yoksulluk üzerindeki etkisi incelenmiştir. Söz konusu ilişkiler, zaman serisi yöntemleri aracılığıyla incelenmiştir. Çalışmada elde edilen bulgular değerlendirildiğinde, reel GSYH’daki artışın yoksulluk oranını arttırdığı fakat politik istikrardaki artışın yoksulluğu azalttığı sonucuna ulaşılmıştır.
Public Relations Practices in Asia: The Case of South Korea
Authors: ÖZER Alican
Published: October 2022

Halkla ilişkiler uygulamalarının gelişimi ve biçimi dünyada ülkeye, bölgeye ve kültürlere göre farklılık göstermektedir. Ülkelerin halkla ilişkiler uygulamalarının gelişim süreci açısından farklılıklar görülmektedir. Güney Kore’de halkla ilişkiler faaliyetleri devletin vatandaşları bilgilendirdiği uygulamalarla başlamış ve ekonomisindeki iyileşme, ülke siyasetinin demokratikleşmesiyle birlikte halkla ilişkiler uygulamalarının çeşitliliği de artmıştır. Bu süreçte halkla ilişkiler faaliyetlerinin yöntemi, kurumsallaşması ve profesyonellerin tutumlarında da ciddi bir değişim görülmüştür. Güney Kore halkının kültürü, felsefesi ve inanışları halkla ilişkiler uygulamalarının özünü her dönemde belirleyici olmuştur. Güney Kore’de halkla ilişkiler uygulamaları, ABD ve Avrupa’daki örneklerine göre önemli farklılıklar taşımaktadır. Çalışmanın amacı Güney Kore’deki halkla ilişkiler uygulamalarının, sosyo kültürel yapıyla olan ilişkisini ortaya koymak ve Türkiye'de konuyla ilgili literatür eksikliğine katkıda bulunmaktır. Bu çalışmada Güney Kore için Hofstede’nin kültür analizi kullanılacaktır, Güney Kore’deki halkla ilişkilerin oluşum ve gelişim süreci, örnek olay incelemesi yöntemi ile incelenecektir. Güney Kore’nin sosyo-kültürel yapısının Güney Kore’deki halkla ilişkiler uygulamalarına etkileri ortaya konulacaktır.
Bangladeş Gazetelerini Kullanarak 20 Yıllık Araştırmanın Haritasını Çıkarmak: Bir Bibliyometrik Analiz
Authors: SARKER Jahidul Islam , ISLAM Tariquil , ISLAM Md Nazmul , MAHMUD Abdulla Al
Published: October 2022

Bangladeş, İngiliz sömürge zamanlarına kadar uzanan uzun bir gazete geçmişine sahiptir. Bangladeş gazeteleri uzun zamandır kitle iletişim araçları ve disiplinler arası araştırmalar için güvenilir bir veri kaynağı olarak kullanılmaktadır. Bu makale, Bangladeş gazetelerine dayalı olarak araştırmanın alanını incelemeyi amaçlamaktadır. Web of Science veritabanını kullanarak Bangladeş gazetelerine dayalı araştırma öğelerini aradıktan sonra bibliyometrik bir araştırma uygulandı. Daha sonra Bibliometric R paketlerini kullanarak seçilen verileri analiz ettik. Son 20 yılda toplam 35 belge alındı ve incelendi. Çalışma, araştırma makalelerinin geri alınan materyallerin %77,14'ünü (n = 27) oluşturduğunu buldu. Yayınların çoğunu Bangladeş'teki araştırma enstitülerinden yazarlar üretti (%45,71; n = 16), bunu Almanya (%11,4; n = 4) ve Avustralya (%8,5; n = 3) izledi. Ana araştırma alanı ağırlıklı olarak medya, sağlık ve eğitimdi. Dakka Üniversitesi bu alanda en aktif araştırma kurumuydu (%20; n=7). Bangladeşli makaleleri kullanan araştırmalar Health Communication, BMC Public Health, Child Abuse Review, Australian Journal of Politics and History'de yayınlandı. İçerik analizi, konuşma analizi ve çerçeveleme en çok kullanılan araştırma yöntemleri arasındadır. Bu makale, Bangladeş gazetelerinin bir araştırma kaynağı olarak nasıl kullanıldığına dair kanıtlar sunmaktadır. Ayrıca, diğer bulgularla birlikte gazete verilerini kaynak olarak kullanan en iyi araştırmacıların, kurumların ve alanların listesini ortaya koymaktadır. Makale, araştırmacıların gazetelerin bir araştırma kaynağı olarak nasıl kullanıldığına ilişkin mevcut araştırma durumunu anlamalarına yardımcı olacak ve gelecekteki araştırmalar için yönler sunacaktır.
Robert Bolt’un Her Devrin Adamı Adlı Eserinde Kişisel ve Toplumsal Kimlikler Arasındaki Etkileşim ve Çatışma
Authors: DÜZGÜN Şebnem
Published: October 2022

Her Devrin Adamı (1960), ahlaki ve dini ilkelerine bağlı kalmaya ve ideolojileri doğrultusunda kendisine başka bir kimlik oluşturma teşebbüsünde bulunan sosyal ve politik otoritelere karşı kişisel kimliğini korumaya çalışan Sir Thomas More’un hikayesini anlatan bir oyundur. Kişisel benliğine sadık kalmayı tercih eden bir Katolik olarak More, VIII. Henry’nin Aragonlu Catherine’den boşanmasının ve kralın İngiltere Kilisesi’nin başı olarak atanmasının geçerliliğini kabul etmeyi reddeder. Ancak, sosyo-politik otoriteler olarak görünen kral ve maiyetindekileri, More’u kişisel ilkelerini görmezden gelmeye ve önceliği İngiliz monarşisinin hegemonyasını desteklemek olan sadık, vatansever bir İngiliz siyasi adamı rolünü içeren toplumsal kimliğini kabul etmeye zorlarlar. Bu doğrultuda oyun, sosyo-politik ideolojilerin bireysel kimliğin oluşumundaki rolünü inceler. İnsanların cinsiyetinin, sosyo-kültürel geçmişlerinin ve milliyetlerinin bireyselliklerinin oluşumunda etkili olduğunu gösterir. Dolayısıyla oyun, kahramanın kendi ideolojilerini zihnine ve karakterine işleyerek kişisel kimliğini yeniden şekillendirmeye çalışan sosyo-politik otoritelere karşı direnme girişimlerinin sonuçsuz kalmasını gözler önüne serer. Bu çalışma, kimlikle ilgili tartışmaları göz önünde bulundurarak Her Devrin Adamı adlı eserin kimliğin sadece kişisel değil, aynı zamanda sosyo-politik ve kültürel bir boyutu olduğunu ortaya koymak için kimlik konusunu cinsiyet, din, hukuk gibi toplumsal kurumların ideolojileri bağlamında ele aldığını göstermeyi amaçlar.
Agricultural Production and Taxation System in Ancient Egypt (BC 3100 – 672)
Authors: YILDIRIM Ercüment
Published: October 2022

İnsanlık, tarımın yaygınlaşmasından sonra oluşan yerleşik hayat ile öncelikle şehirleşme sonrasında devletleşme aşamalarına geçerek tarihindeki en büyük değişimi gerçekleştirmiştir. Nil’in öngörülebilen bir zaman diliminde taşması ile nehrin vadisi ve deltasında doğal olarak tarım için müsait alanlar oluşmuştur. Bu alanlarda yaklaşık sekiz bin yıldır devam eden tarımsal üretim, kadim Mısır medeniyetinin ortaya çıkmasına yol açmıştır. Tarımın yapıldığı diğer coğrafyalar ile kıyaslandığında en az emekle en fazla ürünün alındığı Mısır’da birbiri ardına güçlü hanedanlıklar kurulmuştur. Bu çalışma, Eski Mısır'daki tarımsal üretimin gerçekleştirilmesi, kontrolü ve artırımı için yapılan düzenlemeler ile Mısır’daki hanedanlıkların en temel gelir kaynağını oluşturan tarımsal vergilendirme sisteminin binyıllar boyunca sürdürdüğü gelişimi ortaya koymayı amaçlamaktadır.
KAMU VE ÖZEL ALACAKLARIN HACZE İŞTİRAKİ VE SIRA CETVELİNİN HAZIRLANMASI
Authors: ASLAN Memduh
Published: October 2022

Borçlunun malvarlıkları üzerinde birden fazla alacaklının haciz talebinin bulunması ve nakde çevrilen malvarlıklarının alacaklılar arasında paylaştırılabilmesi için öncelikle sıra cetveli hazırlanması gerekmektedir. Sıra cetvelinin hazırlanmasında alacakların rehinli, imtiyazlı, rüçhanlı veya kamu alacağı olup olmaması, borçlunun iflas durumunda bulunup bulunmaması sıra cetvelini etkilemektedir. Birinci sıradaki hacze konu alacağın kamu alacağı olması veya özel hukuk ilişkisinden kaynaklanıp kaynaklanmadığı sıra cetvelini etkileyen diğer önemli bir husustur. Haczedilen menkul veya gayrimenkulün nakde çevrilmesini yapacak tahsil dairesinin neresi olduğu da uygulamaları farklılaştırabilmektedir. Sadece kamu alacaklarının bulunması halinde Amme Alacaklarının Tahsil Usulü Hakkında Kanun hükümleri, sadece özel hukuk ilişkisinden kaynaklanan alacakların bulunması halinde ise İcra ve İflas Kanunu hükümleri uygulanmakta ve çoğunlukla bir sorun çıkmamaktadır. Ancak kamu alacakları ile özel hukuk ilişkisinden kaynaklanan alacaklar için aynı varlık üzerinden haciz uygulanması halinde birbirine istisnalar getiren iki kanunun birlikte uygulanmak durumunda kalınması sıra cetvelini oluşturmada karışıklıklara neden olabilmektedir. Bu çalışmada her iki tahsilat kanununun birbirine uyguladığı istisnalar farklı varyasyonlar üzerinden ortaya konulacaktır.
An Evaluation on The Political Events Between The Khârizmshahs and The Mongols (606-616/1209-1219)
Authors: BAYINDIR Abdullah
Published: October 2022

Selçuklu Devleti, Melikşah dönemi ile birlikte yükseliş dönemi yaşamasına rağmen ölümünden sonra kademeli olarak çöküş süreci içerisine girmişti. Bu durum Hârizmşahlar gibi bağımsız devletlerin ortaya çıkmasına yol açmıştı. İl Arslan dönemi ile birlikte İslâm dünyasında nüfuzunu arttıran Hârizmşahlar, devletin müstakil bir hale gelebilmesi için mücadelelerin verildiği Anuştekin, Kutbeddin Muhammed ve Atsız dönemine nazaran ilk defa doğrudan bağımsız bir oluşum içerisine girmişlerdi. Nitekim tarihçiler Hârizmşahların ilk bağımsız sultanı olarak İl Arslan’ı kabul etmektedirler. Moğolların saldırısı öncesi siyasi çatışmaların bir sonucu olarak atabek ve küçük sultanların ortaya çıkmasından istifade eden Hârizmşahlar, hudutlarını kuzeyde Ural Dağlarından güneyde Haliç’e, doğuda Sind Dağlarından batıda Irak’a kadar genişletmişlerdi. 13. asrın başlarında Hârizmşahların Türkistan ve Mâverâünnehr bölgesinde varlığını sürdürmeye devam ettiği dönemde 603/1206 yılında bütün kabileleri bir araya getirerek Moğol devletini kurmuştu. Hârizmşahları güçlü bir devlet olarak gören Cengiz Han, Alâeddin Muhammed’in tutarsız tavırlarına rağmen iki taraf arasındaki ticari ilişkilerin devam etmesini istemekteydi. Ancak Otrar şehrine gönderdiği 450 civarındaki tüccarın casus oldukları gerekçesi ile Vali Yinâl Han tarafından öldürülmesi ilişkilerin bozulmasına neden oldu. Sulh yolunun kapanması üzerine savaş hazırlıklarına başlayan Cengiz Han, oğulları Ögedey, Cuci ve Çağatay ile Mâverâünnehr bölgesinin muhtelif yerlerine hücum etmeye başlamışlardı. Moğol birlikleri, 617/1220 yılında yaklaşık beş ay süren mücadele neticesinde Hârizmşahların mukavemetini kırarak Otrar şehrini ele geçirmişlerdi.
Organoid Models of Heart Diseases: Find a New Channel in Improvements
of Cardiac Regenerative Medicine
Authors: Jasim Saade Abdalkareem , Bokov Dmitry Olegovich , Suksatan Wanich , Alsaikhan Fahad , Jawad Mohammed Abed , Sharma Satish Kumar , Chupradit Supat , Thangavelu Lakshmi
Published: October 2022

We are experiencing a revolution in regenerative medicine. Recent developments
in organoid technology have provided unique opportunities for studying human biology
and diseases. Indeed, organoid models have revolutionized the in vitro culture
tools for biomedical research by creating robust three-dimensional (3D) architecture to recapitulate
the primary tissues' cellular heterogeneity, structure, and functions. Such
organoid technology enables researchers to re-create human organs and diseases model
in a culture dish. It thus holds excellent promises for many translational applications such
as regenerative medicine, drug discovery, and precision medicine. This review summarizes
the current knowledge on the progression and promotion of organoid models,
particularly with the heart disease approach. We discuss the usefulness of clinical applications
of cardiac organoids and ultimately highlight the currently advanced therapeutic
strategies in vitro model of organoids aimed at personalizing heart disease treatment.
Advancements in Anaphylaxis Management
Authors: Alvarez-Perea Alberto , Cabrera-Freitag Paula , Fuentes-Aparicio Victoria , Infante Sonsoles
Published: October 2022

Anaphylaxis is defined as a severe life-threatening generalized or systemic hypersensitivity reaction. Yet, anaphylaxis is often difficult to diagnose, which in turn leads to a delay in the application of appropriate management. Epinephrine is the medication of choice for the immediate treatment of anaphylaxis. The rest of the actions to be taken during the acute episode of anaphylaxis, including the administration of other medications, will depend on the response to epinephrine.
Epinephrine auto-injectors (EAI) are the preferred method for administration of treatment of anaphylaxis in the community setting. However, there are multiple potential barriers for the use of epinephrine during an anaphylactic reaction, related to the physicians and the patients themselves. Strategies to overcome gaps in the acute management of anaphylaxis include novel injection devices and research of new routes for the delivery of epinephrine. Electronic health solutions may also have a role at this level.
Long-term management of anaphylaxis is focused on the prevention of new episodes. Etiologic diagnosis and patient education are key to this end. Application of health information technologies, such as telemedicine, social media, and mobile health can be helpful for the long-term management of anaphylaxis.
Additionally, some patients may benefit from long-term immunomodulatory and etiologic treatments when allergen avoidance implies negative consequences.
The aim of this review article is to address the most recent advances regarding the integral management of anaphylaxis, including pharmacological and non-pharmacological measures.
Impact of “Long Covid” on Children: Global and Hong Kong Perspectives
Authors: Hon Kam Lun Ellis , Leung Alexander K.C. , Leung Karen Ka Yan , Wong Alex H.C.
Published: October 2022

Background:

The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic spares no nation or city, and the virus is responsible for the escalating incidence and mortality all around the world.

Objective:

This article reviews the impact of “Long Covid” on Children.

Methods:

A PubMed search was conducted in December 2021 in Clinical Queries using the key terms "COVID-19" OR “long COVID”. The search was restricted to children and adolescent aged < 18 years, and English literature.

Results:

Many large-scale studies have provided strong scientific evidence as to the detrimental and irreversible sequelae of COVID-19 on the health, psychology, and development of affected children. Many insights to the management of this disease can be obtained from comparing the management of influenza disease. COVID-19 is generally a mild respiratory disease in children. Several syndromes such as multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C) and COVID toe are coined but are probably not specific to SARS-CoV-2. “Long COVID” or the long-term effects of SARS-CoV-2 infection, or the prolonged isolation and containment strategies on education and psychosocial influences on children associated with the pandemic, are significant.

Conclusions:

Healthcare providers must be aware of the potential effects of quarantine on children's mental health. More importantly, health care provides must appreciate the importance of the decisions and actions made by governments, non-governmental organizations, the community, schools, and parents in reducing the possible effects of this situation. Multifaceted age-specific and developmentally appropriate strategies must be adopted by health care authorities to lessen the negative impact of quarantine on the psychological wellbeing of children.
Frontline Management of Advanced Epithelial Ovarian Cancer: A
Comprehensive Statement by the Africa Middle East Cancer Inter-group
[AMCI]
Authors: Seoud Mudieddine , Ladjeroud Amel , Jaafar Hassan , Mokhtar Mohsen , Ozyilkan Ozgur , Alkhayyat Shadi , Dawood Shaheenah , Arik Zafer , Azim Hamdy A.
Published: October 2022

Worldwide, ovarian cancer (OC) is one of the leading causes of cancer-related death among women. Despite the recent progress in the treatment of advanced OC, oncologists in many parts of the world still face several difficulties and constraints in their daily management of their patients. In addition to the shortage of resources and expertise, non-adherence to the up to date international guidelines has been identified as a major obstacle towards the improvement of treatment outcomes in the majority of developing countries, including the Middle East and North African (MENA) countries. A multidisciplinary gynecological oncology panel from the MENA region met virtually in December 2020 to discuss the challenges and hurdles faced by the community oncologists in the management of advanced OC. This manuscript reviews the key molecular and clinical studies that shaped the current international guidelines and suggests several modifications to make them more adaptable to the health status of developing countries of this region
effect of macroeconomics, capital, and asset growth on financial risk, earning and Islamic corporate social responsibility disclosure with corporate governance (GCG) as a moderating variable in Indonesian Islamic banking companies
Authors: Maknuun Lu’lu’ Il , Nugroho Mulyanto , Riyadi Slamet
Published: October 2022

Islamic Corporate Social Responsibility Disclouser (ICSRD) is a social responsibility carried out by the company as a form of concern for the environment and society so that the company continues to grow sustainably. This study aims to test the concept of variables that affect ICSR, and a significant push for testing of hypotheses 1 to 14 that strengthen macroeconomics, capital, asset growth, financial risks, earnings, and Islamic Corporate Social Responsibility (ICSR). The population in this study was Sharia Commercial Banks in 2017, a sample of 13 Sharia Commercial Banks (BUS) taken in Indonesia. This type of research is quantitative research that explains the relationship between independent variables and dependent variables through hypothesis testing. The method in this study was the Partial Least Square (PLS) version of 2.0. The results of this study generate the Macro Economics had positive effect on Financial Risks. Macro Economics has a positive effect on Earing. Macro Economics has a positive effect on ICSR. Capital has a significant positive effect on Financial Risks. Capital has a significant positive effect on earning. Capital significantly positive effects against ICSR. Asset Growth has a significant positive effect on Financial Risks. Asset growth has a significant positive effect on earning.
Nano Phosphat Fertilizer of Chicken Bone Ash Effectivity by Foliar Application on Growth and Yield of Soybean (Glycine max L.)
Authors: Genesiska Genesiska , Mulyono Mulyono , Amini Hanifah
Published: October 2022

Indonesian soybean production could not reach national needs. Thus to increasing of soybean productivity could be developed by using agricultural intensification through implementing nano technology on fertilizers that applied to new varieties of soybean. The aim of this research was to study the effect and determine the appropriate concentration of nano phosphate fertilizer from chicken bone ash via foliar application on growth and yield on soybean (Glycine max L.) variety Dega 1. This research was conducted with experimental method in polybag with a single factor treatment arranged in a Completely Randomized Design (CRD) consisting of 4 treatments and 3 replications: 100 % SP-36 fertilizer , 50% SP-36 fertilizer SP-36 + 0,1% nano phosphate, 50% SP-36 fertilizer +0,2% nano phosphate, dan 50% SP-36 fertilizer +0,3 % nano phosphate. Data research consists of growth and yield responses parameters and were analyzed by using ANOVA (Analysis of Variance) then continue analyzed with Duncan Multiple Range Test (DMRT) at α level 5%. The results revealed that various concentrations of nano phosphate fertilizer from chicken bone ash were effective to increase soybean growth and yield. Treatment of 50% SP-36 + 0,1% of nano phosphate choosen as best concentration.