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Hubungan antara Kualitas Kehidupan Kerja dengan Work Engagement pada Prajurit di Pusat Psikologi TNI
Authors: Bantam Dian Jualiarti , Wijaya Indra
Published: January 2025

Sumber daya manusia (SDM) yang memiliki keterikatan pada tugas mampu membawa organisasi mencapai produktivitas. Sebagai salah satu organisasi di bawah Tentara Nasional Indonesia (TNI), Balakpus Pusat Psikologi TNI (Puspsi TNI) selalu berupaya meningkatkan iklim dan kualitas kehidupan di tempat kerja sehingga para anggota merasa memiliki akan organisasi dan tugas yang diemban. Oleh karena itu, tujuan dari penelitian ini adalah mengetahui hubungan antara kualitas kehidupan kerja dengan work engagement pada anggota di Puspsi TNI. Metode penelitian yang digunakan adalah metode kuantitatif dengan teknik sampling jenuh. Sampel dalam penelitian ini sejumlah 42 anggota yang berdinas di Puspsi TNI. Metode pengumpulan data yang digunakan berupa Google Form dan angket. Peneliti menggunakan skala work engagement UWES-9, sedangkan untuk skala kualitas kehidupan kerja peneliti mengkonstruksi berdasarkan sembilan aspek dari Cascio. Metode analisis data yang digunakan adalah uji korelasi Pearson dengan alat bantu perangkat lunak statistik terpadu. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa terdapat hubungan positif antara kualitas kehidupan kerja dengan work engagement pada anggota Puspsi TNI. Nilai koefisien korelasi yang diperoleh sebesar r = .576 (p < .05). Hasil membuktikan bahwa ketika kualitas kehidupan kerja para anggota meningkat, work engagement anggota juga akan turut meningkat, dan begitu pula sebaliknya.
Examining the relationship between strategic vigilance and strategic drift in tourism organizations
Authors: Alqahtani Fatimah , Mahdy Fatimah Mohamed
Published: January 2025

The tourism sector in the Aseer region of Saudi Arabia is experiencing significant growth and development, aligning with the country’s Vision 2030 strategic framework. However, rapid growth can lead to strategic drift if not managed with vigilance. This study aims to examine the role of strategic vigilance in reducing strategic drift in the tourism sector. The study employs a quantitative approach, utilizing a questionnaire distributed to a sample of 220 staff and directors from the tourism sector. The questionnaire measures the level of strategic vigilance and the level of strategic drift. The study hypothesizes a statistically significant positive relationship between strategic vigilance and reducing strategic drift. Data analysis involves exploratory factor analysis, confirmatory factor analysis, and structural equation modeling. The findings are expected to provide insights into the effectiveness of strategic vigilance in mitigating strategic drift and offer recommendations for enhancing the tourism sector’s resilience and adaptability to accelerated environmental changes.
The duality of materialism: The complex impact on economic motivation
Authors: Park Seolwoo
Published: January 2025

This study empirically examines the complex relationship between materialism and economic motivation, proposing an inverted U-shaped relationship. The research analyzes three dimensions of materialism: happiness pursuit, social recognition, and uniqueness, and their impact on economic motivation. The findings suggest that materialism, when balanced, positively influences economic motivation without causing adverse effects. This relationship remains consistent across demographic characteristics and life satisfaction levels, challenging the traditional negative view of materialism. The implications of these findings extend to marketing strategies, policy design, and infrastructure development, offering actionable insights for real-world contexts. This research underscores the importance of balancing materialistic values to foster sustainable economic growth and well-being.
Blockchain technology and its influence on food supply chain transparency among small and medium enterprises
Authors: Munyanyi Watson , Pooe Raborale Isaac David
Published: January 2025

With its inherent characteristics of decentralization, immutability, and transparency, blockchain technology presents a promising opportunity to revolutionize the South African food supply chains. Blockchain technology, with its decentralized, immutable, and secure nature, offers solutions to these challenges by improving traceability and accountability across the supply chain. This study investigates the role of blockchain technology in enhancing transparency in the food supply chain among small and medium enterprises in South Africa. SMEs form a critical part of the country’s agri-food sector but face challenges such as food fraud, inefficient inventory management, and lack of transparency, which impact food safety and trust. The research adopts a mixed-method approach, utilizing the Technology-Organization-Environment framework and Institutional Theory to explain blockchain adoption among SMEs. The results demonstrate that blockchain-enabled practices, such as smart contracts, records traceability, production tracking, and distribution monitoring, significantly enhance supply chain transparency. The findings highlight blockchain’s potential to increase operational efficiency, regulatory compliance, and stakeholder trust. This research provides valuable insights for policymakers and practitioners, emphasizing the need for regulatory support and strategic investment in blockchain solutions to promote sustainability and competitiveness in the agri-food sector.
Social Dimension of Sustainable Development and Social Outcomes of Businesses
Authors: Merta-Staszczak Adriana , Walecka-Jankowska Katarzyna
Published: January 2025

The article refers to a valid and current research area related to business sustainability. The development of the concept of sustainability has resulted in the linking of the overall concept to the actions that entrepreneurs take for sustainable development. Thus, it has moved the discussion to the level of sustainable business models, taking into account economic, environmental and social aspects together. The paper focuses on the social layer of the sustainable business model. The main objective of this article is to identify the relationship between activities in the social dimension and sustainable outcomes. Research covers organizations operating in Poland and is based on a questionnaire (the statistical analysis is based on empirical studies conducted in 303 companies operating in Poland). The data collected allowed the construction of a regression model and the results revealed statistically significant relationships between social outcomes and values for society and employees.
Is Generative AI Possible Cause of the Swan Song of the Rational Civilisation?
Authors: Mścisławski Łukasz
Published: January 2025

Despite the many successes of generative AI, a number of fundamental questions have begun to arise around this technology. There is undoubtedly an interesting situation from a philosophical point of view. It can be carefully assumed that contemporary digital information processing technologies have arisen inside a circle of civilisation, one of the foundations of which is the classical account of truth. This account, even if seen as ideal and absolute, nevertheless seems to be a driving force in the field of science. Is it possible that generative AI will result in the replacement of the pursuit of truth by a mere uncritical adherence to the results provided by AI systems, as well as the inhibition of lively creativity both scientific and artistic?
#025 Concordância entre diagnóstico clínico e histopatológico numa lesão da cavidade oral
Authors:   IPO Porto, ULS Santo António, Cabral Rita , Lourenço Jessica ,   IPO Porto, ULS Santo António, Rodrigues Ana ,   IPO Porto, ULS Santo António, Pereira Daniela ,   IPO Porto, ULS Santo António, João Cristina ,   IPO Porto, ULS Santo António, Guimarães Jorge ,   IPO Porto, ULS Santo António
Published: January 2025

Introdução: O carcinoma de células escamosas é o tipo
de tumor maligno mais frequente na cabeça e pescoço, sendo 2 a 8% destes, uma variante do mesmo denominada carcinoma verrucoso. Esta entidade é uma variante clínica e
histológica frequentemente encontrada na cavidade oral,
com características morfológicas e citogenéticas específicas,
que se distingue pelo seu crescimento proliferativo, localmente agressivo, mas com baixo potencial metastásico. Apesar da sua etiologia não estar totalmente esclarecida os estudos existentes evidenciam o álcool e tabaco como os
principais fatores de risco. Descrição do Caso Clínico: Doente do sexo masculino, 90 anos, autónomo, com antecedentes
de hipertensão arterial, referenciado por crescimento recente de uma lesão verruciforme do bordo lateral esquerdo da
língua com cerca de um ano de evolução. Encaminhado para
a consulta de cirurgia, a pedido do doente, para exérese da
lesão por incomodo local e interferência com a qualidade de
vida, no entanto com resultado prévio de uma biópsia no
exterior compatível com papilomatose. Clinicamente doente apresentava uma lesão verrucosa exofítica do bordo lateral esquerdo e terço anterior da língua, com cerca de 3 centrímetros de maior diâmetro, com invasão superficial do
bordo da língua. Sem adenopatias cervicais palpáveis. A
consulta de grupo multidisciplinar foi o passo seguinte, e
apesar do diagnóstico histopatológico prévio benigno, o
doente foi proposto para a exérese da mesma e realizado
estadiamento da doença. Após verificação de ausência de
metástases, foi proposto tratamento cirúrgico sem tratamento cervical profilático. Foi realizada uma glossectomia
parcial esquerda, sem intercorrências, com histologia compatível com carcinoma espinocelular verrrucoso, pT1 G1,
com margens superiores a 5 milimetros e tomada a posterior
decisão de vigilância clínica. Discussão e Conclusões: O
diagnóstico precoce do cancro é fundamental para o melhor
prognóstico da patologia, e é de extrema importância identificar e referenciar atempadamente lesões potencialmente
malignas. O carcinoma verrucoso oral é de usual difícil diagnostico pelas suas características clínico-histológicas semelhantes a outras lesões de tipo verruciformes. Para a sua
correta realização é imprescindível uma anamnese criteriosa e um exame físico minucioso, acrescido, quando necessário, pelos exames complementares que aumentam a acuidade diagnóstica, confirmados ou não pela histopatologia.
Assessment of arterial remodeling in men with arterial hypertension: the role of instrumental and laboratory markers
Authors: Levkovich T. V. , Pronko T. P. , Baradauka V. N. , Mialeshka A. V.
Published: January 2025

Introduction. Early detection of arterial remodeling in patients with arterial hypertension (AH) allows to timely activate prevention of complications and implement a personalized approach to therapy.

Objective. To evaluate arterial remodeling using instrumental and laboratory markers in men with AH of I and II grade.

Materials and methods. The study included 207 men aged 30-49 years, of whom 67 were healthy individuals and 140 patients with AH, who were divided into 6 groups depending on age and grade of AH. Instrumental assessment of arterial remodeling was performed using volumetric sphygmography with VaSera VS-1500N sphygmograph, duplex scanning of the brachiocephalic arteries with SonoScape S20Exp ultrasound device and rheography to assess the speed of pulse wave propagation with Impecard-M computer rheograph. The content of endothelin-1, transforming growth factor β1, type IV collagen in blood was determined by enzyme immunoassay.

Results. At the age of 30–39 years, CAVI and vascular age were higher in patients with AH grade II compared with both practically healthy men (p=0.01 and p=0.003 respectively) and patients with AH grade II (p=0.002 and p=0.004 respectively), while at the age of 40–49 years, CAVI and vascular age were higher in patients with AH grade II only when compared with basically healthy men (p=0.04 and p=0.04 respectively). The augmentation index and intima-media complex thickness at the age of 30–39 years were higher in patients with AH grade II (p=0.004 and p=0.03) compared to healthy men; at 40–49 years of age, the augmentation index did not differ in the studied groups, while the intima-media thickness in patients with AH grades I and II was higher than in healthy men (p=0.04 and p=0.00001 respectively). The incidence of atherosclerotic plaques in brachiocephalic arteries in 40–49 years old men was 46.2 % in patients with AH grade I and 43.8 % in patients with AH grade II. The content of transforming growth factor β1 and type IV collagen was comparable in the studied groups.

Conclusion. Patients with AH grade I and II exhibit different phenotypes of arterial remodeling. Men with AH grade II have the most pronounced changes in parameters during instrumental examination.
Effect of chronic predatory stress on rat liver microcirculation
Authors: Andreeva I. V. , Vinogradov A. A. , Simakov R Yu.
Published: January 2025

Introduction. One of the topical issues of modern circulatory physiology is the study of the peculiarities of the influence of chronic stress on the hepatic hemodynamics. The effect of stress on the liver microvessels has not been practically studied.

The aim was to study the parameters of liver microcirculation in rats when modeling chronic stress.

Materials and methods. The study was conducted on 60 male Wistar rats weighing 220-370 g, divided into control and experimental groups of 30 rats each. In animals of the experimental group, chronic predatory stress was simulated by exposure to predator (cat) urine smell for 10 days according to the method of V. E. Zeilikman et al. (2021). Median laparotomy was performed under anesthesia with Zoletil and Xylazine. The study of rat liver microcirculation was performed using laser Doppler flowmeter LAKK-02 (Russia) on the visceral surface of the liver. The study of liver tissue perfusion parameters was carried out before and after stress modelling in rats of the experimental group, before and after laparotomy in rats of the control group (falsely operated animals). Digital data were processed by methods of variation statistics.

Results. When modeling chronic emotional stress, a decrease in the basic microcirculation parameters on the visceral surface of the liver was revealed: microcirculation index – by 28.35 %, coefficient of variation – by 55.92 %, which is probably due to vasoconstriction of the vessels of the microcirculatory link. To the greatest extent, there was a decrease in the mean square deviation (by 100 %), which indicates the deterioration in the mechanisms of modulation of liver tissue perfusion.

Conclusion. Chronic stress has a significant effect on the microcirculation system of the rat liver, which is manifested by a marked decrease in the basic parameters of tissue perfusion and a reduction in the mechanisms of blood flow modulation.
100 years of evolution of radionuclide diagnostics. Study of lung microcirculation
Authors: Zolotnitskaya V. Р.
Published: January 2025

The article presents the stages of development of radiological research methods from the discovery of radioactive elements to modern methods of radionuclide diagnostics. The main attention is paid to methods of studying blood circulation in the lungs, with indication of their advantages, disadvantages, indications and contraindications for research, options for processing the results and their interpretation. The possibilities of differential diagnostics of lung diseases, for example, histiocytosis X and lymphangioleiomimatosis are also discussed. The article does not address the issues of PET-CT diagnostics.
Perspective of optical coherence tomography angiography in visual outcome prognosis in patients after aneurysm stenting of the ophthalmic segment of the internal carotid artery. Pilot study
Authors: Turgel V. A. , Mansurov A. S. , Patrina E. A. , Tultseva S. N. , Rusnak M. V.
Published: January 2025

Background. In microinvasive surgery of aneurysms of the ophthalmic segment of the internal carotid artery (AOS-ICA), flow-diverting stents are often used, which overlap the area of the ophthalmic artery origin. This type of treatment may be accompanied by visual acuity decrease in the intraas well as in the early and late postoperative period.

Aim – to evaluate ocular hemodynamics indices in patients with AOS-ICA before and after the ophthalmic segment of the internal carotid artery stenting.

Materials and methods. The study group consisted of 17 patients (16 women and 1 man), age median being 48.5 years (from 23 to 68), admitted to the Polenov Neurosurgical Institute during the period from April, 2022, through November, 2024. Inclusion criteria: age more than 18 years, unilateral AOS-ICA of no less than 4 mm diameter, absence of CT-signs of visual pathway compression and of ophthalmic complaints, absence of retinal and optic nerve pathologic condition, and sufficient transparency of the optical media. To visualize the aneurysm, the reconstruction of 3D images obtained from rotational angiography was used. Angiographic images were obtained in anteroposterior, lateral, and working projections before and immediately after treatment. The treatment consisted in stenting of the ICA ophthalmic segment by a flow-diverting stent DERIVO 2 (Acandis Pforzheim, Germany). The ophthalmic examination was carried out before and after surgery and included standard diagnostic methods and OCT, OCTA of the macular area and the optic disc area. Additionally, a calibrometry of arteries and veins with estimation of their average diameter (ADA, ADV).

Results. After stenting, in 4 out of 17 patients, on the AOS-ICA side, within the period from 3 to 14 days, visual disturbances were noted in form of multiple episodes of transitory monocular blindness, their duration being from 30 seconds to several hours. In patients with such complications, at comparison with the contralateral eye indices, on the involved side, a reduced perfusion density in all plexuses was noted (by 1.0–4.2 % in the superficial, by 1.3–7.2 % in the deep, and in the radial peripapillary – by 2.1–3.0 %). On the involved side, in comparison to the contralateral eye, there was also a significant ADA decrease (79.4 μm versus 85.3 μm, P<.001), ADV however had no significant differences (102.6 μm versus104.23 μm, Р=.580).

Conclusions. The carried-out pilot study showed that preoperative detection of local defects of retinal and optic disc capillary perfusion, as well as asymmetry of peripapillary arterioles in AOS-ICA, could be markers of collateral blood flow insufficiency manifesting itself by transitory episodes of monocular blindness after stenting.
Spatial heterogeneity of skin perfusion and reproducibility of Laser Doppler flowmetry results with thermal functional tests in healthy volunteers
Authors: Ryzhkova E. G. , Morgunova T. B. , Ryzhkov I. A. , Fadeyev V. V.
Published: January 2025

Introduction. Skin microcirculation is characterized by natural spatial and temporal variation of perfusion due to the structure of the cutaneous microvasculature and the influence of regulatory factors.

Objective. To evaluate spatial heterogeneity of skin perfusion and inter day individual reproducibility of Laser Doppler flowmetry (LDF) with local thermal tests in healthy volunteers.

Materials and methods. The study included 51 healthy volunteers (female/man – 35/16; age 25 [24; 26] years). The study protocol included 2 days of measurements with an interval of 3–7 days. After measuring basic anthropometric and physiological parameters, all subjects underwent LDF on the dorsal and ventral side of the forearm at rest (Mbaseline), then during cooling (Mcold) and heating (Mheat). Comparison of variables on the dorsal and ventral sides of the forearm, as well as assessment of the dynamics of skin perfusion during thermal tests were carried out using the Wilcoxon matched pairs test. The inter-day individual reproducibility of skin perfusion was measured by using the intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC) and coefficient of variation (CV, %). Data are expressed as median and interquartile range.

Results. Mbaseline (7.8 [4.8; 11.1]), Mcold (7.5 [4.8; 10.5]) and Mheat 7.5 [4.2; 10.9] in the skin of the dorsum of the forearm were statistically significantly lower (p<0.001) than on the ventral side: Mbaseline 10.4 [5.9; 13.0], Mcold 9.9 [5.6; 13.3], Mheat 9.5 [5.2; 12.5]. When assessing the dynamics of skin perfusion during the thermal tests, statistically significant changes in skin blood flow were revealed, both during cooling and heating on both sides of the forearm (p<0.01 vs Mbaseline). Mcold (CV=8.3 %, ICC=0.56) and Mheat (CV=19.9 %, ICC=0.563) on the dorsal forearm had the best inter-day reproducibility.

Conclusion. Skin perfusion, assessed by LDF is statistically significantly higher on the ventral side of the forearm compared to the dorsum . The inter-day reproducibility of LDF during local heating and cooling tests is higher on the skin of the dorsal side of the forearm than on the ventral side.
Microvascular impairments in axial spondyloarthritis associated with Crohn’s disease
Authors: Davydov D. A. , Marchenko V. N. , Shchukina O. B. , Trofimov V. I. , Kuznetsova D. A. , Kholopova I. V. , Lapin S. V. , Lozovaya T. A. , Rubinstein A. A. , Nikiforova E. A. , Vlasov T. D.
Published: January 2025

Introduction. Spondyloarthritis (SpA) associated with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is a disease in the SpA group developing in patients with Crohn’s disease (CD) and ulcerative colitis. Gut-vascular barrier impairments, including increased epithelial permeability and endothelial glycocalyx (EGc) damage, have been demonstrated in both CD and axial SpA (axSpA), and can serve as a pathogenetic basis for the joint development and progression of these diseases.

Aim. To evaluate the significance of EGc damage and epithelial permeability markers in patients with CD-associated axSpA.

Materials and methods. We examined 22 patients with axSpA associated with CD (group A), 29 patients with axSpA without IBD (group B), 27 patients with CD (group C) and 28 conditionally healthy controls (group D). Calprotectin (FC) and zonulin (FZ) in feces, hyaluronan and syndecan 1 in serum were studied. Perfusion boundary region (PBR) and the Microvascular Health Index (MVHS) were measured by dark-field microscopy in the sublingual region.

Results. In patients with CD-associated axSpA, an increase in PBR (p<0.001) and a decrease in MVHS (p=0.001) were revealed in comparison with healthy individuals. Only CD patients revealed decreased serum hyaluronan (p=0.006) associated with colitis and deep ulcers on endoscopy. Increased PBR allowed to identify very high axSpA activity in group A with a sensitivity of 100 % and specificity of 83.3 %. In group A patients, a correlation between hyaluronan and FC was found (ρ=–0.541; p=0.030). A classification tree, including FC, FZ, hyaluronan, and MVHS, was constructed to determine the presence of CD in axSpA patients with an accuracy of 90.2 %.

Conclusions. The study of the gut-vascular barrier damage markers allows to improve the methods of diagnosis and assessment of the integral activity of axSpA associated with CD.
Foresight, Partnerships, and Cross Sector Collective Impact: Strategies to Build A Partnership World
Authors: Pesut Daniel
Published: January 2025

This article discusses the value of connecting foresight leadership with partnership practice to achieve cross-sector collective impacts. The dimensions of future consciousness and foresight literacy are described. Principles and practices to support foresight leadership development are discussed. The nature of partnership theory and practice is explained. The complex nature of different types of impact are described. Examples of organizations that are future focused with collective impact in mind are highlighted. Strategies and tactics to support the development of foresight, data with action, and collective impact efforts to build a partnership world are outlined.
Bridging to Caring Economics and a Changed World
Authors: Gault Donald
Published: January 2025

Bridging is a furniture bank located in Minnesota’s Twin Cities.  Since 1987, Bridging has helped make the homes of close to 350,000 people places of dignity and hope. The work of Bridging is built around a remarkable series of partnerships that strongly aligns with Riane Eisler’s concept of caring economics, and Bryan Stevenson’s challenge to us all to take action to change the world. This paper will outline the origins of Bridging, how it operates, and how it represents an inspiring, tangible example of the power of partnership to transform individuals and communities.
Restoring Planetary Health Through Partnerism
Authors: Potter Teddie
Published: January 2025

The continuation of life as we know it is currently threatened by human-caused disruptions to the Earth’s natural systems. Modern behaviors and attitudes orienting toward domination contribute to extraction, exploitation, and thoughtless disregard for the needs of future generations. The planetary health paradigm weaves together ancient Indigenous knowledge systems, traditional wisdom, and modern science. Planetary Health is a transdisciplinary field and a social movement that addresses human disruptions of Earth’s natural systems and the impact these disruptions have on human health and on all life on the planet. Planetary Health calls for global cultural transformation, a “Great Transition” that will require rapid structural changes across all human institutions. The scale and urgency of change that is necessary will call for a paradigm and set of values to guide thought and action. Partnerism is an alternative narrative to domination, and its emphasis on linking rather than ranking offers the essential thinking and economic model to drive massive cultural transformation around the world. This paper concludes with a vision for a future where planetary health and partnerism thrive.
Our First Ten Years of Leading With Love: Transforming Cultures Through Interdisciplinary Discourse
Authors: Eisler Riane
Published: January 2025

Editor-in-Chief of the Interdisciplinary Journal of Partnership Studies Riane Eisler writes about how much the tenth anniversary of this journal means to her. She thanks those who founded IJPS, as well as its global readership, for bringing international attention to the urgent need for a cultural transformation from domination to partnership at our time of mounting existential threats such as climate change and nuclear weaponry. Eisler tells us how the questions that led to her work are deeply rooted in her childhood experiences, explains how the new social categories of partnership and domination came out of her interdisciplinary research, and briefly outlines each of their core configurations. She connects the personal and the political, sharing her 45-year partnership with the late social scientist David Loye, appeals to us to do everything we can to accelerate the shift from domination to partnership worldwide, and shows the important role IJPS has in this needed social and cultural transformation.
CLASS: A Framework for Strategic Thinking and Actions during Academic and Workplace Transitions
Authors: Denney Adam , Sarah C. Williams  , Danielle Dietz  , Alysha Gray
Published: January 2025

The CLASS framework is a versatile tool college students can use when learning how to proactively and intentionally navigate new educational and work environments. It provides a concrete strategy for strategic thought processes, routines, and dialogues that can be adapted to fit different student support models.
Dirty Work: Essential Jobs and the Hidden Toll of Inequality in America
Authors: Burns Joshua
Published: January 2025

Dirty Work: Essential Jobs and the Hidden Toll of Inequality in America exposes the hidden work we benefit from in the United States. This work is termed dirty work, which is “unethical activity that [has been] delegated to certain agents and then conveniently disavowed” (Press, 2021, p. 5).  From working as a mental health counselor in prisons to being on the killing floors of industrial slaughterhouses, this work is deemed essential and beneficial to society but detrimental to the physical and mental health of those who are in it. The author, Eyal Press, traveled throughout the country to interview several people who have worked and experienced dirty work. These first-hand narratives and the in-depth analysis provided an overview of inequitable and dangerous work in the United States and an included argument that these workers deserve visibility, respect, and the challenging of norms through a change in culture and policy.
Ungrading: Socially Just Assessment Practices for the PA Classroom
Authors: Love Jeannine , Levine Daniel Jamie
Published: January 2025

Advancing social justice through public service requires administrators to cultivate particular capacities. To meet this need, public affairs programs and instructors are developing curricula that: incorporate content regarding systemic inequities; examine sociohistorical contexts in which such inequities are created and perpetuated; and, illuminate power dynamics embedded within these systems by utilizing concepts grounded in critical theory. However, engaging in social justice work requires administrators to not only assess existing power relations but also actively transform them. Thus, public administration curricula must also incorporate capacity building for participatory democracy. Students need opportunities to experience transformative processes with supportive guidance. This article examines ungrading as one tool instructors can employ to actively shift power dynamics, model participatory public engagement for future practice, and enhance deeper and more equitable student learning in the process.
Uncharitable Film Review
Authors: Appe Susan , Holanda Bruna De Morais
Published: January 2025

"Uncharitable" is a 2023 documentary directed by Stephen Gyllenhaal, based on Dan Pallotta's 2008 book of the same name, and incorporating Pallotta's Ted Talk delivered in March 2013. Dan Pallotta is a well-known figure in the nonprofit world and the movie itself will be familiar to those who have followed his work. The documentary emphasizes the need to reconsider the rules of the game that shape philanthropy and the nonprofit sector. We provide a review of the film given the important role the nonprofit sector plays in influencing and contributing to public administration and policy; and in the provision of public goods and services.
Nonprofit Neighborhoods: An Urban History of Inequality and the American State, By Claire Dunning, The University of Chicago Press, 2022
Authors: Nwakpuda Emily I.
Published: January 2025

Dunning's (2022) conceptualization of nonprofit neighborhoods is a rebuke to the idea of the independent third sector in which private neighborhood nonprofits evolve as a unit of governance that structurally embeds nonprofits into the issue of urban crisis and the democratic process through their partnerships with government and other funders. Using the case of Boston, the author informs readers that the government-nonprofit partnerships fueled by grants, contracts, and loans within the framework of nonprofit neighborhoods maintains and advances racism and inequity in America. The author defends this proposition by leveraging a historical lens, archival data, and autobiographical descriptions to magnify readers' attention on the racially biased treatment of leaders, workers, and community members associated with nonprofit neighborhoods among diverse communities. Nonprofit Neighborhoods concludes with several exciting future research directions to help deepen our understanding of nonprofit neighborhoods as a necessity and a liability to social equity.
Carrying the Torch Forward, Meeting the Future, and Advancing the Charge
Authors: Knepper Hillary J. , Evans Michelle D.
Published: January 2025

As the incoming editorial team, we explore the challenges and opportunities facing social equity in a complex global society and relate them to the opportunities for promoting social equity through the pages of the Journal of Social Equity and Public Administration (JSEPA). The authors discuss the importance of delivering equitable public service through knowledgeable civil discourse from a plurality of voices. The growth of JSEPA’s influence relies upon its inclusive contributions to the social equity discourse. The unending pursuit and submission of excellent research that asks thoughtful, future-focused questions exemplifies the discourse found in JSEPA, where we aim to illuminate the power and necessity of the fourth pillar of public administration—social equity. This pillar takes its rightful place alongside the traditional three pillars of public administration: effectiveness, efficiency, and economy. JSEPA provides a unique space with its focus on this fourth pillar and in doing so, contributes meaningfully to public administration journals committed to the traditional pillars.
Spirulina: A Natural Nutritional Supplement
Authors:   Biotechnology Laboratory Applied To Agriculture And Environmental Preservatio, Belhaouari Benkhedda
Published: January 2025

Spirulina is a micro-algae from the Arthrospiragenus family. I
Silver Iodide Nanostructures in Aquaculture and Fisheries
Authors:   Centre For Nanosciences, Ullah Khan Misbah
Published: January 2025

Nanoparticles, particularly silver iodide (AgI)
Green Coffee and Metabolic Syndrome: Potential Benefits and Risks
Authors:   Department Of Internal Medicine, ASL Napoli 3 Sud, Hospital “A. Maresca” Via Montedoro, 1, 80035 Torre Del Greco (Napoli), Italy, Finelli Carmine
Published: January 2025

Major risk factors for cardiovascular diseases (CVD) such as diabetes, abdominal obesity, high blood pressure, and cholesterol are linked to the metabolic syndrome (MetS)
Cholera in Marib Governorate, Yemen: Analysis of the Surveillance Data from W1, 2020- w45, 2023
Authors:   FETP National Consultant, Professor Of Community Medicine, Hadhramout University, Yemen, Bin-Ghouth Abdulla Salem
Published: January 2025

The Yemen cholera outbreak began in early October 2016, and by January 2017
Estimation of Shooting Distance: Birdshot to the Head
Authors:   Technical Expert Shooting Distance Determination, N Geusens
Published: January 2025

Estimation of the shooting distance of a birdshot fired to the back of the head
EL DESARROLLO DE LA LECTURA POR MEDIO DE LA PREVENCIÓN DE LAS DIFICULTADES DE APRENDIZAJE BASADAS EN EL LENGUAJE Y COMUNICACIÓN A TRAVÉS DE LA GAMIFICACIÓN
Authors: SENERIO SÁNCHEZ YOLANDA , GUTIÉRREZ FRESNEDA RAÚL , NICOLAU RUFETE VAITIARE
Published: January 2025

This research plan is based on the prevention of learning difficulties, whose main objective is to provide all students with skills and abilities to progress in their learning. Recent research shows that about 10% of students have learning difficulties. It is worth mentioning that according to the Learning Disorders report, carried out by Sans, Boix, Colomé, López-Sala and Sanguinetti, (2012) and supported by the Program for International Student Assessment (PISA) of 2018 (analysis carried out by Schleicher in 2019), the main difficulties are related to reading, writing and numerical learning. From both investigations lies the importance of focusing the study on the prevention of difficulties in the field of communication and language. The main objective of this thesis is to analyze to what extent the initial reading acquisition process can be improved through the development of a series of skills. To achieve this objective, a quasi-experimental project has been carried out with comparison of groups and pre-test and post-test measures. The project has different students who are in the last cycle of kindergarten belonging to schools in the province of Alicante and there is a sample of approximately 150 participants. Next, it is worth highlighting that the program is carried out by the teachers of the centers and for this they have undergone prior training. The project has an innovative axis, where new technologies have been used with the aim of making students feel more motivated and involved in learning, thus promoting their development and connecting with their interests. The hypothesis proposed for this research plan is the following: The aim is to analyze whether, by applying an intervention program focused on the stimulation of linguistic skills at an early age, we can contribute to reducing language and communication learning difficulties. at the first educational levels. The results of this intervention plan have been obtained through various activities related to the learning of communication and language where the responses of the students have been collected to analyze them. In short, the results of the work allow us to confirm that the group that receives the intervention obtains improvements in the reading learning process.
Urgency of Performance Tiering for Indonesia's Supreme Court: A Constitutional Law Perspective
Authors: Nugroho Agus Digdo , Meliala Nikko Banta
Published: January 2025

The Supreme Court of Indonesia is pivotal as a representative of judicial power. However, evaluations and reports indicate suboptimal performance outcomes, necessitating the implementation of a structured performance tiering framework. This research employs an empirical juridical approach involving surveys, court visits, and focus group discussions, supplemented by a literature review. The study highlights the Supreme Court's need to operationalize its vision of "Realizing Indonesia's Supreme Judicial Body" through clear, measurable performance indicators. Adopting Logical Models, Logical Frameworks, and Critical Success Factors can streamline accountability, enhance judicial efficiency, and ensure alignment across organizational tiers. This paper outlines the steps and benefits of performance tiering in improving Indonesia's judicial system. Performance tiering will become a thinking summary of institutions' functions, use of authority, performance and organization achievements, organization direction, and even paradigm of every process in the Supreme Court and judicial entities under them. The performance tiering of the Supreme Court should ideally adopt the Logical Model, Logical Framework, and Critical Success Factors.
filosofia existencialista de Sartre e o discurso literário em torno da morte
Authors: Nascimento Jarbas Vargas , Ferreira Anderson
Published: January 2025

Nosso artigo examina, com base na Filosofia Existencialista de Sartre, o fenômeno da morte, para relacioná-la ao dispositivo criativo do discurso literário de Lya Luft, no texto Estamos todos na fila. Mobilizamos como aparato teórico a Filosofia Existencialista de Sartre, com enfoque na concepção de morte, compreendida como a finitude de um projeto dos seres humanos. Identificamos, em particular, no discurso literário Estamos todos na fila, de Lya Luft, uma perspectiva niilista na maneira pela qual a morte é abordada; também, verificamos em que medida na Filosofia e na Literatura, aqui destacadas, a morte pode significar a aniquilação completa do princípio vital humano. Os resultados comprovam que a Filosofia existencialista sartreana e o discurso literário de Lya Luft constroem espaços filosófico-discursivos, que enfatizam a morte como aniquilação de todas as possibilidades humanas, um limite absoluto e lembram a finitude da vida e a necessidade de escolhas autênticas e responsáveis.
A rare case of paralytic rabies presented with acute flaccid transverse myelitis in case of inadequate post-exposure prophylaxis
Authors: Suraparaju Varaprasadvarma Pavankumar , Pawar Anjali , Rote Kaginalkar Varsha
Published: January 2025

Rabies is a fatal infectious disease caused by rabies lyssavirus, mainly transmitted to humans by the bite of rabid mammals. Rabies can present in encephalitic and paralytic types. Paralytic rabies presents with acute flaccid transverse myelitis. We report a rare case of paralytic rabies with inadequate post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP). A 19-year-old male was admitted with paraplegia and associated bladder and bowel incontinence for 2 days. He had history of Category III bite by a street stray dog and received inadequate PEP 3 months back which was revealed later. On imaging of dorsal spinal cord magnetic resonance imaging, there was a long-segment T2 and short-tau inversion recovery (STIR) hyperintense signal in central gray matter of dorsal cord with involvement up to part of conus medullaris. Cerebrospinal fluid analysis showed elevated microprotein with lymphocyte predominance. Clinical and laboratory findings supported diagnosis of rabies induced acute transverse myelitis. Incomplete PEP has been frequently reported in cases developing paralytic rabies. Adequate PEP according can easily prevent this disease.
Fighting shadows: Understanding a complex tumor
Authors: Sugumar Raghul , Rajasekaran Sriman , Cannane Seetharaman
Published: January 2025

Synovial sarcoma (SS), a complex soft-tissue cancer, commonly affects young individuals across various body areas. Despite its name, SS does not arise from synovial tissue, creating challenges in diagnosis and treatment. Advanced imaging like magnetic resonance imaging is crucial for accurate assessment. Understanding its diverse nature and complex imaging features is essential for managing this condition effectively. In this case report, we wish to highlight the features of SS in a 20-year-old male who presented with hoarseness of voice and dysphagia for 2 months.
Unusual brain metastasis from colon cancer
Authors: Vargas-Urbina John , Martinez-Silva Raúl , Rojas-Panta Giuseppe , Ponce-Manrique Gabriel , Flores-Castillo Jerson , Anicama-Lima William
Published: January 2025

Background:

Brain metastases due to colorectal cancer correspond to 3–5% of all brain metastases. The prognostic factors are based on age, functional status, and single metastasis. Its management is multidisciplinary, with poor prognosis despite the management.

Case Description:

A case of a 64-year-old male presented with symptoms of headache, disorientation, and nausea. The enhanced magnetic resonance image showed a mass in the right frontal horn of the lateral ventricle, contrast enhancing, with irregular borders, but defined, without restriction in diffusion-weighted images, associated with obstructive hydrocephalus. The investigations in search of a primary neoplasm were negative. A ventricular endoscopic approach was performed, with total resection of the lesion. Four months later, he developed a bowel obstruction with surgical management to control the primary, followed by chemotherapy and radiotherapy, with a current survival longer than 1 year.

Conclusion:

Brain metastases due to colorectal cancer are rare, and usually, when diagnosed, there are already pulmonary and hepatic metastases. Multidisciplinary management is recommended, where surgical management can be included in selected cases with controlled systemic disease, good functional condition, and single metastasis.
Design of Partial Agonists of ADAMTS Metalloproteinases as Therapeutics for Neurodegenerative Diseases
Authors: Ferguson, MRSB MRSC David
Published: January 2025

Neurodegenerative diseases (NDDs) are characterized by progressive neuronal dysfunction and structural instability, precipitated by aberrations in extracellular matrix (ECM) remodeling and chronic neuroinflammation. The ADAMTS family of metalloproteinases plays a key role in regulating ECM dynamics and neuroinflammatory responses, with dysregulation of specific isoforms contributing to the pathology of NDDs such as Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, and multiple sclerosis. This article proposes the development of partial agonists targeting ADAMTS enzymes as a novel therapeutic approach for managing NDDs. By selectively modulating enzymatic activity, partial agonists could mitigate pathological ECM degradation while preserving essential protease functions. Structural scaffolds for partial agonist development are discussed, leveraging insights from bioisosteric design and computational methodologies. Additionally, advanced drug delivery platforms and preclinical validation paradigms are explored to address translational challenges. The integration of emerging technologies and modeling strategies is highlighted as a means to overcome current limitations and enhance the precision of ADAMTS-targeting therapies.
Synthesis of Iron Oxide Series to Investigate their Thermal and Kinetic Effect on Surface Adsorption
Authors: Shahid Muhammad , Irfan Muhammad , Tahir Muhammad Noman , Muhammad Saz
Published: January 2025

Iron oxide particles are getting more and more attention in the modern era due to their significant role in the treatment of wastewater. Here in this study, we deal with a conventional and easy synthetic (co-precipitation) method and Plant mediated synthesis method were used to synthesize Iron oxide series in the presence of iron salts and ammonium hydroxide to stud their thermal and kinetic effect on surface adsorption to remove the crystal violet dye from wastewater sample. In the current study Iron series oxide particles were prepared and characterized by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM) and X-ray Diffraction (XRD). All synthesized Iron series oxide particles are found to be crystalline in nature. Batch adsorption study of crystal violet dye was then conducted using all the synthesized nanoparticles. Thermal and kinetic analyses of the adsorption surfaces of all synthesized iron oxide series particles were optimized based on adsorbate-adsorbent concentration. The optimal conditions for effective removal of organic dyes were determined as 10 g/L adsorbate concentration, pH 9, the temperature of 55 °C, and a contact time of 2 hours. The influence of various factors, including time, concentration, adsorbent dosage, pH, and temperature, on the percentage removal of crystal violet dye was systematically investigated. Remarkably, magnetite particles exhibited the highest removal. efficiency, achieving 95.7% removal at pH 9 and an adsorbate concentration of 10 g/L. Conversely, maghemite showed a maximum removal of 53.5% at approximately pH 8, while hematite demonstrated a maximum removal of 73.5% at pH ~ 9. Thus, the iron oxide series particles exhibit immense potential as effective candidates for the removal of organic dyes from wastewater.
A Four-Step Synthesis of (±)-Nanolobatolide via Site-Specific Olefin Functionalization
Authors: Panigrahi Ashutosh , PULUKURI KIRAN KUMAR
Published: January 2025

Abstract: Natural product synthesis continues to inspire innovative approaches for constructing structurally intricate and biologically significant molecules. In this study, we present a paradigm shift from late-stage modifications to early-stage structural recognition, enabling a more streamlined and efficient synthetic strategy. For the first time, guaiazulene has been utilized as a starting material, employing a novel dearomative approach to construct the guaiane core. This strategy facilitated the concise, four-step total synthesis of (±)-nanolobatolide, a complex tetracyclic diterpenoid (5/5/5/7 system). The synthesis highlights a selective Diels-Alder reaction targeting a specific diene within a polyene framework, followed by site-specific epoxidation coupled with an in-situ lactonization. Additionally, a late-stage face- and site-selective hydrogenation, mediated by cooperative hydrogen atom transfer (cHAT) catalysis, underscores the importance of precise olefin functionalization in achieving structural complexity. In addition to this, we have also synthesized a novel cyclopropyl-bearing pentacyclic diterpenoid through proximity-driven cascade cyclizations, showcasing the critical role of functional group orientation in constructing strained molecular architectures. This work redefines strategies for building complex terpenoid frameworks, demonstrating how site-selective olefin functionalization can overcome synthetic challenges with remarkable precision and efficiency.